I Favor the Villainess

This was about a month ago - a year and a little after the revolution.

"Dear Claire, don't you forget something?

When I said that to Claire, who was wearing shoes at the doorstep in the morning, she looked me in the eye.

Yes, such a nice gaze.

"Ray, hey... how old do you think I am"

"You're almost seventeen."

Can I ever forget the age of Master Claire, no?

As paranoid as I am about what I will do for my birthday now.

"That's right, seventeen. You're an adult raising two more children, aren't you?

"I know. Did you have a handkerchief?

When asked in old age, Lady Claire answered in a troublesome manner.

"I have it."

"What about the origami?

"I have it."

"What about lunch?

"I have it."

"It's filled with Ikenai medicine, right?

"It's serving!? What are you doing!?

Then Master Claire cleared up.

Yeah, I'm fine and very good today.

"You're set to joke, aren't you? Oh, my God."

"Ray says it doesn't sound like a joke..."

Master Claire looks more tired.

"Dear Claire, aren't you well? You can't do that in the morning, can you?

"Whose fault do you think it is!?

It's my fault.

On purpose.

Kufu.

"Oh, Claire, you haven't said anything yet?

I said, "I'm not going anywhere."

I was messing with Master Claire at the doorstep, and it seems that May and Allea came to drop me off after dinner.

"Both of you, have you cleared the dishes?

"Yeah."

"Yes, sir."

"Fine. Then I'll go. Say hello to you both, Ray."

"Yes, I did. Go away."

"" There you go. ""

Drop off the swinging curls with the twins.

I'm used to all this stuff.

Master Claire and I are now faculty members at the Royal College.

Often the two of us vacate the house, but it's not often that only one of us leaves a message this way.

It's Claire's day at work, and I'm leaving a message.

"Well, both of you, brush your teeth."

"Yeah!"

Yes, sir.

To my words, May and Allea, who nod honestly.

He's in a good mood today.

Basically, they're honest kids, but they've learned to be selfish lately, and they flirt with me with Master Claire.

Most of all, I think it's rather delightful that, given the birth of the two of you, you've become a little selfish.

I felt kind of smiled as I watched May and Allea move their toothbrushes in time.

"Ray, please give me a hand."

"May and May!

"Yes, sir. In order."

As I lowered my hips over the carpet, Alea jumped in first.

I put my face up and laughed and opened my mouth wide.

I see cute baby teeth lined up beautifully.

I politely polish it.

"Yes, Alea is gone. May's next."

"Thank you very much."

"Alea, this is so annoying!

I almost tried to push it away and May came to my knees.

May is sweeter than Allea.

May's teeth are carefully and carefully brushed.

"Yes, May is gone, too. Rinse your mouth. Come on."

"Yeah!"

May also runs to the washroom.

And even the footsteps that seem loving.

They are basically untouchable children, so they are very helpful as parents who can't reach them.

Perhaps the majority of the world's parents are having a harder time.

To tell the story of the previous life, the friends who married and had children said that every day was war with their mouths together.

So far, neither Lady Claire nor I have seen it that far.

Sometimes you cry out and you stop listening to one thing this one says, for God's sake, but that probably doesn't go within the war.

It's just routine.

"Or is it going to be?

It's time to welcome May and Allea into the family for a year.

In the beginning, they were two people who got better than I could imagine from two of them, like dolls with no light eyes, but maybe it's still to come.

"Oh, May. Ray, Mae has spilled your soul."

"Allea, why are you saying that?! Mae, jibber-fumble! Tease!"

And from the side I was thinking about it, it looks like we're having a little trouble.

I grabbed two rags and headed to the washroom.

Seeing, May was about to wipe the floor a little wet with a hand wipe.

When you look at me, every bit looks a little bad.

"May, it's great to have a proper ending."

"Yeah!"

"But when I wipe the floor, I'll use a rag instead of a hand wipe."

"Ugh... sorry"

"Yeah, it's something you just have to remember from now on. Look, why don't we wipe it together?

Handing one rag to Mae, Mae wiped the floor hard.

"May's all praised, it's sloppy."

"So you want to wipe Allea too? There's another one."

"I'll do it! Mae, that's what happened today.

"I can't put it away!

Laughter creeps up again at the way the two of us got together somehow.

Alea feels strongly like Claire and hangs out with May every time.

Even if there's no blood connection, parents and children seem to come through.

"It's beautiful."

"Been!

"Yeah. That's picky. Well done, both of you."

stroke the soft hair of both of them.

May and Allea narrowed their eyes with joy.

Congratulations...... so I thought it would be over.

"Which one just sprinkled -?

"Which one?

"Yep..."

I was forced to judge.

I thought it was a joke, you two are serious.

"We both wiped it well, that's all right"

"No! Please let me know which one was just right!

"Which one!?

"Yep..."

Trouble.

Sometimes the child's sensibilities are not well understood.

Besides, when I say the right thing because I'm a child at a time like this, I often see painful eyes later.

In the child-rearing experience I can't say it's long yet, I found out about it.

"Um, do you know by what standards you'll be good and bad at ragging?

"I don't know."

"Shiranai"

I simply don't respond and try to change my mind a little bit.

I went on.

"Politeness first. That's one thing about how beautifully you wiped it."

……

"If that's what you mean, Alea's cleaner this time"

"Then it's my heel!

"Eh!"

Allea's face sparkled, May pointed her lips and exposed her dissatisfaction.

"But there's also a point about how wide the range could have been wiped. In that sense, Mae wipes a lot better."

"Yay!

"Yep..."

Now May rejoiced, and Allea burst.

"So draw one-on-one"

"" Eh!

Now booing from the two of us.

Oh, boy.

"Disgruntled?"

"Hmm."

"I don't know if it's going to happen!

"So I can decide to win or lose?

"... I don't like that"

"No!"

"Isn't it? So, a draw. Good luck to you both."

Again, stroke their heads.

The two of them still look difficult.

"Sa, play in the garden. Come. I'm going to clean it. Rare?"

When I call it, a translucent amorphous creature comes from the back of the hallway with it.

Ralea, the submissive of the water slime, is also getting bigger and bigger.

Now it's about the size of a big dog in standard form already.

I miss when I put it in the porch and fed it.

"Lalea, please put it on."

When Allea says so, Raea says her arm (?) stretched her over herself.

"May's not even here."

Allea invited May.

Looks like we're still dragging on a little earlier, but maybe we're going to make up.

"Come on, Lerare, please!

May nodded honestly too.

Lelea lifted May lightly too and put him on top of herself.

Keep going, out the front door to the garden.

"Rare, it's faster."

"Migi, Migi!

Lelea is May and Alea's best friend.

I play a lot with kids my neighbor's age or so, but I spend more time with Rare than that.

This is good or bad, I still don't have a decision to make.

In time, maybe I should talk to Master Claire.

"You're going to be"

Parenting is always hands-on.

I think we also need to give up some.

To the perfect parent, no one can be.

"When I was a kid, I never thought of this."

Sometimes I try to raise a child and find out for the first time.

I've never regretted coming to this world.

But it's a little shame I can't thank my real parents for raising me, I thought.

"Wow!

"Ray, hey, granny! Alea's here!

"Yes, yes, I'm coming now."

Oh, man, I don't even have time to immerse myself in sentimental.

But I liked how busy I was right now.