The next morning at school. Kaito's guy was slack-jawed.

'What's going on?'

'Oh... after being chased by a stone statue of a muscular man in the EO with an athlete's run, I got caught...'

What's that?

Apparently, Kaito had a nightmare.

''What about Seigo?''

It's pretty much the same. It's not easy to open a store...

"Is that what you're doing... hmm?　Wait a minute!　You don't think the store is going to have Lily and the others?

'Of course you do.　You helped me out in my maid costume.

Kaito's emotions explode when I tell him the truth.

''U...ooooh!　You don't look like him at all!　Not me!　I'm not!

Don't be mad. If you want to see it, come to Freetia's... or wherever the f*ck you are, man.

It's an empire. It's a miserable country full of male soldiers.

Wow, you've gone to the Empire... but why?

'They say the Empire has a good chance of getting strong weapons, you know. Because our soldiers have guns.

Seriously! It's a fantasy and you're even going to get a gun... well, it doesn't look like you're going to get it yet.

'But no matter how strong a weapon you could get, I knew you'd come to Freetia.

"I wanted to go with you, but the party leader...

Yeah, you couldn't say no... all I can say is don't say no.


School's over and I'm going straight to the supermarket. The event starts tomorrow, you know. According to Kaito, players will be forced to log out at midnight today. They say you can log in from noon tomorrow and the event will start at 1pm.

I'm going to buy a bunch of meals so I can spend as much time as possible on the game.

Now I can concentrate on the game. But everything in the world doesn't go as planned. The cause is right in front of my house.

'Ah!　It's my brother!
My brother is late.

Why are you here, Riko, Miki...I'm sure you didn't make any promises or do anything.

'I'm off tomorrow, I came to visit!
I want to play a game with my brother.

These two really like the game. I can't speak for the rest of you either... but come to think of it, Kayo's sister is nowhere to be found. Wait....it can't be these two.

Are they alone here?

Yes!

Without telling anyone?

Yes!

Sis, it's a secret!

Ah!

Yes, sir. It's out. Miki tried to stop Riko, but it's already too late.

''It's great that you two were able to come alone, but you can't come without telling your uncles, right?

But...
"If I said I was going to visit my brother, he would not be happy.

That's probably true. Part of the reason I started living on my own in the first place was out of consideration for Kayo and her sisters.

My brother-in-law and brother-in-law aren't always accepted by the people around them. Kengo is a good example. If it's a child's quarrel, fine, but more than once the adults in the neighborhood have been sarcastic about it, too.

If it was just me, I'd just ignore it, but considering what Riko and the others were being told, I couldn't live with them.

It was such a trivial matter that I started living on my own because I had this house that my parents had left me.

The two of them coming to stay and visit me is the end of the world.

You can't just come quietly for any reason. You don't want them to worry that they might have been kidnapped, do you?

When I say that, they won't be able to say anything. These two are smart enough to reflect on this alone. For now, I let them in and call my uncles.

It seems they were still worried about me, and they go straight into scolding mode.

They want me to help them, but I won't. You've done something wrong, you should be scolded properly.

After the scolding is over, I call Kayo's sister.

''It's not fair!　Both of you!　You promised not to run off!

...you were going to come.

You're a step ahead of me.
"You have to win first.

You know the hard words. But you should be reminded of that.

Later, it was Kayo's sister who came to pick them up... and she brought an awesome load of stuff with her... hey, hey.

"It's late tonight, why don't we stay over?

Aye!

The time is now 5pm. A car would be at the girls' house by 7pm. It's not late at all. The three of them decided to stay the night, in spite of my empty mind.

But from the amount of luggage I'm carrying, they have every intention of staying for the duration of the event.

It's been a long time since the four of us have had dinner together, but for some reason it was decided that I would make the dinner. However, what I made was boiled rice. Because the number of people had increased, we hastily changed to one-pot dish.

''Ugugu...looks delicious...your sister's dignity...''

'The rumour that my brother is a better cook than my sister was true!

Don't be drunk.

'You're exaggerating by cooking water. You better be faster than that or you won't have time to play the game.

""That's right!"

The three of us eat in a hurry. Do I want to play the game that badly... no, I'm the same way.

This evening is the last time before the event, the last time. Tomorrow, the game will not be able to be played due to an update.

So I'm going to eat and take a bath. I thought I was going to play a game, but I still had things to do.

I'm going to prepare for Kayo's sisters to stay in bed. Fortunately, we have plenty of room. No problem. But the three of them want my room.

Naturally, they reject it. It's obvious that they are completely intent on raiding my room. I've had my computer password breached by Miki before. How she did it is a mystery. I questioned her, but...

"It's bad manners to listen to a woman's secrets.

If you say this, I can't ask you anything. I just felt that Miki at that time was the only one who had the right to point out the breach of etiquette.

Well, that's what happened, and I'm ready to prevent it from happening. After locking the door tightly and setting the trap, I logged into the game.