One afternoon, as I was taking out an easy chair in the garden of the mansion and relaxing, which I hadn't been able to do for a while now, I heard my sister's footsteps.

'Hermes, what are you doing here?'

　She said that, and peeked out from behind her and looked at me from above.
　I have a picture in my hand.

　It's a picture of a stocky, pretty dandy guy.

"A man!　That's not how it works, Hermes-- ha.

　She swallowed the words she was about to say, took a deep breath, and started mumbling something.

'No, no, no, no, no, don't be so hasty. You know, Ortiz also said that Hermes is hungry, but he also likes girls.

　I felt like I'd been rude to her as much as I could.
　As I wondered if I should poke my nose in, my sister put her hand on her shapely chest and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

'Hermes, whose picture is that?'
Yeah, I haven't signed up for one in a while, and I've been trying to get my sister to see me--
Yeah!

　My sister snatched the picture from my hand and threw it away with a bold form that I'll always love to see.

　Kiran!

　Poor dandy macho, that picture became a star in the sky.

'That kind of thing is fine, Hermes!
I know that, sister. I'm not gonna let him take you away from your sister like that.
'Eh....'

　She flinches, her eyes widen and she stares at me.

'I know how you feel, sis.

　Boom.

　As soon as I said that, I heard my sister's chest bounce as hard as it could.
　You can tell that the timing was definitely right.

"Ki, you noticed?
Considering what we've been through. Your sister's behavior has been consistent, that's for sure.
Hermes....

　Her sister's eyes bugged out.

'Get real with me, get real and show your strength and make your name known to the heavens. You like me now, don't you, sis?
No, not like that. I mean...
So I'll choose. Show some strength and you'll get a man of high standing for your sister.
What?

　She looked at me with a puzzled look on her face again as she was about to say something.
　........Huh?
　What's going on?

....

　While I was confused, my sister's eyes turned cold in a flash.

"Um, sis?
....

　Poka Poka.

　Sis clenches her fist and pats me on the head.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing, sis?
....

　Poka Poka.

'Don't do that, sister. It doesn't hurt, but what is this? What's wrong with you?
I don't know!　Hmph!

　The sister turned away with a pout and walked away with a sulky face.

　Um........what the hell is going on?

　　　　　★

　The next day, I was in the garden again, getting out my easy chair and relaxing, this time without looking at anything, when my sister came in again, peeking out of the top and peeking at me.

'Hermes,'
What's up, sis? You know, today.

　I swallowed the word "good mood".
　I didn't understand what happened yesterday, but I knew better than to unwind it.

'Yes, here.'

　My sister placed a pile of pictures on my lap.

'What's this ... a picture of a girl?'
I've got a candidate for the newest member of HHM48, and I've got 200 people here.
"Huh?
Take your pick. Oh, you can't not choose one. I received a royal warrant from His Majesty yesterday. It's a recommendation from His Majesty.
Yeah!

　What is this all of a sudden?
　I mean, His Majesty's recommendation is about as forceful as when my sister became my daughter.

　Why is that?　Why the hell is this?

Um... waitress?
What is it?
What do you mean, you're mad at me?

　I asked him, because I had an inkling.

"No, you don't.
No....you have. Because....

　I looked at the pictures.
　Somehow they all--well, all of them, really.

　They all reminded me of my sister in some way.

"Choose well, Hermes.

　My sister was smiling, but there was a strange intensity to her.

　I was pressured by it, and somehow, I chose one of the girls who looked like my sister in particular.