'Hmmm... If there's one thing a girl needs, it's clothes. Haku-chan is cute, so if you dress her in something cute, she'll be even cuter!

　Caro says so happily. Me, Haku and Caro came to the shopping mall, but somehow Caro's behavior has been strange since she met Haku. Why does she look so happy?

Caro, you've been so happy to see Haku. What's going on?

Hmm?　Actually, I've always wanted a sister. But you only have one brother, Clifford.　I was happy when Clifford was born, but that's not to say I didn't feel a little disappointed. Mellie was more like a big sister to me.

　Caro looks at me with a smile. I see. So Caro wants to love Haku like a little sister? That Haku is looking around as if the shops around him are unusual, looking around with a scurry.

'What's the matter?　Is there something you want?

　I ask Haku, and he freaks out and shakes his head. Is he being shy?

"Huh, Haku, you don't have to be shy. Ray will take care of everything for you.

　Hey, what do you say? I'll pay for it, but I can't just coddle Haku and the others. I don't give Mei and the others that much money, either.

But don't you give them enough for them to have clothes and accessories?

'That's a given. Pricia's my girl, and May and Roy are helping me with my house. I have to give them that much.

　I'm asking the three of you to take care of the house while we're at the school. We have to give them that much.

'But why do you make so much money?　Do you get it from a frontier count?

No, Father only sends money to Eliza and Aeris. You and your brothers have nothing but food money. And I don't have any. The men have to earn their own money. When the boys need something, they make money with the guild.
　The only thing I've been doing is earning money from the guild or helping His Majesty Nanor's request to come to his master and getting paid for it. Well, the amount of that reward is strange.

　Thanks to that, my pockets have been accumulating an amount of money that is hard to reduce. If I bought a house, it would be gone in an instant, but it's enough money to live a normal life. The other day at the defeat of goblins, they said there would be a reward, so it will increase again.

It's amazing. In that case, Haku-chan, let's buy a lot of them!

No, not at all.

　Caro didn't hear my mutterings, or maybe he didn't hear my mutterings, but he swiftly made his way through the shopping district. It's no use. Let's just follow her for now.

Haku, let me know if you need anything.

"Hm.

　While shopping like that, with Caro rummaging around, asking if she was in Haku and asking me which one was better, we came to a store.

''A ... clothing store?''

'Wow, you have a lot of pretty clothes!　How about this one, Haku-chan!

　In the show window, there's a variety of adult and children's clothing, so it's probably a clothing store.

Why is the outside wall pink?

　For some reason, the shops around me are pink, while the ones around me are usually white, gray, or even brown in color. And it's not just ordinary pink, it's shocking pink and clearly stands out from the surroundings.

I don't care about that anymore. It doesn't matter what color the outside is. There seems to be a lot of cute clothes to choose from, so let's go inside!

Oh, hey!

Hmm!

　Apparently there's no stopping Caro from getting all excited. Caro pulls me in by the arm and I go inside, and Haku follows me as I'm dragged along. I'm sorry, Haku.

　We go inside, and unlike the color of the outside, the shop has a relaxed atmosphere. There are a few customers here and there, and they are all female customers.

''Haku-chan, let's choose!''

　Your eyes are too bright. It can't be helped. I patted Haku on the back.

Go ahead and pick one.

　I let him go. Haku looked at me and Caro, who was alternately looking at me and Caro holding her clothes, and said, "Hmm," and went to Caro. Was it just my imagination that his voice sounded heartily happy at that moment?

Well, aren't you a good father?

　As I watch Caro and Haku as I pick out my clothes and Haku as a dress-up doll, I hear a horrible voice behind me. A low voice that seems to echo from the depths of the earth. A chill runs down my back and I jump back from the spot. Then I turn around and there it is.

'Oh my!　If you look closely, you're not a hero!

　There was a muscular, cross-dressing older man standing a little over two meters tall. His black hair was in twin-tails, and he had a flower-shaped hair ornament on the left side. His face is still this!　The make-up is made up so thickly that I'm not sure if it's because she's shaved or not, but the area around her mouth is blue.

　I don't know if the dress is not the right size or if it's designed this way, and I don't want to know, but the chest is bare and the chest hair is visible. The sleeves are short-sleeved with frilly ruffles at the sleeves, and the pants are so patched up that they look like they might tear. And it's all pink.

''Oh, who are you?''

　Someone should praise me for being able to ask him without slashing him out of the blue. If I had met him outside the store, I would have slashed him.

'Oh my God!　I've got something on my mind.　I'm the manager of the Blossom Garden, Madame Blossom.　Nice to meet you, Hideo. Mmm-hmm!

　So says this transvestite muscle dharma, Madame Blossom, and she winks at me. I'm happy when Alexia and the others do it, but when she does it to me, I feel like killing her.

''Well how do you know about me?''

Oh, not many people know about this. I was watching the king's speech last night. Besides, I heard about it from my sister...

　It's so annoying how you wiggle your hips every time you talk. Don't raise your little finger. Don't wink at me!　Ha, ha, he's going to get pretty tired. More importantly, who's your sister?

Who's your sister?

What?　Didn't they tell you?　You're the most powerful woman in the country, of course, Sylphid's sister.

　.........I didn't expect the master to come out here. That's when Madame Blossom's story began.

　It seems that Madame Blossom was originally an adventurer, a former A-ranked adventurer. It seems that she used to be an A-ranked adventurer, and was soon to be an S-ranked adventurer.

　One day, he was appointed as a nobleman's escort, and when he was escorting a nobleman, his master came to him.

　Of course, Madame Blossom confronted the master as a request to protect the nobleman, but she and the other guards were beaten to a pulp.

　Apparently, Madame Blossom fell in love with the master's overwhelming strength, the way he danced so dainty, and his good looks.

　By the way, the nobleman at that time was naturally captured by his master. That nobleman was originally guilty of selling the innocent people of his domain to slavers behind the scenes to make money, and since the kingdom found out about it, he asked Madame Blossom to run away.

　Because of that, Madame Blossom returned to the kingdom and wondered how she could catch up with her master, and I don't know what she thought of it, but it seems that she decided to become a woman first and got dressed like this. And that's when he woke up as a woman, apparently.

　She then learned the skills that women needed, such as eating, laundry, sewing, and housekeeping, and then quit her job as an adventurer in order to become a dressmaker. She said she was fortunate to have been crafty to begin with.

　It seems that living as those women was so much fun that she stopped catching up with her master halfway through.

Now, my sister comes to this shop to buy clothes and we have tea together.

　You're that close. I haven't heard anything like that once in four years.

Ray, are you sure this is...

　Caro came just then and froze when she saw Madame Blossom. Even Haku, who was holding hands with Caro, was so surprised that he dropped the bear.

'Oh my goodness, he's so cute!　I want to eat it!

　And Madame Blossom licking her tongue. A chill runs down my spine again.

"Sho, barrier!

Mmm!

　Madam Blossom was so awesome that Caro invoked the barrier and Haku took out his knife. It took about ten minutes of convincing and calming him down after that.

　Then they introduced themselves, and as Caro asked Madame Blossom a lot of questions about her clothes, I knew they were female to female(?). They were getting along very well with each other.

　Haku squeezes Caro's hand with a slightly frightened look on his face. He seems to have become much more relaxed with Caro, but he doesn't try to get close to Madame Blossom. It can't be helped. I don't want to go near her either.

　As I'm watching the scene, Caro comes over to me.

'Ray, that's all I've got...'

　and brought me to the front of a massive pile of clothes, stacked on top of each other like a mountain. ........Huh?　Aren't you supposed to buy Haku's clothes?　Obviously some of the clothes don't fit Haku's height, and there's a mix of clothes that aren't caro.

''Well I was trying to find something that would fit everyone and this is what I got.

　And Caro looks a little apologetic.

''Well that's okay. Caro was going to buy all of this by herself, and I'll stop with the quicksand, but if there's enough for everyone.

Thanks, Ray!

　Caro says so and gives me a hug. Yeah, it's a perk. I don't have any tits.

　Geez.

　Ouch!　You're too tight!　So how do you notice it!

　And then someone snaps at my right hand. I look at that person.

Thanks.

　There was Haku who thanked me, though he had no expression on his face. This alone is worth coming here. Except for that manager.

''Anraa!　That's a lot of money!　Then I'll give you half the price for everything. I'm your sister's apprentice, and I'm sure she'll keep coming back!

　That said, Madame Blossom gave me a discount. I could have been honestly happy if I hadn't winked at her every time I spoke....

　The clerk bagged up all the clothes I bought in large quantities (the clerks were all beautiful women), put them in an item ring and left the store.

　The entire clerk was sent off, but every time Madame Blossom waved her hand, gosh, gosh!　And the sound of the wind being cut off was a little scary.

'Phew, that was fun,'

That shop?　It was pretty intense, but did you enjoy it?

No. I'm talking about my date with Ray.

　Caro says and smiles. But today, I just went along with Haku to help him pick out what he needed. It's just that every once in a while I would say that this would be a good choice, but I left the clothes up to Caro.

But I still enjoyed being with Ray. ...and it gave me practice for when I had kids in the future.

　Saying that, Caro turns away with a red face. If you said that, I would also blush.

　I look at the other side to fool myself. My left hand is holding hands with Caro, so Haku is holding hands with his right hand.

'Did Haku have a good time?'

　I asked Haku, and he looked at me.

...It was fun. Onii.

　Then she said that and smiled at me, albeit only slightly. .........Onii is me, right? I'm not sure what to call it, but it makes me happy. It's good to know that you'll be able to open up more to me like this. It's not a bad idea.

　But the darkness in her heart is much deeper than we thought.