Brother, it's morning!

　It's a pleasant morning with the chirping of birds. As I was sleeping slowly, the door was opened vigorously with the sound of such voices. And

Touche!

Ugh!

　Something that comes on top of me with great force. I groaned at the shock that came to my stomach, but when I opened my eyes, there it was.

'Good morning, brother!　It's morning!

　And a smiling Phelia was peeking out at me. Yeah, it's cute. Normally Krona would come to wake me up, but today was unusual.

'Good morning, Phelia. Isn't it unusual for Phelia to come to wake you up?

'Mmm-hmm!　Because today is the day you've been waiting to shop with your brother!　Krona is getting dressed up too!　Of course I do!

　How's that kind of Phelia when you get off the bed!　And Phelia goes around the place and shows me a yellow-green floral dress. Come to think of it, that's the kind of promise I was promised.

　Since my first visit to the capital, well, a lot of things have happened since I first came here, and it ended up being the day before Phelia and the others left, but I had promised Phelia and Krona that I would go shopping with them.

　Zeke and his friends were busy getting ready to leave and greeting other noblemen, so it was decided that we, the rest of us, would go shopping.

Chloe has made breakfast for us, so let's get going!

　Filia wants to go shopping as soon as possible, so she runs around the room quickly. I wish she'd settle down a little more because no stores are open this early in the morning, but, well, I'm glad she's looking forward to it, so I don't say that.

　I also get up at Phelia's urging and go to wash my face before going to the room where everyone is gathered. In the room were Aeris, my older sister, and Won't, my middle brother, plus Chloe, Krona, and Phelia. It looks like Zeke and the others have already left and Marco is gone. I guess he can't come here because of what happened before.

'Good morning, Ray-sama. Breakfast is ready for you, sir.'

Good morning, Ray. Come over here and eat your dinner. You're going shopping with Phelia and the others today, right?　Don't keep the lady waiting.

Good morning, Chloe. Thanks again. Good morning to you too, sister. Phelia woke me up so I wouldn't have to, so I'm fine.

　I say hello to everyone and go to my seat where I usually sit. When I sit down, Krona gets ready for me. Then I smell a nice scent that comes from the air.

　It always smells good when she's rubbing her cat ears, but today it smells like a floral scent that goes along with it. I wonder if she is wearing perfume?

　And just a little bit of makeup done on her face. I wonder if Chloe did it, very pretty. Perhaps it's because she's been staring at Krona like that, but Krona notices my gaze and smiles at me with a blush on her face. Yeah, it's cute. I can't help but stroke her head. You continue to stroke Krona as I stroke her head and tell her to smile.

'Ray, leave it at that. You're going to go play now, aren't you?　Hurry up and get him ready to eat.

　And then Wonto got angry with him. Such was the case with Wonto, who had now finished his breakfast and was elegantly sipping tea and reading a book.

　Despite the fact that he has the face of Zeke's heritage, he also has the intellectual air of his mother, Eliza, which seems to make him popular among the maidservants. The eldest son, Marco, is, well, that's why he looks even better. He seems to be following Marco, too.

　I ate my breakfast early and changed, just as Won't told me to. Aeris told me not to make him wait.

　When I finished getting ready and headed to the door, Phelia and Krona were already waiting for me. Today, the three of us are going shopping together. It would have been better to have someone else accompany us, but Zeke said it would be fine since I'm here, so it was just the three of us. Well, I guess the guards are following us where we can't see them.

　We could have walked there, but Phelia and Krona would definitely get tired on the way, so we got a carriage for them. And there's no need to force myself to walk when I have a carriage. If it's just me, anyway.

　After taking the carriage to the shopping district, we walked around. After all, maybe because both Phelia and Krona are girls, they don't seem to have an eye for clothes and ornaments, so I'm going to look around the shops that say so.

　In addition to the other shops that sell small items to put in the room, and look around. I don't have a lot of money, but Zeke has given me some pocket money, so I use it to buy one for each of Phelia and Krona.

　Krona was repeatedly dreading it, but when I asked her to buy one for me, she picked out a hairpiece. For Filia, a pretty vase for flowers in her room. I heard that the spirits will be happy to see you decorate your room with flowers. For me, I'm satisfied just to see the two of them smiling adorable smiles of happiness.

　After that, we wandered around various shops, and a little past noon, we both began to feel unsettled. After all, we'd been up so early in the morning that we were exhausted. I guess that's how much they were looking forward to shopping today.

　After returning home with the two of them, I put Phelia and the others to bed, and although tomorrow is the last day to say goodbye to both of them for a while, I hope they are in good spirits.

　Incidentally, I asked Wonto about the book he's been reading since this morning, and he said it's a novel called "The Story of Growing Up," which is about a boy who is reborn. He said he was reading a book that just came out. He'll let me read it as soon as he finishes it. I'm looking forward to it.