The Doll Tamed to Perfection and the Terrifying Little Sisters

At first, I thought Suigintou had refused to come with us simply because she wasn't ready to meet her sisters under these circumstances. But now it seemed I had clearly underestimated the gradual erosion of a Rozen Maiden's integrity caused by a bunch of shameless Empire Leaders.

That little runt was simply afraid of getting scolded...

It wasn't until the tiny doll named Suiseiseki charged out of the house and used an oversized watering can to "cultivate" a mass of vines that attacked Qian Qian and me that I suddenly realized this.

That prankster had previously written her sisters an ambiguously worded "threatening letter," claiming she would send them to another world—wasn't that just setting people up? Anyone would have misunderstood!

Vines, sound waves, red roses, animated stuffed dolls—things that normally looked utterly harmless had now mutated into weapons. Along with a valiant girl wielding golden scissors, all these attacks poured from the house before us just seconds after Suiseiseki "fled" back inside to raise the alarm. They swept around from every direction and struck at Qian Qian and me. Such seamless coordination and powerful firepower assembled in so little time clearly showed that they had trained nervously for a long time beforehand, all to deal with a "crisis" that could arrive at any moment. Suigintou's scheme was now obvious: after turning a perfectly good invitation into a threatening letter, she had scared these poor little sisters into preparing for who knew how many days.

"Hey, A Jun, something doesn't seem right."

Faced with the incoming attacks, Qian Qian still had the leisure to chat with me. She casually caught the golden scissors rushing down from above and tilted her head as she muttered.

"Hah, Suigintou probably knew this would happen all along. She definitely didn't come because she was