The Fourth Period Is Modern Chinese (Continued)

Even I was usually taken aback by her—actually, even now. Looking at her from beside her, I sometimes thought she was seriously bad news. Miss Miura got made to cry every time, for example.

As I nodded along with a "Yeah, yeah, I get it," Komachi closed her eyes and tilted her head.

"Hmm... That's one reason, too. Even Komachi usually finds Big Brother's trashy remarks chilling, but when the two of you get together, it might be chilling in another sense..."

Playing along with Komachi's deep contemplation, I rested a hand on my chin and put on a grave expression.

"Hoh, another sense... Wait, hold on. Komachi usually finds me chilling?"

My serious expression immediately collapsed.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on a second. Usually? Seriously? I thought my relationship with my sister was pretty good. Had I been wrong? If I kept asking, it looked like I would receive a rather cutting answer, so I forcibly swallowed the words rising to my lips.

Komachi nodded, apparently reaching some conclusion.

"...Well, people around you will get used to it eventually. The people who can't get used to it will just disappear, so it's fine!"

"That's terrifying..."

That joke was not funny at all... Though it sounded frightening, Komachi's tone was fairly serious. Waggling a finger, she slipped into lecture mode.

"Still, just because people get used to it doesn't mean you can keep bothering them. Trash Brother never says anything when it matters, but he never stops talking when it doesn't. Komachi thinks that was part of the reason this happened, too."

It was harsh to hear, but I had nothing to argue against.

My bad habits had been pointed out so many times by now that they were practically incurable. It felt like whenever I cured one, a new