"If that's the case, I can learn a lot more knowledge, Big Brother."
"I'm actually quite good at teaching puppet construction and such." Though he had guessed certain things, the boy had no intention of showing it. He chuckled softly, his smiling eyes brimming with wildness.
"Would you like to try starting the lesson properly now?"
"I'll leave the upcoming lesson to you, Big Brother."
The girl's voice was exceptionally seductive.
...(Two ellipses make this twenty thousand words.)
At the kitchen table, a group of beautiful girls sat around the table having dinner.
"I'm back."
Miss Okita, who had been hired by Antithesis Entertainment as a martial arts instructor and had only just returned to the shop, cheerfully greeted her Master's women after catching the scent of food. She found her seat and sat down.
"Eh—Master, Miss Sakura and Miss Kama aren't here?" The swordswoman accepted her bowl and chopsticks from Illya, then looked at the empty seats in surprise.
"Lord Kama is in seclusion training. As for Sakura, she should still be studying the bow she received from Lord Kama." Lainis, who had met Sakura before, answered for Soji.
"As for Darling, you know what he's like. He comes and goes without a trace; he could show up anywhere."
"Li Zihan really is too much. He has no sense of family at all."
Having learned that her lover had been fighting Disobedient Gods today and feeling that he must have had a hard time, Miss Ereshkigal had started working in the kitchen early to prepare a Sumerian-style feast for him. Yet he was nowhere to be seen at mealtime, and she could not help muttering to herself.
"I need to find a time to make him break his bad habit of wandering around everywhere."
"I haven't been wandering