Chapter 61 (END) - Volume 4 (1/2)

Extra SS『Sibling Squabble』

The timeline is roughly around two years before the start of the school arc. During the siblings’ day off.

Lycoris and I quarrel pretty often.

The cause varies, but they were mostly about trivial things.

Case in point were our regular bickerings.

We’d always get annoyed by a usually pardonable remark and respond back with a biting retort. With that done, the other would then retaliate back with equally biting words since we were both headstrong. After it came to that, we’d go with the flow and instantly plunge into a squabble.

We both wouldn’t want to hear what the other was saying so our clash of wills would continue for a little while.

However, there was a great deal of people who paid attention when we fought, whether it be at the Lilia residence or at school. Things indeed calmed down when we took innocent bystanders into consideration and we’d also reflect that it wasn’t mature to make others worry.

Thus, at approximately fifty-fifty ratio, one of us would yield. And that would be the end of the squabble.

By the way, Wolf was not included in the 『innocent bystanders』.

That’s because that guy wouldn’t care less if Lycoris and I were arguing or being cold to each other. Rather, he seems somewhat livelier in worrying for Lycoris more than usual so the irritation towards him would make me lose my resistance in 『being the one to yield in the fight』.

You could say some of the quarrels ended thanks to Wolf as a result, but I naturally won’t thank him for it.

In any case, that was how siblings quarreled in our family, so there were occasions where we don’t remember the reason the quarrel started in the first place.

But the situation this time was a little unusual. I clearly remembered the words I said that started the fight. However, it wasn’t clear what made me feel annoyed to say such a thing.

It all started when I went along with Lycoris’s hobby and accompanied her to theatre that night.

We were on our way home. There was nothing to see outside since it had already turned dark, I’d been sitting on the opposite side and looking at my sister, who covered her face with a cushion. Lycoris had the tendency to empathize excessively with stories, so she’ll often be moved to tears even with books or dramas.

I faced her in her current state and said this.

『You don’t have to bawl so much……Not to worry, Elder Sister’s oh so beloved actress is celebrating the show’s success and drowning in wine or something by now』

I’ll say this beforehand but I pride myself for not being that insensitive of a person.

I knew at least that there’s no way my sister would say 『you’re certainly right. All’s well that ends well』 when she gets told these sorts of things.

Moreover, the way I said it was also nasty. It was said with some suggestion of sarcasm that even I thought was heartless.

Needless to say, Lycoris got angry.

No sooner had I wondered why she was looking at my face with that expression on her face like she didn’t understand what I just told her, then she’d thrown the cushion on hand at me.

After that, it proceeded in exchanges such as 「Learn some delicacy！」「It’s the truth」「There are ways to say things! And don’t you dare say it was meant to be reassuring！」 , and was brought to a finish with 「Don’t talk to me for a while！」.

It’s true that it wasn’t meant to reassure her. If it was, it would have been phrased a little better. But it wasn’t meant to aggravate her while she was down either. It wasn’t meant to be so petty.

And so, the ensuing quarrel was lasting unexpectedly long.