“Okay, are you ready?”
“Yes!”
“Mik.u.ma, you"re prepared, right?”
“Yup. Now that we"ve come this far, there"s not much I can do.”
We brought Jaja and Nana who didn"t fall asleep and stood at the entrance to the nest.
It was unusual but I was carrying Nana and looking straight out of the nest.
Yule was there with her arms crossed in an imposing manner, glaring at us.
Father was crouched down next to her and laughing.
Aoi who was holding Jaja, shifted her body up.
I think Jaja had slipped a little and she was correcting it.
The smartphone was in speaker mode, hanging from Aoi"s neck with a strap.
“U-um, Mik.u.msan…”
“Yes?”
Aoi looked at her own chest with a meek expression.
“T-thank you… very much.”
"… Don"t worry about it, is what I"d like to say, but just think of it as owing me a favor."
“Y-yes!”
Aoi nodded vigorously in response to Mik.u.ma"s bright toned response.
“As a man, I didn"t really understand, well honestly, I did, but feigning ignorance was better for my mental health.
“Yosh!”
We fired ourselves up and took a step forward.
From this point on, there is probably an obstacle like the high school entrance examination lying in wait for us.
No, I had a hard time and I didn"t expect to do the transfer examination in less than a year, so I went through h.e.l.l, it"ll probably be even more difficult than that.
“What about the things we can"t do?”
“We"ll ask someone who can, right? I don"t know who uncle intends to ask, but I can guess.”
That"s right, Aoi and I alone is not enough.
Aoi is not good at fighting to protect others, and in the first place I"m no match against a large group of people.
If that"s the case, we"ll get strong people to help us protect them.
If Yule doesn"t recognize humans, beastmen, and demons, then let"s rely on dragons.
Of course, it"s not like we"re completely relying on others.
They are our beloved children.
The two treasures that Aoi wished for and I resolved to protect.
Even I can escape while holding Jaja and Nana.
If I can"t escape, then I"ll do whatever means necessary without worrying about my appearance.
If that"s impossible, then I"ll pitifully cling onto someone else.
There is certainly the feeling of not wanting to die and not wanting to let them die.
So, I"ll continue to hang onto any possibility.
“I"ll convey that to mother. That"s right, she was tired. She"s been strange for the past three days. She was always impatient and lied down immediately. Jaja and Nana were crying and uncle was poking his nose around, so she"s probably still tired. Let"s get her to recover first.”
We slowly approached Yule and father.
My heart was beating so strongly that it was about to rupture, and there was a vigor that was about to erupt from my mouth at any moment.
“That reminds me, I lost my cool earlier, and Yule cut me off with some strange caustic words…"
“U-um, I was happy, you know?”
“Kunpei-kun. Since a long time ago, whenever blood gets to your head, you"ll do unthinkable things. It was the same with me.”
“Ah, I"m reflecting on that. The kick at the end was unnecessary.”
“Maybe I think that the place you need to reflect on is different… but it was cool so I"m fine with it. It was wonderful…”
Eh?
Making him prostrate in front of all the students at the opening ceremony?
Or when I beat him up before that?
“Nii-chan, Yuuno-oneechan isn"t coming back.”
“Kazemachi, gave me a big kiss when you come back.”
Shouhei and Saeki reported in an astonished voice.
“I can"t consent to that, even I haven"t done it yet.”
“No, I didn"t say I"d do it!”
Why are you glaring at me with such a scary expression!?
“I"m okay with it at any time!”
Mik.u.msan!
“Even me, when I"m sleeping, in the bathroom, or in the bath!”
“Kazamachi, you had that kind of fetish…”
“Nii-chan is the worst. Don"t wake up the kids.”
It"s a false accusation! False accusation!
That playful banter was soon over, and we stood in front of Yule.
“Thank you father. Was it all right?”
“No problem. But she doesn"t listen, I could only get her to agree to wait.”
He stood up while shaking his right hand.
That alone has helped a lot.
“F-father-in-law, thank you very much!”
Huh?
Did you call him like how Mik.u.ma did?
“It"s fine, since it"s for my cute grandchildren. Actually, I bought a toy without telling Shouhei. On the internet.”
Just like his usual self, father was teasing Aoi who had her head lowered.
“Dad, we"re going to have a proper talking after you come back, okay?”
“H-huh? Shou-kun, were you listening this whole time?”
“Uncle, Shouhei"s smile is really scary right now. Even so, he"s still handsome, can you give him to me?”
Ahhh.
He made Shouhei angry.
The pocket money will decrease.
And also, how blatant, Saeki.
I won"t permit it until my brother graduates from junior high school!
“So did you have a proper talk?”
“Ah, I still don"t know whether it"s correct or enough.”
At any rate, there"s still a lot of things that we don"t know.
“No, that"s fine. You guys had children too early. But the kids are already born. So do your best. Leave the rest to the dads.”
“Oh, I"m counting on you.”
“Yes, best regards.”
The two lowered their heads slightly.
“Aah, I was relied on.”
My father"s face was filled with a satisfied smile.
“… what"s with this atmosphere.”
Yule finally opened her mouth.
“Is there a flower field in your heads? Ai, no, Aoi. I"m sure you know that you don"t have the power to protect your twins alone.”
She sighed deeply and shook her head.
“… Mother, it"s true that I don"t have enough strength to protect Jaja and Nana at the same time. I know that, so I want to receive help. From Kunpei-san, father-in-law, Shouhei-san, and a lot of other people.”
“… How shameless. You willfully gave birth and now you"re leaving those children to someone else?”
This time Aoi shook her head.
“No. I didn"t plan on leaving everything to someone else. My responsibility and our responsibility must be fulfilled. But we don"t have enough power. Even if it"s shameful or pathetic, we can do anything for the sake of their happiness.”
She smiled at me, and looked at Yule with strong eyes.
The light in her eyes was very strong and dazzling.
“… What"s with that. Is that how a proud sky dragon should be?”
“That can be also said for you, Yule."
Suddenly there was a voice on top of my head.
“Alba Germain…! Didn"t you say you won"t be here!”
“Hahaha. while it may be true that they were irritable, but they haven"t kicked me out. Even the Kazamachi house hasn"t either.”
“No, but we want to drive you out.”
My father agreed with my words.
"My mental strength is like steel, so this amount is nothing! More importantly, Yule, did you come to a conclusion? Even you, who has your hands full with restoring the sky, no for sure, you don"t have the leeway to protect the twins, right?”
This mentally strong rat…!
“… Still, Aoi and the twins won"t be as free living with humans and beastmen.”
“There"s no such thing!”
Aoi responds loudly to Yule who answered with a dark expression.
“Their important people isn"t there! Their favorite papa isn"t there! That"s absolutely not freedom!"
“… still no progress, huh.”
Yule sighed deeply again.
It was a somewhat lonely gesture.
“Father, sorry. Can you look after Jaja and Nana?”
“… Be careful.”
I left Jaja to him, and approached Aoi, who was holding Nana.
“I"m sorry … I"ll try and stop my mother somehow.”
“Ah, please do your best.”
Jaja in his right arm and Nana on his left.
My father was holding the twins and gently smile at Aoi.
“Yes!”
Aoi nodded and put the smartphone strap over father"s head.
“Kunpei-kun! Aoi-chan! Be careful!”
“Hey, rat! It"s really as you said!”
“Nii-chan!”
Mik.u.ma, Saeki, and Shohei"s worried voices.
Sorry for making you worry.
I stretched my arms and loosened my body.
“Now, do you do your best!”
“Mom! Let"s have a proper talk!”
We stood side by side in front of Yule.
“Aoi, even if you"ll resent me, I"ll protect my family! With my way!”
The Dragon King of the Sky spread her large wings.