Vol 3 Chapter 37 – Torte Wanted to Join Too!【Vol 3: Torte the Dog-Eared Girl Ar】

People say “wrung dry” a lot, but—yesterday really was like that.

The next morning, I somehow peeled my drained body off the bed.

“Hey, are you okay? Theo…”

Eclair, back to her senses, lent me her shoulder for support.

That consideration would’ve been nice to have yesterday.

“I know it’s always like this, but sorry… I lost my mind again…”

“Yeah, yesterday especially… you went full wild.”

“D-Don’t say stuff like that!”

Eclair’s voice lacked its usual energy.

Right, because the biggest problem was—

“…Do you think Torte heard us?”

At my murmur, Eclair’s face clouded over.

Far from keeping quiet, we’d definitely been louder than ever before.

I tried to hold back, but… Eclair was the one who…

“She didn’t seem awake… Once that girl falls asleep, nothing wakes her up, so maybe we’re okay…”

“I think yesterday’s Eclair qualified as ‘something.'”

“S-Stop bringing that up…!”

Well, anyway.

“Let’s just pray she didn’t hear.”

“…Right.”

Saying that, we timidly opened the dining room door.

“Good morning!”

A bright voice and a sunshine-like smile burst in.

“G-Good morning. You’re up early, Torte.”

“Ehehe, Torte goes to bed early and wakes up early like a good girl! Teehee♪”

Torte grinned.

Stop… for those of us who spent the night rutting like beasts, you’re too dazzling…

The table was lined with breakfast.

Fresh-baked bread, fluffy scrambled eggs, fragrant bacon.

Torte wore an apron, her tail swaying happily.

“Wow, amazing… You prepared all this in the morning?”

“Yes! Torte worked hard!”

“I-I see… Thanks…”

Beside me, Eclair gently tugged my sleeve.

“(Hey… Torte seems totally normal…)”

“(Yeah, she probably didn’t hear. Thank god…)”

“(What a relief…)”

We both secretly breathed sighs of relief.

Ah, we managed to protect (?) this angel’s smile…

—Just when I thought that.

Torte tilted her head and asked a question.

“By the way, Master, what did you give Eclair-onee-chan?”

“? What do you mean?”

“Last night, Eclair-onee-chan said, ‘Hey, Theo, give me more♡.'”

Pffffffffffftttt!!

Eclair spewed the milk she’d just sipped spectacularly.

“Whoa, Onee-chan, are you okay?”

“Cough, cough!! I-I’m fi— cough!!“

“Awawa, towel, towel!”

“Cough, m-more importantly, Torte, w-were you awake…?”

When Eclair asked tearfully while coughing, Torte looked puzzled.

“Um, well, I was asleep, but I heard voices from Onee-chan’s room, so I was listening while half-asleep.”

Eclair and I looked at each other and turned pale simultaneously.

Sh-she heard us…!

As we froze, Torte puffed out her petal-like lips and started pouting angrily.

“More importantly, you two were secretly exchanging presents? That’s not fair! Torte wanted to join too!”

“No, you can’t join!”

Of course my voice got loud.

“Ehhh? Why not? Torte doesn’t want to be left out! Torte wants to eat yummy things too!”

“No, it’s not food…!”

“That’s a lie! Because Eclair-onee-chan said it. ‘Theo’s is so delicious♡.'”

“Gack!!“

Eclair spat blood and collapsed.

“E-Eclair—!!”

“J-Just kill me already…”

This is bad—at this rate, someone’s actually gonna die!

“O-Okay, let’s just end this conversation, okay? Please?”

When I frantically tried to calm her down, Torte reluctantly said,

“Fine…”

and backed down.

Phew…

“But can I ask one thing?”

“Wh-What…?”

“Please don’t try to go out at night. It’s dark and dangerous outside.”

“Go out?”

“Yes. You two were planning to go somewhere, right?”

“Um, what do you mean by that…”

As I asked while trembling, the merciless angel ruthlessly declared:

“Because last night, you both kept shouting, ‘I’m going!’ (Iku)”

“Stop alreadyyyyyyy!!”

We screamed through our tears.