Phew… After a night passed, when she opened her eyes and got up again, Keti felt her mood had improved a lot.
Last night, she finally got all her heartfelt feelings off the chest. Alice hadn’t come looking for her afterward either, obediently returning to her own room to sleep. It felt like a big relief.
But… The silver-haired girl pinched her chin and suddenly realized something.
Even though they had cleared the air, it seemed that from now on she really would have to treat Alice like a little sister, because she was her biological younger sister after all.
This… Maybe she should just run away.
Even though she had finally come home for a visit, seeing that her parents were healthy was already great. Better to leave the family matters to Mom! Mm… yeah, she’d leave today…
“Keti——!”
The silver-haired girl was just about to pack her bags when suddenly, an anxious voice came from the doorway—Layla’s voice, followed by Sylvia’s furious roar:
“Alice! Get the hell out here! I generously told you the situation, and you take my husband and run off to her hometown?!”
Sii— Hearing the voices of her two former comrades, Keti’s heart, which had just settled, tensed up again.
‘S-She, those two, why were they here?!’
‘Wh-What kind of hellish scene was this? Her harem’s catfight had come straight to her home?!’
“Uwaaah…”
The silver-haired girl’s first reaction was to try to escape through the window.
But when she opened it, she saw the elf beauty standing at the front door with her hands on her hips, and the purple-haired jellyfish-headed older sister standing beside Sylvia. When they saw Keti, their eyes lit up and they waved at her.
“Keti, we’re here! Hurry up and open the door!”
“Guh…”
The silver-haired girl blinked helplessly.
***
Meanwhile, on hearing the noise at the door, Keti’s mom, Keya, rushed up to the second floor and hugged Keti in panic, saying:
“Waaah, what do we do, what do we do? Baobao, there are two strange people downstairs! Could it be that the Magic Tower sent someone to hunt us down?!”
Seeing her panicked mother, Keti coughed awkwardly.
‘How should she put this…’
“They might be here to go after Alice.”
“Huh? Wh-What’s going on?”
The silver-haired young lady tilted her head in bewilderment.
Keti sighed. She lamented that her interpersonal relationships might be a bit too advanced for her parents, and she didn’t even know how to explain.
Even so, she still had to let Layla and Sylvia in. After all, you don’t turn away friends when they come to your house.
But… Keti glanced at Alice, who was trembling by the door, then silently sighed, stepped forward, patted the golden-haired twin-tailed loli’s head, and said:
“Come on, let’s introduce them. Alice, you’re my little sister. What’s there to be afraid of?”
“Mm…”
Clearly, Alice wasn’t very satisfied with being called “little sister.”
But it was a good approach.
After calming Alice down, Keti led the family downstairs and opened the door.
Sylvia, who had been all claws out, was about to get angry.
But when she saw the silver-haired young lady standing behind Keti—almost identical to the girl—and a middle-aged man who looked like he had a hard daily life, the elf immediately straightened up, changed her expression, and said:
“Ahem… Um, hello Aunt and Uncle. I-I’m Sylvia. I’m Keti’s girlfriend—ah, no, it’s like a fiancée relationship! Please take care of me!”
“Eh?!”
Before Keti’s parents could react, the purple-haired jellyfish-headed older sister was displeased. She yanked the agitated Sylvia back and yelled:
“Hey hey hey, when did Keti get engaged to you?! Are you trying to pull the same trick as Alice? What a lousy imitation! Can’t you just be honest? Um, hello Aunt and Uncle, I… I’m pregnant with Keti’s child!”
“You’ve got a little belly and you’re spouting nonsense! Keti is mine, mine!”
The golden-haired twin-tailed loli immediately shouted in serious protest.
Sylvia chimed in:
“That’s right, that’s right! And you have the nerve to say that? Aunt, truth be told, earlier this purple-haired big-chested pervert even made Keti call her ‘Mommy’!”
“Uwaaa, shut up, shut up! You can’t say that…”
Layla quickly covered Sylvia’s mouth.
It seemed these two had also forgotten that they originally came to deal with Alice. The scene instantly fell into chaos.
Keti didn’t know what to say, but she seemed used to this kind of situation.
As for Dad and Mom… They were silent for a moment.
After a while, Keya turned to the helpless silver-haired girl, smiled, rested her chin on her hand, and said:
“Ah… Baobao, your romantic prospects seem a bit numerous~”
“Cough cough cough…”
Keti coughed awkwardly and then said:
“L-Let’s talk inside first. Everyone, act normal! Woo—”
***
A few minutes later, everyone sat neatly in the living room.
Keti spent a lot of effort to finally explain to her dad and mom about her other two teammates, and also to Layla and Sylvia that Alice was her little sister.
Of course, she didn’t go into detail about the reasons behind it.
It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Sylvia and Layla; it was just that explaining it was too troublesome. Besides, her mother herself liked to ramble, so Keti couldn’t be sure how reliable her mother’s words were.
Moreover, explaining her family history in front of her parents seemed a bit much.
However, the fact that Alice was her little sister was set in stone, given their bloodline.
“Mm… So Alice is actually Keti-chan’s little sister? Hmm… Hehe~ Don’t worry, Alice, from now on we’re all family~”
The purple-haired jellyfish-headed older sister, after hearing the whole story, gave Alice a mischievous smile and nodded.
Meanwhile, the golden-haired twin-tailed loli felt that Layla was gloating and immediately said with displeasure:
“Hmph… S-So what! At least Keti and I are forever family, and… I-I-I won’t give up! As long as there’s love, even if we’re siblings… sisters, so what!”
“Ara ara, what a shocking declaration, but Mommy supports you~”
The silver-haired young lady smiled, not helping to calm things down, then turned to Keti and said:
“But, Onee-sama, I think all three of these beauties are quite good. Which one is your sweetheart? Oh, right, I remember there was a gentleman too…”
At that, Keti’s face flushed bright red. The key is…
‘Mom, your acceptance level is way too high! I haven’t even brought it up, and you’re the one saying it!’
“Are you calling me, Mother-in-law~?”