Latifa’s Monopoly
In the forest on the outskirts of Rodania...
While Celia was at the consulate, Rio was visiting the stone house alone. He entered the barrier surrounding the area and instead of knocking, sent a few regular waves of magic essence towards the house. As soon as he confirmed he wasn’t an intruder, Latifa burst out.
“Welcome home, Onii-chan!” She hugged him enthusiastically. Miharu, Sara, Orphia, and Alma exited the house after her.
“I’m back.”
“Yup! What are you here for today? Where are Celia and Aishia?” Latifa looked up at him and asked, still clinging onto him.
“Celia has lectures in Rodania until evening. Aishia is protecting her. I wanted to see you, so I dropped by,” Rio replied while petting Latifa’s head.
“Really?! I’m so happy!”
“Shall we go inside first?”
“Okay!”
And so, Rio and the girls entered the house. Latifa was clinging to Rio’s arm.
“You just saw him the other day, but you’re sticking to him so closely again today, Latifa,” Sara said with a slight pout on her lips.
“Of course. I want to be with him every day of the year. That’s why I’m going to be by his side a lot today! Come on, let’s sit down.” Latifa huffed proudly and pulled Rio’s arm towards the sofa in the living room so they could sit down together.
“We’ll be leaving for the Galarc Kingdom in a few days, but I’ll try to visit as much as possible until then.”
“Okay!” Latifa strengthened her hold on Rio with a squeeze.
“If you’re staying until evening, that means we can eat lunch together today. Is there anything you’d like to eat?” Orphia asked happily.
“I’m fine with whatever you originally had planned.”
“We hadn’t decided what to make yet, so anything goes. Isn’t that right, Miharu?”
“Yup,” Miharu nodded.
“In that case, let’s eat something we can all make together! Like a barbeque!”
“That wouldn’t take much time, so it’s a great idea,” Rio said, on board with Latifa’s suggestion.
“Then it’s decided!”
Thus, it was decided that lunch would be a barbeque. That being said, it was still too early to eat, so their conversation continued for a while.
Normally, Aishia and Latifa would cling to Rio and Celia would try to stop Aishia right away, which Sara would jump on board with immediately, but neither Aishia nor Celia were here today.
“He he he...”
Latifa remained close to Rio while he was visiting. Sara had pointed out how she was being a bit too attached midway, but she appeared to be more reserved than usual without Celia around.
Rio and Latifa were currently seated on a three-seater sofa, but Latifa was completely monopolizing it. Because of that, she was in quite the good mood.
“Aren’t you jealous, Sara?” Alma suddenly asked.
“Yes, I... Wait, about what?!” Sara nodded reflexively, then panicked with a gasp.
“I’m talking about their sibling relationship, of course,” Alma said with a giggle.
“Right...” Sara nodded shyly, a faint blush on her face.
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