Chapter thirteen

"Ei, can I come in?."Kana whispered standing at the entrance to Ei's room.

"Hm? Of course!." Ei said as Kana walked in and sat down on the edge of her bed.

"I need to ask you something."

"What is it?."

"Do you want to go home?…I mean do you want to go back to our parents place?."Kana asked noticing Ei's confused stare.

"What? What provoked this?! Am I doing something wrong?! Are you angry with me? If that's so I'm sorry!." Ei cried in a frenzy.

"No no, it's not that, sometime in the future I won't be here to protect you and I don't want you to feel oppressed since the castle is a dangerous place, you'll be safe with our parents."Kana said placing a hand on Ei's cheek.

"What do you mean? Where are you going?."You asked worriedly clasping your hands around hers."Oh I see, you must be going with Prince Issey on the gathering he's attending!." Ei cried snapping her fingers proudly.

Kana chuckled at her antics."Yes, you could say that."

"And as for your question about if I wanted to go to our parents house, I'll say I'd rather stick with you, because I can protect myself and I'll be careful so you won't have to worry about me all the time and because I don't remember our parents, it would be awkward staying with the people you don't recognize." Ei pouted.

"Ara Ara, very well, I'll protect until I can't no more."Kana said patting her head taking note of Ei's confused and worried expression.

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"Ei. You need to see these new moves I learned from Raga-nee!."Eiji cried brandishing a sword while Ei sat on a chair bandaging Rumi's paper cuts.

"Just a second." Ei murmured looking at Rumi's outstretched fingers.

"Are you done yet?."Rumi asked pouting.

"How did you even end up with paper cuts?." Ei asked looking at him.

"Mother forced me to read 15 books as a punishment for eating sweets for breakfast."Rumi grumbles.

"Ah!."Eiji mocks.

"Shut up Eiji! Go back to playing with your wooden sticks!."Rumi retorts annoyed.

"I will!."Eiji mocks before breaking a vase with his sword.

"You…broke one of…Older brother Haruto's prized possessions."Rumi cried pointing at the broken vase.

"We're so dead!! Can't you fix it?!."Eiji cried grasping his head in fear.

"Have you ever seen someone glue together something that's broken?!."Rumi yelled.

"Sebastian did." Ei comments offhandedly. Eiji and Rumi turned their attention to you.

"Okay, go get him!."Rumi said relaxed.

"Who's Sebastian?."Eiji asked as Ei's eyes widened once she realized what she said.

"N-no one! Just a figment of my imagination!,” Ei stuttered waving her hands around nervously.

"I guess there's only one thing to do."Rumi sighs before picking Ei bridal style. "Run!."Rumi screeched running away with Ei in his arms, Eiji matching his pace. Soon they all heard an angry screech.

"RUMI! EIJI!."Haruto screeched pointing at them from a distance.

"I wasn't even the one who broke it!!!."Rumi wailed running faster.