"So, may I hear the reason why Yuika-chan is crying?"

So scary... Ilya-nee's eyes are so scary... I can almost see Ilya-nee is as big as a giant when she's standing up and cross her hands in front of her chest. I can almost see fire flaming on her back and it makes me almost wet my pants.

"My, my, let's calm down Ilya"

"Elis-san..."

Oh, thank you Elis-nee, you're my savior, I won't waste this opportunity and lead this conversation to another topic.

"Mouu... I always told you to drop the honorific didn't I? alright, let's put that aside for now, Yuika-chan, come here"

Elis-nee waves her hand to call Yuika-chan to come at her, she pats Yuika-chan's head and gently stroke it.

"Don't worry Yuika-chan, big sis is here for you"

I don't know why, but I feel like I'm the biggest jerk here, I turn my head to look at Aura, she notices me and look away and try to whistle with her lips, you can't let out a whistle sound Aura... please don't look at me like I'm the worst or something.

"[ Sigh... ] I'm sorry Yuika-chan if I did something terrible to you"

"My, let's all just sit and talk about this, the girl over there too, would you want to take a seat and have a tea with us?"

Girl? ah, Elis-nee must refer to Aura, I look behind me and nod my head to Aura, she looks nervous and just fidgeting with her fingers, Elis-nee walk pass me and hold her hand.

"It's alright, don't be shy, I will treat you better than that jer-.. *cough.. *cough.. boy over there did"

Eh? did Elis-nee say something rude to me just now? no, no, no, it's no way, she's a good person, no way she would do that, well I'm glad Aura didn't feel anxious around the girls, I feel relieved now, I might better go and take a seat too.

"Please enjoy yourself"

Why do I feel like I was left alone here? why is this round table is so big?

I look at the girls who gather up together across me and making some distance to me.

"Who is your name girl?"

"I-I'm Aura, p-pleased to meet you..."

"Ohh, Aura-chan, how old are you?"

"E-eight..."

"The same as Erwin-kun and Yuika-chan eh, I'm Elis, you don't need to be stiff, pleased to meet you"

"I'm Ilya, I'm that kids big sister, and this is Yuika-chan"

Ilya-nee pointed her finger to me, it's a bit unpleasant to be called 'that kid' honestly, please address me better Ilya-nee, please use my name at least, I'm so sad now.

"Anyway, let's move to the previous topic, Erwin-kun..."

I almost spit my tea when Elis-nee hit the table a bit with her hand and look straight at my eyes with a sharp eyes, she looks serious about something and right now she's throwing a topic I don't want to get involved into, but well, it's still part of my fault for making Yuika-chan cries, I guess I have to endure it and get along with this talk for now.

"Can you explain why Yuika-chan cries? we may not see it, but it's written all over her face and her eyes also a bit swollen, you can't make a lady looks bad like that, right, Erwin-kun?"

Well, I don't want to make Yuika-chan sad, but I don't even know what makes her cry, she just pull my collar and yell to my face when I'm just about to stand and hug her to tell her how I miss her and I'm so happy to meet her, but will they be okay with that answer? it feels like Ilya-nee and Elis-nee won't believe that and will say I'm only making an excuse, but let's try anyway.

"Well, I was looking at the goldfish in the water fountain and before I know Yuika-chan came at me and pulled my collar, she then just yelled at me, I don't really remember what she said, but then I hugged her because you know, we haven't met each other for a while"

Ilya-nee is still patting Yuika-chan and it looks like Yuika-chan is not crying anymore, thanks to Elis-nee for that, she really looks like a reliable big sister, but Ilya-nee is still the best for me, she's the best sister I had, and I'm really proud of her and wanted to brag about it.

"What did he done to you Yuika-chan?"

Eh? why is that question sounds like I did something terrible to Yuika-chan? I didn't do anything bad to her, didn't I? I look at the four of them with confusion, I'm trying to figure out what my fault is because I feel like Elis-nee and Ilya-nee are keep saying that I'm the culprit and I'm making Yuika-chan cries.

"He brought a girl with her and address her with only her name..."

"I-I'm sorry Yuika-san... E-Erwin-sa... I-I mean, Erwin said that I should drop the honorific..."

I can't really hear it, but it seems that Aura is talking about me, not sure what's she's talking about, I hope it's something nice, I know Aura is a good girl and she won't doubt me and talk something bad about me, I guess I can relief a bit and let Aura to explain to them that I didn't make Yuika-chan cries to something since she's been behind me all the time.

I take a sip on my tea and steal a glance at them again, this time Ilya-nee and Elis-nee just looking at each other in a confusion, Elis-nee just shrugs and laughs after that, Ilya-nee just smiled and shook her head.

"I see, I see, It's something like that, hahaha"

"I think we just being too worried about nothing Elis-san"

"Yeah, hey Erwin-kun, can I ask you to do something"

"What it is Elis-nee?"

"Tell your sister to drop the honorific when she called me, and also, from now on just call Yuika-chan, Yuika, can you?"

"Umm... I don't really mind if Yuika-chan fine with that"

"You hear that, Yuika-chan? now, what's your thought?"

*nod *nod

I didn't see when did Yuika-chan is starting to eat the cookies on the plate, I guess the cookies helped her to feel better, I take one and take a bite at it, it's delicious, I think Ilya-nee made it herself because she's the one who knows how to make it since we always make it together at home.