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While Seiun Sky was still sleeping soundly, Lucian and Silence Suzuka had already left the room one after another.
As soon as Lucian went downstairs, he saw Meishou Doto mopping the floor. "Doto, why are you so proactive? I'm not going to pay you wages."
"Trainer, Dango suddenly peed on the floor just now o(TヘTo)."
"So that's how it is. Looks like you've been spoiling it lately."
"Trainer, I'm sorry—"
"If sorry was useful, why would we need police? Doto, you're in trouble. If I come over later and see any stains... hmph hmph." Lucian didn't finish his words, just threatening her.
"What will happen? Does Trainer want to cut my hair again? (⊙﹏⊙)"
"No, this time I'm confiscating your playtime rights with Dango."
"Trainer, don't do such a cruel thing. I can finish mopping right away." Meishou Doto mopped the floor even more vigorously.
Lucian burst out laughing and walked toward Haru Urara and the others.
He saw Haru Urara had brought a small blackboard from somewhere. She was standing beside it holding a small wooden stick, with Tokai Teio, Rice Shower, and Special Week below.
"Urara, what are you all doing again?"
"Yo, Trainer~ You're up so early today." Tokai Teio teased.
"I just occasionally get up late, okay." Lucian patted Tokai Teio's head. "Looks like you just woke up too? Your hair's still so messy."
Tokai Teio came back to her senses and swatted Lucian's hand away messily. "Don't casually touch my head, you idiot Trainer!"
"Not letting me touch? Then I'll touch even more." Lucian cheekily ruffled it a few more times, and only retracted his hand when he saw Tokai Teio clench her little fist. "What, you wanna hit me or something."
Tokai Teio raised her fist. "Trainer, my fist hurts a lot, you know."
"I'm not touching now. Can't I touch Rice-chan then." Like last time, Lucian opened his palm toward Rice Shower.
Considering Rice Shower was still sitting, he considerately lowered his hand.
"Onii-sama..." Though it wasn't the first time, in front of so many people, she was still a bit shy, but she obediently rested her chin on it.
"Yoshi yoshi." Lucian retracted his hand and reached toward Special Week. "Spe-chan."
"Trainer... so childish." Special Week said embarrassedly on her lips, but like Rice Shower, she leaned into Lucian's palm.
"Trainer! Urara's turn!"
"Alright alright~" For the delivered-to-the-door Haru Urara, Lucian accepted her too, rubbing vigorously.
So that just left...
"Teio? How about you also..."
Lucian tentatively extended his hand, but Tokai Teio suddenly grabbed his wrist and bared her white teeth. "Stinky Trainer, I'll bite you!"
"Eh!?" Lucian hurriedly pulled back his hand, but couldn't break free, letting Tokai Teio leave two rows of shallow teeth marks on his wrist. It didn't hurt.
Lucian looked at the teeth marks and the bit of glistening saliva on them. "I won't wash my hands anymore from now on."
Tokai Teio: "!?"
"Perverted Trainer! Finally showing your true colors, huh?"
"Anyway, Teio always calls me that, so it doesn't matter if I do some behavior matching that title, right?"
Tokai Teio's little face turned beet red. "Trainer, go wash your hands right now!"
Tokai Teio, who had just been dissatisfied because Lucian touched the others' faces, now seemed to be in a pretty good mood.
"Wiping it is fine." Lucian took a tissue and asked again, "Urara, so what were you all doing just now?"
"Urara is giving everyone a lesson." Haru Urara picked up the small wooden stick again, looking smug.
"A lesson?" Lucian was puzzled and looked at the distorted writing on the blackboard. "What is this, earthworms?"
"What earthworms, this is teaching everyone xiehouyu!" Haru Urara also glanced at the blackboard. "I still won't write Chinese."
"Then translate it. What does this say."
Tokai Teio: "Chinese to Chinese? Interesting."
Haru Urara pointed at the blackboard with the small wooden stick. "This is a multiple-choice question. 'People fear fame, pigs fear?'"
There were four options below.
"You all already know the answer?" Lucian asked.
Special Week and the others shook their heads. "We just got to this question."
"Oh~" Lucian nodded. "I can understand Spe-chan and them shaking their heads, but Urara, why are you shaking your head?"
"Because I'm doing the questions with them. We choose first, then look at the answer, and Urara explains it to everyone."
"You can play it like that... Then you all choose first. I'll watch from the side." Lucian looked at the options: A. Embarrassment B. Hunger C. Strong D. Fat.
"OK~" Haru Urara was full of confidence. "Then let's reveal our answers."
Rice Shower chose A, Special Week and Tokai Teio chose B, Haru Urara chose D.
Lucian licked the corner of his mouth. Perfectly avoiding the correct answer. "Don't look at the answer yet. Explain why you chose that. You all should know what these words mean, right?"
"Yes." x4
In left-to-right order, Rice Shower started explaining first why she chose A. "Because the front sentence has the same 'chu' word, and I think pigs should also fear stinking."
"Rice-chan, you mean this word is pronounced 'chou'?" Lucian pointed at the "糗" character and asked.
"Isn't it..."
"You know a damn."
"Isn't it?" x3
Lucian: "No! Next, Spe-chan, tell me your reason."
Rice Shower: "Private horse race, Onii-sama!"
Special Week pondered for a bit. "Because I eat a lot too, I'm very afraid of being hungry..."
"Oh~ So clever!" Lucian said.
Special Week's eyes lit up. "Trainer, does that mean my choice is right?"
"Congratulations Spe-chan... wrong." Lucian watched Special Week awkwardly shrink back. "According to your reasoning, Spe-chan, since you eat a lot and pigs eat a lot too, does that mean Spe-chan is a pig?"
"Teio, what do you think?" Since Tokai Teio chose the same as Special Week, Lucian pointed at Tokai Teio again.
"Mo~ I don't know! Trainer, explain it quickly!"
"Alright, hold on. Let Urara explain first."
Seeing the three in front all wrong, Haru Urara immediately put her hands on her hips and laughed smugly. "Looks like the truth is in Urara's hands, victory belongs to Urara!"
Lucian strongly held back his laughter and didn't expose her right away. "Begin your performance."
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