“Okay, I will have a bite then.”
I eat some while opening my mouth saying “Aaan”! Man, this is the best! Getting “Aaan” from my junior. It’s like we are having an indirect kiss since I’m eating from her spoon. Koneko-chan wouldn’t have done this if it was back when she hadn't opened her heart to me, but now she’s okay to have an indirect kiss with me as if it’s a natural thing! When I was feeling at peace, Ravel stands in front of me. “……K, Koneko-san, I have been thinking this for the whole time, but it’s bad manners to sit on Ise-sama’s lap in front of everyone.”
Oh, she has been scolded. But, Koneko-chan continues to sit normally. “……This is a special seat which only belongs to me.”
“S-Special seat!? Ise-sama, please tell her off as well!”
“W-Well, Ravel. It’s not like I’m troubled by it. Koneko-chan is light.”
Actually, she’s really light. It’s also because she has a small body. And I have got used to this posture. It became part of my living style. Koneko-chan then sits in a posture of hugging me. “……I’m going to become Senpai’s bride in the future, so I’m going to keep this place.”
“…………~!”
Hearing that, Ravel puts on a very envious expression. Even though Ravel said that, there are times when she says she wants to sit on my lap when we are alone, so I let her. Koneko-chan who saw that put on an unpleasant face. Lately, Koneko-chan has been taking this spot immediately. It’s as if she’s trying to say that “This will always be my seat”. ……I was told by someone that she has attachment to her territory since she is a cat. In other words my lap is like territory for Koneko-chan. Ravel gradually starts to have teary eyes, and starts to protest. “N-Not fair! Not fair, not fair, not fair, not fair, not fair!”
—! The capable girl Ravel is……stamping on the ground like a child! “It’s not fair for Koneko-san to be sitting there all the time! Ei!”
Ravel pushes Koneko-chan off! “I will also sit here! No, I will be taking possession of it!”
On top of my lap which is now free……Ravel sits there like a rock! Koneko-chan who was pushed is twitching her eyebrows and her mouth looks unpleasant. “Ei!”
“Kyaa!”
She then pushes Ravel. This time Koneko-chan sits on my lap! “……This is my seat! I won’t give it to you……!”
Koneko-chan who is clinging onto me seems like she won’t hand this place over to her at all cost. “I won’t allow you to take it all for yourself! I also want to sit~!”
Ravel who pushes Koneko-chan is also in a rage! It feels as if I can see a cat and a fire bird which are glaring against each other behind them! O-Oh yeah, there was a time when I talked to Raiser on a private line, and he did say this. [That Ravel. She is well mannered and humble in front of those she is close with…… She is basically on the same level of being a selfish princess like Rias. She has a habit of wanting other people’s things especially. ……You might be able to see that side of her since you are living with her, you know?] It’s just like Raiser said. But having a fight between friends isn’t good! I somehow was able to calm both of them. And as a result—
“…………”
“…………”
Koneko-chan is sitting on my left thigh, and Ravel is sitting on my right thigh. Since they were fighting just now, they aren’t looking at each other's eyes. W-Well, there is a wonderful thing going on with the soft flesh of their buttocks that I can feel from both my thighs! My lap isn’t a battle ground, so I wish they would settle down on the fighting. But, mysteriously Koneko-chan and Ravel are confronting each other normally the next morning. Like I thought, although both of them like to argue with each other, however I do think they are friends after all. There was a day when I had a night like that, but during lunch time the next day, I went to the Student Council’s room to play. Only me and Saji are inside the room. It’s a rare thing since we are playing a board game. “You are still naïve~, Hyoudou♪”
……Saji checkmates me! On top of that, this is my fifth defeat in a row! “Shit! You wait a bit! I will find a way to defeat you and increase my win rate!”
The thing we are playing now is a board game based on one of the types of Rating Game, Scramble Flag. If I had to explain the rule of the board game type Scramble Flag in few words, it is a game where several flags are put down within the game field, and each player has to move their pieces to take each other's flags. You win if you take all their flags within the time limit, or by having more flags than the opponent. You can also take back flags that were taken. Though you will have to use dice for that. Depending on the number you roll, it will determine whether you defend your flag or have it taken. In the actual game, it seems like you may or may not use the dice depending on the rule……
It’s alright as long as you don’t have more than half of your flags taken. So in the actual game you can use any method to protect your flags by hiding them in the field, luring your enemies by using them as bait, and by discarding one of your flags to fix the formation of your team. So there are many ways you can battle in it. Certainly, this is a rule which is favourable for the Sitri and Agares who are tactics type. If we do this, then we may lose by a margin. No, maybe using force to take it is…… Ah, they will just use traps and reduce the number of people in our group! ……This certainly is a complex game. When I was staring at the game board while thinking hard, Saji speaks to me quietly. “……By the way, you……”
“Why did you suddenly put on a gloomy face?”
Yeah, his face looks gloomy. The lights in his iris are gone! Saji then says it to me. “I hear that you are dating Rias-senpai huh!”
—! S-So it’s thaaaaat! C-Certainly, I haven’t told him about that! Saji continues to speak while making a big sigh. “……You know there was a monster crisis we had a while ago? You know how you showed up then? You kissed Rias-senpai as if you two were lovers just before fighting the leader of the Hero-faction, Cao Cao, remember? Seeing that, I was really shocked. So when I asked Kaichou—”
[Yes, both of them have been lovers since the school festival. ……Saji, you didn’t know about this?] That’s how Kaichou answered him. Then Saji suddenly approaches me, and shakes my shoulder! “I didn’t know about it! Hyoudou, yoooooou~! You and I are friends, right!? Why didn’t you tell me!? Kiba knew about this right! ?”
“……W-Well, you know, there wasn’t a chance to tell you……”
“No, there was! You had a chance, right!? Like the time you consulted me about Ddraig!”
Oh, certainly there was a time like that, just before the Middle-class promotion test. “Ah. Y-Yeah.”
I look away from him, and scratch my cheek. Of course, I can’t tell him! Saji and I are buddies who have fallen in love with our masters. I can’t tell him that “I made my master fall for me first”! Saji is saying that he doesn’t even have a close relationship with her……
He asks me with an envious look.