Back in Golen

I was planning on entirely dumping Toy onto Haku-san.

"I'll leave Toy to you, Kehma-san."

"Eh? No way, why me?"

"… I obviously can't leave a dangerous object like her in the center of the country."

Yeah~

After having a tea party-style report and consultation at Haku-san's detached palace, it was decided that Toy would come under my care.

"Letting her roam free is out of the question. I'm concerned about leaving her by Rokuko-chan's side, but… Kehma-san, you're the one who can take the reins when necessary."

With that, I was overruled by bringing up the fact that I had turned into Leona with [Super Transformation] and won Toy over. It couldn't be helped. It was true. Well, I couldn't guarantee that I'd be able to [Super Transform] into Leona without any problems in the future.

During the discussion, Rokuko, who was sitting on Haku-san's lap, said, [Oh, it's fine, we have Niku at home, and I'm sure they'll get along well] as if having another pet was the same as having a dog. That was probably one of the reasons.

… Rokuko, did you forget that your dog drugged you with aphrodisiacs?

 

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After a few days, Rokuko and I returned to Golen with the bomb known as Toy.

"We're back!"

"Ah, it's been a while since we've been home."

"Welcome back, Master, Rokuko-sama. When did you wake up and go out?"

The one who greeted us as we returned to the village chief's house via the [White Beach] was one of the Silkies… um, the one with the red hair ornament, Nakoru, right?

"… Huh, Niku-senpai? Huh? What's with that outfit… Hm? Something's off about her?"

"Oh my. To be seen through by such a minor character… It is indeed difficult disguising oneself as someone one has never seen before, isn't it, Kehma-sama?"

"Eh, eh?"

Toy, ignoring the puzzled Nakoru, spoke to me.

"Ignoring that, let's go to Kehma's room right away, shall we? Kehma and my flesh puppet are sleeping there, right?"

"Oh, that's right."

Urged by Rokuko, we headed to my room in the village chief's house. Inside the room, Kehma and Rokuko were sleeping peacefully on one bed… By the way, the Frost Lizard named Gonta was on my forehead.

"He was supposed to be our guard, but he wound up getting left behind, huh."

"… The magic formation was supposed to involve me, but it was clearly aimed to only affect me and Rokuko. Toy, am I right?"

"Well, um, in that room… Oh, there was a meaningless string of characters written by Leona-sama, was that it? Since it was originally intended to summon Kehma-sama and Rokuko-sama, your guess is probably correct."

Showing a glimpse of his blue tongue, Gonta alternated between looking at me and methe flesh puppet.

Even the great Leona didn't know about Gonta, who had just been released a few days ago, so it seems she didn't target him. … Hmm? But did she manage to summon Rokuko and me just when we were perfectly together? Coincidence? Well, it doesn't matter.

"Hey Gonta, come here. That one is a fake made by Leona."

When I called Gonta with a cup of ice cream in one hand that I'd purchased with DP, he climbed up onto my body and reached the ice cream.

Gulp gulp.

Lizards could be cute once you got used to them.

"Kehma-sama, won't you give me some food too?"

"Kehma, I want to eat ice cream too!"

"We need to do something about these flesh puppets first."

Rokuko poked my facemy flesh puppet's face.

"It seems like a waste. It's so well made. Can't I keep it?"

"No, you can't. It'd be troublesome if there was some strange trap attached to it."

"Can't you do something with your alarm clock? Here, I'll give it to you."

… Ah, well, that might work.

"Hey Toy, is there any trap set on this? You can't tell?"

"Yes, Rokuko-sama. I can tell, just wait a moment… There doesn't seem to be any special setup. If I had to say, the body has stored nutrients so it doesn't need to excrete… Hmm, it seems to be simulating lifelike reactions, so if you stimulate it strongly, it will probably give a similar response."

With glowing red eyes, Toy touched the flesh puppets with a pat-pat. It must be a magic vision skill.

"But Kehma! Can't I keep it?"

"It's something Leona made, we should dispose of it or it might cause trouble later."

Even if Toy's words were true, it wasn't impossible for Leona to have set traps that Toy couldn't detect. As long as there was a possibility, disposal was the right course of action. Even Haku-san said as much.

"Let's contact Dolche-san right away and have her collect it."

"There's no need for that, I'm already here… Haaah…"

"Oh Dolche, you're already here."

"Yes, Rokuko-sama. I just received the call from Haku-sama. Well, let me collect it… Haaah, I was scolded quite a bit… Even with my eyes, I couldn't see through it…"

Dolche-san, who had silently entered the room at some point, swiftly stowed the flesh puppet away with her [Storage] ability and slipped through the wall to leave… Oh right, she's a Wraith.

"Aww, she took it away."

Sitting on the bed where the flesh puppets had been sleeping until moments ago, Rokuko looked at the wall where Dolche-san disappeared with a hint of regret. Well, I also thought it was a bit of a waste to dispose of Rokuko's flesh puppet, but lingering on it wasn't good. Yeah, not good.

"Oh, Kehma-sama… You have a face like someone who found their erotic magazines discovered by their girlfriend and had to reluctantly dispose of them? I understand. I understand very well. Shall I comfort you tonight?"

"I'm fine."

"… Hmm, that just what he's saying, Rokuko-sama. Please comfort his boredom with your body."

"Eh? What was that?"

"Ummm, did I word it too difficult? I said that Rokuko-sama should use her body to comfort Kehma-sama—"

"More importantly, Rokuko, let's decide what to do with Toy first. I think it would be fine to leave her to Ichika for now and have her work for a while."

I interrupted Toy's words and discussed with Rokuko about what to do with Toy.

"Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Let's include her in the shift."

"Alright, then let's just tell someone to pass the message—"

"Goshujin-sama! You woke up."

At that moment, Niku came with her relieved-expressionless face, her tail wagging. It seemed we were considered to have been sound asleep this whole time… I'll have to explain this properly later.

Niku peeked into the room and her eyes met Toy's. The round black eyes of their identical faces blinked.

"… Who is this dog?"

"Oh, so this is the failed creation that Kehma-sama adores? Ufu."

Although their tail seemed to be in bad moods… Could this be considered a scene of long-lost sisters reuniting? I'm not sure, though.