「Well then, my dear little brother. This time it is a direct order from above, so you had better give up and do your job properly.」
Leaning back against the chair with his chest puffed out, the idiot aniki looked smug. I threw the bundle of documents that was nearby at him.
I had been summoned to the office of the Royal Guard Commander. A room that had basically become my idiot aniki’s personal quarters.
The twins, Pal and Mil, who had been working at the newly brought-in desk, tried to stand up from their chairs and made a loud clattering noise.
「I have been doing paperwork every day with quite a lot of energy, you know?」
「……Apparently it is still not enough. Oh, this document was mixed in here.」
The idiot aniki, who was organizing the thrown documents, waved a sheet of paper.
「These are the instructions for you this time. They went missing ten days ago, so I forgot about them.」
「Alright, you piece of crap aniki. Go wash your face with horse piss and try again.」
Pal and Mil were making their chairs rattle again, but I really think these two should change who they respect.
I skimmed through the documents I was given and roughly understood the contents.
I had a feeling the King had mentioned something similar before, so this meant it was actually being carried out.
「This does not really need me, right? Both of these are basically national events.」
「You say that, but how much time did you spend on paperwork during your own wedding ceremony?」
「……Enough to make me feel nauseous just remembering it.」
Thinking back on it made my chest feel sick.
「This time it not only involves that but aniki’s coronation too. Honestly, prepare yourself for three times the amount of work you had at your wedding.」
Three times that workload.
Without me noticing, the work demon had apparently grown horns and painted its body red.
The only real complaint I had after coming to this world was that I could not watch new anime episodes. I really liked that series about seeds and destiny.
「Do not stare off into the distance trying to escape reality.」
「Of course I want to! Three times that amount is straight-up torture! Honestly, it might be easier to just get tortured for real!」
This time the idiot aniki stared off into the distance.
「That would depend on the torturer. If you draw the short straw, you might end up thinking it would have been better to just take the job.」
Who is that torturer? What kind of demon or Demon King from which world is this?
「Does this country really keep a pervert who loves torture like that? How scary~」
「……It is less that we keep one and more that one lives here.」
The idiot nodded tiredly, then suddenly came back to reality.
「Well, this time both you and I have to take this seriously.」
「I do not want to, but I suppose there is no choice.」
「……You do not want to?」
I showed the paper to my aniki, who probably had not even looked at the instructions meant for me. While I was at it, I pointed at the very bottom… the last sentence.
『The shortfall in expenses this time can only be covered by a loan from the Draguknight family. Negotiation with the head of the family, Argusta, shall be left entirely to Schnitt. Please black out this sentence with ink or similar before handing it over.』
The idiot aniki widened his eyes like saucers as he stared at the paper, then started scratching his head.
「Do not treat our family’s wallet like the national treasury!」
My claim was not wrong.
The idiot aniki stood up and cracked his shoulders with a loud pop.
「Want me to punch you once so you forget?」
「You are the one who made the mistake, yet you say that!」
「……Two punches, with the second one just to feel better.」
「If you are going to play dirty, then I will use my forbidden techniques too, you idiot!」
We glared at each other across the desk.
It went without saying that Pal and Mil had silently taken shelter under the desk.
-0-
「Achoo!」
「Frea-senpai? Do you have a cold?」
「I do not think so…… Achoo!」
「Frea uses her poisonous fangs to deceive men all the time, so the men she tricked are probably casting curse words on her right now!」
Frea let out a series of cute sneezes, then lifted her face and delivered divine punishment to her rude colleague.
Lutte, who was holding the freshly washed dishes, noticed something while watching the smooth flow of events.
The girl who was the captain kept twitching and stopping repeatedly. It looked exactly like a dog tilting its head and wondering, 『Was I just called? Or not?』.
「Is everyone still feeling too relaxed since the break just ended?」
The youngest girl said this without realizing that the front of her uniform was quite loose.
Her bountiful breasts, though not fully exposed, were bouncing softly right at the edge of visibility.
The soldiers who had been enjoying the eye candy quietly slipped away one by one into the trees, claiming it was time for independent training.
-0-
「So that is why, on top of my current duties, this new pile of work has come crashing down on me.」
「……」
Krea looked like she wanted to complain, but I had already stuffed her mouth with cake beforehand to keep her quiet.
Lately, whenever I tell the maid waiting outside the office 「I would like some cake」, she brings out a full menu.
They have not actually opened a branch inside the castle, right?
「Basically, we are going to hold the coronation and the wedding at the same time.」
「I had heard the rumors.」
「The rumors have simply become reality.」
I answered Inel-kun while feeling a bit exasperated.
He reached out to rub Krea’s back out of concern as she was choking on the cake, but she turned even redder and tried to run away…… which only made her choke more, and she ended up rolling on the floor.
This is the classic example of how a bittersweet youth romance story can turn into a full romcom depending on the characters.
I do not really understand what is so great about it, but Inel-kun, who went to help her, received a maidenly embarrassed kick and rolled across the floor too.
For someone who came here to find a marriage partner…… Krea hates social events so much that she never meets anyone.
As a married man and her senpai, I feel it is my duty to watch over these two warmly and tease them a little.
「Anyway, Krea-san in light blue underwear. The conversation is not moving forward, so could you come back here?」
Krea quickly pressed down her skirt, gulped down something in one go, and glared at me.
「You pervert!」
「How rude. I think the real pervert is the one showing her underwear in a place like this.」
Krea’s face grew even redder as she waved both hands up and down in helpless anger.
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