I’m Going to Jump Rope
“Now then, Ariana Ojousama, your lovely outfit got dirty when you fell earlier, didn’t it? Let’s get you all nice and clean.”
Yeah… when she fell earlier, the front of her dress got pretty dirty, didn’t it? Marle was patting the dirt off, but yeah, it’s still a little stained.
“Ari, go get changed, okay~”
Huh? She hasn’t moved from that slime this whole time.
Ari, can you hear me?
Hey, hey, listen to your big brother.
If you don’t, I’m gonna sulk, you know.
“Ari?”
“No, Sura-chan is coming with me.”
“Sura-chan?”
Wait, you already named it?
Because it’s a slime… Sura-chan?
So the second one would be Imu-chan?
Simple, but cute!
“You gave it the name Sura-chan?”
“Yeah♡”
That “yeah♡”… what is that perfect smile?!
Ahh… healing. Pure healing right here…
Wait, hold on? Is it okay to name it already? That’s… we haven’t gotten Papa’s permission yet.
“Ari, go get changed first. Then maybe you can look super cute and ask Papa if you can bring the slime home?”
Haha, don’t look at me with those sparkling eyes like, ‘That’s a great idea!’
“Onii~chama, that’s a good idea. Ari will get cute and go ask Papa!”
Yeah, yeah. So obedient.
Ari, you’re way too cute…
“Now then, Ariana Ojousama, shall we go to Maaya? Let’s have you changed.”
“Okay. I’ll change, and then Ari wants to go see Papa. Can you talk so I can meet Papa?”
“Yes, understood. Then let us go.”
“Okaaay.
Onii~chama, watch Sura-chan for me, okay?”
“Got it. Go get changed.”
When I waved goodbye, Ari waved back with the hand she wasn’t holding Marle’s with.
Man, Ari’s cute…
Glancing back at Sura-chan now and then, waving at me…
Make sure you get Papa’s permission to keep the slime, okay?
Holding Marle’s hand, she toddled back toward the mansion. Yeah… even her back view is cute.
Mm, mm. Even the way the back of her skirt puffed out a little because of her training pants, cute. My little sister is adorable.
Oh, right!
“Thanks for bringing the rope. Can I have it?”
Alright, time to play with the rope!
“Young Master Kaito, what are you planning to do with that?”
Hey now, Captain Luke, why are you hugging yourself like that?
“Threat to your virtue”? Don’t say weird stuff like that.
Grinning like that… you teasing me?
Ignoring you.
“With this? You play like this.”
I grabbed both ends of the rope, swung it forward in a big arc, and right when it came down toward my feet…
“Here goes!”
… I tried to jump over it, but…
Huh? I stepped on the rope!
No way… I can’t jump rope.
Shock!!
“Umm… Young Master Kaito, what exactly are you doing?”
Hey, don’t look at me like I’m some pitiful person!
I’m not pathetic!
… Okay, I couldn’t jump, so yeah, that was kind of pathetic, but still!
“It’s jump rope!”
Alright, one more try!
“Jump rope? It’s just a rope, though.”
“Yeah, I’m jumping it… like this! Here goes!”
Yes! I somehow did it! I jumped!
Alright, now for consecutive jumps… no, consecutive rope jumps!
“Rope jumping, you say…”
“Yeah! You keep jumping it over and over… here!”
“Jumping over the rope… continuously…”
Hey, I did it, are you watching?
You are watching, right?
Praise me.
I’m the kind of kid who works harder when praised.
Hey, Captain Luke, are you watching?
What are you spacing out about?
“… This might be useful.”
What do you think about this chapter?
