Chapter 61 Cookies are The Solution
"My, my, let\'s calm down Ilya"
"Elis-san..."
Oh, thank you Elis-nee, you\'re my savior, I won\'t waste this opportunity and lead this conversation to another topic.
"Mouu... I always told you to drop the honorific didn\'t I? alright, let\'s put that aside for now, Yuika-chan, come here"
Elis-nee waves her hand to call Yuika-chan to come at her, she pats Yuika-chan\'s head and gently stroke it.
"Don\'t worry Yuika-chan, big sis is here for you"
I don\'t know why, but I feel like I\'m the biggest jerk here, I turn my head to look at Aura, she notices me and look away and try to whistle with her lips, you can\'t let out a whistle sound Aura... please don\'t look at me like I\'m the worst or something.
"[ Sigh... ] I\'m sorry Yuika-chan if I did something terrible to you"
"My, let\'s all just sit and talk about this, the girl over there too, would you want to take a seat and have a tea with us?"
Girl? ah, Elis-nee must refer to Aura, I look behind me and nod my head to Aura, she looks nervous and just fidgeting with her fingers, Elis-nee walk pass me and hold her hand.
"It\'s alright, don\'t be shy, I will treat you better than that jer-.. *cough.. *cough.. boy over there did"
Eh? did Elis-nee say something rude to me just now? no, no, no, it\'s no way, she\'s a good person, no way she would do that, well I\'m glad Aura didn\'t feel anxious around the girls, I feel relieved now, I might better go and take a seat too.
"Please enjoy yourself"
Why do I feel like I was left alone here? why is this round table is so big?
I look at the girls who gather up together across me and making some distance to me.
"Who is your name girl?"
"I-I\'m Aura, p-pleased to meet you..."
"Ohh, Aura-chan, how old are you?"
"E-eight..."
"The same as Erwin-kun and Yuika-chan eh, I\'m Elis, you don\'t need to be stiff, pleased to meet you"
"I\'m Ilya, I\'m that kids big sister, and this is Yuika-chan"
Ilya-nee pointed her finger to me, it\'s a bit unpleasant to be called \'that kid\' honestly, please address me better Ilya-nee, please use my name at least, I\'m so sad now.
"Anyway, let\'s move to the previous topic, Erwin-kun..."
I almost spit my tea when Elis-nee hit the table a bit with her hand and look straight at my eyes with a sharp eyes, she looks serious about something and right now she\'s throwing a topic I don\'t want to get involved into, but well, it\'s still part of my fault for making Yuika-chan cries, I guess I have to endure it and get along with this talk for now.
"Can you explain why Yuika-chan cries? we may not see it, but it\'s written all over her face and her eyes also a bit swollen, you can\'t make a lady looks bad like that, right, Erwin-kun?"
Well, I don\'t want to make Yuika-chan sad, but I don\'t even know what makes her cry, she just pull my collar and yell to my face when I\'m just about to stand and hug her to tell her how I miss her and I\'m so happy to meet her, but will they be okay with that answer? it feels like Ilya-nee and Elis-nee won\'t believe that and will say I\'m only making an excuse, but let\'s try anyway.
"Well, I was looking at the goldfish in the water fountain and before I know Yuika-chan came at me and pulled my collar, she then just yelled at me, I don\'t really remember what she said, but then I hugged her because you know, we haven\'t met each other for a while"
Ilya-nee is still patting Yuika-chan and it looks like Yuika-chan is not crying anymore, thanks to Elis-nee for that, she really looks like a reliable big sister, but Ilya-nee is still the best for me, she\'s the best sister I had, and I\'m really proud of her and wanted to brag about it.
"What did he done to you Yuika-chan?"
Eh? why is that question sounds like I did something terrible to Yuika-chan? I didn\'t do anything bad to her, didn\'t I? I look at the four of them with confusion, I\'m trying to figure out what my fault is because I feel like Elis-nee and Ilya-nee are keep saying that I\'m the culprit and I\'m making Yuika-chan cries.
"He brought a girl with her and address her with only her name..."
"I-I\'m sorry Yuika-san... E-Erwin-sa... I-I mean, Erwin said that I should drop the honorific..."
I can\'t really hear it, but it seems that Aura is talking about me, not sure what\'s she\'s talking about, I hope it\'s something nice, I know Aura is a good girl and she won\'t doubt me and talk something bad about me, I guess I can relief a bit and let Aura to explain to them that I didn\'t make Yuika-chan cries to something since she\'s been behind me all the time.
I take a sip on my tea and steal a glance at them again, this time Ilya-nee and Elis-nee just looking at each other in a confusion, Elis-nee just shrugs and laughs after that, Ilya-nee just smiled and shook her head.
"I see, I see, It\'s something like that, hahaha"
"I think we just being too worried about nothing Elis-san"
"Yeah, hey Erwin-kun, can I ask you to do something"
"What it is Elis-nee?"
"Tell your sister to drop the honorific when she called me, and also, from now on just call Yuika-chan, Yuika, can you?"
"Umm... I don\'t really mind if Yuika-chan fine with that"
"You hear that, Yuika-chan? now, what\'s your thought?"
*nod *nod
I didn\'t see when did Yuika-chan is starting to eat the cookies on the plate, I guess the cookies helped her to feel better, I take one and take a bite at it, it\'s delicious, I think Ilya-nee made it herself because she\'s the one who knows how to make it since we always make it together at home.