Chapter 130 - 129 - Sleepy Call

Bzzzttt... Zzzrrrttt... After the sun rose and the digital clock on my smartphone screen showed six in the morning, I was surprised by a video call from Elysia. Her profile picture, wearing a maid headband and a simple hair clip, has made her look like a cute and lovely maid. "Elysia, huh?" I muttered to myself and looked around. On this beautiful and calm morning, I was at the school bus stop and waiting for the bus to come home. Hermione, who was supposed to be responsible for sending me home using her magic teleportation, had been dragged into a busy job. It happened because of my request to Mei, who wanted to register Clara as one of the students in class S and her ID card. "Should I answer her video call like this?" I grumbled, letting out a heavy sigh. What made me hesitate to answer Elysia’s video call was Clara, who was still asleep at the moment, and I was forced to carry her to the bus stop and let her sleep more on my lap. Beep... By gathering the courage to answer Elysia’s video call, I pressed the green button icon. "Good morning, Master Weiss." "Are you okay after undergoing the re-test conducted by the Special High School staff?" Elysia asked with a cheerful smile on her face. The smiling face of her should have seemed reassuring to my heart, but with the dark circles under her eyes and her tired face expression, it only made Elysia look like a Maid who had been working hard without sleep. "I’m fine, how about you?" I replied, ignoring Elysia’s exhausted appearance. Besides Elysia, I could see Rina and Momoka, who also joined the video call as if they wanted to see my current condition. My video call with the bus stop in the background caught Momoka’s attention, who seemed to recognize my current position. "Oh my older brother, did you stay at the bus stop last night?" "That was the bus stop at our Special High School, right? Well, it was safe enough to stay overnight, but I didn’t know you would be that reckless by doing that." "..." I was just silent when I heard Momoka’s words mocking me this morning. I feel like I’ve lost my self-respect in the eyes of my younger sister. "Why do I have to listen to such self-deprecating mocking on a morning like this?" I replied, hoping to make Momoka happy. By giving a reply to Momoka’s words that were mocking and demeaning my self-esteem, it made Rina’s hand move to give Momoka a pinch on the cheek. Squuiitt... "A-Aww... H-Hey! Don’t pinch my cheeks like that!" Momoka squealed, looking happy on a morning like this. Seeing the three of them in Elysia’s video call and their dark eye bags, I could only assume that they hadn’t slept all night. Unlike me, who had slept for several hours, I didn’t have any dark circles under my eyes and looked like someone who had woken up early to do activities. "Sorry to make you three worry about this." "For now, you girls can go to sleep. I’ll be back with Clara, who’s still sound asleep on my lap." Crack!! Crack!! By saying a gentle words, it seemed... I had flipped a switch in their heads that suddenly displaced their drowsiness with curiosity. The sleepy and curious look in their eyes looked quite scary in this video call. Then I understood the curiosity that was filling their minds and immediately directed the front camera of my smartphone to show Clara, who was sleeping soundly on my lap. By showing Clara’s head on my lap, it was enough to reduce the curiosity of the three of them. "W-Weiss... What exactly are you doing in this re-test?" Momoka asked, seemingly realizing something about this. "That’s too long to tell over a video call, Momoka." "Then, hurry up to come home, so we can hear the full story." "How can I get home quickly while I’m still waiting at the bus stop?" "Umm... wait faster?" "If only I could manipulate time, I would do something like that, Momoka." Whether Momoka was sleepy or forcing herself to stay awake due to her curiosity, I could see her Succubus wings flapping nonstop. Normally, Momoka can keep her Succubus wings hidden and disguise herself as a normal human. "I know you’re all curious about this. But... go to sleep first, and I’ll tell you everything. Including the origins of the vessel Clara is using," I said, telling the three of them to rest for a moment. "I can still survive for a few days without sleeping, because I am an Adult Succubus who has lived for hundreds of years and can control my fatigue from not sleeping all day," Momoka replied with a confident smile. "Sigh... just do it. This is my order." I replied to Momoka’s words with a cold tone and a serious, sharp gaze, which made Elysia and Rina fall silent for a moment after receiving my order. "If any of my Maids don’t rest well, I won’t give her a deep kiss anymore," I continued, giving a warning and punishment to my Maids who violate my order. Elysia and Rina looked panicked. They both immediately bent down and ran to my bed to go to sleep, leaving Momoka alone, who still holding Elysia’s smartphone. "You should also go to sleep for a while, Momoka." "Eh? Me too? Wasn’t that order only addressed to your Maids?" "Well, I knew you would say that. Just consider yourself lucky." Then, Momoka brought Elysia’s smartphone and placed it on the smartphone stand on my desk. "Well, I’m pretty lucky about this, aren’t I?" Momoka replied, seemingly pleased with her position as my younger sister. "Huh..." I sighed and got ready to answer Momoka’s important question. Seeing her attitude, who still being curious about something, I tried to sit quietly before the bus that picked me up arrived. "By the way, aren’t you curious about what we did that kept us up all night?" Momoka asked with a mischievous smile on her face. I was a little surprised by this. I didn’t expect that Momoka would ask a question like this and I also felt suspicious about this, because it was not like Momoka usually did. "Well, I can guess it. You’re just worried about my ranking in Class S, right?" I replied with a fairly logical answer. "Urk!" Momoka yelped at this and pointed out that my previous logical answer was right on target. "I think, I guessed right," I said with a smile at Momoka. "Huh? You guessed it right? You’re wrong about that. We’re not worried about your ranking in class S." "Well, if you not worried. Then go to sleep. Bye!" Beep... I immediately ended the video call and turned off the power on my smartphone. "This will make you an emotional damage for a while, Momoka," I grumbled in a small voice. The moment I ended the video call and turned off my smartphone, the bus I had been waiting for arrived. I immediately carried Clara, who was still sleeping soundly on my back. Carrying her like this, I looked like I was carrying a big backpack and got a cynical look from the bus conductor. "Umm, is there a problem?" he asked after seeing me get on the bus while carrying Clara. "Nope, She’s just exhausted after helping me prepare some important reports required by the Special High School," I replied, giving some excuses that suited the current situation. Clara, who was sleeping while wearing a maid’s uniform, made the bus conductor look at me with a cynical look in his eyes. The scornful stares continued until I put Clara on one of the passenger seats and paid the transportation fee using my ID card. "Hmmm... Weiss Guderian?" muttered the bus conductor who was checking my ID card. "Wait a minute... aren’t you the one who’s been the talk of the internet lately for making all the members of the idol group Yggdrasil Advent swear allegiance to you as a Maid?" Nod... I could only nod at this and accept the fact that I was being talked about by people on the internet. "I didn’t expect to meet you in a place like this. Is that girl one of your Maids, too?" "Yup, she’s one of the Maids who have sworn loyalty to me, too." I don’t know why, but it seems that this answer of mine drew a big smile from the bus conductor in front of me. Beep... Beep... After making the payment using the balance from the ID card linked to one of my bank accounts, I just had to sit back and enjoy the journey home in peace. This quiet journey home made me feel sleepy. I wanted to fall asleep again, but that would be a bother for the bus conductor who would wake me up after arriving at my destination bus stop. Kraatttaa... Krraattaa... I felt lucky on this quiet morning bus route and enjoyed this free time to relax for a while, while stroking the magic cane attached to my belt. "Even though this is a magic cane artifact, I tied it to my belt like I was carrying a sword." "It make me feel like a weirdo." Grumbling in a small voice, I suddenly heard the voice of Clara, who had just woken up. "Uuuhhh... Hoamm!" with her mouth wide open, I felt like I was seeing a person who had just woken up and was still feeling sleepy. "Uuuh... Unn? Where am I?" Clara immediately turned her head to the right and left to observe the situation. Swiipp... Swiipp... As Clara looked left and right, her gaze met mine, who was sitting beside her. "Good morning, Clara. Did you sleep well for the first time?" I said with a warm greeting. "Uh, Umm... good morning, Master Weiss..." Clara returned my warm greeting nervously and tried to understand what had happened. "M-Master Weiss, where are we?" Clara asked, her gaze now fixed on the unfamiliar city streets. "We are on the bus heading to my apartment," I replied, looking at Clara’s face full of curiosity. Flap... Flap... "Huumm... my own Master’s residence. Aaahh... this is like a beautiful dream that is happening live." "Clara, you need to remember, you are not dreaming..." "Y-Yes, that’s right, I wasn’t dreaming about this thing that has come true." Flap... Flap... On the way home, I noticed Clara, who seemed to want to memorize the route home that the bus was taking, like a pigeon trying to find its way home. I had to hold back my laughter after seeing the flapping of her wings, which was similar to a pigeon flying towards its home.