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"Speaking of which, is that perverted barrier your personal interest?"

The atmosphere at this time was completely different from when everyone walked into the mansion before, after all, it was more shocking than the reunion with Leah.

To put Leah's words in another way, in this period of time they would be living under the same roof with her.

Not knowing whether she was looking for a common topic or resenting the humiliating accident, Lynn deliberately raised this question to the real owner of the mansion.

"No!" Leah retorted with a blushing face. "It was Shun, that guy. He saw that kind of enchantment in some literature and said that that kind of enchantment could be used to catch thieves, and then he begged me to make it with tears!"

This explanation was really unconvincing.

"Speaking of which, you were the master who caught the Shun back then," Aker looked at Leah, who was only slightly taller than Venus, with some surprise, "I thought it was the kind of big sister with a steel pipe in her hand..."

If Leah and Shun were standing together, she probably only reached his chest. It was hard to imagine that such a petite girl could teach Shun, and made him so obedient.

"You mean Shun..." Leah didn't realize that Aker was surprised by her small body size, so she didn't get angry. "When I asked him to go back to class, he still looked down at me very disdainfully. If it was just that, I might not get angry, and I would not do anything to him. But he actually pretended to be an adult and pushed me away, completely treating me as a child! So I let him suffer a bit. But at the time, no one thought that the relationship would become the way it is now. Since that time, a lot of things have happened to him and me..."

Although Leah said with a fierce tone, she had a very happy smile on her face.

But there was another person who couldn't understand the atmosphere.

"Aren't you a kid?"

"I'm not a kid! I am already twelve years old!"

Was twelve-year-old not a child in the concept of the blue-clothed knights? Aker was so shocked that his worldview had been reshaped...

The three girls present had all heard from Leah's words just now that the thing Leah hated most was being treated as a child, but Aker just didn't notice such important information.

"Besides, even if it was ‘Elder Brother Aker’, you will still need the help of a ‘kid’ in the end!"

Saying "Elder Brother Aker" was probably because she deliberately imitated Venus's tone. Leah also deliberately increased the tone of the word "kid", with a condescending smile on his face.

"What do you mean?"

"Probably Leah wanted to talk about Coco..."

Venus explained on behalf of Leah, who deliberately left Aker hanging.

"That's right, that's it!" Leah proudly straightened her back like Venus, "have you got the recommendation letter from the church to Frimaire Academy? After entering the Frimaire Academy, you will need a lot of favor from her."

Her reaction was almost like saying, "come and beg me, only me can help you."

"Does the person you are talking about have anything to do with me?"

Aker didn't know why Leah was so sure of what he would do at Frimaire Academy.

"Because she is an expert in magical mechanics! Isn’t your magic gear ‘mechanical alchemy’? Then you must be guided by a professor like her in order to exert the power of ‘mechanical alchemy’! "

"Mechanical alchemy?"

Aker repeated the unfamiliar term Leah had said in confusion, and this time it was Leah's turn to show a shocked expression.

"Are you serious..." She took a step back in disbelief, "don't tell me that you don't know anything about your magic gear?"

“Magic gear？”

"Yes, it's the weapon you used in the last battle." Leah pointed to the silver wrist bracer on Aker's right wrist. "that's your magic gear, right?"

"Mhm, it is indeed my magic gear, called Pupils of Blazing Flames."

Aker didn't even think about hiding his weapons and summoned two silver-white pistols in front of Leah.

When the magic gear was summoned, a heraldic magic circle also appeared.

"Pupils of Blazing Flames is not its real name, I can assure you of that."

"What do you mean?...."

Pupils of Blazing Flames was the name Aker's family told Aker when he got them, but now Leah categorically said that this name was not the real name of magic gear.

"I remembered the coat of arms of the magic gear in that battle. After returning to the church, I checked that type of coat of arms." Leah's tone and expression were not joking, "Your magic gear is 'Mechanical Alchemy'. It is the magic gear from the ''Chise' family, the family that as famous as the ‘Heinz’ family that inherited the 'Light Flame Sword'.

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The amount of information in Leah's words was too large, and Aker couldn't fully digest it for a while.

She said that his family was as famous as Lynn's family, but even the "Heinz" family, he still did not hear about it until he knew Lynn.

Seeing Aker's delay in responding, Leah also knew that he probably didn't understand what she was saying.

"I'll find you a related document later. Although there are not many records about 'mechanical alchemy', they are much more detailed than other documents." This was the only way she could think of that would help Aker to understand the situation faster. "Most of the records about 'mechanical alchemy' were erased, just like 'Light Flame Sword', so even experts who specialize in magic gear don't know much about it, let alone me."

Then she turned around and asked the other girls

"Everyone hasn't eaten dinner yet, right? In this case, let me prepare it. After all, I am the host here."

"Wait a minute, I'll go too." Lynn said immediately, "Aker, you can do what she said first, and we won't bother you."

"Elder Brother, I will call you after dinner is ready."

"Leah is not lying, Elder Brother  Aker... because I thought of this a little bit when I saw that kind of magic circle..."

Loulou and Venus also persuaded Aker, who had not reacted yet to find out that important information first.

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Leah returned to the kitchen after sending the book to Aker.

The kitchen of this mansion was connected to the dining room but was separated into two separate rooms with floor-to-ceiling glass.

Lynn and Venus would only make things worse in the kitchen, and Loulou was obviously very familiar with the cooking process.

Leah opened the glass door of the kitchen while feeling that there were so few people who knew how to cook.

"What is the purpose of this red flower?"

"The eggshells are broken into pieces..."

"Wait Venus, don't pour the broken eggshell into the soup!"

Lynn peeled the flower stems that were supposed to be put in the soup as a whole. And in the egg batter that Venus stirred, broken eggshells could be seen soaked in it from time to time, and she was also preparing to pour the egg batter into the pot that Loulou was preparing.

The kitchen where the girls were fell into great chaos.

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After hearing the knock on the door, Aker, who was lying on the bed without even taking off his clothes, sat up.

Loulou, wearing a white apron, was already standing outside the door with a warm smile.

"Elder Brother, you can already come down. Dinner is ready."

"Ah...oh..."

Aker was a little absent-minded.

Loulou immediately noticed the strange reaction of Aker. Contrary to the purpose of coming here, Loulou gently pushed Aker back into the room and closed the door smoothly.

"Elder Brother, is there any problem in the book Miss Leah showed you?"

Loulou's instincts had always been very keen, especially when encountering things related to Aker.

She knew that Aker had something important to hide from herself at the moment, otherwise he would not face herself with such a dispirited appearance. He clearly knew that this appearance would only make her worried.

Aker also knew that he could not hide it from Loulou, but he didn't want to tell her about what he just learned in Leah's book.

"No... it's not an important thing, you're worrying too much again." Aker tried his best to smile, trying not to make Loulou worry, "Let's go, they are waiting for the two of us."

Aker put his hand on the doorknob. However, Loulou's hand was placed on the back of his hand. Although it was only lightly placed on it, it prevented Aker from leaving.

"No..." This was the most explicit rejection that had ever come out of Loulou's mouth, "Why? Why can't you say it? Why do you want to hide it from me? There is clearly something wrong. Why can't even I know? Is it because I am not qualified to share the troubles of Elder Brother?"

Loulou cried, and the pressure accumulated for so long finally poured out.

"Watching the relationship between Elder Brother and Elder Sister Lynn and Venus get better and better, I'm really... really happy for Elder Brother. But... why... why would I be so reluctant... I know that Elder Sister Lynn and Venus are amazing, maybe they are really the only ones who can help Elder Brother. But I really... don't want to go on like this..."

Loulou pressed harder step by step, and when Aker took a step back, then he realized that he had retreated to the bed.

"Calm down, Loulou, listen to me..."

"I don't want to listen! I know... only I can't help with anything, obviously I am the one who knows Elder Brother the best! Last time, everyone worked so hard, and only I... hid in the safest place and came out after everything was over... I also wanted to do something for Elder Brother! "

Loulou was getting more and more emotional and finally pushed Aker onto the bed and lay on his chest and cried out loudly.

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Aker finally knew what was hidden behind Loulou's gentle smile.

He had actually failed to realize the sadness behind her smile for a long time. He had always thought Loulou was a strong girl.

It wasn't until warm tears soaked the clothes that Aker knew that he was wrong.

"Loulou... If there is no you by my side, then I wouldn't have been here."

Aker hugged Loulou's body as before.

The slender body was as fragile as glass, but Aker was qualified to hug her.

He put his hand on Loulou's long sky blue hair, stroking the silky hair gently.

It had been a long time since they hugged each other like this. A melancholic nostalgia emerged in Aker's heart. Perhaps Loulou in his arms felt the same way.

"Without you, Lynn and Venus would not have had a friendly relationship like they are having just now. You can connect everyone's hearts together, and this is what you are good at. I've never changed this thought..." Aker held Loulou's cheeks, and the teary face of her looked so pitiful at the moment, "I'm so happy that I have a little sister like you."

Being stared at by Aker closely, Loulou seemed to have forgotten to cry.

"Can I really... bring happiness to the Elder Brother?"

"Mhm, I don't want to leave you for a moment."

"Elder Brother..."

A few strands of hair were stuck to the cheeks with tears, and her cheeks were still blushing. The immature Loulou also gave Aker a different kind of restlessness in his heart.

"Elder Brother..."

"What's wrong?"

Aker just looked at Loulou's face a little distracted, and asked in a flustered manner at Loulou's call.

But even Loulou, who had always been keen, didn't notice the agitation in Aker's heart this time for some reason.

"Can you let me lie in your arms for a while?"

"Mhm."

Aker swallowed, trying to shake off the impure impulse in his head.

But the body temperature that affected Aker's every nerve in his arms still couldn't calm him down.

"I also want..."

He tried very hard to resist his urge.

If he didn't let go of Loulou, there may be an irreversible accident between the two of them.

But his arm couldn't move as if he wasn't under the control of his own will, perhaps because his consciousness didn't want to let go of Loulou.

Time like this was very comforting.

Aker gave up the struggle in his head, put down everything, and took Loulou into his arms.

Although she only came to this world one year later than him, her body was much slenderer than him, full of illusory dreamy feelings.

If he was not strong enough, he may lose her at any time.

They have encountered countless difficulties encountered at the moment as if he was attracted to all kinds of troubles like a magnet.

Although Aker felt that he would not be the protagonist in a fairy tale, if he continued like this, he would lose everything.

Although he was the elder brother, he didn't even have the confidence to protect his little sister.  Aker raised the corners of his mouth self-mockingly and stroked Loulou's hair unconsciously.

This was a short and happy time, without anyone interrupting. They just hugged each other quietly.

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"It's almost time to go down."

In the end, Aker let go of Loulou.

Although Loulou was a little reluctant, she let go of Aker in the end.

"Elder Brother, can you promise me one thing?"

"As long as it is your wish..."

"Please make sure to put yourself in the first place," Loulou stood on tiptoe, and held Aker's face. "I will be happy only if Elder Brother is happy."

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When the two came downstairs, Lynn had just put the last plate on the table.

It turns out that the reason Loulou could stay with him at ease was that she had calculated the time for the meal. Originally, Aker was worried about how to explain to them after such a long delay.

Lynn was wearing an apron. She looked like a housewife at the moment, if he ignored her cooking skills.

The aprons of Leah and Venus were wearing were the legendary "children's aprons", which may be more common in cooking classes in kindergartens.

Based on Aker's knowledge of Lynn and Venus in the pub, their cooking might not go smoothly. So perhaps most of the dishes on such a large table were prepared by his little sister and Leah.

"Loulou, didn't you just go upstairs to inform him? What took you so long?"

Seeing Loulou and Aker come to the dining area, Lynn grinned and deliberately used the kind of questioning that was easy to misunderstand.

"And you've already informed him, but you two are still holding hands. You two really love each other..."

Leah sat down in the chair, her eyes still paying attention to Aker and Loulou's hands.

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