EPILOGUE

“Sigh… She got me.”

Ouka sat before her desk in her room and grumbled, which was unlike her.

“That Rei Asagiri…”

She had made absolutely sure that she had everyone out of the way when she created a situation for herself to confess her feelings.

That was including the ninjas.

In short, Rei Asagiri had fallen from the cliff to stop her from doing so. She truly was risking her life for love.

“I was underestimating Ryouta’s big sister this whole time.”

There was no question that there would be even more troublesome enemies to come.

“But I’ll be the one to have the last laugh.”

Ouka looked to the picture frame on her desk with a smile. Inside was a photo of Ouka and Ryouta from elementary school.

“—Because we’re old friends.”

Everything ended peacefully.

So much had happened, but it was truly a relief that no one ended up dying (though there were a few close calls).

“Whew, this peace is perfect. After dinner, I’m just going to hang out and read manga. This is the best!”

“You should at least study a little for your future, though.”

It was Monday night. Shiren had been lazing around the whole time. Ryouta, as always, was taking care of all the household chores.

Last time, the arrival of so many transfer students at school had created chaos, but of course, Rei was much too old to join a high school class. She didn’t even join the school as a teacher. It was truly a huge relief.

“Ryouta, throw away that mountain of study books later. They’re an eyesore.”

“You really need to take better care of things.”

“The most basic of basics in the art of rearranging is throwing away things we don’t need. Don’t you know that?!”

“You insist that you’ll never use them, which makes me not want to respect you anymore.”

“Speaking of, where is Rei living?”

“She got a house somewhere, apparently. I don’t really know the details.”

He thought he might have been a little too blunt when it came to his own family, but she had been glued to him until now, so Ryouta wanted some space.

In that sense, as long as she didn’t come to visit him, maybe she’d learn to let her little brother have his own life.

He wanted her to graduate from her obsession with him while they were in this land full of Sacred Blooded. Because of her powers, he doubted that a Sacred Blooded would drink her blood and turn her into a minion.

And then the doorbell rang.

“Ryouta, I just got a really bad feeling.”

“What a coincidence—me, too.”

Either way, he couldn’t not answer, so he went to the front door.

He knew when it was Rei.

“Oh, I am Rei Asagiri, sent by Her Majesty to officially act as Shiren’s tutor starting today. I’ll be coming every day!”

“Once a year is fine. Think of it like your birthday.”

“Oh, I’m not planning on coming every night to protect your chastity or anything, Ryou. Ehem.”

“Or maybe you can come once every four years. Like the Olympics.”

He was terrified of the idea that his entire family would soon start coming over…

As he stared at the tutor in front of him, Ryouta held that fear deep in his heart.