"GOOD MORNING!!!"
In the morning, I entered the room, where the 3 girls are, apparently I was the last one to sleep today.
Amari was lying on the couch watching TV, almost asleep.
"Oh hi Kai... I miss my pc..."
Sayuri was lying on the floor petting MelMel.
"Shiu!!! He's sleeping!"
He clearly isn't.
Lotte was just sitting on a chair reading a book, she glared at me with a smile.
"Hi Kai. You're still in your pajamas but still with that neck gaiter? Do you sleep with it on?"
"Of course! U-Uh?! Ah goddammit! I forgot to change my clothes again!"
Amari said with a sad and tired expression, without taking her eyes off the TV.
"You're usually the one who wakes up the earliest, but today you slept in really late."
I looked at the clock on the wall.
"Hm... What time is it?"
I don't know how to tell time in that.
"2pm."
"W-WHAWHAT?! B-BUT I I SLEPT AS SOON AS I GOT HOME!"
Lotte:
"You must have been tired I imagine."
"N-No no, I...I-It was hard to get off the stairs! You know, sleeping in the attic isn't easy!"
Amari:
"You're the one who chose to sleep there, and honestly, no one cares."
"...Yeah you're right! Who cares? But still, It's not my fault!"
Nobody said anything.
"So hm, would you like to do another mission?"
Amari just said.
"Ok."
"Nice! Ok, here I go towards the guild-"
"GUYS!!!"
Suddenly Sayuri yelled that, while standing up.
"DID YOU FORGET?! DID EVERYBODY REALLY FORGET ABOUT IT!?"
Amari seemed completely uninterested, just staring at the TV.
"I already taught you how to change the cat's litter, that's-"
"No, not that!..."
Everybody looked at her confused.
"THE REWARD!! THAT WAS OUR GOAL THE ENTIRE TIME!"
...
"IT IS!!!"
Amari didn't see much of a problem with that.
"Yeah we know. One of us have to go to the guild and claim it. Kai do you want to go?"
"Of course! No problem-"
"BUT WE NEED THE PROOF!!! Don't you remember!? The box Clown said we needed to put a certificate of having done the mission or something?!"
Oh wait, YEAH SHE IS RIGHT!
"OH NO!! AMARI IT'S OUR FAULT!!"
She finally got up from the couch, looking worried and angry.
"WHAT?! HOW?! IT'S EVERYONE'S FAULT THAT NOBODY REMEMBERED THIS!!"
Lotte turned her eyes back to the book.
"Bunch of amateurs."
Amari:
"OH YOU SHUT UP!!"
Sayuri spoke even louder.
"Ok ok, BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING! IT WAS WORTH A LOT OF SHIELDS!! KAI, GO SEE IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!"
"Alright, no problem!!"
Before I left the house, Lotte said.
"Oh Kai, since you're going to the guild buy me some new clothes. This... (all black pants and hoodie), doesn't match me that much, try to buy something more... Elf."
"Got it!!"
He left the house without further ado, running towards the guild.
Now without me at home, Amari slowly looked at Lotte.
"What you mean by something Elf?"
Lotte shrug a bit with a smile.
"I don't know. Let's give wings to the imagination of youth."
"YOU'RE 16!!"
"In human years."
"Tsk..."
Sayuri raised an eyebrow.
"You really trust him to buy your clothes?"
"Uh? Why shouldn't I?"
...
"Good luck."
Amari noticed something.
"Wait, you still have the Raccoon mask right?"
"Yes."
"Can't we use that as the proof?"
Sayuri looked up.
"OH THAT'S TRUE!! WE CAN JUST USE THAT!!"
Amari:
"So... What is this idiot going there in his pajamas for?"
Nobody answered.
"Meh, when he comes back we tell him to come back with the mask."
She lay down on the couch again.
Sayuri approached and cast a curious look at the TV.
"Wait that's-... OH MY! I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS CARTOON IN YEARS! IT WAS MY FAVORITE!! I NEED TO SEE IT!"
"W-Wait, what you doing-"
Sayuri simply jumped on top of Amari.
"GIVE ME THE COMMAND!"
The 2 started to bicker.
"W-WHAT?! WHY!? IT'S ALREADY YOUR FAVORITE SHOW!"
"BUT I WANT IT ANYWAY!! GIVE MEEEEEE!!!"
Amari stretched out a chain, grabbed the controller, and began to deflect it from Sayuri's attacks.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!! YOU DAMN BRAT LOLI!!"
Seeing that, Lotte made a smirk.
In a very short space of time, I arrived at the guild.
It's strange, there are many guards at the entrance, I think they are guards at least.
They dress strangely, very formal clothes I think, and they have weapons.
Weapons, guns... I don't like guns, I hate guns... Guns...
They're blocking the entrance, damn it, I want to get in!
"Hey old man, let me in."
The guard blocking my passage slowly looked down to me.
"I'm sorry, but the guild is temporarily closed by order of the royal family."
"Uh? Why!?"
"We are looking for a certain individual who has caused a lot of trouble in the city. Do you happen to know who we are talking about? Or where he is?"
Oh, that guy must be a thief or something! I will help the police!
"Hm hm, go on."
"He has pale skin."
"Hm hm, no."
"He has a red skull and a same color flour beneath his eyes."
"Hm hm, no."
"He's blonde, with hair slicked back."
"Hm hm, no."
"Their clothes kind of blend together, from the shoes to the coat."
"Hm hm, no."
"...He looks like a clown I think-"
"OH IT'S CLOWN!!!"
He could have said that from the beginning!
"Oh, you know him?"
"Of course I do! He gave me my mansion, and... I'd like to talk to him if possible."
"Well it's not. It's funny that you're the first to have some information about him here, since he was supposedly someone quite famous in the guild, more people should have heard of him."
Hm, this doesn't make sense... Isn't Clown like very famous? He even showed that book! Then why-
AH! D-Damn I think I get it!
It was like a secret rule of the Suiciders, who decided that no one would report him!
D-Damn, it's my fault I ruined everything!!
"So Kid... You know about the book?..."
This sounded more like a threat than a question.
I know what I have to do!
Just as I wasn't supposed to report Clown, I can't talk about the book either, right!? That must be what they planned!
"N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-o-o-o-o-o...-o...N-N-No...N-N-O..."
Did I do well?
His eyes narrowed, I-I think he's suspecting something!
"You kid-"
"Hey, we found nothing. We're leaving, we couldn't get any information about him."
Four more guards appeared at the gate, leaving the guild and walking straight towards us.
"Oh ok..."
That guard joined them, but as he left, he took a last glare at me.
"We'll talk later, kid."
And they vanished.
Jeez, I guess I didn't lie very well... Ah but it doesn't matter, I'm safe-
"Hey Kai!"
Someone is calling me... Damn ai-
I-IULIUS?! H-He's on my front just smiling, BUT-
"WHY DO YOU HAVE BLUE HAIR!?"
He tilted his head a bit.
"I don't know. I just went to sleep and woke up like this."
"N-No it doesn't even seem like the author created him with the intention of it being just a parody of a certain character, but ended up getting attached to him and wants to make him a more original character."
"Kai! That's Amari's line!"
"Oh sorry..."
He took a few steps forward and placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Well, I'm leaving. Call me if you need anything."
He left.
W-Wait that means the guild is open!
I ran and entered the guild.
For some reason, everyone was laughing.
"HAHA!"
"WE FOOLED THEM RIGHT!"
"ROYAL FAMILY? MORE LIKE, STUPID FAMILY!" (Death to whoever said this)
"But I like them."
"Yeah me too."
I was right, and I did my part by not snitching on anything!... almost nothing!
30 minutes later, I just can't find Clown anywhere.
Isn't he here? But I always find him in the guild-
AH, OF COURSE HE ISN'T HERE! THE GUARDS COULDN'T FIND!!
Ah bad... Then I-
"Hey Kai, I have something for you."
Oh, it's Mana.
I headed towards her counter.
"What's up?!"
She was just with a gentle smile.
"I have something for you, a letter from Clown."
"A-AH!? F-For real!?"
"Yes, he left here a time ago."
She picked up a letter from the secretary's office and pointed it at me.
"Here, take it."
"Wait no! I don't want it!"
"...uh?"
"I mean like, read you! I don't want to."
She tilted her head confused.
"Why? I shouldn't read secret personal letters between Suiciders."
"Yeah but like, he always says weird things, and it's always so big, like has tons of words! So just summarize it!... please."
"If you say so..."
She opened the letter.
"W-Wow uh, it really has a lot of useless things..."
"Just like, say the true goal of the message."
"Ok ok..."
She kept reading.
"Jesus, this has so much no important things... Here! In short, he is saying that the reward for your last mission is in your mailbox, he has already sent it."
"O-Oh, nice! That's perfect!"
"And he said that he gave all the reward for you, all the 100000 shields. Jesus, that's a lot!"
"100 thousand!?... Is that good?"
"I mean, you won't have to worry about the household bills for a few months I think."
"Oh good!"
"Oh yes, I just remembered that Clown came here alone the last afternoon, and gave me the probation with a Raccoon mask, I didn't know you guys were involved, I mean, to receive the full reward you must have done a lot! Clown has never accepted not having a reward before!."
"Oh, yeah we did..."
No, I did almost nothing compared to him and Iulius.
They basically did everything, so why should I get all the reward!?
This is not fair.
"You ok?"
"A-Ah ah, yes yes... Well uh, I'm leaving."
"Ok, see ya."
And that's it, I started walking out of the guild, half-thoughtful- AHHHH!
HOW DID I FORGET!? HER CLOTHES, LOTTE ASKED ME TO BUY IT!
"W-Wait uh, actually miss. I have something to buy from the store."
"Oh I'm glad... But tell me what it is."
"Clothes."
"Ok, we have a room full of clothes, choose what you want and then come buy it with me."
"Ok, thank you!"
I ran out to the clothing store.
Okay, I'm now in the women's clothing section choosing something.
Something very elfin, right? What does that even mean?!
Hm hm, damn I've never seen so many dresses! They all look the same but with different colors!
Why would someone spend so much money with clothes!? It's just clothes!
"Oh my, didn't know you would like to wear that little boy."
I slowly looked at my side, IT'S MANA! SHE CAN SEE ME FROM HER COUNTER!!
But ah, I don't care actually.
"It's for a friend actually."
"Oh really? You would look cute with one of those."
"What did you-"
She closed the counter's window.
Goddammit... What should I choose!?