…… Knock, knock, knock!

There was a knock on my door. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Please come in. 」

I called her in loud voices.

It was my sister who entered the book-filled room.

She picked up the teapot from the porcelain trolley she had pushed, and made a cup of black tea for me who was studying hard at my desk to prepare for the "monthly test".

Although we are brother and sister, she can only stay with me as a servant, and it takes her a lot of effort to do so.

That's because she wasn't as lucky as I was to be born, and because of this, she couldn't share the same surname as me, and only had a nickname in the family register: Nairi.

Although she occupies a place in the household register, in this vast family territory, she actually has no status at all, and can only work hard to contribute labor like a servant hired by the family.

The servant and the family are two different worlds, so we can't see each other often, but she doesn't give up any opportunity to get close to me, and she earnestly strives for it.

She manages animal husbandry and gardening in the outer garden. After obtaining the approval of the merit, apply for transfer to the inner courtyard to trim the garden. It took me a few years in the inner courtyard to finally pass the maid contest and enter the mansion to meet me.

Nerry turned a blind eye to my anxiety and said in a relaxed tone:

"Oh, brother, take a break. Even if an outstanding person like his brother is absent, it will not have any impact on the status of the family, because the comprehensive index of the social contribution value of the Xuedinger family is rated A by the government. In particular, the import and shipment of "life-type beasts" in international trade has an irreplaceable position. It doesn't matter if you take duck eggs in subject exams. It was a last resort for people who did not have professional talents. Don't forget, you are a nobleman, or a nobleman who has contributed, you are a special existence. 」

Neri was right, but that was the value that the Schelding family had privately decided on me. And the concrete demonstration of value is to force me to bear the same surname as them.

My name is: Naig Schödinger.

In the year of the "Heavenly Beast", the child of the famous nobleman, the Xue Dinger clan, unfortunately died, and the elders of the family were too old to have children. However, I don't want to give up the inheritance of the family business. After some consideration, I decided to find me instead.

They found me when I was twelve years old and took me in.

That's what those who call themselves my aunt and uncle. My biological father was a descendant of the Södinger tribe who ran away from home. More than 10 years ago, my biological mother gave birth to me and died, and my father left with me as a young child and changed my surname to seclusion. Therefore, I have in my blood the things that the host family values.

They are trying to keep their family's power and blood alive. In exchange for enjoying the glory and wealth, he asked me to re-naturalize and recognize me as an adopted son. And contribute to the "fine selection of white rice" every year.

At the time I was reluctant because they just wanted to take me and didn't need my sister.

My father actually got married again after leaving the family. They gave birth to a child, and that was my sister. My sister is the one who belongs to the stepmother who is not recognized by the family.

Moreover, her grades were rated as "average" in the new social class.

The Schelding family is very disgusted with the lawless and incompetent. If it weren't for the fact that the bloodline would be broken, they would be forced to make a special exception. Otherwise, in the same way, the shame left by my father's defection, I, would not have been accepted.

The Sherdings consider me to be of pure blood, and still mark me as a shameful stain. Then it is even more unlikely that the child born to my father and his unknown mother will ever be acknowledged as "existing".

But in order to make me nod willingly, my sister finally reluctantly brought it in the name of "pet".

During my five years in the Schelding family, I was forced to receive an elite education from the nobility in order to prepare for the annual exams.

I will obediently respond to their needs, in addition to the fact that they agreed to let my sister follow, in fact, I also want to develop my talents and contribute to the country efficiently.

At present, I am in charge of about one-tenth of the family's "Monthly Measurement of Selected White Rice". That's a lot of work for me right now.

I opened my mouth in response to Neri:

"You're not right to say that. 」

"What's wrong, we don't have to be afraid of being categorized as 'ingredients' and desperately trying to prove our worth. 」

Neri clasped her hands on the flat white maid's robe, looking quite unconvinced.

"Those belong to the Schelding family, they don't belong to us in the first place, and there's nothing to show off. 」

"If you don't belong to something, you can use it freely if you don't have a name on it, and it doesn't matter if it's not stopped. What's more, we are also certified by the master of Xerdinger. 」

The poor milk Lori in front of me wearing a gothic maid outfit is really .......

I shook my head, sighed, and said:

"Well, have you recently become accustomed to a life of convenience? We are lucky to be in this comfortable environment. Just because you have no blood, you have to start from the bottom, in order to fight into the inner house as a maid, you sweat and spend time, and work hard to learn big and small things in five years, before you are given the power to serve me tea by my side. But I don't have to do labor, I just need to read some books and use my brain to reach out and drink tea, isn't it luck? 」

"Phew!"

Neri kicked my desk legs.

The white skin of the little face was slightly swollen red, and she pouted unconvinced like a little duck:

"Bah, yes, I just can't talk about you. Is your throat dry when a guy who can speak so many words says it? Why don't you drink tea soon? 」

As long as I start to reason, she can't listen, and I want to educate her to be a person who knows how to cherish happiness and contentment, so that she can be worthy of the promise she made to her parents.

I picked up the beautifully decorated white porcelain cup and took a sip on my lips:

"Hmm...... As always, it is full of fragrance. 」

"Of course, I take good care of my tea-making beast: 'Little Gollum', as long as you give it a balanced amount of food and a drop of my blood, the warm saliva secreted by Little Gollum is the dreamy hot water for making tea. If you don't believe it, look at it......

Nerry pulled up the silk scarf that covered the top of the coffee table cart, and the strange creatures hidden below narrowed their eyes as they were harassed by the light.

It languidly stretched its curled nose and yawned.

"Gollum ......"

The wake-up tea-making beast is a miniature creature similar to an elephant, with a fat, short and round head and limbs. It looks cute, and in fact, the personality is also very tame.

The main function is to brew tea, the temperature of its saliva secretion is just right, and with the owner's superior blood, the hot saliva is more unique.

The usage is very simple, send tea leaves to the purr mouth, and let it chew for a while to produce high temperatures. Then let it stretch its nose through the breath hole to spray warm tea, pour it into the filter bottle, and you can drink it directly.

When it comes to the Bewitching Star, it seems to make a living by swallowing metal, and the friction of its teeth tends to generate high heat, which makes it easy for it to melt and swallow food. For safety reasons, the improved breed limits the maximum heating temperature in the oral cavity, and it has become a household pet that boils water rapidly.

However, the predecessor of the life-type beast is actually a "primitive beast" that threatens humans.

Some of the territory of the Venola Empire is close to the continent of Mewpan, and a cordon is set up at the border to defend against the invasion of the beasts. At the same time, a large number of beasts are captured and studied and tamed as fortifications to strengthen defenses.

Therefore, being able to be as intimate and harmless as humans is now is due to the Empire's developed biotechnology.

"Brother, you see this is it, the color of the gurgling tongue is very beautiful. Tea made without saliva secreted by such a color is not delicious. And it has a high nutritional value, which is helpful for concentration, and if the elder brother is not in good spirits, he will not be able to make the best contribution to the family. Hee......-hee-hee-he

Nerry happily picked up Gollum, and the tea-making proboscis responded to her enthusiastically. The little maid's cheeks were licked by her ruddy and plump tongue.

Neri's mean bad smile:

"Although the Xerdinger family has given us a lot of convenient tools, if the user doesn't know how to use it, wouldn't it be like throwing it into a stinky ditch, waiting to rot and stink?"

Here it comes. Her usual approach.

often pretends to take a step back, but in fact, he is very unconvinced. She will keep going around to find flaws and then attack.

"In the past few years, the Schelding family has faced problems such as cash turnover, and when the imported goods were changed from ancient electronic devices to household beasts, the business was in a very unstable state. At that time, the elder brother gave appropriate advice from the side, and gradually laid the main direction, so that the family business could grow more efficiently to the scale it is today. Isn't it a value that you can't replace at a young age with an enviable talent?"

Neri smiled wickedly and picked up the leftover black tea.

She turned the cup halfway around, deliberately aiming it at the edge of the drink I had drunk, baring her white teeth and biting gently.

"If my brother doesn't value himself, I might take it and eat it without paying attention. 」

"Besides me, do you want to express that the tea you brew is unique? 」

"Oh roar~. 」

Nerry drank the tea and let out a strange cry:

"Now you finally understand that I am different from the other maids, my tea-making skills are excellent, observing the daily condition of Gollum, and then adapting to its changes and letting it chew a few times, I have carefully calculated. This subtle observation and keen intuition are what make us stand out. We should be complacent, because we are the ones who can put the tools at hand beyond their value. 」

"I said that you guy, although he is not good at reading, but he is really good at acting......

I sighed a little and got up from the comfort of my leather chair:

"Come, come with me to the window. 」

"Why, do you want to see that monotonous night sky again? 」

Nerry deliberately turned her head away from me, looking very childish.

I pulled her arms and half-forced her to sit sideways on the large floor-to-ceiling window frame at the table.

She became impatient:

"Ahh 」

The double shutters opened to the left and right, and Nerri followed my outstretched arm as she looked out into the dark night.

As usual, it was pitch black, without any starlight.

"Do you know why you can't see the stars in the sky? 」

"Well, it's easy, because today is a weekly 'Day of Wishes', a day without any stars. The large amount of black smoke emitted by the Black Continent, which covers the body of the Western Hemisphere, drifted to the sky of the Eastern Hemisphere, the "Natural Continent", due to the rotation of the Bewitching Star, so of course we living in the "Natural Continent" cannot see the obscured starlight...... Really, no star can make a wish to call it a wishless day, a name without creativity. And what black smoke is, it's obviously the dirty exhaust gas emitted by the monster that can only eat from the butt - "Black Mountain Pass". 」

Neri's casual, absent-minded explanation, deliberately turned her back to me, her eyes cast to the other side of the distance.

I suddenly grabbed her by the shoulders from behind and slaughtered her.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa——! it hurts me to death, okay, good, good! Don't, stop! I can concentrate. 」

"Sure?"

"Yes!"

"You won't take revenge on me as soon as you let go. 」

"Only then will you be able to strangle. 」

Nerry shrunk her neck for fear of pain and nourishment...... Damn brother, it's getting harder and harder to deceive...... She muttered a few words, turned her back to my black head, and finally nodded reluctantly in agreement.

As soon as I let go—my stomach pounded.

She punched me:

"It's so much more comfortable. Speaking of which, I didn't break my promise. There happened to be a summer flying insect stopping there, and I was kind enough to help you shoot it off. 」

What a conscience!

Nari, who sneaked up on me, smiled wickedly at me and confidently stroked her shoulder-length black hair.

"Okay, what do you want to say, say it. 」

asked people to talk, and beat them in the stomach...... Woo.

I endured. The throbbing pain made my face red, and Nerry thought it was funny to look at it. Her hand over her small mouth and pretending to snicker elegantly are the best evidence.

The temperament of the maid is not played at this time.

When the scorching heat wore off, I gasped.

I cleaned up, coughed dryly, and then pointed to the sky:

"Listen intently. It was a passage described by a survivor who fled from the other side when the Black Continent came: "The air is clear in the middle of a summer night, and the sky is full of stars. If you're lucky enough to be on the other side of the world, you'll probably not even notice anyone looking up at this beautiful night view. Therefore, when the star-covered night slowly approached, and the point of light gradually became unusually dazzling, the night sky fell straight down, and it was probably the first time that a human being, who had dreams of stars, had come so close to the light. The man also said that even at the cost of our lives, we may not have the opportunity to see it, so it is actually quite fortunate to be able to peek into the beauty that appears in an instant. 」

Neri listened with his legs crossed, but a finger was beating like a drum on his arms.

She said helplessly:

"I know some frightened guys will babble, but that's the real story. My brother mentioned from time to time in the book that the gray and black body of the bewilderment disk was mixed with a large number of crystals, and when it fell, half of the bewildering star happened to be night, and the reflection of the moonlight by the crystals on the body would instantly make people mistake the stars. Therefore, as soon as the interstellar troll's bewilderment disk approaches, the small human beings on the bewildered star will have the illusion of the boundless sea of stars hanging upside down in the sky. So what?"

"Isn't it a lucky thing not to have fulfilled your wish before you die? Because no matter how hard you try, you may never have the opportunity to see it with your own eyes. Like some of the experiences in our lives, it is hard to come by. 」

"Speaking of which, my brother still wants to emphasize that the good situation we have worked hard to obtain is actually because of a god-given opportunity. 」

Neri kicked the floor hard and bounced off the window frame where she sat on her side:

"I don't admit it. 」

Bumper Bumper!

Neri quickly packed up the tea set, hugged it with one hand, and strongly held up the beast Gollum, pulling the coffee table and rushing out of the door:

"It's really annoying, every time I want to talk to my brother, I will be reasoned and annoyed. I just don't admit that, if I have to explain it, luck is also my own strength!"

Emphasizing the subjective argument again, Neri slammed the door shut.

"You're going to be scolded by Watson Crowle's butler. 」

Ignoring my advice, Nerri angrily disappeared out of the hallway.

Watson Crowll's butler often reminds maids to be dignified at all times...... She forgot all about it.

The sound of walking is noticeably heavier.