"Oh, Erwin you woke up?"

The first sight I saw after waking up is Ilya-nee who is reading a book near the bed, I feel like it's so quiet around here, I look at the window and see the moon is s.h.i.+ning up in the sky as if it's trying to stare at me and call for me to fly up in the sky to grab it.

I touch my head to check if the headache already is gone or it's still there, I poke hard on my head where I feel the pain come before and it feels like there was no pain left or anything, my head isn't all fuzzy or anything, I think it's safe to say that I'm completely fine now.

"Ilya-nee, what time is it?"

"Hm? ah, around 10 maybe? everyone was already asleep now"

"Then why Ilya-nee still here and not going to sleep?"

"Is it wrong for a big sister to worried about her little brother?"

Ah, that's right, why am I asking something stupid like that? I should be happy that Ilya-nee is here for me, but I can't let Ilya-nee for staying up late like this.

*Growl...~

"Ah, as I thought you will get hungry after all those sleep"

"I'm sorry Ilya-nee, I will try to sleep again, Ilya-nee can sleep too now"

"Don't be stupid, you can't sleep with an empty stomach, let's go to the dining room, I will cook you something to eat"

"All right..."

I decided to just follow Ilya-nee from behind, right after we leave the room, I faced a big hallway, I look around and it looks so quiet, I can even hear my footsteps echoing on the wall, are all n.o.bles houses are like this? Even the end of the hall looks so far for me, I kind of feel bad for n.o.bles now, they have to walk around in the big house like this every day, their day must be very tiring.

"Oh, Ilya-sama and Erwin-sama, may I know why both of you walking around the house at this late?"

Suddenly a woman wearing a black dress with a white ap.r.o.n appears when we're about to go downstairs, she looks so mature and elegant, her white hair is wavy and looks so wonderful, I feel like I've met her before somewhere.

"Marina-san, I'm sorry, but, can I use the kitchen? I want to cook something for Erwin since he was just woken up and have eaten nothing"

"Oh, Erwin-sama, is your condition better now?"

The maid notices me and walks closer to me, I remember now, she's Marina-san, she's the one who saved me back then when I got into trouble fighting a magical beast wolf type, if I remember correctly, she was the one who healed my wounds didn't she?

"Erwin, Marina-san is the one who healed your wounds on your head, you need to thank her properly,"

"Thank you for your help Marina-san, you saved me twice, I can't thank you enough"

"I'm just doing my job, Elis-sama asked me to do that, I think you must thank Elis-sama instead"

With still lowering my head, I began to think, I saw fire magic before when I was fighting the magical beast, that fire magic saves me from the wolf that pounced at me, then, if Marina-san's magic is a healing type, then Elis-nee was the one who has the fire magic.

"Wait, what are you talking about Erwin?"

Ilya-nee looks confused, I'm not aware at first, but it just slipped out my tongue, I shouldn't be saying that or else Ilya-nee might get mad at me for that one time, a cold sweats began to fall from my forehead, I try to look away to avoid this topic if possible and I don't want to make Ilya-nee suspicious about it.

"Erwin-sama was lost back then in the forest and Elis-sama found him just standing and looking around in confusion, that's why Erwin-sama brought us home with him before, we accompany him to get home safely,"

Eh? what? that's not how it was, right? I turn my face and look at Marina-san, she looks so calm while telling that story to Ilya-nee, is she planning to convince Ilya-nee with that story?

"Ah... I see, so that's why Erwin brought home Elis-san and Marina-san with him before"

"Yes"

Eh? Ilya-nee believes that? I turn my eyes and look at Marina-san once again, she still remains calm, but, when she notices that I keep staring at her, she gives me a wink, she was still able to maintain her calmness, what an act she's putting on right now, but, I think I need to thank her later for helping me to get out from this situation.

"Well then, Marina-san, can we use the kitchen?"

"Ilya-sama, you can freely use it, but, can I also help you? I'm still worried about Erwin-sama, I'm the one who heals his injury, I need to make sure he's all fine now"

"But, will it bother you? Marina-san also need to sleep since it's already late"

"Don't worry about me Ilya-sama, I just need to properly nurse my patient"

"But still, Marina-san is such a reliable person"

"Thank you for your esteem Ilya-sama, I'm so honored, then let me show us the way"

"Thank you Marina-san"

"It's nothing special Ilya-sama, it's also my pleasure to be able to nurse Erwin-sama"

Ilya-nee is holding my hand tightly, I walk down the stairs slowly, Ilya-nee seems to keep her pace the same with me and not to just drag me along with her.

"May I know what to cook, Ilya-sama?"

"Let's see, Erwin is already hungry, maybe something simple and not taking much time to get prepared?"

"We can make a sunny side up if Ilya-sama is willing something that can be prepared fast, we still have some rice left from the dinner, I'm sorry for that one"

"Ah Marisa-san, you don't need to lower your head like that, Erwin, you don't mind about it, right?"

"Eh? ah yeah, it's fine, right? food is still food"

I just sit and watch them from my seat, I've decided to just eat in the kitchen since there is a pretty big table here, and I can eat the food right after it comes off the pan, nothing is more pleasurable than eating warm food right after it cooked.

"Then, let me prepare a dessert for Erwin-sama"

Marina-san bows her head before she leaves the kitchen and went off somewhere, she said she will prepare the dessert, but honestly, I don't really mind even there are no desserts, it's fine to just eat the main dish as long as it can fill my stomach.

"Then, wait a minute Erwin, it won't take long, okay?"

I just nod to Ilya-nee, for me to be able to taste Ilya-nee's cooking again already makes me happy, I don't mind how long will it take for the food to be prepared, I will just sit and look around the room from my seat, this kitchen looks big, I think it's bigger than our store, it looks awesome to see a kitchen as big as this.

"Here, sorry for the wait"

Ilya-nee doesn't need to take more than 5 minutes just to prepare the food she serves in front of me right now, the sunny side up tempts me to quickly eat it and gulp it down my belly.

I eat the food with a big smile on my face, it's not like the food taste really good or anything, it just because I'm finally able to taste Ilya-nee's cooking again and eat it together with her, although, it's only me who eat the food right now, I'm still happy.

"I'm sorry for the wait, I made this, can you please try it, Elis-sama, Erwin-sama?"

"Eh, is this for the dessert?"

"Yes, I tried to make it after Ilya-sama teach me, the reason why I haven't sleep is that because I wanted to try and make it before I sleep"

What I see in front of me is a round-shaped hard cookie Ilya-nee and I usually sell at the store, so Ilya-nee taught Marina-san of how to make it huh, well, I ate some this afternoon, it's fine to eat it as a late-night snack, isn't it?

"Then, Ilya-sama, Erwin-sama, I shall leave now, I need to do something tomorrow morning"

"Ah, we're sorry to bother you Marina-san"

"It's fine, I'm glad the cookies I made were into your liking, then, Goodnight"

"Goodnight Marina-san"

I look at Marina-san turning her back to us and left, she looks so mature and so reliable, I wonder if all maid were like that.

"Then, Erwin, want to sleep with big sis tonight?"

"Eh, I want it, I want it, let's sleep together"

It's been a while since the last time I sleep together with Ilya-nee, of course, I'd gladly take her offer to sleep together, I can stay at her side longer now.

"Then, let's get back once we finish it"

I nodded excitedly with my mouth still full of cookies I chewed, I want to quickly eat and finish the cookies and went back to sleep with Ilya-nee.

"Ah, eat it carefully, duh"

Ilya-nee is looking at me with a smile on her face, she looks calm but I feel like she's being happy inside her.