196 The Twins Meeting Leticia

Several days after the twins' fifth birthday party, it was time for having the twins learn how to socialize! In other words, it's introduction time for them~

Yes. When I asked Mom and Dad when I could possibly introduce my little siblings to my friends, they told me about the twins' imminent fifth birthday and how we could start introducing the twins after that.

That being said, there was no way I could just bring the twins along to school. For now—I guess let's just bring the twins to Capicastle and introduce them to Leticia~!

Leticia and the twins should be at the same age, so I really think they could be best friends! Furthermore, their birthdays were in the same month~ So close in age~!

With that hope in mind, we departed to Capicastle that weekend.

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"Lyra-nee~!"

The small, adorable red-haired little girl quickly made her way to me right after I entered the room. The room was some sort of a playground for the royal children to spend their time in.

Luca and Kiri were also there, accompanying Leticia to play.

"Whoa, hey, Leticia! No greetings for me?"

My big brother teasingly stood between Leticia and me as he spread his arms at Leticia. Sure enough, as a response to this annoying tease, Leti sulked.

"Altaire, move!" Leticia demanded.

"Aww, you're no fun, Leti! Why don't you call me Alt-nii as usual?" Alt-nii teased Leti again.

"Because Altaire is making me angry!" Leti replied, "Besides, Leti already has a Nii-sama, Luca-nii!"

...Allow me to explain.

Leti usually would address Alt-nii the same way I addressed him. But whenever Leti is upset at Alt-nii (most probably due to his teasing—understandable though, as Leti's sulking face is also cute!), she would not acknowledge him.

Oddly enough, Luca didn't mind to Leticia addressing Alt-nii like that. I thought his brotherly sense would get tickled and he'd get jealous! Not fun, Luca, not fun.

While the bickering continued, the twins who were standing behind me would often stick out their heads to see what was happening.

The oblivious Leticia suddenly noticed the presence of the twins and stopped bickering with Alt-nii.

"Huh? Who are they?"

Glad you asked!

Realizing that Leticia's mind was no longer on him and their bickering, Alt-nii moved to let Leticia approach me and the figures behind me.

I'm so excited to finally introduce them to her!

We mentioned the thing about the twins in front of Leticia before, but I guess she didn't quite get it and didn't feel the existence of the twins yet. Or could she have already forgotten that I had acquired little siblings...?

Ah, no matter, let's just introduce them~

As Leticia walked closer to me, I grabbed the twins' hands and guided them to stop hiding behind me. They were quite timid since it was their first time coming to Capicastle.

The twins were standing on my left and right sides. Leticia stopped walking and seemed to be stunned at the appearance of the two similar-looking children.

"Eh...?" Leti unconsciously blurted out.

The twins were also looking at Leticia intently. Being a good and understanding big sister, I stepped back to let the young children get acquainted to one another.

Freyr and Freyja hadn't really met with children around their age after coming to our house. I doubt they were close to anyone from their (short-term stay at the) orphanage.

Freyr who was on the left side suddenly tilted his head to the right. Incidentally, Freyja was also tilting her head to the left side.

Ngggh, cute! They seemed to be curious about Leticia, good, good!

I might look calm on the outside, but my heart wasn't calm as I was cheering for the budding friendships between the three of them.

My heart was beating faster as a proof of my excitement.

Behind Leticia, I could see the contrastive figure of her biological older brother—Luca, folding his arms with one eyebrow raised, waiting to see what was going to happen. It was odd seeing how a little brat like him acted like an adult—oh, but maybe it was because his mind was more mature than his appearance. Like me.

As a response to the twins tilting their heads like that, Leticia also tilted her head to the left. Freyja suddenly adjusted his head and tilted it to the right just like Freyr.

Oh, the twins' right = Leticia's left side! Their heads were pointing at the same direction... How funny!

Or not. The next scene proved us that there was something more amusing than this.

Just right after that, Leticia tilted her head to the right. The twins simultaneously tilted their heads to their left side.

"Pfft...," I couldn't hold my laugh as I saw this cute scene unfolding!

Instead of greeting one another and introducing themselves, they were playing head-tilting...?!

Perhaps this was how the small ones socialized...?

"Who?" Leticia seemed to have enough of this head-tilting game as she straightened her head and neck again. The twins followed suit.

"Freyja," Freyja mentioned her name.

"Freyr," Freyr also gave his name.

"Oh... I'm Leticia," Leticia showed a slight surprise and quickly gave her name, too.

Despite her face clearly showing question marks, it seemed that the royal family educated their children well enough—I mean, look! Leticia gave her name instead of asking again, despite her confusion.

"Freyr, Freyja, let me introduce you to my friend's little sister... Leticia! She is at the same age as you two. Be good friends, okay?" I touched the twins' shoulders as I introduced Leti to them.

Next...

"Leticia, they are the twins—Freyr and Freyja. They are also my younger siblings!" I proudly announced my cute younger siblings to Leticia.

"...Younger siblings?" Leticia questioned, as if seeking a confirmation.

"Yes, that's right! Freyr is my little brother and Freyja is my little sister~ I hope you will get along well with them!" I nodded.

"...You two are?" This time, Leticia asked Freyr and Freyja.

Freyr and Freyja nodded at the same time.

"Lyra-neechan is our big sister!" Freyja announced.

"We are... family," Freyr shyly nodded.

"...You mean, you two are the Hartmann?" Leticia asked.

The twins nodded.

"You live in the same house as Lyra-nee?"

The twins nodded again.

"B-but but... I'm Lyra-nee's little sister figure... right?" Leticia's voice seemed upset... eh?

"Leticia, what's wrong?" I asked.

"...Lyra, you dummy," I felt like I heard Luca's helpless voice, but it was too small that I couldn't really hear what he said.

"Not fairrrrr! I know Lyra-nee longer than you twooo! But why are you snatching her away from meeee," Leticia suddenly bawled.

"Eh...," I was dumbfounded by this sudden turn of events.

The twins tilted their heads in confusion again.

"But Lyra-neechan is our big sister...?" Freyr couldn't understand what was wrong.

"You are Onee-chan's friend's little sister, right?" Freyja asked for a confirmation.

...Oh, you twins—what you said didn't help the situation at all...

"I can tolerate Lyra-nee having a little brother figure such as Ein... but Leti wants to be Lyra-nee's beloved sister! Leti wants to be special!" Leticia said as she was still bawling.

"Here, Leti, stop crying," Luca was suddenly standing next to Leticia as he pulled the crying little girl in his arms.

"Luca-niiii... Lyra-nee has a real sister now... Leti is no longer special...?" Leticia complained to Luca.