Chapter 39 – Payback and New Maid.

Chapter 39 – Payback and New Maid. Announcement

There will be two chapters today.

Akagi finished getting her new maid Mizumi prepared for her duties. Yumi would take over her training, and Chloe was assigned to her as a minder until she could be trusted. With that out of the way, she returned to the main house to see what Kana and Hishya were doing. It was already getting late, so she was going to see if Hishya wanted to stay the night rather than fly back to Tokyo in the dark. However, upon reaching the doorway into the living room, Akagi was greeted with an amusing sight.

"Is it really ok if I touch it?" Kana asked pensively.

"Yeah, it's fine; not like it's gonna hurt me," Hishya responded with a smile.

Akagi watched for a moment as Kana stroked Hishya's tail and touched her horns. Both girls were enjoying themselves, especially Hishya, who seemed to like being pet.

"This is amazing!" Kana exclaimed. "They're not sharp at all, and they're warm to the touch!" she was referring to Hishya's scales.

"Well, I am a fire dragon," Hishya chuckled. "Warm is kinda my thing."

Neither girl noticed Akagi, who just stood and watched this amusing situation. Seeing her sister so enthralled with Hishya's draconic features gave her an amusing idea. She waited for about five minutes before making her presence known; she wanted to allow the two to thoroughly engross themselves before she chimed in.

"Sorry to interrupt your special alone time with Hishya," she called out to Kana, which caused both girls to jump in surprise.

The two looked over at Akagi, and their faces turned bright red in embarrassment. “H-how l-long were- you-you." Kana stammered.

"Since about the time you said: Is it really ok if I touch it?" She mimicked her sister's voice. "Fair warning Kana, dragons have quite the appetite, so I hope you have plenty of stamina." Akagi stuck out her tongue. Seeing as Kana took the opportunity to comment on her relationship with Yumi this morning, she figured that she might get a little payback.

"S-stamina... appetite....." It took a moment for the girl to understand what her sister meant, but once she did, her face only got redder, and you could practically see steam rising from her head.

"Take good care of Kana for me, Hishya." Akagi let out a big laugh, and Hishya responded by burying her head in a nearby pillow. The two girl's reaction was better than she could have hoped for, and it took about ten minutes before the girls were in any state to speak.

"Onee-chan why did you have to do that!" Kana exclaimed, her face still red.

"I figured I would pay you back for this morning." Akagi cracked a smile.

"AH!" Kana recalled her comments about Akagi and Yumi. "That-that's... fair." she couldn't argue with her on this one.

"Now I kinda wanna see you small like that." Kana laughed.

"Oh god, that's right. You can change into other people's appearances." Hishya had forgotten Akagi could do that. "Please don't go messing with people like that."

"So your saying I shouldn't transform into you and let Kana pet your tail?" Akagi laughed, and the two girls stuck their heads in their hands.

"We're never gonna live that down, are we?" Kana gave up.

"Nope, not with her." Hishya was equally defeated.

"Alright, I'll stop messing with you." Akagi chuckled. "The other reason I came back was to see if you wanted to stay the night, Hishya. I know you're pretty fast, but a trip to Tokyo is still a few hours and it's going to be getting dark soon." Akagi looked out the window, the sun was still high but the days were getting shorter this time of year.

"Wait. Why not just have Yumi teleport her? You went to Tokyo once before so can't she just do that?" Kana asked a pretty good question because she was right Yumi could do that.

"She could, but I will not ask her to do that, Kana." Akagi denied her sister's idea.

"Eh? Why?" Kana didn't understand Akagi's refusal.

"Because Yumi and I don't get along very well," Hishya interjected. "She doesn't really like other players, and I've tried to kill Akagi once before, so that already made things difficult." She scratched her cheek. "On top of that, the times we've been alone have almost always resulted in fighting." She sighed, recalling just how many arguments the two had gotten in over the years. "The fact that I didn't treat the NPCs like real people... might also have given her a very bad impression of me." Hishya didn't go out of her way to harm them and generally treated them well, but unlike Akagi, she still viewed them as A.I. programs until the very end. Needless to say, Yumi didn't really appreciate some of the smartass comments Hishya made to her on that issue.

"Really, is your relationship is that bad? I honestly didn't even notice." Kana didn't notice the two having any problems before; she couldn't speak to the real v. A.I. issue but understood that it was a huge problem for Akagi and Yumi.

"Because Yumi and Hishya weren't left alone together, Kana" her sister chimed in. "When they're around others, things are fine, but putting them by themselves causes friction. Last time I did that, I had to practically pull Yumi off her when Hishya made an insensitive comment about the Hassan townsfolk." Looking back, Yumi and Hishya were always separated or with Akagi/the girls at the estate. "So, while Yumi would teleport her to Tokyo if I asked, I don't want to cause any issues."

"Yeah, and it's fine. I like flying so it's no inconvenience." Hishya reassured Kana. "As for your offer... I think I'll take it. I'm still not 100% in my flying, and getting over to Kanto in the dark will be annoying, even if I can see." She would probably be fine, but would rather not chance crashing into people's houses or the topography. "I would like to try to speak to her at some point; do you think that's possible? At the very least, I owe her an apology for some of the things I've said." Seeing Yumi in the real world made Hishya reevaluate her stance on FWO's NPCs, and she began to regret her attitude toward them.

"No promises, but I suspect she would be fine with that." Akagi wouldn't force her, but Yumi wasn't stubborn enough to refuse a sincere meeting with Hishya.

Spoiler

Mizumi in her new uniform!

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