Eriri usually changes clothes after breakfast.
It seems her companion maid, Sora, hasn't come out yet. That girl has trouble getting up—mornings are always a struggle for her, especially on days like the transition from the last day of spring break to the first day of school.
"*Schlick—*" Ai thoughtfully pulled out the chair opposite Eriri for Kagura first. After he sat down, he had to say, "You sit too," before Ai would take her seat on his left to eat.
Their mother, Sayuri, usually has nothing to do. She's accustomed to staying up late, so she doesn't wake up as early as the high schoolers and doesn't join them for breakfast. As for their father, Leonard, that gentleman basically lives at the embassy in Tokyo every day and might not return home even once a month.
As soon as he sat down, Kagura placed his left hand on Ai's right thigh. He had intended to slide it further, but Ai swiftly stepped on his foot under the table.
"*Hiss—!*"
Kagura sucked in a breath and withdrew his hand.
"Master Kagura, please focus your attention on breakfast," Ai reminded him meticulously.
"Wait a minute, you two…" Eriri propped her chin on her hands, casting a strange, scrutinizing gaze between Kagura and Ai. The more she looked, the more she frowned, before finally saying, "Never mind, nothing. Let's eat breakfast."
Eriri couldn't shake the feeling that the two of them seemed more in sync than usual, as if they were sharing some enormous secret.
"What do you mean nothing? Don't leave things half-said—it's really intriguing, you know! What are you thinking about all day?!"
Kagura lightly kicked the sole of Eriri's shoe under the table, knocking off the slipper dangling from her toes.
"Ugh…!" Eriri glared, bent down to put her slipper back on, and with a "*tch*" said, "Annoying! Mind your own business! Shut up and eat, you jerk of a brother! Harassing your sister first thing in the morning—aren't you disgusting?!"
"Hey… calling your brother disgusting is a bit much!"
Kagura was left fuming by Eriri's retort, while Ai quickly covered her mouth and turned away to snicker, clearly amused by seeing Kagura put in his place by his sister.
Kagura thought to himself, *Forget it, why bother arguing with my sister?* In his previous life, his parents died early, and he had no siblings. In this life, he had this precious little sister—though her personality was hard to pin down, she was still his blood relative. As a man and as her brother, he figured he'd just indulge her.
*A quirky teenage sister is really a headache.*
"Hmph~ It's only because you're my brother that I bother talking to you more. If you were some random guy, I wouldn't even waste my breath on you!"
"It's only because you're my sister that I care enough to ask. If you were some random girl, I wouldn't bother with you either."
"Ha—? What did you say?!" Eriri slammed her hands on the table and stood up, pointing directly at Ai, who was calmly and elegantly eating. "What about *this* doll girl? Isn't she just 'some random girl' too?"
"Doll girl" was the nickname Eriri had given Ai—not because she thought Ai was cute like a doll.
"May I ask if my dining here offends Miss Eriri's eyes?" Ai asked, pausing her knife and fork to look up at her.
"Don't stoop to her level—eat your breakfast!"
"You—you—you—! Look at you!" Seeing Kagura defend Ai only fueled Eriri's anger. Her face flushed red as she shook her hair and gritted her teeth. "You clearly protect her more than your one-and-only twin sister! Who's closer to you—me or the doll girl?!"
"Stop making a fuss and sit down already… What's with all the noise first thing in the morning? Aren't you embarrassed?"
Kagura rolled his eyes. With a final "Hmph!" Eriri sat back down, arms crossed and legs crossed.
Eriri didn't touch her knife and fork. A pair of chopsticks sat by her side—Kagura also preferred chopsticks in private, while Ai used a knife and fork almost exclusively.
At that moment, a system voice suddenly popped into Kagura's head, and his consciousness was pulled away from this world.
"Greetings, Master Kagura. A bounty is now issued. You may choose one to complete or skip:
A: Apologize to a girl.
B: Kiss a girl.
C: Touch a girl's leg once."
Having just bickered with Eriri, Kagura was in no mood to deal with the system. He waved his hand and said, "Skip, skip."
"You have skipped the bounty. You have obtained the item [A Girl's Secret]. Would you like to use it?"
"A Girl's Secret…?"
Kagura mused to himself, *Girls have tons of secrets. This system is way too vague.*
"This item is a consumable. It allows you to view the number of times a woman has masturbated since birth. To use it, simply look directly at the woman, silently say her name, and then silently say 'A Girl's Secret.'"
After that, the system's voice faded, and Kagura's consciousness returned to the normal world.
Time picked up seamlessly. Eriri was still sulking, casting unfriendly glances at Ai. Ai, however, was unfazed, eating elegantly as always. After all, she was Kagura's companion maid and only needed to obey him in this household—Eriri had no authority over her.
"Hm…"
Kagura stroked his chin, sizing up Ai and Eriri with an odd look in his eyes.
*I don't know Ai's exact count, but it's probably under a hundred. Eriri… she's a seventeen-year-old teenage girl too, so she's definitely doing it, but I'll spare her some dignity since I'm her brother.*
Kagura thought this item could be fun to use on classmates—knowing their counts wouldn't do much, just give him a private thrill.
Ai was long accustomed to his invasive stares and continued eating undisturbed. Eriri, however, rubbed her arms under his gaze, muttering with a shiver, "Hey, bro, your eyes… they feel kinda gross."
"…"
In his mind, Kagura silently flipped Eriri the middle finger, thinking, *You little brat, always tearing into me. Is being a brother easy?*
Initially planning to spare her, Kagura changed his mind. He picked up his breakfast milk, took a sip, and while staring at Eriri, thought, *Sawamura Spencer Eriri, A Girl's Secret.*
In an instant, a deep pink heart appeared above Eriri's head, beating "*thump thump*," with a number displayed to its right: 3921. "Pfft—! *Cough, cough, cough!*"
Kagura lost it, spraying a mouthful of milk onto Eriri across from him, choking as he coughed.
*Holy crap, are girls these days this wild?! Three thousand nine hundred, almost four thousand times! Even three times a day would take years.*
It wasn't incomprehensible, though—girls mature early nowadays, and masturbation is fun and harmless. Who wouldn't love it? Without Ai, Kagura figured he'd be jerking off a few times a day too.
But still—*this much?! Perverted little sister Eriri.*
"Waaah—!! You sick brother! Good thing I haven't changed yet! If I had… *cough, pfft!* If I was about to head out, I'd be screwed!"
Eriri jumped up, frantically wiping her face and body with tissues, her expression a mask of disgust.
Kagura, milk dripping from his mouth and chin, held his cup, choking and speechless. Ai sighed, "Alas…" and stood to wipe him down with tissues.
Eriri's personal maid, Sora, still hadn't gotten up.
"No one's competing with you for the milk. Please take your time," Ai said while wiping.
"Oh… ah… okay, okay, thank you."
Glancing back at Eriri—covered in milk with a disgusted look—Kagura thought she looked oddly like she'd been forcibly splattered in the face.
*Oh no, why am I getting hard? Wait, buddy, you're reacting to your sister?*
Feeling this wasn't right, Kagura cleared his throat twice and told Ai to help wipe Eriri too.
With her own maid still asleep, Eriri had no choice but to let Ai tend to her, scowling all the while.
"I'm full. Going to shower and change."
Despite not eating a bite, Eriri stormed off, kicking a chair in frustration.
"Oh… *cough*, sorry about that. It's my fault as your brother."
"Good thing I'm your sister…" Eriri muttered, gripping the door handle. "If you sprayed some other girl like that, she wouldn't let you off easy."
"You're right… haha."
Looking at Eriri again, Kagura saw the heart and number had vanished—just as the system said, it was a one-time view.
Girls this age are so sensitive. Neither Kagura nor even Ai could easily tell Eriri to "cut back," so he decided to keep this to himself—after all, she was his sister.
But a quick calculation: three times a day, minus about a fifth of the year for her period, would take five years to hit that number. Eriri was seventeen, like him, meaning she started around twelve. *Ew, perverted sister… Well, I started around twelve too, so it's fine.*
After Eriri left, only Kagura and Ai remained. When Ai returned, he leaned close to her right ear and whispered, "Hey, Ai… can I ask you something?"
"?"
Ai's eyes urged him to spit it out.
"Do you remember how many times you've masturbated?"
"…" Ai's face darkened. After glaring at him, she murmured, "About seventy times."
Since discovering sexual pleasure, they'd often fooled around together—Ai preferred Kagura's touch over doing it herself.
"Tch, we grew up together. With me here, you still masturbate? Just come to me when you want it."
"With me here, don't you still want to sleep with other pretty girls? I don't want anyone else."
*And even when I do it, I'm thinking of you… climaxing while saying your name…*
"You make a good point…"
"Stop blabbing and eat. What, you want me to feed you? You useless young master, asking your maid about her masturbation count first thing in the morning."
To hide her embarrassment, Ai stomped his foot with her heel, making him stifle an "ow."
Still shameless, Kagura leaned in again and whispered, "Show me tonight."
"Men are truly hopeless…"
Ai rubbed her temples in exasperation.
*Give them an inch, and they take a mile, hmph~*
"Anyway," Kagura smiled, ruffling Ai's hair to soothe her, "I've always been grateful to you. It's great to have you."
"One second you're on about *that*, the next you pull this. Honestly, even bugs read the room better than you."
Ai said this, struggling to hide her smile.
Kagura just shrugged silently.