Chapter 96 - The talk with Kanon.

Chapter 96

In the living room at the Minamiya Family mansion, there are three people sit comfortably on the sofa. They are Natsuki, Kanon, and I. Beside us, there are three people standing near the sofa like a maid or butler.

They are in fact Jii the head butler of the Minamiya Family, Jii's wife who was also Natsuki's maid, and Grayfia who seems to be receiving a bit of training to perfect the way of serving as the head maid.

According to Natsuki and Jii, Grayfia's housework skill was sublime. In addition, she will never betray us for a reason that Natsuki didn't tell me. That alone made her a perfect person to be the head maid in our mansion.

However, Grayfia still requires a bit of training as she never became a maid before. That's way right now Jii and the head maid of the Minamiya Family giving her a light training before we went back to Izu.

Normally, it takes quite a time to finish this kind of training but looks like Grayfia was exceptionally talented at this job for some reason. To the point of it made us surprised when she told us aside in the game, she never became a maid before.

"Please have some tea, master, and miss." Grayfia smilingly said as she brought a tray with three cups and a teapot. Incidentally, she is using a typical maid outfit lent by Natsuki's maid. And I was mesmerized by her appearance as it is very suited for her.

"Jii" I smilingly nodded as I see the appearance of Grayfia.

Grayfia, who sensed my gaze smiled joyfully with her cheek flushed from shyness. This is not the first time I have been staring at her who wears a maid outfit. In fact, I have been doing so since we arrived at Natsuki's mansion.

"Thank you. Although I already said this, I see why you have confidence in your housework skill." Natsuki said with a smile.

"You are so lucky, Onii-san. Having a beautiful girl like Grayfia-san wanted to be your maid." Kanon smiled and said.

Naturally, I already introduced Kanon and Grayfia to each other. I also told her about Grayfia's circumstances and her wishes to be my head maid.

"I know, right. I can't believe the joke we always exchanged for a year become a reality. And honestly, it made me happy to have you by my side, Grayfia." I nodded and said with a gentle smile.

"Hehe, thank you, master and miss," Grayfia said with a beaming smile while her cheek still blushed. Natsuki also has explained about the supernatural world to Grayfia, and she accepted being the head maid without hesitation even after hearing Natsuki's explanation about that.

"Grayfia-chan, let's continue the training since we don't have much time." The head maid of the Minamiya Family whom Natsuki called Baa, said with a cheerful smile on her face.

As a husband and wife, Jii and Baa can't have a child because of a reason. By how happy they are when they saw Grayfia, I assume they saw Grayfia as their child who will continue their work to be the head maid.

"Yes, Baa-chan. Please enjoy the tea and excuse me, master." Grayfia replied and politely said. Then, she went following Jii and Baa out of the room to continue her training.

"Before we start our talk, I want to ask something. Kanon, do you know that magic exists?" I thoughtfully asked.

"Would you be surprised if I say I know?" Kanon said after thinking for a bit.

"I see... As expected." Natsuki nodded and said.

'Could I know since when?' the thought came to my mind when I heard her answer.

But, I couldn't ask her about that. Because it might make her remember a painful memory of that time. Natsuki likely also feels the same as both of us looking at Kanon with a sad expression.

"Hehe, I think I know what you two thinking about. It is fine, Minamiya-san, Onii-san. Honestly, I didn't remember much about that incident because I was still a child and they constantly made me sleep.

The only things I remember are the way everyone looking at me with a sad expression and the rage of people who saw me brought to a kind of white room and how they injected me with something from my hand.

After that, I lose my consciousness and I feel like I have slept for a few days. When I wake up, I was in a warm bed in an orphanage in Tokyo.

It was since that time I could vaguely feel the existence of magic. In addition, I also have more strength than the other kids. Even right now, I think I have a strength of two adult men combined." Kanon explained.

"But still, don't you hate them for using you as an experiment subject?" I asked with concern.

"It would be a lie if I said I didn't hate them. Although I am fine since I don't remember much about it and the serum injected into me only made me more energized.

However, I couldn't forgive them who use people's lives for their experiments. It made me sad knowing unlike me, they have families waiting for them at home but they can't meet them anymore." Kanon said with a sorrowful expression.

Natsuki tightly gripped her hand when she heard what Kanon said. She must be feeling guilty she is not on time to destroy the organization even though she was still a child at that time.

I gently held Natsuki's hand and looking at her with a gentle smile. As if she understands what I mean, Natsuki who looks sad changed her expression and giving me a gentle smile.

"The organization that started the experiment already destroyed and most of the members are dead while the rest are rotting in the cell. But sadly, I can't find a survived subject except you. I am very sorry." Natsuki lowered her eyes and said with a sad expression while I held her hand.

"I see... Then, I am the one who should say my thanks, Minamiya-san. Because in the end, they got their punishment. I am sure the other test subjects think like that too." Kanon said with a smile.

"Besides, I could live my life happily because of you, Minamiya-san. That's why thank you very much." Kanon lowered her head and smilingly said.

"...Thank you," Natsuki said with a smile. Only two words coming out from Natsuki's mouth but, it contained her feeling after hearing Kanon's heartfelt thanks.

Then, I gently caressed her head and said in a low voice "Otsukaresama, Natsuki-chan". Hearing my remark, Natsuki closed her eyes with a smile and enjoyed the feeling of being caressed in the head.

"Hehe, you two are very close. And it made me envious of Minamiya-san." Kanon giggled and said with a longing expression. Hearing that, I stood up and went to sit beside her after nodded to Natsuki to give her a signal that I'm going there.

"Then, this is for the kind and gentle girl who thinks about other people even as a child." I gently caressed her head and smilingly said. Kanon widened her eyes then closed her eyes with a blissful smile.

"Hehe..."

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"Kanon-chan, do you want to find your family?" I thoughtfully asked.

"Of course I do. But, it's not something that needs to be done in a hurry." Kanon nodded and said.

"Why?" I tilted my head and asked.

"Because even though I live in the orphanage, my life was already quite happy. I can even meet with someone I adore. Besides, they might be already not in this world, or there is a reason why they left me." Kanon answered with a smile then looked a bit sad when she said the last reason.

"Then do you want to come with us? Although we can never be your parent, we could be a family." I said with a smile.

"Yes, and I also wanted to teach you magic. Because I am sure you can be an excellent magician with your talent and high mana capacity." Natsuki added with a smile.

"...Can I really go with you?" Kanon said with an expectant expression. Natsuki looked at each other and smiled.

"Well, let's go to your orphanage right now. I will inform them you have a family now." I said with a gentle smile.

"...Yes!" Kanon widened her eyes and said with a beaming smile while tears of happiness flowing from her eyes.