Big sister Aurora Mamoru nodded.
"Then can I pat your head, Cid?"
This sentence was completely within the old uncle's expectations. In response, the old uncle lazily held Yoimiya and casually lounged.
"Mm, just go ahead and pat."
The Raiden Shogun naturally didn't hold back and directly reached out to pat Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou's head.
Hm...
Finally, big sister Aurora Mamoru looked seriously at the old uncle.
"Why do I feel that patting your head feels different from when Yoimiya patted your head?"
"After all, people are different from one another. I'm not a child, after all. Miss Aurora Mamoru, you can try patting little Sara's instead—she's more representative."
So the Shogun didn't hesitate and directly asked little Sara.
"Can I pat your head?"
Hm, the Shogun had actually remembered well what Cid said about needing to ask permission before patting someone's head.
At this moment, little Sara's mind was still replaying the scene of her master getting his head patted by Yoimiya.
Perhaps this was also a kind of "fierce tiger in the heart, yet delicately sniffing the rose" kind of shock?
This caused little Sara to not fully hear what the Shogun said. Her brain automatically simplified the Shogun's words to "the Shogun has something she needs me to do," so out of pure instinct she replied:
"Yes."
And so Inazuma's most steadfast Raiden Shogun stan got her head patted by the Raiden Shogun herself.
Little Sara felt the warmth and solidity from the top of her head and fell into even greater daze.
"Cid, Sara's reaction is different from yours and Yoimiya's."
The Raiden Shogun asked Cid in confusion.
"Oh, after all, emotions differ from person to person. Miss Aurora Mamoru, if you pat a little longer, little Sara's emotions will change even more dramatically~"
"I see."
The Raiden Shogun followed Cid's suggestion and kept patting little Sara's head.
And as time passed, little Sara's drifting rationality gradually returned.
Finally, she looked at the Shogun with an extremely serious gaze.
It was the utmost loyal admiration from Inazuma's most devoted Raiden Shogun stan toward her divine lord!
And the Shogun very well sensed this emotion, so she withdrew her hand from little Sara's head.
Hm... so this is what the emotions between elders and juniors, and juniors toward elders, feel like...
Then the Shogun looked toward Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou.
"Now it's your turn to pat my head. Mutual head-patting signifies an even closer relationship."
The old uncle was very pleased that the child he had raised could learn and apply it on the spot, but using it inflexibly was another matter.
"Ahem, Your... Miss Aurora Mamoru, you patting my head is fine. Me patting yours would be a bit impolite."
"No problem. I agree."
Hm, patting an elder's head requires the elder's permission.
Learned very well.
"Miss Aurora Mamoru, but there are still some other considerations regarding head-patting. For example, sometimes it can involve romantic ambiguity between men and women..."
"Then why can you and Yoimiya?"
"Because Yoimiya is still a child."
"I see... it's based on the younger one's age, not the age difference. Understood."
Big sister Aurora Mamoru nodded.
This morning's dessert gathering was still ongoing.
However, the main people conversing weren't the old uncle.
The main parties conversing were little Yoimiya and big sister Aurora Mamoru.
It could only be said that warm-hearted big sister Yoimiya was truly amazing—she could chat back and forth with the fierce-eyed Raiden Shogun without any issue.
The old uncle did a quick mental calculation: Yoimiya serving as the beginner's tutorial boss for Aurora Mamoru (the Shogun) to interact with the people was just right.
Hm, in the future he could bring Miss Aurora Mamoru to play with little Yoimiya more often.