"Dear Miss Ryuu… could you explain something to me? What did I do wrong?"
Cid turned toward Ryuu Lion, hoping this pure, upright elven companion would enlighten him.
But Ryuu—whether from anger or embarrassment—was beet red from head to toe.
"Cid. Death penalty!"
Her face alone said more than any words could. If not for the taboo against improper contact between men and women—and the elves' own strict aversion to touching others—she probably would've marched over and personally taught Cid a lesson.
Which only made Cid even more confused.
"So what exactly happened? My dear big sister, at least let me die knowing why!"
Cid looked pitifully at Alise, replaying everything in his head… and still coming up blank.
When had he offended these terrifying ladies?
"Sorry, Cid—but this time it really is your fault. Did you say something you shouldn't have to Ria? That little girl we rescued—the one who talked to you."
Alise gave him an apologetic look, but her arm didn't loosen even slightly.
As a pure, upright, beautiful big sister, she had to personally punish her little brother's wrongdoing.
It was also her responsibility as captain.
"A little girl? What did I say to her? I think I said both elves in the familia are flat. I wasn't wrong—ow ow ow! Okay, okay, I was wrong!"
"Proof obtained. You just admitted it. Now stand still and behave!"
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Afterward, when everyone else had left, only Alise remained, patting Cid on the head.
"Alright, stop pretending. I didn't use that much strength."
After all these years, Alise understood Cid's tricks.
When it didn't really hurt, he'd act like it hurt badly—trying to dodge punishment with theatrics.
And she believed she had good control. At worst, Cid would feel a brief sting. She wouldn't beat him stupid.
"My dearest big sister… has it occurred to you that maybe you've gotten stronger again?"
Cid held his head and stared at Alise with a haunted expression.
If Alise were actually a thick-built dwarf like she claimed she wanted to be, then with her strength level, her nickname would absolutely be Red-Haired Gorilla.
Even without being a dwarf, her Strength was a terrifying A-rank.
Shouldn't a normal girl swordsman be known for agility and dexterity?
Ryuu Lion—about the same build and also a swordswoman—only had D-rank Strength.
"…Uh…"
The righteous girl looked awkward and had no comeback.
Just yesterday she'd updated her status, and she had gotten noticeably stronger.
With the Blessing, you only "receive" the gains from training after you update your status.
If you go too long without updating, then once you finally do, your power spikes all at once.
The adventurer might not feel it clearly, and for a while it's genuinely possible to misjudge their strength.
Alise had let her growth accumulate for some time before updating, so her overall strength jumped significantly.
Even she couldn't tell whether she had failed to control her force… or whether Cid was scamming her again.
But as an older sister, she couldn't admit fault—so Alise immediately changed the subject.
"Anyway, you're not allowed to talk about that stuff again. Besides, if you're trying to tell Ryuu and Celt apart, you can just use whether they wear glasses! I don't remember raising you into this!"
In the Astraea Familia there were two elves: the elven swordswoman Ryuu Lion, and the elven mage Celt.
They were very different—there were absolutely more obvious ways to tell them apart than breast size.
Alise decided her little brother's mind had gotten a bit filthy, and it needed correction.
Hearing that lecture, Cid could only think one thing:
The sheer audacity.
"My dear sister—let's talk with our consciences. Do you want to reflect on what you've been saying in my ear all this time?"
Cid was certain of it: Alise was exactly why he turned out like this.
Alise didn't like girls romantically, but she did like groping. If she were a man, she'd be arrested on the spot.
Sometimes after returning from an outing, she even tried to get Astraea to bathe together with her—
So she could enjoy a bath and enjoy Astraea.
Astraea only smiled at it, but that kind of blasphemous disrespect was naturally and firmly shut down by the other members of the familia.
With no choice, Alise dropped it.
But with the other companions in the familia, she had no such restraint.
On a normal day, Alise would enthusiastically compare "who's bigger," "who's perkier," "whose feel is best" with the other girls—
And after comparing, if she still wasn't satisfied, she'd make sure to repeat it endlessly right next to Cid's ear.
Ryuu had only joined relatively recently. If she'd been around longer, Cid would probably know every centimeter of her growth history from childhood…
Though, admittedly, she likely hadn't grown much at all.
According to Alise's most recent "sharp review":
Mama Mia had the biggest front,
Ryuu had the perkiest backside,
Kaguya had the best "feel,"
and overall, the best total package was—naturally—Alise herself.
Given that her narcissism was terminal, Cid strongly questioned that last conclusion.
In any case, after years of this, a boy who had once been pure as blank paper had been thoroughly led astray by Alise.
Cid swore that in his previous life he wasn't the type to fixate on a girl's size.
He was the Eminence in Shadow—why would he care about that?
But because Alise talked about it every day, Cid had become desensitized.
What he truly didn't expect was that Ryuu—teased daily by Alise—still cared that much about the topic.
And the reason Cid brought it up in the first place was because his research into monsters and magic stones had produced a small breakthrough.
He'd found a slime-like monster material that could be used to forge weapons and armor.
If you made a coat from slime… just imagine how cool it could look.
And if his companions needed it, he could even use slime material to help them disguise their "size."
So earlier he wasn't "attacking her face-to-face"—he was being considerate of a companion who cared about size!
Now, however, it was clear:
He should never mention this again.
Big sister's iron fist wasn't a joke.
All that said… if anyone truly needed to reflect on this incident, Cid was willing to reflect.
But Alise needed to reflect with seven times his intensity.
"I led you astray? Uh… Cid, when did you turn into a bad kid who dodges responsibility?!"
Alise replayed the past in her head and realized that… yeah, maybe, possibly, probably, it really was her fault.
But she only felt awkward for a single instant before scolding him righteously anyway.
Truly the captain of a justice familia—she didn't even blush at times like this.
"You're right! My filthy thoughts are my own problem! I failed to understand my sister's painstaking good intentions!"
Cid bowed to evil—no, to the forces of justice!
The poor Cid could only yield, once again, beneath big sister Alise's tyrannical might.
As captain and as sister, Alise enjoyed authority second only to the goddess—above eleven people, beneath one.
"You understand, that's good!"
Alise nodded in satisfaction.
Today she punished her little brother for saying the wrong thing, corrected his flawed "blame-shifting mindset," and—
Another day worthy of justice.
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