Misunderstood Hermes

    Translated by Mlzkzr

    Edited by Mlzkzr

    One afternoon, as I was relaxing in my easy chair in the garden of the mansion, which I had not been able to do for some time, I heard my sister’s footsteps.

    “Hermes, what are you doing?”

    Saying that, nee-san then stuck her head out from behind suddenly and peered into my hands from above.

    I have a picture in my hand.

    It’s a picture of a stocky, pretty dandy man.

    “A man!? Such a thing is no good, Hermes――hah.”

    She swallowed the words she was about to say, took a deep breath, and started mumbling something.

    “No, no, let’s not jump to the wrong conclusion here. Orthia-chan also told me that Hermes-chan is a bit of a taciturn, but he seriously likes girls.”

    I felt like I had been told something drastically rude.

    When I was wondering if I myself should retort, my sister put her hand on her well-shaped chest and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

    “Hermes, whose picture is that?”

    “Ah, it’s been a long time since someone applied, but it’s the person who wants to meet with nee-san――”

    “So~i!”

    Nee-san snatched the picture from my hand and threw it away with a splendid form that I always fondly see.

    Kiran!

    Poor Dandy Macho, his picture became a star far away in the sky.

    “I’m already good, Hermes!”

    “I know, nee-san. I’m not going to let you fall into the hands of a man of that caliber.”

    “Eh……”

    The faltering nee-san, opened your eyes wide and stared at me.

    “I know how nee-san feels.”

    Dokin.

    As soon as I said that, I heard nee-san’s chest bouncing with all its might.

    This timing, I know that I definitely hit the mark.

    “Y,you noticed?”

    “If I think about everything up until now, yes, I did. Nee-san’s behavior is consistent, so as expected, I understand it.”

    “Hermes……”

    Nee-san’s eyes became moist.

    “You have me take out my seriousness, display my power and make my name known to the world. Nee-san likes me the way I am now, right?”

    “I,it’s not like that, that’s ――”

    “That’s why I’ll choose earnestly. I’ll choose a man with a high position who has shown his power and has risen through it.”

    “――Eh?”

    Nee-san who was about to say something looked at me again with a dumbfounded look on her face.

    ……A’re?

    From some time ago, somehow, is it different?

    “……”

    While I was puzzled, nee-san’s eyes became colder and colder.

    “Uhmm, nee-san?”

    “……”

    Pokapoka.

    Nee-san clenches her fist and smacks me on the head.

    “Wait, hey, what are you doing, nee-san?”

    “……”

    Pokapokapoka.

    “Stop it, nee-san. It doesn’t hurt but what are you doing. What’s bothering you?”

    “I don’t know! Hmph!”

    Nee-san turned away with a pout and walked away with a sulky look on her face.

    Err…… What the heck happened?

    ☆

    The next day, I brought out the easy chair in the garden again, and this time, as I was relaxing and looking at nothing, nee-san came over again and peered into me from above.

    “Hermes.”

    “What’s up nee-san. Today――”

    I swallowed the continuation, “you’re in a good mood”.

    I didn’t understand what happened yesterday, but I thought it would be better not to dig around it.

    “Yes, this.”

    Nee-san put a pile of pictures on my lap.

    “What is this…… pictures of a girl?”

    “They are potential new members of HHM48. I’ve got 200 people lined up to join.”

    “Eh?”

    “Choose the ones you like from these. Ah, not choosing anyone is a no-no. I got a royal decree from His Majesty yesterday. Everyone is treated as His Majesty’s recommendation.”

    “Eeeeeeeeeeh!?”

    What is this all of a sudden?

    Or rather, His Majesty’s recommendation, you said…… It’s as forceful as when my sister became my daughter.

    Why? Why all of a sudden?

    “Uhmm…… nee-san?”

    “What is it?”

    “Somehow, are you mad?”

    I asked because it kind of felt that way, but.

    “No, I’m not”

    “No……. you are. Because……”

    I looked at the photos.

    For some reason, all of them ―― literally all of them.

    All of them resemble nee-san in some way.

    “Choose well, Hermes.”

    She was smiling, but there was a strange intensity on it.

    I was so pressured by it that I somehow chose one of them who looked especially like nee-san.