Chapter 39: Chap-38: Tantalizing Lips~
Along with a ding sound, the elevator door opened.
The 11th floor of the 12-story condominium. 1102 was Yuu's home.
It was the first time he had returned home since his consciousness was replaced, but the moment he opened the front door, he was assailed with the feeling of 「I have come home」.
The front door was wide horizontally.
The door on the right side was left open, and the arrangement of the desk and chairs inside gave the impression of an office rather than a living room.
「Well then, please call us through the intercom if you need anything.」
「Yes. Got it. Good work.」
After giving him a light salutation, Kanako and Touko went into the door on the right side.
Except at night and when the air conditioning is in use, the door was left open, and the girls were supposed to be at the forefront in handling visitors.
Yuu took out the corresponding key according to his memory and opened the door on the left side.
It led to the living area of the Hirose household.
The 10th to 12th floors of this condominium were designed for families with a male member, and in order to allow male security personnel to be stationed there 24 hours a day, a space for them to live in had also been arranged in a separate room.
Partly because of this, for the family living area, there were only six 3LDK rooms on the 10th and 11th floors, and four 4LDK rooms on the 12th floor.
「I'm home.」
When Yuu said so as he opened the door, he was a little surprised as he immediately heard a 「Welcome home」 in return.
There was a woman in an apron with her hair pulled back in a bun bowing at him.
「Ah, yes. Err….」
Reaching back into his memory, her name was Kawamata Akiko.
Having been hired as a housekeeper since last July, she was in charge of all the housework in the Hirose household.
According to the background check his mother had shown him, she should be 32 years old and have one daughter.
「Err, it's been about a month since, hasn't it?」
「I am glad that you seem to be feeling better.」
「Yes, thanks to your kindness.」
「…..」
Akiko remained expressionless even when she saw Yuu's face.
「I have received a call from Madam that as a celebration of Yuu-sama's recovery, she will be ordering sushi tonight. As there was no need for me to prepare dinner, I had some free time, so I decided to do some cleaning.」
Since Martina worked full time, she had hired a housekeeper, a professional in household matters, who cleaned the house every day in addition to handling meals and laundry.
It had been about three years since they moved into this condominium, which was at the same time as when Yuu entered middle school, but everything was as spotless as it was when they moved in.
Akiko, in particular, was excellent and did her job perfectly, but in contrast to her polite words, she was a person who did not show any emotion at all.
Yuu followed Akiko as she turned on her heel and headed to the living room.
Given the fact that there was not much difference in their height even as Yuu looked at her from behind, she was probably about 170cm tall.
In this world, he often met tall women.
As expected, as it had been a long time since the society turned into a female-oriented one, the height difference between men and women might have almost disappeared or even been reversed.
From the perspective of the current Yuu, Akiko's features were not bad, even though she hardly looked like she was wearing makeup. However, a person's impression depended largely on his or her facial expression.
Akiko, whose face always looked like a Noh mask no matter how many times he looked at it, looked like a plain auntie even though she was just over 30 years old.
She reminded him of Matsushima Xxnako from 「I'm Xxta, Your Housekeeper」, which he saw on TV a long time ago.
Entering the living room together, Yuu sat on the sofa, while Akiko headed to the kitchen, seemingly resuming her cleaning work.
Except for the clinking and squeaking noises Akiko was making, the silence continued on.
Unable to bear it, Yuu opened his mouth.
「Err, where's my big sister?」
「Elena-sama is shutting herself away in her room as usual, but she seems to be eating her meals properly.」
「I see….」
Unable to keep the conversation going, Yuu quickly looked at the watch.
It was almost 4:00 PM.
Akiko worked from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., so she would go home in a little over an hour.
Martina was fired up, saying that she would be home by 7:00 p.m. today no matter what, so for a while he would be alone… No, alone with his elder sister.
Last Christmas, when his elder sister was in her third year in high school, a shocking incident seemed to have occurred, and she had ended up stopping going to school.
At first, Martina tried all means possible to do something about it, but as she stubbornly refused to go to school, she fell into the state of being given up upon.
Fortunately, she was allowed to graduate, but she had continued to be a shut-in for three months without enrolling in a university or finding employment.
As far as Yuu was concerned, he was inclined to try talking to his elder sister, but decided to hold off, thinking it would be better to discuss it with Martina once she was home.
Yuu looked at Akiko who was doing her work diligently.
Suddenly, an event emerged from his sea of memory.
Ooh, such a thing is…
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