Everyone’s Tiny?!
One day while Suimei was working in the living room, a voice suddenly called to him from behind. It was Lefille. For some reason, however, she sounded much higher-pitched than normal.
“Suimei-kun, do you have a minute?”
“What’s up, Lef— Huh, what?! What’s going on?!”
Turning around to look at her, Suimei was caught by surprise. But that was a perfectly understandable reaction. After all, just like when she had used too much of her spirit power, Lefille had once more become tiny.
“You returned to your original form earlier, didn’t you?”
“Yes, but before I knew it, I shrank again. It’s quite an inconvenience.”
“Hmm... Even if you get back on the circle, you won’t go back to normal right away, either... So, what do you need?”
“Yes, well, there’s something that I want from the shelf, but I can’t reach it. Can you get it for me?”
Certainly, considering her current height, there was no way she could possibly reach the higher shelves. She could probably get to some of them with a chair, but if she’d come to Suimei, it likely meant that what she needed was on the very top shelf. It was around then that Liliana entered the room.
“What’s wrong... you two?”
“Oh, Lefille shrank, so she can’t reach what she wants anymore.”
“I was just asking Suimei-kun for help.”
“Is... that so?”
“Indeed. So, Suimei-kun...”
Her imploring gaze begged him “please.” Suimei looked down at what he was currently holding in his hands.
“Sorry, I can’t really put this down right now. It’ll take some time, so please have Felmenia get it for you instead.”
“Lady Felmenia?”
“Yeah. Hey, Menia!”
Suimei called out for Felmenia, who was in the kitchen. And as he did, Lefille gave him a puzzled look.
“What are you doing, Suimei-kun?”
“Hmm?”
“Felmenia can’t reach the shelf either.”
“You’re joking, right? I mean, I know that Felmenia is a little shorter than me and you in your true form, but...”
If she had something to stand on, there was no way she couldn’t reach the top shelf. But while Suimei was in the midst of explaining this, Felmenia came over from the kitchen.
“What is the matter, Suimei-dono?”
Her voice too was unusually high-pitched. It sounded childish, even. And when Suimei turned to her with a big question mark over his head...
Indeed, Felmenia was now about the same height as Liliana and the tiny Lefille.
“WHAAAT?!”
“Whatever is the matter?”
“Menia! What’s the matter with you?!”
Suimei was gripped by surprise. In response, Felmenia made a troubled expression.
“My apologies. I have also become smaller.”
“What the...”
How had she shrunk? Why? He hadn’t the faintest idea. There was a reason it happened to Lefille, and absolutely none of that should have applied to Felmenia.
“Did I not tell you?”
“No, I didn’t hear a thing. Not a word.”
Suimei shook his head vigorously and adamantly proclaimed that he was in the dark. With all three girls now petite, the house felt more like a daycare. The adorable pitter-patter of Lefille, Felmenia, and Liliana all running about was as lighthearted as could be, but Suimei’s head felt disproportionately heavy.
“Anyway, that’s how it is,” said Lefille. “So you’re the only one who can get it for me, Suimei-kun.”
“Th-Then have Menia use magicka to get it.”
“Ah!”
“Magicka... you say?”
“I see! I could do that!”
All three girls exclaimed at Suimei’s apparently brilliant idea. How had none of them thought of that? Suimei knew he’d better not ask that out loud. Meanwhile, Lefille and Felmenia scampered over to the shelf. Lefille pointed at what she wanted, and Felmenia began chanting her spell. However...
“HWUH?!”
Towards the end of her chant, just as she was about to speak her keyword and was gesturing overenthusiastically, Felmenia pitched forward in a grand display of unbalanced clumsiness. Suimei was reminded of a similar scene back in Castle Camellia.
“Hnnh... Suimei-donooo... Suimei-dono, please get it for her...”
“Suimei-kun, can you get it after all?”
“It’s your turn... Suimei.”
Felmenia was still on the ground and on the verge of tears, while Lefille looked to be rather troubled. As for Liliana, she simply seemed to be telling Suimei he should just resign himself. What was he supposed to do with little girls multiplying like this? All of a sudden, Suimei’s vision went black.
“Suimei-dono, Suimei-dono!”
“Ngggh...”
Felmenia attempt to rouse Suimei—who had his face down on the table—but he didn’t show a single sign of waking.
“Suimei-dono seems to be fast asleep.”
“He’s making... weird noises.”
“He must be having a bad dream or something.”
While Suimei was groaning in his sleep with a grim expression, the three troubled girls watched over him. Suimei, of course, was rather relieved when he did eventually wake up.
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