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  "Onii-, are you alright?" Mio asked, her voice filled with . She had finally recovered from her shod carefully examined Roy—relieved to find that he was unharmed.

  "Mio, what are you talking about? Of course, I'm alright. Let's go home," Roy replied casually.

  Mio and Maria were stunned.

  "But Onii-, there was a Stray Demon behind you..."

  "Behind me?" Roy turned around and looked. "There's nothing there."

  Mio and Maria exged gnces. Roy didn't seem to be faking it. Had he really not noticed the Stray Demon's attack?

  "e on, it's getting te. Let's go," Roy said, taking their hands and leading them away before they could question him further.

  The two girls were puzzled as they walked home.

  "Alright, I'll go make dinner. Be good, okay?" Roy said, patting their heads before heading to the kit.

  "Maria, who do you think Onii- really is?" Mio asked once Roy was gone.

  "I don't know, but he's definitely not an average human," Maria replied, thinking about the events of the day.

  "Not an average human? Then why did he fall for your Charm spell?"

  "That..." Maria didn't have an answer.

  "It doesn't matter who he is—as long as he's still the same kind Onii-," Mio decred, crossing her arms.

  She decided not to dwell on it.

  Maria, however—remained deep in thought. She couldn't figure out Roy's true identity. She decided to report this to Zolgear ter.

  "Why don't we test him?" she suddenly suggested.

  "Test him? Isn't that a bit risky?" Mio hesitated.

  "Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't get angry," Maria assured her with a mischievous grin.

  She had a pn...

  Unbeknownst to them, Roy had overheard their versation.

  "Dinner's ready! Go wash your hands," he called out from the kit.

  "It smells so good!" Mio and Maria excimed, already waiting at the table with their hands washed.

  Roy chuckled, seeing their eager expressions. "Dig in."

  "Itadakimasu!"

  They started eating with gusto.

  "Mmm... this is delicious!"

  "So fvorful!"

  Mio and Maria couldn't stop praising his cooking.

  Roy was amused.

  Soon, they fiheir meal ao wash the dishes.

  Roy was about to take a bath when Maria stopped him.

  "Let me give you a massage, Onii-," she offered with a sweet smile, gently massaging his shoulders.

  It felt quite good—

  A while ter, Maria watched Mio ehe bathroom and smirked.

  "Onii-, go take a bath. I've prepared everything for you," she said, handing him a ge of clothes and pushing him towards the bathroom.

  Roy knew she to something.

  But he wasn't going to back dowered the bathroom fidently.

  As expected, Mio was already in the shower.

  Her face turned bright red when she saw him, and she let out a yelp.

  "Aah! Onii-, why are you here?"

  Roy calmly admired her figure and replied, "Maria told me to e in and take a bath. The bathroom is big enough for both of us. Besides, we used to bathe together when we were younger, remember?"

  He started to undress.

  Mio gritted her teeth. So this was Maria's "test."

  But seeing Roy's naked body, her face turned even redder.

  Roy tinued sh as if nothing was out of the ordinary.

  "Mio, you wash my back?" he asked, turning to her.

  "Huh? Oh, okay..." Mio was flustered, but she still shyly started washing his back

  After their bath, Mio stormed into Maria's room.

  "Maria, is this what you meant by 'test'? You have some expining to do!" she demanded, her hands on her hips.

  "Ehehe, it was a good test, wasn't it? If Onii- wasn't an average human, he would have noticed you ihroom," Maria replied with an awkward ugh.

  "But he still came in. So, he didn't notice me?"

  "Well, maybe..." Maria had initially inte as a prank. There was no real point to this "test."

  "Maria!" Mio gred at her, realizing what she had done.

  "Mio-sama, I'm going to check for Stray Demons," Maria said, quickly esg the room.

  Mio sighed, watg Maria flee. But there was no point in dwelling on it now.

  She blushed, remembering that Roy had seen her naked!

  ....

  Meanwhile, Maria uzzled.

  She had searched the entire perimeter of the house but couldn't find any Stray Demons.

  Yesterday, she hadn't found aher, but she had assumed they were just not around at that moment.

  But today, they had entered Stray Demons on their way home from school. Yet, there were none around the house now. This was strange.

  After p for a while, she decided to report this to Zolgear.

  Zolgear, upon hearing this, became ied in Roy. He sent a few artificial humans to iigate.

  Maria felt guilty, but she had no choice.

  Zolgear was holding her mother hostage. To ensure her mother's safety, she had to obey his orders.

  However, she didn't realize that Roy was watg her every move.

  "Zolgear, huh? If you weren't still useful, you would have been dead already," Roy muttered with a smirk, Maria from the window.

  He didn't care much about Zolgear.

  But tonight would be a sleepless night.

  After receiving Zolgear's orders, several Stray Demons and artificial humans headed towards Roy's house.

  The barrier Roy had set up could only block auras. It wasn't very effective against targeted attacks.

  As expected, in the middle of the night, several Stray Demons, trolled by the artificial humans, arrived at the house.

  These artificial humans were magical beings created by Zolgear, modeled after his lovers.

  They had no will of their own, just miools!

  Mio, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly sehe presence of Stray Demons and woke up with a start.

  "Stray Demons?!"

  She rushed out of bed ao Maria's room.

  "Mio-sama, you felt it too, didn't you?" Maria said. She had been waiting for them.

  "Yes! We have to lure them away. We 't fight here," Mio said, worried about waking Roy.

  "Okay."

  Maria nodded.

  Zolgear had sent these Demons to test Roy. They couldn't interfere with his pn.

  They left the house.

  Several Stray Demons followed them.

  Mio smiled ahe Demons to a deserted area to fight them.

  ....

  After defeating the st Stray Demon, Mio sighed in relief.

  But then, her expression ged.

  The number of Stray Demons seemed off. There should have been more, based on the aura she had sensed earlier.

  "Something's wrong! Onii- is in danger! Maria, let's go!"

  Mio grabbed Maria's hand and ran back towards the house—

  They soon reached the house.

  Seeing that it was still intact, Mio sighed in relief.

  "It seems I was worried for nothing," she said to Maria.

  "Yeah..." Maria replied, but she was fused.

  There should have been Stray Demons and artificial humans attag Roy.

  But there were no signs of a battle.

  Stray Demons weren't known for their gentleness. The house should have been damaged.

  But it erfectly fine. What was going on?

  They returo their room, but nothing seemed out of pce.

  Mio cautiously opehe door to Roy's room and peeked inside.

  Roy was sleeping peacefully.

  She closed the door and sighed in relief.

  "It seems I was overthinking it. We must have lured all the Stray Demons away," she said.

  "I guess so," Maria replied, though she was still suspicious.

  "Let's get some rest. There shouldn't be any more Stray Demons tonight," Mio said, yawning aurning to her room.

  Maria, however, reported the situation to Zolgear.

  Zolgear, realizing that the Demons and artificial humans he had sent hadn't returned, frowned.

  This Roy was more mysterious than he had anticipated.

  But he still didn't think much of it.

  He assumed Roy was just a human with some special abilities.

  He then gave Maria another order, which she relutly accepted...

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