(MC POV)
Unlike the others, Brendan did not leave the store after he was done.
Despite drinking three cups of coffee, he still passed out after a while, a testament to how exhausted he was.
I ended up carrying him to our house and laying him on the couch, giving him a spare pillow and blanket to tuck him in.
"Brendan's pretty cute isn't he?" Lian Li giggled as I came back to the shop.
I shook my head, "His situation is really unfortunate, I would say."
"Ehehehe~ Darling is really kind~"
"Well… If it was you, I would be doing the same because it's you."
I don't really think I'm that kind of a person actually… If it was a stranger, I would most definitely not take as much time to take care of them like how I have done with my disciples.
The door to our store then opened again but this time an entire group of men walked in together.
All of them were dressed up in pinstripe suits while wearing sunglasses on their faces which was odd considering it was already close to late evening.
The group surveyed the store for a moment before stepping aside, allowing a young lady to skip into the store.
"Onii-samaaaaa!! Your dearest imouto is here!!" Elaria waved at me.
Instead of the gothic lolita dress she would wear in our World, she was wearing a suit of similar design to the men. She even had her hair down instead of the twins tails she would usually style her hair in.
Before I could greet her back, a shout came from the door.
"Oi!! You're all in the way!! Step aside!!"
Everyone turned to see another group of men that were dressed in yukatas shoving a few of the suited men aside, allowing another young lady to step inside the store.
Similarly to Elaria, Tsuki was also dressed differently where she wore a traditional kimono instead. Her hair was also done up in an elaborate bun that even had several hairpins stuck in it when she would have let it down originally.
Tsuki then did a perfect bow in my direction, "Aniue, I have come to visit you."
One of Elaria's gangsters walked up to one of Tsuki's yakuza members, "Hey, can't you see our boss is busy now? How could you just walk in like that?"
The yakuza guy sneered, "Haaa? Our boss is here! We should be asking you why you think you can just block the way like that?!"
"You wanna go, you skunk bottom punk?!"
"What did you just call me, you uncultured swine?!"
"You're the one with no culture, you backwater losers!"
"That's it! I'm going to rip out your tongue and feed it to you, you stupid monkey!!"
Everyone was glaring at each other with clear hostile intent. Elaria's gangsters were bringing out their knuckle dusters and revolvers while Tsuki's yakuza slowly unsheathed the blades at their waist.
""Stop! You're troubling Onii-sama/Aniue!!"" Both Elaria and Tsuki ordered.
Both the gangsters and yakuza stopped and stood at attention.
"We are sorry, boss!!!" All of them yelled together.
Elaria pinched the bridge of her nose, "All of you… Go outside, now. And don't start any trouble! If I go out and see you fighting, no booze for a month!! And make sure no one enters this place!"
Tsuki also glared at her members sternly, "All of you… I want you all to leave and stand outside. Do not make any trouble and ensure no one else comes in or sake shall be banned for a month."
"YES BOSS!!"
All of them ran out of the store quickly, the door slamming close behind them.
As soon as they were gone, both Elaria and Tsuki let out a deep breath before they started stripping out of their clothes as though trying to tear them off of themselves.
Elaria tossed her suit aside while Tsuki pulled herself out of her kimono, the two of them standing in the centre of our store in their underwear without an ounce of shame.
And no, they weren't doing this for kinky reasons…
They then turned to me and I had already laid out two sets of gothic lolita dresses on the counter in front of me. Dresses that they had left here with the sole purpose of changing into when they came here.
They practically snatched the dresses off the counter top and started putting them on, Elaria tying up her hair into twintails while Tsuki let down her hair.
The two of them then collapsed onto the chairs in front of the counter.
Elaria stretched her arms, "Huuaaaa… I'm aliiiiive!"
Tsuki also mirrored her, "Nnngghh… I'm finally free…"
Lian Li went up to them, "So what can we get the two of you tonight?"
"Ah! Can I get some hot chocolate, Sister in law?"
"I'll have some hot chocolate too… With a few marshmallows, Sister in law."
Elaria gasped, "Ohh! I want some marshmallows too, Sister in law!!"
"Ehehehe~ Coming right up! Daaarling~ Two hot chocolates with marshmallows please~"
I nodded and began preparations on their drinks, which involved me making the chocolate from scratch by making my own mix of cocoa powder and sugar.
Meanwhile, Elaria and Tsuki were just leaning against their chairs with exhausted looks on their faces.
"I'm tired…" Elaria muttered. "Why are my men so troublesome…"
Tsuki also joined in on the whining, "Ugghh… Putting up a front to maintain their ideal version of me is so tiring…"
I couldn't help but smile at them, "In that case… Why not just disband the groups?"
""Absolutely not, Onii-sama/Aniue!!" They both cried out at the same time.
Elaria pointed a finger at Tsuki, "If I do that, this fake imouto would just use her followers to suppress me and stop me from declaring myself as Onii-sama's true imouto!"
Tsuki also pointed a finger at Elaria, "This wannabe would use her gang to hunt me down and stop me from being with you, Aniue!!"
The both of them then turned to glare at each other when they heard each other's words.
""You're the real problem here!! Stop copying me!! Arrrghhh!! Do you want a gang war?!!""
Even in another World, these two still can't accept the possibility of me having another little sister it seems… And despite how hard they try to be different from each other, they still share quite a number of similarities.
I suppose their problem in this World is still the same as our original World?
At least they still like my hot chocolate…
