ID Chapter 26: Holiday

Ethan's vision returned. Tick Tick Tick. A tick resounded in the room. He yanked the phone at the bedside.

What? His eyes grew wide. The lock screen showed 7:50 AM. He was still in his room with Mio and Celia sleeping in his arms.

Hold on.

Today was Saturday, so no school for him. Did the entity dismiss his summoning for the weekend? Ethan chuckled.

Maybe they just forgot him. Everyone made mistakes after all. But what if this entity never summoned him again? A teary-eyed squirrel tore through his joy.

"Show status."

Ethan Carter

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"Master, are you alright?" Alyssia inquired.

Ethan crawled out of the bed and glanced back. These two were intent on destroying his control with their erotic bodies.

"Master… Master… Master!"

'I can hear you and I am fine.'

"Fuuh… I thought something happened to Master when you didn't return."

The relief in her voice made him a little guilty.

‘Just try to be safe over there. I will see you soon.’

“Un. I have years of experience here. When I was first reincarnated here, I avoided fight at all costs, therefore I picked up information about my surroundings behind the backs of my tribe and used it to survive. This part of the Vanishing Forest has been thoroughly scouted by me.”

‘Awesome—’

His gaze wandered to Mio rubbing her eyes on the bed. “Onii-sama, you didn’t go today?”

“That entity took pity on me.”

Mio’s face instantly twisted into a scowl. She hung her head to hide her scary expression. “I swear…”

She muttered something for a few moments then looked up with a refreshed smile. “No school. We can play together all day, yay!”

She placed a pillow on Celia’s face and sneakily pushed it down with her butt. The heiress’s limbs flailed around as she tried to escape the death by Mio’s hands. Before Ethan interfered, Celia shoved Mio away and sat up, panting madly.

“You asshole woman. Do it when you want to have a threesome with Ethan.”

Threesome… Various lewd images entwined in Ethan’s mind. He clapped his cheeks, lest he ended up revealing it.

The thick blush on Mio’s face convinced him that similar images went through her head. “N-Never. I will never let you have sex with Onii-sama.”

“Huh?” Celia squinted as she folded her arms on her chest. “What are you gonna do? Ethan already accepted me. Try whatever you want, I ain’t leaving him.”

“I…” Mio paused, taking a sidelong glance at Ethan. “Your mother. That hag hasn’t accepted Ethan. Even if she did, what will you do about the monogamous rule in this country?”

Celia flinched at every sharp question Mio threw at her.

The morning turned into a serious discussion of the future.

“We… we can go to the country where polygamy is legal. I am willing to throw away anything if Ethan agrees. We can start anew there with the three of us.”

She swiveled to Ethan. The determination in her gaze made him ticklish. A deep breath failed to calm his heart, so he took another and opened his mouth.

“Gladly.”

Only an ungrateful will deny her deep affection. A simple rejection could shatter Celia into pieces, so much that she might not recover in her entire life.

Celia gawked and then covered her mouth with both hands. She reached out with both hands, her eyes glistened with unshed tears. She would have kissed him if Mio’s arms weren’t around Celia’s waist.

“Ethan… your sister is ruining my most precious moment.”

“Onii-sama, this bitch in heat isn’t worthy of your love. Please rethink.”

Ethan’s lips twitched, his brows sinking in a frown. Mio hurriedly released Celia and attacked him with a hug.

“I am sorry, Onii-sama. I won’t be mean anymore… just don’t look at Mio like that.”

Tracing his fingers down her hair, he sighed. Mio’s mental state remained fragile even after his tries. He expected her to be more cheerful after he accepted her love. He brooded over what made her more vulnerable.

Celia coughed and moved her mouth, trying to say something.

Re-gina.

Regina?

The incident with Regina refreshed her memories with her mother… Ethan sighed and stroked her back.

“Mio, you know, I love you. I freaking do. Don’t think I can hate my adorable older sister.”

“O-Older?” Mio stammered. “No, Onii-sama is old. Not me.”

“Your date of birth begs to disagree,” Celia teased with a grin. “Isn’t that right, darling?”

As much as he loved to bully Mio into a panic, right now wasn’t the time to tease her.

Marienne Densford… how do I face this dangerous woman?

She will swallow him whole if he gave her one inch. The idea of running away from the school, Andrew, and his other acquaintances didn’t sit well with him. Sure he planned to marry them after getting the graduation card from some university. But not now. He didn’t want others to mark his back with ‘Coward’. One of the things he would fight nail and tooth for.

I have one week.

One week to find something on her. Some dirt that brings the head of the Densford Family to her knees and accepts him. Unlike him, she might already have everything on him. Alas, his life was as clean as it could get. Just the pressure of handling Mio made him stay away from anything shady. Before her, it was his mother’s disappearance.

His streaming career was clean too with many followers. Hell, some of them will line up if he called for help.

He scratched his cheeks, finally understanding the reason behind women throwing donations after donations at his noobish stream. To think his wealth came from the very supernatural ability he used to survive in another world.

Always coming in a pinch.

—x—x—x—

After an uneventful breakfast, the trio lounged on the couch, staring intently at the reporter retelling the classic MMORPG’s decline. Mio changed the program.

“The Prime Minister collapsed during his speech.”

Mio changed again, not interested in some old’s man health.

“The prime actor Ylaine announced that he will not be able to attend this year’s awards event.”

“Fuck you guys,” Mio grumbled and switched to the anime channel. “Much better.”

Is there some disease influencing all the rich people now?

He grinned, hoping Marienne got this too.

Trrring! The doorbell cut off his sadist thoughts. Mio bolted for the door.

Celia slid closer and leaned her head on his arm. Ethan wrapped his arm around her, cuddling with the heiress starving for his affection.

“So comfy…”

Ethan chuckled. “You don’t have anything to do today?”

“Christa can handle my duties,” she nonchalantly waved off his concern.

He also didn’t dig deeper and waited for Mio to return and changed the damn channel.

But, of course, Mio returned.

“Goddess of Luck shines on you!”

With a redhead trailing her back.