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Alice and Alyssa watched me with serious expressions. With white chalk in my hand, I drew a magic circle to make a spirit contract.

"More or less like this.." I said to Alice and Alyssa.

"Un!" Alice and Alyssa nodded simultaneously.

"Next, we need a magic catalyst and put it in the center of the magic circle to summon a spirit."

"Magic catalyst?" Alice and Alyssa tilted their heads.

"Um, a magic catalyst is an object or remains of a living creature that contains a large amount of magic such as dragon bones, wyvern scales, kobold monster bones, or magical plants. Since we don’t have a magic catalyst, we will try to summon a small spirit without using a magic catalyst."

"Un.. Un..!!" Alice and Alyssa nodded, it seemed like they had understood what I said.

For some reason, our free time was filled with a short lesson about spirit contracts. After seeing Nimi’s sudden appearance, Alice and Alyssa became curious about how the spirit contract summoning worked.

The magic circle carved on the floor of my room was a simple magic contract that could summon small spirits without a magic catalyst.

"Onee-sama.. after summoning the spirits. Do we have to feed them?" Alice asked while raising one of her hands.

"Good question, Alice. Based on the notes of the magic book that discusses spirit contracts, they have their magic energy and do not need to eat or drink," I replied.

"Lily-nee, do all spirits have human form?" Following her sister’s movements, Alyssa raised one of her hands to ask a question.

"Hmm.. quite a difficult question to answer, Alyssa. For high-level spirits, they have a body shape that can adjust to our world. For example, like Nimi, her body shape is close to human but still not perfect because her magic aura is still flowing out of her body," I said while glancing at Nimi and Mio who were sitting on my bed.

"Hmm.. what’s wrong, Lily-sama?" realizing my gaze was directed at her, Mio tilted her head.

"Nothing, Mio," I replied Mio question and look at my twin stepsisters.

"Lily-nee.. let’s do it! Show us, the procedure to summon a spirit!" Alyssa looked excited and stared into my eyes with a shining gaze.

"O-Okay, pay close attention to this. Alice... Alyssa.. to make a spirit contract. You must draw a magic circle that forms a spirit contract and stand on it," I moved into the magic circle that I had made.

"While inside the magic circle, you stand quietly and say this sentence," I stretched my hands in front of me.

"In the name of Lily Schwartz De Rommel, I summon a being that is hiding from my sight, come to this world, and answer this call. Come and answer this noble call of yours,.. Lily Schwartz De Rommel order you to come before me, now.." the magic circle that I made slowly shone brightly. The white lines of white chalk that scratched the floor of my room emitted a red light.

A magic energy that formed small red dots was seen flying around my body.

"Umm.. a spirit that has fire magic. Thank you for answering my call," I said while bowing my body as a sign of introduction.

"Alice... Alyssa.. remember this well. After summoning a spirit, greet it as taught by your etiquette teacher."

"Of course, Onee-sama," Alice replied while looking at me with bright smile.

"Uwaaaaaa…" Alyssa’s eyes were fixed on the small spirit that I had successfully summoned.

Um.. it seems like my last words were ignored by Alyssa and her eyes slowly focuss on the spirit.

"..." Alice was silent while staring at me. Her gaze was fixed on me rather than the red spirit that had been successfully summoned unlike her sisters.

"Alice, what’s wrong?" I asked in low tone and little bit closer to her ears.

"Hyaaa!! N-Nothing, Onee-sama.." Alice was surprised after I called her.

"Alice?" Alice’s behavior looked suspicious, especially with her face covered in a red blush after seeing me summon a spirit.

"I-It’s okay, Onee-sama. It’s just that... Onee-sama looks cool when summoning spirits. T-That’s all!!" Alice replied in a fast and excited tone.

"O-Ohh.. is that so?" I replied.

"U-Unn.." Alice replied while nodding.

"Lily-nee.. Alyssa wants to try summoning a spirit!" Alyssa pulled my arm with a shining gaze.

Ugh.. that dazzling gaze pierced my eyes made me happy and calm.

"O-Okay.." to avoid Alyssa’s gaze filled with shining light, I fulfilled her request and lent her the white chalk that was in my hand.

"Here.. make a magic circle that is as similar as possible. Don’t make any wrong lines or they won’t answer Alyssa’s call," I said while warning Alyssa.

"Un.. understood!" Alyssa accepted the white chalk from my hand and drew a magic circle according to my magic circle.

"Kuuuuhh.." Alice grumbled beside me.

"Alyssa.. leave some of that chalk for me," Alice said.

"Un!!" Alyssa replied.

Why is this?

Alice’s gaze looked scary and stared sharply at Alyssa.

What happened between them?

[ Lily-chan, that’s what is called a love rivalry. ]

L-Love rivalry?

Hearing Goddess’s words, I tilted my head to understand the contents of the sentence.

What does the Goddess mean?

[ Like this, Lily-chan. We can use an assumption that fits this condition. For example, like Mio who has a mistress. As a personal Maid and mistress, Mio spends her time with her lover rather than serving Lily-chan. If that happened, what would Lily-chan do? ]

Mio would never do that.

[ Just as an example, Lily-chan. ]

If that happens, maybe I will kill Mio’s mistress and discipline Mio for her betrayal. Then make sure Mio became mine... only mine.

[ W-Why do I suddenly feel a cold aura piercing my body? ]

[Are? Since when did I have a physical body in this imaginary form?]

[ T-That’s not what it means, Lily-chan. Ugh.. how do I explain it properly? ]

[ What Alice is experiencing is jealousy towards Alyssa who always gets Lily-chan’s attention. ]

[ Lily-chan, try to understand Alice’s feelings of left behind by Alyssa. ]

Umm.. how do I do it?

[ It’s very easy. ]

[ Make a magic circle with Alice. ]

[ Ah! Make sure to draw together. Hold Alice’s hand to draw a perfect magic circle. ]

Is that it?

[ Yes, it’s very easy, right? ]

"Alice, do you want to draw a magic circle with me?" following Goddess’s suggestion, I invited Alice to draw a magic circle together.

"Eh? I-Is it okay, Onee-sama?" Alice said happily.

"Um! Come here.." I took out the remaining white chalk and pulled Alice’s arm to come closer.

"Hawawa..." Alice looked panicked as she approached me.

My hand touched Alice’s and drew a perfect magic circle. As long as our hands were in contact, Alice’s face was filled with a red hue that was increasingly visible, and heavy breathing that made her gasp for breath.

"Alice, are you okay?" Seeing Alice’s gasping breath and the red hue on her face, I brought my forehead closer to measure her body temperature.

Its Warm..

Alice’s body temperature response was the same as a mild fever.

Could it be... Alice has a mild fever.

"Alice..!" I grabbed Alice’s hand and pulled it.

"I-I’m okay, Onee-sama.." Alice said in a panic.

"O-Onee-sama’s body odor is too strong for me.." Alice whispered.

"Huh?" Hearing a small whisper from Alice’s mouth, I then moved away from Alice and smelled my body odor.

Sniff.. Sniff..

Umm.. there’s no strange smell I think.

[ Ahem.. Lily-chan.. ]

[ Smelling your body odor is very difficult to do. ]

I-Is that so? Is my body odor too strong for Alice?

[ Hmm.. I think.. Lily-chan’s scent is too tempting for Alice. ]

What does that mean?

[ Um... Lily-chan.. ]

[ If I’m not mistaken, Lily-chan needs a magic catalyst to summon spirits, right? ]

Y-Yes, that’s right. But, they’re too expensive for my finances.

[ If there’s a way to make a magic catalyst, does Lily-chan want to try it?]

Eh? There’s a way to make a magic catalyst?

[ Y-Yes.. it’s just.. ]

Hearing Goddess’s doubtful tone, I could feel a bad feeling about myself.

[ Actually, Lily-chan’s sweat contains a lot of magic. That’s because of the Linked Ritual we did before. ]

[ Kyaaa!! I’m reminded of our first kiss.. ]

[ Ahem! Let’s continue our previous discussion. ]

[ The scent of sweat that contains magic is slightly intoxicating to the people around her. That’s what Alice experienced. Right now, Alice is drunk from smelling Lily-chan’s sweat. ]

Umm.. does my sweat have something to do with the magic catalyst?

[ Of course, listen carefully Lily-chan. ]

[ The sweat that collects and penetrates Lily-chan’s panties will make Lily-chan’s panties a magic catalyst. ]

[ In other words, the panties that Lily-chan is wearing right now can become a magic catalyst. ]

[ Rather than buying an uncertain magic catalyst, why not use the panties that Lily-chan is wearing? ]

"..."

Hearing Goddess’s explanation, I could feel the curve of my panties covered in sweat.

Could it be...

Do I have to use my panties as a magic catalyst to summon spirits?

That’s so embarrassing!

But, for the sake of my little sisters.

Kuuuuhhhh...

I-I will hold back my pride and shame.

It’s not like I’m doing all this to grant my twin stepsisters’ wishes!

This is just my duty as their older sister.

Um! Right!

As an older sister, I have to grant their wishes.