"...Sisters! Another cute little sister!!" I run over to Lycoris, my new little sister, and hug her tightly, lifting her off the ground.

"Azazel, don't be so clingy. I don't need another brat getting too attached to you," Mother Grimm says to me as I look at her.

"But she's so cute!!" I say as little sister Lycoris looks at me in surprise, her wings spreading open and her tail wagging excitedly.

"Baahh!! Ahhh! Gahhh!!" She makes some somewhat animalistic but excited sounds that I don't really understand, but I think she likes me.

"..." I set her down just as the door opens and I see Eclipsya.

"Little sister!!" I run over to her too, hugging her, while Lycoris curiously follows me.

"Hi, Azazel," Eclipsya says, surprising me that she can talk! She never spoke before!

"Hehehe, your voice is so cute!! Now we can talk! Before, you couldn't speak!" I'm excited to have more cute little sisters to play with! At Mother Grimm's mansion there are no children, just other maids, and they don't even know how to play with me or can't handle it!

They're too slow, weak, and fragile! I kill them with one punch! So I have to be careful, which is really annoying! Mother Pandora's maids are much stronger! They can handle playing with me.

"Mother Grimm, can I go play alone with my little sisters?!" I ask, letting go of Eclipsya and running over to my mother to plead.

"..." Mother Grimm looks at Eclipsya with a strange expression.

"...I need to keep an eye on you. If you're going to play, I have to watch," she says, and I let out a slightly disappointed sound, but I nod in agreement.

"Azazel..." Eclipsya comes over to me, takes my hand, and pulls me toward the toy box in the room. She gives a strange look to Mother Grimm before reaching the toy box.

"Let's play togeth-" Before she can finish speaking, Lycoris jumps on her back, knocking her to the ground and hugging her.

"Me too!" I jump on top of both of them, while Eclipsya lets out a faint sound of discomfort. She stands up, lifting both of us, and then Lycoris hooks her thighs around Eclipsya's neck for support, getting really high up.

I like the idea, so I do the same with Lycoris, and then I get super high, which is fun.

"Look, Mother Grimm, I grew up!! Hahahahaha" I say, looking at her.

"...That's great, dear... just don't cling too much to your sisters..." Before Mother Grimm finishes speaking, I grab a little bottle of blood and hand it to Lycoris, who takes it, enchanted.

"Lycoris, pass this to Eclipsya!!" I say, giving another little bottle to Lycoris, who passes it to Eclipsya. Eclipsya looks up and our eyes meet, her face getting slightly red with a cute blush before she looks down again.

"It's tasty!" I say, opening mine and drinking it. Eclipsya does the same, but Lycoris puts the vial in her mouth and starts chewing it! I'm shocked and try to take it from her, but she quickly shoves the whole thing into her mouth and I hear the sound of glass shattering.

"MOTHER GRIMM!!! SHE'S EATING GLASS!!" I shout for my mother to come help! Mother said you can't just put anything in your mouth! She can't go around eating my little vials!

"Azazel, calm down, she seems... fine," Mother Grimm says with a sigh, while Eclipsya starts walking, which makes all of us start moving since we're on top of her.

"Ooh, Eclipsya is strong!" I say as Eclipsya heads for the door. Eclipsya gives one last look to Mother Grimm before suddenly darting off at a run. She leaps out the window as I see the shocked look on my mother's face.

"Kyahahahahaha" I laugh excitedly as we begin to fall from over 20 stories up. The wind hitting my face is really fun. Lycoris seems to realize what we're doing, so she flaps her wings, adjusting our position and slowing our speed until we land on the ground much more gently.

"..." Eclipsya darts off through another window, entering the castle again and starting to run through the corridors.

"This is fun! Hahahaha Mother will come from the left! She always comes from the left!" I say as we pass numerous maids. Eclipsya is really fast, so I hold onto Lycoris tightly while seeing the world from this high up gives me the fun sensation that I've grown up.

Eclipsya quickly takes the path to the right, having heard what I said about Mother Grimm.

"ECLIPSYA, YOU LITTLE MENACE, STOP TRYING TO STEAL MY DAUGHTER!!" I hear Mother Grimm's shout echoing through the castle. She seems to be hunting us, which turns into a fun game of hide-and-seek.

"Where should we hide!! Quick, quick!!" I say, my heart racing with adrenaline.

"Baahhh!" Lycoris points down a corridor, and Eclipsya follows that way too. Soon we reach a spiral staircase that seems to go underground, but instead of going down the stairs, Eclipsya jumps down the central opening and we begin plummeting to the bottom.

"Hahahaha this is so much fun! Mother Grimm will never find us!" I say, and near the ground, Lycoris flaps her wings and we land gently on the lowest floor.

"..." Eclipsya starts running until I sense Mother Grimm nearby.

"There! There! Quick! When Mother Grimm searches for things quickly, she ignores a lot of clues!!" I say, pointing to a door. Eclipsya changes direction and stops in front of the door while I pull the handle, opening it. Quickly, the three of us enter the room, and I close the door, turning the key that's on the inside.

We stay like that for a moment until someone super-fast tries to open the door, but finds it locked and moves to the next one.

"Hihihihi Mother Grimm never tries locked doors first because she can't detect me! Hahahahaa" I burst out laughing as I jump down from Lycoris to the floor.

Lycoris also gets down from Eclipsya, and we look at each other before starting to smile. That was way more fun than we expected!

"Mother Grimm will take a long time to find us here! We can play in the meantime!" I say, while Lycoris just sits on the floor and hugs her own tail, staring at us. She doesn't seem very smart yet, I think? I don't know how babies' minds work.

"Azazel, I wanted to give you a present, but your mother always seems unwilling, so we have to be quick!" When Eclipsya says this, the adrenaline seems to come rushing back completely.

"A secret present!! I want it!!" I say as she takes my hand and slowly pulls me. Lycoris watches everything attentively and curiously.

"...Here, it's this bracelet. I made it for you," Eclipsya says as a "bracelet" appears in her hand. It's a silver "bracelet" with pretty red details.

"A bracelet?... That's strange, why are there two of them with this little chain connecting them? They look like the handcuffs Mother Grimm has, except the ones you're giving me are cute and colorful," I ask, not understanding.

"Oh... well... it's because it has a special lock! It's not handcuffs, it's a bracelet... But don't worry, I'll release the lock later! We just need to put them on here." She takes one of my arms and puts the bracelet on it, then she presses it and there's a soft Click sound as it closes.

"But if there's a little chain, how will I move my hands?" I ask, confused. If she puts them on both my hands, I won't be able to separate them.

"...I'll release the chain later. Besides, it's a cuff... I mean, it's a bracelet made from my magic, so there won't be any problems, and..." Before she can finish, Lycoris lunges at her, pushing her a little. Lycoris quickly grabs the "bracelet" and puts it on her own hand. I hear the click sound as the two of us become connected.

"Oh..." I make a surprised sound as I move my hand, which causes Lycoris's hand to move because they're connected.

"Hahahaha" I laugh while Eclipsya looks coldly at Lycoris. Then Eclipsya snaps her fingers and the bracelet vanishes, dissolving into magic.

"W-What?! My present!!"

"Do you have any idea what you just did, you brat?!" Eclipsya grabs Lycoris by the collar of her dress.

"That spell costs a lot! Now I can't cast another one!! Who told you to put the bracelet on yourself?! Now I'll have to wait more than a day before I can make another!" Eclipsya says furiously.

"Little sisters, don't fight, I..." Before I can speak, a fist punches straight through the doorknob. The three of us look at it as I see my mother's eyes looking through the hole that was made.

"..." The three of us gulp dryly as my mother's gaze seems dangerous. She pulls the door, ripping it from its hinges, and stares fixedly at Eclipsya.

"Mother..."

"Not now, Azazel. We have to go back upstairs. The lower part of the castle is forbidden for you children," my mother says in a chillingly cold tone as we look at her. Soon we start leaving the room in a sad little line.

"You're grounded, Azazel, for not even trying to resist this kidnapping," Mother says as I open my mouth to argue, but her look makes me shut up. At least running through the castle was fun.

"And you, you little pest, you thief of daughters, I'm watching you. Don't think I didn't notice your magic! I don't know what you were going to do to my daughter, but be very careful with your actions. I might not kill you, but Pandora won't be here to defend you for much longer," Mother threatens Eclipsya, but this makes me angry.

"Mother, don't threaten little sister Eclipsya!" I say, running to stand in front of Eclipsya as a defense.

"Or I'll... I'll hate you!" When I say this, my mother's eyes widen and she seems tense. She looks like she wants to speak, but gives up, looking at Eclipsya with poorly concealed hatred.

"Thanks for defending me. I 'love' you very much, Azazel. I'll give you another present later," Eclipsya whispers in my ear, and I look at her, enchanted.

'I knew she'd start liking me someday and fall for my charm! I'm just that amazing!' I feel satisfied with this, while Lycoris, who was left out of the argument, just stares at the two of us.