Eavesdropping on the Domestic Drama from the Storehouse

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Stop it, Keranko!!

The very next moment after Extra-sama and I began eavesdropping on the inside of the manor, a shrill, hysterical scream from a woman pierced our ears.

H-How cruel, Karashia Onee-sama Dont be so rough? Look, the palm of my hand has turned red

Oh my! This is terrible, Keranko-chan! We should treat your injury right away!

Oh dear, Miss Keranko

Next, we heard a more leisurely voice that sounded slightly younger than the scream an elderly womans cat-like tone.

And a husky, low male voice.

In any case, I cannot hand this ring over to you. Excuse me.

Uwaa~~ Onee-sama is being mean~!

Oh my! Karashia, you are the older sister, arent you? Why dont you indulge your cute little sisters request a little!

A little, you say, Mother? This dress, these hair ornaments, this necklace Keranko has taken everything from me! And still you say a little!? Thats enough!

You must not talk back to your mother! Doj, do it.

Yes!

Wh-What are you going to do, Doj! Stop Stop it! Aah!

For a while, sounds of scuffling could be heard as if they were struggling, but it soon stopped, followed by a thud like something fell over.

There, Keranko-chan! Your older sister has given you the ring! Please stop crying now.

Really!? Uwaa~~, how cute!

That is good, Miss Keranko.

W-Wait Wait That ring, just that ring

As if her tears from before were a lie, Kerankos bright, cheerful laughter rang out.

Then the footsteps of several people walking away somewhere could be heard.

It seemed Keranko and the others had left for somewhere.

Karashias words, muttered in a voice like she was about to cry, did not reach Kerankos ears at all.

After that, the sound of muffled sobs could be heard for a while, but from the noise it seemed Karashia eventually got up quietly and walked away somewhere too.

U-Umm

What? This sudden domestic drama?

<Haaaaaah! Th-This is! The Abused Older Sister trope common in isekai reincarnation settings!!>

Uwah!?

What, what is it, Extra-sama!?

Why are you suddenly getting excited!?

And also, huh?

The Abused Older Sister trope common in isekai reincarnation settings!?

Now that you mention it, I feel like Ive heard similar words before?

<The tropes common in isekai reincarnation settings refers to the settings protagonists reincarnated into other worlds tend to be given! Among them, the Abused Older Sister is one where the protagonist born into a relatively high status family like nobility is often placed in that position!>

Eeh?

The protagonist is abused?

<Precisely because theyre the protagonist is why they are abused. How they overcome that environment and grow is the core of the story! And the existence that should be mentioned alongside the Abused Older Sister as a set is the Spoiled Younger Sister!>

Ah, I see

That Keranko from earlier, was it?

While I only heard her voice she certainly seemed spoiled, huh?

<There are several patterns when it comes to being spoiled. From what I heard, Keranko seems to lean more toward the greedy type.>

Greedy?

<Basically, a personality that naturally thinks everything in this world belongs to me. Its a trope that goes well with the Abused Older Sister and often appears alongside it in stories. They have the habit of trying to take everything from their older sister, even going so far as to try stealing her fiance.>

How cruel!?

Someone stop her!

<And this Spoiled Younger Sister is usually doted on by those around her, so there are hardly any existences within the family to stop the younger sisters outrageous behavior, as is common.>

W-Wow~~

But, wait, umm?

Does that mean, Extra-sama?

That right now, an isekai reincarnation broadcast is being filmed inside that manor?

<Hmm, thats where Im conflicted. Did you say Karashia and Keranko earlier? From the sound of their voices, they both seem older than you, dont they?>

Ah, now that you mention it, youre right.

They sounded like they were in their mid-teens or so, didnt they?

<If they had souls reincarnated into their bodies later like Sara Salar, the Baroness, then theres a possibility the abused older sister Karashia could have been your former classmate but that method is quite laborious. For filming isekai reincarnation broadcasts, the mainstream is to have the reincarnators soul implanted from birth.>

Then could they be reincarnators who were recently reincarnated into this world shortly before us?

<That possibility is also extremely low If there are too many reincarnators, the story gets convoluted. So the soul auctions to produce reincarnators are only held like once every hundred years or so. While its not impossible for souls to drift into other worlds by chance, in that case there wouldnt be any gods filming a broadcast>

So in our current conclusion, while the relationship between those sisters matches the Abused Older Sister and Spoiled Younger Sister tropes, theres a high possibility its just a coincidental relationship and has nothing to do with reincarnation, right?

<Based on probability, that possibility does seem higher. Fundamentally, the Abused Older Sister and Spoiled Younger Sister siblings are so common in this world that they became tropes in the first place. Precisely because theyre so common did they become tropes.>

What a terrible world.

<So even if those two just happen to fit those tropes, it wouldnt be strange at all. If you gathered all the pairs of sisters in the world into one room and threw a stone, youd probably hit either an Abused Older Sister or Spoiled Younger Sister at quite a high rate, wouldnt you?>

I dont think it would be that extreme!?

Im sure there are all sorts of sister relationships out there, including close sisters who get along, right!?

<No no, most sisters have bad relationships. Thats what Ive learned from watching isekai reincarnation broadcasts.>

Ah, once again Extra-sama is taking the information from broadcasts at face value

Youve just happened to watch stories focused on that by chance

<Well, putting that aside. No matter how much we discussed it, whether those sisters are involved with isekai reincarnation or not honestly doesnt really matter, does it?>

Eh? Why not?

Wouldnt it be troublesome if we got involved with them?

<But Emi, you have no intention of entering that manor, right? Theres no way youd get involved.>

Ah, I see.

<And even if you changed your mind and wanted to do something about those sisters relationship, what could you do? Would hitting them improve family relations? Of course not.>

Hey!

There you go again with the narrative that all I can do is hit!?

Cant you stop that!?

<My apologies. In any case, Emi. To bring the discussion back, you have no intention of doing anything about those sisters to begin with, right?>

Well, yeah, thats right.

I may brag, but while my combat abilities have increased immensely, my interpersonal skills are utterly ruined.

Not to mention Im a cursed child.

Its not a problem I could just waltz in and somehow resolve.

It would only cause an unnecessary uproar.

<I guess you are self-aware about only being able to hit>

Ah!!?

<My apologies. In that case! The only course of action for us outsiders is just one thing!!>

A-And that is!?

<Lets just quietly enjoy eavesdropping from here!>

What a terrible conclusion. Especially the enjoy part is awful.

I dont think its good to enjoy others misfortune from a viewers perspective, Extra-sama.

<As I said myself, its the side-effect of having watched nothing but isekai reincarnation broadcasts for so long This kind of mentality has rubbed off on me>

Extra-sama and I let out small, mutually inaudible sighs.

Even so.

I glanced outside through the storehouse window.

The blizzard had cleared since approaching this manor, without even the sound of wind it was eerily silent.

However, a hazy fog blanketed the area, severely limiting visibility.

If possible, I wanted to wait until the weather improved before departing, so I intended to rest here a while longer.

Which meant.

With nothing else to do.

I closed my eyes again and began eavesdropping on the happenings inside the manor once more.