Good grief. Even though I have had the experience of not having the power of telepathy previously, I had forgotten how difficult it was to navigate through a world of Nendous. Fortunately, I have made it back to my house without being sidetracked. Now, I will finally get some rest-

"Kuu-chan! Papa got a promotion today! … Are you okay, Kuu-chan?"

My mother ran up to me as soon as I opened the door. She looked confused at my shocked expression. I am not yet used to any sudden movements so I had thrown my bag aside and jumped back with my arms in front of me. Not that anything would have happened anyway, seeing as my powers are gone.

"Papa! Come tell Kuu-chan about your promotion~"

My father was behind her. He was wearing a suit with his hair slicked back and a pair of sunglasses. I am sure no promotion within his abilities would have required any of those.

"Fufufu… Kusuo-kun, your father is a changed man."

He hasn't changed. How unfortunate.

"Instead of only having to lick my boss' shoes every day, I have also been given the privilege of-"

"Papa, Ku-kun is on the TV!"

Good grief. I should just go to my room-

"Kuu-chan, I bought some coffee jelly to celebrate Papa's promotion~"

Congratulations, father! Good job!

...

My brother's face was plastered over our TV screen in front of the table with the cups of coffee jelly. What a way to ruin the sacredness that is coffee jelly.

"Ku-kun, you should come over to visit more often. Papa just got a promotion today~"

"Sorry, I have just been so busy building a worthy adversary now that Kusuo's like the other boring monkeys on Earth."

I'll take this coffee jelly back to my room.

Wait, "building"? Now that I look past his unpalatable face, I do see some form of a robot in the background. With pink hair. And green glasses.

… Time to go to my room.

"Now now, Ku-kun… Papa and I aren't prepared to have another child anytime soon~"

My parents are looking at each other in a disgusting fashion. My brother didn't seem to care.

"Kusuo. You should come by my laboratory for a check-up sometime soon. I just want to have a look at your brain again, since I am so concerned about your well-being and not because I need more data to train my new little brother-"

I think I shall take another cup of coffee jelly.

Good grief. It would be troublesome if he had managed to build anything resembling me with my past powers. Although, even though it is my brother, it should be impossible to perfectly replicate-

"GOOD… GRIEF… WHAT… A… PAIN."

"Ahahaha, Kusuo Number 816, I'll get you more coffee jelly later. Just go on power-saving mode for now-"

Goodbye.

I turned the TV off. That is enough for one chapter, don't you think?

A/N: Papa is now also in charge of tying his boss' ties. The suit and sunglasses were only rented for this chapter.