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Omake 2: Ria's Childhood (2)

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EDIT: Happy New Year's Eve in advance since Time Zones are complicated.

Morgan didn't want to be here now.

After that mess during Christmas time, she really didn't want to keep around her stupid little sister. Never once she thought such a devious demon could exist, and a masterful one as she managed to take on the innocent lamb-like frame any cunning troublemaker would crave to have forever. Yet, this little one was special because she was both aware and not aware of the sort of damage she caused.

Her little staff of 'Knights', as the child had long claimed them as, were all fawning over her in the pursuit of her 'adorable self'. Always trying to draw the cutest reaction out of her insufferable brat of a sibling. But today it was just her and Ria. No servant, no distractions- only Morgan, little Ria, stuck in Morgan's flat for the duration of the day.

The end of the Year was now there, with just a couple of hours left before this nightmare was over. But where Morgan went through the hassle of having the entire place Ria-proof and have all the right recipes to not get any whining from the spoiled brat, there was an issue that was really really ticking her off.

"You will not go to sleep early. It's New Year's Eve."

"But I don't wanna stay up for long," The little blonde pouted, the sight just pissing Morgan off even more.

"I don't care. I made preparations for this night and I can't waste them."

"But-"

"No, you will stay awake. And this is final."

No amount of arms-crossing, pouting, glaring or even not moving around and forcing Morgan to force-carry her through the flat would convince the young woman to give up.

There was no way she was going to let this little brat ruin it for her. For years she had been drilled the notion of keeping awake since this was one of those social things to keep wary about- of how it was needed to establish a mental grasp when it comes to keep up and endure the times enforced by their livelihood.

She too had whined a lot over these matters, but never once their father had granted her a mercy. Was she projecting? Absolutely not. Morgan refused to even consider that a reason for her current irritation. It was the genuine effort put through to make this New Year's Eve feasibly good as Uther had purposely made this happen to test her- and test Ria.

If one of them failed, somehow, then that would become reason for him to just sink her pocket money and bankrupt her school funds. That just would be the worst possible, and she wasn't going to let her little sister ruin it because of how stupid she was on the matter. Sure, perhaps her Father had indeed gone soft on Ria, but that didn't stop Morgan from exerting her rights as the elder sibling and get some justice done in that regard.

Lunch went by, and so did Dinner as Ria's attempt to 'starve herself' failed due to how big of a glutton the child was. A quick sniff over the meals her sister had prepared, and the child was wolfing over the meals. It was a mystery how she just could devour so much and not turn into a pure ball of silliness. It was like her body just burned food faster than a normal human should... could it be her speciality? Being a portable food-burner?

That would be mundane in its convenience and... the thought didn't steer her away from the irritation that was the last hours of the day. They were sitting by the couch, together, sheets having been prepared to keep both the child and herself warm, and Morgan had turned on the TV and tried to use some toons to keep the child awake.

Up to 22, that worked on Ria as the girl had just given up on fighting it, and gone was the stubborn whining that had frustrated her until that very moment. Then the toons lost 'efficiency' as they just couldn't keep Ria's attention for long that she was leaning on the side towards Morgan and trying to use her lap as a pillow.

The woman moved to stop this but, at this point, her mind was just giving up too. Not just for the endless nightmare this even was, but how intense the nightly study sessions had gone for the last two weeks. Even with the Christmas break, working and studying hadn't lessened the pressure for just a moment. She had so much to be ready to bring to the table once the break was over and...

She just couldn't handle it.

Ria finally got what she wanted and was soon snoring and even drooling a bit on her lap, instantly drawn into a deep slumber much to her older sister's growing chagrin. Morgan knew, deep down that, as much as she wanted to keep up until midnight, her mind was just too spent to handle this and she admitted this to herself quite openly and unconsciously.

"...Fuck, I need to sleep too."

A facepalm, and Morgan tried to shift all the blame on her own tiredness for what happened next. After fixing the sheets, Morgan shifted Ria's closer and... fell asleep. At first, it was just her closing her eyes for a moment to let them rest, but she was immediately stolen by her need to sleep a bit, not even a yawn warning her of how tired she was. One can only fight for so long and with so few energies left in their body. And Morgan just didn't have it in her to go through that draining situation too.

And while that was going to cause issues with their father, Morgan decided that lying may be the best way to just... not get nagged by the old man and spend some time with her terrible little sister.

AN

No mercy for this Morgan, and I have a feeling that may happen to me later today since it's New Year's Eve and... fuck, I don't have the brain power to go through from six in the morning up to midnight while keeping around the family. My body just need the sweet six-seven hours of slumber that this lifestyle demands.

Also, a bit of an announcement: I published a new original story on QQ and I am trying to put it in Royal Road too. Kobold Emperor is an Original Fantasy Story that sees an Insert waking up inside a Kobold... in charge of other Kobolds. That would be nice and dandy if not for the fact that 1) These Kobolds are special for some in-story lore; 2) The world has a bit of a grudge on Kobolds because humans here are a bit... 'aggressive' with their numerical superiority World Record; 3) Some of 'em are interestingly thicc. And a bit too 'mammal-like' compared to Kobolds. Oh my. You can find and ask more details through the Discord Server, link right below the title of this chapter.