Yotsuba got a message from Miku to go straight home and not get distracted by anything on the way.

"haha I wonder if she thinks I'm a little kid getting distracted by everything that shines" the ribbon wearing girl was pouting at how little trust her sister had in her.

"Oh! Yotsuba" Hongo, the captain of the basketball team, appeared with the worst timing, which seemed to be her thing.

"Ehh" Yotsuba did not hate the girl, she respected her dedication to basketball and her team, but right now she really didn't want to see her because she knew the next words that would come out of her mouth.

"Are you going to train with us today?" as usual the only thing in her head was basketball and reaching some the tournament "we need to prepare for the tournament"

"Sorry! but my sister is sick today and I have to arrive home quickly" and then she ran off leaving Hongo in the dust. Thankfully Miku was already prepared for this situation and told Yotsuba what to do in case she ran into the headstrong captain. and she wasn't lying. Itsuki was wounded and had a little fever so Yotsuba didn't have to tell any lies that could have been easily found out.

Running at a decent speed Yotsuba ended up catching up to Miku on the way home who was walking with a heavy step.

"Oh Miku you ok?" while her sister had a better face than in the morning she still had a complicated expression.

"Mn" she just nodded and continued walking, Miku feeling Yotsuba concerned stare piercing through her skull, she knew. she had to talk or she wasn't going to stop "is just the lying started to weigh on me. with Ichika and Nino was already enough but I suppose lying to Kiyomaro too made me really feel the weight of everything"

Yotsuba just hugged her sister and the felt tears wanting to come out of her eyes but she couldn't cry after all it was because of her inevitability to lie that Miku had to do all the heavy lifting today and hearing that she also lied to Kiyomaro who she had become friends recently must has been hard.

"Miku I.I.I" she wanted to apologize but didn't know where to start, no matter the reason she wasn't comfortable lying to her sister but she also didn't like how Miku was carrying everything.

"No don't worry Yotsuba, this was the job I decided to do just as you and Itsuki also had one part to play too" What Miku was saying was true before going to school they decided to divide their duties today Miku's job was to keep the story about Itsuki no going to school solid, Yotsuba was to distract Ichika and Nino if they started to find holes in Miku logic and also give their two sisters something to do after school. while Itsuki had to ask Lya everything she could during the day.

"Ok…" Yotsuba wasn't happy with this, but Miku also wasn't going to back down. so they continue walking home "so what about Takamine-san?"

"He is not coming today I told him that there is a chance of Itsuki cold could be passed on to him"

"Haha Itsuki is not going to like being treated as an infectious patient"

"I the other options was telling him that she was on her day's"

"That would get Itsuki even more mad!" Yotsuba was wondering why her sister was so quick to reach extremes.

"Anyway at least im done on my end what about yours"

"Yes! While Ichika and Nino were really worried about Itsuki today I managed to convince them to go to the shopping center to buy Itsuki a gift while we take care of her"

"Good with that we can listen to what Itsuki learned today with peace"

Soon after they finally reached the apartment. riding the elevator up was tense not knowing how Itsuki and Lya had spent their day together.

Opening the door they found Itsuki and Lya sitting on the dining table surrounded by boxes of fast food. more than half were already empty.

"At least they weren't starving" the headphone wearing sister said with a dead tone.

"Hahaha" while Yotsuba just let out a dry laugh.

"Mu?" with a burger in her mouth Itsuki finally turned around to see who had entered their house, after taking a bite she greeted her sisters "Girls! I ordered some food"

"I can see that" seeing that Itsuki and Lya were sitting next to each other she decided to sit in front of them, she just picked up one of the ice creams that were on the table, probably part of some pack Itsuki ordered, right now thanks to the nap Miku brain was refreshed but she decided that it was better to had something with sugar to hear whatever was to come.

"Haha" Yotsuba took a seat next to Miku. She just took a soda and some fries. while the two in front of them keep devouring everything on their path "so how was the day?"

"Yes!" Itsuki took a napkin to clean her fingers and showed them a notebook that was close to her "I asked Lya a lot today and she answered all the questions we had"

"Mmmm" while taking a spoon of ice cream Miku just looked through the notebook. There were the questions she and Yotsuba had before going to school today and some Itsuki asked on her own.

"Oh!" Yotsuba got close to Miku to get a look. She couldn't read it all but it seemed that Lya had answered all questions without problem.

"This girl behaved very good" Itsuki said while patting Lya's head, the girl in question was over the moon with the affection Itsuki was showering her with.

"Hehe of course as a noble von Rauren I have a standard to keep and a duty to answer all my bookkeeper questions" she said while putting a hand on her chest and with a regal tone, if it wasn't that her face was full of sauce from the burger she was devouring then it would have been more impressive.

Something Itsuki noted and with a napkin she started to clean Lya's face.

"So you don't have any idea why are you here?" Miku saw in the notebook that question and the answer but she wanted to hear it from the girl.

"Yes! I've have been thinking about it too!" Lya stood up from her seat and went to the middle of the room there she put her hand on her hips and made a proud expression, like she founded an amazing discovery "while I certainly responded to my bookkeeper call, from what I understand those books don't appear just because"

Itsuki took a look at the spell book she had next to her, after the scare of last night she found solace in having it close, maybe it was similar that after being robbed or having a bad experience on the streets a person would look for something to defend themselves a taser, pepper spray or in this case a magic book.

"And I understood who is the main villain here!" Lya eyes were firm and decided.

"Villain?" Miku and Yotsuba tilted their heads, while Itsuki just looked at Lya, not wanting to interrupt.

"See in the fight for the title of king the worst Mamodo possible ended up winning and he quickly became an evil and cruel king" Lya eyes were full of hate for this evil king that much was clear for the sisters.

"See my family, the proud Von Rauren, we are descendants of the king that ruled the Mamodo world two thousand years ago!" While it seemed like a lot of time to Yotsuba, she remembered that every king ruled for a thousand years so Lya ancestor was the ruler before the previous king "while the times of my great ancestor are gone we the Von Rauren still have a important position in the Mamodo world"

The sisters saw the pride that Lya had about her family.

"We possessed a large part of the northern territory in the Mamodo world the elders of the house rule with a firm but kind hand and me and the other young of the house would have special classes to become great nobles" her eyes were full happiness remembering those times "mother and father would play with me when they weren't working and the servants were also very nice with me and even sneaked some candy's for me before dinner"

Her eyes started watering leaving the sisters confused about why. Her story has been nothing but nice until now she was raised in a big happy family where she had everything a child could ask.

"But one day he attacked. The lightning king" Lya clenched her fist with anger "after winning the battle for the title the new king" she said that word with hate "the new started to make some changes that would only benefit himself and his close group. My family using its political power tried to fight him all it could and went for a year and a half"

She said with exasperation remembering how the kind elders of the house were everyday more and more stressed due to the absurd demands of this evil king and how that happy family was destroyed over the greed of one being.

"Then one day he must have gotten tired dealing with us, haha we the Von Rauren are a stubborn lot after all" she said with a laugh trying to easy the mood of the room and her own feelings but didn't manage to nether "I just remember waking up in the middle of the night due to a loud sound, I thought it was nothing but then it came the sound of fighting or at least is how I would like to call it. It was a massacre actually"

She could no longer hold the tears. But she kept explaining.

"I went to the courtyard of the house, the sound of lighting and the screams of pain didn't seemed to end" her face was full of exasperation, Itsuki tried to get close to hug her Lya stopped her with her hand" I'm fine, I'm fine" she said while cleaning her face with her arm "but when I arrived at the courtyard everything went I saw everyone on the ground, defeated and in pain. the guards that were on the level of the royal knights and elders who were even stronger. It did not matter. the lighting king defeated everyone completely"

She let out a heavy breath and saw Miku handing her a tissue to wipe her nose. She thanked her bookkeeper sister and continued.

"The power of the king is absolute, the battle for the crown that happen every thousand years is a hard one, luck can only carry you so far and the most the battle goes the stronger everyone become, only the best of the best can reach the final stage and then is the king the one that surpasses everyone and wins"

The face was filled with determination. Meanwhile the sister's were very worried if Itsuki had a hard time with that lizard. What about the lighting king? Lya kept mentioning how strong is him, how could this king be measured against the one and only enemy Itsuki had faced.

"After that he took my family away to a dungeon in the capital" the sadness was clear in voice "he must have thought I wasn't worth the effort but that's going to be his downfall!"

The eyes of the sisters open up at how strong was the will of Lya.

"They're plenty of stories that a Mamodo with a human partner can grow at a pace unimaginable and reach levels of strength that were impossible on its own" Lya proclaimed with shining "so while I'm protecting my bookkeeper I'm going to kept getting stronger and I'll take down the lighting king!"

She raised her fist to the sky.

"Ohh!" Yotsuba with tears in her eyes was clapping and cheering for Lya.

"Lya!" Itsuki went to hug her with all her strength feeling sorry for what the little girl had to go through.

Miku had some problems with the fact that Itsuki fighting was a certain by now but she couldn't dislike the girl after all the sister knew what it is like to be separated from a dear family member. her wanting to right the wrong this lighting king has done to her was something she could support.

"Bookkeeper I cannot breathe" Itsuki with tears on her eyes was hugging and at the same time smothering Lya.

"Fuah!" Finally free from Itsuki warm prison "anyway for that we need to become stronger Itsuki, last time you had problem activating the spells"

"Fine" after hearing the girl story there's no way that Itsuki wasn't going help her in her dream "but we also have to put some rules of our own"

"Ohh I understand" Lya said while staying completely silent. Waiting for Itsuki to give her the rules.

Sisters looked at each other then Miku was the first one to talk.

"While I get that Itsuki is your bookkeeper, you have to swear to protect all of us with equal regard" Lya nodded at Miku rule.

"you have to be a good girl!" The young Mamodo was confused at Yotsuba rule but she took it as she had to behave.

"Yotsuba that wasn't clear at all. But she seemed to get it. Anyway we have a tutor that comes to the house sometimes. So please he's a friend not an intruder" Itsuki ended her part. While they wanted to say a few more things it also wasn't good to overload Lya with rules.

"Ohh tutor of what? equestrian, dinner manners, dance! Or martial arts!" The fact that Lya was a noble child finally weighed on them, this girl was a full noble lady that was raised to handle everything.

"He's just a normal tutor that helps us with classes" Miku was the one to give Lya the reality of their need for a tutor.

"Hahaha"

"Girls I think it is safe for us to talk to the other's" the girl with star hair pins finally made her decision, before it was because she was unsure of Lya reaction to the rest of them

but now that they finally know each other better. Itsuki was certain this could 'and if we get the others on our side, we can tell kiyomaro she's our cousin or a distant familiar' Itsuki was thinking how much easier would it be to have solid a story if all the sister's were on board.

Change was certainly coming for the quints but not every change had to be a bad one.

Hello I hope you're having a good day.

this chapter was on the shorter side mainly because I been having trouble in how to reach some plot points I want but now I'm finally feeling on the right path.

also about Lya backstory I have to say what she told was her version of the story she wasn't lying but she is missing some context, maybe is a little spoiler but I want to reassure I'm not doing a evil Gash there is enough with Zeon.