After all, big is good, big is beautiful, big breasts are justice…
Just as Bayonetta and Jeanne were watching the little maid sitting on Aiden's lap, arms hooked around his neck, whispering something to him, the sound of round-toed leather shoes tapping against the floor came from behind them.
"Hello, I'm Roberta, the family's… housemaid."
Roberta still kept her hands folded in front of her lower belly, though the latter part of her sentence didn't sound very confident.
"You're the Roberta that Mr. Cat mentioned?"
Hearing the head maid introduce herself, the two witches withdrew their gazes and curiously examined the maid in front of them, who was dressed meticulously, one could even say a bit old-fashioned.
A simple ponytail, thick black-rimmed glasses without prescription that almost covered her face, plus elbow-length work gloves for convenience…
Yet this plain-looking woman was someone Aiden valued so highly. The two witches couldn't help but grow even more curious.
But staring at others for too long was impolite. Both witches had received proper etiquette training, so they each gave their own response.
"Bayonetta."
"Jeanne."
After their introductions, the head maid politely bowed slightly and said softly, "I'm very happy to meet you both, and very glad you've joined our big family."
"If you need anything in the future, you can come to me. Besides being responsible for breakfast, I also handle the household shopping."
Very courteous words, but in the ears of the two witches, it sounded like…
'Is she showing off her authority as the housekeeper?'
They both thought of it at the same time, then exchanged a glance.
But the head maid had no such intention. After saying those words, she continued, "It's getting late, I need to go prepare breakfast. Then, I'll see you later in the basement dining room!"
On the first floor of the villa, aside from a few bedrooms, most of the space was activity areas. The dining room was placed in the basement level; the space was large enough to accommodate dozens of people eating at once.
The downside was the poor lighting, but since people only went there during mealtimes, it didn't really matter.
Watching the head maid turn and leave, Bayonetta frowned slightly, "I feel like this maid won't be easy to deal with."
"Her strength is just a bit weak." Jeanne nodded.
Of course, "a bit weak" was only compared to them. The Roberta of today was countless times stronger than when she had been in Black Lagoon, she was now a completely extraordinary human.
"Weak strength doesn't mean low status… Forget it, hopefully I'm just overthinking." Bayonetta shook her head, then said to Jeanne, "Let's go wash up first. Later… we still have to meet more sisters!"
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Inside the bedroom, after listening to the little maid complain about how the head maid had criticized her for a long time, Aiden comforted her gently for a while, then left the room with the little maid and Trish.
When they came out, they ran into the black-and-white witches, freshly washed. At that moment, they were chatting with the twin sisters who had come along to help Aiden wash up.
Seeing Aiden appear, the elder twin, Devola, immediately turned to face him.
"Commander, good morning!"
"Good morning, Devola."
Aiden waved at her, then waved again at Popola, "Good morning, Popola."
"Good morning, Commander!"
And with that, the empty greetings ended. Aiden and Trish each went into the two washrooms on the first floor.
The twins naturally followed him in, diligently handing him a cup of water and a towel.
After washing, Aiden stepped out refreshed. Glancing at the washroom next door, Trish still hadn't come out, so he went straight toward the living room.
Each floor of the villa had over 300 square meters of usable space. The renovated first-floor living room was nearly 100 square meters.
Of course, it was too open, so later they had used screens and other furniture to divide it into three smaller living rooms. Still, it was no problem to host dozens of people at once.
Even so, Aiden was still dissatisfied. He was already considering getting an estate.
He remembered a naval-girl novel he'd once read, and thought perhaps he could remodel his place like the Admiralty base in the story.
Thinking this, Aiden arrived in the living room. By now, it was already crowded. But aside from the just-arrived black-and-white witches, most of the women were looking at Xuanshuang with disgust.
Curious, Aiden walked closer to take a look. What he saw was Xuanshuang surrounded by A2, 2B, and the other fearless androids. She was holding several scorpions in her delicate hands, their venomous stingers still intact.
That alone wouldn't have been a big deal. Aiden himself had eaten roasted scorpion before, it was a must-order snack at night stalls.
But then, from behind her hand crawled out a huge spider, the size of a palm. Aiden froze mid-step.
He'd dealt with poisonous insects plenty of times, but every time he saw a spider that big, he couldn't help but swallow hard.
And his reaction was already the smallest. Among the onlookers, aside from the androids, the rest of the women all jumped in fright.
Bayonetta even rubbed her arms and said with relief, "Good thing it's not a cockroach. I can just about accept spiders…"
Hell had spider-shaped demons, but apparently never cockroach demons…
Seeing the sisters' strong reactions, Xuanshuang pouted, "What are you all scared of? This little guy isn't even poisonous."
She had actually wanted to buy poisonous spiders. But if a spider that big was poisonous, it could kill a person instantly, so the reptile-pet shop at the market didn't allow their sale. That left her very disappointed.
Hearing her words, Aiden stepped forward, placed his hands on her slender shoulders from behind, and said softly, "Doesn't matter if they're poisonous or not."
"From now on, you're not allowed to bring these things out of your room. If they scare Manuela and the others, that won't be good."
Manuela, Yuffie, and Fabiola'e abilities weren't weak, but mentally they weren't as mature as Xuanshuang, and their courage was much smaller. Not to mention most women were naturally afraid of such things.
"Fine, fine, I won't bring them out again." Xuanshuang knew it was too much to expect the others to accept her little darlings.
She sighed pitifully, then carried the adorable creatures, at least, in her eyes, back to her room… under Roberta's suggestion, she had at least bought a glass terrarium.
As soon as she left, Aiden could clearly hear the women let out a collective sigh of relief. He even faintly caught Tifa's complaining voice, "Aerith, let's switch rooms. I don't want to be neighbors with her anymore, it's too scary."
"You say that as if I'm not scared." Aerith gave her a glance, patting her chest with relief. Luckily, her room was next to Scarlet's.
Tifa looked on the verge of tears. Her eyes darted around the women nearby, trying to win them over with pitiful looks. But aside from the androids, the others all looked away, refusing to meet her gaze.
So she could only turn to the androids.
But androids only listened to Aiden. Even their room arrangements had to be approved by him. And since they all lived next to each other, there was no way they'd switch with Tifa. So, faced with her gaze, they ignored her too.
"Some sisters you are, none of you reliable!" Tifa finally gave up, sulking in a corner.
Aiden found it amusing. He walked over and sat beside her to comfort her. That was his role in the household, to stay with them, and to ease tensions and moods among them.
Luckily, this wasn't an ancient harem. Otherwise, Aiden figured he'd have died of headaches, there was never peace in those.
Watching him gently soothing Tifa, Bayonetta, who had just joined the household, pouted again. She whispered to Jeanne, "Do we need to start acting more delicate too?"
Jeanne stroked her smooth, refined chin, tilting her head. "Could you even do that?"
"We could try pretending." Bayonetta thought for a moment.
"But we're terrible at pretending. And that woman, Tifa, she's clearly not pretending." Jeanne clicked her tongue, then added, "But her breasts really are huge. At least two sizes bigger than ours."
"Jeanne, don't lump me in. I still have plenty of confidence." Bayonetta puffed out her chest.
Jeanne gave her a disdainful glance, though her eyes flickered with a trace of envy, though probably not directed at Bayonetta herself. She muttered softly, "I wonder if anyone else will ever challenge her."
"Probably impossible." Bayonetta shook her head. "Any bigger would just be ridiculous."
Then she made a measuring gesture with her hands, "Any bigger and Mr. Cat wouldn't even be able to hold them."
"But men just like them big!" Jeanne glanced down at herself. "Though… mine, he can't hold with one hand either…"
Though the two witches whispered, none of the women in the living room were weak. They all heard every word. Even the androids felt a flicker of embarrassment listening to that conversation. Every woman present blushed.
The atmosphere instantly fell silent.
Luckily, just then Fabiola came out of the kitchen, breaking the silence.
"Breakfast time, sisters!"
So the women quickly got up and headed to the basement level. Aiden also stood, ready to go with Tifa. But scanning the crowd, he frowned and asked, "Where are Yuffie and Ada? And Scarlet?"
"Yuffie played games all night, probably still asleep. As for Ada, no idea, I didn't knock on her door. And Scarlet, Aiden, you should know her by now. She won't get up before ten."
The one answering was Aerith. She lived next to Yuffie, and had been kept up late by Yuffie's shouting at her games all night.
"You all go ahead and eat. I'll go wake them up." Aiden patted Tifa's shoulder, then turned toward Ada's room.
Reaching her door, he didn't bother knocking, he just pushed it open.
"Ada, breakfast time."
He spoke to Ada, who was sitting on the bed staring at her phone. But then he noticed her expression looked off, she was frowning.
"Aiden, perfect timing. Come look at this." Ada looked up at him, patted the bed beside her, and gestured for him to sit.
Curious, Aiden sat down and glanced at her phone. On the screen was a video playing. The title read, [Zombies Appear in a Small Town in America!]
[T/N: 'Xuanshuang' is a character from 'Bu liang ren'. Another new character will be introduced in the next chapter!]
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