Today at Totsuki Academy, every student who came to school couldn't help but cast curious glances towards the northern estate area where Lott resided.
After all, one of the female leads in this incident was the Headmaster of their very own Totsuki Academy.
"What are you all looking at? Do you also want to get your heads blown off?"
A former Elite Ten's member, now employed at Totsuki, Kuga Terunori, suddenly appeared and warned the students.
Hearing Kuga's words, everyone remembered the fate of that idiot who spouted off in the group chat yesterday and quickly lowered their heads, hurrying towards the school building.
Lott was currently in no mood to watch the drama unfold.
Because Erina had slapped Alice yesterday, Alice's anger still hadn't subsided.
She insisted on confronting Erina directly.
It was said that her mother, Nakiri Leonora, and grandfather, Nakiri Senzaemon, couldn't hold her back.
The old man even got scolded by Alice.
Even though he was the grandfather, he was berated like a grandson.
After a day, Erina had calmed down considerably.
But seeing Alice's provocative face and remembering how Alice had sent her away before stealing her chance, her temper started to flare up again.
Erina didn't actually mind Lott being with other women, after all, if she cared about that, she would have died of anger long ago.
What she cared about was her cousin's betrayal.
"You're truly desperate! Is there anything you won't go for?!"
Erina pouted, looking at Lott with a wronged expression.
Lott: "???"
'You sisters are really full of quotes, spouting out so many famous lines one after another.'
"Why wouldn't I go for it? Erina! Tell me, what's better about you? Are your boobs bigger than mine? Are your legs longer? I'm even three centimeters taller than you! Your EQ is so low, you have no femininity at all!"
Alice was still going strong!
Erina's chest heaved with anger, and she couldn't help but look for external support.
"L-look at her! So rude!"
Erina had ultimately been too sheltered, and she couldn't even find the right words for a proper catfight.
Although Alice wasn't much better in that regard, she was more than enough to crush her cousin.
"Ha! You're the rude one! So high and mighty! Since we were kids, how many things have you taken from me? The toys I liked, you took them! The food I liked, you took it! When we grew up, you stayed at Totsuki, the main family headquarters, studying as the successor, while I could only stay at the Nordic Branch!"
"Later, Grandpa wanted to latch onto Lott, so he called me over as a backup plan, giving me the Headmaster's position that even a dog wouldn't want! The Devil Fruit that should have been mine was taken by you! My whole life has been stolen by you!"
"Why? Just because of your God Tongue, which is insignificant in this era?"
"Don't put on that victim act! I'm the victim here! Stop acting like I did something to you! Don't forget, everything you have now originally belonged to me! If we're settling accounts, I'm the victim here, okay!?"
Alice poured out all the resentment she had accumulated over the years in one go.
Her voice was so loud that even Leonora and Senzaemon, who had come to mediate and were already at the door, heard it clearly.
The old man's hand rested on the doorknob, unsure whether to enter or retreat.
"Huu~~"
Reshiram, Mew, and the others lying in the backyard didn't dare to breathe heavily.
'So scary...'
Similarly standing at the door, Arato Hisako, who was formerly Erina's secretary and now served Alice, was completely stunned.
She never expected her new boss to be so fierce.
To directly confronting her former boss like that.
Hisako herself knew that Erina was absolutely no match for Alice.
Sure enough, after her cousin's relentless verbal assault, Erina couldn't hold her ground anymore.
Tears streamed down her cheeks, and after holding back for a long time, she barely managed to utter:
"I... I didn't ask for them myself."
In Erina's view, whether it was the resources when she was young or the Kuku Kuku no Mi-
She never actively asked for them, and they were given to her by her grandfather and the family.
Moreover, she had been trying her best to compensate Alice.
Whether it was helping her negotiate collaborations with companies from the Planet Pokémon or other matters-
Erina always tried her best to give Alice a share.
'Wh-why are you treating me like this now?'
"That's right, that's right, others gave them all to you. You're the only pure girl in the whole world!"
Alice's smile grew colder.
"Alright."
At this moment, Lott, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke.
"Ogerpon."
Lott called out.
Ogerpon, who had been shivering within Reshiram's white fur, timidly trotted over on her short legs upon hearing her name.
Lott waved his hand slightly, and Ogerpon immediately understood her master's intention, taking Erina's small hand and leading her upstairs.
"Have you calmed down now?"
Lott gently pressed on Alice's shoulder, making her sit down as well.
After her outburst, Alice also fell silent, tears uncontrollably falling.
"Not yet? Then what do you want to do? Cut out her God Tongue and transplant it into your mouth? Or extract the Devil Fruit she ate?"
Lott's series of questions made Alice cry even harder.
"Waaah!"
Alice finally couldn't hold back, throwing herself into Lott's arms and sobbing loudly.
She also knew that Erina didn't have an easy childhood either.
Compared to herself, who grew up surrounded by her parents' doting love, Erina had an abusive father and a yandere mother.
Naturally, the other elders would pour more affection onto her.
But, but she just couldn't accept it!
"Choose a planet and go travel for a bit. Both of you need to cool off."
Lott offered the simplest but most effective method-
Separate the two of them and let time smooth things over.
To be honest, this method was overly simplistic.
But Lott really had no other choice.
No matter who judged this matter, it would be hard to say definitively whether Alice or Erina was right or wrong.
The resources and privileges since childhood weren't something Erina asked for, and they were given to her by the family elders.
That statement did sound strange, but it wasn't technically wrong either.
And the Kuku Kuku no Mi and the opportunity to be Lott's personal chef were originally supposed to be Alice's, and Erina taking them was indeed a fact.
So you couldn't say Alice was wrong either.
If my things are taken from me, aren't I allowed to retaliate?
If it were Lott, this level of retaliation would be considered light… if he didn't kill the thief's whole family, he wouldn't dare show his face on this novel!
Faced with this situation, the only option was to separate the two first.
…
Meanwhile, at the Nakano Sisters' home.
Nino, who had originally planned to follow Alice's example and confront Miku, chickened out.
That's right, after hearing about the current situation between the Nakiri Sisters, Nino got cold feet.
Although she often said things like 'Cooking for you all is such a hassle'-
Nino was truly the one who valued the bond between the five sisters the most.
Seemingly unreasonable and willful, she actually took on all the household chores single-handedly after their mother passed away.
Nakano Maruo had repeatedly tried to hire a nanny for the five sisters, but Nino refused every time.
Precisely because she didn't want outsiders entering their small sanctuary, the world of the five sisters.
The fallout between Erina and Alice genuinely scared Nino.
'I-I'd better keep it hidden for now.'
Oh, right, Nino heard about this from Yotsuba.
After getting the Swinub, Yotsuba often went over to Lott's place to prepare food or groom Mew, Reshiram, and the others.
As Yotsuba herself had mentioned multiple times that her dream was to become a Pokémon Breeder.