"just... Where did you get that water gun?..."
I was baffled. Where the heck did that water gun even came from? Weren't they just arguing moments ago when I was thinking something?
"Um..."
Ria started, fidgeting around like a child being caught doing something bad. Her head were focus on the ground, like something is interesting on it.
"We found it on one of the box that just arrived... I thought it wasn't important so we didn't notify you or anything..."
"I see..."
Nodding like I just understand her explanation.
Is what I would've said if I didn't realized what she just said.
"A box arrived?... Who delivered it and what kind of box did they give you both?"
"Um..."
"It was full of random things commander. A random guy in a yellow shirt delivered it when you weren't focusing."
Lia interrupted, saving her twin sister the embarrassment. After all, she felt it was kind of her fault why I am now fully soaked with my beautiful, not really, suit.
"I see. Did you both see his face?"
"His face?..."
The twins looked at each other, trying to remember the guy's face when aliya hand me a piece of paper.
On it, is a man with no face. Like, literally no face just pure skin no facial features while wearing the said yellow t shirt that lia just described.
"Here it is commander."
"Oh?"
I smiled, patting her head since she was leaning over anyway. Might as well do it as her reward.
I didn't noticed it but it seems like the twins were jealous about it. The reward I gave aliya I mean.
"Hm..."
I analyzed the picture, tilting it, turning it around, still nothing. I couldn't think of anyone fitting whatever this guys' features are.
Well, if I don't know him, then he might just be some no name npc inside the game.
"Well, there is no point identifying him if this is his features. It is easy yes, but we don't have enough time anyway. We need to renovate this whole building first."
""Understood commander/big brother""
The twins replied, while aliya just nodded her head.
"Wait... So you know there is a delivery right?"
I asked, slowly turning my head to aliya who stiffened.
"Um... Just like what they said, it is useless to notify commander if the content inside the box are just random stuff."
I sighed. Internally that is. Don't want them to misunderstood I was disappointed, as it could lead to a troublesome fixing later on.
"Well, next time you have to notify me understood?"
"Yes, commander. I apologize for not notifying you."
I nodded.
...
"So..."
Lia and ria were gathered at the corner of the second floor. The floor where everyone will be working at in the future.
"What do you think that suit more, the pink red heart theme or the gold apple theme?"
"Hm... Truthfully, I would pick the latter."
"So pink red heart theme it is."
"What's the point of asking me?!"
Lia shouted. Annoyed ria asked her opinion and disregard them without batting at an eye on it. Such exchange is normal for the twin, depsite loving and hating one another.
"You could ask aliya for her opinion as well."
"Good call."
Aliya, doing something at the other side of the corner, notice ria walking towards her. She noticed ria is holding two wallpapers that have different designs.
"Aliya aliya."
"Hm? What is it?"
Stopping whatever she was doing, asked.
"I would like your opinion about which one is more appropriate deisgn for this floor."
She elaborate, highlighting the two wallpapers she has. One had pink background with red hearts embedded on them while the other had gold background with apples embedded on them.
She take a look and examined both before giving her answer.
"Probably the one with apples."
"Hm?"
Ria looked at the gold apples and nodded.
"I see. Then gold apples it is."
"So if its me you're not agreeing and if its aliya you agreed instantly?!"
Lia, complained on the background as ria gathered the needed materials to cover up the whole floor with the said design.
"Ugh!! That twin sister of mine!...."
What she didn't know is that she wanted the pink red hearts the most. As for why lia picked the gold heart, she thought it would be much better, hence why she picked them.
Yet she seem to complete forgot who she was talking to, that's why ria also choose the pink with heart designs on them.
As for why she still goes with the gold background apples anyway?
That...
Is unknown.
...
"Phew!... We're finally done decorating these long ass walls!.."
Lia complained, as ria put the last wallpaper. Despite her blank expression, she too were exhausted by it.
Matter of fact, she's.uch more exhausted than lia as she doubled her own worked in order to finished this floor quickly and focuses on my room.
Of course, I was watching this through my CCTV. Making sure none of them messed up either the whole or the whole building by blowing it up or something.
With their chaotic natures due to the developers of the game, all the angels I know are either not normal or just entirely a special case.
"Language lia."
"So... What's next? Commander said we could do anything except his office."
Ria looked at her dead in the eye, like she was saying 'who's fault is it?'.
"What?"
Lia noticing her gaze, retorted with a scoff as she cross her arms in denial. Despite her being dishonest, this is easily by far the most obvious one.
"How about the first floor? We haven't also touch it."
Ria suggested, which made aliya nodded. She was right, the first floor is untouched. Aside from the chaos that fortunately didn't go side way.
...
"So... In terms of furnitures and such, we need a lot of them right?"
Lia asked, already on her second mode. Ready to modify anything with her floating blue hologram pencil on her right hand.
"Catch."
Aliya, who just come back from getting the need materials, toss something at lia.
"Hm?"
Lia catched it with her other free hand and took a peak. It was a ball made out of metal. It has the same size as her hand as it was perfectly fit on her palm.
"Isn't this [Impact Steel]?"
[Compact Steel]. It is a material for convenience for any builders. Why? Well, I couldn't explain it well, but it is basically a clumped up steel that have been made into a sphere.
Just see what it can do.
The pencil moved as it slowly stretch the compact steel. It slowly extended until it reach its limit.
"Why steel though? Wouldn't it be more comfortable with any kind of wood?"
Lia asked as she slowly shaped the stretched steel into a very well made couch to sit on. The design was weird, but perfectly blended with the background.
"If we always bringing visitors like last time, our furnitures wouldn't be able to survive. Hence why I bought impact steel instead of wood."
Lia realized she was right. The fact that she, ria, and aliya were about to fight and about to destroy this newly bought building made her hesitate about her ideas.
Who need designs when you always erase it anyway? Aesthetics are useless in front of chaos and destruction.
Specially with someone like them, who's unpredictable and chaotic most of the time.
"I understand that part but what about people's first impression? They would think we're blant and boring you know?"
Aliya just sighed and spoke something I said.
Wait...
I said?
"Commander once said, "caring about their opinion means you didn't changed yourself, you were changed by them. Making any efforts you made absolutely useless so why bother?". That's what he said."
The silence were loud as I watched them through the cctv that was already installed.
Lia, heck even ria at the background stopped. Realizing the 'words' I didn't remember muttering, they saw the light. Well, not actually light but realized something.
"R-right... I guess we don't really need to make it extravagant... Just, the bare minimum..."
Lia spoke first followed by ria on the background.
"Well said. Big brother surely is wise and amazing."
She has this irresistible smile on her face as she excitedly go back to putting up the remaining wallpapers.
"Anyway, let's focus back on the work."
"Mhm."
And with that, the trio continue furnishing the first floor up to the third floor.
Same method but in a different style.
...
"Anyway, I wanna ask did you and commander meet?"
While putting glue on the wallpaper, lia asked aliya, who were in a deept thought about something.
Her question made aliya snap away from her thoughts as she recall my and her first encounter.
"Hm... Well, we were together ever since I first open my eyes. If I remember correctly, me and commander were already paired up with each other, considering we were right next to each other on the bed when we were just born."
She reveal a small smile, remembering everything despite being literally a baby.
"I even remember who open their eyes first."
"Oh? Who open first? It should be you right?"
She shook her head, denying her question as she explain herself.
"At that time, when I first open my eyes, I saw his face."
Not noticing her smiling slowly becoming a genuine one, she continue elaborting our first encounter.
"It was handsome. Very very so. It was like I was standing in front of a perfectly chiselled sculpture of a very famous artisan. It was perfect. Too perfect."
Lia and ria look at one another, shrugging, before looking back.
"Then, his eyes darted against mine. It was beautiful. Those two very eyes, it made me realized something now that I'm recalling it."
Her arms moved, position into a self hug, before continuing the last part of her 'explaination'.
"He's the one. Those eyes, I could trust them. I could lean on them. I could put all my hopes and dreams on them."
The way she expressed it made the twin shivers. Not out of fear but out of sheer shock and confusion.
The strick, cold, and calm aliya can actually praise someone like this?
The twins noticed she stopped, returning to the ever stoic aliya that the twins knew.
Yup, that's the aliya they know.
The fact that they didn't expect aliya to gave out information this way is new for them.
"That's all. Why did you ask?"
"U-um..."
Speechless at her praising that left an unimaginable expression on her, she muttered.
"Nothing... Just curious how you could trust commander very much."
Ria, noticing her twin sister about to breakdown, saved her by revealing what she wanted to ask.
Lia didn't know this but the fact that ria noticed aliya always says the truth also bothers her.
Another person like big brother? That's new. There's no lie nor deception to what she just said, indicating a clean and honest answer to the questions.
"How? I..."
The way she immediately stopped and the atmosphere around her changed, made ria realized something.
She too, couldn't explain.
Like how she couldn't explain why big brother, me, didn't have any intension to lie.
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On the next part:
"What is it? Did something come up?"
She shook her head, which made me tilt my head. Not waiting any seconds, she suddenly asked me something unexpected.
"I just want to ask... Why did you do that?"
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