My name is Takamachi Nanoha. Aside from knowing a little magic and being possessed by something strange, as you can see, I’m just an ordinary woman.

I have one person I cherish most, he is both my brother and my husband... well, even though we’ve done those naughty things only a husband and wife should do, strictly speaking, we are currently lovers. Perhaps we’ll become a real married couple someday... No, I’m certain we will.

With my beloved brother, my best friends Fate and Hayate, and my adopted daughter Viyu, I believe I can certainly have a happy family someday... maybe even with Alicia and Suzuka included. Ah, what a fickle man he is. Why am I so devoted to a man like that?

Even if someone asked me, I couldn’t answer. Because if you like someone, you just like them.

Time spent in pleasure and ease always flies by. Although due to various reasons, our vacation time was extended from one week to a full month, even so, this blissful month is already drawing to a close.

Knowing that we have to return to the Time-Space Administration Bureau tomorrow, Fate and Hayate are both quite reluctant, and of course, I feel the same way. Once we go back, we’ll have to dive into work, unable to enjoy life carefreely like we are now. However, since I’ve become a Mage of the Time-Space Administration Bureau, I won’t regret my future. Because there are too many dangers in this world that threaten people’s daily lives, and someone must stand up to protect them... Although I don’t know if I truly possess the ability to protect everyone, as long as someone expects it of me, I will strive to do my best. Fate and Hayate surely feel the same way.

It’s wonderful. No matter how arduous the path becomes, as long as I have companions on this road, I will never be alone.

I decided long ago: whether it’s world peace or the people most precious to me, I will dedicate all my effort to protecting them. For that purpose, I will not fear any enemy, no matter how powerful.

In the evening, after everyone had finished dinner. Just as Fate, Hayate, and the others began packing their luggage in preparation for tomorrow’s return, my brother called me out of the house. Enjoying the cool moonlight, we walked side by side on the quiet, deserted street.

Along the way, my brother barely spoke a few words, just walking silently, occasionally showing an expression of deep thought... It’s truly strange. My brother acting this way is highly unusual. If it were the old him, he would absolutely say some lewd things to tease me, maybe even grope me, and when I couldn't stand it anymore, he would pull me into the bushes to do indecent things.

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