What is normal?

Hello everyone!!

"Look, look! I made this drawing of the two of us."

After solving Susie's problems and persuading (possessed) Mom through a relaxing massage technique to let her live with us, everything seemed to be going wonderfully well.

"Wow, it's beautiful!"

Well... except for the tiny detail that Susie is, how should I put this delicately...?

"Doesn't it look pretty? Promise me you'll keep it forever, okay?"

EXTREMELY DEPENDENT!!

"Thank you so much! I'll keep it very carefully."

Then again, it's completely understandable given her tragic situation. And thinking about it, Susie is actually the most normal person in this house.

"I'm a little scared... Can I hold your hand? I promise I'll be a good girl and won't make any noise."

I mean, she's not like Mom, who is possessed by a guy who raised me while separating me from Dad, whose life he ruined out of pure revenge while vulgarly using his own wife's body.

"Don't worry, you're already a good girl after all."

Nor is she like the maid Sara, whose willpower was completely erased due to a child's unjustified resentment, turning her mentally into a doll who obeys any command, no matter how extreme, absurd, or humiliating it might be.

"Ehehe... Do you like my new dress? I wanted to wear something that would make you smile."

Not to mention Echidna, who is a shadow-snake goddess communicating telepathically with a bizarre obsession with building me a harem.

"If you're happy, I'm happy too!"

Ah... How should I say this... In hindsight, compared to everything else, Susie is genuinely the most ordinary person here, so I'll accept her dependency without any complaints.

"...In that case... do you think you could...? Um... please pat my head!"

Besides, mentally Susie is just a kid!

"Of course, I'd happily do that!"

What could possibly go wrong?

"It smells like you... I like it when you touch my hair because your hands smell exactly like the soap I kept in my drawer... It makes me feel so safe..."

Okay, maybe she's super clingy, sleeps in the exact same bed as me, almost never leaves my side, and has a weird obsession with staring at me in silence...

"Your hands are so warm... Please don't stop patting my head."

But everyone has weird hobbies nowadays!

"There, there... Everything's going to be okay~"

And compared to the others, hers are pretty tame. I mean, she doesn't wander around naked, she doesn't come back at night with mysterious red "stains" on her clothes, she doesn't "poop" outside while saying embarrassing things (to say the least), and she isn't an ancient entity trying to regain her powers through questionable acts.

"...Please... never leave me... I need you..."

Aah... So ordinary... It's almost heartwarming...

"Thank you, Susie! Never change!"

...Honestly, at that exact point, I really should have noticed a few red flags.