...I didn't mention it before because most people want to treat me differently once they learn of my status, [Koumei explained, leaning back to scratch his head uneasily at the boy's excitement.]

It's not as glorious as people seem to think-- and you're correct, it's quite a bit of hard work for us all.

That's why it's nice to have so many siblings. We can divide our duties and support each other in ways that other people aren't able to.