I'm Not in Heat!

I’d entered the Hero’s mental world to uncover his true goal—and, as a bonus, to ask what he meant by that false confession of love. This time, I’d worked up the courage and taken a huge step for me.

But that damn brat sent me back to reality.

Thanks to my conversation with the elementary-school Hero, I’d gotten a general idea of the Hero’s goal, but in the end, I still hadn’t learned anything for certain.

Ah! Maybe the elementary-school Hero’s grand intention was to make me ask him directly instead of asking in the mental world? What a stupid thought. If I could do that, why would I have gone all the way there? No matter how nicely I tried to frame it, it was still a failure.

No. This was a catastrophic failure.

Because when I opened my eyes, I found myself in this ridiculous situation.

“Get away from Lady Yubel right now!”

“N-No……. Th-This is kind of a bad time……”

“Whether it’s a bad time or not, what does it matter if you’re pressed up against Lady Yubel in this situation!! Especially when Lady Yubel has no choice but to be naked right now!!”

She shouted furiously.

On the bed, Prea was going berserk, while on the floor, the Hero and I were stuck together, our lower halves pressed against each other.

Thanks to that, I could feel the heat radiating from him.

Oh, and Prea called me naked, but luckily, I was wearing panties. The same panties I couldn’t take off by myself.

I’d never worn a bra anyway, so I had nothing on my upper body. Wearing a bra would make me look like a real woman, wouldn’t it? If I could take these panties off, they’d be men’s underwear, too.

Though I’d grown a little more accepting of being treated like a woman lately, my identity was still male. That would never change.

“I want to get away, too……”

The Hero looked at me with a troubled expression.

I kept pretending to be asleep. Zzz.

Of course, the Hero had probably already realized I was faking it. I was holding him tightly and refusing to let go.

“……Zzz.”

“Ugh, why are you doing this to me……”

Anyway, that was why the Hero couldn’t get up.

Did I want to torment him? Absolutely not.

The reason I was doing this…… was simply that I didn’t want anyone else to see me naked. Even now, I was using my huge wings to hide my back. And of course, the Hero was covering my front.

I didn’t know why I was acting like this, either.

My face was just so hot, I wanted to hide in a mouse hole, and I felt like I wouldn’t be able to face my companions again. That was why.

Everyone here already knew I was naked, but openly showing them was another matter.

It was like how someone might proudly tell their friends they masturbated, but actually showing them would be a bit much.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t done that even once since I got a woman’s body. ……I wonder what it feels like?

As I indulged in the kind of thoughts an adolescent boy might have, Prea’s cold voice came from behind me.

“Honestly……. Lord Se-on, I’m truly disappointed in you this time. It wasn’t enough that you secretly took the unconscious Lady Yubel away while I was asleep—you had to be so consumed by lust that you tried to do something indecent to her. And what’s with that complete lack of remorse? Let Lady Yubel go already.”

“S-Se-on…… We’re not too late yet, so let go now, okay? Prea, calm down, too……”

“……Sorry.”

Ah, the mood suddenly turned sour.

It looked like my companions were about to have a huge fight right then and there.

The Hero only apologized without letting go of me, making Prea even more hostile.

Even then, the Hero looked down at me with a troubled expression, as if trying to be considerate of me, who was clinging to him without a word. As if thinking, There must be a reason he’s doing this.

Honestly…… that pricked my conscience more than a little.

I felt guilty, is what I mean.

The fact that the Hero, who hadn’t done anything wrong, was being misunderstood because of me stirred something in me and made my chest tighten.

I couldn’t stand it any longer.

“……Guys. I’m awake.”

So I spoke up.

“Oh, Lady Yubel! I’m sorry. You must have been startled to wake up to such an improper situation. I’ll get you up right away—”

“N-No! This is……. I-I was the one who did it. I was the one holding him tight……. I-I was……”

I continued speaking with my face buried against the Hero’s chest.

I couldn’t bring myself to face my companions.

My face was burning like crazy. What kind of expression was I making right now? I wished everything would just disappear.

“What? Th-Then, why are you pressed up against Lord Se-on right now……?”

“I came all the way here myself, too……. I can’t tell you why……”

“……I see.”

“O-Oh. In that case……. Is it that?”

“Hmm……. Yes, I suppose it must be. Since Lady Yubel is beastfolk, I suppose her time has come.”

Every time I explained one thing, it felt like my whole body was burning.

Even my tail and wings were thrashing around behind me.

It was like I was kicking my feet under the covers.

Meanwhile, Riella and Prea were whispering to each other. Regardless, I couldn’t bring myself to lift my head for quite a while.

Sigh, how am I supposed to look the Hero in the face now—

“Kyaa—! W-What are you—!”

Suddenly, someone grabbed my tail from behind.

My weak point, my tail.

The culprit was Prea.

“Please bear with it for just a little while, Lady Yubel. I’ll finish quickly.”

“Finish what!? Ngh, what are you going to finish, ahh—!”

“You’re in heat, aren’t you? If you hold it in, you’ll get sick. It’s better to let it out now, so Lady Yubel doesn’t become lewd later.”

I-In heat?

Did they think I’d been driven by my heat to seek out the Hero and sneak into his bedroom? Was that why they were doing this to relieve it?

These women were completely insane—

“Kyaaah—!”

“Hehe, I want to pull it, too!”

Tug, tug.

“W-Wait, just—ah, wait…… I’m gonna diiie……!”

“Ugh, guys, wait a second!”

Their completely unromantic hands grabbed and yanked my tail roughly. My waist twisted back and forth in response, and my body kept twitching with pleasure I couldn’t resist.

As I writhed and shook my hips, I felt a burning heat from my lower half, too. That huge, rod-shaped source of heat. It was coming from the Hero.

Throb, throb.

D-Don’t tell me…… he’s hard right now……

“S-Sorry, Yubel……. My leg’s cramping, so I can’t move……. I’m really sorry……”

Aaaaaaaah!!!!

I’m going crazy! Do they have any idea what’s happening right now? In the first place, I’m not in heat!

I tried to tell them as quickly as I could.

But unfortunately, all that came out of my mouth were breathy moans. Naturally, with this airy voice, I couldn’t properly get my intentions across.

I was nothing but a female in heat.

“Nhaa, I’m in heeaat……! N-Nooo!”

“Hehe, you don’t have to be embarrassed. Just wait a little. Then I’ll make sure to satisfy you quickly……!”

Squeeze—!!

“Eeeeeek♡—!!”

“Ugh……”

The two of them’s cries filled the room.

That day, I learned for the first time what it felt like to be a woman—even though I’d never been curious about it. A moment later, endless self-loathing welled up inside me.

A trickle.

“Ah……”

I want to kill them all.

***

Three hours later.

“W-What should I do……. No matter how much I apologize, Lady Yubel won’t listen to me……. H-How am I supposed to live in this cruel world without Lady Yubel……”

“Yubeel!! We still have to eat, you know! Don’t tell me you won’t come out because you don’t have any clothes to wear?”

Bang, bang, bang!

“Sigh……”

Ever since the incident just now, Yubel had locked herself in her room and refused to come out. She’d even skipped the snacks Riella brought her twice.

Thanks to that, Prea and Riella were now pale and begging for forgiveness. Forcing someone to do something they didn’t want to was hard to stomach for me, a modern person. Though I didn’t know how people in this world saw it.

Anyway, I was troubled, too.

I needed to talk to Yubel about her becoming a demon, apologize for what happened tonight…… and, most importantly, hear her answer to my confession. Given all that, this was a very difficult situation for me.

“Ugh, I wanted to open the letter that came with Yubel……”

“A letter? What letter?”

“Oh, was it Sullerisu? A letter came from the place where the beastfolk live! And there was something from Tiranis, too, so I wanted to look at them together……. But Yubel got upset and locked herself away……”

“Yes, I checked this morning as well, and both letters were pleas for help. They said the Demon King’s army was invading both places…… However, Tiranis has only reports of sightings; they haven’t suffered any direct damage yet.”

“Hmm, I think we should discuss this when everyone’s gathered. To do that, though, we first need to get Yubel out of there……”

There was no way.

How was I supposed to comfort a female companion who’d been hurt? To begin with, could the people who’d hurt her even apologize in a way she’d accept? I was hopeless at this sort of thing and had no idea what to do.

So there was only one thing I could do.

Wait until Yubel calmed down.

“Guys, for now, let’s wait until Yubel can collect herself in there—”

-Is the Hero there……?

“Huh?”

An unexpected voice came from inside.

Yubel was speaking to me herself.

“Yeah!! H-Have you calmed down a little?”

-Not really……. Can you come in for a bit? Only the Hero, no matter what…….

Yubel’s voice from inside was trembling slightly. Was she still anxious? Well, her companions had done that to her……

Her feeble voice made all of us droop our shoulders. We felt like we’d committed a heinous crime.

But she wanted me to come in for a bit—and only me……?

Taken aback by the rather unexpected request, I turned around. Prea and Riella gestured for me to hurry inside.

“Th-Then I’m coming in?”

Creak—

When I opened the door and went inside, I saw the familiar bed and the room full of various tools. The stove was lit, so it was warmer inside than I’d expected.

No, rather than warm, it was definitely hot.

Maybe the window was shut, too; the heat had nowhere to escape and was making me dizzy. What on earth had Yubel been doing in this suffocating room?

In any case, I couldn’t see Yubel.

The only light in the room seemed to be the stove, so it was too dark.

“Y-Yubel……? Where on earth are you—”

SLAM—!!

The door shut.

Click.

The door locked.

When I turned around at the sound, the culprit was, of course, Yubel.

Yubel stood there, breathing hard.

Her face was flushed, perhaps from the heat in the room.

Her hair, damp with sweat, clung to her completely naked body, giving her an intensely erotic air.

When I met her eyes, the thought that she was going to devour me flashed through my mind. I felt like a rabbit standing before a beast.

“Y-Yubel. Wait a second, I—”

Yubel suddenly lunged at me and shoved me.

As a result, I fell back onto the bed behind me, and Yubel fell on top of me. Her petite body covered mine. I could see her tail swaying slowly behind her, and her wings fluttering faintly.

“I-I’m sorry……. Hah, it’ll only take a little while……”

Yubel held my head in both hands and whispered softly in my ear. I could feel her hot breath.

Had this happened because she couldn’t suppress her heat? Yubel had always seduced people without realizing it, but this was clearly something she was doing with the intent to seduce me.

“We should do this…… s-slowly, after we become lovers—”

“Yah!”

Tzzzzzt—!!

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[You resisted the mental attack!]

Eh.

What just happened……?

“I-I did it! The ‘Hypnosis Magic’ worked, right? Huh? You’re saying I did great? Heheh, don’t underestimate the great archmage Yubel!”

Giggling.

Yubel was bouncing up and down on top of me, beaming with a radiant smile. I stared blankly at her. ……Yubel’s smile was even more beautiful than I’d imagined. But I couldn’t appreciate it fully because I couldn’t quite understand the situation.

What was going on?

“Ahem! Now I just need to ask you questions, right?”

Questions?

I didn’t know what was going on, but all I had to do was answer her questions? Apparently, Yubel wanted to talk to me. Her method was a little rough, though.

“Ask me anything.”

“O-Ooh! A Hero who actually does what I say……! Hehehe.”

Seeing Yubel so happy made me feel happy, too.

I hoped I’d get to see her looking this happy from now on.

……But what question was she going to ask?