Chapter 10
“What’s going on, Ria!!”
Reacting instantly to my sudden scream like a harem-story protagonist, Acard rushed out of the bathroom to check on me, but—
“Get out!!!”
“Gkeek!”
I kicked him while wearing only my underwear, and he went rolling back into the bathroom.
I left the changing room without even properly drying my hair, merely wiping off the moisture, and wandered in circles through the mansion’s corridors.
“…Let’s calm down. I’m a man. If I pay attention to this crap, I’ll die….”
No matter how sexually charged this female body of mine was, the pilot controlling it was still entirely male.
So if I worried about this situation, I’d only be admitting even more clearly that I was a female.
“Phew…! Let’s go!”
I sat back down in the changing room outside the bathroom and leisurely waited for Acard.
I just had to act like nothing was wrong…! Don’t worry about it!!
As Acard hummed cheerfully, opened the door, and emerged into the changing room trailing steam, I casually handed him a towel.
“Here. Take it.”
“Oh, thank… you…?”
Acard, who had been wiping the moisture from his back without noticing anything amiss, froze completely with a creaking sound.
“…R…ia?”
“Want another towel?”
Thinking that one towel might not be enough for his large, muscular body, I picked up another and lightly tossed it to him.
Thwack—. Sliiide—.
The towel struck Acard on the head, unfurled, and slid to the floor.
“Jeez… even when I’m taking care of you.”
I picked up the towel lying at his feet while he stood there frozen without even answering.
“Are you going to keep acting like that?! Huh?”
I scolded him while deliberately rubbing the towel against his body to dry him off.
“You promised we’d change fate, then forgot all about it?”
“…!!”
When I reminded Acard of our purpose, he had become so flustered that it seemed he had forgotten our promise, and his frozen body began to loosen up.
“I-I’ll do it!!”
He quickly snatched the towel from my hand as it neared his lower body and began drying himself.
“Mm!”
Whether Acard had understood my message perfectly or not, seeing him so casually expose himself made me smile and snort.
“I’m leaving now!”
“Oh…! Yeah! See you tomorrow, Ria!”
Feeling as though I had succeeded in lowering the femininity that had risen against my will, I finally left the bathroom and hurried through the corridors.
Since the mansion was so large, I had to go all the way around before I could return to the bedroom reeking of that distinctive odor.
“So I’m saying goodbye to this place today, too…!”
As soon as I entered the bedroom, I flopped down onto the bed I had grown so attached to over the course of a single day and sniffed the scent of my vaginal fluids.
…After being steeped in Mira’s aphrodisiac meat porridge, I had experienced female masturbation for the first time in my life.
I had also touched another woman’s breasts for the first time ever.
On top of that, it was my first experience being touched by another woman.
“…Hehehe.”
Smiling contentedly at the soft yet shockingly forceful feel of Mira’s touch still lingering in my hands, I kneaded the empty air.
I was a little sad that I would be shut away in the church again starting tomorrow, but I had to go back there.
Our little runt Roxanna was growing by leaps and bounds every day, so I had to keep her in sight each day to feel at ease.
She must have been worried because her big sister hadn’t come back….
…Now that I thought about it, the women in this household had also asked me to live with them.
What was I supposed to do about that?
The food here was far higher quality than what they served at the church, and there was no comparison between the sizes of this mansion and the church.
On top of that, if I stayed here, I could bathe every day and see Karina’s, Vika’s, and Mira’s breasts in all their different varieties…. Ahem.
“No… even so, Roxanna is more important.”
Unfortunately, they were already married women, so I firmly convinced myself that the place where I belonged was the church, not here.
This place would run fine without me, but the church had many drawbacks caused by my absence.
For one thing, Roxanna would be lonely.
Roxanna would be bored.
Boredom would descend upon Roxanna.
Every single one of them concerned Roxanna, but I didn’t bother worrying about that part.
To me, church equaled Roxanna.
Anyway, after lying in bed and quickly finishing my preparations to greet tomorrow,
“Ria. Let’s all sleep together tonight.”
“Ria~! Let’s sleep together!”
“….”
The bedroom door burst open, and three women in pajamas suddenly appeared.
“Now that we’re family, shouldn’t we stay together?”
“…Huh?”
“Hm? Didn’t you give us permission?”
“No, um… well.”
When I clutched the blanket tightly and fumbled over my answer at their sudden intrusion,
“Ria~!”
“Gkeek! Heavy… so heavy…!”
“What~?! I’m heavy!?”
“N-no!! Light! Eek!”
Vika launched herself at me, climbed on top of me, and hugged me tightly.
I belatedly tried to correct myself, but the cup had already tipped over, and the resulting tsunami came rushing toward me.
“Vika. Isn’t Ria having trouble breathing?”
“But Ria’s so cute~?”
“Eek…! Mira’s cuter than me…!”
“Mira’s reactions are predictable, so she’s no fun~.”
I flinched at Vika’s sly retort.
So that meant I had become their new toy?
“W-wait…!”
Vika kneaded the air with one hand and moved it closer to my chest, so I tried to calm her with my face gone deathly pale, but—
“Nope~!”
“Kyaaagh?!”
Her rough hand eventually reached my soft, voluptuous breasts and began savoring their texture.
…It wasn’t unpleasant enough for me to want to stop her.
But ever since I became conscious of myself as a woman, all these sensations had been registering differently, leaving me somewhat unsettled.
Did all women play like this?
Fondling each other’s breasts and talking about how big or small their older sister’s or younger sister’s breasts were….
“Hmm…. Even after seeing them again, they really are big.”
Even Karina, who was responsible for stopping this situation, had begun fondling my breasts.
I belatedly realized that the affection they showed me was actually similar to the affection directed at a toy.
“Stay still, Ria~!”
“This feeling… I might get a little jealous.”
“I wanna get out! Let me gooo!!”
I struggled to escape like a cat in a video being forcibly washed and yowling in human speech for someone to save it, but—
“Fate says you shouldn’t run away.”
“…Hey, hey!! My nipple… ahk…!”
Thanks to Mira sticking her tongue out at me while pinching the nipple I tried to pull away, I was completely subdued and reduced to being fondled.
I finally understood perfectly why Acard had become so docile despite his cheerful personality.
Once you were swept along by these women’s strength, no matter how strong-willed you were or what you tried to do, you had no choice but to become humble.
I deeply regretted how happy I had once been at the thought of being surrounded by three beautiful women.
I still liked all of Karina’s sharp features and bare breasts, Vika’s gyaru-like freshness and voluptuous chest, and Mira’s cute yet brutally powerful breasts.
“Let me gooo….”
If I slept with them clinging to all four of my limbs and completely restraining my body, even that fantasy would be shattered forever.
I’d sooner sleep with Acard than sleep with these girls[... seriously.
If I ever stayed here again, I decided I would absolutely never sleep alone in the bedroom.
I’d sneak into Acard’s bedroom and sleep there.
….
“….”
I greeted the morning with hollow dark circles beneath my eyes as birds chirped outside.
Obviously.
…I hadn’t slept a wink.
Whenever I seemed about to fall asleep, Vika would fondle my breasts in her sleep.
Karina, contrary to her image, drooled all over my shoulder like a little child.
It was a relief that Mira, who seemed the most likely to sleep-talk, slept quietly through the night, but….
I was rather shocked by the truth that women were no different from men when they were together with members of the same sex.
“Hehehe…….”
Anyway, since I hadn’t managed to fall asleep on time and had exhausted all the stamina I’d recovered the night before, I let out a bitter laugh as reality hit me.
I hated my pathetic and foolish self.
“…Mm. Ria?”
“Ria…. Good morning~.”
“Haaauuumm….”
As I let out a hollow laugh that sounded almost pleasant to the ear, the three women who had been restraining me also woke up and all stretched at once.
“…I’m going back to the church now!! Roxanna’s waiting!”
“Hm…? You should at least eat breakfast….”
“I’m sorry!”
Deciding that I didn’t want to stay in this mansion for even another moment, I hurried around the bedroom in my underwear, searching for the ragged clothes I had worn for two months.
“Where are my clothes…?”
When my ragged clothes were nowhere to be found, as if someone had thrown them away, I leaned listlessly against the wall and slid down in despair.
“My favorite clothes….”
They looked terribly shabby, but I had grown quite attached to them….
“They were so old that gnats kept landing on them, so I secretly threw them away yesterday…. Sorry, Ria…!”
As my spirits sank, I mourned the vanished clothes while Vika cautiously revealed what had happened to them and apologized.
“…Ah.”
Well, they were old clothes, so they were worth throwing away.
Even I had to admit that throwing them away had been the right choice….
But… it was still a little sad….
“Take these clothes before you go.”
“…Really?!”
…Just as I was thinking that, Karina brought me even better clothes, and my spirits returned.
“The clothes I gave you yesterday seemed too small, so I bought something looser.”
“Ooh! Thank you!”
“Don’t worry about it. We’re family.”
I thought I heard something strange at the end, but they were new clothes, so I happily leaped up and quickly tried them on.
“How do I look? Do they suit me?”
I spun around once to show off the fit, and Karina puffed out her chest and nodded.
“Mm…! I knew they would suit you!”
It was immediately obvious who had chosen the clothes, so I bowed my head to everyone and thanked them once more before saying,
“I really have to go now…! Thank you, everyone!!”
“Goodbye!”
“Take care~.”
“….”
After receiving everyone’s farewells, I hurried out of the bedroom and into the living room.
“Hm? Ria? Good mor…ning…?”
“Thanks for treating me! See you someday!!”
I also said goodbye to Acard, who emerged while scratching his firm abs, and finally made it outside the mansion.
Bathed in the glaring sunlight, I had the fresh realization that the outside air really was this clear.
…That mansion did air itself out, but it still constantly smelled like night-blooming flowers.
I decided to give them a diffuser or some sort of scented candle when I had time later, then ran to the church.
This time, instead of turning through alleys like last time and getting injured after being struck in the head by thugs, I stuck to streets with as many people as possible.
The church and mansion were only about a ten-minute walk apart, so I arrived at the church in no time.
“Oh! Sis!! Where were you!!”
“Roxanna!!”
I had an emotional reunion after two days with Roxanna, who had been sitting on a bench from early morning, anxiously waiting for me.
“I was so worried because you disappeared… Waaah….”
“I’m sorry, Roxanna…!”
I had been consumed by all sorts of thoughts before returning from the mansion, but once I saw Roxanna’s face, I became certain that the church was where I belonged.
“There, shh! Pretty girls shouldn’t cry!”
“Sniff…! I knooow….”
I gently stroked Roxanna’s head to comfort her; she seemed to have shot up in height after only two days apart.
“I won’t disappear like this again! Promise!”
“Promiiise….”
Just as Roxanna’s small hands hugged my shoulders tightly and we felt each other’s warmth,
“Roxanna! Where did this child go so early in the morning…, Sister Ria?!”
I met the eyes of Sister Dimecus, who had been looking for Roxanna as usual in the distance, and gave her an awkward smile.
“Where have you been! You suddenly disappeared, and we were so worried…!”
I hugged Roxanna tightly and briefly turned my gaze aside, then roughly conveyed the situation with hand gestures.
I ran into a thug in an alley, got hit on the head…
I passed out right there, but someone helped me, and I survived!
Sister Dimecus apparently understood the perfect body language I had come up with, nodded in comprehension, and approached Roxanna.
“Come, Roxanna. Let’s go back into the church.”
“Please let me stay with Sis a little longer….”
“No.”
…?
Since Sister Dimecus’s manner was so unlike her usual gentle self, I sensed something was wrong and hugged Roxanna tightly as if to protect her.
“Sister Ria… Roxanna must now receive training to become a prospective saint.”
“…What?”
Sister Dimecus pressed a hand to her forehead and explained everything that had happened in the church during the two days I was gone.
Yesterday morning, when I went out for my morning walk, Roxanna, who had been studying doctrine in the nuns’ quarters, experienced her body beginning to glow.
The miracle that occurred in Roxanna’s body was exactly like the first sign of a saint’s emergence, so the church had been thrown into an uproar….
So much so that they hadn’t even had time to worry about the disappearance of an apprentice nun….
“Roxanna…! Congratulations on becoming a saint!!”
“Yeah….”
I hugged Roxanna and swooped her around like an airplane, sincerely congratulating her.
As I spent quite some time celebrating the fact that my precious little sister’s path to success had opened up, my eyes met Sister Dimecus’s displeased gaze.
“Ahem…. Now, go inside, Roxanna!”
“…Okay! I’ll wait here at lunchtime!”
“All right! Study hard!”
I carefully set Roxanna down, then watched fondly as she and Sister Dimecus held hands and entered the church.
…Would I still be able to spend time with Roxanna after she became a saint?
She definitely wouldn’t be allowed to….
Unfortunately, that was simply how the adult world worked.
It was a place where people could suddenly grow distant or draw close again whenever they got the chance.
So even if I had to part with Roxanna, I resolved deep in my heart to give her good memories, even if only for a little while.