Chapter 45 – Change
It was morning.
The sky was full of white clouds, and the warm sunlight illuminated the whole world. Beneath it, countless people roamed the streets, each with a different purpose.
There was no shadow on the faces of the citizens. They seemed to be enjoying their daily lives as they were, busy with their own tasks.
It was a very fortunate thing, but on the other hand, those peaceful appearances made Natsuo’s heart nervous for no reason.
Can I be in such a relaxed place?
Now that I’ve been in the rear for a long time, it’s funny that I miss the tension of not knowing when bugs will come.
‘Ha.’
Natsuo, who had been sighing while lost in thought, turned his head away.
Then, instead of Carlisle of Unit 391, who had been discharged this morning, familiar faces came into view.
They were members of Unit 393 who were hospitalized yesterday.
That number is 6 people. It is a large enough number to have a significant impact on the strength of the unit. Listening to the story, it seems that there was a fierce battle a few days ago.
Did you say you fought all day?
Just one sortie consumes a lot of stamina, but fighting non-stop was a job that put a lot of strain on the body, regardless of gender.
Besides, it must have been even more difficult for the teenage pilots, who are still physically and mentally immature.
Members of the unit even died because of the battle. Natsuo and Karen were close friends.
It’s painful. All of them were a year or two younger than Natsuo. However, bug bullets and shells do not discriminate against age.
Natsuo clenched his fists as he recalled the faces and voices of the dead soldiers he would never see again.
If I had been in that battle, wouldn’t something have been different. Maybe even one or two more lived. At least it would have been better than being in the rear like this.
Natsuo hated this sense of helplessness.
“Brother Natsuo. What are you so bruised about?”
It was then. Takuya, who had come to the hospital from Unit 393, spoke to me from behind. Hearing that voice, Natsuo tried to control his expression, suppressing the rising emotions.
“Nothing.”
Similar to Natsuo, Takuya was also hospitalized due to a strain on his magical nervous system. To be more precise, it should be called magical exhaustion due to excessive use of magical power.
This was often the case when the holy cavalry was maneuvered for a long time, or when maintaining output beyond the limit for a long time.
… Especially if the opponent was Ceres, it would be unavoidable.
I don’t know because Natsuo has never dealt with him directly, but Ceres’ holy cavalry seemed to have very poor fuel economy. It was said that the magic consumption rate was at least two to three times that of other holy cavalry.
According to Asuna’s head of maintenance, Ceres was fundamentally different from the pilots raised at the institution.
Unlike female pilots from institutions that build a versatile magical nervous system to deal with multiple male partners,
In the case of female knights, it was natural to build a magical nervous system in their bodies when they were young, just for one person.
That is why Ceres was a difficult woman for a pilot from an institution to handle. The structure of her magical nervous system is foreign to pilots from institutions.
Perhaps thanks to that, actually, Ceres’ coupling partner often changed. As Natsuo remembers, most of the time she didn’t last more than half a year and swapped around. So Takuya was on the side of holding out for a long time.
“Ohh. Was she thinking she was Karen’s sister? It’s been a long time since I haven’t seen her face lately, so I wouldn’t want to see her.”
Takuya suddenly said such a thing with a sly expression, probably misunderstanding that she was trembling while looking out the window.
Natsuo smiled awkwardly and scratched his cheek.
To be honest, she wasn’t thinking about Karen at all.
“… Yes, of course I want to see it.”
“Then recover quickly and be discharged. Because Karen noona is still waiting. How long are you going to let her couple with someone else?”
… Be someone else Natsuo smiled bitterly at her.
If I could recover quickly, I would have already been discharged. Deep down, Natsuo was also frustrated and on the verge of going crazy. How long will she leave Karen alone?
Besides, she didn’t enjoy Karen’s coupling with anyone else. Even though they were hospitalized together, she was more concerned about Carlisle, who was discharged first, and left all kinds of stories.
─What is it? Your partner isn’t 19 yet? So you two haven’t even had sex yet?
─Ah, no… Mr. Carlyle! Others want to hear it! There are still nurses in the hallway…
-Natsuo! Listen to me. A virgin must be eaten by you unconditionally.
─Ah… Please! Lower your voice!
-You fool! You may not be aware of the seriousness of the situation right now, but for an adult female pilot, a first experience is very important. Okay?
─Note, important work… ?
Carlyle’s face became quite serious. Thanks to that, Natsuo had no choice but to allay her shyness and become a little more serious.
I already know that the physical relationship between a man and a woman has various effects on coupling, as I have been educated many times at the institution.
But the story of her first experience was a story that even Natsuo had never heard before.
—… Is the first experience that important?
─Cancer! It doesn’t matter. In the first place, do you know where the magic pass is that provides the easiest access to a woman’s magical nervous system?
-Where are you?
-It’s a woman’s vagina. I.E. Don’t see it.
—…
─Hey… Natsuo, don’t look at me like trash. It’s not a joke, it’s real. Anyway, listen carefully to my story. I will explain in detail why the first experience is so important.
Carlisle—A male pilot of Unit 391. She was a frivolous man who liked to talk dirty every day at the hospital.
But even so, there were some pieces of advice worth taking seriously. No matter what he does, he must be a veteran pilot in his own right. He knew many things that Natsuo did not know.
According to him, the first experience seemed to make a big difference to the female pilot’s constitution. It was because of this change that sexual intercourse between a man and a woman was deliberately forbidden before adulthood.
There are many factors that have an important influence on the coupling wavelength, but one of them is typically intimacy… In other words, it was an exchange of consciousness between men and women,
And the other was how well the ‘male pilot’s’ magical properties matched the female pilot’s constitution.
The female pilot takes the male pilot’s mana into her body and draws it out as the power of the genital disease.
Therefore, if the female pilot could not properly receive the male pilot’s mana, she would not be able to activate the genital cavalry, and depending on the nature of her magical power, even the efficiency of drawing out the genital cavalry’s power would of course change.
However, it was difficult to solve this magic attribute problem because it was in fact a natural problem.
Magical power is an individual’s unique characteristic, so the attribute of magical power cannot be changed through training.
However, that did not mean that there was no way at all.
You can’t change a male pilot’s magic power, but on the contrary, there is a way to improve a female pilot’s constitution to some extent.
That was sexual intercourse between a man and a woman.
In general, men’s semen tended to contain high-density mana, and if it was poured into a woman’s womb, it could give a great stimulus to the woman’s mana nervous system without any loss.
By inscribing strong stimulation directly into the magical nervous system, the woman’s constitution is artificially changed. This was possible because the magical nervous system of female pilots was located in the cervix.
In that respect, the first experience of a female pilot is important,
It was because the stimulation she got from her first experience had a significant effect on the improvement of the female pilot’s constitution.
‘… Is this my first experience?’
Maybe it’s because I keep thinking of Karen and imagining strange things. Feeling embarrassed, Natsuo scratched his cheek.
And Bonnie, it’s Karen’s birthday soon.
In other words, Karen also becomes an adult. Of course, in the eyes of others, she will finally be just a 19-year-old girl past her birthday, but anyway, now is the time to have a relationship between a man and a woman.
To be honest, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel dirty. It was a very arduous wait for Natsuo, who became an adult before Karen.
I like the freshness between teenagers, but since Natsuo is also a man, I can’t help but be interested in the strange relationship between a man and a woman.
Even so, Karen was the girl Natsuo always looked up to from her institution. That is, it was first love.
As for his sincere and intelligent personality, there is nothing that is not perfect as a woman or as a coupling partner.
Besides, it’s nice to have a mature side that doesn’t match her age.
Thanks to that, we sometimes act as older sisters and argue with each other because we treat each other as children… Anyway, that’s not bad either.
She’s the kind of girl you don’t want to miss out on somehow. Just being by my side is such a precious existence that I can’t help but smile. That was Karen.
‘… I can’t wait to see you.’
It’s the first time we’ve been away from each other for so long.
Eating, training, and studying since childhood.
He was always by her side.
Maybe the real cause of her nervousness that she wants to come back soon is actually because she misses Karen.
In the midst of such nervousness, Natsuo, tired of her hospital life, sighed again.
… Is there any way to quickly recover?
It’s already been a month since Karen was discharged.
Natsuo strongly bit her lip, thinking about her mana nervous system, which was slow to recover.
If she could come back somehow, she seemed capable of anything.
Even if it is the temptation of the devil.
2.
With Karen’s help and starting to melt into her Unit 393, Netoru naturally ended up sharing a meal with his unit members.
The meals of the troops were usually noisy.
In this isolated space, there were always new stories overflowing.
But.
There was an awkward air around the unit cafeteria, which would normally have been full of conversations on appropriate topics.
It was because of Karen and Ceres.
A subtle air current flowed between the two of them that could not be noticed if they were not aware. That’s why the unit members were focused on eating without saying anything.
In an atmosphere where it was difficult for even Netoru to approach, the members of the unit looked at Karen and Ceres.
—… What are the two of you doing in the morning?
─Chandler hyung. Brother go and ask…
─Large… I already asked. But you don’t even tell me, so what do you do?
─It’s the first time I’ve seen Ceres and Karen unnie awkwardly like this…
While this story has been going back and forth secretly among the unit members since before,
Netoru observed the condition of the two.
Fortunately, Ceres seemed fine in its own way. He sometimes showed a gentle smile, as usual, as if he was concerned about the stares of his troops. At least it doesn’t look as weak as yesterday.
The only problem is Karen.
After a good night’s sleep, she seems to be somewhat better, but her complexion is not good because she is still in the process of overheating. In addition, the speed at which the plate is emptied is very slow, perhaps because he has no appetite.
Ceres looked at him with a worried look at his appearance, which was in poor condition at first glance, then spoke cautiously.
“Karen. She looks bad… As expected, she went to the infirmary with me… ?”
“… Are you okay. I’ll take care of it.”
Saying that, Karen put down her chopsticks and quietly picked up her tray and stood up. Then, the eyes of her unit members gathered in one place. At first glance, it seemed that Ceres was avoiding the seat because it was uncomfortable.
“Sorry. I’ll go first. I have no taste for food today.”
Was it conscious of that kind of gaze?
She was apologizing to the unit as Karen brushed her side.
“… I’ll be waiting for you in my room Come treat me when you’re ready.”
A whisper so small that only Netoru could hear it.
Karen muttered that and slowly disappeared from the restaurant alone.
Apparently, despite what happened yesterday, Karen seemed to intend to continue receiving treatment.
Normally, it wouldn’t be strange to lose a few days.
“… Great.”
Thanks to this, Netoru inadvertently admired it.
Should I say that it’s crazy?
Or should I say reasonable?
At least it was clear that he wasn’t a child who would break easily.
Seriously, he’s a kid you can’t hate.
While she was laughing thinking about that inwardly, she suddenly felt her gaze and turned her head to see Ceres secretly averting her gaze.
Did you just hear Karen’s muttering? She was hesitating, looking like she wanted to ask something.
