Chapter 48 – Change
One.
… How did it happen?
Ceres sighed as she thought about what had happened in Karen’s room after breakfast. He never thought he’d get into such a heartfelt argument with Karen.
When I came to my senses, they were arguing with each other raising their voices without hiding their feelings. When I first realized that, it was a big shock.
I’m arguing…
Ceres had never been properly angry with anyone, let alone argued. Because he never learned how to be angry in the first place.
All I’ve learned since childhood is how to conform
That’s why he just did what he was told to do even in the knights, and he didn’t do what he said not to do. It was the same when dealing with partners. It was always a life of conformity.
It was similar in Unit 393. In that respect, it was because of this that I was able to be kind and gentle to the troops. As he always did in the Knights, it was enough for him to take a step back and pretend to be considerate.
But today, for the first time, Ceres couldn’t contain her emotions.
No matter how much I talk, Karen won’t back down,
And she herself can’t understand Karen like that.
The destination of the story running in parallel, consuming each other’s emotions, is bound to be fixed.
Especially if it’s a problem that can’t be conceded.
… But still, why did this happen?
I didn’t mean to fight with Karen so seriously.
“… Ha.”
A late lunch break. Ceres, who was changing into a pilot suit in the dressing room for the sortie, let out another deep sigh.
He kept thinking about it even after the fight, but Ceres couldn’t figure out why Karen was suddenly doing this.
It’s like having an emotional fight with others,
Being so awkward with Karen,
Everyone is not at ease, so only bitter smiles come out.
On the other hand, though, Ceres felt a little relieved. In a way, I avoided the worst.
‘… Fortunately, I don’t think he knows what happened yesterday.’
Just in case, Ceres tried Karen several times during the conversation. But he didn’t seem particularly aware of yesterday’s events. It seemed to be true that Netoru hadn’t said anything.
It’s very fortunate, but…
—… I’m going to couple with Netoru.
—Karen. I would have said that’s not okay
—Ceres… No, Sister Ceres! Now I’m not trying to change partners again! Just… Just swapping occasionally… Can’t that be too?
Why is Karen so obsessed with Netoru?
Why? It must have been difficult all along.
Aren’t you suffering from overheating right now? It wasn’t once or twice that I saw Karen having a hard time because of the low coupling matching rate.
Ceres didn’t want to leave her burdens on Karen any longer. Because that is so ugly and cowardly.
But how did you do this?
Despairing in a situation where there is no answer, and sighing over and over again,
“… Whew. Another breath.”
Rin, who was listening to the sound while wearing a pilot suit next to her, shook her head. It was because Ceres and Karen’s out of nowhere awkward atmosphere bothered them too much.
“Ceres, did you really fight with Karen?”
“That is… It happened that way.”
“Why? What are the two of you fighting for?”
Lynn tilted her head at her innocent face. Ran, who was next to her, listened as if she was curious.
Due to Ceres’ personality, he doesn’t have to fight anyone,
Since the target was Karen, she couldn’t help but wonder even more.
Two people who seemed never to fight in their lives suddenly fell into a state of cold war.
Ceres smiled wryly as he checked the outfit of the pilot suit he had changed to Rin’s question.
“… That is. I don’t know why, but Karen doesn’t like this swapping.”
“Hmm… Is it like that too?”
“Yes?”
Rin nodded her head as if she had guessed something. Seeing this, Ceres widened her eyes.
Maybe I was the only one who didn’t know?
Karen said she was negative about this swapping.
“… Did you know Rin?”
“Yeah… What is it? She kind of guessed.”
“I don’t know Ceres, but how serious Karen was yesterday… Even in front of us, all we could do was sigh.”
The last one to intervene was Ran, who had been listening silently for a while. Ceres swallowed her saliva at her words.
… After all, Karen didn’t want to swap.
Ceres’ expression darkened at the fact that it was becoming more and more clear. But Ceres still didn’t want Karen to couple with Netoru.
So, no matter how stubborn Karen was, the only thing she coupled with him was herself.
2.
The cluster of bugs observed this time was insignificant.
There were no Bugs—Spiders with strong attack power armed with smoothbore cannons, and most of them were Locusts with relatively low firepower.
So this time, only the 2nd Platoon, with Ceres as the platoon leader, was sortieing. Even so, the fatigue of the members of the unit accumulated over the past few days had been considerable, so the number of sorties had been reduced to a minimum.
After changing into his suit, Ceres climbed onto his penis bottle. In his cockpit, four Toru had already arrived and were taking their seats.
Sitting in the cockpit, he glanced up and said.
“Ceres. It’s a little late.”
“… Sorry. I have something to think about.”
It was true that it was late, so Ceres meekly apologized to him.
Then he fitted the lower abdomen with the magical nervous system into the cockpit and spread his thighs apart to make a connection with the genitalia.
─── Yiing
Then, as if they had waited, all sorts of small magic circles emerged and slowly began to scan Ceres’ body.
It was a certification task to confirm that the female pilot was the right height for the sexual trooper.
In the unchanging coupling process as usual.
“… “
Ceres felt more power enter his body than usual.
The reason was simple. Is it because it’s only the second coupling? Netoru’s gaze from behind was very unfamiliar to her.
Besides, for some reason, Netoru seemed to have something to say.
At first, she tried to ignore it, but in the end it was Ceres who spoke first.
“… Do you have something to say to me?”
“I guess you and Karen didn’t go well this morning?”
“… That.”
His questioning voice, thrown as if he had waited, stabbed his chest. Ceres gripped the cockpit handle tightly and gritted her teeth.
I don’t know anything else… It’s about Karen.
I tried to stay as calm as possible because of the sortie,
Ceres glared resentfully at Netoru from the cockpit, recalling what had happened this morning.
“… Yes. It didn’t work out. And it’s all your fault too. If you hadn’t pushed me into the room all of a sudden, I wouldn’t have been fighting Karen like this.”
“… “
“Why did you do that? Did you even want to make me and Karen fight for fun?”
It was an emotional voice that let out resentment.
But Netoru said nothing. He was just staring into Ceres’ eyes. Then he sighed and said.
“Sorry about that. I thought there was nothing good about delaying it, but I guess I was wrong. I will apologize for the morning.”
“… Yes?”
Netoru rarely apologized first. Thanks to this, Ceres felt his face loosen up without realizing it.
Because I never thought that man would apologize first. Rather, I thought I would pretend I didn’t know shamelessly.
“Now, wait a minute. If you apologize so meekly…”
I’d rather be smirking as usual, why are you doing this all of a sudden? When that man apologizes so readily, it becomes difficult to keep track of what happened in the morning.
Is that why?
“This is a bit cowardly… It’s not like you’re apologizing like this…”
Ceres, who was staring at Netoru, involuntarily murmured from the corner of his mouth. It was, in fact, a voice close to that of a child.
“Yes. Certainly this was my mistake.”
“… “
However, his low voice was sincere.
It’s not just to get over the situation, I’m really sorry. If this is the case, then why are you doing such a thing in the morning?
‘What. Why…’
Of course, Ceres was unfamiliar with Netoru. Do I have to say that I can’t get to know anyone?
And for some reason, this kind of Netoru felt even more disgusting. Thanks to that, he became vague about whom to blame.
In the end, Ceres, unable to vomit all her emotions, sighed inside and said.
“… Let’s focus on coupling first.”
“Okay.”
Eventually, the connection for starting is finished,
Ceres felt Netoru holding the steering wheel while their magic passes connected.
Then, as if he had waited, his mana invaded his body through the open passage. The magical nervous system located in the womb trembled with his magical energy.
It is unchangingly violent magic that is typical of Netoru.
But why?
His mana rushing into my body like muddy water made me feel a little more comfortable than last time. Is it because it is the second coupling? Perhaps her body had gotten used to his magic a little.
Of course… There’s no way a person’s constitution can change so quickly without sexual intercourse. It will be an illusion.
3.
─Even if the number of observed bugs is low, you should never let your guard down.
Maybe it’s because I rushed through the mana release alone in the last battle. On the way to the destination, Lien warned me the same thing several times.
In the current situation where the unit’s power is suffering a great loss, it seemed that it wanted to prevent an unexpected situation.
I understand Rien’s worries, but she’s already said the same thing several times, so now I just overhear it.
While heading towards the goal so smoothly,
Netoru, who was lost in thought, moved Ceres’ holy cavalry and narrowed his brows.
It was because of Karen and Ceres.
I never thought Karen and Ceres would fight like that in the room.
All the members of the unit already know how serious the fight was between the two. Did they say that they raised their voices enough to be heard in the next room?
‘… That’s not good.’
This wasn’t what Netoru wanted. His goal was to couple with the two of them somehow. So, of course, it’s good if the two of you get along well.
However, seeing them fighting each other to become coupling partners was both absurd and laughable to Netoru.
I thought that the story would not be easily solved, but what the hell was the story between the two of them.
Considering Karen’s genuine concern for Ceres, it was almost impossible to expect the two to fight like this.
‘… It would be nice if the two of them reconciled quickly.’
Thanks to that, it was Netoru who became impatient.
First of all, the members of the corps were not very conscious, but Netoru was still paying attention to the underground he had seen from the observation tower the other day.
Rien’s reaction after receiving the report was too unusual for him to lightly pass over that mysterious pit.
So he asked if he knew anything, and Lien deliberately avoided answering. That’s because there’s still no definitive information. But that was the appearance of hiding information.
‘What the hell is that?’
There are not many cases where a commander deliberately hides information after receiving a report. What is there to hide?
But on the other hand, if there is nothing good to disclose…
It’s still a messy group atmosphere.
What Rien is trying to hide is information that she wouldn’t do well to tell her troops in a situation like this.
In other words, she is something dangerous enough to demoralize.
In the first place, Netoru had never seen a pit of that type before. So, I don’t know about anything else, but it’s definitely a bug in a form I haven’t seen before.
But fortunately, it’s still quiet, so it seems like there’s some time to spare…
How on earth is he big enough to dig such a huge pit?
“Oh… ! Go, what is it all of a sudden?”
At that moment, Ceres’ faint moan broke Netoru’s thoughts. He lowered his head, wanting something, and saw Ceres staring at him with his puzzled eyes.
It seems that the output was raised unconsciously. He must have been surprised when an excessive amount of mana was suddenly inserted.
“Ah. Sorry. To think for a moment.”
“Ha… I was surprised to think that an enemy had appeared out of nowhere.”
Netoru smiled involuntarily as he looked at Ceres, who was unable to rebuke him even though he was glaring at her disgruntledly.
She doesn’t show off, but she doesn’t, and she’s the one who makes her feel bad because of Karen.
So, as an apology, Netoru handed over to her a part of her tight-knit initiative. Of course, I’ll retrieve it again during the battle.
Still, I could see that the dissatisfaction had disappeared from Ceres’ face.
It seemed like a good idea to start with something like this.
Since today is a light battle, I thought to loosen Ceres.
