Chapter 67 – Reconciliation
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For a moment, a heavy silence lingered between the two. Said Karen, belatedly realizing her own mistake.
“Water, of course, just kidding.”
But Netoru wasn’t fooled by her stupid lie.
It was clearly meant to be sincere.
Especially Karen, not anyone else. I’ve never seen this guy joke like this. In the first place, she is a sincere guy who doesn’t even know how to joke like that, and she is.
…Then, was Karen sad enough?
She had no intention of discriminating.
So, Netoru didn’t hesitate and spoke right away.
“I’ll pay attention next time.”
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At that one word, Karen’s expression, which had been struggling to laugh, hardened again. Then she said, unable to hide her black eyes, which swirled and swayed with bewilderment.
“In the first place, I don’t have anything to do with you anymore, right?”
What is this all of a sudden? At Karen’s incomprehensible voice, Netoru tilted her head. Why do you think so?
“When did I say I wouldn’t be coupling with you?”
“…Then you’re going to keep coupling with me? What about Ceres?”
“It must have been you who suggested we do couples in the first place.”
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This isn’t even old. To Netoru, Karen’s words were still clear in his mind.
—… Netoru. I won’t tell you not to swap with Ceres. Instead, I have a request.
─Please?
─If my condition improves, couple with me too.
It was obviously not something I would normally say. But now you suddenly change your mind?
Netoru couldn’t understand Karen.
So let’s watch quietly as if asking for an answer,
“······That.”
She tried to say something, but Karen just pursed her lips and eventually she said nothing.
It seemed to swallow the words she was barely trying to say.
He obviously had something he wanted to say, but it was frustrating to see him not being able to.
Then, as Karen let out a long breath, she said.
“···Sorry. I guess that’s what I was thinking. What is it···. I thought it was impossible for you and Ceres to couple.”
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“But looking at it again now, it seems surprisingly okay… So, do I have to say that I don’t think I need to trouble Ceres anymore…”
It is still difficult to understand what Karen is talking about. Karen didn’t know where to direct her gaze, ashamed of her being the way she was.
…Really, why is this guy doing this all of a sudden?
The strong point of this guy is her party-cold, spirited personality.
It’s not very Karen-like for her to be unable to express her will in this way.
So, the Netoru I wanted to be,
“Karen.”
“Yes?”
She called her name and put a hand on her forehead.
Karen’s forehead was hot. No, she did have a little bit of a fever, but it was something vague to say she was overheating.
How should I judge this?
Maybe it’s time for her to get out of the overheating.
Still, you never know.
“…Is it overheated?”
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When I brought her out as if to ask her Karen, she didn’t answer, but kept her mouth shut and lowered her head. She looked like she was seriously thinking about something.
Then, as if she had finally made up her mind, Karen nodded her head, and she said in a weaker voice than before.
“Hmm···. That’s right. Probably, it seems like that. So I guess I just did some bullshit. Really···. Why do I do this when I overheat…”
But why?
Such Karen’s look seemed to find a good excuse at the right time and compelled to adapt.
Certainly, whenever it becomes overheated, it shows a particularly weak side…
Anything is good. I can’t just let it go. Netoru tugged at her Karen’s wrist.
“Then you should treat it.”
“Yeah, but you don’t have to go to therapy. It’s not particularly serious.”
“Even if it’s not serious, for now…”
“Are you okay! This is enough for the infirmary…”
The conversation ended there. Karen freed her wrist from her hold and she hurriedly ran away from her seat.
Unable to chase after her, Netoru silently watched her from behind.
Really… That doesn’t look like Karen.
2.
The sensation of the sexual cavalry active liquid covering every inch of her body was quite unpleasant. No matter how many times I repeat the adjustment work, I can’t get used to this.
However, Ceres steadfastly endured for several hours and immersed herself in adjusting the holy cavalry.
The Holy Cavalry adjustment work this time was more special than other times. It was because it was necessary to reconstruct the structure of the holy cavalry to match the changed magical nervous system.
It was strange for her to experience something she had only heard about a long time ago. Certainly, it seems that ‘sexual intercourse’ brings significant changes to the magical nervous system.
As evidence of that, when I woke up in the morning, there were several small changes in the structure of the magical nervous system built in the lower abdomen. It’s been a while. After coming to Unit 393, the structure of the magical nervous system had never changed.
…Really. It felt like something started to change a lot after meeting that man. Ceres didn’t know whether to view this positively or negatively.
Still, thinking about it, I don’t think there’s anything too negative to think about. Because his presence was quite reassuring now.
Anyway, it took longer than usual,
Maybe it’s because the adjustment work is slowly coming to an end, while useless thoughts are starting to come into my head,
Sex cavalry active liquid… I didn’t know before.
…This is really similar to that smell.
I even tried putting it in my mouth a few hours ago, so now I can’t tell. That’s probably why the senior knights in the past laughed and avoided the answer.
You’ll find out later when he’s an adult.
When I was a trainee knight, I finally realized what I had heard 10 years ago. It was at that time that I laughed because the fact was absurd for some reason.
───!
“Shoot, ah,” Ceres felt the genital disease active liquid covering his entire body gradually disappear. It seemed that the adjustment work was finally over.
“Coke… Coke…”
Eventually, all the active fluid that filled his cockpit drained out, and Ceres, who was left behind in the cockpit, repeated his painful cough.
A small amount of genital disease active liquid entered his mouth.
It tasted like the man’s semen on the tip of his tongue. No, is it a little more sweeping than that man’s? Anyway, it doesn’t taste good.
It must have been because of this that he refused without hesitation when the man asked to be swallowed. At that time, he must have unconsciously thought of the genital disease activator.
‘How can I swallow something like that?’
The book says that you will get used to it, but Ceres doubted if he could do it.
Recalling what had happened at dawn, Ceres faltered and started groping inside to open the cockpit.
However, opening the cockpit was not easy.
Could it be because of the longer-than-usual adjustment work? There is no strength in the body. Arms and legs are heavy.
In addition, unfortunately, it is difficult to open your eyes because the viscous sexual cavalry active liquid gets stuck on your eyelids.
Maybe Asuna isn’t here?
If she had, she would have opened the cockpit on her own. However, it seemed that he was not relaxed enough to watch the adjustment work from the sidelines.
Haha… As well as the arrival of reinforcements today, there will be busy preparations for sexually transmitted weapons.
It was when I was desperately blind and groping inside, trying to open the cockpit.
──Kiik
Then someone opened the cockpit first.
At the same time, as the outside air rushed in, Ceres tilted his head.
Did Asuna come and open it?
It was at that moment that such a question suddenly came to mind.
“Wow!?”
Ceres was startled and embarrassed by something covering his head. As she stretched out her hand and struggled, her grave voice stopped her.
“Ceres. Stay still. It’s hard to clean if it moves.”
“Everything, was it you? You were surprised.”
Was it Netoru? Ceres, who was surprised by his unexpected appearance, soon calmed down.
I don’t know where he got it, but he carefully wiped the mucus from his eyelids first with a towel. Sensing the gentle touch, Ceres opened his eyes as his slime disappeared.
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Then Netoru was right in front of him.
Bitter, desolate eyes,
And light brown skin burned by the sun.
Seeing his face up close like this during the day, not at night, it feels different.
While wiping his face, he was slowly clearing the slime from Ceres’ head. Ceres, who had been staring at him for a while, came to his senses belatedly and asked him.
“…Hey, how about Asuna?”
“Are you very busy? Probably because of the reinforcements arriving soon.”
…Asuna is busy after all.
Usually, Asuna, who was waiting for the adjustment work to be finished, would hand over her towel, but it was somehow strange that the four toru were doing it for her.
No, there is no need to clean it yourself like this in the first place… I’m not a kid, what is this? Feeling slightly embarrassed, Ceres snatched the towel from him.
“Now I will wipe it.”
Netoru shrugged his shoulders and immediately handed over the towel. Ceres started wiping the mucus from his hair with the towel he received.
“How many adjustments have I made now?”
“About 4 hours?”
“…That many?”
She thought it would take a little longer, but Ceres couldn’t help but be surprised at how long it took.
At this point, lunch break would be over.
Ceres, who suddenly realized that fact, asked Netoru just in case.
“…You, you couldn’t have been waiting here until the adjustment work was finished, right?”
“Well? How about it?”
Netoru seemed unwilling to answer.
Instead, he spoke quietly as if giving an answer in a different way.
“Anyway, quickly change into a suit and prepare for lunch. Because the unit members set aside our portion in the cafeteria.”
It’s ours…
Was it waiting for me too?
But don’t just wait for the rice, eat it first.
Of course, I know why he didn’t eat, but…
“I can eat at least rice by myself…”
“But isn’t it better than eating alone?”
“Ha. Really···. Anyway, I’ll quickly change and come back. So wait a little bit.”
It was at that time that Ceres hurriedly got down from the holy cavalry and was about to head for the locker room.
──Kiik
There was the sound of a heavy iron door opening.
At the sound, not only Ceres but also Netoru turned their backs and looked at the source of the sound.
“Is it a support force?”
It’s scary for Netoru to mumble that,
I saw various forms of sexual cavalry that I wasn’t familiar with entering the hangar.
They were holy cavalrymen from another unit.