Chapter 147
Ugh.
Irian’s hand fixes my body like a vise. I twist and struggle, but her small hand, firmly holding me, is as still as a machine, which is kind of scary.
Still, there was a gain.
A soft, squishy sensation on my back…
Thanks to her arms tightly restraining me, Irian’s chest is pressed against my back, sending a squishy sensation.
Diana approaches with a sharp gaze, and Cha Hyewon is still covering her face with both hands, tiptoeing closer. If she’s going to cover something, she should cover below, not just her face. Besides, I can see everything through the gaps between her fingers.
“You’re not playing around, Yurian. Spill it. You knew, didn’t you?”
“N-no. I didn’t know either!”
Ah, damn it. The sensation on my back, and Diana and Cha Hyewon’s naked bodies in a two-shot. My thing, without me even realizing it, gets hard and throbs.
“Kyaa! Wh-what is that! It’s moving! That thing is moving! It’s gross!”
“……Just don’t look at it.”
“I-I’m not looking!”
I told you, I can see through the gaps in your fingers.
She’s hiding her body behind Diana, only sticking her face out, so why is she covering her face? She can see everything through her fingers anyway.
Suddenly.
Diana’s hand tightly grips my thing.
“Yurian. Are you going to keep lying? Diana might get a little angry.”
“Kuh-huh… I, I knew… I knew it.”
“How?”
“Uh… th-that…”
“Don’t roll your eyes.”
“Kyaa! It’s going to burst! It’s bursting!!”
“Tell me.”
“I, I asked if it was possible! Since we’re just sending our minds into a virtual space, I thought it would be nice if we could have our usual bodies and equipment, so I asked!”
Kuaaa… It’s, it’s bursting… It hurts so much! This… this is unbearable pain!
“And?”
“S-so I asked if being naked was possible, and they said it was possibleeeeee!!”
After struggling in Irian’s arms for a while, I was finally released when Diana sighed and stepped back.
I almost died….
“You’re really… they said you were dangerous, but you’re just pulling pranks like this. Are you in your right mind?”
“You’re a real pervert. You’re not even an animal… How old are you, Oppa?”
I couldn’t help but shrink at the words of Diana and Cha Hyewon, who was hiding behind her, only sticking her face out to scold me. It was just a joke… Of course, after hearing that it was possible, I did get a little serious.
“…But Irian. Why aren’t you saying anything?”
“……”
What’s wrong? Why isn’t she letting go yet? And why does her breathing sound a little rough…?
“Irian?”
“Huh!? Ah, ah?”
What was she staring at so intently…? ……She’s serious too.
I was dumbfounded at the sight of Irian staring blankly at Diana and Cha Hyewon’s naked bodies, her mouth hanging open.
Wasn’t her lesbian tendency fixed?
“Haa, seriously. Stop playing around and give us our clothes and weapons.”
“……”
“Yurian?”
“……Uhh… I don’t know either.”
“……Are you kidding?”
“No, really.”
The AI said so too. It said that all it could do was create familiar appearances and familiar enemies for us. It couldn’t provide any other help.
“A-are you crazy!? How are we supposed to fight naked!”
“Can’t we just fight…?”
“You crazy bastard! What about me!? What am I supposed to do?”
“Uh… Hyewon, you’re… okay. I would never look at you with impure eyes… Keuh!”
Ouch, I got hit.
“What nonsense are you spouting while being such a perv! Are you out of your mind!?”
“Y-you… to your Oppa.”
“You have to act like an Oppa for me to call you Oppa. I can’t believe it.”
Damn it. I got hit by the little neighbor girl who used to follow me around calling me Oppa. Is my life going to be okay like this? I guess the only one I can trust is my beloved Irian…
“Haaa… The Saintess’s naked body… the Administrator’s too… magnificent.”
…D-Diana.
“This won’t do. If we leave that lecher alone, who knows what he’ll do. Maybe we should make him a chastity belt.”
……Kuh. Why is my image like this…!
Kugugung.
Just in time, the space began to tremble. Vibrations in the colorless space. The space, which was shaking so hard it was difficult to stand, cracked open, and something bizarre appeared.
『A path… a path must be found…』
It was a beast about 4-5 meters tall. Its entire body was covered in black fur, and its bright yellow eyes emitted a chilling light.
“What is that? There was no mention of something like that appearing.”
I’m in Irian’s arms, who is tense, and I can feel her heart beating fast against my back.
“We didn’t know the exact form, but it said it would create something we could understand. That monster, it’s obviously radiating evil, isn’t it?”
“…That’s true, but.”
“Then that’s it. That must be the materialized form of that demon king.”
I tapped Irian’s arm, which was tense, and she finally released me. The slow movements of the creature are causing the space to vibrate, so it seems like balancing is a problem.
“That thing is sealed by the AI. It’s weakened. So… let’s take it down quickly without getting hurt. Got it?”
“Haa, really. We don’t have any weapons.”
“We don’t need weapons.”
“What? Then how are we going to fight?”
It’s simple. This place is reality, but it’s not reality.
“Just hit it.”
“……Huh?”
“Just go and hit it. This place is in the AI’s consciousness anyway. That thing is just a corrupted consciousness.”
“No… I get that, but. Is that really all it takes? Oppa, you’re not kidding, right?”
Cha Hyewon’s suspicious gaze. It’s unfair.
“That form is just something the AI processed to make it easier for us to understand. The AI provided us with a contradiction it couldn’t resolve itself, and just by us ‘acting’ to beat it up, the AI can resolve the contradiction with our help.”
“…What. Is that really all there is to it?”
“That’s right. But don’t let your guard down. Getting hurt is okay, but if we die here… our minds will be corrupted, and we’ll never wake up.”
I looked at the three people’s faces, which were full of tension, and nodded. They won’t let their guard down at this point.
“I’m not good at physical combat, so I’ll wait here. Go and attack… Kehk!”
“Yurian.”
“Kehk, kehk! Sorry…!”
“Tell me honestly. How much of that was true? Huh?”
Oh, oh, Diana is strong too. …There’s no one weaker than me here.
“It’s all true. It’s just… that thing isn’t as threatening as it looks? But just in case… I’m a bit slow, right? If I get hit by mistake, it’ll be dangerous, so I’m waiting. Really! Huh? That, that thing is moving! Let’s take it down quickly!”
Diana sighed and took the lead with a helpless expression, and Irian followed as if it was natural. And Cha Hyewon, who was still covering her face with her hands, also awkwardly followed.
……Oh, oh wow. So nice.
Watching the three of them wiggle their butts, something is surging within me.
They were diligently punching the slow-moving beast, and it was quite adorable. It occasionally swung its front paws, but it was helpless against the agile women.
Ugh, ugh. Pink. Pink.
It’s too hard to cheer from behind.
After punching the beast for a while, its body began to fade. Soon, it became translucent and disappeared as if melting into the space.
…Hmm? Is it over?
As I blinked, the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.
“Good work.”
“…Huh? Is it already over?”
“Yes.”
The AI’s face, with a nonchalant expression, was right in front of me, and it nodded lightly. I couldn’t help but bite my lip.
“Hah!? Wh-what was that!”
“It’s nothing, I just did it without thinking. It’s not the first time, so why are you so startled?”
“It feels weird. I advise you to refrain from doing that.”
“You’ll get used to it if you keep doing it. How about it, want to do it more?”
As I was bantering with the AI, I felt strangely eerie…
“Yurian. Were you having fun by yourself?”
“Papa!”
Karsilla, who was whispering with Lillith, jumped up and ran towards me. I quickly picked her up and gave her an airplane ride, and her giggling made me feel purified. Kuh, is this happiness?
“Karsilla. Papa has something to ask you. Can I ask you?”
“Yes.”
I stroked Karsilla’s hair as she nodded, snuggling into my arms, and slowly opened my mouth.
“Papa, Diana, Irian, and Cha Hyewon Unnie are going far, far away. What do you want to do, Karsilla?”
“I’ll go!”
“If you go, you can’t come back? It’s too far, so you’ll have to live there forever. Is that okay?”
“It’s okay.”
That was an immediate answer. She answered so decisively, as if she didn’t even think about it.
“You won’t be able to see Emily, who you like. Is that okay?”
“…Yes. It’s okay.”
“Okay. Then go say goodbye for the last time. Say goodbye… and come back here. Okay?”
I watched Karsilla nod and toddle away, then turned my gaze to Lillith.
“Hey. You… just come with me.”
“What!? Why! Why me! Uh, where are you dragging me!”
The actions of the Queen of the Succubi are at the level of a low-level grunt. I can understand Lillith’s clumsy behavior. She has always been active using ‘avatars.’ She has been active for hundreds of years, always prepared to run away. Lillith is in an awkward situation, acting as her ‘main body’ with no place to run.
No matter how old, experienced, or high-ranking Lillith is, she has never been in a dead-end situation, so she is extremely vulnerable in crisis situations.
“Just come. You’re Karsilla’s maid.”
“No! I don’t want to! Where are we going! Huh? Can’t you let me go? I’m a demon, so it’ll be uncomfortable for you if we go together…”
“Demon, my ass. You’re a person too.”
“…Huh?”
“Demons are people in the first place.”
“W-what nonsense are you talking about. That can’t be true. Me, a person… that can’t be… that can’t be true.”
When I said I would explain later, she finally shut her mouth and nodded.
Hoo.
Me, Diana, Irian, Cha Hyewon, Karsilla, Lillith.
Six people… It was said that up to eight were possible. Well, there’s no need to fill all the slots.
“We can’t see each other anymore.”
“Huh? What do you mean, Unnie?”
“I’m going far away, so we can’t see each other anymore.”
“……Really? Really, really, really? We can’t see each other anymore?”
“Yeah.”
Karsilla nodded slightly. Seeing tears welling up in Emily’s big eyes, Karsilla hesitated, then hugged her gently and patted her back.
“Unnie, can’t you not go? I don’t want to be alone.”
“I can’t. I have to go.”
“Heeing… I’m a baby, so I need Unnie? I’ll call you Unnie every day now. Okay?”
“I’m sorry.”
Emily pushed away Karsilla, who was hugging her and patting her back. Karsilla stumbled back, and Emily glared at her wide eyes and shouted loudly.
“Why! You’re always acting like a baby! You only act like an adult to me! I’m calling you Unnie! You’re mean!”
“……U-uhm. Then… then… I’ll tell you a secret.”
“……A secret?”
“Yeah. It’s a secret.”
“Wh-what is it?”
Emily’s small ears perked up at the word secret.
“The reason I act like a baby is….”
“U-uh.”
“It’s comfortable.”
“……Huh?”
“Being a baby is comfortable. You act like a baby in front of adults too. Then I’ll go.”
Emily stared blankly at Karsilla’s back as she toddled away and whispered softly.
“That’s a scam.”
