Chapter 43 – Reminiscent of Mushrooms

In his childhood before the curse manifested, Allen secretly went out of town holding Aricia’s hand. He had the unique sense of adventure and curiosity that any boy of his age would have.

However, it would not have been easy to sneak out because the guards guarding the village were usually keeping their eyes open… Strangely, no one caught the two of them that day.

For a while, my heart was pounding in an unfamiliar space that was different from the familiar scenery of the town… The two suddenly encountered a monster.

At the time, Allen did not know that even in the same forest, the area where the protection of the Spirit Beast could not reach was truly a lawless zone.

In the midst of an imminent crisis, Allen mustered up the courage to stand in front of Aricia. I wanted to give her a chance to escape even for a moment. He had to take responsibility for her, since he brought her out in the first place.

However, there was no crisis from the beginning.

Only the two didn’t know, it was because the vigilante elves, including Irumina, were secretly following them from the start.

It was a script written from scratch.

Even if it was prevented from going out of town, it was obvious that Allen, who was a fool at the time, would have an accident someday. If so, he thought that it would be better for him to directly experience the fact that the outside of the village is so dangerous.

Appearing in front of the two in a staged crisis situation, Irumina decapitated the monster with her single sword, and the two returned to the village safely. The shock therapy worked, and Allen never went out of town again.

Allen said that the day’s events were scripted, and she only found out after the coming-of-age ceremony.

Still, the strong memories of that day remained intact.

The back of Irumina cutting off the monster’s head was very cool and beautiful.

He hoped that one day he would be like that too, thought Allen.

***

The next morning. Allen quietly woke up.

“…”

Maybe it’s because she fell asleep worrying about me last night. After a while, she dreamed of her childhood dream.

Allen, who got up from the bed, stretched her, and belatedly noticed that there was something different in her room than usual.

“…Sister?”

Irumina was sitting on a chair next to the bed.

She has her eyes closed, her hands together on her lap in her modest posture. She did but she didn’t look like she was sleeping. Is she meditating? She had heard that such a thing was a kind of practice.

Allen stared blankly at her for a moment.

The morning sunlight coming in through the window permeated Irumina’s dark blue hair. Her sharp eyes, slim jawline, straight waist and proud chest. Everything was like a masterpiece.

To her, Allen thought she was very beautiful.

For Allen, both in her childhood and now, Irumina was the object of her admiration.

Although she wasn’t to the extent of her Erpina, who followed her fanatically, Allen also followed her Irumina with respect. If it wasn’t for her curse, she might have been learning her sword under her, just like he and her Erpina.

‘Come to think of it, now that I’ve regained my health… Shall we learn from now on…’

With that thought in mind, Allen called Irumina once again.

“Sister.”
“…”

Only then did Irumina slowly open her eyes. Then she looked straight at Allen.

“…Allen.”

Why? Allen noticed that her eyes looked a little different than usual. Is it because of my mood?

“Good morning, sister. Are you feeling better now?”
“…Yes. Sorry for worrying you.”
“No. Rather, it was my fault. I was just joking around like that… I didn’t even know there was such a situation with my sister. I’m really sorry.”

Before falling asleep last night, Allen heard an explanation from Lee Seon-woo. Why did Irumina suddenly show abnormal symptoms?

Some elves, she said, have a physical rejection of humans. She says that Lee Rumi and I were one of them, so she deliberately kept away from Lee Seon-woo.

Without knowing that, she played such a joke… It was no wonder Allen was apologetic.

Irumina shook her head.

“It’s okay. It’s my fault for not telling you. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, there’s no problem.”
“I see.”

Allen was relieved by Irumina’s words. If the relationship between Lee Seon-woo and Irumina had remained awkward, he would have been uncomfortable too.

Since we both like each other, I wanted them to be close to each other… In the end, I’m glad things went well.

“If she wakes up sooner than that, come out. Her mom is preparing breakfast.”
“Ah, yes.”

According to Irumina, it was when Allen got down from her bed.

For a moment, Irumina stood in front of him.

“…Sister?”

Side… Side.

Before he had time to react, Allen felt a soft touch on both cheeks.

When she looked up blankly, wondering what was going on, Irumina was already far from her door.

There, she said in an inaudible voice that she was Irumina.

“Yesterday… I couldn’t…”
“Ah…”

Her back was raised, so her face was not visible, but Allen saw that the tips of her Irumina’s ears were burning red.

“Hmm…! Quick, hurry up. Mom is waiting for you.”

As it is, Irumina left her room as if to run away.

“Oh… Even my sister can’t be honest.”

Allen smiled and finished tidying up her bedding.

Then, all of a sudden, a thought occurred to me.

Seonwoo hyung can’t possibly receive such a greeting from Lee Rumina noona… Do.

***

Breakfast.

I sat around the table with Rosamia, Irumina, and Allen.

In front of me was Irumina. She didn’t make eye contact with me, she was just quietly eating.

I admired her again and again.

Last night, the pattern of obedience was clearly engraved. I could still see the nasty look of her rolling her eyes as she was being cummed by me.

Is that all there is to it? Even after that, I committed Irumina again and again. It was her first day, so it wasn’t enough to keep her up all night, but at least it must have been a very intense experience for her.

Despite that, Irumina was showing a very resolute figure now.

Her physical recovery is fast. Her body is well-trained. Even so, it was a bit strange that her attitude toward me had not changed.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that nothing has changed.

At least in front of Allen, it was an unspoken rule between us to at least pretend to get along. Seeing that she sat quietly even though she was at the same table as me, she seemed to be faithfully keeping that part.

However, it was only up to that point, there was no noticeable change in attitude like it was during the time of Arisiana and Yuliana. Even the occasional glances were still fierce.

It was quite interesting.

I have some guesses. In the first place, the curse of obedience is not something like brainwashing that instantly changes a person’s personality.

It just makes them feel that obeying their master is the highest happiness.

So, if you have strong mental strength, it is not impossible to reject or endure.

But what I couldn’t figure out was the level to which it was possible to resist the curse in that way.

In her case, we might still have to classify her as her risk factor.

Having gone crazy, I decided to lightly test Irumina.

“Anyway, I’m sorry about yesterday, Mr. Irumina. I didn’t even know she was like that, and she played a lot of pranks…”

Talking about her constitution was a lie to convince Allen. Irumina also decided to match her words with mine.

She answered in a grave voice.

“I already heard your apology yesterday, so there is no need to apologize again.”
“Thank you for saying that. I will be careful not to make physical contact in the future.”

Having said that, I started doing the exact opposite of what I said.

Extends one of her feet under the table.

Soon, my toe touched Irumina’s leg.

“!”

In an instant, Irumina’s eyes widened and her body flinched. The two people sitting on either side didn’t notice, but I, the person in charge of her, could see that she was taken aback.

She glared at me with fierce eyes. What are you doing? Seemed to be asking.

I ignored it and continued to stroke her bare legs with my toes.

This is also very funny.

“…”

At this point, I wondered if there would be a reaction, but…

Irumina only slightly reminded me of her cheeks, but she continued to eat as if nothing was wrong.

… Indeed, is that your answer? I faintly raised the corner of her mouth.

Then Allen opened her mouth.

“Sister. It’s sudden, but I have a favor… Is it okay?”
“…What kind of request?”
“I… I want to learn the sword from my sister.”
“Knife?”
“Yeah. I’m feeling better too. I’ve been wanting to learn since before.”
“Hmm…”

Irumi I wondered if she thought for a moment, then she looked towards Rosa Mia. I would ask for her opinion. Because Rosamia would know more about Allen’s physical condition than she did.

However, Rosamia, who received Irumina’s gaze, sent her eyes to me as if tossing.

Are you asking for my opinion?

What is this strange approval line?

I clicked my tongue inwardly and nodded slightly. Then Rosa Mia opened her mouth.

“Wouldn’t it be okay? If you don’t do it hard… It’ll be a rehabilitation training… What do you think, Seonwoo?”
“I think so too. Allen’s health comes first.”
“Ah…”

Realizing belatedly that Allen was not the only one who would get her permission, she scratched her head shyly.

I added.

“Yes. It would be nice if we could film her training as well. It would definitely be a great video if we included Mr. Irumina’s amazing swordsmanship skills.”
“…You know what to do.”

Irumina said that and stood up from her seat. Ever since I started playing with her feet, I wondered if her eating speed was strangely speeding up…

She was scared at one time, but looking at it like this, she couldn’t help but be a really cute woman.

Come to think of it, the time has come for the Elf Tube to show new content as well.

No matter how outstanding Aricia’s beauty is, there is a limit to the same pattern every time.

Now that subscribers are also looking at 100,000, I should introduce new content as a thank you.

I mean the new content of her name, Irumina.

“Oh, Mr. Irumina. You should take the things you forgot, right?”
“…”

After her Irumina, I quickly finished her meal, and I told her who was about to leave her seat first. Then Allen, who was listening next to her, tilted her head.

“Forgot something?”
“… It’s nothing. Arlen is getting ready to go out first. She’ll be out soon.”
“Yes. Sister.”

I went up to the second floor first. Waiting in the room, Irumina followed soon after.

I handed over the longsword I had brought to Irumina and said.

“You can’t leave your precious weapon behind. Irumina-san.”
“…I just didn’t expect to return it so quickly.”
“Oh… Did I look like such a petty man? Anyway, Mr. Irumina won’t be able to hurt me anymore, so it doesn’t matter.”
“…So much confidence.”
“Irumina-san, you don’t have to pretend to be strong when you’re alone, right? Now we have nothing to be ashamed of.”
“I’m sorry…”

At my words, Irumina blushed and avoided my gaze. She must have remembered what happened in this room last night.

“Come on, let’s take it.”
“…”

Irumina slowly reached out her hand.

Just before her hand touched it, I pulled her hand back again.

“?”
“As expected… It’s not fun to just give it back.”
“What…”
“Actually, I have a present prepared for Mr. Lee Irumina. Would you like her to receive that first?”
“Gift?”
“Maybe Irumina-san will like it very much.”

Saying that, I took out another object from my pocket.

“What is this?”

Irumina carefully looked at the small metal object placed on my hand.

The name of the thing reminiscent of a mushroom… I suppressed a laugh and said.

“It’s called an anal plug.”