140 – Negotiation (3)

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“You’re looking at that fox, aren’t you?”

“… uh?”

A strangely strong conviction.

In the first place, Pia’s appearance was not reflected in Sylvia’s eyes, but Sylvia’s voice, which trembled like an unstable stringed instrument out of tune, was filled with a strangely firm conviction.

But I couldn’t figure out why that fact made her so angry, so I slowly asked back as if making excuses, even though I knew it wouldn’t work.

“What are you… saying all of a sudden?”

“Fox, you said Pia. Your guardian spirit.”

“…Pia, why Pia?”

“What did that kid say?”

“…uh?”

“Or maybe she grew up? Turned into an attractive woman?”

Again, Pia is invisible to Sylvia.

However, she made a number of guesses that were surprisingly close to the truth.

Except that she ended up looking like an attractive woman.

“No, Pia is still a kid.”

“Ash, do you like children?”

“I said no,”

“Then that Pia told you not to get close to me?”

It was a chillingly accurate judgment.

I was confident that I wouldn’t be surprised if Sylvia said, ‘Actually, I can read Ash’s mind.’

But I pretended not to know and broke out in a cold sweat.

This was because she had a bad feeling that if she told the truth, Sylvia would somehow harm Pia, who she could neither see nor touch.

“… No, what the hell are you talking about, what’s wrong, Sylvia.”

“…”

“Why are you suddenly talking about Pia? I can’t figure out why Sylvia thinks that way…”

“Because it started that day.”

“…That day?”

“Ten days ago,”

“…”

Sylvia said, grabbing the blanket underneath me tightly.

“The day Ash skipped training, he went home with that fox and came back with this blanket!”

“Okay, so calm down…”

“From that day on, Ash started avoiding me.”

Well, since it was that day that Pia, who had suddenly grown up, asked me to stop having s*x, Sylvia’s guess was perfectly correct.

Sylvia began to press my shoulders against the floor with her palms.

“It hurts, it hurts.”

“Yeah, Ash. You know what?”

“Ugh, what, what are you talking about?”

“I was actually expecting that?”

“…expectation?”

“Yeah. Looking forward to it.”

Sylvia’s voice began to crackle irregularly, creating a scary and eerie atmosphere.

The shadows on Sylvia’s face changing in the flickering flames of the campfire, and the smell of the sizzling meat cooking, all felt ominous.

At some point, I started using polite language again without realizing it, even though I had stopped using it at some point.

“What did you expect?”

“I thought it was really stupid that Ash brought a blanket from home, but at the same time, I thought it was really cute.”

“…”

“Right? A blanket? A blanket to cover myself with? I’m not so innocent as to not know what that means. I got goosebumps all over my body. I was stamping my feet, and I was like, “Are you crazy? Ash is so cheeky.” I even made a small noise, and I didn’t know what to do. You were so cute that I just wanted to hug you. That’s why I swore to myself that night while shaking off the dusty blanket that day that I wouldn’t let you sleep in it.”

scared.

“however,”

“…”

“I thought so and just waited for night to come.”

“Oh, it hurts… Sylvia, my shoulder hurts.”

“Ash won’t hug me.”

Sylvia pressed my shoulder harder.

Even the wooden floor under the blanket was crushed and making a creaking sound.

“I thought it was because I was tired, because I was surprised, and all that… The next day, and the day after that, and the day after that.”

“That, that…”

“Ten days.”

“…”

“Ten days.”

Sylvia said the word ten days with emphasis in a ghostly voice.

“Ash.”

“…yes?”

“You hate me?”

I shook my head.

“Are you tired of my body now?”

I shook my head desperately.

“Right? So, there can only be one reason why Ash suddenly rejected me?”

“…”

“That fox, your spirit said something to you, right?”

I came to realize that there was a more valid reasoning behind Sylvia’s judgment than I had thought, but I denied it to the end.

This was because Pia, who had appeared behind Sylvia’s head, was shaking her head with a tearful face and putting her index finger to her lips.

It must mean that he is not supposed to say that he did it.

Even if what Sylvia said was true, I didn’t want to do anything that seemed like selling out Pia.

“No, that’s not it…”

“Then why are you rejecting me?”

“… I’m tired because the training was so hard,”

“You did it for me before even when I was tired.”

“… As I was thinking about it, it seemed a bit too much,”

“I just have to move.”

“Even so, when we first started, Sylvia ended up not being able to move, so I had to move…”

“…”

For a moment I stopped talking and quickly shut my mouth.

Because Sylvia’s face had turned bright red enough to be seen even in the dark.

I felt Sylvia’s hand trembling as she held my shoulder.

Although Sylvia had more stamina and strength than me, she was very weak to pleasure and was always the one who passed out quickly.

When I pointed that out, Sylvia shut her mouth tightly and began to glare at me.

I couldn’t tell if her reddened face was from anger or shame, but I knew one thing for sure.

The point is that I touched something I shouldn’t have.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“…No, wait a minute?”

“I always surrendered before Ash.”

“Sylvia?”

“Huh,”

Sylvia quickly grabbed the blanket that was under me and pulled it out, then put it over her head.

The blanket completely covered my lower body and her head.

Underneath the blanket, Sylvia began to pull on my trousers.

“Wait a minute, what are you doing…!”

“Well, if I squeeze you to death before doing it properly, there won’t be a problem, right?”

“Wait a minute, Sylvia. Wait a minute! Response,”

When I tilted my head back with a sigh, Pia shook her head and disappeared again.

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The next day,

Leaving me lying there suffering from muscle pain, Sylvia headed into the forest with a flushed, smooth face and a smile on her face.

I slowly sat up, groaning softly.

Even though the training was intense, I could feel my body changing as I gradually got rid of muscle pain at an increasingly faster rate.

As I slowly got up from my seat, opened the cabin door, and sat down at the entrance, Pia appeared next to me with a grumpy face and sat down.

“… You did it again.”

“So, you know I had no choice.”

“transformation.”

“… Sylvia is a pervert.”

“Isn’t it strange that Ash does that a lot?”

“It’s not strange.”

“why?”

“Because I like Sylvia.”

“…Ugh, I’m more embarrassed.”

“It’s noisy.”

I lightly patted my lower back with my clenched fist.

Perhaps because it was their first time having s*x in a long time, Sylvia was more passionate and intense than usual last night.

Of course, it was always hot and instinctive, but what should I say about last night…

It looked more like the mating of animals than a relationship between people.

Of course, animals wouldn’t do that with their mouths or chests,

“But I always covered myself with a blanket.”

“The sound is more of a problem than the appearance.”

“I can’t do anything about that.”

“Eww”

Pia hugged my body and shuddered faintly.

Even though he said that, it didn’t seem like he was particularly upset or angry with me.

Perhaps it was because they took into account that it was something I could not avoid by my own will.

Pia sighed and slowly opened her mouth.

“Hey… Ash.”

“huh?”

“Why didn’t you tell me about me?”

“…What are you talking about?”

Pia looked at me intently and said.

“If I told you that the spirit told you to stop, Sylvia wouldn’t have been convinced… but at least she wouldn’t have taken it out on Ash like that.”

“As if you were venting your anger,”

“I did it until Ash screamed in pain.”

“… Venting… is true.”

“So why didn’t you tell me? Sylvia can’t hurt me anyway.”

“hmm,”

Pia stared at me.

Even though she had grown up, Pia’s face still looked very cute.

Looking at Pia’s drooping ears and tail, I thought that maybe she was feeling gratitude, regret, or guilt for not making excuses and calling Pia’s name until the end.

I sighed quietly and stroked Pia’s head.

Pia also slowly leaned her head on my shoulder without saying a word.

“I’m going to live with Sylvia. Then Sylvia will always be by my side.”

“huh.”

“And Pia will be with me from now on, right?”

“Yeah, because I like Ash.”

“That’s why.”

“huh?”

Pia slowly shook her ears as if she didn’t understand.

“They are both my family that I will spend my whole life with, so I wanted to avoid Sylvia becoming hostile or hating Pia.”

“… I see.”

“I hope Sylvia can see Pia someday.”

“Then… won’t Sylvia hit me?”

“Hey, even if it’s Sylvia… it’s not like that…”

‘You’re looking at that fox, aren’t you?’

Suddenly, I remembered Sylvia’s eerie appearance last night.

“…”

“…”

“I’ll do my best to stop it.”

“… yes,”

Pia moved her head back and forth against my shoulder for a moment, then buried her head in my arms and sniffled.

Then he slowly crawled between my legs, climbed onto my thighs, and hugged me, overlapping his body.

“Pia, I’m in pain because of muscle pain.”

“Ash.”

“huh.”

“You know…”

“huh?”

Pia slowly blushed and asked in a small voice.

“That thing Ash and Sylvia are doing…”

“…Pia?”

“that…”

“…for a moment,”

Pia asked me with a seductive expression that did not match her age.

“Are you feeling… good?”

I answered without even taking a breath.

“no.”

“…uh?”

“no!”

“What, what! I don’t really want to… do anything…”

… this is a big deal.

I think I finally understand why parents don’t have s*x in front of their young children.

Anyway, I have to convince Sylvia somehow.

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