Chapter 3: Being Allowed to Bathe with a Gyaru
"—Thus, the wicked witch was safely defeated. After that, the prince and princess lived happily ever after. The end, the end."
Sierra finished telling one folktale while gently patting my stomach in a steady rhythm as I lay on my back.
I'm being put to sleep by a younger woman...
Of course, I didn't ask for this. Sierra started doing it on her own.
Listening to folktales half-forcibly while being looked at by Lilia with eyes like she was looking at trash was quite a refined experience.
Since I'm bored anyway, maybe being told one more folktale is okay—
Clang clang clang clang clang!!
Suddenly, the loud sound of a bell could be heard from outside the cave.
The atmosphere was different from the bell signaling break time I heard at noon; it seemed to be signaling danger, but...
"Did something happen?"
"I don't know, but right now there is nothing we can do."
In response to Sierra's anxious question, Lilia answered resolutely.
Then, as the three of us strained our ears towards the outside, we heard footsteps of someone running towards us.
The one who appeared was Evanjesica. Looking panicked, she unlocked the iron bars.
"—A gigantic monster has appeared. Right now, Fiona is fighting it together with the men, but she's struggling."
Just as she said that, the iron bars were thrown open.
Evanjesica held out my sword.
"Pebble, go fight."
"Understood."
Taking the sword, I started running.
"Ah, Pebble, we have to take off the Shackles—"
Evanjesica called out to stop me, but hearing Fiona was in a pinch, I ignored her and pushed forward to rush there as fast as possible.
Going out of the cave, I could confirm Fiona, dressed in ethnic clothing, fighting hard on the outskirts of the settlement located almost directly below.
The monster facing her was a gigantic black wolf, easily over 5 meters long—probably a Fenrir.
Fiona was cornered against a wall, but she had her sword ready and wasn't giving it an opening to attack, so it seemed to be a stalemate.
Fortunately, she didn't seem to have any major injuries.
The men around her were just milling about and showed no sign of helping. I have to hurry.
A Fenrir is a terrifying opponent, but I have fought them a few times before and have a grasp of their general movements and body structure.
But right now I'm wearing Shackles, and clashing head-on with a fast opponent isn't a good plan. Suppressing my eager feelings, I decided to run up a nearby rocky mountain.
Then, moving almost directly above the Fenrir, I drew my sword and jumped down.
The enemy is a big lump of meat, so I probably won't take much landing damage. Thinking lightly of it, I plummeted—and thrust my sword into the Fenrir's brain.
"Guoooaaaaaah!!"
The Fenrir let out a gruesome death cry and thrashed around in agony.
But soon, it stopped moving.
The men who had been fighting looked at me, who had suddenly fallen from the sky, with eyes like they were seeing something unbelievable.
However, only Fiona approached with a smile.
"As expected of Leon-cchi! One hit!"
"It's because you were keeping it occupied, Fiona-san. Thanks to that, it was easy to aim for the Fenrir's head."
"Even so, falling from above and finishing it off is too amazing! Plus Leon-cchi, you're still wearing the Shackles! That's hilarious!"
Fiona laughed loudly while pointing at my right ankle.
"Ah, this. Actually, I was told to take them off right after leaving the prison, but when I heard you were in a pinch, Fiona-san, I couldn't sit still and came just like this."
"Are you trying to make me die of kyunjni (heart-throb)!?"
Fiona shouted while clutching her chest.
"Make you die of... what?"
"N-Nothing..."
For some reason, Fiona blushed and looked away.
While we were doing that, the women of the island gathered nearby.
"No way... outside the island there are men this strong...?"
"That's pretty good..."
The women were rumored about me, and naturally, my cheeks relaxed.
Then, I made eye contact with a blonde woman who looked a little younger than me, and she beckoned me.
When I approached, I was surrounded by three women of about the same age as her.
"Men on this island are small fry so I wasn't interested, but you're strong and cool. Name?"
"It's Pebble."
"Heh~, nice name."
"I-Is that so?"
I think it's a pretty avant-garde naming.
"Your muscles are amazing. Let me touch."
No sooner had she said it, a brown-haired woman reached out for my abs.
"Wooow, they're rock hard. You work out."
"Ah, unfair, me too."
"I want to touch too~"
Three beautiful girls rubbed my abs and biceps. Between the happiness and ticklishness, I couldn't help but grin.
"Could it be that here is amazing too?"
The brown-haired woman said jokingly while pointing to my lower abdomen.
Such a beautiful girl, making a dirty joke...!?
"......"
A little ways away, Fiona was glaring at me with the expression of hell itself.
Then a black-haired woman asked me.
"Hey, I heard from Fiona earlier, but Pebble and she are lovers, right?"
"Yes, technically."
"How far have you gone?"
"H-How far, you ask?"
"Like kissing, or have you done what comes after?"
"N-No, we haven't even held hands yet."
"Heh~, pure love. I love meddling in that kind of stuff."
The brown-haired woman flashed a devilish smile, giving me the chills.
"Pebble, your experience with women?"
"T-That is..."
"Since you can't answer immediately, you're a virgin?"
"A-Actually..."
"Ahaha, cute."
"Want me to teach you about girls?"
"Among us, who is your type the most?"
"T-The most, you say..."
I instinctively appraised them from the chest up.
"No way, you're looking at boobs too much."
"Want to touch?"
"So innocent."
"......"
With questions flying one after another, my brain was reaching capacity overload.
However, I know this much. I absolutely must live on this island permanently.
"—Leon-cchi, a sec."
While I was in a dreamlike state, Fiona suddenly grabbed my shoulder and pulled me away from the island women.
Then she brought her face almost to zero distance and shouted.
"Don't get all lovey-dovey!"
She was super pissed.
"Also, why did you say we haven't even held hands?"
"Why... because it's a fact, right?"
"Sure we haven't held hands, but we've gone pretty far, haven't we! I rode on Leon-cchi's back and played horsey!"
"I'm supposed to report playing horsey as progress in male-female relations!?"
"T-That's not all... in the dungeon, my..."
Fiona, who was supposed to be angry, suddenly let her voice fade.
She probably wanted to point out that I had seen down there. But it seems she gave up out of embarrassment.
"Anyway, if you get any more carried away, I'll kill you. True, defeating the Fenrir was cool, and I get why you'd become popular, but..."
Behind Fiona who was muttering that, the brown-haired woman from earlier walked up.
And she made an outrageous proposal.
"Pebble, won't you take a bath with us tonight?"
"Wha!? Seriously!?"
"Yeah. I want you to wash my back."
"With pleasure!!"
Immediately after I shouted that, Fiona strangled me from behind.
"It's obviously a no! Because Leon-cchi is my Boyfriend (Provisional)!"
"No, but, apparently on this island, if invited by a woman, a man has no right to refuse—"
"Hm?"
"I'm sorry... I value my life, so bathing together is impossible..."
As I was about to shed tears of frustration while bowing my head to the women, the brown-haired woman glared at me.
"—Hah? Like that would be allowed."
"Eh...?"
"It's as that girl says. Fiona, monopoly is not permitted."
Evanjesica, who was standing nearby before I knew it, admonished her.
"On this island, men are the common property of all women. To avoid conflict, there are no exceptions."
"In other words, I have to share Leon-cchi too?"
"That is correct. If you break the island's customs, there will be serious consequences."
Evanjesica said threateningly.
When I realized it, the island women were looking at me with gazes like they were looking at prey.
At the fear and expectation that I might be attacked by one of them soon, my heart raced.
—However, Fiona stood in the way between me and the island women.
"Bathing together is absolutely a no!! Because Leon-cchi is... taking a bath with me alone tonight!!"
Thus, as a result of Fiona forcibly booking my schedule for tonight, I really ended up taking a bath together with her.
We came to a hot spring in a rocky area along the coast. Around here, there are hot springs of various sizes separated by high rocky mountains, and we got permission to use one of them.
Normally, reserving a hot spring seems to require a prior reservation, but apparently, it was allowed as a reward for defeating the Fenrir earlier.
Fiona and I hid ourselves in the shadows of the rocks around the hot spring respectively, and nervously took off our clothes.
Becoming completely naked, I immediately sank my body into the hot water. The temperature was quite hot, but for me right now, that didn't matter at all.
Waiting with my chest swelling in expectation, Fiona appeared in the unsightly figure of just a single white bath towel. Moreover, the towel was short in length, only hiding down to above her knees. If she moved a little, the crucial parts looked like they would be visible; it was incredibly erotic.
"—Don't look over here much."
She warned me not to look, but there was no way I could take my eyes off her.
Fiona-san let out an exasperated sigh, then slowly stepped into the hot spring. The moment the hem of her towel hit the water, it ballooned up, making my heart race at an abnormal speed.
However, once Fiona-san was submerged up to her chest, a sudden question bubbled up.
"Um... aren't you going to take off your bath towel?"
I asked without thinking, and she shot back a suspicious look.
"Hah? No way I'm taking it off."
"But I heard it's bad manners to bring towels into the hot spring..."
"You can ignore those kinds of manners when it's mixed bathing. Wait, don't tell me you aren't wearing a towel, Leon-cchi?"
Asked by a smirking Fiona-san, I nodded honestly.
"Huh..."
Fiona-san wore a dubious grin and lifted her hips off the bottom of the bath.
"Anyway, I'm gonna come over to your side for a sec."
"W-Why!?"
"Hmm? No reason in particular~?"
She dodged the question and closed the distance. Instinctively, I covered my precious parts with both hands.
"Oh my? What are you touching, Leon-cchi?"
"I'm not touching anything."
"Hilarious. Why are you panicking?"
"I'm not panicking. Just please don't come any closer."
"Ehh? Why not~?"
Playing dumb, Fiona-san closed the distance even further.
It was incredibly embarrassing... but as I looked, I realized the wet bath towel was clinging to her skin.
This is... erotic...!!
However, since Fiona-san didn't seem to notice, I turned my face away while stealing glances.
"—Oh? Hey Leon-cchi, what do you think that is?"
Having come quite close, Fiona-san suddenly pointed up at the sky.
I squinted at the tip of her index finger, but I couldn't see anything.
"What is it?"
"Come on, that. It's right there. Maybe it's hard to see from your angle? Try standing up and looking."
"No, if I do that, you'll see everything."
"Tch. Busted, huh?"
"I'm not that stupid, you know. ...Wait, do you want to see me naked?"
"N-No way! I just wanted to mess with you!"
Fiona-san spoke hurriedly and put a little distance between us.
Relieved but slightly disappointed, I stared at her body submerged in the water.
Naturally, she noticed my ulterior motives.
"Leon-cchi, you really are a pervert. And you don't hold back at all."
Fiona-san glared at me with scornful eyes as she spat out the insult.
"If you took a bath with those girls from earlier, you'd probably lose your virginity instantly."
"Th..."
Even if I denied it, she wouldn't believe me. Besides, if they asked, I'd probably gladly offer up my virginity...
"We really need to escape this island soon... By the way, how are Lilia-sensei and the Prez doing right now?"
"It seems both of them are being held in the prison cave until tomorrow morning. Evanjesica-san said it was to make them reflect on their actions."
"So running away tonight is impossible, huh..."
"Tonight, and probably for a while. Even if they let us out of the cell, I don't know if they'll take off the leg irons immediately."
"Can't you break them somehow?"
"They're made of iron. I think it's better not to force it and just stay quiet until they remove them."
"You say that, but you just want to mixed bathe with those girls from earlier, don't you?"
"......"
Honestly, I had no reason to rush off this island.
In fact, so far, it had been nothing but a paradise, and I was even considering permanent residency.
But since I'd probably get yelled at again, I decided to deny it.
"That's not true. I want to return to school quickly too."
"That's a total lie. There was a weird pause."
She saw through me in an instant.
"—Ah! Wait, if you think about it, don't we just need to get the key?"
Fiona-san suddenly arrived at the truth.
"Steal the keys to the prison and the shackles. Then we can escape tonight."
"Ah, that's true~. But where are the keys~?"
"? Why are you talking weird all of a sudden?"
"N-No, no deep meaning."
"Anyway, the keys have to be somewhere, so look for them, Leon-cchi."
"......"
I recalled the scene from earlier today. Evanjesica-san had put the keys to the prison and shackles into the pocket of her skirt.
I could play dumb, but there was a risk the lie would be exposed when we regrouped with Lilia-san later. I resigned myself to telling her.
"I don't have proof, but Evanjesica-san might keep the keys on her person at all times. She put them in her skirt pocket this afternoon."
"I see. So we might be able to snatch them when she takes off her clothes or when she's sleeping. Leon-cchi, which do you prefer: sneaking into the bath or attacking her while she sleeps?"
What kind of ultimate choice is that?
"Both are hard to pass up... No, let's peek at the bath first. If that fails, we can sneak into the bedroom."
"Why are you assuming failure? You looking for a fight?"
"I'm sorry. I'll do my best to make it succeed."
"Make sure you do, okay? ...Ahh, talking about stupid stuff has made me hot. I think I'll get out."
No sooner had she said it than Fiona-san stood up right there.
The bath towel was clinging to her body, making her silhouette perfectly visible.
Moreover, it was slightly see-through, and on the two swells of her chest, I could see something—
"Don't stare!"
Fiona-san shrieked and sank back into the hot water.
"Leon-cchi, get out first."
"No, I'm completely naked, though."
"But if I try to get out, you'll just stare at me."
"I mean, I will look, but..."
"Try to hide it at least."
"Then I won't look."
"Don't tell such obvious lies."
She glared at me. No matter how I answered, she got angry. Isn't this a checkmate...?
"Leon-cchi, hurry up and get out."
"But I have no way to hide—"
"Shut up. I'm reaching my limit, so make it snappy."
Spoken to in a tone that brooked no argument, I decided to obey.
Holding my crotch with both hands, I rotated 180 degrees to turn my back to Fiona-san.
Then, steeling my resolve, I stood up boldly.
"—Aha! Leon-cchi, your butt is cute~."
Hearing her cheer, I turned around to find Fiona-san staring intently at me.
I immediately sank my body back into the water.
"Fiona-san! Don't stare at me!"
"It's fine, isn't it? You're not gonna lose anything."
"I'll throw those words right back at you."
"It's fine for guys to be seen, but when a girl gets seen, her value decreases."
"Is... that true?"
"Don't you think the phrase 'a naked body no one has ever seen before' sounds good?"
"Ideally, that does hit home...!"
Well, I had already witnessed Fiona-san's lower body, though...
"Even so, I think concluding that it's okay for men to be seen is strange."
"Fine, then I won't look."
"You say that, but you intend to look, don't you?"
"I'll look the other way and close my eyes."
"Really...?"
"You doubt me? I don't want to see your ass anyway, Leon-cchi."
"You were staring at it just a moment ago, weren't you?"
"I won't do it anymore."
Fiona-san said with a smirk and turned her back to me.
It seemed the teasing was over, so I turned my back and stood up again.
But just as I stepped one leg out, I had a bad feeling and turned around—Fiona-san was looking right at me.
I immediately sank back into the water.
"Hey, Leon-cchi! Why did you turn around!? What's the big idea doubting me!?"
"No, right now you have no right to be angry, Fiona-san."
"I'm not angry. It's just that there was no excuse for that, so I thought maybe if I yelled and acted angry, I could gloss over it."
"Nothing but malice!"
Why does this person want to see my butt so badly...?
"I've decided. I'm not getting out until you get out, Fiona-san."
"Hah!?"
"Whoever wants to get out first has to be seen in an embarrassing state. Fair, right?"
"Pervert."
"Right back at you."
And so, the endurance match between Fiona-san and me began.
However, since we had already been in for quite a long time, I predicted the conclusion wouldn't take long.
"...This is bad. My head's spinning."
About two minutes later, Fiona-san spoke, looking visibly unwell.
"Shouldn't you get out soon?"
"But... Leon-cchi will look..."
"By the way, I'm still totally fine."
I spoke as forcefully as I could to the weakly murmuring Fiona-san.
In reality, I was close to my limit too, so I wanted her to give up quickly.
"Actually, thinking calmly, the plan is to steal the key now, right? Is this really the time to be doing this? If we don't hurry, Evanjesica-san might finish her bath."
"That's true..."
"Therefore, please admit defeat."
"The option of Leon-cchi admitting defeat is..."
"Non-existent. I don't really mind if I don't escape the island."
"Coward... despicable..."
Fiona-san muttered, her ears turning bright red, then stood up in the water as if resigning herself.
The water-soaked bath towel was translucent and looked like it was about to slip off, revealing her chest to a very perilous degree. It was a magnificent sight.
"...Well, whatever, guess it's fine if I'm seen. I'll just have Lilia-sensei erase his memory later..."
"Huh? Erase memory?"
While I tilted my head in confusion, Fiona-san lost her balance in front of me and looked like she was about to fall.
"Ah!"
I instinctively stood up and caught her in my arms.
The impact caused the bath towel to fall, exposing Fiona-san's breasts.
While my eyes were captivated by their beauty, I maintained the tiny shred of reason remaining and carried Fiona-san out of the hot spring.
By the time I sat her down on the rocky area, the bath towel was only providing a pitiful amount of cover for her lower abdomen.
"Kyaaa!!"
Fiona-san realized immediately and screamed. Then, despite her grogginess, she covered her chest with both arms.
"—Leon-cchi! You're staring too much!"
Since she glared at me with all her might, I let go of her and turned my back.
"That was force majeure."
"Wrong! There was clearly malice involved!"
"...I'm sorry. I thought since I just saved a life, it might be okay to look."
"Like hell it's okay!"
Fiona-san shouted as she quickly re-wrapped her towel. It was far too regrettable.
"But, even if I see you naked after saving you, the affection points should balance out to zero, right?"
"No way!! It's minus one hundred million!!"
Having fixed her towel, Fiona-san screamed as she walked toward me.
I turned my face away, expecting to be hit, but no impact ever came.
"...Wait, Leon-cchi. That thing is in a pretty amazing state."
Fiona-san pointed at my lower abdomen with a grin.
Looking down, my male symbol was fully exposed.
Moreover, it was standing tall at its limit.
"—!!"
I had completely forgotten I was stark naked. I covered it with both hands, far too late.
"Now we're even. Well, I'm gonna ask Lilia-sensei to erase your memory anyway."
"No, what is this memory erasing? Is there an herb with that kind of effect?"
"Mhm-hmm, it's a secret."
Wearing a triumphant smile, Fiona-san walked over to where she had taken off her clothes before bathing.
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