Growth (3) (Kanan 2)

"So, about Kanan's Phantom Different Summon… it allows up to 5,

"and there are only 3 choices, which means we should just pick all three."

"… That's the gist of it, isn't it. So, pick the next?"

"… Let's try."

Leaving Ichika out as she was,

"Phantom Different Summon!"

When Kanan used the skill, again

The same diagram was displayed.

Now then…

"… Then, let's go from the old side."

… This one I was a bit worried about. It was quite far back — right after I was summoned.

The most dangerous fight at that time was, of course, the Reichhardt battle where I fought Adelia.

That was a hair's-breadth victory with luck on my side.

… Which meant the losing branch had to exist too.

In that case…

Reichhardt the bastard would have started out holding Suzanne, Adelia, and Kanan.

The complete top candidate of last year…

And me on the other hand, having lost all my Garumon, rock-bottom.

… Could I have crawled back from there?

An H-Class slave — or it wouldn't have been strange to be dead.

"Whoaaa… a little scary…"

Would a Kanan being raised under Reichhardt appear? What on earth had become of her?

Since Suzanne was there, I wanted to believe nothing too terrible had happened, but…

"All right!"

I steeled myself and tapped the oldest-branch Kanan.

Shuoooo!

And what appeared was…

"…? … What? Here is… where? … Naoto? You, what on earth are you…

"Eh…? W-wait, me!? Why am I naked…"

A black-haired Kanan.

"Wha-what is this? Where is this!? … Answer me, Naoto!"

Eyes drawn up sharp, Kanan shouted with an edgy, on-edge air.

"Um, who are you…?"

Unable to bear the newly-appeared Kanan's confusion, Lyuka asked her.

"What? Who…? I-I'm Kanan Kazami! Second year, Reido Academy!

"Wh-where is this? What is this!? Where have you brought me!?"

This was apparently…

Not Reichhardt, but even further back.

… Before the isekai transfer. In other words, I'd brought over the Kanan from the possibility-branch where there was no isekai transfer.

"What does this mean…? No, surely the Reichhardt battle was the branch, or so I'd thought."

"… I don't know. In the branch diagram, there appear to be slightly more subtle branches further along, but… they vanish quickly.

"As a possible explanation…

"The probability of losing to Reichhardt-shi was far thinner than Naoto-san had estimated, so it may not be observable."

"Eh… is that so…?"

If the damage had bounced a little high, Kanan should have fallen…

No, at the time Kanan had actually been properly in defensive stance, so even with a slight upward bounce there was a high probability of 1 remaining HP — told that, I felt that way too.

"Or perhaps, the Kanan-san raised by Reichhardt-shi isn't shining brightly enough to be called here."

"E-eeeh…"

But that's true. Suzanne disliked that and came to me. If I hadn't been around…

Whoa… Suzanne, Kanan, Adelia shining as much as they did now — having their talent unable to shine, being dulled… I didn't want to see that future.

"In the worst case… the Kanan-san raised by Reichhardt-shi might not… live long."

"Eh, no way…"

"But if Reichhardt-shi got carried away with obtaining Suzanne, Kanan-san, and Adelia, and carelessly charged into monster territory…"

"Well, dying wouldn't be strange… whoa…"

That was a tragedy.

… Really, glad I won. Thanks to that, Reichhardt was still alive too.

Now, enough idle chatter. Let's focus on her, who's appeared now.

"… Avatar… summoned creature… I-I don't understand the meaning…"

The premise knowledge Ichika had — she, whom we couldn't yet call Nika since she wouldn't respond, but for convenience let's call her Nika anyway.

Nika apparently had premise knowledge too.

However, while Ichika understood smoothly, Nika was in a state with no prior knowledge at all.

In a state where she couldn't grasp this world's Garumon or battle system at all, being told "You're Kanan's summoned creature and avatar" — there's no way she could understand.

She'd been brought here knowing nothing.

If Kanan and Ichika were nearby, she'd just be more confused, so for the time being, only me, Sawako, and Lyuka would handle her.

I'd thought Yumi would be fine too, but since this should be the era when she didn't trust Yumi as a rival, I had her step away for now.

"… Kanan-san. Please listen calmly. This world is Garumon World, an alternate world different from your world, Japan on Earth.

"You've been brought to this alternate world by summoning magic."

"… Lyuka, was it — I don't understand the meaning! Forget it, just send me back to where I was right now!"

Nika ranted hysterically.

"… Troubling. When I met you in this world, you were a bit calmer…"

"No, at first she was like this.

"Suddenly commanded, made to fight Reichhardt… meeting Adelia.

"By the time she'd settled down some, that's when she met Leone and Lyuka.

"Certainly, back then she'd settled down quite a bit.

"… Nostalgic. Exactly one year ago."

I watched Nika's state with feeling.

"… Naoto! What the hell are you! Hurry, send me back to where I was!

"… Sawako!"

"… Y-yes. Nika-sama… K-Kanan-sama."

She corrected herself.

"Well, at least having you here with me is a relief.

"… Honestly, what a meaningless thing…

"… That… is it true? That this is… not Earth, not Japan?"

"Yes, it's as you say."

"…'As you say'! … Why do you sound so glad!? What an unbelievable, huge incident! I-I can't believe it, but if you say so, I'll believe you. There's no way Sawako would lie to me.

"… But, with this absurd thing happening, why are you so calm!"

Sawako really was trusted…

Let's see how Sawako handled this.

"Naoto…"

… Sawako looked troubled. She turned eyes at me asking for help, but…

With my eyes, I proposed: how about answering properly?

Sawako gave in and chose her words.

"Um… first, the thing is, I came to this world considerably earlier. So the period of confusion has already passed… now I'm fully settled in."

She answered with a tiny portion of the truth.

"… I-I see.

"… If you've been here that long, do you know the method to return to the original world?"

This time, to Sawako's pleading gaze, I answered.

"Yes, I know. However, the method can't be used until 2 years 6 months from now."

"2 years 6 months… I'll have graduated school! What do I do! Me, repeating a year… I can't believe it!"

… Worrying about school — somehow that was cute.

I watched Nika's reaction with a smile.

"… Wh-what is this, Naoto! Even in this situation, you're calm…"

"It's fine, no point panicking… Kanan, calm down too. Once, try taking a deep breath."

"Eh, ah… suuu… haaa…"

Nika obediently took a deep breath.

"… Haa… so? What do we do…"

She'd calmed a little.

"Yeah, well, you have to spend 2 years 6 months in this world, so for now let's settle down and live here.

"And if 2 years 6 months later you still want to return to the original world, at that time I'll properly send you back."

"'Still'… of course I want to return! Don't joke around…"

Nika had calmed a bit, but still seemed irritated.

"… Wh-what is this? Just now… despite being only Naoto, isn't your attitude awfully condescending toward me!

"… Looks like I need to make you understand your position once more. Which of us is Goshujin-sama! … Sawako, my whip."

When she extended her hand saying that, a whip was already gripped in it.

"…?"

Nika was momentarily confused, but in the end there was no problem…

Bishi!

She brandished the whip.

"Fufufu… now, tremble in fear. Kneel down, apologize for your rude behavior!

"… You're my slave! I'll beat that into the marrow of your bones!"

Nika declared.

"Kanan-sama, please stop."

Sawako stood in the way.

"Sawako! What are you doing! Defending someone like Naoto…!"

"Please wake up! Naoto, to you, is the most precious person there is."

"Sawako, enough… Leave it to me now."

Pon, I placed my hand on Sawako's shoulder.

"… B-but… understood."

Sawako stepped back once.

"… Kanan."

… What I'd wanted to say to the Kanan from back then, huh.

There were lots of things, but reconsidering, nothing really came out.

So many painful, suffering, frustrating things…

There must have been plenty, but now it was all distant.

So I'd say what I wanted to say to this Nika in front of me now.

"That scowl doesn't suit you. You're cuter when you're smiling."

… Yeah, only banal lines came out.

"… Wha! … I-if I… could do that… how much… I'm a daughter of the Kazami family; I have to rule over you slaves and be in Eclair-sama's good graces!

"That's my responsibility!"

So saying, Nika raised her arm.

"But, this isn't Japan anymore. You're free."

"… Eh…?"

Nika's arm stopped.

"Kanan. Honestly, you want to spend time with Sawako more normally, like friends, right?"

"… Th-that's… not…"

"Kanan-sama…"

"Whipping slaves isn't fun, is it.

"You don't have to do what you don't want to do anymore. The Kazami house isn't here. The parents binding you aren't here anymore either."

"… Is… that… so…?"

Nika… gradually calmed down.

"Here, you're free.

"Just do what you want to do, live happily… I'll be with you."

I extended my hand.

That hand…

"… Really…? Is it okay? I can… be free…?"

Su…

Nika took it.

"This world, just like a game, is a place where you can fight using magic.

"You're Nika. You're another Kanan, summoned by Kanan, but you're an ordinary, cute girl. Don't worry about being a summoned creature or anything."

"… Mm."

The now-meek Nika listened obediently to what I said.

And then…

"… I'm sorry for everything until now. Naoto."

She apologized, very honestly.

And then…

"Ah, aah… e-embarrassing…"

Fully naked Nika, blushing in embarrassment in front of me.

It was a sudden development, but…

It happened extremely normally — arm around her shoulder, pushed down, undressing… that was all. Nika hardly resisted.

"You're beautiful, Nika…"

I whispered that in her ear.

"Ha, ah, aaaa…"

Nika let out sweet breaths.

… What I thought "oh" at was that Nika's breasts were a bit smaller than Kanan's.

Kanan's breasts had grown slightly from me having groped them so much.

Told that, I'd somehow felt they'd gotten a bit larger, but without a point of comparison, I hadn't been sure.

That kind of growth too — interesting to feel.

I kissed Nika… and at the same time slid my penis into her vagina.

"Mn, mmn, mmn… Naotooo… mn, ha, aaaa…!"

Nika squirmed as if in pain.

… Just as Kanan's breasts had gotten bigger, mine might have also gotten bigger.

Well, I'd been using it a lot…

In that respect, Nika might feel more pain than Kanan.

… But I'd also gotten quite skilled compared to back then, so in that respect Nika's burden was probably smaller.

I moved my hips little by little, slowly, so as not to hurt her too much.

"Ah, aah, aaaa… I-I'm, having sex, with Naoto, having sex…

"Naoto's cock, i-inside me… is… going… in…"

Nika seemed unable to believe what she was doing.

… Well, from my point of view, having sex with Kanan was the norm now.

Having sex with Nika also felt natural.

But getting to take Kanan's virginity again was a joy. Moreover, the black-haired Nika whose appearance was a perfectly faithful copy of the Kanan when she was in Japan.

… As if returning to Japan and taking revenge on Kanan.

I'd had sex with Kanan multiple times in that image-play, so I was satisfied enough that I wouldn't say I'd specifically wanted to redo it, but…

The thorn that had remained somewhere in my heart might be dissolving and disappearing with this.

Sex with Nika, who was far less practiced than Kanan, probably wasn't as good as sex with Kanan if you just quantified the pleasure.

But somehow it felt like my heart was being healed.

… The last lingering weight in my heart before fighting Eclair was being resolved, it felt.

"… There, Nika, I'm coming. Inside you.

"… Pregnancy doesn't happen right away in this world, so it's fine. But even if you get pregnant, it's fine…"

"Aah, Naoto… I… mm, understood… I'll entrust everything to you…"

Doku doku dokun!

I ejaculated plentifully inside Nika's vagina.

"… So, how is it? We waited 30 minutes outside, so over here 4 hours have passed, right?"

When Kanan, Yumi, and the others returned…

"Naoto, love you, love youuu… I love youuu…"

Zupu zupu zupu

Nika, very happily, was rocking her hips on top of me.

"… Fast!"

Kanan was surprised too.

"… Eeeh? Why is it lovey-dovey sex…? You should be getting more revenge!

"Or rather, show off the sight of me being completely beguiled by you, break the pride of 'this is your main body, you know'…"

"… Kanan, why are you so harsh to your past self…?"

"Because! … My past self is the me I dislike most."

"To me now, every Kanan is dear."

"… Honestly, Naoto…"

Kanan didn't seem satisfied with my answer, but… she looked a bit happy.

"… Honestly. Well, if Naoto's okay with it, that's fine too. So, how's Nika in combat terms?"

"Nostalgic. Completely initial state. From here she'll grow again, I think.

"… But just her class is different from Kanan's."

"Ah, 'Otherworld' has disappeared… and she's become Whip User."

"Kanan's whip skill is like a bonus, but for Nika, raising her around whip skill might be good.

"A different possibility of Kanan, huh… I'm looking forward to it."

"Mm… Nika absolutely, will be useful to Naoto… mn, chu, chu…!"

Nika clung to me and kissed me passionately.

"… Nika! Y-you, why are you so honestly lovey-dovey with Naoto… how long did it take me to become that way…"

"Haa? Kanan, aren't you just too stupid?"

"Wh-wha… I won't be told that by you of all people!"

… Somehow, the compatibility between Kanan and Nika seemed a bit poor, which was a slight concern.