The Fourth Companion

"Ohh… amazing… I can see Lyuka's status… You really did become my companion…"

Ahh, amazing. My heart was overflowing. One of the goals I'd had since coming here was finally accomplished. How wonderful was this?

As I was savoring it…

"Then, right away, allow me to explain how to return to the otherworld."

A sudden statement from Lyuka.

"… Eh? We can already go back?"

That was a problem in its own right; mentally, I wasn't quite ready for it…

"No, first I'd like to share the research I've conducted on my own. This information was confidential, and as an NPC I wasn't permitted to share it with a third party. Once I become a Garumon, there's no need to keep information from my Master… Honestly, I'd been quite anxious to convey it as soon as possible, before it was too late."

"… I'm sorry."

I apologized again at Lyuka's words. It was because I'd been spacing out and dragging my feet on it…

"No, it's all right. We made it in time, in the end."

And then Lyuka began her explanation.

"First, the phenomenon of transfer from another world to this one is, from this world's standpoint, not all that rare a natural occurrence. It's no different from lightning, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes, and so on. And many natural phenomena, such as lightning magic and earthquake magic, can be reproduced through Garumon Skills. In other words, transfer is, in essence, the same as my Gate."

"… Ohh."

I let out an exclamation at Lyuka's words.

"I see. So that's why you, who can use Gate magic, became the leading authority on otherworld-transfer research."

"… Leading authority is hardly…"

Lyuka grew bashful at my words.

"That said, it's also true that there don't seem to be many other people researching it."

Mmh, sure enough, meeting Lyuka really had been a stroke of luck.

"However, that doesn't mean simply opening a Gate would let you return to the otherworld. First, opening a Gate exit in the otherworld. Then, opening a Gate that connects the otherworld to this world. These two points need to be cleared. Point one, the method of opening a Gate exit, has not yet been found. But the candidate method is to rely on natural phenomena. Catching the moment a transfer phenomenon occurs naturally. With luck on our side, that isn't impossible. But the probability is far too low. The way to raise that probability is to gather a certain number of otherworld beings."

"A certain number of otherworld beings… You mean me, the otherworld Master, and Kanan and the others, the otherworld Garumon?"

"Yes, exactly. By calculation, probably four or more. The more people, the better."

"Four…"

In other words, if we could recruit one more otherworld Garumon as a companion, we'd finally have a real shot at going home.

… In which case, rescuing Setsuna would be ideal.

"And there's one more important matter. There's a clear distinction between a Garumon who came from the otherworld and remains an otherworld being, and a Garumon who, despite being otherworld-born, is reborn as a being of this world. The race name is prefixed with 'Otherworld,' yes? But Garumon who originated in the otherworld and now permanently reside in this world don't have 'Otherworld' attached to their race name. The difference is…"

I tensed and waited for Lyuka's words.

"It's whether they're virgins or non-virgins."

"… Eh."

What did she just say?

"You're aware that Garumon virginity is protected by the system, yes?"

"Um… well, yes."

"This protection by the system is said to be more robust in the case of otherworld Garumon. That robustness is thought to come from the connection with the original world."

"I, I see… ahh, of course."

"In short, an otherworld Garumon who maintains her virginity to the very end in this world can, at the end, return to the original world. A Garumon who accepts her Master's love along the way will permanently reside in this world. Such a rule is conjectured. It's still at the hypothesis stage, but the change of the 'Otherworld' race-name prefix has been confirmed in past examples of otherworld Garumon, and I think it's quite well-supported."

"I, I see…"

So that kind of rule existed.

So even though I'd figured I couldn't anyway and never tried even once, my decision not to bed Kanan and Maika turned out to have been the right one.

"And then, in this world there are several singularities where Gates to the otherworld are easily opened. Once all conditions are met, going to one of those singularities, narrowing the dimensional distance to the otherworld and inducing the Gate phenomenon, then opening a Gate from this side. Through that flow, opening a Gate of return to the original world becomes possible. That's what I've concluded."

"… Ohh! Amazing, Lyuka!"

I let out a cry of admiration. More than being happy that we could return, I was admiring the fact that Lyuka had thoroughly researched what looked like a difficult phenomenon, that she was clever and admirable.

"… Then, if we go to that place…"

"Yes… I'd like to say so, but there are conditions for that. First, the place is in monster territory."

"Monster territory?"

I'd had it explained to me back at the start. In this world, monsters appear. This area was human territory, but occasionally monsters appeared here too.

Monster territory was a dangerous region where monsters appeared as a matter of course.

"Monster territory is extremely dangerous, so only B-Class or higher Masters, or C-Class or higher Masters with the permission of a B-Class or higher Master, can enter."

"Hmm? Which means…"

"Yes. First, I think we should stand by here for another month and aim for promotion to C-Class. How does that sound?"

That's what Lyuka proposed.

C-Class was the minimum. From there, I'd need to either get connections to a B-Class Master or promote to B-Class myself; otherwise we couldn't go to that place.

In other words, this wasn't something we could do right away.

… I felt a little relieved.

This was bad. I was already finding this world more attractive than my original world… no, no, that wouldn't do. The path home had finally come into view.

Just one more push. I had to keep at it.

"Um… I think it's fine on my end. I want to level Lyuka up while we're somewhere safe… and we have to wait for the results of the information-gathering on my sister, too…"

Just then, Lyuka seemed to look away for a moment.

"…? The information-gathering, did some result come in?"

"N-No…! The information is still being gathered."

Coughing ahem, Lyuka answered in a slightly strained voice.

"Thanks, Lyuka. I'm counting on you."

I took Lyuka's hand.

"Auu…"

Lyuka had a troubled look on her face.

… What was it? Maybe she felt apologetic that no results had come in. She really didn't need to worry about it.

"I, I have no objection either. C-Class in another month. Then B-Class… Wh-what comes after, we can think about then."

That's what Kanan said.

"I… don't want to go back yet."

But the other otherworld being, Maika, said that clearly.

"For three months until now, I was walking through pitch darkness with no future in sight… Now I feel like I've suddenly been pulled out into the light. A little longer, until my eyes get used to this light, it'd be okay to take it slow."

That's what Maika said, smiling.

… Sure enough, the wounds on her heart weren't going to heal anytime soon.

But to heal those wounds, indeed, maybe spending time as my companion in this world was the best way.

If she went back to the original world now, surely no one would understand her.

If she said she'd been taken to another world and made a slave, they'd think she'd lost her mind, and she might end up in a psychiatric ward.

So, for now, our course of action wasn't going to change.

Besides, my current funds were 250,000G. With another 240,000G saved up, I'd finally be able to make Leone my companion. To go home at this timing would be a joke.

… Hm, 250,000G?

… Come to think of it, there had been another goal for the savings at the start. Kanan becoming an NPC. If I recalled correctly, it was 125,000G. I had enough for it now.

Bringing it up at this point felt almost spiteful, but with sufficient funds saved up, I couldn't just silently let it slide.

"… Kanan, there was another reason we were saving up at the start, wasn't there?"

When I brought it up, Kanan made a sour face.

"… Heh, you really are that kind of guy. Always making a weird show of being fair… But if you say something weird, I'll get angry, you know?"

She glared at me.

… Yeah, I got it. After all that, Kanan had gotten close with Adelia, and with Leone and Lyuka, and with me too. She'd surely gotten close with all of us.

When the situation had changed like that, acting on a remark from way back would only make her angry.

Even so, if I didn't make a show of being fair, I wouldn't be me.

"… I want Kanan to stay as my companion, but…"

"Then I'll stay."

To my words, which were just meant as a preface to "if Kanan wants to become an NPC…", Kanan answered without missing a beat.

"… Mm, thanks."

I thought about pressing her further, but that would be redundant. With this, the talk of turning Kanan into an NPC was over.

"All right then, today, let's start by teaching the new girl the code of conduct for us, Naoto's companions."

"Yes, please do."

… A code of conduct? Was there ever such a thing?

That said, I didn't think it was right for me to listen, so I went down the stairs and decided to chat with Leone for a while.

"Congratulations on hitting 250,000G."

Leone said.

"Yeah. Thanks. Next is 490,000G, and I'll definitely make it."

This kind of promise was completely different from when I'd been making it back at G-Class or F-Class. This was a sum I could hit soon.

On top of that, next month I could be promoted to C-Class…

Promoting to C-Class and hitting 490,000G at the same time, then adding Leone as a companion, would be the best.

"Yes. Once Naoto-san becomes my Goshujin-sama, with no need to hold back before the system or anyone, I'll be able to do anything for you."

"Leone-san…"

A hot lump rushed up my spine.

I was too excited to wait.

… Or rather, my frustration had piled up.

No, my libido had been getting an outlet.

Since that day, every night Maika came to my bedroom and begged me to let her serve me, so I had her get me off two or three times a day with fellatio and paizuri.

After that, I'd ask Leone-san myself, and she'd get me off two or three more times a day, the same way, with fellatio and paizuri…

In total, every day, I was released four to five times.

That much output, and back in the original world, I should have been more than satisfied.

I thought I had a bit of a strong libido, but I usually only masturbated about two or three times a day on average. Twice that and I'd be totally wiped out.

So the ejaculation count should have been plenty. Both Maika and Leone, compared to when I did it alone, really made it feel incomparably good.

But what was this? Ever since coming here, this feeling that something wasn't satisfied had stayed with me the whole time.

… I didn't know if it was because I couldn't have sex.

I didn't even know in the first place whether sex really felt better than paizuri or fellatio.

Wanting something I didn't even know seemed strange…

No, but maybe that was a creature's instinct.

If creatures got satisfied with paizuri or fellatio and stopped having sex, they'd go extinct.

In that case, maybe what I was frustrated about was wanting sex.

… Maybe because of that, I felt like I'd been off lately.

I was sure it was just my imagination, but…

"Naoto, come here for a sec～"

Just then, I faintly heard Kanan calling for me, so I said goodbye to Leone and went up the stairs.

When I peeked into their room…

"…!"

A stimulating scene was spread out before me.

No, the truth was this was the usual scene, but today Lyuka had been added to it.

Kanan, Adelia, Maika, and Lyuka, the four of them, were lying on the bed completely naked with their legs spread.

Of course, "completely naked" with lightly dampened handkerchiefs draped over the crotch and nipples, so they couldn't be seen.

But other than that, they were entirely nude.

… Checking how their hair was growing in, and once it had grown in enough, shaving it off; checking everyone in this state every morning without fail had recently become our daily routine.

"It… it's embarrassing…"

Lyuka muttered, blushing bright red. Naturally. The mage's robe she'd worn until now had suddenly been stripped away, and her still faintly swelling chest, and her bare, hairless place too, were almost entirely exposed except for the slit and nipples.

The handkerchiefs were thin, so the shape of her perky nipples and the lovely indentation of her slit were clearly visible.

"You mustn't be embarrassed, Lyuka. This is our daily routine. Naoto-kun checks how our pubic hair is growing in. Fufu, see, we put handkerchiefs on our places and on our nipples too, so we won't be embarrassed."

"I-I see… but if it's just for checking pubic hair, there's no need to undress to the upper half too…"

"If armpit hair has grown in, that can be used too, nya. So we have to be properly checked, nya."

… Yes, that was the reason we had them strip down to the upper half from the start.

Still, if it wasn't growing in, we should have been able to skip the upper half. But of course, having them strip the upper half too was more visually beautiful, no question.

"… Everyone, regardless of pubic hair, has no armpit hair, do they? In the first place, I have neither pubic hair nor armpit hair…"

"That's for Naoto to judge. We just have to keep quiet and let Naoto check. Come on, Naoto. While you're at it, do the usual check."

So Kanan said.

"M-Mm…"

I drew close to Lyuka.

Ahh, what beautiful skin. Like a translucent fairy. At first meeting, I'd been surprised by this delicate beauty.

And now, she was displaying her unguarded form to me.

I brought my face close to her crotch.

… Smooth. Of course, since it was human skin, faint, transparent peach-fuzz was growing, but not enough hair to shave and weave clothing from.

Even so, there was a sweet, fragrant good scent. I sniffed, sniff, and ended up taking in the smell a little.

"Haaah…"

Lyuka let out an embarrassed sigh.

Then I checked her armpits too. Of course, smooth.

Beneath the swell of her lovely, pretty chest, the hairless armpits were laid bare.

"Hauu… e-even my armpits being seen is, e-embarrassing…"

"Fufu…"

Ahh, Lyuka's body really did smell wonderful. That said…

"… Lyuka, it hasn't grown in yet, has it…"

Sure enough, her place was still smooth.

"What do you want to do? If Lyuka feels embarrassed, we can skip checking Lyuka…"

"! I-I'm not embarrassed! Now that I've become a PC, I-I might start growing again too. Eventually it could grow in properly. So until that time… please, check me properly."

I got scolded.

"… I-I see… so that's how it is…"

I'd heard that Garumon stop growing, but they could start growing again? Well, if Lyuka said so, maybe it was so.

Stroke…

I caressed the place where Lyuka's pubic hair would eventually grow in.

"Fwah…!"

"… Once Lyuka's pubic hair grows in, a wonderful sky-blue outfit can be made. I'm really looking forward to it."

"Ah, ahh… y-yes, I'll do my best…"

Of course, only the faintest peach-fuzz was growing in for now. It was very smooth and pleasant in its own way.

"… Geez, Naoto, stop fussing over Lyuka all the time and check our hair too."

I got complaints from Kanan.

"… Hey, all of you got smoothed yesterday, and I just checked this morning. It's not going to grow in that fast."

"You can't know. That's what the check is for, isn't it? Don't slack off! Geez…"

"… S-Sorry…"

I stroke, stroked to check whether the three of them had grown any hair.

"Fwah, ah, ahh…"

"Mm, ah, ahh…"

"Funya, funyaa…"

"… Yeah, all three of you, perfectly smooth still."

That's what I answered, but…

"Haa, haa… can you really tell with just your palms? Don't you need to rub your cheek against it like always?"

So Kanan said something outrageous.

"… R-Rubbing your cheek… against it?"

"Kanan! Lyuka's getting put off! S-Seriously, the cheek-rubbing was, when it had just started growing in, we were talking about how many millimeters a day it grows, and to measure those tiny units of decimal millimeters, i-it's not like he's always rubbing his cheek…"

"I see… no, I think it's fine."

"… Eh?"

"When you become an S-Class Master, biographies are written. At that point, including a charmingly human episode like 'the Master loved to shave his Garumon's pubic hair and rub his cheek against the shaved spot' would actually elevate the quality."

"Setting aside whether I become S-Class, having such a strange fetish be passed down to future generations, I really don't want that…!"

I felt my desire to return to the original world strengthen, just a little.

"But you're going to rub your cheek, right?"

"… I will. Ahh, the feel of a smoothly shaved place feels so good… Of course, the prickly feel right after it starts growing in, and the fluffy feel once it's grown in and ready to shave again, each one feels good… ahh…"

I ended up getting all dreamy…

When I came to my senses.

"… I'm relieved. A normal Master could release with non-virgin slaves, but with all virgins on hand he'd have to maintain abstinence, and I was thinking how trying that must be. But you've been releasing your libido in this perverted way."

I got that kind of analysis from Lyuka.

"Y-You might as well kill me already…"

"Then, this is a good time. Let's get dressed. Ah, Naoto, properly turn around. No peeking."

"O-Okay…"

I turned around.

After a faint shuffle, shuffle of clothing came…

"Preparations complete. Naoto, look this way."

And then, when I turned back…

"Fufu, putting on Adelia's Spirit Garb."

"I'm putting on Kanan's Spirit Garb too."

"Putting on Maika's Spirit Garb, nya～"

The three of them in their lewd, alluring Spirit Garb.

And then…

"… Putting on the second Spirit Garb of Adelia-san's."

Lyuka was wearing the Spirit Garb made from Adelia's red hair too. An erotic micro-bikini on this loli of a girl!

The criminal vibes were off the charts.

"It's good that Adelia's hair grows in fast. Right after Lyuka joined our group, we could already prepare a matching Spirit Garb for her."

"Yes, thank you, everyone. If I were the only one in regular clothes, I'd feel left out."

Lyuka, blushing, seemed happy to have officially become a companion.

"… Let's prepare Leone-san's Spirit Garb starting now too."

"Nya, exactly, nya. Leone's going to be a companion soon, nya. I'm looking forward to it, nya～"

… Even Leone in this lewd outfit…

If that happened it'd be way too criminal.

"Or rather, would the same amount of cloth even be enough for Leone…"

"Ah…"

Leone's wonderful, large breasts. Just supporting those with a string bikini took a considerable amount of cloth area.

And because her breasts were large, her nipples were proportionately large too, so they couldn't be fully hidden.

"With the same cloth area, it would become a Lewd Garb."

W-Well, couldn't be helped. We'd just have to prepare slowly.

"… From now on, during nighttime reward time, we'll all be in this outfit and let Naoto pamper us. It's easy for fluids to drain out, and it feels great to wear! Plus, being able to feel Adelia's warmth is the best…"

So Kanan praised the Spirit Garbs.

In such a lewd outfit, she was wearing it gladly.

"Um, please don't misunderstand, but basically the Spirit Garb isn't worn during low-pressure fights like the kinds we have now. The last defense battle, I let you wear them because the joy of having three Spirit Garbs ready got everyone's spirits up, but… That said, so you can equip them when it really counts, I want you to wear them under your clothes."

"Yes, understood."

From here it got into detailed talk, so thinking it'd be a bit much to keep listening, I stepped away for a bit, but…

… It was kind of unexpected how seriously everyone was lecturing.

They each set various detailed rules, and by following those, they lived together smoothly.

I myself had thought I was just living naturally, not paying attention to anything, so I'd had no idea at all.

… That just showed how everyone was making a comfortable space for me.

I wanted to keep protecting this wonderful space, forever… I thought again, deeply.

So, when I returned, the girls were having a small argument.

"… What's going on?"

"No, I raised a question. Regarding bathing. Why do Naoto-san and the rest of you stagger your times for using the big bath? … Why don't you go in together? Until now, since I wasn't a companion, I thought it'd be inappropriate for me to chime in and stayed silent."

"Eh, t-that's… um… y-you see…"

Kanan stammered.

"N-No no no. So, see, everyone, isn't a slave. Their private time has to be respected."

I answered.

"Hmm, but serving the Master in the bath is a common thing for slaves… Ah, but they aren't slaves. I'm still rigidly stuck in this world's general way of thinking. Women who aren't slaves are something I still can't quite grasp."

"Fufufu… well, since that's the common sense of our world, it's only natural you can't fully understand."

"But before, I heard that in your world there's something called 'naked socializing,' and that companions have a custom of going into the bath together."

When was such a story brought up?

"T-That's… come to think of it, we did talk about that, but…"

You did, didn't you, Kanan.

"No, that's not normally something companions of opposite sexes do… If I saw all of you naked, I wouldn't be able to hold back."

For some reason I was explaining in polite speech.

"However, in order to prevent that, isn't it usual that the slaves polish their sexual techniques such as fellatio and paizuri to relieve their Goshujin-sama's frustration?"

"What…!"

At Lyuka's frank manner of speaking, Kanan stared with her mouth open.

I was shocked too. Such a name coming out of the mouth of an unsullied young girl like Lyuka.

… But I supposed that was the common sense of this world.

"No, no, like I said, all of you aren't slaves to begin with…"

Well, Maika had been doing it for me, but…

"… U-Um."

Maika spoke up, cutting off my counter.

Don't tell me she was about to say "I have been doing it"…?

But Maika's tone was serious.

"Could I also offer one… question?"

"T-That's fine, but…"

"With my previous Goshujin-sama, every day I was ordered to give fellatio and paizuri, to serve so that Goshujin-sama would be satisfied. But Naoto-kun, since I became your companion, hasn't ordered me even once…"

"Eh…?"

I was shocked. After all, for the past month, every day Maika had been giving me fellatio and paizuri…

… Huh? Now that she mentioned it, every day Maika had come to ask me, and I'd just been receiving it passively. It felt like…

"N-No no, that's not it. Of course I can't be the one to bring it up… After all, in this world, the orders I give to all of you have a coercive force you can't disobey. Outside of battle, I don't want to give you those kinds of orders."

"But… I've been worried this whole time. After all, because I'm dirty… The only reason you let me touch you is because I begged. But really, deep down, you don't want to touch me yourself…?"

"! That's totally not it! I think I've said this before too…!"

I shook my head desperately to deny it.

"… No, I, this whole time, have been worried. While we're at it, I'll just put it out there… Naoto-kun, you don't think of me as dirty, do you…?"

"… I don't."

My answer didn't reach Maika.

"But you see… look."

Shuffle… rustle.

"Maika…!?"

She suddenly began removing her clothing right in front of my eyes.

"Look… I've become quite clean. I've filled my body up with Naoto-kun's clean stuff, and I've become clean…"

It was beautiful. As her name suggested, snow-white, beautiful skin…

The swell of her large breasts, her cherry-blossom-pink nipples, all of it was truly beautiful.

"… Maika is beautiful. Really beautiful."

I let slip my honest feelings.

"… I'm happy. Then, that it's true… prove it."

"… Prove?"

"If you really think I'm beautiful, you can lick me, right? … Will you kiss me? Lick my body? You don't think it's gross like an indirect kiss with Noda-kun's thing?"

"Wha…!"

A kiss with Maika…!? Such a thing… of course I wanted to.

… Or rather, huh…?

For all the things Maika had done for me every night, I hadn't kissed her even once!?

Whoa, that was honestly pretty bad of me, wasn't it?

No, but kissing was just like lovers…

It was true that I shouldn't do it without permission, but…

There was no way I'd think of it as with Noda. After all, every single day since then, she'd drunk my semen. By now, surely, she'd been completely dyed in my color.

… No, the smallest thorn in my heart, I couldn't deny it.

Even though not a fragment of Noda's residue remained, I couldn't completely deny that thought of finding what was once touched repulsive, that uniquely Japanese ideology of impurity. I was Japanese too.

But, ahh, screw it! That didn't matter. If I could kiss Maika, the Yukishiro-san I'd admired and loved this whole time, I didn't need anything else…!

Before I knew it, I'd extended my tongue into Maika's mouth.

Smooch, sticky, slurp, lick… I licked away madly. A soft tongue. A sweet floral scent, sweet nectar I felt at the tip of my tongue… ahh, so comforting. Before such a wonderful taste, all else was trivial.

My heart filled with satisfaction, and a spirit of compassion overflowed.

This much wonderful treasure. Couldn't I even share a little with Noda? He was a pitiful guy, after all. That itself was love and peace.

I felt as if I were attaining enlightenment. My heart was hot yet somehow calm. Right now, I felt I could say anything without embarrassment.

… And I felt I had to say it.

"… Pwahh…"

Drip…

A bridge of saliva hung between Maika's mouth and mine.

"… You see. Even on a guy like Noda you can pour your love. You're so kind, that's why I came to like you. I've always liked Yukishiro-san. I love you, Maika."

Saying that, I kissed her once more.

"Ahh… I'm happy… I, too, Akai-kun, had been thinking about you, this whole time. That you were kind. You looked out for me in all sorts of ways, and being with you I felt at ease. That's why every morning I'd somehow strike up conversation, somehow spend long stretches of time with you… Even when I was with Noda-kun, over and over, I thought, I wonder how Akai-kun is doing, if it were Akai-kun here doing this… I kept thinking about it. Now I understand. I've always loved you… Naoto-kun."

Smooch, smooch… lick, lick… smooch…

She answered with her tongue too. We were exchanging a passionate kiss.

"No more anxieties, right, Maika?"

"Yes, thank you… Naoto-kun. From now on, let's start fresh… please take care of me."

It might be impossible to completely forget about her former master, but from now on, she'd walk together with me.

It seemed she'd made that resolution.

"… Maika, no fair, nya! Kanan, is this okay, nya? Letting Maika do something so enviable while putting first slave Kanan aside…!"

"… It can't be helped. Maika has been going through a hard time until now. I just happened to be transferred together with Naoto, so I was able to come this far without going through any really painful experience… One step the wrong way, and it could have been me going through the same thing. When you think of it that way, this much happiness, I think she's allowed to have it."

"Funyaa… if Kanan says so, I'll accept it, nya…"

"That said, from here on no more holding back! Maika, don't keep clinging like that forever! Naoto! You're my slave! Don't get carried away thinking you're going to make a girlfriend out of her!"

"Eh, ah, n-no, I didn't mean…"

"? Kanan, Naoto-kun being a slave… what on earth does that mean?"

"Huh? You didn't know? This guy has been my slave for ages. A toy I get to play with whenever I want. You liked him this whole time, but you didn't even know that? Do you really qualify as his girlfriend?"

"What did you say…!? Kanan! For a person to make another person a slave, such a thing can't be allowed! Such a thing… I absolutely won't forgive! Once we go back to the original world, I'll definitely save Naoto-kun!"

"Hah, like I'd let you do that. I'll never let go of Naoto!"

"Awawa…"

W-What was I supposed to do? We'd finally arrived at the dreaded Kazami-san vs. Yukishiro-san showdown I'd been worrying about!?

What was going to happen now…!?

"… Or rather, in this world he's just the same as before. In name, at least, both me and Maika are your slaves."

"Yes, in this world we're Naoto-kun's slaves. There's no problem."

The two joined hands and smiled brightly together.

I really couldn't sense any falsehood in it.

Mmh, girls were difficult…

"Even so, you're all unfair, nya! Adelia wants to put her mouth on Goshujin-sama's mouth and smooch-smooch too, nya!"

Adelia kicked up a fuss too.

"S-Sorry, Adelia. I wasn't neglecting you on purpose… Coming here and meeting Adelia, I really am glad. Adelia, I love you. I truly do."

So, with words from the heart, I kissed Adelia.

Mmh, getting to do this with a peerless beauty like Adelia…

I really was glad I'd come to this world…

Adelia's lips were melting-sweet, soft, slippery, and her tongue moved so well…

"Mm, mmh…"

Lick, lick, slurp… this was beast instinct, perhaps.

Her tongue moved incredibly well, lapping all around the inside of my mouth.

"Nya, fwa nya, mmh… Goshujin-sama's mouthy… it's tasty, nya, tasty, nya… it feels so good… I'm so happy, nyaa…"

"Mm, mmh, mmh…"

Licked, sucked… it was like even my brain was going to melt and be sucked dry…

"Come on, Adelia, separate already. Naoto's going to suffocate."

Kanan stepped in, and

"Pwahh…!"

"Funyaa…"

I finally got to separate…

"Aaah…"

I went limp too. The strength had been sucked out of my entire body, an overpowering kiss…

Even with my entire body's strength gone, only my crotch was standing up fiercely.

… That had been a really, really good kiss…

"Geez, what is with you people… s-something like this, I can't very well not kiss too…"

"… Eh? Kanan?"

"Wh-what… my first kiss, you took it from me by attacking me while I slept… and you can't do it while I'm awake, you're saying?"

"… Naoto-kun, attacking her…"

Maika gave me a stink-eye.

"M-Misunderstanding! That, while she was passed out, I mistakenly thought she'd stopped breathing and tried to give CPR…"

"Ahh, so that's how it was. Naoto-kun, you really are a careless one."

"Ahaha…"

Maika easily believed my account.

"Hey Maika, where's your sympathy for me, who had her first kiss stolen for such a stupid reason?"

"For me, knowing that you don't have a card for bragging like 'You all begged Naoto for kisses, but I had Naoto come asking me for one,' there's no problem at all."

"Gh…! That move…! I should have made you keep quiet about it!"

W-What were these two even competing over?

"Anyway, my only kiss memory is from that one time! I-it's not that I want to kiss you, but as long as I'm a slave in name, the contract not being properly settled feels gross."

"… E-Eh, um… no, in the system you're already firmly registered as a slave, so there's no real need to do it again…"

"Geez, fine, just shut up and kiss me already! It's an order!"

"Y-Yes!"

Whether by force of habit from my old slave days, I followed without thinking.

… Well, an order like this, I might gladly follow.

… Ahh, sure enough, how beautiful she was. Big eyes, slightly upturned and looking strong-willed, but lovely and shining beautifully…

If only her personality wasn't terrible, how attractive she'd be.

… No, the Kanan I'd spent time with since coming here, far from being terrible, had been showing more and more lovely sides, and at some point…

… Huh, was I about to kiss the ultimate beauty — peerlessly gorgeous, with a cheeky-yet-cute personality on top?

Smooch…

Lips met lips.

Ahh, Kanan's lips. That time I'd been caught up in the moment, but tasting them anew, how delicious.

Soft, with a wonderful scent. If Adelia was a passionate tropical fruit, Kanan was like a refreshing, glossy herb. Lyuka was like a sweet European pastry, and Maika like a fresh Japanese sweet…

Lips that perfectly expressed each one's character. Lovely lips.

I lost myself in tasting Kanan's lips. Soft, felt good. I couldn't help it.

The more I sucked, the sweeter the seeping juices.

Such delicious lips. Knowing this wonderful taste, I'd somehow managed to go without tasting it again since then. How utterly absorbed I must have been to forget.

Now that I'd remembered them so vividly, I couldn't seem to pull away.

"… Pwahh…"

Finally, I separated my mouth.

"Ah… ahh… Naoto…"

A dazed Kanan murmured that, a thread of our mixed saliva trailing drip from her mouth.

With Lyuka officially joining us as a companion, a new dynamic had begun. That's how it felt.