Volume 1 Chapter 3

3 A female knight who is upset to death at an inn on an expedition is too cute. (sleeping in one futon)

　After enjoying Karen's soft white skin under the guise of treating her injuries, I headed back to my room in a state of complete and utter bliss.

　It would have been even better if we could have mixed bathed, but Karen adamantly declined, and we ended up being thrown out.

　However, I already have a picture of Karen in all her glory etched in my brain. I'm fairly confident that I wouldn't forget her even if she were to suddenly smack me on the side of the head with a mallet. (hammer)

　However, I didn't have the heart to do anything more today. Even though it was a relatively simple mission, it was the first time I had done it all by myself, so my body was indeed fatigued, and my eyelids seemed to be getting somewhat heavy.

"~For the time being, let's go to bed today."

　When I walked into the room, I found a futon already made in the middle of the room, presumably done by the old lady who owned the store while I was in the bath.

　A fluffy blanket laid on top of a pure white sheet - you would probably fall asleep in it in a heartbeat. In this rural village, it is more common to lay the blanket directly on the floor (or tatami, to be more precise) than on the bed.

　I dove straight into it with no further ado.

"Funya ... I think I'm going to have a pretty good dream today ......."

　As the warm feeling envelops me, my consciousness gradually ebbs away.

　Oh, how comfortable it is!

　I was pondering how nice it would be to have Karen next to me at a time like this.

　I touched Karen's skin properly, for the very first time, I can say.

　She was so effeminate, so beautiful, that it was hard to imagine from her body, which was capable of unleashing horrendous swordplay. (female-like/ womanly)

　I want to be a part of Karen's life more and more.

　Even if it's only in my wildest dreams.

　As I was blithely mulling this over, Karen's face unexpectedly materialized in front of me.

"Huh? Karen-san. Heh, I'm so happy that you're showing up in my dreams too."

　I brush my cheek against the cheek that was presented in front of me. Normally, I would never be allowed to do such a thing, but this is just a dream. This is a dream, an apparition created by me.

　If so, it should be no trouble at all to touch it. So, I played with Karen's taut cheeks for as long as I could. I caressed her with my palm as if I were making a handprint, and occasionally I even poked and prodded her with my fingers.

　I wonder how Karen-san would have reacted to me in such a scenario. Normally, she'd be angry with me, saying, "Don't touch me so cavalierly, you idiot!" But the Karen in front of me right now is an illusion, my ideal Karen. I'd like to see her react like that once in a while.

　~But

"Huh ...!? This, this is Haru, stop ...!"

　However, the Karen (phantom) in my dream had a slightly different response than I had anticipated. Her face turned bright red in a hurry, but she didn't give me a particularly gentle "Meh!" She just pushed me away and said, "Don't come here!"

"No, Karen-san, that's terrible. I want to get to know you as a person, you know?"

"Get along,......?! What are you talking about in this situation, you idiot!"

"Geez!"

　Karen (phantom) kicked me as hard as she could in the buttocks, raising her voice even louder than before. You're doing quite a number on me for a dream.

So I thought, ... but ~

"Oh, it's ......?"

　This is where I regained my composure.

　When I finally woke up, I found Karen swaddled in a blanket, covering her entire body.

"Captain, it's ......."

"Why are you in my room !? Haru!"

　Eh? Why?

　That's of course because this is my room.

"……Ah"

　And here's where I had a revelation.

　This has happened before, hasn't it?

　Just prior to this, in the bath, a similar thing happened.

　It seems that Karen had figured that out, too.

"Old lady! That old hag again! We're on a job! We're here on a mission! We're here on duty! What do you think you're doing?" (she's basically repeating the same thing over and over again in different words)

　Well, we're young men and women, so that's a bit of a stretch.

"But it's already midnight. We can't get separate rooms now."

"Mu ...... is that what Haru says?"

"Yes. So~"

　I looked at Karen - or more technically, at the only bed I could find.

"Captain, let's sleep together?"

"What ---- !?"

　At my words, Karen shot backwards with a startlingly rapid movement.

"What, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what ... what are you talking about, ah ah ah ah !?"

　Karen, who was clutching her breasts as if to protect her own chastity, was already more shaken than ever, her eyes darting around in disarray.

"Captain, maybe no ...?"

"Ah, ah, is that a question, idiot !? Well, if a man and a woman before marriage spend the night in the same room, it's extremely shameless, but hugging each other with the same futon and sleeping ... !!!! "

　I don't think we need to snuggle each other just because we're bunking down together.

　However, if I pointed that out, Karen might die of embarrassment and indignation, so I decided to skip that point for the time being.

"But there are no spares in this room, you know? Unless, of course, you want one of us to just lie there."

"Well, that is ..."

　But I'm sure Karen wouldn't think so. In this farming village, it gets exceptionally cold from late at night to early in the morning. If I went to bed at that time without a blanket, it would affect my physical condition for tomorrow, and I would have a tough time getting through the next mission.

"Good work is hard to do when you're not in good health -that's what the captain always tells us. I wonder how it would be for the captain to break that rule herself."

"Uh ..."

" Well, captain. Come here. You'll catch a cold."

"Ugugu ..."

Karen glanced at me, who took a position in the middle and beckoned a little, again and again.

"And ...... I can't help it. It's not like I'm going to go file a complaint at this time of night, so I'm going to ...... leave it at that for today."

　Mumbling to herself, Karen whisked her self to the bed where I was lying in wait.

　~Oh, that's cute, she's cute, Karen.

　Karen-san, who gets on the muzzle and agrees to sleep with me in a blink of an eye, is very cute.

　Afterward, Karen and I lay down shoulder to shoulder, and I was able to fall asleep peacefully. It was a truly magical moment.

　Incidentally, the next morning Karen had dark circles on her lower eyelids that made it look as if she was wearing black ink.

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