I am back – Chapter 176

I have no idea when we fell asleep.

Last night, we spent quite some time like that, covered in sweat without even washing up, rolling around together under the blankets.

When I opened my eyes, the sun was already high in the sky.

I squinted at the sunlight streaming in through the window.

The glass of Irrelaysia was as transparent and beautiful as the glass in the world we live in.

Of course, that doesn’t mean the prices are similar. In terms of value, things in Irrelaysia are much more expensive.

Even if Kalia studied the history and politics of our world, the reason she didn’t buy things in bulk was probably due to this.

Well, first of all, whether there’s a way to bring those bulk purchases over was a secondary concern. If goods from a country that couldn’t even be compared in terms of industrial production were distributed in Irrelaysia, all the existing workshops might go out of business.

Even if formal diplomatic relations weren’t established between the countries, the economy of this kingdom would collapse.

Well, at this stage, that worry was a bit excessive. To get that much in, an incredible amount of goods would have to be imported regularly.

Earth would need its money, and if we started bringing in gold and such for that purpose, it would only be a matter of time before the Korean government noticed. If that happened, everything would get tangled up completely… and if the government really got involved, it would be hard for Irrelaysia to endure.

So, Kalia wasn’t too fixated on that. In fact, skills like that were already easily applicable thanks to what I learned.

…Thinking about all this just from looking at a window was, how should I put it, kind of awkward since I didn’t want to look down.

“Ugh…”

The pouring sunlight must have been enough to wake my sister from her sleep.

She squirmed in my arms.

And naturally, her body felt very soft.

It felt good. My sister’s body was soft. Moreover, every time she hugged me tightly, it felt like my heart was being fulfilled.

However, for some reason, I felt like it was wrong to just poke a sleeping person in the morning.

A sweet smell wafted from the blanket, different from the faint fragrance of my sister from yesterday.

The inside of the blanket was damp in various ways. After all, we were a mess of sweat all night long.

“…”

For no reason, I gently petted my sister’s head.

Was it my touch that woke her? She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at me.

“Si-yun.”

My sister softly called my name.

It wasn’t a dream.

That dream-like night wasn’t a dream.

“…Yeah.”

The long-awaited event from last night continued to this morning.

My sister closed her eyes again.

As if she was expecting something.

“…”

I stared at my sister for a moment, then slowly lowered my face and met her lips.

Her lips were as soft as I remembered.

*

After that, we held on to each other for a while longer and then got up, washed, and put on clothes.

The time displayed on my smartphone was 11 AM. Considering my recent lifestyle, I had gotten up pretty late. I used to wake up early every morning to exercise, regardless of whether it was a weekday or weekend. My sister, who lived with me, was the same.

…Moreover, the nature of my relationship with my sister hadn’t changed dramatically since we started living together.

Ah, of course, after we started dating, there were quite a few instances where one of us stuck to the other, confusing them, but that was about it.

On weekends, we would sit in the room together, hugging, or my sister would almost lean on me while sitting on the sofa, dozing off… At first, I felt a bit embarrassed being seen by our housemates, but in the end, we got used to it. I was just thankful that our housemates didn’t say anything.

But that didn’t mean my sister and I crossed any lines.

We slept together, but we had never bathed together. Even when changing clothes, we would change without looking at each other.

To be honest, I had thought about taking a step forward, but no matter how I looked at it, my body now was not the same as it was back then. No matter what, I was a girl now, and I was a bit scared if my sister would accept that.

…But that was all swept away by what happened last night.

“Well, our bath time will surely take much less time now.”

My sister, who had gotten dressed and was waiting for me, threw that joke at me.

“Huh?”

When I didn’t get it right away, she gave me a slightly mischievous smile and said, “Why don’t we just bathe together?”

“W-What!?”

Upon hearing my sister’s words, I started to panic, causing her to panic in return.

“H-huh?”

After freezing for a moment, she quickly averted her eyes and blushed slightly.

“I mean, I thought it was okay to talk about that with you. Honestly, it seems reasonable. After mixing our bodies like that, it would be weird if we couldn’t talk about stuff like that.”

…It was just that I was overreacting for no reason.

“…But if we do it every day.”

So, I decided to throw a joke back at my sister.

“Wouldn’t it actually take longer to bathe?”

It was meant to be a clever joke.

“…”

My sister stared at me with wide eyes, just looking at me.

Hmm.

Just like how I didn’t expect her to make a dirty joke, it seemed she never imagined I would make one either.

Maybe we had been viewing each other too… ideally?

“…Ugh!”

“Eek!”

Feeling embarrassed for no reason, I suddenly pulled my sister, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, into a tight hug, toppling her over.

*

Well… no matter what, we couldn’t do that sort of thing in that place again.

It was still daytime, and we hadn’t had the maids clean the room because we woke up late. Most importantly, if we didn’t have a meal soon, people would definitely think, “Ah, they’re not eating and just doing that.”

Of course, we didn’t particularly need to care about what the knights thought, but still… having that kind of image stuck to us was a bit much.

Ah.

If the maids cleaned the room, would they figure out what we did last night?

…I thought it might be best not to mention this to my sister.

“By the way, last night was something else, huh?”

Of course, just because I didn’t mention it didn’t mean nobody else would.

Most nobles wouldn’t dare to say such things in front of us, but there were definitely people who didn’t care about us at all.

“You two kissed deeply and then just laughed and ran off. The people in the ballroom were frozen for quite a while.”

The one saying that was Dana.

We had run away in the middle of the ball, so we didn’t know what happened afterward, but Kalia, Pia, Dana, and Arna, who stayed until the end, must have remembered the situation quite accurately.

That was only natural since it had only been half a day since then.

“Well, there’s no need to worry too much. Like I said last time, you guys are ‘the ones sent by the goddess.’ If anything, if someone was planning to propose to either of you, they might have changed their mind after seeing that scene yesterday… Ah, thanks.”

As Kalia was speaking, a maid brought a large steak in front of her, and she smiled as she spoke. The maid greeted her politely and left.

…But really, was it okay to talk about that with her listening in?

“Since you two showed everyone so confidently, is there any reason to be embarrassed now?”

Kalia spoke with a smile, almost bursting into laughter, leaving me completely speechless.

My sister’s face was also bright red.

“The ones who should be worried are the nobles.”

“Why is that?”

When I asked, Kalia shrugged her shoulders and replied.

“If they think the goddess is supporting you, some may think it’s okay for other women to become lovers as well. It’s the same law that applies to all people. If there are cases where people want to fall in love with the same gender in your world, there should be some in this world too, right?”

“Hmm…”

Pia thought for a moment at Kalia’s words and said, “Uh, yes? Well, it’s somewhat inappropriate to say openly from the church’s standpoint, but there are rules in the convent that prohibit excessive physical contact.”

Well, I thought my situation with my sister was different from that. Even though we were the same gender, I was originally a boy. My sister just continued to like me, that was all.

However, that didn’t mean there wouldn’t be anyone in this world with homosexual tendencies that existed back on Earth.

…Above all, I had already heard from Louis that there were people in the kingdom’s history who exhibited similar tendencies.

So, well. It wouldn’t be strange even if it happened.

If it were to become public because of us, it might be a bit troublesome, though.