Volume 2 Chapter 53
“There was no pain at all.
It was probably the worst timing. Nora just happened to turn around, and caught off guard, she had no time to react to my blunder.
I ran straight into the turning Nora, and she couldn’t stand firm enough to support me, who was losing balance. Maybe it had something to do with Nora also wearing high heels, but anyway.
The reality was, Nora and I were less than a centimeter apart, nose to nose.
Close enough to clearly see each other’s delicate eyelashes, each other’s shocked faces reflected in our pupils.
“……”
“……”
I was intertwined with Nora’s delicate body.
Our lips were almost completely aligned.
It’s not so much that, even now, Nora’s rosy lips were within reach, undoubtedly as sweet and soft as honey. A ridiculous thought briefly crossed my mind.
Eventually, the dull pain in my chest brought color back to my blank mind, and only then did I realize that I hadn’t accidentally had my first kiss…
Because our chests provided a cushioning for both of us.
Since coming to the continent of Limoria, Nora is the most voluptuous girl I’ve met. On that basis, both sides contributed to the cushioning.
Because I’m currently only wearing a sticker, I experienced Nora’s ample elasticity firsthand.
“You, you——”
Nora put her hands on my shoulders and pushed me away roughly.
“My body and soul belong to Sister! Don’t even think about it!”
Nora abruptly pulled a sickle from her storage space, arrogantly placing it across her chest.
“So your real target is me?! You’re not actually interested in Sister?”
“No, it’s not like that!”
“I won’t give myself to you! It’s unforgivable to toy with Sister’s pure heart!”
Excited, Nora swung the sickle at me. To be precise, the blade wasn’t facing me; it seemed she just wanted to knock me out with the handle.
I quickly deployed a chain to block Nora’s sickle. She was stunned, probably not expecting me to materialize a weapon in battle mode. Taking advantage of the moment, I grabbed Nora’s wrist and pinned her against the wall.
“Let go of me! Even if you get my body, you can’t have my heart!”
“What do I need your heart for… It was just an accident, sorry.”
“Accident?”
“I twisted my ankle wearing high heels.”
I almost fell down when I rushed up to grab Nora, but the same mistake wouldn’t happen to a maid twice.
“……Let me go.”
Nora seemed to have calmed down. As long as she didn’t swing the sickle at me, I had no need to keep her restrained.
Nora waved the sickle, no longer in a fighting stance, and put it back into her storage space. Then she looked at my twisted right foot.
“I was too agitated, my apologies.”
“It’s nothing… but to hear the head maid Nora say such things…”
Thinking back, I felt embarrassed. It’s normal to let one’s thoughts wander when suddenly pushed down, but I don’t have the tools for a crime, plus there’s the age limit. Why would Nora think I really wanted to do something?
“I have a duty to remain pure for Sister.”
“What I mean is, we’re both girls, so that kind of thing wouldn’t happen…”
Admitting I’m a girl feels strange, but thanks to that, Nora believed my explanation. If I were a boy, falling on top of Nora would have made things really hard to explain.
No, if I were a boy, I wouldn’t be wearing high heels in the first place…
However, hearing my seemingly logical explanation, Nora frowned.
“Girls can’t? Are you serious?”
“Isn’t that wrong?”
I couldn’t understand Nora’s question, one that everyone would answer the same.
“Didn’t Sister express her feelings openly?”
“Um…”
Chris? She did talk about eloping, going to the Midgard Sacred Tree for a wedding, but I didn’t take it to heart.
“…Sister is not as frivolous about her feelings as you think.”
Nora sighed, sounding a bit sad.
If anything, Chris called Carol Cat and Sigdrifa cute, making a fuss about getting married, but only to me. Could it be…
Is Chris serious?
A ludicrous hypothesis popped into my mind.
But then I thought again and dismissed it. I’m a girl now, and so is Chris. Wouldn’t that be strange?
“After tonight, you might change your current view.”
“Is that so…”
“So, what did you come to see me about?”
“That…”
I lowered my head, unable to meet Nora’s eyes, feeling inexplicably guilty.
“I wanted to ask if you have sanitary pads?”
“Sanitary pads… Are you, perhaps, on your period?”
Nora seemed to understand and I nodded desperately in relief