“Is that the one who was crying and embarrassed yesterday?”
It seems like her role has completely flipped in just one day. This is clearly outside of my calculations.
Just yesterday, I was planning to slowly influence Yeon-hee to move according to my intentions.
“This is not going to be easy… Given the current situation where I have no choice but to obey her commands, it’s going to be tough to quickly transition into the relationship I want.”
Maybe Yeon-hee has also jumped into this power struggle like me. If so, isn’t this fight incredibly unfair? How am I supposed to win?
“Come on, over here…”
“Ugh…”
But with just her one line asking me to come, the complicated thoughts in my head were neatly cleared away.
I try to resist going once.
…No, I can’t.
“This won’t do. This is irresistible.”
There was a powerful will behind her request as a summoner, and I couldn’t refuse. Isn’t it cheating to imbue such will at a time like this?
I reluctantly and cautiously slid my body into the blanket she had lifted.
Unintentionally curled up, I lay down beside her, maintaining a distance of 50cm, but perhaps displeased by my distance, Yeon-hee puffed her cheeks and tugged at my arm vigorously.
“Ah!”
I let out a strange scream without meaning to. A scream that sounded flirtatious, coming from Yeon-hee. I’m losing my mind.
“J-just a little closer…”
What on earth does she want to do? I couldn’t grasp what she was planning to do with me, who looks just like her. Is it really just lying next to each other as she said?
Yeon-hee pulled not only my frail arm but now even my waist.
Ultimately, we were brought close enough to touch each other’s faces with just an arm’s reach. Within the space barely enough for two people created under one blanket, we started exchanging breaths.
“Huff… Ha…”
Her breath, so close, felt incredibly precarious as if standing on a blade’s edge.
Should I also release my breath in response? I still feel resistance to artificially breathing out. My body tends to naturally exhale when I’m still, but the skeleton’s mind is blocking it.
“Did I surprise you by suddenly being like this…?”
…Nod.
As I nodded strongly, Yeon-hee’s face, which had been flushed, turned into a beetroot. Yet, there was also a hint of laughter as if she was holding back a smile. Is it that fun to tease me? Was this a form of revenge for yesterday?
Suuuu…
“Umm…”
Yeon-hee began to touch my face as if trying to remember it.
“The more I see it, the more fascinating it is… It’s different from looking in a mirror. And the expression is really… you know?”
“Huh?”
‘What does she mean by that…’
Even if I transformed to look just like her, she means that if I change, it feels different?
Slarak…
Now she strokes my hair after my face. Her hand glides over my scalp, twirling my hair around, also bringing it to her nose to smell. All the while, she keeps gazing into my eyes.
“Pretty…”
“Huh?”
Saying she’s pretty while looking at her own face… It is true, but isn’t that a bit bold?
“It’s strange. When I turned into a man yesterday, it was hard to get close. It shouldn’t be like this just because my appearance changed. Inside, I’m still Il-wol, right? Whether I’m a man or my own form.”
Nod.
Yeah, right. Let go of my waist. I feel suffocated. And stop messing with my hair.
“Hmm… But by the way, why did you transform into a version without underwear today?”
“?!”
Startled by her words, I quickly lowered my hands to check my body.
‘Huh…? There really isn’t any? Why don’t I have any underwear? Huh?’
It’s not just a lack of underwear; the clothes I’m wearing are so thin that they feel like they’re made of the same texture as underwear.
It’s like some sleepwear Yeon-hee wears… This means I’ve been caught scanning her all this time.
And to not even implement any underwear? Why did this happen?!
“Hee… I don’t think I’ve ever come out into the living room wearing this… There’s never been a time I was without underwear. It turns out Il-wol is hiding something lewd.”
“…… A, wait…!”
“Isn’t that true? Hehe… Seems like it fits.”
“Ugh… I can’t…!”
“Puhuhah…”
As she laughed and moved closer, her face was suddenly right in front of mine. I instinctively shut my eyes tight.
And it felt like I had to send a signal of resistance, trying to pull back, but her arm around my waist had completely wrapped around my back, preventing it.
Why is her strength so strong? Did she change her rune to the Rune of Giants this time? She’s adept at changing runes… But this isn’t the kind of technique meant to be used at such times!
“Il-wol is definitely getting weaker because of the transformation…”
“Ugh…”
“I’ve noted that down…”
“Huh?”
“Hehe… Nothing.”
Suuu…
‘Ah… Is that as far as you’re going?’
She gradually raised the leg that had been stroking my foot and wrapped it around my hips, pulling me in tightly so I couldn’t move.
“Look, I can do things like this. If it were a different form, I would have been too embarrassed to do this, but with my own form, it feels like I can do whatever I want…”
“Ugh……”
“Your lips… they’re so red… Is that what happens to me when I’m embarrassed too…? Is that right? How do I usually look?”
Her finger pressed against my lips. Her gaze was fixated on my lips, as if she was trying to take them in.
“Hehe, Il-wol’s slightly scared face is so cute…”
‘What genre is she even aiming for today… Wasn’t this our adventure story?’
I’m undead. Among them, a skeleton soldier. The weakest of the weak. A body left with only bones after death. So, I’ve never considered a similar situation in this life. What on earth is happening?
This is a totally different story from me initiating a kiss on Yeon-hee’s forehead.
“Ha… This feels so good. I wish it could stay like this. And continue on…”
“Ugh…”
“Do you not like me doing this? Is it uncomfortable lying with me? I’m fine with it. You should be good with it too, right? It’s not just today… If you keep this up, I might just make you change into my form tomorrow too?”
Her face was full of mischief. How far is she planning to put me in a bind? Save me—
“Hehehe… Just kidding. By the way, you said you have no memories of your past life…?”
Nod.
“Did you have someone to meet before you died…?”
“……”
Well, I’m curious about that too. It feels like I might have had some experience in romance, but probably not right before I died…
“If I ask someone who doesn’t remember this sort of thing, it won’t go well, right?”
“Uuuu…”
“Ah…! You’re getting more and more skilled at answering! Do it again!”
“Uuuu… yes.”
“So cute! So cute! Do you want to be my little brother, Il-wol? Huh?”
Eventually, she couldn’t hold back any longer and embraced me tightly. Ugh… this sensation is impossible to ignore… So soft, so squishy…
The temperature of my face had risen significantly as it nestled into her chest. Would it be okay to die like this? Forget Jo Gi-man and his nonsense.
“Puhah―”
“Hehe.”
After a while in her embrace, I finally managed to pull away and ended up locking eyes with Yeon-hee, causing me to quickly look down. I found myself wiggling my fingers unconsciously. This is undoubtedly Yeon-hee!
She bit her lower lip while watching me like that, before carefully stroking my head and cheeks for quite some time. Looking closely, it seems she is also trying hard to suppress her feelings; I’m just fearful of what might happen when those repressed feelings explode.
It seems like making me flustered was her primary goal, but it doesn’t feel like that’s all there is…
She wouldn’t feel desire just from seeing her own appearance… What should I say?
‘Did she miss someone? That feels right…’
I don’t know how Yeon-hee lived with her mom. They might have relied on each other and slept while embracing each other every day.
So maybe while holding me, Yeon-hee is recalling those times. That must be it, right?
Thinking that, I feel like I should endure even if it’s a bit suffocating.
Suuu- Suuuu-
Ah! Don’t keep wrapping your legs around mine!
This is really getting weird, and as I tightened my grip to hold her legs down…
“Ah… yeah…”
She surprisingly seemed to enjoy it. It felt like there was a tremor in her legs, almost like a spasm.
Squeeze—
Her arm around me tightened even more.
Yeon-hee nodded her head as if to encourage this.
‘That’s not what I intended… This is insane.’
Fortunately, she began talking about the dungeon exploration that had occurred today. The skinship remained, but at least I felt like I could breathe a little easier.
“I’ll set up a shield for you tomorrow. It may not help you much. But wouldn’t it be better for you to try it first? You can tell me how it felt after it’s done.”
“Whoa?!”
“Hehe, you remember right? That gel-like shield I covered over your legs last time. It still takes a little time to activate, and even though it won’t offer as much protection as lime, it will certainly be a big help for our dungeon exploration. Since Il-wol is vulnerable around the neck area, I’ll wrap it there.”
“Wow―!”
“Right? I’m pretty amazing, right?”
“Mmhmm…!”
“So… cute!! Il-wol is trying so hard to reply! The best!”
Since she was sitting slightly higher than me, her breath kept tickling my face.
With her pretty eyes staring at me so intently, I didn’t know where to look.
We were so close that unless I closed my eyes, it was hard to avoid her gaze. Alright. I might as well just close them.
As I shut my eyes, the ability activated from the third special ability of [Transfiguration] came to mind.
– All attributes except senses have dropped by 50.
– Remaining Time <00:24:18>
– I have detected a wicked group positioned closest to me. I will identify their location for the remaining duration of time.
‘Huh… it’s only been 6 minutes?’
If I stay like this for 24 minutes, I might lose my life points drastically due to sheer embarrassment.
To think of something else, I focused on the location of the wicked group.
‘… Huh? There are so many points? The people gathered in the houses…?’
“Yeon-hee, you can’t close your eyes. You have to open them! Look here— open your eyes, okay? Please?”
“……”
Before I could even organize my thoughts on the identified enemies’ locations, I had no choice but to open my eyes again in the face of Yeon-hee’s persistent assault.
“Hehe… You can’t keep avoiding my gaze. Why— do my eyes make you uncomfortable?”
“Ugh…”
Just looking into her eyes doesn’t make me uncomfortable, but we are too close together.
This position, where I’m not yet accustomed to her body, felt way too uncomfortable.
Our faces were nearly touching now, matching foreheads.
At this distance, just moving a little closer could lead to our lips colliding.
She must have felt it was too close, as she loosened her grip around my legs and arms slightly.
Yeah, asking me to stay beside her before going to sleep was a lie. That’s on par with saying we’ll just hold hands while sleeping…
After a certain level of skinship, it seems she was satisfied (?) and didn’t lean in any closer. Her legs were still on my lap, and she was still stroking my hair, but the atmosphere felt different.
Is this enough? Thinking that I’ve satisfied my master, an inexplicable sense of fulfillment surged within me…
But do I have to endure this for the foreseeable future? This is truly a problem…
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