I Was Reincarnated As An Instructor In An R18 Game... - Chapter 50

Fia turns to face me and straddles my lap.

She wraps both arms around my neck, tilts her head with a beautiful smile, and speaks with tearless eyes.

“You’ll take care of Croana and me, won’t you?”

“M-me too!”

I gently hold Fia’s waist with both hands and nod with a smile.

With a beaming smile, Lea firmly grabs my right arm and speaks, her tears also gone.

Fia suddenly notices something and, still in the posture with her arms around me, looks at the sofa across from us.

I also look, following her lead, but no one is sitting there now.

“Oh my, a rare guest, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, but they smell gentle, so it’s fine.”

“…You are able to see me?”

I hear Sharle’s astonished voice from the sofa in front, slightly surprising me.

I didn’t expect her to be completely invisible even in a bright place…

With an exasperated look, I sigh and speak toward the sofa that appears empty at first glance.

“Sharle, didn’t you say you’d give a signal?”

“No… I was planning to, but…”

“Well, I guess it’s hard to interrupt.”

Fia gives a troubled smile and speaks, then stops clinging to me and steps down, her glossy long hair swaying as she turns toward Lea.

The soft scent of a fresh forest wafts through the air.

It’s like the scent of a forest shrouded in morning mist.

Tilting her head, Lea asks Sharle with a curious expression.

“Why don’t you show yourself?”

“Because of my duty. Therefore…”

“I won’t say anything.”

“Thank you very much.”

Sharle thanks her with a voice filled with relief.

…Well, if you’re a secret agent, it would be troublesome to be seen.

Scratching the back of my head, I speak with a wry smile.

“Um, well. Could you keep your distance at times like that?”

“…Fufu, I understand.”

“I’m surprised. You actually laugh…”

“I also thought I didn’t laugh much…”

…No, but now I’m curious.

What kind of appearance would make someone say that?

After that, the freshly-bathed and steaming Erika and company arrive from the bath, and I let them know Sharle is present.

Erika and the three girls react the same as I did, they’re surprised.

“She’s truly invisible, isn’t she…”

“No, this is scary~”

“Please teach me how you do that.”

“It’s like she has no physical form at all…”

“Um… could you please not creep closer like that?”

Out of curiosity, Satur approaches, wiggling her hands, trying to see if there’s a physical form.

Sharle stops her with a voice that sounds troubled.

I found the scene funny and burst out laughing.

After chatting for a while, Fia and Lea said they’d come again tomorrow and went home.

I was surprised when Lea kissed me on the lips as she left.

Though she has an energetic image, she looked embarrassed as she hurried away.

Naturally, she flew off into the sky with the hem of her dress fluttering.

After that, everyone returned to their own rented rooms.

Sharle said, “Call me and I’ll come right away,” and seemed to move a little distance away.

…Since I can’t see her, I have no choice but to trust her words.

–

The room I had rented.

After taking a bath, I returned to my room and found myself in trouble.

“Ah~ …Erika?”

“What is it?”

“What’s going on, all of a sudden…?”

Right now, I’m sitting on the bed, with Erika straddling me and sitting on my lap, just like Fia did before.

Since I have my arms around Erika’s waist, it would look like a face-to-face straddling position from someone else’s view.

And on top of that, she’s gently hugging my head with both hands and pressing it against her chest.

As a result, my entire view is filled only with Erika’s cleavage.

The scent of Erika fresh out of the bath, mixed with a soft hint of roses.

And the soft feel of her br3asts on her slightly damp skin.

I’m savoring it with my entire face.

“…It was something Fia-san asked of me.”

“Hm?”

“She said she wanted you to be praised… and that I’m probably the only one who can do it right now.”

“Fia told you that?”

I lift my face slightly from Erika’s chest and see her face, gently smiling with a faint blush on her cheeks.

She doesn’t have her usual shy expression, but a tender, affectionate smile.

While I’m slightly taken aback, Erika speaks while stroking the back of my hair.

“I heard from Fia-san. You really are kind, aren’t you?”

“I…”

“You are kind, aren’t you?”

“…”

“Even if you yourself don’t think so, the one receiving your kindness feels that way. Isn’t that enough?”

I feel like I might fall apart under Erika’s warmth and acceptance.

Even though she’s half my age, it’s hard to tell who the adult is anymore.

Just yesterday she’d turn bright red from embarrassment. What changed, I wonder?

Erika notices the look on my face, gives a slightly awkward smile, and says.

“I thought… maybe you haven’t really been praised very often, have you?”

“I’m not exactly at an age where I should be getting praised…”

“I will praise you…… Since I realize I’ve only been on the receiving end, please let me give something back for once.”

Hearing Erika’s words, I pressed my face into her chest and gave a little more strength to the arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer.

Meanwhile, Erika gently stroked my hair with one hand, and her hair softly brushed against my arms wrapped around her waist.

Feeling a little embarrassed, I spoke to Erika in a low, murmuring voice.

“Let me… stay like this for a little while.”

“Of course.”

–

The next day, when I woke up in the morning, there was a chest right in front of me.

The scent of roses tickled my nostrils as I recalled falling asleep embraced by Erika and smiled wryly.

I confirmed once again that being spoiled by Niimi, Felica, Croana, and Erika would turn me into a useless person.

“Mmm…”

I kissed Erika’s chest and slipped out of bed without waking her, then left the room to wash my face.

After everyone gathered and was having breakfast, the innkeeper came to the room to inform us that a visitor had arrived.

When I went to the waiting room, Taylor was there drinking tea and waiting.

Taylor saw my face and motioned for me to sit down in front of him.

Sitting down, I gave a wry smile and said to Taylor, who looked somewhat tired.

“You look tired.”

“Whose fault do you think it is?”

“If you’re going to say that…”

“Don’t say it, I know. I just want to vent sometimes, forgive me.”

Taylor wants to say that the series of events I handled at the church should have originally been their job.

If they had noticed earlier, the Sisters wouldn’t have been attacked.

Taylor is blaming himself for underestimating and assuming the church wouldn’t be involved in something like that.

Although I helped, Taylor grumbles, possibly because the information I brought caused more trouble.

I listened to that with a troubled expression and took a sip of the tea prepared in front of me.

“If I knew Taylor was in Santoni, I would have gone to see you first.”

“That can’t be helped. After the war ended, the unit scattered. Only the captain knows where everyone is.”

“…It’s quite a distance to go meet him.”

“I agree… It’s too far to travel with my wife.”

“I figured as much… Your wife?”

Surprised by Taylor’s words, whom I thought was single, I asked again.

Apparently he met someone good in Santoni and recently got married.

The reason he wasn’t wearing a ring is that because of this job, he dislikes the ring getting scratched, so he doesn’t wear it.

So I suggested that if he ever comes to visit the royal capital, he should come to Suzuya.

I said we would let him stay in the inn’s VIP room at a cheap rate.

I told him I felt indebted and to let me do at least this much, and Taylor smiled and replied, “Someday.”

Taylor’s expression turned serious as he took a letter from his pocket and handed it to me.

I accepted it with suspicion and, while opening the seal, asked.

“What is this?”

“…I seem to recognize the name of this noble.”

“Where?”

Written in the letter was the name of one of the men who had embraced Elysia.

Moneylender… are you saying the original source is that man?

I confessed to Taylor the thought that had crossed my mind for a moment.

If that is correct, something bad will happen.

It will become a conflict even more tragic than the wars of other countries.

Taylor heard my thoughts and hurriedly left the inn.

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