Just Hug Me Once
Just Hug Me Once
Kylon's thick forearm wrapped around my slender waist.
His strength was too great for me to push him away and escape, and with my waist held, I couldn't slip away either up or down, so I couldn't help but be flustered.
As I glanced at Kylon, who was pulling me closer, cold sweat trickling down, he held my waist and put strength into his arms so that I would face him.
Then my body was slowly lifted and turned, and my heels gradually rose, forcing me onto my tiptoes.
One trembling arm grabbed Kylon's shoulder, and my other hand tried to pry away Kylon's hand wrapped around my waist, but his hand didn't budge.
"Ah! W-wait, Kylon...?"
Because I was flustered, my usual high-pitched voice kept coming out of my mouth.
If I had been calm, I might have used a low voice that would have dampened his enthusiasm, but at this moment, with no one around, Kylon suddenly grabbed my waist, pulled me close, and brought his face near, making such a thing impossible.
They say it's awkward when faces are too close, don't they?
Things like 'reason' or whatever, they had nothing to do with me, so there was no shame, but I couldn't help but feel a physiological repulsion.
"Seriously, are you doing this on purpose?"
"Ah, no, what...?"
What was on purpose, and what was a mistake, to begin with?
I didn't hold any ill will towards Kylon, nor did I speak with good feelings.
It was just that something like that happened before, and I just wanted to tease him as if to say, 'Unlike when you scolded me, aren't you really no different?'
Honestly, before talking about a woman's voice or whatever, since I couldn't speak while hearing my own voice, I couldn't easily accept Kylon's reaction.
Isn't that just how a woman's voice is?
But when he suddenly reacted like that and hugged my body, I felt like I had touched something wrong, and my body trembled slightly.
"You even raised your voice cutely, didn't you?"
"Ah, no, so please let go..."
"Then I'll just hug you once. Just one hug isn't really a problem, is it?"
If he asked if there was a problem or not, I thought there probably was.
I didn't want to be that close to Kylon, but rather than Kylon going further and doing something else, I thought it might be better to just close my eyes and let him hug me once, so I unconsciously tipped the scales.
I strongly felt that it was my fault he had suddenly hugged me like this in the first place.
Now that I was slowly getting used to my voice and my body, I had never thought about how my body would be perceived by Kylon.
Perhaps because of that, it didn't quite sink in, and I found myself thinking Kylon's reaction was suddenly out of nowhere.
Still, to deal with what had already happened, I mumbled, looking at Kylon who was holding my waist and waiting for my permission.
"...H-hug me just once."
"Really?"
"Don't hug too tightly..."
"Okay, I'll hug you gently."
As soon as I gave Kylon permission, I slowly released the strength from my left hand, which had been trying to push Kylon away, and from the hand that had grabbed his arm wrapped around my waist.
Then he subtly pulled his right hand, which was holding my waist, towards himself, and wrapped his other left hand around my waist as well.
It was as if he was making a belt around my waist with both hands.
Being hugged by a man wasn't a good feeling, but since I couldn't just let him get more aroused here, I groaned, thinking I had no choice but to endure it.
If it's just for a little while, just once, I can endure it.
It's not like he's doing a Hymen Piercing Show in front of me, so what's so hard about this?
I swallowed hard, and Kylon pulled my waist, drawing me into his embrace.
With the sudden contact, I felt his touch, my eyes wide open. Rather than feeling warmth from a hug, it felt like he was holding me like a doll and savoring me, so it wasn't a particularly good feeling.
I even wondered if he took off his armor for this.
"...How long are you going to hug me?"
"It's just once. Just a little longer..."
"H-it's just once, but it's too long."
Feeling like I was losing to Kylon's wordplay, my eyes naturally narrowed into a glare.
But since I was already being hugged, I couldn't glare at Kylon's face, so I rested my chin on Kylon's shoulder and complained.
Just as I thought Kylon was resentful for not letting go even after my complaints, Kylon buried his head in my body and began to take deep breaths.
"Ah, Veronica. Sssssssssssniff."
"Ah, no, hey, hey...! W-why are you doing that?!"
"Ah, you only used Cheonggyeol Mabeop, so why do you smell so fragrant?"
"Ugh, I'm really going crazy..."
I was disgusted by Kylon's outrageous behavior, which left me no choice but to be horrified, but in the end, perhaps satisfied with smelling my body, he let go of me with a wide grin.
Look at that expression. Regardless of whether he's a man or a woman, you can immediately tell he's someone obsessed with women.
As I brushed off and straightened my slightly disheveled clothes, Kylon groaned, 'Eum,' and stared at me silently.
"As expected, they're smaller than Linda's, but the elasticity is top-notch."
"What are you... Ah."
"...Hmph."
"...You're really something, too.... Don't tell me you said you'd hug me just to feel my chest?"
"No? Just hugging itself feels good, doesn't it? Don't you think so?"
"I don't really know."
"Anyway, I'm trying to buy a Hypnosis Tool, but if there's no Black Market here, will it be in the next village?"
Hearing that, I, thinking I shouldn't tease Kylon any more today, tightly closed my itching mouth and groaned.
And then I spoke the answer to what he had said.
"I don't know. Honestly, with the appearance of mid-to-late game monsters, and the order of the routes we're taking, hasn't it already become a different story from what Kylon knew?"
"That's right. Honestly, now only the strategy order and the Demon King strategy remain, and the route strategy is as good as gone."
"Then, as expected, finding Pope-nim and bringing him back..."
Other paths were now daunting, and I couldn't decide what to do.
Since this wasn't the game screen now, it was impossible to even check what routes existed, but even without seeing such things, what I could anticipate were the future choices.
I knew this was all I could do.
To erase my Trauma immediately, and to pioneer an unknown route, finding the Pope and bringing him back, and with the Holy Kingdom's Pope backing us, defeating the King, could be said to be the first major goal.
The second would be the defeat of the Demon King.
When I set the goals themselves broadly, I actually thought it would be easy.
Of course, if I were to break down those goals into smaller ones to achieve them, the number would increase and become vague, but for now, it would be better to think of the big goals that way and move forward.
Many thoughts flashed through my mind, but my head wasn't throbbing, so I narrowed my Glabellum and diligently followed behind Kylon.
"Veronica."
"...Hm?"
"What's that? Looks like a Black Market?"
"Ah, no, wait, really?"
Why is everything being found so quickly?
There are still six Holy Sword enhancements left, but Conditioning is ending this quickly?
That's ridiculous. What kind of Heroines fall so easily?
What on earth should I do...?
No, I don't know about Linda, but I did push Agnes.
Then what about Flora? Why is the Black Market being found in a place like this at a time like this? It doesn't make sense.
Even after hearing Kylon's words, this was what I couldn't understand.
Surely, just because we were in the first village and then suddenly visited the Holy Kingdom's Cathedral, everything didn't go wrong, did it? It couldn't be that everything went wrong because of some strange butterfly effect or something, could it? I thought.
Anyway, putting such thoughts aside, the fact that a Hypnosis Tool was getting into Kylon's hands made me feel quite conflicted.
Well, he'll use it on Flora, but I guess he'll figure it out.
"But even if you find this already, you can't use it on Flora right away, can you?"
"...Even if it's not Conditioning, I need to have a strategy ready, so I'll get this in advance and use it later."
"I see..."
"It's usually hard to find, so hurry up and follow me."
"Ah, isn't there some kind of password?"
"Oh, I know that. You hurry up and change into this. It's a bit much to go in that outfit, isn't it?"
"Ah."
At Kylon's words, I changed my clothes and trotted after him.
*
I followed Kylon. And Kylon followed behind a certain man.
I tilted my head, wondering if that person was the contact, and soon we arrived at a cart that looked like a street food stall.
But why would they set up a mobile shop in an alley? No, since it's a Black Market, I shouldn't judge it by its appearance alone, right?
As I kept my mouth shut, looking at the back of his head and listening to their conversation, I felt a strange sensation.
"...Sir, have you chosen your menu?"
"Ah, 23 Servings of Chicken Stew."
"Hoo, you've ordered a lot, if you go this way, they'll pack it for you."
23 Servings of Chicken Stew. Was that really the password for the Black Market? He subtly moved aside from where he was standing.
Then, what hadn't been easily visible due to other things, a crack in the wall, finally came into view.
"See?"
At that sight, Kylon, with an expression that seemed to say, 'Didn't I do well?', sent me a wink.
I got goosebumps, and could only shudder and show my disgust.