In Baseball, You Get to Bat After Playing Defense
"Here you go, Hero! Try this one too~"
Fresia said this as she brought a bite of food straight to my mouth with her own hand.
"Ah, sure."
"Hero, this drink is delicious as well!"
Before I'd even finished chewing and could actually taste the food, Valeri pressed the cup she'd brought to my lips. With the cup tilting, I had no choice but to part my lips slightly and drink.
Okay, hold on a second...!
"Ah, this one's my absolute favorite! Have a taste!"
In the meantime, Fresia — who had gone off and come back with something else — shoved that food into my mouth as well.
St... op...!
"Miss Fresia! He'll give himself indigestion at this rate! Here, Hero, drink this to wash it down."
So saying, Valeri poured clean water into my mouth.
Stop! Nothing else is going iiiiin!
After enduring that feeding-torture at the hands of the two of them, I sat back against a tree for a while to rest. When I gazed blankly upward, I could see warm sunlight filtering down through the gaps in the leaves. The sounds of people chatting, of things being carried about, of cups and dishes clinking together drifted into my ears, filling the air with a boisterous liveliness that stood in contrast to the peaceful view before me.
"You look worn out."
At the voice coming from beside me — from somewhere up high — I turned my head. Queen Anaris was there. She wore the same witch's dress she'd had on in the audience chamber.
"Ah, Your Majesty."
"Pardon me for sitting next to you."
Cup in hand, Queen Anaris said this and settled down beside me.
"Ah, one moment. Is it all right for you to sit on the ground like this?"
"It doesn't bother me. And since it doesn't bother me, no servant dares to object."
"I see..."
Queen Anaris gazed ahead and unhurriedly took a sip of the wine in her cup.
"Why are you here all alone?"
"The two of them had me cornered and kept feeding me... My stomach feels like it's about to burst, so I was resting."
"I saw. You're weak to having things put in your mouth by others, aren't you?"
She had a point.
"More to the point, I'm surprised you're out here, Your Majesty."
"Why is that?"
"Well, you're always off in your hut researching magic, so I figured the festival didn't interest you."
"Correct, it doesn't."
It didn't, huh...
"But since Fresia said she was coming again, I wanted to watch her a little longer."
Of course...
A smile rose to my face before I could help it.
"Your Majesty, beneath that cold exterior of yours, you're actually very tender-hearted."
"What was that?"
"You're always watching Fresia and Histira so closely, and you always have a warm word for them."
At my words, Queen Anaris, who had been looking down at me, turned her head away and took another sip of wine.
"Cheeky. Coming from someone who masturbated while swallowing my saliva."
"Ngh...!"
"Just joking."
"The content was true, though...!"
That embarrassing truth, delivered so casually, clawed at my chest.
Come to think of it — with Queen Anaris, with Valeri and Fresia — I've done absolutely outrageous things with the people around me. And yet the very next day, we all chat with each other as if nothing happened.
Is this normal, or am I the strange one? Well, a man's body being used this way and that by futanari is certainly not normal by any stretch...
Setting aside the peculiar Fresia and Queen Anaris — mother and daughter with personalities pointed in entirely different directions — Valeri had seemed very self-conscious about it all this while, flustered and blushing. But since last night's sex, even she appeared to have stopped dwelling on it during daily life, just like the other two. Was it because, like me, her mind had been occupied with subjugating monsters?
"Ah! There you are, Hero! And Mom's with you too!"
Fresia appeared before us, a skewer of grilled meat in one hand and a fruit basket in the other.
"I looked everywhere for you~ Here."
So saying, Fresia held out the skewer.
"I'm full already."
"I'll eat it, then."
Queen Anaris beside me took the skewer from her.
"You have quite the appetite."
"Well, the Hero just won't eat enough~"
You two shoveled more food into me in the first minutes of the festival than a whole day's worth of meals, you know?
"Herooooo~"
Before long, someone sat down on the opposite side from where Queen Anaris sat, calling my name. The moment I turned my head, the sweet smell of alcohol washed over me. It was Valeri, holding a cup of wine.
"This drink is soooo tasty~"
"That's alcohol, dear."
Queen Anaris remarked coolly to Valeri, whose pronunciation had begun to slur.
"Ah.. hah!"
Valeri made some incomprehensible reaction, staring ahead with unfocused eyes. Leaning lightly against me, she nuzzled her face against my head.
Ever since this morning — or rather, ever since last night's sex — Valeri seemed to be actively approaching me. Granted, being drunk made it more obvious right now, but she was definitely different from before, when she'd kept her distance.
Well... I don't exactly hate it. If anything, I like it.
"Valeri's changed, hasn't she."
Fresia, hugging the fruit basket, crouched down as she said this. She soon plucked a piece of fruit from it and held it out to me, but I waved her off. Queen Anaris, who had somehow already finished the skewer, took the fruit instead.
"Ish it becawsh I've been wiff the Hewo~?"
Valeri's tongue was well and truly loosened now.
"Yep! With the Hero it's just... like, he feels closer? More comfortable? Why don't you ever act that way with me?"
As she spoke, Fresia puffed out her cheeks in an aggrieved expression. The woozy Valeri didn't give a proper answer.
"Is it because she's spent so long with the Hero?"
"We haven't actually been together that long. Counting since I came to this world, and since everything that's happened — it's been exactly six days since I met Valeri."
Huh...? Wait a minute.
So in those six days, I've sucked the cocks of two women I'd only just met, had sex with one of them, and suffered a masochistic defeat at the hands of the other one's mother?!
This is REALLY not normal, isn't it!!
At the word "six days" that I'd spoken with my own mouth, a shocking realization flooded through my head.
"Then if I spend two more days with Valeri, will you act like that with me too?"
"Ehehe~? The Hewo is shpecial, you know~"
So saying, Valeri drained the rest of the wine in her cup.
"Boo~! That's so mean~!"
Fresia set the basket down and rested her head against Queen Anaris's lap. Queen Anaris, who had by then finished the fruit, gently brushed her fingers through Fresia's hair as the girl nestled against her.
Maybe Fresia's appetite comes from Queen Anaris.
"Come to think of it."
While I was having that thought, Queen Anaris spoke up.
"Have you explained the Holy Sword's power to Fresia yet?"
"Uh." "Whuh?"
At those words, Valeri and I flinched and froze solid. An explanation of the Holy Sword's power — she was clearly talking about recharging my strength with semen. In other words, about last night's sex.
My voice caught in my throat. And Valeri—
"Hic. Hic. Hic. Hic. Hic. Hic."
Whether from panic or not, she started hiccuping once every second.
"Huh? What is it, what is it?"
Fresia, her head still resting on Queen Anaris's lap, looked up at me and asked.
"Um, well..."
"Tell me~"
"Seems he hasn't yet."
Queen Anaris, having grasped the situation, took a sip of her wine.
Your Majesty!! Why would you bring THAT up?! How am I supposed to explain this?!
"Tell me~ Hero~"
Fresia grabbed my trouser leg and clung to me, begging.
"Th-that can wait — we should get Valeri to her room first! She's so drunk she can't even hold herself up!"
"Huh? She's not that far gone yet."
At Fresia's objection, I whipped my head around to look at Valeri. The moment our eyes met, Valeri shut her eyes, went limp, and feigned sleep.
"Zzz~"
"See! She's already passed out!"
"Eh? But just now she—"
"She's PASSED OUT!!"
"Ah, okay."
Having somehow dodged the question, I climbed the stairs that spiraled around the Great Tree to take Valeri to her room. With my petite frame there was no way I could carry her, so Fresia hoisted Valeri onto her back and we went up together.
Draped over Fresia's back, Valeri had by then genuinely fallen asleep. To lay her down, I opened the door to Valeri's room, and Fresia approached the bed and carefully set her down.
"There we go. All done~"
Fresia gently tucked the blanket over Valeri and tiptoed back toward the door.
"Thanks for your hard work, Fresia."
"No problem! It's not like your teeny-tiny body could've managed it, Hero~"
She wasn't wrong, so I had no comeback — but that way of putting it! That way of putting it! S-sorry for being a shorty femboy, okay!
"Well then, let's head back."
I turned right around and started back the way we'd come, passing by my own room along the route.
Grab!
A hand suddenly appeared from behind, seized my arm, and dragged me into my room.
"Whoa!"
Slam!
The door shut behind us. The one who'd dragged me in was Fresia. She wrapped her arms around me from behind.
"What are you doing, Fresia?!"
"You did lewd things, didn't you."
"Huh?"
"You and Valeri did something dirty, right? The way you two were reacting just now gave it away completely~"
So saying, Fresia squeezed me tight in her embrace.
This girl! Why is she so perceptive at times like this?!
"Th-that was how the Holy Sword's power gets recharged... Queen Anaris said so too."
"Boo~ And you kept THAT a secret? You did it with me tooo~"
So saying, Fresia pinched and pulled my cheek. Apparently, Fresia had assumed that what Valeri and I did was a blowjob. Unsure whether I needed to explain in detail, I couldn't bring myself to answer.
"...It wasn't in the mouth?"
So saying, Fresia moved the hand that had been tugging my cheek down to touch my lips.
"U-uh..."
"Oh..."
Fresia's voice, coming from somewhere above the back of my head, sounded as cold as Queen Anaris's.
"Waaah! What gives! You two are so mean!"
But then, her voice instantly bright and lively again, Fresia flailed her arms and threw a tantrum.
"I wanna do it with the Hero too, you know~! With his adorable cock~!"
"Whoa whoa! Don't say that stuff so loud!"
I hastily clapped both my hands over Fresia's mouth. The height difference meant my arms stretched straight up.
"I want my turn with the Hero too..."
Fresia looked down at me with pleading, puppy-dog eyes.
"Th-that's..."
I averted my gaze from that look.
"So it wasn't you who did the penetrating?"
Why is she SO perceptive?! Why at THIS particular point of all things?!
"Hee hee~"
Fresia took hold of both my wrists and folded my arms back down.
"So the Hero's cock is still unused, isn't it~"
"Th-that's..."
Wearing a lewd, wicked smile, I tried to back away from Fresia, who had seized my arms tight. But because she had my arms in her grip, I couldn't get away.
"Hero~
Want to put it in my pussy?"