Chapter 394: Video Calling with a Slave
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 394: Video Calling with a Slave
“Asahina, you can’t go in the water.”
Miyuki’s words were directed at Hiyori, who was holding a tube.
Her voice sounded like a mother looking after her headstrong daughter. Hiyori, with a pout on her face, looked down at the seated Miyuki.
“Why not?”
“You hurt your foot yesterday.”
“The wound’s healed, though.”
“It doesn’t heal completely in one day. It’ll sting like hell if you go in the seawater.”
“It’s fine, I put a waterproof band-aid on it.”
“A waterproof band-aid isn’t foolproof, you know. They said the water temperature is warm today, too. If seawater gets into the wound, you could get Vibrio septicemia.”
“What’s that?”
“It’s a disease where your blood rots. If dirty seawater gets into a cut…”
Miyuki explained the disease with a serious expression.
It was hard to tell if she was genuinely worried or just trying to tease Hiyori.
In any case, Miyuki’s warning didn’t get through to Hiyori one bit.
The longer the explanation went on, the more fed up she looked.
Her mouth slightly agape, much like when she was being nagged earlier, Hiyori raised a hand as if to say ‘that’s enough’ to the ceaseless Miyuki.
“I’m good. Even if I get it, I’ll recover anyway.”
“That’s just being reckless. Let’s wait and see until this afternoon, and if the wound looks okay, you can go in then…”
“No way!”
“Did you just get angry?”
“My voice is just naturally a little loud.”
Right. It was like a daughter who, after arguing with her mother and slamming her bedroom door, claims the wind shut it when her angry mother demands to know what she’s doing.
“Please stop nagging. My ears are ringing.”
At Hiyori’s continued protest, Miyuki shrugged nonchalantly and replied.
“I haven’t even started yet.”
“Ugh, whatever. I’m going to go play with Miho, so come if you want.”
“I told you I can’t swim.”
“We can just play in the shallow water.”
So she was trying to be considerate in her own way. How admirable.
Miyuki stopped nagging and began to clean up the mat, which was strewn with pieces of fruit and empty plastic bottles.
Miho then put down her tube and started helping Miyuki.
It seemed that even though it was time to play, she wanted to help Miyuki first.
Seeing that made me feel like we were on a family trip.
Miyuki and I were the married couple, Miho was the mature eldest daughter, and Hiyori was the immature youngest.
That was the perfect picture.
I wondered what it would be like if Renka and Chinami were here.
I couldn’t quite imagine it, but I really wanted to see it.
In any case, although Miyuki still didn’t seem to like Hiyori, the incident with the pick-up artists seemed to have brought about a temporary truce.
They say that when rivals make up, they become closer than anyone.
Holding onto that belief, I gestured for Hiyori, who was already standing there blankly with the tube around her waist, to come over and help clean up.
“Annoying.”
Hiyori grumbled under her breath and walked over, the tube swinging around her.
She bent over to put the trash from the mat into a bag, but—
Thump.
“Ah…!”
She unintentionally hit Miyuki’s head with the tube, knocking her over.
Miyuki, who had been squatting, suddenly fell on her butt, a slight frown on her face.
“What are you doing…?”
“It was an accident. Sorry.”
“That apology has zero sincerity. Was it really an accident?”
“I really didn’t do it on purpose.”
Just when things were going well, it was about to get chaotic again.
Their relationship shouldn’t fall apart over something so trivial… Even if nothing comes easy, this felt like a contrived event.
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to suppress the throbbing in my forehead, and said.
“Stop fighting. Asahina, take off the tube first. What if you knock over the water bottle next to you?”
“I’m being careful not to.”
Hearing Hiyori’s sulky reply, Miyuki started to mutter something under her breath.
“Instead of the water, you hit…”
I quickly patted Miyuki on the back to shut her up, and, careful to prevent any further trouble, we finished cleaning the mat.
Afterward, as I watched Hiyori and Miho laughing and splashing in the shallow water, I nudged the Miyuki next to me with my body.
“Hey.”
“Hm?”
“What was that Vibrio… something septicemia?”
“Vibrio septicemia.”
“Right. Wasn’t that a bit much? How is that any different from not eating because you’re scared of food poisoning?”
“There’s no harm in being careful.”
One corner of Miyuki’s mouth was turned up.
Seeing her amused expression, I figured that at least half of her nagging earlier was just her messing around.
“I guess so.”
“This is the perfect time of year for it to break out, so you should be careful too, Matsuda-kun.”
“What do I have to be careful about?”
“Be careful when you eat seafood. And try not to eat things like raw oysters.”
“Got it.”
“Don’t you want to go in the water?”
“Not really. If you’re not going in, I don’t really feel like it either.”
Did she like that answer?
Miyuki’s lips curved into a bright smile.
Hiyori and Miho had gone a little deeper and were now floating on their tubes.
Miyuki, staring intently at the two of them, spoke.
“Asahina seems to be in a bit of a rebellious phase.”
“She does.”
“Matsuda-kun used to be like that, too. Still is, actually.”
“I don’t think so.”
“Of course you would think that. Let’s get up.”
“Where are we going?”
“Into the sea. If we leave them like that, they look like they’ll drift into the deep end.”
“Won’t it be fine since Mitsushima is with her?”
“Mitsushima has a soft spot for Asahina. It’s not that she gets swept up in Asahina’s mood, but it seems like as long as she doesn’t cross a line, she’ll let her do whatever she wants.”
Do kindred spirits just get each other? She had read the situation perfectly.
“Why do you think that is?”
“How would I know? Maybe Mitsushima owes Asahina a favor from a long time ago.”
“A favor?”
“Like saving her from guys who hit on her, like today… something like that.”
“That could be it. Should I grab a tube?”
“No. I’ll just watch from the shallows.”
As Miyuki and I headed toward the sea, I saw Hiyori approaching us with a bright look on her face.
Perhaps because she’d been fully submerged, her T-shirt was soaked and clung to her skin, revealing the curves of her body.
The swimsuit she wore, the same design as yesterday’s, was clearly visible underneath, which I thought was incredibly sensual. I then glanced over at Miho.
As I’d thought yesterday, her chest was small, but her hips were very sexy.
In particular, the way her T-shirt dipped into her small, round belly button, creating a slight curve, was driving me crazy.
“Here to play?”
Hiyori asked cheerfully.
Snapping back to my senses, I shook my head.
“Nope.”
“Then?”
“You can’t just jump in without warming up. Both of you, stand in front of me.”
“Ugh, come on…! I got plenty of exercise fighting earlier, you know?”
“Don’t make weird excuses, just stand here.”
“Haaah… so annoying…”
With an exasperated sigh, Hiyori shuffled over and stood before me.
She propped her tube up and leaned her arms on it, standing defiantly—the complete opposite of the exemplary Miho. The sight was so cute I almost laughed out loud.
I grinned, looking back and forth between her and Miho, and began with arm stretches to prepare for any potential dangers.
* * *
The morning’s water activities ended without incident.
It was generally uneventful, but it was especially encouraging that Miyuki and Hiyori hadn’t clashed since entering the sea.
It was also frustrating to be this on edge during a school trip that was supposed to be fun.
I needed to heal myself by listening to Chinami’s refreshing voice.
With that thought, I returned to the lobby. The three girls all yawned at the same time as if on cue, so I sent them back to the room and called Chinami.
—Hello.
A familiar voice answered before the phone had even finished ringing.
My eyebrow twitched as I asked.
“I called my Master, so why did the Captain answer?”
—Because I felt like it.
“What are you doing?”
—Why do you need to know?
“If you keep being so difficult, do you think you can handle the consequences when the trip is over?”
—So what? What can you do?
“There’s a lot I can do. For example, to my Master’s chest…”
All sorts of different plays began to spill from my mouth.
As I explicitly mentioned not only her chest but other important body parts, she must have been overcome with embarrassment. Renka gasped and shouted.
—St-stop it! You damn pervert…!
“You asked what I could do, so I answered. Anyway, put my Master on.”
—Are you crazy? You think I’d put her on after hearing all that filthy stuff? No way.
“You’re asking for it. That’s two warnings, right? I’m adding one more. Since you’ve accumulated three, you’d better look forward to what happens after the trip.”
—Wh-what…! I only got one, you idiot!
“You got an additional warning for lying last time, so you were at two.”
—Are we playing house now? Can you stop with the childish games?
For someone saying that, she seemed plenty immersed when I mentioned the warnings just now…
When will Renka ever be able to align her inner thoughts with her outward appearance?
I missed the time she voluntarily told me she liked me.
“I suddenly miss you. I think I’ll have one while thinking about you, Captain.”
—Wh-what? What are you going to have?
“I’m gonna jerk off.”
—What does that mean!! What are you going to jerk off!!!
She’s just pretending not to know.
But why is blood rushing down there even as Renka is screaming her head off?
I guess my sex drive has reached that level now.
“Should we video call?”
—…Why?
Yep. Our Renka is as curious as ever.
Hearing how her furious voice changed in an instant, I chuckled to myself and said.
“Just because. So I can see your face.”
—A-are you sure it’s just to see my face?
“You don’t trust me?”
—Of course not…!
“Then I’ll make sure only my face is showing. I’m in the lobby right now, so I’ll go to my room and call you back from your phone.”
—N-no…! We’re video calling to see each other’s faces, so what do you mean you’ll only show your… Hey…! Wait…
Ignoring Renka, who was talking frantically, I hung up, got up from the bench, and headed to my room.
What kind of reaction would I get from Renka if I asked her to talk dirty during the video call?
I was curious, and I was looking forward to it.
I had to try it right away.