Hunter's ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Infiltration Operation (1)

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"...Wait. Just wait a second."

"What is it?"

"There's something."

The minimap showed a marker that should not have been here. It pointed to a wardrobe in one of the rooms.

"Mmngh... munyaa... nng..."

Inside the wardrobe was Yuri, wearing a bodysuit.

"Heh."

I let out a groan at the sight of her.

The matte black bodysuit clung to her whole body, laying bare that model-like figure of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠hers just as it was.

And the harness cinching her body—making what should sink in sink further, what should stand out stand out more—was a nice touch too. The way it squeezed tight around her thighs and chest so that flesh rebounded out of the pressure... from a certain angle, you could even call it lewder than being naked.

This girl. When did she even buy something like this? No, where on earth did she get clothes like this and put them on?

Well, so far so good.

But that state of hers, hanging all kinds of things all over her body—what, was she planning to open a junk exhibition on her body or something? Looking closer, they did seem like some sort of equipment, but I couldn't even begin to guess their purpose.

And with her wedged into that bizarre pose, the sight was not so much sexy as simply dumbfounding.

"Mmmgh... mngwooh..."

"..."

Arms and legs tangled so weirdly I wondered if she'd escaped from a circus.

Seriously, how could anyone twist their arms and legs like that? The tag 'inhuman' suited her far better than 'sexy.'

And the finishing touch was the sound of this girl snoring.

"Krk—hak... kek-kek... kwoooogh... grk-grk..."

It was absurd enough that she was sleeping in this situation, but that sound was even worse. It was a freakish snore capable of extinguishing a thousand years of lust.

"Grrrrk... k-hwooorgh..."

I turned and looked at Rebecca.

"Uh, um. Haven't you heard that people make strange noises when they sleep in awkward positions? She was twisted up like this, so of course her snoring sounded strange."

"..."

"Yeah. Definitely. She didn't make sounds like this when she slept with me. And this girl's sleep-talking is normally so bad that..."

"...I fail to understand why you are telling me this."

Why else—because you kept swallowing sighs with those pitiful eyes! Don't look at one of mine like that!

Anyway, I was honestly so embarrassed. What on earth was she doing here?

"Hey. Hey. Wake up."

"Krk-hak..."

"Wake up. Wake up!"

"Hwihk?!"

Yuri's eyes snapped open and she looked up at me, still with her limbs twisted together, then

"Kyaaaa—mph!"

tried to scream, so I clamped her mouth shut.

"Mmph! Mmph-mmph!"

She went mmph-mmph with her eyes brimming with tears, but probably from her limbs being twisted she couldn't even move properly. So this was what happens when a chronic sleep-talker gets trapped in a tight space. Learned something new.

"Hey, it's me! Quiet!"

"Mmph-mmph! Mmph! Mh... mh?"

She struggled for a moment, and at last the light of reason returned to her eyes. She tapped my arm, telling me to take my hand off her mouth.

"You back with me?"

"Haa... haa... H-how could you suddenly cover my mouth like that? I thought I was going to suffocate. Hoo..."

"..."

Still grumbling to herself, Yuri climbed out of the wardrobe and stood up. No, this wasn't the time for a leisurely chat!

"Never mind that. Why are you here? What were you doing in here?"

At my slightly sharp tone, Yuri's eyes widened and she glared at me. She must have had a grievance of her own, because the look she gave me was anything but ordinary.

"And what are you even doing? What on earth did you get up to? You said you'd be back in three days."

"No, I said three days was the minimum. When did I ever say I would be back within three—h-huh? Are you okay?"

"Ah, I'm fine. Just need to rest a little. I was in there way too long, feel dizzy..."

Yuri suddenly swayed and leaned against the wardrobe. Then in an exhausted voice she went on.

"Me... I was just... there wasn't any word... so I thought maybe something happened, so I just came to have a look from outside, y'know. I never planned on coming inside. But... they said the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠mansion's off limits... and the guards—those people kept going back and forth... so I got worried something might have happened... I came because I was worried, okay..."

Yuri's words were full of hurt. The lights in the room were off, but just the moonlight was more than enough to make out how haggard she looked.

...That left me with nothing to say. She had come because she was worried, and I could hardly scold her for that.

"Ah... um... s-so. How long were you in here?"

"...About a day?"

"What?!"

She was stuck in here for an entire day? And without the skills to sneak around, she managed to hold out here this long—I was impressed.

I was about to say something, but when she looked up at me so forlornly, I swallowed it. She already knew she had made a mistake, and saying more would only hurt her feelings...

"Yoo-jin."

"Hm?"

Rebecca suddenly whispered rapidly.

"Someone is coming. They must have heard us."

"...Shit."

Rebecca was right. A pair of dots appeared on the minimap and rapidly approached our position.

"Hide, now! Get in!"

"Huh? Agh, wait, it's tight!"

"Be quiet!"

I roughly shoved Yuri and Rebecca into the wardrobe like that, then cast Silence and squeezed in after them.

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"Wh-what, what, what do we do?"

"..."

Yuri's voice trembling like all was lost; Rebecca silently rustling at something. And me, sandwiched between the two of them.

"Stay still. As long as we stay still, we'll be fine. I ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠put a Silence spell on the wardrobe."

"What? You can even do something like that?!"

"Shh. Don't move."

The wardrobe with three people stuffed inside was inevitably cramped. Come to think of it, all three of us probably didn't need to get in. In my panic I must have just...

"...They went into the next room."

"Yeah. I can see them."

Yuri, tense, clung to me while gulping down spit. For someone like this, she had still managed to make it all the way in here. She showed up in a lewd body and pro-looking outfit, yet everything she did was somehow this clumsy.

"...Yoo-jin."

"Yeah. Don't move from now on. They're in the room."

"Eek..."

Two dots were moving inside the room on the minimap. Yuri shuddered slightly at my words, but when I stroked her back reassuringly, I felt her relax a little.

However, the two dots still showed no sign of trying to leave the room. No, if anything they were gradually making their way toward us...

What was I supposed to do? What if we were caught here? Wasn't there some way out? Should I knock those guys out and run? Or use Sex Morph? No, there wasn't enough time, and the clothes were a problem. In that case...

I quickly summoned a Invisible Hand and sent it toward the window.

—Clatter-rattle.

The dots on the minimap turned toward the window once, then disappeared from the room.

"Looks like they're gone."

"Hoo... so can we get out now? Staying in here is seriously stuffy..."

"No. Wait a sec. They just went into the next room now."

"Haah..."

Yuri sighed and leaned her body against me.

Mm. But.

Being pressed together this closely kept putting bad ideas into my head. The soft fullness of Rebecca behind me was a problem too, but Yuri pressed against my front was worse.

No, seriously—where did this girl get such a skintight outfit to torment me with...

"Eek."

This girl...! She pinched me!

"How can you get it up even at a time like this?!"

"N-no, I..."

I could feel the hot flush radiating from Yuri's face as she looked up at me. My ugly thing was pressed tight against her lower half—of course she'd be embarrassed.

Ah, seriously. If Rebecca weren't around I'd come up with some excuse and go for a round.

I couldn't see Rebecca's face because she was behind me, but I sensed her quietly sighing. The situation felt awkward in several ways. It was physically pleasant, yet I also felt a little pathetic.

"Eit."

"No. Hey. Stop it. Eek. I said stop. Ack!"

Th-this girl had gone from pinching me to biting me! Worse, she was even sniffing me?!

"Hm?"

Yuri suddenly tilted her head and pressed her face into my chest. What was she doing? Did I smell? Wait. Smell?

"!!!"

Right! This girl had a sharp nose! I'd spammed Clean after leaving the panic room, but at this rate she would notice!

"L-let's get out. Those guys are gone now."

"Ah? Yeah."

...

The moment we got out of the wardrobe, Yuri scolded me.

"Seriously, shouldn't you pick a better time and place? What are you going to do if we get caught?"

For some reason, Yuri kept giggling as she said it. Not only that, she shifted her weight onto one leg and thrust out her chest...

"..."

That was that thing. That habit she always had when we first met—twisting and showing off her body. That habit was out again.

But why did she look so energetic? Just a moment ago, hadn't she been going, "I've been trapped in here so long, I'm exhausted, I'm dizzy," and so on?

"?!"

Yuri suddenly stepped on my foot! Not hard—she slid the tip of her boot up over my foot and along my calf... Th-this girl was trying to toy with me?!

"Heyit?!"

I quickly grabbed a hold of Yuri and whispered into her ear.

"Hey, we're not even alone right now. What are you doing?!"

"Hmph. I don't care who sees anyway—"

Yuri, mid-sentence, went rigid.

"...Why is that woman wearing your clothes?"

Oh, shit.