166. I came for a hospital visit.
166. I came for a hospital visit.
Someone said:
The pretty princess raised in our house.
When you open your eyes, she was getting pounded like a dog underneath some other guy's son.
"I thought about it for a long time."
As a father, his heart had no choice.
Did he have to watch his precious daughter, who wouldn't hurt even if put in his eye, become some other guy's bitch?
"I agonized and agonized."
Family could be difficult.
Life could be tough.
"And I made a decision."
But weren't relationships between men and women who trust and rely on each other and move forward together very beautiful?
He had been like that too. You probably would be as well.
No matter the situation, if his daughter was happy, if that man could make his daughter happy...
"I'll kill you."
"Eut."
...That man had to be me, Papa, and no one elseeeeeeee!!!
"Diiiiiiiiiiie!!!"
"Uh... ah.... aaaaaaahk?!!!"
A rain of iron-fist punishment rained down on Chrono's face.
Just as his face was about to turn from rice cake into dog shit in an instant, someone's palm blocked that man's fist.
─Taaang!
".....Huh...?"
A clean sound.
Perfect dispersion of the impact.
Along with a warm touch that loved and embraced even the attacker.
"Honey."
"....Don't try to stop me."
"Honey."
"The bastard who laid hands on my daughter, my Nae-mi, gets the death penalty by my own hands──"
"Do you want to shower together today?"
"Family doesn't do that kind of thing."
".........."
".........."
Hmpf.
Hmpf hmpf.
"I'm getting old these days, so stop it."
"But I'm still in my prime, you know?"
"...I'll spare you."
A woman with mature beauty that suited the word "prime."
She soon glanced sideways at Chrono and gave a soft smile.
"Shall I take our strong son-in-law instead of my weak husband?"
"Kuahaha! No matter how ignorant I am, I know that's a lie! That scrawny brat has no strength!"
"Is that so? Just looking around, it seems like he's overflowing with strength?"
"................"
"""""............."""""
At his wife's words, the husband looked around.
At the same time, Yuno, Minerva, Mai, and even Rhea fell silent.
"....Well, that is..."
A gaze full of murderous intent, as a man and as a father.
A whale couple's fight. In between, Chrono's back began to almost burst open bit by bit.
'...Mars...!'
The only savior in this situation.
He glanced toward Mars, but
"............?"
"....Alright."
'Ah.'
Watching Rhea, Mars gripped her swords in both hands.
Soon, our eyes met, and Mars smiled brightly as she answered.
"That, let's just cut it off this time."
"What?"
Cut what off?
"When you're having a kid, you need the seed, not the flower, right?"
"............."
Save me.
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Turning back time to around 3 PM.
"Excuse me....?"
"Yuno? What brings you here?"
"Well... technically you're a patient, right?"
Yuno had come to visit the sick.
At the same time, like sausages strung together, Mai and Rhea also entered the hospital room.
"It felt wrong to come empty-handed, so I brought some drinks!"
A sports drink for Minerva.
Carrot juice for Mai, and
"Banana milk?"
"I didn't know what you'd like...."
Yuno clasped her hands together, not knowing what to do.
Probably the safest choices would have been soda like cola or cider, but considering he was a patient, she seemed to have brought milk instead.
'...But isn't that rather bad for a patient?'
I didn't know if he had lactose intolerance or something.
For now, I just stuck the straw in and drank what I was given. Right beside me, Rhea stared at me blankly.
"..........."
"?...Aha."
Rhea fixed her gaze on me without a word.
For a moment I wondered why, but the answer came when I looked around.
'Rhea's the only one without anything.'
Mai, Minerva, even Yuno had something in their hands, but only Rhea's hands were completely empty.
I looked at the milk in my hand for a moment, then waved it lightly toward Rhea and asked.
"It's something I already drank from... want some?"
"............"
"....Alright."
She didn't answer, but her eyes remained fixed on the milk.
I placed the banana milk into Rhea's hands.
"....Jjorororok..."
After staring at it for a moment, Rhea sucked on it with a Jjook.
"Jjook.... Jjeub... Jjorororok....."
"....Huh?"
I heard a licking sound for a split second, but it was probably just my imagination, right?
I lightly stroked Rhea's head once, then sent her to Mai's side.
"That child is...."
"Ah."
Yuno tilted her head as she watched Rhea held in Mai's arms.
"You see, when I opened my eyes──"
"─A servant demon, isn't she?"
"...How did you know?"
Before I could even answer, Minerva replied.
When I asked how she knew about Rhea's existence, Minerva answered calmly, as if it was nothing.
"Because she's a female and you didn't reject her."
".....??"
"It's impossible unless she's a servant demon."
"Uh....."
Is that how you distinguish it?
Is that right? I'm a little confused.
I was so flustered I couldn't get the words out properly, and Minerva continued as if it was obvious.
"If some unknown woman who wasn't even a servant demon approached Chrono, how do you think Chrono would react?"
"Umm... he'd probably build an iron wall, right?"
"Chrono is someone who would push away even a child."
"....That's true.."
"............"
I kind of understand how my reputation is totally ruined, but
'I hate that I can't deny it...'
But at that time, I had no choice.
I really had no choice.
I never imagined I'd end up like this...
...Looking back now, it all sounds like excuses, but anyway.
"By the way, Merk isn't here?"
"....Your intention is painfully obvious, but I'll let it slide."
Thank you.
Yuno nodded, saying it was fine since she was a kid anyway, and spoke about Merk.
"Merk went to see Ter. Ter's apparently hospitalized here too."
"Hospitalized? That guy?"
"Compound fracture in his right hand, severe exhaustion, second-degree burns on a specific area."
"Ah."
Compound fracture.
Severe exhaustion.
Second-degree burns on a specific area.
'TerTer...!'
I'd completely forgotten until now, but while catching the Succubus Queen, we had wrecked the Protagonist's right hand.
On top of that, he had been vigorously fucking the succubi before that, so exhaustion was a given,
and since the opponent was a succubus, the milking likely continued even after the Queen's tattoo vanished, so without the tattoo's protection he'd taken second-degree burns directly.
"If it goes that far...."
It wouldn't be strange if his sexual function ended up impaired.
As if reading my doubts, Yuno let out a light sigh and said.
"The doctor said it'll be hard to expect the same level of sexual function as before."
"Then, as expected...."
"It's not to the point of disability, but it's gotten a lot weaker."
"......Umm."
Was that a good thing or a bad thing?
No, conversely, the fact that his function hadn't completely stopped in the middle of all that showed that the title of Zeus's Apostle lived up to its name, I guess.
'...Huh, wait a moment?'
Anyway, something else occurred to me as I listened.
"Let's say Merk went to see Ter, but why are you here?"
"....Chrono."
"........."
Don't look at me with those eyes.
First of all, that's your childhood friend and boyfriend.
The person who was by your side got carted off to the hospital, but is it right for you to come visit someone who's lying about being slightly hurt?
"Ter reaps what he sows. And Merk went to visit him in my place."
"Is that right...."
"Am I Ter's nanny? His maid? Do I have to go visit every time Ter is sick?"
"That's true, but...."
Knowing the original work, it was hard for me to reply.
Even if she ended up getting rammed by a doctor behind a curtain, Yuno was originally the type to whisper that she did it for Ter's sake.
The main heroine of NTR Academy was gradually showing a side not present in the original, which gave me a strange feeling in many ways.
'Come to think of it, Minerva is like that too, and Rhea as well.'
Mai's case had some room for understanding since she appeared in the original even as a monster, but I could feel us drifting further and further from the original as time went on.
Ultimately, as I sighed with the feeling that the NTR Ending truly lived up to its name──
"Chrono, do you hate it when I come visit?"
"Wh-what....?"
─Yuno suddenly leaned in close.
"If you hate it... I'll be careful next time."
"No, it's not really that...."
This was troublesome.
"I guess it's Chrono's own time, after all. I came for nothing and just got in the way."
"Uh-uh.... uh......"
This was troublesome.
Very. Extremely troublesome.
"You were supposed to be spending time with Minerva, right? I ruined it by coming."
"....Yuno."
There was a strangely teasing lilt in her voice.
Only then could I catch on.
"Stop joking around. My heart hurts."
"Hmmng. About half of it was serious, you know?"
".........."
I said cut it out.
Only after I raised both hands and declared surrender did Yuno say she got it and relax the corners of her eyes.
Soon she stood up, moved to the window, and continued.
"Still, half was serious? I put some thought into coming to visit, but I didn't know I'd get looked at with those eyes."
"What do you mean, those eyes?"
"Eyes that said, 'Something annoying has arrived.'"
"....That's a lie."
No matter how crazy I was, I would never send Yuno a look that said 'annoying.'
After all, she's my favorite character, right? Where's the person who'd find it annoying when their favorite character comes to visit?
"Yeah. It's a lie!"
Yuno gave a cute little smile as if my thoughts were the truth.
"If I'd come about 10 minutes earlier, that's the look I would've gotten!"
"........Rwa?"
"I think it's good to ventilate often."
"..........."
The words that followed, though, weren't cute at all.
Yuno stayed on her feet, opened the door and windows, and aired out the room.
Fresh, clear air came inside, and the sticky smells I hadn't noticed began to escape outside.
"...Like you said, Chrono, there really was no need for a hospital visit. Right?"
"Well...."
"Because Chrono would rather go to a love hotel than get a hospital visit?"
"No."
"Come on, you used a hospital room as a love hotel concept room!"
"............."
When you say it like that, I really have nothing to say.
"Minerva is so lucky. Chrono gives her tremendous love."
"It is merely a 'love' I do not deserve."
"Hmm, even that strange shamelessness. I can see the traits of a woman who's loved!"
"...I'm sorry. I'm embarrassed, so please stop."
Minerva's mentality was also being thoroughly wrecked.
"Ahh, I'm jealous. You'll be with Chrono for at least 2~3 days from now on, right?"
"...No."
Minerva's counterattack.
"I intend to stay by his side 365 days a year, always."
"Huh?"
"Because I plan to be employed as Chrono's maid."
"M-mai...d?"
"Evening service as well... I will serve diligently."
"............"
".....No?"
A skeptical gaze.
I desperately shouted that it wasn't my doing, but they didn't seem to believe me at all.
As an aside,
"Evening ser... what?"
"Oh my, oh my....."
"..........Uh...?"
Was I too absorbed in the conversation?
Or was my attention scattered because I opened the door for ventilation?
"........?"
"A white-haired little girl...?"
Mars made her entrance.
Thus began an uncomfortable meeting.