A Morning of Vulnerability
"... Damn it."
The moment I woke up, I had no choice but to swear.
I might have curbed my swearing while working at the castle, but this was unavoidable.
"What should I do about changing clothes."
Thinking about it, my clothes were still the same as yesterday.
It wasn't uncomfortable since it was a one-piece dress, but it felt extremely gross.
"Kyle... I wish you would come quickly..."
I had read a manga before.
The protagonist who was paralyzed from the waist down and desperately called for the nurse.
My situation was exactly like that.
I couldn't do anything because my legs were injured.
There was a crutch next to me, but...
The problem was that it wasn't just a cast on my leg.
It was because Kyle, worried about me, had wrapped bandages around my arms.
My head was also bandaged.
"My arms weren't injured that much..."
Anyway, thanks to that, I was in a state where I couldn't do anything.
My head was really important, so it made sense that he bandaged it.
I would have done the same even if it was me.
Usually, I was the one who woke Kyle up.
Since I was his direct attendant, that was natural.
But in this situation where I couldn't wake him, could he come to help me even if he woke up?
"...."
"Um."
"Miss Sophia, are you okay?"
".. No."
The only thing I had done before Kyle came was using the crutch to go to the bathroom.
"Lord, how do I shower...?"
"...."
Kyle and I fell into silence, pondering.
Yes, thinking about it, I was a body that couldn't wash myself alone!
My legs were useless, and my arms were bandaged.
"I'll help you."
"Eh?"
"You helped me with my bath before. Since it's because of me that you became like this, I think I should help you."
"Eh.."
Well, if he did that, it would be convenient for me.
But something felt off.
Showing my naked body to Kyle...
"Eh..."
"Shall we move to the bathroom first?"
".. Yes."
Even though I felt something strange, I had no choice.
I couldn't wash myself alone in this body.
I moved with Kyle's support without using the crutch.
I didn't do shoulder to shoulder because Kyle was so tall.
"Lord, if you could bring my underwear and clothes from my room, I'd be grateful."
".. Yes."
Before going to the bath, I decided to stop by my room to get clothes.
The clothes I was wearing were comfortable but extremely dirty now.
I leaned against the wall in front of my room and waited for Kyle.
It might be too much stimulation for a guy, but I wasn't the type to be stimulated.
"I brought them. Let's go wash."
"Yes."
I moved again with Kyle's support.
Kyle's thick, firm hands held my shoulders and hands.
It was surprising that the child I raised had grown up so handsomely.
It was also surprising to see a knight helping a woman like this.
"Huhu.."
My body was still not good, but a smile came out.
"....."
"Why are you doing that, Lord?"
After taking off my clothes, I said that.
To wash, I had no choice but to take them off.
After roughly taking off my clothes, Kyle wrapped my body with the towel he gave first and turned my body towards him.
"You have to come in together. My body has become one that can't wash myself alone."
".. Yes, I'll come in..."
I entered the bathroom filled with the unique humidity of the bath.
I couldn't enjoy the hot spring as usual, but the feeling of the bathroom was good anyway.
"Hah.. It's hard to come all the way to the bathroom.."
"Haha.."
Kyle showed an embarrassed smile at my words.
The distance was only 3 to 5 minutes, but it took over 10 minutes, so it was understandable.
"Lord, do you know how to help with the bath? If not, .."
"I'll do it myself."
"Uh.. Yes.."
I wanted to explain...
I wanted to do the role of private tutor again after a long time...
It seemed like I had become completely useless.
"Sit still."
"Yes."
As Kyle said, I sat quietly on the chair.
My right leg stretched forward, and the remaining leg was normal.
I didn't understand why there was a cast in the fantasy world.
Actually, I wasn't sure if this was the cast.
It felt a bit different, but the hardness was similar.
"Then.. I'll wash you."
"Yes."
Kyle started washing me like he did before when I washed him.
"Uh.."
Kyle's hand suddenly touched my shoulder, making me slightly startled.
I thought he was just wiping with the towel, but his hand suddenly went up.
"Huh.."
Kyle washed me diligently.
Because Kyle's strength was strong, there was a slight pain feeling, but as I received it, it felt a bit good.
The feeling of being washed while massaging?
It was a completely different feeling from when I usually washed.
"Huh.. Mmm..."
"...."
"Lord, you have to wash my hair too.."
"Yes."
I changed my posture to almost lying on the chair.
After wiping the body with towel and water, I had to wash the hair.
"Oh.. Oh.. Clothes.."
Kyle... washed my hair much better than I thought...
With soft touches, he wrapped my hair, but because of Kyle's unique strong power, it was a massage too...
"Huh.."
Well done.
"...."
That was the turn to wash my body with shower towel and soap.
But suddenly Kyle's hand stopped.
Was there a problem?
"Lord?"
"..."
"Is there something wrong?"
"Tha.."
Kyle hesitated in answering.
What happened that he was like this.
I couldn't see well because Kyle was behind me.
"My chest... and the front part, you do it, Sophia."
"Ah."
Our young master still seemed to find touching a woman's body embarrassing.
If I were a normal man, in this situation, I would have touched while washing.
"Hmm... Well, I'll do it this time. Compared to someone like me, it's better for you to touch another woman's body."
A body with less fat and appropriate muscles looks prettier than one with protruding breasts and soft buttocks.
If breasts and buttocks are big, it looks... dull.
It was a slight complex.
When I was in the academy, if my secondary sexual characteristics came late, I had to change sizes every month, and those brats teased me like crazy with that.
Even if I had memories from my previous life, the wounds were wounds.
Back then, I had no friends to call friends, so I was really sad..
"Ah, Lord. Give me the medicine that has a gray base with drawings."
"Yes."
Kyle handed me the medicine with gray base and drawings.
Normally, I wouldn't use it.
It came every period.
But today was the day I had to use it.
"Eh.. What is that?"
"It's a women's hygiene product."
"...."
"After all, I didn't wash properly yesterday."
Anyway, after I washed the remaining parts like chest, buttocks, belly, the bath was over.
I wanted to rest in the bath, but that was postponed for later.
"Haa..."
When I came out of the bathroom, the unique cool air greeted me.
Being supported by Kyle while naked felt a bit strange.
Because I was naked?
"Um... Being like this naked is a bit embarrassing."
Because I was embarrassed, my chest was pounding.
Since I was born, the people I showed my naked body to were mostly women.
In the academy, since it was a dormitory, group life was unavoidable, and when working as an adventurer, there were many times I bathed with female party members in the river.
When there was a mage, I always drew walls around to bathe.
"Lord, thank you.."
"You're welcome... I should be the one thanking you."
"Eh?"
I couldn't hear properly because I was drying my hair.
The unique sound of rubbing my hair with a towel swallowed Kyle's voice.
"No."
"Yes.."
I didn't quite understand what it was, but it probably wasn't an important matter.
If it was important, he wouldn't have said it only once?
"Um... Lord, can you zip up my underwear?"
"..... Yes."
"Thank you. My body isn't in good condition.. Sorry."
If my body was fine, I could have zipped it myself.
There were many inconvenient parts in many ways.
Really.
"Lord, is it okay not to take off the bandage on my arm?"
"No. Keep doing it."
"No, when washing, you took it off..."
When washing, the bandage was removed.
But normally, it should be kept on.
It was a really sad news.
How uncomfortable it was to have a bandage on my arm.
Kyle hadn't experienced it, so he didn't know.
"Haa... Being like this, my whole body feels tied up.. I'm not the type who likes being tied up..."
I had seen someone with that preference while working as an adventurer, but I was never like that.
The feeling of not being able to move when tied was extremely unpleasant.
I didn't mind being hugged, but I didn't like my body being tied to something at all.
"Sophia. Would you like me to give you a few books?"
"Really?"
When Elin came back from the room, I was just eating the apples she cut and was extremely bored.
In such a situation, books?
It was really the perfect thing.
If it was now, I could read even a boring math book.
Of course, this was a lie.
"Wait a moment."
Kyle said that and ran out.
It wasn't necessary to be so enthusiastic, but why was he so enthusiastic..
"Sigh.."
It was because of me getting injured.
If a family-like person suddenly got injured, I would have to worry.
If Kyle got injured because of me, I would definitely cry.
"Um.."
The room Kyle went out was extremely quiet.
Even when Kyle was there, it wasn't noisy...
It wasn't this quiet.
The only sounds I heard were my breathing and the rustling of the blanket.
Usually, there was no situation like this.
There was always Kyle or friends around me.
Except for the time when I was resting in the middle.
Because of that, now that Kyle had disappeared for a moment, I felt a slight loneliness.
Was I originally such a weak person?
"..."
I hope he comes back soon.
Kyle.