Know Shame (3)
Know Shame (3)
A little earlier, around the time Haru accepted the swimsuit.
She had thought...
This would be easy.
'It would be perfect if I pretended it came undone by accident. I wasn't a pervert.'
Had her goal from the beginning not been to do something embarrassing and naked with Daddy?
Obediently changing into the swimsuit had merely been a disguise meant to reassure Grandma and Flatty.
From the start, Haru had intended to take the swimsuit off.
She would quickly strip it off and cling tightly to Daddy.
Grandma had said that would be extremely, extremely embarrassing.
It would feel extremely good.
That was the terrifying plan she'd devised.
'If I covered my chest in lots of soap and rubbed-rubbed him, it would be soft and squishy. His skin would get clean. Definitely not perverted.'
Haru had even cunningly prepared a justification.
A shower puff might have been soft, but it was still somewhat rough compared with human skin.
Daddy deserved special treatment, using the soft, squishy things attached to her.
Yes. It was not perverted. It was completely wholesome.
...Of course, that was merely Haru rationalizing her behavior.
In truth, it was an indecent massage through and through.
If Alice heard the plan, she'd exclaim, "I saw this in those eyes! This is what they call a soapland!!"
The comparatively normal Sia and Yujin sprang up in alarm.
"Cover my chest in soap and rub-rub...."
"Sia, save me!!"
"Hold it!!"
Afraid that one wrong movement would cause a catastrophe, Yujin tightly shut his eyes and lowered his head.
At the same moment, Sia shot out of the tub.
Their coordination was flawless.
Unfortunately, the bathroom was drenched and slippery.
No matter how agile Sia was, she could not move quickly.
As an awakener, she was far faster than an ordinary person, but...
Haru was an awakener as well.
The distance between Haru and Yujin was short too.
It seemed inevitable that Haru would reach Yujin before Sia reached her.
'The slippery floor was slowing me down... Huh?'
—Rub, rub. Bubble, bubble.
'Lots of suds. Make Daddy clean.'
But surprisingly...
Haru, who had seemed ready to leap into his arms at any moment, became completely absorbed in working up a lather.
She merely kneaded her own flesh.
Yujin had assisted her.
'If I was going to wash Daddy, I needed lots of suds. Lots and lots and lots, right? Haru was not a bad daughter who rubbed for only two or three seconds before trying to wash Daddy!'
—Ding!
[Activating skill 'Complete Hypnosis.' Failure....]
[Failure.]
[Fail....]
[Despite the difference in rank, the target falls under 'minor' hypnosis!]
[Fai....]
A rapid barrage of Complete Hypnosis, sixteen attempts per second.
It was Yujin's quick thinking after realizing that he was running out of time.
Thanks to him, Haru worked up the suds with extraordinary thoroughness.
Fluffy bubbles gathered across her chest until they resembled sheep's wool.
Sia reached her during that delay.
"Haru, what the hell are you doing!! Are you a pervert!?"
"Flatty. Interfering."
—Shove.
"...Kyaaah!!?"
But one shoulder check from Haru sent Sia sprawling.
Sia and Yujin panicked simultaneously.
"Sia, are you all right!!? Haru, what are you doing to my Sia—"
"I-I'm fine. I only landed on my butt... Hhk."
Yujin was horrified for a moment, afraid something had happened to Sia.
Sia briefly fluttered at being called "my Sia," then saw Haru's condition and came back to her senses.
Her sharp voice rang through the bathroom.
"Hey, you idiot!! What are you doing to me!!"
"Don't interfere with me washing Daddy."
"How is that washing him, you pervert!! What kind of woman uses her breasts as a shower towel!!"
It was an entirely reasonable objection.
Only Sia could make that objection because it was physically impossible for her. Alice and Aika would have exclaimed, "You can do that!?"
But innocence could sometimes be cruel.
Without the slightest change in expression, Haru replied...
"That's because Flatty is flat. If they were big like mine, they would be soft and good for washing."
"...You idiotic, stupid, thickheaded bear!!? I wasn't trying to use my ability, but you need to be taught a lesson!!"
—Boom!!!
"And I can do at least that much too!!!"
That sent Sia into a frenzy.
Black hands burst from her shadow.
They sliced through the air with a sharp hiss, flying like arrows.
It was her S-rank Innate Talent: the ability to control shadows.
The attack shot toward Haru at a speed that impressed even Yujin...
Yet Haru did not even try to dodge. She simply stood still.
"No. If Flatty did it, her ribs would go click-clack and hurt Daddy."
—Clasp.
"......!!?"
'She was not even budging?!!'
The black hands seized Haru's hands and legs, but...
they could not move her body.
Sia might have possessed an S-rank Innate Talent, but her primary stats were still only in the five-point range.
She had also removed her artifact clothing, leaving her weaker than usual.
Haru, meanwhile, had stats in the eight-point range—the level of an A-rank awakener.
And if she drove her Innate Talent out of control...
she could even reach the maximum of ten points.
Sia could not restrain a Haru that powerful.
Sia's face twisted.
'If it had come to this....'
—Clench.
"Stop, I said stop!! You pervert!!"
In the end, Sia abandoned all dignity and clung to Haru's calf.
It was such a desperate sight that Yujin would have cried, "Sia, don't do that! I'll sacrifice myself!!" if he had seen it.
But Yujin had his eyes closed.
Sia's stats were not enough to stop Haru.
All that desperation managed to do was hold Haru in place for three seconds.
"Go away."
—Swing. Splash!!
"S-Sia!!!"
One backward kick sent Sia flying into the tub.
Yujin called desperately for his wife like a tragic heroine.
Haru, meanwhile, was simply a mischievous child.
Haru began trudging forward.
She was covered in so much lather that, from a distance, she looked as though she wore sheep pajamas.
"Daddy, I'll make you clean. Hee-hee."
"Haru, Daddy is truly going to get angry...!!!"
Only then did Yujin open his eyes and try to turn around.
He had stayed still because his daughter Haru was precious, but his wife Sia was ten million times more important.
He intended to demand how Haru dared treat his wife that way.
And then, finally...
-Sliiide.
"———I knew I had a bad feeling. My premonitions never fail me."
Someone flung open the bathroom door and appeared.
At the familiar voice, Yujin and Haru immediately exchanged expressions.
"......!!! Big Sis Hayeon!!"
"Tch."
Yujin's face brightened as though salvation had arrived.
Haru, by contrast, snapped her gaze aside with a guilty flinch.
The Chairwoman merely released a deep sigh, as though she'd expected exactly this.
"I told you not to call me Big Sis. And Haru, what is that ridiculous state? You have so much foam on you that I mistook you for a sheep."
"Big Sis Hayeon, she's naked right now!! Please save me!!"
"Grandma, don't interfere...!"
—Dash.
Haru immediately lunged.
She had been caught doing something forbidden, so punishment was inevitable.
If she was going to be punished anyway, she might as well first find out whether it felt good.
Haru charged toward Yujin with suds scattering around her...
—Fwish.
"She is naked? Perfect."
"......!!!?"
The Chairwoman appeared beside Haru even faster than Haru had moved.
Without wasting time on words, Seol Hayeon swung her arm.
As fast as a whip.
The result was brutal.
—Pwaaaaaaang!!!!!!!!!
"Kyaheuk!!?"
The pressure from the blow stripped away the fluffy suds and scattered them in every direction.
The hand completed its swing against...
Haru's buttocks, where a vivid red palm print remained.
It was the Chairwoman's special villain-subduing spanking strike.
Unable to endure the pain, Haru dropped to her knees.
Large tears fell one after another.
"I-it hurrrts...."
"A brazen little hussy needs exactly this medicine. Indeed."
Thus, the Chairwoman personally put an end to Haru's rampage.
* * *
The Chairwoman's intervention resolved the chaos.
Afterward, I intended to scold Haru harshly.
I would tell her, "How dare you strike my wife? I never raised a wicked daughter who hit her own mother."
But,
—Pwaaang!!! Pwaaaang!!! Pwaaaaang!!!!
"I told you that showing your naked body to a man was shameful!!"
"Waaaaah... I-I was wronggg...."
"......."
'People kept complaining that teachers had lost all authority, but that clearly had nothing to do with the Chairwoman.'
The Chairwoman had beaten me to the corporal punishment.
A bare-bottom spanking.
Each blow was so powerful that its pressure created a gale in the bathroom.
The punishment was so severe that even Sia, the victim of Haru's attack, murmured, "Poor girl...."
—Pwaaang!!!
"So you liked doing shameful things that much!!? Good. Yujin! Look at Haru!"
"What? Why me?"
"She won't learn until she experiences the shame of crying through a bare-bottom spanking. I'll show you everything, even the place she uses to defecate, so feast your eyes until this wench learns what embarrassment means...."
"N-nooooo!! Daddy can't see my butt holeeeee!!!"
"......."
And sex education on top of it.
My face heated, and I lowered my head.
Even the Hypnosis Breeding Guy struggled with the Spartan discipline of a sixty-year-old grandmother.
—Whisper.
"Yujin. If you look, I'll kill you."
"I wouldn't look even if you ordered me to. I'd rather look at my beautiful Sia's face a thousand times over."
"......!!? I-idiot. My makeup has washed off too...."
"You're even cuter and prettier without makeup. The prettiest woman in the world."
"R-really...? You have a good eye. I do have excellent skin. Hmph."
I chatted with Sia to pass the time.
The corrective spanking and Haru's cries kept distracting me, to the point that I barely knew what I was saying, but...
Sia was smiling, so I probably hadn't said anything terrible.
—Wriggle.
"T-then, Yujin... when you said you liked one of the three of us, did you perhaps mean me...?"
"Go outside, get dressed, and write a letter of apology. If I can't feel your sincerity, I truly will make Yujin look at every part of you."
"I-I'll write it!! Just never do that!!"
—Scamper.
With that, the punishment ended.
Haru scampered out of the bathroom, followed by the Chairwoman groaning as she rose.
The noise was more than enough to drown out Sia's quiet voice.
"Huh? What'd you say? I couldn't hear you."
"...Never mind, dummy."
"Indeed. You fool."
When I asked again, I received nothing but insults.
Not only from Sia, but even from the Chairwoman.
'Even her swimsuit looked exactly like something a grandmother would wear. Good grief.'
"Haru caused this disaster because I failed to discipline her properly. Thank you for helping."
I didn't argue.
This entire mess was my fault for failing to raise my daughter properly.
Besides... holding a long conversation with the Chairwoman while she wore a red floral-print bikini felt awkward.
Instead, I slowly rose.
I meant to comfort Haru, who was probably clutching her bottom and sobbing.
"I'll go calm Haru down. My own heart hurts just thinking about her...."
"Leave her alone. My intuition strongly tells me that going to her now would undermine the lesson."
"Yes, ma'am."
I stopped halfway to my feet.
The Chairwoman was almost always right.
"Then... Oh, you set the water to a fine temperature. While that child reflects on her actions, let's enjoy the bath together."
"Ugh. With you, Chairwoman?"
"You were calling me Big Sis moments ago, and now you recoil? Sharing this enormous bath won't kill you."
The Chairwoman suggested that we pass the time in the bath while Haru reflected.
I looked toward Sia.
"Sia... should we get in too?"
"M-me? Well, if you desperately want to bathe with me, I suppose I could agree?"
"Then let's get in. You will catch a cold if you stay soaked. A girl should keep warm."
"......H-hmph. Idiot. Huge idiot."
Sia must have been getting cold, because she quickly nodded.
She probably did not want to share a bath with an unrelated man like me, but remaining drenched would make her cold.
Thus, the three of us entered the bath together on friendly terms...
"Sia, tell me if the water is too hot. I'll add some cold—"
"Ah, right. Yujin, this is perfect timing. I have something to ask you."
"What is it?"
—Splash.
"About ten minutes ago, those Church of the Lord people donated one hundred billion won to the Association in your name. What miraculous stunt did you pull this time?"
"...Excuse me?"
"I'm not criticizing you. Our budget has been tight lately. You did very well. I commend you."
"......."
'Wow. Those old folks had very deep pockets.'
I belatedly learned that they had forced a donation through in my name.