20. Perfect Training

20. Perfect Training

The sound of the hairdryer filled the room. Warmth enveloped my hair, and the moisture began to dry. Since my hair is long, it will take a while longer to dry completely.

I asked Priscilla, who was drying my hair from behind me.

“Priscilla.”

“Yes?”

“Can you tell me what happened between you and your sister before?”

Priscilla tilted her head. I thought my question might have been too short, so I added more.

“I mean, like, the incident that caused your relationship with your sister to sour.”

“Ah… with my sister.”

“Yes.”

Priscilla seemed to ponder for a moment, then gazed into the air, lost in deep thought. The hand drying my hair gradually slowed down.

The hairdryer, with Priscilla’s hands stopped, continued to blow hot air onto my hair.

…It’s getting a bit hot.

Since Priscilla’s hands, which should have been moving the hairdryer, had stopped, I decided to move my own body to dry my hair.

As if drying my hands in a dryer, I twisted my body left and right, bringing my hair to the hairdryer evenly. My hair was drying.

This time, I’ll dry my bangs.

By chance, I ended up facing Priscilla. But the important thing was drying my hair, so I didn’t pay it any mind.

As I turned my head little by little to dry my bangs, Priscilla finally came back to her senses.

“Ah, I remembered a little- Eek! Why are you looking here?!”

“I’m drying my hair.”

“What?!”

My current position was crawling between Priscilla’s legs as she sat on the bed, facing her with my head sticking out forward.

The distance between Priscilla and me was very close, but so what? This is a normal distance for girls.

“Is there a problem?”

“…No. It’s nothing. But about what you were saying earlier.”

“Yes.”

Priscilla started drying my hair again. Still facing each other, Priscilla spoke amidst the noise of the hairdryer.

“First of all… I think we were close when we were young. Well, not like the ‘kiss… kiss’ that Skadi mentioned.”

“Hmm… And?”

“I don’t know exactly when it started… but as time went on, we grew further apart. At some point, she started getting angry a lot, and, well, I got scolded a lot by her.”

Hmm.

One thing is for sure.

Since they weren’t kissing even though they were close when they were young, Priscilla’s sister must not know about proper sibling relationships.

I’m not saying she should kiss like my sister does all the time, but still, a little kiss on the forehead with a smile would be expected…

Therefore, the fundamental reason for the strained relationship between Priscilla and her sister is that they didn’t know the proper way to maintain a sibling relationship.

Even if some incident caused them to drift apart, if Priscilla and her sister knew how to cling to each other all day, they could have remained close friends.

Alright, then I’ll take responsibility and teach them.

“Priscilla.”

“Yes?”

I called out to Priscilla and then kissed her forehead, where she was drying her tail.

From today, I need to start the ‘Get Closer to Your Sister’ special training.

——

“So… what do you want me to do?”

“Give Priscilla a kiss.”

So, I brought Golden Sun. I saw her golden hair in the crowd, so I called her, thinking it was good that the lecture seemed to be over.

Golden Sun, who was still maintaining her peculiar hairstyle that covered her eyes with her bangs, broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing my request.

This was my plan for Golden Sun.

It would be difficult to lecture Priscilla’s sister, whose whereabouts were unknown, about sibling relationships. So, instead, I decided to perfectly teach Priscilla the common affectionate gestures between siblings.

However, since Priscilla is shy, she probably wouldn’t even be able to hug properly, let alone kiss. So, the idea was to expose her to various situations to help her get used to it.

It was a method called exposure therapy.

“Will that help?”

“Of course.”

In my past life, I heard that when you do something wrong to your lover, a kiss can lessen their anger.

Therefore, if Priscilla can express affection between siblings without being embarrassed, she will surely get along well with her sister soon.

Because if Priscilla’s sister, who came to argue, receives a kiss from Priscilla, her anger will subside.

“…Do I really have to do it?”

“I’ve already done it a lot.”

She still blushes whenever I hug her, but she’s showing signs of adapting. So, it was time to adapt through a new person.

“What’s wrong with friends kissing each other in the first place?”

“No… uh, ha…”

Isn’t it normal for female friends to kiss each other? Golden Sun was speechless at my logical argument and closed her mouth.

“Here, Priscilla.”

“Yes, yes…”

I led Priscilla, who was next to me, forward.

Golden Sun and Priscilla suddenly became close. Golden Sun was shorter than me but taller than Priscilla, so naturally, Golden Sun looked down at Priscilla.

The surrounding students kept their distance and surrounded us. Murmurs could be heard.

-Now even to Sorina…

-Ah, don’t push from behind! What if we get noticed…!

Golden Sun was sweating profusely. Although her eyes were hidden by her bangs, I could feel the vibrations in the air, and her eyes seemed to be darting everywhere.

Meanwhile, Priscilla was trembling all over as she looked at Golden Sun. Her face was red, and her eyes were tightly shut.

However, she wasn’t trying to run away like last time, which showed that my prior instruction, “You must do this if you want to get closer to your sister,” was effective.

“Come on, hurry up.”

Next, we have to hug, and then we have to bathe together… There’s so much to do, so I urged the two of them to hurry.

Unable to resist my urging, Priscilla took a step forward. The distance between Golden Sun and Priscilla narrowed further.

Golden Sun was still hesitant, but when Priscilla-still with her eyes closed-gently leaned forward, she reluctantly lowered her head.

As their faces drew closer, and with a brief touch, as light as a feather landing on the ground, Priscilla’s body trembled. Now I noticed tears were also trickling down.

Golden Sun pulled away abruptly and said to me.

“That’s enough now, right? Huh?”

“Yes.”

I wish she had done it more vigorously. To help her get used to it. Well, it’s better than nothing.

I stroked Priscilla’s head, who was still reeling from the aftereffects. When I wrapped my tail around her waist, her tense expression melted away, leaving only a blissful one.

Hmm.

If her tension is relieved, that should be fine.

However, this is not enough. There’s a limit to how much Priscilla can adapt with just Golden Sun and me-

This means Priscilla needs to kiss more people.

The original plan was to expose Priscilla to various situations to reduce her shyness. I looked around. The children my gaze fell upon screamed “Eek!” and tried to hide behind the crowd.

Let’s see. Excluding men, among the women…

Aha.

“There.”

“Eek?!”

“Would you like to come here?”

I spotted a girl who had been sitting next to me in the basic swordsmanship A class. She had disappeared far away as soon as I sat down, but it’s better to have seen someone once than not at all, right?

She tried to hide in the crowd as if she hadn’t heard me, but when I gently approached from behind and put my hand on her shoulder, she was helplessly caught.

I asked the girl, who was trembling as if she was very cold.

“What’s your name?”

“Ella von Silverain…”

“Good, Ella. Will you follow me?”

I took the girl and walked towards Priscilla. The two of them faced each other, and Priscilla and the girl looked at me- the girl lowered her eyes.

Hmm.

“Come on, hurry.”

There’s no time.

I’m going to make her kiss everyone here.

——

Of course, for practical reasons, I didn’t make her kiss everyone. I selected a few people and had them do it.

The children who made displeased expressions when I called them seemed to sweat and lower their eyes while looking at my waist, but I don’t know why.

Anyway.

About two days passed like that.

Seeing Priscilla, who could now hug and kiss quite well, my training had definitely paid off. Now Priscilla should be able to act affectionately towards her sister.

As a final practice, I called Priscilla from the dormitory.

“Priscilla, think of me as your sister and practice. Okay?”

“Yes, yes…”

“When you first see my face?”

“Uh… Sister, it’s me!”

Priscilla hugged me tightly. Then, when I kissed her forehead, Priscilla brought her lips to my cheek in return. It was now a natural sequence.

“Good job, Priscilla.”

I hugged Priscilla tightly with my tail and patted her back as praise. Priscilla smiled sheepishly.

“Ehehe… Sister… Tail…”

Good, now all that’s left is to meet her sister. I smiled at Priscilla too.

And that day.

Priscilla’s sister requested a sparring match.