Ch.2929. Wh-What is that…!

When I came up, I was greeted by Crybaby looking at me with surprised eyes.

I had retracted my tail earlier because it consumes quite a bit of magical power, but I took it out again after coming up.

“Crybaby. Why are you staring at me like that?”

“Ah, no… it’s just, that tail…”

Ah, of course.

Since she had fought against me before, she must be surprised to see it.

Wondering why this tail is attached to me.

“Oh, this thing just moves around. It can’t perform those attacks anymore, so you can relax.”

Despite my intuitive and direct explanation, she still looked flustered while looking at me.

“Why are you still acting like that? Are you the type who won’t be satisfied until you touch it yourself? Well, if that’s the case…”

“N-no, that’s not it… it’s, it’s…!”

“Come on, just say it. What’s bothering you so much?”

“Your skirt! The tail is lifting up your skirt…!”

“…What?”

I hurriedly turned around to find that my tail had indeed caused my skirt to…

Since I had raised my tail upward without thinking…

I lowered my tail to the floor, lifting only the tip slightly to deal with the situation.

Right, I wasn’t flustered.

I wasn’t flustered at all…!

“Ah, is… is that so…? Well, that’s…”

At least until Blanc, who was standing beside me, started teasing me.

“Oh, I caught a glimpse earlier too. Maybe we should have made you wear shorts underneath.”

“…Ah. No. Ah. No way, n-no way…!”

“Yes, Vinea. They were cute, you know?”

That cr-crazy magical girl…! Just now…!

“N-no! Do you have some kind of fetish for appreciating such things? Ah, ugh…?”

“No, I just happened to see you moving around. Right, Arin?”

That vicious, perverted magical girl even went so far as to drag in Arin, who had been quietly standing by.

“Y-yes! I was just absentmindedly watching Sister Vinea! I was so busy following her movements that I, um, didn’t see her panties or anything like that!”

A burning sensation rises to my ears and cheeks.

No, my entire face is heating up.

“Phew…”

I’ve become like a machine that just makes deflating sounds.

To think I would show such an embarrassing side of myself.

Especially in a place where I should be showing my cool side. Such an embarrassing display…!

And to Arin, of all people…!

After showing everything like that, I was trying to act cool, intimidating and teasing her…!

“Uugh…! Ugh… the image I’ve built…!”

I wanted to do something to Blanc, who was bursting into laughter at my flustered state, right now.

Hah, I’ve made another mistake…

Ugh, seriously…

“A-anyway! I’ll prepare the meal first, so everyone please go do something else for now…!”

Yes, the priority is to collect myself somewhere away from people’s eyes.

“I want to watch Vinea cook with her tail. It’s the first time I’ve heard of that tail having such a function.”

That damned magical girl…

“Oh, then I want to watch too…! I want to see Sister Vinea working…!”

Ah, now even Arin…

“W-wait. I can understand Blanc, but Arin, aren’t you still in exam period? You should go study!”

“Ah, that’s right. But I still want to see you cook… I’m curious about how that tail moves…!”

“Arin, if your exam scores aren’t good, training with me is canceled. So please go upstairs now.”

“Ugh… Ah!”

Arin seemed to have thought of something and dashed up to her room.

Good, now that I’ve chased Arin away, it should be less burdensome.

Now to make the tteokbokki I mentioned earlier…

Oh, I didn’t expect her to be in such a hurry.

No, logically speaking, there’s a reason stairs exist.

Why did she jump over the railing to come down…?

The sight of Arin’s small body landing gracefully…

Haha… I didn’t expect this…

“Arin…? You’ll get hurt. I thought you were going to study?”

“Ah, I brought my study materials! Hehe… I can study at the dining table while watching you! That way I can do both, hehe…”

… Sigh.

I don’t know how to stop Arin when she’s like this.

I can only sigh.

I haven’t even recovered from my embarrassment yet, and why does she keep wanting to watch me?

“Sigh, please focus more on your studies than on watching me. You’re a student after all.”

“…Yes! That means you’re allowing it, right? Hehe…”

With that, Arin took her seat at the dining table.

To think she would watch me like that from beside Blanc…

“Wait, Crybaby, why are you…? And Red Hair too?”

“I’m curious. Aren’t you, Seohyun?”

“Ah, yes. I am curious too. To think you can do such delicate work with that tail…”

“Ugh… really. Fine… watch me cook. Seriously…”

Arin, who had seen my tail move at my will, flinched slightly, perhaps recalling the earlier memory.

“I won’t be showing my underwear this time.”

“Oh, that. You’re still hung up on that?”

“How could I not be? If only you had told me that happened…!”

“Ah, I see. But you used to wear skirts in the past too.”

“That was fine because Ellie altered the skirts for me…!”

“Is that so? I was wondering…”

“Sigh, because of those memories, I didn’t think this would happen when wearing a skirt…”

Well, I really didn’t know.

Why didn’t I think about it when attaching the tail?

Sigh… I’m so angry at my own stupidity.

I should have thought about it when attaching the tail under the skirt.

That this skirt doesn’t have a hole for the tail…

Sigh… there’s no point in thinking about it further.

It’ll just give me a headache.

I normally used my tail to open the refrigerator, take out ingredients.

Chop, chop, chop with the knife…

Then fill the pot with water… the rice cakes…

“…? Why are you all staring at me like that? Haven’t you all seen this tail before?”

Blanc answered my question.

“No, it’s just… I didn’t know that tail could be used for something other than destruction…”

“What do you mean? I told you I used it very effectively.”

“All we’ve seen is in battle…”

“Sigh, haven’t you seen the pincers? That should give you a rough idea of its uses.”

“All I remember is how annoying it was to untangle when my limbs were bound by it…”

“Well, I can catch newcomers like Arin with just one tail.”

Arin, who had been listening to the conversation, seemed about to say something but then nodded without speaking.

“True, I think I’d be done for if I got caught… Haha… With it moving so freely like that, how could I…”

“No, Arin, it’s actually quite easy to escape from.”

“Huh? How do you get out?”

“You just need to strike the main body hard. Since they have to control each part with concentration, if you disrupt the main body’s focus, gaps appear.”

“Ah… But someone like Sister Vinea…”

“Yeah, what I just told you works on tentacle monsters. As for Vinea…”

The two magical girls, Arin and Blanc, began chatting excitedly.

It bothered me that I was the subject of their conversation.

It bothered me even more that they were revealing all my weaknesses…!

But for now, I’m in the middle of working.

I should focus on cooking rather than on their conversation.

Still, it was nice to have extra limbs to cook more conveniently.

I mean, how convenient is it to wash dishes after using the cutting board while simmering tteokbokki and setting out spoons?

Though the four at the table were startled when my tail suddenly approached them.

“Look at this. See how detailed the joints on the tail are? It moves just like a real tentacle when it constricts the body.”

Without showing any surprise, Blanc started explaining while examining my tail.

With her talking so much about it, it’s impossible not to be bothered…

Plus, when she touches it while talking, the sensation travels through my nerves…

“Eep?! Blanc! Stop touching it randomly…! You’re interfering!”

I said that and swatted away Blanc’s hand.

But somehow she grabbed it again and continued her explanation.

How annoying…

And the feeling is strange too.

“Let go of it.”

I changed the shape of my tail and swatted her hand away again.

“See, like this the joints reveal themselves… and you can see a purple light… Ah, a slightly light red glow. Do you see it? Faintly. Right now, this state sacrifices flexibility for more strength.”

Then she grabbed it with her magically enhanced arm and started explaining each part.

“Right now I’m shaking it vigorously, and if I didn’t have an enhanced body, even I would have been thrown off by how strongly it’s swinging.”

“Blanc! I told you to stop touching it! The feeling is really strange!!”

“Ah, I understand, Vinea. But Arin is curious, so can you bear with it a little longer?”

“No! I can’t take it anymore! I’ll ruin the cooking!”

Finally, I pushed away Blanc’s arm that was trying to grab me and regained control of my tail.

And when I gave her a look to show I was angry.

What’s with that disappointed look?

“Please stop analyzing my tail, and here’s tonight’s dinner. Tteokbokki, and please wait a moment for the fried food.”

Arin looked on with curious eyes, and Blanc still seemed disappointed.

Meanwhile, Red Hair and Crybaby were busy eating.

Well, those two have probably had enough painful experiences with this tail.

Physically, I mean.

After finishing off all the fried food, I sat down and started eating too.

I pulled my tail through the hole in the chair, so there was no discomfort.

Blanc, who kept trying to grab my gently swaying mechanical tail, finally succeeded in placing one of my tails on her lap.

Then she started stroking my tail vigorously while eating.

No, suddenly squeezing it like that…!

“Kyaah?!”

How embarrassing…!

“Blanc! What are you doing while we’re eating…!”

Sigh, really… Did I make a mistake taking it out?