Ch.48Childcare (1)

Late Monday night after bonding with my party members at the amusement park.

I introduced my new housemate to Eri and Umi.

“From today, Taiga will be living with us too.”

I told the two of them.

“Sigh… you’ve put your hands on another woman?”

Eri sighed.

Yank-!

Immediately, Eri grabbed my cheek. It hurt. She’s surprisingly skilled with her hands, this one.

“We’re not officially dating either… so I can’t really complain. But honestly, I don’t feel good about it.”

Umi also pinched my other cheek.

“We’re all in the same position of liking the same guy. Let’s get along well until Shota makes his decision.”

Taiga spoke with surprising frankness.

“Well… okay.”

It was hard to be harsh to someone who approached first. Eri unexpectedly accepted Taiga’s presence quite readily.

From the beginning, both Eri and Umi seemed to have already been wary of Taiga with their feminine intuition. That’s why they were less surprised.

“So the three of us will be living together, but…”

Then, Taiga looked straight at me.

“If you don’t choose just one person by the time you’re twenty, you’re seriously dead.”

Taiga said, exuding murderous intent.

“O-Of course.”

I nodded desperately in response.

“If you say something like ‘I’m enjoying my harem now, but I want to maintain it even after turning 20,’ I’ll execute you biker gang style.”

Taiga said while patting my shoulder.

“Um… Ms. Taiga? What exactly is a biker gang style execution?”

I found myself becoming polite as I asked Taiga.

“Oh. It’s when they tie you to a motorcycle with a rope and drag you around. You get to kiss the asphalt.”

Taiga explained.

“………”

Hearing that terrifying execution method, I felt my balls shrink involuntarily.

“Taiga is the best!!!”

“That’s right! That’s exactly how you should talk to such an indecisive man!”

Umi and Eri cheered at Taiga’s powerful statement.

They might unexpectedly get along well, I thought.

———

Naturally, I got devoured again today.

I was kneeling on the bed, sitting demurely.

Umi placed her hand on my shoulder and said:

“I remember, ‘boy.’ I won’t turn you into a female.”

Umi pretended to smoke a cigarette and placed her hand on Eri’s shoulder beside her.

“Instead, you’ll be devoured by this one as a male. I’ll set it for about an hour, so try to resist hard. I’d like you to resist as long as possible.”

After that, Umi pushed Eri onto the bed. Eri fell face down. Taiga was also lying demurely on the bed.

“Why… are you doing this?”

I looked at Umi with trembling eyes.

Well, both Umi and Eri often read manga in my room whenever they had the chance. Thanks to that, they could make these kinds of manga parodies. Yes, that famous manga. The one where giants fight humans.

“Why, you ask… well.”

Umi looked at me with eyes tinged with quiet madness. She’s surprisingly good at acting.

“Because it’s fun?”

Umi said with a blank expression.

“People, you see, want to watch arousing scenes. Watching a playboy like Shota get thoroughly devoured gives us a sense of reality in life. And it raises our understanding of life.”

Umi looked beyond the bed.

Eri and Taiga were already rubbing their bodies together, seemingly heated up.

“Doesn’t it… hurt your heart?”

“Well, if Shota were an ordinary guy, it would hurt. This is practically reverse rape after all.”

Then, Umi pretended to exhale cigarette smoke.

“Unfortunately… if only Shota weren’t a playboy.”

“What…!”

“The death of all playboys, that’s the wish of all women!!”

Umi shouted, clenching her fist.

We ended up role-playing with the mood. This is fun.

“L-Lies… I know the truth. You all came onto me first… I’ve been trying to maintain a happy harem… making your lives better.”

I said with a trembling voice.

My acting skills were worthy of being called Shoreisha Yeager.

“Fine. I get it.”

Umi looked at me with indifferent eyes, then immediately tried to push me onto the bed.

“So you have great achievements?!!! Go talk to the ones below!!!! Hahaha! Look!! They’re all waiting!!!”

Umi immediately pushed me onto the bed.

“Zenzaaaang!!!!!!”

I fell right onto the bed.

Thud-!

I fell face down in the middle of the bed.

“Shota….”

“I’ve been holding back so much… you’re just a sidekick but acting so cocky…”

Then, Eri and Taiga, who had become monsters of desire, pounced on me.

“Stop!! Stooooop!!!!!!”

And so, I was thoroughly devoured.

———

Having consumed so much energy, I briefly passed out.

Drag drag drag-!

Though my consciousness was blacked out, I could clearly tell that the three of them were dragging me somewhere.

“Wh-What should we do… Shota has turned into a mummy.”

Umi’s comment.

“Hahaha! He’s half-dried!! Dried fish! Dried fish!! Kuhuhuh.”

I could hear Taiga’s laughter.

“Don’t laugh! What if something serious happens… kuhuhuhuh!!”

Eri started speaking with concern but suddenly burst into laughter. Hey. If you’re going to mock me, just do it from the start. I wanted to retort, but I didn’t have the energy.

“You know how dried fish or dried vegetables plump up when you put them in water? Let’s put him in water.”

Taiga suggested.

“Ah… that might work. Remember how Lu× who was attacked by Crocodile× in One Pie× returned to normal after getting wet?”

Umi immediately agreed. No. Don’t treat manga content as common sense.

“I’ve filled the bathtub with water. But… will it work?”

Eri still seemed unsure about it.

Splash-!!!

Before I could resist, I dove straight into the bathtub.

Shhhhh-!

I could clearly feel water soaking into every part of my body.

“Puhaaa!!!”

I immediately regained consciousness and got up.

“Oh!! Shota has returned to normal!”

Umi jumped up and down with joy.

“His skin is back to being soft and smooth too.”

Taiga said while touching my skin.

“Then we can have an extension match?”

Eri calmly made an insane statement.

“No… I want to rest a bit…”

However, the weak had no right to speak.

Drag drag drag-!

As soon as they confirmed I was back to normal, my three girlfriends dragged me away.

“You demons!!!!!!”

I made a statement representing all the injustice in this world.

And I was devoured again all night long.

———–

And then Tuesday came.

From Tuesday to Wednesday, I was supposed to babysit with Eri. It involved looking after Eri’s siblings until night. Because of that, I decided to stay overnight at Eri’s house on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Well… I have some luggage to bring too. I should decorate my room in advance.”

Taiga unexpectedly accepted it readily.

“I also… need to prepare for my trip from Friday.”

Umi also made her own schedule.

I was relieved that things went smoothly, as I had expected another cat fight to break out over this.

‘Maybe they’ve all become more relaxed.’

I examined the expressions of Umi, Eri, and Taiga.

Perhaps because they had absorbed plenty of yang energy from me, the skin of all three was absolutely glowing. They had become docile because their desires were satisfied.

“Shota. Shall we go then?”

Eri immediately linked arms with me.

And so, I headed to Eri’s house.

——–

Eri lived in a detached house.

‘Nishikawa Family’

Of course, there was the typical Japanese otaku-style presentation. There was a nameplate with the family name in front of the house.

Surprisingly, I heard that this trend is disappearing in actual urban Japanese detached houses. It makes them easy targets for kidnappers or something like that.

Anyway, it was very Japanese. Seeing things like this made me realize again that I was a transmigrator. I had been forgetting it lately because I’d become so localized.

“It’s your in-laws’ house, so you should get used to it from now on.”

Eri said with a smile. She was already halfway treating our relationship as a marriage.

“Yeah. Since I’ve taken on this babysitting job, I’ll do my best.”

I smiled and hugged Eri.

“Ufufu. When will you do the real babysitting job, not just this babysitting?”

Eri smiled seductively while touching her stomach.

“Um… let’s think about real babies later.”

I tried to say that.

“Tch. Even patience has its limits?”

Eri said while giving me a bird kiss.

———

Clunk-!

As soon as we entered the house, three little kids blocked my way like Cerberus. They were three little girls of kindergarten age. I heard none of them had started elementary school yet.

They were 4, 5, and 6 years old, born in consecutive years.

‘My mom and dad… still have a good relationship.’

Eri blushed slightly as she shared this TMI.

‘Well… it’s good that they’re all girls.’

Girls are more well-behaved than boys, aren’t they? They should be easier to look after.

‘At least they’re not three boys….’

Taking care of three boys would truly be like hell on earth. That’s not something just anyone can do.

“Ah!! It’s big sister’s boyfriend!!!”

“A real boyfriend!!!”

“I thought she was lying!!!”

The three little ones immediately rushed toward me.

“Kyeeek!! Big sister’s boyfriend!! Hold me!!!”

“Play with us!!!”

“A new face!!!”

The kids immediately rushed toward me.

Grab-!!

The trio of kids immediately started climbing up my arms and legs like trees.

“…..?”

Huh? These aren’t the kind of girls I know. I thought they would just play house quietly… I didn’t expect them to be this aggressive.

“You brats!!! That’s rude!! Get off him now!!”

Eri tried desperately to stop the children.

However, it had no effect at all.

“Kyeeek!!”

This one… I feel some inner connection with her.

“We’re tired of playing with big sister all the time!!! Big brother!!! Big brother!!!!!”

There was a future wrestling star hanging on my arm while calmly executing a joint lock.

“Actually, we want to play with mom and dad!!! But they’re always working!!!!! They said they’d come back after five nights… but ten nights have passed!!!! They lied!!!”

There was a child whose eyes were frighteningly gleaming.

“S-Sorry, Shota. Are our kids too noisy?”

Eri made an apologetic expression.

“No, I like their energy. Besides… this is practice, right? We’ll have to raise children someday.”

I spoke in a nonchalant tone, trying to erase Eri’s guilt.

“Practice… that’s right. Because we’ll have children.”

Eri immediately blushed and melted into happiness.

“Alright!! Let’s play then!! Kids!!!”

I immediately ran around the room with the children on my shoulders.

I had experience playing with my little nieces and nephews. I was confident in taking care of children.

Actually, I preferred kids who used their bodies to play. If you let them move around a lot, they naturally get tired and fall asleep. When the kids fall asleep, I could rest too.

“Kyaaa!! Fast!!! Faster than a salamander!!!!!”

“More!! Faster!!!!”

“So fast!! Ahahaha!!!!”

The children immediately giggled and patted my shoulders.

Eri was watching me with warm eyes.

“As expected… Shota will make a good husband… I need to claim him soon…”

Eri’s eyes were gleaming with desire, but I deliberately ignored it.