Chapter 26: Really… is the situation over?
by fnovelpia
The mangled remains of a Queen-class aberrant lifeform.
Beside it, Serika and I knelt side by side, heads bowed.
And looming over us, Levi stood with her arms crossed, glaring down.
“Haah…”
“……”
“Haaahhh!”
“……”
The first sigh dripped with disappointment, the second with rage, and the third… teetered on the last frayed thread of her patience.
Honestly, just moments ago, I’d genuinely felt she might “shake me like a ragdoll until my bones turned to pulp!”
But thanks to Serika barely holding her back, things hadn’t escalated that far.
Instead, here we were, unable to meet Levi’s gaze.
“Le… Levi… I’m really sorry…”
“Hmph.”
Thud.
She turned her head away like a sulking puppy.
The murderous intent had faded, but her glare was still icy.
…Truth be told, I was in the wrong.
Levi had been fighting the Queen-class with everything she had, while I’d been… tangled up in something close to an affair with another android.
“Hey! I’m still your senior by three generations—!”
“Shut up.”
“Yes.”
Even Serika, who’d tried to interject, quietly clamped her mouth shut.
Her eyebrows twitched indignantly, but no one dared move under Levi’s frozen, beast-like glare.
The silence weighed heavier than any triumph over the boss.
“Levi… I’m sorry. Truly.”
“……”
Exhaling softly, I pushed off my knees and slowly stood.
When I faced her directly, she finally turned her head slightly—but still refused eye contact.
Lips pressed tight, she half-turned away like a wounded dog.
I took a careful step closer.
“Levi… I mean it.”
Then—
Before she could react, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her in.
And—
“Huh?!”
Softly, but without hesitation, our lips met.
The kiss felt inevitable, as if we’d always been meant to fit together this way.
Unannounced, but not unwelcome.
After all…
We’d already accepted each other.
If we’d shared milk and semen, a kiss was practically flirting.
Tender but deliberate, my lips pressed firmly as Levi’s breath trembled.
Our tongues brushed, and heat simmered beneath the surface.
We both knew—
This was forgiveness.
Seduction. Affection. A promise.
A beat of silence.
Levi’s wide, dazed eyes stared up at me.
“What… are you doing…?”
“Apologizing.”
“This… is your apology?”
“Was it not sincere enough?”
For a split second, she averted her gaze.
The tips of her ears flushed red.
Then—
“It… wasn’t bad.”
As a tiny smile threatened at her lips, I leaned in again and whispered:
“Then open up.”
“Wh-what?”
“I’m not done apologizing.”
With a playful grin, I watched realization dawn on her.
“Uu… That’s unfair…”
Pouting, she parted her lips slightly—
Just as something warm and thick spilled into her mouth.
“Mmm…”
She closed her eyes and swallowed obediently.
Not just spit.
It tasted like understanding, forgiveness… and bonding.
“Nngh…”
A shiver ran through her as the viscous droplet coated her tongue.
Her face burned; her prim hands fidgeted with giddy energy.
“The cum Serika drew out was just the tip. I saved plenty for you.”
“R-really…?”
Levi licked her lips slowly, savoring it, then leaned against my chest like a clingy pup.
“Then… next time, it’s just for me. Promise…”
“Yeah. I promise.”
My hand cradled her head as she nuzzled closer, eyes shut.
For that moment, the world fell silent.
***
“But… ‘Waaaaah…!’”
Serika, who had been staring blankly at the scene, bit her lip as she knelt on the ground.
“This is… so unfair!”
She quietly stood up.
The traces of semen that hadn’t yet dried on her nape and cleavage tingled faintly against her skin.
“I clearly ‘supported’ you too, you know? This whole flow right now… it feels like you’re favoring one side way too much!”
“S-Serika, that’s not…”
“…I was a bit surprised too.”
Levi, still nestled in Chanwoo’s arms, gazed quietly into his eyes.
The frustration and anger she’d felt just moments ago had inexplicably calmed, leaving her eerily composed.
“Just a kiss. A mere touch of lips—something so inexplicable—and my condition stabilizes completely. I never expected something like this.”
A slight smirk curled her lips, her expression a mix of lingering pique and faint afterglow.
“Even R.P.M. never taught us this kind of condition management. Is this also part of human ability?”
As she spoke, her hand slowly trailed down Chanwoo’s chest.
The embers of jealousy had faded, but in their place smoldered a strange possessiveness.
“Still, this is my spot for now. I’d like to stay like this a while longer.”
As Levi’s breath brushed against his chest, Serika finally stepped closer.
“Then next time, I’m officially applying too! For proper combat support. If the rear is ‘handjobs’ and the front is ‘kisses,’ I want to fight on the front lines next time!”
Drawing out her words with a smile, she poked Chanwoo’s waist lightly with her fingertip.
At that moment, Chanwoo screamed internally: ‘Can I really handle two sexdroids… all by myself?’
One body, but double the demands.
A lewd ceasefire, followed by the two androids’ strange rivalry flaring up again.
But one thing was clear:
‘The battle might be over, but the real ‘contest of dominance’ was just beginning.’
***
Some time later, when we finally had a moment to catch our breaths…
“By the way, what should we do with this Queen-class aberrant’s corpse?”
I stared down at the fallen monster’s body, deep in thought with the two androids.
Strewn messily across the ground were the remains of what had once been called a ‘Human Hunter.’
Levi had already meticulously extracted its core, leaving behind only a grotesque, twisted husk.
“We don’t even have a workshop yet… and we lack the tech to process something like this.”
At my words, Serika slowly shook her head.
“Same here. I’m good at repairs and modifications, but processing bio-based aberrant remains… that’s practically a different species’ field of study.”
“Hmm…”
Before I could say more, Serika gave the corpse a cursory glance and spoke flatly.
“Seeing it up close makes it obvious. It’s already decomposing. The degradation’s severe too. Without the core, the body’ll crumble soon.”
“…Guess we have no choice but to ditch it.”
“Yeah. Staying here any longer might even be harmful.”
I agreed.
This ‘Hunter’s’ husk clearly had no further use for us.
But then—
“Huh?”
Levi, who had quietly crouched in front of the corpse, suddenly disrupted my train of thought.
“Levi?”
“What’s up?”
In the quiet, Levi stared intently at the Human Hunter’s chest.
In her hand rested the aberrant’s core, extracted earlier.
An opaque organic crystal, like a massive quartz.
This enigmatic mass—woven with the memories of countless androids—pulsed like a heartbeat.
And in that moment…
Ssssh—pssht.
A stream of light seeped from the core into the back of Levi’s hand.
Neither cold nor hot, the sensation spread like a whisper, soon transforming the core’s deep crimson glow into a pure white radiance.
“Levi, what the—?!”
I froze mid-sentence.
Serika’s eyes widened as she alternated between staring at the core and Levi.
But Levi, without breaking her gaze, spoke softly.
“I don’t know. I just… felt like I had to.”
Her voice was calm, but it carried an inexplicable strangeness.
***
A moment later…
The white light slipped free of the core and vanished into her body.
The crystal ceased pulsing, falling to the ground like shattered glass.
‘I’ve never seen this in the original…’
Serika looked equally stunned.
“What was that? What did you just do, Levi?”
Her voice held an uncharacteristic, genuine surprise.
“Chanwoo, did you know Levi could do this?”
“No. First time seeing it too.”
I shook my head, glancing between the core and Levi.
Even after over 20,000 hours dissecting Doll of the Stars, I’d never encountered this phenomenon.
Levi reached out, and something reacted.
That was all.
“Are you okay?”
“…Yes. No abnormalities detected.”
Levi nodded quietly.
Her expression was as composed as ever.
But for some reason, an unfamiliar glint flickered deep in her eyes.
“……”
None of us—Chanwoo, Serika, or I—could pinpoint what had changed.
In the quiet of the dilapidated ruins, only the cold, shattered remnants of the core remained on the ground.
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