Sleeping Princess -2

The man’s torment continued without end.

‘Oh my, our Noah…’

‘…’

‘Why is your expression so bad? Did something happen? So fucking awful.’

Even while patting her head, suddenly-

Slap!

‘Ugh…’

He would slap her cheek.

‘Hey.’

‘…’

‘How long are you going to act like a child?’

‘…’

‘You’re like a dog. How long will you act spoiled? How long do you think the world will put up with your childishness? Huh?’

Or he would force her to kneel and hold a mandatory lecture session.

‘Mister… no… stop…’

‘No? Huh? You don’t like it so you want me to stop?’

‘Stop…’

‘Coward.’

The man spits and leaves the place.

‘…’

It was painful.

Even though she knew it was a dream and fake, her chest felt tightly constricted.

‘Haah…’

All that followed was sighs.

How long would she be trapped in this dream?

As she hung her head low, she felt a hand tapping her shoulder.

Could it be that man again?

‘What do you want now.’

Noah turned her head and couldn’t help but freeze.

‘Hey, Miss Noah. Watching well?’

There was a blonde woman with tanned skin.

A well-proportioned body with long limbs, a sunny smile, and well-developed chest.

Everything about her was enchanting, almost the complete opposite of Noah.

Right now, that woman.

‘Mister?’

‘Hello, Noah. This is the mister’s girlfriend.’

She was sticking right next to the mister, smiling.

‘Girl…friend…?’

‘Yes. Why, is it strange that the mister has a girlfriend?’

‘N-no…’

It was actually natural. It’s not like there are people who wouldn’t be interested in such a wonderful person.

That would be more strange.

Yes, it’s natural.

I’m just a high school student. In adults’ eyes, I’m just a kid.

But.

But…

‘Sob…’

‘Hmm? Noah, what’s wrong?’

‘Nothing… congratulations… hehe…’

Why does my heart hurt so much?

‘Thank you.’

‘Thanks!’

The two said that and shared a deep kiss.

‘Sob… hic…’

Noah shed tears at an emotion difficult to describe.

How long did this go on?

‘Noah.’

‘…’

‘Noah~’

‘…What?’

Once again, the smiling face of the man appears.

She was afraid.

What words would he use to torment her this time?

In what way would he hurt her next?

Noah curled up and closed her eyes tightly.

The man looked at Noah and said.

“Noah, wake up.”

“Mmm… mmm…”

“…It hasn’t all flowed in yet? Somehow, every last bit…”

What’s going on?

Noah hadn’t yet fully grasped the situation.

…Before she could say anything.

“Mmm…”

A strange sensation attacked her lips.

A feeling that was warm, and like a soft pudding.

A deep sensation that made it difficult to breathe properly-

“Mmmpph!?”

“Uwah!”

“Aaaaaaah… mister!?”

A kiss!?

‘What… did I just…with the mister!?’

She hurriedly put her hand to her mouth.

She still had the illusion that the warmth and sensation remained.

That’s how long their lips had been pressed together.

Noah just now realized.

That she had been asleep, and like a princess in a fairy tale, she had received a kiss.

‘Huaaaa…’

Surely, it couldn’t be, but.

Taking advantage while she was asleep-

“Mister…”

“Hmm?”

“You pervert…!”

“It’s been a while since I heard that. Well… I have nothing to say.”

I trusted you, I was trusting you!

I trusted the mister!

She had her first kiss stolen while she was asleep.

Clearly, she should be angry… no, she should feel relieved after reporting this sexual assault to the police.

‘Why do I feel disappointed!’

If she hadn’t pushed him away, why does the sensation feel so shallow?

As such thoughts and feelings of regret kept rising, Noah shook her head quickly.

“Noah.”

“…Pervert.”

“Noah, it’s your pervert mister.”

“…Pervert and violator of child protection laws. Criminal. Coward who kisses people while they’re sleeping.”

“…So it’s okay if you’re not sleeping?”

“Of course not!”

Bwaah!

Noah shouted and ran to Shin Hyun.

“Th-that… was my first kiss!”

“Kiss?”

“It was… my first…”

“Then it’s still your first. What just happened doesn’t count.”

“What? Surely, you’re not trying to say that it’s not the first unless it’s with someone you like?”

Then… this was indeed the first-

‘Stop thinking weird things, Na Noah!!’

Why is she thinking such thoughts in this situation, why is the dream from earlier coming to mind?

The other woman by the mister’s side. The kiss they shared as if to show her.

Was that a nightmare for her?

‘…Ugh… stop it!’

Strange thoughts kept coming.

The flushed cheeks during the kiss, the mingling breaths, the slurping sounds as they sucked each other’s lips-

“I said stop…!!”

Shake shake.

As she violently shook her head, an excuse was heard.

“No, well… what happened just now was a medical procedure.”

“A medical procedure?”

“I’ll let Kyukyu explain that.”

“Kyukyu?”

Kyukyu flew onto Noah’s head and began to explain.

She fell asleep because of a monster’s attack, and she was in danger of dying from lack of oxygen during sleep.

So the mister was forcibly blowing air into her?

“…You expect me to believe that?”

“But there’s no particular reason to lie.”

“A criminal would naturally lie!”

“Tch, she’s not buying it.”

Seeing him click his tongue, Noah was dumbfounded.

As she was pondering what to say, the man spoke first.

He said in a serious voice.

“But Noah, this was all for your sake.”

“…”

“I hope you can believe that much at least.”

Zap. She sent him a sharp gaze.

“Kyu… Kyukyu! That’s right! Shin Hyun-nim did it for Noah-nim’s sake!”

“…I feel like I’m being deceived…”

“How could that be! I’m hurt. Are you saying you don’t trust us!?”

“Yes.”

…It was suspicious, but there was no evidence.

She also couldn’t understand why Kyukyu was covering for him like that.

The only thing she could understand was.

“…But what’s that sound, mister?”

A kuung- kuung- sound was heard.

“Ah? Yes. The sound of a monster destroying the amusement park.”

The fact that a monster was destroying the amusement park.

Ah- the Ferris wheel is collapsing-

…No, wait.

“Then this isn’t the time to be standing around! The… people!”

“Your colleagues are buying time.”

“Then I should hurry too!”

“That’s right.”

Noah transformed into Iris right there. It was with an urgency that suggested she couldn’t waste even one second.

“Mister! Do you see that path behind?”

“Hmm… yeah, I see it.”

“Escape through there! From now on, this place is going to be a battlefield!”

Noah urged Shin Hyun as she said that.

After all, it would be inconvenient to fight with him there.

After confirming that he nodded, Noah took flight into the night sky.

Although her face still burned when she recalled the kiss.

‘Ah… I wish he would do it again later…’

“…No! Focus!”

For now, defeating that monster takes priority.

I caught my breath watching Noah fly away in the distance.

“Thank you, Kyukyu. Thanks to you, she bought it.”

“…Explanations won’t get you off the hook so easily.”

“Of course not.”

“So, what’s your plan now?”

What’s my plan? Isn’t that already decided?

“To eliminate that monster.”

“…But you’re a villain, aren’t you?”

“Not all villains in the world are bad.”

“That’s even harder to understand.”

“Just know that everything I do is for Noah’s sake. That’s all you need to know.”

Kyukyu didn’t lift his suspicious gaze, but he shook his head as if there was no helping it.

After all, it was a fact that I had just saved Noah.

“…Do you have some kind of circumstances?”

“Something like that.”

“…Stop being a villain as soon as possible.”

“I want to. But… the world won’t let me go.”

Even now, that’s the case.

The world is designed so that if I don’t live as a villain, troublesome things happen.

Pumpkin’s movements seem to slow down, but then it starts moving again. You need to attack its legs to restrict its movement and then deliver a critical hit, but it seems too much for just Stella and Black Heart.

I should help a bit.

“…Hah… I understand… it’s not like there’s an immediate solution anyway…”

“Thank you. In return, could you keep this a secret from Noah?”

“…Later, after I hear your story first.”

I’m grateful even for just that.

The fact that he didn’t immediately blow my cover.

“Well, I should get going.”

“I won’t say ‘be careful’.”

“Right, you go hide somewhere.”

After sending Kyukyu away, I transformed once more.

My target is where Team Athena is fighting.

The battle was in full swing.

“Huff… hah… God, I’m dying…”

Stella, taking rough breaths.

“Unnie, just a little more healing please…”

“No! If we fight anymore, our bodies won’t hold up!”

Black Heart trying to fight somehow, and Natalia stopping her.

“Hnngh!”

And Iris continuing the battle alone.

She seemed to have grown stronger thanks to consuming Bagrude’s essence.

Quick strikes delivering powerful blows.

Irregular movements, dodging this way and that while wearing down the enemy.

Indeed, the essence of Bagrude, who was skilled in combat, was perfect for Noah.

But even Iris seemed to be having difficulty inflicting a fatal wound on Pumpkin.

It’s large in size, and it keeps regenerating.

Ghost dolls flying around, suturing wounds.

Stella fires arrows at every one she sees, but it’s not enough.

To inflict a fatal wound, one would also need to seal its movements.

“…Phew… I have returned! Oh maidens!”

I felt the gazes concentrating on me.

“Kraken!”

“Blue-haired magical girl.”

“Can’t you just call me Stella?”

“…Stella, I have kept my promise. Iris is there, and I am here.”

Stella’s gaze turns to me.

It’s still a gaze of distrust, but somewhere within it is a complex look with inherent hope.

I decided to gladly respond to that hope.

“Now, let the small fry step aside. This is the time for the strong ones.”

I shouted loudly toward Iris.

“Iris!!”

“Uwah…!? Why is that crazy guy here again!?”

“Your struggling appearance is pitifully wretched.”

“Ha! If you know that, why don’t you lend a hand? What are all those tentacles for if you’re just going to stand by?”

“I see.”

“Huh?”

In that case.

“Iris, this time it’s a temporary alliance.”