Should it be fluffy?

The unexpected visitors were the workers who had come to install the bed. After awkwardly greeting them and asking them to wait a moment, I went up to the bedroom to wake Cecil, who was still asleep.

Then I saw Cecil, curled up and sleeping soundly. Even though her face was as usual, her tired appearance couldn’t just be my imagination….

When I gently took Cecil’s shoulder and shook her, her closed eyes opened, revealing blood-red eyes.

“Asha-nim…?”

“Did you sleep well? I’m sorry to wake you while you’re sleeping, but… let’s get up for a moment.”

“Yes…”

Cecil, still groggy with sleep, smiled faintly, clung to me, and hugged my neck.

Cecil’s body scent wafted into my nose. She mumbled something in a sleepy voice.

“Hehe… You’re really Asha-nim, right?”

Had she seen me in a dream?

“Then am I fake?”

“Nooo… I can smell Asha-nim’s scent. You’re the real Asha-nim….”

I patted Cecil’s mumbling back. She was warm.

“Yes, it’s really me, so… let’s get up for a moment. The bed has arrived and needs to be installed.”

Then Cecil’s half-closed eyes, which had been clinging to me, suddenly snapped open. A laugh escaped me at her startled, rabbit-like face.

“The bed!?”

“Is it, is it that good? Anyway, the people who came to install it are here, so could you get up for a moment? You can go back to sleep after they’re done.”

“Cecil is up!”

Cecil, with a joyful voice, got out of bed and stood on the floor. Without realizing it, I checked if Cecil’s dress was bulging.

…I couldn’t help it. Cecil got an erection every morning. Fortunately, perhaps because she had released a lot yesterday, it was calm today.

No, well… she couldn’t show an erection to the workers, could she…? It was already big, so it would be impossible to hide if it got erect.

Of course… if she had an erection, there wouldn’t be a problem if I told Cecil to stay in another room until it was over.

“Cecil wants to see it quickly!”

“Alright… let’s go down. They’re waiting outside.”

“Yes! Asha-nim!”

She seemed to want to see the installation, so if I had told her to go into another room because of an erection, I might have had to see her dejected all day.

Was it a good thing…?

Anyway, I opened the door for the waiting workers to come in. They were sturdy men. As I stared blankly, recalling my past self as a man, the man at the front scratched his cheek.

“Um… where should we take it?”

“…Ah, I apologize. Please move it to the bedroom upstairs.”

Their faces were full of confidence, as if they had misunderstood something, but trying to explain… it made no sense. They wouldn’t believe the story of a man becoming a woman.

I had no intention of telling them in the first place, though.

“Cecil?”

“Yes, Asha-nim.”

“…Never mind.”

As I guided the workers to the bedroom, I somehow felt that Cecil was excessively close. She was usually close, but today she was even closer. It was a distance where our skin brushed, and I could feel her warmth.

When I called Cecil, feeling curious, I swallowed my words at her tilted head and expression, as if asking what was wrong.

…Was she that happy that the bed had arrived? It seemed so.

Since I hadn’t allocated a very large space to the bedroom, they ended up being placed side by side. I had thought about emptying a room and putting the bed there, as Master-nim had suggested, but it was just too much trouble.

Actually, besides it being troublesome, the bed arrived too quickly. When I asked the female employee, who I didn’t know when she had followed me, she said they had paid extra attention because I was the first customer.

…Is this really safe? I felt like I was a test subject.

In my memories from my previous life, it was a rare occurrence, but… in the place I live now… there was no guarantee it wouldn’t happen.

Even so… when I saw Cecil’s eyes sparkling beside me, I couldn’t bring myself to say I wanted to cancel.

Still, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy, so I asked the female employee again. But she just kept repeating that it was fine, like an answering machine.

I narrowed my eyes and glared at her actions, but she merely showed a business smile and had no other reaction.

As expected… was she a professional?

Finally, the installation of the Slime Bed was complete.

The workers who installed it seemed busy and quickly disappeared. Among them, there were some who cast lukewarm glances, but when I stared at them with a stern face, they hastily crossed the entrance and vanished.

The remaining female employee handed me something that looked like a business card. Reading the text, it seemed to be something like a cleaning voucher for the Slime Bed.

“If you determine that the contamination level has exceeded a certain point, you can send it to our Merchant Guild.”

“Hmm… how much is ‘a certain point’?”

“There is no definite numerical value. It is entirely up to the customer’s judgment.”

…Hmm, I wonder if I was scammed after all?

“What happens if I don’t receive that after-sales service?”

“Even so, nothing dangerous will happen. However… the unfortunate incident of having to buy a new bed, which you purchased with a lot of money, will occur.”

Right, even so, it’s a product sold for money, so nothing dangerous would happen.

The female employee, who had left a simple explanation and a business card… no, an after-sales service coupon, also disappeared beyond the entrance. The explanation was nothing special either. It was just that it was very durable, so use it however you want, and when it’s time for maintenance, send the coupon.

I had expected an instruction manual comparable to a book to come with it, but this part was truly fortunate.

As soon as the female employee disappeared, Cecil’s red eyes began to sparkle as she looked at me. I chuckled inwardly and nodded, and I saw her run excitedly to the bed with a wide smile.

Cecil literally dived onto the bed. I worried it might be a little dangerous, but there was no problem. The bed, which had sunk in according to Cecil’s body shape, slowly lifted her body.

Cecil, who was floating while lying face down, turned her head and spoke to me.

“Asha-nim! The bed is really good! You should lie down too, Asha-nim!”

It was truly a cute sight.

“Alright.”

Thanks to working hard with the thought of letting Cecil rest, I had some leeway. As Cecil said, I sat on the bed.

Then, though not as much as Cecil who had dived onto the bed, my body, which had sunk in softly, slowly bounced back up. It felt like lying on a fluffy, soft, bouncy jelly.

It felt like it clung perfectly to my body.

As I sat and stretched out my legs, Cecil rubbed her face against my thigh. My thigh sank into the bed by the weight of Cecil’s head.

“Ce-Cecil?”

“The bed is as soft as Asha-nim’s thigh…”

“I-Is that so?”

“Yes! It’s even clearer when I compare them!”

I don’t know why she was comparing them, but… I left her be. Cecil, who had been rubbing her cheek for a moment, let out a small yawn, shed a tiny tear, and slowly closed her eyes.

Soon after, warm breaths escaped, tickling my thigh.

I unconsciously wiped away Cecil’s tiny tear, stroked her head once, then I also lay down completely. It felt as if the bed was embracing my entire body.

As I closed my eyes for a moment… sleep slowly crept in.

If I were to name this bed, it would be the Drug Slime Bed…

…I wondered if I’d ever sleep in another bed again after this, but… I surprisingly thought it might be okay. If I thought about it calmly, what happened back then was… like an accident where coincidences piled upon coincidences.

With the warmth from Cecil’s head, the fluffiness supporting my body, and the sunlight streaming through the curtains, I enjoyed a short nap.

It was very satisfying.

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Ever since the bed arrived, I felt like my sleep quality had improved. I felt refreshed when I woke up in the morning. As expected, the psychological barrier of ‘slime’ was the problem, but the product itself seemed flawless.

Cecil also woke up briskly in the morning, as if feeling the same way.

Of course, there was a minor issue that her other side was also extremely healthy….

The most surprising part about the Slime Bed was that it remained perfectly fine even after accommodating Cecil’s ‘thing’ while she slept face down. Its durability was truly undeniable.

On such days, the morning routine was a bit… intense compared to other days, but… I just put it down to the quality of life improving.

Because there was something more important than that.

That was the task of researching and processing the materials of the Minotaur Subspecies. The goal was clear.

It was to create a Breast-enlargement Potion.

To adjust the ingredients and identify auxiliary materials, I had to confirm them with a body, but with Cecil here, there would be no problem.

This… wouldn’t have the same effect as Alraune, after all.

It would be good if the potion I make needed to be taken regularly for its effects to be maintained.

Because… that way… they would keep buying it, wouldn’t they?

Like the aging timers in electronics that circulated as urban legends in my previous life, or the after-sales service of the Slime Bed. As for the ingredients, wouldn’t it work out somehow if I asked Claudia? If I gave her an irresistible amount of money, it would work out somehow.

“Asha-nim? Is something good happening?”

I must have let out a laugh without realizing it. Cecil, who was manufacturing potions, tilted her head and spoke.

“Yeah… a little?”

“Is that so? If Asha-nim is happy, Cecil gets happy too!”

“…You’re being too dramatic.”

I looked at Cecil’s… chest as she smiled faintly.

I ran a simulation in my head to see how much they should be enlarged to achieve balance.