episode_0233

“Then I’ll change and come out.”

“Yes!”

Charles smiled slightly at my answer and entered the carriage.

What kind of swimsuit will Charles wear? What kind of swimsuit is it? Charles’ swimsuit.

As I continue to think, my thoughts become more and more simple. No, more precisely, my heart starts pounding when I think of Charles coming out wearing a swimsuit, and my thoughts become more and more simple.

To the point where I can’t even continue this simple thought.

‘… I want to take a peek.’

It is expected. My heart races when I think of Charles wearing a swimsuit. I continued to lick my lips and glared at the carriage’s luggage compartment covered in pure white cloth.

Charles certainly wouldn’t be angry if he took a peek. Instead, they might welcome you with a smile.

but… . I didn’t want to do that. It was partly because I didn’t want to spoil this expectation, but also because I didn’t want to surprise Charles.

“Phew… .”

I let out a long sigh and covered my face with both hands. Is it because of the harsh midsummer sun? My face felt hot when it touched my palm.

“Is it frustration? .”

After muttering so carelessly, I was startled by my own voice, trembled, and looked toward the carriage.

You probably didn’t hear it, right? I swallowed dry saliva and blinked, and when I saw that there was no response, I let my arms go limp.

I guess I was so excited because I came to play with Charles… . I need to calm down a bit. After dry washing my face and reflecting on myself, I quietly closed my eyes and straightened out my disheveled hair.

At that time, I was tying my hair down once and then tying it back up. Suddenly, I opened my eyes to the sound of cloth being rubbed, which was different from the sound of hair being rubbed.

“Did you wait long?”

The voice I heard was, of course, Charles’s, and when I raised my head at the voice, I made eye contact with Charlotte, who was wearing a straw hat.

The pure white skin that seemed to have been captured by the moonlight, and the black bikini that contrasted with it, made the already pale skin look even whiter. My breasts were big.

Additionally, the translucent fabric that revealed the lines of her body was tied around her waist to resemble a skirt, and it looked so beautiful against her outstretched legs that I couldn’t take my eyes off her. My breasts were big.

That’s not all, combined with the intense red hair and matching straw hat… . Her breasts looked really big.

“Wow… .”

No, let alone my heart. Charlotte’s appearance in a swimsuit went beyond expressions such as pretty or beautiful to the point where expressions such as ‘pathic’ came out.

If there were other people besides us on this beach, the moment they saw Charles in his swimsuit, they would feel so shabby and run away.

… Maybe it’s just my eyes that see it that way, but whatever. I’m the only one who can see this anyway.

“I was completely entranced.”

I came to my senses after hearing Charles’s laughing voice, so I ran to him and held his hand.

“It’s the best!!”

best. perfect. What other words can express this? When I shouted with that in mind, Charles, who was looking at me with surprised eyes, soon smiled a little.

Charles laughed. That fact alone made me laugh happily. I smiled along with Charles, and he smiled and patted my head.

Since Charles was shorter than me, he had to stretch out his arms to stroke my hair, and as Charles stretched his arms upward, naturally, his forearms, armpits, chest, and sides were completely exposed.

The sight took my breath away, so I couldn’t say anything and just swallowed my saliva.

“… … .”

Charles, who was stroking my head, must have sensed my gaze as he half-closed his eyes and tapped the bridge of my nose with his finger.

After coming to my senses from that feeling, I blinked and looked at Charles, who frowned slightly as if he was angry and said,

“Your gaze is awkward.”

“Hehe… . sorry. Charles is so pretty that I didn’t even realize it… .”

I smiled awkwardly and scratched my head, and Charles, who was looking at me intently, shook his head and said,

“You still weren’t satisfied after doing that the day before yesterday?”

I trembled at those words.

“That… . By any chance, did you hear it earlier… Huh?”

“What are you listening to?”

Charles tilted his head in response to my question and asked back.

Ah, thank goodness. That’s not what I heard.

“Ah, ahaha! No no! Nothing――”

” Earlier, near the carriage, I took a deep breath and thought, ‘Is it just frustration? I didn’t hear anything other than muttering ‘.’ Did you say anything else besides that?”

“You heard it all!”

Heat rose to my face from embarrassment.

“I thought you were tempting me because you said it loudly as if I wanted you to hear me, but you weren’t?”

“No! just… . If we came on a trip together and I was the only one thinking like that… . A little bit… .”

It’s not even a dog in heat… . After swallowing back words, I massaged the back of my neck and avoided Charles’ gaze.

Although we had already done a lot together, I felt embarrassed to say it out loud.

“Kuhuhuh… .”

When I slowly raised my head at the sound of Charles’ laughter, I saw Charles’ face smiling with his hand covering his mouth.

I’m aware that I said something embarrassing, but is that really something to laugh about? .

“There’s no need to laugh like that… .”

When I complained with my mouth pouting, Charles stopped laughing with a long sigh and looked at me with strange eyes.

This laugh. Know. This is the smile Charles makes every time he tackles me backwards.

At that moment, when I swallowed dryly from the pleasant goosebumps that rose from my waist to the nape of my neck, Charles quietly approached me and hugged me.

“Hermel. We came here on a trip. Right?”

After a moment of being frozen by such an unexpected remark, I nodded hesitantly.

“That… Right?”

“What are you going on a trip for?”

“To play… ?”

Charles smiled with satisfaction at my answer and kissed my collarbone, and I shivered from the tingling sensation.

For a moment, I heard a strange sound like, “Choo, Chueup.” Charles removed his mouth and licked my collarbone with his tongue.

“Puha… . that’s right… . We came here to have fun.”

The word play has many meanings. Charles said that and smiled. The moment I saw that smile, my heart started beating like crazy.

The moment I wrapped my arms around Charles’s waist, bent down to kiss him, and closed my eyes, Charles’ index finger blocked my lips.

As I blinked at the touch, Charles, who was looking at me with a chuckle, said.

“Of course, once you come to the sea, you have to go into the water first, right?”

“Ah.”

You were made fun of. It was only then that I realized this and puffed out my cheeks.

“It’s too much!”

“Hehe. I wore this to watch you change clothes.”

“How do you do that!?”

“If you hang around in front of the carriage like that, you’ll know even if you don’t like it.”

ah.

* * *

I joked around with Hermel for a while and the sun was starting to get hot, so I went to the shade and applied sunscreen.

To be precise, it is a potion that has a similar effect to sunscreen. If you ask why this exists… . Well, all I can say is that it is allowed for the game.

I don’t know why either.

“Anyway, how did you find this place? A beach without a single person.”

“This is a place I found while wandering around before settling in that village. Since this happened over 10 years ago, I wondered what would happen if there was someone else, but luckily there wasn’t.”

“Hmm… . I see Oh, should I put it on your back?”

“Yes, I would appreciate it.”

I said that and handed over the sunscreen, and Hermel applied the sunscreen to my back.

“Hermel doesn’t have to apply sunscreen?”

“Huh? I’m fine. I applied it a few times while living as an adventurer, but it didn’t have much effect on me.”

“If that’s the case with Hermel… . So should I go into the water now?”

“Good!”

I nodded, put on my straw hat, held Hermel’s hand, and came out of the shadows.

At that moment, I felt a rustling noise and a movement.

The problem was that there were not just one or two people who seemed to be popular, and they did not approach it very favorably.

“… Charles, I’m waiting here for you. I’ll go and–”

“Hermel.”

I held Hermel’s hand as he tried to step forward and shook my head.

“If you don’t have to fight, just let it go. And we came here on a trip. There’s no need to fight in a bad mood, right?”

“But… . No, yeah… . What Charles said makes sense.”

Hermel nodded at what I said and relaxed his body.

“Then let’s go back to the carriage. Let’s take a look at the situation from the carriage and if it looks like they’re coming our way, let’s deal with it then.”

“Okay.”

At that time, Hermel and I were about to walk to the carriage. I thought I heard a sound like a nettle, and Hermel moved.

I came to my senses at the sound of a thud, blinked, and looked at Hermel.

In Hermel’s hand was a short arrow, about two spans long at best, and a liquid that appeared to be poison was dripping from the blunt end of the arrowhead.

“These bastards… .”

Hermel, with his face contorted like a devil’s rascal, strained his hand and broke the arrow.

“… I guess I’ll have to wait a little while before I go into the water.”

“I’ll go and come back.”

Hermel said that and walked into the forest with great strides.

Soon, the sound of something breaking and tearing was heard, followed by a terrible scream.

“The warm-up will definitely be done.”

It was summer.