Chapter 38: End of the journey?

The moment.

“Ugh?!”

Suddenly, I felt my body floating.

I instinctively waved my arms, trying to regain my balance, but it was already too late.

Sia had picked me up in a princess carry.

“What, what are you doing?!”

Even with my flustered question, Sia simply looked at me calmly and started walking.

“Just carrying you.”

“No, that’s not the problem!”

I struggled and wriggled with embarrassment, but her hold was firm.

The more I moved, the tighter it seemed to squeeze.

“Stay still. It seems faster this way.”

“Faster? What does that…”

I instinctively looked around.

Then I realized it.

The door to the next room was already open.

Unlike the fitting room where we had stayed earlier, a new space was spread out before my eyes.

Level 3 was written in large letters on the wall, and there was only one piece of furniture in the room.

A large bed.

“Hey, why is there a bed in the room?”

Sia, still carrying me casually, crossed the threshold.

And naturally walked into the room.

“I wonder? By the way, it’s perfect.”

“What’s perfect?!”

I shouted, but Sia lightly ignored my words.

“It’s a bed.”

“So, why a bed—ugh?!”

Before I could finish speaking, I was dropped onto the bed.

My body sank into the soft mattress.

I felt the soft and elastic bedding surrounding my back.

Sia lightly put me down and naturally lay down beside me, putting her hands behind her head and making a comfortable expression.

I quickly looked at her.

“What, what are you doing?!”

Sia looked at me with a relaxed smile.

“Let’s rest now.”

“Here?! Now?! Of all times?!”

I looked around the room with a bewildered expression.

This room was definitely strange.

At best, the wall had a sign that read Level 3, and there was only a single bed in the room.

There was nothing else.

No windows, no decorations.

Only a bed.

I felt a chilling sensation running down my spine.

“Something’s suspicious.”

I muttered softly.

But Sia grabbed my wrist as if she was annoyed.

“Don’t think strange things, just rest for a while.”

Drawn by her touch, my body was sinking into the bed.

I quickly sat up.

“…Really, are we resting here?”

Sia put her arms behind her head and chuckled.

“Yeah. Together.”

Again, I felt a cold sweat running down my spine.

And on top of that.

Something was off.

I shouldn’t let this happen.

If it continues like this, things will go really wrong —

And yet, I couldn’t refuse.

I looked up at Sia again.

Her cheeks were still flushed, and she looked at me with a somewhat strange atmosphere.

But——

Her eyes were calm, unlike before.

For some reason, I wasn’t anxious.

I couldn’t help but look at her quietly.

The touch of the sheets surrounding my body became softer.

My heart was pounding.

-Why?

She was definitely strange just a moment ago.

But, it didn’t seem to be the case anymore.

No, why on earth.

I kept looking at her.

Then, Sia quietly inhaled.

And─

Smile.

She gave her usual familiar smile.

But, I felt a strange sense of incongruity from that smile.

With that smile, she sighed softly.

“Haa…”

She turned in her body next to me and looked down at me.

On the bed, a calm air was lingering.

My heart was still beating fast, but as Sia’s touch reached me, it seemed to be calming down.

Her fingertips were soft. A warm body temperature was slightly transmitted.

Sia looked at me quietly.

It was a different look from before, a deeper and calmer gaze.

I looked up at her.

My mind was still in chaos.

Succubus, fitting room, womb, maze, puzzle, Ao Oni, and the changed Sia——

All those memories flashed through my mind for a moment.

But, for now, I couldn’t say anything.

“Were you scared?”

Sia’s voice was low and soft.

She quietly reached out her hand and gently cupped my chin.

I flinched for a moment, but tried not to shake my body.

Her touch was too soft.

“It’s okay. I’m always by your side.”

Sia said that and slowly stroked my cheek.

It was a movement as if trying to reassure me.

I hesitated and slowly nodded.

“Don’t make that expression.”

Sia smiled gently and gently arranged my hair.

Then, she lightly tapped my forehead.

“Stay still. Everything will be okay.”

I stopped breathing for a moment at her words.

My whole body had been tense until just now, but from the moment her touch reached me, all of that seemed to be loosening little by little.

As if, really—

Although nothing was resolved.

I felt as if everything would be okay, just as Sia said.

Sia looked at me for a while and suddenly stretched out her arm and carefully embraced my back.

I was surprised by the sudden contact, but I felt a warm body temperature from her arms.

She slowly patted my back.

“I’ll do it slowly, so relax.”

Her voice was gentler.

It felt even more friendly than usual.

I carefully leaned my head on her shoulder.

And, very small─

“Yeah.”

I answered briefly.

Strangely, right now, this place didn’t feel like such a dangerous place.

On the bed, Sia looked at me silently for a while.

The room was quiet, and only my heartbeat was loudly audible in the silence.

Then she slowly reached out her hand.

Her soft touch gently stroked my stomach.

It was a cautious and delicate movement, as if trying to relieve the tension.

I flinched, but I didn’t resist.

“Did you have a hard time?”

Her voice was low and calm.

I didn’t know what to say and pursed my lips tightly.

Sia continued her touch without saying anything.

Her hand gradually went down, and lingered as if embracing my waist.

I involuntarily held my breath.

Unlike usual, her touch was friendly but also strangely unfamiliar.

It was as if it was hard to believe it was the Sia I was always familiar with——

But, strangely, I wasn’t anxious.

“Haa…”

At that moment, Sia’s hand began to move little by little. The moment her fingertip slightly brushed my thigh, I felt a tingling sensation.

A strange sensation, different from usual, flowed through my whole body. I involuntarily took deeper breaths, and my heart began to pound.

“Sia, wait a minute…”

I muttered weakly, but she didn’t stop. Rather, she continued her touch more gently, more deeply.

The moment her hand brushed my side and gradually went up there, I couldn’t hold my breath and let out a flushed breath.

Hot breath escaped through my lips.

I felt as if my whole body was being wrapped in something. It felt as if Sia’s hand was touching all over my body.

“It’s okay.”

Sia’s voice was still low and soft.

She whispered into my ear.

“Don’t be too tense. Just feel it.”

I closed my eyes and listened to her words.

Her breath enveloped my neck, and I let out another flushed breath.

It felt as if my whole body was getting hot.

“Sia, this, this, it’s strange…”

My heart was pounding, and the feeling that my whole body was being enveloped by something grew stronger.

I was breathing faster and faster.

I was drawn into a deeper place by her touch.

Everything felt blurred.

Sia’s touch went deeper and deeper.

The moment her fingertip brushed my body’s most, um, such part, I felt a sensation like an electric shock, and my body arched like a bow.

I felt as if my whole body was having convulsions.

It felt as if my breath had stopped in my throat.

“Ugh…!”

I couldn’t hold back and let out a small scream.

The moment Sia’s hand touched that place, all my senses seemed to converge into one place.

My body became hot, and my breathing started to quicken.

As her hand moved little by little within it, I could no longer control my body and collapsed into her arms.

She quietly watched my confused reaction and didn’t stop her touch.

Rather, her hand penetrated deeper, shaking my mentality even more.

I gradually shrank and responded to her touch, and…

“…Don’t be too tense. Just feel it,”

Sia’s tenderness, which was mixed in, caused a strange sensation, making it feel as if it was my body, but not.

I was like that, helplessly entrusting my body to her touch, and I was just falling into a deeper sensation.

…End?