Hmm....

　I take a break from the bed. We had walked through the forest on foot since then and had reached a town in the south. It would be impossible for a normal human to get through in a day, but the four of us are all pretty good at using alchemy (mainly physical enhancement) to quickly get through the forest.

　We encountered some demons along the way, but it was no big deal, and now this is how we greeted the night in our warm beds.


''What will we do tomorrow?''


　What we need to think about is how to get back. As for the route, I don't want to head directly to the fifth labyrinth, I want to go through the kingdom once. I have classes at the academy, and that said, I've made a large amount of teaching materials so that I can study on my own, but I want to do the bare minimum. Even though I'm exploring the labyrinth, I'm going to do what I have to do. I'm still thinking about my future class schedule and researching crops.


　And while I was thinking about this and that, the door suddenly banged!　It was opened wildly with a loud noise.


''........Fee!　What's the matter with you?
Heh, heh, heh, he's here...
You're not....you're not....
Hmm, what?


　I had expected it. The three of us, except me, were already grown up, so I went out to the bar, determined to have a drink today. I thought it would be too much trouble to follow them, so I stayed in my room... but I didn't expect this to happen.

　Aside from Marie, I was relieved that Rafe was there too, but after all, Fee's bad drunkenness seemed to be the same no matter where he said he was.

'Come on, I'll carry you to your room,'
Oh no!

　Forced to lift Fee's jittery, flailing body and put his hand on the doorknob to get out as it is in a princess hug.......

''What?　Can't you open it?

　I don't get it. What does it mean that I can't open it from the inside, let alone from the outside? As I was thinking that, I heard Marie's loud voice from outside.


''Ga-ha-ha-ha!　I'll take care of you.


　Saying that, the voice becomes more and more distant. No way is this.........

''Gyaa!

　Throwing Fee onto the bed, I activate my Singularity Ability 《Dunamis》 and examine the door. Then I realized that there was an unseen alchemy formation there, and with my current strength, it would be impossible to open it on my own. No, technically, I can open it, but in that case, this inn will collapse.

　That means I'll have to spend the night with this Fee.

　When I stare at the door, it seems to be temporary, as evidenced by the First Pledge 《Primateria》 gradually leaking out of the door, rather than permanent. But looking at this state of affairs, it seemed to be able to keep it light for one night.


''Huh........Fee's amulet again......''


　As I was so disappointed, somehow Fee had taken off his clothes.


''Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
What?
Don't take it off.
Why?
You'll know that tomorrow. So don't take it off.
"Me tomorrow?　That's not important. I'm going to take it off!
Wait. Don't panic.
Take it off!
Stop!
No!


　I manage to restrain Fee from taking off his clothes, but he's so out of control that I can't restrain him. I don't care if Fee is completely naked, I can still maintain my normalcy. The only problem is that if I don't stop the behavior, I can't afford to have Fee yell at me for returning to my bare face. I don't want to make the same mistake I did before.

　But Fee's guy seems to have more power than you'd think, and he takes off his jacket and puts on his underwear with a bang.

"I'm going to go take a bath!
'Oh...'

　I'm tired. I've come so far and I've got so much going on and I can't believe this is the last thing I'm going to do...I'll give Marie a hard time tomorrow.

　Then Fee heads to the bathroom and I'm in bed in a big pile.


'..............Ha!


　I was out of consciousness. I was definitely asleep for a few minutes. Where's Fee!　Nothing happened, right?


Huh, that's refreshing.
There's an uptick.


　I was relieved to see that he was indeed wearing clothes.

'Huh, my stomach hurts.'
What's up?　Have you eaten something bad?
No. I'm having a period. I'm pretty heavy.
....
Hey, rub me.
....

　Fee shows his belly as he lies down on the bed. I'm sure this guy is going to regret it to death tomorrow. But I have a feeling that if I refuse now, he'll go even more wild. No, I'm convinced. In other words, the action I'm going to take is to obey and be quiet.


"Huh....calm down....
Yeah?


　I'm not in a weird mood. But there's a lot to see when you're in your pajamas and your belly is hanging out....

'Hey Elle.'
?
I've been wanting to tell Elle for a long time.
What?
Thank you.
...why?
I can't tell you a secret!


　We had that conversation and we slept next to each other. I'm sure there was a lot going on in the morning, but for now I just wanted to sleep.


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Huh ... neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

　The morning sun just hit my face and woke me up. I wasn't planning to drink too much alcohol yesterday, but Marie kept pouring it into me and I drank a lot. I feel like I said a lot of things, and I don't remember much from the beginning.

Good...what?
'Uhhhh... hmmm...'

　I'm pretty sure he's sleeping next to me. It's Elle.

　Huh?　Did I do something wrong?

　Huh?　Wait, really?

　After freezing for a while, I slowly came to remember. That's right. Since then, Marie carried me to Elle's room and told me to 'take care of it'. But that doesn't mean that I'm going to........


　A woman who suddenly takes off her clothes as soon as she enters the room. A woman who talks about the status of her period. A woman who sleeps next to me without a care in the world.

　If I were a man, I wouldn't like such a woman. But in reality, I am such a woman.

　So.........regardless of the alcohol........


'Noaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.　Kill Elle and I'll die too!
Hmmm... oh, I knew it.
"Well, Elle ... what happened yesterday ...
Hmm?　It's always been that way I'm used to it.
Did you see it?
Well, to an extent.
'Forget it!!!!!!


　I quickly activated my alchemy, but even though I woke up in my sleep, it was a quintessential blue star class "Bluestella". Elle resists my alchemy in the blink of an eye.


''Hey, hey, calm down. I won't tell anyone about my heavy menstruation. I promise.
Really?
Yeah. So does your drinking problem.
Are you sure?
"Oh. I swear on the crops.
Well, that's okay, though, isn't it?


　As I'm shuffling around, Elle gently pats my head.

'What's wrong?'
No, I'm just depressed... I used to do this to my sister all the time.
Hmm.

　Pretending I wasn't interested, I accepted the act.

　It's a tough journey for many things, and in fact, there may be many more hardships ahead of us.

　But still, with Elle, I could go anywhere.

　It felt like that.

　But.........for now.......let's stop drinking for a while.

　That was my vow.