Side Story 24
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I opened my eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling.
‘No, it’s really an unfamiliar ceiling.’
Thinking that, Cheria got up.
Her whole body felt heavy, and her movements were strange.
‘Wow, this is so weird? It’s my body, but why… Oh?’
Cheria paused.
‘The things I just thought about… Don’t they feel familiar somehow?’
Opening my eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling.
A body that feels heavy and moves strangely.
‘If there’s even a nanny fussing over me, saying I’ve finally woken up here…’
Just then.
“Oh? Heavens! You’ve finally woken up, Miss!”
A fussing nanny… or rather, a maid appeared.
She disappeared out of the room as soon as she appeared, though.
Cheria looked down at her hands.
Her fingers looked familiar, yet somehow strangely unfamiliar…
‘Am I, this time, possessing someone else’s body again?!’
Not just a dimensional shift, but possessing someone else’s body entirely!
For some reason, I don’t know why, but this body felt like it was either terminally ill or a villainess.
‘At this point, I can’t help but get a sense of it.’
Cheria didn’t have a hobby of reading novels.
She didn’t really like reading.
But as romance fantasy became popular, she heard her friends talking about it, and she had even secretly read a few episodes out of curiosity.
That’s why she could tell.
‘This is no different from a sign telling me to become the romance fantasy heroine!’
Following a dimensional shift, now even a terminal illness possession!
(It’s not certain if she’s terminally ill, but Cheria decided to think so. She liked the idea of being terminally ill more than being a villainess.)
Cheria clenched her unfamiliar—though it was starting to feel as familiar as her own body now—hand tightly.
‘Okay, now all I have to do is check the mirror…!’
I’m sure I’ll have turned into an unbelievably gorgeous beauty!
‘Like Lulu!’
It was the moment Cheria placed her feet on the floor with a pounding heart.
“Cheria!”
A nightingale-like beautiful voice called out to her loudly.
“I’m so glad you woke up!”
With those words, she was hugged tightly.
Feeling the warm warmth, Cheria’s heart grew cold.
She asked back with stiff lips.
“What did you just say…?”
“I’m so glad you woke up.”
“No, not that. What did you call me?”
The other person tilted their head, bewildered by Cheria, who unconsciously blurted out a cliché line for possessors.
“Cheria?”
“……”
“Why do you look like that? Ah, is it because I called you Cheria so distantly? Okay, Cheri. Is that better now?”
“……”
Cheria forced her unmoving head to move.
She could see her own face reflected in the mirror across the room.
Yes, it was her own face.
‘I, I was sure I had become terminally ill…’
Her voice trembled with disappointment.
Luatisha grabbed Cheria’s shoulders in alarm.
“Don’t say such things! What do you mean terminally ill! You’re healthy!”
“But, but my body definitely felt heavy. And somehow, moving felt strange too…”
“That’s probably because your body was taken over by someone else for so long. It’s all okay now.”
“So, I’m not terminally ill?”
“Of course not!”
Luatisha held Cheria’s hand tightly, putting strength into it.
How scared and afraid she must be, a normal girl falling into an unfamiliar world and experiencing such things.
‘To the point of even thinking sadly that she doesn’t have much time left to live…’
“Noooo! I thought I was going to be a terminally ill… a frail and beautiful girl!”
“……Huh?”
“I was sure I’d possess a frail and melancholic terminally ill girl and flirt with 33 handsome men…!”
“You…”
Luatisha stared at Cheria with hazy eyes.
“But why specifically terminally ill?”
“It seemed easier to flirt that way.”
“……”
‘This kid is really something.’
Come to think of it, it was the same when she shifted dimensions.
Didn’t she think Sidrian was the destined partner she met across dimensions?
Luatisha regarded him as an obstacle hindering that destined love.
‘It really is Cheria.’
Her habit of burning the happiness circuit [pursuing unconventional desires] in unexpected situations was still the same.
“Seeing you regain your senses like this, you really do seem healthy. The test results were good, but I was worried.”
“Ha, health isn’t the problem right now.”
Cheria pouted her lips.
“You have a boyfriend who’s more handsome than 33 handsome men combined, so you can’t understand my despair.”
“What are you talking about?”
Luatisha said sternly.
“Sid isn’t just the sum of 33 handsome men, he’s more handsome than the sum of 3333333333 handsome men. No, even if you combined all the handsome men in the world, they wouldn’t be as good as Sid.”
‘She’s really still the same.’
Cheria had the same thought as Luatisha had just had.
However, in Cheria’s case—.
‘I’m so jealous I could die.’
She couldn’t help but feel a little envious.
Cheria sighed deeply.
“Haaa, I was so sure when I saw the unfamiliar ceiling and the strangely moving body as soon as I opened my eyes.”
“You came to the capital from the Duke’s estate while your body was being taken over, so it was bound to be an unfamiliar ceiling.”
“Tch, I was happy for nothing.”
Luatisha supported Cheria and helped her up, saying.
“Still, you can feast your eyes on handsome men to your heart’s content.”
“Even if I do, your family members will all only-.”
Cheria stopped talking.
Because two men standing in the doorway caught her eye.
Both were men she had never seen before.
And they were insanely handsome.
“Wh-who are those people…?”
“Ah, that’s Cain and Crescentio.”
“They’re so handsome it’s like they’re not human.”
“Well…”
They weren’t human, after all.
“Both of them possess perfect beauty, but they’re completely different. Incompatible, like water and oil!”
“Well…”
One was a demon and the other was an angel, so….
“Ah, one has a fatally charming appeal, so devilish! The other is so restrained and ascetic that he even feels noble and divine!”
“……”
“I want to be harmed by that one, and I want to harm that one. What should I do?!”
Luatisha looked at Cheria with a slightly admiring face.
‘Cheri is so accurate in some ways.’
At that moment, Crescentio said to Luatisha.
“Now that that woman has woken up properly, you should know. It is not this filthy demon who is helpful to you, but me.”
“Hmph, I’m the one who can make Darling happy, not this boring ascetic, right? Darling, I know various methods that humans can’t do.”
“Such filth…!”
“What were you imagining to call it filth? Darling, I’m better than this dark-hearted angel-.”
“I trust you won’t fall for the sweet talk of the devil.”
Luatisha looked at the demon and angel with tired eyes.
‘I really shouldn’t have summoned them.’
Even though the work was done, they were still nagging about who was better, which was really annoying.
‘I need to get rid of these guys before I can kiss Sid.’
Luatisha glanced at Cheria.
It seemed like a good idea to give the dream-filled girl who had gone through a hard time some time to admire the beautiful statues.
“Cheri, you were able to be safe thanks to Crescentio protecting your soul.”
“What?”
“And Cain helped to eliminate Clatie, who took over your body.”
“Whaaat?”
Cheria covered her reddened cheeks.
Luatisha left the room, patting the angel and demon on the shoulders.
“Just because she woke up doesn’t mean she’s okay. You need to keep a close eye on her from now on to make sure there’s nothing wrong. You’re both experts in souls, so I can trust you with it, right?”
“Darling, wait-.”
“You’re not seriously abandoning me to this woman-.”
“U-um, is that true?”
Cheria, who had approached in the meantime, looked up at the angel and demon with sparkling eyes.
“Did you really protect me, both of you?”
“No, we-.”
“You don’t have to be shy.”
“It’s not that we’re shy-.”
“No, it’s okay to be shy. That’s cute too, so I like it.”
The girl’s romance was strong.
“Aww, why aren’t you saying anything? You sh.y. gu.ys!”
“……”
“……”
Cain and Crescentio felt dizzy at the same time.
The great unification of angels and demons!
It was a historic moment when that difficult thing was achieved!
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[Quest〈Filthy! Like Ba-eup eup!〉has been completed.]
[10000 Cash Gacha Ticket has been awarded.]
[Not only did you find the remnants of Kiyas Edel, but you also completely eliminated them from the world!]
[An achievement far exceeding the quest requirements!]
[You have pre-fulfilled the conditions for the linked quest!]
[The reward for the linked quest will be paid!]
[Awesome you ☆, who dealt with the sweet potatoes [troublesome issues] before the quest even came! You are the true romance fantasy reader!]
[A great additional reward will be given to the true romance fantasy reader!]
I smiled contentedly as I looked at the notification window.
‘Good, good.’
Immediately after using Clatie to gather all the remnants of Kiyas Edel.
I immediately attacked Clatie and eliminated the remnants.
‘I didn’t have time to wait idly.’
At the time, Clatie was holding people hostage.
I couldn’t afford to drag out the time until the quest completion popped up and the linked quest came.
‘For once, that demon guy has a conscience.’
I was worried about what would happen if I didn’t receive the linked quest and lost that reward.
But it came back even better.
[Too much! The virtuous Aptanes has always had a conscience!]
‘Hmph, if you really have a conscience, give me a ton of Cash.’
[What are you going to do with Cash?]
‘What else? Of course, I have to summon novels and borrow the abilities of the heroines.’
[……I think you’re only thinking of 19+ novels right now.]
“Ahem, ahem!”
‘If not Cash, other things are fine too. An item that makes you lose your mind, or an item that makes the night longer, ahem!’
[…….]
‘What, why, what.’
[It’s hopeless. The proxy is too promiscuous. Can’t you just purely flutter while thinking about a happy wedding?]
‘You still don’t know romance fantasy readers.’
I clicked my tongue and pondered.
‘How do I seduce Sid?’
It was the biggest concern of my life.
Maybe it’s because I raised him well since he was young, but he’s subtly innocent and pure….
‘Should I just knock him down right away?’
While worrying about how to pounce on him, I opened Sid’s door.
“Hmm? Why is the room like this?”
Even though it was midday, the curtains were all drawn in the room, making it dark.
“Sid? Are you sleeping?”
Should I pounce on him if he’s sleeping?
Opening the bedroom door with lewd thoughts—.
“……!”
A dim bedroom, lights scattered like stars underfoot.
A sweet yet sensual fragrance.
Red flowers scattered on a pure white sheet.
And in the middle of it, Sid was lying languidly.
“Ah……”
A sigh mixed with admiration escaped without me realizing it.
The starlight-like lighting added shadows to the solid yet delicately woven muscles.
All that covered the body, more perfect than a sculpture, was a thin sheet.
It was an obvious seduction.
But even that obvious seduction was different when Sid did it with his body.
“Luatisha.”
Sid’s voice called my name.
The moment that low, deep voice wrapped around my ear, my head spun.
As if I had been cursed, my legs moved on their own.
The bed tilted silently.
Sid’s body moved, and the sheet covering it rustled.
Perfectly defined abs moved before my eyes.
Only then did I realize that I had placed one knee on the bed.
Sid’s body was lying beneath me, awkwardly on the bed.
‘This isn’t good…….’
Even while thinking that, I couldn’t pull my body away.
I couldn’t even take my eyes off him.
‘This really isn’t good…….’
“Lulu.”
His waist moved smoothly, and he raised his upper body.
The distance narrowed in an instant, and our faces became close.
“Don’t think about anything else.”
The thoughts flickering in my head scattered at Sid’s voice.
Long fingers slowly stroked my neck.
Even the sensation of the clinging hair falling away gave me goosebumps.
My mouth was parched.
“You want it, right? Here.”
Sid’s hand pulled my hand and placed it on his chest.
The sensation of hot, firm pectoralis major muscles wrapped around my palm.
“You…….”
“Shh, it’s okay.”
Sid’s voice flowed into my ear.
It was as if that voice had burrowed into my head through my ear, making it impossible to resist.
A large hand pulled my upper body.
The bed shook, and the rest of my legs came up completely.
Our eyes met at close range.
The eyes I loved, with a mysterious mix of blue and red.
The moment he grabbed my chin.
“……!”
Someone else hugged my waist from behind.
In an instant, my upper body was lifted, and soon a hot embrace hugged me from behind.
“What are you doing?”
A low, growling voice rang in my ear.
The Sid hugging me was looking at me with an expression I had never seen before.
Eyes that seemed like they would spark, heated pupils.
“Playing around with another man in my room, on my bed.”
“Strictly speaking, it’s not another man.”
The Sid lying languidly on the bed said.
The Sid hugging me frowned.
“What?”
“Isn’t that right? How is he another man? He’s perfectly the same.”
He raised his body, brought his face close to mine, and grinned.
“Right?”
“Nonsense.”
The Sid hugging me frowned.
“Lulu, you’re not fooled by that fake, are you?”
“Fake? Lulu was having a good time with me.”
“Luatisha, I’m the real one. That one-.”
“Master, that guy is a fake.”
The two Sids bickered, then simultaneously brought their faces close to me.
“You know I’m the real one, right? I’m Master’s.”
“Master, you liked me, didn’t you?”
Two Sids…….
Wow, really.
Wow, wow…….
‘Please give me these additional rewards.’
I sincerely prayed to the demon guy.
* * *
Of course, Luatisha knew from the beginning who was fake and who was real.
And how this happened.
It was Cain pretending to be Sidrian who seduced Luatisha.
‘I thought I left it to Cheri, but at what point…….’
He must have been sulking because of that.
“I can’t help it. When you seduce me with Sid’s body and Sid’s face, I can’t resist even if I know it’s fake……”
After chasing away the arrogant fake, Luatisha protested.
Sidrian sighed.
“How can you be so weak to seduction.”
“I would never be seduced if someone else seduced me.”
Luatisha said firmly.
Sidrian felt complicated.
‘It’s unpleasant, but also pleasing…….’
Because it meant that Luatisha, who was always firm, liked his face so much that she would be bewitched even knowing it was fake.
“……Do you like my face that much?”
“Yeah.”
“Just my face?”
“I like your body too.”
Sidrian’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Luatisha, who answered immediately.
Luatisha gently touched Sidrian’s eyes and giggled.
“You’re silly, Sid.”
“…….”
“It’s because it’s you that I like both your face and your body.”
“…….”
“Even though I knew it was Cain, you were looking at me with your eyes, holding my hand with your hands, and talking to me with your voice.”
“……Ha.”
Sidrian felt a sense of failure.
‘I can never win against my master.’
The stiff corners of his mouth were about to relax at that one word.
Well, it had been like that since he was very young.
Even if he took off the leash, Luatisha was always his master.
Luatisha smiled and asked.
“Are you angry?”
“……I’m not angry.”
“You look angry.”
Luatisha placed her hand on Sidrian’s thigh.
Sidrian’s eyes narrowed.
Unlike before, his eyes flickered darkly and dangerously.
The corners of his lips curled up wickedly.
“Then Master, you’ll have to be punished.”