chapter 96
96 – Happiness (1)
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When she opened her eyes in the morning, her sister Sylvia was no longer there.
Maybe I had a dream last night.
As much as that thought occurred to me, she could not be seen anywhere in the cabin.
As I went outside to look for her, the cold morning wind blew noisily.
I hugged my shivering body and realized that it was now completely winter.
I didn’t have to worry about heating because the firewood I had diligently collected during the time I lived alone was piled up inside the room, but if I didn’t find some clothes to wear, I was going to have to stay in the cabin all winter.
These thin clothes, which I had been wearing since the day my sister Sylvia’s cabin was burned down in Millwood Village, could not block the bitter winter wind.
And yesterday, sister Sylvia suddenly appeared, wearing nothing but a thin, worn-out pajamas, like mine, the same thing she had been wearing on the rainy night we parted ways.
Neither she nor I could say that we were dressed in a way that could withstand the bitter cold of winter.
Of course, since this is my first winter since entering this forest, I don’t know how cold it will be.
At least the cold temperature this morning foreshadowed a difficult winter for me.
And, at that moment.
I was speechless when I saw Sylvia walking from afar.
“Sister Sylvia?”
“Ah, you’re awake.”
“…Huh?”
Seeing her so embarrassed, I opened my mouth and dropped her chin.
On the other hand, older sister Sylvia looked very calm and said, flipping her hair.
“Oh, were you looking for me? “I’m sorry, I came out without saying a word… I didn’t wake you up.”
“…No, that, over there.”
Contrary to my embarrassed appearance, older sister Sylvia smiled and slowly approached me.
I took a step back without realizing it.
“What, why are you doing this? Ash.”
“What’s wrong? “Sister Sylvia…”
“Hmm?”
Sister Sylvia slowly turned her back and bent towards me, straight, as if to tempt me.
Her shapely buttocks rose up behind her and her soft breasts swayed before her eyes.
I shouted, waving my hands and making her blush.
“Why are you naked!”
I felt like everything I had thought about was meaningless because of the thin clothes.
Sister Sylvia was walking through the thick trees without any clothes on.
The brilliant blonde hair glided like silk over her pale skin, her skin flaunting a moist texture and a sheen of light.
In the dark, dark green and brown forest, she seemed to be the only one shining pure white.
Moreover, her bright red eyes, which looked particularly red today, were beautifully set, like a strawberry that had fallen on a field of pure white snow.
I looked at her perfect beauty and struggled to open my mouth.
Of course, I barely opened my mouth, but the words didn’t come out very well.
“No, that, ah…”
“What, Ash… Are you embarrassed?”
Sister Sylvia smiled her mischievous smile as always, and I approached her with my hands touching her big breasts.
Perhaps thanks to her provocative body movements, I felt her face heating up, forgetting the cold.
Seeing her literally pouring a lot of blood into her lower body since morning, I stumbled backwards, tripped over my own feet, and fell down.
Sister Sylvia giggled as she saw me like that, and then she came over to me who had fallen and grabbed my arm and helped me up.
“I’m sorry, I guess I teased you too much.”
“Ugh, sister, my heart is shaking so much, I can see it, it’s touching me… I’m just saying that.”
When she saw me looking embarrassed, she opened her eyes and grabbed my arm, pressing it to her chest.
I could clearly feel my skinny chest being pressed and crushed through the thin clothing that allowed the wind to pass through.
She said, tapping my frozen body with the tips of her fingers.
“… hehehe, I’ve already seen everything there is to see and done everything to do, so what’s so embarrassing?”
“Uh… I guess it’s because it’s been a while since I last saw you…”
“hehehe, you look cute after a long time, Ash.”
Sister Sylvia smiled and gently twisted my body.
I asked, trying to hold back my dizzy spirit.
“So… Why were you walking naked? “Were you doing some forest bathing?”
I’ll say it again, the weather this morning was like full-blown winter, and the temperature wasn’t at a level where I could enjoy taking a walk naked.
Of course, the thin clothing I was wearing before wouldn’t have been much of a help in maintaining body temperature, but the difference between wearing even a single piece of cloth and not wearing anything was quite big.
Sister Sylvia paused for a moment, rolling her eyes at my question, but then she slowly opened her mouth.
“Ah… Well, I was going to go to the river to take a bath, but my clothes were so worn out that they tore when I was taking them off, and a piece of cloth flew away in the wind while I was washing my body.”
“Oh my.”
After hearing the explanation, I understood.
The clothes I’m wearing now are already tattered, so it wouldn’t be strange if they tore at any time.
Well, Sylvia wasn’t a prostitute who particularly enjoyed being exposed, and she certainly wasn’t a free-spirited person who wanted to enjoy a sense of freedom.
I nodded her head slightly and led her into her cabin.
While walking closely with her, I asked her about the question that suddenly occurred to her.
“You just washed in the lake, what did you go to the river to do? “Even if you don’t suffer much damage from demonic energy…”
“Oh, that’s…”
Older sister Sylvia stretched out the length of her speech.
She even looked as if she was hesitant about her answer.
What is it? Is there some secret by the river that I don’t know about?
Although I was a little curious, I did not press her for an answer and entered the cabin, calmly waiting for her answer.
“Ah… I was going to look for something useful.”
“Hmm?”
“Because the river is near Millwood Village. “I was wondering if there was anything left to bring.”
She said this as she lit the fire in the brazier in the middle of the living room.
I sat down next to the fire and tilted my head as the cold wind warmed my frozen fingertips.
“On that day… On that day, ah.”
The moment you are about to open your mouth,
Suddenly, the image of Lila, whom I had burned to death that day, flashed before her eyes.
It was a scene she tried hard not to recall while she was alone, but she seemed to recall it without realizing it since she was with Sylvia.
I muttered in a slurred voice, omitting detailed explanations.
“That day… I looked for it. “There was nothing special.”
“That’s right… But just in case.”
I kept my mouth shut without answering.
I didn’t even ask the stupid question of whether I had found anything.
Considering that she didn’t have anything special in her hands, it seemed like she didn’t find anything in particular.
It may be natural for Sylvia, who saw this empty cabin to be empty, to feel sorry for her old cabin.
Thinking that way, I no longer asked her why she went to the river.
“Haa…”
As I thought about that day, my mood suddenly calmed down.
It might have been a good thing because the sight of her voluptuous body sitting next to me with her knees together was on the verge of paralyzing her reason.
Sister Sylvia slowly reached out her hand to her fire, warming her cold body.
She spoke softly, leaning her head lightly on my shoulder.
“Yesterday… I brought some deer skin. With that, you can just roughly make some clothes and wear them. “If it’s not enough, you can go hunting again.”
“… I think it would be difficult to comfortably send Sister Sylvia hunting in a forest infested with demonic energy.”
“You know I’m okay. “Without you…”
“…”
“Even while you were gone… We spent every day killing monsters together.”
Was that why there weren’t many monsters to be seen even though the forest was full of demon energy?
I nodded her head shallowly and lightly placed my cheek on her head, which was resting on my shoulder.
She slowly withdrew one of her hands that was out near her fire and placed it on her thigh, then slowly found my hand nearby and squeezed it tightly.
I also squeezed her hand without saying a word.
“… It feels like a dream.”
“What is it?”
“Being with Ash again.”
Why did you leave me?
Why did you pretend to be dead?
She still didn’t ask anything, just enjoying this moment we had together.
However, I couldn’t do that.
I burned down her nest and all her belongings,
Thinking about the time she had spent wandering around a forest full of demonic energy, fighting like crazy, wearing nothing but thin clothes, she couldn’t help but feel guilty.
“… Sister Sylvia.”
“Shh, I told you not to apologize.”
“…”
She read my intention first and rejected my apology.
Does this mean you don’t have to be sorry, or does it mean you aren’t angry?
If not, does that mean that an apology has no meaning?
In fact, it wasn’t even a question.
Because I already know the answer.
“…”
I slowly raised my head and looked at older sister Sylvia.
She also lifted her head slightly away from my shoulder and looked at me with her moist red eyes.
As I slowly extended my hand and brushed her defenseless exposed arm, she flinched slightly but surrendered herself to my touch.
Sister Sylvia slowly closed her eyes.
I slowly moved my fingertips down her arms, over her shoulders, collarbone and neck, and gently placed them on her cheeks.
Is it because it hasn’t been long since I took a bath?
Her inner hair, which had not yet completely dried, gently stuck to the back of her hand.
I gave strength to my fingertips.
And then, like her hair, I gently placed my lips on hers.
The humid sound of tongues mixing and lips sticking together and falling apart was slowly filling the empty cabin.
The breath flowing from the tip of her nose was very sweet.
Without realizing it, her arms were wrapped around my neck.
Her body slowly approached mine and placed its weight on top of mine.
I gently fell onto her back, hugging her.
“Ash.”
“… Yes,”
“I love you…”
Instead of answering, I placed my lips on her mouth again.
Her breath covered my mouth, and her beautiful, firm yet soft body clung tightly to mine.
Her legs and mine crossed and overlapped each other.
Beautiful hair, like golden thread, fell down and tickled my cheek.
“…Ha.”
“Not yet, Ash… Just a little more.”
“Haup,”
Sister Sylvia clung to my lips like a starving person.
I also hugged my older sister’s back tightly and gently bit her sweet tongue.
I didn’t say it for fear of breaking the mood, but
Beyond the smell of her flesh, I could slightly sense the fishy smell of blood that I could not tell where it came from.
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