Chapter 291: Don’t you think this is suspicious?

“Huh?… What happened?”

Suddenly, I stood up from my bed which was the same bed I had taken from Akihara, it had now become my personal bed and its performance did not disappoint me.

I looked around without understanding what had happened. If I remembered correctly, I was trying to verify Rosy’s words and suddenly…, darkness.

Come to think of it, for some reason, the back of my head hurt. I looked around: I was lying on the bed in my room and I could hear voices coming from the hallway.

Apparently, they were talking, it seems that my mediation was no longer necessary….

No, more importantly: Kiel hadn’t gone through his growth phase. That meant he was still genderless.

I really thought that, by this point, he would have, but it seems I avoided his canonical event, the one that led him to mature early.

Maybe it has to do with Rosy, someone my alternate self never knew existed, and with whom he seems to be very attached.

It’s very odd, since, in all my memories, he was a handsome, tall man, the spitting image of masculinity.

But it is not as if he now has any expectation that something different will happen now, as that is something that cannot be controlled, not even he himself can decide.

When it comes to his phase of growing to maturity into adulthood, many factors come into play besides his tastes and preferences, things like his state of mind, environment, purpose and so on.

It is also obviously influenced by the will of those who go through it. That’s why, from a young age, they decide to act as a gender and ask to be referred to in a certain way, so that when the time comes, there’s a better chance that this will be their final gender.

Apparently, Kiel has already decided he wants to be a man, not that it’s any of my business, I’ve already got it pretty much nailed down that he was a man that he hadn’t even doubted it before, and if he’s already made up his mind I’m not going to get into his business.

It just took me a bit by surprise. The good thing is that, in the end, I almost got his tentative name right. From Kiel to Ciel doesn’t make much difference.

And well, the only thing I brought him in for was as a future investment, after all he will become the best engineer and blacksmith of this era.

As for Rosy… I wouldn’t say she doesn’t catch my eye, but I think Kiel is interested in her.

And even though I have her under my full control now, I don’t want to antagonize Kiel for stealing her first love or interest, I already have my hands full as my slow progress with Lys and the unexpected situation with Cordelia hasn’t improved much.

“Hmm… But Rosy’s request… Well, it’s not like I need to insert it,….uhm it would be something like a donor?….. Well, we’ll see in the future.”

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In the end, under Aurora and Elena’s strict watch, I was unable to verify Ciel’s gender, but the good thing is that there was no conflict and they got along well.

Leaving aside the fact that Ciel mistook Eira for someone her own age, which made her angry, but even she knew it would be childish to get upset with a young man who did it with no bad intentions, so she let it go.

In the end, upon learning that I still had an undefined gender, Elena gave me a warning look, but I had no such intention.

And, well, she knowing me so well, realized this and, unfortunately, stopped looking at me warningly and coldly, which I regret a bit.

Maybe it was better that the misunderstanding continued a little longer.

Anyway, they both went back to the dimensional stone and I told them, if they wanted to go out or anything, to let my doppelgänger that I left there know, along with Alice’s that her recently also mastered and could create a fully functional doppelgagger.

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“Big sister, say ’haa’.”

“Haa, yum, yum….”

“mnhm~Prrr….”

“Hey, you seem to be enjoying it too much.”

“You doubt it? This is the ultimate. But it would be even better if you came closer, come, don’t be shy, there’s room.”

“I-I’m not shy.”

“Come on, it’s no big deal, we’re just relaxing. There’s nothing wrong if you just lie down.”

“…W-well, just a little bit is fine.”

’Oh, even when I’m in my female form. That’s good.’

It was Sunday the day after introducing Ciel to the rest and there wasn’t much to do, so we were relaxing.

I, in my normal form and comfortable clothes, was lying on the carpet using Alice’s thighs as a pillow while she fed me some snacks and stroked my hair.

She was very happy to do it, and in fact whenever she could she encouraged me to do it, which I would never refuse.

On the other hand, Selene was on top of me while I was patting her head and sharing snacks with her, she was purring when I stroked her head, it was a quiet da and as Eira said, I was enjoying it to the fullest.

Eira, who was supposedly meditating and practicing her breathing not far from us, criticized me, but after what I told her, although I thought she would refuse, she surprisingly accepted my proposal and sat down next to me, leaning her back a little to my side.

Although she was not on top of me like Selene, as she was just practicing her breathing, she felt cool, which increased my comfort.

Also, the fact that she approached me in my female version meant that there was a bit of progress and at least she was not actively rejecting this form.

Elena, on the other hand, was in the kitchen preparing lunch. Although I would prefer her to be here with me, nothing better than being surrounded by all my girls.

Just in case, I glanced over at Aurora, who was sitting on the couch some distance away, presumably also practicing breathing techniques.

Since she’s a resident here, at least at times like this she’s not transformed, showing her demonic side, with heterochromatic eyes and black hair with pink endings, not to mention her horns and tail that are also pink.

’hum, I wonder if there will be some pink pates of her skin?’

Considering Krixis have pink skin it was possible, although hybrids always have human skin now her being a new species, like her eyes and hair there could be pink parts, things I’m very curious about.

’Eyes, evolve and grant me X-ray vision.’

But Honestly, I don’t know why lust demons and pink get along so well. It’s like it’s the materialization of a prejudice.

If I think about it, my Lilith form is also very pink, although luckily my skin was my original color, everything else was pink….

’But considering it’s like the ancestor of all lust demons… oh, that could be the reason.’

Maybe noticing that I’m trying to awaken X-ray firmly pretended to practice, even though I know she’s paying attention to what I was doing.

It could be for many reasons, but I didn’t care, it was already good that she was here.

The first few days she wouldn’t leave her room that used to be Elena’s and seemed uncomfortable with the fact that both Alice and I, and Elena, were leaving the same room every day.

But she got used to it and now spends time with everyone at least on days like today.

“Hey, I wanted to ask you a while ago. You said she knew almost nothing, right?”

Eira, who was leaning on my torso, suddenly spoke quietly, as if for only me to hear.

She wasn’t looking directly at me, but I took the opportunity to stroke her ears and head, something I know she likes as much as Selene.

“Are you talking about Aurora? No, she knows almost nothing about me. Besides my likes, that I’m strong and that I can doppelgängers, nothing else.”

“So that’s all she knows…by the way you’re the original, right, where are the others?”

’Wait, I’m the original…? Let’s see… Yes, I’m the original.’

“One is in the dimensional stone, the other has an appointment with your mother today.”

“What?! Why?”

“Well, because she’s my girlfriend. Besides, you can’t get jealous.”

Just two days ago she and I had a date night. The capital is also interesting at night and we went out together to walk around, which Eira liked very much. It was a fun date.

Earlier it was Selene, and I was thinking of taking Alice or Elena later for one or tomorrow.

“I’m not jealous. But I want to know…., that time and the previous ones wasn’t a doppelgänger, was it?”

“…No?…Or do you? Wait, I don’t remember. Besides, who cares? After all, it’s me. I mean, just now I had to make sure it was the real me. I can’t even tell the difference myself.

“Hmph, I don’t know about the others, but I don’t want to come out with an ability.”

“Okay. Rather, what did you want to tell me about Aurora?”

“Well, I wanted to ask… don’t you think this is suspicious?”

“What is?”

“Well, everyone knows that Selene and I are dating Chris. Don’t you think it’s very suspicious that you, as Phina, are flirting with us?”

“uhm…, but It’s just a normal girl time together, nothing else happens here. Anyone who saw us would think we were just friends hanging out.”

“But she’s been here for a while and she must know what you’re like by now, right? Besides, she commonly interacts with both of us, and from the way you act, don’t you think she’ll figure something out?”

“Yes, big sister, I thought you would tell her when you asked her to live here.”

Alice, who was feeding me, also joined the conversation. I understand her point, but it’s not like I hadn’t thought about it since she started living here.

I too, like Silvia, thought of telling her, even if she was not my partner. After all, if I think about it, I have many of her weaknesses, as well as a contract to which I apply …..

Abuse of Power Technique, Second Posture – Contractual Fraud.

I made it so that I can unilaterally renew and alter it if I want to (since she didn’t read the ultra fine print).

But, after thinking about it, I won’t tell her, although I won’t hide it too much either. I want to test if she can figure it out for herself.

She likes to act sly, looking for my weaknesses and such, so I thought it would be kind of fun to do that.

“Well, you know, I thought about it and I don’t think it matters much. Don’t you think it’s very unlikely to connect the dots? You know, I think by this point she probably thinks I’m either a monster from the abyss or an extraterrestrial who infiltrated by taking on the guise of Seraphiana.”

“umm…, you know…technically you are.”

“Hey, Eira-what do you mean by-? Humm… well, putting aside a few things, I guess…”

“Big sister, it doesn’t matter if you’re a monster, I’ll still love you.”

“No, for starters, ’monster’ is out of the question, and I love you too, Alice, even if you were an ugly Goblin . A bag over your head and you’re all set.”

“Oh, big sister~❤️…”

“because you are moved?, That didn’t sound convincing at all”

“The bag have nothing to do with it, it would just be a means to…ehem!, Well, let’s stop thinking about weird scenarios. No one is a monster or a goblin. And getting back to the point , I don’t think she really connects anything.”

“Well, that’s true…but what if she does?”

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