A Story of How I Went to Commit Suicide, but Ended Up at a Mysterious House and Got Pampered by a Motherly Beauty - Chapter 20

Chapter 20

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“Phew… That was tiring…”

I wiped the sweat from my forehead and muttered, hands on my hips. The other day, I had won a job from Nanaho-sama. My assigned task was caring for the animals living in the mayoi-ga.

There were the horse and chickens I had seen when I first arrived. Chickens aside, what role did the horse play…? Well, that wasn’t for me to ponder. My only duty was to perfectly carry out the tasks assigned.

Of course, at first, I knew nothing about animal care, so Nanaho-sama patiently taught me, and I worked with clumsy hands. I thought the horse and chickens might get spooked or act up with a stranger like me fumbling around, but they were surprisingly docile, even seeming to cooperate with me.

As expected, animals raised in the unique environment of the mayoi-ga were likely special themselves. I cleaned the stable, changed the straw, and finally brushed the horse’s body.

“Really docile, huh. I’m nothing but grateful to you all.”

The horse neither resisted nor acted up, letting me do as I pleased. Even though my brushing was surely inferior to Nanaho-sama’s, the horse accepted it calmly.  When I got near its face, it nuzzled me.

Horses are kind of cute, huh…

“Alright, done.”

I had already finished caring for the chickens. With the horse done, my work was at a stopping point. It was morning, before Nanaho-sama had even woken, but I had started earlier than dawn. It meant I had done a decent amount of work time. 

The mayoi-ga’s garden was still cloaked in a misty haze, blending with the stillness to exude a sacred air. Having been active, I felt fine, but the temperature was likely chilly enough to notice otherwise.

“Now, what to do…”

For now, I’d worked up a sweat, so staying like this might be rude to Nanaho-sama. Taking a bath in the morning felt odd, but wiping down with a warm towel might be good. After that… Maybe I could prepare breakfast? Oh, but last time I tried, Nanaho-sama openly sulked…

Does she enjoy taking care of me that much? She really pampers me diligently. And honestly, her cooking is far tastier than my clumsy attempts… Maybe I’ll clean instead.

The mayoi-ga was grand and spacious. Oddly enough, it didn’t gather much dust, but waiting idly for Nanaho-sama to wake up felt wrong too. Thinking this, I started tidying up to return from the garden to the house when…

“Hm…?”

A small shadow appeared in the mist. Curious, I approached and there sat a little rabbit. The rabbit was surprisingly well-mannered.

“…Did she mention that she’d been raising rabbits as well?”

I tried recalling Nanaho-sama’s explanation, but she only mentioned horses and chickens. Maybe she held off mentioning rabbits because I was inexperienced. That made sense. Maybe this rabbit escaped from a cage somewhere?

“Come here.”

I crouched and beckoned for the rabbit to come. The rabbit stared at me with big eyes. It stayed wary for a moment but then hopped closer.

So cute…!

This rabbit must be an animal raised in the mayoi-ga. After all, the rabbit approached me relatively unguarded, even though I was a stranger. I heard there was an island with lots of rabbits that came close to people willingly, but that was because tourists feed them. No such people would come to the mayoi-ga, so this rabbit was quite special.

“Good, good.”

I reached my hand out and the rabbit stayed still, unflinching. But it maintained its distance from me. I placed my hand on its head, slowly stroking down its back.

It feels so good…! So fluffy, so fluffy. What is this texture…?

I felt good stroking it, and the rabbit seemed to enjoy it since it was rubbing its head against my palm.

Guoooh…! So cute…!

All I could think was a high school girl’s simplistic “cute.” The rabbit rolled over, showing me its belly. How defenseless… The rabbit trusted me enough to show its soft, vulnerable belly… Urged on, I gently stroked its belly, and it swayed delightfully, seemingly feeling good from my touch.

Uoooh! So cute~~ I can feel my nostrils flaring!

If I had this rabbit at home while suffering in society… I might have pushed through a bit more. No, I wouldn’t even have afforded rabbit food. Once again, I was crushed by the sad reality…

“Hm, what’s up?”

It rolled upright, approaching me with a twitching nose.

Oh, right…

Rummaging, I pulled out a carrot meant for the horse. It must have smelled it. The mayoi-ga had a large garden where vegetables were grown. Strangely enough, these carrots, harvested from there, were far tastier than store-bought ones.

“Do you want to eat this?”

I cut it to a size suitable for the rabbit’s small mouth and when I offered it to the rabbit, it began nibbling it. The crunchy sound felt pleasant to my ear. That action was adorable, and I finally understood why people feed animals.

“Haha, already done? That was fast.”

The rabbit finished the carrot I had offered to it and it seemed to be puffing out its chest in satisfaction. Then, with a hop, it jumped onto my lap.

Fwoooaah…! It’s so warm and fluffy, I feel like my brain’s about to melt!

Given how friendly this rabbit was, I was convinced. This rabbit was not an ordinary rabbit. This was a mayoi-ga rabbit. If so, there must be a cage for the rabbit somewhere, but since the rabbit had hopped onto my lap, I suppose I should carry it in my arm as I searched for its cage. 

“Faaa… You’re up early, aren’t you, my dear one? You could take it slower, you know?”

“Ah, good morning, Nanaho-sama.”

When I slid open the shōji and stepped out onto the veranda, there stood Nanaho-sama. She rubbed at her eyes with the back of her hand and gave a wide yawn. To some, it might have seemed a little unrefined, but when someone as beautiful as Nanaho-sama did it, she became the very picture of a “graceful woman with a touch of charm.” The world, I thought, could be terribly unfair.

However, she was even more defenseless than this rabbit… Perhaps due to her sleeping posture, her nightclothes had come loose, revealing her full, voluptuous breasts and the patch of hair between her legs.

No, stop it, me. Getting an erection while having a rabbit on my lap is just wrong. It is completely wrong in every sense! I need to have some dignity as a human being!

“By the way, Nanaho-sama. Where was this rabbit being kept? It seems to have escaped, so I’d like to return it…”

I tried asking about the rabbit to distract myself. If I could put it back in its cage, I’d have enough time for certain other things to calm down as well. That was my reasoning when I asked, but Nanaho-sama tilted her head with a puzzled look.

“Hm? A rabbit? I keep no such thing.”

“Eh?”

You don’t keep it? Then what is this rabbit…?

I looked down at the fluffy little angel sitting on my lap.

A wild rabbit? Could it be one that lived in these mountains? No… Well, to be fair, this mountain was indeed a place untouched by human hands, so there would surely be plenty of wild animals around…

As I was puzzling over it, Nanaho-sama also seemed to notice the rabbit on my lap, and a grin spread across her face.

“Oh ho… Quite the familiar face. So it’s that time already, is it?”

“Uh… What?”

Could it be… Nanaho-sama was talking to the rabbit?  Could it be some kind of famous rabbit? The kind that showed up at a mayoi-ga once a year or something like that…?

“Yeah, that’s right. Been a while, Nanaho.”

“Eh!?”

As I was thinking that, I heard a young, childlike voice and nearly jumped out of my skin. What shocked me even more was that the voice had come from my lap.

T-The rabbit talked!?

“Wha—!?”

With a soft poof, smoke began to billow from the rabbit that had been sitting on my lap.

What in the world!? Too much is happening all at once! I can’t keep up!

My eyes darted left and right in confusion, and then I felt something soft press against me. It was a squishy, yielding sensation. How strange. The rabbit’s fur had felt fluffy, yet this felt more like… When I accidentally brushed against Nanaho-sama…

“Nice to meet you.”

When the smoke cleared, there stood a young girl. Her white hair was tied back into a short ponytail, and her bright red eyes—staring straight at me—reminded me unmistakably of Nanaho-sama. But while Nanaho-sama’s eyes held mixed emotions, this girl’s were pure, reflecting only what was before her.

Her slightly puffed cheeks and small lips were truly childlike. The issue was despite having the body of a child, her breasts were well-developed and the colour of her nipples was simply beautiful. In fact, I could even see her genitals, which were tightly closed together. I couldn’t help it. She was perfectly hairless down there. Everything was visible. 

Her buttocks, too, were well-formed, their soft sensation brushing my thighs as she moved. This unfamiliar girl wrapped her arms around my neck and tilted her head regardless of her close proximity to me.

She’s adorable, but…Why is she naked…?

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