After Escaping from a Black Company, I Ended Up Being Pampered by Sexy Beautiful Women

Chapter 4: Gentle Women

I walked along a dark night road with a woman I had just met.

All the while, one single thought kept running through my mind—how on earth did things end up like this?

I hated going to work so much that I ran away from my old place.

And so I ended up in this village… I think Mina-san said it was called Misato Village.

“……”

Maybe… I should stop and not go into her house after all.

The moment that thought crossed my mind, Mina-san stopped walking and turned back toward me.

“Fufu, you can relax, you know? Takuya-san was simply invited by me, that’s all. You’ve come to an unfamiliar place, but luckily you’ve been offered a place to stay—so just think of it as good fortune.”

Mina-san said this, reached out her hand, and gently took hold of mine.

“Come on, let’s go quickly? Otherwise your hand will get even colder.”

My hand will get cold… Oh, so that’s why she held it again.

…Even so, normally people wouldn’t do something like this… Doing this with someone of the opposite sex you just met… Could it be that Mina-san is sheltered, maybe a proper young lady who doesn’t know much about the world?

“Did you just think something rude about me?”

“!?”

My shoulders gave a small startled jerk.

I don’t think my face changed, but with that reaction and the fact that we were holding hands, she definitely noticed… I cleared my throat with a small “kohon” and opened my mouth to change the subject.

“Um… isn’t your guard a little too low with someone you just met? It’s not because this is the countryside, right?”

“Ah~… I don’t know about other people, but in my case it might be because I usually spend time with children.”

“Does that mean you’re saying I look like a child…?”

“I wouldn’t put it that way, but you did look like a child who got lost because you didn’t know the way.”

“……”

I couldn’t argue back that it wasn’t true.

What she said wasn’t exactly pleasant to hear, yet I didn’t feel the slightest bit annoyed—probably thanks to the gentle aura that surrounded Mina-san.

After walking a little longer, we finally reached our destination.

“There it is. That’s my house.”

“That’s…”

The house Mina-san pointed to was a traditional Japanese-style home.

Most of the houses I had seen since arriving in the village were also Japanese-style, but for someone who grew up entirely in the city, even this felt a little fresh.

It had a calm feeling… or maybe “elegant charm” was the word… Even though it looked old, it was a splendid house.

“I’m home.”

“E-excuse me for intruding…!”

With Mina-san leading, I stepped inside from the entrance.

I had taken deep breaths outside and thought I was fully prepared, but the tension hadn’t completely left me, and my voice came out much higher-pitched than normal.

“Fufu, it’s okay. My mother is kind, and above all, I think she’ll like someone like you, Takuya-san.”

“R-really…?”

“Yes! Because she’s my mother, after all!”

Mina-san said this and proudly puffed out her chest—but that was when the incident happened.

With a sharp patchin sound, the button at the front of her cardigan… flew off and struck me square on the forehead like a missile.

“Guu… uooooohhh!”

“A-are you okay, Takuya-san!?”

No joke, it actually hurt… but the pain faded quickly.

Still, Mina-san seemed extremely worried about me crouching down; her shoulders trembled as she anxiously checked on me.

“I’m fine… I’m fine, really.”

But wow, things like this really happen outside of manga…

I hadn’t paid much attention before, but Mina-san’s chest was far beyond “fairly large.”

The button at her chest already looked strained, so when she thrust her chest out like that, it made perfect sense that the button would pop off… Still, the moment it flew, in a manga there definitely would have been a boing sound effect.

“Auu… the button came off again… I take after my mother with big breasts, so this happens a lot.”

“I-I see…”

Um… shouldn’t women maybe avoid saying things like that?

I felt like pointing it out, but I didn’t want to be accused of sexual harassment, so I kept quiet.

Right then, while we were making a commotion at the entrance—

“Hey, Mina, what’s all the noise about?”

A beautiful woman wearing an apron appeared from deeper inside the house.

The woman, whose face somehow resembled Mina-san’s, looked back and forth between us and her expression turned blank.

“I’m home, Mom. Sorry to surprise you—this is Takuya Sumiyoshiki, who arrived in the village today. I heard about his situation… and I really wanted to invite him to stay with us.”

“I see…”

Mom… Mom!?

She looked no older than a college student, yet she was the mother of a twenty-two-year-old daughter…!?

I was shocked, but at the same time I could sense that the mother was also confused.

I thought maybe I really shouldn’t have come, but then she said something completely unexpected.

“If there’s a situation, then it can’t be helped… All right. Please, come in.”

“…Huh?”

“As expected of Mom! See, Takuya-san? I told you it would be fine, didn’t I?”

“……”

After that I was led this way and that until we reached the living room.

Compared to the room I used to live in, this space overflowed with a lived-in warmth and comfort; the atmosphere felt deeply reassuring.

“Let me introduce myself properly. I’m Reina Anzai.”

“I’m Takuya Sumiyoshiki… Um, is it really okay for me to intrude like this?”

“It’s fine. The moment Mina brought you here, I felt I could trust you… and besides—”

Reina-san stared straight at me.

It wasn’t a suspicious or probing look; like Mina-san, her gaze carried a kind of gentle concern for me.

I had thought the same thing with Mina-san, but why were these people so… toward someone they just met?

“I just felt there was something fragile about you, something I couldn’t leave alone. And also… well, simply put, this is the first time Mina has ever brought a man home, so I’m terribly curious!”

“M-Mom!”

Mina-san’s face turned bright red as she stepped toward Reina-san, who was grinning mischievously.

Reina-san lightly brushed off her daughter and turned her eyes back to me.

“It was raining until just a little while ago—you must be a bit damp, right? Why don’t you take a bath first?”

A bath… and I get to go first?

I glanced at Mina-san and she nodded enthusiastically, then guided me all the way to the changing room.

“Please put your undressed clothes in that basket over there.”

“Got it… Thank you for everything.”

“No need to thank me. Take your time… ufufu♪”

With a meaningful little smile, Mina-san left the changing room.

“…Today has been way too much for me.”

No matter how many times I sighed, another one just kept coming.