After I Comforted My Younger Stepsister Who Had Her Boyfriend Taken From Her, She Started Becoming Obsessively Sweet

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Chapter 33: The Demon Within the Illusion

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How much time had passed since I was locked in here? I had lost track of time. Within this dark room, I could only gauge the time by the meals brought to me. Morning, noon and night. But lately, even that stability had turned distorted. That was breakfast. That was dinner. I found it hard to make a clear judgment. With that, I had also lost track of how many days had passed within this dark room.

It must had been three days at the very least. I never left this room. I hadn’t gone to school. I just did nothing but lay here like a caterpillar with my hands and feet bound. I was completely under Shikino’s control. At first, I had thought about resisting. I was thinking of waiting for meal time. At that moment, the tape on my mouth would be removed. I would take that opportunity to call for Mom and Dad, screaming for help in hope they would come and free me. I felt bad for Shikino. I really felt bad for Shikino, but locking me in her room like this was just wrong. I tried to persuade her, but none of my words got through. She was bewildered and refused to listen to me. Hence why, I believed I had to take drastic measures.

I waited eagerly for mealtime, hoping the opportunity would come soon. And then, when the chance finally arrived, I…

“…Onii-chan… Please… Please stay by Shikino’s side forever… Please, I’m begging you…”

…I couldn’t move. The earphones in my ears were removed and Shikino’s desperate, raw voice reached me. She was clinging to me, wrapping herself around my body. I didn’t feel any hatred toward me. No. I didn’t have the luxury to feel that. Shikino was begging me desperately with tears running down her face. How could I try to escape from this confinement when my beloved little sister was begging for me so desperately like this?

A sense of regret, or maybe confusion, came to my mind.

No. This is not it.

Long before Shikino confined me in her room, I had already made up my mind. That I would only love Shikino. No matter what she did to me, I would only love her and no one else. The one thing I would never do was make Shikino sad. I had come to that decision after making many mistakes over and over again.

So… What am I going to do about this confinement?

If Shikino wanted to confine me, then I shall accept my fate. I would let her confine me in her room. I would let her do whatever she desired. No matter where she touched me, no matter how much pain or discomfort I was feeling… I couldn’t care less. All for the woman I loved. Every word that came out of Shikino’s mouth felt comforting. My heart was pleased by it. The repetitive chant of love I had once hated now sounded like a sweet lullaby. I could now accept it wholeheartedly. She had said it. She had said so, so, so, so many times that she loved me. In that case… I had to respond to her feelings. No matter what happened… No matter what… Forever.

“Fufu….. I love you… Shikino…”

『Really? How much do you love me, Onii-chan?』

“Hehe… Of course… Even the whole universe won’t be enough to contain my love for you…”

『I’m so happy… Shikino too…Shikino loves Onii-chan that much too…』

“Re-Really? Hehehe… I’m such a lucky guy…”

『Then… Onii-chan…?』

“Hmm…? What is it, Shikino…?”

『Onii-chan… Will you listen to anything Shikino asks…? Anything at all?』

“…Oh… Sure, sure… I’ll do anything you ask… Anything…”

『Really…? Really, really…?』

“Of course… Shikino’s happiness is my happiness… Seeing you happy is all that matters to me…”

『Fufufu… I’m so happy… I’m so happy, Onii-chan…』

“Hahaha… Just leave it to me…”

『Well then… There’s something Shikino really, really wants…』

“Yeah… Yeah… what is it…?”

『Shikino… Wants Onii-chan’s baby…』

“…Huh…?”

『I’m sure… I’m sure our baby would be really cute… Onii-chan and Shikino’s baby…』

“A baby, huh…”

『I hope the first one will be a girl… And then the second a boy… I don’t know about the third one, but if Onii-chan wants a third child, I think I’m okay with it…』

“I’m not sure about that… It’s quite difficult for me to picture having a baby right now… I… I don’t want to think about anything difficult right now…”

『That’s right… Don’t think about anything difficult, Onii-chan… Just focus on feeling good, Onii-chan… Just think about our cute… Our cute baby…』

“But Shikino, you’re cute too, you know?”

『I’m so happy… Shikino is really a lucky girl to have Onii-chan….』

“Yeah… You’re right… Then… Let’s make it… Let’s make a baby together…”

『Really…? Is it okay…?』

“Yeah… It’s okay… If that’s what you want, then I…”

『I’m so happy… So happy, Onii-chan…』

“Ehehehe… Hehehe… I see… I see…”

『Then… Let’s feel really, really good together…』

“Yeah… I just need you… You’re all I need, Shikino…”

『I love you, Onii-ch―』

“― Why hello there, Onii-chan?”

Suddenly, the scene I had been staring at went all dark. Shikino’s voice disappeared, replaced by a voice that sounded awfully fresh to my ears. My heart hurt like hell all of a sudden, like I had been hit on the head with a blunt object. Everything I had just seen earlier seemed like an illusion, followed by an intense sense of loss that was driving me to the brink of madness.

“…What….”

“Ufufufu~ It seems your head has been thoroughly washed by Shikino-chan.”

“Who are you!? Who the hell are you!? Where is Shikino!? Where is she!?”

“Poor Onii-chan… Who would’ve thought you’d end up like this…”

“Answer me! Answer me! Where’s Shikino?! Shikino!? Shikinooo!?”

“Shikino-chan is at school. It’s still lunchtime after all.”

“—Huh!?”

“I’m here to set you straight, Onii-chan.”

“-?!”

“By the way, Shikino-chan mustn’t know about this, okay? She doesn’t know I’m here. Fufufu~”

“Who… Who are you…?”

“Me? Can’t you tell just from my voice?”