I Was Reincarnated as the Villain Who Confines the Heroine in an Eroge World, But for Some Reason I'm the One Getting Confined by the Heroine Instead - Chapter 36: I Took a Bath with the Duke's Daughter

Chapter 36: I Took a Bath with the Duke’s Daughter

We returned to the mansion and decided to wash off the sweat before dinner. There was a large bathhouse where we could relax and ease our fatigue.

I had built up quite a bit of tiredness, so personally I welcomed it a lot.

But a problem came up there. The large bathhouse did not separate men’s and women’s sides.

“It’s embarrassing.”

In short, I ended up bathing with Safira.

No, more precisely, it did not just happen. Safira pushed for it.

Of course I planned to let her go first and yield to her. But she insisted like this.

“I’m your escort, right? I have to protect you even while you’re in the bath.”

She was not wrong in terms of being an escort, perhaps.

“But in the student dorm, I bathe alone normally, right? It’s the same in that sense.”

“I can’t go in there because bugs fly around.”

“Who’s the bug?”

“Luxol.”

“Ah…”

I often bathed with that guy.

He made openly disgusted faces, but he still listened to my grape talk somehow. Being a good listener must be one of the protagonist’s traits.

That was how I ended up in the changing room with a smiling Safira.

She blushed on her face as if embarrassed, but she kept sending glances my way.

It was way beyond awkward.

“Maybe separate is better after all.”

“You go ahead. I’ll come later.”

“But…”

“Otherwise we’ll stay like this forever! Do you want to see me naked that much?”

Once she said that, I could not stay.

I quickly took off my clothes, hid the important parts with a towel, and headed to the large bathhouse.

“Ughhh…”

On the way, I heard a groaning voice from behind, but I desperately pretended not to hear it.

How did things end up like this?

I thought about that while turning on the shower.

I scrubbed my head hard, and as the shampoo scent filled the air, I heard the door behind me slide open with a rattle.

Safira probably came in.

I sensed her presence but could not direct my gaze there.

My eyes were covered with shampoo too, so I avoided looking toward the sounds completely and just focused on rubbing my head.

Be mindless. Yes, become mindless.

Then the sound of water running came from the shower next to me.

I just finished rinsing my head, so if I turned beside me, I could probably admire her body.

“…”

I could not stay calm in that situation.

My heart pounded hard, and it felt like blood activated throughout my body.

Listening to the shower sounds in that state was nothing but torture.

I quickly rinsed my body with eyes closed, shifted my gaze the opposite way, and headed to the bathtub.

“Phew…”

I placed a towel on my head and soaked in the hot water. My whole body warmed up, and grapes naturally came to mind.

Even with eyes closed, I easily imagined the grape vineyard scenes.

I met so many grapes today.

Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc.

It felt too luxurious to admire so many in one day.

But in terms of admiring, I might end up admiring something else too.

“Ask-kun, are you looking this way?”

“I’m not looking.”

“Really not looking?”

“Yeah. My eyes are closed.”

The shower stopped, and at the same time Safira’s voice echoed. I could not tell exactly with eyes closed, but she probably finished washing her body.

Footsteps pattered closer.

And the next moment, the water surface rippled.

“Are you secretly peeking?”

“My eyes are tightly shut.”

Her voice grew even closer. If I opened my eyes, my entire view would fill with Safira.

I squeezed my eyes shut again.

“Safira!?”

Suddenly, I felt something press against my left arm.

She probably clung to me as usual.

But since we touched skin to skin, the smooth feel of her skin came through directly.

This was far too stimulating.

“Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc…”

“Ask-kun!?”

It was too stimulating, and I unintentionally said grape varieties out loud.

Grapes, yes, grapes. They were nothing but grapes. I could only call them grapes.

“Did you get lightheaded from the heat?”

Grapes!?

Maybe worried, her voice sounded in my ear. At the same time, she pulled my arm hard, and something pressed even more in the momentum.

“Grapes!”

“Are you okay?”

“How could I be okay!”

I reached my limit, and I stood up forcefully.

Then I looked at the ceiling and ran at full speed.

“Ask-kun, you forgot your towel?”

But the momentum was too strong, and the towel on my head fell. I panicked, turned back, and then reached out.

“—!?”

In that instant, her figure entered my eyes.

Her golden hair was wet, and water droplets fell from her pure white skin. And large fruits grew on her chest.

“Grapes!”

“Ask-kun!?”

“All humans are grapes!”

My head confused beyond help, I shouted.

And I left the bathhouse without even retrieving the towel.

“Grapes. It’s grapes. Nothing but grapes. Grapes. What are grapes? What’s the difference between grapes and grapes? Grapes are… grapes?”

I muttered while wiping my body with a towel and then I changed clothes in a big hurry.

During that time, I stayed mindless and I kept thinking only about grapes.

“I am… grapes.”