I Was Sent to an All-Female Frontline Unit to Get Rid of Some of the Trouble, but the Most Beautiful Girls Who Are Rumored to Hate Men Love Me So Much That I Have a Hard Time at Night - Chapter 34: Returning a Favor (4)

Chapter 34: Returning a Favor (4)

“!!”

Sephia-san saw my… it has become something terrible…!

Ha… so embarrassing… so embarrassing…!!

This happened without me noticing, so until just now I didn’t realize.

But now that she saw, of course I can’t just leave it like this.

“S-sorry!!”

I apologized and hurriedly moved both my hands to hide my…

Then, Sephia-san tilted her head and looked at me while asking,

“? Why are you apologizing?”

“B-because… right now, I am in the middle of repaying you, Sephia-san, and at a time like this, this happens…”

I said with strong guilt.

Sephia-san shook her head and said,

“It’s natural as a man, so it’s not a bad thing at all. Besides, if you think about it, earlier I hugged you, Finn-san, and right after that, you showed me a towel in front of me that clearly shows you are a man, so it’s natural for that to happen.”

“B-but——”

“If it were any man other than you, Finn-san, it would be different. But since we have spent time together and I know you are a very kind person, I don’t feel bad at all. No… rather, if it’s you, Finn-san, it’s an honor as a woman that you would become like that…”

Sephia-san started to say something but suddenly opened her eyes wide and said, “N-never mind.”

After a short pause, she spoke in a gentle voice.

“A-anyway… I don’t mind, so please don’t worry about it, Finn-san. Since we will continue living together, we should accept these differences between men and women by supporting each other.”

“Sephia-san… thank you.”

To have that happen during repayment…

She could have been angry and asked what I was thinking.

But instead, she said kind words like that.

Sephia-san really is a very kind person…

As I deeply felt that, Sephia-san looked at what I was hiding with both hands and said,

“…Finn-san, you don’t have to hide that anymore, you know?”

“Eh? …Eh!?”

Surprised that the conversation was moving in an unexpected direction, I hurriedly shook my head and said,

“N-no! That’s, um… really embarrassing…”

“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It’s my first time bathing with a man, so it’s also my first time seeing something like that… but I could tell at a glance that yours is very impressive.”

“!!?”

The moment she said that, my face instantly heated up.

“So, there is nothing to be embarrassed about——”

Before Sephia-san could finish,

“S-sorry! I, I…”

I stood up, cutting her off, covering the important parts with both hands, and turned my back to her.

“I will wash myself in another place! Of course, I will repay you again later… but now, I’m sorry!!”

Saying that, I quickly left the place.

“Finn-san!?”

I heard Sephia-san calling me from behind.

But… I’m sorry!

Right now… right now…!

Even though my heart hurts, if I stayed with Sephia-san like that, I would lose control from embarrassment.

To avoid that, I physically took some distance from her.

Calming my mind, I started to wash my body.

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“…I thought I was praising you, but maybe it wasn’t good.”

Even though I thought I was praising,

I wasn’t lying.

What I said earlier was Sephia’s honest impression after seeing Finn’s thing through the towel.

“But, Finn-san’s body is really… your back and the front are different from ours.”

Every time I saw Finn’s body today,

and every time I touched it, I felt it was different from my own.

I felt that Finn was a man.

And what made me feel that he was most of all a man was——

“More than anything, um…”

Murmuring, Sephia recalled the most manly part of Finn, the only man she truly trusted.

She thought about the thing under the towel around Finn’s waist.

(Finn-san has a very lovely appearance, but that part is so…)

That part was much stronger in claiming that Finn is a man than anyone would imagine from his usual self.

Thinking of that, Sephia’s whole body became hot and she felt a strange feeling she never felt before.

“…Is that state painful…?”

If so,

“Is there something… I can do for you, Finn-san—— ha!”

When she thought that far, Sephia shook her head.

For now, the most important thing for Finn’s sake is not to touch on that matter so he does not feel more guilty or embarrassed.

I told myself that and somehow kept calm, but—

“As a woman, I want to do something for Finn-san… I wonder how long I can keep this new feeling inside.”

Sephia always fought against others.

And above all, she fought against herself.

Because of that, she is now one of the strongest soldiers in the Luvankrum Empire’s military.

But—

“…Haa… …haa…”

She wanted to do what she could for Finn.

But she was not confident she could keep stopping those feelings when she should.

Still, she managed to control herself today.

After they finished washing their bodies separately, they both started to soak in the bath together.

Sephia avoided topics that might remind Finn of what happened earlier so he wouldn’t worry.

Before they knew it, they were talking happily, as usual.

“—Thank you for seeing me off.”

“No! It’s just the way to my room downstairs, so don’t worry about it!”

When they got out of the bath together,

Finn came to see Sephia off to her room, which was one floor below the bath.

Feeling Finn’s kindness, Sephia smiled gently and said,

“Today, from the morning sword lessons to everything else, I had a very enjoyable day with you, Finn-san.”

“Me too! Including many things today… really, thank you so much!”

“Finn-san…”

Seeing Finn bow his head and thank her again,

Sephia felt something inside her rise.

Then Finn raised his face,

looked into Sephia’s eyes, smiled very gently, and said,

“Well then, Sephia-san! Good night for today! Also, please continue to take care of me!”

“Yes. Good night, Finn-san… I will also take care of you.”

After exchanging these words, Finn turned his back and left.

He saw her off to her room.

He smiled kindly at her.

At the end, he said good night.

Each of these were ordinary things, but all of them shook Sephia’s heart.

“Finn-san… if it’s for you, I will—”

◆◇◆

After seeing Sephia off,

I was going down the spiral stairs to return to my room.

Even though I said going down the spiral stairs,

my room and Sephia’s room were only one floor apart, so I quickly arrived at my floor.

Should I sleep immediately or start studying magic again…?

While thinking about that, I reached my room’s door and—

“Welcome back, Finn-kun.”

A red-haired lovely woman,

Elena-san, was leaning against my door, wearing light clothes.

“Elena-san…? What’s wrong?”

“…There are many things, but for now, can we go into the room together? Tonight, I want to be with you, Finn-kun.”

Clearly, she was less energetic than usual.

But if she says she wants to be with me at such a time,

“Okay. Then, let’s go in.”

“…Thank you.”

I nodded, opened the door, and invited Elena-san inside.

Just as I was about to pull out a chair—

“Finn-kun… since the chair creates distance, why don’t we sit on the bed and talk?”

Elena-san said that, so when I looked toward her voice,

she was sitting on the bed in my room and tapped it gently, inviting me to sit beside her.