The Assassin Girl Who Stayed by My Side in Another World… Somehow Followed Me Back to Modern Japan - Chapter 40: No. No, Seriously, It’s Not What It Looks Like

Chapter 40: No. No, Seriously, It’s Not What It Looks Like

I tried picking up that same light novel one more time.

And yep—same exact thing happened again.

Only this time, Aira grabbed my hand…

And started guiding it toward her chest.

“…Smaller is better.”

That’s what she mumbled as she did it.

“W-Wait wait wait wait wait!!”

The moment I realized what was happening, I immediately leapt backward.

Thanks to all that otherworldly combat experience, I’d already made sure there was no one behind me.

So yeah, I should’ve jumped away clean.

But somehow—Aira was still clinging to me.

…Wait, what!?

Why?!

Well, okay—at least she wasn’t making me touch her chest anymore.

That’s… something, I guess.

“See? Even if they’re small, they’re still soft, right?”

She said that as she pushed her chest up against me again.

“—”

Nope. This is bad.

This might actually be worse than before.

“W-Wait, Aira. Seriously—this is not okay. I-It’s not just about that, okay?! We’re in public! Someone could see us! S-So please, just back off a little!”

“…………Okay. I’ll wait until we get home.”

Aira obediently… well, sort of obediently, backed off just like I asked.

The moment she did, I crouched down like I was checking out the books on the lower shelf.

…No.

No, no.

It’s not like that.

Seriously, it’s not.

Come on, think, me.

Back at the movie theater, she was clinging to me just as much.

Sure, she didn’t push anything against me back then,

But when she kissed me—yeah, there was definitely contact.

So if I didn’t panic about that, why am I losing it now?

…No, wait. That’s not the point.

She’s my daughter.

Any kind of reaction is already way out of line.

“Hiroto? What’s wrong?”

“W-What do you mean, what’s wrong? I’m just looking at books, that’s all!”

“…”

As I tried to play it off, Aira quietly slid her hand under my arm and tried to pull me back up.

“W-What are you doing!?”

“Hiroto, stand up for a sec.”

“W-Why?! I told you, I’m looking at books, remember? I’ll get up later.”

…Besides, I was technically already standing.

…Okay, fine, I can’t say that out loud.

Aira’s not exactly clueless about this stuff anymore.

…Maybe I should’ve waited a little longer before giving her the sex ed talk.

…Nah, that’s not it.

This one’s totally on me.

And anyway—aside from the whole situation going on down below—

I haven’t done anything wrong.

Nothing at all.

“Wait… did you get excited?”

“O-Of course not!”

“Right. Because to Hiroto, I’m just your daughter, right? Then come on, just stand up for a second. I wanna check.”

“N-No wai—”

“If you’re not gonna get up… then I’ll touch it.”

While I was still trying to figure out how to talk my way out of this—

And struggling against Aira as she tried to pull me up—

She just dropped that line out of nowhere.

…Touch it?

Wait, hold on—did she really just say touch it!?

W-Where exactly is she planning to—

No, scratch that.

Given the situation, there’s only one place she could mean.

…Seriously, can we just hit pause for a second?

Look, I know I’m the one at fault here.

I get it.

I’m the one who let this whole thing spiral out of control—

Even though she’s my daughter.

But still…

Do I really deserve to be cornered this hard!?