The Case of Being Reincarnated as a Noble in a World with a Skewed Gender Ratio - 41

Chapter 41: One Month of Living on an Uninhabited Island

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I had been carving a tally mark on a tree trunk every day since we were washed ashore on this island. Today was the thirty days since we had been here. One month had passed. It was safe to say that life on this uninhabited island had been going smoothly so far. I couldn’t have possibly survived on my own though. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I owed my life to Marin.

Lately, Marin started hunting birds with a makeshift bow. She dived into the sea to catch fish and she also climbed trees to pick up fruits… Thinking about it… I realized I hadn’t contributed anything much to our survival! I was the one that came up with the ideas to make things, but other than that? I was completely useless…

“Marin.”

“What’s wrong? Do you want to cuddle?”

“No, not that, I mean, we’re already doing that every day anyway!”

Speaking of cuddling… I remembered Marin had a nice scent to her. Strange, huh? We were stranded on an uninhabited island so the best we could do here was wash our body with water. However, Marin exuded this sweet aromatic scent that made me want to be wrapped in her softness forever. In fact, the sweet scent seemed to linger wherever Marin went. Could it be… This was also part of her skill as an assassin? (※No, it’s not…)

“Fufufu~ You’re imagining me naked again, huh? Are you getting hard?~”

“I’m not!!”

“But sometimes I can feel your things getting ha-“

“CAN YOU NOT SAY THAT?!”

“….Well~ I can feel El’s little thing touching me, you know?~ Sometimes it’s hitting me, you know?~”

Here we go again… Even though I was still a kid, she still acted like this every day. Besides! This kind of thing was bound to happen! It wasn’t because I was having perverted thoughts or anything! It was purely a physiological reaction! Also! Since we were cuddling to sleep every night, of course my thing was bound to hit her!! 

“We’re getting off topic again… Anyway, I was thinking of trying to dive in the sea today…”

“I think it’s best if you drop that idea!”

“WHAT A QUICK ANSWER?!

“I mean, of course? We’ve been doing alright so far anyway. Besides… Sure, I won’t say anything against it if you’re used to swimming in the sea, but El… You’ve never swam in the sea before, right?”

“Well… You’re right but I can’t possibly keep letting Marin do these kinds of things everyday. You’re a girl and I’m a boy, so I…”

Thump!♡ Thump!♡

“…El.”

“Hm…?”

“Just now… You made my heart go thump thump~♡”

“I didn’t say anything thump-thump worthy though?!”

Then suddenly, Marin closed the distance between us and she forcibly dragged me back to our hammock. 

“Since you made my heart skip a beat, it’s time to go back to sleep now~♡”

“Oi?! We just woke up a while ago!”

“Let’s sleep until noon… Just be quiet and hold me. Now, let’s go to sleep… (Besides, just having El by my side is enough to make me…)”

Suu… Suu… Suu…

“You’re already asleep?! That’s way too fast!!”

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~Side Marin~

Suu… Suu… Suu… 

When I opened my eyes, El was already asleep too.

Since El is already asleep… This is my chance to kiss his cheeks gently…! Muah~ ♡ Fuahhh?!~ This… This irresistible sensation! Ah, I think I’m going to get addicted to this… To think I could feel this way… I guess I’m still a young maiden at heart, huh? One day… I want El to steal my lips and of course, I want to do that with him too ♡ Ah~ This is an important time for me to recharge my energy! It has to be done like this!

But still, I never thought I would get so obsessed over a boy younger than after living with him for only a month… Is my love the heavy kind? But… But… I can’t imagine a life without El now… Anyway~ If it’s for El, I believe I can do anything! I will give him everything he asks for! So of course, I’m allowed to kiss him on the cheek!

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~At the Same Time, Side Tia~

“Tia? How are you? Feeling better now?”

“Lance! I’m okay now!”

Huh? She looked more energetic than I expected. I thought she’d be more upset…

“Re-Really? You’re feeling okay now?”

“Yeah! Somehow, I can tell that El is safe…”

“Really?!”

“It’s just…”

I waited with bated breath. 

It’s just…? Just what?

“I can feel something unpleasant around… I can sense a woman’s scent…”

“No, no, no, I don’t think that’s possible, but…”

Well, to be fair, this is El we’re talking about….

“Moreover.. It feels like he’s quite enjoying this woman’s presence…”

Hii-?! Black Tia?! Bla-Black Tia came out?! Didn’t you just realize your feelings recently?! How could you know what was going on with El without even seeing him?!

“Hahaha… No-No way… El would never… (I can’t say it. I can’t say it’s impossible…)”

“E-Even though I’m always thinking of him…”

“You know… El couldn’t possibly know that since you never told him that anyway.”

“That’s not true! I know my feelings can reach him!”

“No, no, your feelings can’t reach him unless you use your words! Especially since this is El we’re talking about! You!! Did you read another weird book again?!”

“Lance! How rude! El is mine! All of him is mine! It’s already written everywhere that he is mine! What is mine is mine!”

“That! ‘what is mine is mine’ is something a little bully would say! Tia! If you say something like that to El, El will hate you, you know?! Just what are you trying to do, Tia?!”

“If El were to hate me.. I.. I…”

“IT-IT’S OKAY!! COME BACK!! PUT BLACK TIA WAY AND BRING WHITE TIA BACK!!”

El… You have to come back soon, okay? You’re safe, right? I don’t think you’re flirting with any girls right now, but… If you do… There’s no telling what Tia is going to do to you…

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