Episode 49: Am I Going to Be Kissed?
Elmia was now looming over me.
Her hair, obeying gravity, softly fell onto my face.
“Elmia…?”
“Don’t move.”
We were so close that we could feel each other’s breath.
The scent that tickled my nostrils was the fragrance of Princess White Lily flowers—and a faint smell of sweat.
Elmia was probably about to take a bath.
She had been moving all day, and with the summer heat, her metabolism must have been working hard.
Unlucky for Elmia, I suppose.
I subtly took a deep breath through my nose, trying not to be noticed.
The scent of a girl, condensed from a whole day, was now being inhaled by me.
—Of course, it was unavoidable.
Smells sometimes carry more information than what can be seen.
Female pheromones are said to be secreted from apocrine glands, which are located in areas such as the armpits, genitals, ears, and anus.
It’s the work of pheromones that ants influence the behavior of their own kind, and that dogs show excessive joy when their owners return home, licking those areas.
I, too, felt my brain slowly numbing with an indescribable sense of security and joy as I inhaled Elmia’s pheromones.
I tend to forget because she’s such a lovely girl, but only this familiar fragrance reminds me that Elmia is also a human being.
Close yet distant—that’s probably the perfect distance between Elmia and me.
“…You really are a pervert, Onii-sama.”
“Wha—”
Elmia showed a bewitching smile, her face flushed with embarrassment.
Why…?
It seemed my perverted behavior had been completely exposed to Elmia.
But instead of panicking and hurling insults, she didn’t.
There was no sting in her words calling me a pervert.
It seemed Elmia didn’t dislike being sniffed.
On the contrary…
The emotions flowing in on Elmia’s Magical Power were—
Exaltation, conquest, delight… and sexual excitement.
I felt like I had glimpsed Elmia’s sexual preferences.
And vice versa.
Even now, at this very moment, my own preferences were probably being exposed to Elmia.
From the gap in Elmia’s open collar, I could see her beautiful collarbone and the curves of her budding breasts.
If I were conscious of her actual age, I might writhe in shame, but in this world, reaching out to touch them wouldn’t be difficult.
“Onii-sama, just keep looking at me, only me…”
“Elmia…?”
“I’m thinking about you so much… so, so much, Onii-sama.”
“…”
Elmia’s golden eyes were wavering.
Tears welled up in her eyes and eventually fell onto my cheek.
Emotions that couldn’t be contained in words, like a violently swirling sea, were transmitted through Magical Power.
It was like being hit a million times with ‘I love you, Onii-sama, chu chu.’
Bewildered by the sensation I was experiencing for the first time, my brain was flooded with endorphins, and I was drowning in a sea of pleasure.
Anyone but me would have lost their reason and pounced on her.
—However, if there is an action, there is also a reaction.
I couldn’t see it objectively, but I was probably already doing ‘Elmia lovey-dovey chu chu’ myself.
And Elmia probably knew that too.
“It’s Onii-sama’s fault, Onii-sama is the one who made me like this.”
“What do you mean…”
Her moist lips slowly approached mine.
(Am I going to be kissed?)
Since when had Elmia wanted to be in that kind of relationship with me?
Elmia was a lovely girl by anyone’s standards.
Even though she was my sister, I was conscious of her as a woman.
If Elmia wanted to be my bride, I had no objections.
There would be many who would physically interfere, like Lanecki.
But on the other hand, the emotional hurdles to overcome were surprisingly low.
Realistically speaking, even if we were within the second degree of kinship, there would be no worries about genetic abnormalities with Stella-Class.
I might have to report it to Father when I got home.
Father, I will be happy with Elmia—I would say.
I closed my eyes and quietly waited for that moment to come.
“Ouch.”
A sharp pain ran through my right ear.
Huh? What?
I opened my eyes, wondering what had happened, and touched my right ear.
There was a strange sensation, as if a metal ornament was stuck to my earlobe, and—
“Blood?”
Blood was flowing from my ear.
Huh? What is this?
“Fufu, it’s a Coming-of-Age Celebration, congratulations Onii-sama.”
Elmia smiled like a mischievous devil who had succeeded in her prank.
“Coming-of-Age Celebration… Ah, I see.”
Amidst my dazed consciousness, I desperately tried to make sense of it.
—The earring of a noble who has completed their First Campaign.
In Ortenos, it would be a gold ornament shaped like a wolf’s fang.
Knowing how skilled Elmia was with magic, she probably used an extremely small Meteor Ray to pierce a hole in my right ear and attach it.
She had even kindly used Healing Magic to completely fuse it.
I wouldn’t be able to remove it unless I tore it off.
“Now we have matching ones, Onii-sama,”
Elmia said, parting her white hair and showing the gold earring on her right ear.
The proof of a full-fledged noble that only those who have completed their First Campaign can wear.
There was probably no one like me who had slaughtered two Stella-Class in their First Campaign.
Still, regardless of the size of the Military Achievement, an adult is an adult.
“Eh, that’s it?”
“That’s it, did Onii-sama expect something else?”
Elmia said, giggling.
It would be a lie to say I didn’t expect anything else.
It felt like a nail had been hammered into my urethra right before ejaculation.
Was it due to the difference between men and women that she didn’t seek this fleeting pleasure?
No, I can’t think of anything but Elmia right now.
Because I knew how precious and inseparable it was to have our feelings understood through Magical Power.
“Elmia… No, it’s nothing.”
I stopped myself from asking if that was okay.
I didn’t want her to see that I was still hung up on it.
However, I absolutely couldn’t let Elmia be given to someone else.
With my achievements this time, the option of becoming the head of the family was also emerging.
If that were the case, I could use the privileges of the head of the family to officially take Elmia back from Jilga.
“Onii-sama, I’ve decided to get what I want myself.”
Elmia started talking about something with a serious expression.