Regarding the Matter of Beautiful Girls Relentlessly Seeking My Body (Experience Points)
“Tatsunii, give me some EXP! …Ah♡”
“You, seriously…”
After suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Aishi , she started touching me without hesitation. Whether I was playing a VR game or even when she was on VRChat, she would come over and touch me.
Lately, she’s been bothering me more and more, even ignoring the Meta Focus.
“Don’t you have any sense of restraint?”
“Eh?♡ But Tatsunii, your EXP is off the charts, right?♡ Nhaa♡♡♡ Don’t be stingy~♡”
She hugged my arm tightly and turned a smug face towards me. It’s frustrating, but she’s cute.
“Besides♡ That gal hasn’t been coming around at all, right?♡ You got dumped, didn’t you?♡ Poor Tatsunii♡♡♡ Ainyan will comfort you♡♡♡”
“…It’s not like I got dumped or anything.”
When I answered, Aishi made a flustered expression and let go of my hand.
“Eh, ah, um. Are you still dating…?”
“Nah. We weren’t even dating in the first place.”
“…Huh? Oh, y-yeah, right! No matter how much experience you have, there’s no way someone as lame as Tatsunii could date such a cute gal! So pathetic! Ainyan will comfort youuu♡”
“Why do you look so happy about it…?”
Aina, with a full-faced smile, suddenly hugged me tightly. I was completely being treated like a toy.
“Ah♡♡♡ This is bad♡♡♡ Even though it’s Tatsunii♡♡♡ Even though it’s Tatsuniiii♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Mmmmmm♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡”
After absorbing a good amount of experience points and seemingly satisfied, Aina finally let go of me.
“Haaah♡ Haaah♡ Tatsunii’s experience points are seriously amazing♡ Level-up complete, nyaan♡ Nihihihi~”
While breathing heavily, she deliberately struck a cute, teasing pose before flopping down onto the bed.
“Hey, Aina. Why do you want to level up so badly?”
“Hmm? Isn’t it obvious for a dungeon diver to want to level up?”
“Well, you mentioned before that your goal was to get some artifact called ‘Hawk Eye of the Sky’ or something. I was just wondering what you’d use it for.”
“Did I tell Tatsunii about that?”
“I overheard you talking about it in VRChat.”
“Ah… that time when Tatsunii was being a touchy pervert while Ainyan was on VRChat, right?”
“Don’t call it ‘touchy pervert.'”
Now that I think about it calmly, touching a girl’s skin in VRChat does sound pretty bad…
“It’s not a big deal, really. Ainyan has a twin sister named Sana, you see, and she’s been blind since birth.”
“…”
The sudden heaviness of the topic left me speechless.
“Ever since we were little, Ainyan could see, but Saa-nan couldn’t. My dad, mom, and even Saa-nan always tell me, ‘Aina, it’s not your fault.’ But I just can’t see it that way. I’ve always thought, if only I could give her one of my eyes. Why didn’t I give Saa-nan my eyes when we were still in mom’s belly? Ainyan must be a bad child.”
“T-that’s not true! Just being able to think like that makes you a kind and good kid, Aina!”
I couldn’t help but raise my voice and shout. Aina looked at me with surprise, then gave a bitter smile. It wasn’t her usual mischievous grin, but a somewhat lonely and fleeting one.
“Hehe, Tatsu-nii is so kind. It’s okay, I understand. Aina-chan isn’t a little kid anymore.”
Aina removed the cat ear headband she always wore and fiddled with it as she continued.
“When I was in my first year of middle school, I learned about artifacts that can be found in dungeons. By the way, these cat ears are also a somewhat rare artifact, you know? They enhance my hearing.”
It seemed they weren’t just for decoration.
“And then, there’s an item called ‘Hawk Eye of the Sky.’ When you wear it, you can ‘see’ everything within about a kilometer around you. It’s not like your actual eyes can see, but you can still perceive things.”
“So you’re diving into dungeons, even risking danger, for your sister’s sake…”
“It’s not for Saa-chan. It’s for Aina-chan. I want to see Saa-chan’s happy face, and I want to atone for taking her sight. That’s why I’m doing this. Because Dad, Mom, and even Saa-chan begged me not to become a dungeon diver, saying it’s too dangerous. So I lied about wanting to go to high school in Tokyo, burdened my parents, made Saa-chan lonely, and lived alone while secretly working as a dungeon diver. That’s why Aina-chan is a really bad girl, nya~♪”
She put the cat ear headband back on, forced her usual smile, and playfully struck a cat pose.
Aina, who I thought was just a cheeky girl, was far wiser and harder-working than I could ever be. I looked at her seriously and said,
“I’ll help you. If my experience points are enough, I’ll give them to you anytime. So let’s definitely get the ‘Hawk Eye of the Sky.'”
When I said that, Aina’s face looked like she was about to cry.
“Tatsu-nii, you’re such a wimp, but you’re really kind…”
After looking down for a while, Aina raised her head with her usual mischievous smile.
“Saying things like that, you just want to touch cute Aina-chan, don’t you?♡”
Aina was trying to lighten the mood. I decided to play along. The mischievous smile suited her better than the fleeting one.
“…Seems like a cheeky cat needs some punishment, huh!?”
I pinched Aina’s cheeks with both hands. They were soft and squishy, squishy, squishy. They felt really nice to touch.
“Ahhn♡♡♡ …Nihihi♡♡♡ You’re not touching any weird places, that’s so like Tatsu-nii, the wimp♡♡♡♡♡ Zako zako♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Nyaaaah♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Tatsu-nii, you wimp zako♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡”
“Who are you calling a wimp, huh!?”
“Nihihihihi♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Hey, hey♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Tatsu-nii?♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡”
“What is it!?”
“Uhihihi♡♡♡♡♡♡ Ah, ahn♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Th-thank you♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Tatsu-nii♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡”
I pretended not to hear Aina’s words of gratitude.
Because this wasn’t for Aina’s sake, but just because I wanted to touch her. There was no need for her to thank me at all.
