Rodo gave me his clothes for the time being, but itās quite big.
I have to fold the sleeves many times, and if I donāt tie the waist tight, it will slip off.
As for the shoes, it comes off every time I try to walk.
All my clothes are small ones that Rodo ordered, so none of them fit my body right now.
Even if I order a ready-made product right now, itād take a few days.
In other words, Iāll stay like this for a while.
Barefoot and in big clothes.
I even have to have Rodo pick me up all the time.
When I asked if Iām heavy, he said itās okay.
I knew that Akinists are strong, but heās too strong.
In this world, changing from a beast to a humanoid figure seemed to be a kind of growth stage, so I wonder if Iām now recognized as an adult.
After heading to the cafeteria, I knew Iām being watched.
Is it because I have no animal ears?
In the first place, I originally didnāt have one.
Did they think that I humanized already?
Then they must be surprised since I seemed to humanize just now.
Even when I returned to my original form, theyāre more muscular horizontally and vertically, so I look frail in comparison.
Rodo being able to easily pick me up is proof.
My previous height was 177 cm, but I look short in this world.
Not only the soldiers but even the female Al is taller than me.
This seemed to be a world with many tall and muscular people, even the people in town are quite brawny.
ā¦huh?
Will I be treated like a child even when I returned to my original form?
After seeing a lot of serious and minor injuries, I lost my appetite, but I didnāt want to leave Rodo, so I selfishly stayed with him.
I donāt look like a kid anymore, but I still want to sit on his lapā¦
I knew Iād be heavy and would interfere with his meal.
Still, Rodo spoiled me and forgave my actions.
When I hugged him all the way to the back, which Iād never reached before, Iām kind of happy.
When I was in Japan, I never hugged anyone like this.
ā¦what about my younger brother?
But, he hadnāt tried to come near me lately, and weād just have light conversations.
I knew he needed some time to himself and wouldnāt stick to me forever, so I understood my younger brotherās feelings.
To my parents, I just said heās in his rebellious phase, so in that caseā¦heās less likely to approach me.
I didnāt think I could hide my inclination for the rest of my life, and I think Iām always scared that my family would hate me.
Thatās why I felt lonely when I couldnāt meet them when I came to this world, but also relieved.
Thereās no evidence that Iām gay and even if they searched my room when Iām gone, itād only look like the room of an athletic guy devoted to tennis.
The fake erotica books were also hidden in the bookshelf, which I think is the very image of a normal healthy manās room.
Iām relieved that I left without them knowing anything.
But that didnāt mean my feelings for Rodo is a lie.
I used to think itād be okay to marry Rodo if I couldnāt go home, but now itās different.
I like everything about him from the bottom of my heart, like listening to all my selfishness, his narrowmindedness at being jealous of Ren, being sweet to me, and becoming a cute cat when he transformed into an Akinist.
Before, I said that we would get married when I grew up, but it seemed impossible until the current mission is over, so weāll prepare for it a month later.
Although I donāt know what to do during the preparation, do I have to wear some kind of clothes like at the wedding?
ā¦does it have to be customized?
The clothes and shoes when I was small were also made to order.
Apparently, itād be like that even now.
He said heād have it made as soon as we got home.
ā¦so itās still a custom order.
Is it because Iām not tall enough?
Lying down is fine, but I can barely reach Rodoās back.
Are muscles that easy to develop?
Well, theyāre originally beasts.
While hugging Rodo, I was vaguely thinking about that and was hugged while sitting.
In other words, a princess carry.
Perhaps because Iām small, he held me up with one arm while the other supported my back so that I wouldnāt fall.
But, havenāt you heard that a princess carry is a burdensome way of carrying people?
I think itās easier to carry me normally.
Rodo walked without worrying about it at all.
For stability, I took off my arm around his body and put it around his neck.
(Are we taking a bath now?)
I donāt want that gray-colored muddy water like yesterday.
You wonāt even know if youāre washing or dirtying yourself.
ā¦should I make some hot water again?
Itās embarrassing to be undressed, so please stop.
āBath?ā
When I asked if we were going to take a bath, he stopped for some reason.
āā¦today, body, wipe, only. Bath, go, no.ā (Weāll just wipe today. Donāt go to the bathhouse.)
āGo, noā¦?ā (Donāt goā¦?)
I heard that weāre in an environment where relief supplies can reach us but are they saving money by not having hot water?
āHot water, Kou, make.ā (I can make hot water.)
I just have to make it again.
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āā¦others, Kou, naked, show, unpleasant.ā (I donāt want to show Kouās naked body to the others.)
āā¦ā
His straightforward show for monopoly made me speechless.
ā¦somehow, my face is hot.
However, as a person born and raised in Japan, where the bath culture is flourishing, I donāt like just wiping my body.
If I use purification magic, I donāt have to take a bath, but I still want to soak in hot water.
In this world where homosexuality is common, Iām glad that youāre worried about meā¦
But would anyone try to touch me?
Because everyone is big both vertically and horizontally, wouldnāt they find the small me unusual?
āBath, enter, want.ā (I want to take a bath.)
When I told him what I wanted, he made a troubled face.
If thatās the caseāā
āNight, two people, enter, good?ā (Then if itās at night with just the two of us, is that fine?)
Itād be nice if I could be together with Rodo after everyone else was done.
Seems like the water would be cold at that time, but I can just make some with magic.
Rodo finally nodded and took me to our room for the time being.
We have nothing to do until we take a bath.
And since we didnāt know when the monsters would appear, we decided to take a nap.
Seems like monsters donāt appear often at night, so we can sleep when we want.
Just like when I was a child, I went to bed with Rodo.
ā¦just when I thought so, he laid only me on the bed, then Rodo headed to the other bed, which he hadnāt used yesterday.
Is it because Iām grown up that itās cramped to sleep in one bed?
Unlike the bed in Rodoās house, the beds here are small.
Butā¦
At first, I didnāt like sleeping with him, but thatās just because I didnāt like sleeping with people I only met for the first time.
Now Iām used to sleeping with Rodo.
I wanted to return to my original form earlier, but did Rodo wanted me to stay small? Even though heās right next to me, I feel like Iāve been releasedā¦
āTogether, sleep.ā
When I broke into Rodoās bed, he jumped up.
āā¦hate?ā
āHate, wrong!ā
In a hurry, he immediately denied.
(I reached out to himā¦but why?)
Is he enduring it?
I wonāt be able to sleep with all this worryingā¦
Then, is it bad to sleep together?
āReturn.ā (Iāll go back.)
I escaped Rodoās back and went back to the bed he put me in.
āKou, hate, wrong.ā (I donāt hate Kou.)
Did he think I misunderstood so heās still arguing vehemently?
āUnderstand, did.ā (I do understand.)
When I nodded and said that, he still looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end, he went back to bed.
From today, weāll be sleeping separately.
What happens when we get home?
Will he buy me a new bed?
ā¦now that Iām used to sleeping together, I feel lonely when Rodoās body temperature isnāt on my side.
As expected, I feel like heās more comfortable with my childish appearance.