The Damn Family Is Back Again

326. Loner (9)

When she said I needed something to cover my eyes, she looked around and brought a towel that was hanging nearby.

“…Excuse me.”

With that brief word, my eyes were tightly wrapped in the towel.

“It’s tied properly… right?”

Even though she tied it herself, Harni seemed worried and asked me again.

“Um. Yes. It seems well tied.”

After fumbling with the towel, it seemed well tied.

At least this way, Harni’s naked body wouldn’t come into my view.

…But the downside is that with my eyes covered, I have to rely entirely on the sense of touch. Even so, I couldn’t avoid covering my eyes.

I laid the groundwork for any unforeseen emergencies.

“Even if my hands touch you, please don’t get too upset…”

“Ah, I know that!”

“…And don’t hit me for something like this.”

“Stop repeating the same thing!”

…Actually, I’m the one who’s really nervous.

In the actions that will follow, even a small mistake could produce a huge consequence, making my mouth dry.

I hope nothing like that happens.

Sincerely.

After taking a few deep breaths, she swallowed and said,

“I’m, I’m ready. If something goes wrong, I’ll tell you then…”

“…Yes.”

My hair stands on end.

My skin shivers. This is definitely not because it’s winter!

‘First of all…’

I must not forget the effect of this item.

If I hastily try to remove the clothing from my body, the damn item’s effect will activate.

The first condition for this clothing to detach from the wearer is another person’s touch, but if that touch is too forceful, like with the item, it will be completely useless.

If that happens, the clothing will cling even more to the wearer’s body… If the area of skin touching the clothing exceeds 60%, it will actually stick more, making it harder to remove.

Others might think like this.

“Isn’t it possible to handle it by directly pulling someone else’s hand?” I thought.

…But, that doesn’t work.

If the aforementioned trick had worked, I would have easily asked Harunie. The problem is that it doesn’t work.

The second effect is that, like the stone mask, it can only be removed when the wearer is almost motionless. In other words, Harunie cannot make any movement while taking off that outfit.

So slowly. Very slowly, I have to peel this outfit off Harunie’s body. Like peeling a fruit without affecting the flesh inside.

…Of course, this is a special situation where I have to remove the outfit while blindfolded.

Why does such an item even exist?

And why is the implementation so insanely good in this area, while other things are not so well implemented?

A sigh escaped me.

‘I hope the first part I touch is a place where my hand can touch.’

The face… is a bit awkward, but it’s easy to guess, so it’s okay.

The shoulders are also fine. Somehow, it’s within the permissible range where my hand can touch.

But below that is not okay.

…Really, below that is not okay! It’s dangerous!

I swallowed hard and stretched my hand forward.

Hoping it would touch the head or face.

But… it doesn’t touch anything?

“Um… Karsein. I’m much lower.”

“…Ah.”

There’s a height difference.

I didn’t think about that.

…But if I lower my hand here and touch the wrong place, it would be bad.

While I was lost in complicated thoughts, Harunie spoke in a trembling voice.

“I can’t move my hands, so it’s harder to stay like this… It’s cold.”

“…”

“You can move a bit more boldly, so please hurry…”

I guess that’s true.

No matter how much you’re inside the house, winter is winter.

Standing in a place without proper heating, with only a thin layer of clothing, must be torture.

At this point, I needed to be a bit bolder.

‘The voice was heard around here. Assuming the face would be around here…’

Hand down.

Straight down.

Only the soft skin is felt. Where on earth are the clothes?

As I fumbled around more, I finally grabbed the collar.

“I’ve slightly grabbed the collar, is it here?”

“Mu…!”

“…Harnie?”

Could it be that I grabbed the wrong spot…?

When I felt that eerie sensation.

Harnie asked to change the position of my hand.

“From here, just a little up, lift it up.”

“Up… here.”

“More. Go higher!”

Then, this time, I felt a sensation that made me realize where I was touching.

“This is the head.”

“…Yes, that’s right. Quickly solve this. You can handle the rest, right?”

“No?”

“What?”

“…I, I don’t know how to take this off.”

Of course, that would be the case.

When would a man have the chance to wear women’s clothes?

Even if we apply it to reality, women wear pants, but men wearing skirts is not a common case unless it’s from a very distant past.

But in this era?

And just a few months ago, a modern person who knew nothing about this culture?

As a possessor, it was already burdensome to wear my own clothes.

And now, to undress women’s clothes on my own.

It’s an impossible task.

“…You, you really don’t know?”

“Yes…”

“…”

Harni seemed quite flustered, remaining silent for a while.

Still, this situation couldn’t last.

She knew better than anyone that she had to somehow remove those monk-like robes.

“U-um, Karsein…?”

“…Yes.”

“This outfit covers the entire body, so… I can’t really take it off by lifting it over my head or anything…?”

“…”

What the hell?

“So, what you’re saying is… I can’t lift it up…”

“…It needs to be pulled down.”

I can’t believe it.

You mean, I have to touch her lower body too?

Oh, damn.

Suddenly, I can’t breathe.

“It’s okay, take it slow… If your hand placement feels off, I’ll tell you, like before.”

…Her voice at the end was quite a bit, almost as if shuddering with embarrassment.

I feel uneasy.

Please, don’t let me mess this up.

*

How much time had passed in the bathroom?

I can’t quite tell. No, I couldn’t gauge it at all.

Between the strange scent that tickled my nose and the immense awkwardness of what I was doing, it took a huge amount of mental strength to endure.

As I stood there, feeling like I was trapped in a room of time and mind, where every second felt like ten minutes and every minute felt like an hour, I carefully separated the fabric from her skin and did my best to remove her clothes.

– *Sruuk.*

“…Ah!”

Finally, the clothes—no, that damn item—had fallen off Harni’s body.

How long had I wished for this moment?

It feels like I can finally breathe again, after being suffocated.

The cold sweat that had been trickling down my skin suddenly stops, and a sigh of relief escapes involuntarily.

I am such a guy.

You did it splendidly!

It wouldn’t have been strange to clench my fist and be intoxicated with joy.

Well, Harni didn’t say anything all this time!

From the shoulder strap to the upper body clothes, bending over and slowly lowering the entire body and back evenly, even when it came to the lower body, Harni only adjusted the position of her hands without saying anything else.

What could that mean?

Of course, it means it was successful without any problems─

-Thud!

“Ugh!”

I thought.

Something feels off.

“You really…!”

Ah. I can feel it in the voice.

It’s cold.

The energy flows down my spine.

The energy of someone’s palm print that will be engraved due to a strong spike.

There can only be one reason for showing signs of a back spike at this moment.

-Raise your arm. I’ll move your body… Ugh…!

-…Huh? Did I touch something wrong…

-A little to the right from there… Huff!

-…What? Did I touch something wrong?

-It’s fine, just move your hand first!

…Now that I think about it, it seems like I didn’t handle it well?

I swallowed dryly and asked.

“…Ho, how many times did I make a mistake…?”

“How many times…?”

My shoulders trembled as if filled with the momentum of anger.

“I tried to hold it in…! This, this…!”

This was likely to be an unprecedented spike. An instinctive excuse for survival popped out.

“Hey, hey! But you said you wouldn’t hit me! Considering the situation, I thought you’d take it into account to some extent! And your body is so soft that I thought it was all the same flesh anyway…”

“Don’t say anything more─!!”

-Smack!

Oh, this is…

Really, the spike of the century.

The culprit is… Harnie…

*

Harnie had taken off her clothes, so she went into the bathroom, saying she might as well wash up.

On the other hand, I, who had received the spike of the century, had to quietly face the wall and serve my punishment as per Harnie’s orders.

Even though my eyes were covered… I didn’t want to get hit anymore. I had no choice but to comply.

After quite some time had passed.

The bathroom door opened.

She must have dressed properly by now.

Before serving more punishment, I also needed to wash up, so I naturally turned my body.

But, Harnie’s state of dress…

I quickly turned my head.

“…What is this situation?”

“I couldn’t keep wearing those clothes from earlier. So I had to change…”

Of course, I couldn’t keep wearing that damned item.

I had to change no matter what. But isn’t this a bit much?

“What I mean is, why are you wearing my clothes? Didn’t Camilla leave some clothes for you?”

“Well, yes, but… I can’t wear them.”

“…What?”

She left clothes, but you can’t wear them?

“Well, the clothes Camilla left were normal. They were just ordinary women’s clothes. I was going to wear them when I came out of the bathroom.”

“And then?”

“Well…”

Harnie, blushing, brought something from the bathroom. It was none other than Camilla’s clothes.

But…

They were no longer wearable.

‘My God. So that’s why she was only wearing my top, and in such a precarious state?’

Looking at the clothes with the chest burst open, I slap my forehead.

I can’t wear it because the size doesn’t fit. I didn’t expect this problem to arise.

…But one thing makes me wonder.

Camilla’s clothes shouldn’t be that small, right…?

It might not fit Harnié’s size, but does it tear that easily?

“What, what are you saying? This is beyond my control. If I don’t wear your clothes, I have to wear that or be naked, right? And I can’t even wear the pants, so this is what happened.”

“…”

I don’t know.

It must be because the material of these clothes is so poor.

There’s nothing I can do but ask for another set to be sent later.

“Then, I’ll go wash up in the bathroom─”

-Growl.

My gaze automatically went to Harnié.

Harnié, with a flushed face, clenched her fists and protested.

“…Th-that wasn’t my stomach making that noise!”

“Yes…”

“I’m telling you, it really wasn’t my stomach!”

“Yesss…”

First, we need to eat.

*

-Sizzle. Sizzle.

Carsein is currently preparing dinner.

Thanks to that, it’s convenient, but Harnié felt a bit disappointed.

‘I was going to prepare it while I was washing in the bathroom.’

I told him to wash up leisurely, and during that time, I would prepare dinner, but for some reason, Carsein came out of the bathroom like lightning.

And now, he was preparing dinner like this.

Wearing nothing but pants.

Seeing that made my face heat up.

There wasn’t a place his hands didn’t touch while taking off those clothes.

Carsein’s hands went everywhere, and thinking about taking off these clothes made the embarrassment rise to the top of my head.

‘But… this is enough.’

Thanks to deliberately tearing Camilla’s clothes, she could stay closer to him.

It would be a sufficient excuse to sleep close together.

Just being able to be in Carsein’s arms again was enough to satisfy Harnié.