Chapter 78

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From next time, I will return to the nest perspective.

“Um, where is this...?”

I don’t know where I am, so I first check my surroundings.

It seems I was lying in some room.

It’s a normal room, with nothing particularly special about it.

“...uuu...”

“Huh!?”

Suddenly, I heard a voice from beside me, and there was Torue lying there.

Come to think of it, Torue was near me when we were swallowed by something at the party, so it’s not surprising we ended up here together.

Still, why were we brought here...

I can’t say there’s no reason for us to be brought here.

Originally, I was in such a position. So, there was a faint possibility that something like this would happen.

...Well, maybe there was another reason.

*Knock knock*

While I was thinking about all this, I suddenly heard a knock on the door.

I instinctively braced myself for whoever was on the other side of the door.

“Excuse me.”

The voice from the other side of the door, despite its old-fashioned way of speaking, was clear and beautiful.

Then, a beautiful woman entered through the opened door.

“Ah, you’re awake...”

The woman, who didn’t expect me to be awake, seemed surprised to see me looking at her.

...So, she must have entered without waiting for a response after knocking.

“Um, where is this...?”

Since I didn’t feel any hostility from this woman, despite my unease that she might be an enemy, I asked where I was.

“...This is the Demon King’s Castle in the demon realm.”

“...Huh?”

If I heard correctly, I just heard the words “Demon King’s Castle”...

“Um, what do you mean...?”

I couldn’t help but widen my eyes and ask again.

“W-well...”

Suddenly, the woman started to panic.

And she seemed to be trying to avoid my gaze.

“Um?”

I didn’t understand her behavior and called out to her.

“S-s-sorry...!!”

The next moment, the woman’s loud voice echoed through the room.

It was a voice apologizing to me for some reason.

“Um, what do you mean?”

Just like before, I didn’t understand the meaning of her words.

“It’s actually a mistake! My familiar seems to have mistaken you for my sister and brought you here...”

“Huh...”

That’s just bad luck.

I couldn’t help but lose the urge to blame her for my bad luck.

“Well, mistakes happen to everyone, so it can’t be helped...”

“It’s a relief to hear you say that...”

The woman seemed to have been through a lot, as she looked somewhat strained.

“Still, why were we mistaken?”

There must have been a reason we were mistaken, and I was curious about what it was.

“It’s because you smelled like my sister...”

“My sister’s smell?”

Did we smell similar, or did we really have her smell on us?

There were many people at the party, so maybe she was among them.

“...Her name is Lily...”

“Huh!?”

I tried hard not to let my shock show on my face when the woman mentioned her sister’s name.

I don’t know why I was so shaken, but for some reason, I thought it was better not to reveal that I knew Lily.

“It’s good that she was found...”

It was difficult to pretend I didn’t know her, but I think I managed to fool her.

“Yes, indeed.”

The woman nodded several times at my words—

After that, we spent some time without any particular problems.

I wonder if Nest is worried about me right now...

While thinking about this, I looked out the window and saw Parfait enter the room.

After that, she helped us in various ways, and we became good friends. Now, including Torue, we play together as a group of three.

Today, we planned to play a game we all came up with.

We would compete in various challenges, and the loser would have to take off their clothes one piece at a time as a penalty.

As a woman, I do have some reservations about such a game, but Parfait really wanted to do it, so we ended up playing.

We really did a lot of different challenges.

We started with math and even tickled each other.

Surprisingly, we all fought well, and we ended up in our underwear.

“...W-wonderful...!!”

Parfait was muttering something and had a nosebleed, which was surprising, but despite everything, it was unexpectedly fun.

However, my throat was a bit dry, and I thought it would be nice to take a break. I casually turned around and saw—

—Nest standing there with her mouth wide open.