Ch.51 The Fear of Your Actions Not Being Reciprocated

We started walking to wash off the dirt left by our last battle. We headed straight ahead, the same path Takemaru-san and the others had taken.

Instead of parting ways here, wouldn't it have been fine if we had all gone together until midway? Takemaru-san walked away immediately, though.

"Does Mimia always play games with those two?"

"Yes. Onii is my sibling, and Kaito feels like that too, so it's easy to be together with them."

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to pry into your reality."

"Um, yes. I don't think that's why you asked me that either."

"I see, I'm worrying too much. I just wanted to ask if the three of you always form a party together."

"Not always. Usually it's not Kaito, but my other brother who's with us."

"Hee, so you get along well with your siblings, huh. How nice."

"Are you an only child?"

Hmm, even so, what exactly does she mean by "bath"? There are 4 different ways to take a bath...

Huh? Yes, I'm listening to their conversation. No, it's just that words like "game" and "real life" are included in the conversation, so I can't join.

If I respond to a topic related to reality, it'll be difficult to cover it up later.

Back to the topic of baths.

When you say "going to the bath," there are four options: the bath in a rented or purchased home, the shared bath at an inn or dormitory, a public bath facility, or a hot spring.

Furthermore, when it comes to inns, dormitories, public baths, and hot springs, the places you go to are further differentiated by whether or not you need to wear a swimsuit when entering.

Warm rivers and oceans are off the list because they're not considered as baths.

By the way, I don't know if there are apartment-type houses that you can rent or buy. At least in the area I've gone to when I played the game in my previous life, I don't think there were any, but I didn't get to play until I reach the last area, so I'm not sure.

Furthermore, this world seems to be a parallel world, so my memories are unreliable. So I wouldn't know until I move forward.

It seems like they've already decided to go, so that's fine, but I feel a little hesitant about being invited to their home to take a bath... I'm also not too keen on being totally naked.

If possible, I'd like to bathe in a swimsuit... Although I'm not sure if I'll be able to put on a swimsuit after taking off what I'm wearing now.

I wonder what would happen if I took everything off and put on a swimsuit.

Will the underwear and one-piece dress be created over the swimsuit, or will the foreign swimsuit be blown away and torn to pieces?

I feel bad for the swimsuits that will be used as test subjects, but I'm interested and would like to try them out at some point. Is there a good time to buy one before I go to the bath?

"That's right, I'm an only child."

"Um, sorry to interrupt you, but the bath we're going to now requires swimsuits, right? I don't have one, so I'd like to buy one somewhere."

I'm sorry to interrupt the conversation, which was just getting exciting, but if we continued like this, we would end up going straight there without even stopping at the store, so I raised my hand and spoke up.

"Hmm? Oh, don't worry about it. There are only women here, so it's fine to be naked. you're okay with that too, right, Mimia?"

"I'm okay with it. Oh, by the way, which clothing store sells swimsuits? I want one but I can't find one anywhere."

Sensei's answer was, surprisingly, to take a bath completely naked.

Um, no swimsuits? I'll probably end up going in with my clothes on anyway, so it's fine, but isn't it embarrassing for you guys?

It's true that it's not your real body but an avatar's body, but even so, it's still your body that you're controlling right now, right?

Is that the thing about not being bothered because they're the same sex? I'm sure there are a certain number of people who can't stand being looked at even if they're the same sex, but that doesn't apply to these two. Is that what you mean?

"Can't find it? Hmm, there are specialty shops in the royal capital, and in Marathos there should be a clothing store called Surfter... Haven't you check there?"

"I didn't find any. some are supposed to be in stock there... I guess they just sold out."

If you two aren't embarrassed, then I guess that's fine.

"It's fine to go in without a swimsuit, but I've heard rumors that sometimes perverts appear, so you two should be careful."

There are also men using female avatars, so you have to be careful about that.

I'm sure there are people who take advantage of the fact that they can become a woman.

That person was heavily criticized on message boards. I think he ignored the harassment warnings and continued touching the other person's body, and then his avatar was deleted or something.

I guess God (AI) decided that jail was too mild a punishment for this guy

It seems that neither the person touching nor the person being touched felt anything.

However, for the person being touched, it's disgusting and, above all, scary. It's mentally taxing. It could even be traumatic.

This was the worst incident that happened to one of the beta testers who joined when the beta version was made playable.

Currently, if you try to touch the body with evil thoughts, you will not be able to and will instead cut through the air.

However, even if they can't touch you, their hands will pass through your body and cut through the air. Just thinking about that might be frightening for some people. That's what they're like.

Of course, this could also be the case if a male avatar were a woman inside, and it could also be the case that they do the same thing to someone.

Now I'm a woman. If I'm not careful, I could be victimized. I'm mentally strong, so I don't think I'll be shocked unless something really bad happens.

Yes? Would I do something like that? No way.

I told you, right? I've never had any particular preference for gender. I've never had any desires like that in my previous life. Because of that, I've never had a lover.

If I were to marry in this life, would it be to a male fairy? Or a female fairy? Would that depend on my size and race?

"Certainly, we have to be careful, but if they try to do that, I'll beat them up."

"You're so cool, Sakidori Midori-san. Beating them up... I wonder if I can do that too"

"How reliable. I'll rot them too."

"Rot them?"

Don't worry. If they try that, I'll pour powder on their head. They might end up looking grotesque like a zombie, though.

Huh? this is worse for people's mental health, you say?

"Ah, here it is."

When I hear Sakidori Midori-san's voice, I turn towards where she's facing and see a noren curtain.

We ended up at a public bath.

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〘Black Bison〙

A cow-like monster with beautiful black fur.

Although they're called a monster, they actually only look like slightly larger cows. Because they live in the wild, they're very ferocious.

If it's a human bone, it can be pulverized with a running start and a single stab with their horns. Their kicks also have incredible power to send the enemy flying.

〘Gravity Turtle〙

A black turtle about knee-high.

They use magic that manipulate gravity, and like to play around with it by making their opponents heavier or lighter.

A surprisingly friendly monster.

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