Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru

Translator: Solo

When I returned to the camp, Ea was waiting while tending to the bonfire. She looked immodest wearing only a dress shirt. Even though she had warning of our approach, her black panties were visible.

「Welcome back, Onii-chan. And Lanseal」

「I’m back, my sister」

「I’ve returned, my sister」

「Why is Lanseal also calling me sister?」

「Huh, but if I become Souya’s mistress, that’ll make you my sister」

「Huh? Is that so?」

「Huh? Is that right?」

I said, just as surprised as Ea.

「Let's start from now on. Onee-chan………doesn’t really fit, so call me Onee-sama. Come on」

「No way」

「That’s a shame. Well then, Souya, if there’s nothing else, is it alright if I turn in for the night?」

「Yeah, sorry for making you guide me to the castle on short notice」

「Don’t worry about it. Thank you for your hard work in the dungeon today」

Lanseal bowed and then went into her tent.

『Souya-san, welcome back』

「I’m back. That’s it for today. You get some rest too」

I ordered Makina, who had slid over, to rest.

『Activating the proximity detection sensors and shifting to standby mode. Thank you for your hard work. Good night』

The Makina Pod stopped, leaving her faint standby lights on.

I took my toothbrush from the washstand that stored potable water. While brushing my teeth, I went around the camp and checked for any abnormalities.

In the kitchen garden, a small golem had buried itself under the soil and was sleeping. The winged rabbits had huddled together at the edge of a tent and were sleeping. Of late, they had increased in number. Lars would carry them away, but the rabbits misunderstood and thought that it was playing with them and it would end up getting mobbed by them.

I’ll feel bad for the Demon King, but if their numbers increased any more, I’ll grill them on skewers.

After I had finished brushing my teeth and extinguished the fire, today's fatigue hit me all at once.

I’m at my limit, or rather, my battery is dead.

It felt like I would fall over if I was careless. When I was about to return to my tent, I became depressed because of the matter with Rana.

It’s awkward now. Just how should I face her?

「Onii-chan」

「Hmm?」

My sister took my hand. And pulled.

「Sleep in my tent tonight. Alright?」

「Oh, okay」

My mind felt muddled because of my fatigue. I couldn’t see Ea’s face clearly in the darkness of night. Pulled by her, I entered my sister’s tent. It smelled citrusy. A Shogaku stone lantern was emitting a faint glow.

A tent meant for four was being used by one person, so there was plenty of space, but……

「I thought it was odd that they were decreasing rather quickly of late……」

Piled high together with Ea’s personal belongings, was a large amount of instant food.

「Onii-chan’s things are my things」

「Oh, right」 𝒇𝘳𝐞𝚎𝓌𝑒𝑏𝒏𝑜𝙫ℯl.c𝚘𝒎

I didn’t have the strength to come up with a retort, so I let it go half-heartedly.

I took off my equipment and placed them in a corner of the tent.

「Yukikaze. Standby mode. Thank you for your hard work」

『Good night』

I also removed Yukikaze’s mini-pod, and then folded my poncho haphazardly.

「Here, wear this. My things are Onii-chan’s things」

I got a change of clothes from my sister. A T-shirt and hot pants. They smelled like my sister. Because of the sleepiness and fatigue, my mind was in trouble in various ways.

「Oh, come on, stop stumbling about」

My sister pulled my clothes off and made me change.

「Onii-chan, you're no good without me, aren’t you?」

「You may be right」

The T-shirt is inside out, but whatever.

「Alright, time to sleep」

Both of us laid our heads down on the one and only pillow. Close, my sister was really close. But my fatigue was at its peak and I had no energy for even impure thoughts. I drew a large blanket up around us and turned the lantern off.

A quiet darkness fell.

Human warmth could be felt keenly.

My sister snuggled up and hugged me naturally. She had the habit of hugging things when she slept.

Is there something that she’s worried about, I wonder. Or does she simply get lonely easily?

「Hey」

「Hmm?」

「You’re not going to ask me? About the war?」

She’s a victim. Not a party to the war. She wasn’t in a position where she could look at it from a distance either. Besides……

「It’s an unpleasant memory, isn’t it? Getting shot and almost dying」

「That's right, but……This side of you is really kind, isn’t it?」

I'm just not good at getting into people's hearts.

When I put my hand to Ea’s cheek, she smiled happily.

「Sorry, Onii-chan. I won’t be of any help in any case. I lost consciousness and by the time I realized it, the forest had been burnt down and I had been shot in the abdomen. Onee-chan kept her dealings with people from me, so I don’t know the details about that either. Sorry」

「Don't apologize. This is not your problem」

「Got it」

Ea came closer towards my chest. I let her sleep on my arm, making sure to avoid hurting her ear, and then circled my arm around her back.

「Nfufu, something like this might be nice too」

She looks to be in a good mood. If you’re fine with something like this, then you can have it as much as you want from now on.

Her warmth is comforting. As a reward for adventuring, it’s exceptional.

I should sleep. If I close my eyes, I’ll probably fall asleep instantly.

「Ea, are you asleep? I've heard that you can’t sleep if you’re alone, so let’s――」

Unless someone gets in the way.

「Oh, my」

I heard Lanseal's voice.

Along with the moonlight, a shadow entered the tent. Her voice rang out right next to me.

「Souya, you can’t be sharing a bed with women other than your wife and mistress. It’ll lead to adultery」

「Lanseal, keep your voice down. You’ll wake my sister」

Ea was fast asleep. I could see the sleeping face of an angel on my chest.

「Understood, then me too」

I didn’t have the energy to oppose her, so I let her do as she wished.

The blanket was lifted up and Lanseal slipped in. She snuggled up to my back. She stroked my hair.

For some unknown reason, she strokes my hair a lot.

「Lanseal, by any chance, are you……」

「What is it?」

The sensation on my back feels different from usual.

This is……

「Naked?」

「It’s indecent, so I had a towel around me until I got here though」

「Are you naked?」

「You don’t take everything off when you sleep?」

As if I can sleep in this situation!

Was what I thought, but I fell asleep in five seconds. Perhaps I had lost consciousness because my brain had hit the limit of what it could process.