Yukino Yukinoshita stopped walking, turned, and looked back at her sister and Lin Ye, a few steps behind her.
In an instant, she understood what was going on.
The Body Swap between Lin Ye and her sister Haruno had ended. The two of them had returned to their own bodies.
"You're back to normal?" Yukino asked.
"Mm." Lin Ye gave a short grunt.
Hearing it, Yukino let out a quiet sigh of relief. It was finally over.
It had lasted far shorter than the last time, but even so, over these few hours today her sister had managed to do plenty.
Besides declaring, at the end, that she'd make Student Rui Tachibana her boyfriend, she'd also made a move on Miura Yumiko.
Yukino still had no idea how she was supposed to face Miura Yumiko now.
It had even made her wonder, more than once, whether she should just agree to Miura Yumiko's request and become her friend.
But deep down, a faint resistance still lingered.
Agreeing to be Miura Yumiko's friend out of pity and sentiment felt wrong to her, and it wouldn't make them true friends.
Whatever came of her dealings with Miura Yumiko from here on would surely be fraught with problems.
But even so…
Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated, torn, and sank into a state of confusion.
"Where do we go next?"
The whole point had been to kill time, to wait for the two of them to return to normal. Now that Haruno and Lin Ye were back, it was time to get down to real business.
Yukino's gaze settled on her sister's face.
At that moment Haruno pursed her lips, pouting her displeasure at her little sister Yukino.
Her sister's attitude hadn't shifted one bit. She really meant to cling to her and make her pay a terrible price!
All that love she'd poured into this sister of hers, wasted.
So Haruno grumbled to herself.
"Lin-kun, Yukino, I think we could take another stroll around the park. It's still early! Nighttime's the right time, don't you think?"
Stall. The whole aim was to stall.
Drag it out long enough, and maybe, just maybe, a chance to escape would appear.
Right now Haruno suddenly found herself wishing they'd get pulled into another Strange event. At least inside a Strange event, dangerous as it was, close to death as it was, with Lin Ye there, safety was more or less guaranteed. But Lin Ye's punishment was another matter entirely.
What that punishment involved, how long it would last, she had no idea, no clue, not the faintest sense of it.
Haruno wanted no part in experiencing it.
"You've got a point," Lin Ye answered, and Haruno's chest loosened.
"Let's go right now, then."
The very next second her face changed.
How had it turned into right now? This was… deliberate. This was absolutely deliberate, dragging her mood down from happy straight into the misery and despair of hell.
This man had a truly wicked streak.
Haruno slapped that label onto Lin Ye in her mind.
"No, I really think we should wait for tonight! I strongly recommend tonight. Lin-kun, I'm begging you."
As she spoke, Haruno started walking toward Lin Ye.
Yukino had been ready for this. In one step she cut in, planting herself in front of her sister to keep Haruno from getting close to Lin Ye.
"Little Yukino, move aside."
But Yukino showed not the slightest intention of stepping out of the way.
She wouldn't give her sister Haruno the faintest opening now.
"We're sisters, aren't we!"
We're sisters, and as the older one you shouldn't be doing this all the more. So Yukino thought, though she didn't say the words aloud.
She knew perfectly well that even if she said them, it would do no good. It wouldn't change her sister's mind, and it certainly wouldn't stop her from doing what she'd set out to do.
That being so, she was better off saying nothing at all, and letting her actions declare her will.
"Yukino."
But Yukino stayed rooted in place, showing no sign of agreement.
"Come on! We'll just go to that hotel up ahead."
Lin Ye remembered there was a hotel nearby.
He'd punish Haruno good and thoroughly in there.
Lin Ye was already sharpening his knives.
Hearing this, dread churned in Haruno's gut.
"Um…" Haruno began hesitantly. "Lin-kun, I… it's my time of the month, it's really not a good time. These next few days aren't good at all, so how about…"
"You think I wouldn't know whether these two days are your time of the month?"
With a single line Lin Ye sealed off her escape.
Haruno's lips twitched. Her body had been claimed by Lin Ye inside and out. If she were suffering from her period, Lin Ye would surely know.
"It… it just started, right now."
"Oh?"
Lin Ye smiled.
The superpower Body Swap activated.
In an instant the two of them swapped bodies again.
Haruno blinked as her vision changed, realizing Lin Ye had used his power.
"This body's perfectly normal. No problem at all."
A moment later Lin Ye returned to his own body.
Facing this cruel reality, Haruno's face went faintly pale, but more than anything she felt utterly helpless.
She hadn't imagined he could do that too.
This Body Swap ability of Lin Ye's really was handy.
"Ugh…"
"I've come down with a disease where my body aches the moment Lin-kun toys with it."
She clutched her belly, her expression grim.
Lin Ye chuckled, not the least bit bothered. To him, this performance of Haruno's was completely useless.
"Sister, let me help you."
Yukino gave in and hurried at once to Haruno's side, steadying her miserable-looking sister.
Haruno wanted to refuse. Normally she welcomed her little sister's affection with open arms, but this one time, a reluctant resistance stirred inside her.
Little sister!
Right now she was surely brimming with glee, waiting eagerly for the scene where Haruno got dealt with.
Bitterness welled up in Haruno.
Lin Ye led the way in front, the two sisters following behind.
About ten-odd minutes later, Lin Ye stopped in his tracks.
A love hotel.
Yes.
What Yukino Yukinoshita looked up to see was a love hotel.
Instinctively, she found herself reluctant to go in. A maiden's reserve and shyness made it hard for her to step into a place with such an ambiguous air.
"Lin-kun, are you going to play with the two of us sisters here today?" Haruno said, breaking into a smile.
Compared to ordinary hotels and inns, a love hotel clearly stirred far more suggestive thoughts.
"Yes, Miss Haruno. Please brace yourself."
That bracing was something she wanted no part of. Could she not, please?
The thought spun round and round in Haruno's head.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought of fleeing, but how? She'd already appeared right in front of Lin Ye. There was no chance to run now.
That much Haruno understood clearly, so she simply accepted the inescapable punishment to come.
Soon Lin Ye finished checking in, and the three of them arrived at the door of the love hotel room.
Click…
The door opened.
With a soft flick, the lights came on.
Bathed in a dim amber glow, the spacious room was steeped in a sweet, suggestive atmosphere.
An enormous round red bed sat in the center of the room, along with all sorts of items, and over by the bathroom, an oversized tub, one large enough to fit four or five people bathing together, that was strikingly conspicuous indeed.
"Lin-kun, Lin-kun, the two of us sisters will soak in the tub with you and serve you properly!"
Haruno's eyes lit up.
This bathroom, this tub, perfect! She was certain Lin Ye would be tempted.
"No need."
"Oh, don't be shy! Yukino will agree. Yukino is your fiancee, after all, and I'm your fiancee's sister. We're all so close, so intimate."
But faced with Haruno's temptation, Lin Ye didn't react at all.
As for Yukino, she spoke up now too. "Sister, stop clinging to any fantasy of escape."
"What, what are you saying! Where's this fantasy of running away? I've always meant to accept Lin-kun's punishment, body and soul, letting Lin Ye punish every part of me inside and out."
As Haruno said this, her whole body relaxed, without a trace of tension.
Yet only she knew that, in truth, her heart already held a considerable measure of fear and worry toward the unknown.
The unknown was always the most terrifying thing.
"Miss Haruno, from here on, please savor the time that belongs to you alone."
"Ah, no need for that! I think it's better if Yukino and I enjoy it together. We sisters share everything, I can't enjoy it alone. I really do recommend that my little sister and I enjoy it together."
But Yukino had already moved away of her own accord, keeping her distance from Haruno. From here on, all she had to do was watch the show.
"Yu-Yukino…"
Haruno reached out on reflex, wanting to gather her little sister into her arms.
But Lin Ye stepped in, blocking Haruno's path.
"Miss Haruno, from here on it's your punishment-and-enjoyment time. Please look forward to it."
"Don't, please don't," Haruno said in a trembling voice.
"I want to take a… bath first."
"No need. You'll definitely need a bath after the punishment, so washing now would just be a waste."
Haruno's heart shuddered.
Stalling was useless now.
She truly had no way out.
"Fine."
Haruno spoke as if resigning herself to her fate.
Her whole body loosened, her shoulders slumped. "Since Lin-kun puts it that way, I've no choice but to comply."
As she said it, Haruno's fingers went to the buttons of her clothes.
One after another, the buttons came undone.
The whole process was neither fast nor slow.
By Haruno's reckoning, Lin Ye should step in to stop her.
But right up until Haruno had undone every button and slipped off her outer garment, Lin Ye's voice never came to halt her.
Off to the side, Yukino was worried, but she said nothing.
Even if Lin Ye let her sister strip completely, she wouldn't say a word.
As long as Lin Ye didn't take that final step with her sister, she saw no problem at all.
Kissing, embracing, holding, those were already things Yukino could tolerate. Even if it happened right in front of her, she could bear it.
"Lin-kun, I'm… going to keep undressing."
Haruno said it with some hesitation.
She hadn't expected Lin Ye to give no reaction at all, no sign of stopping her.
So she'd see just how far Lin Ye could hold out.
Haruno kept going.
Her pants slid down.
Lin Ye didn't move, didn't react in the slightest. That calm expression was like a simple, appraising gaze, without the faintest ripple.
After that, Haruno peeled off her undergarments as well.
Apart from the most intimate scraps of clothing, there was nothing left.
Great expanses of snow-white skin were laid bare to the air.
Haruno's lowered hands had nowhere to rest.
Covering herself felt wrong, yet not covering herself felt off, too, leaving her uneasy from head to toe.
Haruno was thoroughly miserable.
"Lin-kun, do you… still want more?"
She asked it hesitantly, at once alluring and tinged with a little nervousness and shyness.
How to put it? Bold as Haruno was, she still got embarrassed, especially now with her little sister Yukino present. Though she kept saying she'd serve Lin Ye together with Yukino,
she knew that could never happen, that Yukino would absolutely never agree.
That was exactly why she could keep saying it, again and again, with total abandon.
She had that confidence.
And Yukino, just as she'd expected, gave no reaction at all. If anything, she kept an even greater distance, as though trying to stay clear of the danger.
Danger!
Haruno felt the distance to that danger shrinking closer and closer.
Next, it was surely the punishment.
"Lin-kun…"
"Please… be gentle, I beg you!"
"I, I'm actually… my first time."
She said it trembling.
Lin Ye answered calmly, "Relax, I guarantee you won't die."
Won't die?
The bar was that low?
"Don't worry, I won't let you break."
Haruno: "…"
Miserable.
Not getting broken was the bare minimum, apparently.
Today, she really was going to pay a terrible price.
Haruno drew a deep breath and slowly let her mind relax.
"Come on, then! Lin-kun."
"Break me if you've got what it takes!"
"I'd like to see what your punishment is, too."
With that, Haruno faced Lin Ye head-on.
Lin Ye stepped forward and said softly, "Then, let's begin, Miss Haruno."
"First…"
"Let's start with this…"
Lin Ye looked at Haruno, his gaze fixed on her, then activated the skill Hypnosis.
"Let's make your body a little more sensitive."
"Miss Haruno…"
"Wha…"
But faced with the strange power from those eyes, Haruno's body grew softer and softer.
A faint heat began to spread through her.
Lin Ye extended a finger and gave her a poke.
"Ngh…"
Haruno let out a whimper.
The intensity of it left her, for a moment, unable to keep hold of herself.
And this was merely a touch to her arm.
"I, I…"
"I raised the sensitivity of your skin. The Hypnosis skill really is quite handy."
Haruno kept swallowing.
This, this intensity, if Lin Ye did it to her a few more times, she'd surely go mad!.
The fear and dread inside her surged stronger.
Haruno wanted to run.
Lin Ye looked at her, moved his hand, and a soft, furry blanket appeared.
"Miss Haruno, you know what's coming next, don't you?"
"Lin, Lin-kun… how about… you let me off?"
"What do you think?" Lin Ye shot back.
"But… this… isn't it a bit too much?"
"So you do know it's too much?"
Lin Ye's retort left Haruno speechless.
"Who's the one going too far? Everything you've done these past few days, have you no memory of it?"
She had indeed gone too far.
"But Lin-kun, a big man like you can afford to be magnanimous…"
"Me? I'm a petty man."
"But…"
"No buts. Let's begin."
Lin Ye gave a shove, pushing Haruno down onto the bed.
Haruno tried to run, but Lin Ye bound her up with a rope.
Then, in just a few seconds, Haruno burst into wild laughter.
"Hahahaha…"
"If you can go one minute without laughing, I'll let you off easy on the next punishment."
"Ngh…"
Haruno gritted her teeth and nodded hard.
But in less than half a minute, the laughter rang out.
Haruno couldn't stop it at all.
And off to the side, watching, Yukino felt a chill crawl up her spine.
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