Chapter 31: Idle Talk (1) – Aoi and Manami

Idle Talk (1) – Aoi and Manami

T/N: The author always adds a few of such Idle Talks at the end of each volume. As far as I can remember from back when I read the novel, they were all part of the story and important in their own way, but they don’t focus on the MC. I recommend you to read them.

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Father and Mother were always on very good terms with each other. I grew up watching them always glued to each other, even when in front of me, their daughter. Because of that, I started to believe that such a relationship between couples was only natural.

The people in our mansion also looked very happy whenever they spotted Mother and Father.

Even Manami-chan (a girl with a pretty face and beautiful, chestnut-colored hair), who had always been at my side since my birth, grew up watching Father and her mother being intimate with each other.

That’s why we always said…

…Let’s marry a boy who is as gentle as Father, okay♪?

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Once I entered elementary school, my education about men started.

More than 99% of Nihon’s population consisted of women, meaning men amounted to less than 1%. I was told that the ratio of men to women was 1 : 10,000 and that most women would spend their lives without ever getting to see a man.

During my time at elementary school, I saw men. And no, I don’t mean Father.

I only understood it later, but in reality it was unusual for a daughter to see her father so often. But, I also saw men other than Father many times.

This stemmed from me being the daughter of the Eternal Yoshiwara, one of Toukyou’s two prided, ruling houses. It was around the time when I reached the upper grades of elementary school that I fully realized this fact.

In sixth grade of elementary school I was told to meet with boys of my age. Getting into a car, Manami-chan and I were taken somewhere. The men I had seen until then were all much older than me. What distinguished them from Father…was their lack of kindness.

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Thus, when I heard that I’d be able to meet boys of my age, I became ecstatic and very happy. Being able to mingle with boys of my age was originally supposed to happen after I entered junior high school. Mother said that this was a truly special privilege. I was sure that it had something to do with the authority of the Eternal Yoshiwaras.

Girls other than Manami-chan and I were present at the place we arrived at. All of them seemed to be our age.

I could immediately tell that the venue was wrapped up in tension when we entered.

I wonder why?

Back then, I didn’t understand.

Saori Mochizuki-sama, the matriarch of the Eternal Minato, was present at the venue. Saori-sama seemed to hatefully glare at my Mother. Mother, however, didn’t seem to mind at all.

The boys were in one group, which was surrounded by girls from all sides. Manami-chan and I also went over to the boys. A girl noticing our approach yielded her spot to us. After telling her my thanks, I finally arrived at a place close to the boys.

The scene I could watch from there was too scary to describe in a few words. The boys were anything but kind to the girls.

Eh? These are boys? Those are the boys of my age among whom I have to search for a husband in the future?

I had expected the boys to be gentle and strong like Father, and thus I ended up completely disillusioned and disappointed. The same apparently applied to Manami-chan. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

Both of us decided to quietly watch the situation without getting closer to any of the boys.

At that moment, I suddenly felt someone looking at me from the side. Looking there, I found a very pretty and lovely girl. Her natural light brown, straight hair seemed to glitter. Her snowy white skin was so beautiful and ephemeral that it made her seem as though she could melt away at any moment. Her posture as she stood there looked so perfect that I believed to see the mirror image of a lady for a moment.

I was working hard at my lady training too, but I couldn’t claim to be as perfect as her.

I felt deeply moved for such beauty of a girl to bless us with her presence. Since I kept staring at her, she noticed my look and turned her face in my direction.

For a while we stared at each other. But then the girl suddenly walked up to me, and quietly whispered into my ear.

Her voice was too beautiful, making me truly stunned as I hadn’t expected for even her voice to be so gorgeous.

“These boys are no good. You are way too adorable, so you need to be careful♪”

She winked while flashing a slightly mischievous smile at me. Right afterwards, the girl went up to the boys.

So, you’re going to approach those boys while telling me that they’re no good, huh?

And then she performed a perfect greeting to one of them. It was a flawless curtsey.

Despite that.

“What’s wrong with you!? Don’t come so close of your own accord!”

“Please forgive me. I just wished to extend my greetings…”

“No one needs your greetings!”

The boy’s voice was clearly filled with annoyance.

Scary.

I had finally understood that boys were scary. And just how special Father is.

“My name is Yukishiro, the next matriarch of the Eternal Minato. I would be more than delighted if you could remember just my name, Takuya-sama.”

“So you’re from Eternal Minato!? Sure, I’ll remember your name!”

“Thank you kindly.”

The pretty girl was Yukishiro-san. And in spite of being told such rude things, she spoke to the boy called Takuya-sama while smiling.

Is she not scared of him?

Besides, her smile…it’s different from the charming smile she directed at me earlier. It looked like a smile which you would find drawn on masks.

Once Yukishiro-san finished her greetings to Takuya-sama, she came back from the circle of boys, and told me in passing, “See? They’re no good, right?”

It was just an instant. For just a tiny fraction of a second her face was dyed by sadness. But it quickly regained its forced smile, before Yukishiro-san started to walk off. Her destination was the place where her mother, Saori-sama, was waiting.

“I took the liberty of greeting him.”

“That’s fine. It’s good that you were able to greet him before the Yoshiwara girl. You also got him to remember your name. But, your inability to skillfully manipulate the mood of men means you still need a lot more training.”

“Please forgive me, Mother. I shall devote all my efforts to improve on this.”

Their conversation…was different from the ones I was having with my mother. Theirs sounded like a talk between boss and subordinate.

“Aoi-sama, we must at least greet them as well,” Manami-chan, who had her stuff together unlike me, cautioned.

“O-Okay.”

Mother had also told me to go and greet the boys.

It’s scary, and…I really hate the idea of doing it, but… Manami-chan and I greeted the boy next to the one called Takuya-sama. What was his…name again? I forgot.

“Please allow me to extend my greetings.

“How annoying, really. Greetings this, greetings that…I don’t really need any of that!”

The boys were apparently enjoying themselves by talking amongst each other. They clearly hated us girls talking to them about greetings.

As I thought, they’re scary.

Boys are scary.

Only Father isn’t scary.

“U-Umm.”

“Aoi-sama, let us leave.”

I hadn’t finished my greeting yet, but Manami-chan took my hand and we left the circle of boys together.

Once I returned to Mother while feeling slightly under the weather as I suspected to be scolded by her, Mother told me, “Aoi-san, you did your best out there. Well done!”

“But, my greeting…”

“Don’t worry about it. Today was about you getting a close look at boys of your age. The real exchange with them will start at junior high.”

“O-Okay!”

“Manami-san, you did well.”

“Yes, Mother.”

I felt relieved to not get scolded by Mother, but instead being ascertained in a gentle manner. Manami-chan got praised by her mother, Midzuki-san. Manami-chan was likewise unable to extend a greeting, but since she got praised, and given that we could see the boys from close-by for today, all was fine.

Suddenly I felt eyes on me again. Once I looked in the direction, Yukishiro-san was staring my way while appearing to be surprised.

Come to think of it, I still haven’t told her my name. Well, it’s not like Yukishiro-san had introduced herself to me either, but I did end up hearing it during her greeting towards Takuya-sama.

Would it be better for me to greet her?

As I pondered about that, Saori-sama came to us with Yukishiro-san in tow.

“Good day. It has been a really long time, has it not, Nanase-sama, Mizuki-san?”

“Good day to you as well, Saori-sama. Indeed, we haven’t heard from each other for quite some time. But I’m relieved to see that nothing seems to have happened to you.”

Clearly a dangerous atmosphere was engulfing those two. But, the source of this nasty feeling didn’t originate from Mother, but rather Saori-sama.

“This is my daughter Yukishiro. Greet them.”

“I am Yukishiro. I extend my humble greetings to you two, Nanase-sama, Midzuki-sama. Nice to meet you, Aoi-san, Manami-san.”

“Thank you for the courteous greeting. Aoi-san.”

“Yes. My name is Aoi. Please allow me to extend my greetings to you, Saori-sama.”

“My name is Manami. Likewise I wish to extend my humble greetings to you, Saori-sama.”

“Yukishiro-san, nice to meet you. Please take care of me henceforth,” I faced Yukishiro-san with a broad smile.

Saori-sama didn’t give me an overly good impression, but Yukishiro-san was different.

Yet.

“I am pleased to meet you as well. I believe we will attend the same zone school in Toukyou during junior high school…”

Yukishiro-san answered while using her forced mask smile rather than the lovely but also pretty smile from before.

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We returned to our mansion.

Mother told us that she had talked more than enough for today, and came back to the mansion with us without greeting any of the boys.

Manami-chan was with us as well.

Today Manami-chan and her mother planned to stay with us♪

“Time for a pajama party!”

“Hehehe, don’t stay up too late, okay?”

“Okay!”

“Manami-san, enjoy your time with Aoi-sama.”

“Yes, Mother. Mother, please get a good rest as well.”

Tonight I’ll have a pajama party with Manami-chan! We have bought matching, cute, multi-colored pajamas for today.

Moreover, we’re going to eat some of the night sweeties, which are usually off-limits! Dreamy sweets at night! What a bliss!

“Aoi-sama, what did you think about today?”

“Hmm? Ah, you mean the boys?”

“Yes. To be honest, I was kind of disappointed.”

“Me too. I guess Father is a truly special man.”

“I also comprehended it thanks to today’s events. I always felt happy when being told by everyone that our Father is a very gentle man, but only today I realized just how special an existence he is.”

Manami-chan and I talked about the boys while entering the bathroom together. Manami-chan tenderly washed my hair. I really love her caring hands♪

“Haaah…the dream of marrying a man similar to Father…it looks like that will be a challenge.”

“Well, some boys have not attended today’s social gathering.”

“It’d be nice if there was a kind boy among them～”

I pondered while touching my own chest. It had started to slightly bulge once I entered sixth grade. But, seeing the boys today, I didn’t feel my heart fluttering at all. Rather, I was frightened. The acceleration of my pulse clearly stemmed from me being afraid.

“Manami-chan, thank you for everything.”

“I love washing your hair, Aoi-sama. It is a special privilege belonging to me alone.”

“Hihi, I love you washing my hair as well, but please protect me from today’s boys.”

“I do not believe that any boy is stronger than I am, so you can feel at peace with me around you, Aoi-sama.”

“Yep, Manami-chan, you’re really strong～”

Martial arts was part of the curriculum of our education as ladies. I was working hard on it as well, but I couldn’t hold a candle to Manami-chan. Rather, Manami-chan was so strong that she won against adult women.

It looks like she’s being taught a type of martial arts that isn’t shown to me, so she’s truly strong. If I remember correctly, it’s called 「Ninjutsu」.

After we dried each other’s hair and left the bath, it was finally time for our pajama party! Because we’re going to eat sweets, I’ll need to brush my teeth once more before bedtime.

“You’re so adorable, Manami-chan♪”

“The same applies to you as well, Aoi-sama. You look like an angel.”

“Thankies♪ Anyway, let’s kick off the pajama party!”

I cheerfully chatted with Manami-chan while we ate wonderful sweets in a special room that had been prepared by the mansion’s staff.

Yep, I’m super happy♪

As might be expected, they couldn’t arrange for syrup-covered anko from Sakura Sweets, but no matter the confection, all of them were wonderful!

The topic of our conversation was our gentle father. And men as gentle as him.

Manami-chan and I spent a wonderful time, chatting and giggling around about how nice it’d be to meet such a man.

“Have Father and our mothers already gone to sleep?”

Now that we had talked about Father all the time, I felt a wish to see him. Today he was present in the mansion. And since it wasn’t as though he was always at home, I was overjoyed to be allowed to meet him during the times he was.

“Should we use the opportunity and go to wish them a good night?”

I’m sure Manami-chan wanted to see Father as well.

We left the special room. Since I would be sleeping with Manami-chan in there tonight, the mansion’s staff had already retired for the night. The deserted hallways only had the bare amount of lighting left on.

Manami-chan and I quietly walked through the mansion. Our destination was Father’s bedroom.

Father had his own, exclusive room in the mansion so that he could come back at any time. And whenever he was in, Mother would spend her time together with Father inside that room. While wondering whether Midzuki-san would be together with them tonight, we arrived in front of the room.

Given that the door wasn’t locked, I tried to knock, but at that moment…

“Ahn～♡”

I could hear some sort of voice from inside the room. I aborted the idea of knocking and looked at Manami-chan. She had apparently heard the same I had.

I quietly told her, “That voice just now…was Mother?”

“Y-Yes. U-Umm…it was Nanase-sama’s voice…” “Aaahn～♡” “Hiieh!”

“Sshhh!”

“P-Please forgive me.”

“But, that voice just now…”

“M-My mother’s voice?”

The voices we could hear from inside the room were very sweet and seductive, though I didn’t understand why. Also, we could hear the voices of my mother and Manami-chan’s mother at the same time.

“B-But, why can we hear them? Father’s room should be soundproof.”

“That’s…ahhh! A-Aoi-sama!”

“Did you find out something?”

“Hearing voices out of Father’s room, which is supposed to be soundproof, means…a window must be open somewhere. Maybe?”

“Oh, I see. Nothing less of you, Manami-chan. But, a window, huh…?”

“Aoi-sama, did you happen to enter Father’s room before?”

“Err, a few times, yes.”

“Were you not able to see the garden from there?”

“Oh, now that you mention it, I was.”

“It is the same at our home as well. Father likes rooms facing a garden. That’s why I believe the voices are leaking through an open window in the garden.”

“The garden…it’s over there, right?”

“Y-Yes…”

Even now we could still hear the seductive voices. And I couldn’t help myself wanting to know just what those voices meant.

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“L-Let us take a look.”

“Aoi-sama! T-That’s…”

“It’s alright. I mean, it’s so dark outside. They won’t find us if we move around quietly.”

“B-But…”

“Look, didn’t you talk about it yourself before? The thingy where you erase your footsteps and presence which you said you learned during your 「Ninjutsu」 classes.”

“You mean stealth movement?”

“Yeah, that! We’ll be okay if we use that.”

“No, that technique requires various preparations, too.”

“Now, come on.”

Unable to contain my curiosity, I proceeded along the route leading towards the garden. This resulted in us getting far away from the door of Father’s room, yet our mother’s sweet voices sounded it even louder than before.

“Ahn～♡”

“Nnnh～♡”

We advanced slowly. Very slowly.

We advanced quietly. Very quietly.

“Haahaa…haahaa…”

I could hear Manami-chan’s breathing from behind me. Her breathing was much rougher than usual as she appeared to also be quite excited.

Besides, it was quite rare for me to take the lead. Most of the time, Manami-chan would walk in front.

“Aaahnn! Aaahnn!”

“Oh my god, yeah! Aaahnn!”

Finally we reached the back door leading out into the garden. It opened to a path directly connected to Father’s garden. Originally it’s a passage used by the care-takers of the garden.

“Haahaa…Haahaa…Aoi-sama, any further than this…”

“It’s alright.”

It was so dark that I couldn’t clearly see Manami-chan. Given that fact, we shouldn’t be found out, even if we were to get closer to Father’s room. Besides, as expected, the window was open.

One of the windows allowing viewing of the garden had visibly been left open. Did they open it deliberately to allow better ventilation?

The window itself was situated a bit too high up to try peeking into the room. But, for starters, we’re going to move beneath the window.

“It’s hitting! It’s reaching all the way deep dooown～♡”

“Me too! Please give it to me as well～♡”

Our mother’s sweet voices have been getting increasingly intense and louder. I couldn’t suppress my own heart thumping as excitement overwhelmed it.

I’m sure, right now….they should be doing something very…very wonderful in Father’s room!

I arrived right below the window. And once I quickly looked back, I saw that Manami-chan had followed me as well.

It’s kind of difficult to see because of the darkness, but I feel like she’s fidgeting somewhat? I wonder whether she’s okay?

“Manami-chan.”

“Y-…Yes.”

“Are you alright? Or…”

“Hauu! I-I’m fine.”

“Really? Don’t force yourself, okay? If you can’t endure it, we’ll just go back.”

“I-I’m alright…j-just a bit longer.”

“You sure?”

Manami-chan…looks like she’s holding back on her urge to pee. But, if she has to go so badly, it’s no problem to go back to our room without enduring it.

But, for some reason Manami-chan insisted on staying here while holding back.

For the time being, I decided to have Manami-chan control herself for a bit longer and started to ponder whether there was any means to peek into the room through the window.

The window was at a height slightly above what I could reach by standing on my tiptoes. Maybe I could see something if I were to jump, but that would immediately betray our presence here. If there was only something that could serve as a stepladder…

Once I surveyed the vicinity, I spotted something. The tool shed for taking care of Father’s garden was right next to the door we used to enter the garden compound.

“Manami-chan, wait here for a moment. I’ll bring a ladder from the shed.”

“O-…oKaY.”

It sounded as though Manami-chan had reached her limit. While feeling grateful towards her for enduring the urge up to this point for my sake, I quietly went back to the path we used to come here. And once I got to the shed, I tried to open its door.

“Eh? It won’t open…ah, I see. It’s locked.”

Nothing less of the people working at the estate of the Yoshiwaras. They wouldn’t do something as silly as forgetting to lock up the door.

I think it’ll be difficult to peek into Father’s room without a ladder. As I was pondering what to do, my eyes, which had somewhat grown accustomed to the dark, suddenly perceived Manami-chan crouching under the window and convulsing violently.

Manami-chan!? Don’t tell me…she’s peeing herself!?

I immediately headed back to her.

“Manami-chan.”

“I-I’m fine.”

“Huh? Just now I saw you twitching violently, though.”

“Y-Yes, n-no problem…haa…haa…”

It seems like she didn’t pee herself. Rather, she appears to have calmed down to some degree.

“You see, the shed was locked, so I couldn’t get the ladder.”

“Is that so…? Then let us quietly go back to our room.”

“Mmh, I guess you’re right. What a bummer, though.”

We slowly and quietly traced back the way we came in order to not be found out by our parents. But, this time Manami-chan took the lead just as usual. Yet, a scent that seemed slightly different from usual followed in her wake. Even so, that smell didn’t stink or anything. No, it actually smelled nice.

Afterwards, we got back to our room without a hitch and resumed our pajama party. Manami-chan went to the bathroom attached to this room, saying that she wants to wash off her sweat once more. Soon she came back after changing her underwear and putting on her pajamas.

I didn’t know what our parents were doing there, but the pajama party was lots of fun. And just as promised, I brushed my teeth before going to sleep.

“Very well, let us go to sleep now.”

“Oki♪”

Having had my fill of fun, I crawled into my bed. Our beds were set up next to each other with a bit of space in-between. They had an adorable canopy installed on them♪

Given that we had already passed the time I’d usually go to sleep, I thought I’d immediately fall asleep after closing my eyes, but…I couldn’t sleep.

I wonder why? Why can’t I fall asleep? Is Manami-chan still awake as well?

Once I took a peek at the bed next to mine, she was peacefully snoring. It looked like Manami-chan fell asleep in no time. But, waking her up now that she was deep asleep to get her to talk with me would be terrible.

Haaah…why can’t I fall asleep?

For several minutes I tossed around in bed. But it didn’t change anything. I still couldn’t fall asleep. Whenever I tried to fall asleep with my eyes closed like this, Mother’s voice echoed through my mind.

『Aahnn♡』

Mother’s sweet voice was full of joy. And recalling this voice, my body became hot for some reason.

What’s wrong with me? A fever…? No, that shouldn’t be the case.

Ah.

I’m wet?

B-But, why? Did I pee myself!?

In panic, I touched my panties. They were wet, but there was no stain on the bed.

It’s alright. I haven’t peed myself. I mean, the last time I did that I was still in kindergarten.

However, what is this then?

Once I tried to sneakily put my hand inside my panties, I yelped unintentionally. I immediately looked at the bed next to mine, wondering whether it woke up Manami-chan, but all I could hear from her was a light snoring.

Pheew.

This time I slid my hand into my panties while bracing myself to not get surprised.

And as I feared, it’s wet. Even though I haven’t peed myself.

As I touched the place that was wet for some reason…

“Nnh!”

Touching a certain spot, I was assailed by the weird sensation of something circulating through my entire body.

What’s this?

“Nn…nnnh…”

It was getting really wet.

And as I touched…it got a bit harder?

But, it felt incredibly…incredibly nice.

“Nnh…nnh…ah～♡”

H-Huh? It’s b-become bigger? The hard part feels like it’s grown a tiny bit…

“Nnnh…nnnh…nnnh～♡”

Why? Why? Why does it feel so good? This nice feeling from touching it. Up until now…I haven’t known about this extremely great feeling…but, why does it feel so amazing～♡?

“Haahaa…haahaa…”

I could hear a rough breathing similar to that of Manami-chan earlier coming from my own mouth.

“Haahaa…haahaa…～♡”

So nice.

Ugh, I can’t stop.

Did Manami-chan do this earlier on? It wasn’t her peeing, but her listening to our parents’ voices.

“Nnnh! Nnnh! Nnnh!”

As I gently fiddled with that hard part, pleasure traveled throughout my whole body. And then, that came.

“Nnnnnnnnnhhhn～♡♡♡♡!”

A wave of pleasure so strong that I couldn’t express it in words. My body violently twitched within that wave which felt as if my whole body was melting.

“Haahaa…haahaa…～♡”

Great. That felt reeeally great! It felt so wonderful that I got completely drenched with sweat.

“Haahaa…”

I got out of my bead and headed to the bathroom. In order to wash off my sweat.

I took off my cute pajamas and then my underwear. My panties were soaked. Entering the bath, I rinsed myself with a warm shower.

Haaah…that felt like bliss.

Somehow it was like taking a shower after working out. Though that’s actually not far off the truth.

It was around the time when I thought about leaving after having quickly washed off the sweat.

“Nnh～♡”

When the water of the shower hit my nether region. I ended up feeling it. This irresistible sensation of pleasure.

“N-No way～♡ Doing something like that is wrong, okay～♡? It’s forbidden, right～♡? Ahn～♡ Ahn～♡ Ahn～♡”

I pointed the shower head in my hand directly at my nether region, talking to no one in particular. The hot water shot out of its many small holes prickling down on my nether region.

“Nnh～♡ Aaahn～♡ T-This…amazing…～♡ Feels great～♡”

I planned to wash off my sweat, but why am I getting all sweaty in the shower once again?

“Nnh! Nnh! Nnh!”

Considering the distance between the bathroom and Manami-chan’s bed, I couldn’t be too loud. While frantically suppressing my voice, I kept pointing the shower’s head on my nether region without any intention to stop.

And then another wave of pleasure hit me.

“Nnnnhhn!!!!!!!!!!!!”

While sitting on the chair inside the bathroom, my body trembled violently as if convulsing once again. I couldn’t restrain that trembling. My body was doing it on its own.

My body was appealing to me that it was feeling great～♡

“Haahaa…huuhuu…～♡”

After enjoying that pleasure wave two more times, I left the bathroom.

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Leaving the shower, I put on a new set of underwear, changed into my pajamas, and returned to my bed.

“Aoi-sama.”

“Kya! M-Manami-chan, you were awake?”

“I heard the shower going from the bathroom.”

“I-I see. Sorry. Somehow I couldn’t fall asleep, so I took a shower.”

“No, do not worry about it. Have a good night.”

“Y-Yeah, you too.”

Pheeww…that was close.

Once I crawled into my bed, I felt relieved that I hadn’t been found out by Manami-chan. If she had seen me doing something so embarrassing, I wouldn’t know how to face her anymore, even if we might be close friends.

Huh? But wait, considering it very closely, I had seen Manami-chan’s embarrassing moment, even if it happened within the darkness, hadn’t I?

Oh well, I’m sure Manami-chan wouldn’t mind being seen by me that much either? Maybe she’d be just a tiny bit embarrassed about it, just like me.

I mean, she’s my half-sister, childhood friend, and best friend♪