Chapter 17: Skin-colored Scenes Followed by Family! Even Masochists Shed Tears!

This time, I wrote with a sense of tradition lost from terrestrial broadcast anime in mind 

Protect! Freedom of Expression!

Chapter 17: Skin-colored Scenes Followed by Family! Even Masochists Shed Tears!

And so, nearly six months had passed since Maria arrived at the Madozono mansion.

The calendar year was mid-September.

Mima and Tomoe, though still somewhat awkward, were gradually regaining a healthy mother-daughter relationship.

The tense, nervous expression that Mima always wore before Maria arrived had softened, and the angry shouts of the head of the household no longer echoed throughout the mansion.

This was evident to all the maids and servants working in the mansion, and their favorability towards Maria, who had likely brought about this change, had become very high.

After all, outwardly, Maria was a beautiful young girl with a bewitching beauty. Because she had not been abused by Mima, her expression was not clouded with dark emotions, and simply by smiling quietly, she resembled a painting depicting an immortal figure with a pristine, jewel-like quality.

It was impossible not to be deceived by her appearance.

In fact, it would be fair to say that everyone in the Madozono family mansion, especially her aunt Mima, had already been deceived.

Reincarnated Maria's gentle demeanor, stemming from her soul's age, and her exemplary behavior as a noblewoman, thanks to her constantly active passive skill, Elegance Cheat, makes her seem like a princess straight out of a fairy tale.

How could anyone possibly know that Maria's mind, awake or asleep, is overflowing with her own sensual, masochistic, erotic fantasy.

And then there's Tomoe, who adores Maria like a real sister, a few days after their headband shopping trip, she finally begged to take a bath with Maria, to sleep in Maria's bed.

If anyone could read Maria's mind, they would surely stop Tomoe with all their might.

However, unfortunately, there is no one in the Madozono family mansion who possesses such mind-reading telepathic abilities.

For Maria, who wants to deepen her relationship with Tomoe and promote her growth as an "Exorcist," this is exactly what she desires.

However, if there were someone with a god-like perspective who could see through all circumstances, and who detested the depiction of beautiful girls in anime, manga, and games, and saw our reincarnated Maria sharing a bath and bed with Tomoe, they might have hurled abusive insults like this:

"No matter whether you're reincarnated person or whatever, taking a bath with a little girl like this, or sleeping in the same bed! 

You're just looking at her with sexual eyes, aren't you?! Gross!

Even your gentleness is just grooming and sexual taming! Disgusting! You should just die!"

Reincarnated Maria's response to this would likely be:

"Uh, no, I wouldn't look at a toddler like that.

Can you distinguish between reality and fiction...?"

Despite being a perverted masochist, Maria was utterly disgusted with a straight face, delivering a fiery, blunt remark.

"You're one to talk, after wishing to be reincarnated into an erotic game world!"

It's the kind of retort you might expect, like something out of a Ne**gi** commander comedy, but reincarnated Maria is a perverted gentleman through and through.

She would never feel lust for a five-year-old girl.

But the naked bodies of Mima and Igodome mother and daughters, make her gentlemanly spirit waver.

Yes, when she bathed with Tomoe, Mima and Igodome mother and daughters, also ended up sharing the bathtub.

Currently, Maria and Tomoe are five-year-old toddlers.

Naturally, safe bathing cannot be guaranteed without parental supervision.

Furthermore, the Madozono family residence boasts a luxurious and dignified large bathroom, reminiscent of a high-class hot spring inn, allowing for multiple people to bathe simultaneously with ease.

Previously, when Tomoe bathed, her personal maid, Kanaya, was solely responsible for her care.

However, now that Maria has come to the Madozono family, Mima and Tomoe are rekindling their mother-daughter bond.

It was only natural that Mima would try to increase her interaction with Tomoe through the act of "bathing together as a family"

However, Mima, who until recently had practically neglected her child, was aware of her extremely low level as a mother.

Therefore, she had absolutely no confidence in her ability to look after both Tomoe and Maria in the bathroom.

So, Mima exercised her authority as head of the household.

She ordered that both Igodome mother and daughters accompany her to the bath.

In short, "I can't manage two toddlers by myself, so please help me," this was the unspoken message.

The Igodome mother and daughters understood this, and to support Mima, they joined her in the bath.

As a result, Maria was faced with a row of naked, voluptuous beauties and pretty girls from eroge.

Even though she spends 24 hours a day immersed in pink fantasies, for Maria, a middle-aged man who was a virgin in her past life, this was an overwhelming sight.

"It's okay to get aroused, for I'm only human." —@Maria

So, Maria has no choice but to spend her bath time making such excuses to herself.

After all, the voluptuous, erotic female body, both top and bottom, is right before her eyes, bouncing and swaying with a boing, bounce, jiggle!

It's poison for the eyes, deadly poison, a truly moving experience.

It's been six months since Maria came to Madozono's house, and she's been accompanied by Kanaho during baths.

She continues her one-on-one naked encounters with Kanaho, but in the bathroom, she's still as nervous as a borrowed cat.

And yet, bathing with Mima and the other beautiful girls is a dream come true.

She's happy, embarrassed, and in a blissful state.

It wouldn't be surprising if her rationality completely broke down.

(No! I already have a woman I loved in my heart!)

However, Maria almost succumbed to her lustful desires and stared intently at Mima and the others' beautiful bodies, but she managed to restrain herself at the last moment.

Her unwavering feelings for the protagonist of the original story, whom she had yet to meet, were somehow keeping her reason intact.

Despite having lewd and obscene fantasies as easily as breathing, she displayed a surprisingly pure and innocent girlish heart in unexpected places.

In her previous life, Maria only enjoyed eroge where beautiful girls suffered terrible fates, but her view of love was Taisho Romanesque.

In other words, she was an old-fashioned, pure, innocent, unrealistic, dreamy Alice-chan who loved romance.

Maria, whose initial and default mindset is R18-rated, is still flattering Hirona, the protagonist of the original story whom she hasn't even met yet.

On the other hand, she's also eagerly awaiting the brutal loss of her virginity to a villain, just like in the original story, making her nothing short of a "walking incoherent mess."

So, when she bathes with Mima and the others, is she maintaining a tense, gentlemanly demeanor and experiencing a post-coital clarity?

Not at all; she's an extraordinary, ultimate masochist.

She enjoys the mental anguish caused by the abstinence of "not being aroused in the bath," and the resulting mental repression, which leads to her masochistic fever-time.

No matter the time, no matter the situation, she would seek out masochism at any opportunity.

It was a kind of positive perversion that was almost admirable.

In any case, it was certain that she never looked at Mima and the others with lewd eyes while they were bathing.

However, Maria, who in her previous life was an anime and manga otaku, was a young girl herself, and if the women she was bathing with had voluptuous figures, there was a line she had to say.

It was the typical line of a girl who worries about the growth of her breasts.

In her previous life in Japan, this kind of line was on the verge of extinction in anime, manga, and game works.

"Will my breasts grow as big as Okaa-sama's and Mima-onee-sama's...?"

Looking at her own young breasts and patting them, Maria asked Mima that question.  

Since around the 2000s, under the guise of social ethics and compliance, complaints against scenes in creative works featuring excessive skin exposure of female characters—so-called erotic scenes—have intensified.

As a result, even in shonen manga magazines where "slightly erotic" scenes, such as a girl worrying about the growth of her breasts in the bathroom, were previously considered acceptable, such scenes tend to be avoided.

That's not good!

Freedom of expression must not be defeated by baseless criticism based on differences in taste!

"No girl would say something like that in the bathroom (mocking laughter)"

We must not succumb to such realistic voices!

Driven by such an inexplicable sense of mission, Maria uttered the template line.

What good would it do to say it?

But in her mind, Maria felt a great sense of accomplishment, thinking, "Yes! I did it!"

When asked, Mima, along with Sougi, Kanaya, and Kanaho, who were nearby, looked at Maria with amused expressions, and offered gentle reassurances, saying things like, "You're still a child, so there's no need to worry,"

These responses, too, were, to Maria, the very same as the lost, expected exchange scene, and once again, she felt a mysterious sense of accomplishment.

(This is it, this is it, THIS IS IT! It's cliché, but that's fine!

This is how an eroge bathroom scene should be!)

Maria thought, and she beamed.

"But, even in eroge, full nudity of young girls is a no-no these days, isn't it?"

No expert pointed this out with a straight face.

Maria cheerful, happy smile made her appear completely innocent, like a beautiful young girl rejoicing.

However, it was actually the smile of an evil spirit, and the sinfulness of the Goddess Lukimister, who reincarnated this masochist into the pure young lady Maria, is undeniably deeper than the Mariana Trench.

After her bath, it was naturally time for bed, but here, Maria's scheme was put into action again.

"I would like to sleep with Mima-nee-sama and Tomoe-chan tonight..."

After her bath, the bewitching young girl gave a seductive, upward glance.

Is there any female guardian who could resist this?

NONE!

"Then let's all sleep together," Mima agreed without hesitation.  

(Keikaku doori!)

The "Mima-nee-san and Tomoe-chan's Mother-Daughter Friendly Relationship Plan" is progressing smoothly once again, and inwardly, Maria's lips curled into a wicked grin.

The improvement in Mima and Tomoe's mother-daughter relationship should be a joyous occasion for everyone, but if a third party knew the whole truth, they would inevitably harbor complicated feelings.

Just as Maria had hoped, the three of them got into bed in a calm mood.

Maria, Tomoe, and Mima were positioned side-by-side on the bed, from left to right.

However, it was as if the schemer was caught in her own trap, or perhaps she was simply careless, or something like that.

The situation of "going to bed together as a family" unexpectedly struck a soft spot in Maria's heart.

Memories of her mother, who divorced and left before she started elementary school in her previous life, and her own mother, Mami, who died prematurely in this life, were doubly awakened in the heart of the reincarnated Maria.

This was a completely unexpected blow for the reincarnated Maria, a shock like being hit by an "invisible punch" shaking her heart to its core.

Tears welled up in Maria's eyes.

Generally, Maria welcomed any kind of emotional pain into her home, but even she could not find any pleasure in the unbearable grief of "the loss of a family member."

While her masochistic tendencies were unusually extreme, it seemed that a decent human heart still remained, just barely though.

Maria suddenly burst into tears, surprising and alarming Mima and Tomoe.

When they questioned her about the reason for her tears, Maria honestly replied that she had been reminded of her mother, and so on.

Then Tomoe clung to her, saying, "Onee-sama, don't cry," and Mima, "It's okay. We'll always be here for you from now on," she said, embracing Tomoe and Maria in her arms.

Enveloped in the sweet, floral scent emanating from Mima and Tomoe, and the warmth of sunshine, Maria's consciousness began to drift into a drowsy slumber.

There, Maria felt a kind of peace she had long forgotten, a feeling she hadn't experienced since her past life.

(Ah... so this feeling existed too...)

The sense of peace as a human being reminded Maria of ordinary, normal "Happiness."

For a perverted abnormal person like herself (who seems to be aware of it), the "family" who could give her such feelings—she mustn't let these two be dragged down the path to ruin.

No, not just the two of them.

The Igodome mother and daughters, and the heroines she hadn't yet met—

They must also find happiness.

(Even if I'm facing destruction... Mima-nee-san... and Tomoe-chan... No, even the heroines I haven't met yet...

I must protect them all.)

In a blissful slumber, she firmly resolved this, and Maria drifted off to sleep...

AN:

The warmth of her family reaffirmed her resolve to uphold her gentlemanly principles...

What a nice story, isn't it?