Chapter 5: A Hasty Misunderstanding Right Away! What a Troublesome, Perverted Little Girl!

I admit it's a bit much to justify everything with "It's the world of eroge."

However, please read with a generous eye (^ω^;)

Chapter 5: A Hasty Misunderstanding Right Away! What a Troublesome, Perverted Little Girl!

However, Maria is not one to stop thinking there and give up. She's not just any ordinary masochist.

She's a Super-Extreme Masochist.

(Could this different turn of events from the original story be the goddess's after-service...?

Ah!

That's it!

Like a rollercoaster, "raise me up and then drop me down"!

If it were just normal torment and bullying from the start, it wouldn't resonate with a "connoisseur" like me.

Thinking that, the crucial first move is a deliberate tease...!

As expected of the goddess! She understands me so well!!!)

Maria came to this conclusion and secretly sent her gratitude and applause to the goddess who reincarnated her, Lukimister.

Of course, the goddess Lukimister doesn't provide such after-care.

Lukimister's job as a "Goddess of Reincarnation" basically only involved reincarnating souls, and that was the end of it.

However, for Maria, simply carrying out her deceased mother's dying wish to "deliver the letter" could never have predicted that the subsequent events would change 180 degrees.

It wasn't unreasonable to think that some kind of "Goddess" intervention had occurred.

(Ah... after being treated with care and kindness, to be verbally abused and

beaten, ahhhhh!! Just imagining that...

Ahhh──────♪♪♪)

Maria was quietly aroused and excited just by imagining the unreasonable abuse that would befall her.

She was truly a pervert.

"...?"

Mima noticed something was wrong with the child she was holding and placed her hand on the child's forehead.

"You have a high fever...! A very bad one at that! Maria, aren't you in pain?!"

Noticing Maria's physical abnormality, Mima anxiously peered into her face.

Originally, Maria's mind was unstable due to the death of her biological mother, and her past life consciousness had awakened.

To process this information, Maria's brain was in a state of extreme overheating.

This affected her body, causing a high fever throughout her body, and furthermore, her delusional, perverse misunderstandings had caused her to become extremely excited, leading to a massive adrenaline rush.

She had entered a fever time.

A normal little girl would have already fainted and been rushed to the emergency room.

"I'm fine, Mima-nee-sama,"

But Maria, enveloped in a feeling of euphoria, smiled at Mima and said this.

(Terrible pain, hard pain—that's what I want. If you want, give me something even more painful.)

That's what the perverted little girl was thinking, while enduring the pain that assaulted her body and mind.

To Mima's eyes, Maria's smile seemed so fragile, so fleeting, a precious, facade of consideration for others.

(Ah—this girl is truly just like Onee-sama...!)

Who could blame Mima for being mistaken?

Tears welling up again, Mima roughly rang the handbell that was nearby.

Without waiting even a few seconds, there was a knock on the reception room door.

"Did you call for me, madam?"

"Come in!"

Mima, feeling impatient, unintentionally raised her voice in frustration.

In response, the woman who entered the room was the one who had brought Maria to this reception room—a woman in a maid outfit.

Her name was Igodome Sougi.

Her short hair was purple, but this wasn't dyed.

As a Japanese person in the game world, it was her natural hair color.

She wore glasses and was a youthful beauty with refined features.

Her maid outfit was not particularly revealing, but being a resident of the eroge world, her figure was clearly defined even beneath the clothes.

She had a voluptuous figure.

She was 33 years old and served as the head maid of the Matozono residence.

"This child has a very high fever. I'll let her rest in the guest room bed. Prepare some clothes for her. Since they're the same age, Tomoe's clothes should fit her. And call a doctor."

"Understood."

Bowing at Mima's command, Sougi began to approach to pick up Maria.

Sensing this, Mima stopped her with a voice.

"I'll carry her. Please prepare some clothes and call a doctor."

Sougi's eyes widened in surprise for a moment, but without saying anything, she bowed her head and left the reception room.

(She must have thought, "Even though this woman won't even touch her own child.")

Driven by a sense of urgency, Mima self-deprecatingly tried to guess what Sougi was thinking.

Through the letter, Mima's heart, touched by her older sister's feelings, was now purified, and the aggression towards others that had been present in the original story was gradually disappearing.

She gained peace of mind and was able to view herself objectively.

(...Until now, I've been the worst as a mother and as a person...)

Reflecting on her own mistake, Mima picked up Maria.

(Even so, I will change. ────For Onee-sama, who entrusted this child to me.)

She made that firm vow and smiled at Maria, whom she held in her arms.

"The fatigue might be showing in your body. It's alright, I've called a doctor. Get some rest until then."

"...I'm sorry, Mima-nee-sama."

Maria's reply made Mima's chest ache.

"───From today, you're my child... you're part of our family, so there's no need to be reserved."

"...Thank you."

Even though she felt a distance between them, Mima nodded at Maria, who returned her smile.

Then, still holding Maria, she carried her to the guest room and sat her on the bed.

A dozen seconds later, Sougi entered the room with towels and a change of clothes.

Mima took them and began to undress Maria.

(...?! So much sweat!)

Mima gasped for a moment at the amount of sweat pouring from the little girl's entire body.

Considering the emotional distress Maria must have endured from losing her mother,
Mima felt a pang of guilt.

She wondered if she should just use healing magic to alleviate the symptoms to some extent.

But in the end, she resisted the urge to use healing magic.

Unless it was a life-or-death situation, administering healing magic to a child from a young age is not recommended, as it can lead to a weakened immune system.

In this world, it is common practice to prescribe treatments without magic,
to the extent possible, for mild illnesses.

"Maria, are there any parts of your body that hurt?"

Mima asked, wiping Maria's body with a towel.

"...My head hurts, but I'm fine. I'm perfectly alright."

"Perhaps your fever is so high that your senses are numb. Should I give you some fever reducer first...?"

Maria's words made Mima worry, and she began to assume the worst.

Of course, Maria's words were meant literally.

(...Any parts that hurt? Well, I'm in pain everywhere! The most painful is my head, but no problem, no problem at all. Business as usual. Ha ha ha!)

These words Maria was about to say were translated and edited into something befitting a young lady, thanks to the <Elegance Cheat>, which took effect before being spoken aloud.

For better or worse, thanks to this, Maria's perverse thoughts were not noticed by Mima in the slightest, and the conversation proceeded normally.

To begin with, right now, Maria truly had no intention of acting like a little girl.

She hadn't even considered such a thought.

(Hurry up and torment me...! Insult me...! Hurry! HURRY!)

At this point, perhaps due to overheating, her mind and body were yearning for such desires, driven entirely by my masochistic instincts.

No treatment was available for this hopeless girl.

"It would be best not to give her any fever reducers before seeing a doctor. She seems conscious and alert, so it doesn't appear to be a serious illness.

I've brought a water pillow and a cooling sheet, so I think it would be best to use these to soothe Maria-sama's feelings first."

Sougi, the maid, had no idea about Maria's masochistic desires, and made a sensible suggestion for a young girl who wasn't feeling well.

"Yes... yes, let's do that."

Sougi's calm voice made Mima realize how flustered she had been, and she quietly nodded in agreement.

Then, she changed Maria into her nightgown and laid her down on the bed.

Next, Mima used the water pillow Sougi had prepared and applied the cooling sheet to Maria's forehead.

"Ah...it's cool and feels good..."

Maria said this honestly, a slight smile on her face.

Seeing that fleeting smile, Mima breathed a sigh of relief.

"It must be painful, but please try to stay awake a little longer. It'll be safer if you sleep after the doctor has checked you out."

"Yes, Mima-nee-sama..."

Maria replied, maintaining consciousness despite her condition, which would have caused a normal young girl to faint.

She was enjoying the pleasure of the pain with her masochistic spirit.

It was as if she thought, "Pain is the best! How could I possibly sleep?"

Eventually, the doctor arrived, and after Maria's examination, she was diagnosed with "stress-induced illness."

Or rather, there was no way the doctor could have foreseen that it was caused by abnormal brain activation due to the resurgence of memories from her past life.

Furthermore, her extreme masochistic fantasies were causing her to become excessively aroused, leading to a high fever and heightened excitement.

Even the "Goddess of Reincarnation" had no idea about this. 

So that was the only conclusion that could be reached.

In fact, after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor and sleeping for about two hours, Maria woke up feeling refreshed and normal, her fever subsided.

She was a truly troublesome, perverted little girl.

Author Note:

She's deliberately trying to mislead those around her.

...This pervert is really a nuisance (^∀^;)