It was stopped just before the good stuff with Buchou! This is revenge! I know that! But why do I feel so guilty when it’s with Asia!? Pushing her down is easy. I can do it now with this flow and get a feeling of enjoyment. But the problem is after that. I know I will regret it very much. I probably won’t forgive myself for the rest of my life. It won’t be a problem if it happens after we build that sort of relationship, but Asia and I aren’t in that kind of relationship yet! Last time with Buchou, I went along with the flow, but now I have to control myself! Simply having a physical relationship will hurt both of us! I need to protect Asia! I can’t lose myself! I have to endure it! I turned around to Asia after making up my mind. I grab onto her shoulders and then opened my mouth. But Asia’s skin is soooooft! “Asia! Listen carefully, I will tell you about having a bath together! More importantly, since you are a girl, if a guy enters the bathroom then you have to make sure you defend—”
I kept my ambition inside myself desperately while being confused. I need to tell her the action she must take when she encounters a guy in the bathroom—. DOOR OPENS. The door suddenly opens. “Asia-chan. I will leave the towel here—”
My “Okaa-sama” appears. It seems like she is trying to put the towel on top of the washing machine, but she froze her posture after seeing me and Asia together. ……Holy shit. I can’t make any excuses, since we don’t have our clothes on! No matter how you look at us, we only look like a guy and a girl that is trying to have sex! Mum leaves the bathroom while moving like a robot. Then, my mum shouts. “O-Otou-san~! W-We are going to have a grandchild~!”
I got out of the bathroom while being naked. I used both my hands to hide my face. There is one thing I was thinking about while I’m running towards my room. Someone, please kill me! The next morning. I called Asia into my room. We are sitting opposite each other in a seiza posture. “Listen up, Asia-san.”
“Yes, Ise-san.”
“Guys are wolves. You will be eaten if you approach them carelessly.”
“……Men are werewolves? That is scary……I sure won’t be able to walk outside during the full moon then.....”
Asia takes what I had said seriously. I got a headache. ……Man, I’m seriously getting a headache. The day after the bathroom incident, I started to give a lecture to Asia about how dangerous guys are. This girl is too defenceless. Well, it’s not like Asia had an ordinary life, so it can’t be helped if she is a bit different. But, I have to tell her how guys my age are dangerous, and that girls like her that isn’t careful will become their prey easily. If I don’t, she won’t be able to have a safe school life. Well, if there are guys like that who approaches Asia, then I will beat the crap out of them. No, that won’t be enough. I need to teach her how her purity is something very important to her. However, shouldn’t it be girls teaching these things to other girls……? By the way, after that incident, my parents went to a discount store which is opened even at night. They bought baby clothes and baby toys while putting on a big smile. No matter how much I explained to them, they simply said things like, “Don’t worry, I know about it. Shotgun marriage are accepted nowadays. Oh my, I sure would like a girl for my first grandchild!”, or, “So I ‘m going to become a grandpa…… If it’s a boy then I have to buy him a new carp streamer. Looks like my family has become “international” now. Maybe I should learn how to speak English.”
It’s useless. My family is worthless. Now, getting back to the part where guys are dangerous. I say it to Asia again. “That’s not it, Asia. Guy’s around my age……guys in their teens are very interested in girls. It’s not an exaggeration if I were to say that they are always thinking about girls. Actually, we think about naughty stuff every few seconds. If there are days when we see a panty-shot, then that will be a day to celebrate for us. By the way, panty-shot is a phenomenon where we get a glimpse of girl’s panties from under their skirt.”
“Do you also think about naughty stuff as well, Ise-san?”
“Yeah, of course. I’m also perverted. You know that very well, right Asia?”
“Yes.”
Asia replied with a smile. There’s a crack in my heart from her carefree smile. I see, so she knows I’m perverted. “Y-Yeah, I’m perverted. Guys like that are really scary. That’s why guys like that drag pure girls like you into a dark place and do something very bad.”
“Something very bad?”
Asia tilts her head adorably. Man, each of her actions is damn cute. “T-They touch your body! Then they touch your body again! Then again they touch your body! In other words they do indecent actions towards girls! It’s dangerous, right? Scary, right?”
“Yes, I’m scared. But if I am in danger, Ise-san will come and save me.”
Asia smiles and answers me like she actually means it. —My eyes are getting hot. Like I thought, she truly believes in me. I’m emotionally moved. No, no. I’m getting off topic. It’s not the time to be emotional. I then continued after making a cough. “But Asia, you have to increase your awareness as a girl. I’m really scared because you don’t doubt other people.”
“You are scared, Ise-san?”
“Yeah, I am. If some guys do something to you when I’m not looking, then I might kill those guys. I’m that worried about you, Asia.”
I told her seriously and sincerely. Asia is listening to me seriously as well since I’m putting on a serious face. What I told her is my actual feeling. If someone ever deceives and hurts Asia, then I won’t hold back even if that person is a human. I’m a Devil. I also possess an insane Sacred Gear. Even if I’m far superior to a human, I won’t hold back my anger. Even if Buchou tries to kill me, I will still beat the crap out of that guy. That’s how important Asia is to me. Is it because she’s a girl? That is part of it. Because I like her? That is also the part of it. But more than that, I changed her life drastically. I changed her life that she could have finished as a Sister to a life that is the complete opposite of it. I made her into a Devil because of my own justice. —No, my own selfishness. At that time, that may have been the best solution. However I……
Buchou isn’t blaming me since she said to me, “I wanted to make her into my servant, so you don’t have to be concerned about it, Ise”. But that’s won’t be enough. I need to look after her so she can live peacefully. For the rest of my life, that is. I, Hyoudou Issei, need to protect Asia Argento for the rest of my life. Obviously, I will also protect Buchou, but protecting Asia may be similar yet a bit different. Yeah, I need to think about it carefully again. “Protecting Buchou”. I like Buchou as a girl, but I want to protect her since I also look up to her. It’s similar to how a samurai serves his master. You can say that it’s a similar feeling of a subordinate of a person who is aiming to reach the top. “Protecting Asia”. I like Asia as a girl.