Chapter 38 Hugging Pillow

The sixth day of training.

In the middle of the night, I somewhat felt the nature call and woke up drowsily. When I look out the window, the moon is still up in the sky. As someone who always sleeps like a log until morning, this was quite unusual for me. I heard that the older you get, the easier you to wake up in the middle of the night. I wonder if Im that old ugh, Im a bit shocked. Pleasant Sleep skill, thou shouldst useth thy ability to thy hearts content just like with Haru. What, theres no need to hold back. I allow it.

Enough with that stupid thought, lets get back to sleep. But the toilet come first. Hm?

When I try to get off the bed to go to the toilet, I have an uncomfortable feeling. I feel warmth in my futon that is not my own. Its as if theres a cat inside the futon, or having a woman sleeping next to me the next morning after drinking too much. Yeah, that one is not good for my heart. Anyway, that impression no, lets stop escaping from reality. Im an adult, Ill face any absurdity head-on.

What are you doing in my bed?

Kuu~

Shes sleeping. Haru is, for some reason, sleeping pleasantly in my bed while clinging to me. Shes wearing her tracksuit as a sleep-wear like usual, but she lets down her hair instead of the ponytail, so its kinda fresh, or not. I often see her letting down her hair after a bath.

Back to the topic. The question is why is Haru sleeping with me? If anyone found out about this, Anita would be happy to spread the word. Thats not good, the image of the inhuman Deris will be destroyed. Being labeled as inhuman is better than being labeled as lolicon.

Oi, Haru. Wake up.

I poke her cheek. First, get that hand off my arm, you bastard.

Uni~

Although I relentlessly poke Harus cheek, she mutters an incomprehensible sleep-talk but shows no signs of waking up.

This girl is sleeping with all her might! Now it has come to this, I have no choice but to use violence. I will pull your cheeks!

Fue~

Shes not waking up.

Despite pulling Harus cheeks freely, she is still sleeping comfortably and shows no change in her sleeping face. Its almost as if Im just enjoying the feel of her cheeks. Its true that the softness of her cheeks can make it a bad habit, but thats not my intention. Even though she always wake up on time in the morning, why shes not waking up at all now? It cant be helped then, lets wake her up forcibly.

All Cure.

..Fah?

I treat her sleep as an abnormal state and heal her with light magic. This way, no matter how deep shes in her dream, shell wake up for sure.

Ah, Shish~ good morning

Yeah, morning. Ill get right to it. Haru, do a seiza over there.

Eh?

I make Haru, who doesnt understand the situation, sit seiza on the bed. Im also at fault for not realizing it until this point. So in order to convey the seriousness of the situation as much as possible, I sit seiza as well. Just in case, I give her another All Cure to completely blow away her sleepiness.

Haru, why are you sleeping with me in this bed? Night visit?

No, theres a deep reason for this that I had thought about.

Hou, and that deep reason is?

In short, its a strategy to raise my Pleasant Sleep skill efficiently!

I silently put my hand on Harus forehead to check if she has a fever.

Shish, I dont have a cold or anything like that.

Oh, you understand my intention? You certainly dont seem to have a fever Are you serious?

Im serious. Ehem.

Just how healthy are you Is that because idiots dont catch colds? No, maybe thats because of her healthy body and thorough health management. She must be doing her best on that too.

I understand how amazing you are. But, whats with that Pleasant Sleep skill strategy?

Its a strategy to efficiently raise my Pleasant Sleep skill!

Shes fussing over it

I realized that only my Pleasant Sleep skill is making a little progress compared to the other skills!

Uh-huh, and then?

Little progress my ass. Thats great enough. I wanted to retort, but now I bear it and wait for her next words.

After pondering over the reason for that, I realized something. There was only one factor that was different when I was sleeping compared to my sleep before I came to this world!

Uh-huh, and that was?

That was my pet dog, Pero!

Ha?

Pet dog? Dog? Pet?

I used to hug Pero as my hugging pillow when I went to sleep. Like this, gyuu. I havent been conscious of it recently thanks to the Pleasant Sleep skill. But, I think it would be easier to raise the level if I sleep the way I was used to.

So, you used me as a substitute for Pero?

Yes! Your arm is just as big as Pero and the warmth feels goo- ouch!?

Chop, chop. I chop Harus head.

Uhh, that hurts

Im sometimes scared by your ability to take action. Listen here, dont treat your master like a dog.

Au, Im sorry

To begin with, you are a high school girl. Even though you have such a poor body, youre a girl. Dont easily sleep together with an old man like me. There are people in this world who have a unique fetish, you know? You saw it in the Ash Rope mansion, didnt you?

Yes

Doing your best in everything is a good thing. But you see, its also important to maintain moderation depending on the situation.

Does that apply to me is it? I properly said depending on the situation, didnt I?

Shish, erm, did you hate it?

Its not that I hate it but, doing that to anyone is not good, you know?

Even I wouldnt do this to anyone! Erm, I did it because you are Shish!

Ack, stop that development! The relationship is going to get troublesome!

Thats because you are like a father to me!

A father?

Yes, a father.

I see, a father, huh? Its a bit different from the development that I expected, but I wonder about that. Substituting a high school girls father sounds disturbing in some ways. Is this out or safe.

By the way, how did you feel when sleeping with me?

It was so comfortable! I fell asleep the moment I entered the futon, and I was able to sleep with peace of mind! Pleasant Sleep skill plus hugging Shish, that was the best!

Looking at Harus insistence, it seems that it was effective. I think you can sleep well even without it, but I think its okay to give it a try for a day.

Then, Ill allow it for today. From now on, you have to let me know in advance, okay?

Really? Yay, I love you, Shish!

D-dont hug me! There will be a misunderstanding!

I love you, dad?

There will be even more misunderstandings!

Thus, we decided to sleep together today to check the skills growth. The moment I get into the same position as when I woke up, Haru starts to breathe peacefully in her sleep. Shes falling asleep damn easily. On the contrary, Im wide-awake and having trouble falling asleep. Pleasant Sleep skill, do your job.

And the next morning, Im surprised twice to see how much her Pleasant Sleep skill has improved. Sleeping together proved to have an immediate effect, so its decided that we will sleep together from thereon. This is the beginning of my healthy life of going to bed early and waking up early.

Yay~, arc 1 end here~

Time to sleep~ Nite nite~