#56: Sleeping With Catherine — It Seems that I was Reincarnated into the World of a School Otome Game, but I was a Background Male Student with Cheats (WN)

In the end, that night’s dinner proceeded with a normal menu, without using the mandrake.

“I was really looking forward to seeing what a mandrake tastes like.”

Catherine spoke with a look of disappointment.

“We have to ask someone who knows about these things first; I’m honestly too scared to eat it otherwise.”

From the knowledge I had, I didn’t have any memories of mandrakes being used for food; they were either highly poisonous or used for things like love potions and tonics. Of course, that was all from the world of fiction.

After finishing dinner, Rachel and Caro went to take a bath together. I could hear their cheerful, laughing voices all the way in the living room.

“Those two are quite close. They’ve been bathing together a lot lately, haven’t they?”

“Now that you mention it, you’re right.”

Marie’s comment made me realize it while we were both relaxing on the sofa in the living room.

“Thanks to that, I get to be with Kent-san!”

With that, Marie clung to me. Of course, she was pressing her chest against me. I tried giving her breast a little squeeze.

“They’re big, elastic, and feel very good to massage.”

“Oh, honestly, Kent-san!”

Marie replied, looking embarrassed. Our faces drew closer, and just as our lips were about to meet, Catherine walked out from the kitchen.

“Ah, it looks like you’re busy. Sorry, Father. Mother.”

“Eh?”

I reflexively called out to Catherine’s retreating back as she headed back to the kitchen.

“Oh, goodness, that girl…”

Marie said, looking bashful. Since Catherine had been considerate enough to give us space, we couldn’t exactly stop now; Marie and I pressed our lips together in a deep, passionate kiss.

“Naturally, the rest will have to wait for later, Father.”

Marie stopped me just as I was about to go further.

“Calling me ‘Father’… even you’re teasing me, Marie-san. I lost my self-control a little bit there. The rest… later, then.”

“I’m out of the bath!”

“Big brother, who’s going in next?”

“I’m going in now~.”

Catherine headed straight for the bath.

“Work starts again tomorrow. Well, I’m going home now. Goodnight.”

Rachel said her goodnights and went back to the boarding house next door.

“Caro-san.”

“Yes, Kent-san?”

“Thanks for always getting along so well with my sister.”

“Eh? Ah… yes.”

I intended to give Caro a straightforward thank you, but for some reason, she seemed flustered.

“Mother, Big brother, I’m out!”

Catherine emerged from the bath.

“Well then, Kent-san, let’s take our bath too.”

“Right.”

Marie and I took a bath together.

Once we were out, we decided to discuss the sleeping arrangements for the night.

“Well then, let’s settle it with a lottery today!”

Marie suggested out of the blue. Until now, we had just talked it out—deciding things like, “I’ll sleep with him today, so we’ll swap tomorrow”—but Marie had already prepared the lots. Four sticks were stuck in a cylinder; apparently, red meant Caro’s room and white meant my room. Kent, Caro, Marie, and Catherine each grabbed a stick and pulled them out all at once.

“White.”

“Red.”

“White!”

The results were: I was white, Caro was red, Marie was red, and Catherine was white.

“Huh? That’s strange.”

Marie had a puzzled look on her face.

“Did you happen to rig that?”

“Eh? N-Nonsense, I’d never!”

When I asked, Marie replied in a very stiff, unnatural tone.

“It can’t be helped then. Well, come along, Caro-chan. I’m not letting you sleep tonight.”

“P-Please be gentle with me.”

Marie put her arm around Caro’s shoulder and pulled her close as they headed into Caro’s room. Then, Catherine and I entered my room.

“B-Big brother… no, K-Kent-san. I’m inexperienced, but I’m in your care. P-Please be kind.”

“If you act that formal, it’s going to make me nervous too.”

Catherine sat in the formal seiza style on top of the bed and bowed deeply to me.

“It’s my first time, and… I don’t know if I can do it well…”

With that, Catherine started taking off her clothes.

“Wait, Catherine, what are you doing?”

“When Mother and Big sister Caro sleep with Kent-san, they do that too, right? So I have to do it too?”

“No, no, you don’t have to do that sort of thing. Put your clothes back on.”

I picked up the discarded clothes and handed them back to Catherine.

“But…”

Clutching the clothes I had handed her to her chest, Catherine looked up at me. Since she shared Marie’s blood, she looked incredibly cute. I felt a sudden urge to reach out, but I firmly restrained myself.

“That sort of thing can wait until you’re a bit older and you find someone you really love… okay?”

“I understand. I’ll wait until I’m a little bigger.”

Catherine seemed convinced and started putting back on the clothes I had given her.

“Well then, shall we sleep?”

“Yes, Kent-san.”

I turned off the light, and the two of us got into bed.

Catherine was very warm… even though there was a little distance between us, her body heat reached me. It felt pleasant, and I fell asleep just like that.

“I don’t think he would, but he better not have laid a hand on my daughter…”

“I’m the one in charge of the ‘little girl’ role, after all…”

A while after Catherine and I had fallen asleep, the door to my room opened softly. Marie and Caro slipped in under the cover of darkness.

“They both look so happy while they’re sleeping. They’re wearing clothes, so it looks like it was fine.”

“I don’t care if Catherine-chan is a natural at it; I’m not giving up my role!”

Marie, now with the face of a mother, and Caro, showing her competitive side, finished their check and quietly slipped out of my room without making a sound.

“Kent-san, it’s morning.”

I was woken by a gentle voice.

“Huh? It’s rare for Marie-san to come wake me up.”

“Stop daydreaming and wake up.”

Feeling a sense of incongruity, I opened my eyes to find Catherine right in front of me.

“That’s right. We slept together. Good morning, Catherine.”

“Good morning, Kent-san.”

Catherine and I were facing each other on the same bed.

“Like Mother and Big sister Caro, I have to give you a morning kiss, right?”

“You don’t have to.”

I replied instantly to Catherine’s question.

After getting dressed, the two of us went to wake up Marie and Caro.

“Mother, Big sister Caro, it’s morning…?”

Catherine froze just as she entered Caro’s room to call out to them.

“What’s wrong, Catherine? Whoa!!”

I was shocked too.

“Mmph, mmph, mmm!”

Marie and Caro were sleeping naked on the bed, and Caro was being used as a body pillow. Caro’s face was smashed into the cleavage of Marie’s chest, and she was struggling painfully. Meanwhile, Marie was hugging Caro with a blissful expression.

“What on earth happened here?”

“Mmph, mmph! (Don’t just watch, save me!)”

While I was standing there in shock, Caro was desperately pleading for help.

Catherine and I managed to pry Caro away from Marie. Marie was still asleep, idly scratching her side.

“I’m saved. I thought I was going to die.”

Caro said, her face full of relief now that she was free.

“Caro-san, why did it end up like this?”

“Well, ehehe.”

When I asked, Caro just blushed and laughed to dodge the question.

“Mother, wake up! It’s morning!”

Catherine worked hard to wake Marie up.

“I’m sorry. It seems I caused quite a stir this morning.”