子供の作り方とは
さて、グランディール王国の領域から完全に出た僕達は、ヒグルドさんを御者に次の街へと進んでいた。
次の街はルークスハイド王国の庇護下の街だ。といっても、ルークスハイド王国が近いというわけではなく、それだけルークスハイド王国の領土が広いということだ。
ヒグルドさんに聞くところによると、ルークスハイド王国は各街にもちゃんとしたギルドを設置しているらしい。本国と変わらぬ設備と冒険者の質が、領土全域に散りばめられている故に、何処の街も本国と変わらぬ戦力を誇っているとのことだ。
冒険者の平均ランクは、EからD。Fランク冒険者は殆ど存在せず、その上Cランクの冒険者やそれ以上の冒険者も数えるほどだが存在しているらしい。なんだかHランクの冒険者の僕がいるのって気が引けない? 僕にルークスハイド王国勧めたの誰だよ......ああ、グランディールギルドの冒険者だっけ。
とはいえ、僕の耐性値はAランクの下位くらいはあるんだし、大丈夫かな。レイラちゃんもいるし、グランディール王国よりかはマシだろう。
「ねぇねぇきつね君」
そんなことを考えていると、レイラちゃんが不意に話し掛けてきた。ずっとぴったりくっついているからちょっと暑くなってきた。視線を向ければ、レイラちゃんにひっついていたニコちゃんは、レイラちゃんの膝枕でお昼寝中だった。世界広しと言えど、
僕には全く懐かないのに、子供に好かれるレイラちゃんには、ちょっと羨ましいなぁと思ってしまう。僕は元の世界でも子供に好かれなかったから、少しくらいは子供に好かれてみたい。
「何? おしっこでも漏れそうなの?」
「ううん、そうじゃなくて、暇なの♪ 何か話してようよー♪」
「話すって何をだよ......レイラちゃんが食べて来た人の話?」
「んー......それでも良いけど......きつね君の話♡」
僕の話? はは、僕の話なんてつまらないことこの上ないじゃないか。しかもレイラちゃんに遭ったのはこの世界にきて間もない頃だったし、それ以前の話となると、大狼に肩を叩かれた事くらいしかないよ?
「何が聞きたいの?」
「きつね君のちっちゃい頃の話、とか?」
「ちっちゃい頃の話、ねぇ......ちっちゃい頃はそうだなぁ......」
うーん、思い出してみると碌な事が無いなぁ。幼児虐待に校内虐め、その上同級生による集団リンチで死亡、話す内容が全くない。薄っぺらい思い出ばっかりだなぁ。
「特にこれといった思い出は無いね」
「えー、つまんないの」
ぶー、と頬を膨らませて不満顔のレイラちゃん。そう言われても僕は、何か話す様な思い出は無いんだよね。それに、レイラちゃんを楽しませる様な話が出来るわけでもない。僕は物書きじゃないからね。
ガタガタと馬車が揺れる音が響く中、僕はレイラちゃんに対して薄ら笑いを向けた。そこで一旦会話が途切れ、荷馬車の中に沈黙が訪れる。気まずいという訳ではないけれど、なんだか微妙な空気が流れていた。
僕は瘴気のお手玉をやってるから暇ではないけれど、リーシェちゃんは剣の手入れを終えて、さっきからイメージトレーニングをやってるみたいだし、レイラちゃんは暇なのか自分の膝を枕に寝ているニコちゃんのほっぺたを突いていた。ぷにぷにと彼女の指が、ニコちゃんの頬を弄り、その度にニコちゃんが唸っている。
そこで、ニコちゃんを見て笑っていたレイラちゃんが、ふと思い出した様に顔を上げた。
「ねぇきつね君♪」
「何?」
「この前ニコと話してて聞かれたことがあるの! でも私は分からなかったから、今度きつね君に聞こうと思ってたんだけど......聞いても良い?」
レイラちゃんが分からなかったこと? そんなの僕に分かるのかな? 子供の質問って結構エグイ所攻めてくるから怖いよねぇ......でもまぁ、聞くだけなら聞いてあげよう。僕はレイラちゃんの視線に、僕の視線を合わせて聞く姿勢を取る。
すると、レイラちゃんはとんでもない質問をぶち込んできた。
「―――赤ちゃんってどうやって作るの?」
「ぶふっ!?」
集中していたリーシェちゃんが噴き出す程だった。
リーシェちゃんに目を向けると、恥ずかしかったのか顔を赤くして咳払いをし始める。まぁ確かに平凡な家庭の子供の質問なら、答えにくい質問ナンバーワンに輝く質問だよね。ちなみに、母親か父親が離婚もしくは死去している家庭なら『僕の
僕はレイラちゃんの顔を見る。すると、リーシェちゃんが噴き出したのが不思議だったのか、きょとんとした表情で首を傾げていた。
これは多分、マジで分からないんだろうなぁ......子供の作り方。まぁ僕もレイラちゃんの過去というか、素性を知っている訳じゃないから何とも言えないけど、
うんと幼い頃に感染して、その後僕に会うまで暴走状態でいたっていうんなら、最低限の性教育を受けてなくても辻褄が合うし、知らなくても不思議じゃないよね。
「ねぇねぇ、きつね君? 知ってるの? 教えてよー」
僕の服を掴んで揺すって来るレイラちゃん。その瞳は、血の様に赤い色をしている癖に、子供の様に純粋に輝いていた。可愛い。
「子供の作り方かぁ......そうだね、ぶっちゃけ性行為をしたら出来るよ」
「きつねぇ! お前ちょっとぶっちぇけすぎだりょ!!」
「噛んでる、噛んでるよリーシェちゃん。慌て過ぎだ、なんだよ『ぶっちぇけ』って」
ラッパーかお前は。そう突っ込みたくなる様な噛み方で、僕達の会話に介入してくるリーシェちゃん。さてはお前、処女だな? ぶっチェケラ! YO! なんちゃって。
それはさておき、レイラちゃんはまた怪訝な表情を浮かべている。性行為が分かってない様子だ。こういう時、続けて『性行為って何?』という質問が出る。答え辛い質問に勇気を振り絞って答えたら、自分の首を絞めていたっていう典型パターンだ。
「性行為ってなぁに?」
「ハイ来ましたー」
予想通りだった。というかレイラちゃん、君あれだけ僕に対して発情しといて内面そんなピュアなの? その純粋な視線を送るの止めてくれないかな、なんだか居た堪れなくなるだろ。
それはリーシェちゃんも一緒なのか、レイラの視線に対して目を逸らして若干頬を紅潮させている。まぁ説明するのは難しいよね。でも、リーシェちゃん。ここで質問の返答を焦らすと子供は凄いこと言いだすんだよ? 例えば―――
「あ! じゃあきつね君やってみせて♪ その性行為って奴!」
―――こんなこと。
純粋天然培養の肉食系ヤンデレ魔族がなにか言いだしたと思えば何だこの状況。僕は奥手で真面目なチェリーボーイなんだぞ、大事に護ってきた童貞を此処で捨てるなんて勿体ないだろう。一回捨てたら二度と手に入らないんだぞ! その辺分かってるのか! それに、相手がいないだろ相手が。
「レイラちゃん、性行為は男女の二人組でやることだから、僕一人じゃ出来ないよ」
無自覚で変なことばかり言うレイラちゃんの頭を一発引っ叩いておいた。レイラちゃんが叩かれた拍子に痛いと言ったが、実際はそうでもないだろう。だって僕の筋力値じゃレイラちゃんの耐性値越えられないし。寧ろ僕の叩いた手の方が痛い。まぁ僕の耐性値は高いから直ぐに治るけど。
「あのね、レイラちゃん。仕方ないから一から順を追って説明してあげるよ」
「え? うん♪ 教えて教えて♪」
「きつね、その......良いのか教えても?」
「だったらどう誤魔化せばいいの?」
「......地面から生えてくるとか......」
リーシェちゃんの頭も一回引っ叩いておいた。今度は耐性値超えたからそれなりに痛い筈だ。とりあえず、リーシェちゃんは無視してレイラちゃんに子供の作り方を順を追って説明しよう。
「レイラちゃん、まずは男の子と女の子の違いは分かる?」
「んー、男の子はちょっとお肉が固いかも......女の子は柔らかいから食べやすくて良いよね♪ 味はどっちも同じくらいだけど♡」
「肉の話はしてねぇよ」
男女の違いの説明でまさかの肉の話に移動するとは思わなかったよ。
「えーと、まず男女では身体の構造に違いがあるんだよ」
「男の人はおっぱいないもんね♪」
「そうそう、まず女性にはおっぱいがあって、男性にはないんだよ。それと、もう一つ違いがあるんだ」
「えー......髪の長さとか?」
「いや違う。生殖器が違うんだよ」
この辺説明するの面倒だなぁ、レイラちゃんなら説明途中で『分かんないから見せて』とか言ってきそう。好奇心の塊だからなぁ、こういう時の子供は。慎重に行かないと。
「生殖器?」
「生殖器っていうのは、赤ちゃんを作る為の器官だよ。男女共に股間に付いてるんだ。男性のは陰茎、女性のは膣っていうんだ」
「私やきつね君にも付いてるの?」
「付いてるよ。で、男性の陰茎を、女性の膣にぶち込めば子供が出来るんだ。終わり」
「大分端折ったな!?」
説明が面倒だから簡潔に説明した。というか、何故僕が子供の作り方を丁寧に教えないといけないんだ。リーシェちゃんだって恥ずかしがってるくせに興味津々だったし、子供の作り方なんて結局はそういうことじゃないか。
まぁ経験ないけどね、そんな相手いなかったけどね。悲しくなんて無いよ、だって僕はそんなの興味ないし。真面目だから、健全な青少年だから。
「何? レイラちゃん」
「きつね君のいんけい? 見せて♪」
案の定そう言ってきたレイラちゃんの頭を、もう一回引っ叩いておいた。リーシェちゃんにも同様のお願いをしていたけれど、結局見せてはくれなかったようだ。極めつけに、ニコちゃんの服を脱がそうとした時には、僕とリーシェちゃんが全力で止めた。
結局、この後もう少しだけ恥じらいとマナーとモラルについて、教育する破目になった。
それからしばらく走り続け、お昼頃になった時、馬の休憩を踏まえてお昼ご飯を取ることにした。幸いなことにリーシェちゃんは料理が得意と知っていたので、買っておいた食料と、簡易料理セットで何か簡単に作ってもらう。その間、僕達は周囲の警戒だ。魔獣とかが出て来てもおかしくないからね。
ちなみに、今いるのはちょっとした林の中だ。ミニエラの近くにあった森ほど、木々は多くないし、陽の光を塞ぐほどの木もない。馬車が通れるように道が出来ているし、昼間だからかそんなに危険を感じる事もない。
あと、ヒグルドさんにも『いんけい見せて♪』と言い寄っていたレイラちゃんには、一応それなりに詳細を叩き込んだ。そういうことを聞いたらいけないってことと、本当に好きな人以外には見せたりしてはいけないってことは、ちゃんと理解して貰えたようだ。
まぁその直後に『じゃあ私ときつね君は見せあっても平気だよね♪ だって私はきつね君が大好きだもん♡』と言われた時には、もう溜め息しか出なかった。とりあえず好きな相手でもほいほい見せてはいけないと教えた。でかい子供を持った気分だった。
そんなことを考えていると、僕を中心に半径200m位で展開していた瘴気の索敵範囲の中、人の気配があることに気が付いた。動きが無い所を見ると、どうも怪しい。こちらに気が付いている風でもないし、一体どういうことだろう?
そう思って、ヒグルドさんに少し離れることを言ってから、その気配に近づいてみることにした。
木々の間を通り抜けて、その気配に近づいていく。人数は一人、立っているというよりは地面に寝転んでいるようだ。もしかして倒れてる?
そして、その気配が肉眼で確認出来る所までやって来ると、そこには白髪の少女がいた。というか、木に凭れる体勢で倒れていた。白髪だからか使徒ちゃんかと警戒したけど、どうやら違うみたいだ。
近づいてみると、年齢は僕と同年代か、一個上位に見える。背は僕より高いみたいだけど、長い白髪の所為か若干大人びて見えた。
「ん? これはこの人の荷物かな?」
すると、そのすぐ傍に大きな荷物袋が置いてあった。多分、この人の荷物だろう。
それにしても、なんでこんなところに倒れているんだろう?
「......とりあえず連れていこうかな」
ただ、このまま放置するのはちょっと気が引けたから、瘴気でその人と大きな荷物を持って、皆の所に戻ることにした。
How to make a baby
Now, having completely left the territory of Grandile kingdom, we are moving on to the next city with Higurd-san as our coachman.
The next city is a city under the jurisdiction of the Rookshade Kingdom. However, it doesn't mean the city is close Rookshade kingdom, it means Rookshade Kingdom's territory is just that vast.
According to Higurd-san, it seems that Rookshade Kingdom has a guild built in each city. They have the same facilities and quality of adventurers scatters throughout their territory, so every city boast power as strong as the home country.
The average rank of the adventurers there is from E to D. There are hardly any F-ranked adventurers, as for C-ranked adventurers and above, although not innumerable, there are still plenty enough of them there. How should I put it, isn't it kida awkward for an H rank adventurer like me to head there? Who was it that recommend me to head to Rookshade Kingdom again? ... Ah, I think it's one of the advetuers in Grandile guild.
Nevertheless, my resistance state is that of A rank, so I should be fine, perhaps. There's also Leila-chan with me anyway, so things should be better than we were at Grandile Kingdom.
"Hey, hey, Kitsune-kun."
While I'm thinking about such a thing, Leila-chan suddenly calls out to me. We've been seated while sticking close to together for so long, so it's getting a little hot. When I turn toward her, I see that Nico-chan, who had been sticking to Leila-chan, is taking a nap on her lap pillow. The world may be wide, but I think Nico-chan is the only person who can sleep on the lap pillow of a world-destroying (S-rank) demon. Doesn't she like Leila-chan too much? Did something happen between them?
Even though Nico-chan doesn't seem to like me at all, I'm a little jealous of Leila-chan who's liked by her. I didn't get liked by children in my former world either, so I'd like to experience to be liked by them ever for only a little bit.
"What is it? Do you think your pee is going to leak?"
"Umm, no, that's not it, I'm bored . So let's have a chat ."
"Chat about what? ... Do you want to talk about the people you've been eating, Leila-chan?"
"Mmm .... I don't mind, but.... I want to talk about your, Kitsune-kun ."
About me? Haha, there's nothing interesting about me, though! Moreover, I met Leila-chan wasn't long after I just came to this world, if we're talking about something before that, then that only left the time when I got my shoulder broken by that big wolf.
"What do you want to hear?"
"What about, when you were little, Kitsune-kun?"
"When I was little, huh.... when I was little, let's see...."
Hmm, as far as I can remember, there's nothing worth mentioning. Abused at home, bullied at school, and then died after getting ganged up on by classmates, there's nothing worth talking about. I only have such trivial memories, huh.
"I don't think I have any memorable memories."
"Eeh, that's boring."
Leila-chan with makes a dissatisfied expression with her cheeks puffed out. Even if she says so, it's not that I have any memories worth talking about, after all. Moreover, it's not like I can create a story that would amuse Leila-chan either. I'm not a writer, after all.
As the sound of the rattling carriage echoes, I give Leila a thin smile. Then the conversation is cut short and silence spreads in the wagon. It's not to the point of being awkward, but the mood is kinda delicate.
I can play juggling with miasma ball so I don't particularly bored, and having have finished maintaining her sword, Rishe-chan seems to have been doing an image-training for a while now, so perhaps finding her bored with nothing better to do, Leila-chan is poking Nico-chan's cheeck, as she's asleep in her lap pillow. She keeps on poking Nico-chan's squishy cheeks with her finger, causing her to groan each time.
And then, Leila-chan, who's staring Nico-chan while laughing, suddenly lifts her head, as if just recalling something.
"Say, Kitsune-kun !"
"What's it?"
"While I was talking to Nico the other day, she asked me something! But I didn't know the answer myself, so I thought I'd ask you about it when I had the chance, Kitsune-kun, but...  is it okay if I ask?"
Something Leila doesn't know? Do I even know about it then? Children's questions are sometimes pretty critical, so it's kinda scary. ...... But, well, I'll at least hear it out. I take a listening stance where my gaze meets with Leila-chan's.
Then, Leila throws me a very outrageous question.
"... How do you make a child?"
"Bufu?!"
Rishe-chan, who is meditating, is even taken aback.
When I turn to Rishe-chan, perhaps embarrassed, she begins coughing with her face flushed red. Well, among all of the questions of a child from a normal family, it's certainly the one that shines as the number one most difficult question to answer. By the way, in the family where the mother or father were divorced or even dead, the question of "Where is my mother (father)?" was also difficult to answer.
I stare at Leila-chan's face.  And then, perhaps in wonder why Rishe-chan is taken aback, Leila-chan is showing a bewildered expression.
This matter, she probably seriously doesn't understand about it.... how to make a child. Well, it's not like I'm completely aware of Leila-chan's past, or rather her origin, so I can't really talk about her, but she's called the demon of miasma (virus),  I think she's most likely formerly a human. I'm sure she'd only turned into a demon after getting infected by "Red Night". Not that I have any evidences about it, though.
If she was infected at a very young age, and was in a state of rampage until she met me afterwards, so if she had't received even the bare minimum of sex education prior to that, it's no small wonder that she knows nothing about it.
"Come on, Kitsune-kun? Do you know how? Tell me about it!"
Leila-chan grabs my clothes and then pulls on them. Her eyes, though blood-like red, they sparkle purely like that of a child's. So cute.
"How to make a child, huh.... let's see, frankly speaking, you can make them by having an intercourse."
"Kitsune! You're a fit two prank!"
"You're slurring, you're slurring, Rishe-chan. You're getting to worked up, what's with that 'fit two prank'?"
Are you a rapper? Rishe-chan interjects in our conversation with a slur that makes me want to jab at her. So, you must be a virgin, right? Fit two prank! YO! Just kidding.
Be that as it may, Leila-chan is still having a bewildered expression. She doesn't seem to understand inercourse is. At a time like this, she would next ask 'What is intercourse?' or something along those lines. I guess this is one of those you-dig-your-own-grave pattern, starting from the moment I summoned up courage to answer that difficult to answer question.
"What is intercourse?"
"Alright, saw that one coming."
It's as expected. Rather, Leila-chan, after lusting over me that much, you're actually that pure inside? Can't you can stop sending me such a pure gaze, that only makes it harder for me to answer.
Perhaps Rishe-chan also similarly think so, as she avert her eyes from Leila-chan, with her face slighlty blushing. But well, it's indeed quite hard to explain. But, you know what, Rishe-chan. If you don't quickly answer that question, the child will ask for something more outrageous, you know? For example...
"Ah! Then, Kitsune-kun, show me... that intercourse thing!"
...This kind of thing.
Considering that the one asking this is an innocent airhead carnivorous Yandere demon, what is this situation? I'm a late-bloomer and earnest cherry boy, you know? It'd be a waste to throw away the virginity I've been protecting for so long over something like this, you know? Once I get rid of it, I can't regain it again, you know?! Do you get that?! Besides, I don't even have a partner for it, you know, a partner.
"Leila-chan, intercourse somethat that is done by two people, a man and a woman, so I can't do it alone."
I smack on Leila-chan's head once, since she unconsciously keeps on asking such strange things. She says it hurts when I smack on her head, but in reality, I bet it doesn't. I mean, my strength stat is lower than Leila-chan's resistance stat, after all. Rather, it's my hand that hurts. Well, my resistance is pretty high, so it heals right away, though.
"You see, Leila-chan. I have no other choice, so I'll explain it to you step by step from the beginning, alright."
"Huh? Yeah  Tell me, tell me "
"Kitsune, umm... are you sure it's going to be alright even if you tell her about it?"
"How should I fool her then?"
".... like, growing out of the ground or something...."
I also smack Riese-chan's head once. This time, it sould be more or less hurt since my strength is higher than her resistance. For now, I'll just ignore Rishe-chan and focus on explaining to Leila-chan about how to make a child, step by step.
"Leila-chan, first of all, do you know the difference between a boy and a girl?"
"Yes, a boy has a slightly tough meat, while a girl has a tender and easy to eat meat. Their tastes are about the same, though."
"I'm not talking about their meat."
I didn't expect the explanation of the differences between men and women to lead on to the subject of meat.
"Well, first of all, there is a difference in body structure between men and women."
"Men don't have boobs, do they?"
"That's right, first of all, women have boobs and men don't. And there's another difference."
"Err.... their hair length or something?"
"No, that's not it. The genitals are different."
It's quite hard to explain this part, I feel like Leila would say, "I don't understand, let me see" in the middle of it. They're just a lump of curiosity, children in such a situation. I have to explain very carefully.
"Genitals?"
"Genitals are the organs for making babies. Both men and women have them between their legs. In men it's called a penis and in women it's called a vagina."
"Do we also have them, Kitsune-kun?"
"Yes, we do. So if you put a man's penis in a woman's vagina, you can make a child. The end."
"Isn't that too concise?!"
I explain it briefly because it's too much of a pain to explain. Rathe, why do I have to teach her how to make a child in detail? Even Rishe-chan is curious about it, even though she's acting all shy, in the end that's what child making is all about.
Well, I have no experience about it, though. I've never had a partner to do it, though. I'm not sad, though, because I'm not interested in that, after all. I'm serious, I'm a healthy youth, after all.
"What's it? Leila-chan."
"Your penis? Let me see it!"
When Leila-chan asks me that, just as I've expected, I smack her head once again. She seem to ask Rishe-chan the same thing, but she seems to refuse it in the end. To top it all off, when she tries to take off Nico-chan's clothes, Rishe-chan and I have to do our best to stop her.
In the end, I decide to educate her a little more about shame, manners and morals afterwards.
Then we ride on for a while, and when it is around noon, we decide to have lunch in light of the horse's break. Fortunately, I know that Rishe-chan is a good cook, so I ask her to cook something simple with the food we had bought and simple cooking set. In the meantime, we're on alert for our surroundings. In the meantime, we have to be vigilant about our surroundings, because it's not strange if a demonic beast or something comes out, after all.
By the way, we're in a bit of a forest. There aren't as many trees as in the forest near Miniera, and there aren't enough trees to block the sunlight. There is a road where carriages can pass through, and perhaps because it's daytime, it doesn't feel so dangerous.
Also, I've hammered some details into Leila-chan, who had also asked Higurd-san, 'Let me see your penis'. When I tell her that she shouldn't ask such questions, and that she shouldn't show it to anyone other than people she really like, she seems to properly understand it.
Well, when she said "Then, it's not a problem for us to show ours to each other, right? Because I love you so much, Kitsune-kun" right after, I could only let out a sigh. And then, I decided to teach her that she shouldn't so it so easily even to someone she likes. I feel like I have a big child.
While I'm thinking about that, the miasma, that I have spread to detect any enemies around 200M radius with me at the center, senses the presence of a human. When I notice that they aren't moving, I find that suspicious. It doesn't seem that they've noticed us, so what's going on?
Thinking so, after telling Higurd-san to move away a bit, I decide to try checking out that presence.
As I pass through the the trees, I come closer to that presence. The number is one person, and rather than standing, that person seems to be lying on the ground. Has that person perhaps fallen unconscious?
When I come to the point where I can see that presence with my own two eyes, the one lying there is a white haired girl. Rather, she's fallen unconscious while leaning on a tree. She has white hair so I was a bit wary that might be apostle-chan for a moment, but she is apparently not her.
As I get closer, she seems to be around the same age of me, or perhaps slightly older. She seems to be taller than me, but perhaps thanks to the long white hair of hers, she looks somehat more like a mature woman.
"Hmm? Is that her luggage?"
Then, I notice a large luggage bag next to her. That's probably hers.
But still, why does she fall unconscious here?
"... for now, I guess I'll take her to the other first."
It's just, leaving her alone like this would be slightly awkward, so I decide to use my miasma to carry her, along with her large luggage, back to where the other are.
I Kinda Came to Another World, but Where’s the Way Home?
【書籍化】異世界来ちゃったけど帰り道何処？
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