Chapter 57 - Chapter 53

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"I wonder if this is really okay..."

Driven by a sense of unease, I was soaking in the women's open-air bath.

To be more precise, I had snuck into the buffer zone between the men's and women's baths.

In some hotels, the open-air baths for men and women are connected, often separated only by wooden fences. Of course, a single plank dividing the women's and men's baths would be problematic in many ways, so they set up a buffer zone between the fences to provide some security (or rather, to prevent peeping). However, the hot spring water is connected underwater, so if you wanted to, you could easily dive and swim through. In short, you could freely move between the men's and women's baths.

"Still, Mizuki really found a place like this."

Even if I knew that such open-air baths were common, there was no guarantee that the hotel we were staying at tonight would be one of them. Yet, Mizuki had confidently pointed out the existence of this buffer zone. I wondered if she had stayed at this hotel beforehand to scout it out, but considering she might do something like peep into the men's bath, I decided to stop thinking about it further.

"Will I really be able to talk to Aika alone?"

Mizuki's plan was as follows:

I would sneak into the buffer zone of this open-air bath, timing it with the bathing schedule of the Northwest Middle School students, and lure Aika here.

As it turned out, this hotel was hosting two other schools for their school trips besides Northwest Middle School, and each school's allotted bathing time was only one hour. Factoring in the time for changing, the actual bathing time was only about forty-five minutes, making it a tight window to get Aika alone for a conversation.

By the way, Suzuka-chan and I had forcibly stayed at this hotel—which was fully booked by the three schools—thanks to the influence of the Kutsuki family. Apparently, hotels always keep a few rooms vacant under the guise of "hidden rooms," but even so, forcing our way into a student-exclusive hotel was a testament to the power of Kutsuki Daijirou.

"It should be about time now..."

Northwest Middle School's bathing slot was in the middle of the three schools. The first high school's bathing time had just ended, and ours was next.

I had snuck into this buffer zone (from the men's side, of course) before the first school's bathing time began and held my breath, waiting for Aika and the others to arrive.

Naturally, during that hour, it was the other school's turn. The conversations of the high school girls, separated only by a thin wooden plank, were honestly something else for a guy to hear. Talk about whose chest was big, whose butt was sexy—the unrestrained chatter of girls letting loose on their school trip nearly made me lose my composure multiple times.

The voices of naked high school girls frolicking in the open-air bath, the sound of splashing water, the dripping echoes—knowing that over a hundred girls were soaking in the same hot spring water could easily stir up something primal in any man.

But my goal was to bring Aika back.

If, when we reunited, I had a raging erection, I'd have no credibility. And yet, I couldn't exactly relieve myself in the open-air bath either. Enduring the torment, I finally welcomed Northwest Middle School's bathing time.

"Wow, it's so huge! You could practically swim in here!"

Mizuki's voice echoed loudly through the open-air bath, clearly meant to signal Aika's arrival to me. But at this volume, it probably reached not just the buffer zone I was in but even the men's bath beyond.

I could easily picture Mizuki standing there completely naked, not even wrapped in a towel.

"Don't actually swim in it. This isn't a pool."

A voice chided Mizuki. There was no mistaking it—it was Aika.

"You say that, but I bet you want to swim too."

"No way."

As far as Mizuki and Aika went, they seemed to be their usual selves. At least from their conversation, there didn't seem to be any lingering tension or hostility.

Anna-chan was still being ignored, apparently, and I truly felt sorry for that. If I hadn't carelessly left my computer open—or better yet, if I hadn't allowed Anna-chan to film those videos in the first place—none of this would have happened.

"Let's go all the way to the far end!"

Mizuki skillfully guided Aika closer to the buffer zone. For someone who seemed so carefree, she was surprisingly adept at executing the plan.

Through the underwater currents, I could tell the two girls were approaching. It seemed the other students were still in the indoor bath, and Mizuki had hurried Aika along for the sake of the plan. In this state, it'd be fine if Aika slipped into the buffer zone.

"You know, in hotels like this, the open-air baths are often connected to the men's side. It's easier to manage water quality if it's all one source."

"Where is this coming from all of a sudden?"

Aika sounded puzzled, but I thought it was clever. By bringing up the men's bath beforehand, it'd be easier to lure Aika into the buffer zone. For example, if Mizuki suggested peeking into the men's bath and Aika tried to stop her, that alone would be enough to get her into the buffer zone.

"I mean, just beyond this plank is the men's bath. Aren't you curious? Like which guy in class has the biggest dick?"

"N-no way!"

I couldn't see her face, but I could tell Aika was blushing. Despite her extensive sexual history with me, Aika was fundamentally innocent and naive. There was no way she'd peek into the men's bath.

"By the way, according to my research, the class rep, Tanaka-kun, is supposedly huge. The guys in class call him 'Big Magnum.'"

"E-enough about the guys!"

I thought name-dropping was going too far. How was I supposed to face that Tanaka guy next time?

"More importantly, what did you want to talk about? You dragged me here before our actual bathing time."

So the two of them had entered the open-air bath before their scheduled time. No wonder no one else was here yet.

"...Well, I'm sure you already know, but it's about Ojisan and Anna."

At that moment, I could tell Aika had gone silent on the other side of the fence. She must have expected this, but now that it was out in the open, she probably didn't know how to respond.

"Do you really want things to stay like this, Aika? Didn't you love Ojisan?"

Faced with Mizuki's serious question, Aika said nothing. Her silence might have been an admission, but not being able to see her expression was frustrating.

What did Aika really think of me?

"...I do love him. But I can't be with him anymore."

The words "love" and "can't be with him anymore" made my heart stop in two different ways.

Aika had romantic feelings for me—her father.

And at the same time, she felt she couldn't be with me anymore.

"Why? Because of what he did with Anna?"

The way Anna and I had sex—like lovers.

The pornographic video of us screaming our love for each other, going at it like animals all night.

If the person I loved was doing something like that with someone else, I'd want nothing to do with them too.

We had broken the promise to call me "Dad" and even exchanged words of love. And the sex was more intense than anything I'd ever done with Aika.

"Anna regretted it. She said it was just about feeling good together. She never meant to take Ojisan away from you."

It might have sounded insincere to Aika, but it was probably the truth. From early on, Anna had admitted that she couldn't compete with Aika emotionally and had explicitly stated she wasn't trying to become my girlfriend.

Because she couldn't be number one in my heart, she had tried to be number one in bed—in a way, she had aimed to satisfy me physically since she couldn't emotionally.

That's why we distanced ourselves.

Because the physical dependence had gone too far.

Because if things continued, she wouldn't be able to live without our intense sex.

So we stepped back.

Sex with Anna was like a drug.

The kind of pleasure that could ruin any man.

"Don't you believe Anna's words?"

Aika probably didn't hold any resentment toward Anna.

She just didn't know how to face her.

A girl who had ensnared the man she loved—physically—with the duality of an angel and a succubus.

"...It's not that I don't believe her. I know Anna didn't have any ill intentions. That's why I tolerated her having sex with Dad—if it made him happy, I thought it was fine."

But in reality, it wasn't. That's what it came down to.

"...After seeing that video, I realized—oh, so this is how Dad has sex with other girls. I've never been taken that roughly before. I've never been ravaged until it felt like my body would break."

It was because I loved Aika.

I almost said it out loud. Because I loved her, I couldn't have animalistic sex with her.

I thought it would trample her feelings.

I thought she wouldn't want that.

"...Did you want to be taken like that too, Aika?"

Aika didn't answer.

But now I understood. Her silence said everything.

Aika had always wanted to be ravaged by me.

"...A while ago, I had sex with Dad in the school classroom. In the same room where we usually have class, I stripped naked and took his bare cock. The act itself wasn't any different from usual, but being taken from behind in a place like that... it felt so good."

After that, Aika had lost control.

More than I'd ever seen before.

She screamed obscenities, even admitting she wanted to be my slave.

"That's when I realized. I wanted to be taken like that too. I wanted to be used just for pleasure, to be treated like a tool for his lust."

I'd known from the start that Aika had masochistic tendencies.

Her preference for doggy style over missionary was proof enough. Just like Anna, Aika wanted to be ravaged by me.

"Then why didn't you just say so? Tell him you wanted to be taken like that too."

Mizuki's words were the truth.

If Aika wanted that, she just had to tell me. I might have hesitated to do that to my own daughter, but I could have given her the same kind of intense sex I'd given Anna.

If Aika wanted rough sex, I could have taken her all night long.

"...No. If he knew the real me, he'd probably hate me. So it's better if we don't see each other anymore. We were never supposed to meet in the first place. If I'd just stayed as a proper member of the Kutsuki family, I never would have had sex with a man like Koichirou Kasahara."

Koichirou Kasahara—this was the first time she'd called me that.

At first, it was "Big Bro," then "Uncle," and for a while, she'd even called me "Koichirou-san." But lately, "Dad" had felt the most natural.

The cold, distant way she said it now made it clear how resolute she was.

"Wait, Aika—"

With that, Aika stood up from the bath and walked away. Even Mizuki seemed at a loss. She probably hadn't expected Aika to be this stubborn.

I should have called out to her.

I should have told her it wasn't true—that I'd accept her no matter how much of a masochist she was.

But I couldn't.

The fact that this was the women's bath might have been part of it, but that was just an excuse.

I didn't have the courage to call out to Aika.

I was afraid of touching something I shouldn't, so I couldn't find the words.

A failure as a father.

No—a failure as a man.

The girl I cared about was hurting, my own daughter was suffering, and I couldn't even say a single word to comfort her.

What a pathetic man I was.

Regret welled up inside me, one wave after another, with no solution in sight.

What could I even say to Aika?

What words did I have left?

In the end, without finding an answer, Northwest Middle School's bathing time came to an end.