What exactly had captured Hoshino Gen’s vision, pinning his gaze to one spot so firmly he refused to look away?
It was a gem!
Such a large, white, and round gem!
Hoshino Gen did not have an out-of-body experience this time; he was merely momentarily dazed by the gem’s brilliance, but he had since fully regained his senses.
A dazzling light burst forth from Kurosawa Shizuka’s chest before slowly dimming, leaving behind only a faint glow.
That brilliant, magical light capable of altering a person’s consciousness was the signature hypnotic flash of a Heart Gem.
Kurosawa Shizuka’s personal Heart Gem, its color a deep, shadowed blue, rested within the valley between her breasts, pulsating with light that shone directly into the depths of Hoshino Gen’s pupils.
Shizuka had actually intended to reveal only the Heart Gem, but the pajamas she wore were not her own, and her skin was too smooth; she hadn’t expected that a little bit of force would lead to this result.
Even for Shizuka, who acted like a nymphomaniac, her face flushed red with shame; she was indeed famished, for every woman becomes hungry once her mind and body have matured, but hunger did not mean she was wanton.
Yet, at this moment, she had no choice but to push forward; there was no turning back once the bow was drawn.
Since she had already placed Hoshino Gen into a hypnotic state, she had to maintain this posture and continue to control him using the gem nestled against her chest.
Heart Gems could be retrieved, but as a Magical Girl’s strength increased, the Heart Gem would gradually merge with her body, making it impossible to reveal as easily as Hoshino Hikari did.
According to Shizuka’s estimation, it might not be long before Hikari’s gem also began to merge with her body.
The place where Shizuka had previously fused her Heart Gem was her own chest, so the pain she felt when the gem was retrieved could be imagined.
Her current Heart Gem had been bestowed upon her by the leader, and it possessed incredibly powerful healing abilities.
Aside from the fact that the color deep within the gem seemed strange and less transparent than her previous one, the effects were almost identical.
Furthermore, whenever she used this gem, she always felt an uncomfortable sensation, as if the gem were influencing her.
Thus, Shizuka used it as sparingly as possible, to the point that she had almost forgotten about it.
While tossing and turning in bed searching for a strategy, the retired Magical Girl finally remembered that she possessed a pirated Heart Gem.
After struggling for a long time, she decided to use it.
Where in this world could one find happiness without paying a price?
Since she had decided, she had to act quickly—to set things straight before Hoshino Gen’s consciousness was completely ruined by his sister, and to put this good young man who had gone astray back on the right path.
Right, right, she wasn’t manipulating Hoshino’s consciousness for her own selfish desires, but to save the wonderful lives of her student and his brother, and incidentally to fight for her own happiness; it was a win-win for everyone.
Having habitually found a justification for herself in her mind, Shizuka calmed down completely and began to focus her gaze on the soul-lost young man before her.
“Hoshino-kun, can you hear me?”
“I can.”
Shizuka nodded inwardly; it seemed that while the gem given by the leader was a pirated version, it still possessed all the necessary functions.
“Hoshino-kun, I am going to ask you a few questions now. You must answer me with your most honest thoughts; you must not hide anything. Do you hear me?”
After a moment, Hoshino Gen replied, “I hear you.”
“You love your younger sister very much, right?”
“Yes.”
Hoshino Gen answered this question quickly, as if he didn’t need to think about it.
“Your love for your sister is the love between family members, representing your care and protection for her, hoping she grows up healthy. But this is not the love between lovers, is it?”
“…Yes.”
Hoshino Gen took little time for this question as well.
“Very well, please remember: no matter how deep your love for your sister is, it is the love between family, and it will never become the love between lovers. There are things that only couples or spouses can do, and you cannot do those with your sister. No matter how much she begs you, you cannot agree. This is for her own good, do you understand?”
“I have always understood,” Hoshino Gen replied.
Shizuka was stunned.
Didn’t this answer imply that Hoshino Gen also somewhat understood that his sister’s feelings for him were not normal?
Not only did he know, but he also seemed to have tried to correct his sister’s misguided feelings; unfortunately, he hadn’t succeeded before his sister became a Magical Girl first.
Don’t worry, Hoshino-kun, I will save you from your sister’s control, Shizuka thought to herself.
Shizuka continued to ask: “You had contact with Kurosawa Shizuka last night. Tell me your first impression of her.”
Hoshino Gen blinked his dull eyes and slowly spat out two words.
“Big chest.”
Shizuka, who had just entered her rhythm, felt her face flush red again; if she could, she would be stomping her feet in rage right now.
Men are men; the things they focus on first are always those same few things.
The fact that Hoshino Gen harbored such thoughts actually added a layer of realism; otherwise, Shizuka would have thought he was a character from a romance game.
Besides, what Hoshino Gen said was a fact.
Ever since puberty, she had an impressive bust that became even more so as she grew up.
She had seen too many undisguised and strange gazes; only Hoshino Gen’s performance had satisfied her, as he even deliberately looked away when she unbuttoned her shirt.
Psychology was correct; women are such wondrous creatures.
If a man acts lecherous from the start, they will absolutely draw a line, but if a man acts like a gentleman, they end up throwing themselves at him, trying to prove their charm by moving the gentleman.
Shizuka suddenly realized that she, too, had inexplicably fallen into this phenomenon; the more Hoshino Gen deliberately avoided her, the more she wanted to expose herself.
No, no, no, she was thinking wrong.
She was looking for a future husband, so of course she had to test his character; proving her own charm was clearly a separate matter.
As far as Hoshino Gen’s current performance went, his score was perfect.
“Aside from physical characteristics, what other impressions do you have of her? What kind of person do you think she is? Be as detailed as possible.”
After the question was asked, a considerable amount of time passed without an answer from Hoshino Gen.
This question seemed to exceed the current limits of his brain’s processing power.
If his gaze weren’t still fixed firmly on her chest, Shizuka would have suspected that the hypnosis had failed.
“Teacher Kurosawa Shizuka acts very mature, seductive, and famished in front of me, as if she would submissively lie down if I gave her a gentle push, but I feel like this is all her pretense.”
“She is pathetic and lost; perhaps because the harm she suffered before was too severe, her heart lacks true love, so she is desperately searching for something from the outside to make up for it; thus, she has become like this.”
“But can something found in such a way truly fill the void in her heart?”
“Lost people easily make mistakes while searching for meaning. I understand her, but I cannot let her make mistakes with me; this is a matter of principle.”
“She said my young body houses a mature adult, while I feel her mature body houses a naive little girl. She stands in the center of the world, calling out to the beast of love, playing with and showing off her seductive body like a toy, hoping to make good friends through it. But the result of doing so is often that she gains no true friends, and the toy gets broken by these so-called friends before being ruthlessly discarded.”
“She is a little girl, and I am an adult. She can make mistakes, but I cannot accompany her in making them.”
“I hope she can soon find the missing part of her heart, and I pray she finds true happiness before she is covered in wounds. Other than that, I can do nothing else.”
Shizuka was dumbfounded.
She never imagined that while she thought Hoshino Gen’s initial impression was too shallow and wanted him to describe it in more detail, he would be able to say so much.
In Hoshino Gen’s eyes, was she actually a little girl?
She was lost, she was famished, and she desperately needed something to fill the void in her heart—was it really like that?
Shizuka herself didn’t know if she was like that or not.
But her body acted ahead of her soul to provide an answer.
Tears spilled uncontrollably across her face.
As the teardrops streaked across her cheeks and dripped onto her chest, Shizuka realized with a start that she was crying.
How could this be?
She was the Magical Girl of Water; how could she not have realized she was shedding tears?
Stop, please stop.
Shizuka tried with all her might to stop the tears, yet they continued to pour out like a burst dam.
The tears slid down her cheeks, soaked her chest, and eventually pooled around the Heart Gem buried in the valley between her breasts.
As the tears seeped into the gem, the blue crystal seemed to become even more transparent than before.
“I haven’t cried like this in such a long time; it’s all your fault for making me cry so terribly.”
After some time, Shizuka finally stopped the tears and couldn’t help but complain.
Although she was complaining, her tone sounded very happy.
“I’m sorry,” Hoshino Gen replied.
Hearing Hoshino Gen apologize, Shizuka was startled, thinking he had broken out of the hypnotic state, but seeing him still in his dazed condition, she couldn’t help but laugh through her tears.
How could he apologize even in such a state!
Shizuka stopped her tears, wiped the traces from her face, composed herself, and asked again: “Hoshino-kun, when you have desires, how do you usually resolve them? How do you deal with loneliness when you are at home alone?”
“I use high-intensity exercise to suppress my desires.”
No wonder Hoshino Gen’s body was so well-trained; it turned out there was this reason for it as well.
Shizuka’s fingers traced over Hoshino Gen’s firm pectoral muscles, imagining the powerful body beneath his clothes.
“Your method is wrong; when you have desires, of course you must find a way to resolve them.”
“But you cannot resolve them by yourself; you must find someone to help you. Whenever you feel this way, you should think of Kurosawa Shizuka first.”
“When you have a problem, asking a teacher for a solution is the correct method, understand?”
“Understood.”
After speaking, a wicked smile appeared on Shizuka’s face.
She gathered a ball of water in her palm and silently fused it into Hoshino Gen’s body.
As Shizuka thought this to herself, the light on her chest suddenly began to flicker.
She had been hypnotizing Hoshino Gen for far too long, far exceeding the limits of the Heart Gem, and now it could no longer hold out.
As the Heart Gem began to fail, various symptoms began to manifest in Shizuka’s body.
Her heartbeat accelerated, her body temperature rose, blood rushed to her head, and the Hoshino Gen before her became increasingly alluring; she couldn’t help but want to throw him onto the floor.
What…
What is happening to me?
A wave of intense vertigo washed over her, and Shizuka’s balance wavered; the swaying of her chest only accelerated the breakdown of the hypnosis.
“Close your eyes, and count backward for ten minutes… After ten, ten minutes, you will believe that you have already seen the teacher off, and you will return to doing what you normally do, understand?”
“Understand.”
Having given the final command, Shizuka ran into the bedroom stumbling on unsteady legs, fumbling in a panic to put on her clothes.
She had to leave this place quickly; if she didn’t, she feared she wouldn’t be able to resist the impulse to take Hoshino Gen right there.
Various images that only appeared in erotic dreams kept flashing before her eyes; her body felt weaker, and her head grew dizzier.
Hoshino Gen was just standing there, yet she felt like she could smell the masculine scent of the boy, adding fuel to the fire burning in her heart.
The cage of her reason was being rapidly incinerated, and the beast of primal desire was beginning to awaken.
No, she couldn’t stay here any longer; if she stayed, something terrible would happen.
Shizuka walked out of the bedroom, her clothes in disarray, and before leaving, she turned back to look at Hoshino Gen with great reluctance.
*
“Bang!”
The door to the Hoshino house shut, and Shizuka fled.
There were some very urgent matters she needed to resolve immediately.
Ten minutes later, Hoshino Gen regained control of his body.
He was aware of the entire process that had just taken place.
But he couldn’t concern himself with that; the first thing Hoshino Gen did after regaining free movement was to check his body.
If he hadn’t been mistaken, the water in Shizuka’s hand had been absorbed by his body.
What on earth was that perverted woman trying to do?!
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