Chapter 281 281: Shido Tawawa War (Part 4)

January 1st, 2:45 PM.

"Mmm..."

Pat pat pat.

"Mngh..."

Pat pat pat.

"Uuuu..."

Pat pat pat.

"What's wrong, Tohka?"

Reine, dressed in shrine maiden clothes, looked at Tohka, who had been pacing around the break room, and tilted her head in confusion.

After helping examine Nia, Reine had also joined the grand army of Yakumo Shrine maidens.

At the moment, only she and Tohka were in the break room.

"Hey, Reine, do you think Shido likes them bigger, or smaller?"

Tohka asked with an uneasy expression.

"Bigger? Smaller?"

Reine tilted her head, not understanding what exactly Tohka was trying to say.

"I-I mean... breasts..."

Tohka said, blushing.

"Ah..."

Reine immediately understood.

"Unfortunately, I don't know what Shin likes either. But if it's really bothering you that much, why not ask him directly?"

"Ugh... but... that feels really embarrassing..."

Tohka said, her face red.

Even discussing breasts with Reine, another girl, already felt embarrassing enough.

Talking to Shido about it would be far worse.

"In that case, let's do this..."

Reine thought for a moment, then clapped her hands.

Fifteen minutes later...

"Tohka?"

Shido, after Yoshino left, had suddenly received a call from Reine saying Tohka wasn't feeling well and that he should come quickly.

"Sh-Shido..."

When he pushed open the door, what he found was Reine... and Tohka, who for some reason had a rather red face.

"Are you okay, Tohka? Your face is all red... do you have a fever?"

Shido walked over and asked anxiously.

"N-no, I'm fine. I'm very healthy. Mm, very healthy."

Hearing that, Tohka hurriedly replied.

"But..."

Shido was confused.

Reine had definitely said Tohka wasn't feeling well.

"Sorry, Shin. Tohka says her chest feels a little strange. Could I ask you to check her heartbeat for her?"

Reine said.

"Eh? But... wouldn't it be better to use equipment?"

Shido asked, baffled.

By all logic, there should be plenty of medical equipment at the shrine right now thanks to Nia's treatment. Something like an electrocardiograph, for example.

"Ah, all the equipment suddenly broke. Incidentally, the medical staff who know how to use it are busy with New Year's matters."

"All of it?"

Shido made a voice like he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"B-but... if someone has to check her, wouldn't it be better for Reine-san to do it?"

Reine had actual medical knowledge. She was far more suitable than total amateur Shido.

"Sorry, Shin. I'm a little hard of hearing today, so I can't hear Tohka's heartbeat clearly."

"Your hearing sounds perfectly fine to me!"

Shido shouted.

Something about this whole thing definitely felt fishy.

"Anyway, just use this stethoscope to record Tohka's heart rate and bring me the results."

Reine handed Shido a stethoscope, then walked out of the room, leaving only Shido and Tohka behind.

"Ugh..."

The instant Reine left, the atmosphere turned painfully awkward.

It was an old fashioned stethoscope. In other words, it would be impossible to measure accurately through clothing.

Which meant...

(I have to place this against Tohka's chest.)

The moment he thought that, Shido swallowed hard as he looked at Tohka's full breasts.

"Um... if Shido hates it, then it's okay... I guess someone like me... just isn't good enough...?"

Noticing that Shido had yet to move, Tohka said timidly and dejectedly.

"Eh? No, it's just... um... does your chest really feel strange, Tohka?"

Shido asked.

"Yes. It doesn't hurt exactly. But... my heart is beating kind of fast, and my breathing feels tense, and my head... feels all scrambled..."

Tohka said shyly.

(S-so she really does feel unwell...)

Hearing Tohka say that, Shido didn't doubt it.

"Then... please pull your clothes open a little. I'll try not to look or touch more than I have to, so... please."

Shido swallowed.

If Tohka was genuinely feeling bad, then maybe all of Reine's instructions really were for the sake of her health.

In other words, he had no choice but to follow them.

"Eh? O-okay... okay..."

Hearing that, Tohka nodded shyly and gently loosened the collar of her shrine maiden clothes.

Because it was so embarrassing, she couldn't even look Shido in the eye, only stealing quick glances at him before immediately looking away again.

"Then..."

Shido lifted the chest piece of the stethoscope and slipped it inside Tohka's robes.

He could feel the warmth of her body and the softness of her skin beneath the shrine maiden clothes.

"W-wait, Tohka... your bra..."

The instant the stethoscope touched her chest, Shido noticed something wrong and hurriedly asked.

"Eh? But Reine said... just like with kimono, you aren't supposed to wear underwear under shrine maiden clothes."

Tohka looked shocked.

(Reine-saaan!)

Hearing that, Shido screamed in his heart.

(Wait... in that case, Yoshino too...)

Thinking back to the fireworks festival at the Amadogawa, when Yoshino hadn't been wearing underwear under her kimono because of Reine's advice as well, Shido instantly thought of another likely victim.

No, more than that, it was possible that every Spirit without experience in human society had been fed that same "common sense" by Reine.

"In any case, make sure to wear underwear from now on. Kimono, shrine maiden clothes, whatever it is, wear underwear."

He sighed.

Though it was technically convenient for checking her heartbeat that she wasn't wearing a bra, the thought that Tohka and the others might all be going around without underwear was really terrible for his own heart.

"But..."

"J-just... anyway, look, even Yakumo-senpai is a shrine maiden, and she still properly wears underwear, right?"

"Ugh..."

No matter what, he had to correct this horribly warped "common sense" of Tohka's.

After that, Shido focused on checking her heartbeat.

"It really is... a bit fast..."

As he listened to the girl's heartbeat, he murmured.

However—

(I can't focus at all!)

The unique softness and warmth of a girl's chest, along with the enticing glimpse inside her loosened shrine maiden outfit, made Shido feel like his own heart was probably beating faster than Tohka's.

Those full curves, that milk smooth skin, the softness that felt like his fingers might sink into it—

all of it made Shido's blood rush to his head and his mind turn fuzzy.

In the end, he somehow managed to finish Tohka's examination with his reason barely intact.

And afterward, when he brought the results to Reine—

"Mm, it doesn't seem like there's any problem. Thanks for your hard work, Shin."

That was all she said after glancing at it for a moment.

(TL:Dawg...this side story is so horny lmao)

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