When I woke up, Meat was being my hug pillow as usual.
She smelled faintly sweet.
“… Ah, good morning…”
Meat opened her eyes as though matching mine.
“M-morning… Hmmm, that was a good sleep. It’s rare that I feel this refreshed.”
“… If I was able to help, I’m glad.”
Meat smiled slightly.
… I gently stroked her head.
“I’ll be relying on you for more massages.”
“Y-yes, please leave it to me.”
Now then, I feel full of energy and ready to go thanks to Meat’s massage.
What to do~. I finished the inn’s construction too, so I guess today will be the dungeon’s interior~.
“Ah, right. I’ll give you a reward since the massage felt great. Is there anything that you’ve been wanting?”
“Fueh!? … S-something like that, u-ummm, is it alright?”
“Yeah, feel free to say whatever. It’s fine so long as it’s within the range of what I can do as a reward.”
“R-really?”
“What, doubting me?”
“! I-I would never—”
Meat shook her head back and forth in a panic. Maybe I poked a bit too much fun at her?
I’ll wait for Meat to tell me her wish. Well, I wonder what she’ll say? Maybe all-you-can-eat hamburgers?
Just a bit, Meat opened her mouth.
“Umm… please step on me—”
“Eh—”
Eh, what did this child just say?
When I heard the rest of what she had to say, it seems that the act of trampling another—despite it being for a massage—is considered integral to hierarchical relationships, and originally belongs to the person with the higher rank… trampling me seems to have greatly upset her mentally. (She was still able to step on Ichika without reservation because she is her junior as a slave or something.)
Well, she said that she wanted me to step on her to keep her emotions balanced.
Though it seems that I don’t have to do it if I don’t want to, it seems that she wants me to.
Moreover, it seems that she wants me to step on her face if possible.
And if possible, kick her flying… it seems.
There’s no way I could go that far!
And so, I pardoned myself by going to the extent of patting the back of Meat’s head with my foot a little.
Meat raised her head, she looked pleased.