An Incompetent Explorer Who Failed to Make His High School Debut but Mastered Being a Human Being

Episode 320: Waking up Sleeping Beauty

"Eh? Ah? Ha!? D, die? What the hell!?"

 I am so surprised by Rei's words that I can't move my mouth.

"Calm down. Give her an Elixir and she'll be fine. However, I thought it was strange, but this child's body is abnormally weakened. Her magical power, which normally recovers little by little, is still depleted. I've seen symptoms similar to this before. This is very similar to the symptoms of overusing a rare skill called Vitality Conversion, which allows you to use magic by converting life force into magic power when your magic power is depleted. Perhaps she has that skill itself, or a skill that is based on it."

"I, I see. If we give her the Elixir, there will be no problem. Umm, have her drink this."

 Though I am able to settle down after hearing Rei's explanation, I can't calm down, in dismay, even though I had already taken it out, I hunt in the shadows again and take out an Elixir and hand it over.

"Understood."

 Rei takes the Elixir, opens the lid, brings it to Noelle's mouth and tilts it. However, the Elixir that flows out of the bottle overflows Noelle's mouth, leaks out, and flows down to the bed.

"It's no good ... This child doesn't seem to have the strength to drink anymore ..."

 Rei weakly shakes her head.

 She apparently doesn't have the strength to swallow on her own.

"Th, then, what are we going to do!?"

"The only choice is mouth-to-mouth."

 Rei replies calmly to my panicked question.

 I see, now that I think about it, it's common to have people who don't have the strength to drink given liquids mouth-to-mouth. Certainly, Noelle will be saved.

"I, I see. Then, I ask of you."

 I give Rei another Elixir.

"Yeah, leave it to me."

"Oh."

 Without hesitation, Rei takes the Elixir, puts it in her mouth, and kisses Noelle.

 We hold our breath as we watch. No one says anything.

"Goho! Goho!"

"Kyaa!"

 However, as if in denial, Noelle coughs and spews out the Elixir, and Rei is showered with it all.

"H, hey, are you okay!?"

"Y, yeah, I'm fine ... But, at this rate, it's really bad. She's getting weaker and weaker. What should we do ..."

 When I call out to Rei, who is soaked in the Elixir, she lifts herself away from Noelle and begins to panic.

 Even though she was rescued, she will die if it continues like this.

 What exactly should I do ...

"Onii-chan!! At times like this, you wake up with a <i>Prince's<i> kiss, you know?"

"What are you talking about!? Mouth-to-mouth didn't work just now!!"

 I can't help but yell at Nanami's serious remark.

"Like! I! Said! , I mean it can't be a woman!!"

"Eh, no, no, something like that is meaningless, right?"

 Nanami is also annoyed and argues with me, but it doesn't matter if the mouth-to-mouth is male or female.

"You have to try and do what you can do!!"

"C, certainly ..."

 As Nanami says, it's not hard to understand the reasoning that there is no choice but to try everything that has a possibility.

"So, who exactly is going to do it?"

 There is no Prince here, so I ask.

"What are you talking about? It's obviously going to be you."

"Eh!?"

 Who else is there besides you, Amane looks at me with eyes that seem to ask such, and I can't help but look at her face.

"There aren't any men here other than Fuhito-kun."

"R, right."

 Looking at my face, she continues to say what I had expected, and I reply in confusion.

 Apparently, I am so upset that I have completely forgotten about myself.

"Quickly!!"

"A, alright."

 Rei rushes me. I take out an Elixir from the shadows and put it in my mouth.

 I kiss Noelle even though I am nervous.

 I send it into Noelle's mouth as if pushing out the Elixir.

-Goku! Goku!

 As if Rei's mouth-to-mouth was a lie, the feeling of swallowing is transmitted to my body, and I can understand it by the sound.

 And her body glows, and her terrible condition gradually improves.

"Fuu ... It looks like the danger of death has passed."

"After all, the Prince's kiss was important!! Kuu ~, but I envy you for kissing my Onii-chan!! But, it's a medical procedure, so I'll look aside this time!!"

"Nn. Can't be helped."

"Nnho ~ !! I want to be kissed with such passion!!"

 Seeing that, Rei lets out a sigh of relief, and Nanami, Shia, and Mira are excitedly saying something, but I can't afford to listen.

"Nn ... Nnhh ..."

 At the edge of my vision, Noelle opens her eyes slightly.

-Gashi!

 And when she opens her eyes for a few moments, she uses her legs and arms to hold my body firmly and sticks fast while kissing my mouth.

"~~ !?"

 Confused by the unexpected event, I try to get away from her, but she's holding me tight and I can't get away at all.

 And while I am upset, a moist, soft foreign substance enters my mouth.

"Nnhh ~ !?"

 A foreign object that overruns my mouth.

 Even if I want to leave, I can't leave, so I am left unable to do anything. A chill runs down my spine from the foreign object crawling around in my mouth.

 Somebody help me!!

"Heyy!!"

"Nnkya!?"

 Perhaps she understood what I was thinking, and when Nanami slaps Noelle's head, who is devouring my mouth, she finally lets go of my mouth and her hands and feet loosen up, so I take advantage of that opportunity and manage to escape.

"What are you doing, you!!"

"Fue!? What about my first night with Yuusha-sama?"

 Nanami yells at Noelle, whose complexion has improved considerably, even though there are some terrible panda eyes remaining, Noelle seems to have just woken up and can't tell the difference between dreams and reality, so she blurts out strange things.

"That's a dream!! You were dying until just now!! If Onii-chan hadn't transferred the Elixir to you, you would have died!!"

"Ah, kissing wasn't just a dream after all, desu ~ ... I'm glad, desu ... Su ~ Su ~."

 When Nanami explains the situation, Noelle is relieved that kissing me wasn't a dream and loses consciousness.

 Did she just die!?

"She's fine, she just fainted. It's no longer life-threatening."

"Haa ..."

 I am shaken, but when Rei immediately runs over to Noelle and checks her condition, it seems that she has just recovered from a terrible condition and has just passed out.

 I let out a sigh.

"Don't just go to sleeeeeeeeeeeep!!"

 However, when she selfishly dozes off in the middle and leaves Nanami feeling like she had the ladder pulled out from under her, she roars at the heavens with all her might.