Want to be human, but cube-like

But then, looking at the faint, needle-shaped silver mark below the other person's collar, Alex became agitated again.

Just as she had predicted, Aine was inevitably branded with the "Witch's Kiss" by the familiar.

This means that even if he saves her tonight, she may still be haunted by the familiar later on.

Milk can indeed remove the debuff from Aine, but Alex can't be sure if the familiar will come looking for her again.

The Witch's Kiss does mark and hypnotize, but after removing the Witch's Kiss, will you no longer be attacked by the same witch's familiar?

Alex had no idea.

After all, the only people she had ever seen with the "Witch's Kiss" mark on their bodies were Toyokawa Shoko and Toyokawa Kiyoko. Toyokawa Kiyoko's "Witch's Kiss" mark was automatically removed after the witch was defeated, while Shoko didn't leave the house until the witch was defeated after her "Witch's Kiss" mark was removed.

There are far too few cases.

The safest course of action is, of course, to go and eliminate that witch right now.

"Alex, I was just about to come find you."

Just then, a voice suddenly came, causing Alex to raise her head with a somewhat displeased expression.

"Kyubi."

She glanced at the mini-map, then turned her head to look at the corner of the wall.

"You've been watching Aine get attacked?"

Alex said in a slightly questioning tone.

This was the first time she had ever been this angry.

“I’m tracking this familiar, so even if it enters the witch’s barrier later, I can use my clone to help you find the location of the barrier.”

The reasoning is very reasonable, and there are almost no points to refute it.

"I was originally going to find you, but tonight, Alex, your movement speed is much faster than before."

Kyubey never lies, but it always likes to use ambiguous language to answer questions, which makes Alex frown.

This statement is almost like saying that if Alex hadn't run so fast, Kyubey would have found her and told her that Aine had been attacked.

"By the way, what's causing these changes in you? Can you tell me?"

As if sighing, Kyubey seemed completely unconcerned about Aine's safety; its attention was solely focused on Alex's "monster transformation."

"It doesn't look like the magic used by a magical girl."

Looking into Alex's eyes, which had become almost as deep red as its own, Kyubey asked.

Do you know where the barrier of the Witch of a Hundred Diseases is?

Ignoring Kyubey's question, Alex was already used to ignoring most of its words and simply asked directly.

"Actually, you can just make a wish to me. That way, the moment your wish comes true, you can immediately enter the witch's barrier."

But Cupid gave an irrelevant answer.

"That would be much more convenient than searching slowly like this."

Upon hearing this, Alex didn't say anything more. She simply lowered her head and glanced at Aine in her arms.

The beautiful pink-haired girl was sleeping soundly; she was probably having a wonderful dream.

In the scene, a smile graced his face, and he seemed to be muttering some indistinct words, the volume of which was irrelevant; even Alex's long ears couldn't quite make out what he was saying.

A small hand, curled up in front of her, rested on Alex's chest, her face pressed against the fullness of her breasts, rubbing against them.

Withdrawing her softened gaze, Alex glanced at the minimap and drew her signature sword, Silver Paper Bamboo Light.

Then, in the next instant, a ghostly blue blade flashed and disappeared in the dark alley.

Alex, with her eyes slightly closed, held Aine tightly with one arm and slowly sheathed the drawn blade with the other.

Behind him, Kyubey, impaled on the ground like a kebab by a semi-transparent phantom sword, had slumped down, his head drooping, lifeless.

She hates it when unscrupulous merchants try to haggle with her.

But what should we do now?

After venting her slight impatience on Kyubey, Alex turned her attention back to Aine in her arms.

"Aiyin? Wake up."

She leaned closer and called out softly, but Ai Yin, who was sleeping soundly, just smacked her lips, turned her head, and pressed her little face deeper into Alex's chest.

Then she smiled faintly again.

Is it because of this "witch's kiss" that she hasn't been able to wake up?

Somewhat troubled, Alex took out a bottle of milk and hesitated for a moment.

Luckily, she brought this with her before leaving home, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

But how do we feed Aine?

Thinking back to her experience of feeding Xiangzi's father milk, which resulted in him having to be hospitalized for stomach pumping, Alex hesitated.

She didn't want to send Aiyin to the hospital again.

Or, you could use your phone to search for how to feed someone who is unconscious.

…………

PS: There's not much to say, but I feel uncomfortable not posting a Photoshop edit, so I'll just pick a topic randomly.

I'm telling you, today...

Volume 1: Chapter 151 Feeding Milk

In a quiet little park near the station.

Following the directions on the mini-map, Alex found this deserted place. She held Aine in her arms and sat down on a bench next to the bushes.

The bench wasn't deep enough, so Alex had to let Aine lie on her side with her head resting on her firm and elastic thighs, her face turned inwards, so that she could easily see Aine's expression and state.

However, it was Aine's breathing that made her lower abdomen slightly itchy.

"Well……"

She let out a muffled nasal sound, and Ai-yin rubbed against Alex's thigh contentedly.

Aside from the fact that she couldn't be woken up no matter what, she didn't seem to have any problems at all; on the contrary, she was sleeping very comfortably.

"How...do you...feed milk to someone who's asleep..."

Holding her phone in one hand, Alex slowly typed characters into the search engine, while gently stroking Aine's head on her lap with the other, tenderly combing her slightly disheveled hair. She pursed her lips, carefully reading the suggestions given by others online.

"...Is it best not to feed it?"

However, most of the suggestions were not very helpful, which made Alex a little distressed.

The search query was about how to give milk to a sleeping person, but the results all suggested that it's best not to give water to an unconscious person yourself.

Because people in a coma cannot swallow, giving them water can cause liquid to enter the trachea and lead to suffocation.

Nine out of ten people suggested that she go directly to the hospital to seek medical help and receive fluid and medication via intravenous injection or a nasogastric tube.

But Alex knew very well that doctors couldn't help her with this kind of thing, and Alex wasn't trying to hydrate or give Aine any medicine.

Given her condition, even if she were taken to the hospital, the doctor would only conclude that she was overworked and resting, and would certainly not help Alex use a feeding tube to feed Aine milk.

From a doctor's perspective, that's absolutely incomprehensible.

After all, Aine was just asleep, not unconscious.

"How to do it?"

With her cheeks puffed out, Alex lowered her head and gently poked Aine's soft little face with her fingertip. The latter immediately whimpered, frowned, and tried to burrow deeper into Aine's lower abdomen to get rid of the harassment.

This doesn't look like she's unconscious at all; her body is still very active.

Turning her head to the side and shifting her gaze to her phone, Alex continued to swipe down the screen, wanting to see if there were any other suggestions.

Suddenly, she seemed to see some key words, and her gaze paused.

"For those who are drowsy or in a light coma... after confirming a swallowing reflex, small amounts of food can be fed..."

This reply caught her eye, and she quickly clicked on it to take a closer look.

If a person is asleep rather than unconscious, they will swallow saliva while sleeping. When the liquid in the mouth accumulates to a certain amount, the person may swallow it unconsciously. In this case, the risk of choking when feeding liquid food is not high.

"So...we can test it with a small amount of liquid first to see if there's a swallowing reaction...?"

Alex quietly read the words on the screen aloud, nodding her head as if she understood but not quite.

She opened her backpack and first took out a bucket of water, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that it was undrinkable, so she put it back and took out a bottle of milk instead.

Luckily, she brought two bottles of milk with her today, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to use one bottle as a guinea pig.

"They said to use a syringe with the needle removed to slowly push a small amount into the mouth..."

Looking somewhat troubled, Alex didn't have any tools on hand to feed Aine.

She thought for a moment, then straightened Aine's head, gently pinched her small chin, and carefully made Aine's already slightly open mouth open even wider.

Then, hesitatingly, he held the milk to Aine's lips, tilting it slightly, as if he were going to pour it directly down.

"Just a drop or two... that should be fine, right?"

She muttered to herself, but her hand, which was raised in mid-air, remained motionless.

Alex was still a little worried. What if Aine choked on it?

She was indeed frightened by some of the replies she found online, such as the possibility of suffocation and death due to improper feeding, which was quite alarming.

After much deliberation, Alex finally let out a slow breath and gave up on this approach.

"Let's try this..."

She then poured a few drops of milk from the bottle into her palm, brought it to Ai-yin's lips, tilted it slightly, and waited slowly for the drops of milk to flow into Ai-yin's lips.

But those few drops of milk weren't even enough to moisten Ai-yin's lips, let alone make her swallow them.

Alex looked down and, using the light of the streetlamp above her head, observed Ai-yin's lips and throat for any swallowing motions, but there was no sound for a long time.

She herself felt a little parched from reading it, and couldn't help but...

He swallowed hard.

"..."

Then Alex was taken aback.

Yes, isn't her own mouth a perfect feeding tool?

Moreover, you can control the feeding amount by relying on your own senses, which is perfect.

but……

"This shouldn't count as kissing... right?"

Alex muttered something to herself in a low voice, hesitated, picked up the milk bottle, took a small sip, and held it in her mouth.

Then she looked down at Aine's glossy pink lips.

I couldn't help but swallow the milk.

...For some reason, whenever she looked at Aine's cherry-like mouth like this, her mouth seemed to start secreting saliva, and her throat felt a little dry.

Taking a deep breath, Alex took another small sip of milk. This time, she closed her eyes before lowering her head and bringing the milk closer.

She only slowly opened her eyes the moment she touched Aine.

So soft...

This was the first feeling that popped into Alex's mind, and then she began to involuntarily associate it with all sorts of things.

Soft and bouncy, and also cool to the touch, like a lump of slime... no, even softer than slime, and this feeling of gently sticking together...

……

After a long pause, Alex parted her lips slightly and carefully poured the milk over her.

She still remembered what she wanted to do, and very carefully touched Aine's neck with her hand. After feeling that the other person was indeed swallowing, she continued to slowly pour the rest of the milk over her.

Only when her mouth was filled with the saliva that kept secreting did Alex slowly raise her head.