The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 213

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Side Story 13

Side Story 4. Trapped in the Cookie Box (Again)

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“Hmm, mm… Maybe if we wait a bit longer it’ll be fine?”

That’s right.

After being trapped in the ‘Room You Can’t Leave Without Kissing,’ Airi and Berry would scold Cookie at every opportunity.

“Cookie. You made something weird again, didn’t you?”

“We’re close enough now, so don’t invent strange things.”

So Cookie had been secretly hiding the research projects she worked hard to invent inside the nightstand drawer.

Unlike the ‘Room You Can’t Leave Without Kissing,’ this time she really, truly had no intention of binding Airi and Berry together.

But in the end…

“Th, Airi.”

…What’s meant to happen will happen, won’t it.

Airi and Berry had carelessly touched one of Cookie’s research projects at the same time…

“…S, sorry. Berry!”

The next moment, the two were trapped inside a square box that looked like a Cookie Box.

Exquisitely, it was sized exactly to their body dimensions, confining them together without any gaps.

And Berry was pinned beneath Airi’s body.

At such an exquisite angle that he could only sigh.

“Really…”

“Uh, I’ll get comfortable…”

“…No.”

Berry bit his lips tightly. He breathed shallowly and whispered.

“Don’t… move. Please.”

It was the most shockingly pitiful voice Airi had ever heard from Berry.

So Airi stiffened her body and nodded vigorously.

“Y, yes…! I won’t move. Berry, I’m sorry…”

“Don’t even…”

“Uh, I won’t even talk…”

Berry squeezed his eyes shut. Airi suddenly found herself gazing at Berry’s eyelashes.

‘This is the first time Berry and I have been this close.’

It really was the first time in her life.

Into their first love that had been so innocent, warm, lovely, cozy, and cotton candy-like…

A subtle fever began to fill the space.

Airi gently pressed her forehead against Berry’s with a soft thud.

“Berry.”

“…Don’t talk…”

“Yeah. But I feel like I have to say this. Look at me.”

Berry rarely frowned, biting his lips tightly, yet like a faithful large dog who felt he should listen to Airi’s words regardless, he slowly opened his eyes.

And he froze upon seeing Airi’s face that had come right up to his nose.

“This… the space seems to be getting smaller and smaller.”

At that moment, Berry clenched his molars.

“…Damn it.”

“Mm…”

When Airi frowned with a troubled expression, Berry bit his lips.

And Berry…

“I absolutely…”

“Yeah.”

“I’m not having any strange thoughts or anything.”

“Um, Berry.”

“Yeah…”

As Berry closed his eyes again, Airi quietly murmured.

“Never mind, it’s nothing.”

Of course, Airi thought to herself.

‘Saying that makes it seem like you’re having even stranger thoughts.’

Thirty minutes passed like that.

Airi’s arms were starting to go numb and her legs were beginning to ache.

Unlike Berry who was a sturdy knight, Airi’s body was somewhat weak.

And naturally, Berry was the first to notice her discomfort.

He looked at Airi with an expression of firm resolve before opening his mouth.

“Lady Airi.”

“Yeah?”

“…”

Berry bit his lips tightly. As if he had made an incredibly difficult decision, he whispered to me.

“…You can just lean on me.”

Seeing this, Airi thought.

No way.

If I lean on him here…

I think I might die…?

“I’ll try to endure it.”

“…”

Berry squeezed his eyes shut then opened them. Even Berry’s breath seemed to reach close to Airi’s face.

“…Yes, please do that.”

Airi looked at Berry pitifully and thought.

Cookie, what the hell are you doing!

Why aren’t you coming…!

This damn Cookie Box showed no signs of opening at all.

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“Cool, cool…”

In her dream, Cookie was happily dancing with her beautiful Cookie friend.

“Hehehe…”

…She showed absolutely no signs of waking up.

The blood sugar spike was just that powerful.

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Some time after that.

Airi truly felt like she was going to die.

Sweat was trickling down from her forehead.

“Berry.”

“…Yes.”

Airi squeezed her eyes shut.

“I’m sorry.”

Thud, Airi’s body collapsed against Berry’s as if falling.

The moment he felt the soft texture of her skin, Berry’s body went rigid.

This was more than he had imagined, no, more than what he had sacrilegiously imagined…

“Sorry, Berry.”

“…”

Airi’s eyes widened as she looked at Berry.

“…Berry?”

“Yes.”

As Berry scratched his throat and muttered quietly, Airi said worriedly.

“Am I too heavy? I gained weight…”

No. It wasn’t that she was too heavy for him to breathe…

But Berry didn’t know how to explain this situation and phenomenon he was experiencing.

So he just held his breath and panted quietly.

“Berry, just hold on a little longer, until Cookie comes.”

Strangely, he found himself wishing Airi wouldn’t breathe.

Because her breath kept triggering strange sensations.

Berry closed his eyes and then opened them.

When he closed his eyes, he imagined things, and when he opened them, she felt so close.

What on earth should he do?

Berry was now on the verge of reaching enlightenment.

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Snore, snore, snore…

This place was inside Cookie’s cozy bed.

Cookie, who had been suffering from a blood sugar spike for a while, convulsed as if struck by lightning.

“Huh, huhk!”

Soon after, Cookie’s eyes snapped open.

Something…

Something felt wrong somehow…

“Oh my, goodness. Is it because I drank alcohol?”

Actually, strictly speaking, it wasn’t alcohol but chocolate with alcohol in it!

But for tiny Cookie, it was no different from drinking a whole bottle of beer.

But right at that moment.

Cookie, who was groaning while holding her forehead from the hangover, tilted her head in confusion.

“Huh? Why do I keep feeling something’s off?”

Only then did Cookie stealthily look around her surroundings.

The nightstand where she had hidden her research materials was open.

“No, what on earth is this?”

Looking urgently, she found one of her research materials had fallen to the floor.

Only then did Cookie’s complexion darken.

Cookie frantically hopped around, looking at her surroundings.

‘C-calm down, Cookie. This is. This is an accident. A completely insane level of accident!’

What if the, the children touched it and got squished…

Cookie urgently looked around her surroundings. Then she muttered with determination.

“No, there must be a way. There’s definitely a way…”

In her judgment as an inventor king, this contained magic that created a small subspace.

‘It would be terrible if the children got squished!’

No way…!

Cookie let out a loud internal scream and stomped her foot with a thud.

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Thud, thud.

Along with the loud noise, vibrations that seemed to shatter the subspace could be felt.

“What, what on earth is this?”

Airi looked around with an anxious expression.

Even though she could hear breaking sounds, she became worried.

Berry pulled Airi tightly into his arms.

“Don’t worry.”

“Okay.”

Berry held Airi in his arms protectively, pulling her close before looking around.

Airi’s soft and squishy body pressed against his firm chest.

Damn, damn, damn.

Berry cursed in his mind. And…

“…Damn.”

“Berry?”

…He thought he was only thinking it in his mind. But seeing Airi’s surprised rabbit eyes, apparently his words had leaked out of his mouth.

Berry panicked and bit his lips frantically. Only then did Airi seem to notice something strange and spoke up.

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

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