Astrid, meanwhile, was completely confused.

She didn’t know why Mika was acting like this. It was so unlike him.

And yet, there was a part of her that felt like she was missing something important.

"But Mika." She said, her voice pleading. "That was in the past! Back then, your pee-pee was so tiny. It was probably adorable. It didn’t even look like a pee-pee at all!"

She held up her fingers, measuring a small space.

"It was like this—a tiny little bean."

Then she looked at the massive appendage between his legs, even flaccid, and gulped.

"But right now, it’s grown up into something that isn’t the same as before. Mama will definitely not want to see such a thing!"

But to her utter shock, Nadia pushed down Astrid’s tail and spoke in a shy, hesitant voice.

"It’s alright, Astrid."

Astrid’s eyes went wide.

"Just as Mika said." Nadia continued, her face burning. "No matter how much Mika has grown up, he’ll always be my son at the end of the day. And even if..."

She glanced at his penis, gulping.

"...even if he’s grown down there, I don’t mind. He’s still my son."

The reason she said this was because she felt guilty.

This was all because of her. This entire situation had arisen because Mika was helping her.

And so she wanted to side with him, to support him, to show that she wasn’t ashamed of what he had done for her.

Astrid took a couple of steps back in pure shock, not expecting such an answer from her own mother.

"I...I see." She stammered. "I didn’t know you could think of it that way."

Meanwhile, Mika, seeing her confusion and Nadia’s flustered state, knew he could take advantage of this opportunity.

He stood up suddenly, his penis flopping here and there.

Both women stared at it, unconsciously licking their lips.

"Actually." He said, a bright look on his face. "do you know what we should do right now?"

He took a step forward and enthusiastically said,

"We should all sleep together! Completely naked!"

Astrid stared at him in disbelief for a moment, wondering if she had misheard him.

But seeing the intent look in his eyes, she realized he had actually spoken those words.

"What the hell, Mika?!" She took a step back, her tails bristling. "What are you trying to say? Why would we do something like that?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Mika put on a disappointed look, his expression dramatic.

"Oh, I see. I thought you’d want to sleep with me, Astrid, and have Nadia join in as well. But it seems like you’re not interested."

He shrugged. "There’s no need, then."

"NO, NO, NO!" Astrid panicked, reaching out. "Mika, it’s definitely not what you think! I definitely want to sleep with you!"

She glanced at Nadia shyly. "With Mama as well..."

Nadia felt a surge of warmth, while Astrid felt like she couldn’t lose this opportunity.

Ever since they had drifted apart, Astrid had felt so lonely, so empty. But now, not only was Mika offering himself to act as her body pillow, but even her own mother was coming as well.

It was the best thing ever. She could have the greatest sleep possible with both of her favorite people by her side!

But then Astrid hesitated.

"But the problem is...you’re asking us to sleep naked. Why do we even have to do that? It doesn’t make any sense at all!"

Mika grinned shamelessly and gave a rather strange excuse,

"I for one don’t really want to put my clothes back on, like I said. But at the same time, I’d feel quite embarrassed to sleep completely naked while you two are completely clothed."

He blushed like a little girl, a completely absurd expression on his face.

"So I think it would be much better if all three of us are naked. It’ll level the battlefield. I won’t feel just as embarrassed."

"What the hell, Mika?! You’re not even making sense right now!"

Astrid burst out in embarrassment and shock.

"Just because you don’t want to put your clothes on, why should we get naked?! Okay, it’s fine if you want to do it with me, but Mama—" She pointed at Nadia. "—how can Mama do the same with you?! You’re being absolutely ridiculous right now!"

Astrid was heaving and puffing, feeling the weight of the situation pressing down on her.

This was especially so since Mika really was not making any sense at all.

She had always known him to be unpredictable, but this was something else entirely.

She was half-tempted to check his head for a fever.

But she also felt that her mother would most definitely agree with her daughter, and she expected her to persuade him.

"Isn’t that right, Mama?" She turned to her mother. "Mika is totally acting like a madman right now."

"Go over and give him a couple of pinches on the waist to calm him down!"

She expected her mother to scold Mika, to tell him that this was not possible at all, that he was acting highly inappropriate.

But that did not happen.

Instead—Nadia hesitated.

Her face turned red.

She really didn’t want to say what came next. But she had no choice.

"I...don’t mind, Astrid."

Astrid’s eyes trembled. Her jaw dropped.

"I actually don’t mind going along with Mika’s idea." Nadia continued, her voice small. "If he really wants all three of us to get naked, I-I think we should go ahead and do so."

"...I personally don’t mind."

The moment she finished, Nadia felt overwhelming shame wash over her for saying such words to her daughter.

The truth was that she had not wanted to say them at all.

It was Mika who had transmitted his voice into her mind, telling her to say those exact words.

She had been baffled and refused at first, saying it was too muchm

But he had persisted, asking her to trust him.

So she had gone ahead and spoken, feeling utterly disgraced and humiliated, unable to believe she was saying such things.

Meanwhile, Astrid felt as though a bomb had gone off in her head.

Nothing was making sense anymore. Not only was Mika acting completely weird, but now even her mother was acting strange as well.

But of course, she would never think Mika and her mother have any sort of secret relationship between one another—such a thought would never come to her mind at all.

That was just impossible.

But that only made it even more confusing for her to understand what was going on.

Just as she was thinking so, Mika’s voice came into her mind.

’Agree to what your mother said.’ He said with a peculiar gaze

Astrid’s body trembled in disbelief.

"What?! What do you mean, Mika?! What’s going on?! Why are you so insistent on this?! And why—"

She glanced at her mother, who looked like she was about to cry with how embarrassed she was.

"—is Mama also going along with it?! What is going on in this household?!"

She felt her head ache with all the thoughts going through it.

But she quickly got an answer from Mika.

’The truth of the matter is...that I honestly wanted to clear up this awkward scenario. So I said what I said earlier as a joke—about all three of us sleeping together. I really didn’t mean it.’

Astrid let out a sigh of relief, as that cleared up a lot of her doubts.

’But it seems like your mother has taken it seriously.’

Mika continued while having a guilty look on his face.

’Normally she would also shrug it off and brush it away.’

’He let out a mental sigh.

’But it seems like after witnessing what both of us were doing right now—’

Astrid’s six tails perked up in embarrassment.

’—she also feels a sense of awkwardness and guilt for what she has done."

He looked at her awkwardly like he didn’t know how this came about and said,

"She probably feels that you’re quite embarrassed right now and wants to make up for that. And that’s why, just like how you showed a vulnerable moment of yourself—she’s also doing the same."

Hearing this, Astrid made sense of it somewhat in her mind.

It was something her mother would do. To protect her daughter, she would probably do anything.

And even right now, to mend the relationship, she would do so.

But still, she couldn’t help but ask.

"But still, Mika, why is Mama doing it in such a weird way? I mean, for all three of us to sleep together completely naked..."

She shook her head in utter bafflement.

"Isn’t that really weird and wrong!?"

Mika gave her a sympathetic gaze.

’You know how your mother is. She’s never been able to show her emotions properly because of her blessing.’

A sad look appeared on her face as she thought of her mother.

’And that’s why she probably wanted to express her thoughts right now. She wanted to clear up the embarrassing moment between us.’

’But she didn’t know how to do so. And when she heard the joke I said, she must have thought that this was an opportunity for herself to also be exposed.’

He gave a helpless smile.

’ Maybe this is her way of trying to get in a much better relationship with you. To not make it any more awkward than it already is.

A look of understanding appeared on Astrid’s face.

That also made a lot of sense.

There were many moments in her life where her mother wanted to express something but it always came out in a strange, different way.

For example, there were times when Nadia would try to praise Astrid for doing well in school, but instead of saying something warm like "I’m proud of you." she would simply say "Good job" in that same flat tone, making it sound more like a command than affection.

Another time, when Astrid had fallen and scraped her knee badly, Nadia had rushed over with worry written all over her face, but all that came out was a calm "Be careful next time." even though her hands were shaking as she bandaged the wound.

This was just another one of those moments. Her mother trying her best, but failing to express herself properly.

Mika quickly added, ’Not to mention, right now, she’s already said she’ll do it.’

’So, if you reject her right now, she’ll feel even more embarrassed and ashamed, and she’ll distance herself away from you.’

Astrid’s face went pale. That was the last thing she wanted.

’So I think it’s better if you just accept it right now. I know it’s a weird situation...’ He sighed. "...but it ended up like this and we’ll just go along with it.

Astrid thought about it.

Her mother’s relationship with her was finally opening up a little bit. If she rejected her now, it would completely destroy everything they had just built.

So finally, building the courage in her heart, even though it was so weird to think about, she flashed her tail and said,

"Okay, Mama. Let’s do it. Let’s..."

She hesitated, the words catching in her throat.

"Let’s sleep with Mika...while being completely naked."