Chapter 343: [Wings Of Words]

Chapter 343: [Wings Of Words]

"Okay then, Iroha-chan and Ogu will become babies in 3, 2, 1... start!"

Ah-nee’s signal marked the beginning of the act.

There’s no other choice. Angu Ogu and I, with our faces bright red, let out our voices.

“...Ba-babuu~”

“...Babuu~”

≫Ahh, I’m ascending.

≫This is too cute. I feel purified.

≫What is this feeling... is this maternal instinct!?

“Gyaaaooon! Iroha-sama is so cute! Iroha-sama!”

“Ugh!?”

“Ogu, you're doing great too~! Cuddle up to mommy, or should I say Ah-nee~?”

“N-no! Anego as mommy!? At least let me switch, pleease!?”

While the two playing mommy were totally into it, Angu Ogu and I, playing the babies, were in hell.

Actually, Angu Ogu, wasn’t half of this your idea!?

“Th-this wasn’t supposed to happen...”

Angu Ogu muttered, hanging her head.

Apparently, she hadn’t anticipated being forced into the baby role himself.

“Hey, Ogu-chan. No talking so fluently, babies don't talk like that~?”

“Gahh, a-aguaaa~!”

“Iroha-sama! Please call me ‘Ilyena-mama!’”

“T-that’s a bit much!?”

Calling a middle school girl “mama,” what kind of shame play is this!?

I may be an old guy inside... No, even for girls the same age, that's gotta be a no-go, right!?

“B-babies can’t pronounce such difficult words anyway.”

“Are you trying to escape, Iroha-sama!?”

It’s a case of ‘preadaptation’—something originally made for one purpose being used for another.

Therefore, you can’t say that language isn’t instinctual.

“Our words are probably like wings to birds.”

Feathers that originally regulated body temperature eventually became used for flight.

And yet, birds are born knowing how to fly, without anyone teaching them.

That must be instinct, no doubt.

So, maybe words are the same.

...But where does instinct come from, anyway?

That, I don’t know.

“I see. By the way, Iroha-sama, you mentioned there are sounds babies can’t physically make. But how would you pronounce [Ilyena-mama] as a baby?”

“Um...”

I converted it in my head, then spoke the words.

“——‘iiwee-a mamaaa~’?”

“Ohhhohoooo! A-ahem, excuse me, just a little nosebleed.”

“...Huh!?”

Damn, I was tricked!?

I thought I could distract them with the linguistics talk!

“Iroha-chan, you’ve been thinking about complicated things this whole time! At this rate, you’ll never become a proper baby! C’mon, lower your ‘IQ’ a bit more!”

“Anego, please raise your IQ!? I don’t want a mama this dumb!”

The stream, which had been somewhat rational up to this point, finally crossed the line.

Ah-nee sighed as if to say, "It can't be helped."

“Geez, it looks like neither of you are really getting into the baby mindset yet. I guess it’s time to bring out the secret weapon.”

No way, are they really going to use that?

From here, the baby roleplay spiraled into pure chaos――.