I'm Playing as a Nun.

- Click 

An ordinary yet extraordinary day.

Except for the rather confusing early morning, time is flowing smoothly, not much different from usual.

Honestly, though the children call me Sister, that's just an act.

And while I do live in the church, there isn't a strict schedule I have to adhere to.

A plain orphanage merely wearing the shell of a church, with morning and evening prayers being the only events.

I felt a bit self-conscious occasionally, but I'm still very satisfied with my daily life.

"Now, is everyone here?"

"Yeah."

"Yes─!!"

"Yes."

Checking the children's heads out of habit before the evening prayer begins.

They are very diligent children who have never skipped a prayer before.

Nevertheless, the children always have to be checked.

You never know when or where they might suddenly cause an unexpected situation.

"Well then, let's start the evening prayer."

At the quiet words, the children immediately corrected their posture and finished preparing to 

offer their prayers to Paellia.

And so, absent-mindedly bringing my hands together neatly to pray towards the statue presumed to be Paellia...

"...Wait a minute."

Aizen's extremely flustered voice was heard quietly from behind.

"What is it, everyone...? No, why are you all acting so indifferent about this?"

"What's gotten into you all of a sudden? Is something wrong?"

Ellie asked, tilting her head at Aizen, who was repeatedly blinking, unable to come to his senses.

At that, Aizen frowned even more, his expression growing increasingly perplexed.

"Ah, no... Am I the strange one? Am I the only one seeing this wrong...?"

"Well, why are you being like this?"

When he and Ellie were clearly not on the same page, Aizen began to ask Iris again.

"Iris... Say something... Do you also not sense anything strange...?"

But Iris did not answer Aizen's question at all.

Her gaze was firmly fixed only on me, and her eyes were twinkling strangely.

"What's the matter, Aizen?"

When I carefully opened my mouth, unable to stand it any longer, Aizen slowly began to turn his head towards me with a pale complexion.

"Is there a problem?"

"...Ah, no... Should I call it a problem... It seems like I'm the only one seeing it that way..."

"Just tell me what the issue is first. I won't say anything about it."

"......"

After hesitating for a long time, glancing around nervously, Aizen eventually moistened his dry lips with his tongue and carefully opened his mouth.

"How should I put this... Levi looks a bit strange today..."

"Excuse me? Me?"

"Y-Yeah... You definitely didn't look much different from usual up until this morning..."

"Hmm... I don't really know. I don't think I've changed at all, though?"

"...Huh?"

I'm no different from this morning.

I don't understand why Aizen is so flustered.

"Ellie, Iris, do I look strange?"

"No─!! You look super beautiful!"

"Pretty."

"Hmm... What could the problem be?"

I'm simply wearing the clothes Ellie made for me herself.

And even then, after coming to an agreement with Ellie, I removed all the excessive decorations, so it shouldn't be much different from a normal nun's habit─.

"How is it, Aizen? I made those clothes─. Aren't they amazing?"

"Sister suddenly became sexy."

"Ah, sheesh!! I knew it was strange!! Why are you all pretending not to notice?!"

Unlike Ellie and Iris, who were smiling happily at me, only Aizen had a serious expression and was profusely sweating.

"I can see her legs! This isn't like Levi!"

It seems there is a problem with these clothes that Ellie designed herself.

Well, I was quite flustered about that part earlier too.

But now I'm in a rather absentminded state.

Since I couldn't do this or that, I figured it would work if I emptied my head and acted normally.

"What were you thinking, gifting clothes like that to Levi?!"

"Why are you getting so angry... I just thought they would suit Sister..."

"Even so, this is going too far. It's too scandalous!"

Aizen's face had turned apple-red before he knew it.

"Hurry up and change back to the original clothes...! I can't stand to look..."

Finally losing his reason and beginning to rant and rave, I lengthened one of Aizen's cheeks without hesitation, forcibly calming the uncomfortably heated atmosphere.

"Calm down, Aizen. I understand what the problem is now."

"Owww...!!"

Indeed, my current attire must have been very stimulating to Aizen's eyes.

In this secluded mountain church where the only eyes are the children's, I thought it would be a stranger to feel embarrassed. 

It seems I was mistaken.

"Are you going to change?"

"No? These are my clothes for the day?"

At my indifferent words, Ellie's gloomy expression instantly brightened.

"Wha-What...?!"

"These are clothes Ellie stayed up all night working hard to make. Even if they look no different from a nun's habit on the outside, they are filled with Ellie's sincerity."

To be honest, I am currently feeling an indescribable amount of humiliation.

I was keeping my head rather clear until Aizen mentioned these clothes.

But once it surfaced, all the forgotten feelings came rushing in like a tsunami.

"Still, even so..."

"Hmph! You sure have a lot to say for someone who's never gifted anything to Sister!"

"What?!"

"I expressed my gratitude towards Sister through these clothes. Originally, they were even prettier, but she said they were uncomfortable to move in, so I had no choice but to make them plain..." 

"In what way are these plain...?"

"At a glance, they don't look much different from the nun's habit she usually wears, right?"

"W-Well, that's true, but..."

Since it was originally a modified abandoned nun's habit, if you remove the decorations, it inevitably ends up looking like an ordinary nun's outfit.

But if I hadn't persuaded Ellie then and worn it as is, I probably would have felt even more humiliated than now.

Because this outfit was quite small compared to how it looks. 

"Now, that's enough─. Don't fight, you two. This isn't something to get so heated up about in the first place."

"Uuu..."

"As Aizen said, my current attire isn't suitable for the solemn prayer time. But Lady Paellia will surely know Ellie's pure intentions, so She will generously forgive me for just today."

I felt so embarrassed that I was grateful my reflection didn't show in the mirror. 

My whole body is pale, so my face getting flushed will easily stand out...

I'm worried.

I'm afraid Ellie might accidentally notice how I'm feeling right now─.

"Sister."

And so, after struggling to calm the two down, just as I was slowly getting up from my crouched position. 

Iris, who had been quietly observing the situation until then, suddenly opened her mouth.

"I want to give Sister a gift too."

"Pardon?"

"But I don't have anything right now."  

"...Ah, are you perhaps giving advance notice?"

"I want to make an accessory that would go well with that outfit."

For a moment, a small question mark floated above my head.

"I really want to make it and give it to you..."

"Ah, Iris...?"

"Because I feel no less grateful to Sister than Ellie does..."

Although I didn't show it outwardly, I was still secretly shaken by a very confusing feeling.

Iris's words sounded ordinary at first glance, with nothing much problematic.

But if you thought about it a little more carefully, you could roughly guess the hidden meaning.

"D-Don't tell me... you're saying you want me to wear this tomorrow too...?"

"......"

Iris silently nodded her head slightly.

Faced with a completely unexpected turn of events, my mind instantly went blank.

"Ah, ahaha... That's..."

"You can't...?"

"Do I have to be wearing this to receive it...? Wouldn't it be enough to get it normally..."

"I want to give you something that matches that outfit though..."

I wonder why. 

How did things end up like this?

I thought I just had to endure it for today. 

Before I knew it, I found myself facing the sad situation of having to wear these clothes tomorrow too.

"Stop it, Iris. You're making Levi uncomfortable."

Just then, Aizen's remark that sounded like salvation was heard quietly from right beside me.

Without realizing it, I looked at Aizen warmly, raising the corners of my mouth slightly.

"It's eye-catching enough already, what more are you trying to do?"

"Why is Sister eye-catching?"

"I'm not saying she is, I'm saying the clothes are ."

"Why? I think they're just pretty."

At Iris's very adamant words, Aizen couldn't hide his flustered appearance and began to scratch his head awkwardly.

"No, I mean... It's not that they don't suit Levi at all... It's just that they look a bit, you know..."

"Then Aizen, you just don't have to look. Then there won't be any problems."

"Huh? Why is the conclusion going in that direction?"

I guess I had false hopes for Aizen.

He's still just a child who's not even 10 years old yet, which is what I was expecting.

"...Alright, Iris. I'll look forward to your gift tomorrow." 

"Really?! You'll wear it tomorrow too?"

"Of course... Since that's what Iris wants..."

"Yay─!!"

Many thoughts flashed through my mind, making me look increasingly pale, but I had no choice.

Just like with Ellie, I didn't have the courage to refuse while averting my eyes from Iris who was looking at me with eyes full of anticipation.

"J-Just in case, let me ask... What kind of accessory are you planning to gift me?"

"It's a secret─! I can't tell you yet─."

Iris was resolute.

She didn't reveal any information to me.

Perhaps because of that, I felt a sudden uneasiness and a drop of cold sweat fell from my cheek, plopping onto the floor.

"Please look forward to it."

Translator's Corner

Seems like I can finally use the site. The stock can finally be released.

-Ruminas