After hesitating a bit, I went for a walk with Ageha. I warned her to stay close to me and keep quiet, and she smiled in understanding.
However, immediately after leaving, I faced the same problem as a few days ago.
Ageha hugged my arm tightly and walked with me like that.
Perhaps due to the dress hiding her unnatural parts, for a moment I forgot that she's an indescribably strange creature, and something froze inside me.
Thankfully, Ageha didn't wander away from me. Due to her having four legs, her walk was slightly unnatural, but I barely noticed that.
Thinking rationally, I have no reason to shake her hand off; rather, letting her go might be dangerous now.
It should be relieving that I stopped worrying about letting Ageha go outside, but I was still anxious about the change in our relationship. I felt that I had nowhere to run.
Despite warnings of reason and morality, I began to recognize this mysterious girl as "the opposite gender". Questions and doubts were spinning in my head.