CH 24.3

Chapter 24 – Whispering Shell / The Real Intention of the Two / Sacred Spring

Part C (2 in 1 Chapter)

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Both Marle-san and Aletta-san can not stand steadily after we finish taking a bath. Of course, the cause of their current condition is none other than me…… I don’t know, I somewhat feel proud yet bashful about it.

“…… Aletta-chan, is this how heaven actually feels? My hips feel soft all over I can’t calm myself down~”

“I-I also feel the same but…… Don’t say it out loud, please. We are under the same roof as the princess after all”

The moment we get out of the bathroom, Aletta-san returns to her disciplined self. She would only show her disheveled self only to Marle-san who is her partner and me of course. I find that gap between her usual and disheveled personality to be attractive.

(I am really easily attracted to many things…… And I can’t deny it from looking at the facts)

“Hiroto-chan, I’m sorry for surprising you at first. I also think from time to time that it is better for me to act more feminine~……”

“I think that Marle-san is already feminine enough, you know? Of course, Aletta-san is also the same”

“Hiroto-chan…… Thank you for your compliment. I feel that you show me more attention than to Marle-san today so…… I feel very happy”

I intended to treat them fairly but it seems like I still am not doing it right. Indeed if Marle-san would be more attractive if she acts a bit more conservative in my opinion. I know that It is very like her to act daring and uninhibited but men are creatures who enjoy ‘chirarism’. Rather than going full open from the start, we enjoy a progressive brief glimpse exposure…… What am I doing thinking so hard about those things?

“I will do my best so you pay more attention to me next time then. Good night, Hiroto-chan…… here’s a good night kiss”

“…… Is that okay? Well, it probably is okay. Marle-san is already doing it after all so I too…… Good night. Nnn……”

The two women kiss my cheek then return to their own room. I spend quite some time using [Suckling] on both of them so my [Knighthood] and [Field Medic] skills get some improvement progress after some time. Thanks to that, I also managed to confirm that the skill training efficiency from that activity still does not change. On top of that, I am also feeling good from the act.

After I got back to my room to prepare, I realized that…… Filianess-san hadn’t told me the exact time for when I should go to her room.

But if I go there too late in the night then she might be already asleep by that time. I just decide to go to her room now and start heading to her room.

The mansion has a total of 3 floors. The guest rooms that I and Marle-san’s group are using are on the second floor while Filianess-san’s room is on the third floor. At the end of the hall, there is a door with a luxuriously decorated sign place with [Filianess Shurez] written on it. This sign must be changed every time the lord of this fief changes.

I knock the door while still feeling nervous. As the door knocking sounds reverberate in the surrounding, I can feel a sign of movement inside the room.

“…… So you’ve come. Get in”

Filianess-san opens the door and invites me in.

She had taken a bath also so she is now in her sleepwear. The sleepwear is made from a white-colored thin fabric. The upper part and lower part set are separated and it has a sleeveless design. She had her long hair tied up in the back…… This is the first time I see her in that kind of hairstyle. It gave me a very refreshing feel.

Filianess-san’s working room is in a separate room from this one so there is no work-related furniture placed in this place. There are only three chairs surrounding a round table placed in the room. There is also a door leading deeper into the room and that should be her bedroom. The floor is covered with a high-quality carpet and the wall is decorated with paintings of a lady and paintings of natural scenery.

The window is made from glass and through the thin curtains, the moonlight is peeking in. As there is only indirect light from outside, the room looks a bit dark but Filianess-san’s beauty gets greatly emphasized thanks to the fleeting lighting. She gives a different feeling from when I look at her face in the day. My heart starts to beat louder just from looking at her.

“I know that Hiroto is at his peak of growth right now so I should let you take a longer time to sleep but…… Please forgive me for taking your time. There is something that I want to discuss just by the two of us no matter what so I can’t help calling you”

“No, I also feel happy to be called by you, Filianess-san. I even feel like soaring…… I’m sorry, even though I know that you called me to have a serious talk, I still feel happy”

“…… If asked whether I want to have a serious talk then the answer is yes in one way. But I don’t have any intention to just end it with just that, you know?”

Filianess-san let out a giggle. That mischievous gesture is also something that she rarely shows.

—- And then it finally hit me. Filianess-san was behaving like a strict knight because she was in the presence of the princess before…… Actually……

(She is feeling happy from meeting me just like Marle-san and Aletta-san…… If that really is the case then……)

I suddenly feel overwhelmed by my own emotion. There is a great impulse that spurs me to jump straight to her bosom. A maddening feeling suddenly born out of nowhere.

I am a kid no longer but I still want her to spoil me like a kid. It is like a feeling I had when I am with my mother. I just want to act like the boy inside me…… But there is also something different from that.

I don’t want to be just treated like a kid. I want her to accept my all as an individual and entrust myself to her. That is what Filianess-san’s existence is for me.

“First, let me hear about the sequence of events that lead you to meet Luche. Why were you present at the scene where Luche’s group is being attacked?”

“One of my friends is now an apprentice merchant and when I heard he is going to the capital for his job, I decided to help him. Even when I said help, my roles are just to escort the caravan on the way so we won’t meet any danger on the way”

“Is that so…… So that is the reason why you are on the dukedom’s main road, right? If Hiroto doesn’t happen to meet her, I’m afraid that by now, Luche is……”

Filianess-san still stands when she invites me to sit in the chair. She put one hand on my shoulder from behind and —- the next moment, she bends down and gives me a hug.

“…… You have my thanks. For me, Luche’s life is something that I want to protect even at the cost of my own life. And to know that it is you, Hiroto, who helps protect her life…… It just makes me feel very happy. At the same time, I also start feeling that I must give Luche better protection from now on”

“Are Filianess-san perhaps…… thinking that the reason for you becoming a landlord is because someone or some party wants to prevent you from rescuing Luche?”

I accidentally let out the deduction that floats in my mind. If my deduction is right then the one moving around to enable Filianess-san to receive her present fief is someone who is deeply related to the attack aimed at Luche. I still can not make any conjecture whether that person is the mastermind behind this or not though.

“The fief is directly bestowed upon me by the king, Lord Vargas himself…… But the one proposing to do that to the king is someone else from the royalty”

“And that someone else is……?”

“The royalties in this dukedom are actually pointed to the four royal houses that are located in the north, east, south, and west. The throne of the king will then be given to one of the heads of the four houses…… The current king, Lord Vargas, is coming from the royal house in the east. The one who suggested the lord to give bestow a fief to me is Duke Gurd. He is the one who dominates the southern part of Junegan including Vernis which is currently my fief……”

Duke Gurd, eh…… Back in the game, that person is known as the one with the most severe personality within the four royal families. And he is the only character from the four royal families that is known along with king Vargas.

Even when players are aware that the other members of the royal families exist, it was impossible to have any interaction with them. After the death of King Vargas, the four royal families start to fight each other for the crown. I don’t know how that fight ends because the game only summed it up with [and thus, the warring time arrives at Junegan dukedom].

If the reason for why Duke Gurd’s name showed up in the game was a flag for him to be the one surviving in the end then…… the suspicion on him for being the one who wants to harm Luche will get stronger. And if the reason why he recommends Filianess-san to own a fief is to separate her, who is close with Luche, from helping her then the logic would fit together.

(And I can gradually see more pieces in the puzzle…… Gurd is the one who instigates the black knight brigade, or even maybe he has the black knight brigade under his control, to attack Luche. The reason for that is because when Luche finished with her baptism, then she would have a seat for inheriting the crown)

“…… What would happen after princess Luche finished her baptism? I heard that she will be acknowledged as the member of royalties but I still yet to hear the details”

“Luche’s mother is the descendant of west royal house blood. This is the rule that stems from when the royal family was created, In the case that if the king’s legitimate child…… true blood children have the bloodline of the west royal house, then that person would become the next king of the dukedom. Under the present circumstances, Luche should become the next Queen……”

Filianess-san seems to realize it when she is in the middle of her explanation. Is that so…… that is precisely the reason why Luche is being targeted.

It was in order to prevent the bloodline of the west royal house to legitimately inherit the throne after king Vargas passed away.

“If Luche actually dies from the attack, who will inherit the throne? …… this is just a what-if case but can you tell me who?”

“…… It will be Duke Gurd. Alas, the deep gray color of suspicion turned into deep black now. Duke Gurd must have guessed that king Vargas’ health has not been unsatisfactory lately and start doing some moves in the back in order to snatch the throne. And one of those moves was to eliminate Luche…… As I don’t have any proof to support this theory, I can’t yet make any conclusion for this……”

Filianess-san also feels perplexed. Who would imagine that the assault case on Luche might turn out into an opening of a civil war between the royal houses?

“All I can do is to guarantee Luche’s safety and to have her finish her baptism without any trouble…… But I am also a knight who swore my loyalty to the dukedom. If it really is another member of the royalty who wants to harm her, I would become a sinner if I wield my blade towards them……”

She brings her hand to her chest and grips her fist with more force. She is a knight who has the obligation to protect the royal family and she is proud of her occupation. I can guess a bit of her anguish from facing this dilemma.

(To know who wants to harm Luche, to know who deployed Sigmut’s team to attack her, this case should be openly investigated or Luche would always be in danger……)

This is a difficult problem…… but I have to solve it no matter what. From now on, I should pay more attention so that the enemy won’t stab me from the back when I make even the smallest mistake. Moreover, there is a high chance that the enemy is from royalty and he would use his title to harm us. Filianess-san’s only weakness is the fact that she is a member of the knight brigade, that she is the servant of the dukedom. And the reason why she is afraid of Duke Gurd instead of king Vargas is because on paper, she is not under the management of the dukedom but under the south royal house which is headed by the duke. To think even until this far shows that the enemy is quite familiar with scheme and machination.

(But well…… If Duke Gurd is really the enemy then we who have already seen through his trick have the upper hand at the moment)

“Filianess-san, let’s just protect Luche thoroughly for the time being. If she can officially be acknowledged as royalty by finishing her baptism then the enemy would have a harder time to touch her. That’s right! How about we suggest King Vargas to protect Luche……”

“…… Luche’s royal mother is king Vargas’ concubine. Luche is acknowledged as a princess before she even acknowledged as royalty is because her royal mother already owns nobility peerage that is equivalent to that. And as royalty, the king could not directly give her protection as she is not yet from the royalties at the moment…… After all, the princess that is born from the king’s legal wife does not think pleasantly about Luche”

So in short, at the moment Luche is being acknowledged as a royalty, her status would dramatically rise from the daughter of a concubine into a queen candidate. So that is the reason why I never heard of Luche’s name back in Mizell. She is actually in such a poor situation. She could not have that many bodyguards with her status, much less having an expert to escort her. It was all because there are other powers who do not think well of Luche spreading their pressure behind her.

(Under such a situation, sooner or later, Luche would be…… It is scary to think that her life would end without anyone knowing. Not me, not the other commoner would know……)

“I should have been more concerned about Luche’s well being…… When I think about the if case when you don’t manage to save her today, I had the feeling that I would definitely resent myself. I never feel any suspicion behind the reason of why I have bestowed a fief…… I should know that this is not the time to act like a landlord and spend time peacefully……”

“…… Filianess-san is not the one at fault. Please not blame yourself too much”

“…… Hiroto……”

In front of her, I use a childish tone in my speech differently from how I usually talk. It is because I wish for her to be someone who I would forever admire.

I take Filianess-san’s fist that she clenches so hard because of her worry and loosen it. I can see a line of teardrops in Filianess-san’s cheek.

“I am also here, Filianess-san. Beside me, I also think that everyone would want to protect Luche’s well being. You are not alone”

“…… You…… Really, every time……”

Filianess-san let go off my hand gently and wipe the tears running in her cheek. She then pats my hat while her eyes still have a slight tint of red. I could also feel that she is being somewhat bashful.

“…… I feel that I can overcome any kind of trial as long as I’m with you. This feeling is true from my heart…… Thank you, my cute Hiroto”

“Tha-thank you…… But I am already not at the age where you can call me cute……”

“What are you saying? Do you know how much older I am from you? …… For me, you will be always the cute old you forever”

(…… I see. That is true…… She was 14 years old when I was just born. And that difference would never become smaller no matter how long time pass)

It seems that I am misunderstanding something. I thought that if I worked hard enough, raised my skill high enough and became useful for the people around me then my age would become something not important to all the people I meet.

But I am actually always a little kid in Filianess-san’s eyes. Even when she wished for my quick growth and when she let me call her by her name…… a kid is a kid.

It doesn’t mean that I don’t feel happy being complimented as ‘cute’. But I still wish for Filianess-san to praise me in a way where she acknowledges me as a man. Like saying “You are still 8 years old but you already this masculine”

(Am I…… already feel impatient to have Filianess-san acknowledge me as an adult? I really am an egoist, I have made Yuishia and Marle-san’s group waiting for so long yet I can’t wait when it comes to myself)

I used to think that becoming an adult together with Riona and the other childhood friends of mine as something desirable.

But my soul has already been living for 24 years. I’ve been feeling more and more constrained by being a kid.

The flow of time is something equal for everyone. I start to feel irritated that I am not an adult now and I just can’t help it…… There is nothing I can do by being impatient. Even when I always remind myself about that, there is still a feeling of urgency somewhere in my heart.

“…… There are many things we should do tomorrow so let’s return to our room to rest. Thank you for calling me, Filianess-san. Let’s make sure that we protect Luche to the end”

“…… Hiroto?”

Even when feeling that it is a selfish move, I still try to leave the room. My true nature is still that communicationally challenged me from the past. When things do not go the way I wished for even for just a bit, I started to lose the ability to convey my feelings.

I can’t help but think that Filianess-san would lose her interest in me first before I finally become an adult if she knows that I am actually like this. I don’t wish for that to happen yet I can’t stop my legs from leaving once I decided to.

—- My legs should be unable to stop, but that was only my imagination after all.

“…… Don’t go”

A hand grabs my right shoulder. I am being stopped by Filianess-san.

When I look back, maybe because she suddenly makes a big move, Filianess-san’s tied up hair is becoming undone. Even after being tied up, as her hair does not have any weird quirk, her hair soundlessly falls down inside the dim lighted room.

“…… Please don’t go. Please be by my side……”

“Filianess……san”

The moment I call her name, Filianess-san moves. She holds me up and takes me to her bed —- She lays me down facing up, puts her hand on my cheek and gets a close look at me.

—- She is pushing me down! A serious person like Filianess-san is actually doing something bold like this?

“You seem to…… misunderstand me. I knew that Marle and Aletta joined you to take a bath together. I knew, yet I chose to take a bath alone…… That is because I know that you would come to my room after that. So why don’t you even realize that! ……”

Filianess-san’s eyes are being drowned by her own tears.

That’s right…… She has always been like this from long ago. It has been a few times that she shows her tears in front of me. Without trying to hide anything, she shows me that she is also a weak human being.

How did I easily decide to go to her room I wonder? Do I want to look cool and deny myself who gets attracted by a new skill or myself who expects some sweet situation to happen? ……

Deep inside I know that I want to sleep together with Filianess-san after how many years we stopped doing that.

I am actually yearning for it. I am eagerly waiting for another chance. But because of the reason that common sense says that it is unhealthy, I have been avoiding it……

I also know that she is the kind of person that won’t ask me to sleep together again with her after I stop doing it once.

“…… Is it…… okay? Is it okay for me to remember the words that you said to me when I was a baby, Filianess-san? ……”

“Of course it is okay for you to remember…… And if you don’t want to forget about it, I want you to keep remembering it. I…… I went back and forth to Mizell back then because I want to watch your growing up process. Yes, I also worried about the demon sword but what I am more concerned about…… it is you, Hiroto. I even feel jealous when I see you being friendly with other people…… That is all my worth as a human. I can’t be the perfect one…… If you are going to give up on me then I don’t mind not becoming somebody perfect”

When compared to her status back in the game, Filianess-san level and abilities grow at a faster rate in this world…… Just what is the reason behind that extreme growth?

If the reason is because she met me that causes her to change then what should I do?

She was not a landowner back in the game. Even her class job as a Paladin would come later in the timeline. If I am connected to the reason for these changes then……

—- Even though she becomes imperfect as a Paladin, a holy knight, she also becomes much stronger in the same proportion. If I don’t afraid of having misunderstandings, this is the power she obtains from falling in love with someone.

If the person she loves is actually me, is it okay for me to feel proud about it?

Filianess-san overcame all her self-doubt and started to take off her clothes like usual. But she does not take all of her clothes off in one go like usual. She only takes off her top and shows her beautiful female protrusion that is wrapped tightly with a sarashi(cloth bandages).

“…… I thought that I wanted to have Hiroto take it off for me…… s-so I wrapped one myself…… I heard once that you also did the same thing to Monica-dono. I am not an oblivious person you know? ……”

“…… Everyone seems to know about each other yet they don’t even get mad at me. I can’t help but find that weird”

“Silly you. Even if we feel angry at you, it won’t do anything except making you hate us. That is the weakness of a woman in love……”

Even when she rebukes me with her words, Filianess-san still sits down gracefully on the edge of the bed. I then move towards her back, untie the sarashi’s knot, and slowly remove it while making a rustling sound.

<table>LOG- You are taking off <Filianess>’s accessory equipment.</tbody></table>

Sarashi is treated as an accessory by the system. One could wear as many accessories as physically possible in their body —- while remembering such small hidden mechanics in the game, Filianess-san’s beautiful naked back is exposed to me and I unintentionally become breathless.

“…… Such a trained hand movement. Just how many people’s sarashi have you removed with your hand? ……”

“Besides Monica-neechan, Filianess-san is the only one”

“Mu…… Is-is that so. I’m sorry for doubting you. It’s just that, the presence of women around Hiroto keeps growing so it wouldn’t be weird if there were other sarashi user women…… Am I the kind of distrustful woman?”

(No, it should be me who apologizes for the whole thing…… It is normal for Filianess-san to think like that, after all)

There is no such thing as her not being jealous at all. It is all just me being egoist. She even witnessed the things happen with Marle-san and Aletta-san and still holding herself back……

Marle-san has said it before about being unable to control one’s desire…… Filianess-san is also included into that category. It’s just that, she won’t say it out loud. But it does not mean that her feelings towards me change.

“…… I tried to get used to it but it still felt stiff as I expected…… Hiroto, can I ask you to please do it for me?”

“Wh-what do you want me to do……”

“It is the thing that you always do when you are a baby…… Don’t make me say it all. Even if I am like this, I am still a woman. I still feel embarrassed by these kinds of things, okay? ……”

Filianess-san raises both of her hands up while combing her hair up then let it fall down to her back. Even though I know the meaning of that gesture, I still feel terribly nervous and could not move very well.

“…… If it is hard to do it from the back then…… how about……”

Does Filianess-san know that I am being nervous right now? She starts making a move herself then she lays on the bed facing up —- while both of her hands cupping her own breast to cover them.

(I-if you hide it like that…… My imagination would go on full throttle imagining and something awful would……)

I started to think —- whether today will be the day I take the first step on the ladder to become an adult.

But the allurement I feel in reality easily overcomes even my own imagination. The development that happens in front of my sight is just too dazzling for my eyes.

Filianess-san gently let her hands cover off from her breast. And then she lifts her upper body a bit while opening both of her arms to welcome me.

“…… What should I say at a moment like this to make you happy? …… I am quite distant from such etiquette. But I might be the one weird in the head to say such things to a child like you……”

“N-no, it’s fine. I also don’t know that much……Can I touch it like how I usually did?“

“U-Umu…… Even if I feel so embarrassed, I can’t help myself, you can touch it. If it is just touching then there should be no problem even if you are still a child……”

Filianess-san leads my hands with hers to cup over her bountiful breast. My hands are still very small and could not completely cover her breast. And I do not know whether the day my hands could cover her breast would come or not. Because even if I grow big enough to do so, her growth would soon exceed mine.

When I activated my skill, Filianess-san’s breast started to shine. She just lets out a smile when she sees the light.

“When you do it to me, I feel more relaxed…… It might be a weird way to say it but it is like getting massaged, I feel the soreness gets unraveled”

“Ask whenever you feel sore again. I will always unravel it for you”

“…… If you say it like that, it makes me want to ask for it everyday. Please don’t spoil me too much, okay? I want to be the one doing the spoiling”

Filianess-san is…… really a cute person…… I can’t

(—- Let me say it then, I can’t hold it anymore!)

While bearing in mind to do a soft landing, I jump right into Filianess-san naked bosom. This is already out of the context of [Suckling] skill. It is just a simple skin-ship now.

“Kyaa…… Tha-that was a bold leap you did…… To think that you’ve been trying hard to act modest all the time…… So Hiroto has also been trying to hold back, right? ……”

(If you treat me kindly like this, it makes me want to become even more honest with my desire)

Moreover, letting out cute sounds like a ‘kyaa’ made me even more unable to sit still. Getting pampered as much as I want using a Paladin’s sacred breast. There will be no one in the past or future who could experience such a precious thing beside me.

“…… I am feeling relieved when I am with Hiroto like this…… I don’t know whether it is I who is holding you up or is it instead you who is holding me up. Which one do you think?”

“Filianess-san…… Your skin feels very cold. Did you feel chilly after the bath? ……”

“U-umu…… It is because Hiroto came a bit later…… I will appreciate it if you take responsibility for it……”

To warm up the body, circulating energy inside is indeed the best way to do it. I once again activated my skill and the area around my hand and Filianess-san’s breast are letting out a warm light.

“…… I can’t help feeling mysterious every time I see this sight. But indeed, I can feel the connection with you every time you touch me like this”

“Yes, I also feel the same, Filianess-san……”

I do not have to be too greedy trying to raise my skill in one go because I am planning to keep touching her all night.

This is the first time I can do [Suckling] while feeling peaceful. I entrust myself to Filianess-san’s breast and ascertain the flowing log while in a dreamlike condition.

<table>LOG</tbody></table>

<table>– You activated [Suckling] to <<Filianess>>.</tbody></table>

<table>– You have learned [Holy Sword Mastery]!</tbody></table>

<table>– <<Filianess>> is whispering: “…… I wish this time would go on forever”</tbody></table>

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Midnight comes. Filianess-san is showing a slovenly sleeping form on top of the bed.

“Nnn…… Hiroto……”

Her sleeping face still has some trace of innocence. I let out a smile and then I covered her up to her shoulder with a blanket before leaving the room.

—- And then, the moment I opened the door, a dull sound suddenly reverberated.

“Ouch…… Hi-HiHi-Hiroto-sama……”

The people present there are Ianna-san who is in her sleepwear —- and there is also, of all the people staying in this mansion, princess Luche on the other side.

“Y-you are wrong. I am just escorting her highness around…… I just happened to witness what Hiroto-sama was doing in the bathroom with Marle-sama and Aletta-sama which made me suspect whether Filianess-sama is also having a deep relationship with Hiroto-sama so I can’t help reporting about this matter to Princess Luche…… Because her highness also shows her interest in Hiroto-sama, I, I, as her personal maid, I have to do personal investigation for what Hiroto-sama is doing! ……”

“…… So in short you have been peeping right?”

“Hiiiii!……”

She is not a bad person. Well, there was some bad impression I got from her but I thought I would treat it as water under the bridge…… But she just tested my patience again and again……

“Hi-Hiroto-sama…… You are obscene……!”

“Lu-Luche…… No, that is wrong, this is not……!”

I tried to stop Luche from running away. But of course, even in such a situation, there is still someone who tried to prevent me from doing that. Needless to say, that someone is Ianna-san.

“Nope, that is not wrong…… Hiroto-sama is indeed a gentleman worthy of my expectation. You are still very young but you already easily beguile older women and then manipulate them the way you wish, right? …… You even made Filianess-sama act in an unbefitting way that is very hard to imagine with her identity as a holy knight……”

“Oi”

“Hiiiii!?……”

A voice that does not sound like mine came out. A voice that sounds totally different from when I got intimate with Filianess-san…… A voice so threatening that no one could even imagine that an 8 years old boy could let out such a voice even when he is totally enraged.

“I am not someone who is extremely short-tempered…… but I am also not a saint who will let other people slap my other cheek after slapping me once. If you peek at others, you will be punished. Didn’t your parents teach you that? ……”

“I-I just, I just want to inform Luche-sama that if she wants to be the partner of someone like Hiroto-sama, she should learn more things so she won’t be having any troubles in welcoming her first night……”

You are just being a busybody. But well, I already have no hope for her to understand even if I told her that.

“…… Okay, I fully understand what you are trying to do. But Ianna-san, you are making me a little bit angry. I was thinking about letting you go before but I don’t feel like doing it anymore. I’m sorry but I am at my limit”

“…… Wha-what is…… I’ve said that I am quite knowledgeable with the art of lovemaking, bu-but that was still just the elementary knowledge……”

“I don’t ask you to do that for me. I just want to make you reflect upon your mistakes”

“Ah! …… I-I have been trying to act nice because you are just a child so don’t think that you will get away with everything! I will teach you how scary an older girl is! Eei!”

So you choose to attack me first at this point? I have to say that you got quite the guts.

—- But I still won’t give you any mercy.

“I-I can’t move…… Even though I have been training Seagal family style martial arts……”

(Eros: It suddenly comes to me that Ianna’s family name sounds a lot like Seagal)

“It seems like you won’t reflect on yourself…… Well, it can’t be helped then”

“Hiiiii…… Wha-what kind of cruel things are you going to do to me? ……”

Ianna-san asks me back while there are traces of hope in her expression that she wants to hear that the ‘punishment’ is not something severe. But I just give a great smile back at her while replying.

“Yup, I will do something very cruel to you”

“…… Hiiiii……Ah……!”

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I activated a certain skill to do mischief to Ianna-san all night long to make her repent —- and in the following morning, [The Art of Lovemaking] level 10 suddenly appears on my skill list. What actually happened? Well, let just say that it was a secret between me and Ianna-san.

“Fuaa…… I had a good sleep”

I change my clothes feeling fully refreshed and then leave my room. And when I do, I immediately see Luche standing in front of my room.

“Ah…… Lu-Luche, good morning. About yesterday, you know……”

I tried to give her an explanation but I can’t make out any words. But before I managed to say anything, Luche said something first while having her cheeks blushing red.

“I-I…… I don’t mind if Hiroto-sama also does the same thing to me! ……”

“Eh? …… Luche, what do you mean by the same thing……”

Luche then darted off running to the lower floor all flustered. What a terrible manner for her highness to run in the hallway. No, this is not the right time to nitpick.

“…… S-she is not angry…… so all is fine? ……”

I thought that she would disdain me after that but a night passes and Luche’s opinion seems to flip 180 degrees around.

It’s only been two days since we first met and she already says such things to me…… Well, there might also be the suspension bridge effects working on her that made her say such things.

(Bu-but doesn’t this mean that…… I’ve made a strong foothold to take the [Royal Blood skill], haven’t I? ……)

I am still being shocked by the sudden development and I’m having a headache on how I should act when I meet Luche at the breakfast table.