Chapter 235: You’re unexpectedly clumsy!
After Teine came the rest of the fairies came too and took care of Sharle’s condition and cleaning the room. They smiled at me in a troubled way, saying they could not show it to anyone besides me and the lovers. I kissed the forehead of Sharle, who was sleeping with a happy melted face, and was told by everyone to take my time in the bath, so I headed to the bathroom.
A maid was there when I left the room so I asked something that had been on my mind. Could they see Sharle and the others? She answered they could not. It only looked like the door opened on its own and I was talking with someone invisible, she told me quietly while bowing. As expected of Erika’s maids and the former viscount house’s maids. They either drew a line or did not stick their necks into troublesome things. They were probably well trained… I pictured Melaine doing the training. I understood that prying into the people you served was unnecessary, and sometimes rude. But I was not used to being treated that way. I wanted them to relax a little more. Maybe I should consult Melaine once?
I thanked the maid holding the changing-room door open with a smile. She quietly shook her head. When I went in she bowed and closed the door. She was probably trained not to have extra conversation during work. She did not need to stand on that much formality with me… Come to think of it, late as it was I noticed I was fully naked. Of course she would not meet my eyes. I smiled wryly.
I washed, then sank my body into the water collected in the tub. I soaked to my shoulders, let out a breath at how good it felt, then heard the bath door open and turned my face. I thought one of the lovers had come, but Hiero was standing there naked with a grin. I hurried to face forward.
“Hiero, I’m grateful you let your guard down with me. But take a little more care of yourself.”
“I’m coming in because it’s fine to show you. What, you don’t want to see me naked~?”
“…Is it all right if I answer?”
“Ah~. That’s right. I forgot you were an honest handful… Don’t say it. I’ll get embarrassed!”
She charged in herself and then was selfish. I smiled wryly without saying it. I was truly glad she let her guard down, but I thought she should have some shame. Hiero washed and got in the water, then as usual made me open my legs and leaned her back against me. “Feels good~,” she said, letting out a breath of relief like it felt good, then grabbed both my hands and guided them to her stomach, which made me smile wryly. I tried to keep my eyes from going to her breasts that looked like they were floating in the water, but please forgive them showing at the edge of my vision. I hugged her tight as requested. A happy atmosphere came through so I would call it fine.
“When did you get back?”
“Just now. When I met Nimi I heard you were finally making Sharle happy. I came to check and you were just about to get in the bath so I got in too.”
“Finally… huh. It hurts that I can’t talk back.”
“Ahaha! Well yeah. If you made her wait that long you can’t complain if she says it~!? …By the way, are you worrying about something?”
Hiero tilted her body a little sideways, turned only her face toward me, and smiled happily. I smiled at Hiero in a troubled way, chose my words, and explained. That I felt sorry seeing the lovers get too tired from doing too much, and that I wondered if I would get scolded. I included the past matter with Nimi and put it gently. Hiero put on an exasperated face, let out a tired sigh, returned to her posture, ground her back against me, and said,
“Haaaah! You reeeally are! A handful! There’s no way they’d hate it, right? Everyone comes to be held by Raide knowing it’ll be like that. Have you ever been disliked even once? You haven’t, right!?”
“No, but Nimi…”
“I heard. If you do that much with no prior information of course she’d say no!? Geez, you’re unexpectedly clumsy!”
Hiero slapped the water surface while talking. I smiled wryly and tightened my hug with the meaning that I wanted her to let me off. “I won’t be diverted, you know!?” Hiero pressed her back hard and continued something close to a lecture. In the end I got lectured until I was about to get lightheaded, kissed Hiero’s forehead, and got her to settle. The way she said “You handful…” with red cheeks was cute. I thanked her including the lecture.
When I dressed and left the changing area the maid who met us told me Sharle and the others had headed to the large room on the third floor. I thought I would go see their faces and turned my feet toward the stairs, then got stopped by the maid and Hiero and tilted my head. I did not know why I was stopped and asked. “It’s maiden time right now,” the two of them said, and I laughed in a troubled way. I nodded, went back to Nifa Inn’s living space with Hiero, chatted with Nimi, Pafa, and the twins, and was reported that Mirishu and Kuna had returned to the royal castle.
What surprised me most was that it was past midnight. Apparently I had spent quite a while with Sharle. You hear that happy time passes fast, but lately the flow of time really was fast and it put me in a spot. It was a good thing, but I felt a fear that if I did nothing only time would pass. Well, there were events so it was not like I would do nothing…
While I was thinking that Nimi spoke to me in a troubled way, reading it from my face. I looked around and everyone was laughing happily too, which put me in a spot. That day we went to bed quietly with nothing else happening.
Morning, I guessed… I woke on my own to a sweet nostalgic scent and the feel of something soft against my face. With a head waking little by little I remembered that yesterday Nimi had slept beside me. Nimi had my head buried in her cleavage and was holding me as if cradling me. I fell into wanting to keep my face buried, but I held back, lifted my face from the valley, and looked at Nimi. She was already awake, narrowing her eyes like I was precious, with a maternal smile.
“Morning… is that right?”
“Fufufu. It is. Good morning.”
I gave her a kiss that only touched her lips. She made a happy face so I could not take it and pulled her close. From the body pressed even closer I felt a moderate warmth and buried my face in her cleavage myself, breathing in a sweet scent like Mont Blanc. It was thick without being cloying, and I wanted to enjoy that nostalgic scent more so I pressed my face harder. At the same time her marshmallow-soft breasts changed to the shape of my face. The softness came through even over the negligee and I almost wanted to knead them. I smiled in a troubled way. Nimi stroked the hair at the back of my head with gentle hands and said while smiling happily,
“Fufu. You’re a spoiled one.”
“Is it pathetic…”
“No. Please spoil us more. ’We’ think that. …So at those times too, please love us without holding back, all right?”
“…Did you hear from Hiero?”
As if that was correct she pressed my face even tighter into her chest. I looked up at Nimi’s face. She gave me a kiss that only touched my lips, then smiled in a troubled way while stroking my head. “At that time I only knew ordinary men…” she explained, smiling shyly but happily. The ordinary-men part bothered me, but Nimi looking happy was so precious I sat up and laid her on her back. I covered Nimi. I thought it was a little forceful, but she did not resist. If anything she welcomed me, wrapping both arms around my back. After a few kisses that only touched I tangled tongues. The face melting little by little was too much.
“Nnh… nnn… nmu, chuu… fufufu. Passionate from the morning?”
“Hiero lectured me. When I seek I should be honest…”
“My. So I am being sought.”
“…I know I have unfair parts too, but I think that part of Nimi is unfair as well.”
“Matching with you, Raide-san, makes me happy. Ahn… nn… nnnn, nmuu… nnah, haah haah, geez… aaahn…”
Thinking it really was unfair, I tangled tongues and enjoyed kneading Nimi’s soft chest with my hand. Maybe because we did something a little too stimulating from the morning, both of us ended up sweating and decided to take a morning bath. After flirting in the bath we came out together and of course Pafa and Hiero noticed and grinned. For the record the twins’ faces were red and cute. They really were beauties…
I told Nimi we would do camping training today so I would not be able to come back. She told me to be careful and I nodded hard. Then I helped at the inn, greeted Erika and Rinelle who came to meet us, and started walking toward the academy with the twins.