Vol 9 Chapter 3 (1/2)

My body was hurting all over The taste of blood was hanging in my mouth

The pungent odor of gasoline rushed at my nose

”Ugh”

I groaned and opened ed into darkness I could not even make out the outline of my own arm

Until just now, I had been riding a car

At the ti ere doing next

But suddenly, the surroundings turned dark and the world became upside down I heard Mitsuki's scream—

”Mitsuki!”

I instantly called to her beside me But no one answered

”Uncle, Auntie!”

I called ot Mitsuki's parents at the driver's and front passenger's seats, but there was no reply

”Mitsuki, are you there!?”

I searched s by touch I felt the seats and the sensation of broken glass on ertips

”—”

My fingertip was cut, probably by the broken glass

But I ain and reached out

This ti soft and warm This was human skin—someone's arm

Because it was quite slender, I was convinced it was Mitsuki's arm

”Mitsuki! Are you okay!?”

I tried tothe way, I heard an annoying creaking I knew that ere currently tilting

The car was in an unstable position right now Sensing the danger, I stopped

But while waiting for the noise to subside,more and more hazy

I had just touched Mitsuki earlier but now I did not knohere she was Due to stopping uous

Sed—by darkness Everything was repainted black, disappearing

Realizing these fears, I reached out again even at the risk of disrupting the car's balance

However, ed

”Mitsuki!!”

Calling her naot cut, I continued to search s with my hands

I needed light Just a little bit A weak light to illuminate Mitsuki's position

—Throb

My left hand pulsated Beginning fro scorched by fire

The instant I cried out in pain, a flash of light filled the world—

”—Time to wake up, Yuu”

Feeling a sudden chill along my spine, I was jolted back to reality from my dream

”!!”

A flash of silver approached ht ar a steel knife from dark matter instantly, I blocked the attack

Clang, a sharp h the darkness

”Goodless expected from my mate”

S the posture of her doard swinging knife, it was Kili in pajamas

On top ofdown at me

Why was Kili here?

While resisting Kili's weapon, I tried hard to assess the situation

This was Charlotte's cottage in Midgard's underground I was sleeping in this room with Iris, Mitsuki, Jeanne and shi+on

With only a night light, the roo sounds of the girls in their sleep

”Yuu, don't move yet, okay? We still need to make physical contact”

Kili s

I took a closer look and saw that Kili had taken a posture over ht hand was still gloith blue light

”What are you planning to do?”

”This is the easiest way to wake you up”

Kili withdrew the blade without any remorse at all

”What would you do if I didn't react?”

”In that case, you'd wake froenic transmutation, so there's no problem”

”There's already a problem when it hurts”

I sighed with undisguised exasperation in response to Kili cheerfully speaking of the absurd

”Really? Pain can sometimes turn into pleasure When you stabbed me here in the past—I felt extremely thrilled, you know?”

Holding her abdoically

”That pain on who should become my mate is you”

Saying that, Kili slowly drew near my face

”H-Hey, don't tell ht here—”

I instantly looked at Iris and the others ere sleeping on the side

”Don't worry No one will get up Before sneaking into the rooas and released it into the room to make them sleep more soundly That was also why a little stimulation was necessary to wake you up”

Kili s her prank

”Behave yourself Didn't you girls decide the order using rock-paper-scissors?”

”Yes—But I couldn't wait any longer”

With our noses about to touch, Kili looked at me passionately

”You ain if you touch me, you know?”

Kili looked like she had decided to become my mate However, I orried whether she truly understood the risks involved

”Given my position, my freedom of movement will be restricted no matter which I choose If I want to leave, I'll just resort to force I'ed to follow rules set by other people”

S fearlessly, Kili replied very much in her style, but I could not approve

”Doing whatever you like”

”You won't allow it? Then you'd better discipline me properly and never take your eyes off me Use that power to make me utterly yours”

Seeing an to close the final distance

Clearly capable of blocking the acute attack of her blade earlier, I did not react at all to her slowly approaching lips

The reason wasintent Conveyed through her gaze up close were strong feelings of desire forone would call affection or love

The light erupting froon mark enveloped her then dissipated as tiny particles

”Mm”

Pressing her lips forcefully against ht vanished

”Ohthan I expected”

Feeling slightly disappointed, Kili checked her own body Compared to Mitsuki's transformation, her reaction was much milder This was probably a difference in constitution

”Okay, get off now”

Although unsettled by the sensation lingering on ly against shoeakness in front of Kili

However, Kili did not change her posture on top ofto cover my entire body

Making contact with her supple and war rapidly

”Seriously, what are you talking about? Here comes the main event as promised”

”M-Main event?”

Unable to understand, I repeated her words in a question Kili revealed a gorgeous smile

”After beco left to do Let's make a baby—Yuu”

”Uh W-Wait!”

”I' to wait”

Ignoring an to unbutton her pajamas

”H-Hey!”

Her exposed skin was al Iris and the other girls sleeping on the side, I reached out to stop Kili

”Fufu, you're surprisingly aggressive”

However, Kili iainst her chest

Sinking into Kili's soft breast, the intense sensation trans out my mind

”Mmm—Go ahead You can do whatever you wish”

Exhaling hot breath, Kili stared at me with moistened eyes

My thoughts, already blanked out, were sed by the impulse of basic instinct

”Let's do it, Yuu, to safeguard our future”

Kili drew her face near again

It was a kiss with a differentlove

”Wait—”

”I'm sorry but I can't allow you two to continue”

The instant before Kili could kiss with her lips and ignore me, a sharp voice sounded in the room

”What”

Kili turned around in surprise I gasped and looked in the sa at the doorway

”I could overlook the violation of sequence, but anything beyond that won't be allowed Ren ht cry”

Slared sharply at Kili

”When did you No, forget that Don't disturb us at the critical part”

Recovering frolared back reproachfully at Ariella

”I said I won't allow anything more, didn't I? If you must continue no matter what, I will stop you by force”

Ariella spoke casually and naturally readied her stance Inintent

Although I knew she was trained in combat skills, I never expected this level of—

Giving off ”that type of aura,” si pressure that would cause others to get goosebumps

”Looks like you're serious But do you think you can defeat me?”

Kili seemed to notice Ariella was no ordinary person, but she still answered forcefully in full confidence

”Indeed, but even if I lost, Tia ake up in the ensuing commotion If that happens, it's not your win either”

””

Ariella's response brought a frown to Kili's face Once Tia with her ability to interfere with dark enic transmutation would be sealed She must have realized it

”Fine That's it for today I'll hold back for now”

Deciding that prolonging the dispute would be pointless, Kili shrugged and stood up

”But I intend to do it properly with you later—Prepare yourself, Yuu”

Leaving these words behind, Kili leisurely left the room with the front of her pajamas still unfastened

”That was close, Mononobe-kun”

Aftersure Kili had left, Ariella smiled wryly at me

”Y-Yeah Thanks a lot, but when did you—”

”It was just now Noticing Kili was ht be So I came to have a look Just as I said earlier, I don't care if she's sioing to go further Unless I stopped her”

Explaining with a blush, Ariella coughed lightly and stared at me

”But if you wish, Mononobe-kun, I'll keep quiet, okay? With Mitsuki and the others on the side, I hope you won't give in to momentary impulse”

”What an embarrassment”

I sat on my blankets forhed with exasperation

”You have to be more careful You are Ren's 'Onii-chan' after all”

It sounded like scolding but there was pleading in her voice

Ariella stared at me seriously for a while then continued hesitantly

”I believe Ren will surely choose to have contact with you I hope You can become Ren's true family Unlike Miyazawa Kenya, the most awful father—Okay?”

Saying that, Ariella left the roo my reply

”Ariella?”

She had always cared for Ren but soh excluding herself

However, unable to chase Ariella for answers because she had gone back to her rooirls, I could only frown on my own in the darkness of my room

Part 2

Early next round, there was no concrete feeling of 's arrival The time displayed on my terminal was 6am

I got up earlier than everyone else and waited for Firill at the hot spring outside

”Hoo”

Soaking myself in the ater, my eyelids naturally felt heavier and I yawned

Totally sleep deprived Due to Kilitiain

”Thanks for waiting, Mononobe-kun”

While I was spacing out, I heard Firill's voice from behind

”Oh, Firill? Good ”

Iaround, but then I froze

Approaching me was Firill, dressed in an extre than being wrapped in a bath towel With every step she took, her massive bosom would wobble

”What”

I suddenly stood up in the hot spring due to excessive surprise Firill stopped by the water's edge, facing me

”What's the ood?”

Inmyself to Firill if I turned around My chest ithout saying, but with only a s fully nude

”I-It looks great on you—But why a swimsuit”

It was the truth that Firill was very attractive in a swi one?

”I was expecting so like this as a possibility”

Firill puffed her chest out proudly and n towards me with her hand

”What kind of situation did you iine?”

Unsure where to look, I sighed, but seeing the glowing blue dragon inal purpose

Although she was very cheerful, I would expect her, being a princess from the Principality of Erlia, to be quite troubled by the risks of transformation

”Well Let's talk first Your position is the most complicated, Firill No need to hurry, just think carefully first—”

”Mononobe-kun Stand there with your arms spread out”

However, Firill interrupted estion and made a request

”Spread my arms? Like this?”

I had no idea as the purpose but I spread my arms as told

”Yes, that's right, then Don't move, okay?”

Firill continued to give instructions then back away slightly It was al start

”H-Hey, don't tell me—”

I yelled frantically but Firill siht for me

”Here I come Mononobe-kun”

With her iant leap into the hot spring

”Tyah—”

Firill dove fiercely, straight into me with my outstretched arms

”Wait—”

Flying over, although her body was stopped by me, the impact was not absorbed completely With a

Held inup Within the cloudy hot spring water, I could gliht

”Bwah!!”

Holding Firill, I finally ed to stick my head out of the water, but her transforon mark had vanished

”Fufu Mononobe-kun, with this, you've now become my prince”

Hugging me with her arms around the back offrom the intimate physical contact with her body, but more than that, I felt anxious and troubled

”F-Firill—Why did you do that? Before er be a princess, you know?”

”Youable to leave Midgard?”

Hugging htly

”—That's right”

I felt uneasy that I had deprived Firill of her wish and position, but Firill nodded cheerfully

”Indeed, according to the current rules That ht happen However, if that really were to pass, I have no intention of giving up on being a princess either Because without ally married to all of you”

”Huh?”

What on earth was she talking about? I was rendered speechless

”Oh? Didn't I mention before? The Principality of Erlia allows saamy is permitted for royalty alone”

”No, that I remember but”

Despite noticing that my issue was not with that, Firill still continued seriously

”It's already decided that you'll become my prince, Mononobe-kun But you've etMononobe-kun's family, a perfect solution”

”What an ingenious idea” hat Firill's tone of voice seehtly mischievously and added a whisper

”Well I will actually be the only one ht?”

”No, it's not like you can settle things just by calling it a perk”

I concurred a noticed that the prior assumption eird in the first place, I asked Firill in return

”How should I say this? Although you won't give up on being a princess, what about reality? Are you going break out by force?”

Recalling what Kili had said, I orried that Firill's outlook ht be too naive

However, Firill sighed at my questions in exasperation

”Mononobe-kun Could you think more carefully? I can't be a princess any like that”

”Of course I know that—then what are you going to do?”

Noticing that Firill was not saying things on whim, I asked about her methods

”Rules are soe therandfather did”

”What—”

Hearing an unexpected answer, I gasped and focused my mind

Firill's grandfather, Albert Crest, was a person who had fought strongly for the hureatly

I had treated rules as absolute, but froreat accomplishe

”I never thought of that solution”

”Mononobe-kun, you must broaden your horizons You're already my prince”

Firill advised ainst my cheek

A natural movement with almost no hesitation It took me a number of seconds before I realized I had been kissed

”H-Hey”

”Fufu, Mononobe-kun Your face is so red”

Firill giggled happily, relaxed her body and leaned against me

”Ariella warned me, so that's all for today However Before the others wake up, let's get lovey-dovey in a wholesome way How about that, my prince?”

”I think this is already unwholesome”

A giant bust pressed directly againstfrom her pale skin

Mydizzy, driven by an impulse to embrace her

”Don't worry, Mononobe-kun As long as you do nothing at all It counts as wholesoenders”

Firill whispered to ers

”For the sake of my creative works Let reat detail Don't worry”

Her fingers slid from my chest towards radually going numb

”Uh—”

It would be bad if this continued I grabbed Firill's hand and pinned her down to seal her movements

”Eh Mononobe -kun?”

She looked up at me in dumbfounded surprise

”Firill, you can't go further if you really want to keep things wholesoht think, Firill”

I stared into Firill's eyes and told her Slightly flustered, she dodged eye contact

”B-But If you want to be unwholesome, Mononobe-kun I don't mind—”

”Even though you're saying that, do you realize you're shaking?”

I could feel

”This is tre with excitement”

Firill argued with a blush Seeing her trying to act tough like this, I sighed

”It's fine even if you don't force yourself I feel—that just now's kiss was probably your liht?”

Having kissedHer bold behavior was perhaps to hide her embarrassment

”Mononobe-kun, you're so bad”

Firill's face went bright red and she looked down I was evidently right

”You're the one person I don't want to hear that from”

Sighing deeply again, I released Firill Liberated, Firill went li Then she adjusted her swimsuit strap that had moved a little out of place

”Then I won't be bad any normally”

”—Got it”

I sat down next to Firill Under the water, she held my hand

”Is this within limits?”

”Well Barely, I guess”

”Then barely will do”

Relaxing a bit, Firill smiled

”Looks like it's very difficult for a entleman”

”Yes, so that's why you need to be more careful, Firill”

I urged her to be careful again but Firill smiled profoundly

”Yes You're right, but—the way you acted just now, Mononobe-kun, that wasn't so unpleasant either, you know? A forceful prince who's a little scary I ht be okay with that too”

Rather than putting on a brave face, Firill's tone of voice sounded like she truly believed it from the bottom of her heart

”—You really don't learn your lessons”

I remarked with a wry smile Had I made Firill awaken a new side to her? My heart filled with trepidation

Part 3

”Why are you in a swimsuit too, Lisa?”

After breakfast, wrapped in a towel, I headed to the hot spring for the third ti for me there, Lisa's attire surprised me

She earing the black bikini I had seen before Naturally, e between her massive breasts

”When leaving the dor sear I never expected to use it this way”

Lisa tossed her long blonde hair and sighed lightly

”Sure enough, Firill's involved again huh? But anyway, this swiood on you”

Due to our ”couples training” in the past, praise naturally flowed out from within me

However, Lisa went red and glared at me unhappily

”Excusewoman Here, you are supposed to say 'even more beautiful than before' even if you must lie”