93 Chapter 7 (2/2)
These weren't the right words to say in front of his fan club, and the girls went back to shooting me hateful looks, with one bishounen sitting next to me and another telling me I'm beautiful. I had half a mind to lift Min's shirt again, but I knew at this point it would only upset him and destroy the trust we had just rebuilt.
”I must ask, sir elf.” Rosetta broke into the atmosphere. ”Exactly how are you Aria's partner?”
I cringed at the question. It was the exact question I was hoping not to address until we'd finalized things. However, before I could give an answer, Min spoke up without reading the atmosphere at all.
”Aria's wife.”
Daria spat out of her glass and started coughing while the other three stared forward with confused looks on their faces.
”Excuse me…” Rosetta was the first to respond. ”W-wife?”
”I-is…” Daria pointed a finger out directly at me with piercing eyes. ”Are you, by chance a man?”
The emotional blow of this suggestion seemed to hit Jerard the hardest as he raised up so quickly that his knee hit the table. As he sat back down, trying to hide the pain and embarrassment on his face, the table became so silent one could hear a pin drop.
”Of course not!” I waved my hands. ”it's a, um… elf… thing. We're um… wives. It's kind of… weird…”
These words seemed to be relieve Jerard and sour the three women's moods. ”Oh, good, I've never heard about those customs, but I've heard elves can be a bit strange.”
Min was looking over at me with a furrowed brow. Come on, Min, read the mood. I love you, but can we just get past this! After another moment looking into Min's eyes, I realized that it wasn't fair to treat him that way. I gave out a long sigh.
”That's to say, I had sex with Min, and we got married.”
”Eh?”
”We were both women when we got married, so even though things changed we still call each other wife.”
”So-so-so you do have a dick!” Daria said it load enough a few people looked over from other tables before slapping a hand over her mouth and exploding into a crimson blush.
”Well, sometimes I have the dick, sometimes he does. We take turns.”
”T-t-take turns?” Rosaria looked slightly dizzy while it seemed like the shy white mage Mia had already fainted.
Well, at least I stayed true to Min. I glanced over at Min seeking his approval to find that he had his face in both hands blushing. ”Vessë is so mean, embarrassing.”
God… Damn… it!
Well, suffice it to say the talks broke down after that little revelation. Jerard lost most interest upon learning I was married and the added suspicion I may be a guy killed the rest. The girls were a jittering mess by the time they got up to leave, that revelation too adult for their childish minds. Jerard was still a decent guy in the end who wanted to help. He ended up clearing out the stock of potions for 15 gold, 5 more than we had hoped to sell it for. By the time the four of them left the inn, my head was on the table and I felt like going back up to our room and sleeping for another night.
”Did, they seem odd, Vessë?”
I looked up at Min, who once again had his head tilted as if he couldn't understand what he just witnessed.
”They're virgins,” I responded.
Min tilted his head further. ”Virgins?”
”Yeah, even after the pink moon that group somehow kept their v-cards. Total innocents. Compared to you and me, well, let's just say they wouldn't be able to handle a healthy sexual life… not saying that my sex life is often healthy, but to those vanilla wafers even the word sex life is mind-breaking. Adult relationships are too much for them at their current stage.”
Min finally gives a nod. ”Oh.”
I snorted. ”In another world, that could have been me.”
”Hmm?”
”Running around attached to a cute boy, blushing at sex terms and clinging to him like the thirstiest bitch on the planet while pretending I barely know what a penis is or does. That kind of thing. If my story had gone a slightly different direction, I'd be a generic hero protagonist I think.”
”Like, Vessë the way Vessë is.”
I smiled and leaned over, kissing Min on the cheek. ”Is that so?”
”Mm, but think Vessë would not be so different.”
”Why not?” I asked.
”Because Vessë already touching me under table.” He turned his head with a slight blush.
”Ah, I guess Min is right. I never could keep things pg-13.” I chuckled as I slid my hand into his pants.