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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Teottry
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An unfamiliar ceiling.
What is this? Why is it an unfamiliar ceiling? And why is there a chandelier right above my head? What if it falls? If it were me, I don’t think I could sleep, being so conscious of it.
After having such useless thoughts, I rolled my eyes and looked around, finding myself lying in a bed.
And it was an incredibly luxurious, soft, cozy, and warm, yet not stuffy, supremely comfortable bed.
Just lying in the bed made my body feel full of vitality, so it seemed to be a resting artifact.
Artifacts like this are usually ridiculously expensive, and you can’t just buy them with money.
I had seen many such pieces of furniture when I worked as a butler at the Rate family’s main house, and I had also learned from the head butler how such furniture was acquired.
Therefore, I knew. The owner of this bed was no ordinary person.
Hmm. Among the people who would put me to bed, someone who would have such furniture would be…
I suddenly remembered vomiting blood and fainting. In that situation, there was only one person who could have brought me here.
And if that person was the one who brought me here, there was no way she would leave me alone like this.
She must not be far.
When I turned my head to the side, one side of the blanket over me was strangely bulging.
Found her.
“Hmm…”
I thought she wouldn’t be far, but I didn’t expect her to be this close. But what should I do now?
As I thought about the person lying next to me, I began to hear the rough breathing and the sound of someone gulping down saliva, which I hadn’t heard right after waking up.
“Haaa… Haaa… Ssssup… Heuuu… Gulp. Slurp. Heuuu…”
It seemed she had gotten a good whiff of my scent under the covers and was drooling. I was at a complete loss as to what to do in this situation.
If it were Scarlet, I would have immediately jammed my toes into her pussy mound and zapped her with Rabbit Burrow sparks, but the person was not the easy to handle Scarlet with her pathetic, noob pussy, but the most difficult person I knew to deal with.
And I’ve received a lot from this person.
Just like with the Doctor, once I’ve received a favor from someone, it becomes difficult to treat them carelessly. Actually, that’s probably normal, but in my case, it seemed to be a bit severe.
Beyond not being able to treat them carelessly, even if I suffer some kind of loss, the first thought that comes to mind is, ‘But I’ve received so much from them. Shouldn’t I just accept this much?’.
Of course, if the hypnosis app I had been using for half a year turned out to be fake, or if the ceiling of the house I bought with a loan was blown away, I couldn’t just stay still.
But even if I suffered such things, I would unconsciously give a benefactor another chance.
In that respect, I didn’t want to ruin the happiness of the person who was diligently smelling me under the covers.
She saved my life, after all. Yes, let’s just let her do as she pleases.
I grabbed the edge of the blanket and yanked it off. Then, Ia-nuna, wearing a black negligee and blushing, was revealed.
Ia-nuna, who was so engrossed in my scent that she didn’t even know I had woken up, opened her eyes wide at the suddenly lifted blanket. And then, she began to ramble, trying to somehow smooth over the situation.
“Eh, uh? F-Faster? Wh-When did you wake up? Ah, w-wait a minute, that’s not it. I was just trying to get a closer look at your condition…”
I looked at Ia-nuna, who was spouting a ridiculous excuse, and called her once.
“Ia-nuna…”
“Y-Yes!”
The moment I called her name, Ia-nuna, who had shot up from the bed as if she had been poked in the butt with a hot needle, looked at me with anxious eyes.
So damn cute. Is this really the person who blew away the ceiling of my house with a single uppercut?
A smile naturally formed on my face at the sight of her side that I had never seen in the always composed and relaxed Ia Aris.
It was nice to see her flustered, so I put aside my intention to let her do as she pleased for a moment and asked a mischievous question.
“What are you doing in there?”
“Wh-What? W-Well, I was examining you…”
“By getting under the blanket?”
“Th-That’s…”
Although Ia-nuna had frankly expressed her special feelings for me, the act of getting into a sleeping person’s bed to smell them and swallow saliva was still something that was hard to accept in our relationship.
She knew that too, so she closed her mouth at my single interrogation and just fidgeted with her clasped fingers.
“Ugh….. U-Um, Faster. You see…..”
Ia-nuna, as red as a ripe tomato, kept moving her lips, trying to make some excuse.
She looked like a milder version of herself from the time she had gone off the rails at my (former) house and was regretting it.
I should stop teasing her here. If I overdo it, I might not even be able to find my bones.
I let out a small laugh and then opened my arms towards Ia-nuna.
At the gesture that perfectly suited the line, ‘Come in here’, she opened her eyes wide in a different kind of surprise than before.
“What?”
Her voice, asking back blankly as if she hadn’t grasped what my open arms implied, was so cute.
Looking at the cuteness, which was of a different nature from Lapi’s, the corners of my mouth naturally rose, and as I smiled, Ia-nuna also seemed to have realized what this gesture of open arms meant, her mouth half open.
“Eh, uh? R-Really?”
“Really? What? You said you were just examining me. Wouldn’t it be better to be closer then?”
“Whaat?! Ah, th-that’s! So! U-Hauuu. Grrrr!?”
Even after I had said that much, Ia-nuna was still at a loss, her hands cupping her cheeks.
It seemed Ia-nuna was the type to be strong on the offense but weak on the defense.
So she can’t even think of picking up a spoon even when the table is set for her. That’s what makes her even cuter.
Ia-nuna’s unexpected charm made the corners of my mouth unable to stay down.
Ia-nuna was not someone who had caused me to hold a grudge, like Scarlet, Lapis, or Silk Blonde, and she was one of the few people who had been good to me.
Even though she had blown away my house, she had promised to take full responsibility, so I didn’t have any particularly bad feelings about that.
The one fact that she harbored an unusual possessiveness towards me was a bit concerning….. but well, I could understand that much. It’s not like she had harmed me because of that possessiveness.
A person should be free to harbour whatever feelings they wish. If revealing them would cause harm, that would be a different matter, but it wasn’t right to ostracize someone just for having such thoughts.
Anyway, Ia-nuna, who had so many favorable elements, was one of the few people I wanted to treat well and be happy.
Since I decided to let her do as she pleases anyway. I might as well just pick up a spoon and feed her myself.
Still with my arms open, I spoke to Ia Aris in a confident, concise, and slightly forceful voice.
“Come in here. Quickly.”
“Heehee…”
In the end, only after hearing the direct invitation to be embraced did Ia-nuna’s lips twitch as she snuggled into my arms.
My left arm became her arm pillow, and my right arm became a pressure cushion, lightly pressing on her waist.
“Uhehe….. Uhehehet.”
As if she was pleased with that, an unsuppressible smile appeared on Ia-nuna’s lips.
I lightly pressed her brown crown with my chin to completely trap her, then pulled the blanket back up to create a situation where she could focus entirely on me.
Once a space was created just for her, Ia-nuna, like an unbridled foal, buried her face in my chest and began to laugh with the happiest sound in the world.
“Haaaa….. Hehe. Hehehehet.”
She was at a loss just now, but after coming into my arms, she was completely lost in her own world. By the way, how can her reaction be exactly the same as Scarlet’s, Lapi’s, and Silk Blonde’s? Is this really possessiveness? Do S-rank Awakeners express possessiveness like this?
Her clear laughter, happy expression, and skin flushed red as if she were in love.
All the emotional expressions I saw in Ia-nuna didn’t seem to stem solely from possessiveness.
But if she doesn’t feel possessive towards me, why did she stop her extravagance? Is she eyeing something else instead of me? But then again, the timing of when she started being nice to me and when she quit her extravagance matches too well. What is it?
My head became complicated with the sudden question that came to mind.
At times like these, I needed healing.
And since the very personification of healing, a cute older sister, was in my arms, it seemed perfect to heal with Ia-nuna.
Just as I was about to lift my right arm, which had been resting on her waist, to stroke her soft brown hair, our eyes met.
Huh? Why is my body trembling?
The moment my eyes met Ia-nuna’s, the cozy, warm, and heart-pounding atmosphere instantly changed genres to suspense. For some reason, the light had disappeared from her two eyes.
They were the same eyes she had right before she blew away the ceiling of my penthouse.
“N-Nuna? Wh-Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I wonder… Why huh?”
“Hiiik…”
Hyaak. In-informal…! It’s informal…!
When Ia-nuna used informal language, it meant she was really fucking pissed. My house could be blown away.
Faced with her, who had abandoned her polite speech, I could only freeze like a mouse in front of a snake.
To me, who was frozen stiff with my right arm awkwardly raised, Ia-nuna asked in a voice that was no longer warm.
“Faster… Ugh, I just noticed while we were in close contact. Why do I feel the manas of Scarlet Rate and Lapis Julie on you huh?”
Ah, here it comes.
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