The Priestess's Embarrassing Day and Resolve (5)
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"Hehe. Ah-eut... Heu-euh... hehe."
Occasional giggles burst out, with faint moans mixed between them.
She was moaning while laughing. Wondering what on earth was happening, I opened my eyes and found Reni nestled against me from behind, smiling at the hand she held out in the air.
Laughing at her own hand? Had Reni finally lost her mind?! Was she still riding the high from how intense I'd been last night?!
"..."
Thankfully, that wasn't it.
Reni's left hand glinted especially bright in the morning sunlight... She wasn't just looking at her hand—she was admiring the ring. Did she really like it that much?
Her left hand with the ring was held up in the light; her right hand, fingers interlocked with mine, rested on her belly. Down below, we were still joined.
"Uhn-heut?! Y-Yoo-jin, y-you're awa... haeuk!"
The adorable sight made my ugly thing twitch, and her insides tightened around me in response. The urge to cum surged instantly. Well, I'd been inside her all night, so that was only natural. I didn't hold back—I let it out.
"Heu-euk, Y-Yoo-jiiin, f-from the morning, heu-euk!"
Reni's back arched with a shudder as she climaxed right along with me. After catching her breath for a moment, she tilted her head back to look up at me. Eyes closed and lips pursed, she was clearly asking for a kiss.
But asking for a kiss while nestled against me like that, head only half-turned? That was just awkward. She could easily twist her body a little, but she didn't even want to do that!
"Heu-euht?!"
When I spun her body around without warning, she shuddered as the sensation twisted deep inside her. But only for a moment—she immediately pushed her lips out again, asking for that kiss.
"Mmn?! Hmm-eup! Y-Yoo-jin! Heu-eup!"
I kissed Reni as she wanted and started moving my hips. If she was getting something, it was only fair that I got something in return too, right?
"Heu-ahng!"
Moans echoed through the morning.
...
"Hahh... hahh... Heu... u-heu-heu..."
After the quick morning sex ended, Reni was still giggling between her heavy breaths, as if something had her over the moon.
"Yoo-jin."
"Hmm?"
"I love you."
"Mm. Me too."
She gave a small laugh at my answer, then repeated herself.
"Yoo-jin. I love you."
"Mm."
"I like you, Yoo-jin. I love you."
"I love you, too."
She'd giggle as if my answer satisfied her—or maybe as if she found it amusing. Once the laughter subsided, she'd say the same thing again, get the same answer, and laugh again. Then she'd look at the ring and giggle, and then we'd kiss.
...
After repeating the exchange several times, Reni fell silent. Then, with a look of newfound resolve, she gazed up at me.
"Yoo-jin."
"Yeah?"
"I'm okay with it."
"...With what?"
"You're going to give Yuri a ring too, aren't you?"
"..."
I shut my mouth.
It was an obvious question. Reni was already more than enough for me, but that didn't mean I could just give up Yuri. Yeah. Some people would throw stones and call me a cheating bastard, but I didn't care. Pick one? That would be way too painful.
But for some reason, my mouth just wouldn't open. Even though I'd openly declared I'd get her pregnant, saying I'd give her a ring felt several times heavier than saying I'd impregnate her.
Unable to say anything either way, I just stayed there until Reni spoke again.
"Yoo-jin. I'm okay. You can do whatever you want."
"...Really?"
"Yes. I... I..."
Reni trailed off, her face turning red.
"I-I know now that Yoo-jin isn't going to a-abandon me. No matter what happens... Th-that's what this means, right? This?"
Ah, Reni was bringing up that abandonment nonsense again. I'd never once said anything like that in the first place.
But seeing as she seemed to want reassurance, I gave a quiet nod. Her face brightened at once.
With her cheeks still flushed, Reni smiled bashfully and continued.
"A-and I was the very first to receive one... So that means I'm... y-your number one, right? Right?"
"Yeah."
"Uheup... Phuah..."
After a brief, affirming kiss, Reni went on.
"I-I've done a lot of things to Yuri that I regret... If I were the only one to get one... And I just got lucky. That's no reason for me to monopolize Yoo-jin. I've only ever clung to you as it is. If I got greedy on top of that, I might face divine punishment..."
"...Really?"
"Yes. Truly."
Reni answered clearly, as if it were important.
A tangle of feelings welled up inside me. I felt sorry, and grateful, and relieved—and, in a way, a little sad. Saying out loud that she was fine with me giving another woman a ring? I could never do something like that.
"Reni..."
I trailed off, unsure whether to apologize or thank her. For some reason, Reni’s eyes were sparkling.
"I-I'm the first... so I'm fine with it!
"I was the very first... and I will always be... your number one!"
"Uh, what?"
Reni raised her voice, almost as if she was a little excited.
"So no matter how many people Yoo-jin gives his heart to in the future, I'll be fine. I'm the first... I-I'm the First Wife!"
Reni's expression was somehow filled with conviction and determination. It wasn't the anxious face she'd worn back when Yuri had clung to me. She looked brimming with confidence—like she'd undergone a kind of spiritual level-up.
But how many people? Was this really the same Reni from before? The same Reni who used to fret the moment I showed even a hint of creating a buff with someone else?
"So I can give out rings? To others besides Yuri?"
"That's fine. I am the First Wife...!"
"How many?"
"...Eep...!"
When I shot back in disbelief, Reni instantly deflated again. Seeing her like that, I felt like everything had returned to normal. Whew. For a second there, I thought she'd become a completely different person.
After dithering for a moment, Reni held up three fingers.
"Th-three... eep!"
Realizing what she'd just said, she glanced at me nervously, then added,
"Counting me, that's three..."
"What? Three?"
I couldn't even imagine it. Two was already this overwhelming.
Sure, I'd had plenty of sex, but I didn't think I'd ever slept with anyone without the excuse of giving them a buff. I'd done it with the Witch, but that time I was the one who got pounced on.
But Reni seemed to take my response the wrong way and, on the verge of tears, held up more fingers.
"Eep... Th-then five..."
"What?! Five?!"
For some reason, I pictured a male lion thrown into a den of lionesses. That male lion had been torn limb from limb, almost like being drawn and quartered... I welcomed group sex, but five girlfriends? I-I couldn't handle that!
"Eeuk...! H-how many are you planning to be greedy for, Yoo-jin?!"
"..."
Reni shot me a glare, looking genuinely angry. Th-there she went again, jumping to her own conclusions!
"Eu-heuk?!"
I grabbed Reni's hips, pulled my length out long, and thrust it back up.
"So five is okay, but ten isn't? How about a hundred?"
"A-a hundred is way too many! Ha-eut!"
She jolted at the word "hundred," looking up at me before furrowing her brow. She'd caught on because I was laughing.
"Y-you were teasing me again! Heu-euk?!"
"Whether it's a hundred or a thousand, you're still my number one, so what does it matter?"
"E-even so, that's, that's still too many-yah?! Heu-ahng!"
As I teased her right back and squeezed her nipple, Reni squirmed and thrashed.
"What about ten thousand?"
"Eeek...!"
She lifted her head and thumped it repeatedly against my chest. How could someone be so violent?!
If I let this kind of violent behavior slide, I'd end up a boyfriend suffering dating violence—a battered husband! I had to correct it!
"T-ten thousand is too many-yah! Too many-yaaah! Heu-aaaaaaaahng!!!"
To the background music of Reni's nonsense and moans, I got my hips moving again.
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Not long after, a knock came, along with Rebecca's voice informing us that breakfast was ready.
I mean, even we couldn't skip meals for days on end and just do nothing but have sex, so we decided to hurry up and get out there. It made me a little uncomfortable that we hadn't done anything else for the past few days.
I wanted us to wash up together, but Reni refused with a resolute look on her face.
"I have to be proper now; I can't start the morning like this!"
"What are you trying to be proper about?"
"My... duty as the First Wife!"
"..."
What the heck was that?
Living properly? The duty of the First Wife? I had no idea what she meant.
Reni's words often omitted so much context that she was hard to understand.
It didn't seem like she was digging herself into a hole with her own delusions like before, but apparently, that habit of blowing things out of proportion in her head hadn't been cured. Well, that was part of Reni's identity anyway, so it wasn't really a question of curing it.
In any case, whether it was thanks to the ring or because she'd had her status as number one confirmed, Reni's face brimmed with confidence.
But turning down a shower together while wearing that brimming-with-confidence face... It felt like... like I'd gained something, but lost something else in return...
...
We washed up as quickly as possible and left the room together. At the far end of the corridor leading to the dining hall, that girl Yuri poked her head out and watched us warily.
The moment our eyes met, she ducked back in a fluster. Silly girl. Did she think she wouldn't get caught?
"What are you doing over there?"
"Ah, n-no, just... you know... heehee."
Yuri sized up the situation, and when she saw Reni's face, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief for some reason.
"..."
Aha. I think I got it now.
Reni had misunderstood the incident from two days ago, thinking I was angry because I’d been tied up and subjected to it.
Now that I thought about it, there had been a clue. I'd deliberately set the mood last night during dinner because I was going to give her the ring—it looked like this girl had jumped to a similar conclusion.
"Quit acting weird and get out here."
"Hm-hmph... fine."
Yuri walked out, grinning broadly even though my tone had practically called her ridiculous.
The corners of her lips were subtly curled as if she was scheming, and her hips were swaying excessively. And behind her...
...A tail?
"Hey. You. Wh-what is that?"
"Hm-hmph, I wonder what it is~? What could~ it~ be~?"
Y-you little... where the hell did you attach that tail?!