Ep.2 - Knight Commander Neva (4)
Ep.2 - Knight Commander Neva (4)
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Only after a long time had passed and night had fallen once more did I finally regain consciousness.
Neva's face was still before my eyes, and she was stroking my cheek with a faint smile, having woken up at some unknown point.
"You're awake."
At that soft greeting, I nodded a couple of times, and Neva smiled brightly before slowly slipping her body out of the bed.
She seemed to have been waiting for me to wake. I had no idea how long she'd been gazing at my face. Let's just assume she woke up about five minutes before I did.
"You're hungry, aren't you? Just wait a little; they'll bring the dishes here."
True to her words, a different kind of liveliness could be felt beyond the door.
Neva had apparently gone to great lengths to hire some new people.
I was momentarily puzzled how she'd hired them so quickly, but then I considered her position as [Knight Commander directly under the Queen], and it didn't seem impossible.
She's in the big leagues of power. This much is nothing to her...
"Delin?"
Ah.
Neva, not even allowing me a moment to think about the outside, softly pronounced my isekai name and called me.
"Eeu..."
Only a thoroughly deflated sound escaped my lips; that stupid voice was all that came out. My tongue still wouldn't even twitch.
Neva, seemingly entirely unsatisfied with my dejected and slurred reply, repeated my name once more.
"...Delin."
And then, with an elegant and composed movement, she glided across the bed toward me,
and soon rested her God-hand under my chin and planted a short but deep kiss on my now-immobilized lips.
Even without tongues darting in and out, a strange sensation lingered, as if our feelings were conveyed beyond our lips.
"I love you. Unchanged from yesterday."
"E... eueu..."
My face burned fiercely as if on fire. Since being thrown here, my body had been relentlessly exposed to all sorts of lewd things, yet a few short, clear sentences from Neva were enough to make my head spin.
"Tomorrow, I'll love you just the same. I'll devote my life to protecting you."
Even more, the continuous soft touch of her lips attacked not only my lips but my nose, cheeks, forehead, and neck in rapid succession. It was enough to drive me insane and make me jump out of my skin.
And so, against Neva's overwhelmingly sweet assault, I found myself unconsciously pushing her away.
Embarrassment, or perhaps a burden,
If not that, then a sense of lewdness.
A shameful, squirming restlessness filled my heart.
"Euu..."
But even as I tried to push her away, wouldn't she just press in with a little more strength and say this?
"Don't be shy. We've already shared intimacy and sworn love, haven't we?"
No, well, that's true...!
This is more dangerous than I thought! This doesn't seem right...!
"Ueeu!"
Despite my resistance, Neva gently wrapped her arms around me and began a very long, deep kiss for the final time.
Just beyond my lips, I could feel Neva's scent and love being injected into me.
As if I were being dyed in her colors.
Knock, knock—
"Heu, heueu..."
The kiss, which had lasted quite a long time, finally ended only after the sound of knocking,
I rubbed my beet-red face and pulled the blanket up over it.
'Crazy...! If I keep being on the receiving end like this, I'll be the one who gets taken advantage of first. I've gotta be careful...!'
I can't afford to be pushed around by that terrifying woman's love offensive any longer.
I'm the one who needs to take the upper hand in this relationship!
If I hand over the initiative to Neva like this, I'll just end up as a useless husband doing knitting at home and dying of old age—a God-tier househusband...!
Hmm.
Well...
That wouldn't be so bad, but I have to return to my original world...
I miss my mom and dad, my friends...
And I don't want to live in a boring world like this with no games at all!
If it's a life of nothing but having sex every day because it's too boring...! That's totally...!
...totally.
Not totally bad.
Ah, anyway, it's a bad life! I don't want that kind of life!
I'm gonna go back to my original world and shove a 15kg dumbbell right into that author's face!
"Delin. Delin!"
"Aeu?"
"They say everything's ready. Let's eat together."
Oh my god!
Beside the bed, an array of all sorts of delicious foods worthy of a feast had already been laid out!
"Oaaa..."
"I wasn't sure what dishes would suit your taste, so I had them serve as much as possible first."
Crazy!
Even so, this is like something only nobles would eat...!
Ah.
Neva is a noble too, right.
"You may all withdraw."
Women in maid uniforms gave a polite bow and hurriedly exited the room.
"Now then, shall we eat together?"
Yes!
Let's eat!
Unlike the convenience store lunchboxes or delivery food I'd normally scarf down, this elegantly prepared feast left me completely unable to gather my God-wits!
"Alright. Let's eat."
Neva picked up her fork with a satisfied smile. Matching her, I quickly grabbed a fork and knife and reached for the most appetizing-looking dish, which seemed like chicken.
"Eeuu!"
A huge drumstick.
The proper etiquette is to scarf this down with your bare hands!
I tossed the fork and knife aside, grabbed it with my bare hands, tore off a fierce bite, and shoved it into my mouth with gusto.
"You must have been very hungry? There's no need to rush like that..."
Neva looked at me for a moment as if surprised, then soon smiled contentedly again and began her own God-meal in earnest.
But an unexpected problem arose...
"Ah, aeu! Ohiheheo..."
I couldn't eat properly...
"Oh my...! You can't use your tongue properly, so you can't eat properly either. Oh dear..."
Fuck!
I could move my jaw and chew, but with the role my tongue normally plays in eating completely absent, I just couldn't eat right!
"Euheu..."
I can chew, but it's so uncomfortable.
Normally, the tongue would push food back toward the molars, but since it won't move at all...
Just chomping my teeth up and down isn't enough to eat properly...
"Eheueu..."
I can't even taste it properly...
Fuuuuck...
"De, Delin!"
Before I knew it, tears spilled out.
I didn't know how many times I'd cried since being dragged here.
I hadn't cried since middle school, when the girls dragged me off, saying I shouldn't play with the boys but with them, and then pinched my cheeks mercilessly and made me call them noona...
With a vow to live strong, working out hard...
I'd resolved not to cry and to live like a man, bravely and stoutly! But here...
Here, fuck! Why am I always like this!
I can't even eat my meal properly, goddammit!
Philmark, you fucking bitch! You piece of shit! Just die!!
"Delin! Stop. Stop it."
Neva pulled me, who was struggling to chew, into her arms and comforted me.
That only made me angrier. Being comforted like a baby when I couldn't do anything made me feel like I really had become a child.
But I couldn't escape that soft embrace. I felt the gap in strength.
"Hueue..."
The days of breezing through my daily routine and chugging down protein came to mind. The sheer difference from back then brought me to tears.
Back then, I lifted no matter how heavy the weight, driven by the belief that I could handle anything, and I lived at least twice as hard as others, determined not to be looked down on...
So why am I in this state now...
"Huuueee..."
"It's okay. It's okay... oh dear... I didn't think of this. I'm sorry."
"Hieee! Hiee! Oheuaho!"
"I don't know what you're saying, but everything is fine, so calm down now. Calm down..."
No, let go!
This makes it even more miserable!
"I'll let go once you calm down. First, calm down. Calm..."
No, what am I...
Am I a baby!?
I'm not a baby!!
I'm an adult who knows everything and has done everything!
I hate being treated like this!
"Just calm down first. If you calm down, I'll do whatever you want..."
Fuck...
What the hell is this...
"Are you calm now?"
I nodded. Staying buried against her chest, I felt like I was suffocating from that bewitching scent and couldn't stand it anymore.
"Good."
Neva finally released me. My face, finally free, breathed in the God-sent air.
Having chewed little by little while buried against her chest, the meat had reached a swallowable state, so I gulped it down and tried my best to speak to her.
So she could understand.
"Iheohe hai haayo! Eoho a hahu-iheoyo!"
"Um... could you try saying that again?"
"Iheohe hai ahahoyo!"
"I'm sorry. I don't quite understand what you're saying."
Fuck.
As if she'd understand.
I immediately gave up and looked at the food again. Among the now quite cold dishes, I took a large spoonful of what looked like the softest risotto and put it in my mouth.
"Eung..."
I turned my head this way and that, trying to roll the food around in my mouth as best I could. But it wasn't easy.
No matter how I rolled it around and chewed, it was hardly different from not chewing at all...
Ehyu...
No solution.
I'll just starve a bit until Philmark comes...
"I guess there's no other way. You can't starve forever, after all..."
Huh?
Neva suddenly grabbed both of my cheeks firmly.
Her face, flushed as if she'd made some kind of decision, came right up to mine.
What is this...?
"Euu! Ueueu!"
"Jyuup... hup..."
"Ueeuu!"
"Umm... jyuueup..."
"Eeu! Eheu!"
"It's okay. From now on, let's eat like this. If you don't eat properly, your body will suffer."
"Ehok, ehook..."
"Oh no...! After I went to the trouble of feeding you, if you spit it all out...!"
Fuck.
Philmark-nim... please, hurry up and come...