Chapter 68
Chapter 68
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 68
Chapter Title: Pervert
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Returning home after so long, the house greeted me with the musty scent of wood and a biting chill.
"The place is pretty spacious, huh?"
The house was dim, so it was hard to make out much, but Luna was looking around.
She burst into laughter.
"Heh heh, it's really not cleaned at all, is it?"
She laughed as she spoke, acting like she could see everything just fine.
-Fwoosh...
She reached out to the candlestick on the wall, and the candle lit up.
In the candlelight, my house looked pretty filthy.
Clothes scattered here and there, half-eaten bread left out...
Lucky it's winter, I suppose?
If it were summer, the food would have rotted and stunk up the place, but the winter cold kept the smell away.
Luna looked around everywhere.
"Still, it's cleaner than I expected."
"Haha..."
I gave an awkward smile, and Luna headed to the fireplace.
"Aiden, you're cold, right? Just wait a sec."
-Thud... Thud...
She tossed some logs into the fireplace and then...
-Whoosh!
Reached out to light the fire.
"Now that I see it like this, it's not half bad."
The interior design itself wasn't too shabby, actually.
"Hehe, do you like the house?"
"No? Thanks to you, it's the first time in my life I've taken on debt."
"Pfft..."
Thinking back on that still made my legs weak, but Luna was trying hard not to laugh at whatever amused her.
"Honestly, back then, I had no idea why you picked this house. I heard it was the cheapest one, so I wondered what your angle was."
"Huh? I just picked the cheapest one without knowing any better. If I'd known, I would've gone for the most expensive."
"Pwahaha! Aiden, you idiot!"
Luna finally burst out laughing at my words.
She plopped down on the sofa, pointing at me and laughing.
"Aiden's an idiot!"
"Tch... Anyway, since it's been a while, I should clean up the place."
As I started picking up the leftover bread and dishes,
"Oh? I'll help too."
And just like that, we cleaned the house together.
"Oh my god... Look at all this dust."
Luna stared at the dust piled on the sofa with a shuddering expression...
"You've already sat there and got a ton of it on the back of your skirt."
"Eek? Really?"
Luna frantically patted the back of her skirt to shake off the dust.
"There's still some left here, I think?"
-Pat pat.
I patted her butt, and Luna glared at me with her blue eyes flashing.
"Eek! Aiden, you pervert."
"Pervert? You're the one squeezing me dry every single day for an extra round."
It wasn't a joke—her libido was so intense, she could pass for a succubus instead of a Swordmaster, draining me night after night.
"Th-that's not... that bad? Y-you liked it too... Don't put it all on me."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll go toss the trash. Be good and stay put."
I brushed it off and came back after dumping the trash.
Luna was dusting all over the house.
Huh? Is Luna actually good at cleaning?
I'd worried since she'd probably never done chores like this after her parents died, even if she was a puppet Grand Duchess...
But she's doing surprisingly well?
I watched her dust the sofa and furniture with the duster and decided to handle the room cleaning myself.
After finishing up...
I loaded logs into the bedroom fireplace and lit them.
-Whoosh...
I sat on the bed to check if smoke was coming back into the room, zoning out at the fire for a bit.
"Phew, no smoke coming in. Good."
I'd sometimes worried about a blocked chimney causing backdraft, but this seemed fine as I looked around the room.
The bed, desk beside it, candlestick...
The room felt empty.
Since coming here, I'd been living in the living room to save on firewood costs, so it felt unfamiliar.
-Creak.
The door opened, and Luna came into my room.
"Aiden, I finished cleaning the living room and bathroom."
"Oh? Thanks."
She sat next to me and leaned in a little.
"Whew, I have no idea how long it's been since I last cleaned."
Her words reminded me of my earlier curiosity.
"Come to think of it, I figured you wouldn't know how. But you did great."
She gave a slightly bitter smile.
"Back when my parents were alive, I helped the maids a few times because I wanted to. Now as Grand Duchess, I can't, of course."
"Ah..."
Had I stepped on a landmine?
"Is this your room, Aiden?"
I nodded slightly at her question.
"Yeah, it's mine."
She looked around.
"It's a bit stark, huh?"
"Isn't it? But having this much is something."
All the furniture here was bought by Luna.
Not that we shopped together, but she paid for it.
"I see. But are you selling this house?"
"Probably?"
Shouldn't I sell now that the value's gone up?
"Can't you not sell it?"
Her words puzzled me.
"Why?"
"Well... I just feel like if you sell this house, you'll leave me."
Her uncertain tone stung a little.
If the day ever came when I had to leave, liquidating assets made sense.
Luna seemed to be thinking marriage, but things weren't that simple.
Obsessive stalker Crown Prince, hot-headed idiot Black Knight, psycho Tower Lord's disciple—rivalries that made my skin crawl.
Worst case, I could die without a trace.
Who knows what the future holds.
I'd planned to sell it offhandedly.
As if reading my mind.
Was this women's intuition?
Whatever.
"Nah? It's gone up a lot, no reason not to sell."
"Still, don't sell it. So we can come play here like this again later."
She leaned against me as she said it.
She nuzzled her nose into my neck.
"Wouldn't it be nice to have a hideout for when we sneak out like this?"
Her breath tickling my neck felt itchy.
"Even so..."
-Lick.
"If you don't sell... I'll let you do whatever you want tonight, okay?"
Luna naturally caressed my neck.
I gently pushed her away from my chest and looked at her face.
-Crackle...
With the sound of logs burning in the fireplace, Luna glowed in the crimson firelight.
I softly stroked her cheek.
Beautiful.
Her snow-white skin bathed in the firelight, her lovely eyes, nose, and lips.
Not a single flaw.
Luna slowly closed her eyes.
Any man would know what she wanted.
I leaned in and kissed her...
-Thud.
Carefully laying Luna on the bed, I broke the kiss.
"Aiden..."
Her arms tightly wrapped around my neck.
"Haa... Aiden..."
Luna's eyes gradually clouded with desire.
As she grabbed my clothes,
"Don't rip them. It's cold all the way back to the Grand Duchess's palace."
I pried her hands loose and gazed at her.
Her flushed cheeks, her shoulders trembling faintly.
She's aroused.
When Luna got excited, she turned into a completely different person.
She seemed like a dreamy girl in everyday talk, but in bed, she was a tyrant.
Time to break that habit.
Force wouldn't work against her strength.
But I didn't want to be milked dry every night like this.
I might wither away at this rate.
I brought my mouth to Luna's ear.
"Tonight, we're doing things my way. If you try to overpower me midway... I'll get mad. Be prepared. Yawn..."
I nibbled on her delicate earlobe...
"Eek! Wh-where's that fair?!"
"Right here."
-Slurp!
"Hic! E-ear... not the ear~! The ear's... ngh! We-week spot, I said!"
I already knew her ears were sensitive.
I slipped my hand under her skirt, gently stroking her thigh.
"No way. Time to pay for always doing whatever you want."
"Hmph. I even won the bet. You're so mean, Aiden."
Luna pouted sulkily.
"You've been a tyrant in bed all this time."
"Ty-tyrant?!"
Luna bared her teeth a little.
"Whining about how tired you are but begging for one more go, ignoring me in the middle."
"Th-that's not true?!"
I licked her glaring ear.
"Haaang!"
"What do you mean not true?"
"Y-you made me like this..."
I whispered at her incredulous words.
"Made you like this? Me?"
I groped her underwear as I said it.
"You blame me for getting this wet?"
I wasn't that heartless.
"Yeah! You did this to me? I-I told you not to back then... but you kept persuading me... That's why!"
She was talking about our first time.
"Back then, we had no choice if you wanted to live."
Luna knew that, her voice trailing off.
"Hmph, whatever... Take responsibility."
Her pouty cuteness made me smile faintly without thinking.
"How should I take responsibility?"
"Stay by my side forever."
She hugged me tight as she said it.
"Easy, right?"
"Easy, but..."
I slid my fingers inside her panties.
"Eek..."
Luna's hips bucked like she'd been struck by lightning.
"That's that, but why's your body so lewd?"
"N-not lewd!"
I moved my fingers, creating a wet squelch.
-Squelch.
"Kyaa! Y-you... pervert!"
Luna glared at me.
"Then what's this?"
"Eek..."
She turned her head away.
"It's 'cause of you... that I get lewd... You don't even know that."
Her whining was unbearably cute.
"I love you."
-Smack!
"Eek... A-Aiden, I can't hold back anymore."
-Grab!