Chapter 257
Chapter 257
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Morning Bath and Rosaki Sisters' Visit
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There are various ways to start the morning.
Usually, people begin with breakfast or a light bath.
That was the standard, after all, and such preparations were necessary for daily life.
"Teacher, isn't it nice to bathe together like this before bed?"
"Mmm... Yeah... it is..."
I generally stuck to that standard, routine pattern myself.
I occasionally slept in late, but otherwise, with so much work, I kept a fairly... disciplined schedule.
Honestly, considering my personality and tendencies, even I thought my daily routine was too upright.
"I love it too."
"Touching breasts first thing in the morning...? Camellia, you have big breasts too...."
"It's different from touching yours, Teacher. Yours are much... how should I put it? Squishier?"
"...I don't get it."
Today, I'd started the morning that way and brought Ashley along, who had pulled an all-nighter and still hadn't slept.
Ashley's schedule was... quite bizarre.
If you didn't give her specific tasks, she really did whatever she wanted.
Sleeping when she felt like it, waking when she wanted, sleeping if there was nothing to do... staying up at her whim if there was?
It was a truly odd lifestyle, but since she'd stayed up until morning today, this is what we were doing.
"Camellia? There's still foam in your hair. I told you not to go under."
"Oh, you caught me? I thought the water had washed it all away."
"Really.... I told you not to do that even when you were little."
"The Young Lady just loves the bath more than you'd think.... It can't be helped."
"Even so, Lize, you have to tell her no when it's no. Camellia has a real tendency to do whatever she wants. You need to be firm about these things."
"Haha...."
That was why we'd all come to the large bathhouse together today.
Usually, it was just Lize and me in the bathroom.
Or at night, I'd share it separately with Rozalin.
But today felt quite novel, like a rare group thing.
"Mother and Lize, just come in already. It's not like a bit of foam will suddenly cool the temperature, right?"
"Sigh...."
"Understood."
We'd simply entered the bathroom together.
All naked, chatting enjoyably... something like that?
"Camellia? Stop teasing Teacher and sit properly."
"Teacher doesn't seem to mind at all... In fact, her lips are curling up."
"Camellia?"
"Hmm...."
Was she jealous?
Well, I hadn't touched Rozalin's breasts yet today.
Hmm.
"Teacher, do you hate it?"
"Huh...? No, it's not that... I don't hate it."
"Then you like it?"
"W-Well... yeah...? Do you have to hear it out loud...?"
"Yes. I do."
That way, I could tease Rozalin.
Honestly, Rozalin was at fault for giving me such a perfect opening.
She was showing her jealousy so obviously—I couldn't just let that slide without commenting.
Really... so cute in a way that didn't match her age.
"It's nice, but...."
"See? Teacher loves it when I touch her. She wants me to keep going just like this."
"...Huh?"
"B-But still...."
"Holding Teacher like this in the warm water feels so good. Teacher just sleeps all the time, but her body's surprisingly sexy, you know?"
I started saying that while hugging Ashley tightly from behind.
Ashley, clueless, made sounds like "Eh? Eh?"
That was cute too, and so was Rozalin watching us....
"Her breasts are huge, her belly's all soft. And her low voice reacts so cutely...."
"Why are you suddenly... saying all this... mmph...."
"Plus, Teacher secretly loves being treated like this by someone younger!"
"...E-Even so, with everyone here, doing it just to Teacher...."
"No helping it. Lize?"
"...Yes?"
"You come over here too."
"Uh.... Understood?"
Rozalin, stammering and unable to continue properly.
Seeing her reaction, I called Lize over next.
She didn't fully grasp the situation but came since it was me.
I pulled Lize in with one hand and sat her on my left.
"...?"
"Lize, hug me from the side quick."
"Understood?"
"Hehehe...."
"...Camellia."
"Won't Mother come too?"
"Sigh.... You're clearly an adult now. You're even more childish than when you were little...."
Rozalin said that.
But even as she did... she eventually came over and gently hugged me from behind.
For someone in her late twenties... she was too cute of a mom.
Tonight, I really had to punish her.
*
"Oh, they're here."
"What should we do?"
"Hmm.... Just stand quietly behind me. The luggage can be handled by the other servants in the mansion, right? Lize, you just stay put."
"Understood."
We were slowly waiting at the grand entrance of the mansion.
A carriage with a crest I hadn't seen in quite a while was approaching.
"Hehe."
It had been since the Family Head succession ceremony, but those two were always exciting to see, no matter when.
The Rosaki Sisters had been adorable since Academy days—before that, even.
Plus, I loved the contrast in personalities between Karen and Grace.
The differences between older and younger sister were so clear, yet they shared common points too.
I'd felt fondness for them naturally since we'd been close since childhood.
Thinking that, as I waited slowly, a carriage stopped right in front of the mansion building, followed by several others....
But I was only interested in one.
"Long time no see. Ah, it's only been about a month, so maybe not that long?"
"Ah... Camellia...! Why were you waiting out front...?"
"Because Older Sister Karen and Grace are coming, right? Of course I'd wait."
"E-Even so, the weather's still a bit chilly...."
"It's fine. Really. More importantly, how was the trip?"
"No pro-problems...! Grace came super comfortably too...?"
"Pfft, that's a relief."
Karen, whom I hadn't seen in a while, looked great.
Still pretty, but with a slightly subdued appearance.
Of course, that made her cute personality and looks stand out even more.
"What, why are you standing out here like an idiot?"
"Ah, Grace. It's been forever."
"Why are you outside? Idiot?"
"Pfft...."
And our Grace, still so bad at being honest, was adorable too.
If she and Ella competed in cuteness, it'd probably be a tie?
Their personalities were subtly similar yet different in nuance.
"Why are you laughing...? What's up?"
"Just happy to see you after so long. As you two said, it's still chilly outside. Shall we head in first?"
"Yeah, whatever. It's fine with you, right Sis?"
"Y-Yeah...!"
Anyway, the Rosaki Sisters I'd reunited with after so long were still overflowing with charm.
Even more than when we were kids.
Well, Karen had big breasts even back then.
Anyway, we slowly headed inside the mansion with the two of them.
The luggage from the following Rosaki Family carriages and such... the servants would handle it.
We didn't need to mention it now—no problem at all.
Once inside, nothing special happened.
"Has Camellia been well...?"
"Of course. There's no reason I wouldn't be. If anything, Older Sister Karen must've been busy lately. How have you been?"
"Yes, lately I've been helping Grace whenever she has nothing to do at the family...? Things have actually slowed down recently anyway."
"Ah, got it."
We casually started chatting in the drawing room.
Outside the room, servants were probably busily moving the sisters' luggage to their rooms, handing over the gifts they'd brought us....
Something like that.
Plus, since we had to organize those into the room they'd share, that's why we were using the drawing room on purpose.
"How about you, Grace? Busy these days?"
"Not really. Not that busy...?"
"I see. I was swamped with Family Head stuff not long ago. Glad you're doing okay, Grace."
"...Huh?"
It wasn't set in stone yet.
But it had been foreseen for a while that Grace, the second daughter, not Karen, would become the Rosaki Family Head.
Karen was so introverted that external duties would be too much for her.
The current Rosaki Count had said as much.
I'd heard about it long ago.
Plus, the Rosaki Count was getting on in years, and Grace was an adult now.
So Grace was slowly preparing to inherit the family.
"In my case, right before taking over, there was a ton of work. I had to take over all of Father's businesses, rewrite mansion-related documents, manage the indoor servants from scratch...?"
"Really...?"
"Even the documents we'd used before had to be remade to my standards, and there was so much more...?"
"...Uh-huh."
As I detailed what I'd done before my own succession, Grace reacted with slightly trembling eyes.
She'd become Family Head in just a few years, after all.
I was sort of scaring her by implying how much was involved.
"But since you're a count family, Grace, you'll probably have way less to do, right?"
"Y-Yeah!"
"Pfhehe, good thing. I was so exhausted I barely slept."
"That bad...?"
"Hehe, all in the past now. These days, I can do things a bit my way, which is nice?"
"......."
Yep... tricking or teasing worked best on Grace, for sure.
Teasing Lize was fun, spouting nonsense to Ella was fun.
But Grace... she fell for it so easily, and her reactions afterward were adorably over-the-top.
"Pfhehe...."
I was already looking forward to what came next.
Really.