Chapter 179: Leia’s True Feelings, and Diana Once Again
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 179: Leia’s True Feelings, and Diana Once Again
“…You’re late.”
As soon as they came down to the dining room, Diana looked their way with a displeased expression. Leia said nothing, but she, too, was watching Guwon and Sara anxiously.
“Sorry, sorry. Something came up. Right, Sara?”
“Mm… Huh? Yes?! Ah, right. Yes.”
“…Have you two been together this whole time?”
“That’s how it worked out.”
“You seem strangely closer than before.”
“Well, that’s…”
Too embarrassed to say it outright, Guwon looked at Sara and dodged the question.
Sara herself, however, seemed to have more pressing concerns than his gaze.
Her eyes darted nervously from side to side. If you looked closely, she was also walking rather precariously, with her legs held slightly together.
“Hah…”
And when she sat down, she even let out a suggestive little sound.
By now, you can guess why Sara was acting that way, right?
Yes. Sara was still carrying both of the presents I’d given her inside her body.
When Vanessa came to call them, Sara finally stopped hitting Guwon. Then she saw his battered face and screamed.
“Aaaah! Guwooon! Are you alright?!”
You’re the one who did this to me, young lady.
“…Does this look alright to you?”
“I-I’m sorry… But you…”
“I don’t need excuses. I won’t forgive you until you do what I ask.”
“Wh-What…?”
“Keep both of my presents inside you.”
At Guwon’s words, Sara’s face briefly filled with anger again, and she clenched her fist.
The sight made Guwon flinch, but apparently Sara couldn’t bring herself to hit that face again. She didn’t swing. Instead, she glared at him, her face bright red.
“A-Aren’t you… seriously a pervert?”
“You were planning to give me this part of you eventually, weren’t you? If you don’t loosen it up like this, it’ll tear.”
“B-But…!”
“Aaaah. My face, my chest… they’re throbbing so badly.”
“Ugh! B-But how long do I have to…!”
“It’s your turn again the day after tomorrow, right? Just hold out until then.”
“Y-You’re telling me to stay like this for three days?!”
“Aaaagh! My face! My chest!”
“Fine! I’ll do it! I’ll do it, you pervert!”
“Good. Then let’s hurry up and go another round before dinner.”
“Wh-What?! Another round?”
“Would you rather we went downstairs like this? We need to heal me with Healing Sex first.”
And that was how we’d ended up in our current situation.
Even after sitting down at the table, Sara kept glancing around for no reason, looking unsettled.
Naturally, she didn’t seem to be taking in anything being said around her.
“Hmmmm…”
Diana watched Guwon and Sara with an expression of distinct displeasure.
Oblivious to Diana and Leia’s gazes, Sara simply gulped down the water on the table.
“Ah!”
Then Leia, who had been watching them anxiously, suddenly sprang to her feet.
Once everyone’s eyes turned toward her, she quietly sat down again.
But her tail drooped, and her ears were folded completely downward. With her head lowered, it was difficult to see her face, but she was probably looking terribly dejected.
“L-Leia? What’s wrong?”
Guwon was startled. Such a reaction was almost unimaginable from the usual Leia.
After keeping her head bowed for a long while, Leia finally lifted it and looked at Guwon.
“O-On Sara’s hand… there’s a ring…”
As she spoke, Leia’s eyes brimmed with tears, as if she might burst into crying at any moment.
“Wh-What?!”
This time, Diana sprang to her feet.
She glanced quickly at Sara’s hand. The instant she confirmed the ring, she glared at Guwon with a murderous expression.
As for Sara herself…
“Huh?! Ah, yes. Guwon gave it to me.”
Her mind seemed to be elsewhere. She said it casually, as though it were nothing of consequence.
Well, no, it wasn’t something we needed to hide, but wasn’t that a little too matter-of-fact? At least sound happy about it. Though I know the things in your butt make that rather difficult right now.
“I knew this would happen someday! No wonder you two have seemed strangely close lately!”
Diana addressed Guwon harshly, her expression practically radiating murderous intent.
Guwon could say with certainty that he had never seen her look so angry before.
“D-Diana. Calm down.”
“How do you expect me to…! Hah… hah…”
Diana started to shout something more, but after noticing the members of the Mage Association seated at the table, she forced herself to steady her breathing.
“…Let us eat.”
And so began the most uncomfortable meal of all time.
Diana said nothing, but stared only at Guwon, radiating hostility. Leia looked back and forth between Sara and Guwon, sighing with an expression of grief.
Meanwhile, Sara looked as though she barely knew whether the food was going into her mouth or her nose. Her attention seemed to be entirely on her backside.
Honestly, part of me was happy. The reason was simple. Reactions like that were proof that they had feelings for me, too.
But I hadn’t expected the atmosphere to become this hostile.
I’d imagined they would get jealous and squabble as usual. The fact that this world allowed polygamy had also made me take the whole thing too lightly.
For the record, because the Goddess encouraged the birth of many different possibilities, this world didn’t insist on monogamy. Whether you were a man or a woman, you could have multiple spouses if you had the ability to support that arrangement. Still, sharing someone precious with another person wasn’t easy, so most people preferred monogamy.
Ever since hearing that during one of the High Priestess’s lessons, Guwon had been taking the prospect of a harem too lightly.
Most people might prefer monogamy, but I wasn’t most people.
I had the ability, and things had been going well with all three of them. What’s more, the three generally got along with each other. Perhaps I’d let myself assume that a harem would naturally come together someday.
And that arrogance had led to this.
How on earth was I supposed to repair the atmosphere now?
Don’t worry! I’m dating Sara now, but I can accept all your love, too!
…Wouldn’t a palm come flying straight toward my cheek the instant I said that?
“Well, then. Would you care to explain?”
As soon as the meal ended and everyone else withdrew, Diana, who had stayed behind, addressed Guwon and Sara as though interrogating them.
“It’s just what it looks like. Sara and I have become that kind of couple…”
The moment Guwon spoke, a decidedly un-cute grinding sound came from Diana’s cute little mouth.
“Oh… Th-That… kind of couple… With Sara? A-After you… after you made that promise to me…!”
Diana glared at Guwon as if she meant to kill him.
By that promise, she probably meant the kiss they’d agreed to save for later.
Which meant her murderous glare was also the result of jealousy.
There was nothing to fear. Be brave and stick to your convictions!
“Don’t worry, Diana! I’m the man who’ll become the Harem King! Not just Sara, but all of you…!”
“Do you hear yourself?!”
H-Huh?
Honestly, I’d expected her to get angry, but I’d imagined something cuter, rather than this ferocious reaction.
“Do you not feel ashamed to say that in front of Sara?!”
Ah, so that was it.
She was angry on Sara’s behalf. Diana really was too kind for her own good. That was part of why I liked her so much, though.
“No, Sara agreed to…”
As he spoke, Guwon looked at Sara, seeking her agreement.
Perhaps she’d grown accustomed to the feeling of the anal beads during the meal, because Sara was now much more composed than before.
“You’re seriously the worst. Trying to seduce another woman on the very day we agreed to start dating.”
S-Sara?!
Faced with Sara’s completely unexpected betrayal, Guwon’s mind went into a panic.
He pulled her tightly against him by the shoulders, brought his mouth to her ear, and whispered rapidly.
“No, no, no. Sara. That’s not what we agreed.”
“What isn’t?”
“You definitely said you’d accept it…!”
“That’s right. I’ll accept it if things work out with Diana and Leia. But I don’t believe I ever said I would help you.”
S-She was right! When I thought about it, that was obvious.
What woman in the world would help her own man seduce other women?
“O-Oh. You certainly have some nerve. Are you flirting in front of me to show off your relationship?”
“N-No. Lady Diana. Please calm down. That’s not what…”
“Do I look as though I can calm down?! After you… after you led me on like that… Ugh… ugh…!”
Tears even began to gather at the corners of Diana’s eyes.
“I no longer care! You two can live happily ever after!”
Diana shouted those words and vanished from her seat in an instant.
Live happily ever after? She wasn’t a child… No, that wasn’t the important part right now.
“Diana!”
Guwon tried to chase after her immediately, but he couldn’t leave just yet.
“Guwon…”
Because Diana wasn’t the only person confronting him here.
Leia had been doing nothing but saying his name and staring into his eyes with a sorrowful expression.
Diana’s murderous shouting was bad enough, but this was a formidable attack on his psyche, too.
The mere fact that I’d made our angel look like that was devastating enough to make suicidal thoughts begin creeping into my mind.
“L-Leia. You see…”
“Hic!”
A-Angel!
With that sorrowful expression, Leia left the dining room.
“You’re in trouble.”
Sara watched her go and offered that brief assessment.
“Y-You! Aren’t you being a little cruel?”
“You’re really saying that? The person who put something strange in his own girlfriend’s butt the moment she agreed to date him, then left her like that while trying to seduce other women, all on the same day?”
Sara spoke with a prim expression, her lips pushed into a little pout.
Uh… right. Sorry. Now that I thought about it, I was the one being cruel.
But I couldn’t leave things like this, either.
Forget getting Sara’s help. Right now, I needed to have a proper conversation with Diana and Leia.
Tonight was Diana’s turn anyway.
Guwon could spend the night talking things through with Diana and persuading her, so he went to Leia’s room first.
But Leia must have been deeply shocked. No matter how much he knocked, she wouldn’t open the door.
“Leia! Leia! Open the door! Let’s talk properly again…!”
“Um… Sir Guwon?”
As he knocked on Leia’s door, a maid spoke to him from behind.
“Hm?”
“If you’re looking for Lady Leia, she left just now. She said she would be staying at the temple tonight.”
“…Ah, right. I see. Thank you.”
How embarrassing. Had I been desperately shouting at an empty room?
And the temple, of all places.
Was this what it felt like when your wife left after a fight and went back to her parents’ home?
Putting that miserable feeling aside, Guwon returned to his own room for the time being.
I needed to calm down a little.
It was too late to chase after Leia, and I would see Diana soon.
Instead of barging in blindly, I should first put what I wanted to say in order.
First, I had to make them understand that I sincerely loved all of them.
And Diana had mentioned a promise. I needed to make it clear that there hadn’t been a trace of dishonesty in my feelings when I made that promise.
Thinking about what he should say, Guwon waited for Diana.
But even after a long time, she never came to his room.
Wait, don’t tell me…
An ominous premonition sent a shiver down his spine.
Don’t tell me Diana had left, too, after Leia?!
Guwon hurried to Diana’s room.
Two maids stood beside the door, one on either side.
“Is Diana inside?”
“Huh?! Y-Yes. B-But…?”
When Guwon took her by the shoulders and asked, the maid jumped and answered hesitantly.
Thank goodness. I’d been afraid that Diana had gone somewhere else, too.
But I couldn’t simply relax yet.
This was Diana, who placed such importance on skill research. Under ordinary circumstances, she would have come for that research even if she didn’t particularly want to sleep with me. The fact that she hadn’t come to my room, even though it was her turn, showed just how conflicted she was right now.
Guwon steeled himself and entered Diana’s room.