Chapter 371: Another Hero
Chapter 371: Another Hero
“How was that, Silvia? Are you satisfied? Silvia?”
“Haah, haah, ah… Y-yes, yes…”
Having reached her peak several times, Silvia lay limp on the bed. Her voice was slurred, but she answered dutifully.
“Really? Are you confident you won’t feel anything even if I hold you now?”
“Uuuh… Th-that is… Y-yes…”
“Give me a straight answer.”
“Hngh! Y-yes!”
When I thrust my hips once more, Silvia squirmed and answered.
To think that Silvia, who used to be frigid, would now react so sensitively to a single thrust. I felt a little overwhelmed with emotion.
In any case, I’d made her feel it so intensely that it might have seemed a bit harsh, but this was probably just right.
If I didn’t do this, she’d never ask me to hold her on her own.
She was the one who first came to me, saying it was fine even if it was only when I felt like it, just asking me to hold her. And now she was hesitating to even ask.
Thinking about it like that, it was a truly strange change.
“You’ve had your fill now, right? If this happens again, it won’t end like this. Next time, I’ll really fuck you to death. Got it?”
“Uuuh… Yes…”
No. Why is there a faint hint of anticipation in your eyes? You’re supposed to be purely terrified.
This isn’t backfiring, is it?
I felt a little uneasy, but I decided not to press her any further.
Besides, this was a problem that could be easily solved if I just made sure to set aside some time to hold Silvia every now and then.
“Alright. Then it’s finally time for our real date… but too much time has passed. Tsk. We’ll have to do Silvia’s special training later.”
“Hoo, hooo… Is that so…”
“Hey. Can’t you look a little more disappointed? Why do you look so relieved?”
“Aah! I-I am disappointed! I-It’s just, if we went on a date after all this, my life would really be in danger…”
“Hah?”
“Ah, it’s nothing. I’m just disappointed.”
“…Haaah. Fine. Just get dressed.”
The desire to scold her a bit more welled up inside me, but I forced it down.
We should at least be back by dinnertime.
My girls have gotten strangely kind to Silvia, but even so, they’ll get jealous if the two of us leave in the morning and don’t come back until after dinner.
No. They might already be jealous just from the two of us leaving alone, but it’s too late for that now, so what can you do.
“By the way, Silvia. I have a question.”
“A-a-a-a-a question, you say?”
On the way back.
Silvia, who had been vibrating diligently in my arms, tensed up even more at my words.
For the record, it seemed like she wasn’t feeling it in a sexual sense right now, as if her body had just been overheated before.
Though that didn’t change the fact that she was still vibrating.
“Yeah. It’s about that trash… that Hero guy. He seems weirdly obsessed with the princess. Do you happen to know why?”
I’ll be able to ask my question about the demonic being if I win tomorrow’s duel, so it wasn’t something I really needed to worry about now, but I asked Silvia anyway.
There was no need to suppress my curiosity, after all.
“Ah, th-that kind of question… Hooo…”
Then what kind of question were you expecting, you little rascal?
“Their relationship is a bit too complicated to explain simply.”
“Then don’t explain it simply, explain it at length. You and I have plenty of time ahead of us.”
“Ah, auuu…”
I just said it as a joke, but it worked.
Silvia, Silvia. With a personality like yours, it’s a miracle you’ve never had a guy you liked until now.
Come to think of it, that was true. If Silvia had found a man she liked before meeting me, her frigidity would have been cured long ago.
“Well… the princess and that man are, for now, fiancés… or something similar.”
“If they’re fiancés, they’re fiancés. What’s this ‘something similar’?”
“To explain that, I have to start with the Hero’s lineage. The Hero family has a unique trait where the job is passed down by blood. To ensure the line is never broken, they have always had children so that at least two Heroes exist in every generation. However, this time… due to an unforeseen accident, his father passed away, leaving only the current Hero.”
“An unforeseen accident?”
“Y-yes… Th-that’s not very important. At least, not for this story. In any case, with only one Hero remaining, the queen grew concerned. This country wields overwhelming influence over the world, and a large part of that is due to its title as the nation that traditionally possesses the Hero. After much deliberation, the queen ordered the princess to marry the Hero. If the two of them have a child, then as long as the royal bloodline continues, the Hero’s bloodline will not be broken.”
I see… So that’s why that trash bastard reacted to me like that…
Yeah. If you saw your fiancée abandon you mid-act to try and get into my arms, acting all cute, you’d be pissed too.
Personally, I’d want to tell him to get mad at the princess, not me, but I know human emotions aren’t that logical.
They say it’s a common reaction to get angry at the person your wife cheated with before you get angry at your wife.
“Huh? Then they’re fiancés, plain and simple, aren’t they?”
“No. It’s because… the princess vehemently refused. You might find it surprising, Guwon, but Princess Felicia, for all her antics, is well aware of the responsibilities that come with her position. It was the first time the princess had ever defied an order like that… so even the queen can’t just force the issue.”
“Ah, I see. For reference, why did the princess refuse so strongly? You’re close with her, so you’d know, right?”
“W-well… She said that while she was prepared for a political marriage as a princess, she just couldn’t bring herself to do it with a ‘thing’ like that man…”
That figures.
Just like Silvia, Felicia was, in a way, a woman who was consistent to the very end.
“But they were screwing every time I went there.”
“That’s… because the princess requested that the marriage order be canceled, saying she would just bear one Hero to add to the royal bloodline.”
She hated the idea that much, huh.
What am I gonna do? I’m starting to feel a little sorry for that trash.
“So the queen gave an order. Until a child is born, the two of them are only to have relations with each other.”
What. So that trash. He really can only do it with the princess right now?
And I even put a stop to that?
No! Stop! I’m seriously starting to feel bad!
“…Huh? Then what about me?”
“…The princess, who had been sexually frustrated for nearly a year from having relations only with him, heard the rumors about you, Guwon, and her eyes went wide… ahem. She became interested.”
“No. You said the queen gave an order. Doesn’t the Hero protest? He’d be able to sleep with other women besides the princess then, wouldn’t he?”
“It’s a bit complicated. With the Hero being the last of his family, and combined with some past incidents, the Hero family’s standing has weakened considerably. Normally, there would have been backlash at the very idea of absorbing the Hero’s family into the royal line, even if it was the queen’s order. But the Hero family is so weak now that they can’t even put up a proper protest. Besides, the last remaining one… as you’ve seen, Guwon, he’s… very weak to being overpowered by authority…”
“…So he’s too intimidated by the princess to even protest properly?”
“Yes. That’s right. Besides… no, it’s nothing.”
He really is a pathetic loser.
Haaah. What a relief. Thanks to that, all the pity I was feeling has completely vanished.
Anyway, this cleared everything up.
The reason that trash came at me so desperately, and as a bonus, why the princess was having sex with him every time I went to the palace.
And finally, why the princess was so confident about the condition I set before.
That girl, she tricked me!
She’s in a situation where she can only have sex with that trash anyway, and doing it with him just makes her more frustrated.
From the princess’s perspective, it’s better not to do it at all.
That’s why she was so confident!
But just because I didn’t know that doesn’t mean I can nullify the bet.
I know full well that would just be a lame excuse.
Damn it. Now that it’s come to this, I’ll do whatever it takes to avoid seeing the princess.
After all, the condition was that she doesn’t have sex with another man until we next see each other.
We’ll see who gets the last laugh.
In any case, now that my curiosity was more or less satisfied, I felt like my head was clearing up.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to satisfy my curiosity until Diana got back, but Silvia explained it better than I expected… Huh? Come to think of it, she explained it really well from the middle onwards, without even stuttering.
And at some point, her vibrating stopped too.
I stared intently at Silvia’s face.
“Is there anything else you’re curious about?”
Silvia tilted her head cutely.
Her face showed no sign of embarrassment at all.
It’s actually refreshing to see her not being embarrassed at all.
I’m used to the image of her being bright red and trembling all over.
But why? Ah, could it be… that thing that worked during the act, where if you distract your mind with something else, you focus on that and the reality of being with me fades?
“Yeah. There’s one more thing.”
“Yes. Please ask.”
I tightened my arm around Silvia’s waist, pulling her even closer, and whispered in her ear.
“We’re pressed this close together, but you’re not trembling anymore?”
“Uuht…! A-a-a-uaaah…!”
Hearing that, Silvia immediately started trembling, as if a switch had been flipped.
Seeing that, I felt a little relieved. This is how Silvia should be.
I brought her around under the pretext of getting her used to it, but when she actually showed signs of getting used to it, I felt a little lonely.
I’m such a bad guy.
But what can I do? Vibrating Silvia is cute.
Holding her like this is the best; she’s cute, warm, and soft, and it even feels like she has a massage function.
“Weren’t you getting used to it?”
“Y-your breath on my ear… I-I’m gonna die…”
I keep telling you, something like this won’t kill you.
After all, you survived the whole time we were having sex today, didn’t you?
“Hmph. Cute. Then when we get home…”
“Welcome back.”
The moment I pointed toward the mansion’s main gate, intending to tease Silvia, Vanessa suddenly appeared and greeted us in her usual deadpan voice.
“Uh, oh, yeah. We’re back. This is unusual. Coming all the way to the main gate to greet us.”
“Ever since you picked a fight with the Hero, Guwon, I’ve felt gazes around the mansion, as if a suspicious group was watching. I have been on high alert.”
That trash. So he really was tailing me from the mansion.
No wonder he recognized me so easily even though I was wearing a robe.
“Ah, really? You’re working hard.”
“Not at all. More so than me…”
Vanessa trailed off, a rare occurrence, and glanced at Silvia.
Hey. What’s with that look?
This girl has been strangely defiant toward me lately.
Her face and voice are as deadpan as ever, so it might just be me being paranoid.
Still, maybe I should check just to be sure.
“Silvia. I’ll see you at dinner.”
“Uuuuht!”
As soon as I released my arm from her waist, Silvia steadied her trembling legs and hurried into the mansion… then started peeking at me through the crack in the door.
So you’re not going to run away completely, huh.
Leaving Silvia to her stalking, I turned to Vanessa.
“Now then, Vanessa.”
“Yes.”
I looked her straight in the eyes and stared, but Vanessa remained expressionless.
Is it really just me being paranoid? Isn’t she just acting like her usual self?
Looking into her eyes, I started to think that might be the case.
Uuuuuumm….
“…Hk.”
As I continued to hold her gaze, staring intently, Vanessa suddenly let out a small groan and looked away first.
I knew it! My intuition wasn’t wrong! Of course!
“Hey. You’ve got something to hide from me, don’t you?”
“…What are you talking about?”
“Don’t play dumb. There has to be something. Like you did something mean to me. If not, why’d you look away first? Tell me the truth.”
“…I avoided your gaze because I could feel you looking at me with lewd eyes, wanting a revealing maid outfit.”
I had spoken triumphantly, but her reply was unexpected.
“Hey! What are you—! That’s not it at all! No, come to think of it, you still haven’t given that back to me! When are you going to?!”
“……”
Vanessa looked at me with an expression that said, ‘See. I was right.’
I mean, she was expressionless. But somehow, I could just tell.
But I didn’t back down.
“Fine! I do want a revealing maid outfit! What’s wrong with that?! I’m only going to have my girls wear it, so mind your own business!”
“…I will bring it to you at once.”
When I shouted confidently, Vanessa was the one to break first and replied as such.
Hmph. I won.
It wasn’t that I didn’t feel like the point of the argument had been blurred, but for now, I decided to savor this victory.