Chapter 570: The Butler's True Feelings
Chapter 570: The Butler's True Feelings
After somehow managing to soothe Diana, I returned to my room.
I’d assumed everyone would be awake after the commotion Diana made when she got up, but surprisingly, aside from Diana, the room was exactly as I had left it.
I tiptoed back onto the bed, careful not to wake my girls, and lay down again in the empty space in the middle.
As if they had instinctively sensed my return even in their deep sleep, they all snuggled up against me at once.
Silvia and Matilda, on either side, naturally pressed close. As soon as my head touched Leia’s thighs, she immediately hugged it tight again.
The feeling of her breasts pressing against my face is absolutely heavenly.
Now that I was conscious of it, Diana was right—Leia’s breasts were so large they could probably touch her thighs if my head weren’t in the way.
But that was purely due to their sheer size; they weren’t sagging in the slightest.
That was true even now, as she leaned forward with her chest pointing down.
Defying gravity, Leia’s breasts maintained their perfectly beautiful shape. Rather than a heavy weight crushing my face, they felt more like a soft, warm embrace.
While thoroughly enjoying the sensation of Leia’s chest against my face, I reached a hand down to stroke Sara’s head, which was nestled between my legs.
There wouldn’t have been a problem leaving her to use the pillow, but I didn’t want her to feel left out.
Carefully, so as not to wake her, I lifted her head, removed the pillow, and let her use my thigh again.
“Mmm… Guwon…”
The moment I did, Sara wrapped her arms around my waist and buried her face in my crotch.
Whoa! Why do you always have to bury your face right there?! Is it a habit?! Is this a habit now?!
No, of course, it’s my fault, too.
I mean, it’s exciting when the cool-looking Sara gazes up at me with upturned eyes while she’s… you know. So I might have asked her for that sort of thing a little too often. Okay, I admit it.
Still, I never imagined it had become such a habit that she’d do it even in her sleep.
From now on, I should restrain myself… no. Is it really a bad thing that she’s developed this habit?
I’ll be the only one she sleeps with, anyway.
And even if she did sleep with someone else, it would only be one of the other girls.
So there’s no problem at all. Yep.
No, it’s definitely not because I don’t want to hold back or anything.
Anyway, after that, I removed the pillows from under Silvia’s and Matilda’s heads and had them use my arms instead. Now, with the exception of Diana, everything was back to how it was before Vanessa came in.
As for the only one missing, Diana had returned to her own room. She was probably going to talk to Vanessa.
I wonder if Vanessa will be okay.
The reason Vanessa had to lie was entirely my fault, so I wanted to cover for her somehow, but every time I tried, Diana would cut me off, saying she’d handle it herself.
Then she’d unleash an even more ferocious barrage of comforting pats, so in the end, I couldn’t say a word before she left the room.
If this was going to happen, I shouldn’t have made her swear to secrecy and told her about Paulson.
And in the end, Diana found out about Paulson anyway.
And Vanessa, honestly. How could you think to keep that secret in that situation?
Of course, I’m incredibly grateful, but you’re just too straight-laced.
Even if you promised to keep a secret…
Right. Come to think of it, Vanessa had promised to keep it a secret even from Diana.
Her reaction when she said that… could it be?
To be honest, I had never considered it that way.
I mean, her reactions had always been so cold.
No. Is that really it? Is that all there was to it?
Could it be that I had subconsciously noticed all along but pretended not to, thinking I couldn’t betray my girls?
I’m the one who found Vanessa masturbating in the bathtub, and I’ve tried to sound her out several times since then.
But every time, I immediately dismissed the possibility. Was that my subconscious at work?
But if that’s true, and if Vanessa really feels that way about me, then what am I supposed to…
Aaargh! I told myself not to think about this!
What do you mean, what am I supposed to do?!
Didn’t you see how much Diana trusted me just now? I can’t betray my girls any more than I already have!
As I was agonizing over this, I suddenly heard the click of the door opening.
My eyes were covered by two soft hills, so I couldn’t see, but someone had opened the door without knocking.
It was obvious who had entered.
“Hya!”
I heard the pitter-patter of fast-approaching footsteps, and then a cute battle cry as an impact landed on my body.
Of course, the “impact” was just Diana’s body attack.
It was so light it didn’t even disrupt my breathing; there was no damage at all.
“You’re back, Diana?”
“Mhm!”
I lifted my head slightly, pushing Leia’s chest away to look at Diana. She was perched on top of me, nodding vigorously.
She doesn’t look particularly angry. Did her talk with Vanessa go well?
“Vanessa… Whoa! D-Diana? What’s wrong?”
Setting aside Vanessa’s feelings for a moment, I was the cause of this mess, so I needed to find out what happened.
I was about to ask about Vanessa, but Diana suddenly started squishing and prodding my face with a stern expression.
“It’s because you’re so handsome!”
Uh, um, thanks. But why are you yelling?
She didn’t seem angry, but with an indescribably stiff expression, Diana continued to paw at my face.
“For what reason must my husband be so handsome?!”
“…Diana. You’re not angry, are you?”
“I am not angry!”
Even as she said that, she put a little more force into the hands squishing my face.
How am I supposed to react to this?
“Ughhh… If I knew this would happen, I shouldn’t have given up tonight… I said something I shouldn’t have… No. But as the main wife, that statement was… Ughhhhh!”
Diana muttered to herself, then grabbed both my cheeks and pulled them wide.
Just as I thought… It seems they argued over who the main wife was, which led to her conceding tonight to Matilda, with the agreement that they’d go in order starting with Sara again next.
“If you regret it that much, should we just do it right here?”
“A-As if I could do such a thing!”
When I spoke in a slightly teasing tone, Diana’s face flushed red as she started lightly slapping the face she’d been holding. Of course, it didn’t hurt at all.
But this reaction… if I coax her a little more, I think she might actually do it.
Well, not that I actually intend to.
Especially with Sara’s face buried in my crotch.
If I tried anything funny, who knows what she’d do to me.
Besides, something else was bothering me.
I thought she’d gone to her room, but for her to come back and act like this…
Didn’t she go to talk to Vanessa?
It’s not like talking to Vanessa would make her suddenly realize how handsome I am.
So what on earth happened?
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t find an answer.
I decided to ask Diana directly.
“Diana, did something happen?”
“N-Nothing happened! What?! Are you saying you wish something had happened!?”
But Diana just kept slapping my face with a provoked look.
“No, that’s not it… You went to talk to Vanessa, right? If you’re angry with her, please forgive her. I was the one who insisted she keep it a secret. Vanessa did nothing wrong.”
“It’s because you! Because you!”
“Huh? Because I what?”
“Are so handsome!”
“Fallen for me all over again?”
“That’s not what I…! Well, I have, but still! Mmmph!”
Seriously, are you trying to praise me or get angry at me?
In the end, I still had no idea why she was acting this way.
“Hoo…”
One moment she was roughly slapping my face, the next she was kissing me, then back to slapping again.
After repeating this for quite some time, Diana finally seemed satisfied and took her hands off my face.
No, it didn’t look like she was satisfied. It was more like she had to stop playing with my face because she couldn’t waste any more time.
After letting go, Diana immediately began to cast a spell without any preparation.
I felt my girls’ bodies lift away from me, and then my own body floated up and was set down on the floor.
To escape a situation I’d struggled so much with just a moment ago, so easily… so this is magic.
…Huh? Wait a minute. Vanessa can use magic too, can’t she?
Then why did she go to the trouble of freeing me with her hands earlier?
“Go.”
“Huh?”
As I was lost in thought, Diana looked at me and spoke.
“I’m telling you to go and talk to Vanessa. Instead of making excuses to me, shouldn’t you be apologizing to her first?”
Diana sat down at the table with a prim expression and glared at me as she spoke.
I see. So that’s what she meant.
It seemed Diana hadn’t scolded Vanessa after all.
Well, I expected as much from my brilliant Diana.
In that case, all that’s left is for me to apologize to Vanessa.
“Thank you. I’ll be right back.”
“Hmph. Go on, then!”
As I spoke, moved by Diana’s thoughtfulness, she somehow looked even more sulky, turning her head away with a sharp huff.
I still had no clue why Diana was reacting this way, but for now, should I do as she said and go apologize to Vanessa?
Maybe if I talk to Vanessa, I’ll naturally figure out why Diana is acting like this.
I left the room with gusto, but I immediately ran into a problem.
I had no idea where Vanessa was.
She couldn’t possibly still be in Diana’s room.
In that case… alright. Let’s give it a try.
“Vanessa!”
I clapped my hands and called out her name into the empty air.
As expected, Vanessa did not appear.
Instead, however, I sensed a presence behind me.
When I turned around, I saw Vanessa at the end of the hall, fleeing with quick steps.
She couldn’t run and lose her dignity as a butler, but her brisk walk clearly showed her strong desire to get away from here as fast as possible.
Hey. Why are you running away?
Did Diana give you an earful? No, that can’t be right. Diana was the one who sent me.
“Hey! Vanessa!”
Not caring one bit about dignity, I quickly chased after her.
She flinched when I called her name, but she didn’t stop walking.
But there’s an unavoidable speed difference between a fast walk and a run, so I caught up to her in no time.
“Hey. I said stop!”
“Hk…!”
When I grabbed her arm to stop her, Vanessa finally flinched hard and halted.
I used my grip on her arm to turn her around, and the face she revealed was…
“…Hey. Were you crying?”
“…I was not crying.”
Don’t give me such an obvious lie.
Your eyes and voice are still moist. Who do you think you’re fooling?
“What’s wrong? Did Diana scold you that badly?”
“She did not!”
Even though I knew that wasn’t it, I asked anyway. Vanessa’s eyes blazed as she denied it forcefully.
I thought so. It seemed the bond between master and servant was as strong as ever.