Chapter 665: Daily Life
Chapter 665: Daily Life
“Yes. I’ll confirm your order. One Couple-Exclusive Heart-Thumping, Lovey-Dovey Sweetie Parfait. Is that correct?”
Of course, just because I’d covered her mouth didn’t mean I could stop the waiter from repeating the order.
It wasn’t like the menu was full of such peculiar names, and yet he still felt the need to repeat the one item we ordered. This waiter was something else. No, he was probably just following the customer service manual.
“Kgh…!”
Hit by this sudden ambush, Vanessa’s face went red all the way to her ears, and she squirmed with embarrassment.
But even seeing her like that, the waiter showed no mercy.
“Ma’am?”
“Y-Yes?! Hngh!”
The order wouldn’t be complete until she answered the waiter’s question.
Realizing this, Vanessa hastily tried to pull her hand from my mouth, but I wasn’t about to let her.
I clamped my own hand over hers, holding it firmly in place.
But that still wasn’t enough.
“Kgh…! Nnh…!”
Ugh! How is a girl who stays cooped up at home all day this strong?!
“Hah!”
Finally, as a last resort, I gave her palm a quick lick. Vanessa let out a sexy little gasp and her fingers flinched, the strength finally draining from her arm.
“Kuh… Yes. That’s correct.”
She wasn’t saying the name herself, merely affirming it.
But even that was enough to make her want to die of embarrassment. Vanessa nodded, an expression of pure humiliation on her face.
Perhaps the little gasp she’d just made added to her shame.
“Order received. Please wait a moment.”
Only after taking in the sight of Vanessa’s face, flushed red with humiliation, did the waiter flash a professional smile and disappear.
I’ll say it again. That waiter is something else.
“So, to continue what I was saying, you should stop wearing your butler uniform and…”
“…Are you really going to continue that conversation right now?”
As soon as the waiter left, I let go of Vanessa’s hand and tried to pick up where we’d left off.
But for some reason, Vanessa shot me a look filled with resentment.
Well, her expression was blank, but I could somehow feel the resentment radiating from her.
“Hm? Is there a problem?”
“…It is nothing.”
When I played dumb, Vanessa finally whipped her head to the side, avoiding my gaze.
Ah, is she sulking?
“Anyway, you and I will be going on dates from time to time, so you should get used to wearing casual clothes, don’t you think?”
“…I do not feel particularly uncomfortable in casual clothes.”
“What are you talking about? It’s obvious you’ve been fidgeting this whole time.”
“That is not because of the clothes, but because of the stares…”
“It’s the same thing. You’re getting all that attention because you look pretty in casual clothes. You need to get used to the attention you get while wearing them.”
“Kuh…!”
Vanessa, who had been answering curtly while looking away, snapped her head back toward me in surprise.
She glared at me, her face still maintaining its usual blankness, before letting out another quiet groan and turning away again.
“Just so you know, from now on, you have to dress like this when you’re not working as a butler. That includes inside the mansion.”
“Hah! Inside the mansion as well?”
“Of course. How else will you start to realize that you’re my woman?”
“That kind of realization…”
“You don’t really have it yet, do you?”
“Kgh…”
“And as a bonus, my eyes get a treat.”
As I said that, my gaze drifted past the glass table to her legs. Vanessa’s hand shot down under the table, grabbing the hem of her skirt and trying desperately to pull it down to her knees.
“…Is that not your main objective?”
“If you want to think of it that way, feel free.”
“……”
At my shameless reply, Vanessa fell silent, simply glaring at me with an intense light in her eyes.
“Besides, skirts are more convenient in many ways, you know.”
I casually deflected her glare and smiled placidly.
But contrary to my calm exterior, I was starting to feel quite tense inside.
It’s time to reveal my true purpose.
Be natural. Say it like it’s nothing at all.
“…In what way, exactly?”
“You have to ask? You don’t need to poke a hole in a skirt.”
“Ngh…! So that was your goal!”
Hearing my words, Vanessa’s eyes widened even more as she covered her rear with both hands.
She understood with just that one sentence. Impressive.
Then again, I guess it’s only natural, since she’s the one whose pants and underwear actually had a hole poked in them.
Well, it seems she’s misunderstanding slightly.
No. Actually, this might be for the best.
Maybe I can use this to make the mood a little more playful.
“You know, acting like that will only make people around us more suspicious, right? Like maybe you’re hiding something in your butt… Mmph!”
“Do not say such strange things! Hnngh!”
But before I could finish, Vanessa’s hand clamped over my mouth once again.
Of course, I responded by licking her palm once again.
She let out another one of those sexy little gasps.
“Strange things? You’re the one acting suspiciously.”
“You were the one who said something strange first, Sir Guwon!”
To anyone else, her tone would still sound emotionless, but I could tell for sure.
For Vanessa, her voice was quite raised. Now that she’s this flustered, maybe it’s okay to slip it in?
“What are you talking about? I was just saying it would be convenient for when you’re in your Dragonian form.”
Right. This was the other reason I’d been so insistent on her wearing a skirt.
Skirts are just more comfortable when you have a tail.
Of course, pants would be fine if we cut a hole in them, but I couldn’t just go around cutting holes in all the pants of a girl who was still resistant to her Dragonian form.
So, the plan was to first get her used to wearing skirts, and then have her occasionally walk around in her Dragonian form to get her accustomed to that, too.
This was my strategy.
It wasn’t just because I wanted to see her bare legs.
“Ngh…!”
But even in her flustered state, the moment I said that, Vanessa’s body went rigid and her eyes trembled.
It was as if she was terrified someone might have overheard.
Damn. I guess casually bringing up her Dragonian form outside is still too much for her.
“Or what? Were you thinking about sex? Did you take it to mean I was talking about cutting a hole in your pants to make it easier to have sex with me?”
I tried to maintain a playful atmosphere, but Vanessa’s face remained tense.
The fact that she wasn’t even trying to cover my mouth, despite me talking about sex this and sex that in a café in broad daylight, showed just how tense she was.
So she’s only just managed to show me her Dragonian form. Does this mean her trauma is still there?
Can’t be helped. I should just play it off as a joke for now.
“Hey. Why are you making that face? I’m talking about a ‘what if’ scenario. Just hypothesizing about a time when your transformation might come undone.”
“…Even as a hypothetical, there will be no instance of my transformation coming undone.”
“You never know. Who knows? Maybe I’ll be having some intense sex with you in an alley somewhere and…”
“…Haaah. Please. Refrain from doing such things.”
As I kept repeating the word ‘sex’ and trying to steer the conversation toward lewd topics, it seemed Vanessa finally had the leeway to accept that I was just joking.
Or maybe she realized my true intention was to get her used to her Dragonian form and was deliberately playing along with my dirty jokes, pretending not to know.
With a deep sigh, Vanessa finally relaxed a little and gave me that reply.
“Refrain?! How could I! You don’t want to do it with me?!”
“At least, not outside.”
“Even if I begged?”
“…Please do not make such a request in the first place.”
“Tch. Aren’t you being a little cold? You could at least pretend to think about it.”
“It is not worth considering. Who would agree to such a thing?”
…Your master.
Well, we’ve never done any real outdoor play, but if I put my mind to it and asked her sincerely, she’d probably do it.
And she’d probably lose her mind halfway through and enjoy it more than me.
“Well, anyway. Casual clothes when you’re not on butler duty. And you have to wear a skirt! Got it? It really is more convenient. Okay?”
“I believe your intentions are impure… but I will consider it.”
I forcefully concluded the conversation by pretending my only reason for the skirt was that it was better for sex. Vanessa gave me an impassive look but reluctantly nodded.
“Your Couple-Exclusive Heart-Thumping, Lovey-Dovey Sweetie Parfait has arrived.”
And then, as if on cue, the moment our conversation reached a stopping point, the waiter returned carrying a gigantic parfait.
The instant I saw it, I fully understood the meaning behind the bizarre dessert’s name.
Its overwhelming size made the table thump with its weight as he set it down.
On top sat a massive, heart-shaped piece of chocolate.
I could guarantee you could see it from the tables across the room. And on that heart chocolate, also in huge letters, were my name and Vanessa’s name. With a heart in the middle, of course.
A heart inside a heart.
No, more importantly, how in the world did they know our names?
I could understand mine, but Vanessa’s? Did he hear me say her name and write it down?
Or is she just famous for being Diana’s butler?
On top of that, the cup holding the parfait was heart-shaped.
The spoons we were given were also heart-shaped.
And as if to announce it to the whole neighborhood, little pink hearts were magically popping up above the parfait.
It was, in every sense of the word, a heart-thumping, lovey-dovey, and sweetie parfait.
I was the one who ordered it, but honestly, even I couldn’t bear to look at it properly.
I never thought something I ordered just to tease Vanessa would break through my own cringe resistance.
“Kgh!”
Vanessa seemed to feel the exact same way. She immediately started devouring the heart-shaped chocolate. With a heart-shaped spoon.
“Aah… Our heart…”
“D-Don’t say strange things!”
Sorry. My mental state took a bit of a hit, and that just slipped out.
In the end, after a hard-fought battle that lasted nearly two hours, we finally managed to finish the enormous parfait.
The whole time we were eating, hearts kept popping up over it, which was incredibly embarrassing.
Especially when we both leaned in toward the parfait at the same time.
“…That was a tough battle.”
“…And whose fault do you think that is?”
By the time we left the café, we were exhausted, despite only having eaten dessert.
Honestly, I felt a little like just giving up and going home, but I steeled my resolve.
No. I can’t let our first date end like this.
“Alright! On to the next thing! Next! Where should we go now?!”
“…Sir Guwon.”
But unlike my forced cheerfulness, Vanessa called my name in a tone that was even lower than usual.
“If you’re going to say you want to go home, I’m not going to allow it!”
“My apologies. But it is time for me to return to my duties as a butler.”
“What? What do you mean? I told you to clear your schedule for today, didn’t I?”
“…I did not expect that we would be going on a… date, so I did not clear my entire day.”
Hearing Vanessa’s words, it hit me.
Right. At first, she thought I told her to clear her schedule because I wanted to have sex.
Well, at the time, that was my intention.
“Wait a minute. That hurts my pride in its own way. Did you really think sex with me would be over in just a few hours? You must not know because you haven’t seen me get serious yet, but once I do, I can go all day, you know?”
“…My apologies.”
At my slightly playful words, Vanessa bowed her head with an apologetic look.
Though she was still in casual clothes, it seemed her mindset had already returned to that of a butler.
When you apologize so sincerely, it just makes me feel guiltier.
“No. You don’t need to apologize… I’m the one who’s sorry. For ending our first date like this.”
“…Not at all. …I had fun.”
But to my apology, Vanessa gave a rare, honest reply.
“Can’t be helped. Let’s just head back for today. Next time, make sure you clear the entire day. Even if you think it’s for sex. Because I really can go all day.”
“…Please refrain from saying such things on the street.”
Chatting idly with the now-returned Butler Vanessa, we made our way back to the mansion.