Chapter 868
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 868
Of course, I had no intention of immediately performing the Apostle Appointment right then and there.
Swept up in the heat of the moment, we ended up accepting each other’s feelings right then and there, but even so, it would still be better to inform our girls first before doing the Apostle Appointment.
“Hey, hon… Ah, hah. …Honey?”
As I lay there, still inside Felicia, lost in thought, Felicia, who had stopped crying at some point, looked up at me and spoke first.
Even though she’d been calling me that freely ever since we first met, now, she seemed conscious of calling me ‘honey,’ and gave a slightly awkward smile.
Well, I could certainly understand her feelings.
Because the meaning embedded in that endearment was completely different from before.
“Hmm?”
Anyway, Felicia, who had called out to me, still wearing a slightly awkward smile, said something completely unexpected.
“You might think it’s strange for me to say this after such a touching moment… but could we keep our relationship a secret for a while?”
“Wh-what?”
Is she embarrassed to be dating me? What is this?
Of course, I didn’t think that was it at all, but Felicia’s words were so far beyond my expectations that the thought briefly crossed my mind.
Right? If anyone were to bring up such a topic, it should have been me.
But for her to say something like this, I never would have imagined.
“Oh, of course, you can tell the other girls. I’m not saying we should secretly carry on like we’re having an affair or anything. What I mean is, let’s keep it a secret publicly for now. Let’s have unrelated people think that for a while, we’re still just in the same relationship as before, with no changes, where you’re just helping me with my physical condition.”
Perhaps sensing my considerable confusion, Felicia hastily waved her hands and offered that additional explanation.
Well, even with that, the explanation was still quite lacking.
“Why?”
“I may look like this, but I’m a princess and a candidate for the next queen, you know? So, there are a few… things I need to sort out. Is that okay?”
As she spoke, Felicia sat up, looked at me with wide, upturned eyes, and even made a cute face as she clung to me.
Her doing this gave me a strange feeling. No, I mean, she always seemed like the type to be very affectionate with her man.
I wasn’t in a bad mood either. In fact, it felt a little ticklish, but good.
Anyway, putting that aside.
Only after hearing Felicia’s further explanation did I roughly understand why she was suddenly making such a request.
Well, the reason she had given up on love wasn’t just because of her personality or physical condition, but also due to her status, after all.
It seemed she wanted to deal with those troublesome issues first, before openly announcing that she was dating me.
“Alright. If that’s what you want.”
Of course, I had no reason to object.
Far from objecting, I was even a little happy.
Because it meant she liked me enough to want to be with me, even with a pile of problems to solve, without caring about them at all.
“Of course I don’t want to! Actually, I want to show off such a wonderful honey as soon as possible.”
Saying that again in an affectionate tone, Felicia lightly pressed her lips to my… well, not my lips, but the cheek right next to them.
I always feel this, but what can I say about her? Her mental shifts are incredibly fast.
It’s the same now. Just a moment ago, she was bawling her eyes out, and her eyes are still red, yet she’s already smiling happily and acting cute.
Well, her hedonistic mindset that it’s best to simply enjoy what feels good rather than overthinking things probably hasn’t completely changed. So, perhaps she thinks it’s best to purely rejoice and enjoy the fact that our hearts have connected.
Still, she’s human after all, and perhaps still a bit shy, as she couldn’t bring herself to kiss my lips directly.
“…Is that so.”
To tell the truth, I was the one who was dying from not being able to adapt.
As I said before, seeing her act so cute certainly felt good, but it was so ticklish I could barely stand it.
If I, the one experiencing it, feel this way, what would others feel if they saw us right now?
Well, that’s beside the point, I suppose.
“Honey, your reaction is a bit… unclear.”
But perhaps my reaction didn’t please her, as Felicia pouted slightly, narrowed her eyes, and said that.
“No. I can’t help it, can I?”
Not everyone can shift their mindset as quickly as you do.
I thought I was quite fast in that regard compared to others, but it seems there’s always someone faster than the fast one.
“That’s too much! Were you just playing with me?! Sniffle, sniffle.”
“It’s no use crying fake tears. Thanks to your bawling earlier, I now know exactly how you cry for real.”
“H-honey! You’re not supposed to say that!”
This time, genuinely embarrassed, Felicia covered her face with both hands and turned her body away.
She managed to turn her body like that in this position. And without even pulling out.
Felicia had sat up from the missionary position, taking a stance somewhere between missionary and face-to-face sitting, so it was quite difficult to turn around. Is that the power of a Succubus, I wonder?
“Mmm… Hnnngh…”
As I marveled at that strange detail, Felicia, who had turned around and was again in an ambiguous position, somewhere between doggy style and back-to-back sitting, slowly began to move her hips back and forth.
“Want to go again?”
“What are you talking about? You’re the one who put it back in first, honey, weren’t you? Wasn’t this what you intended?”
Felicia answered my question nonchalantly.
But judging by the tips of her ears, which I could glimpse through her hair, completely flushed red, it seemed she was probably doing this just to erase the image of her crying from my mind.
“No. I’ve already calmed your sexual urges, so if you don’t want to do more, I don’t particularly care. Just having it in is enough.”
Of course, I wasn’t about to miss this opportunity.
A rare chance to tease Felicia had come, and I couldn’t just let it pass.
Isn’t it too much, right after our hearts just connected?
I have a favorite saying for times like this: ‘That’s that, and this is this.’
“…So, you do want to do it again. This time, regardless of my physical condition.”
But Felicia was a formidable opponent, as expected.
This girl, isn’t her quick wit just too good?
But I wouldn’t lose.
“Then wouldn’t it be better to do it properly, face-to-face?”
Even as I felt my heart pound at Felicia’s honest answer, I didn’t let up my offensive until the very end.
“…That’s true, too…”
In the end, Felicia seemed to admit defeat, turning her body back around and showing me her flushed face.
I brought my face close to Felicia’s, as if to kiss her, but instead of her lips, I pressed my forehead against hers and gazed into her eyes.
“Honey, aren’t you being too mischievous?”
The quick-witted Felicia seemed to know what I wanted just from that, and after saying so, she slowly moved her head and brought her own lips to mine.
This time, not to my cheek or anywhere else, but directly to my lips.
But ‘mischievous’? I wouldn’t want to hear that from anyone else, let alone you.
And so, we once again tasted the sensation of each other’s lips and entwined our bodies.
Just as Felicia said, this time, it was purely because we wanted each other, regardless of her physical condition.
“Well then, honey. If you survive, say hello to everyone else for me~.”
Even after we had such a sweet final round of sex, Felicia was still Felicia.
As I finished up and left the room, Felicia lay on the bed, waving her hand playfully, and bid me farewell with those teasing words.
“If I die, you’ll be a widow in a day, you rascal!”
As if my mind wasn’t already complicated enough, trying to figure out what to tell our girls about what I’d just impulsively done, she’s even trying to scare me!
“Oh my, honey. ‘Darling’? Even so, that’s a bit too hasty.”
“I didn’t say that!”
It’s true that saying ‘widow’ might make it sound like we’re married, but I just couldn’t think of a more appropriate expression for the situation, that’s all!?
No. Even if I don’t explain all this, you’re smart enough to know, aren’t you?!
So don’t bother covering your cheeks with both hands and twisting your body as if you’re shy!
Anyway, with that, I parted ways with Felicia and rejoined Vanessa, who was waiting.
Although a lot had happened, if you only considered the time spent, it was actually not much different from when I usually spent time with Felicia.
It seemed that because the sex itself was much more heartfelt and enjoyable than usual, the time it took to satisfy Felicia’s sexual urges was greatly reduced.
Because of that, Vanessa didn’t get angry with me this time, and we quietly returned to the mansion as if nothing had happened.
“Oh, you’re back?”
And the very first person I encountered as soon as I entered the mansion was Sara.
It goes without saying that she wasn’t waiting for me, as she couldn’t have known when I’d arrive; it just seemed I happened to return at the moment she was passing through the lobby.
However, I, who had been agonizing over how to tell our girls about Felicia, couldn’t help but be flustered when I immediately ran into Sara’s face upon entering the house.
D-damn it! Of all people, Sara! The one who’s most jealous, the one who gets along with Felicia the least!
Ah, no. Calm down. There’s no need to tell her right now.
It’s not because I’m scared, but because it’s more efficient, that’s all.
Rachel noona probably hasn’t even left work yet, so wouldn’t it be better to tell everyone at once when they’re all gathered?
“Hmm? Hmmm?”
But our quick-witted Sara, perhaps sensing something suspicious from my momentary flustered expression, strode over to me, straightened her back, and then bent slightly to peer up at me from below, frowning slightly.
“Wh-what? Why?”
“……Haaah…”
I tried to respond as nonchalantly as possible, but Sara let out a deep sigh as soon as she saw me.
Hey. What’s that sigh supposed to mean?
“Silvia.”
After letting out that deep sigh, Sara suddenly called out Silvia’s name, even though she wasn’t there.
“Y-yes?!”
Ah, so you were there.
Why are you peeking your face out from the corner again, making me think of old times? That’s why I didn’t notice you. What are you even doing?
Ah, I see. I went to the Royal Palace and left her behind, so she must have been curious about Felicia and came to secretly observe my reaction.
Don’t worry. In fact, congratulations—
“Congratulations.”
What the—! Why is Sara stealing my lines again?!
Even so, unless she actually has psychic powers or something, there’s no way she could know what I just did this time?!
But then, what’s with suddenly congratulating Silvia?!
“Ah…!”
But Silvia, as if she understood what Sara was congratulating her for, looked at me with a brightened face, even while glancing at Sara.
No. Wait a minute. There’s only one thing I can think of that would make Sara react like that and Silvia react like that.
Then what? She really knows? No. How on earth?!
“S-Sara-ssi…?”
“Haaah… You idiot.”
No joke, she might actually have psychic powers.
Thinking that, I called out to Sara with a trembling voice, but Sara shook her head, let out a deep sigh, said only that, and then turned and disappeared.
What on earth should I call this situation?
No. It’s not that I don’t feel like I’ve been spared the trouble of explaining, but it’s just too unsettling, isn’t it?!
Ah, did Matilda perhaps tell them in advance while I was gone?
If that were the case, it would certainly make sense that Sara knew what I had been up to at the Royal Palace.
But Matilda… No, I mean, it’s not like she couldn’t tell them.
It’s also true that me accepting another woman isn’t just my problem alone, but a problem for all of us.
But something still feels off.
For starters, Sara’s lukewarm reaction makes no sense, does it?