26. Blooming (6)

"Mmm..."

The next morning.

When I naturally opened my eyes, it was still dawn before the sun had fully risen.

The floor was a bit hard, but it posed no problem for sleeping.

Compared to sleeping on stone floors with leaves scattered about, I had no complaints or grievances whatsoever.

"...Evernoir-nim?"

I was certain I fell asleep right next to Evernoir-nim.

Yet even at this early hour, there was no sign of her.

Perhaps she was moving about on her own again due to some misplaced sense of responsibility.

Just as I was worrying about that,

Clank.

Evernoir-nim, who had been out, opened the door and entered.

"Ah, you- no. Your Highness. Did you cough?"

"Y-your Highness? What are you..."

No matter how much we tried to hide our identities, the only people the Imperial Knights would personally escort were direct or collateral imperial relatives, she said.

So we had no choice but to conceal my identity as the princess and adopt the setting of being a collateral relative without imperial succession rights.

Well, Evernoir-nim's reasoning made sense, and it would be better to follow her instructions than to do things my way.

"Ah, I understand."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"...Ugh."

For some reason, every time I was called "Your Highness," it felt strange, as if I had truly become a woman.

Although my body was already female, I still had to return to being the crown prince someday.

But being called "princess" by Evernoir-nim made me feel as if I had truly become the princess, Jaina.

Even though it was just an arbitrarily created identity...

"Ahem! W-well, anyway, where did you go so early in the morning?"

"Ah, since I woke up early, I went for morning training."

Was it because of the morning training?

Evernoir-nim's face was quite flushed when I looked at her again.

Her breathing was subtly rough too.

"...Can you shower?"

If she had sweated, she needed to wash to feel refreshed.

My question had multiple meanings.

Whether she was confident she could shower without revealing the male genitalia and Crotch Tattoo below.

And also whether there was a private bathroom in a village like this.

"...W-well, actually. I didn't expect a private bathroom, of course, but there was a bathhouse where we could use it together without being disturbed if we arranged it in advance."

"Then since we're already here, shall we go now?"

"U-uhm. Understood."

Frankly, we had nothing to pack.

All we had were two sets of loose clothing.

Naturally, there were no skirts.

There was no way a house where a single man lived would have such things.

And of course, we had no underwear to change into either.

The only problem was that our current fashion trend was "missing bottoms."

The length of our tops was barely enough to slightly cover the area between our thighs and pelvis.

But if we walked, everything would be visible from both front and back.

"T-this is surprisingly bothersome..."

Because of this, when walking, the area that needed to cover my butt kept riding up due to my large breasts.

If I held the back to walk, the clothing pulled backward, revealing the outline of my nipples completely.

If I left it alone, it rode up completely past my ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠buttocks all the way to my lower back.

It was fortunate it was so early in the morning - if it had been just a little later, the villagers might have seen everything.

If I was like this, how about Evernoir-nim?

She was worse.

Since she had something that shouldn't be in the front, she kept pulling the front hem of her clothing downward.

The outline of her nipples was naturally visible through her clothes, and even her buttocks were completely exposed.

Evernoir-nim had chosen the front and sacrificed the back.

No, if her nipples were visible, did that mean she'd sacrificed half of the front too?

"W-we're here. Your Highness."

Following Evernoir-nim's guidance, we arrived at the public bathhouse.

There was no one inside, and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠everything was prepared, suggesting she had already arranged for us to enter together.

In normal times - no, in the past, it would have taken a long time to undress, but now it took less than a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠second.

"Let's go in."

"...Yes."

And so we immersed our bodies in warm water for the first time during our expedition.

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"Haaa..."

It felt like all the fatigue that had accumulated throughout my body was melting away.

As I was bathing while rubbing my limbs,

"Mmmph, ugh."

For some reason, Evernoir-nim's condition seemed strange.

"...What's the matter?"

"H-heek?!"

When I approached, Evernoir quickly created distance from me.

Surely she doesn't find me dirty... that couldn't be.

When I asked what was wrong and told her to be honest,

"Y-your Highness. This, this is too painful..."

What Evernoir-nim pointed to was her own male genitalia.

And it was swollen so taut it looked painful.

"Ugh...! D-didn't I tell you to handle it yourself from now on!"

That time was clearly supposed to be the last.

Naturally, I ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠had no intention of helping.

She was a proper adult.

And I wasn't some kind of helper.

Although I was responsible for her having that thing in the first place, I wasn't responsible for solving its problems.

"B-but... because of this in the morning, I spent several hours-!"

"Ah, morning? Didn't you say you were training...?"

"Ack, hup..."

Evernoir-nim, quickly covering her mouth after her slip of the tongue, subtly avoided my gaze.

I decided to scold her later.

First, I pressed her about the concerning statement.

"What do you mean by 'several hours'?"

"T-that's not it..."

"Be honest. Tell me everything. That's an order."

Only after I threatened her did Evernoir hesitate for a moment before beginning to speak.

How she had woken up in the morning due to an erection caused by the pain down below.

And how she had gone into the nearby forest to handle it herself as I instructed, continuously shaking it with her hand.

Finally, how even after shaking it for 1-2 hours like that, she ultimately couldn't ejaculate.

But now that she had entered the bath with me, it had swollen to the point of being more painful than in the morning.

"A-ah, no matter what I did, something seemed to be building up, but I couldn't ejaculate at all...! P-perhaps this is also part of the curse...!"

"That... couldn't be..."

A thought occurred to me.

I had a guess about Evernoir-nim's condition.

But I didn't voice it first.

'No, that couldn't be...'

Praying that my guess was wrong.

I decided to pretend not to know for now.

But the more I did that, the worse Evernoir-nim's condition became.

She couldn't stay still, moving her body here and there, and her breathing grew increasingly rough.

As the princess, it was natural for me to receive bathing assistance.

That didn't change even with Evernoir-nim.

So she washed my hair and body.

But the problem was,

Poke..., poke...

This captain, consumed by sexual desire, kept pressing her penis against my back.

If she had been male, it would naturally be castration followed by execution.

Of course, having a man assist the princess with bathing would be execution-worthy from the start.

Anyway, I didn't say anything the first couple of times, thinking it was a mistake or out of pity.

But now, as if finding it pleasurable, she began openly rubbing it against my buttocks.

So after enduring and enduring, I finally said something to her.

"Evernoir-nim, ...that's enough."

"...Yes?"

"I am not a prostitute."

"Ah, I, I've committed a capital offense..."

Only then, as if realizing her actions, she bowed her head and apologized.

But even then, that thing remained erect to the end.

"No, well. It's not quite a capital offense..."

Perhaps because I somewhat understood what kind of torment that was.

I found my heart softening slightly at Evernoir-nim's condition.

Moreover, it was about time for people to start waking up, and if we bathed any longer, we might get dizzy.

-Swoosh.

I rose from the water.

"I can roughly guess why you're like that..."

"Really!? T-then the solution is...!"

So wasn't I rising to give a little "help"?

Normally I would never have allowed it, but

Ziiing.

'Since what happened to her... is my responsibility.'

My Crotch Tattoo glowed crimson black.

"So, well. It's because you lack a medium."

"A medium...?"

"...Uhm. Because masturbation is an act that requires stimulation."

If you just have an erection and shake it mindlessly, would that really release sexual desire?

At the very least, you need 'material.'

"From now on, this won't happen again."

"...Y-yes."

"In exchange!"

"I-in exchange?"

I said as if granting a favor.

"...I will permit you to imagine my body from now on."

I slightly spread my legs and sat on the edge of the bathtub.

This immodest behavior was forbidden for a princess, but I had no choice.

At least I needed to provide some stimulation to be fair.

Evernoir-nim's intense gaze pierced my entire body.

Her gaze was so powerful that wherever her eyes landed felt tingly.

"Y-your Highness..."

Evernoir-nim's gaze fixed on my nipples.

And simultaneously, Evernoir wrapped her own hand around her member.

Next, her gaze fixed on my vulva.

Then Evernoir-nim began moving her wrapped hand up and down.

Swish swish swish.

Slap slap slap slap!

Finally, the moment her gaze turned toward my lips-

"Y-your Highness-! Ugh!"

Buurrit!

Ziiik!

Splat.

Her widely ejaculated release was blocked by my lower abdomen and fell to the floor without going further.

The moment Evernoir-nim's semen soiled my stomach,

Uuung.

The uterine tattoo still glowed crimson black.