episode_0359

Late morning. After a fierce battle with a group of bandits, it was time for everyone to fall asleep again.

Except for Agnes, who was currently on watch in the warrior party, everyone had gone back to their respective tents, so no matter what Ethan and I did in here, no one would notice.

“Are you sure you want to take it off?”

“If you raise your voice, the warrior party in the tent across from you might notice you.”

“… Isn’t it okay to just touch each other with your clothes on, Lilith?”

“As I said before, the healing aura is most effective when used in direct skin-to-skin contact, Master Ethan. And I just use a method that allows the meatiest part of my body to come into contact with Master Ethan.”

This is because Lilith was designed to have a body optimized for voluptuous beauty.

If I had an androgynous body like Agnes or Luke, it would have been most efficient to take off my clothes in order to bring the two lumps of fat on my chest as close as possible.

“Isn’t this your first time being naked outdoors? Have you forgotten the six days we spent in the natural science class earlier, Master Ethan?”

“… Of course I didn’t forget that. I can’t forget it.”

“So you don’t have to think about it too hard. In the first place, this tent and sleeping bag will cover all our secrets, so there is no need to worry.”

Ethan had already experienced the six-day life of washing in the river, using rocks as shade, as there were no walls to hide his body in a house where light seeped in through the cracks in the branches.

On the other hand, since I was planning to take off my clothes only in the tent and under the blanket now, not completely outdoors, there would be much less psychological resistance than back then.

Since we had already been attacked by bandits once, there was no reason to move the tent again in the middle of the night, so my tent and Ethan’s tent were still about 50 meters away from the warrior’s tents.

“Master Ethan.”

“… … .”

“The humanities inquiry class hasn’t even started yet, Master Ethan. In order to help others in Bridget Village and do volunteer work and protect the village, Master Ethan also needs to recover quickly.”

“… Yes, that is correct.”

In the first place, Ethan would also want to be a little more of a strength to me rather than continue to be a burden during class, so in the end, the best way to do that was to adopt a quick recovery method.

Ethan, who saw me trying to convince him to take off his maid uniform, leaving only his top and bottom underwear on, made up his mind and eventually quietly began to take off his suit, which had one arm missing.

-Smurf.

“… Are you really just sleeping with your bodies pressed against each other?”

“At least I am more patient than Master Ethan, so you don’t have to worry.”

“… I don’t think so, but I got it anyway.”

There were at most three or four hours left until we had to board the carriage and set off again the next morning.

It’s not enough time to receive the healing aura buff, but it’s definitely better than not doing it at all.

As Ethan took off his clothes one by one, I also took off the clothes on my body one by one. I squeezed my body into Ethan’s sleeping bag as close as possible and slowly pulled up the zipper from the bottom to the top.

– Malkang.

“ugh, inhale.”

-Rub, rub.

“Huh, huh… .”

With our bodies attached, we somehow succeeded in getting into the same sleeping bag and zipping it up.

Of course, both Ethan and I were naked now, so if we were pressed this close, various awkward parts of our bodies were bound to touch each other, and even on the lower part of Ethan’s body, extremely healthy and masculine parts began to function properly.

“No matter how much you assert yourself like this, I plan to sleep independently of Master Ethan’s sexual desires.”

“… This is something that can’t be helped, Lilith. If you’re so close to Lilith, you can’t help but react even if you’re not naked.”

Yes, I guess that’s true. This is not a reaction that can be physically controlled.

In the first place, not only Ethan, but also me, are sticking our bodies together like this, so I feel like I’m getting a bit of a reaction.

… It’s just that Ethan didn’t notice because it wasn’t a reaction that was visible and tangible like a man’s body.

Of course, sleeping in a sleeping bag with our bodies together like this was just part of the treatment, so I had absolutely no intention of doing anything dirty in this state.

Not only would it be embarrassing if I made noise in the middle of the night and ended up in the tent of the bad guys, but it wasn’t a good thing for Ethan’s recovery either.

‘The sleeping bag itself is narrow in the first place, so there is not enough space to put things in and move around.’

So, that’s all for now.

I can only endure this much until Ethan’s body fully recovers.

With that in mind, I wrapped my arms around Ethan’s back in the sleeping bag and pressed my chest as close to Ethan’s upper body as possible.

-Heart pounding, pounding pounding, pounding… .

So close that I couldn’t tell the difference between my heartbeat and Ethan’s heartbeat.

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“You look tired, both Lady Rosewood and Prince Blackwood.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The morning after spending the night close to each other for Ethan’s treatment.

Ethan and I were unable to respond to what Gemmojoshegigot said after seeing us struggling since morning.

Because we were so nervous about being naked with each other all night, Ethan and I ended up having to wake up without being able to sleep properly.

“They’re a stupid couple. I guess I stayed up all night doing various things and then wasted it until morning.”

“It’s a misunderstanding, Miss Agnes. It is true that I and Master Ethan stayed together all night, but it was only for the purpose of healing for Master Ethan, and there was no lewd purpose or selfish intention involved.”

It was a moment when a remark came out to reflexively refute Agnes’ groundless slander, but Ethan was a little more embarrassed by my statement than Agnes’ statement.

“Release, there was no need for us to say that first.”

“… … .”

“Hmm, well, I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear it.”

“Wow, you shouldn’t overdo it until you fully recover, Prince Blackwood… .”

“… There has been nothing to worry about, so you don’t have to worry.”

Thomas, the character with the least tolerance for this kind of thing, avoids the gaze of me and Ethan, and Celista, the shyest of the women, is shy but gives advice like an extremely priestess.

The rest of the female group either blushed a little, depending on their personalities, or seemed to just listen as if they were not interested at all. Except for Natalie, who looked like she didn’t understand what was being said.

“Isn’t this the story that Lady Lilith stayed by Prince Ethan’s side all night for treatment? You are an example of a maid who is devoted to her master, so don’t be shy and be more confident, Lady Lilith!”

“Ah, yes… . Thank you, Miss Natalie… .”

The more I look at that blunt attribute, the more amazing it becomes. Natalie is now in third grade, so she must be around twenty-two.

It was Ethan and I who finished a slightly uncomfortable breakfast, worrying in our hearts about Thomas who was going to take that.

“You guys are going to leave right away, right? The destination is Bridget Village, just like us, right?”

“… That’s right.”

“Then, since we will leave first, how about you tag along behind our wagons? You might encounter bandits or something along the way, so it’s best to move together if possible.”

“… Don’t do that. Thank you for your consideration, warrior.”

“It goes as far as to call it consideration. Because we also received help last night. After breakfast, Lilith did all the washing up for me.”

Gemmojoshegiggwat naturally proposes to accompany him, and Ethan accepts the offer without hesitation.

Maybe it was because they were fighting against a common enemy for one night, risking their lives, but there was hardly any uneasy atmosphere between them like before.

In fact, it was closer to the opposite.

“Keu, keuhm. If you are going to take a humanities inquiry class anyway, I think it would be better to take action together in this class as well. What do you think?”

“… Are you asking me now?”

“Well, since you are the leader of your party, there is no one else but you, hero.”

“… … .”

He looks surprised, as if he didn’t expect Ethan to first send a gesture saying he wanted to get closer.

And I, too, felt a little puzzled by Ethan’s sudden change in attitude.

‘Until now, whenever there was a story about a hero, I covered it up and hated it.’

I guess it worked well for me to make a good impression every time we ran into each other, including my recent actions.

And since Ethan had to go into recovery for a while now, realistically, it was the right decision to temporarily join the warrior group.

“I like it if you say that. Because we also have a strong military force.”

“Okay, thank you.”

“Please take care of yourself during this lesson, Prince Blackwood.”

“… You can call me Confucius Ethan.”

“Yes, Prince Ethan. And Lady Lilith.”

“… I didn’t even allow Lilith to be called by her name, hero.”

“… Yes, Prince Ethan and Lady Rosewood.”

Even in this atmosphere, it was only after correcting his nickname for me that Ethan joined hands with the hero.

Anyway, Ethan likes me so much that it’s a shame.