episode_0005

Ugh… What is it…?

When I woke up in the morning, I felt something was off.

Is it because of the weary fatigue covering my whole body?

Is it because of the subtle scent wafting from the tip of my nose?

Or is it because of the unfamiliar ceiling and the soft texture of the bed touching my bare skin, a feeling I’ve never experienced before?

What is this place, where am I?

I got up, feeling confused.

My arms and legs felt a strange stiffness, as if I hadn’t been able to move for a long time.

It was a different sensation from the muscle soreness after exercising.

*Squish*

??

Where my hand landed was a beautiful girl with orange-colored hair.

It was the chest of Lilith Tistina, one of the main heroines of ‘Thump X 2 Stormy Harem Transfer Student’.

Furthermore, Lilith was in a state of complete nudity, wearing nothing.

A large-sized bed where at least two people could lie down.

And on it were two men and women in a state of nudity.

Moreover, the woman was in a posture hugging the man’s wrist.

No, what is this!?!?

I screamed internally.

If my last memory is correct, I definitely met her yesterday while exercising in the early morning.

And then I fell for a cheap provocation, drank alcohol, and blacked out…

No way?

Fuck, fuck, fuck

I ended up making a huge mistake.

It’s a problem that I, an extra, touched her, a main heroine.

I, a mere count from the provinces, took the virtue of her, a famous duchess.

This is a huge problem, enough to make my head dangle loosely.

“Mmm… what is it… Ropel? You’re awake?”

Lilith looked at me with a gentle and soft smile.

“L… Lilith, what is going on?”

“What?… Mmm… what is it, now that one night is over, you’re going to come out with that attitude? Treating it all as a mistake made while drunk?”

“No, no, don’t misunderstand, I really don’t remember anything!

…So, anyway, no way… right…? Nothing happened… right…? Please tell me no.”

I asked her with anxious, trembling eyes.

“No,”

“As expected!”

Life returned to my eyes, and I clenched my fist tightly as I spoke.

“Hahaha! Listen until the end, because it means that it’s not that nothing happened.”

My energy drained away again.

Fuck.

“Isn’t it too shameless from the start? Two men and women woke up naked in the same bed,

does it make sense that nothing happened?”

“That’s true, but… haah… there’s always ‘what if’…”

“I’ll explain it simply. We were both drunk, unable to properly collect ourselves.

That’s because, literally, we drank alcohol all day long.

So, because it seemed you wouldn’t be able to return to the dormitory in that state, I decided to let you stay at the mansion.

But then, somehow, we felt a strange, intimate mood…”

Lilith curled her fingers into a circle with one hand and repeatedly inserted and removed the index finger of her other hand into it.

“It was like this, how is it? Do you remember even a little bit?”

“…No, not at all…”

It was true.

As if cut off by scissors, I had no memory of what happened afterwards.

“Hmm… right… I guess that’s how it is… Uhm-hmm…”

Seeing me like that, she somehow narrowed her eyes and smiled.

“As expected, that vixen… I have to give her credit for her skill.”

? What is she saying?

Her mouth moved, but the sound was too small to be heard.

“Anyway, so what are you going to do?”

“What do you mean, what am I going to do?”

“About our relationship, I mean. We’ve always been friends, but we ended up crossing the line, didn’t we?

I’m telling you now, I have no intention of just letting it pass, so answer properly. Was it your first time?”

“I’m not some kind of trash or… haah…

But still, as expected… yeah… I’ll have to take… responsibility… right?”

What should I do about this, I repeated it internally and let it out loud.

As I always say, I am a count from the provinces with nothing particularly outstanding.

But her status is that of a duchess, and from the Tistina family at that.

The Tistina family is a greatly prosperous high-ranking noble family of the Kingdom of Yousilia, the setting of this game,

and based on their vast capital, they have accumulated immense power.

If they hadn’t somewhat given up their political influence at the time and developed a cooperative relationship with the royal family,

they might still be under the royal family’s check, one of the greatly influential nobles.

And the virtue of such a noble lady… I ended up soiling it.

With the status of a provincial count who has nothing to his name.

“Really~? Hooray! As expected, I knew you would say that! From today, we’re a couple, day 1, okay?”

Whether she knew my feelings or not, Lilith smiled and hugged me.

Since we were naked, our bare skin touched, and I could feel her body heat.

I also put my hand on her shoulder and returned the hug.

“But… I forgot to mention, but are you okay?

As you know, well… I have nothing to show off, right? My family is nothing special, and my academy grades aren’t good either.

As a friend, I don’t know, but well… isn’t it a lot lacking for a romantic relationship?”

Moreover, the real protagonist, Mark Visceras, was also there.

“Huh? No? I’m actually ex~tremely happy?”

Lilith said as if surprised.

“I always think Ropel doesn’t know his own worth at all? He’s a noble and has a good personality…

Do you know how rare it is among nobles to have no bad sides, whether in body or mind?

Moreover, do you know how many young ladies that face, body, and way of speaking attract!?

I had a hard time turning them away one by one!”

Shouting in an excited state, she suddenly covered her mouth with her hand, saying, “Ah!”

“…? What do you mean, turning them away one by one?”

“…What I meant was that I had a hard time turning away the requests from young ladies asking me to introduce them to you, my friend!

Anyway, you don’t know your lustful… *cough*… valuable body at all.”

Hugged in my arms, she stroked my chest and said.

“Ahem, ahem! To ask the opposite, what do you… think about me? Not as a friend, but as a romantic partner… Is it okay?”

? She asked a fact that was too obvious.

“Okay? I actually like it very much?”

I answered with a smile.

Her long orange hair, shining brightly like dawn, and her eyes glowed as if reminiscent of gold.

On top of that, her clean skin with not a single blemish made her distinct features stand out even more.

She possessed enough beauty to occupy a position as one of the main heroines in the original game.

Furthermore, as she herself said earlier, despite her status as a noble, a duchess, she has an excellent personality without a single rough edge.

In other words, she was perfect in both appearance and inner self, an ideal partner as a romantic interest and furthermore, a spouse.

“You’re beautiful and have a good personality, who wouldn’t like someone like you?”

“Hehe… Then? What’s the problem that makes your face so dark?”

“That part worries me… What if you date someone like me for no reason and strange rumors start spreading?

And even though you’re in your prime… someday when marriage proposals are exchanged, this dating experience might become a minus…”

“Stop! Don’t say things like that anymore. It’s always like this, why are you so eager to put yourself down? At least when you’re with me, never do that.”

“Okay, okay, I understand, I’m sorry.”

I pulled Lilith closer into my arms and said.

Lilith and I were still naked, but now that we are lovers, we should get used to actions like this.

“Uhm-hmm~ Ropel is… Ropel is my boyfriend… Hehe…”

Is she that happy?

Lilith was grinning happily in my arms.

By the way, what should I do now…?

Just because she says it’s okay doesn’t mean the eyes of others will disappear.

From now on, I will have to convince the superiors who will look unfavorably upon the relationship between Lilith and me, including the head of the Tistina family.

It truly feels daunting.

But what can I do? Since things have turned out this way, I should take responsibility and make Lilith happy.

Although we were friends, it wasn’t that I didn’t have any romantic feelings for her.

Rather, it was just that she was such a precious and beautiful flower that I didn’t even dare to pick her.

The current situation felt greatly embarrassing, yet also a little happy.

. . .

The plan is going smoothly.

Literally, since sexual intimacy between the man and woman took place all day long, it took some time, but the cleanup was done as cleanly as possible.

To be precise, I made it look like the man and woman had their “big event” while drunk.

The traces of the drug used, as well as the ropes with masks that were used, were also disposed of.

No evidence of what happened today should be left behind.

Thanks to that, the pure and cute him was able to be deceived by me.

After having relations with him, even by force, I used the power of a drug to make him forget his memory.

And then I faked it to look like he had made a mistake of one night.

Because he was naive and kind, he didn’t harbor great suspicion and easily went along with it.

Although the fact that the source of the drug was one of the vixens she hated the most bothered her,

for now, the primary plan was progressing smoothly.

Ah, finally…

I succeeded in becoming his lover.

Ropel is my boyfriend

I am Ropel’s girlfriend

The more she repeated it internally, the more her previous emptiness was filled with satisfaction.

Of course, I won’t be satisfied with just this level of relationship, but isn’t there a proper order for everything?

I will advance and keep advancing.

Until the very end, when I hold your child by your side.

I will never let you go, nor will I ever lose you.

Ah, Ropel…

You’re mine…♡

. . .

At first, in order to connect with Ropel, she didn’t hesitate to devise all sorts of dark and sinister plans.

However, the plan she ultimately chose was a method of using a slight trickery to start a romantic relationship.

This was because she also wished to start a relationship with him as ordinary lovers exchanging feelings, if possible.

Of course, that was strictly ‘if possible’.

If the drug hadn’t worked well and even a little memory remained,

if he had noticed a slight sense of incongruity and suspected her.

She would have confined him as he was in this room with a special lock, thoroughly engraving herself onto his body so he could never forget, or something similar.

She would have threatened his main family located in the provinces to force a semi-compulsory marriage proposal.

For her, who held the lofty status of a duchess, and moreover, even had someone else she secretly loved,

to find out the reason she ended up pouring that status and love onto someone else,

one must return to the day when her feelings, worn out and frayed, collapsed from exhaustion.

and simultaneously, the day she finally discovered someone who noticed and embraced her feelings.

One must return to that day, two years ago.