episode_0186

A request to take responsibility.

Even though he was talking to this extent, Luke wasn’t that stupid that he couldn’t understand.

“I had something to tell you anyway.”

Luke met Elin’s eyes with a serious expression.

“… !”

Ellen’s hair stood on end.

I just wanted to enjoy Luke’s confused reaction.

I didn’t know you would answer so seriously.

“… What is it?”

“It’s difficult to talk about it here. Let’s move. Somewhere where we can be alone.”

Luke said so and walked away with brisk strides.

It’s clear that Elin is holding the leash.

I felt like I was being dragged along.

“Ugh.”

Elin was chewing on Luke’s words.

A sudden heat rose to my cheeks.

This is something you can talk about when you’re alone.

“I guess I gave you Princess… no, Elin’s room. I’ll tell you there. ”

And you have to do it secretly in your own room!

Ellen’s thoughts were spinning around.

Could it be that you have prepared something?

Even pretending not to notice was an act.

Is there something prepared in the room?

Knock knock knock.

While Elin’s heart was pounding.

Luke went forward without hesitation.

I felt a determination not to hesitate once he made up his mind.

“Hey, isn’t there a room you gave to Elin?”

Luke stopped any passing servant and asked him.

All the servants in the mansion already know about Elin’s visit.

I thought that, of course, they would have prepared a room for Elin as well.

“Of course. I have prepared a top-class room for you.”

Fortunately, my prediction was correct.

“But what should I do with this…? I don’t think I can use it today because I’m cleaning… .”

However, it was unusable today.

“Are there any other vacancies?”

Bucklin is not a small family that doesn’t even have a room.

I thought it couldn’t be helped even if the level was a little low.

“Umm… The landlady told me not to give up another room.”

“… Then where can I catch Elin today?”

The top-class rooms are being cleaned.

If you don’t allow the rest of the rooms to be used.

“Today, he told me to sleep together in his room…”

There was only one way.

The young maid spoke hesitantly.

Looking back and forth between Luke and Elin.

Finally, he stared at the leash… .

“Joe, good night!”

He ran far away.

What on earth were you thinking?

With a bright red face.

“… … ”

“… … ”

Silence fell between them.

Each of them was embarrassed for their own reasons.

Luke had no intention of doing so, but he became conscious of it.

Elin became more and more concerned as she became more conscious.

“I can’t help it. Let’s go to my room first”

But I couldn’t do anything.

Since I’ve already decided to bring it up.

Luke turned towards his room.

“… … Yeah.”

Elin followed, her heart pounding like crazy.

* * * * *

Ellen sat quietly on Luke’s bed.

-It smells. I’ll wash up first.

After working all day searching through the ruined Bertain mansion, I was drenched in sweat.

Luke went into the private bathroom to wash up while he was there.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Elin’s foolish hair shook even more anxiously.

I understand wanting to wash.

Ellen is also a bit awkward.

But, bringing her to your room and making her wash up first… isn’t that a bit too intentional?

Hug.

Elin grabbed the fool’s fur that was fluttering around on its own.

I looked around.

A room so clean that you can hardly feel any traces of people.

The only distinguishing feature was the thick grimoires.

Even two-year-old Rudy would think this is Luke’s room.

Of course, this wasn’t the first time Elin had come in.

I came in every now and then when I stopped by the Bucklin mansion.

I’ve even snuck into bed and slept with her.

but.

We’ve never prepared together so well before!

Thump thump thump thump.

You can catch a fool’s hair though.

My heart just couldn’t stop.

Swaaaah-

I keep focusing on the sound of the shower head.

My eyes occasionally wander into the translucent bathroom.

Fidget fidget.

I can’t keep my hands and feet still.

The novels I read with Bena flashed through my mind.

It seems like only yesterday that I was building an airship to catch Luke as he ran away.

You’re washing up in the same room before you go to bed.

“Isn’t it a little fast…?”

It’s not like I’m going to get all the progress I’ve put off so far done in one go.

No, of course I don’t hate it.

But at the same time as the confession, the first night… .

“Elin?”

“Hunnyak!”

Ellen jumped up and down like a cat.

It was because Luke, who was supposed to be in the bathroom, came right up to me.

Knock, knock.

Water dripping from hair that is not yet dry.

A naked body slightly visible through a loosely wrapped gown.

I’m sure you’re not the type to exercise very hard.

How can one have such lean and solid muscles?

Ellen froze, unable to take her eyes off the abs visible through her gown.

“Elin.”

“… … Huh?”

“Why are you so absentminded?”

Luke was worried about Elin.

Apparently, the tension was quite high even when deciding on the honorifics at dinner.

It was quiet all the way to the room.

When I came out after washing up, no matter how much I called, there was no answer.

I barely noticed it when it was right in front of me… .

“Are you feeling unwell? Maybe you should go to bed early today… .”

“You said you two had something to say?”

“Today is not the only day, so tomorrow too… .”

“No?”

Suddenly.

Elin came to her senses.

It happened like a spring.

How have I waited until now?

Put it off until tomorrow.

That could never happen.

“I’ll go wash up too.”

Ellen hurried into the bathroom.

* * * * *

I thought that soaking in warm water would help me calm down.

But that wasn’t the case at all.

“It smells… .”

Luke’s private bathroom was not spacious.

It’s a given.

Because it’s a ‘private’ bathroom.

It was incomparably small compared to the huge bathroom in the Bertain mansion.

That is, Luke’s scent was still lingering in the moisture that had not yet disappeared.

Bubble bubble bubble.

Ellen dipped her mouth into the bathtub and spat out hot air.

I thought that if I just sealed the demon, everything would be over.

He planned to eat them all up until Luke cried and begged for forgiveness.

Like when we caught Luke on the rooftop.

I tried to tie him up and have full control.

“… … ”

When the situation actually arose, I became nervous.

There was no choice.

It’s Elin’s first time too.

Choaaaak-

I quickly got out of the bathtub.

There was no way to know what she would do if she stayed in the hot bathroom filled with Luke’s scent.

Elin coming out of the bathtub.

I washed my body very thoroughly.

I have never cleaned my hair this thoroughly since I was born.

There was no choice.

Since there was no one to give her a bath, I had to take special care of her.

He didn’t say a word about sending me to the wilderness.

Just in case.

The atmosphere is going too far in that direction right now…!

Elin, who had just finished washing up as if she was sculpting something, poked her head out.

“Where are my clothes?”

“I’ve prepared it. Please put on your gown and come out.”

A white, soft bathrobe.

She came out hurriedly wearing a gown that fit her amazingly well.

“What happened? It took a little while… .”

Luke, who had been waiting with his hair completely dried, stopped talking.

“… You seem to shine especially brightly today.”

My skin, which I thought was usually white, is now shiny.

The shine flowing through her hair is dazzling.

The sweet milky scent that flowed faintly from my whole body was so strong that I couldn’t even imagine that I had used the same bath products as Luke.

Suddenly, I became deeply moved.

When we first met, Elin was the one who only washed herself with soap.

Before I knew it, I had become an adult with the appearance of a woman.

“I washed it a little carefully.”

Elin walks over and runs into Luke’s arms.

He just turned his back.

He shook his wet fur.

“Dry my hair.”

“Yes?”

“I told you not to do it in the past.”

Until Anne came as her personal maid.

Luke used to dry Ellen’s hair.

“Okay.”

There was no reason to refuse.

And to reminisce.

I accepted it obediently.

Woof-

A mix of heat magic and hot air magic.

I carefully dried my hair, which flowed like fine silk.

“You raised it a lot.”

“I told you I like long hair.”

There was a time like that.

One day, when I was asked about my ideal type.

I deliberately said that my appearance was the opposite of Ellin’s at the time.

I guess I wanted to deny my feelings.

I felt guilty for having such feelings towards a young child… and a child I had personally saved from misfortune.

But now there was no need for that.

“It doesn’t matter if you have long or short hair. As long as it’s Elin, it’s fine.”

“… !”

Suddenly.

Elin’s body shook violently.

“… You weren’t supposed to say that.”

“I just decided to be a little more honest.”

“chi… .”

Ellen grumbled though.

The fluttering hair of the fool clearly expressed his emotions.

When your hair is almost completely dry.

“… You can talk now.”

Ellen, back to the money.

The stupid hair stood up straight.

“What is this story that we have to talk about alone?”

Before she knew it, Ellen had placed her hand on the knot that was tying her gown.

“I’m ready.”

He nods with a determined expression.

The heart that couldn’t control itself decided to give up.

Luke’s budding lips.

He smiled as if he was troubled.

Open your mouth slowly.

Ellen concentrated.

I was confident that I could accept any confession right away.

We are ready to move on to the next step.

“Let me be honest.”

Luke looks a bit worried.

On the one hand, he said it with a relieved expression.

“I am not from this continent.”

“Because it’s your first time, please be gentle… … Okay?”

Ellin, who was about to answer with her eyes tightly shut, tilted her head.

“What did you just say?”

“… … I said I am not from this continent.”

Luke averted his gaze with a bashful face.

Only then did Elin realize.

That what Luke was trying to say wasn’t a confession.

“I was going to tell you that I came from a place called Earth… .”

The words that came out were completely different from what I expected.