Ch.230Side Story: After the Night – 2

“My God…?”

Christine, who had just woken up, rubbed her eyes with her hands and looked at me.

When I turned my head, Serena promptly closed her mouth as if right on cue, deliberately lowered her eyes, and buried her nose in her cup of milk. I laughed lightly to myself.

“Did you sleep well, Christine?”

I decided to leave Serena alone to be embarrassed quietly, as teasing her any further might make her burst from shame. If she actually started crying, it would be troublesome for me too.

Charlotte or Olivia would know how to control their emotions, but Serena wouldn’t be able to.

“Uuuung…”

Christine made a groaning sound while continuously rubbing her eyes, then looked at me with eyes full of drowsiness. Her eyes were filled with fatigue, and her every movement was sluggish.

It was understandable. She had never lived without divine power before, and not only had she become an ordinary woman because of me, but she had also engaged in intense physical intimacy in that state, so naturally her stamina would be lacking.

Christine had always lived with her body enhanced by divine power, surrounded by infinite strength, so there was no way she could properly adapt to the sensation of being an ordinary girl without it.

She must have felt tiredness for the first time, and sleepiness for the first time as well, so it wasn’t strange at all that she couldn’t gather her wits while intoxicated with sleep and fatigue.

However, Christine’s sleep-drunk behavior far exceeded my expectations.

“Hug me… my God…”

Christine stared at me with dazed eyes, then suddenly stretched both arms forward and whined. Serena, who had been drinking milk with her nose practically buried in the cup, was so startled that she spluttered milk with a “poof.”

Serena stared at the whining Christine, completely unconcerned about her own body being covered in white liquid. Milk dripped down her jawline onto her thighs.

It was the same for me. At first, I thought I had misheard. But seeing Serena’s identical reaction, it seemed I hadn’t misheard after all.

Christine using regular polite speech instead of the most formal honorifics was a first. From the moment she first recognized and worshipped me as a god until now, she had always used only the most formal honorifics with me.

“Christine, what did you just say…?”

“Huuug meeeee…”

Christine whined again, drawing out the end of her words. I stared at her with empty eyes. Serena also had the eyes of a startled rabbit.

When I froze momentarily, not knowing how to react to this unexpected situation, Christine sniffled with sleepy eyes.

“Hng… *sniff*… my God… why won’t you hug me…?”

Tears were actually welling up in her eyes, so I got up from my seat in surprise. Christine spread her arms wide even as she sniffled.

I approached the bed and embraced Christine. She wrapped her arms around me while continuously making sniffling sounds. Her bare chest, without a thread of clothing, was pressed between us.

She was gripping me tightly as if determined not to let me go, but due to her physical abilities being at rock bottom, it didn’t hurt much at all. I could barely tell she was exerting any strength.

After all, excluding divine power, mana, and black mana, Christine would be the weakest among the four. She would even be weaker than Charlotte, who had some lean muscle on her body.

There was no need to even compare her with Serena or Olivia.

Only after hugging me tightly did Christine finally stop sniffling. I was still dumbfounded. I had never imagined Christine would show such an adorable side.

“Hehehehehe… my God, this feels so good…”

Meanwhile, she consistently used the expression “my God” in her address, which made the disconnect even more jarring. That form of address seemed to be at the instinctual level rather than something she consciously thought about before saying.

“…”

Serena was staring at Christine and me with round rabbit eyes, not even thinking about wiping off the milk. Considering how these girls usually behaved, it was a natural reaction.

“Surprised? Me too. I’m really, extremely surprised. I never imagined Christine would show this kind of behavior.”

“Th-that’s… not it, my lord…”

I magically cleaned up her messy thighs, stomach, chair, and desk. Serena tried to say something, her lips moving slightly, but then seemed to give up and closed her mouth, taking a sip of milk.

“Ehehehehe… my God…”

Christine had already fallen asleep while hugging me, with a smile full of joy. Her arms had loosened a bit. I pulled a blanket over her body using telekinesis.

I was just momentarily confused because I was so surprised by her unexpected behavior, but considering the situation itself, it was exactly what I had wanted from these girls—to show their true feelings.

That’s why I didn’t bother to remove the arms wrapped around my neck.

“Serena, come over here and lie down too. You must still be tired, so you can sleep a bit more.”

“…Me, too?”

When I gestured to her, Serena opened her eyes wide as if surprised.

“Who else would I be talking about besides you? It’s fine since I gave permission. Or should I move you myself?”

I snapped my fingers. Serena’s body floated up into the air and flew to the bed. After gently landing on the bed, she hesitated for a moment before lying down quietly behind me.

Christine was hugging me from the front, and Serena was hugging me from behind. Charlotte and Olivia were still purring with regular breathing, showing no signs of waking up.

“Just take a nap like this and think later. By then, Christine will probably come to her senses too. The others should also be somewhat recovered by then.”

If this behavior was due to fatigue not being fully relieved, she would naturally come to her senses after recovering some strength. Though I would miss this affectionate side of her, what could I do?

Honestly, even if she was drunk with sleep, I never imagined she would act so cutely. At most, I thought she would spend all day praying and looking for her god.

It wasn’t that I disliked it. Rather, I liked seeing this different side of her.

It was similar to how I felt when I saw Charlotte shed her usual proud and haughty demeanor and practically beg me to stop while I tormented her bottom.

Of course, back then the feeling was closer to sadism or superiority, while now it was more like satisfaction or fascination.

Even in her sleep, Christine rubbed her chest against me. The pink protrusions at the tips of her breasts hardened as they brushed against my clothes. There was no reaction from my lower body.

‘I’ve done too much for too long to react to just breast rubbing.’

I had already enjoyed her breasts plenty, and if I got aroused now, I’d have to rewind time several times again, so I stopped myself.

Serena was hugging me from behind. Unlike Christine who had her arms around my neck, she wrapped her hands around my waist, as if trying to avoid overlapping arms. A subtle warmth transmitted from her body pressed against mine.

“Serena, are you still tired too? Sleep a bit more. I’ll wake you up later.”

“I’m fine, my lord. I’m perfectly alright.”

“But earlier you were staggering and could barely move properly? There’s no need to push yourself.”

“I’m really fine. Thank you for your concern, my lord.”

It was hard to take her word at face value, but considering that she was walking around while the other three could barely get up, I couldn’t completely disbelieve her either.

Keeping my body facing Christine, I turned only my head 180 degrees to look at Serena. It was something Christine often did. Serena wasn’t surprised at all.

“Then I won’t insist anymore. But don’t overdo it, okay?”

“Don’t worry, my lord.”

“Alright, I understand.”

I was about to turn my head back, but noticing that Serena seemed to be slightly expectant, I paused. I gently pulled her head closer with telekinesis. Serena closed her eyes and puckered her lips as if she had been waiting for this.

Chu-up, our lips met. I didn’t use my tongue, but I kept our lips pressed together for a while. Soon, I heard the regular breathing sounds of someone asleep. She must have been tired after all.

I pulled my lips away. I considered taking a nap like this, but then thought about how Charlotte or Olivia might react when they woke up and decided against it. There was no need to create unnecessary problems.

I slipped out of Christine’s embrace. Christine flailed her arms for a while, then curled up her body and fell back asleep. I covered her with the blanket.

Christine immediately hugged the blanket, while Serena showed no particular reaction. Charlotte stirred slightly, and Olivia pulled the blanket up to her neck.

I raised the corners of my mouth slightly as I looked at the four peaceful sleeping faces. I wondered how nice it would be if they always got along like this, without fighting.

I never expected them to be close friends; I would have been content if they just did what they needed to do and maintained a neutral relationship, like when they shared the bed with me.

Still, it seemed like things would be quiet for a while at this rate.

“Abel! Charlotte got into an argument with Christine and blew up half the mansion! They were fighting about who received more creampies!”

Of course not.

“Fuck.”