Ch.253-10.5. Honeymoon (3)

# -10.5. Honeymoon (3)

“So? Was it good? You were at it for quite a while.”

She hung her head low at those words, as if she were a criminal.

She seemed very apologetic, perhaps because it had happened due to her inability to control her desires.

“I’m sorry… really…”

“Are you always like that?”

“I could usually hold back, but after playing around like that earlier…”

It seemed to be because her physical energy had been depleted too much.

Since they both had known about this to some extent for a while, neither made a big deal out of it.

The atmosphere was rather understanding.

“Don’t hold back too much. I’ll help you anytime, as long as it’s not an inconvenient situation.”

“Okay…”

“By the way, sister, you’re quite aggressive, aren’t you? Going in like that and bam!”

“Wow… I really wondered if this was what being a succubus is like.”

The atmosphere was understanding yet gradually turning teasing—their rhythm as a couple was indeed in sync.

Still, since the food was delicious, not many words were exchanged.

Albert, being a light eater, put down his spoon after eating a moderate amount.

Then he watched the two people who were savoring their food enthusiastically.

And then suddenly… he said something completely out of the blue.

“But somehow… I’m looking forward to it.”

“Looking forward? Suddenly? To what?”

“I’m going to be a father soon, right? It just occurred to me.”

“Ah~ That is something to look forward to.”

The two were quite excited about that prospect.

Neither of them particularly liked children in general, but it was different when it came to their own baby.

“What should we name it?”

“We should start with a prenatal name, what would be good? Do you have anything in mind?”

“Not really…”

Since it was clearly an important matter, both of them appeared to be thinking hard about it.

Lilith, caught between them, was looking down at her own abdomen with a hopeful thought.

‘Am I pregnant…?’

That curiosity circled in her mind.

‘We did it so many times… it must be certain, right?’

She too was imagining her indescribably happy future.

A daughter who resembled Albert… a future where that daughter would call her “mom”—just thinking about it made her happy.

If she could welcome such a future, she felt she would be happy even if another war broke out.

“Your expression looks really silly right now.”

“Huh… what?”

“What were you thinking about?”

“Nothing special… just that it would be really nice to have a daughter like you.”

At those words, the two fell into a moment of contemplation.

Then, for some reason, they nodded with mysterious smiles.

“Not bad.”

“I like it! It feels good just imagining it. But if that happens, we’ll need to be serious about early education.”

“That’s always necessary anyway.”

“I mean we’d need to be even more careful in that case. How popular would a daughter who looks like Albert be? It wouldn’t just be ‘somewhat’ popular, right?”

And if she were a succubus, it would be even more so.

Albert’s expression, having realized this fact, turned serious, unlike before.

Albert also seemed highly likely to become a doting father.

“That’s true… but if she’s my daughter, wouldn’t she be able to fend them off herself?”

“What if she can’t?”

“Then… I’ll have to do it for her.”

If Albert were standing guard behind her, no one would dare approach.

Who would fearlessly stand before him when one wrong move could mean death?

Unless they were as stubborn as Albert, it would be difficult.

“Now I understand… it was all inevitable, wasn’t it?”

Elizabeth finally understood her father’s feelings.

The overprotectiveness, the pre-arranged engagement—it was all her father’s unavoidable concern.

Albert would be no less protective if anything.

“Protection is good, but do it in moderation.”

“It’s difficult… thinking about it now, maybe it would be better to have a son… but daughters are much cuter…”

The deliberation went on longer than expected.

Of course, since they couldn’t decide this themselves, it wasn’t a particularly meaningful discussion.

***

And so, the three of them traveled together, eating what they wanted and doing what they pleased, spending happy times.

At first, when they went into the water and did those things, they had overflowing energy, but now they were quite tired.

However, there was something they couldn’t give up, regardless of that.

Now that Albert was away, the two were engaged in a battle of nerves to claim it.

“Shouldn’t I be the one to do it!? I’m the legal wife, and sister, you already did it earlier. You’re so greedy!”

“I’m the protagonist of this episode anyway, right? Do you think the author will just let it happen like that?”

The battle of nerves that erupted in Albert’s absence was reaching its climax.

Now they had even drawn their swords.

“Or should we decide fairly with a bet? We fight right now, and the winner gets to sleep with Albert tonight, how about that?”

It was truly absurd, but Elizabeth couldn’t back down either.

And if she didn’t establish her authority once, the other would keep pushing boundaries.

“Fine!? Let’s fight! I’ve been wanting to try this for a while anyway.”

As soon as those words ended, her sword moved swiftly.

The sword cut through the air and grazed Elizabeth’s cheek.

-Swoosh!!-

If Elizabeth hadn’t reacted by moving her head, it would have left quite a deep wound.

“So this is how you want to play it, huh?”

Seeing her rather serious attitude, Elizabeth immediately activated [Bitter Cold].

Countless ice spears appeared in droves and advanced relentlessly toward her.

-Clang!! Thud!!!-

The spears crumbled under her sword strikes; indeed, it was unrealistic to subdue her with such spears.

However, what had originally been only dozens of spears began to increase exponentially.

-Crash! Crash-crash-crash!!!-

Moreover, these spears exploded upon embedding in the ground, leaving traces of their presence.

It might seem like a trivial effect, but when hundreds or thousands of spears were all doing this, the cold energy became impossible to ignore.

“Ugh..!”

Her body gradually slowed down, and as a result, attacks that would normally have no chance began to reach her.

-Swish! Swish-swish!!-

She tried her best to dodge and break them, but her increasingly freezing arms and legs were not up to the task.

So she too decided not to show any mercy.

“Be careful, this might be a bit dangerous!”

A large amount of mana concentrating in one place made the battlefield tense. The air around it shimmered, and the cool scent of mana vibrated.

Realizing something was wrong with this change, Elizabeth tried to escape, but it was already too late.

“Ah… really…”

The wave of mana released from her sword flew relentlessly toward Elizabeth.

A mystical scene unfolded, like an eagle hunting its prey.

However… structurally, Elizabeth, who was the prey, wasn’t afraid at all.

Rather, she boldly pointed her staff at the approaching wave.

And then quietly… she said:

“[Absolute Zero].”

At that moment, a cold and merciless chill, no different from an ice age, descended upon the area.

A coldness that seemed capable of stopping not only mana but even the flow of air engulfed the wave.

-Crack-crack-crack!!-

The wave froze completely, starting from where it touched the staff, and through the gaps in the frozen wave appeared a single fish.

That fish swam hard and instantly arrived right in front of her.

“Ah… I lost…?”

Elizabeth, who had brought her spear close enough to almost touch her, approached her while savoring the feeling of victory.

With a confident expression, Elizabeth said:

“I won, didn’t I?”

“No… I lost… I really wanted to sleep together…”

That emotion was clearly visible even in the battle just now.

For her to put so much effort into the bet when she would normally have been more moderate… it showed how strong her desire was.

When defeat was confirmed, she wore an expression as if she had lost a country. Seeing such an expression, how could one make her sleep alone?

Elizabeth withdrew [Bitter Cold] and her spear and said:

“Let’s just! Sleep together, is that okay?”

***

I was about to return after buying plenty of late-night snacks near the lodging.

Numerous ice chunks scattered in front of the lodging building… it was obvious whose doing it was.

And naturally, I wondered:

‘Why?’

Why? I was curious about why they had done such a thing.

So I hurried to the lodging.

As I took the elevator up to our floor, I felt a strange sensation… it felt like something unusual was about to happen again.

I knocked on the door with concern about that strange feeling.

-Click!-

The door opened.

I entered through the door.

And then… should I say it was strange? Anyway, a strange sight greeted me.

“Master! Do you have any idea how long we’ve been waiting for you!?”

“Do you… have any idea…?”

For some reason, the two people were greeting me while kneeling, dressed in maid uniforms…

It was quite peculiar.

People who were emperors and kings of countries… voluntarily wearing maid uniforms… but it felt really good.

“I didn’t expect this kind of event.”

I was definitely tired.

I had planned to drink and eat moderately and then go to sleep. But that plan vanished in an instant.

Is this what a honeymoon is?

This honeymoon I’m experiencing is probably the happiest honeymoon a human being could have.

‘I’d better not think about it too much…’