Ch.379379. Unintentionally

The Silver Rabbit. No, the Silver Fox’s plan had hit Junon right on target.

Just as she had wished, she succeeded in breaking down the perfect man who had eyes only for one woman, and the operation that began yesterday continued until morning, thoroughly shaking the end of one day and the beginning of another.

Thanks to this, a certain professor was in danger of being late.

“Why won’t Uncle Muniher even let you take a day off at times like this? Really!”

“It can’t be helped. Haha…”

“Still! Before being a professor, you’re a human being. On days like this, he could help out a little at his discretion!”

She felt that Muniher could surely substitute for Junon’s lectures for a day or two.

But Muniher had no choice but to deny the vacation request.

Who was Junon?

If one were to ask this question, the answer would be simple.

The person who single-handedly stopped Ashpern and led the duchy’s army as one of the greatest commanders in history to save the country—when such a person was giving lectures as an academy professor, people would come by the truckload.

With his reputation having risen beyond Muniher’s control, there was no way a vacation could be allowed.

“Will you be alright? I couldn’t even feed you a proper breakfast…”

Renias hurriedly helped Junon dress, giving him a worried look.

She felt uneasy about sending him off to work with only side dishes, unable to reheat the soup that had been simmering too long.

“It’s fine. We can just eat something more delicious at lunch, right?”

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason…

The breakfast had been especially special and delicious, so he probably wouldn’t be hungry for a while.

“What is it?”

Renias, who had no idea what he was thinking, blushed and smiled, then picked up his tie to put it on him.

She must have practiced a bit, but perhaps she had practiced on herself, as the tie was flipped backward. Realizing this, she let out a small “Huh!” in surprise and untied it.

“When did you learn to do this?”

“I-I practiced in secret. I wanted to do this for you when you go to work…”

Renias tying his tie at departure time. What a blissful moment. His body moved on its own.

“Ah. This won’t do.”

“Oh my! Why are you suddenly hugging me? I haven’t finished tying it.”

“I don’t care. Let’s stay like this for five minutes.”

“No way. You’ll be late.”

“Then three minutes.”

“No.”

“Just one minute! Is that too much to ask?”

“Yes. Absolutely not.”

Renias unwrapped his arms herself and continued tying his tie.

How could she be so resolute?

“If you don’t leave for work now, Maria and the maids will come looking for me. And, and then it’ll take even longer before I can see you again…”

As it turned out, she wanted him to go so she could skip her training time and see him sooner.

Ah. So Renias had it all figured out.

“All done. Hurry up and go. I’ll come find you soon.”

His lovely bride-to-be gave him a light kiss on the lips as she sent him off.

Though he wanted to throw away his professor position and get married right away…

‘I need my salary, after all.’

For now, patience was necessary.

***

Renias waved until Junon’s departing figure completely disappeared from sight.

Though she couldn’t feed him a proper breakfast because of her own desires, it felt quite nice to tie his tie, kiss his lips, and see him off personally.

“Ah, this isn’t the time. I should prepare something for him to eat!”

Since they were staying at a hotel today, the maids wouldn’t be following her around.

But she couldn’t let her guard down. Even during training, if they sensed she was trying to escape, they would quickly find her and block her path—that’s how persistent they were.

The maids of the Duke’s household were not easy opponents.

To skip exercise time, she had no choice but to quickly make a lunch box and head to the academy.

“Yes, yes. I should make the bed first and then start cooking right away.”

As she returned to the bedroom to make the bed, she noticed something that wasn’t visible in the morning.

The once pure white bedding and sheets were stained with something.

The bright red marks were obvious without needing a closer look—evidence of yesterday’s passionate activities.

Virgin blood from her defloration.

“…It’s embarrassing to actually see it.”

Her face turned red at the thought of these traces of her first experience—something she would never want to show anyone else.

The bed sheets and blankets would probably need to be replaced.

Of course, embarrassment wasn’t the only emotion she felt.

The greatest feeling she experienced looking at the bloodstained bedding was joy.

Joy from realizing she had become Junon’s one and only special woman. Joy from knowing that they would continue to share their bodies and spend such days together in the future.

Without a doubt, joy outweighed embarrassment.

“I should tell Lumia about this too, right?”

In her happiness, she wanted to run and tell someone right away.

She needed to tell Lumia, who had taught her that a woman’s weapon is her chest, that their relationship had progressed this far thanks to her.

And hadn’t Tembris helped too? She wanted to treat them to some snacks as well.

So Renias made a lunch box, got herself properly dressed, and headed to the academy…

Where a huge problem arose.

“S-senior?”

“Hmm? What is it?”

Why is Charlotte acting like that?

Renias asked with confusion as she looked at Charlotte, who seemed flustered and avoided her gaze.

“N-no, it’s nothing. A-anyway, this is really delicious! Should we share it with the others?! Like, um, Aris?”

The young female guild leader then offered to tell her where Aris was, urging her to go find her right away.

“Yes! I will!”

Isn’t food more delicious when shared?

Thinking that the Tembris members were so considerate of each other, Renias went to find Aris with light steps.

“Huh, huh…!”

“What’s wrong? Does it taste bad?”

“N-no, it’s just…”

Aris, whose eyes were wide with shock, quickly grabbed a cookie and ate it while tugging at her own hair as if unsure what to do.

And then.

“It’s really, really delicious! B-but Michelle would like this more. She actually has quite a sweet tooth despite appearances! Aha, ahaha…!”

Like Charlotte, she preferred sharing.

That makes sense.

Pleased by the sight of them sharing, Renias kept some cookies and went to find Michelle.

And Michelle…

-CRASH.

She dropped the teacup she was holding.

“Oh no, are you okay?!”

Seeing Michelle frozen with her mouth agape, Renias tilted her head in confusion.

The Tembris members had been making that expression a lot today. She wondered why.

“…Renias. L-let’s go see Senia for a moment, shall we?”

“Huh? Y-yes…”

She was concerned that Michelle might have been hurt by the broken teacup, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

Michelle said they could clean that up later and that meeting Senia was the priority.

‘So they want to eat together after all! Tembris is really such a warm party!’

That’s what she thought, but…

“Sigh, this is driving me crazy. Renias, how could you go around showing off that you slept with Junon?”

Senia asked while pressing her temples.

Goodness. How did she know? Senior Senia was said to be able to read people’s minds, but to think she knew so well!

But what did she mean by “showing off”? Renias was confused.

Then Senia showed her a mirror with a serious look…

“Eh…?”

Renias couldn’t help but scream in shame.

“KYAAAAAAAH!!!”

What she thought was her normal appearance was covered in red and purple kiss marks all over her fair skin.

***

It was perhaps inevitable that the Tembris members would be shocked by Renias’s appearance.

The same clothes as yesterday.

Hair and body not tended to by maids.

And the kiss marks on her neck and shoulders that she hadn’t noticed until now.

It was practically like advertising “I slept with my lover last night!” Only she herself was unaware.

Plus, there was a small… no, rather large misunderstanding involved.

“I-I absolutely didn’t mean it that way…”

“W-what? Then when you told me to go for it…? Wasn’t that about seducing him with my chest?”

“The dress recommendation wasn’t to emphasize your chest but to highlight your delicate figure. That’s why I deliberately pushed for innocent and fragile-looking makeup…”

What Lumia had originally meant was to stimulate his protective instincts through delicacy and vulnerability, not to seduce him with sensuality.

Looking at each point, it was all Renias’s misunderstanding.

But in this situation, what did that matter? Senia asked with anxiety:

“…By the way, Renias. Which entrance did you use to come into the academy?”

“The, the main entrance… why?”

“Of all places, the main entrance… This could be dangerous.”

Everyone nodded.

They all sensed a great threat.

“We need to move. Do we have any suitable clothes for her…?”

“I only have dresses… Aris, do you have anything?”

“Of course I have clothes prepared for situations like this!”

Aris quickly opened the wardrobe. Fortunately, the designs wouldn’t expose her neck or shoulders.

“Renias. Hurry and put on my clothes. These will cover everything, so it should be better.”

“Eh…?”

“We have somewhere to go right now. You absolutely must come with us.”

“Somewhere to go? Where…?”

“The lunch box! We need to give the lunch box to our senior! Hurry, Senior Renias!”

“U-um… O-okay.”

Not understanding what was happening but seeing everyone’s urgency, Renias changed clothes, and the entire Tembris group rushed off with her in tow.

But sadly…

-Tap tap, tap.

A group of people emerged, dusting off their hands.

Senia sighed and muttered quietly.

“Sigh. We’re doomed.”

“What?”

“…Go see for yourself. You’ll understand.”

All she could see was a sack in front of them. What could possibly be doomed?

Everyone was nodding in the same way as Senia, suggesting there was a good reason.

-Wriggle!

“Eek!”

The sack wriggled, and she realized there were human feet underneath it.

“Um… Are you okay?”

“Re-Reni…”

“Hmm? That voice, could it be?”

“What on earth… did you do…”

“Oh! Oppa!”

When she cautiously opened the sack that was covered in footprints, there was a certain groaning professor inside.

That day, Renias learned for the first time the meaning of the term “rubbing salt in the wound,” and realized that she had unintentionally done exactly that in a major way.