Chapter 74

“Yaaaawn…”

How long has it been since I dozed off?

I just woke up naturally.

I’m not moving my body yet, but this coziness from the bed and blanket felt good.

There’s something that feels a bit hard, but well, that’s possible.

It’s just an inn in a village.

I didn’t expect an extremely comfortable, cozy, and soft bed that would feel good.

It’s enough if I could just sleep comfortably.

“Did you sleep well…?”

What’s this?

Suddenly, as I stretched, I felt something extremely firm binding my stomach and back.

“Huh…?”

What is this?

When I properly opened my eyes, there was an extremely thick and sexy arm wrapping around my stomach.

“Huh…?”

What could it be?

Am I seeing something strange because I haven’t fully woken up?

No, for something like that, the sensation is extremely clear.

A feeling like it’s real…

“Are you awake?”

“Eh…?”

And a familiar male voice coming from my ear.

It was a moderately low and thick masculine voice.

And an extremely familiar one.

“Young master…?”

It was Kyle.

Yes, there’s no way I could forget this voice.

It was natural since I had been hearing it for years now.

Of course, his voice completely changed from his childhood as his voice broke.

But why is he suddenly…

“Miss Sofia.”

“Yes?”

But why is he speaking so close to my ear?

And while holding me like this.

What is this…?

“Are you really trying to seduce me?”

“Pardon?”

Seduction?

Me?

That can’t be.

I’ve already heard that Kyle likes me, but I wouldn’t suddenly do something like that.

I’m not a bitch in heat or anything.

Why would I seduce him?

“I have no reason to do such a thing to you, young master. It’s not like I love you.”

I just woke up and am somewhat between sleep and wakefulness, but I answered properly.

I still don’t understand the situation well.

Why am I suddenly being held by Kyle, why is Kyle holding me, and why are Kyle’s arms so firm?

They’re extremely firm.

Ah, not just firm, but firm and hot, which felt really good.

Being held like this was extremely cozy.

“Then why are you sleeping alone and defenseless in a room that only I would enter?”

“That’s because I thought you would wake me up if I was sleeping.”

I thought that Kyle would return in the evening when it’s dark outside like now, and I would be sleeping, so Kyle would naturally wake me up.

When someone is sleeping, it’s common sense to wake them up, right?

Of course, if they’re sleeping really comfortably, you might let them continue to sleep.

“Hah… Why doesn’t Miss Sofia understand men?”

“Pardon?”

I don’t understand men?

Me?

Me who lived about 20 years in my past life as a man?

That can’t be.

There couldn’t be a woman who understands men better than me.

Probably.

Well, a prostitute who has dealt with three-digit numbers of men might know better than me.

Anyway, that’s what I’m saying.

How well do I know men?

“I know extremely well. There’s absolutely no woman who knows men as thoroughly as I do.”

It was a statement born of true confidence.

There might be women who lived their past lives as men, but I’d be the only one with those memories fully intact.

Or not.

“But why are you doing this?”

“Hyat?!”

Suddenly, Kyle loosened the arm that was wrapped around my lower abdomen and started pressing my stomach with his hand.

This was an extremely strange feeling.

For real.

Something felt strange.

Press…

“Huah?”

“Do you know how I felt when I suddenly saw Miss Sofia sleeping alone in the room?”

“H… How would I…?! Know that!”

How would I know!

I’m not Kyle, how would I know!

The sudden sensation felt in my stomach made it difficult to speak properly.

I don’t know what kind of sensation it was, but it was an extremely strange feeling.

A strange feeling I’ve never felt before in my life.

It was really strange!

Prreess…

Something feels strange.

Really.

“You were sleeping so comfortably that you wouldn’t wake up even if someone came in and took you away. With the door just roughly closed, and lying on the bed in your usual clothes.”

“So… what’s the problem… Huht…!?”

“What do you think a man would feel when he sees the woman he likes in such a state? Don’t you think he would naturally have impure thoughts?”

Prrreesss…

Thump…! Thump……!

“Huht… young master having such thoughts… Huk… Hueeuhht?!”

I want to speak, but Kyle keeps pressing my stomach continuously.

But every time he presses, the strange feeling interrupts my words.

Despite lying down, it felt like my waist would keep floating up.

“How would I knowww…!”

“I thought you knew men well. Didn’t you know a man would have such thoughts?”

“Young master… the last time I was sleeping, you slept beside me without any issue…”

Thump…. Thump…. Thump……

That’s right.

Last time when I slept, we just slept together…!

Why is he suddenly doing this to me…

Besides, this feels strange… Can’t you stop…?

I wanted to tell Kyle, but I couldn’t speak.

“How does it feel? Being treated like this.”

“I don’t knowww… this kind of thing… first time in my life!?!”

Suddenly, it felt like my waist was floating up.

I don’t know what it is.

Suddenly, I felt something floating up, and my waist started trembling.

“Heh?!”

“Huff…”

“……?”

What was that strange thing just now?

Suddenly, my head was flashing brightly, and I was breathing very rapidly.

Like when I was exhausted after exercising with Elin, no, even more rapidly.

“Heh… Heh… Heheh… Huah…?”

Only the thought of ‘Suddenly, why…?’ circled in my head.

I don’t know, I really don’t know about this kind of thing.

Is it magic?

Yes, Kyle learned magic, so he could certainly use this kind of strange magic.

I don’t know what it is, but there’s no way this would happen just from briefly pressing my lower abdomen with a press, press.

“If you thoughtlessly seduce me like this again… I’ll do it again.”

“Hueh…?”

“I’m a man too. When the woman I like is always in a defenseless state like this, it’s bound to be difficult.”

“What…”

“I’m holding back too.”

“Hat?!”

Suddenly, Kyle comes closer than before to speak.

He was close enough that it wouldn’t be a problem to say we were completely pressed against each other, and because he spoke from such a close distance, I was extremely surprised.

Even after he finished speaking, I felt like Kyle’s words still lingered in my ears.

“For now, I’ll end the punishment at this. If you’re going to reject me, please do it properly. It’s hard to hold back.”

“…Yes.”

I don’t know what it is, but it seems like I did something wrong.

I was momentarily careless, and Kyle even used informal speech with me just now.

But… was sleeping in the room for a while waiting for Kyle that much of a problem…?

I just slept for a bit, but using strange magic is too much.

I really just closed my eyes for a moment because I was tired while waiting for Kyle…

Suddenly, he was holding me with those thick, firm, and even warm arms, and completely embracing me from behind with his firm body.

And suddenly whispering with a low but pleasant voice.

I didn’t permit any of it.

Honestly, I think the fault lies not with me but with Kyle, who did strange things without my permission.

In the end, he even used strange magic to make my waist float.

“Ah, by the way, it’s dinner time. You must be hungry?”

“Y…Yes.”

Despite still feeling strange from what just happened, I answered Kyle.

After eating lunch roughly and then walking around continuously, followed by sleeping, I was hungry.

The original plan was for Kyle to wake me up around dinner time!

I forgot about it because he suddenly did strange things, but anyway, that was the plan.

“Get up. Washing… Well, it’s not like it shows, so it’s fine. You’ve worn your pants well.”

“Pardon?”

“Now, let’s go downstairs and eat first. Since the work in the village is finished, we can probably return tomorrow.”

“Yes…”

Pants?

Why is he suddenly complimenting my pants?

I don’t know what it is, but I came down to the first floor to eat.

Despite Kyle’s sudden harassment, the rest of the day was spent comfortably.

Perhaps Kyle felt a bit sorry for tormenting me, or thought he went too far, because he didn’t do that strange pressing again.

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“Young master…?”

“Yes.”

“Why are you here?”

After washing for sleep, I returned to the room where I had been sleeping.

For some reason, my pants were wet, so I left them for laundry too.

Kyle didn’t particularly tell me which room was mine, and the knights seemed to have gone to their own rooms, so I had no choice but to come to the room where I had been sleeping.

Even though I had already slept for several hours, I lay down to prepare for tomorrow’s routine.

But suddenly Kyle entered my room!

And in comfortable clothes for sleeping.

If he had told me, I would have helped him.

No, that’s not it.

“Isn’t it time for you to sleep? Has something happened?”

“No.”

“…?”

Then why did he come?

No work, not an early time.

Why?

I don’t understand why Kyle came into the room where I was trying to sleep.

Something to say?

It doesn’t seem like there would be.

“Then do you have something to do?”

“I’m going to sleep.”

“Ah, good night to you then.”

I got up from the bed and said goodnight to Kyle.

So he just came to let me know before going to bed.

There was no need to go through the trouble of coming all the way here.

Even though he suddenly tormented me today, he was still a well-mannered person.

“No. I’m sleeping with you, Miss Sofia.”

“Pardon?”

“Even with three knights sharing one room, there aren’t enough rooms. So I have no choice but to sleep with you.”

“Um… Please come in for now…?”

I don’t know what’s going on, but I let Kyle in completely.

The inn doesn’t have enough rooms?

A three-story inn?

An inn that Eristirol has essentially occupied, and it’s insufficient?

“Huh… Did so many knights come this time? Then I guess it can’t be helped…”

I was very surprised by Kyle suddenly entering my room, but if that’s the case, it couldn’t be helped.

It would be more comfortable for Kyle to sleep with me than with sweaty knights.

Let’s be understanding.

“Then please lie down first. I’ll lie down after seeing you sleep.”

“No. It’s just sleeping anyway. It’s not like there’s any problem with just sleeping, right?”

“Um… That’s true, but…”

Kyle is right, there’s no problem.

It just felt a bit strange for a servant to sleep with their master, and I thought it was odd for a servant and master to lie down at the same time and sleep at the same time.

“Here.”

Kyle pointed to his side, and I followed Kyle’s words and lay down beside him.

“…”

It felt somewhat strange.

I had once lain in the same bed with Kyle before, but that was Kyle’s bed, and I had just dozed off a bit and fallen asleep, and Kyle was lying beside me.

But this time was different.

Kyle’s breathing beside me, his body scent, the rustling sound when he moved.

Everything was heard so clearly.

“Miss Sofia.”

“… Yes.”

The lights in the room were turned off.

I couldn’t see anything, only Kyle’s voice and scent entered my ears and nose.

“Good night.”

“Yes, good night to you too, young master.”

I was worried he would say something strange again, but fortunately, he didn’t this time.

It would have been better if he had always been like this.

Probably…?