Chapter 85

“…”

“Would you like to shower first?”

“…”

“Sofia?”

“…”

In the end… it happened.

I ended up sharing a room with Kyle.

I resisted until the Imperial Princess gave us the room key.

I tried my best to prevent this situation by saying, “Please, I beg you, let us sleep separately just for today.”

But I failed.

After finishing dinner, I entered the room with Kyle.

“Sofia?”

Isn’t sharing a room already too fast?

Am I being too conservative?

No, that’s not it.

Logically, it was too fast.

“Sofia.”

“Huh, what!?”

While I was standing in the middle of the room lost in thought, Kyle was suddenly standing right in front of me.

“What?”

Why was he suddenly calling me?

I was too distracted to hear properly.

“Why did you call me?”

“I asked if you wanted to shower first.”

“Oh.”

“Well, if you want, we could shower toge—”

“You would?!”

I reflexively shouted when Kyle started saying something strange again.

And immediately regretted it.

“…”

“No, um… I’m not really angry…”

“Then what?”

“I just want to shower alone… okay?”

Right now, only Kyle and I were in the room.

If I upset Kyle and he developed bad intentions…

If he suddenly pushed me down…

I couldn’t do anything.

If Kyle pinned me down with his strong body, all I could do was lie there and struggle futilely.

“So… don’t be angry… okay?”

“Alright.”

“Phew…”

That’s a relief.

Kyle’s expression improved.

“S-so I’ll shower first…?”

“Yes, go ahead.”

“…”

So I grabbed my pajamas and went into the bathroom.

I locked the door, worried that Kyle might suddenly do something strange.

“Hoo…”

Even though Kyle probably wouldn’t really push me down…

I couldn’t help but worry.

Really.

Shaaaa

I started washing myself under the shower stream.

Using cold water to cool my head as well.

“What am I going to do…”

Having to share a room all the way to the capital…

It was extremely dangerous.

What if Kyle suddenly couldn’t control his sexual urges and grabbed me and pushed me down…

“Heuk…”

I felt a chill run down my spine.

Was it because I was scared?

My body trembled.

Being pushed down by a man, just imagining it was terrifying.

“No way…”

Yes, there’s no way, right?

I definitely didn’t raise Kyle to be that kind of bad person.

Yes, I should trust Kyle.

It’s not like I have any other choice anyway…

“Oh, are you done?”

“Eek!?”

After I finished showering and opened the door, I was startled to see Kyle right there.

And I made a very feminine scream.

“W-why are you shirtless…?”

“Ah.”

Kyle was completely shirtless.

Fortunately, he was wearing pants, but… I couldn’t help being surprised.

“A-are you… going to…”

Push me down when I smell nice after showering and then do bad things…

“The room is a bit hot. Are you done? I’ll go in now.”

“… Yeah.”

Kyle said that and went into the bathroom.

“Haah…”

Thankfully, what I feared didn’t happen.

For a moment, I was really worried about being pushed down.

My heart is still racing because of that.

“What a relief…”

While Kyle was in the shower, I dried my hair.

Since I had long hair, it naturally took more time.

“Sofia, can you hand me a towel?”

“Huh?!”

“…?”

“Put some clothes on properly!”

Suddenly opening the door, Kyle came out wearing neither top nor bottom.

He was only wearing underwear.

Even though it wasn’t completely form-fitting material…

That…

“The s-silhouette is visible….”

I couldn’t say it directly.

Not because I was embarrassed but because it was so…

It was too… like that.

Anyway, it was like that…

“Hand me the towel first.”

“Put on some clothes before talking!?”

I shouted at Kyle with my eyes closed.

We weren’t at the stage where we could see those parts of each other.

That kind of thing should be after more steps…

No, that’s not it, that’s something only real lovers would do.

Anyway, not yet.

We’re not real lovers yet.

Regardless of Kyle liking me, I…

“Just give me the towel.”

“Hah?!”

Suddenly I felt a strange and firm sensation on my back.

Even though I was wearing clothes, I felt them getting wet.

“Kyle!?”

“What.”

“Move away quickly…!”

“If you had just given me the towel when I asked for it, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“That’s… because you were naked… that’s why!”

“Now you say that?”

“Huh?”

“Weren’t you the one who helped me change clothes in my room every morning until recently?”

“No, that was…”

That was just part of my duties as a servant.

I didn’t have any strange thoughts…

“That was because I didn’t know then…”

I didn’t know Kyle thought of me that way, and I didn’t have those thoughts about Kyle, that’s all.

“If you could just move away for a moment…”

“No.”

“Hah!?”

Even though it hasn’t even been a week since we became temporary lovers, this is…

“Kyle, don’t tease me… okay? This kind of thing is still…”

“It’s not okay?”

“Yeah…”

Kyle was holding my waist with both hands.

Standing right behind me as I sat on the bed.

As if he would grab my waist and lift me…

“Let’s stop. Okay!?”

“Hmm…”

Kyle was considering it.

Thanks to that, my heart was beating even faster.

I was feeling an extreme sense of crisis and worry about the current situation.

Anyway, that’s why.

“Alright.”

“H… phew…”

Kyle moved away from my body.

The foreign sensation I felt near my buttocks disappeared too.

And at the same time, a strange image flashed in my mind.

The silhouette visible through his underwear and the sensation I felt near my buttocks combined…

“Uuuugh…”

This really isn’t right.

Yes, I must have just glimpsed the silhouette wrong for a moment.

It couldn’t be bigger than the span of my finger, right…?

“Hoo…”

Anyway, thankfully I avoided the first crisis.

Kyle went back to the bathroom and was drying his hair and body.

By the way…

“My clothes got wet…”

Was it because Kyle hugged me with his wet body?

The back and crotch area of my pajamas were slightly wet.

“I should change.”

I changed clothes very quickly before Kyle came out.

A moment later, Kyle came out of the bathroom.

Different from before, he was completely dry except for his hair.

“Kyle…? Can you come here?”

“Yes.”

I carefully called Kyle over to me.

The reason was simple.

Whoooosh~

I wanted to dry Kyle’s hair using a magical tool that functioned as a hair dryer.

It wasn’t as luxurious as Eristirol Castle, but Kyle still required proper care.

I needed to provide various types of care, including skincare.

“There, that’s done.”

“Sofia, now that we’re both clean.”

“?”

Kyle suddenly spoke again.

Now that we’re both clean?

“What?”

“Let’s go to sleep now. Her Highness said we need to head out early tomorrow morning.”

“Ah… okay.”

For a moment, I was worried he would say something strange again.

What happened earlier with Kyle kept flashing in my mind.

No, it’s possible…

Late evening, two fit adults alone in a room after showering…

“Sofia?”

“Yes.”

“You look even prettier after showering.”

“…”

“Please respond.”

“First… could you let go of me…”

I was lying in bed.

With both of us in the same bed.

But that wasn’t the problem.

Kyle was hugging me from behind like before.

Thankfully, he didn’t cast any strange magic on my lower abdomen like last time.

“Alright.”

Fortunately, Kyle released me.

If I stayed in Kyle’s arms all night, I didn’t think I’d be able to sleep.

Today, Kyle’s thing….

“Ha…”

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

Really…

It must have been nothing…

*

“Hehe…”

“Why are you like that first thing in the morning?”

“Because it’s amusing?”

“….”

And the next day, we rode in the carriage including the Imperial Princess again.

The Imperial Princess looked at Kyle and me a few times and started laughing.

Yes, it’s amusing…

“Sofia, what happened yesterday to make you like this?”

“…”

My expression must have looked awkward even to the Imperial Princess.

Actually, it wasn’t just that, I also hadn’t slept well.

Kyle fell asleep right away as if nothing was wrong… but I didn’t.

With Kyle sleeping beside me, and everything that happened before…

I couldn’t fall asleep for various reasons.

So I tossed and turned for about 2 hours before barely sleeping.

“Nothing happened…”

“Really?”

“Yes…”

But I couldn’t tell the Imperial Princess that.

She was clearly doing this to tease me again.

“Hehe… This is really fun. It’s exactly what I wanted.”

“…”

How mean…

Is teasing me that much fun…?

I don’t think I’m the type of person whose reactions to teasing are particularly entertaining.

“Young Master?”

“Yes.”

“I sent a letter to the tailor through the Magic Tower, and I’ll let you know about the reply.”

“?”

Tailor?

Ah, my dress…

Now that I think about it, we did talk about that.

I had forgotten because my head was fuzzy from yesterday’s events, but that was a thing.

A dress…

“There’s not much to it, just asking for preferred color and design? Style? Just the basics.”

“Is that enough?”

“Well, it seems they’re preparing the fabric already. I suppose they’ll make it properly after we arrive?”

I still wasn’t used to the idea of ordering a dress from a tailor connected to the imperial family.

And the fact that I would be wearing that dress.

“Haah…”

“What would you like to do? Sofia, do you have a color preference?”

“Black.”

“?”

For reference, I wasn’t the one who spoke.

Suddenly Kyle, who had been quiet, answered the Imperial Princess.

“I think black would be good.”

“Uh…”

“Is that so? Then I’ll tell them to prepare black fabric for now.”

Somehow, the color of the dress I would wear to the ball became black.

I was thinking of wearing something like a suitable navy blue or something like that…

“But why specifically black? There are many other nice colors.”

“Haha… There’s no particular reason.”

I wanted to ask why specifically black, but I didn’t bother saying it out loud.

Kyle was wearing a satisfied expression.

“…?”