episode_0340

Usually, inns in fantasy worlds are more expensive on higher floors.

This is a world where there is no technology to build buildings dozens of stories using reinforced concrete like in modern times, and so it is inevitable that each time a building is built on the same land, the cost becomes more expensive.

Of course, even though construction technology is lacking, it is a world with magic, so nobles above a certain level hire earth wizards to build high-rise mansions or large castles, but the limit for buildings on these shopping streets that are built without such high-cost workers is three stories at most.

And Ethan and I were on the top floor of that three-story inn. Among them, I rented the largest room and came inside.

“It’s nice that it’s spacious.”

“… Yes, Master Ethan.”

It is a fairly large room that is comparable to Ethan’s private room at the Blackwood Mansion or the villa’s rooms. I wonder how much the investment cost was to build such a spacious room on the third floor of the inn building.

One thing was certain: it would probably be impossible to find a better inn room than this, at least within the Island of Knowledge. The only rooms better than this would be those belonging to the ‘VIP Room’, the academy’s royal dormitory.

‘Because it’s a room like this, the price for renting it for one night is one gold coin.’

The price is a bit burdensome for even a decent noble to use every day.

I heard that it is usually used by the parents of high-ranking nobles who attend the academy when they briefly visit the Island of Knowledge, or as a bonus room when there are a lot of people during the academy admission season.

The thought of finally leaving that room and renting it for Ethan to use for a night’s sleep was truly such a luxury.

‘I didn’t ask to come first, and since Ethan paid for the room in the first place, I don’t have anything to say… .’

Since you’re going to be in bed all the time anyway, there’s no need to rent such a large room, right?

To put it a bit exaggeratedly, the room was spacious enough to allow for a walk. Compared to Ethan’s room or the villa rooms, there was less furniture, so the space seemed relatively spacious.

Well, it seemed like Ethan was definitely stacked up, considering he brought me here to work in a place like this, leaving behind a decent dormitory. They probably want something from me, so they are trying to make me feel better by finding a nice room like this.

‘As expected, looking at things like this, it’s true that I have the initiative.’

With that in mind, I was sitting on the sofa in the room and taking a break for a while. Ethan first put down the sword and bag he was wearing on his waist and began to take off his clothes.

I think I have a really impatient personality and was debating whether I should take my clothes off or wait for Ethan to take them off.

“I’ll wash first, Lilith.”

It was not a request to do it right away from Ethan’s mouth, but a somewhat surprising suggestion to wash up in the bathroom first and then come out.

“Do you not wash together?”

“… I like that too, but I went out today after a long time. If possible, I want to make it feel a little new.”

“… … .”

… Well, before you even start, if you’re naked in the bathroom, the excitement on the bed is a little lessened.

Since I agreed with some of Ethan’s claims, I nodded my head in my heart and answered.

“I understand. In that case, I will also prepare to enter the sesshin immediately after Master Ethan leaves.”

“Just washing and preparing… . Anyway, I’m waiting comfortably.”

“Ah, but I’d rather make the hot water… .”

“The bathtub here also has a magic tool for controlling the hot water, so it’s okay. Because you can heat water without any flame magic.”

“Ah, yes… .”

With those words, Ethan calmly takes off his clothes and enters the bathroom.

Looking at the back, which seemed strangely calm yet urgent… It felt a little strange.

‘Why does Ethan look so awkward today?’

It feels like I’m moving slightly impatiently, as if there’s something I’m trying to hide.

Of course, it may just be me who feels that way, and in reality, it may just be how he feels, but I couldn’t deny that Ethan today was strangely a little different from usual.

Same with that strange question I asked before entering the inn. Umm… .

‘Has something become so routine that the excitement of sleeping with me has disappeared? .’

Even after our first experience, there were quite a few times when Ethan and I won a game against Harold, so of course there were quite a few times when Ethan and I got involved.

There were even a couple of times, like during the cold incident, that I just wanted to do it, regardless of whether I was competing with Harold, and if that’s why I no longer feel excited about what I do and just think of it as something I would do when I get the chance… .

‘If that’s really the reason, I think it would be a bit miserable… .’

Could it be that Ethan now thinks of me as a woman he can comfortably embrace?

Now that you’ve had your first experience, in a way, how many times have you played in a more erotic way than your first experience?

Am I now going to become a girl who feels like an out-of-town girl to Ethan, no longer worth conquering?

‘Shouldn’t I have given up on the title of saint?’

It might have been better to leave at least one last motive for Ethan to target me.

If that were the case, I don’t think Ethan’s desire to conquer me would have disappeared so much now. At the very least, I wonder if I would have struggled harder to achieve the final goal of my virginity.

And roughly, around the last day of graduating from the academy, it might have been okay to give him my first experience, saying it was a gift so far, and then just break up like a midsummer night’s dream… .

‘… I think I just momentarily thought of her as a very annoying woman.’

Well, even if it did get Ethan a little more attention, what would it mean?

Even if we get more attention, the density of time spent together will naturally decrease, so this was still better.

And what… In the end, it doesn’t change the fact that I also like doing things like this with Ethan.

If I had discovered this joy for the first time two years later, I might have felt more unfair, so in the end, everything has its pros and cons.

With that in mind, I waited for about 10 minutes for Ethan to come out after washing up, listening to the sound of water beyond the bathroom.

While I was sitting on the bed and looking around the inside of the room, I inadvertently noticed the bag that Ethan had put down on the room table.

‘… Wait a minute, now that I think about it.’

There was no particular reason to bring a bag or anything like that today, right?

Anyway, if you were going to go out for a meal or stay out, the most you could bring was a wallet, but Ethan usually carried it without a bag.

Since I always wear a sword on my belt, it has nothing to do with the bag, so I ended up carrying the bag because there was something I needed to carry in the bag… .

‘What’s inside?’

As a maid, I know that I shouldn’t question the owner’s personal belongings, but I couldn’t help but feel nervous after seeing Ethan’s behavior different from usual.

I thought the reason for Ethan’s strange change in attitude could be found in his personal baggage.

‘Let’s not think strange thoughts. No matter what, it’s Ethan’s luggage, and you, the exclusive maid, shouldn’t touch it.’

Even though I said I would quit my job as a maid in two years, I had been working as a maid for a whopping 8 years.

Among them, I was proud of the fact that I had been Ethan’s exclusive maid for over 6 years.

But now, breaking the most basic rules as a maid and getting involved in the owner’s private life… I think it’s a bit like that, right?

‘Besides, there’s no guarantee that what’s in that bag can explain Ethan’s changed attitude.’

I was suspicious of something, so I opened it and found that it contained something like a swordsmanship textbook or training gripper that I had kept to read when I had time.

On the contrary, the thought that something like that might be in it makes my head turn in that direction. Considering Ethan’s personality of being serious about swordsmanship, this would be a more reasonable suspicion.

With that in mind, I tried to stop paying attention to Ethan’s bag and just wait for him to wash up and come out… .

‘… No, but if you think about it, doesn’t that make you more upset?’

It’s a long-awaited date with me, but during the date, you see an opportunity to read a swordsmanship textbook or do some physical training?

Even though I’m not Ethan’s real lover or fiancé, isn’t that a violation of basic etiquette?

In fact, on today’s date, I focused my attention on Ethan all day long, and except for a conversation with Agnes, whom I met briefly, I talked almost exclusively to Ethan.

When I thought that Ethan might have been thinking about something else during our date, I immediately felt strange.

‘Of course, what’s in that bag may not really be a swordsmanship textbook or gripper… .’

What do we do.

Now that I’m thinking that something like that might be in it, it really only looks like a bag with something like that in it.

The cloud of doubt in my head did not go away, but instead continued to amplify it, so my hand had no choice but to go to the bag that Ethan had been carrying all evening today.

‘Let’s just briefly check what’s in it and close it right away.’

I’m not doing this because I don’t particularly trust Ethan.

Rather, it’s the opposite. Since I know that Ethan is innocent, I want to confirm his innocence.

With that thought in mind, I untied the strap of the cross bag on the table, carefully reached inside, and took out… .

“… Headband?”

It was a ‘cat-made headband’ that I never expected to find in Ethan’s bag.