*** HSR’s trailer fooled me, because Dan Heng and Evernight only appeared briefly. But no, and true to the title, everyone is dead (again)…At this stage, I have no idea how the end will be.***
Chapter 71 Frustration, release, and joy
In the end, it was the next day that Louis was able to return the crystal - and the day after that.
It was past noon, and as the sunlight was slowly setting, Louis was walking through the mansion.
(I haven't been here much.)
Louis muttered to himself as he saw the courtyard from a different angle than usual.
Currently, Louis was walking down a corridor on the opposite side of the courtyard from the corner of the mansion where the guest rooms where they were staying were located.
This area, which is rarely entered normally, is the area used by Geek and members of the Arzen family.
Perhaps it was a reflection of the personality of the current head of the family, but compared to the area where the guest rooms were located, there were fewer furnishings, creating a calm atmosphere, and Louis' gentle footsteps echoed in this place.
Why was Louis walking in such a place today of all days?
The reason was a call Louis had received from Claire in the morning.
That day, Claire had accompanied Louis in a sparring session in a practical combat format since the morning.
Louis had regained his lost strength and was recovering smoothly, his swordsmanship was sharp and his movements were comparable to those before he was poisoned.
In contrast, Claire also seemed to be in much better shape.
The sharpness of her techniques felt even sharper.
It was as if something had been lifted from her body, and her body was sharper than ever before. The techniques that came out of her supple limbs were so impressive that even Louis, who had recovered from an illness, was impressed.
---Even while he was bedridden, she must have continued to work hard without feeling pessimistic.
Thinking about this, Louis couldn't help but smile at her honesty.
She had made such a request after the end of her training and was wiping the sweat off her face.
"Hmm? Sure, I get it."
When Louis was asked to come to a certain room in the afternoon, he nodded without any hesitation.
He wasn't able to find out the details on the spot.
(She said she'd show me something good, though...)
Since the doctor recommended that he take the day off from midday, Louis headed to the room he was told to go to at the specified time.
As he walked silently, occasionally exchanging greetings with the maids he passed, he came across a double door that must have been the one he was being called to.
(This must be it.)
The door to the room was a stylish wooden door.
Louis stopped in front of the door, which was a little further back in the residential area, and knocked.
"Yes. Who is it?"
The voice that came back was not Claire's... but a familiar maid's voice.
"It's Louis. Claire called for me."
"Louis-sama, right?... Please wait a moment."
The voice was definitely that of one of Geek maids known as Lisa.
As he was recalling her familiar appearance, the door was opened in front of him.
(Claire... isn't she here?)
Claire didn't seem to be in the room.
He glanced around the room.
……A dressing room perhaps?
On the right side of the room, like the door they came in through, there were double doors leading to the next room.
Next to them was a dresser, suggesting that this was a place for ladies to adjust their appearance.
"Please wait here."
Opposite the dresser, on the left side, was a heavy-looking sofa.
Louis was guided there and sat down without having to do anything in particular.
The sofa was made of animal skin and was soft and comfortable to sit on.
As Louis was looking at the view outside from the sofa, the maid called out to him, just like before.
"We're getting ready."
(Ready?)
The wait wasn't long.
Perhaps because he had arrived exactly on time, Louis got up without having time to touch the drink that was prepared on the table nearby.
He still didn't understand anything.
Why was he being called?
Why was he being called here? With question marks filling his head, a maid placed her hands on the double doors that must have led to the next room.
And then, the maid opened the doors―――
"―――――"
Louis was left speechless by the sight that greeted him.
Beyond the open doors was what was surely a costume room, with numerous outfits lined up inside.
Colorful, eye-catching dresses lined up, the luxurious clothing was enough to make any woman let out a cry of joy.
However, that wasn't what caught Louis' eye.
What caught Louis' eye were the women who came out of the room.
--Two women were standing at the entrance.
A woman with her crimson hair tied up in a single strand, and another with her silver hair flowing.
The women were Claire and Iris.
These were two people Louis had spent a long time with, sharing joys and sorrows with.
And now, these two were wearing――swimsuits.
Exposed.
Their pale, lustrous skin.
"--------"
Louis was completely lost for words at the sight before his eyes.
Even though they had been traveling together for so long, the deeper parts of their skin were something he could only imagine.
And now, in this room, right before his very eyes, they were exposed.
--- Both of their bodies were beautifully healthy.
Claire's toned body embodied the beauty of a fighter, while Iris's was soft and feminine.
He thought he was used to seeing Claire's body on a daily basis.
But her appearance in her swimsuit was so lustrous that he wondered how a single garment could change her impression so much, and she even felt like a work of art.
In contrast, Iris' body could only be described as violent.
Perhaps it was also because it was usually hidden.
Her body, exposed for the first time in a revealing swimsuit, was unimaginably supple, and combined with the thin white swimsuit, she looked like a goddess.
The two bodies were so beautiful that even Louis, who had never seen a female body before, was captivated.
The whiteness of their skin, which he was seeing for the first time, burned into Louis' retina.
"......///"
"......Hey, what do you think...?"
As Louis was entranced by the two of them, Claire muttered, turning her face away in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
Louis took a moment to understand what she was saying, as he turned his attention to the adorable appearance of her normally strong-willed self.
Claire was wearing a simple black bikini.
The top was a halter neck, and the bottom was a double layer of a sharp triangular micro bikini over a side-tie bikini tied at the side of her waist, with the two strings digging into her body shallowly.
To put it in a positive way, it was mature, but to put it in a negative way, it was a slightly radical swimsuit.
However, the swimsuit suited Claire's healthy beauty well, and Louis couldn't help but look away at the sensuality he didn't usually see.
"......"
In contrast, Iris was wearing a white high-necked bikini.
The top was covered in see-through material from her neck to her chest, and the bottom was covered in a pareo to keep her exposure to a minimum.
However, compared to her usual robe, it was still quite revealing, and Louis's gaze was drawn to her pure white skin, and he quickly looked away.
"......"
Seeing the two of them exposed more than usual, Louis couldn't stop feeling nervous.
Having seen such footage recently, he somehow managed to stop himself from looking at the two of them, feeling his heart throbbing and his throat dry as he spoke.
"I think you two are beautiful."
The words he managed to spin echoed through the room more than he'd expected.
"Uh...///"
"...!"
Perhaps in response to Louis' straightforward words, Iris and Claire looked away shyly.
Louis also felt embarrassed seeing them like that, and looked away just like them.
The maids had already left, leaving only the three of them in the room.
"Why are you suddenly in swimsuits?"
"That's..."
An indescribable atmosphere hung in the air.
Louis somehow managed to speak, and the two answered.
When they asked why, he found out that it was a present from Geek.
With Louis' recovery, it was clear that he would be able to return to his journey.
That's probably why the present he'd prepared was swimsuits, as they wouldn't be bulky during the journey, and Geek suggested that they make it a surprise. That's how they exposed themself to Louis.
"I see..."
Louis was convinced by what the two had said and gave a wry smile, wondering if he should be grateful for the smile of his friend that came to his mind.
"..."
"..."
"..."
And then silence fell again.
(What should I do...)
...He couldn't continue speaking.
"......"
Louis had no idea what topic to choose in a situation like this.
It would have been easy to talk about martial arts and clashing swords.
However, there was no way that Louis, who had always been devoted to training, would have been able to choose his words carefully in a situation like this, and he grew impatient as the conversation came to an unnatural halt.
On top of that--- he couldn't even look the two of them straight in the eye.
Should he have said that they had become strangely mature recently?
The gesture of the hand brushing back the side of their hair, the movement of rubbing their thighs together.
Each and every one of their gestures was strangely sexy, and having seen such a strong image, an image of the two of them... was stirred up in Louis' mind.
"......"
"......"
Similarly, Claire and Iris didn't open their mouths either.
The fact that they had given their bodies to Geek kept them both silent.
Although they hadn't given him permission yet today, it wouldn't be strange for their bodies to be filled with semen under normal circumstances.
Neither of them was brazen enough to be asked for Louis’s opinion on such a body, and they both felt very embarrassed about having the person they loved see so much of it for the first time.
For them, just wearing swimsuits was a challenging act, and they felt like they would burst into flames if they opened their mouths any more.
And since the man who had been closest to them recently was the one who understood everything and said the words they wanted to hear without them having to say anything, the two of them took a passive stance.
An indescribable atmosphere flowed between the three of them, who were completely embarrassed.
If Louis was, at best, cheerful, and at worst, frivolous, he could have continued the conversation forever.
Also, depending on how things had progressed, he might have been able to invite the two into bed.
However, Louis was, for better or worse, a gentleman - he was hesitant when it came to romance.
"It was good to see you two in your swimsuits. Thank you, Claire, for inviting me. Well then."
"Ahh..."
Unable to bear the atmosphere any longer, he excused himself and fled the room.
Claire's voice resonated in a daze.
---Claire and Iris, who had mustered up the courage to put on their swimsuits, were the only ones left in the room.
"..."
"..."
In the somewhat somber atmosphere of the room... the door to the next room opened.
"He could have complimented you two a bit more."
It was Geek who appeared.
He must have been listening from the next room.
As he walked along making fun of Louis, he took Iris and Claire in his arms as if it were natural.
"...He said I'm pretty, that's enough."
"Yes..."
Claire was pulled towards him by his waist and said that, turning her face away.
Iris nodded in response.
Geek moved closer to the two and said,
"Really? You two mustered up the courage to wear it."
"”..."”
"You put effort into picking out your swimsuits, didn't you?"
"..."
Claire and Iris were silent as Geek whispered to them.
...Indeed, it was true that before they had no complaints.
Just having him look at them was one of the happy events with Louis for Claire and the others, and just having him say they were pretty was an immense joy.
--But then the two got to know a man named Geek.
Geek was the man who praised them at every opportunity.
However, when they passed each other in the hallway, or when they met for a brief errand.
No matter how trivial it may have been, Geek would always compliment the two of them.
It may have mostly been about their appearances.
But his occasional praise for their spirituality and actions resonated deeply with them, and whenever such words were repeated, what had seemed frivolous at first resonated strongly in their hearts.
...That's why she was dissatisfied.
About Louis not putting it into words.
About Louis not giving her words when she wanted them.
"It suits you, Claire."
"Mmm...♥"
--- Her lips were stolen easily.
The mouth that had spoken with Louis just a moment ago.
In the Great Holy Church, that mouth had the same meaning as chastity, and it was easily taken from Claire by Geek.
"...You're really beautiful. You're made of good material, so I knew this kind of swimsuit would look good on you. I bet Louis was also transfixed."
"...Unlike you, Louis is a gentleman."
"What? That Louis weren’t gawking at you?"
"No, Louis wasn't."
"---That idiot. If a woman is wearing this kind of clothing to show off, it's a man's duty to compliment her. That's why---"
"Mm---♥"
He grabs her breasts tightly, as if to show that they belong to him.
"I wouldn't let you go, though."
"---♥"
A whispered voice echoes in his head.
"You have a body that I really want to devour. The black swimsuit suits you well, too. Thank you for choosing it for me."
"I didn’t chose it for you... ah♥"
Her heart leaps with excitement as he whispers the "words I wanted to hear."
Although she chose it because she wanted Louis to see it, she was under the misconception that she chose it for Geek's sake.
"I'll make you cum a lot later."
"♥"
--- It was a horrible thing to say, but she couldn't refuse.
Noticing that her body was starting to beat with a comfortable thump, Claire's face turned red and she lowered her head.
"You too, Iris."
Then, it was Iris who was reached out next.
She was pulled tighter to her slender waist.
Geek whispered to her as they got closer.
"How was your first swimsuit?"
"...I was uncomfortable."
"Well, you always wear something that thick lol, it's less revealing than you thought it would be, right?"
"That's...yes."
It was a gentle conversation.
In stark contrast to the carnal conversation with Claire, the conversation was kept at a moderate distance, and Iris didn't feel wary... On the contrary, his caring words made her feel at ease.
But the moment she let her heart go for even a moment--
"I thought you'd hate it if it was too exposed. But it suits you. Thank you."
"...... Hmm...♥"
---The whispered words resonated in her heart.
Just like with Claire, her sacred lips were taken as a matter of course.
A gentle kiss with just lips touching.
However, the words just before penetrated Iris' mind, and what oozed from the bottom of her heart was--a feeling of happiness.
"Puha...♥"
Even though she should have thought it was unpleasant, as soon as the kiss ended, Iris revealed a dazed expression.
Their inner thighs were lightly caressed.
"♥"
...Even without being told, the two of them knew what was going to happen next.
Claire and Iris.
Love juices were dripping down their inner thighs.
"Show me more of your beautiful sides."
---The whispered voice made both of their faces turn red.
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