Episode 25 Confession
The next morning, Kian woke up in yet another strange room.
It was a simple square space made of gray stone.
There was a chest of drawers in the back and a small desk with a mirror and some cosmetics next to it.
There was also a cup of grapes on the table.
「This is ......, Arueno-san's room.」
He sits up on the white bed.
His memory is no longer cloudy.
After communing in the bathroom yesterday, he was led to Arueno's bedroom, and then they slept together.
The futon smells of gentle flowers.
It is the smell of Arueno.
「Good morning, you're awake.」
As he gazed out the window at the white morning sun, the door to this room opened and Arueno came in, dressed in a sister's outfit. She was clean and neat looking as usual, with not the slightest trace of the intense intercourse they had melted with each other yesterday.
In her hands, she holds a tray with a plate of bread, dried meat, and a bottle of wine.
「Here, eat this. I can't eat more than two meals a day: lunch after mass and dinner at sunset, because if I ate more than that, I would be accused of binge eating.」
Arueno winked at him and placed the tray on the table in front of the bed.
She brought out a chair and sat down on it.
Kian gets out of the blanket and sits on the bed at the table.
「Um, Arueno-san.」
「Oh, you have to get dressed before you eat. Here, glasses and coat. Remi Cain's leather coat is so rare. Is it a bargain you found in the street? It was all the rage when my mother was young. It's inexpensive, but it performs well and is easy to care for. It's good equipment. I wonder if this kind of easy armor is popular among adventurers now?」
The elf sister said quickly with a slight blush on her cheeks, refusing to look at him.
Kian repeated in a serious tone, "Um, please listen".
「In fact, I have a few things I need to apologize to Arueno-san for.」
「Eh ......?」
「Please listen to me. I'm serious.」
「Y-yeah. What is it? You can't ask me to marry you right now.」
He doesn't know what she misunderstood, but she's taking precautions, but he knows from the end that Kian is not strong enough to marry Arueno financially or in terms of worthiness.
With Kian's social and economic status, he must be more like a pet or a pimp than a husband to her.
「First thing's first. Let me apologize for not paying for the painkillers, blood ointment, and other medications. ...... This is an old copper coin I found on a quest. If it is in a monastery, you go to the fortress of the Count of Ezerland to sell the famous wine, right? You can either sell it there or ask a money changer to exchange it for cash.」
「...... Five hundred-year-old copper coins!? My, where did you find all this stuff? It's something you might want to show to a scholar instead of taking it to a money changer.」
「You still can't accept it, right? If that's the case, please wait a little longer. If I go to the guild today, I'll get the reward for completing the quest and Griffin's free hunt.」
「You look like you don't mind paying for it.」
「Of course. We have to keep these things tight.」
「Is that so. If it makes you feel any better, I'll take it.」
Said Arueno, offering Kian a plate of bread.
She also poured a glass of wine for him.
This glass of wine was going to cost more than the painkillers.
Arueno is a monastery lord and an ale inspector, so she feels everything differently than a poor man like Kian.
「Secondly. I'm sorry for the terrible things I did to Arueno-san the day before yesterday and yesterday.」
「Terrible things? What do you mean, "terrible things"?」
「What I mean, ......, the sex that we had?」
When Kian said this fearfully, Arueno's eyes fluttered.
「Eh? Ah, yeah! You're right. We've done that. But you don't have to worry about the past anymore. Forget about what happened yesterday and have a healthy relationship with me from now on. It would be too sad to say, "Goodbye, I'll never see you again," after just this one mistake, wouldn't it?」
Her words were comforting and gentle as if she was teaching a small child.
His heart ached more and more for the good Elf sister.
「The third. When we were having intercourse ......, I took the magic power from Arueno-san. A lot of it.」
Kian clasped his hands in his lap.
「Actually, a few days ago, I was able to use the art of spirit absorption. You see, when you perform a healing technique, you give the person magical power, but I thought I could do the opposite. ...... So I've used it twice now when I was having sex with Arueno-san. I'm so sorry.」
「The Art of Spirit Absorption......?」
Arueno raised her eyebrows.
「It's true that there was a sensation of magic power being sucked out of me while we were having sex. I ignored it because it's common for magic power to be transferred through intercourse,....... So you were knowingly absorbing it.」
「Yes, I did. I can't help but think that the reason I held Arueno-san was for your magical power. The reason why I was able to defeat the Griffin was because I took the magic power from Arueno-san.」
「Oh my, ......, I didn't know that.」
「I think it's natural for you to feel uncomfortable. If you can't forgive me, I won't show up here again. You can report me to the Adventurer's Guild if you like.」
「Look up, Kian-kun.」
Suddenly, the bed he was sitting on creaked and shook.
A gentle scent.
Arueno was sitting right next to him.
He had an image of her as a tall woman, but sitting beside her like this, he could see that she was also a fragile woman.
Maybe it was just her long legs, but she looked like she could fit perfectly in Kian's arms.
「It's not good that you took away my magic power, Kian-kun. Using the art of spirit absorption is violence to some degree. Also, personally, if you wanted the magic power, you should have told me you wanted it. I don't feel very good about you taking it without telling me.」
「I'm sorry.」
「Did you use it on a girl other than me?」
「...... Yes.」
「Eh? D-Did you use it?」
「Yes.」
「To a girl in a brothel? Right? You paid for it.」
「No. She's a waiter in a tavern.」
「Did you force her?」
「No. I think it was consensual in the end. But I didn't mean it, and she probably didn't either. We were just trying to satisfy each other's sexual needs.」
「........................ that so」
Arueno muttered like a fish spitting bubbles and drank all the wine in her glass at once.
He felt as if the air in the room had suddenly turned cold.
「Okaay, you took the magic away from every woman aside from me.」
She got up from the bed and started wiggling back and forth in the room.
「Arueno-san, I...」
「That's enough. Go home.」
「......! I'm sorry.」
Kian nodded and Arueno shook her head.
The blonde sister looked more confused than angry.
It was as if she was surprised at herself.
She was pacing in front of the table, looking somewhat annoyed.
「I'm sorry. I'm having a little trouble controlling my emotions. Somehow, ......, Um, I'm sorry.」
「No, you have every right to be angry. I'm really ......」
「――――. No, it's not. That's not the case. But if you could just give me a little time. I might not want to see your face for a while.」
「............. I'm sorry.」
「Go back through the window. I don't want anyone to see you.」
「Yes」
At the sound of the cold voice, he hurried to get dressed.
After putting on his coat and putting his glasses in his pocket, Kian put his foot on the window sill and looked back at Arueno.
She had her hands in front of her chest and was looking at him with eyes as if praying.
「Good-bye. I'll leave you the bag of coins.」
「....... ! U-um, as I thought――――」
Kian jumped out of the window.
He landed supplely on the ground and ran straight toward the city.
(This sucks. I've made Arueno-san sad. I should have just taken the food without saying anything.)
『Judging from her behavior, I don't think you're wrong.』
Glasses, who had been quietly watching the situation, said so.
(No matter how you look at it, I've angered her.)
『You don't understand women's minds.』
（You're saying it's not?)
『Don't you get it? Good grief. ....... You can visit her again in about three days.』
（But she doesn't want to see me anymore.)
『I don't want to see you for a while, she said that okay? Think you've been tricked and go see her. Don't worry, she's already fallen for you.』
It was a mystery to him how the glasses could reasonably say such a thing, but it seemed that Glasses agreed that he should leave Arueno alone for a while.
Kian loosened his legs and started walking along the farm road.
(Sorry, Arueno-san. ......)
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