chapter 148
Side story 1. Our pet cat (2)
1.
“Phew…….”
It wasn’t that she put her fangs in to suck blood. She pulled down the hem of her clothes to reveal her shoulders, and bit the nape of her neck to leave marks. In a way, it was a kind of expression of possessiveness. This was why Arwen liked Tuesdays.
Ludrick, who had suffered all week, suffered until Sunday, and was free on Monday, recharged for a day and became completely hers on Tuesday, untroubled.
He bit her slightly moist skin, as if he had washed before coming, and then he kissed her lips. Her crimson tongue tangled between her lips. Even while kissing her absentmindedly, Arwen felt quite unfamiliar.
After a long, drawn-out kiss, Arwen muttered as she wiped away the silver thread that had been hanging down.
“It feels strange. It’s not the first time, I know.”
“…That’s good. I feel pretty weird, too. You might do it once a week, but I do it five times a week. And it feels weird to be treated like this.”
“You’re not a dandy. Aren’t you with me right now? Don’t mention other women’s stories.”
After glaring at Ludrick, who was grumbling with a sullen look, Arwen continued speaking with a puzzled look on her face.
“Anyway, it’s a strange feeling. It’s definitely not the first time, but I have a strange feeling.”
Arwen muttered, quietly reaching out her finger and poking Ludrick’s chest. It was a subtle sensation, neither soft nor firm with muscle. And Arwen liked this sensation. Now, they were past the stage where they felt embarrassed about seeing each other’s naked bodies, but after they had a relationship, the sensation of quietly touching each other.
Arwen stuck out her lips with a bashful smile.
Ludrick reluctantly kissed her lips again. It was not a passionate and passionate kiss like before, but a short kiss where their lips met slightly and then parted. Arwen spoke while playing with Ludrick’s hair with her outstretched hand.
“There is no such thing as tsundere.”
“…Where on earth did you learn such words?”
“That’s what you said before. Didn’t you say that it’s something you use when you like someone on the outside but pretend not to like them on the inside?”
“I told you so…?”
Ludrick made a subtle expression. Of course, it was a vocabulary that was only used in Ludrick’s past life, so it was true that he had told him, but he couldn’t remember it at all. And then, feeling that Ludrick was briefly troubled and looking cute, Arwen revealed the truth that she had been hiding.
“Before I regress.”
“Oh really.”
“Phehe.”
When Ludrick frowned after realizing the truth, Arwen couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh. It was a kind of habit of Ludrick’s that he had acquired after living together for a year. It’s a bit awkward to use the word habit when referring to people, not animals, but simply living together in the same room and becoming a couple and getting married and living together are two different things.
And this is roughly what Arwen observed over the course of a year.
Ludrick was an uncontrollable ball that bounced in any direction. It was made of a slime-like material. If you pressed hard, that part would sink in, and if you pulled, that part would pop out. Now, if it had been uncontrollable in a bad way, it would not simply be a ball that bounced here and there, but a bomb that could explode at any moment.
How could it not be fun if you just touched it and it responded immediately?
That’s why.
Swish.
The silk pajamas that flowed easily fell down. Arwen smiled as she took them off without any hesitation.
“You must have expected that, since you found me in my pajamas.”
“I just woke up, took a shower, and came out, so I’m wearing this?”
“Of course. You’re right.”
“……I didn’t know it would be like this in the morning. I should’ve just come wrapped up completely.”
“That’s not bad either. Isn’t it more exciting and thrilling when I take off your clothes than when you take them off?”
“What a surprise.”
Arwen, who responded to the slightly harsh response as if it was nothing, scanned the upper body exposed by the slipping of her nightgown. Then she quietly leaned her face against his chest. She could hear her heartbeat pounding beyond his bare chest.
The sound of a heart pounding that seems to be a little faster than usual.
“I can’t be honest.”
The corners of Arwen’s mouth slightly rose.
And Arwen, with her eyes still closed, added:
“It’s nothing new. I love everything about you, even those aspects of you.”
2.
The aftereffects of the intense lovemaking they had had still lingered. Arwen, who had gotten up with a tingling sensation, looked at Ludrick with a flushed face.
In many ways, it was at odds with the knowledge she had encountered.
The experience itself was her first since her wedding, but men are more emotional and delicate than women. So, she had heard that after a relationship, she needed an afterlife to feel emotional satisfaction, not only in the relationship, but also afterwards. But when she saw Ludrick, who was hurriedly putting on clothes, she didn’t think that was the case.
Sometimes I find the ticking cute, but in some ways I would say that there are aspects of him that are more feminine than women.
‘If I say it out loud, it won’t be moody, right?’
Arwen shook her head as if she had no choice, then knocked on the seat next to me and spoke.
“Come here and lie down. Can’t you change your clothes later?”
“huh?”
“Really… Shouldn’t you be the one who’s being more critical of this, rather than me? You’re not just seeking pleasure, so do you think it makes sense to just get up and change your clothes as if you’re done with everything after just having s*x?”
“There’s nothing that doesn’t make sense.”
Ludrick shrugged his shoulders, put back on the pajamas Arwen had taken off earlier, and lay down obediently next to her as he was told.
And Arwen, who was lying down next to him, raised her arm as if she was burrowing into the bed. What touched her arm was the soft and smooth feeling of silk that was as expensive as its weight in gold, but this was not the feeling that Arwen wanted.
Arwen said, puffing out her cheeks in discontent.
“Where would be a good place to look for a villa?”
“Were you thinking of buying a real castle?”
Rather, it was Ludrick who was taken aback by those words. He thought it was just the kind of nonsense Arwen would say, or something in passing, but he didn’t think she would actually take action.
“Think about it carefully. Wouldn’t it be more picturesque for me to live in the middle of the capital of the human empire, and in a mansion like this? Rather, if you think about it, a quiet castle in a remote mountain valley would suit me better.”
Instead, when Arwen asked again with wide eyes, it was Ludrick who was at a loss for an answer.
“……Is that so?”
“If you’re only looking at the image, then yes. I do have a place I used to stay, but it’s too expensive to live here, so I’d better buy a new one.”
Pat pat.
Arwen’s hand, which had been quietly patting Ludrick with her face buried in his shoulder, stopped.
To borrow an expression, the fire was ignited as soon as their eyes met in the early morning, so even though they had already had a fierce fight, it was still morning. And it was still quite early morning. Arwen, who had come to this conclusion, kicked off the blanket and jumped up.
“…Everything is fine, but please put on some clothes and get up.”
“Huh? I’m not embarrassed at all. You’re the only one who’s going to see it anyway.”
It wasn’t like he saw something he shouldn’t have seen, but Ludrick glared at Arwen, who suddenly threw off the blanket and sat up naked. The person in question, however, covered her chest with her hand as if nothing had happened and made a seductive expression.
“So there is a saying that says, ‘Pluck out a bull’s horn in one go.’ This is also a proverb that you taught me.”
“So, should we go see it right now?”
“……Ahem, not right now. My back still hurts.”
Arwen blushed at Ludrick’s indifferent question.
Of course, there were some minor difficulties in moving right away. Moreover, this time, I was moving more vigorously than usual because I was thinking about having a child.
Even if he was a true ancestor who had no one to dare to confront, except for special exceptions like dragons, he couldn’t help but feel a sharp pain after moving his waist so violently just a moment ago. The world was strangely fair in that respect.
“…….”
“Oh, there’s nothing you can do about it. You’re on fire so quickly and you’re acting so violently… Oh, no. In the first place, isn’t it stranger for a man to do that on top…?”
“……I understand, so there was no need to say it out loud. If you go by that, every time you do it, you suddenly get excited and bite the back of my neck without warning.”
“Blood vampirism is an inevitable, natural instinct of the race……”
“…….”
It’s strange to be embarrassed about all these things now, but it must be embarrassing to talk about what the process was like after you’ve started a relationship.
Arwen thought so and fanned her face, which was flushed red.
Thanks to that, their search for a castle to use as a villa was put off for a while, but even after a year, the two were still clearly newlyweds.