Chapter 869 Darkness: Hehehe!
"Ugh, bathroom..."
In the dead of night, Darkness was awakened from her drowsiness by a pressing need to urinate.
I shouldn't have drunk so much alcohol tonight... With that thought in mind, Darkness sat up.
Then she froze.
The thing she was leaning on felt strange—soft to the touch yet somewhat firm. She couldn't quite identify what it was.
"Had enough feeling me up?"
A voice exploded in her ear like a sudden clap of thunder.
"Wahhh!"
Darkness shrieked and scrambled away like lightning.
"Y-y-y-you! What are you doing here?!"
She retreated to the corner of the bed, staring in horror at the boy sleeping beside her.
He hadn't even changed his clothes—Kazuma's pajamas were too small for his over-six-foot frame, so Darkness recognized him immediately without needing a closer look.
Remembering the sensation from earlier, Darkness inadvertently glanced downward, then quickly averted her gaze in embarrassment.
She couldn't blame him—it was her fault after all.
Can boys really... stand that tall?
A fleeting, inappropriate thought crossed Darkness's mind before she shook her head vigorously to dispel the bizarre notion.
"Wrong room."
Eiji sat up, speaking with complete seriousness.
"Then why did you sleep here?!"
Darkness's face flushed crimson as she muttered under her breath.
"Couldn't you have found another room to sleep in?!"
"Everyone else was already asleep. I didn't want to disturb them, so I thought I'd make do here for the night!"
Eiji put on his usual gentle, considerate act.
"M-make do?"
Darkness's expression stiffened momentarily.
I'm so sorry my room is only good enough for you to "make do" in!
"Then let me find you another room!"
Darkness sighed in resignation. After all, he was an honored guest, and from a social standpoint, she couldn't afford to offend him.
"No need to stand on ceremony. I'll sleep in this room."
Eiji waved his hand dismissively, acting as familiar as if they were old friends.
"No, I'm not being polite..."
"I'm sleeping in this room."
Eiji pulled out his bracelet.
The moment Darkness saw the emblem on the bracelet, she was rendered speechless, unable to utter another word.
"Fine, then I'll go sleep in another room..."
Darkness mumbled quietly as she slowly crawled toward the other side of the bed.
"Lie down. Sleep."
Eiji waved his bracelet, his tone brooking no argument.
"Mmm~!"
"?"
Eiji slowly formed a question mark in his mind.
Darkness's face was flushed, her hands clutching at her skirt hem as she lay down with conflicting emotions of resistance and excitement.
"What was that noise?"
"I-I didn't make any noise!"
Darkness buried her face in the pillow, only her charming green eyes visible as she stubbornly argued in a muffled voice.
Her seductive eyes secretly glanced at Eiji, her gaze seeming to hold both anticipation and inner struggle.
"Are you getting excited?"
"..."
Darkness guiltily averted her eyes.
This woman's fetishes were being triggered again!
No wonder Kazuma called her "the woman in charge of the erotic route"—she'd suddenly get aroused when people least expected it, full of seductive charm. Combined with her hot, provocative figure, it was truly headache-inducing!
"Seriously? I just told you to lie down and sleep."
"...Actually, I needed to use the bathroom earlier, but you told me to lie down and sleep... You really get it, don't you? Holding it in is such a novel experience, hehehe!"
The woman buried her face in the pillow, letting out a lewd chuckle.
Wow.
Pervert.
"Well said! Hold it for another half hour!"
Eiji became energized, raising the handcuffs with a malicious grin spreading across his face.
"Mmm~!"
Darkness moaned again, rubbing her legs back and forth against the blanket, her face flushed with excitement.
This woman really has some serious issues!
"This is definitely a scene you wouldn't want your father to see, right, Lalatina?"
"B-being seen by father!?"
Darkness's eyes immediately lit up.
This man is amazing! He immediately struck right at her fetish nerves!
No, wait a moment!
"...What did you call me?"
"Lalatina, that's your real name, isn't it? The daughter of the Dustiness family?"
Eiji's lips curled into a high smirk, his eyes seeming to emit dark light from this angle. His facial features fully demonstrated what "face acting" meant, making him look just like a villain.
"You wouldn't want your father to know about you being like this and bringing shame to your family, would you, Miss Lalatina?"
...
A few minutes later.
Darkness emerged from the bathroom with a lost, dazed expression.
Though her eyes looked empty, they had regained clarity.
After finishing in the bathroom, Darkness let out a long sigh. Having regained her senses, she didn't bring up what had just happened.
To avoid being noticed by their housemates, the two quickly returned to their room.
Lying on the bed, Darkness secretly glanced at the boy sleeping beside her.
"Um... do you want to share the blanket?"
"What are you trying to do to me?"
Eiji warily covered his lower body.
To be honest, around Darkness, he somehow felt like the roles of hunter and prey had been reversed. It should have been him targeting Darkness, but she managed to counterattack using her perverted fetishes.
"That's not it! I just thought you might be cold and wanted to offer you the blanket!"
Remembering the sensation from before, Darkness's face turned red again.
It was still late winter turning to early spring, and the weather remained quite cold. Without a blanket, one would surely catch a chill.
Eiji was a bearer of the royal family's crest. For nobles like her, especially one who held honors like "Shield of Belzerg" and "The Kingdom's Hidden Blade," and as a loyal supporter of the royal family—the Dustiness clan—she could disrespect anyone, but never the royal family!
With this thought in mind, Darkness invited Eiji under the covers.
"I see, Achoo! It does seem quite cold, so I'll get under the covers then. Since you invited me, don't go blaming me later!"
Eiji pretended to sneeze and quickly slipped under the covers.
His eyes felt a bit uncomfortable; there should be another chapter soon.