Chapter 114: Cleaning Up the Mess

The seven thieves lay dead. Almost all of them had been killed by Lily and Stevie. I had only helped a little. The security team had done nothing — they had just watched.

"Ah, um..."

Captain Copeland spoke hesitantly.

"Please, I have a request!"

Lily said in a strong tone,

"You must report that all of these men were dealt with by you, the security team. We, Stevie and I, Lord Robby, only watched. Absolutely do not speak the truth. We did not fight — you fought, understood?!"

She declared this to the captain with such force that he stammered,

"Y-yes, I understand..."

But he still looked unconvinced and asked cautiously,

"I understand, but why?"

Lily glared at him.

"That’s because if you say you fought, people will blame Lord Robby for being involved in danger. If that happens, Lord Robby will never be allowed to join the security team again. In my opinion, tonight was a great chance for Lord Robby to show his courage and strength. So, do not utter a single word of the truth! Do you understand? And you lot over there too!"

Lily scanned the surroundings with a chilling glare. The men all bowed their heads and muttered, "Heh~..."

After that, to dispose of the bodies, the captain sent someone somewhere to call a cart.

Lily, Stevie, and I kept our distance from the security team and the corpses.

"Lord Robby, you’re all dirty," Stevie whispered while tugging at my sleeve.

"Lord Robby, can you use ’Purity’? Try using it once, please?" Lily suggested.

"Got it."

I turned my back to the security team and cast,

Purity.

A faint glow spread in a circle of about 50 cm centered on my palm. Only the blood stains inside the circle faded. The darkness made the remaining stains clearly visible, so I tried again.

Purity.

Since I hadn’t absorbed as much blood as them, the effect was weaker, and most of the stains almost disappeared.

"Lord Robby, use it on me too," Stevie tugged at my clothes.

"Got it. Look, Purity. It’s not gone yet... Purity... Purity a little more..."

After repeating it several times, Stevie’s clothes finally became mostly clean. The effect was gradually weakening.

"Can’t it get any cleaner?" Lily peered at me. Of course not — some things could be cleaned, others couldn’t. I had no choice but to try once more.

Purity.

Whoa, there was a momentary dizziness. Lily caught me as I staggered. My hand on her chest felt nothing unusual through her clothes.

"Lord Robby is perverted."

That’s such a nostalgic phrase, but I felt like my mana was running out.

"Lord Robby, are you out of mana? Your complexion is bad. Allow me." Lily peered at my face and placed her hand on my forehead.

"Hmm... you’re a little cold. You used too much mana at once, didn’t you? Please rest a bit. I’ll take over. Purity."

Lily’s Purity washed away the dirt from Stevie’s clothes. They were clean but not brand-new — basically just freshly washed. I knew that, and seeing the clear difference made me a bit annoyed.

"Now it’s Lord Robby’s turn. Purity."

All the blood stains on all of us disappeared. Lily turned her palm toward herself and cast,

Purity.

Even the most stained of her clothes became clean.

"Amazing," the captain called to us.

"If you’re not too busy, could you do it for us too?"

He asked hesitantly,

"It’s fine, but one big copper coin, please. It’s a bit expensive, but using mana costs a lot."

Lily gave a wicked smile.

"Oh~! As expected! Well, we did nothing, so sorry for causing trouble."

He bowed deeply. For me, one big copper coin felt cheap. Probably Lily is quoting the price while looking at the opponent, huh?

After a while, a cart and a somewhat arrogant-looking man arrived.

"So you really took down the thieves? Is the captain here? What’s going on?"

He had the air of an overbearing minor official straight out of a picture book. The kind of man you don’t see at the windows of modern Japanese offices anymore — pure "I’m above you" energy.

Captain Copeland bowed repeatedly and explained to the man. He stammered and gave a vague explanation, claiming they had done nothing. The rest of the security team kept a careful distance, clearly not wanting to deal with this arrogant official.

"What an annoying guy," Stevie muttered audibly. Stevie, don’t you know how to read the air?! Why are you provoking him?

"What?"

As expected, the arrogant official glared at us. Stevie quickly hid behind me.

The official walked over with a tsuka-tsuka-tsuka sound.

"What are you? Mother and child? What are you doing here?"

He looked down at us.

"What did you say? ’Annoying guy’? Ahh, that girl? What are you doing, eh?"

It was the same old routine. When I glanced at Lily, she was grinning. This is Lily’s favorite. I could practically see the plan forming in her head: drag them along and dump them into hell.

But Lily’s expectations were shattered.

"Lieutenant, these are Lord Robin, the 11th Prince, and his escorts!"

Captain Copeland called out to him. Lily’s face was full of glee — I could almost hear the GROOOOOOON sound.

"Oh! Eh?! Really?! Wait, is this Lord Robin?! No, wait, yes, the documents went around. Oh, tonight, right? I’m terribly sorry. I spoke too casually. Please forgive me."

The lieutenant bowed like a red brick. Lily’s eyes were icy. She looked utterly displeased.

Too bad, Lily.

—-

The arrogant lieutenant’s on-site inspection wrapped up in no time. The dead thieves were loaded onto the cart and driven away. Bloodstains still covered the road. Should I leave them like this? I asked Captain Copeland.

"Lord Robin, you’re so picky. The mansion owners facing the road will clean it up by tomorrow morning. It’ll be fine."

He said it so casually.

"I see."

"Yes. The mansion owners don’t have to come out; they already know what happened. So when we’re gone, they’ll clean it up."

That’s not right... but if the captain says so, it must be fine. Lily and Stevie didn’t seem to care either. That’s just how it is in this world.

I thought the gag order Lily had placed was the reason no one in the security team mentioned the fight. Normally, after a life-or-death battle, adrenaline would have them chatting loudly. But here they moved like a funeral procession — quiet and solemn. The team members were just spectators, so it made sense. In Japan, if it didn’t affect them personally, they’d be filming with their phones and posting it on SNS.

The security team members kept glancing back at us, probably dying to talk. Even if they’re told not to speak, they can’t help themselves. They wanted to brag about how Lily and Stevie handled those swords so effortlessly, yet here they were now, walking around like nothing happened.

We were dismissed right in front of the security team’s break room. The team members looked like they wanted to say something, but when Lily glared, they shut up. Captain Copeland said,

"Come again sometime."

I jumped on it.

"Then I’ll come again. Take care!"

"Eh?!"

He looked stunned.

When we returned to the room, Lily said clearly,

"Now it’s late, so we’ll spend the night at Lord Robby’s room."

"Huh? Two of you?"

"Yes, just me and Stevie. You don’t mind, do you?"

She smiled brightly. At this point, I couldn’t say no. My mind wandered into dangerous territory — two girls at once? — but Lily whispered right by my ear,

"We won’t do anything. Please don’t try anything."

Stevie looked confused, like What are you talking about?

When I changed into my pajamas, Lily and Stevie changed right in front of me. Both of them stripped down to their underwear and put on a simple, loose garment that looked like a loose version of a negligee. They must have come prepared to sleep over. They didn’t seem embarrassed at all about showing me their chests. Of course not.

We got into bed. I lay down first, then Lily and Stevie joined me. Stevie was on her back, but when Lily moved to lean against me, Stevie mirrored her. We could have slept in the classic starfish position, but whatever.

Lily didn’t seem to mind, but I wondered if Stevie realized this was basically Lily’s bed. Has Lily told her that she and I are already... something? Despite my worries, Stevie was soon snoring peacefully.

But I couldn’t sleep even with my eyes closed. Of course not. When I slept with Linda, I’d get that explosive release and pass out satisfied. Now I was holding everything in. Even if Stevie was here, I didn’t think anything bad would happen, but what about Lily?

Stevie’s body pressed against mine, but I couldn’t see any bulge in front of me. Lily, on the other hand... was different. She was rubbing and squeezing something on her arm that she definitely shouldn’t be rubbing and squeezing.

My thing was standing up. This is the classic isekai light-novel setup. In most isekai novels, the protagonist stays painfully awake all night doing nothing, exhausted and sleep-deprived by morning. The other common ending is the protagonist gets both girls and still ends up sleep-deprived. In those stories, the protagonist usually has some "Sex Master" or "Lust Demon" skill that lets him keep going. Or maybe he just wakes up with the skill and is shocked.

So what do I do? There’s no "I have to hold it in" option. I turned toward Lily. When I stared at her, she suddenly opened her eyes.

"That’s not allowed."

I ignored her and leaned in. She put her hand on my face.

"No. Stevie is here."

That’s when I reached for Lily’s waist and pulled her toward me. Her belly pressed against my groin.

"Hmm..."

Stevie rolled over in her sleep and turned toward me, wrapping her arm around my waist from behind and pressing her groin right against my thing.

Without thinking, I pulled away from Lily.