Chapter 22: It’s Linda’s Night Shift

"Lily, there’s one more thing I want to ask."

"What is it? I’ll answer if I can."

Her reply was so straightforward it was almost disappointing.

"Actually, it’s about my lower half... I’ve already had my first experience."

"So that’s what happened? I thought something had changed because your aura became very different from a certain day onward."

She observes very well.

"So what I want to ask is — I’m still only ten years old, but my mind is completely occupied with that kind of thing. I think about it all the time, like a cat in heat. Isn’t that abnormal?"

Lily looked slightly taken aback, but said,

"Among the princes, I don’t think that’s particularly early."

"Really?"

"Yes. There are princes who develop early, so some start even younger. Especially the higher-ranking princes in the line of succession — many maids aim to become their concubines, so they make all kinds of sexual advances. The head maids try to prevent it, but there are always loopholes. Those princes tend to gain experience quite early.

Prince Robby, your body is quite large for your age. Even though you’re said to be ten, you look more like thirteen or fourteen. So it’s not strange at all. I think it’s because you live in the inner palace and eat three proper meals a day, so you’ve grown well."

"Do commoners not eat three meals?"

"No, ordinary commoners usually eat only twice — morning and evening. Only wealthy families can afford three meals. Even among nobles, only higher-ranking ones eat three times. Many knight families probably only eat morning and evening. I believe Princess Doreen (my mother) said she only started eating lunch after becoming a maid in the palace."

"Hmm, I see."

This country might actually be quite poor. The percentage of people who can consistently eat three meals is probably a good indicator of a country’s strength. Not "enrich the country and strengthen the military," but "enrich the people and strengthen the country."

"Oh, you didn’t know? I’m sorry for bringing it up. Please excuse me."

"No need to apologize. So Mother’s family could only eat two meals a day?"

"Yes, that’s what Princess Doreen said. At the time, the Green family was a knightly house."

"Wait, weren’t they barons?"

"You didn’t know that either? The Green family has been a knightly house for generations. When Princess Doreen caught the King’s eye and became his concubine, they were elevated to barons, and later to viscounts. Probably because it didn’t sound good for a concubine to only be a baroness."

Even as a knightly house, they were still part of the nobility, yet they couldn’t even afford lunch.

"I didn’t know. That was educational. Thank you."

"You’re welcome."

"Next time you’re on night duty, teach me more about various things."

"Does that mean I may continue coming?"

"I never once said I disliked you, did I?"

"I cannot serve you in a nighttime capacity, but is that acceptable?"

"I’m not asking you to go that far."

"If it becomes too much for you and you can’t hold back, I can inform the head maid?"

"No need to tell the head maid. I’ll handle it myself. I’m also worried about what you might say to her. If you reported ’Prince Robby demanded a physical relationship,’ I’d be in trouble too."

"Fufufu, don’t worry! I won’t say anything like that. So I don’t need to report it?"

"Yeah, it’s fine. No more questions. Good night."

"Good night."

I got into bed, closed my eyes, and stayed still. When I opened them again, Lily was looking at me with a smile and waved.

"Prince Robby, it’s morning. Please wake up."

Lily opened the curtains and the window. Even though we trained together last night, she was already working as a maid from early morning while I was just waking up. I still had some muscle soreness. She was 44, I was 10 — how was this possible? Was it the difference in training methods?

I was a bit sleepy during morning classes and couldn’t concentrate well. This was probably what I used to be like before. But at the end of science class, Mr. Plant took out a small bottle from his pocket and asked,

"Prince Robby, would you like to use this?"

"What is it?"

"A contraceptive."

"A contraceptive?"

"Yes, a contraceptive."

"Eh?"

The teacher had his usual serious expression. He wasn’t joking — he was completely earnest. After a moment of silence, I said,

"I’ll take it."

I gratefully accepted it.

The teacher smiled and said,

"I see. This time it’s free. Next time it will be one silver coin."

One silver coin — was that expensive or cheap?

"How many times can I use this bottle?"

"Oh, you’re already thinking about using it? And in the very near future? Oops, I shouldn’t pry. Depending on how you use it, roughly five times?"

I see. That was probably based on experience.

"Thank you."

Now, where should I store this divine gift from God (Mr. Plant)? I had no private space to keep things. Under the bed was obviously impossible — the maids cleaned every day. Maybe the ceiling? Ah, I want a four-dimensional pocket!

In the afternoon there was supposed to be martial training, but Marin-sensei was gone. I wondered who the replacement teacher would be. Then Cass came and said,

"Martial training is suspended for the time being."

"Huh? Why?"

"There’s been a massive outbreak of magical beasts in the northern forest, and the knight order has been dispatched. So training is canceled until the knights return."

There it was — a magical beast stampede! It tickled my chuunibyou senses! Wait, no — this wasn’t something to be happy about.

I asked for more details.

"Magical beasts exist?"

"My, you didn’t know? There was a big outbreak a few years ago too."

"Was there? I don’t remember."

"Well, you never showed interest in anything back then."

"Yeah, I guess so."

How much of an idiot was the old me? Did I have a field of flowers in my head?

"Yes. I tried telling you all sorts of things that might interest you, but you never cared. It was really hard. And yet after you woke up, you suddenly became interested in so many things... sometimes it’s troubling..."

"Sorry about that."

"Well, compared to the old Prince Robby, the current one is much better."

She gave me a smile.

It was only natural that the chance to use the contraceptive I received from God (Mr. Plant) would come soon.

That night, Linda was on duty.

I had seen Linda working in the inner palace during the day and hoped she would come tonight — and she did. This was the long-awaited appearance of Linda.

Right after lunch, when I saw her, I wished she would come tonight, and sure enough, she appeared for night duty. Normally I wouldn’t bathe on nights like this, and since I hadn’t planned on having sex with anyone, I didn’t care how dirty my body was to the maids. But as a Japanese person from my previous life, I still wanted to bathe every day. Someday when I become rich, I want to build a large bathhouse and bathe every day. That’s the dream of someone who reincarnated into another world.

Linda entered the room and asked,

"Is it alright?"

Of course she was asking if she could sleep in the same bed.

"Yes."

At my answer, she happily took off her maid uniform, hung it on the chair, and got into bed. Sleeping in a proper bed must make her happy. Of course, there was work to do before sleeping, but for Linda it probably wasn’t a big deal. She had said drinking my young semen was "a source of vitality," so she probably didn’t mind. I thought that was just an urban legend, but since it’s mostly protein, it might actually be nutritious.

I pulled Linda close as soon as she got in bed. She naturally expected this and closed her eyes, bringing her face closer. Her hand searched for my cock.

Without worrying about that, I kissed her. Linda was a bit awkward, but she accepted my kiss. She seemed surprised because I hadn’t kissed her much before.

"It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a deep kiss."

She didn’t have to say that. Her hand found my cock and started stroking it over my pajama pants. My child-sized cock was transforming into an adult one.

Regardless, I kissed her again. This time it was a deep *chu!* as I slipped my tongue inside. Linda’s eyes widened! Ignoring that, I pushed my tongue into her mouth, and hers soon responded. Experience really makes a difference.

When I pulled away, she said,

"It’s been so long since I’ve had such an intense kiss. Prince Robby, where did you learn to kiss like that?"

"It’s self-taught. I didn’t learn it from anyone — I just thought about it a lot."

I didn’t think she’d fully believe that, but she didn’t ask any more questions.

We kissed again. I groped her breasts over her chemise. When I did that, she unbuttoned the front of her chemise herself and took her breasts out. How considerate — thank you for your hospitality, Linda.

As I massaged her breasts, Linda seemed to get in the mood too. Her nipples hardened, she started suppressing her moans, and her hand stroking my cock sped up. She clearly wanted to make me cum quickly.

Her urgency — *Hurry! Hurry!* — was transmitted through her hand into my cock.

"Linda! I’m cumming! I’ll make a mess!"

"I know!"

She quickly took me into her mouth. Her tongue stimulated the head. The built-up load was struggling to come out. As if sensing that, she sucked hard while pressing the head and teasing the urethra with the tip of her tongue. It felt like she was begging: *Hurry, give it to me! Let me drink it!!*

"Linda! Here it comes!"

"...!"

Uuuuh... *slurp, sluuuurp—!!*

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