Chapter 287: Once You Get Older

After that, Rudolf and I fell into the sad state of merely existing, and only after a good while were we finally released. We had only been waiting, yet I felt unusually tired. Rudolf seemed the same. In the carriage on the way back neither of us had a word, and we rode in silence.

From the next day on, the days became a circuit of paying back debts. Returning money, and adding a little color when you did, usually earned gratitude. Some people, though, went on and on with worthless complaints. Those were generally nobles who had lost on the wager and taken a loss, I assumed. It was their own doing. There was no point throwing that stress at me.

When we went to return money to the next head of House Meine, the so-called son, he suddenly snapped and showered me with angry shouts. I was so taken aback I stayed silent, and then the Baron came out and mediated. Apparently the son had even borrowed money to bet on Count von Kirchhoff. Even if Count von Kirchhoff had won, it would not have made him that much, yet someone had told him he was sure to win, that he would not be allowed to lose, and he had been dragged into betting. (Count von Kirchhoff himself?) Taking that out on me would not help, I thought, but for the man himself it seemed a fairly desperate problem. Did this world not say that in gambling you should wager only what fits your station? Well, I thought that was said in every world and every age, but there were always people who could not keep it. Those people existed, and that was why such lessons were born.

We went around and around, and on the night of the day we finally finished paying off the debts, I was about to make medicine with Lily when the windowpane was knocked. Knock knock! What was outside the window at this hour? For me, only one thing came to mind.

I opened the curtain and found Anouk smiling through the glass. Today was not a medicine-delivery day, and there should have been no reason for her to come this far. Why? I wondered, but once Anouk had come I could not pretend not to see her, so I opened the window. Incidentally, when I delivered medicine I always had Lily accompany me. I could not act alone. Because of that, my relationship with Anouk had become platonic.

Anouk, who had been smiling at first, saw Lily behind me and the expression vanished from her face. Her eyes went cold. At this late date, really, but that reaction always came. No, it was frightening.

"Forgive the late hour, Lord Robin Marie. This is sudden, but Her Majesty summons you. It is now. Can you come?"

Lily, anger in her voice, said,

"Is it not rude to come in and state your business at once? In addition, Lord Robin is an ambassador of a nation. Toward a foreign dignitary that manner is..."

Lily wanted to say, do not ignore me! And she was implying, we were about to do something nice, do you not think it is wrong to interrupt!

"Lily, it is fine. Hold it. Lady Aimé, I understand. I will prepare at once."

"But."

I held back the bristling Lily. Anouk being rude was one thing, but Lily did not know about my secret arrangement with Her Majesty, and on top of that the sweet time between Lily and me had been about to start. Above all, Lily’s anger at being interrupted was large. Incidentally, Lily and I made medicine almost every night. I left the rising to itself, came once in Lily’s upper or lower mouth, then once or twice more for medicine. I had started to think the relationship between Lily and me had already gone beyond that of husband and wife. I had no particular complaint about the present state, but how long would this last? I felt we needed to make a holiday about once a week. Right now the only rest was when Lily had her woman’s days.

At any rate, once a summons had come, we would go out.

"Lily, we are going out. A change of clothes."

"Yes. Understood. I will accompany you!"

I will accompany you! Lily said that looking not at me but at Anouk. Lily, you do not think of Anouk as a rival, do you? I felt as if their gazes were colliding and scattering sparks. What was I supposed to do about this?

They were both maids close to me, so I wanted them to get along, and while thinking that I had Lily help me change.

"Oh!?"

When Lily pulled down my pajama trousers she deliberately pulled my underwear down with them. And there my son appeared, already in battle readiness. Normally, I thought, you would pretend not to see if something like that showed up, but Lily raised her voice on purpose and grabbed it!?

Why she needed to grab it was unclear. And she did not let go. On top of that she started stroking it. Lily kept her face turned toward Anouk. Anouk’s face twisted hard. It was not the face of someone shown something rude. It was a face that said, you little... she is showing it off on purpose!

Stroked by Lily, my son swelled further and flaunted its existence. How true the saying was that a child does not know a parent’s heart. There was no need to assert itself at a time like this. Then again, we had been in the middle of it.

I could not see Lily’s face, but she let out a low, muffled fufufu. As if I could see the line between Lily on the winning side and Anouk on the losing side? No, that did not matter. We had to get ready quickly. And yet Lily asked,

"Lady Aimé, do you have time for Lord Robbie to be calmed? As he is, he cannot put on trousers. When it becomes like this, we always extract what needs extracting, calm him, and then have him put the trousers on."

As if she did not usually put the trousers on him whether he was standing or sleeping. Lily! That this was the response the moment Anouk arrived, what was that supposed to mean!? Did she want to show Anouk? That was strange!

And besides!! Lily! Lily! Where had the Lily gone who had been so strict about sex when we first met in Marie Kingdom? There was no need to treat Anouk as a rival and try to mount her. Strange. This was strange!

But in this situation, stroked by Lily, my son only grew harder, glossier, more gleaming. St-stop! Do not stop! My head was hot from the abnormal setting! Anouk’s eyes were strange. The color in them was bewitching. She looked ready to bite. Say something, Anouk. Say no!

"Th-there, is, a, little..."

Anouk answered in a hoarse voice. What are you saying? As if that had been the signal, Lily looked at Anouk, took it into her mouth in one gulp, and began caressing with fingers and tongue.

"Ahh."

Anouk pressed a hand to her crotch and sat down hard. Her eyes were fixed on what was going in and out of Lily’s mouth. The hand pressing Anouk’s crotch moved restlessly. This is what happens when Anouk comes without warning! From now on, please contact us in advance!

Anouk edged closer on her knees. She came to a distance where her knees met Lily’s. I stood, and two women crouched at my feet. Lily kneaded her own chest, and Anouk put a hand inside her trousers and stimulated herself.

"Uh, uh, uh."

Anouk’s voice echoed through the room in a rhythm. Slick, wet sounds could be heard.

The room should have been dark, yet I felt as if a spotlight were on my crotch. Lily licked more persistently than usual, and at last the peak came into view.

"Lily!"

I shouted, held Lily’s head, and thrust my son deep into her mouth. Then I poured thick liquid down her throat. Watching that, Anouk’s eyes melted.

Was this all right? I was myself for getting hard at any time, but once you learned it after growing older, that kind of heat rising... did that not apply regardless of man or woman? With these two it seemed to have become reality. If so, that meant I must not have relations with Her Majesty or the Duchess. It would lead to ruin in all sorts of ways. Better not to have a road that headed toward that kind of ruin. But I wanted to do that sort of thing at least once. I wanted to hear the voices they would make then.

What could I call it. Worldly desire.