Chapter 173: I Want to Eat
Shuna, who had stopped crying, led me out of the garden by the left hand and opened the door. When I stepped through, I was surprised: the hallway was wide and straight, and various fairies were chatting cheerfully along the walls.
When they saw me enter the hallway, the fairies smiled happily and waved one hand in front of their chests.
I smiled back at them, and when I realized I was not being treated with caution, I let out a sigh of relief.
I had been worried that perhaps only Sharle and the others were friendly...
Sharle, who was walking beside me, noticed my expression and smiled gently, then whispered in my ear:
"You explained that the Consent Letter had all the secret agents’ signatures, right?"
"Yes, but I was worried. All I did was rescue Sharle and the others and keep the promise."
’Fufu, that’s why.’
"Muu... That’s true, but why are you talking right in my ear? It’s a little ticklish... and..."
Sharle laughed happily at my words, then suddenly bit my left ear with just her lips.
My body reacted sharply to the sudden touch, so I turned my face to Sharle, who had separated from my ear.
Even though I wanted to cover my ear, Sharle’s left hand was holding Shuna’s, so I couldn’t. I could only make a troubled face.
Did Sharle’s pressure become stronger after I could see her appearance...? Probably not.
Sharle smiled as if she had succeeded in her prank, and I let out a small sigh.
"...You’re getting bolder, aren’t you?"
’Fufufu, how about it?’
Sharle put her index finger to her lips and smiled affectionately. I felt embarrassed and looked away a little.
When I thought about stroking the back of my neck with my right hand, my right hand was gently grasped.
When I turned my face there, a child with a quiet, fluffy light-blue hair reaching her shoulders was touching me with both hands.
She held up my right hand to her grapefruit-sized chest and kept massaging it silently.
Because of that, I felt the soft touch of her breast and was in trouble.
"What... is that?"
"Warm hands, stroke them?"
"...Sorry, is the head okay?"
"Unn, the chest... Ah, I’m Furlin. Stroke them?"
What is this child saying...?
Furlin kept massaging my right hand, tilting her head cutely with a silent plea.
She wasn’t completely expressionless—her cheeks were faintly red.
Still, walking while... and suddenly asking me to touch her chest made me troubled.
No, I wanted to touch her, but it seemed too sudden.
When I was troubled, Teine hugged Furlin from behind and peeked over her shoulder with a smile.
"Furlin, stop for now. Do it later?"
"Hmm? Nn~... Okay."
Furlin pretended to think for a moment and nodded slightly, then released my hand.
Teine looked at me next and smiled "kusu," tilting her head as if she wanted to say something.
So I smiled wryly, stroked Furlin’s head with my freed right hand, and said,
"Is it okay if I do this for now?"
"...Yeah."
Furlin looked happy while being stroked, narrowed her eyes, and gave a faint smile.
When I stopped stroking and faced forward, everyone was looking at Furlin with envious eyes, and I realized I would have to stroke everyone’s heads later.
After walking a certain distance, stairs began to appear at the end of the hallway.
According to Sharle, each staircase led to the rooms of different races.
She also explained that there were rooms for groups of friends and empty rooms.
"We have increased the number of secret agents by protecting people during missions or patrols. Almost all of it is the predecessors’ achievement."
"...My doing for Sharle and the others is fading away, huh?"
’Fufufu, if you say something like that again, I’ll block it another way.’
Sharle put her index finger to my lips to stop me from continuing and smiled.
...What is this? I can tell she’s smiling but angry.
But honestly, a Kingdom that has protected so many fairies... I can’t help but feel genuine respect.
I had never heard that fairies had a limited lifespan, which meant the Kingdom had protected them for generations.
In my previous life, I had seen companies and countries change presidents and change direction. That was amazing.
It couldn’t have been half-hearted... Ah, that’s why the fairy trees haven’t withered.
I smiled a little at the surprisingly kind royal family, and Sharle must have read it because she gently stroked my cheek.
When I arrived at the door at the end of the hallway, holding Shuna’s hand, I tilted my head because I thought I was going up some stairs.
Shuna opened the door and entered, and the others smiled at my face with curiosity before following.
When I grew even more curious about their expressions, Sharle gently pushed my back.
"Shall we go in?"
"Hmm? Ah... It’s wide."
When I was pushed by Sharle and entered, it was a surprisingly spacious room.
In front of me were sofas arranged for six people, and a table big enough for Sharle and the others to sit on.
In the corner was a kitchen where they could cook, so they must have been eating at the table.
At the back were several doors, probably bedrooms.
The room was as large as the first floor of the Fiera dormitory, and from the entrance, stairs led up to the second floor on both sides.
Multiple doors were visible on the second floor, indicating rooms.
When I looked around, Sharle clung to my left arm, rubbed her cheek against my shoulder, and said,
"This is Raide-sama’s room."
"Sorry... Say it again?"
"Kusu, this is our room with Raide-sama. We made sure there are enough rooms in case lovers visit. Ah, don’t misunderstand? We don’t live here permanently. We prepared them so you could visit anytime. The royal family has already agreed, mainly Ariales-sama and Retia-sama, but..."
"...Sharle loves surprising me, huh?"
’Fufufu, this is my personal punishment.’
When I saw Sharle smiling happily up at me, I smiled wryly.
The scale was too big. Even though they had used the promise to show their appearances at will, they were overflowing with the idea of showing me.
When I was guided to the sofa by Sharle, someone placed their head on my right knee.
While using my knee as a pillow, they looked up at me with sparkling eyes and put their right hand on their head as if urging me to do something.
With straight light-blue hair in a bob cut and a bright atmosphere, they said,
"Stroke me like Furlin did."
"Ah, how’s this?"
"Nf~ , it feels good~... Ah, I’m Hurlin. Thank you for that time. Thanks to you I’m energetic."
"I’m happy you’re all energetic too, Hurlin."
’Nfufu~ , I’m happy.’
Hurlin looked happy while being stroked, narrowed her eyes, and shook her body.
Every time she shook, the firm pear-like breasts she had while lying on her back bounced.
And through the gaps in her clothes, I could see her beautiful nipples, so I quickly looked away so as not to be noticed.
She was too exposed, please be kind... My lower body is reacting...
Enduring it was quite a punishment... I thought as I looked at the table, the side of Sharle sitting there was looking at me with a difficult expression.
When I tilted my head asking what was wrong, Sharle, unusually, crossed both hands in front of her chest and fidgeted while saying,
"I hate to ask after inviting you... but there is something I desperately want."
"Hmm, go ahead. You went this far for me, so I’m happy to return something. But if it’s something I can do..."
"Thank you. And... I want to eat."
"What?"
"A pot..."
"...A pot?"
Sharle said in a small, embarrassed voice, and I couldn’t help but smile at the adorable request.
When I thought about what she wanted, I was a little surprised by how cute it was.
Hurlin, who had been stroking my head in reaction to Sharle’s words, suddenly sat up and leaned forward with an enormous smile.
...Please don’t lean forward like that!
The bouncing breasts and the beautiful nipples peeking through the clothes were impossible to ignore...
"I want to eat! Everyone else wants to too, right?"
Hurlin looked around at everyone and they all nodded firmly.
I thought for a moment, checked the contents of my magic bag, and asked Sharle if there were ingredients.
Then Sharle, embarrassed, lifted a small pouch-type magic bag in one hand and said in a small voice, "They’re all here."
Seeing that, I couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud.
Sharle, that reaction is cheating. It’s too cute.
I stood at the kitchen and watched four pots on the fire.
The kitchen in the corner had been quite large.
Of course it had to be—eleven people meant the stove had to be big enough to keep up.
Senai, who had wavy light-blue hair reaching her back from the left, came with a basket of vegetables and asked,
"Raide-sama, is this good?"
"Yes, good. Can you carry it to the table?"
Senai nodded with a smile and went to the table. Next, Merry peeked from the right side with wavy light-blue hair reaching her back, holding a basket of meat and smiling.
"Is this okay?"
"...Yeah, fine. Carry it to the table too."
’Fufu, here we go~’
Both were twins because they were born in the same place at the same time.
However, both had a somewhat mischievous personality unlike their elegant atmosphere, so every time they came near me they rubbed their watermelon-like chests against my arm or back...
Because their clothes were thin fabric, I could feel their nipples.
While thinking about that, Senai came back and pressed her left breast against my left arm while smiling.
"What’s wrong? Are you making a difficult face?"
"Really? What’s wrong?"
Merry immediately came back and pressed her right breast against my right arm while smiling smugly and asking.
"You two are definitely doing this on purpose, right..."
"Fufu, nfufu, we just want you to misunderstand."
"You don’t know? You’re only loyal, so there’s no way you’d do something like this."
"...Can you say that to me?"
""You won’t know if you don’t say it?""
When the two of them said it together, I smiled wryly, nodded small and said, "Yeah."
They had spoken at a volume that everyone could hear, so I felt multiple gazes from behind, but I didn’t stop looking.
It wasn’t that they were scared or that I had no intention of responding; it was simply because the pot was important.
First, I had to finish the pot they had been looking forward to, so I felt apologetic.
I had prepared two different seasonings.
One was the usual tavern-style, and the other was the one Sharle had tasted.
Surprisingly, everyone said they liked vegetables like Sharle, so I made the seasoning with plenty of vegetables so the water would come out.
Even so, some of them wanted meat too, so I made one pot with meat and vegetables and another with only vegetables.
That’s why there were naturally four pots and I couldn’t take my eyes off them.
The magic bag Sharle had given me contained vegetables praised as delicious from all over, and when I saw them I laughed, but Sharle lightly patted my shoulder.
If I didn’t return the favor since they were all expected, as the owner of the tavern I would be in trouble.
...It was just that I couldn’t reproduce Nimi’s taste, though.
When I told the two still pressing their chests against my sides that it was a bit embarrassing, they smiled wryly.
"Raide-sama, do you have a natural side?"
"I think so too."
"I’ve never been told I have a natural side. Good, it’s ready, help carry it."
""Here we go~""
When I said that, not only Senai and Merry but also Sharle and Teine, who had been listening behind me, came to help.
When I tried to hide my smile because of Sharle’s excitement, I saw Sharle’s expression in my peripheral vision.
...She hadn’t laughed yet?
I somehow suppressed my laughter and went to the table, where everyone was seated around the meal.
When I told everyone about Nimi’s seasoning, I was surprised by how well they received it.
It wasn’t just that they liked it; among Sharle and the others, Nimi was special.