Chapter 228: I wanted you to know…
I woke at six in the morning from the faint light through the window. With a slightly blurry view I stared at the ceiling and then noticed it. Something soft was clinging to me from both sides. The softness on the left was vicious. At the edge of the view aimed at the ceiling I saw what that soft thing was and got a distant look.
Somehow they had slipped in. Mirishu and Kuna were sleeping using both of my arms as pillows, clinging to my body. Mirishu might have a hugging habit. She was pressed against me as hard as she could get, and her left breast was resting on my chest. On the right Kuna was cutely gripping my clothes with both hands and had wrapped her legs around me.
How had I not noticed after they went this far? Was I that tired? If you asked, not really...
While I was asking myself that, alluring voices came from both sides even though they were asleep. "Fuu, uun." "Nn... uun." Waking them now would be very bad. The bad part was that my lower half was lively from just waking up. I was confident they would scream if I handled it poorly. Kuna started fidgeting a little. I turned my face toward her with a look of giving up. She opened her eyes a crack, stared blankly at my face for a bit, then her eyes went wide as if she realized something. Her face went red little by little and her body started trembling.
"Ah, no, it, it’s not what it looks like..."
"Kuna, I’m not blaming you, so calm down... please. Everyone will wake up."
"I-I’m sorry..."
"Nnh? Is it morning? Kunaa... eh, uu... nn? ...Ah, aaaaah"
"Mirishu, you calm down too... I’m begging..."
Mirishu’s eyes opened little by little too. Her face went red and she started shaking and trembling. I wrapped my arms around both their backs and pulled them closer, meaning it was all right. I had been using my arms as pillows anyway so they were easy to hug. The soft feel made my lower half even livelier, but I also wanted to keep their eyes on my face. They let out small voices that could get me excited. "Ra, Raide-sama..." "Nn..." Wanting to hear more of those voices felt natural... I held back, though.
Where in the world was there someone who got to sleep beside the Pope and her close escort. Was this maybe a dream? I smiled as reassuringly as I could, turned my face toward the two of them, and gave a morning greeting.
"Morning, Mirishu, Kuna."
"G-good morning..."
"...Hoaah"
Mirishu answered with a red face, looking up at me. Kuna had her face buried in my clothes from being hugged. I felt like the two of them were sniffing me, but imagining that right now was pretty bad so I tried not to care. If I became aware of it, things that would settle would stop settling... Even without that, the fresh sweet scent coming from the two of them was too good. Violets, I think? And because we had just woken up the smell was strong. Like Maya and the others there was also a faint waterside scent, so I became aware of it.
The two of them were wearing white one-piece-like camisoles, and the fabric was thin so I could tell from the parts touching me that their nipples were hard. Meaning their chests were quite open and a lot of skin was showing, so I was working hard to hold down the excitement. Especially Mirishu’s left breast was resting on me. A pretty nipple was caught at the edge of my vision so I could not drop my eyes. Lady Riera, what exactly do you want from me, giving me this kind of stimulating trial first thing in the morning... honestly.
Kuna was burying her face in my clothes going suu haa and sniffing, so I turned toward Mirishu, smiled in a troubled way, and asked what happened. Mirishu trembled in embarrassment and answered my question in a small voice while looking up.
"Kuna and I woke up around four... and Raide-sama’s sleeping face was on my mind, so..."
"It’s fine because it was me... but slipping into a man’s bed is not a good thing, you know?"
"Uuu, I’m sorry. We meant to go back right away. Only, it was not an obligation... um, we wanted you to know our feelings..."
"...Yeah. It came through plenty."
I answered and put a little more strength into the arms around their backs, pulling them closer. The two of them pressed even closer, maybe as their answer. I thought a little and kissed both their foreheads. Hot breath hit me and I ended up looking away. Mirishu started burying her face in my body and sniffing too, so both their hot breaths stimulated me through my clothes. I wanted to praise my own self-control. I wanted to praise it, but my lively lower half... could it please settle down?
After a while my lower half finally settled. I told the two of them to go back to their room before everyone noticed. They looked at my face with wet, reluctant eyes, so I kissed their foreheads once more. They smiled happily and went back. I got off the bed, stretched, and checked the time. It was almost seven. Nimi and the others might already be up, and Mirishu and Kuna might run into them. For some reason, even if Nimi found them, the only face I could picture was her smiling happily. I smiled wryly by myself and left my room to get ready.
It was around half past eight. We were walking toward the academy. Erika walked on my right. Behind us Rinelle and the twins were chatting happily. Scon and Micon had started making better faces. I looked at the two of them with only my eyes and let out a breath of relief. I really could not hold my head up to my lovers. If it had been only me, taking care of the twins’ hearts would have taken much more time.
While I was thinking that a finger poked my left cheek. I turned left and Hiero was laughing happily.
"You’re making that face again like you’re thinking extra things~?"
"I’m not. I was just being grateful that my lovers’ strength is amazing."
"Erika~, the handful is being a handful again!"
"Hiero-san, that is already old news."
If you only heard the words it sounded like they were criticizing me, but both their faces had happy smiles. Hiero was heading to the academy with us because she wanted to meet Croana and the others. Erika, maybe because of yesterday, was treating Hiero like they got along well. It was not only Erika. Rinelle and the twins were already close with her too. Hiero’s social skill surprised me. As expected of someone who had united tribes with the first Pope. Amazing was the only word.
Mirishu and Kuna had put in an escort request to the clan and headed to the church to see Maya and the others. Just in case I also had several of Sharle’s group on escort, so if something happened word would reach me at once. Ah, right. I had asked Mirishu to think about the clan’s name. Mirishu and Kuna had said they really wanted to thank me for yesterday, so as a result I decided to have them choose the clan name Sagua and the others had asked for. Mirishu and Kuna’s eyes lit up and they agreed gladly. I remembered Sagua and the others’ dumbfounded faces watching that exchange right in front of them and laughed.
"...? What is it? You suddenly started laughing..."
"Isn’t it that? Asking Mirishu for the clan name just now~"
"...Hiero, can you read minds?"
"Haa~ ah~! Erika~! I’m starting to get scared of how many times a day I’ll say handful!"
"I understand the feeling."
Hiero laughed in an exasperated way at my words, hugged my left arm hard, and peeked at Erika. Erika looped her arm through my right and laughed happily, looking up at my face from the side. I smiled in a troubled way at their reactions and realized I really could not keep a poker face. But was I that easy to read? I did not look in mirrors much so I could not tell myself...
Talking happily made time pass fast, or we arrived at the academy before I knew it. I parted from Erika and the others when we went in. They headed to the classroom. I started walking toward the principal’s office with Hiero. While we climbed the stairs Hiero looked around the academy happily and asked me right away if something caught her interest.
"No matter how many times I see it it’s amazing~. Compared to when I existed, everything is new and fresh."
"Has it changed that much?"
"Nnn~~. First there were no tall buildings. Even the great cathedral I used my power to build."
"You did say that..."
The great cathedral in the Holy Kingdom of Kail lost to the royal castle in size, but it was still fairly large. Even now the building method was treated as unknown, probably because Hiero had lent her power. If a mysterious power was used, of course ordinary humans could not build it. You forgot because of how cute she was, but Hiero was quite the great figure too. I gently stroked her head and kept walking toward the principal’s office.