“How’s your waist?”
“I can’t walk. It feels like my waist broke.”
“Are you not just lying so I can hold you?”
“……I’ll try that method someday.”
I was going down the stairs with Lize held tightly in my arms.
Lize rested her head on my shoulder, wrapped her arms around my back, and pressed her chest against mine, sticking close. Her legs wrapped firmly around my waist.
Given our posture, my hands couldn’t help but support her hips. Although it turned into quite the caressing movement, Lize didn’t care at all and pressed herself closer.
Well, it wasn’t like we should be embarrassed about such things. We had seen everything last night. It felt too far gone to be shy about touching her hips.
‘……Why doesn’t it go down?’
Of course, the lack of a reaction was limited to Lize. I had to make a desperate effort to calm my lower half as I started looking up again at the sensation of her hips in my palm.
To redirect my thoughts, I glanced outside. The semi-spherical sun was setting, radiating a vivid orange glow beyond the horizon.
Since Lize had come to me late last night, we had been tangled up in bed for nearly 15 hours.
And as evident from my still throbbing lower half, if I wanted, I could definitely keep going. I had just stopped because Lize was completely spent and had gone limp.
It was a strange situation even I acknowledged. After pouring out affection for Lize for so long, there wasn’t even a moment of fatigue. Was this physically possible?
It was awkward to crack a joke about how Lize’s body was too enticing. The more I thought about it, the deeper the questions became.
Holding onto Lize with those thoughts in mind, I headed downstairs, only to be greeted by the penetrating gazes of the Knight Commanders gathered on the sofa in the lobby as if they had made a pact. My body flinched momentarily.
The nuns standing near the wall exchanged glances and then hurriedly grabbed cleaning tools, rushing up the stairs. Awe-filled looks brushed past me.
Before long, only Lize, who was clinging to me, and I remained, along with the Knight Commanders glaring heatedly at us.
Lize had long since given up on conversation, burying her face in my shoulder, and I just smiled awkwardly. Erica and Iris shook their heads in disbelief, looking completely worn out.
Only Claudia waved at us with her usual boisterous laughter.
“Wow, Delta! It’s been a while! I thought I’d be waiting forever!”
“…… Yes, Commander Claudia. It’s been a while.”
A mischievous smile appeared on her face.
“Just how outrageous can you be? Lize looks completely out of it. Did you enjoy it that much?”
“…….”
“You don’t have to make that face. Did you think I was asking you? Don’t worry; we’re not that bad of people.”
Claudia approached me with big strides. As the sound of her footsteps got closer, the grip of the arms around me tightened slightly. The thighs that wrapped around my waist squeezed even more firmly.
“Right, Lize? This is more of a question for you than for Delta, isn’t it?”
“…….”
Lize was clearly trying to evade the question while still holding onto me.
A hand rested on her shoulder.
“Isn’t that right?”
“I, I won’t say anything—”
“Ah, you know that’s not allowed, don’t you?”
Claudia roughly pulled Lize away, who was struggling desperately to stay close to me. Her limbs flailed helplessly in the air.
Even though Lize wouldn’t back down against anyone, Claudia was just too overpowering. Lifting Lize effortlessly with one arm, Claudia slung her across her shoulders.
Desperate, imploring eyes turned to me. Just as I was about to help Lize, her pink eyes turned back to look at me.
“Delta.”
“Yes, yes?”
“There’s something that needs to be discussed between women. You must be hungry since you haven’t eaten in a while, right? Since we’re at it, how about we go out to eat first?”
Something was thrown towards me from her left hand. Reflexively, I caught it. It was a brooch. One half depicted the sun, and the other half, the moon.
“The Inquisitor gave this to me this morning. It signifies you’re a guest of the Pope. With this, you can use any store in the Holy Kingdom for free. Go to the fanciest place you can find and have a feast.”
“…… They serve food at the lodging too, right?”
“Sorry, but there’s nothing left. Just go out and eat.”
“No, if they make it again—”
“I’m going to ask Lize exactly how many times you satisfied her, how many times you came inside her uterus, and how many times she climaxed. Are you going to listen too? If so, I won’t stop you. Having you around would only make Lize more embarrassed, so it’d actually be better for her.”
“Understood, Commander Claudia. I’ll go out and eat.”
I politely retreated. There was no way I could cut in after such bold words. Besides, as Claudia said, my presence would only make Lize more embarrassed.
Lize, who had been struggling with her fate just moments ago, seemed to resign herself, letting her limbs hang loose. Her face clearly showed signs of defeat.
“Don’t worry, that was just a joke. It’s just that there’s something that needs to be discussed between women. It should take a few hours, so feel free to eat at your leisure.”
A joke, huh? I wondered if that was truly the case.
I could easily guess the kind of questions Lize would face. It would undoubtedly be worse than what Claudia had just asked me.
“…… Yes. Let’s do that.”
“Hey, Claudia? I’m hungry too—”
“There’s leftover food, so you can eat while you talk. It’s not like you can’t say what you’re eating, right?”
Claudia, who had just claimed there was nothing left from earlier, outright denied her own words. She then confidently went up the stairs, still carrying Lize. Their figures soon disappeared above.
Iris seemed to have a lot to say as she caught my gaze, but deciding to hold her tongue, she followed the two upstairs.
Erica was last. Just as she was about to step forward, she hesitated at the first step and began to scan me up and down.
Then, her gaze suddenly halted at one specific spot.
It seemed she was trying to hide her stare, but unfortunately, it was a futile effort. Even the glance she tried to conceal was glaringly obvious, directed straight at my groin.
“Why are you staring like that?”
“Eep?! Ah, it’s nothing! Just eat well and come back, Delta!”
Erica startled herself and quickly ran up the stairs. I wondered if she knew how suspicious that made her look. Well, she probably acted that way because she didn’t realize, anyway.
Left alone in the lobby, I silently wished for Lize’s fate. I could already see a future where I had to answer a barrage of lewd questions from three women surrounding me.
Still, I figured they’d refrain from asking anything too inappropriate. It would probably only be at a level where I could enjoy Lize embracing embarrassment.
‘I thought the Knights Commanders wouldn’t care about that kind of thing.’
It was a bit surprising.
I had assumed that they would consider it totally natural for adults to engage in such behaviors, but the reality was quite the opposite.
With eyes brimming with curiosity, they seemed set on digging up last night’s events. Iris, Claudia, and Erica all shared this curious side of theirs.
I planned to leave the lodging to kill some time outside. I didn’t know what Lize thought, but I had no intention of interrupting that harmonious moment.
That day, as soon as I returned, Lize rushed into my arms, whining like a child. The looks of surprise from the Knight Commanders directed at us was an additional bonus.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was the day of the banquet.
The morning seemed peaceful, but as the afternoon approached, the nuns I had seen while picking dresses rushed into the lodging all at once, creating a commotion as they dragged the Knight Commanders into their respective rooms.
It was quite a while until I could see the four of them again. They appeared in their usual dress. It was much more modest than the see-through dresses from Aurora’s banquet. A warm feeling bloomed within me.
As soon as Lize saw me, she pressed herself against me, asking how she looked, and I kissed her softly on the lips, telling her she looked beautiful. I ignored the sharp stares from the other three.
Just like last time, the Inquisitor came to fetch us, but this time it was Selene, not the battle nuns, who was beside him. Apparently, fewer people knowing about this banquet was preferable.
We entered the Sun Cathedral through a teleportation prepared personally by the Pope. As soon as we moved inside, we were greeted by Floetta and Luna, clad in the ridiculously revealing sacred robes.
“I sincerely welcome you, esteemed guests.”
“Were there any inconveniences on your way here?”
Floetta wore a chest cover and a C-string adorned with a uterus tattoo, and Luna was dressed in nothing but a tiny slingshot with pubic covers.
Seeing them dressed like that was dizzying. I averted my gaze from the self-proclaimed sacred robes and slyly asked Lize next to me.
“What do you think of those outfits, Lize?”
“What do you mean, what do I think?”
“Just asking for your impression at a glance.”
“Hmm…… Holy? Just looking at them makes me feel like I should kneel and pray or something. That kind of vibe. Anyway, that’s how it feels. Why?”
“…… With that much exposure?”
“What’s wrong with that? If they’re sacred robes, that’s only natural.”
“…….”
I couldn’t bring myself to give up hope, so I asked Iris and the other Knight Commanders, but no one thought the absurd nudity was strange.
They believed that since they wore sacred robes, they had to show their bodies, plain and simple.
As I grew despondent over this bleak reality where no one was on my side, the Pope smiled and spoke.
“This banquet is exclusively for esteemed guests. So please, don’t mind it, and enjoy yourselves as much as you like.”
With those words, Floetta looked at me with a rather strange gaze. Luna gazed at me with the same peculiar expression as Floetta.
I felt a chill in the air.
