TNZKMA 94

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The effects of the red wine disappear within 10 days of drinking. There was no mistake in Olphynn’s words. Saine’s beast drank the wine and calmed down in 10 days,

I couldn’t leave the house or wear any clothes for three days. Ohh boy, it was amazing. The bed and futon were a mess and it was really difficult to wash them. Saine had always had an erection and wanted to thrust into me. But he also tries to take care of me. The pink Cherry-chan turned into a dark-red man in an instant, and with that standing high up, he’d say ‘It’s okay, I won’t put it in’. His pitch-black eyes were sparkling, he was gritting his molars and growling, and yet he said that it was alright.

There’s no way I could sleep by myself while I was watching things like that. Olphynn has already given me a lot of dour grass, and I’m going to accompany him to the end. I was a bit scared, though.

Twice on the bed, four times on the futon, twice in the bath, and once in the garden…maybe it was just once. We also did it in the kitchen. I have been advised and also had experience. We took out food that could be preserved, bought ingredients, and holed up.

He rammed me from behind while I was making food naked, and even ate my food while we were still connected. I think sexual desire and appetite are similar. I can’t endure either of them.

I was slightly disappointed that Saine was slowly calming down. There was also relief, but I thought, too bad.  We held each other without talking, but I knew I was wanted so badly that I didn’t need words.

I was hugged tightly as I fell asleep for a moment. My butt is so numb it feels like Saine is still left in there. Even when he was turning into a beast, Saine carefully applied the dour grass, so I wasn’t injured. I fell asleep thinking that it would be nice to be held like this once in a while.

Ten days have passed and the red wine’s effects have disappeared, but Saine still holds me. The guard season has started and one by one, the guild members begin to work. I don’t know when Saine will start working. Once he leaves for work, we will be apart for 3-5 days, more than 10 days if it’s far.

 

[How long does the guard season last?]

[Until the next red sunset.]

 

The sun was setting when I came here. Just like over there, the sky turns red in the evening. This is a dark red sky. The color of the sky, which I thought was a bit ominous, signaled the beginning of the season when monsters were actively moving.

The color of the sunset changed from dark red to red, and now it is pale pink. This period of color is the season for guards. The color of the sunset sky changes every six months.

 

[Don’t make that face. I’ll ask the old man next door for you.]

 

I hate being home alone, but I hate not being able to hug Saine even more. As if to say so, I put pressure on my lower abdomen and squeezed Saine inside.

 

[…….ugh, now you’ve done it.]

 

He grinned and lifted me up, then Saine thrust up in me strongly.

 

[Auhh…… wait, Saine, wait]

 

Without hearing me stop him, he grabbed my waist while I was sitting on his lap, and started moving me up and down.

 

[Be good and wait for me. If you do, I’ll bring you a ras.]

[Aah~…… I, I prefer the cate……ugh]

[Leave it to me.]

 

With a low groan, Saine let out a hot lifeforce.

 

[I’m worried about being separated from you.]

 

I say it in a whisper in the darkness. If I say something like this, Saine will be troubled though.

 

[That’s right.]

 

I can’t see anything, but I can feel Saine’s heat from our touching skins. Thick fingers were stroking, picking and pulling my hair.

 

[I don’t mind not being able to have s*x everyday but, you know, I want to talk with you daily.]

[Talk about what?]

[Hm~, a lot of things, I guess. Topics like what happened in the market or what form Kyui took. They’re nothing special but I want to share that with you and laugh together.]

 

His warm breath brushed my cheek, and then he kissed me.

 

[I enjoy listening to your stories. I enjoy seeing you having fun.]

[You don’t find me noisy?]

[There will never be anything like that.]

 

Saine shifted and his body left. The night air licks my chest.

 

[Saine?]

 

I can’t see so I reach out my hand. But Saine grabbed not my hand but my legs. Just like that, he spreads them wide open and his hot body enters between them.  

 

[One more time?]

[That’s right.]

 

There is no need to use fingers for foreplay. The semen that Saine plentily released earlier is still inside me. There was a sound of an impact inside my body. I simply held my breath to get through the shock.

Saine is huge and thick, and once he’s inside, his strength feels like he’s going to penetrate through my stomach. But I’m not afraid anymore. Even when he holds me roughly or keeps pounding into me consecutively, I’m not scared if it’s Saine doing it.

I breathed out in tandem with Saine’s movement. In the pitch dark room, I could hear Sine’s heavy breathing, my sighs, and the sweet wet sounds.

 

[I’ll give you…… something nice.]

 

His large body came over me, and while stroking my hair, Saine said.

 

[Something, nice?]

[Yeah, that’s right. I’ll give that to you so smile and wait for me.]

 

Saine trembled inside me, emitting a fever that doesn’t change no matter how many times it is released. I loved the way Saine was pounding me from inside, so I hugged him tightly.

I woke up early this morning. I wake up around the time the sun rises, give Saine a light kiss, and go to the garden. The guard season is hot. I drew water from the well and poured it on my head. It’s cold but feels refreshing.

As I was collecting salt from the perspiring rock naked, Saine also placed the salt he left to dry in a small bottle while naked. I spread the freshly harvested salt on the platter that Saine emptied for me. As I was spreading them thinly, we kissed lightly and went back into the house.

I get dressed and get our breakfast ready. I stir-fry thin slices of pork and vegetables, and baked bread. The two of us eat our food while facing each other and finish our meal together. After a beat, Kyui also finished eating. 

Saine goes out while I’m washing the dishes. That’s how it usually goes, but when I came back from the garden after washing the dishes, Saine was still home.

 

[Huh? Aren’t you going out today?]

[I am, but before that, here.]

 

After saying that, Saine brought out a knife.

 

[I’ll give you this.]

[To me?]

[I told you yesterday, right? That I’ll give you something nice.]

 

Is this what he was talking about? I stare at the knife I was given.

Everyone here has a knife for eating. At the market, people are served huge chunks of meat, but everyone deftly cuts and eats them with the knife they have on hand. I don’t have a knife, so I always just bite into it.

The knife Saine gave me looked like it’s for eating. But it’s different from the others. Saine’s food knife is the same as all the others, it’s an ordinary, unadorned knife. It’s made from a sheath and a bundle of wood, just like the short sword-looking one I used in my previous life. But what Saine gave me was very pretty.

 

[This is beautiful.]

 

Adorned with numerous colorful stones, the knife sheath and bundle glimmered as they were bathed in sunlight filtering through the small window in the door leading to the garden. The stones, whether red, green, or blue, seemed to be made of glass, and they were beautifully set in gold. The whole ensemble resembled a king’s knife.

 

[Do you like it?]

[Yup. But, this looks quite expensive?]

[Don’t worry about it. That’s something I got.]

 

Who’d give out this expensive-looking knife? The only one I can think of is Olphynn, but that can’t be right. Since we keep receiving thing from Olphynn, on the contrary, we should be the one thanking him instead.

 

[Who gave you this?]

 

When I asked him, Saine looked down at me with an amused face.

 

[Don’t you remember? Olphynn told you about it back in the forest.]

 

In the forest…… It, must be that. When we went to collect materials for his test. We talked about a lot of stuff, what was it? Olphynn’s knife……thinking up to there, I gasped “oh” in realization.

 

[Eh? By any chance, that? That thing when you remove your name from the list……]

[That’s right. It’s a commemorative knife.]

[Uwaah! Saine, is that okay!? Doing something like that.”

 

Once your name is remove from the list of Ceremony takers, you can never have your turn again.

 

[I don’t care. Besides, it’s meaningless to have my name in the waiting list. Even when my turn comes, I’ll just decline it.]

[Why?]

 

When I asked him that, he poked me on my forehead. Hit by Saine’s fingertip, I hold my forehead and groan.

 

[I have you, so taking the Ceremony is pointless, isn’t it? Or what, do you still plan to take another man as your husband?]

 

Ah, I see. I look up while still holding my forehead and grinned.

 

[Saine, I love you!]

[……]

 

Saine was a little surprised by the sudden confession and took a half step back. I jumped at him.

 

[Let’s be together forever, okay?]

[Okay.]

 

Saine easily picked me up as I was hanging on his shoulder. And he laughs at close range.

It’s just as Haruka said. Even through simple words, I managed to get through to Saine. My verbal greeting was accepted perfectly by Saine.

 

[I’m so glad that I reincarnated.]

 

I think so from the bottom of my heart. I was able to reunite with my best friend and meet Saine. Everything I lost in my previous life, everything I couldn’t get in my previous life, is here. 

When I hugged Saine tightly, his strong arms hugged me back. Kyui was bouncing around our feet as we hugged each other in the narrow hallway. The round ball of fur changes color every time it bounces. From pink to sky blue, they were gentle colors.