Chapter 30
Before I was captured as a slave, even when I lived alone, I never knew there were so many delicious things in the world.
There were money problems, and I had also been living in a group.
I hadn't even conceived of seeking out delicious food and eating as much as I pleased.
But today... Could this be the best moment of my entire life?
Even though all I did was visit street-food stalls, I was so happy I could cry.
Truly, I want to bless myself for meeting Claude.
“Do you like it that much?”
“Mmm... mm... yes! Mmm....”
Look at me now! One bite of meat with plump, juicy fat still clinging to it, held by a huge bone.
When I bite down hard and tear it off, it comes away with a juicy rip, the juices flow, and I can taste its rich aroma.
Every time I crunch the tender meat filling my mouth, juices burst out.
And the sensation against my tongue melts so gently that I want to keep it in my mouth forever.
Since it's a shame to let meat melt away so quickly, one more bite!
Cheeks full, nom nom nom....
“Cute.”
Claude even regularly praised me for being cute, which made me feel good.
But then a voice intruded upon this happy moment.
“Ah! There they are! Here they are! You fiendish couple!”
I had briefly forgotten, but Livnil and the others had come looking for us.
They came rushing over and shouted while looking at us.
“How much are you stuffing yourselves?! You went to every shop from the entrance all the way here!”
“Apparently, every time they left one shop, they went to the next one. Is Miss Aris's stomach a vacuum golem?”
“Lady Aris, is your stomach all right?”
I nodded while chewing and tearing off another bite.
But Claude was apologizing to Livnil and Griff.
“Mmm, you two...! Mmm, M-Master... gulp! did nothing wrong.”
“Even so, you didn't come back for over three hours.”
“It's because Master did something wrong to me. This happened because he was trying to make me feel better.”
Delicious. I continued defending Claude while tearing off another bite.
“I got so distracted by the food! I'm sorry.”
At my apology, the two stared blankly, then looked at each other and shrugged.
Then they asked Claude again.
“What on earth did he do wrong, anyway? Why are you going around every restaurant here...?”
“You two seem pretty close, but you are in a master-slave relationship... right?”
Livnil and Griff kept chatting without even sitting down.
“Lady Aris, you have it all around your mouth! I'll wipe it for you.”
In contrast, I gave a piece of meat to kind Chris.
“Wow, this is delicious!”
“Right? Try this too.”
I'm glad Chris likes it too.
“As for what I did wrong... I honestly don't know either.”
“You don't know? You ended up like this without knowing?”
“Because you didn't tell me. And Aris seems to feel better now....”
“Something must have gone wrong. Even so, aren't you her master?”
Livnil came over and asked me.
“Mr. Claude did something wrong to Miss Aris, didn't he? What was the reason?”
“Huh? Th-that... I absolutely can't tell you.”
Why were they suddenly asking something like that and making such a fuss? There was no way I could tell them the reason.
How could I say that a man I didn't even know had gotten aroused by the smell of my vaginal fluids and masturbated?
If I'd quietly stopped what we were doing when they approached, none of that would have happened....
I turned my head away, saying I didn't want to.
I had to refuse something like this firmly.
“Even so, Miss Aris, if you want to express your dissatisfaction to the other person, you need to make the reason clear.”
After saying that, Livnil sighed and sat beside me.
“Well... I won't interfere any further in your relationship, but that was still too much! Not coming back until registration was over!”
“I'm sorry. Everyone, order whatever you want to eat. It's on me.”
Expressing dissatisfaction... making the reason clear....
Livnil's words made me realize she was right.
It was such an obvious... thing to say.
Having to receive someone's dissatisfaction without knowing why was extremely uncomfortable.
I hadn't been able to speak because I was embarrassed, but now that I thought about it, how must Claude have felt?
All the more so as a slave, this attitude of mine was really unacceptable.
No matter how indulgent Claude had been with me....
This might even have been a matter of his pride as a master.
I was thinking about it wrong. I'd only thought about my own embarrassment.
Think carefully. A slave's embarrassment versus a master's authority.
Surely the master's authority should be much more important, shouldn't it?
And yet Claude had yielded to me and considered my feelings.
While happily eating this delicious food, I hadn't even tried to... understand his consideration.
I had to apologize and explain the reason.
“I'm sorry....”
“Hm? Miss Aris, what's wrong?”
“Aris? Why are you suddenly apologizing?”
I set down the meat I was holding.
“I apologize for sulking by myself without even telling Master what I was dissatisfied about.”
“Huh? No, I'm fine. You said you were embarrassed, right? It's all right.”
At that, everyone gathered there watched me with intrigued expressions.
“I am embarrassed. I don't want to talk about it, but Master did listen to my complaint.”
I added that I was grateful—and sorry—that he had accepted it without saying a word.
“The reason I was embarrassed was... because Master and I were having sex in the forest—mmph...?”
“A-Aris? Wait! What are you trying to say?”
Claude, who had been sitting across from me, sprang to his feet and stuffed a piece of meat into my mouth to silence me.
Then Livnil and Griff shouted with their mouths covered.
“Ooooooh!”
“What is it?! What? What's the story? That? You did that, didn't you!”
“Shh! No, wait!”
Claude shook his head, but Griff stood up and stopped him.
He forced Claude back into his seat, and Livnil urged me on.
“Mr. Claude. You'll have to hear this as punishment for being late. Miss Aris! Come on! Come on!”
“Ahem. Claude. Accept your punishment gracefully.”
“N-no... Ah, I give up!”
He held his forehead and collapsed face-down onto the table.
How should I put it? Seeing him get so embarrassed over nothing more than having sex was incredibly cute.
I liked seeing him like that so much that I absolutely had to tell them.
“I went into heat at the sight of Master and had sex with him.”
“Um, um... what exactly are you saying?! This is a public place!”
“Livnil. Quickly restrain Chris too!”
At Griff's suggestion, Livnil and I switched places.
Then she covered Chris's ears with both hands and nodded at me.
“Ahem, anyway, Master took care of me. He touched me like this, and, mm... it felt good.”
“That's incredibly explicit! I never thought I'd hear a woman say things like that.”
“As expected of a Wolpi, you're bold!”
Then I finished telling them the last thing that had embarrassed me.
The story of the vaginal fluid a female Wolpi releases.
And how another man went into heat and even went that far....
“Hm? This is a little... I admit it. I admit that you had reason to be embarrassed.”
“Wow... whoa... Miss Aris... what are we going to do...?”
The two were flustered, not knowing what to do.
Claude too looked at me in shock.
I calmly nodded.
No, in truth, I was terribly embarrassed.
“Um, Miss Aris? It feels strange to say this after hearing all that, but you really didn't have to say that!”
“But Livnil clearly said that if I wanted to express my dissatisfaction, I had to explain the reason....”
“B-but this is something a woman shouldn't say... Ugh, sorry! I'm sorry! Miss Aris! I'm sorry!”
Livnil hugged me.
Griff also cleared his throat, feigned indifference, and lowered his head.
To be honest, saying it aloud was embarrassing, but also... liberating?
I did think it would be nice if Claude understood.
‘I would appreciate it if you were considerate of me from now on.’ Something like that.
“I won't say anything more about the two of you being late. I'm sorry....”
“Fair enough. Yeah, about being late? Forget it. I admit it.”
Everyone's reaction was pure bewilderment, wasn't it?
Even though they'd been so curious.
Anyway, I decided to finish saying what I wanted to say.
“Though it's embarrassing, I am doing this for the sake of Master's authority. A slave's embarrassment is nothing....”
Then Claude spoke with a serious expression.
“No. Aris. I don't need authority like this. Aris's human rights are more important.”
He scratched his head and added,
“I'm sorry. I knew about that trait of Wolpis, but it never even occurred to me. I'm truly sorry, Aris.”
He gave me a heartfelt apology. His serious eyes were a sight to behold.
But I had already been loved by him more than enough, so I was all right.
“No. I, Aris, have been treated to such delicious food. Though it's embarrassing, I am happy.”
“Thank you. Aris, let's eat some more.”
“Yes!”
“I'm sorry once again.”
The situation came to a heartwarming close, and Claude finished his final apology.
“I never knew Miss Aris could be this... spicy.”
“Haha... Isn't it because she's so innocent...?”
Well, honestly, I didn't think I was particularly innocent.
The girl beside me was tilting her head and looking around with a serious expression.
Chris, who had only been listening to our conversation, finally opened her mouth.
“But! What exactly is male masturbation?”
Her clear eyes were guileless, genuinely curious.
Wasn't this the true meaning of a ‘pure monster’?”
What on earth was I supposed to tell her?
“Huh? C-Chris? Why are you asking about something like that....”
“It seems like everyone knows. Since I'm the only one who doesn't, I can't join the conversation.”
Everyone was flustered by her sullen insistence.
Chris was right, and they couldn't leave her out.
Besides, she was an adult now. She was old enough to know these things.
Chris looked at Livnil, so Claude and Griff looked at her too.
“Ah! Why me...? But wait! Do I have to explain this? I'm a woman, you know! Huh? You men!”
“I don't think... I'm close enough to Miss Chris to discuss a topic like this with her.”
Claude quickly spoke up first.
Then Griff panicked.
“Huh? Uh... what? Me, me? Me?”
Griff realized the target had shifted to him and panicked.
How could they all be so cowardly?
It couldn't be helped. I'd have to explain.
“Lady Chris, do you know what the male organ looks like?”
“A-Aris?”
Everyone looked at me in dismay.
But Chris opened her eyes wide and answered.
“A snake? I heard it looks like a snake. Or a turtle? Hmm...? What do turtles and snakes have in common...?”
The girl tilted her head, unable to find what snakes and turtles had in common.
For her sake, I described the exact shape of a penis.
“It's long and hard. It stretches out.”
“It stretches? So the human body can do that....”
She nodded as if she were innocently studying human anatomy.
I was almost curious what her reaction would be if I stripped one of them and showed her.
But everyone except Chris began trying to stop me.
“M-Miss Aris? Please stop talking about this for now! There are men here too....”
“What are we going to do? I don't want to hear a woman talk about things like this anymore....”
“Aris! I order you as your master! Please stop!”
If Claude was going so far as to use the word ‘order,’ there was nothing I could do.
“So what happens if you rub it?”
“I'm sorry, Lady Chris. Master ordered me, so I can't say any more.”
“What? Why? How can you stop there?! No! I'm curious!”
Innocent girl. When you find a partner later, get the answer from him.
I shut my mouth and picked up some delicious meat.
Chris probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.