Chapter 207
Late at night, as the moon softly illuminated the world, only the quiet chirping of insects echoed through the air.
In that pleasant silence, Yusti-ah was sitting at the desk by the window, reading a book.
The title of the book was “100 Ways to Seduce a Man”.
She knew that such books were merely provocative and not particularly helpful.
Even so, she ultimately couldn’t resist her curiosity and bought it…
Sure enough, the contents of the book were truly terrible.
“To blatantly press your body against his and not hesitate to expose yourself.”
She couldn’t deny that it made sense. It was obvious that men were weak to that kind of temptation.
But it was simply not something she could do as a woman.
Let alone the fact that she held the status of a Saintess.
Her attire was frustratingly devoid of exposure, and she didn’t even have the opportunity to press her body against his.
At least the pajamas she was wearing now revealed a little skin, but…
Even so, she couldn’t exactly bring him here at night.
'Right, I’m a fool for trying to rely on something like this…'
Yusti-ah let out a long sigh, Haa…, and closed the book.
As she relaxed her body and lay face down on the desk, a flower-shaped glass ornament suddenly caught her eye.
It was an item Franz had bought her as a gift not too long ago.
She had put it in a bottle because she wanted to keep it safe, and it looked quite pretty.
“Idiot…”
Yusti-ah muttered to herself and tapped the petal with her finger, tap…
It was then.
For a brief moment, the room was brightly dyed with light.
Yusti-ah turned her head in surprise, and her eyes met with someone who was looking at her.
“Kyaaak!”
Her mind was engulfed in confusion, and a scream burst from her mouth reflexively.
But that was only for a moment; she quickly gathered her wits, drawing up her divine power and clenching her fists.
She didn’t know who it was, but she had no intention of going down easily.
The problem was that it wasn’t an opponent to fight in the first place.
“Yu, Yusti-ah. Calm down first.”
“Franz…?”
“I’m sorry for dropping by unannounced at this hour, but I had something I really needed to say.”
“Even so…! You startled me…!”
“Sorry about that.”
“Honestly, you are…”
Yusti-ah sighed and calmed her startled heart. Then she immediately threw on the thin coat she had left nearby.
No matter what, it was embarrassing to show herself in her pajamas like this.
Anyway, why did the corners of her mouth keep trying to rise?
It was truly a mystery.
“So what is…”
She was about to skip the trivial greetings and get straight to the point.
Urgent footsteps from the corridor began to echo.
It wasn’t just one person, but several.
It seemed someone was coming.
Yusti-ah realized belatedly that she had just screamed.
“Franz…! Over here…!”
Yusti-ah hastily turned off the Magic Stone Lamp, grabbed Franz’s wrist, and headed for the bed.
It ended up looking like Franz was pinning her down, but it was a hundred times better than getting caught by others.
“Yusti-ah, wait a second, I…”
“Just, just for a moment, so please bear with it…!”
Yusti-ah didn’t even listen to Franz and pulled the blanket over them.
Not long after, the approaching footsteps stopped in front of the door.
“Saintess-! We are coming in-!”
As soon as the voice was heard, the door burst open and the nuns rushed in.
She felt sorry for the nuns who had come running out of concern, but all she wanted was for them to leave quickly.
“Saintess, are you alright?!”
“W-well, I just had a bad dream…”
“So that was it…”
The nuns let out a collective sigh of relief.
Though Yusti-ah herself was feeling guilty.
She was hiding a man under her blanket, so it was only natural.
“We have some incense that helps calm the mind, if you’d like…”
“A-no, it’s fine. I’m really okay now.”
While they were talking, Franz’s breath was growing hotter.
Because her clothes were thin, she could feel it all too well.
“Understood. We will take our leave now.”
“Yes, I’m sorry for causing you worry.”
As Yusti-ah offered an awkward smile, the relieved nuns left the room one by one.
Eventually, the door closed, leaving only Yusti-ah and Franz alone in the room once again.
More accurately, on the same bed.
“Franz, are you okay…?”
Yusti-ah asked quietly as she slightly lifted the blanket.
Then, Franz’s face appeared from the gap in the bulging lump.
They were on the same bed, under the same blanket, with their bodies overlapping.
“H-huh?”
Yusti-ah’s brain belatedly processed the situation and was overcome with wild embarrassment.
“Let me out first…”
“I-I don’t know…!”
Yusti-ah covered him back up with the blanket she had lifted. She couldn’t bear to look at Franz’s face.
But then Franz started squirming under the blanket.
“W-wait a minute…! Where is your hand…! Wai-, hyaang?!”
After she was defenseless for a moment, Franz emerged from under the blanket.
His face was flushed as he breathed heavily.
It was only natural since he had been struggling under the blanket, but Yusti-ah’s thoughts didn’t reach that far.
She just thought that what was bound to happen had happened.
Franz slowly reached out his hand toward Yusti-ah, who had her eyes closed.
And he grabbed one of her cheeks and pulled it, stretch…
“Ue?”
“Listen to people when they talk. Instead of hiding like this, I could have just escaped with magic.”
“T-that’s true…? Wait, you can use magic?”
“That’s how I got here…”
Franz let out a sigh.
He had gone through quite a difficult ordeal because he got swept up by Yusti-ah’s foolishness.
It was a good thing they weren’t caught; if they had been, it would have been splashed across the front page of the newspaper.
Saint and Saintess, caught in the same bed-, it would say.
“Anyway, what I was trying to say was…”
It was when Franz said that and tried to get off the bed.
Yusti-ah, who had been lying down, suddenly sat up and grabbed the hem of Franz’s clothes.
“Is that all you have to say…? After groping my body like that…?”
“That wasn’t because I wanted to… No, never mind. I’m sorry.”
Franz naturally felt wronged. If she had just obediently removed the blanket, he wouldn’t have had to struggle inside.
Even so, he apologized for her sake, in case she had been startled.
And it was true that he had groped her here and there.
“Not that… Your im, pressions or something…”
“…What?”
“N-never mind…! Just say what you have to say and go back…!”
Yusti-ah spoke in a blunt voice and pushed Franz off the bed.
Thanks to that, Franz almost fell over, but he somehow managed to catch his balance.
“Why on earth did she say that…”
The reason he asked back wasn’t because he hadn’t heard her.
It was because he was so flustered that Yusti-ah had said such a thing.
Well, it seemed like a slip of the tongue on her part too, so he wouldn’t press the issue.
Still, it didn’t sit right with him.
“I’m planning to go to my family home tomorrow, do you have any plans?”
“Tomorrow? Not particularly.”
“You’ll come with me, right?”
“Of course I…”
Yusti-ah smiled brightly and was about to say something, but then shut her mouth.
She continued speaking only after turning her head to look at some random spot.
“J-just in case you get caught up in another incident… I have no choice. Yes, I have no choice but to follow you.”
Why did she have to drag out saying she would go like that?
It was truly a mystery.
Anyway, he had said everything he needed to say, so there was no reason to stay any longer.
“I’ll get going then. Sorry for dropping by so suddenly.”
It was when Franz finished his farewell and was about to use Spatial Movement Magic.
“W-wait a minute…!”
Yusti-ah suddenly stopped him.
She opened and closed her mouth as if trying to say something, then sighed and bit her lower lip.
Franz didn’t rush her and waited. He figured she would speak when she was ready.
Not long after, a voice flowed from Yusti-ah’s lips.
“Thank you for going out of your way to check on me. Sleep well, and see you tomorrow.”
Yusti-ah wore a soft smile.
Franz smiled back at her and replied.
“Yeah, see you tomorrow. And it was soft and smooth and, well, anyway, it was.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Franz snapped his fingers.
A magic circle was drawn on the floor, and with a flash of light, his figure disappeared.
Left alone in the room, Yusti-ah slowly chewed over Franz’s words before…
Whoosh-, she pulled the blanket up to just below her eyes.
“Idiot…”
Her quietly muttered voice was quickly drowned out by the chirping of the insects and disappeared.
* * *
A little while after the sun had risen over the mountain ridge.
In the Magic Tower Lord’s Office, there were four women excluding the Magic Tower lord, Franz.
Yuna, Yusti-ah, Hera, and Arian.
Unlike usual, a lot of effort had gone into their outfits.
They weren’t overly flashy, but they were prepared in a way that highlighted their individual charms. After all, it was the day they were going to Franz’s family home.
Franz, too, was dressed as neatly as possible, since it had been a very long time since he last returned to his family home.
“I’ll get us going now.”
Hearing Franz’s words, the four immediately stood by his side.
Snap-.
With a crisp sound, a magic circle was drawn, and their figures disappeared from the Magic Tower Lord’s Office.
Soon, the place they arrived at was in front of a small mansion surrounded by beautiful golden wheat fields.
They had finally arrived at Franz’s family home.