The rooftop garden of the royal palace.
Anji, brought there, looked at
“What do you want?”
“
“——I want to let him rest for a while.”
“That’s impossible. Things will now move to internal strife within the country. We don’t have time to rest.”
Once external problems are sorted out, the next are internal problems.
“Leon will become the shield of the kingdom. He’ll keep opposing factions in check.”
“You think that will settle it?”
Anji looked down.
She couldn’t imagine it ending like that.
Fools would certainly appear, and depending on the situation, there might be factions that betray the kingdom and switch sides to a foreign country.
If he continues to fight such enemies, Leon’s mental state won’t hold.
“Anji, I actually intended to keep quiet, but I’ll tell you a special method. It might be able to strengthen Leon-kun’s mental state in one go.”
Anji jumped at that information.
“——What do you want? If it’s a wish I can grant, I’ll do anything.”
“If you’re too eager, they’ll take advantage of you. ——It’s simple.”
Hearing Clarice’s talk, Anji was surprised, “A-Are you sure that’s okay?!”
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Returning to the student dormitory, I opened a desk drawer and tilted my head.
“Huh? That’s weird. I put it here.”
“What’s wrong?”
“No, my medicine is missing. I can’t find it, so refill it for me.”
“I refuse. In the first place, Claire and I have collected them all.”
“——Hey, I can’t sleep well without it, so hurry and hand it over.”
But today, he strongly resists.
“You should refrain from using medicine. Please receive thorough treatment in a medical capsule once.”
“The next long weekend is fine, right. Or rather, the next break looks like it’ll be hectic too, so maybe impossible?”
The coup was settled quite easily, but the problem is the aftermath.
Anji and the others are helping, but I should lend a hand too.
Luxion is looking at me with his single red eye.
“What?”
“——A replacement for the medicine has arrived. Master, did you know that sometimes human warmth can heal the heart?”
“I’ve heard of that.”
There are times I long for human warmth.
How happy it would be if someone would let me lean on them.
I could even call Anji or
I thought of it myself and cringed a little.
I must really be tired.
“Tonight will be fun!”
“Hey, what’s up?”
Luxion, suddenly raising his voice, opened the door and left.
In their place, Anji and Livia, in nightgowns, entered the room.
“Huh? Do you two want to chat together today?”
Something like this happened before.
If I can’t sleep anyway, it wouldn’t be bad to talk leisurely with them.
Maybe because they just came out of the bath, both had slightly flushed cheeks.
Their hair was also a bit damp.
Anji looked straight at me.
“Leon, it seems our thinking was naive.”
“Huh? Did something happen? I’ll consult Luxion and Claire right away——”
Livia, closing the door and locking it, was red up to her ears.
“We were waiting for Leon-san to be ready, but we don’t know when that would be. So, Anji and I decided.”
——Ready? What on earth could it be?
Could it be that thing about the throne?
“Did you come to persuade me to become king? Then I’ll pass. Even now it’s tough, I don’t need a position higher than this. Even now, I seriously want to run away——huh?”
The two slowly approached me and gently pushed me down onto the bed.
“——Huh? Huh!?”
Livia unbuttoned her nightgown.
“I heard a lot from Claire-chan. M-Men love women’s breasts.”
That depends on the person!
No, I love them though. I love them though!
That Claire, what the hell is she teaching Livia! ——Thank you, though.
Anji starts taking off my clothes.
“Honestly, I’ve always been ready to accept it.”
“——Eek!?”
A weird sound came out.
Huh? Could this finally be it? Has it come?
“Y-You two, calm down!”
B-But, I know this pattern.
When things turn like this, there’s bound to be an interruption.
Like
Anji and Livia brought their faces close to mine.
“Don’t think about anything anymore.”
“Leave everything to us.”
——No way.
Eh, seriously no one’s coming?