"Ugh... Ugh..."
When he awoke, there was an unfamiliar ceiling above him.
He had been sampling distilled liquor in the village, but it seemed he had fallen asleep without realizing it.
"No... I know this ceiling..."
Just when he thought it was a ceiling he didn't recognize... on closer look, it was one he had seen before.
It was the ceiling of the only inn in the village. The room he had stayed in before.
"My body's heavy... I feel sick..."
Passing out from drinking was a first for him, even including his past life.
"I think I'm gonna throw up... no, I'm okay. I'm okay. I have magic..."
Rest had mastered healing magic, albeit only the basics.
The magic to remove poison...[Detoxification]was effective against alcohol as well, as he had learned in class.
After casting the magic, he felt much better... and as a result, he understood the situation he was in.
".........huh?"
"Zzz... zzz..."
The sound of sleeping breaths came from right beside him.
The warmth and soft swelling pressing against his chest.
It wasn't only his chest that was enjoying a soft, bouncy sensation. Both of Rest's hands were firmly gripping other swellings, his fingers digging in.
"Uh... a... no, it can't be!"
"Nn... aah..."
The astute among you will have noticed.
The source of the warmth and softness Rest felt… was the woman he was sharing a bed with.
In the futon where Rest was sleeping lay Celestine Crocus.
Celestine was nestled snugly against Rest's chest, sleeping with soft breaths.
"I see… so this is Heaven…"
He'd finally found it… Rest thought, fleeing from reality.
But of course, he couldn't just keep ignoring the truth in front of him.
Rest had been sleeping with Celestine in his arms, and on top of that, both his hands were firmly gripping her butt.
Furthermore… Celestine was completely naked.
"…………I'm done for."
"Nn… oh, Rest. Good morning."
"Gua…"
This was the worst.
Celestine had woken up.
There was no room for excuses. Rest leaped away from the spot and immediately prostrated himself on the floor.
"I'm sorry, please forgive me."
"What are you apologizing for in the morning? I don't think you've done anything to apologize for…"
"No, how should I put it… I just can't help but apologize… um, what's going on?"
"You were apologizing without even knowing what for? It seems you've completely forgotten what happened last night."
Celestine gave a wry smile as she sat up, casually pulling the sheets over her naked body.
"Rest, you passed out from drinking last night. I tried using healing magic on you, but you wouldn't wake up, so I had no choice but to carry you back to the inn."
"Ah... I see."
"The reason I slept in the same bed as you is that there were no other rooms available at the inn. I rented out the other rooms to the craftsmen I hired for developing the liquor, so this was the only room left."
"So you're saying... this isn't one of those typical 'woke up together in the morning' scenarios where I dragged you into bed..."
For the time being, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Celestine was, after all, Rest's fiancée. That said, premarital relations were not encouraged.
If he had made a move on Celestine before the Rosemary sisters, quite a lot of people would have scolded him.
"Ah, but you were the one who pulled me into the futon, Rest. When you laid me down, you grabbed my hand and dragged me in."
"…………"
"And besides... I'm pretty sure I was dressed when I went to sleep. Did you take them off, Rest? You even took off my underwear, and it feels like you touched me..."
"I'm sorry."
Rest once again dropped to his knees in a dogeza.
He pressed his forehead firmly against the floor with his entire being, apologizing profusely for his rudeness the previous night.