Chapter 154

I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince - Chapter 154 [Date? (2)]

Today, I’m on a spontaneous weekend date with Ethan.

It actually started as an extension of our usual routine.

Harold’s weekly Magic Swordsmanship class.

After nearly three weeks since the last duel, I got another chance to face Harold. Learning from my previous defeat, I challenged him once again.

As expected, this duel also ended in my defeat without much progress.

Heeding Harold’s advice that I had used up my tricks too easily last time, I tried to conserve my three daggers as much as possible this time. However, a Sword Master was not an opponent I could face while holding back at my level.

As a result, I was crushed even more thoroughly than in the previous duel. Yet, for some reason, Harold still praised me after the duel ended.

It seemed I needed a different approach to face him. Of course, I had no idea what that different approach might be at the moment.

After several students, including myself, were thoroughly defeated by Harold, the usual duels between the top students and Harold followed.

Having used all my strength against Harold, I quietly watched the duels between the top students, including the duel between Ethan and Harold.

Although he lost one of the two rounds, Ethan managed to win the other, ending his duel with Harold in a draw. I quietly applauded him.

‘Since Ethan won, I’ll have to change out of my uniform a bit later today.’

It would be better not to remove my bra beneath the uniform. I had once made the mistake of taking off just my bra in advance, which led to misunderstandings about whether I had come to school without one. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

Besides, it seemed Ethan preferred to undress me himself, so there was no need to spoil that pleasure for him.

…And to allow Ethan to quietly relieve his sexual desires, I would spend a bit more time in the bathroom afterward while I also did by myself, quietly…

‘No, wait.’

I felt flustered by the series of thoughts that suddenly crossed my mind.

It felt strange that I was so naturally envisioning the process of my nighttime activities just from seeing Ethan’s victory.

It’s almost as if I’m somehow enjoying having my chest touched by Ethan.

‘…Surely not.’

Could it be that, regardless of Ethan not doing “terrible things” to me, my body, as Lilith, had somehow become accustomed to Ethan’s body at some point?

No, probably not. After all, in the original game, Lilith was a heroine who fell for the protagonist after being saved.

Even all the sexual abuse she suffered from the disgusting Ethan before that, if you think about it, intensified precisely because Lilith didn’t give her heart to the disgusting Ethan.

It’s just that now I no longer have any particular resistance to Ethan, so I can accept being touched on the chest as pure pleasure…

‘Strictly speaking, that might be even more problematic.’

To feel pleasure from having my chest touched by a man’s hand – this wasn’t a normal way of thinking either, of course.

It didn’t make sense for me, who was originally a man, to be happy about being touched by Ethan.

If I only compared the absolute number of years lived, the number of years I lived in my previous life and the number of years I’ve lived here as Lilith were almost similar. Even with that, I still had some aversion to being in a romantic relationship with a man.

If I had realized I had possessed Lilith when she was very young, it might have been okay, but I only realized it about five to six years ago. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

That short amount of time wasn’t enough to overcome this issue, no matter how nice a guy Ethan was…

“Lilith?”

“Ah, yes. What is it, Young Master Ethan?”

“Is something wrong? You looked like you were troubled by something.”

“…No. It’s not an issue important enough for you to worry about, Young Master Ethan.”

“…Hmm.”

It seems I was so lost in my confusing thoughts that I didn’t even notice Ethan returning to my side after finishing his duel.

The duel between Natalie and Harold was already in full swing in front of me after Ethan’s duel had ended.

I need to focus. No matter how confused my mind was, I was still Ethan’s exclusive maid, and I had to give my all to my duties at the very least.

“Lilith.”

“Yes, Young Master Ethan.”

“You didn’t miss watching my duel with Father because you were lost in thought, did you?”

“…No. I watched that part properly, so you don’t need to worry, Young Master Ethan. I confirmed that you split the rounds, achieving a draw with the master.”

“…I see. That’s good, then.”

Judging by his relief, it seemed that bedtime would be a bit later tonight as well.

Lately, Isabel seemed to quietly retire to the servants’ waiting room early on such nights, which suggested she might have vaguely noticed the relationship between Ethan and me.

Well, considering we were doing such things while making noises with just a door between us, it wouldn’t be strange if she had figured it out long ago.@@novelbin@@

If anything, it was impressive how Isabel treated us without showing any sign that she knew what Ethan and I were doing.

“Lilith.”

“Yes, Young Master Ethan. If you wish, I’ll prepare the reward for tonight as well.”

“About that reward… Actually, I wanted to ask for something else…”

“…Pardon?”

My mind suddenly went cold at Ethan’s mention of asking for something else.

If he’s asking for something other than the chest-touching reward, could he be saying he wants to move to the next step? [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

In a situation where I’m already having my chest touched every night, the next step could mean… is he asking to touch me down below this time?

No, no, no, no. If we’re talking about the next step after the chest, it might not end there – he might even aim for my first time and pounce on me.

‘That absolutely cannot happen…’

Although I wasn’t able to use my power as a Saint at all, that didn’t mean I was in a position to freely throw away my chastity.

To use a Saint’s power, one needs to receive a formal consecration at the main Aurelia church, so that condition wasn’t easily met. However, just because I couldn’t use it right away didn’t mean I could easily give up the potential I possessed.

It didn’t make sense to compromise a Saint’s potential just to satisfy the sexual desires of a boy who had just passed puberty.

The problem was that if Ethan were to deliberately try to pounce on me, I lacked justification in many ways to immediately reject him.

I had already had my chest touched by Ethan at least a dozen times, so acting innocent now wouldn’t work at all.

Moreover, Ethan already had an overwhelming physical advantage, so if he forcefully pounced on me, I couldn’t offer much resistance…

“Y-Y-Young Master Ethan. I acknowledge that your skills have improved greatly, b-but e-even so, moving to that kind of relationship is, I-I think, a bit i-improper…”

“Ah, no, Lilith. I-I’m not trying to ask for anything lewd.”

“…Pardon?”

“When I say I want to ask for something else, I don’t mean what we usually do at night, I just mean something normal, not lewd at all…”

“…”

“With our work in the student council starting soon, weekends will get busy too, so before that happens, I wanted to ask if we could go out together the morning after tomorrow… Is this kind of request not allowed?”

“…”

…So, that’s what this is about?

From the start, Ethan had no intention of asking me for anything lewd.

I was the only one who unnecessarily scared myself, assuming he would naturally ask for something lewd, and spent time agonizing over how to refuse and how to respond if he forcefully pounced on me.

For some reason, a familiar feeling of embarrassment washed over me, and I could only quietly lower my head. [Only on Galaxy Translations! / Axiomatic]

I didn’t want Ethan to see the redness rushing to my face.

“I-I understand, Young Master Ethan. If that is what you wish, I can certainly accommodate such a request.”

“I see. Thank you, Lilith.”

“For such a request, you don’t need to offer anything in exchange. As your exclusive maid, it’s only natural for me to follow you, Young Master Ethan…”

“Right. Since we’re on the topic, I should talk about that aspect as well.”

“Pardon?”

“For that one day after tomorrow, I’d like you to spend time with me not as my exclusive maid but as Lilith, an ordinary viscount’s daughter. That’s the extent of my request, Lilith.”

“…Pardon?”

I thought I had been watching over the not-yet-fully-grown Ethan for quite some time.

However, seeing him say such incomprehensible things, it seems that even after knowing someone for a long time, you can never truly understand them.