After that, the introduction ceremony proceeded without any issues, and the engagement announcement party came to a close.
We had finished eating as well and had just returned to the room.
「Thank you for your hard work, Master.」
「You must be tired. Are you okay?」
「Yes. Croco ran around handling everything, so there was no particular damage.」
「I see… that’s good…」
I had used a huge amount of magic power in a flashy way, so I felt extremely tired. A short rest should bring me back to normal.
――Knock knock.
「Ah, yes.」
「Pardon me, Yuuki-dono… I hope I’m not disturbing you?」
「No, I was just lying down because I was a little tired.」
I sat up and offered a chair to Noctarl-san, who had entered the room.
「Thank you. Then let me get straight to the point…」
「Thank you. So, what is it?」
「Well, it seems the nobles’ resolve has grown even stronger after seeing your work today. They are fired up and want to conquer the human territories right away.」
「Ahaha… it’s good that they are motivated, but my goal is a bloodless surrender…」
「Can’t be helped. After all the terrible things the humans did.」
「But… in this situation, I’ll need to give strict orders that they must not touch any cities along the way…」
「I will pass that on. Looting and killing civilians is strictly forbidden.」
「Sorry, and thank you.」
With that, Noctarl-san stood up as if the conversation was over.
「Well then, Liliana and the others should be arriving soon, so I’ll take my leave.」
「Understood. Thank you for everything.」
「Not at all. I also feel anger about what happened this time.」
He smiled as he spoke and left the room.
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「Master, are you finished?」
「Yeah, it’s done.」
Shia seemed to have prepared tea. She brought over a steaming cup.
「Here you go. It’s a little bitter, but it’s a fatigue recovery tea… it will perk you right up.」
「Thanks… ugh…」
It’s insanely bitter!?
「They say good medicine tastes bitter… but this is too much…」
「Hehe, you drank it, didn’t you?」
「Huh?」
――Knock knock.
「Come in.」
When Shia answered, Amilia and the others entered the room.
「Shia, are you really okay?」
「Sorry to keep you waiting, Yuuki-sama♪」
「Yuuki-san…」
Amilia had a confused look on her face, Liliana was smiling brightly, and Selene seemed… in heat?
「Ugh… my body… feels hot?」
More precisely, my lower body. This is…
「Sorry, Master. Since it probably wouldn’t work otherwise, I made the aphrodisiac five times more concentrated.」
「Five times… ugh!?」
A sweet scent assaulted my nose. When I looked toward the source, Liliana was holding an incense burner, and the aroma was leaking from it.
「This is an arousing incense I received from Sharia♪」
Selene had probably switched on from smelling the incense before coming here. Her eyes looked glazed over…
「With that said, everyone, here you go.」
Shia brought over small bottles of potion.
「Understood…」
「Yes♪」
「Uuu… ulululu…」
The three of them gulped down the bottles. The moment they finished drinking, I was pushed down onto the bed.
「Wait!? Let’s calm down first!」
「No.」
「Impossible♪」
「Ulululu…」
「Please give up, Master.」
With that, everyone began taking off their clothes. The seductive sight melted away my reason.
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「Agh… goe ga…」
After waking up, I created water with magic and drank it.
Looking outside, the deep blue color before sunrise filled my eyes.
「The sun hasn’t risen yet…」
When I sat up, the blanket fell off. On my left and right were Shia and Liliana. At my feet, Amilia and Selene, who had released her 【Human Form】, were curled up sleeping.
「Wow… the futon is a complete mess…」
I would stuff the messy futon into my item box later….
I carefully got off the bed without waking anyone.
「We’re marching out this morning, but it’s still before dawn so it should be fine.」
I filled the attached bathtub with hot water. Then I stepped into a sphere of water I created with magic and washed my body.
「Phew… that was bad… I don’t remember anything…」
I remember being pushed down onto the bed after everyone came in… but everything after that is way too vague.
「Hmm… I should hold back a little next time…」
While thinking that, the bathroom door opened.
「Ah, Master…」
「G-Good morning, Shia…」
Shia, wearing nothing at all, came in while rubbing her eyes.
「You’re up early… you usually sleep much longer…」
「Well… maybe thanks to your tea, I feel really energetic from the morning.」
「Eh?」
Shia hurriedly looked down at my lower body.
「No, not that…」
「Phew… you scared me… I thought the medicine was still in effect…」
Saying that, Shia tried to enter the bathtub.
「Stop. Wash your body first.」
「Yeees…」
I made hot water with magic and washed Shia. While doing that, everyone else woke up.
「Uhee… it’s all sticky…」
「I feel quite sluggish…」
「Uuu… my stomach feels heavy…」
「Good morning, everyone. Wash your bodies first like Shia did.」
「「「Yes～」」」
After that, we sent off Shia first since she had work to do before departure, then we prepared ourselves as well.
「Here, all done.」
「Thank you so much! Yuuki-san!!」
「Yuuki～ how do I put this on?」
「Ah, this one… you do it like this… there, finished.」
「Thank you. Now I’m fully ready.」
「Yuuki-sama! How does this armor look?」
「Oh～ it fits Liliana perfectly. It really suits you.」
While helping everyone with their changes of clothes and making final adjustments, Shia returned and told us to come to the hall once we were ready to depart.
「Alright, let’s go.」
「Yes!」
「Understood!」
「I’m looking forward to it!」
Together with the four of them in light steps, we headed toward the castle hall.
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