Side Story. Cindy’s Stormy Night (2)

Whose lips could these be?

Cindy tried to figure out who it was with her confused mind while feeling the softness melting against her.

But just as she couldn’t distinguish who had embraced her outside earlier, her alcohol-soaked eyes couldn’t identify who was kissing her.

Arwin? ……Darwin?

Similar sensation. Identical pupils flickered before her eyes.

Damn it, the feeling was so exquisite that she couldn’t tell them apart.

And a simultaneous attack on top of that!

This kind of development wasn’t even in those erotic romance novels she occasionally read for fun.

Is this common? ……Is this normal for twins?

Twins weren’t common in this world.

People often believed that twins had a mysterious bond different from ordinary siblings or brothers.

In fact, Cindy had thought so too.

Especially since she had witnessed several times how Arwin and Darwin worked together perfectly, as if reading each other’s minds.

So if these two liked the same woman at the same time, if that was normal…….

‘……Does this mean they’ve done this before?!’

Cindy somehow felt completely sober in that moment.

So she pushed away the chest of either Arwin or Darwin, who had come close, and shouted.

“Do you guys do this all the time?!”

“……Huh?”

“Wh-what?”

The twins stopped abruptly, their eyes wide at Cindy’s sudden outburst.

“Do you guys always like the same woman and, and commit these lewd acts?!”

“……”

“……”

Cindy, who had been looking at the silent Arwin and Darwin with dissatisfaction, unconsciously pouted her lips and pushed the two away with her feet.

“You promiscuous twins.”

At that moment, the twins burst into laughter simultaneously.

“What’s this, Cindy, are you jealous of our promiscuous past right now?”

“What, is it true that you were promiscuous?”

They didn’t answer and just laughed.

Then they grabbed Cindy’s ankle as she tried to escape, kissed her with smacking sounds, and said.

“No, Cindy, you’re our first. This feeling is also a first for us.”

“You’re too prejudiced against us because we look lewd, Cindy.”

“Really? It’s your first time?”

The twins simultaneously pulled Cindy, who was wrinkling her eyes in disbelief, into a tight embrace.

“You’re special, Cindy.”

“I swear, you’ll be the most special woman in our lives.”

Should she believe such words?

But with the twins’ affectionate assault, Cindy once again felt dizzy as if drunk.

“Ah, wait, where are you…… mmph!”

“Oh, cute Cindy. Precious Cindy.”

“We swear, we’ll make you the most special woman in the world.”

Before she knew it, the back of her head touched the floor, which had been made soft with blankets.

The firelight from the fireplace cast shadows somewhere on the wall, dancing subtly.

The sky churned, and her heart beat fiercely.

The sound of rain hitting the walls and windows was loud, and the flickering light was warm.

At some point, even the loud thunder stopped being heard.

She closed her eyes and opened them again, taking a deep breath to clear her dizzy mind.

But unfortunately, that became Cindy’s last memory.

* * *

A few days ago, the thunder and lightning had been noisy, and then a typhoon hit.

This heavy rain, which instantly raised the water level of the Tempel River, continued for a full 4 days.

Though the rain weakened in the middle, the roads were in such disarray due to collapsed embankments and burst water mains that it was impossible to move around.

So Jeffrey, who had gone to check on the orphanage, and other staff who commuted to the mansion, were all trapped at home.

Jeffrey hurried to the Lashantia mansion as soon as the roads were repaired, worried.

He had been away from the mansion for a full five days.

In truth, he wasn’t concerned about other safety issues at the mansion since the twins were there, but he couldn’t stop worrying as a father.

“Cindy! Boys! Are you alright? Oh my, I’m sorry. I made you guard the mansion by yourselves for five days.”

When Jeffrey burst through the mansion door, Arwin, who was cleaning the stairs, greeted him first.

“You’re here! Unfortunately, it seems the roads have cleared a bit.”

At that sound, Darwin, who was busy cooking beef stew in the kitchen, ran out.

“Jeffrey! The roads are clear now. What a shame…… No, more importantly, how’s the orphanage? No typhoon damage there? I heard many places have collapsed……”

“Huh? A shame……? Ah, how is it possible that nothing collapsed? The annex roof collapsed, so everyone was holed up in the main building. So, was everything okay here?”

“Yes, we did all the maintenance at the beginning, so it was fine after we went inside.”

Arwin answered first, and Darwin nodded vigorously, then approached Jeffrey and massaged his shoulders while saying.

“Did you repair the orphanage since it collapsed? There are babies there, so it needs to be well-maintained.”

“Of course! But when they said the roads were clear, I came to see if the mansion was safe.”

“Oh my, we’re really fine. Look. Everything’s intact, right?”

“Yes. It seems so, but…… wait, where’s Cindy?”

The twins were cleaning the mansion and cooking, but Cindy, the housekeeper of the mansion, was nowhere to be seen.

The twins looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, then pointed to her room.

“Cindy isn’t feeling well, so she’s resting.”

“She probably just fell asleep, so don’t wake her up. We’ll take care of the meals.”

“What? Not feeling well?”

Jeffrey pushed aside the twins who tried to stop him and rushed to Cindy’s room.

“Cindy, are you okay? They say you’re sick? Did you get caught in the rain?”

Jeffrey, who felt guilty for leaving his post for 5 days and only caring about Laurel and the orphanage, went to find Cindy with exaggerated concern.

Cindy must have been very unwell, as she greeted Jeffrey with the blanket pulled over her head.

Surprised, Jeffrey approached Cindy’s bed.

“Cindy? Are you feeling very ill?”

To Jeffrey, Cindy was always more than a perfect daughter.

His pitiful daughter, who had lost her mother at a young age, had followed him silently without ever complaining.

Unlike the nobles, there was no possibility of a good home or good education.

The priority was finding a place to sleep and something to eat for the day.

Born under a worthless father, she had always struggled, but nevertheless, Cindy had always found her own way.

Fortunately, when the Lashantia mansion, where they had settled, treated them well, Jeffrey swore to the heavens that he would be loyal to the Lashantia family.

Cindy received the same education as Lumiere because they were similar in age, and they often shared the food they ate, saying that young children should eat well.

What other noble could be so merciful?

She was such a perceptive child that she found her own duties without becoming arrogant or acting foolishly, but they never forced her to work as a maid.

That was until the Lashantia family fell into ruin.

Jeffrey and Cindy couldn’t turn their backs on the kindness of the Lashantia family, who had taken them in out of simple goodwill despite having no blood relation or connection.

Jeffrey and Cindy voluntarily remained by their side and helped repay the debt together.

Cindy especially worked harder.

When the Viscount and Viscountess of Lashantia, Lumiere, and Jeffrey all went to work, the young Cindy stayed behind alone to clean and repair the old mansion.

It was also Cindy who prepared meals for five people with those small hands.

Fortunately, perhaps due to her naturally robust constitution, Cindy never even suffered from minor illnesses while growing up.

And now this Cindy had fallen ill while Jeffrey was away!

“Cindy, are you alright? Are you in a lot of pain? Won’t you show your face to Dad once?”

Despite Jeffrey’s pleading, Cindy remained lying down with the blanket pulled over her for quite some time.

In that silence, Jeffrey’s heart sank, and he was blaming himself for leaving the mansion when Cindy slowly peeked out her head and looked at him.

“Dad.”

“Yes, what hurts so much?”

“Nothing hurts. I just couldn’t sleep much……”

“Sleep? Why couldn’t you sleep?”

Instead of answering Jeffrey’s question, Cindy sighed.

‘What’s wrong with her?’

Jeffrey looked at his daughter with worried eyes, unable to figure out what was happening.

After hesitating for a long time, Cindy grabbed Jeffrey’s collar and asked an unexpected question.

“Dad, are you going to marry Laurel?”

“Huh? What, what?”

Beads of sweat formed on Jeffrey’s bald head in embarrassment.

“Wh-why are you suddenly asking that?”

“If you marry Laurel, that means you’ll be getting married twice, Dad?”

“No, that’s not decided yet…… still naturally…… ahem, ahem!”

“Dad, I’m fine with it. Whether you marry Laurel twice or three times.”

“R-really?”

Just when he thought she was sick but having strange thoughts, completely unexpected words came out of Cindy’s mouth.

“Since you did it twice, can I do it twice too?”

“Wh-what?”

“No, marriage is once, but I get two husbands……”

“No, Cindy, what are you, what are you saying……”

Jeffrey stammered, completely unable to follow Cindy’s thoughts.

Cindy, who had been sighing deeply, pulled the blanket over her head again and suddenly shouted.

“I don’t know either. I don’t know, Dad. Sorry, but please leave. I want to be alone, my mind is complicated.”

When Jeffrey, who had been abruptly kicked out of Cindy’s room, came out into the hallway, the twins grabbed both his arms, seeming to have been waiting outside.

“Come on, we told you not to go in.”

“Now, now, let’s not do that, have dinner first, Jeffrey. The beef stew is amazing.”

“Huh? Huh……”

Jeffrey was brought down to the dining room, practically escorted by the twins, and after receiving strangely attentive service during his meal, he was kicked out of the mansion.

“……Boys?”

“Hurry back to the orphanage. Don’t worry about anything here!”

“You can come back in a few more days. We’ll take good care of Cindy and the mansion!”

“Take care, Jeffrey!”

“See you tomorrow!”

Jeffrey was forcibly put into a carriage by the twins’ strength, and before he could gather his wits, they slapped the horse’s rear to start the carriage.

Arwin, who had been waving to Jeffrey as he kept looking back from the carriage, said.

“Since there are two of us, we must make Cindy twice as happy.”

“Ah, twice is too weak. Three times, four times happier.”

“Good idea.”

“Don’t cross the line.”

They grinned and bumped fists like they used to do when they were young.

And when Jeffrey’s carriage was out of sight, they quickly ran into the mansion.

Click.

The door closed tightly, and immediately Cindy’s scream erupted from inside.

—Get out, you crazy bastards!

It was a peaceful and secret daily life at the Lashantia mansion that no one noticed.

Cindy’s Side Story 〈The End〉