When he looked up from the documents with a slight smile, Florencia had removed everything except her underwear. The thin summer chemise was a slip-style with shoulder straps, short enough to expose her legs. Her smooth calves and thighs, always covered by long skirts down to her ankles, were dazzlingly white.

“Laura.”

“……Yes?”

After observing her appearance for a moment, Ludwig seemed to notice something and approached. As he moved, Florencia hesitated and unconsciously took small steps backward. Before her back could hit the edge of the table, his large hand supported her back. At the sudden contact, her girlish face showed surprise and instantly turned pink.

“Why is your body so cold? You don’t seem to be feeling well?”

“Ah……”

“My, your fingertips are like ice.”

He clicked his tongue, enveloping her small fingertips and squeezing them several times. His long-fingered, large hands were very warm and gave a masculine impression in contrast to his delicately drawn face.

“You seem to have indigestion, are you feeling unwell?”

“Yes, a little……”

“You should have told me earlier. Sit over here.”

Ludwig, after seating Florencia on the sofa, brought a soft blanket from somewhere. After spreading the blanket over her small shoulders, he sat right beside her without giving her a chance to avoid him. Though it was just that, she felt much more comfortable than before.

“Um, Father. Is it all right if I…… don’t take off all my clothes?”

“Hmm, is that what you want?”

“What?! Ah, no…… It’s just that, you mentioned it last time, and you’re so busy, Father, I feel sorry that the lesson progress keeps getting delayed because of me……”

Even in this situation, Florencia was concerned about delaying the lesson progress and carefully asked. Ludwig was focused on relieving her indigestion by pressing firmly on the hollow between her thumb and index finger while holding her small hand. Actually, he could easily solve this using holy power, but he sometimes acted unexpectedly like this.

“Laura, much more important than the lesson progress or my schedule is your health. Besides, as I told you last time, if you approach the education without opening your heart, it will only have the opposite effect.”

“……”

“The reason your body is cold and stiff like this is partly because you’re not feeling well, but also because you’re tense about showing your n*ked body in front of me. Am I right?”

“Yes……”

Father really knows everything, Florencia answered in a small voice while watching his reaction. She was intimidated, afraid that Ludwig might strictly say he could no longer continue the education or that he needed to take on another disciple. But when she suddenly looked up, a kind smile had appeared on his remarkably handsome face.

“You don’t need to be so hasty. If you cannot completely open your heart, it must be my fault as a teacher for not giving you enough trust.”

“No, it’s not your fault, Father, this is my……”

Florencia felt even more uncomfortable than before at the sight of his face tinged with a slight bitterness.

“I-I’ll undress now, it’s fine.”

As Florencia, with a bright red face, fumbled to remove her chemise, Ludwig’s hand caught and stopped her. When their eyes met, he quietly shook his head.

“I didn’t mean to pressure you, so there’s no need to force yourself. Especially today when you’re not feeling well, let’s postpone discussing our progress until next time.”

“Father, thank you so much for your consideration……”

“There’s no need to thank me for something so natural.”

“Still……”

“But it would be better if you took this off.”

Ludwig turned Florencia around and unfastened the ribbons of her corset one by one from behind. His low voice came from right behind her.

“Women must be so uncomfortable. Such constrictive underwear can’t be good for your health.”

He traced his fingertips along her delicate back and waist where marks from the tight strings remained visible through the thin fabric. Even at this slight gesture, Florencia flinched momentarily from the subtle feelings that arose. He leaned forward to meet her eyes and smiled playfully.

“Hmm, how about we lazily idle away the day together today?”

“……What? Is that really all right?”

“Why wouldn’t it be? Even I sometimes want to take a day off.”

As if it wasn’t a joke, Ludwig slipped under the blanket, which was large enough to cover both of them, and embraced Florencia’s shoulders.

“Let’s spend the time either taking a long nap or chatting away. Then when evening comes, we’ll eat lots of delicious food and end today’s lesson, how does that sound?”

Florencia truly liked the idea but wasn’t sure if it was acceptable, so she just blinked her round eyes. The words coming from between his neat lips were welcome but seemed so out of character that it felt strange. Regardless, Ludwig gently pulled her waist toward him, making her sit closer.

“Tell me anything. About your recent daily life, how things are with your family, or about your Academy classes.”

Florencia’s days were always similar with nothing special to tell, but Ludwig listened to everything coming from her small mouth with great interest. Even as they sat tightly together under the large blanket conversing, he occasionally embraced her and kissed her with such excessive affection that it took her breath away.

Ludwig could feel her small body, stiff with tension, gradually loosening and warming up. Florencia was wearing only a string chemise and thin underwear, so she was practically n*ked even now, but being inside the blanket seemed to make her feel increasingly secure. Suppressing the urge to devour the soft body in his arms in one bite, he kissed her cute lips once more and slowly lowered the shoulder strap of her thin chemise.

“Ahh, Father……”

“Laura, it seems your menstrual cycle is approaching?”

Ludwig asked calmly while caressing her br*asts. Florencia stammered at the completely unexpected question.

“H-how did you know even that?”

“I just guessed from seeing that these have grown larger than last time.”

“……”

“I clearly remember they were about this size, but today they’ve increased by this much. At this rate, wouldn’t you say I have quite good observational skills?”

Ludwig placed his palm over Florencia’s br*ast as if measuring its size. Her er*ect n*pples were caught quite daintily between his fingers. How cute, he remarked casually, but not understanding what he meant, Florencia only blinked her eyes.

“Hmm, they seem more sensitive…… Perhaps, does it hurt when I touch your n*pples?”

“It does a little, hnn, but it’s fine as long as you don’t press too hard……”

Whispering such things while making eye contact up close as he played with her br*asts was much more embarrassing than when he had embraced her from behind. But for some reason, Florencia once again felt that strange sensation of tingling and becoming moist down below.

“I’ll give you a massage to relieve your indigestion, so tell me if you’re uncomfortable.”

Ludwig deliberately ignored the sensation of his fully er*ect c*ck tightly constrained inside his clothes. Instead, under the pretense of relieving indigestion, he thoroughly kneaded and caressed the soft, tender flesh under the blanket. Florencia, whose area between her legs had become soaked, was slightly tense in case he might try to remove her underwear, but until the end of the lesson, he truly never touched her down there. Florencia was sincerely moved by this selfless, kind act meant only to relieve her indigestion.

“Haah…… Father.”

A moist, sweet sigh flowed from between her small lips, warming the surroundings. At the same time, the last bit of wariness that had been blocking part of her heart melted away and disappeared. Florencia gently grabbed his collar and whispered,

“……Father, I’ll really work hard from the next education session, I mean it.”

His delicate emerald eyes directly gazed at her for this endearing and cute pledge.

“I’ll do anything you tell me to, Father.”

“I’m truly happy that you have made such a decision, Laura. In any case, I have no intention whatsoever of forcing you to do anything you don’t want, whether it’s education or anything else.”

Ludwig then asked with a light laugh,

“Then, may I look forward to our next session a little?”

His cool smile as he said this was so unbelievably beautiful that Florencia momentarily lost herself and was captivated by the sight.

* * *

Summer was in full swing.

In the temple at the heart of the capital.

In a secret space within where no one ever came.

Ludwig’s intimate “education” continued several more times after that day.

His little girl grew more lovable as time passed. Like a diligent student, Florencia gradually became accustomed to the patterns he persistently taught her.

After thoroughly biting and sucking on her plump lips, when he wedged through that gap and delved inside, she would intertwine her small tongue with his and awkwardly respond.

“Ah, ungh……”

While showering her with deep kisses, he continuously caressed the line that ran from the rounded curve of her shoulders to her slender back and waist, all the way to her b*ttocks. Meanwhile, as he kneaded the soft flesh and stroked the sensitive underside of her n*pples with his fingers, pleasant sounds invariably leaked from her small mouth. Even just that was enough to make his c*ck hard and er*ect beneath his clothes, requiring him to summon his self-control.

“Father…… Aah, hnn……”

Florencia, laid down on the long bench in the secret chapel, was half-n*ked. Her light outdoor dress had been easily removed and set far aside. She still wore her underwear below, but her summer chemise with thin shoulder straps had been lowered to her waist, exposing her br*asts and small n*pples.

In contrast, Ludwig was as neat as ever.