Chapter 23

“Ho-how can I say that…!”

Marie hid her face with a cushion. She didn’t want to show her face, which was not only red but steaming. The vivid sensations she felt would be conveyed just by the color.

Natalie had only said one thing.

Was it good?

“Judging by your reaction, it seems he did well.”

She answered matter-of-factly and began to tidy up the threads, needles, flowers, and fabrics Marie had scattered. These were all things Marie had tried to shake off the lingering feelings.

However, Marie wasn’t skilled, so she left the embroidery unfinished, and the completed illustration was quite avant-garde, looking like a living monster. So, Natalie named the piece “Chaos.” Of course, she didn’t tell the artist herself.

“I don’t know what the standard for ‘well’ is… but it wasn’t unpleasant.”

“Indeed.”

“What’s with your reaction?”

“Can’t you tell just by hearing it?”

“…No!”

“Huh?”

Natalie’s face wore an expression as if she had heard something she shouldn’t have. She casually ignored Marie’s statement and brought in the tray she had left outside the door.

“I’ve prepared cake for today.”

“What’s the occasion? Can I eat cake?”

Marie, who had been lounging around using her discomfort as an excuse, sprang up. She had been enduring hunger since she had breakfast in bed. Every time something entered her stomach, it would churn so much.

Natalie smiled brightly, showing the colorful piece of cake. The plate was filled not only with cake but also with sweet cookies and jelly that she hadn’t seen for months.

“Just for today.”

“What’s today?”

“You consummated your marriage, so you should celebrate. And you probably used a lot of energy, so you need to replenish it.”

Marie, who was holding a fork and smacking her lips, repeated after her.

“Consummate….”

Consummate. Natalie’s lips moved clearly. Marie belatedly writhed in shame.

“Moreover, it’s the first night in three years, so even a party wouldn’t be enough.”

“Aaaah!”

“Yes. I’m happy too.”

“No! It’s not like that!”

“You’re not happy?”

“It’s not that….”

Marie denied Natalie’s words with a tearful face. It’s not that she wasn’t happy. Of course, she didn’t regret it, and rather, she was happy that he wanted her.

What was troubling her was whether she had the right to be happy before even considering whether she was happy or not.

It was almost like she had stolen his first time by deceiving him.

“I didn’t tell him.”

“I know.”

“Huh? How do you know?”

“Because I know you’re not the type to deceive and take advantage of people.”

“Take advantage of…?”

Marie listened to Natalie’s words while chewing on a strawberry cake. It sounded like she was saying she did deceive him, but she had no will or room to refute the truth.

“I wanted to tell him, but the situation was like that.”

Maybe it was because she kept getting swept up in Kalik’s pace. At every appropriate moment, he took the lead, and all she managed to do was create a space to talk, just as she had decided. Even that quickly flowed into heated moments.

“Think of it as a sign from heaven.”

“A sign?”

“By now, even God is telling you not to say it.”

“Uh… isn’t that too much of a stretch?”

“So what if it’s a stretch? They should’ve given you a chance to speak.”

“Blasphemy….”

“Then you should do well not to let them hear it.”

Natalie casually cursed God. But even Marie, who initially mumbled that it was too much, gradually became more confident. Thinking about it, she had made efforts. She had tried several times to seize the opportunity to speak, but the other person and the situation had prevented her from doing so.

By now, it seemed like it really could be considered a sign from heaven. Surely, God and fate were saying it was okay not to tell the truth.

“Does it suit your taste?”

“Yes. It’s delicious since it’s been a while.”

Marie nodded while chewing on the cream. It felt like she was being rewarded for the past days when she only ate greens, claiming to be on a diet, just for a piece of cake.

“You can eat it all.”

“Really? But what if I gain weight….”

Weight accumulates as you eat. The only exception is water. 

Marie worriedly muttered, looking down at her belly, which seemed to fold when she sat.

It seemed Kalik hadn’t noticed, but she remembered that when she bent her spread thighs towards her chest, a clear fold appeared. He had no excess flesh, just solid muscles.

“It’s okay. Before that happens, you can burn it off with another round.”

“Ah, don’t!”

“What are you embarrassed about? You’ll be doing it every day now.”

“Aaaah!”

With that, Natalie demonstrated by shaking her waist back and forth. Marie threw down her fork and flopped onto the cushion in shock. Seeing that provocative movement reminded her of Kalik’s face and body.

The sensation of hot sweat falling on her and the pounding of her intimate places was still vivid. Although the heat had subsided, the words and actions he had done were suddenly surfacing as if they were engraved on her body.

They say the words spoken when drinking, gambling, and making love are one’s true nature and sincerity, so she wanted to believe that the words of love were also genuine.

Therefore, what she was most curious about now was this.

“Will there… be another chance like that?”

Marie glanced at Natalie with one eye covered. She had somehow managed the first night, but she couldn’t imagine a second time. It seemed like it could end just like this after one time. She didn’t know if this was anxiety or regret.

“Of course.”

“How can you be sure?”

“I told you, the first time is difficult, but the second and third are no big deal.”

“How do you know these things so well?”

“Hmph.”

Suddenly, Natalie’s lips curled up. She looked down at Marie with a confident smile. It was the demeanor of an expert, no matter who saw it.

“I have my ways.”

Marie, who had decided to take Natalie as her master, straightened her posture and clasped her hands together.

“Is there anything else I should know?”

“What are you curious about?”

“W-when doing it… I don’t know where to look… and my hands too…”

“Look and hold.”

The eyes, the neck. 

Natalie even kindly demonstrated. The posture of staring straight ahead and the posture of hugging vividly.

However, Marie was curious about something else.

“Isn’t there anything I should do? I just stay still?”

Of course, she wasn’t thinking of it as a part of her diet. She felt it was unfair that only Kalik moved. Since she was in a passive position, she thought she could at least help if she couldn’t do something dynamic.

Natalie, who had been rolling her eyes, licked her lips and spoke.

“If you really want to do something, how about trying to suck it?”

“W-what?”

“His p*nis. What else is there?”

“Aaaah!”

Marie was startled by the unexpected word and reached for the cushion again. Natalie was very straightforward and unabashed. She even demonstrated by sticking out her fist and pretending to lick it with her tongue.

“Don’t do that!”

“Yes. I’m not doing it. You’re the one who will.”

“Ah, I’m not!”

“But wouldn’t it seem shameless to just stay still while Lord Kalik is doing all sorts of things?”

Upon hearing those words, Marie’s wriggling stopped. Recently, the issue troubling her inner self was ‘conscience,’ so she couldn’t take these words lightly. She didn’t know what sucking had to do with conscience, but….

Natalie’s hand looked like Kalik’s. It was really big, smooth, and firm. When she imagined that in her mouth, she felt a tickling and pounding sensation in her panties.

What would it taste like to have his p*nis in my mouth?

Would he like it?

And could I do it properly?

“Do I really have to suck it? Is there no other way?”

It was the next step after looking and holding, but the difficulty suddenly increased. Marie wanted another less embarrassing act that was in between.

“Of course, you don’t have to do it. Just think of it as returning what you received from Lord Kalik. It’s only right that if you receive something, you give something in return. If you received a gold coin, it’s proper to repay with a gold coin’s worth of goods or actions. Of course, more is fine too.”

“Ah…”

Then I have to do it. 

Marie swallowed hard. She felt like Kalik’s lower half, which wasn’t even present, was floating around.

If she had to do what he did, how much would she have to move!

“I guess it’ll help with dieting….”

“S*x is the best for dieting.”

“…You’re too… too blunt!”

“It’s amusing for someone who’s done it to call it blunt.”

“….”

Marie stopped responding and just ate her cake in silence. Before she knew it, she had completely forgotten about the confession and was just fixated on the bedroom matters, which she found quite amusing. But the funniest thing was her eagerness and curiosity that she couldn’t let go of, even though she knew it was a trivial matter.

“Will you teach me?”

“How to have s*x?”

“No! That’s enough! What you mentioned earlier….”

Natalie clapped her hands as if she remembered.

“Oh, the sucking?”

“Ugh… please don’t say it so directly….”

“Why are you so embarrassed when you’re the one who will be doing it?”

“I’m embarrassed because I’m going to do it, that’s why!”

“Alright. I like that bold attitude. There’s even a rod-shaped cookie here. Let’s practice with this.”

In the end, Marie listened to Natalie’s special lecture while eating her cake.

Do it like this, suck it like that.

The tongue like this, the fingers like this, the gaze like this.

Then, while watching, she lost her appetite and stopped eating halfway through.