How about separate bedrooms on the wedding night?
Well, everyone was full, the guests were greeted, and the wedding was over. I was being taken by Dirk… no, I was being transported in the princess carry again.
“Dirk, why don’t we go to the Barton residence?”
The path Dirk was taking clearly didn’t go to the Barton residence. Rather, it was the opposite direction.
“Yeah. I hope you will like it…”
Dirk eventually left the Capital and dropped me off at a house on a small hill. The house had elaborate carvings on the door, and at first glance it looked plain but lovely.
“This house…”
“I built it in the image of what you said you wanted to live in your old age. It’s fully furnished, too.”
The first floor consisted of the kitchen, living room, parlor, bathroom, and study. The second floor was my room, Dirk’s room, and two spare rooms, which were supposed to be used as children’s rooms.
“Cute…!”
My room was accented with an elegant lace that was not too gothic. Cute but not too girly, that’s the point!
“Do, do you like it? That store in the plaza is a furniture shop. I bought a whole set in the series because I thought you would like it.”
Dirk looked happy because I was happy. And the bed was a double bed with a canopy. It was full of mood.
“Yes. It’s totally my style.”
Come to think of it, we went furniture shopping a long time ago… I thought Dirk was going to give me something else because he said he bought a lot of clothes… to think it was a whole new house.
“So, I have a suggestion.”
“Yeah.”
“I know you don’t want to make any sudden changes in your life, so I was wondering if we could live at each other’s houses normally and spend the holidays here…?”
“I would be more than happy to do that, but would you be okay with that?”
“I understand that you still have a lot of work to be done. I hope to be able to live here forever someday, but not now.”
“… Yeah.”
He hugged me gently.
“Well, to be honest, I would love to have you all for myself.”
“… Mhm.”
“But if I did that, you would hate me… well, you wouldn’t go so far as to hate me, you would accept it to some extent, but… I like the free Rosarin the most, so you would have to put up with me. I don’t like that. Besides, I figured if we are going to be together forever, we might as well not have to put up with each other, right?”
“I think so, too.”
“I see.”
We were snuggled together, but Dirk started to fidget.
“U, umm… it’s about time…”
“The effects of the meds are running out?”
“… Yeah…… I’m going to take a bath!”
He got away from me very fast. I took a bath too, and when I came out… Dirk was gone.
After a long search, I found Dirk in his room. Dirk’s room was very simple. There was only a bed, a bookshelf, and a storage chest. It looked like a room for sleeping, and the bed was a single size. Dirk was sleeping on the bed. No, he was not sleeping. He was obviously pretending to be asleep. He twitched just now.
“Dirk.”
“… Zzz.”
“… I think it’s the worst to leave your bride unattended on your wedding night.”
“Guh!?…… Zzz.”
Tch. This still won’t wake him up? But in a way, it might be convenient. I’m sure he will avoid me even if I do a frontal attack. I will get ready quickly.
“… I said I was going to punish you, didn’t I? Then, I’m not going to hold back.”
“!? W, what are you intending!? Hey!?”
“Good morning~ Dirk.”
“Why are you tying me up!?”
“N? So you couldn’t resist.”
Dirk’s hands were tied up and connected to the headboard of the bed. He laid there in Y posture.
“It’s fine. I won’t go until the end. I’m just going to experiment.”
“Ex, experiment?”
“Yeah. I have done a lot of research on how to neutralize mating pheromones.”
“…… Okay?”
“It’s said that if you let the sexual desire dissipate to a certain extent and then mix the bodily fluids and ingest them with each other, it will alleviate it. There is a theory that this is why Beastmen calm down after the mating season.”
“… Rosarin-san.”
“Yes?”
“I have a bad feeling about this! Body fluids, you say… you don’t mean…”
Dirk was bright red and his ears and tail stood erect. He was nervous, wasn’t he?
“…… I wanted to see if saliva would do it.”
“”………………””