CH 142

Warning: Same as last chapter.

Wha-What should I do in a situation like this? If things go on as they are… will I end up kissing Katharina?

Of course, I don’t hate Katharina. No, let’s stop talking like that. I like Katharina. But is it okay for me to kiss Katharina like this?

I like Katharina, Louisa, Claudia, Alexandra, and Mikoto, I like everyone.

Even I think it’s very low of me to make five women attracted to me and love them all. But for me, each of them is a new person I met at a different time after I thought things didn’t go well with the girl I liked before. I have feelings for all of them.

And yet… is it okay for me to cross the line with Katharina like this?

I think so, but my body doesn’t move well. Katharina’s face with her hand on my cheek is getting closer and closer. At this rate, I would really kiss Katharina, but I don’t know what to do because my head has gone completely blank.

“Ka-Katharina……”

“You don’t need to be so stiff…” Katharina said. “Leave everything to me.”

“-!?”

It’s over now. I can’t resist. I couldn’t even stare straight at Katharina’s face, which was coming right for mine, so I could only close my eyes.

“Stop right where you are!”

“Hiuuh!?” I screamed.

And just at that moment: BANG! The door flew open.

“Tch…”

Huh? Didn’t Katharina click her tongue just now?

No, that’s fine. Now is not the time to worry about that. It should be more about the door. Judging from the voice that just shouted with the “bang!”, it must be Alexandra there. When I gently remove Katharina from above me, I raise my body and look at Alexandra.

“Alexandra, you’ve got it wrong. This is…”

“Not a word from you, Flora!” Alexandra snapped.

“O-Okay…!” I said, reflexively straightening out my back, trembling before I stiffened up.

Alexandra walks over and grabs Katharina by the neck and pulls her off me.

“Hold, Katharina! We all promised not to forcefully advance on Flora!” Alexandra said.

“But I’m not forcibly advancing on her?” Katharina said. “Miss Flora also accepted my advances.”

Completely ignoring me, Alexandra and Katharina started arguing with each other. I don’t understand what they’re talking about.

“And I say that you’re doing it forcefully!” Alexandra countered. “We all know that if you push Flora down, she will easily open her body up to you! That’s why we should have promised never to force ourselves on her!”

Huh…!? What was that!? If you put it that way, it’s like I’m a loose woman who’ll easily open her legs if you push her a little hard. I’m not that kind of girl!?

“I was just trying to teach Miss Flora now to avoid embarrassment in the bedroom in the future,” Katharina said. “Miss Flora also agreed to this. We did not break any part of the agreement.”

No, no! I didn’t agree with that!? A while ago, Katharina just forcibly approached me, and I neither accepted nor agreed.

“That’s why I’m saying you’ve forced yourself on her! You know what you’re doing and making a fool of me when you say that!” Alexandra said.

“It’s my role as Miss Flora’s maid to teach Miss Flora what to do in the bedroom,” Flora said.

It’s no good. They’re both riled up and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end. Also, Alexandra left the door of my room open, so if we were arguing too loudly, it would leak out. I have to calm them down somehow…

“Please calm down a little, both of you,” I said. “And I’m not so easily swayed I’d open myself to someone just by being pushed down!”

“Flora, please be quiet!” “Miss Flora, please be quiet!”

“Y-Yes…!” I squealed.

At that unanimous “Be quiet.”, I reflexively apologized and withdrew. I’m in no position to say whether the two of them are in perfect sync.

Something isn’t right about this. I’m the man in this relationship, so I’m supposed to take the lead with everyone, right? Huh? Am I crazy?

“If you push Flora down a little, you can easily take claim her body as yours, so we promised not to use such a forcible method!” Alexandra yelled.

Ugh!

“That’s why I was trying to teach you her how to deal properly with that, in case it happened in real life!” Katharina countered.

Hauh…!

“And what would you do if Flora becomes some wild, promiscuous woman who’d let anyone take her after just that?!” Alexandra yelled.

Hah…?!

“In order to prevent that from happening, isn’t it necessary for you to become accustomed to such a situation to be able to properly refuse even if she’s pressed by a stranger?” Katharina said.

Ngnng…!

“Enough already, both of you!” I yelled.

“…………”

When I raised my voice, the two of them stood still with surprised faces. Have they finally calmed down?

By the way…, haven’t they been arguing about me since a while ago? And they can’t agree or sympathize at all?

“If you just shut me up and make me listen quietly, you two just say whatever you want, huh…?” I said.

“Ah… no… this is… that’s…” Alexandra stammered.

“Miss Flora, it’s just that…”

“SHUT UP!” I yelled.

“”Yes!””

When I said that, the two straightened their backs and stiffened. When I get up from the bed, I slowly head towards the door and close it silently. The two of them stay still and follow me with only their eyes.

“I get angry when I’m angered, don’t I?” I said as I slowly returned to bed.

“”Yes……””

The two of them were looked down, suddenly quiet.

“You’ve made quite a lot of accusations haven’t you two?” I asked. “Will I open my body to anyone? I don’t even know what happens in the bedroom, do I? Well then, let’s see if it’s true with the two of you, too, shall we?”

“Ah……” Katharina said, looking at Alexandra.

“Uh…” Alexandra said, looking right back at her.

But I can’t let them escape.

“Well, both of you… it’s about time. Shall we put this matter to rest?” I said.

“O-Oh, please wait!” Alexandra

“Miss Flora…!” Katharina said.

““… Ah!””

When I woke up in the morning… Katharina and Alexandra were sleeping on both sides of me. They look adorable asleep. Why did this happen…?

I vaguely remember that the two of them came to my room last night…and they said accused various things of me, which made me angry, too…and we slept together. Yes. That’s right.

For the sake of my honor, I will say that I didn’t do anything to the two of them. Neither have they to me. We just slept together.

Of course? It’s not a narrow bed… right? The bed is spacious enough for three people to sleep in, but that’s okay. We slept on the same bed all night, so there was an accident where we touched each other a little, right?

When I tossed and turned, my hand accidentally brushed up against Alexandra’s big breasts, and when I turned around, my leg got stuck between Katharina’s legs or any number of other accidental physical contacts. I won’t deny that.

But I didn’t kiss either of them nor caressed the other’s bodies while naked. Yes. I just slept in the same bed with these girls. Have you ever had an experience like that at a sleepover party? Or at a school camping trip or school out-of-town trip while sharing a room?

I’m not guilty of anything. Just tossing and turning a little, sticking my hand into the deep valleys between the two large hills, touching butts, getting our faces closer enough to touch each other, putting those two’s heads on my arms, and hugging each other while using our arms as pillows. Only normal things happened. There was nothing wrong on my part. Got it?

“Nn…”

Alexandra raised a cute voice, so I looked over there. I can clearly see Alexandra’s face as she sleeps on her side while I’m lying on my back. She is very pretty. I can see the features that make her an older teenager.

“…”

The other also moved slightly, so I turned my attention there as well. Katharina is also on her side, facing me to stick to me like Alexandra is, and her hand is placed on top of mine. One leg is also slightly resting on me. It feels like we’re putting our bodies halfway together. The softness and warmth of Katharina’s body are clearly felt, I know we’re in close contact.

“……ah,” Katharina gasped.

“Hmm?” I said.

Katharina stared blankly at me with her eyes half-open.

“Morning,” I said.

“Good morni–… wait!” Katharina gasped.

She suddenly seemed to remember what happened, suddenly jumped off and away from me, climbed off the bed, and bowed her head.

“I’m sorry. I overslept and woke up later than you, Miss Flora…”

I stopped Katharina as she panicked and apologized in haste with a wave of my hand. It’s only natural that you won’t be able to wake up as usual if the situation is different from usual. Besides, I might not have had a good rest last night under these circumstances. I’m a little groggy, too.

“It’s fine. Rather than that, let’s get ready in the morning. Alexandra always wakes up a little later, right? We’ll act as usual. Please get ready.”

“Yes. I’ll be ready shortly,” Katharina said.

If it is any longer than this, it will interfere with morning training. It would be more constructive for us to do what we can because there’s no point in arguing about what to do.

While seeing off Katharina as she hurries, I also proceed with the preparations that I can do myself. After changing my clothes safely, I headed to the morning training. When I went to breakfast after training, Alexandra was awake as usual, but it was strangely cute how her face turned bright red every time I met her eyes.

On the way home from school, for some reason, Claudia is riding with me in the carriage. I don’t think I had anything else to do today, but for some reason, the carriage headed for the royal castle, and when Katharina had toddled back in, Claudia was with her. Claudia got into our carriage and we returned to the Carruthers Residence.

Another carriage is already parked at my home. It’s a Kingdom of Del carriage that Mikoto uses. Then another carriage of House Carruthers leaves. It seems that they’re heading for the ranch. The goal, of course, is to bring Louisa here.

For some reason, the usual five of us have gathered at my house since school ended today. It looks like they are having a meeting. The content of the meeting was related to the words and actions of Katharina and Alexandra last night.

“Wouldn’t it be better if Katharina, who went out of line first, is given some kind of punishment?” Mikoto asked.

Claudia and Louisa nodded their heads at that. Everyone has already shared what happened last night, and it seems that the main reason is that Katharina broke the pact.

“That’s right,” Claudia said. “You promised not to abuse the fact that you live together, but in the end, you took advantage of us not being here, so you were the only one who came to see Floto at night… and Floto would easily accept if you pushed her down a little, so you did. You promised me that you wouldn’t make a forceful on her, but you broke that agreement just now, didn’t you?”

Well, if you made a promise, don’t break it. I feel like I can’t keep quiet about the content of the story, but for now, I will and just listen so as not to break the flow.

“But Floto is Floto, too…” Louisa “I can’t believe she’d yield to Katharina just from a little bit of push…”

“Uuu…” I whimper.

Louisa also criticizes me. Certainly, when Katharina made the first move, I was in trouble. If Alexandra hadn’t cut in like that, I would have been attacked by Katharina. 1

“Anyway, you’re prohibited from advancing on Flora, Katharina!” Mikoto said. “Also, you should be more firm too, you know, Floto? I know you can’t refuse if any one of us pressures you, but you absolutely can’t just carelessly accept only one of us!”

“Yes……” I said.

For some reason, I’m the one they’re most mad at, why?

Well, I guess this is par for the course. Should I take a more resolute attitude and refuse Katharina’s invitation, accept everyone and make a harem, or make some kind of other decision…?

Until now, I’ve just been swept away by the surroundings and faced the five of them. But that’s not enough. From now on, I need to be more aware of myself when dealing with everyone.

The excuse that I met each of the five at different times like I used to, no longer works. Now that the five of us are together and all the misunderstandings up until now have been resolved, I finally realized that Decision Time was approaching, and I had to have my mind made up then.