Chapter 166: Anger And Pennies

As the night was over, Diane stumbled her way down the steps and made it into the back of the inn where she and her daughter lived. But the moment she got in, Lana was standing in the doorway glaring at her with teary eyes. Her cheeks were all puffy, and her eyes were still wet with tears, she was more than upset about what had happened.

"So you lied that we'll be together forever..." Folding her hand she leaned back against the wall. Gulping her heavy heart, she took a deep breath as her lips quivered while speaking down to her partner. "And our daughter, how could you involve her in this mess!"

Staring up at her wife, nearly twice her size, Diane braced her heart before she attempted to lie.

"W-we've been struggling to stay open, so I just..." Every word of hers tinged with guilt, she couldn't get it all out without casting her gaze back down. "The king's death brought a lot of visitors, but I thought that if we could earn another way!"

For a moment, Lana gave no reply. She was struggling to understand why Diane would do such a thing, especially with their daughter.

"I know I messed up, but please ju–" Lifting her head to face her wife, Diane was shocked at Lana's comical attempt to keep herself together. Tears were welling up in her eyes, and her lips shut tight yet quivering.

Unable to hold herself any longer, the elf burst into a loud cry and wrapped her hands around her wife. Despite her larger size, she cried loudly into Diane's shoulder like an oversized child. Rubbing tears and snot all over Daine's dress, Lana cried and cried until she could no longer.

Comforting her heart with the brush of her fingers through the hair, Diane calmed the elven woman until she fell to her knees and nestled her face into her breasts.

"D-don't do that again..." She demanded, still sobbing like a child.

'Why is my body heating up so much?' Lana wondered, feeling a red blush running throughout her skin. Her chest tightened as she gulped, and slowly as it worked its way down, her belly and everything under was fluttering with butterflies.

"O-okay...As long as it makes you happy," with a racing heart, Lana gave her permission for her wife to lay with a man she'd only known for a day. But the compromise wasn't without demands of her own, and slowly looking back up, she whispered. "But, can I join you next time?"

Before Diane could answer, however, the door behind them burst open. Stiffening up to the loud sound, the duo let each other go and quickly stood upright. Turning to the door, they quickly noticed Zoey rubbing her eyes as she carelessly walked right by them.

Watching her disappear towards her room like she had no clue what was happening, the two assumed that she was still in a dreamy state and didn't remember much of what happened last night just yet.

"Should we take her to the wizardess?" Asked Diane, worried about her daughter.

Taking a moment to think, Lana answered in a whisper.

"Last time she fiddled with her protocol despite us telling her not to, so..." Just thinking back to the visit, neither of them wanted to even consider that option anymore.

'If only she was a Mono-doll instead of Shamisha.' Thought Diane, although she kept those thoughts about her daughter to herself. She didn't want her daughter to feel inadequate or for her wife to know she was even thinking like this.

"We should...get ready for the day," she suggested, and Lana couldn't agree more.