Chapter 473 Erika's Gift

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"So I am your treasure?" Erika asked with a teasing smile.

"Ah… I said it out loud…" I sighed.

"I never imagined you would ever say such a thing to me…" Erika said.

She rested her head over my chest, as I ended hugging her for a little while.

"Erika… I wanted to tell you that with Elizabeth nothing really has happened…"

"I know… I am not really jealous about her anymore, I was just playing around."

"Eh?"

"Hehe, did you got scared?"

"Not really I just… well…"

"It's fine. Elizabeth and Eleanora are like my sisters at this point… They're so precious to me as well. I think it's alright if that's what you want, I wouldn't be able to bear seeing them heart broken or something. I want them to be happy as well!"

"You're… alright?"

"Yeah? Is it wrong?"

Erika wondered, tilting her head.

I guess I was worrying too much about this.

But for now, going slowly is for the best anyways.

"No, it's fine. I am glad you think of them like that. I bet they think the same."

"Heheh, you think? Well, I am already happy because I got to steal your first kiss~"

"You sure did."

"Now let me steal the third."

Erika ended kissing me a third time in my lips, she seemed to never get enough of it.

"We are only thirteen Erika, calm down a bit…" I sighed.

"Not like you don't like them right? I remember that your mom said this was the time where we experiment things… So I wanted to try it out!" Erika said. "I love kissing you…"

I gave Erika a head pat, but then I was surprised by what she said before. "Wait, my mom?! What… did she tell you?"

"She said that to seize you I had to be bold! Because you were too shy about stuff." She said. "So she told me to give you a kiss when you least expected it, that'll do!"

"Sigh…"

My mother has really been telling her a lot of things, hasn't she? Now that Erika lives in my home, I suppose it is only natural my mother is going to begin telling her about me or something. It was quite obvious that Erika was in love with me, I guess.

"She also said she approved of me being your wife…" Erika seemed happy to have received the approbation of her mother-in-law.

"Erika… We are still too young to think about these things…" I sighed.

Best

"I know, I know…" She said. "So anyways…"

Erika quickly opened a little purse she had, bringing out something small.

"Here's your gift, dear."

"Dear? Are we roleplaying now?"

"W-What's wrong with calling you dear? You're my dearie!"

"Alright, let's see what it is…"

Erika suddenly put… a seed in my hand.

"Wait, a seed?"

"It is a special seed! It took me… almost a year to make it."

"Wait, you were making a seed for almost a year? How?"

"Inside my chest, I concentrated my love for you, and all the fuzzy feelings, when it was finally done, this red seed came out."

Erika's seed looked more like a beautiful jewel.

"What… does it do?"

"It is a treasure, if you plant it, something beautiful will come out."

"Wait, don't tell me a baby?"

"Ahahaha! No, dummy, there's no way!"

"Then what?"

"Not even I know, but it will be the materialization of my love for you."

"Materialization…"

We quickly decided to plant the seed in the backyard, using our skills to increase its growing rate, a small sapling quickly popped out of the soil.

"Let's wait until tomorrow then."

"Yeah!"

Like that, the night came. Everyone went back home, as I went to my bed to sleep. While trying to sleep, I told Eleanora everything else, and she quickly assessed what she learned.

"I see, so that's how it is… Well, isn't it good that the Holy Spirits are in our side? The better for you! Lucifer must be crying now as he saw his grimoire being taken away from his authority! Ahahaha!" Laughed Eleanora devilishly. That devilish smile was quite charming.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right… Though now I wonder what's going to come out of Erika's seed. She gave it a lot of attention to it." I sighed.

"Well, it is better left as a surprise, right?" She asked.

"You're right…"

Creaak…

Suddenly, the bed of my room opened, and Erika showed up, slowly walking to my side, while I pretended to be sleeping. She quickly got over my bed and covered herself in blankets while hugging me and kissing my cheek.

"Ah, so cute! She came to sleep at your side~! Uwah…" Eleanora was getting all impacted by Erika's cuteness.

"She kind of always comes…" I sighed.

I quickly cuddled with her, as I hugged her back.

"You're sneaky, coming all the way here again…" I sighed. "My parent's always reprimand you."

"But it is special tonight… You were pretending to be asleep too, didn't you?" She wondered.

"Well yes but- Wait, why is it special?" I wondered.

"Your mom said something about… When two people love each other, they sleep in the same bed and do love…!" She said. "Can we do that?"

"Wait, what? My mother…" I muttered.

I can't believe how much my mother has been polluting Erika's innocent mind! Does she really wants a grandchild so desperately? At least she should wait until I am older to give such ideas to Erika!

"We… maybe another day." I said. "It is something that older people do, don't worry."

"Oh… But I wanted to…" She cried.

"You don't really know what it is to begin with!" I said.

"It is… kissing and stuff right?" She wondered.

"What "Stuff"?" I wondered.

"Dunno… hugging?" She asked.

She's thankfully still innocent.

"Yeah, it is hugging, so let's hug for now."

Like that, I prevented a disaster and slept hugging Erika.

The next morning, as we walked outside the house, we found something growing in the backyard…

It was something rather… incredible.

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