Mushoku Tensei — Chapter 189 - Love~ — Words Unspoken

Afternoon.

I opened my eyes.

How do I put this....... mm.

I'm totally fine, honestly. Really.......

It's just, well....... Eris probably hadn't felt my love in a long time.

She went a little crazy.......

I mean, it didn't stop until morning. Not once.

Feeling a bit drained is normal, right?!

Aisha even pulled out a scroll partway through and hit me with King-tier healing magic. Squeezing every last drop out of me.......

But the ending was good. My wives were all thoroughly satisfied.

And I was the one who lasted to the very end!

Mm. Going this crazy once in a while isn't so bad. I'm still young, after all!

"......Morning?"

The first to wake up was Aisha.

The first thing she did was reach over and touch my face. Then, in a voice thick with drowsiness, she said:

"Ugh....... we went way too hard last night, kinda......."

"You think so too?"

I pinched her cheek.

Aisha closed her eyes and smiled.

Mm-hm?

I kissed her.

"Geez! That's not what I meant!"

"Hm? I misunderstood?"

"Well~ this works too. You were amazing last night."

"I don't want my beloved telling me I can't keep up."

"You were clearly about to collapse in the second half~ hmph! Good thing I stocked so many healing scrolls~ we can do this again."

"Give me a break......."

We lay there for a while in comfortable, quiet warmth. Then Eris murmured "Rudeus" in her sleep and wrapped her arms around my head.

Everyone was already used to Eris's terrible sleeping posture.

"Morning....... Rudi~"

The second to wake up was Sylphiette.

She slowly crawled on top of me and kissed me softly. Then she nestled her head against my chest.

"Morning, Sylphiette."

"Mm...... you were amazing last night, Rudi......"

"As long as Sylphiette is satisfied."

"Feels like I might get pregnant~"

"Sylphiette wants a second child?"

"Mm~ kind of? I'd like a boy~"

Well.

That's fair.

The whole household is girls.

I've lived in this world for nearly 30 years now, but I still remember a few things from before. If we keep getting girls, that's on me biologically.

Not that it matters. Girls are wonderful. A boy would be fine too.

I stroked Sylphiette's head where it rested on my chest. Her head, I should clarify.

The last thing I wanted was to trigger a second round.......

"If it's a boy, mm...... I'll need to raise him right."

"Hm? Why?"

"He needs to be able to protect his older sisters. That's non-negotiable."

"Rudi~ you spoil your daughters completely, but the moment a son comes up you switch to that? He'd resent you."

"Would he? I think if it's a boy, that's just his responsibility......."

"Mm-hm~ I don't know about Lara Greyrat or Lucy Greyrat, but Windsor would absolutely argue with you about that."

True.......

I never deliberately taught Windsor to protect her younger sisters. She just seemed to know, instinctively, that they were hers to guard.

Lara Greyrat's fine on her own. But Windsor's protectiveness toward Lucy Greyrat is visible to anyone watching.

Should I say, as expected of my daughter? That impulse to shield the ones she loves really does resemble me.

While I was drifting through these idle thoughts, Roxy woke up too.

She'd caught the tail end of our conversation, apparently. First thing she did, still soft and half-asleep, was murmur:

"Rudi, really....... after last night, I'm definitely going to get pregnant......."

My wives all say that.

But for the record — I was the passive one, you know?

I was the one being attended to the entire time, you know?

...Anyway. Roxy crawled up onto my chest alongside Sylphiette.

Two wives, warm and soft, curled up on me and being entirely too adorable about it.

"~Excuse me, I was clearly the first one up!"

At Aisha's voice, Roxy and Sylphiette giggled against my chest.

Aisha straightened out my arm and settled her head on it.

If Eris woke up, I'd give her the other arm.

Although, knowing Eris........ she'd probably skip the snuggling and go straight to attacking me.

With the others all here, though, it should be fine, right?

Ah....... what a wonderfully exhausting problem to have.

"Rudeus......."

Speak of the devil.

I straightened my other arm out too.

"Come here, Eris!"

"Hm?"

Eris heard me and sat up.

Such a beautiful figure....... even after two kids.......

Hm?

She wasn't moving toward my arm.

"Wai...... wait, Eris......."

"Didn't Rudeus just tell me to come?"

"No no no....... that's not what I meant......"

"But I want to. Is that not okay.......?"

Sylphiette lifted her head.

"Eris~ let Rudi rest a little. He'll break."

Roxy traced idle patterns on my chest and nodded.

"Yeah~ Rudi worked so hard last night."

Aisha lay there with her eyes still closed, the corner of her mouth twitching.

"Sister Eris. Please spare our husband."

Eris turned to look at me with the most pitiful, wronged expression I'd ever seen on her.

...Heh.

My wives.

Every single one of them with that slight teasing lilt in their voice.

Roxy and Sylphiette both passed out by the end last night. And now they're over here provoking me.

Do they genuinely think I'm done?

Heh. A man's dignity......

"Rudi, you......."

"Ah!? Rudi?"

"Starting with Roxy and Sylphiette. I'll finish before dinner."

Anyway.

The second round was triggered.

Well — second round, third round, I'd honestly lost count.

Aisha and Eris ended up being the final bosses.

But after everything last night had taken out of them, I handled it easily this time.

So it really was just talk after all.......

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Evening. We bathed, tidied up the room.

When we came upstairs, there were still a few people in the church.

Mm.......

In a place this sacred, we'd been at it until morning. And then again in the afternoon.......

I set that thought aside and spoke up.

"So, I was thinking....... for the five-of-us sessions, how about once every 2 months?"

"Once a month, Rudi~"

"Once a month sounds right to me too~"

"Yes, once a month!"

"You can't manage it already?"

Sylphiette, Roxy, Eris, and Aisha, one after the other.

Once a month.......

How do I put this.

I'm genuinely fine with it. Really. It just feels a little dissolute, is all.

But I'm fine with it.

Mm. Fine either way.......

I nodded.

"Once a month, then."

All my wives smiled.

Before Eris came back, even the three of them together were no match for me.

Now I'm the one being hunted.......

But once a month isn't so bad.

"Alright. Let's head back to Grandma's place. You haven't eaten all day — you must be starving."

"Yeah!" x4

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