“Mother! Welcome home!”
Fala remembered that Mother’s work shift was at night.
‘Why did she come back so early today?’
Sometimes being too smart isn’t a good thing.
Someone like Karin wouldn’t overthink like her.
It was pretty easy being an idiot.
“You still need to exercise more.”
Sephine herself was a living counterexample.
Even before she became a girl, her body had been weak.
She’d pant after running two steps, and climbing a few stairs would leave her too tired to move.
It was definitely because she was too busy with work, not because she didn’t like exercise!
“Got it, Mother~”
Sephine rubbed Fala’s little head, then headed into the house first.
They were playing happily outside, so she wouldn’t disturb them.
Closing the door to her room, Sephine flopped onto the bed.
The morning’s work wasn’t exactly exhausting, but it definitely wasn’t easy.
Carrying plates wasn’t heavy, but the repetition got to her – her arms were sore.
“The Demon King is so capricious. Good thing I managed to escape the battlefield in time… How annoying.”
Otherwise, Sephine might have been stuck at her place all afternoon.
That being the case, the most important thing now was to change into clean clothes, especially the ones underneath…
Ever since giving birth, Sephine felt like she was losing control of her body more and more.
Especially every time she met the Demon King, she would always recall the nights from before.
But Sephine couldn’t bring herself to go to the Demon King or anyone else for relief; she had to handle it herself.
Plus, the children had been sleeping with her these days, so she had to be extra careful at night.
“Am I really a pervert…”
‘When I was still a boy, I wasn’t this indulgent… It must be that the Demon King added some strange attributes to my body. That has to be it!’
Sephine searched through the wardrobe for a long time but couldn’t find any clean clothes to change into.
‘Did a thief break in?’
Her socks had also mysteriously disappeared in large numbers.
With her already scarce clothing, if this kept up, they’d become extinct.
“Oh no… It seems there really aren’t any.”
‘Damn thief! What the hell, the Royal Capital’s public security isn’t that bad…’
“Damn it, why isn’t there something like security cameras…”
The rope always breaks at its thinnest point.
Her clothes were already few, and now this.
She’d have to stay as she was.
There were definitely a few pieces drying in the yard; she’d just have to wear her nightgown and wait for the sun to dry them.
Sephine wrapped herself up like a grub and lay on the bed reading one of her collected novels.
Whether the sun was out or not made no difference to her – as long as she wasn’t working, it was rest.
Knock, knock, knock—
‘Why does someone have to knock at this time? I’m not fit to see outsiders in my current state.’
“Aglis!”
Through the window, Sephine tried calling out to Aglis, but there was no response.
They were having too much fun in the backyard to hear her voice.
“Looks like I have to go myself… I’ll be careful.”
She walked down the stairs step by step, reached the door, and opened it.
“Huh? Why is it you?”
Opening the door, she actually saw the Demon King.
Sephine rubbed her eyes and looked again; it was indeed the Demon King.
“Weren’t you drunk?”
“Ahem, Father helped me sober up. I came here specially to thank you.”
“Thank me?”
Sephine didn’t think she’d done anything worth thanking.
‘Didn’t I just deliver a meal? Why go all the way here?’
“Father was sick. If you hadn’t gone to help, relying on Ai’er’s brain, who knows how things would have turned out?”
If you’re going to act, you have to go all the way.
Misilanka sent Vi over to dispel Sephine’s suspicions.
For many days now, Sephine had been very cold toward Vi.
Not a single sign of improvement.
But judging from her reaction just now, it seemed to have softened a bit.
“What’s wrong with you?”
The Demon King stared at Sephine, but Sephine kept her head down and said nothing, her body trembling slightly.
‘Did she drink too? No, that doesn’t seem right.’
“Is… there… anything… else?”
“Are you okay? Sephine?”
“I… I’m fine…”
Sephine looked up at Vi, but her body’s reaction only grew stronger.
‘Is she sick? That’s possible. Worrying all day long, it’s strange she isn’t sick.’
Vi supported Sephine and tried to take her back to her room.
But the moment her hand touched Sephine, Sephine clung to her like a cat, hugging her tightly.
Her hazy eyes looked at Vi, but she couldn’t say a word.
“You two… I’ll take the kids away!”
Aglis suddenly burst in, saw the two embracing, and instantly understood the situation.
‘If not now, when?’
She was the Knight Commander of the Royal City Knights – her specialty was seizing the moment.
“Alright… let go a little. Let’s go upstairs first, okay?”
Sephine’s state was clearly abnormal.
‘Did Dad do something again? I’ll have to ask her when I get back.’
“You… carry me…”
Sephine mumbled incoherently.
The Demon King’s memory was still stuck on her earlier fake drunkenness, so she scooped Sephine up.
With her left hand supporting Sephine’s legs and her right hand holding her upper body, the Demon King headed toward the upstairs room.
Meanwhile, Aglis found the children.
“Come on, let’s go out and buy some good food. It’s on me!”
“Huh, did Mother agree?”
“She agreed.”
Given that scene just now, Sephine was probably eager for them to leave quickly.
“Alright… I want to buy books!”
Fala was happy to go out.
Compared to lying in bed daydreaming, going to a shop to buy some novels was obviously more interesting.
“Yay! I want strawberry cake!”
Karin stopped practicing her sword, put it back on the rack, and ran out after Aglis.
Vi placed Sephine on the bed. She didn’t want to take advantage of her, but if she just left and let Sephine stay alone, she would only feel worse.
Sephine lay on the bed, but her hands were restless, constantly tugging at Vi’s clothes.
Her body was there, but her soul seemed to have flown off somewhere.
“Is it okay?”
“Mm~”
Vi couldn’t tell whether she was refusing or agreeing.
‘But… whatever.’
‘When was she ever a gentleman?’
Everyone who knew her knew that she was a notorious pervert in the whole region.