'Huh ... I'm tired ...'

　I was alone in the hot tub, in a large bathhouse filled with steam.
　I was mentally exhausted from a lot of things, and to relieve that exhaustion, I was halfway up to my head in the bathtub, so deep that my nose was "puffing" and letting out air.

　I've been extremely tired all day.
　The reason - Erica.

　Her straightforward, unadorned favors - I'm happy to be happy, but I'm too straightforward to be pressured.
　She's beautiful, pretty, capable, and the favor is genuine, and if you think about it normally, there should be no reason to be tired....

　Oh, I see.
　I guess it's like saying old people get upset stomachs when they eat too much good meat.
　Somehow, I think I'm beginning to understand that feeling.

　As for the favors, when I'm with her, I do a lot of things (...).
　Every time she does something, Erika's favorability goes up, and people around her look at me like, "Wow".
　I don't want to show off too much, but it's a bit painful.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get rid of the exhaustion that had been building up in you.

"Darling--yah!

　With a rattle, the sliding door rattled, and Erica walked into the large bathroom.
　As soon as she came in, Erica covered her face with her hands and let out a deliberate scream.

'Hey!　Why are you coming in?
Shit, darling. I can't believe I'm naked in here.
'This place is a bathroom!　I mean, why is Erica the one who's naked!

　I was the one who wanted to scream.

　Me, completely soaked up to my shoulders in the bathtub, and Erica, completely naked, without even a towel wrapped around her.
　I'm the one who wants to scream.

'Darling, you're so weird. We're in the bath, okay?　I get naked, not the norm.
I'm gonna give you the exact same line I just gave you!

　I tsk-tsk so much that my voice flips over.

　If you look closely, you'll see Eleni hiding behind Erica's back.
　In contrast to Erica, who is completely naked but is not hiding anything, Ereni is also naked, but she is hiding the important parts of her chest and crotch with both hands.
　I was relieved to see that, in contrast.

　Yes, yes, this is how it is usually done, I was just thinking.

'Mmm ... darling!
'What?　What, what?

　When he called out, I huffed and turned around to see Erica pouting for some reason.

'If you want Eleni, I'll give it to Darling, but for now, look at Erica.'
No, no, no, that's not what I'm talking about.

　It seems that she thought I liked Eleni (........).

That's why... when you look at her, she has a huge smile on her face.
'I'm so relieved!　I mean, come on, just cover your front.
Why?
Because it's not supposed to be seen, right?
Oh, um...

　From behind Erica, Eleni spoke up in a timid voice.

'Yes, Erica-sama was Erica-sama from the time she was born, so she has never done anything like hide her in the bath.
Oh no no no no!

　I was almost convinced for a moment, but I quickly denied it.

　Indeed, when you're a queen--a princess-class nobleman, it's logical that changing and bathing have been left to the servants ever since you were born, and you don't feel shame towards others in the bathroom where you should be naked.

'I'm here now, you know.
I'm fine!　Because my darling is my darling. All of Erica's belongs to Darling, so there's nowhere to hide.
Uh....

　If you can say it that clearly, I get the sense that this one is wrong.

'More importantly, darling. Erica will flush your back for you.
Huh?　No, it's fine.
I want to!　Hey, please.

　Erica was buzzing and looked up at me in the bathtub.
　I was like, "Ugh.
　I'm still not used to Erica and I'm not very good at this kind of "begging".

　What do we do?　Should we run away?
　If I just let the bath water harden like jelly, I can get out the window behind me without having to pass through Erica's blocking the entrance.

I can't...

　Yes, it's a hunch.
　It was a gut feeling.

　I'm sure that I could use my strength to escape with the water still locked around my body, but at a time like this, if I use my strength, things will definitely go from bad to worse.
　Rather than doing that it might be better to still have your back flushed away honestly.

''.........Haha, okay.

　I gave up and stood up in the bathtub.

　I stood up with a bang, and with a sound of water--.

"Yikes!

　Erica screamed again.
　A smaller scream than before, but a more serious scream.

''What, what?''
Oh, you're big...
"Huh?
'Eleni!　This is such a big thing, a man's thing!

　I think it's the first time.
　For the first time since they met, I've seen Erica upset.

　She turned around and asked Eleni with a look of panic.

''........''
Eleni?
...and I'm going to...

　To my surprise, Eleni fainted.
　She's on the floor, her eyes rolling around.
　It's like she panicked even more than Erica, and that easily overcame her limits.


Don't be awesome there!

　　　　　★

　I sat in the bath chair and let Erica flush my back.
　After that, I did my best to hide my front.

　I couldn't afford to worry about intuition anymore, so I gathered up the steam in the bathroom and hid my crotch with it, as if to make it into a cloud - a wad of water.

　Then I calmed Erica down, woke Eleni up, and let her back flow.

'Are you sure this is what you want?　Eleni.
'Ha, yes. But I'm told that your lordship would appreciate it if you were a little stronger. Wow, he has a stronger body structure than we do.
Really darling!
Yeah?　Well ... yeah. Maybe a little more intensity would be nice.

　It was pure back flushing force, I replied normally.

　Surprisingly, Erica took the flushing of my back seriously.
　Although her hands were poorly handled, she was trying her best to flush my back in her own way (probably for the first time), asking Eleni for advice each time she did so.

　She looked so healthy and cute in that way.

''No ... no ... no.''
What's wrong, darling? What did you do wrong, Erica?

　Erica panicked, I panicked too.

'No, it's nothing, it's this way,'
Really?
Yeah, just keep going.
"...Yeah!　Okay.

　Erica smiled and rubbed her back.
　On the other hand, I was calming my arousal.

　If I wasn't careful, I could have penetrated a wad of candy (,,,,,,,,).

　To distract myself, I changed the topic to a completely unrelated direction.

''Speaking of which, Erica, are you sure you want to stay here forever?''
....
Erica?
"...darling. Darling will you ... come and see Erica?

　The tone of Erica's words had clearly dropped, though her hands were still the same as they were working hard to flush, but the tone of Erica's words had clearly dropped.

'Erica, I have to get back to Calamba in a little while. Oh, of course I'll be back, okay?　But Erica's the queen, so she can't be here all the time.
....

　I was kind of surprised.
　If it was the Erika I knew, or the Erika I'd seen before, she would have said something like "I'm going to quit being queen for Darling" or something like that.
　I didn't expect that to be returned in such a serious manner.

　As a result, I calmed down in my wadding, but I almost felt a little differently.

　Both the flowing down my back and the fact that I was a queen.
　Maybe Erica is a much more serious girl than I thought she was.

　Then--.

Yeah, I got an idea.
What?

　I heard a clap behind me.

'What's the good news?'
All Erica has to do is attack this place.
What are you talking about?

　His voice flipped back in a grand manner.

'We can drop this place and turn it into a detached palace. Yeah, that's the way to go.
'Let's not do that!　Don't go to war over it!
Because....
'It's not because. I mean, if you do that to this place, Kaori won't shut up.
Hmmm, the Demon King........might be a bit tricky........
Don't take it so seriously!

　I shouted out again and plunged in.
　Because it looked like Erica was really thinking about it.
　If I let it go, I'm serious - I have to change the subject to prevent that from happening.

'Don't start a war over it. If you do that, I'll have to fight Erika on the king's orders.
With the darling?　That's going to be a problem...
'Right?　So, you know.
Okay.

　I'm relieved.
　Apparently, I was able to stop it properly.

''Huh ... the idea of a queen is scary. Talking about land is on the level of buying or renting if you're a normal person.
...to borrow it?
"Huh?

　Erica's hand stopped again.
　I glanced over my shoulder, wondering what was going on.

'Right, you can borrow it. 'Thanks, darling!　Darling, it's amazing!
What are you talking about?
I'm renting my darling's domain from Aegina.
No, no, no, you can't do that.
It's possible. Aegina once leased land to a merchant named Homer for a long time.
"Huh?
'Precedent makes a difference!　Come on, Eleni, we'll find out what's going on around here.
Yes!

　Erica left me and walked out of the large bathroom with Eleni.

　Did I.......say something unnecessary?