Having Wives And Raising Children Levels Me Up

Chapter 75: 75. Pampering The Countess.

Seeing that Austin was just grinning and not ready to explain anything to her, Rowena turned her attention to Sylvie instead, with the hope that her fairy might be a little more forthcoming than Austin.

But to her surprise, Sylvie simply grinned before pressing her tiny finger to her own lips and made a zipping motion, as though sealing away a secret that was absolutely not meant to be shared.

’That’s... new.’ Rowena muttered in her thoughts.

’Since when did these two become so close for Sylvie to want to keep a secret from me?’ Rowena wondered with a genuinely puzzled look on her face.

She was really confused as to how and why the pair of them were conspiring together so openly, yet still refusing to let her in on whatever it was.

But still, Rowena opened her mouth with the intention of pressing the matter further, but Austin swiftly reached out to gently take hold of her hand before she could get another word out.

"Ah, ah, ah. No more questions for today, young lady."

"Young lady?"

"Yeah, you don’t like being called young lady? Anyways, today’s all about you, remember?" Austin reminded her with a grin as he tugged her gently toward the mansion whilst still talking.

"And I believe I promised a certain overworked Countess a proper day of pampering, and I am nothing if not a man of my word."

Hearing this, Rowena let out a small laugh as she allowed Austin to lead her back inside, momentarily forgetting about the mystery of the soil on Austin’s hands and the secret he was hiding with Sylvie.

Moving on, Austin and Rowena finally arrived at the room Austin had prepared for her.

The room turned out to be a small guest chamber with its furniture newly rearranged to make space for a low cushioned table and a single padded mat laid out across the floor.

"Lie down here, please." Austin instructed and gestured toward the mat.

Rowena settled herself face-down onto the mat as Austin knelt beside her and gently pulled her robe down to expose her back and shoulders.

Austin slowly lubricated his hands then warmed them up with mana before pressing firmly but tenderly into her shoulders.

"Oh~." Rowena’s voice slipped out as her body initially tensed, then gradually melted under his touch.

Thanks to his Rank (F) massage talent, Austin was able to make every movement precise and intentional, unlike when he was still getting a feel for giving someone a massage.

Now, he could easily find knots Rowena herself didn’t even know existed, and Austin continued to work them out with slow, deep pressure.

"Ahh~" Rowena let out a soft, involuntary moan as Austin’s thumbs dug into a particularly tight spot near her neck.

Her pointy ears turned slightly red, but Austin simply smiled as he noticed this.

Of course, he didn’t tease her as revenge for what she and Tatiana had done to him yesterday.

Instead, he simply continued down her back, using the heels of his palms to glide along her spine, then outward to her shoulder blades.

Every stroke he made allowed Rowena’s breathing to grow deeper and slower as her body became completely relaxed.

Rowena’s only response was another soft moan as his hands moved lower.

Now, the tension she had initially been feeling instantly melted away under his touch, and by the time Austin finished with her back and moved up to her arms and hands, Rowena was already limp with pleasure.

But there was no way Austin was going to stop now.

And so, he gently helped her turn over to continue the massage on her front.

His hands explored her shoulders, arms, and even her legs, but Rowena couldn’t say anything about it.

She simply stayed flushed the entire time as a series of satisfied moans kept escaping her lips, until Austin was finally finished.

And when he was finally done, Rowena could only lay there with her eyes half-closed, looking more relaxed and peaceful than she had in decades.

And so, time passed, and now that the massage had finally come to an end, the two of them spent the remainder of the day simply enjoying each other’s company, sharing a light lunch, playing a few rounds of a card game Austin had taught her, and eventually settling into one of the mansion’s quieter sitting rooms as the afternoon stretched lazily on.

Now, Rowena had ended up lying across the couch with her head resting on Austin’s lap as the two of them chuckled while discussing the embarrassing moments Austin had experienced yesterday.

"So what’s next on the list of things for us to do today?" Rowena asked with a smile as she looked up at him.

"Hmm, if you want, I could tell you a story."

"A story?" Rowena asked excitedly, and her cute pointy ears twitched excitedly as well.

Of course, Austin had been noticing this cute little reaction since the two of them began playing the card games, and it was slowly becoming a habit to see her ears twitch in excitement.

In other words, Rowena was genuinely enjoying her time with him, and Austin hummed thoughtfully before asking. "You would like to hear a story, wouldn’t you?"

Rowena nodded happily, and Austin was pleased to see her response. "Good, then I’ll begin with a story I heard a really long time ago."

"..." Rowena stayed silent as she listened to what Austin’s story was going to be about.

"A long time ago, in a forest not unlike Blacksand Forest, there lived a fox who wasn’t like the other foxes."

"She wasn’t?"

"How did you know the fox was a she?"

"Just a guess."

"Well, lucky for you, the fox was definitely a girl. Anyways, whilst the rest of her kind hunted at night using their noses and their ears like every other fox, this particular little fox was born completely blind."

"Blind?" Rowena’s brow furrowed with immediate concern.

"Mm-hm. She’s been blind from birth and her mother worried endlessly that she’d never survive on her own, and that she’d starve or get eaten before she ever grew old enough to fend for herself."

"Ohh, that sounds terrible."