Chapter 250: Hiero

In the morning I woke with Pafa and headed for the living room. Right then Raide opened the annex door and came back.

He looked unusually tired. I laughed. Seeing that, Raide gave a wry smile and did that habit of his, rubbing the back of his neck, which only made me laugh harder.

Whether he knew it or not, the moment something troubled him he rubbed the back of his neck.

And it showed on his face, so you could tell what he was thinking at once. Same as now.

"What is it? Come on, tell me."

"Haha... I tried to stay by Nimi and the others, but the maids kicked me out."

"Well of course they did! They are girls!"

"Is that so? Hmm..."

Do not "hmm" me! Nimi might say it was fine, but the other four would be embarrassed, would they not!?

When I asked how late they had gone, Raide smiled with a troubled face and told me like it was hard to say.

Until just now... until just now!? That was way past what I expected. I was shocked!!

Eh, what? What is this? Um, he is human, right?

Raide went into the annex with Nimi and the others around one yesterday, you knoooow?

While I was still stunned and patting his body, he suddenly kissed my forehead. "Do not touch a man’s body so carelessly," he said!

Haaaaaah!? I am touching him because it is Raide!?

I think my cheeks went red. Raide kissed my forehead again and went to his room to sleep.

Until the door closed I stood there with both hands shaking, my whole body trembling.

I had something to tell him, and that kiss made me miss it!

Aaaah, honestly! What a Handful!!

I took several big deep breaths to settle myself, then looked at the door to the annex.

If they had been at it until just now, the timing was good. I opened the door and went in.

Maids were rushing about. I also saw Melaine, the maid from Erika’s side.

When Melaine spotted me she bowed and started guiding me to Nimi and the others.

"Is that all right?" I asked. Without breaking expression she said, "I was told to summon you if you visited." I blinked, then gave a wry smile.

Who told her? I did not need to ask. It was Nimi. Definitely!

I went up to the third floor with Melaine and into one room.

Aah... it was full of Raide’s scent...

Two king beds sat side by side. Leaning against the wall from the left were Nimi, Elysia, Lucian, then Eima and Rinelle, all looking thoroughly worn out.

Tired, yes, but all of them were smiling like they were happy.

But... but all five of them had bellies swollen like pregnant women. I doubted my own eyes.

I had heard about it, sure, but seeing it was completely different.

Um~~ I came to lend my power, but... do they even need me?

No, no no no, what am I saying? I came to put the five of them at ease, did I not!?

I slapped both cheeks with my hands. The five of them saw that and laughed.

Trying not to get in the maids’ way, I moved to Nimi’s side, let a little light spill from my body, and sent it into all five of them.

"Okaaay? This is not absolute, but you will be ’all right’!"

"Thank you very much, Hiero-san."

"Amazing... it is warm..."

"Elysia-san, I feel it too..."

"Mother... I..."

"Oh... honestly, come... Rinelle, shall we hold hands?"

All of them stroked their own bellies, shy and smiling like they were happy.

I also asked them, not as a warning exactly, to hold back on intense exercise. They nodded and agreed.

Rinelle too! Do not give me that cute "Eh? Me too?" look or I will stroke you all over, you know!?

When I said that she laughed like she was having fun, so I would call it fine!

Staying would only get in the way, so I spoke to all of them and left the room alone.

Then I used my power to move to the living space and let out a long breath from the relief of work pausing.

All I had done was strengthen the possibility. I could not call it certain. But after being loved that much, it was certain!

It was not a formal record, but I had gotten women past forty pregnant this way before. No mistake!

Even so... Raide’s scent had been strong...

I sniffed the left cuff of my sleepwear to check whether his scent had gotten on it.

Then I noticed my right hand heading for my lower belly and hurriedly shook my head hard.

I-it is not that! Not yet, not yet!

I was puffing hot breaths, hoo hoo, when Pafa came from the bedroom rubbing one eye.

"Hiero, morning. ...Nnn?"

"Morning... eh? What, what?"

Pafa put her nose to my chest and sniffed, then looked up and grinned.

It is not, it is not! I have not been taken by Raide yet!!

I have not even been talked into it in the first place, all right!?

I patted Pafa lightly with both hands while saying so, but she only laughed softly. "Hmm~~?"

Honestly! Honestly!! It is Raide’s fault... because he is such a Handful!!

I am adding the new breast-size order I thought up below.

I may use other expressions, but please treat this as a quick reference.

[Small hill → mandarin → apple → grapefruit → pear → melon → watermelon → extra-large watermelon]

Characters

Nimi

Height 165. Age 37. Brown hair. Hair to about her waist, gathered and braided.

She lets it down to sleep.

Soft expression. A calm older-sister type with strong maternity.

Looks like her late twenties. Brown eyes.

Build neither too thin nor too heavy. A just-right balance.

People also say the word "wife" fits her.

Breasts larger than melons. Softness like marshmallows.

Raide’s stepmother.

She lost her husband early and raised Raide almost by herself.

After becoming his lover her maternity grew even stronger. She has decided to bear his child.

A recent worry... or rather, one thing on her mind.

Ever since she started sleeping with Raide, she feels like her breasts are growing.

Raide’s lover.

Pafa

True name Pafa Rieralia ???

Height 150. Age unknown. Cream-colored hair.

Soft waves grown longer than her shoulders.

Face a little slender. Calm expression. Brown eyes.

A settled air and a ladylike air together.

Body slim, the type that looks slimmer in clothes. Breasts a little larger than apples.

The form Nimi’s prayer took when it became a person.

She can speak a little, but not well yet.

She loves Raide the same as Nimi and often clings to him because she wants to feel his warmth.

In truth a little of her memory has returned, but she is hiding that from Raide.

"When will Raide want me?" is something she keeps secret from the people around her.

Hiero Fee

True name Hiero Rieralia Fee

Height 159. Age unknown. Bright silver-white hair.

Soft waves grown to her shoulders.

Face a little slender. Lively personality. Bright air. Silver eyes.

Body a little slim. Breasts the size of grapefruits.

The presence that had been inside Pafa’s body. Originally she only meant to peek and enjoy it.

But she could not leave Raide as he was, so she used the power of Kuro’s Bracelet to take form.

The very first First Pope’s close guard, a being that was not human, who built the Holy Kingdom of Kail together with him.

Even the First Pope left this world without learning Hiero’s true name.

She has decided in her heart that she will protect Raide and his lovers to the end, and stay by them while she lives.

She has also secretly prepared herself to stay with him for life if he wants her.

Elysia

Formerly of Count Deus’s house

Height 165. Age 36. Straight blonde hair grown to about her knees.

Calm personality. Narrow, glossy expression. Gold eyes.

An air full of the dignity unique to nobles.

Slender build. Huge breasts a little larger than melons.

Elysia, second wife of the Deus house, gave birth to Erika at twenty.

Count Deus treated her like a prostitute. She has been held by eight men so far.

All of it was for her daughter Erika.

Her spirit weakened. The butler put sleeping drugs in her food and she spent most of a year asleep.

Thanks to the maids’ devotion they were able to slow how fast the malnutrition advanced.

When Elysia went to be held by other men, Melaine quietly shed frustrated tears. No one knew.

Since she started going out with Raide, she has been feeling happiness.

She has resolved to live with him and strongly wishes to bear his child.

At present, Raide’s lover.