562 「Oh…? So that’s a challenge, huh?」
Once the wedding ceremony is over…? Is it supposed to be the wedding night next? I mean, is that even a thing over here?
‘Common sense on Earth is nonsense here, and common sense here is nonsense on Earth’, and all that, so when it comes to those tacit agreements or unwritten-rule kinds of topics, it’s actually really hard to tell where the line is.
And precisely because it’s ‘common sense’, nobody bothers to explain it to me.
So, as always in times of need, I pulled out my handheld info terminal and sent a message to Mei through the chat app.
「So, back where I’m from, this is how it usually goes. How is it here? I don’t know what’s considered normal in this place, so I’d like to follow the local way of doing things—but I don’t even know what I’m supposed to do in the first place.」
Yeah, you could say I should’ve asked in advance. But I’ve left literally every last arrangement to House Holtz… and this is a pretty sensitive topic, so it’s not exactly something I can casually ask my crew about. I really should’ve consulted Mei earlier.
Besides, it’s not like I ever got married back on Earth either.
I have no idea how things usually flow after the ceremony, or where you’re supposed to spend the wedding night. Do you go back to the place you’re going to live together in—your new home or whatever—and do it there? Or do you book a hotel room? I’ve got nothing.
I mean, I know there’s a ‘wedding night’ custom in the vague sense of ‘that’s a thing, right?’, but I don’t know how it actually plays out in practice.
And honestly, in a society where premarital sex is the norm, how big a deal is the wedding night custom even supposed to be?
While I was chewing on that in what you might call the groom’s waiting room—one of the rooms in the Imperial Castle—the door suddenly slammed open with a bang.
That scared me.
Sure, I can now detect psionic waves and keep track of people’s movements over a pretty wide area, but if I did that constantly, I’d wear myself out.
Fresh off the ceremony, I’d let my guard down. So yeah, it genuinely surprised me.
「W-what the—？」
The ones who burst in through the door were my brides.
Serena, Elma, and Chris—still in their wedding dresses, all three of them. Their hair and dresses were a little mussed, like they’d just had a dead sprint against each other. The fact that none of them were even slightly out of breath was, I guess, exactly what you’d expect from noble daughters who’ve undergone physical enhancement procedures.
「You were taking quite a long time to come and fetch us, you know?」
「Sneaking off ahead of everyone else just wouldn’t be fair, right?」
「I can’t afford to fall behind, either!」
Those were, in order, Serena, Elma, and Chris.
I see. So maybe the ‘correct answer’ here was for me to go and pick them up at this timing.
But if that’s the case, all this talk about ‘sneaking off’ and ‘falling behind’ feels a little off.
While I was thinking that, my handheld terminal chimed with an incoming message.
No good—this one’s a wall of text. I can’t grasp the contents from a quick glance.
「Okay, okay, chill for a second. First off, I had no idea what a groom is supposed to do after this point. So I was just now asking Mei about the common sense—or standard procedure—for situations like this. I should’ve checked in advance. My bad.」
「…Ah. I see. So that’s what it was.」
「…Now that you say it, expecting Hiro to know this kind of etiquette was our mistake. Noble etiquette on top of that, no less.」
「…Is that how it is？」
Serena and Elma, who both know exactly where I came from, seemed convinced. Chris, on the other hand, looked lost.
Come to think of it, I’d never actually told Chris about my origins, had I?
「Yeah, that’s how it is. I guess it’s about time I told you about that stuff too, Chris.」
「…So I’m the only one who hasn’t heard it yet?」
She frowned slightly and looked kind of hurt, like she felt she was being left out.
Well… the timing is tricky, okay? It’s not something you just casually blab about.
「Chris. I only heard about it myself very recently… um, after the first time we did it. I think it’s just sort of become the habit to talk about it at that timing, that’s all.」
Serena said that with a wry smile.
It’s not like I’d consciously decided ‘I’ll only tell them after we’ve slept together’. It’s just that it’s hard to find the timing unless it’s in a moment like that.
「Is that so…? If that’s how it is… I guess it can’t be helped…?」
Chris still didn’t look entirely satisfied, but I’m going to have to ask her to forgive me there.
It really is hard to find the right time to bring up your absurd, out-there origins.
Everyone might be totally fine with it now, but when I first told Elma, I actually had to psych myself up for it, you know? For all I knew, she was going to decide I was a complete lunatic.
「I’d appreciate it if you could let it go. So, what’s the plan from here? What happens next?」
「His Majesty has graciously prepared a room for us in the Imperial Castle.」
「That’s… thorough of him…」
I’m grateful, but it also feels kind of awkward.
I mean, I seriously doubt he’d do anything crass, but…
No, wait. If the Emperor himself prepared the room and then it came out that he’d peeked or recorded anything, that’d be insanely disgraceful and a huge political liability.
Which paradoxically makes it feel safer.
「All right, let’s gratefully accept His Majesty’s kindness. Do you know where it is?」
「I do, but… are we all going together?」
「That was the idea.」
「You’re planning on taking on all three of us at once…?」
「That’s right.」
At my answer, all three of them made complicated faces.
And I get it.
It seems like they do have a concept of a ‘wedding night’ here too, much like on Earth, so it’s probably something special.
In Chris’s case, it would be our first time actually sharing a bed.
「We’ve been unorthodox from the start—downright rule-breaking, if you ask outsiders. I’ll make it up to each of you plenty later, so just put up with it for tonight, okay?」
Calling them up one by one and handling them in order by summoning each to a separate room… that just doesn’t feel like us. From an Imperial noble’s standpoint, this probably isn’t exactly praiseworthy behavior, but like I said, the whole situation is unprecedented anyway.
No point worrying about it now.
「That part is fine, but… are you sure you’ll be okay? Can you really handle three women who’ve all undergone physical enhancement procedures?」
「Even for you, Hiro, our base physical abilities are on a completely different level, you know?」
「Oh…? So that’s a challenge, huh?」
It’s true that all three of them—Serena, Elma, and Chris—are noble daughters who’ve undergone physical enhancement.
That physical ability of theirs absolutely carries over into bed.
If you think about it normally, no matter how much I train, I’m still just an un-augmented guy. Saying I’m going to handle all three of them at once is kind of reckless.
「I’ll take you up on that. And don’t think I’m going to stop even if you beg for mercy later.」
「Why are you so confident about this…?」
「Taking on three at once is going a bit too far, even for you.」
「Awawa… Everyone at the same time? The four of us?」
The two usual suspects who always end up losing to me in bed were starting to sweat cold at my stubborn stance. Too late for that now.
And Chris was completely overwhelmed by this sudden turn of events. Cute.
「Then it’s decided. I’ll let Chris choose who I start with. All right, let’s go.」
Sure, if we’re talking pure stamina, I can’t beat the three of them.
But I’ve got psionic abilities.
Time to show off the fruits of all that training I did with Kugi and Tamamo—for situations exactly like this.
「Wait, wait! Wait just a second! That is absolutely not okay! Serena’s going to end up in a horrible state—eh, hold on, my body’s not… moving… No, no, no, stop—」
「Fuee…」
In the end, once Chris saw the state Serena and Elma wound up in, she was on the verge of tears.
I did go easy on them, you know.
If I cranked their sensitivity up three thousandfold, they really would be in danger of dying from shock, so I kept it light.
I’ll be gentle with Chris.
As for the other two… I think I’ll have them work a little harder.
He also told serena before they slept together about his past. It was right after their spar and she confessed to him.
And I mean Hiro and Chris did the deed in 495 and 496. Even had Chris having wobbly legs the next morning. Seems like that would be hard to forget.
Did author-San already forget he wrote chapters 495 and 496? He and Chris shared a bed for the first time then. I think he’s been distracted.
YAY NEW CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome Back!!! We appreciate you!
That came out of nowhere, I didn’t notice there’s a new chapter and the content is rather unexpected. I thought the fun part passed in the background, but this update doesn’t seem to be a side story or something like that. I mean, the previous normal chapter ended with chatting the princess out of running away (she may have been joking about it).
Thanks for the chapter! Awesome translation! May God bless you!
Yay a new chapter! Thank you
Yay welcome back! I hope it will resume weekly…
Sweet, another chapter! Thanks (to both you and the author).
Thanks for the chapter & welcome back
Thanks for the treat. 👍
Thanks for the chapter but this isn’t the first time Hiro and Chris shared a bed in a sexual manner, they did the deed before he left for the Holy Empire
Elma also should’ve known better: she was one of the “glowing” girls the morning after Kugi returned the favour (flooding her mind with love) many chapters ago (he doesn’t remember, but it’s implied he took everyone on in one night). But I’ll try not to be harsh here: it’s not that bad this time, as the same result could basically happen in a more past-compliant way.
He has also done it more than once. Mostly after Shouko joined