chapter 206
206 (Side story) The morning tweet of the first night
***[Catherine]***
20 years old.
Finally, tonight is the first night.
It is so deeply moving that it cannot be put into words.
The eyes were slightly wet with moisture.
How long have you been waiting for this day
I feel like I’ve been waiting since I met Oscar when I was three years old.
“…”
It was long.
It was really long.
I’ve been married for several years, and I’m already 20 years old, but I’m still pure.
I want her to pass out first, more than anyone else.
Tears began to form in my heart one by one as I looked back at the long patience and the time of temptation that did not work at all.
Tears slowly seep out of the body.
Her eyes were getting wet little by little, but Oscar-sama leaned down to peer into her face.
Unknowingly, he hid his face with his hands.
My makeup and hair are a mess today.
tears there.
Since there was no lady-in-waiting who was always by her side to help, she wasn’t sure if it would be okay for Oscar-sama to see her current self.
Oscar-sama lightly kissed her hand that covered her face.
“Why are you covering your face?”
“It’s ugly now.”
“Stupid words. You’re pretty. Beautiful and cute, your teary-eyed face is the loveliest thing in the world… I’m so lucky to have such a cute and lovely bride.”
Oscar’s last words were half a monologue.
After arriving at the beach, Oscar-sama is a little strange.
Hugs out of nowhere or says sweet things like putting sugar on their mouths.
Usually, you are the one who asks for that, but it seems to be the opposite of usual.
Maybe it’s because there are only two of them.
Today and tomorrow, there are no escorts or maids by her side.
24 hours a day, the escort who stayed by her and Oscar was so far away that I couldn’t hear her even if I shouted unlike usual.
For two days, in a small mansion on the beach, only Oscar and Katrin will be there.
The food to be eaten for two days was put in the magic toolbox in advance, and the cold ones were prepared cold and the hot ones hot, and Oscar-sama said that everything like the bedroom sheets and clothes to change into was taken care of.
Everyone was embarrassed that they couldn’t have the Duke do such a thing, but Oscar-sama was stubborn.
He says he hates other people interfering with his long-awaited honeymoon.
When Katrin stepped forward saying that I would do it, the answer came back saying that a husband takes care of his wife and cares for her as much as during the honeymoon.
okay?
Is your honeymoon like that?
I do not know.
I don’t know where Oscar found out about it, but Katrin had never heard of a honeymoon.
If you’re a newlywed, you may not know, but other people say that it’s the first time they’ve heard of a honeymoon.
First of all… Oscar and she are not newlyweds.
Because it’s been several years since we got married.
If I had to give it a name, it would be an old marriage.
An old marriage that is still on the first night.
Something is wrong.
Anyway, it seems that Oscar was really looking forward to this honeymoon.
Maybe we’ve been waiting since the days when we were officially married.
This honeymoon, because it took nearly two years to prepare.
“…”
By the time Catherine was eighteen years old, most of the duchy’s people were waiting for an heir.
Every day, letters from the duke’s and vassal families begging to see the heir came up, and Mother asked Oscar almost every day if the first night was still there.
Benno didn’t say much, but it is said that he held out a bottle of stamina to Oscar every night.
So, I think Oscar-sama finally felt the same way, but this time he said that he wanted to go on a honeymoon.
However, for the duchess to have time to fully rest away from official duties, that is a bit difficult.
In addition, after the war with the steppes, he became busier.
As a supporter of Crown Prince Emil, he had many things to do, signed various contracts with the family devastated by the war against the steppe tribes, helped restore them, and became so busy that even ten bodies were not enough.
Bringing up the word honeymoon in such a situation, at first, I even thought that Oscar did not really love her.
He doubted that perhaps the words he said he loved might have been something like a younger brother rather than a woman.
That’s why I’m putting off the first night of the day, I said.
I knew that wasn’t the case from Oscar’s actions that followed.
In order to create a long vacation of more than a month, including travel schedules, Oscar-sama literally put all of his sleeping time into public affairs.
As for Catherine, there were no complaints even at the duke’s mansion, but I rather hoped that would be the case, but for a man, no, for Oscar, a honeymoon seems to be very important, so I endured it with great spirit.
It was really hard.
But I think it’s good that you came.
I also saw Oscar-sama’s excited look.
Catherine looked around.
When I heard the explanation, I thought the sea was a big river.
But seeing it in person is very different.
Standing in front of the sea, which is much larger and quieter than the river, how to say, the human existence felt like an insignificant ant.
Whenever the sunlight comes down, the surface of the water continues to sparkle and change.
It was so beautiful that I wanted to keep staring at it.
Most surprising of all is the beach.
The white sand stretched endlessly, as if sprinkled with expensive sugar, and the water flowed in and out of it.
Each time, the water broke into white foam incessantly.
It is completely different from the shaking and splashing of the river.
As Catherine’s eyes widened, Oscar smiled brightly and pulled her away.
“Come here, Catherine.”
The two of them walk on the white sand while the water is pushed into the sea.
It was a spot where the waves came and went down just a little while ago.
I thought it wouldn’t get wet here.
However, after a while, the seawater that rushed in was very strong, wet the ankles of the two in an instant and swept across the wide beach.
Everything was wet, even where there was no water at all.
“Kyaa!”
As she screamed, Oscar-sama gave her a hug.
‘This, this!’
Upon arriving at the beach, both of them changed into simple clothes.
From Catherine’s point of view, it feels like she’s mostly taken off rather than changed.
Oscar wore a loose-fitting shirt and simple trousers, while Catherine had stripped off corsets, petticoats, and lace-up shorts.
It was a baggy top like Oscar-sama, and there was no petticoat, just a sunken skirt.
Because of that, when Oscar-sama lifted him up, his body pressed against him and passed through the cloth…
How wonderful it is to have a corset and no decoration at all!
“…”
I could feel her body temperature through the thin fabric.
It is okay even if life is reduced.
I’m so happy for this moment.
‘I think my nose will bleed.’
Maybe I’m ascending to heaven at this moment.
No, but I must die after the first night.
It seems that he was speaking out of his mouth without realizing it.
Oscar laughed loudly and buried his face in Catherine’s chest.
No no no no, you do this so suddenly, you really die, Mr. Oscar. If you act too provocatively, Katrin, who is still crawling on the beginner level, will die of surprise!
I screamed like a scream, but my mouth was blocked.
We always leave after our lips touch, but today something warm came in.
Viva Kiss!
Lucky adult kiss!
Catherine has no regrets even if she dies now.
“…”
No, let’s spend the first night and die.
Did I say all the words in my head again?
Oscar chuckles as he still holds her.
Katrin reflected a little.
A honeymoon is something that Oscar has been wanting for years, more precious than Catherine’s greed.
If Oscar is going to be happy, let’s not be too conscious of the first night and disturb it.
The waves come back and go out to sea.
We alternated between them and walked side by side.
Well, now that my clothes are all wet up to my thighs, there is no point in avoiding it anymore, and above all else, Oscar-sama is laughing.
Even if your clothes are all wet, even if your body gets sticky from seawater, even if sand sticks to it, it’s all good.
It was the first time in my life that there was no one around me, and I could understand why Oscar insisted on a honeymoon.
“… But, the first night took too long. Even if we’re on our honeymoon now, it would have been nice if the first night was a little earlier.”
As she muttered that suddenly, Oscar-sama hugged her by the shoulders.
whisper a little
“Catherine, it’s different. There’s a honeymoon for the first night.”
“…”
why?
Aren’t most nobles just having their first night in a mansion?
As I said that and tilted my head, Oscar-sama spoke kindly.
“First night only comes once, so I wanted to make it a special day. Besides… I promised you when you were young, right? I’ll take you far away when you get married. Do you remember how happy you were then?”
No way… so?
“I wanted to give you a special day that you can remember even when you turn 50 or 100.”
Saying that, he muttered in a voice so low that Oscar-sama couldn’t hear him.
‘I wanted to give you a much more beautiful day than…’
The preceding words did not sound good.
But somehow, I wondered if someone was comparing me to another woman.
Maybe Oscar gave something like a first night or a honeymoon to someone other than Catherine.
But that can’t happen.
From when he was young until now, Oscar-sama had no shadow of a woman at all.
It’s to the point of being nicknamed the nobleman of iron walls.
yes?
While I was thinking about that, Oscar-sama picked up something from the floor and held it out.
It is a small conch
Unlike the large white conch shells he had given her before, they were small and multi-colored.
But when I put it to my ear, the sound was the same as the white heartbeat she had.
The two spent some time strolling along the beach like that for a while.
The mild and slow time passed very quickly.
When night fell, Oscar-sama gathered branches on the beach to make a fire.
The fire dances and rises in the dark void.
The stars in the sky shone like jewels, and the sea, which was beautifully illuminated during the day, turned black.
Only the sound of burning wood fills the air.
It’s as if Oscar and Catherine are the only two left in this world.
As Oscar said, it is a very special day.
For some reason, I was so happy that I cried.
When I entered the small mansion with a view of the beach, I found a barrel already filled with water.
After heating the water with the magic stone, Oscar-sama wrapped a cloth around it.
But Katrin wasn’t the only one entering the vat.
You two are together.
“That, that, such an unscrupulous thing!”
Katrin was startled, and Oscar raised the corner of her lips, a bit like a villain.
“Are you husband and wife?”
“but!”
Oscar-sama hugged the protesting Katrin and whispered in her ear.
“Catherine, that’s what a honeymoon is. Shameless and a little shameful.”
“…”
“Why do you think everyone has been bitten and only the two of us are here?”
“…”
When Katrin didn’t say anything and just kept her mouth shut, Oscar-sama narrowed her eyes and smiled.
“Today you will see a lot of Catherine’s embarrassing side.”
“…”
“Because you’re not the only one holding back. I was really looking forward to today too, Catherine.”
“…”
Washed like a child.
Perhaps because of her experience taking care of magicians, Oscar-sama was really good at caring for others.
It took a long time to thoroughly wash every nook and cranny.
As I lay in bed, my mind was a jumbled mess.
Bath… It’s hard.
When I woke up, it was already dark outside the window.
The morning sun rises high.
I heard birds chirping somewhere.
‘… uh… the first night… I don’t remember.’
Did I do it well?
did it right
I mumbled while blinking my eyes, when I heard laughter next to me.
When she turned around in surprise, Oscar, who had thought she was sleeping, was looking at her.
“…”
It’s strange.
I can definitely hear the laughter, but Oscar-sama’s eyes look dangerous for some reason.
Somehow, I feel a little angry.
“Oscar… Didn’t I do well?”
When I asked because I was worried, Oscar-sama asked with a dangerous smile on his face.
“What?”
“Hey, first night.”
“…”
Oscar-sama’s eyes narrow and he smiles as if melting.
But why?
It’s a bit scary for some reason.
Oscar whispered in her ear.
“I’m sorry, but I didn’t have the first night last night.”
“…”
Seriously, did you just sleep?
fool! Stupid Catherine!
I feel like crying at my stupidity.
Oscar laughed again.
“It’s okay, Catherine. I missed the first night, but I have a first morning.”
“yes?”
After that… it was very difficult.
Hmmm, do all married couples in this world live these days?
Awesome, every couple in the world.
“…”
I guess I need to develop more stamina.