Chapter 132
【 Vampire’s Mansion 】
“Mm, haaah, uuh. Ah, good. I liked you, Gideon.”
“Do you like it that much, Noona?”
“Yeah, your warmth felt so good.”
Inside Lisa’s room.
Right after Lisa dragged me into her room.
She immediately laid me down on the bed.
“Fuuuu. Haaah.”
And then she climbed on top of me, taking a moment to feel my body heat.
Soon after, she got off the bed.
“This time, you take off your own clothes. If I take off your top again, I think I’ll end up tearing it.”
“…Huh?”
“Start undressing. I’ll quickly change my clothes.”
Before I even had a chance to say anything more, Lisa already began undressing.
I quickly shut my eyes and turned my head away.
While I was worrying about what exactly I was supposed to do here.
Lisa had already changed and climbed back onto the bed.
“Is that… pajamas?”
“Yeah, pajamas. How is it?”
“Cute.”
“Yeah, and you’re cute too.”
With those words, Lisa once again climbed on top of me.
Then she looked down at me with a mildly dissatisfied expression.
“Why didn’t you take yours off?”
“Huh?”
“If you like being undressed… should I undress you myself?”
“I-I’ll do it.”
I quickly pulled off my top.
It wasn’t the first time I had shown my upper body to Lisa.
But the location, the atmosphere—everything made it feel embarrassing this time.
In contrast, Lisa didn’t seem embarrassed at all.
Rather, she looked at me with eyes full of satisfaction.
“Gideon, about my pajamas.”
“What about them?”
I glanced over Lisa’s pajamas.
It was just a very long one-piece gown that didn’t seem particularly special.
“If I told you I wasn’t wearing anything underneath… what do you think?”
“……”
My mind went blank for a moment.
But whether I reacted or not, Lisa calmly lay down beside me.
Facing me, she gave a small smile and pulled me into her arms.
And judging by the feeling—she really wasn’t wearing anything underneath, which made it feel… very different from usual.
“Gideon, your face is really red. And you keep avoiding my eyes.”
“…Your face is just as red right now, you know?”
“Yeah, I’m really embarrassed too. And nervous.”
Despite claiming to be embarrassed, Lisa boldly snuggled into my chest.
She buried her face against me and slowly brushed her hands down my back.
I tried my hardest to maintain my rationality.
Lisa glanced at my face and gave a faint smile.
“You look like you’re holding back a lot.”
“…Yeah, I’m holding back a lot.”
I pulled her tightly into my arms.
Her warmth felt even hotter than usual.
“I’m trying my best not to go any further than this.”
“Don’t worry, Gideon. With your strength, you can’t overpower me anyway.”
“…That’s true.”
I let out a hollow laugh and nodded.
Even without using Blood Energy, Lisa was several times stronger than me.
Unless she allowed it first, there was no way for me to overpower her.
“But if you think about it the other way.”
“Uh?”
Suddenly, Lisa loosened her arms, climbed on top of me again, and looked down.
In her eyes… there was a lot of desire.
“If I pounce on you, you won’t be able to do anything.”
“…So you’re holding back a lot too.”
“That’s right. I’m holding back a lot.”
Lisa gently bit my shoulder.
Just lightly enough for only a single drop of blood to form.
She immediately licked that one drop.
Then she looked at me steadily and said:
“If we weren’t students, this wouldn’t have ended here.”
“After I graduate, what are you planning to do to me?”
“When you graduate… for a few days starting that day… you’ll have to brace yourself, you know?”
“That sounds a little scary.”
I smirked and looked at Lisa.
Our eyes met, and we stared at each other without speaking for a short while.
Then, as if it were the most natural thing, we kissed.
We continued kissing much longer than usual.
“Huu.”
A few minutes later, Lisa’s lips finally parted from mine.
Her face was so close that I could see everything clearly… and her eyes were even redder than before.
And I could see the desire filling them.
“Haa, haa… should I just go get that medicine from Mom? If I take that medicine, I could just—…”
“Is that medicine really reliable?”
“…Apparently it fails sometimes, but still…”
“No. Don’t. Endure it. Just be satisfied with this.”
“…Tch.”
Lisa looked genuinely disappointed, but she didn’t bring it up again.
After that, well, nothing particularly special happened.
We lay together, embraced, and I let her drink my blood… All the desire Lisa had built up while she couldn’t see me.
I helped her relieve as much of it as I could.
About two hours passed like that.
“You want to go visit Nia-unni?”
“Weren’t we already going, Noona? She told us to visit during break.”
We were lying on the bed, holding each other, talking about normal things.
While talking about what we’d do during vacation, I brought up Nia first.
“She invited us, so isn’t it right to go?”
“Well… that’s true. And we can’t stay in the mansion for the entire break anyway.”
Lisa nodded at my suggestion to visit Nia.
I smiled in satisfaction.
I said we should go because she invited us, but truthfully, I had another goal.
‘I need to meet Roy.’
Nia’s younger brother, Roy Varbellos.
From the first conversation I had with him.
I learned that he really loved ancient studies.
Ancient studies—meaning the research of Ancient Beings.
And the clues I obtained from the Protected Zone for Other Races were about the Evil God and the Evil Dragon.
Existences known as Ancient Beings.
‘And last time we spoke, Roy was the one who brought up the Evil Dragon first.’
Among all the people I knew, Roy understood ancient studies better than anyone else.
So, to gain information about the Evil God and Evil Dragon, I intended to meet him first.
“Then next week we’ll go meet Nia-unni, and after that… is there anywhere you want to go?”
“As long as I’m with you, anywhere’s fine. But if I had to choose somewhere I want to go together… the beach?”
“Sure. Let’s go.”
Lisa answered without hesitation.
“Should we go right after visiting Nia-unni’s place?”
“Sounds good. But the beach is on the far west side of the Empire, so the cost is…”
“Don’t worry about money. I’ll pay for everything. You just bring yourself.”
“Huh? But— mmph?”
Lisa kissed me, blocking my mouth.
“…Fuuuu. Just bring yourself. Don’t think about those things.”
“Uh, o-okay.”
Overwhelmed by Lisa’s presence, I could only nod.
“I’ll look for the highest-class lodging… Hmm, but why suddenly the beach?”
“Just… I wanted to see it again. It’s been a while.”
Since coming to this world, I had never seen the ocean with my own eyes.
So I thought seeing it at least once wouldn’t be a bad idea.
“No other reason? Like… wanting to see me in a swimsuit or anything like that?”
“…I didn’t think about that.”
“…You’re not lying.”
Lisa examined my face and looked clearly disappointed.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
“What exactly were you hoping for, Noona?”
“I-I just… you know… I thought maybe you’d… well… desire my body more or something…”
“Noona.”
I placed my hand on Lisa’s chest—more precisely, over her heart.
I could feel her heartbeat directly, and it was speeding up.
When I looked at her face, her eyes were wide in surprise.
“…Gideon?”
“I just don’t show it. I’m always holding back too. So… once we both graduate, I’ll show you just how much desire I’ve been holding for you.”
“…Gideon.”
“Yeah?”
“‘I love you.’”
“‘Hm? Oh, I love you t— ugh?’”
Lisa bit my shoulder and wrapped her arms tightly around me.
After that… just like before, we tangled together on the bed and spent more time there.
Once Lisa calmed down a bit.
“But Noona. I was thinking… you graduate a year before me, right? Then while I’m in my third year, you’d be alone without me…”
“Now that you mention it… that’s true? Then… I’ll just repeat the year. I’ll repeat so we can graduate together…”
“Noona, please don’t do that.”
Anyway, we spent our time talking about all sorts of things.
Before long, time had passed, and it became dinnertime.
My first meal at House Balmuth’s mansion.
They said they prepared a simple dinner, but the ducal family’s definition of ‘simple’ was clearly very different from mine.
The food covering the huge table did not look simple in the slightest.
Before the meal officially began, I greeted the members of House Balmuth once more.
When we arrived at the mansion earlier, I had already run into and greeted most of the household.
But there were still a few people I hadn’t met until this moment.
“Hello. I’m Natsu Balmuth.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Natsu-nim.”
A boy with red hair, looking not even ten years old.
I lowered myself to greet Kafka’s youngest son.
“I heard from my dad… you’re Lisa Noona’s boyfriend, right?”
“Yes, for now I am…”
“Then later, does that mean you’ll become my older brother?”
“…Excuse me?”
I tilted my head, not immediately grasping the meaning of the question.
But before I could respond further, Kafka approached with a laugh.
She lifted her youngest son onto her shoulders so his eyes lined up with mine.
“Hahaha, that’s right, Natsu! You’re getting an older brother. When Lisa gets married, Gideon becomes your big brother.”
“Wow! I’m really getting a big brother?”
The boy reached his hand toward me with pure innocence.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, I took his hand.
There were a few things I could have corrected, but I decided to match myself to the purity of a child.
And the introductions didn’t end there.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Lady Lily Balmuth.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Gideon. I’ve heard so much about you from my mom and my sister.”
Lily Balmuth.
Kafka’s second daughter.
A girl two years younger than me who resembled Lisa quite a bit.
Because she wore the same expressionless face as Lisa, most people meeting her for the first time would naturally assume she was extremely quiet.
But because I had met Lily Balmuth in the game before, I knew exactly what kind of person she was.
And as if to prove it, Lily approached me, studied my face slowly… then dropped her expressionless look altogether and exploded with excitement.
“Uwaaaah. Uwaaaah! Wow, Mom, Mom! He’s seriously as handsome as you said! And his white hair is so pretty! Mom was right, his whole vibe really is like snow!”
“Right? I told you. Your sister reeled in a good one!”
“Wow, how did our stone-faced sister even do it? Yesterday it still felt like we were worrying she’d live alone forever.”
…Truly a mother–daughter duo who matched each other perfectly.
And judging from her reaction, Lisa—sitting beside me—was used to this. She only sighed in exhaustion.
“Ohoho. Ah, Gideon-oppa. What do you think about me? If you prefer younger girls over older ones, then maybe I could—”
Thud!
“Don’t cross the line.”
Lisa immediately stood and cut Lily off, but Lily waved her hands and continued anyway.
“No, no, Unni, that’s not what I meant. I meant the two of us could marry this Oppa together. You can be the first wife, I’ll be the second. How about it?”
“That doesn’t make any sen—”
“I agree!”
Kafka didn’t miss the chance and jumped into the conversation with a playful smile.
“Sisters in love with the same man. Doesn’t that sound fun?”
“Right, right! Ah, then Mom—should we have a joint wedding with Unni?”
“Hmm… no, maybe it’s better to do them separately? You only get one wedding.”
“Then I’ll do mine in summer, and Unni can do hers in winter? Unni would look better in a winter wedding dress—”
“Be quiet, Lily. I’m not giving Gideon to you—no, to anyone.”
Lisa pulled me tightly into her arms as she said this.
Seeing her act that way only made the mother and daughter more excited to tease her.
“Mom, what do we do? I’m touched. Our sister, who never cared about boys, grew up like this.”
“I told you. Kids like her become much more possessive once they start dating—”
“Both of you be quiet.”
Lisa pressed her hand to her forehead again, sighing at her chaotic mother and sister.
And I laughed quietly in her arms.
It was chaotic, yes, but this warm atmosphere—
Somehow, it made me feel good.