“So, what happened?”
The reply to those words came after a short pause.
“……Please don’t tell anyone……”
Elena, having put in a preface, whispered in Byleth ear.
“S-Since this morning, um… the jealousy just won’t disappear… Hearing about what you are being done to by Sia to the point where you need time to sort your head.”
“Eh…!?”
“I do hugs and kisses like this with you, yet you won’t let me do to you what that girl does…”
In a clear, small voice.
“I thought that was unfair…”
And then, it was conveyed in a tone filled with strong feelings.
“So… that’s what it is. If you understand, teach me a quick way to have done to me what Sia does. It’s not like you’ll lose anything.”
“No, teaching or whatever… I mean, I’m already doing enough things similar to Sia, or rather…”
“Hmm. I don’t mind if you take that strategy. I don’t plan on letting go until you teach me properly.”
“Wa-Wait…”
Elena hugged him closer, pressing her chest against him.
She likely wanted to give credibility to the words she spoke by taking strong action, but for the current Byleth, it was inconvenient.
Since he was enduring the Sia matter as well, it was truly inconvenient.
“I’m telling the truth…”
“There’s no way I can believe that. It’s fine, just spit it out quickly.”
“Tsk!!”
She whispered in his ear again, and this time she pressed her cheek against his.
Not caring about the surroundings. No, acting as if a switch had been flipped to the point of forgetting to care—his heartbeat accelerated.
The scene of Sia stealing many kisses while he slept flashed back in Byleth’s mind.
The sensation of Elena’s chest, which he was trying not to think about, was transmitted through the fabric.
“E-Elena…”
“I won’t concede until I understand. Because I am also one of your lovers.”
That she was saying this seriously was clear from her behavior so far.
—It was uncool, and embarrassing. He had decided to consult Sia about such things at night, but he decided to tell Elena too.
Enduring the shame, Byleth averted his eyes and spoke.
“U-Umm, the [way to have it done] is… well, simply a problem of rationality…”
“Wha—”
At that moment.
The strength of Elena’s hug weakened.
It seemed she digested the words… and released her body.
Byleth, finally able to move, covered his heating face with one hand and faced her.
“O-Of course, I have the self-awareness that I’m saying something strange, okay? I’m aware I’m saying something that would put you off… But, lately, it’s become hard to hold back various things… and I feel like I might do something irreversible someday…”
“Pfft, fufu, fufufu. What is that? That’s the reason you’re being ‘done to’?”
“Hey… It’s embarrassing content to begin with, so listen without laughing…”
“Because, fufufu. It’s just so unlike you.”
Elena, seemingly having hit her funny bone, wiped a single tear with her index finger and made a grinning expression.
“You’ve shed a layer, haven’t you?”
“I’m seriously troubled by this, you know? It’s reached the point where the same thing happens with Elena and Luna, and I’ve started thinking wicked thoughts too… you see.”
Now that he had told Elena, there was nothing to hide.
Byleth spoke his mind.
“I’m sorry. I laughed just now, but actually, it’s natural, right? You look at us equally in your own way, and you are dating us with corresponding feelings.”
“……”
“Besides, skinship typical of lovers has increased, and we are becoming more intimate, so there’s no way you can remain a gentleman like before.”
The Elena who had been laughing just a moment ago was gone.
She was replying seriously.
“Conversely, you endured well until now. Even though you have such cute lovers as Sia, Luna… and me, you haven’t been able to release it.”
“Th-That is… well…”
It was becoming an awkward adult conversation, but this was because Byleth’s worry was leaning in that direction.
“It’s a worry typical of you. Thinking that having those feelings equals not treating your lovers with care.”
“Because it’s something that would scare you… Plus, given our positions, they can’t disobey even if they hate it, right? If these feelings were exposed, they might force themselves, right? Especially Sia and Luna.”
“So you are taking it severely.”
“Yeah… That’s why, please don’t tell those two about this matter, okay? I want to continue being able to stay a sincere self, and I don’t want them to be disillusioned…”
The thought of [I don’t want to be hated] was becoming stronger day by day.
“Just having that thought makes you sincere, doesn’t it? There are nobles who try to force things using their status as a shield, regardless of rank.”
“……”
“Besides, your desire is something everyone is prepared for. There is nothing to feel guilty about.”
“Th-Thank you. For saying that.”
The fundamental problem hadn’t been solved at all yet, but being able to consult Elena was truly huge, and it was a time that became a support for his heart.
“No, thanks to you, I feel refreshed too. I also found out the method to make you act strangely.”
“Haha, for now, I’ll refer to this morning and consult Sia tonight.”
So that his reason wouldn’t collapse and he wouldn’t do something irreversible.
“Sia probably realizes it too, you know. That your condition has changed.”
“I think so too, but—”
—If so, there are a few things that can’t be explained.
Sia’s action of [attacking him in his sleep] was not done with permission.
Also, from the perspective of status, if she felt he had noticed, she should have refrained for a while… but it was continuing every day.
“Fufu, Sia has Sia’s own thinking. Definitely.”
“Could it be that Elena understands? That thinking of Sia’s.”
“Mostly.”
Elena tilted her head while giving a glimpse of her confidence.
“If you don’t mind being surprised, I’ll teach you.”
“If it’s just that, then totally.”
“Oh, really. Then could you open your dominant hand and put it forward?”
“Open my dominant hand and forward?”
“If you want me to teach you, hurry.”
“A-Ah. Yeah…”
When he put out his right hand, open, without understanding anything, Elena grabbed his wrist with both hands while pressing her lips shut tightly.
“……”
“……Eh?”
And then, standing in the silence that visited, she stopped moving while blushing.
“E-Elena?”
It was right after he called out to her strange behavior.
The right hand that was being held was moved by Elena.
The elbow that was slightly bent became straight, and his arm was stretched out.
“Wait…!?”
The moment Byleth realized where Elena was trying to move that hand.
“Nn.”
A sultry voice mixed with a sigh reached his ears.
A soft swelling and the beating of a heart were transmitted to his entire right hand.
A mysterious sensation, like the rationality he felt during Sia’s time was being slowly sizzled and burned.
Amidst becoming unable to think of anything, his gaze entangled with Elena’s upturned eyes—
“—Wh-W-W-W-What!!”
Byleth, taking several seconds to return to himself, pulled his hand away from Elena’s chest instantly as if touching hot fire.
As if to gloss over the sensation remaining on his hand, he raised his voice.
“E-Elena, you heard my story just now, right!? Wh-Why something like this…!”
“The one who swallowed the condition [If you don’t mind being surprised] was you… It’s not like I’m calm doing this either…”
“Even if you taught me verbally!”
He couldn’t think there was a connection between [Sia’s thinking] and the act Elena did.
When he conveyed his feelings while his head was completely full, Elena spoke with her lips pursed while putting both arms behind her back.
“B-Because, doing this brings out the most persuasion.”
“Which means…?”
“The current you is conscious of me more than usual, right? That sort of thing is properly conveyed to the partner, and it’s something we want to feel a lot… Especially if the partner is a boyfriend with multiple lovers.”
“……”
“Besides, the fact that the current me is conscious of you more than usual should also be conveyed… That surely shouldn’t be a bad feeling.”
[It’s not like I’m calm doing this either]
Those words were likely the truth.
Saying just that, Elena lowered her eyes and changed the direction of her body as if to divert her consciousness to the scenery visible from the window.
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“So… that is Sia’s thinking.”
“Not even half of it is entering my head… after getting something like that done to me.”
“I can’t remember what I said anymore either.”
The sensation remained for both of them.
It was not something that would disappear so easily.
“Ha, haha… A-Anyway, if you could please refrain from doing something like this anymore… It’s just as I consulted Elena about.”
“I don’t want to. I did it partly to convey that too.”
“……Eh, no, hmm?”
Byleth showed a foolish expression with redness remaining on his face, but it wasn’t discovered by Elena who was looking outside.
“Say… do you think I would let someone touch my precious parts just to explain? do you think I’m the kind of person to be mean after listening to a serious consultation?”
“……”
“……”
“…………”
“…………”
A long pause where not a single sound was made was born from the question.
The one to break this atmosphere first was—Elena, who still had her back turned.
“Y-You understand already, right? If you become unable to endure Sia or Luna’s skinship… tell me.”
“Huh!?”
Elena turned around against the background of the sky dyed in sunset colors.
“You said [scare me] but… if it’s you, I’m not scared… I’m even studying that sort of thing…”
Her eyes were moist as if attacked by shyness.
Seeing Elena, whose face, ears, and even down to her neck—which had no tan—had turned bright red, his brain was shaken greatly.
Sweet words from a lover that stimulated desire.
Being told something like this, he would exceed the limit of his endurance.
“Th-Thank you…”
Along with his thanks, Byleth added words of shame, his rationality melted: [If the time comes…]
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