In Akira's bedroom under the veil of night. Rough breathing and the creaking of the bed echoed rhythmically.
"Haah... haah...♡ My lord! How is it! My riding skills have improved, haven't they♡!"
On top of Akira was Ushiwakamaru. Having thrown off her armor and now completely naked, she was skillfully and fiercely leading Akira as if riding a horse on the battlefield.
"Ugh... Ushiwaka, too... fast...!"
"What weak talk! The night battlefield is also about momentum♡!"
Just as Ushiwakamaru was about to increase her speed with a face soaked in pleasure and competitive spirit.
Bang!
The locked door was torn off, and a pink storm rushed in.
"Akira-san! How unfair! Leaving me out!"
It was Nagao Mitsuri in her pajamas. She puffed up her cheeks upon seeing Ushiwaka on top of Akira.
"Mi, Mitsuri?!"
"Ushiwaka-chan! I said no cutting in line! Today is for the newlyweds' intimate time!"
"Hoh? The surface wife has arrived. But I have already captured this high ground (Akira)! I cannot yield!"
Mitsuri dove onto the bed and tried to push Ushiwaka off. The bed frame screamed, and Akira became a sandwich between the two super-strong women, gasping for breath.
"Sa, save me...!"
But there was no salvation. Instead, the gates of hell opened.
"Wahahaha! Indeed, tonight is hotter than Honnoji!"
With the sound of shattering glass, Nobunaga, naked and waving a red cloak, barged in. And beside her, Okita, wearing a haori but naked like Nobunaga, landed silently.
"Okita?! Nobunaga!?"
Then, the ceiling collapsed, and a wild cry was heard.
"Gao! Master, found you, woof! Let Cat join too!"
Tamamo Cat landed on all fours and jumped onto Akira's stomach.
"Master looks tired! Injecting wild vitality, woof! Lick lick!"
"Eek! Cat! That tickles!"
And as the final blow, blue flames flickered outside the door.
"My, my. Everyone is being too much. Leaving out this Kiyohime... Liars should be burned to ashes."
Kiyohime entered with heart-shaped flames in her eyes.
"Husband, are you prepared? Tonight, you'll burn with me until we turn to ashes."
Kiyohime, Nobunaga, Okita, Ushiwaka, Mitsuri, and Cat.
Amidst that chaos, Tamamo appeared and said, "The master's education is done by the main wife!" casting a barrier, and following behind, Hokusai (Oei) swung her brush, saying, "Shall we add some tentacles too?"
Akira's scream became a strange harmony mixed with happiness, pain, and pleasure, spreading into the night sky.
The next morning. The scene in the dining room was sharply divided.
The Servants and Mitsuri had such good complexions that light seemed to shine from their skin, overflowing with vitality.
On the other hand, Akira, sitting at the head seat, was in a state where his soul had left his body, with hollow eyes like dried squid.
"Akira-san, aah~ eat some eel, eel. You need to regain your strength, right?"
Mitsuri smiled brightly and put a piece of eel tail into Akira's mouth. On her neck, a kiss mark was clearly visible, proving last night's intensity.
"Thanks... Mitsuri..."
Akira mechanically opened his mouth and ate it.
Benienma, who brought the meal, looked at him with pity. Although she had once been rejected by him due to her childlike physique and ended up forcing herself on him.
She felt sorry for the man called husband being in such a state. So, out of concern for him, she didn't participate in last night's frenzied orgy.
And the atmosphere of the two girls watching from a slight distance, Kocho Kanae and Shinobu, was unusual.
Kanae, holding a teacup, was staring intently at the love marks left here and there on Akira's neck and collarbone.
Tooth marks left by Ushiwaka and Cat, soot left by Kiyohime, red marks left by Mitsuri, etc.
'...It was intense.'
Kanae's eyes narrowed. Behind her usual gentle smile, unmistakable envy and jealousy bloomed.
"Akira-san, you look very tired."
Kanae got up from her seat and approached Akira. She naturally reached out, straightened his disheveled collar, and subtly brushed her finger over the red mark on his neck.
"Eek..."
As Akira flinched as if stung, Kanae pretended to be concerned and whispered.
"My, there's a wound. Should I apply some medicine? Or... should I hoo~ it for you?"
Her voice held a subtle seductiveness. It was a dangerous desire to leave her own mark on that body already filled with other women's traces.
"Ah, no. It's fine, Kanae. It'll heal soon."
As Akira turned his head shyly, Kanae regretfully licked her lips.
And watching that, Shinobu's forehead had a pop! A vein bulged.
'Really, everyone is out of their minds. What kind of disgrace is this in broad daylight?'
Shinobu roughly stabbed the grilled fish with her chopsticks.
It was irritating that Mitsuri was clinging to Akira, and now even her sister was going and touching him.
The fact that she herself couldn't even squeeze in and had to watch from afar made her unbearably angry.
"Hmph, how shameful. As a father, you have no dignity in front of your daughter."
Shinobu shot back as she approached, then poked Akira's side.
"Ow! Shinobu, why are you pinching me?!"
"I didn't pinch you! I was correcting your posture to sit up straight. Get a grip, get a grip!"
Shinobu spoke curtly, but her hands were busy taking care of him, filling his water glass, picking off stray rice grains, etc.
'I also... want to be held like that.'
Shinobu, unable to express her feelings honestly, could only pout and grumble at Akira to vent her jealousy.
This uncomfortable heart she had become aware of. It was bothersome and troublesome.
Then, from across the table, Kanao, who had been sitting, stared at Akira through the commotion.
"Dad... are you hurt somewhere?"
A small voice, but clear honorifics. She seemed genuinely worried, having heard the sound like the ceiling collapsing last night. Akira stroked Kanao's head with a trembling hand.
"Umm. Dad is... happy, that's why. Yes, probably..."
Later, in the drowsy afternoon. Kanao was sitting across from Kiyohime, folding colored paper.
"Here, Kanao-chan. Fold it like this to make the wings."
Kiyohime, with no trace of last night's madness, folded a paper crane with quiet and elegant hand movements.
"Pretty..."
As Kanao softly admired the completed paper crane, Kiyohime smiled gently.
"Kanao-chan. This big sister will teach you one thing. Do you know what the worst thing in the world is?"
"...?"
"It's lies. Lying to your own heart, deceiving the person you love. That's a very, very bad thing."
Kiyohime's eyes shone deeply and seriously.
"So, Kanao-chan, be honest. If you want to eat, eat; if you don't like it, say so. If you lie to your heart... your heart will burn and turn to ashes. Don't end up like me, but bloom beautifully."
She placed a red paper crane in Kanao's hand. Kanao nodded while holding the crane preciously. It was a teaching from a scary but kind big sister.
In life, she couldn't cool that heart and ended up burning the monk she loved along with herself. That was a past that evoked complex emotions in her.
"Kanao-san! Shall we go for a walk?"
From the shady garden, Okita Souji called out.
Okita lightly picked up Kanao. Then, bending her knees slightly, she leaped with a swiftness that made no sound.
Using only the explosive power of her trained body, Okita flew up to the roof of the mansion like the wind. Thanks to Tamamo's magecraft, she was safe under the sun for a while.
"Wow..."
Kanao's eyes widened. Below her feet, the mansion, garden, and the distant village scenery came into view at a glance. The cool breeze tickled her hair.
"How is it, Kanao-san? The view from above is different, right?"
Okita looked at Kanao and smiled kindly.
"If you stay only on the ground, it's stifling. Sometimes, feel like this, running freely without being bound by anything. Kanao-san, someday you'll be able to fly higher than me. Well, Ushiwaka-san or Nobunaga are better at it than me."
The refreshing sensation of cutting through the wind. Kanao clung tightly to Okita's clothes, her eyes sparkling.
In a corner of the garden, Hokusai (herself) was swinging her brush.
"That's right, Kanao. Sit there. I'll paint the universe contained in your eyes."
As Hokusai's brush danced, Kanao's image bloomed vividly on the canvas. It was a painting that pierced through the lifeforce hidden within her seemingly expressionless face.
"...Is this me?"
"Fufu, yes. Before a flower blooms, it is most mysterious, you see."
She (he) who likes children painted a picture for Kanao and materialized it, creating a flower garden.
Later, in the living room, Tamamo was teaching Kanao the tea ceremony.
"Now, Kanao-chan. Straighten your back, and hold the tea with both hands respectfully. A woman's dignity is her life."
Tamamo acted like a strict mother-in-law, no, big sister, but the hand that adjusted Kanao's attire was warmer than anyone's.
"To meet a wonderful man like Akira-sama, you must start bride training now. Understood? Mikon♡"
"Yes, I understand..."
Evening came, and everyone gathered in the living room. Everyone gathered around Akira.
A noisy and chaotic dinner time. Kanao watched the scene and placed her hand on her chest.
Thump, thump, thump.
Last night's commotion, this morning Dad's hollow face, Kiyohime big sister's sincere advice, the sky she saw with Okita big sister. Everything made her heart beat.
Then, Kanao quietly picked up her chopsticks and gave Akira a side dish.
"Dad... eat this."
It was a small rolled omelet. Akira's eyes widened roundly, then he smiled brightly.
"Thank you, Kanao."
Akira accepted it and ate it. Of course, with Tamamo using magecraft to briefly blind Kanao's sight, Akira secretly spat it out.
Seeing that, Kanae smiled contentedly and whispered to Shinobu.
"See, Shinobu. The flower has begun to bloom."
"...Hmph, so it seems."
Shinobu pretended not to care, but a faint smile spread on her lips as well.
Of course, she didn't forget to hit Akira's back, saying "How indecent towards your daughter!" when she saw him trying to kiss Kanao.
A place where coins or orders are unnecessary. A family of monsters who are honest with their desires, jealous and fight each other, but ultimately cherish each other the most.
Kanao's world was just beginning to be dyed in colorful hues.
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