After heading to the inn with Arca while leaving various
awkwardness in the air, I made the decision to get us separate
rooms for sure this time but, unable to withstand the begging eyes
she was giving me, I ended up asking a room for two.
Moreover, since we were gonna sleep in the same bed anyway, I got
us a room with one large bed only.
For some reason, I felt that the graduation of my wife (temp) was
approaching real fast, but was it really okay?
Well… yep.
It doesn't sound too bad… a part of me said.
Anyway, I asked her what I'd been wondering since earlier. "By the
way, how did you know that Saintess Magmel's underwear was like
that?"
"Hm? Ahh, it was just an intuition."
"Intuition!?" Eh, she did that just based on guesswork!?
Arca nodded to the surprised me. "Umu. But it isn't just your usual
intuition, you know. It's what they called 'woman's intuition'."
"Woman's intuition…" I don't think that's any different from normal
intuition, though…
"Ahh. I understood by talking with her; she's always been living while
repressing herself. 'Because I'm a saintess'— that's what she's been
desperately telling herself, I'm sure. Don't you think it sounds
familiar?"
"...Yeah. She gave off a similar feeling like how you used to be." I
nodded.
Arca suddenly softened the corners of her mouth and said, "Well, in
my case, I was convinced that 'being strong' was the value of a
saintess; our situations differ considerably. And I was able to relieve
my stress by demonstrating my strength."
"Certainly. Thanks to you, various martial arts competitions ended in
total annihilation, after all."
"Umu, they were truly a good outlet for stress."
Well, it was most likely not a pleasant experience for those who got
beat the hell out of them, though…
"But that woman is different. Because she's trying too hard to be a
proper saintess, she's been eliminating parts of her that she finds
improper, ending up with accumulating a lot of pent-up stress. But a
saintess is still just a human in the end, and she's still in her 20s at
that. She reaching her limit was just a matter of time. And the result
was as you saw."
"I-I see." In other words, she'd tried so hard to be a proper saintess
that on the contrary, she ended up opening her eyes to something
that wasn't saintess-like in secret, huh.
Like the pleasure of doing saintess activities while wearing such
sexy underwear for example… "Wait, so she's basically just an M!?"
"Well, that's right. I'm a bit of an M myself, so I somehow got a hunch
back then. That was, that woman was probably venting her stress by
exposing herself secretly."
"C-could you please elaborate more…" I was so shocked that I
spoke politely unknowingly.
Or rather, don't confess that you yourself a bit M, too.
Also, I never thought that woman's intuition worked for something
like that, too.
"Try thinking about it. You'd never expect that a saintess who is the
hope of the people to wear an underwear like one that a prostitute
would wear, right?"
"T-that's true…"
Under her benevolent smile, she wore such a sexy underwear…
geez, just imagining it kinda aroused me. "Damn, what a strange
saintess…"
"Even though you said that, you sure look very excited, my husband
(temp)."
"I-I'm not in the slightest, though?" I denied while looking away.
Arca said with a sigh, "Anyway, when you get involved with her in the
future, it will be better if you act a little forcefully. She's potentially an
M. So, I think she may be really weak to pressure."
"G-got it. Then, when that time comes, I'll follow your suggestion."
Well, I hadn't the slightest clue as to how to act forcefully, though.
"Umu, you should do so. After all, that way will surely be better for
that woman, as well." Arca smiled again.
"But," I asked Arca, "Why do you care so much about her? I mean,
she clearly told you that she hated you."
"Well, as I said earlier, we're similar in a sense. No, perhaps,
'saintesses' ourselves all have some kind of darkness because we
are special beings. But you saved me; you took me out to the light.
Therefore, though it may be presumptuous of me, I wish you to save
other saintesses as well."
"...I see. It's kinda late for me to say this, but Arca sure is a good
woman."
"What, you just noticed? I've been a good woman since we first met,
you know."
"Indeed. You've been a good woman since we first met."
Fufu, we both laughed lightly. Then, Arca said, "Oh, right," as if she
just recalled something, "No matter how weak she is to pressure,
you should never hold that woman before holding me. I don't object
you taking a concubine, but never forget that your legal wife is me. Is
that understood?"
"Y-yes, understood…" I could only nod obediently under Arca's
pressure.
Rather, I could take a concubine, huh…