The 14th Day of the Tree month… A Duchess of Symphonia Kingdom,
Lilia Albert, is currently standing in front of a house with a serious
expression on her face.
Her purpose, of course, is to give her chocolate to her lover, Kaito.
It has been a really long journey for Lilia to arrive at this moment.
No, physically speaking, Kaito's home is just next to Lilia's mansion, so
it's only about a minute walk… but that isn't her dilemma, as it's more
of a mental problem.
She begged Sieglinde to teach her and desperately made her chocolate.
But unfortunately, there's no way that Lilia's devastating cooking skills
can improve in a short amount of time. Honestly speaking, her work
couldn't be described as good… but she had filled it with plenty of love.
That's why Lilia had confidence that Kaito would be pleased with her
gift… but the world isn't as simple as that.
At such a climactic moment, Lilia's shyness appeared again… For her,
this is the first time she has given chocolates to a man other than a
family member on Valentine's Day, and this chocolate is undoubtedly a
honmei chocolate. (T/N: honmei choco is valentine's chocolate with
feelings in it, unlike its counterpart giri (obligatory) chocolate.)
Even if she and Kaito are already lovers, no matter how kind she knows
Kaito is… Because of Lilia's personality, she was ridiculously nervous at
the moment when she would hand it to him.
Because of this, it turned into a shamefully slow march, having her walk
a distance that would have normally taken her only a minute to walk,
for about half an hour.
She would almost turn back several times along the way, but she
frantically pushed herself to walk forward. However, there stands
another obstacle in front of Lilia.
[…P- Pressing the doorbell… If I push that, Kaito-san will come out… If
comes out, I can give him this chocolate.]
In front of Lilia who was muttering to herself, there was the doorbell of
Kaito's home.
It's a magic tool that has a function where if someone lightly touches it,
it will let out a sound that will certainly let Kaito know that someone
has come. Moreover, she had already confirmed that Kaito's servants,
Anima and the twins, are currently outside.
Kaito's residence, which doesn't employ many servants, only has three
servants: Anima, Eta and Theta. And those three are outside——– So,
Kaito is currently alone in his home.
For Lilia, the conditions couldn't be any better. All she has to do now is
press the doorbell…
[…A- As I thought, I think I should just go back later…]
However, Lilia, who's always been terrible at romantic relationships,
was still embarrassed about this kind of thing even now that they've
been lovers for a few years and they have already engaged in a sexual
relationship.
Well, in the first place, Lilia tried to give chocolates to Kaito last year
and the year before that… They were commercially-sold chocolates at
that time, but she still prepared them. However, when the day came, she
wasn't able to gather the courage and the day ended without her being
able to give her chocolate to him.
So, she thought of cutting off her path to retreat by making her own
chocolate, by asking Sieglinde to ask her but… after all the pretense, her
weak-willed self appears again.
But then, Kaito would have complicated such a Lilia as being cute but…
[N- No, this is no good. If I don't give it to her now… A- Alright!]
As she tried to turn on her heel, Lilia managed to stand her ground, and
after taking a deep breath, she reached for the doorbell… and
immediately pulled her hand back.
[…A- Arehh, my hand is shaking… I- I need to calm down…]
Lilia immediately pulled back her trembling hand, and after taking
another big deep breath… she began to restlessly wander around
Kaito's door.
She looked so pathetic that such a scene isn't that she could show to her
subordinates.
However, Lilia had one big miscalculation… that because of her
nervousness, she had forgotten about it. It was…
[…What should I do? Should I call out to her?]
Lilia-san is currently in front of my house… I don't really know what
she's doing, but through my "Sympathy Magic", I could feel that she was
feeling troubled, coming and going in front of the door for a while now.
Did she need something from me? No matter how I look at it, I can't see
any sign that she would ring the doorbell no matter how long I wait.
I've known Lilia-san for a long time, so I know that when she's like this,
it's usually when she's feeling embarrassed… I wonder what could the
reason be?
After thinking that far, I suddenly remembered what day it is.
I see, today is Valentine's Day… I understand now. Lilia-san probably
made me some chocolate.
I thought she wasn't interested in Valentine's Day because I never felt
such emotion from her last year or the year before that but… Could it be
that she couldn't make up her mind for all these times now?
Even after we've dated for several years, there are still times when Liliasan feels innocent… or rather, acting bashful.
It's not that I'm complaining about it though, I mean, she looks absurdly
cute. Just kissing her, even after the years we've been together, would
make her red and flustered, making her look so cute that I reflexively
pushed her down.
Well, if I just leave her that way, it's unlike that the doorbell will be
ringing even after the sun goes down so… I made up my mind. Feigning
coincidence, I opened the door.
[Hyaahhh!?]
[Eh? Arehh? Lilia-san… You were here? Sorry, I didn't mean to scare
you.]
[N- N- N- No, i- it's not like I- I've been here for half an hour or
anything…]
Lilia-san… You're too unskillful at deceiving people. Wouldn't anyone
feel worried when they're honestly told that they've been waiting for 30
minutes already…
F- For the time being, let's just ignore her statement just now.
[We could certainly talk while standing here, but how about we talk
inside?]
[Y- Yes! I- I'll be intyuding then!]
[...…]
…She bit her tongue. She's really cute.
I was filled with the desire to hug her right now, but I resisted the urge
to do so and led Lilia-san to my room.
Why my room instead of the reception room or the dining room? Well, I
already know her purpose… This is just to avoid the places where we
might encounter Anima and the others after they come home from
shopping.
Leading her to my room and making Lilia-san sit on the sofa, I then
brewed a cup of tea.
Putting it on the table in front of the sofa, I then sat down on the seat in
front of Lilia-san.
[You came to visit me today?]
[T- There's that too, but I also have another purpose.
[Another purpose, is it?]
[Y- Yes! Errr, errr… ummm… H- Here…]
[Could this be…]
[Y- Yes… I- It's a Valentine's Day gift… U- Ummm, I- I'm sorry if it isn't
tasty. Sieg taught me and I tried making it but…]
[You went all the way for me… Thank you, Lilia-san. I'm really happy.]
I received the box that the shaking Lilia-san gave to me.
I had expected it to be a Valentine's Day chocolate, but I didn't realize it
would be handmade by Lilia-san… Unnn, I'm glad. It's alright, the
feeling of joy is properly exceeding my anxiousness on how this would
taste like. I should have received it with a smile.
H- However, Lilia-san's handmade chocolate huh… H- Hmmm. Sieg-san
supervised her while she was making it, so it should be fine but… but
I'm still a little nervous.
I've always felt uneasy whenever I heard that it was Lilia-san's cooking
based on experience. After asking her permission, I opened the box…
Unnn? What's this?
Inside was a heart-shaped chocolate, which looked pretty good but…
the question is this picture drawn in it. It looks like a "crushed frog" but,
I don't think Lilia-san would really draw something like that in there,
right?
W- What should I do!? If I react poorly here, it will hurt Lilia-san's
feelings. Think, I need to think… Think of a good way to respond here…
[…Kaito-san?]
[Ah, no, it's just that it looks beautiful. I- I really like this picture drawn
in it!]
[T- Thank you! I'm glad you're happy with it. As expected, if I had to
describe something that is like me, it would be a "dragon", so I draw it.
It's a brown-scaled "ground dragon"!]
[Ah, eh? Yeah! I knew it! I thought that was the case!!! Well~~ It's really,
ummm, got a nice, tasteful feel to it!!!]
[P- Please don't praise me so much… I- It's embarrassing.]
I- It's a dragon huh~~ I- I see, I should have expected it… This is more
difficult than those pop quizzes I'm really bad at.
However, it seems like I managed to respond well, and while Lilia-san
looks embarrassed, she has a somewhat happy smile on her face.
As I felt cold sweat running down my spine looking at Lilia-san, I
suddenly noticed some bandages on her hands.
[L- Lilia-san! What happened to your hand? Could it be that you got
injured…]
[Ahh, n- no, this is, ummm… when I'm making chocolates… Sieg banned
me from using Body Strengthening Magic, so I ended up slightly cutting
myself with the knife.]
[I- Is it alright!?]
[Y- Yes…"The knife was broken", but I was slightly injured.]
[...…]
Whoa there, did I just hear something strange just now? It somehow
sounds like the kitchen knife broke due to Lilia-san's strength even
while her Body Strengthening Magic was turned off, but I guess it's just
my imagination.
P- Putting that aside, the fact that Lilia-san is injured is more important.
[W- What about using Recovery Magic on it?]
[Eh? No, neither Sieg nor I can use Recovery Magic, and it's just a minor
injury. I also didn't have the time to go to the hospital, so I just
disinfected and bandaged it.]
[N- No, but… Ah, that's right! I have some Fruit of the World Tree
here!!!]
[Kaito-san!? P- Please wait! What are you trying to feed me… I- It's
really just a small cut… Could you please not put such an outrageous
thing on the table!!!?]
I was shaken that Lilia-san was injured, so I hurriedly laid out about 20
Fruits of the World Tree on the table, but Lilia-san stopped me.
[H- However, doesn't it hurt?]
[Thank you for your concern. However, I'm really fine. It will heal soon.]
[I- Is that so…]
[…Besides, ummm, these were wounds I received from doing my best
for Kaito-san, so just a bit… Really just a bit proud of it. A- Ahaha, it's
just because I'm not a good cook though.]
Saying that with a blush on her face, Lilia-san looked incredibly cute
with her shy smile. To be honest, I can't stand it anymore.
Seeing my lovely girlfriend cook for me and have an injury on her hand,
thinking that she really did her best for me makes me feel happy and
loved.
[Kaito-san?]
Lilia-san tilted her head curiously at my sudden standing up, but such a
gesture was also a factor in making me feel more lustful at the moment.
Approaching Lilia-san, I hugged her body as tight as I could.
[Hyaaahhh!? K- Kaito-shan!?]
[…Lilia-san. You're too cute. I don't think I can hold back anymore.]
[Eh? Eeehhhh!? B- But, ummm, i- it's still morning… errr…]
[…Lilia-san.]
Lilia-san's face turned bright red and looked flustered, but her
resistance was weak.
Lilia-san is very shy and yet, she's very kind… At least, in this kind of
atmosphere, she'll somehow accept it.
As expected, Lilia-san shyly moved her gaze around but… after being
held in my embrace for a while, she looked into my eyes and relaxed her
body on mine.
[Hauuu… ummm, errr… I will contact the mansion… but today… can I
stay for the night?]
[Yes, of course.]
[Auuu… P- Please… be gentle.]
Lilia-san, the always prim and lovely Lilia-san.
Since it was said that today is also called Lovers' Day… I won't be
punished for monopolizing my beloved lover for today.
With my eyes closed, I slowly moved my face close to Lilia-san's, feeling
her loving warmth in my arms.