It was another usual and calm day at the Harding manor, and by that…
"W-W-W-Wait, E-E-E-Edward-sama! A-A-A-At least let me- MMNN!!"
I mean that Edward was currently flirting with one of his wives in one of the hallways, as they pleaded for him to give them some prep time before he started kissing them, which he never did as he always made sure to get them by surprise, be it with a hug from behind or from just giving them surprise kiss.
Today was Nanako's turn to be subjected to that sweet suffering as she received a wall slam from Edward before having her lips sealed by him. However different from all the other days, where she would only be freed by Edward, once he had his fill of pampering her, this time… Someone gently grabbed onto the hems of Edward's clothes and began pulling them to catch his attention.
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Noticing it, Edward stopped kissing Nanako, who felt equally relieved and lonely from having her lips freed, Edward looked at who was the person pulling his clothes, and it was none other than…
"Hm? Florence, is something the matter?"
Florence, who just like Nanako was wearing a maid uniform, as she cutely grabbed the hems of Edward's clothes while looking at him with sad puppy eyes.
"G-Goshujin-sama… F-Florence is feeling lonely at seeing her beloved master b-being so passionate w-with Nanako…"
Then still keeping her puppy eyes, Florence acted in a cutesy and saddened manner, as if she was begging for his attention. But of course, having already spent a decent amount of time next to Florence, and knowing exactly what Florence was like, Edward was able to see that she was only acting like that to get his attention, however, today was meant to be the day of the week that Nanako was to receive his undivided attention, so Edward could only do one thing…
"… Nanako, do you mind if I give Florence a bit of attention right now?"
"Huh? Ah! Y-Yes, y-y-you can, Edward-sama!"
"Thank you, Nanako"
"!"
And that was fall for Florence's acting because it was just that cute, and once he had gotten Nanako's permission, he turned to start pampering Florence, who had already perked herself up and was already waiting for Edward with open arms for a hug, and a bright expression. Then without any delay, Edward hugged and began kissing Florence, who was different from Nanako who was being one-sidedly kissed by Edward, Florence eagerly kissed him back. As she just like Edward, showed no shame in her affection for him. Nanako meanwhile, was now using her newly found freedom to calm herself down and to catch her breath.
"Haa… Haa… Haa… Phew… … … *Pouts*"
But at seeing, Edward and Florence eagerly kissing each other, she couldn't help but feel jealous, even though Florence had only intervened just now because of the agreement she had made with her and the other two.
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A few days ago
At the usual table that Lysette, Nanako, and Atsuko used for their tea times, to discuss ways of dealing with Edward's pampering and complaints, read brag, about how much Edward flirted with them on a given day of the week. But today, instead of that, the three were making surprised faces filled with shock as they all looked at Florence who was making a blissful, yet elegant, face as she sipped her tea.
But how could that be? Simple, Florence had gone through a very similar experience as Atsuko when she got engaged to Edward, of practically having Edward all to herself for a whole week… And Florence didn't show any signs that she couldn't take it anymore, rather she looked all too eager to spend another week flirting all day with Edward, and that included doing the nightly activities with only the two of them… When neither of the three other girls could even think of trying to be in the same bed as Edward without the other two, because of how intense he was.
And due to all that, Lysette, Atsuko, and Nanako looked at each other and nodded, as they could perfectly see what each of them was thinking. And so they all turned back towards Florence.
"Florence-sama"
"Yes, Lysette-sama?"
"… As you may be aware, currently I, Atsuko-sama, and Nanako, all share Edward-sama and until now we have been each given two days of the week to have Edward-sama all to ourselves. However, with your highness recently joining Edward-sama's harem…"
"…Ah! I understand, Lysette-sama. You are saying that since I'm now a member of Edward-sama's harem, I need to follow a set of rules so that neither of us fights for his attention, and right now this means having to only spend a set amount of time with him, right?"
"Hm… No, it is not that, Florence-sama"
"Eh? It is not, Lysette-sama?"
"N-No… Erm… F-Florence-sama, you see… E-E-Edward-sama i-is a tad bit too… affectionate with us, t-to the point t-that… W-We find it q-q-quite e-excessive…"
"Edward-sama? Excessive?… Erm, what do you mean by that, Nanako-san?"
"Florence-sama, pardon my rudeness and bluntness… We want you to accompany each one of us during our turns with Edward-sama during the week"
"… … … Eh? You three are asking me to spend the whole week next to Edward-sama?"
"As long as you do not hog him all to yourself, yes. We want you to take some of Edward-sama's attention so that we can rest a little between his pampering sessions"
As Atsuko said that with a pretty firm tone, her cheeks were slowly turning red as she could still remember the sensation of Edward kissing her lips.
"I see, if that is the case, then I shall gladly accept the offer given to me by you three, Lysette-sama, Atsuko-sama, Nanako-san. But considering how good that offer is to me, I believe that there is a catch to it, is there not?"
" " "…" " "
At hearing Florence's words, the three all fell silent confirming that she was right about there being a big and obvious "BUT" to their offer, yet their faces didn't show that they were silent from feeling guilty, rather they appeared to be silent out of embarrassment. The three all glanced at each other as if they were trying to get one of them to talk and in the end…
That duty befell Nanako who was forced to go against the looks of Lysette and Atsuko, who she wasn't quite able to defy when it came to things like these. So, with deep breaths, Nanako prepared herself to reveal what the catch of the offer given to Florence.
"F-F-F-F-Florence-sama!… E-E-Erm… Y-Y-You s-s-s-see… Y-You w-w-w-will… Hmm… Y-You will N-N-Need t-to h-h-h-have *mumbling*…"
"… Nanako-san, I am sorry, but what did you just say at the end?"
"…Y-You'll n-n-n-need t-to j-join o-our F-F- *mumbling*…"
"Hm? I have to join what, Nanako-san?"
"… … … YOU'LL NEED TO JOIN OUR FOURSOMES WITH EDWARD-SAMA EVERY NIGHT FROM NOW, FLORENCE-SAMA!!!… Ah!"
Because of her embarrassment, Nanako failed twice to say the most important part of her line, and in her third attempt, she ended up saying it with too much conviction to the point that she shouted it very loudly and clearly. Realizing her mistake, her face turned bright red as she sat down and hid her face with both arms in shame while leaving Lysette and Atsuko with red faces as well due to the second-hand shame of hearing what they did with Edward every night on the bed.
But Florence on the other hand, only had a shocked and confused expression, after all from what Nanako had just shouted, she, Lysette, and Atsuko were all doing it with Edward every night at the same time. Not only that, what she found even more confusing was how could the esteemed daughter of Duke Neville and the Princess of Akeshi agree on having something like a foursome, so she couldn't help but ask them if that was true.
"… Lysette-sama, Atsuko-sama… You three are not actually having foursomes every night with Edward-sama for real, right?"
" "…" "
"You three are joking when you say that Edward-sama is too intense, right???"
"F-Florence-sama, e-e-even y-you s-s-said t-that he w-was i-i-intense! S-So doesn't act like you don't know!"
With her cheeks getting ever more flushed from being asked that by Florence, Lysette finally snapped from embarrassment as she talked back to Florence without any formality.
"Eh? But is that not how the first time is supposed to be? Well, it was more exciting and intense compared to how it is sometimes described in books and how I imagined it, but is that not how it is just supposed to be?"
"There's no way that Edward-sama's intensity is normal!!! Even on my second time with him, he only stopped after he came inside me dozens of times, and that's without all the times he came inside my m- !?"
"W-Wow…"
Just like Nanako, Lysette also ended up having an outburst because of her embarrassment as she ended up revealing a lot more than she was supposed to and stopping at the last minute by covering her mouth with her right hand. Then she slowly sat back down on her seat, followed by her covering her face with both hands.
"!?!?!? *Silent screaming*"
Before she began a silent scream from the agony she was suffering at that exact moment. Atsuko, just like before, was hit by another wave of secondhand embarrassment as she was also reminded of her second time with Edward, which didn't go exactly like Atsuko's second time because she had the luck of dragging Nanako halfway through it. As for Florence, she could only feel surprised and impressed at what Lysette said about her second time, something that not even she would try to say so loudly like that.
With that, Florence and Atsuko were the only ones still left standing as they both remained silent due to everything that had happened, and yet for some reason, Atsuko felt that Florence was expecting something from her.
"… Florence-sama, is there something you want to talk to me?"
"Hm? I have not, Atsuko-sama. I am just waiting for when you're going to say something embarrassing"
"Well, then, unfortunately, Florence-sama. I do not have anything more to say about the offer we gave you, nor do I have the intention of sharing anything regarding my relationship with Edwa- Hiya!"
Before Atsuko could finish talking, she ended up letting out a moan as she felt her fox ears being suddenly and gently grabbed. And she only knew of one person who would do something like that in such a manner.
"E-E-Edward-sama?"
"Good morning, Atsuko"
As always, Edward began kissing her without any warning as he continued to toy with her fox ears.
"Fuu *Nods* Today, you're as cute as always Atsuko"
"Ah…"
With a red face, Atsuko could only let out a stupid voice before she joined Nanako and Lysette in hiding their faces on the table with both of their arms.
"Hm? Ah! Did I perhaps interrupt something, my beloved Florence?"
"*Shakes head* You did not, my dear Edward. We had already finished our main talking point a while ago"
"I see, and what did you four talk about?"
"Oh! It was just about them wanting to have me accompany them during their turns with you"
"Is that so? And what did they say?"
"They want me to accompany them every day, what about you, Edward?"
"Well if they all agree with that, then it's fine by me. And besides, why would I ever refuse a chance to spend more time with my beloved wife?"
"… Fufu, that's why I fell in love with you, Edward. Now… aren't you going to kiss and pamper me as well?"
"! Of course!"
And so, Florence extended her arms in a welcoming manner, followed by Edward happily embracing her as they both began to make out without any hint of shame.
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Back to the present
"…"
As Nanako silently looked at Edward and Florence passionately kissing each other, she could only feel her jealousy growing, alongside her desire to kiss Edward also rising as well. So she took deep breaths as she steeled herself for what was to come, and once she felt ready, she approached Edward and grabbed the hem of his clothes as she began to pull them to grab his attention.
"…?"
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"… *Looking away*"
"What's wrong, Nanako?"
"Ah! E-Erm… … …"
However as soon as Edward looked at her, Nanako immediately lost all of her bravado as she began blushing, but still unwilling to just go back empty-handed, Nanako used all of her remaining strength to make a face that she was expecting a kiss from Edward.
" "…" " <
And she successfully caused both Edward and Florence, to feel stunned by how cute she was looking.
"Florence, may I?"
"Of course, Edward. It would be a waste to let such a cute creature feel sad"
"Thank you… Nanako"
"!"
Just like before, Edward embraced Nanako and began kissing her as she did her best to respond in kind, unfortunately for her, she quickly became overwhelmed by Edward's passion and returned to her usual self of trying to beg for him to slow down or even stop for a moment.
"… Well, since I've already got my fill of kissing my beloved Edward for now, I shall be taking my leave. Have fun you two~"
"MN!?"
Hearing that, Nanako tried to say something, but with her lips too busy being kissed by Edward, all she could do was look at Florence's back with pleading eyes as she got farther and farther away.