How the Regressor Loves the Reincarnated

56. Small deviation (1)

1.

“Huh… Huh… Yeah, I like that…”

I’m saying this in case there’s any misunderstanding, but I’m not doing anything particularly strange.

A sound like a purring cat purring from Adele’s neck as she leans back against her bathtub and tilts her head back. At the same time, the rustle of my fingers rubbing her scalp and the occasional splash of water in the bathtub combine to create the most bizarre atmosphere.

“It’s so nice to be like this… If every day was like this, I wouldn’t want anything more.”

“I will politely decline that.”

At Adele’s insensitive words, I returned my firm answer with her eyes closed. What country’s new torture law is that?

…Of course, the words that came out of Adele’s mouth should be seen as deliberate rather than insensitive.

Even if I don’t have to do that, the sight that comes into her eyes from the posture I’m sitting right now is seriously stimulating, so I wonder how far this woman must seduce me to unleash her aptitude. As if to test the limits of my patience, it feels infinitely repugnant to keep shaking the forbidden fruit in front of her mouth.

“So, what are your plans from tomorrow? I don’t think they took such a long period of time just to tour Kyoguk comfortably.”

“Mo, huh. I don’t know. My body and mind are so calm right now, but we shouldn’t put off talking about that for a while- Kyaaagh?! Luke, what if you pull your hair like that…”

“Adele…”

“…It’s disgusting that it’s so obvious that he’s trying to hold on while thinking about something else. If it were me, I would have jumped into the bathtub without measuring anything. And…”

I felt Adele’s wet hand, which had been sniffing her snout, overlap my hand intertwined in her hair. I had no choice but to stop for a moment at her words that went against my expectations and that she would definitely try to make fun of me again.

“Anyway, if we go to the cathedral, our saintess will find us on her own. Burgo is originally a b*tch who can’t stand what he’s curious about even if he dies.”

“…After that?”

“Well? I just want to kill him on the spot.”

Couldn’t that be true? I really believed it wasn’t. Even so, if I were to value such a helpless woman as much as my own life, she would be a little ashamed.

“Luke, I was joking, so please ease your expression… I know that if you do such a ridiculous thing, you will not only turn against the Church, but at least half of the Empire!”

“What was my expression like?”

“Somehow, it seemed that he was very pitiful of me… It was that kind of expression. If I had looked at it longer, I might have been deeply hurt.”

“Adele, I didn’t even think of that. I admired it in a slightly different way.”

“…That means, to a lesser extent, that we had similar thoughts.”

“Put your hand on your conscience and answer. How do you think Adele would feel if someone, right in front of Adele, said that she would just kill someone who is called a saint, no matter what her nature is?”

“…Anything! In the current situation, there is a high probability that even Libra will keep its head down and observe the development of the situation. Because the only one who can save his life even if he meets us openly is Burgo, who has a high status externally.”

Adele, who answered in a slightly trembling voice as if she was in need of an answer, was cute, so I decided to be generous with that part. Even though I had closed her eyes, I couldn’t tell what her expression was, but it wasn’t too hard to guess that she was very shy.

“Well, that’s right. Libra is definitely guilty, so if she somehow manages to catch her, there won’t be any problems, and she will be able to weed out all the people who made deals with him.”

“Yeah, so no matter how fast, until the night of the full moon, we won’t be able to find Libra no matter what we do. There’s no way she’s going to hold her head up proudly after provoking me like that unless Libra is stupid enough.”

“A provocation?”

“Uh, um… just know that there was such a thing.”

“Ah yes…”

“It’s not just Libra, Burgo will also avoid situations where he might die… I think the best thing we can do is to prepare in advance for that day to come.”

Even if you think about it roughly, it was an embarrassing and frustrating situation. Besides, if it was simply that, there were still a lot of variables we had to be wary of.

“As long as we’re here, the two apostles can’t be unaware that they’re being targeted, so we can call the other apostles as reinforcements. While killing Scorpio, who was the contact point, the whereabouts of the other apostles were revealed to some extent, it is unknown if there are other means of contact with Virgo or Libra.”

If we don’t care, we may encounter a situation where we have to deal with three or more apostles at the same time as another unexpected apostle intervenes without our knowledge. And the problem doesn’t just end there.

“As there are traitors who have enemies in the Zodiac among the high-ranking members of the Lumineria Church right now, it is certain that the situation will become more complicated depending on how Burgo uses them.”

“It’s okay, Luke. Maybe this one will work out a lot better than you thought?”

Hearing my worried words, Adele lightly patted the back of my hand as if to reassure me.

“…Anyway, wouldn’t that be too optimistic about the situation?”

“Luke. The situation is working much better for us now compared to the first round, where we didn’t even know what was going on until it happened, or the second round, when we knew what Zodiac was doing and barely managed to stop it. I wonder if that’s all, this time, unlike before, I’m not alone either, right?”

“Yeah, that’s true, but… no matter how much you do, I think you might be trusting me too much.”

To put it a little coldly, this might be a bit self-conscious, but I don’t think there’s any particular reason why Adele would emphasize my existence like that, unless it’s because she trusts me that much.

It is true that the usefulness of me when Adele first came to visit me and the me now are incomparably greater, but even so, if you ask me if I am that useful, I am not sure about that part.

“Luke, can you open your eyes for a second?”

“Yes? Yes, what… No, this is not it!”

Just as I was about to open my eyes in response to Adele’s words, I belatedly recalled the situation I was in and closed my eyes again. This woman is really… She was originally active and active, but isn’t she a bit overly active these days?

“Ugh, I thought it would be like that, so I covered it up in advance, right? Open your eyes quickly.”

Listening to him sighing in frustration at my actions, my head hurts. If I went anywhere to complain about this, I would be treated as someone who was full of stomachs simply because I was blessed.

“…You can really trust me, right?”

“I won’t tell you twice, so open your eyes quickly.”

“Yes.”

I don’t even know anymore. This is because Adele’s fault for continuing to seduce me despite my patience with her. To be honest, if I had endured this much, I would not have done enough.

After a moment of hesitation, when I open my eyes again, Adele’s naked body, which is still clearly in her mind, appears before my eyes again. Only, this time Adele raised one of her arms and held it down over her chest.

Still, I wondered if the word “Covered” Wasn’t a lie, but I can’t decide which one is more erotic between the covered and the uncovered ones, so I feel like I’m burning my speed at the same time.

“Luke, my eyes are up here?”

“…Please be quiet.”

“Whoops, it’s cute.”

“So why did you tell me to open your eyes?”

“Huh? It’s me, I just want to see these pretty eyes.”

“No, that’s what… And I’m not using the word pretty for a man. It’s like saying it’s cute.”

“What? Are you trying to make it impossible to call pretty things pretty and cute things cute? What do you call pretty things pretty? More than anything else, that’s my favorite color, so I can’t concede?”

“…The color of my eyes? Since when? Didn’t you say you like blue the most?”

I vaguely remember having such a conversation during a time when we knew more about each other than we knew about each other. And I remember that Adele’s answer back to me at that time was definitely blue.

“Luke, do I have to say that to understand?”

Even after hearing that, Adele, who seemed shy at first glance, did not hesitate to ask twice. There were parts that I could only guess at. It started with me right away, so there was no need to hear it directly from Adele’s mouth.

“Me too.”

“Um…?”

“If you don’t know, that’s fine.”

“Ah, yes…”

The moment she raised her head, feeling sorry for Adele, who didn’t notice her even though she had been embarrassed to say such a thing, she stretched her head.

“Ah…!”

Perhaps it was only then that he realized it, but a bright smile appeared on Adele’s face, the brightest and most brilliant like the sun, as if it would spread to me at any moment.

“You know, Luke…?”

“Yes.”

“I really, really love you very much.”

“…Me too. I love you too, Adele.”

Perhaps I love you more than you think, maybe more than I think.

“…You know what, Luke? I’m not putting too much trust in you.”

It took a long time for us to look into each other’s eyes without saying anything. Adele broke the silence first with a hesitant look and spoke.

“Sure?”

“Luke. I will not lose my faith in you until the moment I die, even if you suddenly drive a knife through my heart one day.”

“What is that? Would you do something like that because I’m crazy?”

“Because I know you’re not going to do that. If Luke ever does something like that, there must be a reason why he believes it.”

“No matter how you look at it, it seems that your trust in me is a little too much…”

“No. That’s not it.”

The words that Adele uttered after denying my words by snapping her fingers are probably something I will never forget even after a lifetime.

“I’m just giving you the trust you deserve in me, Luke.”

2.

“Whoop… Whoop…”

What kind of situation is this?

“Ha, ha… Luke… Uhhh, uhhhhh…”

No f*ck, what kind of situation is this?

I run my tongue over my parched lips, then give up trying to move the arm that Adele is holding on to so tightly that I can’t move. I lift her other arm and lift the blanket over me.

The warm heat rises and at the same time, the obscene yet sweet scent stings my nose.

After dropping the blanket I was still holding on to, I rubbed my eyes several times, which kept trying to close because I had just woken up. Please, I hope what I saw was wrong, though I lifted the covers again. The sight that came into my eyes hadn’t changed one bit.

Adele’s appearance, avoiding my gaze, with the hem of the nightgown she was holding in her mouth just a moment ago, was cute at first glance, but also very erotic on the other hand.

Let’s slightly move my fingertips that are digging into her underwear.

“Hey… Luke…”

Adele let out another excited moan.

The unintentional play ended with me waving a white flag.