novelbin Chapter 273
Chapter 273
Chapter 273
22. Got it now?
You don’t get it, do you?
You kept saying every day that you didn’t understand this and didn’t understand that. If you were bad, then you were just bad, yet you still kept chasing after explanations, pretending to be eager to learn.
Didn’t you want to know? Then this time, she would tell her exactly what kind of cruel battlefield this was.
While the argument continued over there, Sheffy kept chattering on, explaining the situation to the Fire Lizard, so that she wouldn’t keep pestering her endlessly in the future.
Of course, she spoke in a very subtle way—at least, it was already extremely straightforward by Sheffy’s standards.
But a fool was still a fool.
Even after hearing such a simple and easy-to-understand explanation, Timani still had a face full of confusion, and she even looked a bit anxious herself.
“You’re saying what they’re fighting over isn’t an object? If it’s not an object, then what are they fighting over?”
“It’s emotional value, feelings, it’s... ah, I’ve already made it this clear, how do you still not get it! It’s so embarrassing for me to say this out loud!” Sheffy almost pointed at herself and said that what they were fighting over was her—this ‘not-an-object’ object!
“If you don’t say it outright, how am I supposed to understand?! My brain doesn’t work well!”
“Your brain doesn’t work well and you still think that’s something to be proud of?!”
If it were up to Sheffy herself, she definitely wouldn’t have the face to say it.
But fortunately, there was still a little cutie sitting in her arms.
The Little Holy Sword glanced at Timani with a look of disdain for a fool, then spread her small hands to both sides and sighed like a precocious child.
“So dumb. Haven’t Lady Sheffy already explained it to this extent? Obviously, they all want to turn Lady Sheffy into family.”
“Family? Belith and Sheffy are already family, and as for Xiarette and Livra... oh, oh, I get it!”
The cloud of confusion over Timani’s expression was swept away instantly, replaced by the clarity of sudden realization.
“They want to deepen their relationship on top of friendship, going from friends to best friends! Hey, you should’ve just said it like that earlier. It’s not like it’s something you can’t say—why make it so roundabout?”
“......”
Right.
My fault. I shouldn’t have been so roundabout with you.
After all, things others could understand—once twisted around for you, you really couldn’t understand them.
With permission conveyed through Sheffy’s gaze, Syla snuggled further into Sheffy’s warm embrace and revealed the answer in a lazy voice.
“Everyone wants to be Lady Sheffy’s lover. You understand what a lover is, right?”
“Lover...? Lover...”
Timani pondered the suddenly dropped word, and then her voice completely exploded!
“You mean lovers?!”
“Yes, the kind of pure relationship where they do embarrassing things.”
Good grief, Syla, your values seemed a bit questionable too. Love could be pure, but adding that kind of qualifier when you spoke didn’t sound very good.
But by now, the Fire Lizard should understand, right? Syla had made it so clear...
Fire Lizard?
Suddenly not hearing Timani respond, Sheffy looked up to check.
She saw the Fire Lizard with her mouth slightly open, her tail frozen midair, her entire body stiff.
“Hey~~ still alive? Timani? Fire Lizard? Flame-spewing monster?”
“Who are you calling a flame-spewing monster! That sounds even worse than Fire Lizard! No... Sheffy, is what Sylatrella said true?!”
“I-it’s true... what’s wrong?”
“And you still ask what’s wrong! This kind of... this kind of thing, I never knew about it! So you and them have that kind of relationship...? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?!”
“How was I supposed to tell you something like that?! Besides, you never asked!”
“!”
Hearing this, Timani’s hands, which were gripping Sheffy’s arm tightly, suddenly trembled. Her body went limp, as if she had suffered some heavy blow.
Uh, that was the wrong thing to say.
Sheffy immediately realized the problem.
Timani was considered a friend now, and saying something like “why would I tell you if you didn’t ask” was indeed a bit inappropriate.
Even though, in reality, there was no need to tell her, it would be better to phrase it differently.
“My point is, there’s no need to tell you about this. It would only make things more chaotic. Wouldn’t it be fine if you just treated everyone as ordinary friends?”
“So that’s what you meant... phew, that’s a relief. I thought you disliked me... hm?!”
“Disliked you...?”
“Nothing! Tch, how could not saying it have no impact? This is obviously important, okay! We usually act together, and I’m the only one who doesn’t know your relationships—it’s really troubling!”
“I guess... that’s true. Sorry about that. But I’m telling you now, right? Now that you know, it’s—”
“Wait.”
“What now?”
“Sheffy, aren’t you basically juggling multiple relationships at once?”
“......”
“And think about your relationship with Belith too, okay?! You can still go through with this? You really are something else!”
“This is all mutual consent, alright?! Don’t just open your mouth and start insulting me! And I haven’t messed around with Livra at all!”
As their words clashed, Syla leaned forward, pried apart Timani’s tightly clenched hands from Sheffy’s arm, and pushed them away.
“Let go. You’re hurting Lady Sheffy.”
“Sorry... I got a bit emotional. I don’t even know how to put it... ugh... this is absurd. I had no idea before... uh!”
“?”
Strange.
Just now, Timani had only been surprised and shocked, but now it was as if she had suddenly thought of something—her entire face flushed red, and she shrank her neck downward in a spiraling motion.
“What’s wrong with you now?”
“Now that I think about it... since you’re in... that kind of relationship... doesn’t that mean... between you, you’ve already done that kind of... that kind of thing?”
“I-I guess so.” Sheffy immediately understood. “But that’s normal, right? Once you face your true feelings, there will naturally be some expression in your actions... I think that’s completely normal.”
“I suppose...”
Damn it—hearing Timani’s shy, trembling voice made Sheffy recall it too, and her small face began to heat up and flush red.
Timani revealed an “as expected” expression.
There was a flicker in her gaze—seeming to carry ambitions for the future, yet also wavering with doubt about whether she herself could accomplish something so difficult.
“But it’s still so shameless... I can’t imagine you’ve already reached the stage of k-kissing. Ahhh, this is all too sudden! No, I need to sleep and process this, it’s just unbelievable!”
“Kissing...?”
Wait.
Sheffy remembered that Livra had mentioned before that Timani didn’t know much about matters related to romance—her knowledge was extremely limited.
Could it be...
“Just to be safe, let me ask—Fire Lizard, what do you think is the most extreme thing lovers can do?”
“The most extreme...?! Y-you... why are you suddenly asking that!”
“Just answer first.”
“This question is terrifying... what else could it be? Obviously it’s mouth-to-mouth... what’s with that expression! Don’t think I don’t know anything! I’ve heard the adults in my clan say there’s even more extreme stuff—even kissing can involve tongues, ugh... what am I even saying...”
“......”
Alright.
It seemed she truly lacked knowledge—her knowledge reserve was inversely proportional to the size of her chest. All the knowledge she should’ve gained growing up had been fed to the passage of time.
Sheffy patted Syla’s head and prompted again.
“Go on, Syla. Explain the specifics to her, otherwise the Fire Lizard is just too pitiful.”
“Hm? Explain the specifics?”
“Yeah. I think you’re quite perverted normally, so your knowledge reserves must be excellent. Aren’t you going to make use of your specialty here?”
“But I... I don’t know either.”
“?”
Syla’s face was full of difficulty. The little loli blinked her eyes, her innocence almost painful to watch.
“I... I only know that there must be embarrassing things between lovers... but the specifics... I don’t know. I’ve only heard that when Lady Sheffy and the Hero were on the same bed, Lady Sheffy’s screams sounded really nice...”
“Ahhhh don’t say that! Shut up right now!”
What kind of pure monsters were they?! Didn’t they ever read any special books to broaden their knowledge?!
Timani was one thing, but Syla—you’ve lived for a thousand years for nothing!
With no other choice, Sheffy let out a small grunt, lifted Syla up from under her arms, placed her on the ground, then leaned close to Timani’s ear and quietly explained this great knowledge to her.
Syla also hurried over to listen to the “lesson.”
“Listen carefully, I’ll only say this once. How much you understand depends on your talent.”
“Oh... go on? Why are you being so mysterious?”
“Kissing is just the beginning. Tongues are nothing much either. After that, there’s this... and that... and also that... and even that...!”
“?!”
As Sheffy explained with a slightly reddened face, Timani’s expressions changed quite dramatically.
By the time Sheffy finished explaining and quickly climbed back to her seat...
A visible puff of steam suddenly rose from the top of Timani’s head. Her eyes were wide open, her pupils trembling as her lifelong understanding of the world shook violently. Her face was as red as if it were burning, and she couldn’t say a single word.
Now she truly looked like a Fire Lizard.
Syla wasn’t much better off. The little loli hugged Sheffy’s arm, burying her burning face deep into the fabric of Sheffy’s clothes, rubbing back and forth while making indistinct gurgling sounds in her throat—it was rather amusing.
Mm, Sheffy didn’t regret this explanation.
After all, people had to grow up.
At the same time...
The argument on Livra’s side gradually came to a stop.
Their negotiation
seemed to have reached a result.