Became the Butler of the Second Heroine of the Harem

44 – Slight Fever

As the fist hit the greatsword much faster than usual, a loud roar like thunder hit the ground, startling them both. Because it was unexpected, the two people who exchanged only one sum widened their distance for a while.

‘It was heavier than any punch I’ve ever received…And it was so fast that I barely noticed it when it was right in front of me…’

‘It was so fast that I even slowed it down in the middle… I tried not to hit it hard, but something like that…”

Europa shook her hand because she blocked the attack, and Sirius swallowed his dry saliva, realizing that he was about to get into trouble.

Unlike her, who wielded a greatsword slightly smaller than her own body with one hand and held her posture as if she was ready, he hesitated and couldn’t catch her stance.

“Aren’t you coming?”

I asked with a frown in frustration, and Sirius, who hesitated, opened his mouth slowly.

“…Sorry. I was thinking about how to move.”

“Come to think of it, the attack earlier was heavier than ever. Didn’t you unconsciously put more force into it?”

“No…That’s not it…I don’t know…What can I say…A feeling of uncontrollable empowerment…”

Sirius’ face showed uneasiness as he repeatedly opened and closed his fists. His hands trembled even when he was clenched in a fist, afraid of the small change that came after drinking his master’s blood.

“It’ll be fine. It’s actually better. I wanted to vent my anger, but I can do it to my heart’s content.”

“My lady…”

Europe smiled and comforted me as if it was okay. Some of her anger hadn’t been completely resolved yet, and she thought that if she said this on purpose, Sirius’ heart would be relieved even a little bit.

“So it might be better to take than to attack. I’ll be going this time, so please take it. It can be a bit violent.”

“…Yes, please come.”

Only then did Sirius straighten his posture, showing a slight smile on his face as if he had become a little more comfortable. Even so, he couldn’t get rid of the guilt, but he couldn’t erase the bitter look in his eyes.

“Wow…”

He hesitated at the first look in his eyes at Europa, eyes that seemed to be atone for a great sin. And after hesitating, he briefly released his hand that held his greatsword, and squeezed it as hard as he could.

With one big step forward, her new model was right in front of Sirius, and a large greatsword was slashing at her head.

The family’s arcane swordsmanship, which I vaguely saw, created a bloody sound that seemed to rip through the air along with the raging wild sword wind.

The swordsmanship that he first showed him with all his might was now a swordsman with a sword expert wrapped in a sword aura.

He would normally have avoided the power of tearing the air in two if he didn’t avoid it, but now he struck back the sword with all his might with his nimble blade.

As if it was okay, the blade he raised was more powerful than the fists and blades he had used so far.

The two were not surprised this time even though the sound was louder than the first one. Rather, the people in the mansion heard the sound from the gymnasium and were perplexed, saying that it was a thunderbolt in the dry sky.

The parties involved in the sound went on airlifting regardless. The people in the mansion trembled in fear at the sound of thunder every time the sword and hand clashed, but they did not stop.

Even though Sirius’ movements were hesitant and unnatural, the gaps between movements creaked. Even though he saw the gap, he made an attack that Sirius could receive and reliably matched the sum.

“So many things you can’t tell?”

Europe’s voice can be heard between the ripping sword wind and the crashing roar. It was time for her to reveal her original purpose.

“…Yes, I’ve thought about it several times, but it’s still a lot.”

It was Europa who blocked her approaching swordsman and, unable to organize her thoughts, answered with her complicated state of mind, and her mouth pouted.

“…Still?”

“I don’t have anything specific yet.”

She was the one who came out to the gymnasium to make a little analogy with the conversation with him that came out of her dream even if she was asleep. Even in a situation where each other is frustrated, the sum of the two did not end.

Compared to Europa, who was dripping with sweat, Sirius was calm without a single drop of sweat, but he did not stop and became stronger.

“Then what about blood?”

Bang, her hand clashing with her sword. In the midst of her unbelievable voice, Sirius could hear exactly what she said. After a moment of thought, he opened his mouth.

“…I don’t know for sure. But I do know one thing.”

Sirius’ hand trembled again in anxiety, and instead of his knuckles, he thrust out his fist. It aimed for a gap, but it was fast enough to block it, so Europa blocked it with the wide blade of her greatsword and was pushed back.

Europe watches the situation without rushing right away. Seeing Sirius hesitate as if he had something to say, he loosened his grip on the greatsword.

“…I must drink…Human…Human blood…”

I didn’t mind when I saw blood while handling animals. However, whenever he saw human blood, his consciousness that it looked delicious continued to rise, and he did not run away from the truth anymore.

“Every time I see people bleed, I salivate involuntarily. And…The taste was sweeter than any snack.”

He blocked his mouth from the nausea that came up again. The taste of blood still vividly reminded me of it, and saliva increased in my mouth, making it difficult to swallow.

Hearing that fact, Europa’s eyes darkened a bit. I put my hand on his chest, frustrated at the sight of Sirius who was afraid of Sirius who finally told the truth.

“…Can you guess why?”

“I don’t know… I’m sorry…”

“Sorry is forbidden. Now, this is not your fault.”

The look in her eyes was exceptionally ferocious as she dragged a large sword.

“Your mistake was to hide this fact from me until now, and then to tell it after it happened.”

“Right…That’s right…”

Where did the momentum go when you had hit your sword dozens or hundreds of times just now? In front of Sirius, who was standing wrinkly with his hands together in front of a teacher admonishing him, like a student who has nothing to say even if he had a hundred mouths. Sir, Europa has arrived.

“Please don’t say you’re sorry recklessly. Words become lighter the more you do them. Your sorry words are lighter than a feather right now.”

“…Yes…”

Europe cautiously corrected Sirius’ disheveled clothes. A cold sweat broke out on Sirius’ back, feeling that if Europa, who was fixing her collar, told her lies, he would grab her by the collar and beat her up.

“…Since when?”

“Since when…”

“… That she has to drink blood… Since when did she want to drink that much?”

I pondered over her words. It’s only gotten worse lately, but I’ve always had a craving for blood.

She said, recalling the time she felt like drinking as she decapitated the assassin who had cut her chest during the probationary exam.

“…I started doing it after I woke up from an injury during Goyang’s Day.”

“I see…”

He felt that Europa’s hand, which looked like a wound from defending himself, went up to his left chest.

When his fingertips touched the scar on his chest that he vaguely remembered, Sirius stepped back in embarrassment.

“…Lady?”

Why does she know of her scars, which have never been seen by anyone except her butler, William, and Father Marcel, who was in charge of her treatment? Sirius put his hand on his scar, and Europa’s expression looked bewildered.

“I remembered how you were hurt then…”

I lied because I wanted to regret it. She shouldn’t have known about his scar because he had seen it secretly while he was deep in his nap.

“…It doesn’t hurt now…?”

“hahahaha…Does that hurt so far? Miss, is your neck okay?”

“Yes, it’s okay. Would you like to take a look?”

He pushed his bitten neck in and showed it. Sirius, relieved to see her neck healed without scars, slightly backed off at the scent of her slowly rising up.

It wasn’t as stimulating as before drinking the blood, but I started salivating again because of the feeling of stimulating my appetite. Seeing this, Europa did not rush to approach.

He hadn’t been bitten by his neck like a beast for a while, and he still couldn’t leave the shock. Wrapping around his bitten nape, Europa’s body trembled little by little.

“Can I ask one more…?”

Anticipating what the crying voice would ask, Sirius nodded his head.

“…Yes, ask me anything.”

“Why…Bitten my neck…?”

Sirius, who got down on one knee and bowed his head, thought about how to respond to his troubled eyes.

“…You remember I told you about the dream…?”

“Yes, I did.”

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“In that dream…A person with the same face as mine was covered in blood and asked me to accept it…I dreamed of it every time I slept and I refused every time, so this time they said I brought it on myself… I looked at the lady’s neck…”

“…Wasn’t that what you did anyway?”

“I swear to heaven and the years I spent with you, lady. The reason I tried to separate from you every time was because of that dream. I couldn’t do anything to harm you.”

After Sirius finished speaking, he carefully stroked his head with the same hand that had been stroking his chest earlier.

“Yeah, that’s enough…I’d love it if you said this a long time ago…”

“…I couldn’t answer anything because I was organizing my thoughts…Sorry…”

“I told you not to say sorry.”

He spread his five fingers and tightened them as if squeezing Sirius’ head, and a scream reverberated throughout the gymnasium.

Europe was finally able to laugh at his ridiculous appearance. I still had a lot to ask, but since Sirius said he would tell me as soon as things were sorted out, I was relieved thinking that things would be resolved gradually.

Like the last slight fever left by a cold that seems to be over.

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The sun had gone down and it was twilight, but the crescent moon, as thin as the white part of his fingernails, lit up the night with fine moonlight.

They were neither hungry nor hungry, sitting side by side in the gymnasium and quietly looking up at the sky.

Sirius had some self-restraint against vampirism, but could not bear to sniff her scent. And although Europa was dissatisfied with being apart, he understood his feelings and just stayed still.

Europe, who felt like what she always did at the academy was special as soon as she returned to her family, looked at Sirius and said.

“Can I stop drinking blood now?”

“That… That’s… hahahaha…”

Sirius laughed as if embarrassed by her question and scratched the back of his neck.

“I’m not sure about that yet. To be honest, the lady’s scent is still pungent, so if you smell it a little more, you’ll want to drink it.”

“Hmm…Then wouldn’t it be better if I drank a little more?”

“Yes? What do you mean…”

Sirius did not even have time to react as he slashed his index finger on the blade of the greatsword lying on the ground. Sirius gulped on his own as he looked at his fingers, where the crevices of the shallow wounds were stained red and a drop of his blood began to form.

“Come on.”

I was hesitant about what to do with Europa’s action as she put her index finger in the middle of her blood flow.

“Ah…Lady…”

“Quickly. Are you going to drop your master’s precious blood on the ground?”

As I turned the wounded part toward the ground, the blood that was barely adhered to by surface tension was about to fall by gravity. Sirius, who moved after hesitation, finally put his tongue on the tip of her finger.

As the sweet taste of blood settled on his tongue and more blood flowed through the gaping wound, he put the tip of his finger inside his lips.

“It’s… Itchy…”

Europe’s face was as hot as flowing blood. Sirius’ face flushed as he licked her finger.

Even so, Sirius, intoxicated with the sweetness and licking his fingers, let out a rough breath through his mouth and drank the sweet liquid, probably forgot how to breathe through his nose.

As he endured the tickling, he stroked Sirius’ face with his remaining fingers. To put one finger in your mouth on the face you’ve always touched…

‘…Somehow…Something…Really…’

It felt strange to see Sirius closing his eyes, putting his finger inside his lips, unable to lick his lips as if he couldn’t bear to look at them.

Her tongue brushed her fingers and her hand caught her rough breath coming out of her mouth, and her whole body thrilled, and Europa hurriedly removed her finger from her mouth.

“Is this…Now?”

A long thread of reddish silver stretched from his finger that had fallen into his mouth. Unlike Sirius, who had closed his eyes and enjoyed the taste of his blood, Europa’s heart pounded as if it were going to burst, and she wiped his fingers without saying a word.

“Yes… Yes…”

He had to turn his back when he finally realized that Sirius, who had been breathing heavily, had licked Europa’s fingers intoxicated with the sweetness.

‘…aaa…I licked the lady’s fingers like a puppy saying it was delicious…’

‘…Why did I do that… My heart doesn’t calm down…’

Both of them were busy covering their respective blushing faces from the belated embarrassment.

The thin crescent moon and countless stars in the sky above the heads of those two people were shining exceptionally as if they had seen the scene.