I Was Reincarnated As An Instructor In An R18 Game... - Chapter 71

The tavern is at its busiest time, 8 PM.

I’m currently serving customers at the tavern.

This time of day, the tavern is crowded with adventurers who’ve wrapped up their hunts and guild quests.

When you hear that the tavern is packed with adventurers, you might imagine arguments or loud commotions.

However, the adventurers who come to Suzuya have few conflicts, and even if they are noisy, it’s within the usual expectations of a tavern, so they are relatively well-behaved.

There were no problems at academy today, nor on the way home, it’s been a peaceful day.

Rather than going out onto the floor, Niimi steps into the kitchen to stir the pot on the stove.

… Niimi’s seasoning is something I can’t replicate even if I try.

After a while, Niimi enters the kitchen with a troubled expression.

As I stir the contents of the pot to prevent it from burning, I tilt my head and ask Niimi.

“What’s wrong?”

“Reid-san, there’s something I’d like to ask you…”

Niimi places a hand on her cheek and begins to explain.

It seems Lucienne-san is at the tavern right now.

It seems that her work at Flower Mist took longer than expected.

Though there are streetlights, the night road feels a bit scary, and she was talking to Niimi about it while having dinner at the tavern.

So, Niimi came to ask me if I could escort her home.

I smile, turn off the heat on the pot, and say to Niimi.

“You don’t need to look so worried, I’ll take care of it.”

“Thank you, Reid-san. I’ve been stressed lately, so I couldn’t help but worry…”

“This is nothing to stress over.”

I gently pat Niimi’s head, and she smiles warmly.

As I head to the floor with Niimi, Lucienne-san is having after meal tea at her table.

As Lucienne-san spots me, she shows a surprised expression and then turns to Niimi beside me, saying.

“Niimi-san, what’s going on?”

“Lucienne said you were scared, so I asked Reid-san to escort you home.”

“Lucienne-san, feel free to rely on us. It would be too late once something happens, right?”

As I smile and say this, Niimi beside me smiles warmly and nods at Lucienne-san.

For some reason, Lucian-san looks surprised by Niimi’s nod, his face turning slightly red as she nods back.

I was a little curious about their nodding, but I figured there was something unspoken between women.

I hand the apron I was wearing to Niimi and gently lift Lucienne-san’s hand.

Niimi holds the apron with both hands, smiling gently as she says to me.

“Reid-san, ‘please’ take care of it, okay?”

“Yeah, leave it to me.”

–

Although there are streetlights, I’m walking down the night road with Lucienne-san.

After leaving Suzuya, I kept holding hands with Lucienne-san.

Her hair in a side-tail swings from side to side in front of her shoulders, and her chest, which exceeds the size of a watermelon, shakes with each step, sometimes brushing against my arm.

While giving off the aura of a married woman, her responses are like those of a young girl’s, which feels like cheating.

Lucienne-san remained silent with a red face after leaving Suzuya.

I suppose that makes sense.

If she were walking with a man in the middle of the night, there’s a chance acquaintances might misunderstand.

Thinking this, I make a suggestion to the slightly embarrassed Lucienne-san.

“Lucienne-san, do you want me to release your hand?”

“Eh… I-I don’t want to.”

“You don’t want to…?”

“…Yes.”

When I made the suggestion, she surprisingly shook her head and refused.

Moreover, Lucienne-san gently tightened her grip on my hand and pressed her chest against my arm.

It’s not just that she’s pressing against my arm anymore. My arm is now completely engulfed by Lucienne-san’s huge br3asts.

Lucienne-san raised her face as if making a decision and, with her cheeks still flushed, looked at me as she spoke.

“Please call me Lucienne.”

“…Understood, Lucienne.”

“Yes. I heard from Lucy that you’ve been a great help…”

“I just did what any instructor would do for a student.”

“…Then why are you helping me?”

Lucienne stopped and looked up at me with slightly moist eyes.

If you ask why, it’s partly because I know her past and am involved in events related to it.

But maybe it’s just my personality; I can’t leave things be.

If I can help, I want to, and if there’s danger, I want to eliminate it.

Of course, only for those I’ve come to know.

I turned my body toward Lucienne, smiled awkwardly, and said,

“Is the fact we have grown to know each other… Not good enough?”

“…If you knew my past, you might despise me. You might think it’d have been better if we hadn’t met.”

Lucienne looked down with a sad expression and started talking in a quiet voice about her past.

I couldn’t stop Lucienne’s words.

The reason being, I’m supposed to know nothing about it.

The words that came out were about how she lived in a neighboring country and how she was assaulted.

She spoke about Lucy, working in a brothel, and how Lucienne suspected the cause of the recent attacks.

Her shoulders trembled, and tears flowed from her downcast eyes.

Hearing it from her is completely different from reading it in the game. It tugs at my heart so much more.

I don’t know how many times I tried to stop her from speaking, thinking I already know.

Each time, I wanted to commend myself for holding back.

After Lucienne finished speaking, I gently pulled her into my arms from the front.

Honestly, I couldn’t bear to listen anymore, I felt it was enough.

“That’s enough.”

“I love Lucy, from the bottom of my heart… but I don’t know what it feels like to be loved.”

“…”

“Can you… teach me?”

‘That’s cheating,’ I muttered to myself again.

I brought my face down and kissed Lucienne.

Lucienne didn’t refuse the kiss, wrapping her hands around my back and accepting it.

I kissed her lightly on the lips again and again, starting short, and gradually making it longer.

I broke the kiss, pulled my face away, smiled, and spoke.

“I want you to be my girlfriend.”

“If it’s okay with you… I would be happy.”

“I want Lucienne.”

Lucienne’s eyes opened wide at my words, and she smiled with flushed cheeks, clearly happy.

However, when I told her that I have multiple lovers and want to love them all equally.

Lucienne, having stopped crying, pressed her chest against me so hard it almost changed its shape, smiling awkwardly.

She told me that she knew what Niimi had already told her and that she sometimes has tea with my lovers.

…Ah, so that’s why Niimi said, “Please.”

Still smiling, I sighed softly in understanding.

After Lucienne let go, I took her hand and began walking towards her house.

Along the way, Lucienne began talking about the things that happened since we met.

But it was so embarrassing, I didn’t realize how awkward it would feel to hear my actions described by someone else.

As I walked, listening to my embarrassing story, I could see Lucienne’s house in the distance.

When I reached the front door and tried to let go of her hand, Lucienne wouldn’t let me go.

When I tilted my head and looked at Lucienne, she blushed and whispered shyly.

“Um, it seems like Lucy is staying over at Roy-kun’s… ”

“…Is it okay?”

Lucienne looked up at me with watery eyes, answering silently in response to my question.

After I gave her a kiss that only touched her lips, Lucienne wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me back.

Then, as I pulled away, Lucian spoke.

“I want you to love me.”

Chapter length 3030 characters.

TL Note: Next chapter is the character page, feel free to skip it if you want.