The day after the rendezvous
Slowly my consciousness awakened.
I could tell that I woke up much later than usual.
The feeling of being wrapped in something warm and the sound of gentle breathing nearby reminded me of last night.
Returning from his expedition, Melvin came to visit Clarice as usual, and after they had dinner together, he devoured her body and she fell unconscious in a sleep.
When I opened my eyes, Melvin’s sleeping face was right in front of me.
I gently stroked her short navy blue hair, but she seemed to be in a deep sleep and showed no signs of waking up.
Perhaps because he was tired from the expedition or because he had satisfied his sexual desires, he always slept soundly until almost noon.
The three basic human needs are said to be sleep, food, and sex.
He fills all of that in Clarice’s room.
Clarice quietly slipped out of Melvin’s arms and picked up the medicine she had placed on the table next to her bed.
They are common contraceptives sold at pharmacies and a recovery potion she made.
These two are essential items for the morning after my meet-up with Melvin.
I put both in my mouth, swallowed them, and sat still for a while, and then I felt my body slowly recovering.
When Clarice was finally able to move, she quietly got off the bed, careful not to wake Melvin, and headed to the next room.
“Chico, Kurt, good morning.”
Clarice whispered, and the two wise people, well aware that Melvin was still asleep, simply smiled back at her.
I poured some milk into Kurt’s plate and placed it on the floor, and the two of them dug their faces in and began drinking, making lots of slurping noises.
After admiring the lovely sight for a while, Clarice washed her face and freshened up before going to the kitchen.
Even though he ate so much the night before, Melvin was still hungry by the time he woke up the next day.
It seems like a pretty poor fuel economy, but maybe that’s just how it is for a big knight.
Clarice worked quickly, making tomato soup, broccoli salad, and a pasta sauce with chicken, mushrooms, and milk.
“Oh, that’s no good. I need to feed Melvin.”
Clarice held out her hand to Chico and Kurt, who had come over attracted by the smell.
“I’ll give you some magical power in return. Just bear with it.”
Clarice gathered magical power in both her palms, and Chico and Kurt each put their noses close to it and took a deep breath to absorb the magical power.
Although Kurt is not a contracted beast with Clarice, if both parties wish, they can transfer magical power in this way.
A servant lives by feeding on the magical power of the human with whom it has a contract.
Although Clarice has magical powers, she does not have enough to cast spells.
Even though that was enough to feed the little Chico, it should be an insignificant amount for the larger Kurt, who also takes part in battles with magical beasts.
Even so, Kurt always looks happy absorbing Clarice’s magical power, and when he’s done he licks his palm as if to say thank you.
I knelt on the floor and buried my face in Kurt’s black fur, and smelled a delicious, fragrant aroma.
“Kyuu”
Chico jumped onto Clarice’s shoulder and rubbed his body against her face, hugging her.
“You two are good boys, Chico and Kurt.”
While Clarice was enjoying these two kinds of fluffy things, the door to the bedroom opened.
“Good morning…”
Melvin appeared, still sleepy and yawning.
Her navy blue hair is messed up all over the place from bedtime, which is kind of cute.
“Good morning Melvin. Did you sleep well?”
“Yeah… it’s been a while since I had such a deep sleep…”
“You’re hungry, right?
I’m going to prepare lunch, so please wash your face.”
“Yees…”
Melvin stumbled to the bathroom, Kurt following him with a worried look on his face.
“Okay, let’s boil the pasta.”
“Kyu!”
When the pasta was done, Melvin sat down in his usual seat, looking fresher than before and with his hair neatly done.
It was a simpler meal than last night’s dinner, but Melvin still gobbled it down.
“It’s delicious.
If Clarice came along on the expeditions, I’d be able to eat this dish all the time.”
“What are you talking about?
I’m not a chef, I’m a pharmacist.
There’s nothing I can do if I go on an expedition.”
「That’s true though.
It’s tough to defeat monsters while munching on disgusting rations.
At times like these, I always wish Clarice was here.”
Rations are portable food items provided to knights.
It’s convenient because you don’t have to cook it and you can just take it out of your pocket and eat it whenever you want, but apparently it doesn’t taste very good.
Hard labor with bad food…
Thinking about it, Clarice thought that it would be painful.
“Well… just in case, if we could make tasty rations in addition to medicine, I wonder if that would help Melvin.”
Melvin, who had been hanging his head in a slumped position, suddenly turned to face Clarice.
Her light blue eyes sparkle with anticipation.
“Can you make them? Can you make rations?”
“I wonder.
Rations aren’t the kind of thing a pharmacist makes, so I can’t promise I can make them.”
「That’s fine!
I hope you’ll give it a try!
In any case, we should appeal to our superiors to make it an official research project and get a budget for it.”
While Clarice only had the idea for it as a light-hearted attempt to come up with a new cookie recipe, Melvin is trying to make it bigger by getting the Knights involved.
「Wait!
Don’t make a big deal out of it!”
Clarice hurriedly stopped Melvin.
“But if we can improve the rations, Clarice will be making a great contribution to the Knights.”
“I don’t want that!
I just wanted to make some rations just for Melvin, just like the medicine I’ve been giving him!”
Clarice is happy with her current life as an independent fourth-class pharmacist.
I don’t want to get promoted and I have no ambition.
I want to maintain the status quo and live a quiet and peaceful life.
“I still don’t have any desire.
Well, that’s what’s great about Clarice.”
Melvin shrugged and chuckled.
After the meal, the two of them cleared away the dishes again, and Melvin took out souvenirs from his backpack and placed them on the table, one by one.
“The fangs and scales of a three-headed lizard.
Purple bat wings and horns.
And then this is some kind of medicinal herb.
I heard the name, but it was too long for me to remember.
The leaves and stems each have different effects.
after that……”
Clarice’s green eyes lit up at the many souvenirs that would have made any normal woman scream.
“amazing!
All of these materials are things I’ve only seen in books!
Thank you, Melvin!”
I was so happy that I instinctively hugged his strong body and was once again trapped in his broad chest.
“yeah……”
His lips were stolen and the kiss soon turned deep with his tongue entangled.
Melvin’s large hands stroked Clarice’s back and waist, then grabbed her buttocks.
“Clarisse.
I won’t be able to see you again for a while…”
A clear glint of lust shines in his dark blue eyes.
Clarice doesn’t know Melvin’s plans, but it will probably be a while before they see each other again.
lonely.
Not wanting him to realize what she was thinking, Clarice buried her face in Melvin’s chest.
It was Clarice who presented the conditions that made this happen.
Melvin picked up Clarice, just like last night, and took her to the bedroom, where they didn’t come out until dusk was approaching.
“I’ll come again.
I’ll be a good boy and wait.”
“Yeah… see you later, Melvin.”
As usual, Clarice watched Melvin take his medicine, kiss him on the forehead, and leave with mixed feelings.
Melvin says he’ll come back, but it’s unclear if that will happen.
After all, Clarice and Melvin are neither lovers nor engaged.
However, we are meeting like this because it is convenient for both of us.
This relationship will probably come to an end someday when Melvin unilaterally ends it.
Whenever she thinks about it, her heart pricks, but there’s nothing Clarice can do about it.
“It’s okay, I have Chico.
I’m not lonely.”
Even if Melvin stopped coming, it would just be a return to our previous lives.
There is no problem.
Clarice told herself with a sigh, turning her back to the door through which Melvin had left.
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