"Goodness, Emilia, just how much have you had to drink!?"
Grin went to meet her in a daze, helping the stumbling Emilia back onto her feet.
Emilia's restless little hands cupped Grin's face, kneading it.
"Grin, your face is so cute, and it's changed so much. How sly!"
After saying that, she threw herself into Grin's arms, squirming against him.
"To think you'd hide something this delicious in the Roswaal Mansion, how mean."
"Even though I've been an adult for a long time, Ram keeps pouring me soda water. You guys must want to drink it all yourselves in secret..."
Emilia rested her head on Grin's shoulder. Her large, drowsy eyes closed and opened, opened and closed, refusing to drift off to sleep.
Grin wrapped his arm around Emilia's waist to keep her from slipping.
The sweet scent of alcohol mixed with the faint elven floral fragrance from her hair drifted to the tip of his nose.
The girl in his arms was as soft as a ball of cotton, her body restlessly rubbing against him. Her warm breath brushed against the side of his neck, making his fingertips tingle with heat.
Grin sighed with helpless indulgence, reaching up to support the back of her swaying head, looking completely at a loss.
"My Princess, you really need to be more careful. If you dared to drink like this at the entrance of a 21st Century bar, you'd probably have been picked up and turned into a Cream Puff long ago."
"Cream Puff! Where!?"
Emilia suddenly looked up, sniffing here and there, looking around. After finding nothing, she looked like she was about to burst into tears.
"Waa—why do you have to hide all the good food! Grin, you're such a bad boy!"
"I know, let's play house, Grin! I'll be the mommy, and you'll be my baby!"
"Good baby, good baby! Mommy will take you to sleep, okay?"
Grin turned his face away in disdain.
"Oh, come on, why are you being so childish!"
After a few seconds of processing, Grin's expression changed instantly. He turned back and said with a serious face.
"Wait, Lia-okaa-san, can I sleep with you?"
Emilia pressed Grin's head against her chest, gently stroking his hair.
"Shame on baby Grin. You're so big and yet you can't leave your mommy. I really don't know what to do with you."
Grin felt a bit oxygen-deprived from being smothered in the brain cushion waves.
"Hehe, then can I have some milk?"
Head spinning, Emilia tilted her head and dithered. Clearly, Grin's question had once again touched upon her blind spot of knowledge.
"But there's no baby bottle here?"
Grin shook his head and smirked, "Don't worry, I have a technique."
"...If Green-kun wants to drink milk, Rem happens to have a cup here."
Rem's voice came from above the stairs. She was currently wearing casual clothes, and on the tray in her hand sat a cup of steaming milk.
Grin quickly pushed Emilia to the side.
"Ahem, it's a misunderstanding. Emilia is practicing the Drunken Fist, and I was just giving her some guidance."
Rem walked down with the milk and helped Emilia onto the sofa on the first floor.
"Emilia-sama, please drink some milk to sober up. Afterward, Rem will take you back to your room to rest."
Having received the cup, Emilia happily waved at Grin and patted her thigh.
"Baby Grin, come here quickly! There's milk to drink!"
Grin awkwardly shuffled toward the stairs, wanting to make a run for it.
Rem turned her head to look at him, a professional maid's smile on her face.
"Baby Grin, Emilia-sama is calling you."
Clatter.
Grin stumbled on the stairs and scrambled up to the second floor on all fours.
"I'm going to wash up and sleep first. You two chat, you two chat!"
After saying that, he ducked into a random room.
"It's like being caught cheating... Rem's expression is so scary."
Grin walked to the bedside and flopped onto it.
Today had been truly exhausting.
"As expected of a guest room in a Duke's house. Even the bed smells as sweet as Rem."
Grin tossed and turned on the bed, inadvertently touching a silky piece of clothing.
He picked it up and saw that it was actually a maid uniform.
"Wait, isn't this Rem's outfit? *Sniff sniff*, the scent is very similar too."
Click.
The room door was pushed open.
The blue-haired girl stepped inside.
"Green-kun, what do you intend to do with Rem's clothes?"
Rem blinked her large blue eyes with an air of innocence.
Seeing Grin show such interest in her clothes, she felt a flicker of joy in her heart.
Unlike the blank slate that was Emilia, Rem would certainly pass a biology test.
Just now, she had thought Grin was preparing to take off with her clothes.
Grin asked somewhat awkwardly, "Is this your room?"
Instead of answering, Rem walked over and sat down beside Grin.
Her little hand crawled across the bedding, finally interlocking tightly with Grin's palm.
The girl lowered her head, her thoughts unknown.
"Hey, Green-kun."
"Yeah, I'm here."
In the face of Rem's pure emotions, Grin didn't dare to be flippant.
Rem's body slowly tilted, leaning into Grin's embrace.
"Does Green-kun also like Emilia-sama?"
Grin felt a bit anxious and was about to explain.
"Rem, I..."
Rem looked up and pressed her finger against Grin's lips.
"Rem knows. Green-kun is very outstanding; there will surely be many girls following closely behind you."
"Rem isn't that greedy. I never wanted to occupy your whole heart. As long as a small corner of Green-kun's heart holds Rem's name, Rem will be satisfied..."
While pouring out her heart, the girl hugged Grin's waist tightly, pressing herself intimately against his abdomen.
"I am someone who lies often, but the words I said to you in the church were not false in the slightest."
Grin's whole body relaxed as he gently rested his hand on Rem's back. "Rem, you will definitely be my wife."
Rem nodded. She chose to believe Grin's words unconditionally.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment as their two hearts gradually merged.
Rem was about 154cm tall and weighed only 42kg, making her relatively thin, but her body proportions were still quite impressive.
As Grin comforted her, his hands started to get restless again.
She was his wife anyway, so wasn't it only natural to get a little handsy?
Rem's body tensed for a moment before quickly softening like warm water. Her thick eyelashes fluttered violently, and a soft moan, tinged with a bit of timidity yet complete indulgence, escaped her lips.
"Green-kun, it's very late. Aren't you going out?"
"I can't walk anymore, Rem."
As Grin spoke, he took Rem's hands and pulled her into his arms.
"G-Green-kun..."
Rem's fingertips gripped his clothes, her knuckles turning slightly white. Yet she made no move to push him away; instead, she burrowed further into his embrace, her petite body curling between his legs.
"Rem... is Green-kun's wife, so... whatever Green-kun wants to do, it is all okay."
Her thin frame was wrapped in a just-right softness. Though she looked delicate, she was so soft that he couldn't bear to let go.
Rem's cheeks were burning hot, yet she proactively raised her arms to encircle Grin's neck, giving herself over completely. Her soft, sweet voice was laced with faint whimpers and full of joy:
"Rem will keep waiting for that day to come. My Hero, Green-kun, the day you take me as your wife..."