Chapter 140: Until you dry
[April 30th, holiday.]
[At 1 PM, you were invited by Morgan to a high-class restaurant for lunch.]
[Although you already ate until your stomach was stuffed full at Barghest's place, in order not to spoil the mood, you still forced yourself to reluctantly eat quite a lot in front of Morgan.]
[At 1:30 PM, Beni-enma sent heavy news: taking care of Melusine costs even more than imagined, the planned budget of 8000QP is basically not enough.]
[Your wallet, already impoverished, now became even more wretched.]
[At 2 PM, Barghest once again prepared a full banquet, waiting for you to come enjoy.]
[You forced yourself to eat all the dishes, then even told Barghest to prepare another table.]
[At 3 PM, together with Baobhan Sith you monitored Morgan, to find out who exactly her mother's lover was.]
[You unexpectedly discovered, Baobhan Sith turned out to be the girl who made you worry the least among the group, aside from the task of tracking down her mother's lover which sounded somewhat vague, she did not bring any challenge at all to your mind or body.]
[At 4 PM...]
[At 5 PM...]
[At 6 PM...]
[At 7 PM...]
[Time gradually flowed into the night, you found every way to juggle between the girls, barely holding on until now.]
[Even though the girls all had lots of fun, they couldn't understand why your complexion was getting worse and worse.]
[By 8 PM, when you successively took them to see a movie, you felt that in every sense you were about to reach your limit...]
"..."
Mochizuki Eikou panted heavily, sitting inside the restroom of the cinema, his body as if about to burn out all vitality.
This body, was about to collapse.
"Am I here for a date, or here to reincarnate?"
At this moment he was no different from a king who died of overwork in Uruk, fearing that if he accidentally fell asleep while sitting on the toilet lid, the next time he opened his eyes he would meet Ereshkigal in Kul.
Lowering his head to glance at the time on his phone, it was already 8:30 p.m., if he tried to endure for another hour or two, then all of today's dates would come to an end.
That being said, both Eikou's money and stamina had been completely exhausted, he could no longer endure this high-intensity rotation.
Therefore, before completely being exposed, he could only choose to take a desperate gamble, arranging all those girls into the same cinema.
He deliberately chose for them different showtimes and different screening rooms, ensuring that they weren't too far apart, yet also wouldn't notice each other's existence, making it convenient for him to take care of all of them at the same time.
Though this was a risky move, it truly saved money and spared effort!
"Judging by the schedule, Morgan's movie will finish first, next is Barghest, after that is Baobhan Sith, and lastly and also the most troublesome will be Melusine..."
"Their times are just staggered enough, in theory I can send each of them off one by one."
Of course, that was only possible in theory.
Eikou rested for a while on the toilet lid, estimating that Morgan's screening was also about to end, so he adjusted his clothes and returned to the screening room.
Just in time to catch the ending scene of the movie, with the audience gradually leaving the theater.
"How was it?"
Eikou asked the Queen of the Fairy Kingdom sitting in the seat.
"It wasn't bad,"
Morgan replied calmly,
"But I truly don't understand, why on our very first date we had to watch The Wolf of Wall Street, this movie has no romance or love at all."
"Sorry... next time I'll take you to see a romantic love movie."
"Next time you must consider carefully, my husband. But this time I will make an exception and forgive you. Come here."
Morgan calmly beckoned with her hand, and he obediently walked closer.
Unexpectedly, the Queen of the Fairy Kingdom immediately hooked her arm around his, naturally yet also very intimately pressing her body against his.
Eikou had already begun to get used to this kind of bold contact from her.
[You feel Morgan's intense love.]
[Your performance today has made her extremely satisfied, the relationship between you two seems to be able to take another step forward.]
[You have learned a new skill from Morgan, 「Fairy Eyes E」]
[「Fairy Eyes E」: You can perform simple recognition or appraisal on certain objects.]
Who would have thought he could even learn a new skill?
It seemed that although today was exhausting, there were still some gains.
"Now that the movie has ended, we should go too. My husband, have you decided where to go next?"
Morgan pressed closely against his arm, both hands tugging at his sleeve, asking.
"I-I have to go back..." he quickly said.
"So that's it, you want to return to our nest."
"What I really meant was the dormitory..."
"So that's it, you want to spend the night at the dormitory under the name of our Orkney group. After all, that will also be the place that belongs to you in the future, spending the night there together is fine."
Hello, can anyone call an interpreter here, it seems there's a language barrier between us already!
He had long known, how could this Fairy Queen possibly let him leave so easily tonight.
If today had been an ordinary date, Eikou might truly have agreed.
But tonight it was really inconvenient, because there were still several other girls in the cinema waiting for their movies to finish so they could leave together with him, especially Baobhan Sith, who was still searching for her mother's lover.
He must think of a way to refuse Morgan.
But with her attacking so forcefully, could he really refuse?
Eikou racked his brain, thinking about what to do to settle this properly.
Yet in just a brief minute, he was already pulled by Morgan out of the cinema's doors.
At this moment, the deep night had fallen, the streets lit brilliantly with neon lights.
The pitch-black sky suddenly poured down a torrential rain, raindrops pounding crazily like bullets.
Seeing this chaotic rain, Morgan, leaning under the cinema's eaves, clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.
"Do you hate rainy weather?" Eikou asked.
"Not exactly, my previous nickname was Witch of Rain,"
She lightly brushed aside her white hair, dampened by the splashing rain,
"But I hate rain in this season, summer is coming, the humid and warm climate will breed many mosquitoes. I hate insects."
"So that's how it is..." Eikou gave a forced smile.
Looking at the pouring rain beyond the eaves, Morgan softly hummed a low note, filled with thoughtful nuance.
"This really ruins the mood,"
She said,
"I don't have an umbrella prepared in my bag, nor have I called a private car, and now I don't feel like calling one either. Then, there's no other way."
Finally willing to give up dragging me home already? — Eikou thought.
"No other way..."
Morgan's slender, white fingers once again pointed toward the opposite side of the cinema, where a hotel glowed with a hazy red light.
Written on it: 「Until You Dry」 (branch).
"In such heavy rain, at this point, we can only go there to rest for a while."
That was clearly a love hotel, once you entered there was no way you'd just rest!
What the hell is this, are we really about to act out a "story after the rain"?!