"Ume, were you uncomfortable last night?" I finally asked as I carefully tied her hair, my voice turning a bit more serious.

Even though the three of us were sharing the same bed, seeing me make love to Nymeria so intensely right beside her might have made her feel awkward or left out.

"Obviously not," Ume immediately shook her head. "If I really were uncomfortable, I would have told you two to stop or at least take it to a different room. I pretended to sleep because I didn’t want to disturb your special moment."

She continued with a bright, sincere smile while looking up at me through the mirror. "I’m really happy that you have done it with Sister Nym as well. I felt a bit unfair that I was the only one who had done it with you until now."

"You are the b—"

"You are the best, Sister Ume!" Nymeria exclaimed loudly, cutting me off mid-sentence as she hugged Ume tightly from behind, still half-dressed. A trail of wet footprints followed her from the bathroom as she didn’t even care to dry herself properly.

"Sister Nym, why aren’t you wearing anything below?!" Ume demanded in a shocked gasp. Nymeria was casually walking around in only her night suit shirt with nothing covering her lower body.

"Look, Sis Ume, what this jerk did to me last night," Nymeria whimpered dramatically, turning around and showing her reddened, handprint-covered rear to Ume.

"Oh Heavens!" Ume gasped, her eyes widening in genuine shock before she turned a terrifying, piercing glare directly at me.

She had known I spanked Nymeria during the heat of the moment, but seeing the vivid aftermath up close made her realize just how intense and hardcore things had really gotten between us.

"N-Nymeria, let me put the medicine on properly," I blurted out quickly, trying to escape Ume’s scary stare. I scooped Nymeria up and threw her over my shoulder in one smooth motion.

I was afraid if I didn’t keep myself busy, I might suffer something similar to Nymeria

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"Taranis, have you talked to your family about us yet?" Ume asked a little later, still sitting gracefully in front of the dressing mirror while fixing her dress.

"Not yet," I replied honestly. My hands were busy applying a soothing healing ointment on Nymeria’s sore bottom.

I sat comfortably at the edge of the bed with Nymeria lying face-down across my lap, her plump rear placed right on my thighs. She was absentmindedly playing with my phone, tapping at the screen clumsily as she tried to figure out what kind of mysterious artifact it truly was. Every few seconds she would tilt her head and squint at it like a scholar deciphering ancient scripture.

"My brother is in a different country from Maa and my sister-in-law. I’ll have to ask if they can all come together tonight," I answered while gently rubbing the ointment.

"You know we must leave today, right," Ume said in a firm voice that left absolutely no room for discussion.

I obviously wanted to stay longer, but given how firm she had been about leaving, I didn’t argue. She must have seen something terrible happening to us here in the prophecy and was clearly trying to avoid it.

"Huh, we are leaving already?" Nymeria asked, clearly disappointed. Her heel kept swinging lazily and continuously bumping against my cheek. "But we just got here. I want to stay for a few more days and enjoy ourselves."

"No, we mustn’t!" Ume’s response came instantly, sharp and decisive.

Nymeria frowned at the unreasonable order but wisely chose not to argue any further. It was scary even for her when the usually adorable Ume suddenly turned into a strict lady. Knowing there was no winning this argument, she took out her frustration on me instead, kicking my face a little harder while pretending to stay focused on the phone. As if any of this was my fault.

’This little hamster, taking her anger out on me,’ I thought with a sigh. I finished applying the medicine on her last spot and gave her ass a light, playful spank.

"Here you go. You will be able to take more spanking in just a few hours!"

"Heek!! You jerk!" Her whole body shook violently as she jumped forward onto the bed.

"How dare you hit me there again?!" She immediately began throwing punches at my head and kicks at my back from behind in a fit of playful anger.

"H-hey, you were the one who was kicking my face first!" I countered, desperately covering my head to protect myself from her barrage. Her fists were really hurting, landing like tiny pistols.

"And you should have taken those hits as a good boy!! How dare you retaliate, huh?" she snapped back. "I only released the leash just a little and you have already become this bold."

Yeah, her words didn’t make any sense at all. At this rate, she might give people the wrong idea that I was the slave in this relationship. I was definitely not beaten by her on a regular basis and had to run under Ume’s protection. Definitely not.

"You two, stop playing around and get ready already," Ume ordered sternly as she rose from the dressing mirror.

"We aren’t playing around!" I whimpered, joining my knees together and covering my face. "I’m being beaten to death here by Nym—"

"Hello Raj, is that you there?"

A familiar voice suddenly echoed through the room, instantly stopping all the chaos. My eyes widened as I immediately recognized it.

"Huh, who is speaking?" Nymeria murmured in confusion, looking around since there was no one else in the room with us three.

"Hello Raj, you still there?"

"My phone!" I gasped, lunging desperately toward the bed.

[Maa

01:52

● Connected]

"Raj, who are you with? I know you can hear me. I already heard you saying ’my phone’. Tell me right now whom are you wi—"

[Call ended]

"Fuck," I muttered, facepalming hard.