## Chapter 277 – Winter Sonata
The shop I ducked into was already displaying various seasonal items for winter.
I bought a gray hooded cloak that covered me from my shoulders to my thighs, a warm-looking neck warmer, and a set of gaiters to strap to my legs, all for 80 coppers.
While I was at it, I also bought some oil and dried rations.
As always, preparing for winter is a fucking expensive endeavor. But since I was two hundred times better off than last winter, I didn’t think much of it.
Back then… yeah.
It was hell.
I learned the hard way what happens when a person comes to this world with nothing and faces winter. I’m relieved that I won’t have to go through that again.
“Hey, shopkeeper. I was wondering if you’d buy my old cloak as used?”
“Are you out of your mind?”
“Hmm. No deal?”
“Who would buy that, customer?”
“I guess not, huh?”
I thought I’d try to sell my old cloak, but I just got a load of crap for it. It’s already rags… I’ll keep it and use it as a rag later.
I immediately put on the new gear I bought and went outside. The cloak kept me pretty warm. The neck warmer also did its job perfectly. I couldn’t wear the gaiters because of the greaves, so I carried them.
During the winter, I have to take off the greaves and wear the gaiters.
The moment snow gets into your shoes, you’re likely to get frostbite. I’ve seen a lot of guys have to cut off their toes because of that.
I thought I’d go see Karin before heading back, so I headed to the Adventurer’s Guild.
Even though it was snowing, people seemed really busy. Seeing the gray city turn almost completely white made my insides twist.
Maybe that’s why my steps became a little heavier.
Before I knew it, I had arrived at the guild.
ㅡCoo coo coo.
I opened the gate and went inside, but there was no one in the training grounds.
Seeing that there wasn’t a single footprint, it was just a field of fresh snow.
Are they not open today?
I went straight into the guild building.
“Karin, babe?”
As soon as I went inside, I made eye contact with Karin, who was sitting on the sofa.
She had a blanket draped over her shoulders. Judging by the teacup and book placed next to her, it seemed like she was enjoying a relaxing break.
ㅡFwoosh.
I wondered why it was so warm, but there was a fire burning in the fireplace.
Karin smiled happily and got up to come to me.
She was dressed quite lightly.
“My love. Did you come to see me?”
After that 4P session a few weeks ago, Karin and I became completely comfortable as a couple. She sometimes comes to my lodgings, but I usually end up going to see her more often.
Like a wife welcoming her husband home from work, Karin hugged me and kissed me. This clingy woman. We stayed like that for a while before she spoke.
I feel like I’m living a double life.
“Is the guild not open today?”
“Not a single person came because it was the first snow. I was about to die of boredom, so it’s good you came.”
Karin continued as she helped me take off my cloak and dismantle my gear.
“Then since you’re here, wanna have a round of sex? Husband?”
“Seriously? That’s the first thing you say?”
“…I get lonely when I sleep alone these days. I like it best when I’m skin-to-skin with my husband. Let’s go upstairs.”
Karin was being so affectionate that I started to get seriously turned on.
Like a late bloomer, Karin’s sex drive was incredible. We went up to her room and took off all our clothes.
“I’m definitely using contraception, so don’t worry about getting pregnant. Do it inside like usual.”
“Thanks for saying that. But hey, babe. Can you wear those, uh, long boots?”
Long boots are important.
I think black long boots contrasting with a black ponytail are really awesome.
“Kya-heehee, you pervert. You like it that much when I’m naked except for long boots?”
“I fucking love it.”
“Okay. Anything else? Is there anything else you want me to do?”
“That mindset is enough.”
Karin, naked except for black long boots, clung to me while acting coquettish. When you think about it, Karin was the one who showed the most affection out of my three wives. Newlyweds, after all. I immediately picked her up and took a pounding position.
“Eugh… this is a little embarrassing.”
“You don’t like it?”
“No. Fuck me like this♥”
ㅡThwack thwack.
“Kyaa, kyaaaah! Hng?! Hnguk…! Hngaaaa!!”
As I thrust my hips and started shaking her, moans erupted. The thought that Karin was now a woman I could do whatever I wanted with made me incredibly excited.
We had sex until the room, which had been filled with cold air, became hot.
Had it been about two hours?
“Haa… haa… I love you, my husband. Thank you for coming today.”
“I’m just coming to see my wife, you don’t have to thank me. I love you too, babe.”
Karin’s affection was quite aggressive, which made me feel really good. We lay on the bed for a while, hugging and kissing each other, before getting up.
I should head back soon.
Is it lunchtime already?
“Are you leaving already?”
“Why? You want more?”
Karin grabbed my hand as I got up to put on my clothes.
“Are you going to keep asking me that?”
“Hehe, I have to go now. Take care. See you next time.”
“Haa. No one’s coming today and I’m so bored… I wish we could just spend the day together like last time… Can’t we?”
Come to think of it, I hadn’t spent a normal night alone with Karin since then. She seemed quite disappointed about that.
“Winia would get mad, so no.”
“…It’s a shame the more I think about it. That I’m the third one. Let’s take a shower together first.”
I guess I’m really lucky.
We went into the shower room and washed together. As we washed each other’s bodies and fondled each other, my dick quickly rose like a colossus.
“Should I suck it?”
It was so cute how she kept trying to do everything for me. I nodded, and Karin carefully took me into her mouth and slowly sucked. The sensation was so good that my back arched in no time.
ㅡGulp.
I ended up cumming right into her throat.
After showering, we came out of the room, dried our bodies, and put on our clothes.
“Goodbye, my love.”
“Take care, babe.”
After saying goodbye, I went outside, bought some decent food like a smoked fish sandwich, and headed back to the lodgings.
I hadn’t moved that much, but quite a bit of snow had piled up on my shoulders. It should have been cold, but my body was heated up by Karin’s passionate affection, so I didn’t feel that cold.
Is it going to be a heavy snowfall again this year?
Fucking damn snow. Fuck.
“I’m back.”
When I returned to the lodgings, they were both in bed.
What. Are they still sleeping?
“Beauty is a heavy sleeper,” the old saying goes.
So I uphold and improve the Confucianism that the ancient sages created by compiling all the knowledge of the world. Knowledge continues. Thus, humanity is reborn as a being of a higher dimension.
Specifically, that’s exactly what just happened with Karin.
“Hey, Winia? Claudia? Are you still sleeping?”
When I got closer, they were hugging each other. Or rather, it would be more accurate to say that Claudia was holding Winia.
Claudia, who was smiling, stroked Winia’s back and greeted me quietly.
“It’s cold… I can’t get out of bed…”
Winia said in a barely audible voice as she struggled to open her eyes.
The air in the room was definitely chilly.
And she looked very sleepy.
“Hehe. Winia said she was cold and asked me to hug her.”
“I didn’t…”
“Oh my? Didn’t you say, ‘Sis. It’s cold, so come here quickly’?”
“I don’t know… Now that Blackie’s here, I don’t need you.”
“I’ve been abandoned. How cruel.”
Anyway, I took off my clothes.
Winia seemed to want to burrow into the blanket altogether.
“It’s my first time seeing Winia like this.”
She has a bit of a meticulous side, so it’s my first time seeing her like this.
“Blackie, I basically majored in fire magic, okay? I’m very weak to the cold, me.”
It doesn’t make sense to be weak to the cold while having such breasts. But since she’s a fire mage, well… I guess it makes sense that she’d be weak to the cold.
As she requested, I got into the blanket and hugged Winia.
“Ah, fuck. Blackie’s body is so cold.”
“Because I just came back from outside. Oh, Claudia. Winia. I went to the Adventurer’s Guild and saw Copson. So I talked to him and he said there’s a good job.”
I stroked Winia’s hair and started talking about the ‘Winter Hunt’. I’ll probably have to search the snowy mountains this time.
They reacted after listening to my explanation.
“Umm… Katt. I hate the cold.”
“I don’t want to be messing around in the mountains in this weather either. Originally, wizards would go to the Magic Tower in winter and learn new magic with the money they’ve earned, or wait for the next year.”
Claudia says she hates the cold, and Winia says she hates it because it’s cold.
“Well… you should definitely rest at home if it’s cold. Then it won’t be a long job, so I’ll go and do it.”
“Katt. You’re the head of the household after all. You’re so cool.”
“Then I should go back to the Magic Tower when the weather gets a little warmer.”
I’ll have to work with Copson and some new faces for the first time in a while. Winia turned her body towards me and naturally tried to start the act, and Claudia also clung to me.
“Ah, Claudia. Then is there anything you particularly want to do during the winter?”
“I don’t have anything in mind. My activity level naturally decreases when it gets cold.”
“Is it a racial effect?”
“Probably? Anyway, Katt. Warm me up, my body.”
“Hehe. Okay.”
It seems like Claudia wants to take it easy. Of course, as a husband, I have to create an environment where my wife can rest comfortably, right?
“That’s right, Blackie. But I’m still quite interested in winter spirits, so let me know if you hear anything about them. And if you can pick up some winter herbs along the way, pick them up.”
“What, winter spirits? Spirits are a little scary.”
I’m a man with a phobia of spirits.
“Just tell me if you see or hear anything.”
“I will.”
And so, as usual, the three of us had a great time together again and spent the day.
***
The next morning.
I came to the front of the Adventurer’s Guild quite early in the morning, fully prepared to meet Copson. The snow was a little weaker than yesterday, but apart from that, the wind seemed to be stronger, so the wind chill was lower.
But it’s still bearable cold.
I went inside and had a cup of beer and jerky for breakfast. As I was tearing into some dried fruit, someone put their hand on my shoulder.
“Ba. Ba. Ri. An. Shh.”
What the fuck?
“Are you drunk, you bastard?”
“Can’t I even joke around?”
It was Copson.
He was also wearing cold-weather gear.
“Yeah. Looks like you got home okay yesterday. By the way, where are the other party members?”
“That is… I could only find one person.”
“One person? Who is it?”
A three-person party is a bit much.
“When I came back to the guild last night, I saw Ms. Meria. After talking to her, it seemed like she was looking for a job, so I recruited her into the party.”
“Oh. Meria?”
“She’ll be here soon.”
It feels like it’s been a long time since I heard the name Meria.
Isn’t she one of my few friends?
I was a little uneasy because it was a three-person party, but I’m relieved if it’s Meria.
Her shield handling skills were professional.
As Copson and I waited while looking towards the entrance of the guild, a woman with impressive brown hair came in. Looking at the shield slung on her back, it was obviously Meria.
When our eyes met for a moment, Meria waved her hands.
“Wow, isn’t that Meria? It’s been a long time.”
“Haha, hello hello. It’s been a while. Is it the first time since we took down those bad guys hiding in the waterway?”
“It’s been a really long time since then.”
It was the first time I had seen her since we had subjugated the cultists hiding in the underground waterway. I greeted her happily.
“What’s up? Did you change your shield to a new one? Your gear seems to have gotten better too.”
Looking at Meria again, she was wearing quite veteran-like gear.
Looking at it, she was wearing chain mail over a quilted armor, and on top of that, she was wearing something like a fur jacket that looked a little light, but seemed sufficient for cold protection.
The shield had also been replaced with one that looked of better quality than the one I remembered.
“I’ve been working hard all this time. Katt, you seem to have gotten a lot better too?”
“I’ve been working hard too. So are the three of us all?”
Copson answered.
“That’s right, Barbarian Shh. Ms. Meria. I’m thinking of leaving right away, is that okay?”
“Of course. Let’s go quickly. It’s so nice to see everyone after a long time. Shall we try to get in sync again?”
“Hehehe, of course! Let’s go, Barbarian Shh! And Ms. Meria!”
“Oh! Let’s go! I won’t forgive any of the pests hiding in the snowy mountains!”
We, who were united in spirit, shouted cheers three times and came out of the guild.
The falling snow had turned into sleet.
The wind was strong, but if we had the power of friendship that trusted each other, I felt that this kind of difficulty would be a piece of cake! Meria’s reliable shield!
I finally have a tank!
“Ah, Katt. But what about your girlfriend?”
Meria asked as we were going towards the gate.
“She said she can’t come out because it’s cold.”
“Haha, is that so? And Copson, did you get a girlfriend?”
It was such a casual question, but it was a forbidden topic for Copson.
“Ms. Meria. Ms. Meria has just asked a question that should never be asked!”
“Is that the reaction? Just kidding, just kidding.”
“What kind of joke is that!”
As I put my arm around Copson, who was about to scream, we arrived at the gate. Guards, who were wearing gear like Eskimos, let us out without much restriction.
Beyond the gate was a snow country.
