## Chapter 61 – No. 25. Taking a Class
Thanks to diligently descending the mountain path without a moment’s rest, I managed to arrive at the castle without being late.
It was precisely 7:46 AM when I returned to my room after parting with Charlotte in the courtyard. No. 25 didn’t even think about changing clothes, throwing himself onto the hard bed.
That ambiguous catnap only brought about effects worse than not sleeping at all. The fatigue accumulated from intertwining with Charlotte throughout the early morning couldn’t possibly be resolved with a short sleep, and drowsiness began to pour in again amidst the fading consciousness.
What overcame the eyelids that gradually grew as heavy as lead was the appetite derived from a hungry stomach.
No. 25 roused his heavy body again, smoothed out his disheveled clothes while lying on the bed, and then went outside again to head to the first floor for breakfast.
He was now accustomed to the flirtatious greetings from the maids who would greet him warmly even while cleaning. He had long noticed that their gazes were directed at his body, but he didn’t care much as long as they didn’t touch him directly. No. 25 also greeted them with a simple nod as he passed through the noisy hallway.
Clutching his stomach, which was clamoring that it was starving to death, No. 25 arrived at the dining hall and didn’t immediately go to receive his meal, but instead, looked around, surveying his surroundings first. Aser’s reserved seat was also empty.
He had come alone, thinking she would surely be at the dining hall first, but it was different from what he had expected. However, he couldn’t go back up now to call her.
What if she had been working all night and only managed to fall asleep in the morning? Awakening her, who was being rewarded with sleep at the end of a grueling day, would be a rude act. No. 25 had no choice but to receive his meal and sit alone at a suitable spot.
While shoving food into his mouth, Charlotte naturally took a seat across from No. 25, who was looking around in case Aser might come late.
Her silver hair, which had retained a slight dampness from the valley’s water when they parted in the courtyard, now flowed with its usual soft luster. She had a refined appearance that made it impossible to think of her as a woman who had enjoyed an affair with a disheveled face.
Unlike the flustered No. 25, Charlotte asked in a composed tone.
“Who are you looking for so intently?”
No. 25 couldn’t answer right away, only twitching his innocent lips. He felt it wasn’t polite to only look for Aser even after whispering sweet nothings and intertwining bodies with Charlotte for a long time.
Seeing No. 25’s silent appearance, Charlotte tapped the edge of the tableware with a knife, opening her mouth as if feeling hurt.
“Looking at that, it doesn’t seem to be me.”
Her eyebrows were slightly curved downwards; he didn’t want to make her sad. No. 25 hurriedly got up from his seat, shaking his head and denying those words.
“N-No, it’s not like that!”
The gazes of the maids who were eating together nearby briefly focused on No. 25’s raised voice. Charlotte, as if nothing had happened, started eating with her unique, relaxed smile.
“Just kidding. You’re looking for the Demon Lord, right?”
No. 25, whose face was burning from the attention focused on him as he stood up, quietly sat back down and picked up his knife.
Before starting his meal again, Charlotte spoke once more.
“The Demon Lord will be busy for the time being. There’s a part I mishandled while taking care of things in her stead. Too bad, isn’t it?”
Looking at Charlotte’s eyes, one could roughly guess that it wasn’t a mistake.
After that, there wasn’t much conversation. Only the sound of tableware clattering or the sound of chewing food could be heard faintly. Charlotte, who had emptied about half of her plate, wiped her mouth with a napkin placed on the table and said to No. 25.
“Wait for me in the room when you’re done eating.”
No. 25 was eating at her pace, thinking he would go up together with Charlotte when she finished her meal, but Charlotte’s thoughts seemed to be different from his. No. 25 harbored a small doubt, but he didn’t bother to voice it and quietly nodded.
Having finished his meal first, No. 25 left the dining hall with a ‘Thank you for the meal’ that the chef couldn’t hear and went back up to his room.
Returning to his room and lying back down on the bed, No. 25 was lost in thought.
‘What on earth is the reason she told me to wait in the room?’
Even after thinking and thinking again, only one reason came to mind.
Sex.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t come up with any other conclusion.
Lying on the bed, No. 25 realized that his body was already craving her. Recalling the act of intertwining with her just a few hours ago, his manhood began to swell inside his pants.
No. 25 waited for Charlotte with a trembling heart.
As if responding to his expectations, the tightly closed door opened wide without a single knock, and Charlotte was standing in front of it.
Like a puppy who had found its owner after going out, No. 25 ran to her in a flash. Charlotte, seemingly pleased with No. 25’s welcome, smiled more brightly than usual and gently stroked his head.
As No. 25 quietly felt Charlotte’s touch, his gaze turned downwards. Charlotte was holding something different from usual in her hand.
“Lady Charlotte, that book is…?”
“This?”
Charlotte held up the book in her hand, slightly raising the corners of her lips.
An unknown sense of unease crept in from that smile. When Charlotte finally parted her lips, the unease became a reality.
“Shouldn’t I do proper work sometimes too? I’m going to study magic a bit today.”
The book Charlotte was holding was certainly thinner than the book Aser had given him before, but it was still thick enough compared to other ordinary books. Just thinking about studying with that book from now on made his head spin already.
Above all, it was a moment when he had naturally thought they would have sex and was eagerly anticipating it. But when the sound of suddenly studying came out of Charlotte’s mouth, he felt as if all the energy he had, as well as his aroused body, had been taken away.
Charlotte offered a bland consolation to No. 25, whose shoulders were drooping noticeably.
“It’s okay. It’s not like studying is that difficult. The book the Demon Lord gave you might be a bit difficult, but this is basic, so it should be easy to understand.”
Charlotte glanced around the room once, then sat on the bed and said.
“There’s no desk, so let’s do it here.”
Charlotte grabbed the wrist of No. 25, who was staggering as he tried to sit next to her, and pulled him onto her lap, then hugged him from behind with both arms as if to hold him in place.
The soft sensation of breasts pressing against his back, the hot breath and hair tickling his ears, the sweet fragrance covering his body, the firm thighs felt beneath his buttocks. Every little thing about Charlotte stimulated No. 25’s body and mind. If it weren’t for studying, he wanted to lie on the bed with her right away, intertwining their bodies and spending a sweet moment together.
No. 25 touched Charlotte’s hand holding the book with a plaintive gesture, but she didn’t bat an eye. It was hard to adjust to the fact that Charlotte, who always desired No. 25’s body first, was showing such an abstinent appearance today.
Charlotte, with her arms around No. 25 from behind, opened the book with a rather serious expression. Seeing that expression, No. 25 had no choice but to temporarily erase thoughts about sex from his mind.
Charlotte, having turned the first page of the book, began to read the words written on the paper in a languid voice.
However, there was no way No. 25, who had lived a life far removed from the words ‘book’ and ‘education,’ could understand the contents of the book she was reading.
He tried to understand somehow because he didn’t want to disappoint Charlotte, but there were definitely things in the world that couldn’t be done with spirit alone.
Faced with an unexpected situation, Charlotte scratched her head for a moment and conveyed only the essentials in a way that No. 25 could understand as much as possible.
“Even if it’s basic, there’s a lot of unnecessary nonsense written. Just remember this about magic: traits and attributes.”
Those were the easiest words to understand that had come out of Charlotte’s mouth so far. No. 25 turned his head, looked into Charlotte’s eyes, and asked again.
“Traits and attributes?”
“To explain it more simply, traits are unique abilities that only certain families or chosen people can possess, and attributes are the seven attributes that everyone has from birth.”
Although she said she would explain it simply, No. 25 was falling into a daze again with the increasingly long explanation.
Charlotte added an example for No. 25, who was still making a face as if he didn’t understand, to further explain.
“For example, if a person with the fire attribute has the trait of enhancement, it means that the fire magic they use is much stronger than that of others. Do you understand now?”
Only after hearing those words was he finally able to understand.
No. 25 nodded with an expression that he understood and asked, pressing his finger on an item written on the next page.
“What is this hierarchy?”
Ten words were listed from top to bottom.
In response to No. 25’s question, Charlotte parted her lips without a moment’s hesitation.
“Hierarchy is a ranking that represents a person’s achievements or strength. It might be too much to learn too much from the first day, so let’s just briefly touch on these two hierarchies.”
The two names that Charlotte pointed to and added an explanation to were Primus and Secundus. With both ears, he focused on Charlotte’s explanation, and with both eyes, he barely followed the contents written in the book.
As a result, he was able to somehow put the contents about hierarchy into his head.
1st Hierarchy Primus. A hierarchy that only the Demon Lord can reach.
2nd Hierarchy Secundus. A hierarchy that only the Demon Lord can bestow, for those who have been recognized by the Demon Lord.
No. 25 pondered alone for a while and then cautiously asked Charlotte.
“Then, Lady Charlotte is Secundus…?”
His tongue was slightly twisted by the unfamiliar title, but he didn’t bother to correct it, thinking that she would understand it well enough.
In response to No. 25’s question, the hand holding him tightened slightly. She stared intently into No. 25’s eyes, which were looking at her with a questioning gaze, then shook her head from side to side once and replied briefly.
“…No?”
A feeling of emptiness came first.
It was the same feeling as a child who had learned the reality of an adult they had always looked up to.
He had thought that Charlotte, who had shown a confident appearance even in front of that scoundrel Orca and had even threatened her in return, would naturally be the 2nd hierarchy Secundus, next to the Demon Lord.
As expected, the world is wide, and there are many strong people.
Charlotte, who had slightly loosened the strength in her hand, asked cautiously.
“Are you perhaps curious?”
“It’s okay if it’s not something Lady Charlotte wants to talk about.”
Charlotte pinched both of No. 25’s cheeks, stretching them from side to side as if he were cute. No. 25’s cheeks, as soft as freshly baked bread, stretched out as Charlotte’s touch led them.
“Then, shall we stop here for today?”
He had been waiting for those words to come out. Confirming that No. 25 quickly nodded, Charlotte took her hand off No. 25’s cheek and put the book down to the side. Then, she hugged No. 25 in her arms even tighter. There was a slightly suffocating feeling, but it wasn’t bad because he could feel her scent and warmth even closer.
Charlotte whispered in No. 25’s ear.
“How was it? Was today’s class fun?”
There were some difficult-to-understand contents, but overall, it was quite good. It was true that he wasn’t used to studying, but to him, who had lived as a slave, such knowledge was all precious, greatly helpful for living.
“You might be able to receive even better education if you go to the academy, but I don’t think the Demon Lord would easily allow it. Well, even I, who am saying this, actually don’t want to send you at all.”
He didn’t know what the academy was, but he had no intention of leaving the Demon Lord’s castle, where his beloved Charlotte and Aser were, and where his only friend Hilda was. No. 25 tightly grabbed Charlotte’s arm that was wrapping around his body and opened his mouth in a trembling voice.
“I like studying like this with Lady Charlotte more. I don’t want to be apart.”
As soon as those words ended, No. 25’s head turned to the side, and Charlotte’s lips touched his lips.
A very brief kiss, different from usual, but it was enough to change the atmosphere.
Charlotte, whose face was already flushed reddish, stroked No. 25’s cheek.
“Me too. I don’t want to be apart from you for even a day now.”
Thinking that their hearts were in sync, No. 25 smiled bashfully and gently buried his face in Charlotte’s arm. The subtle fragrance felt from her soft skin lingered at the tip of his nose, and the sleep he hadn’t fully gotten began to pour in again.
However, Charlotte had no intention of letting him sleep so easily. If she had intended to just study and end it lamely, she wouldn’t have come in the first place.
“That’s right, you worked hard studying today, so I should give you a reward, right?”
His body reacts first to the word ‘reward.’ The tips of his fingers trembled, and he felt blood rushing to his dick. The dick that had helplessly started to grow inside his pants was soon standing tall enough to be seen even from outside his clothes.
The fatigue that had tormented No. 25 all morning had disappeared without a trace.
Charlotte’s touch, groping his lower body, became stickier and more blatant than before. No. 25’s body twitched every time Charlotte’s cold hand touched him, and Charlotte didn’t miss that small reaction.
“Did you think I wouldn’t know what you’re thinking?”
No sooner had the words ended than Charlotte’s hand slipped smoothly into No. 25’s pants. Charlotte firmly grasped the rod of his dick with her hand and then shook it up and down.
Following the dry sound of flesh rubbing, No. 25’s groan flowed between his lips.
“Getting this hard…”
Without giving No. 25 time to prepare himself, Charlotte immediately covered his lips. Still with her hand caressing his dick diligently, she licked his lips.
No. 25 gladly accepted Charlotte’s tongue, which was gradually entering through the gap between his parted lips.
It was clearly different from the short kiss to change the atmosphere. After ending the obscene and long kiss, exchanging each other’s saliva, No. 25’s body was trembling with joy, anticipating what would come next.
Charlotte slipped off her top. Her bare skin was soon revealed as she wasn’t wearing underwear, and the scent of a lewd woman soon began to fill the room.
“I’ve barely been holding back since this morning too… You’ll satisfy me, right…?”
As always, the answer was predetermined.
