Chapter 982 – Afterword ─ Honeymoon in the Paradise of the Old World
“It looks like people in the old world had a great day in a room like this.”
Hedone, whose eyes were wide, could not keep her mouth shut when she saw the sight of the hotel room, where the culture of the old world remained intact.
“Oh my… It’s really amazing how it feels somewhat similar to the rooms in the imperial palace, but also a little different.”
Hedone, who was busy looking around here and there, instinctively reached out to objects she had seen for the first time in her life, but instead of touching them carelessly, she showed her cute side by looking at them carefully.
“Your Majesty, your Majesty. What is this item used for?”
“It’s something called a telephone. It’s something you use to talk to someone who is far away.”
“Why is something like this in a hotel that functions as an inn?”
“You can’t take the elevator down every time you have to do something at the front desk on the first floor, right? Imagine that Ceres is on the first floor.”
“Ah, then it would definitely be a huge waste to take the elevator down to the first floor every time I ask Mr. Ceres for something.”
Hedoné, who made her snort, looked with amused eyes at the large suite, and then moved her feet towards the door.
“As expected, since it is an inn, the rooms are not as big as a villa.”
“It’s definitely bigger than a room at an inn, but a room is still a room.”
“You can think of it as a huge room with a separate bed and bathroom. It feels a bit simple, but…”
As an ordinary noble in an empire where the sun never sets, if you go on a trip, you always stay in a huge villa.
Considering that scale, it wasn’t wrong to feel ‘rustic’ no matter how large the suite was.
“Ah! This room is the one your Majesty was talking about?”
Hedone opened the slightly open door and looked into the bedroom, the corner of her mouth twitching.
“Isn’t there a big bed like I said?”
“I can’t compare it to the bed in your Majesty’s room, but a hotel is like an inn after all, right? Considering that, this bed is really, huge.”
Hedone snorted once and carefully sat down with her butt on the bed.
“But it’s as soft as the bed we use, so it feels pretty good, right?”
“Do you like it? It’s a culture that I inevitably enjoyed quite a bit while traveling through time, but not you.”
“I like it a lot, Your Majesty. I already feel like I want to have a lot of sex here.”
Hedone smiled lewdly, then blinked her eyes for a moment.
“Well, but… I shouldn’t do that, right?”
“Huh? Why are you suddenly saying that?”
Venus naturally looked at Ceres behind her.
“If you do it on a big bed like this… Well, they say there are people who wash the beds in the imperial palace…”
“We wash the beds in inns, so what’s any different about the bedding in a hotel like this? Don’t worry, we take all of that into consideration.”
“Aren’t you just thinking foolishly?”
Hedoné lifted her hips again, slightly embarrassed, and this time she casually pushed her face into the bathroom.
“This place is quite…”
“It may be narrow, but there is a system in place, so we can wash ourselves, so there won’t be any inconvenience.”
Venus spoke and looked at Ceres.
“Yes, this hotel has been well maintained, so you don’t have to worry.”
“I guess I can wash myself alone with your Majesty in the true sense. Hmm, hmm…”
Hedone moved her eyes around the bathroom, which had a strangely golden interior.
“Um… Um… But then.”
Hedone looked at the bathroom for a while and then naturally looked at Venus and Ceres.
“What door was there before you entered the bathroom?”
“Oh? Ahhh…”
Venus burst into laughter, took Hedone’s hand, and opened the door.
“Ah… Ugh.”
As soon as the door opened, Hedone immediately realized what this small space was for and covered his mouth with his hand.
“I, too, could understand this if I thought about it a little, but I ended up asking a childish question.”
“Isn’t Hedone a culture and trace of the old world that you have never seen before? I had a hard time at first too.”
“Hehe, if your Majesty had a hard time, shouldn’t I have to look for her every time I go to the bathroom?”
Hedone, who spoke as if joking, rolled his eyes and glanced at the pure white toilet, then tilted his head.
“Wow…”
It was really just a joke, but Hedone’s face subtly hardened at the strange and foreign appearance that was so different from what I thought.
No matter how close and in love she was with Venus, she couldn’t ask him to follow her to the bathroom, and it would be even more embarrassing for her to ask Ceres.
“Is it just me who thinks that? There’s a strange… Um… Machine in the toilet… Whose purpose I can’t imagine…”
“Hmm? Ah, haha!!!”
As soon as Venus heard Hedone’s words, she burst into laughter without realizing it.
“Your Majesty! I asked even though I was quite embarrassed!”
“Ha, hehe… Haha! Oh, no, no!! I just laughed because you were cute.”
Venus giggled and laughed, then held Hedone tightly around her waist and kissed her cheek.
“It is an item made for various conveniences, so you do not necessarily need to use it. You can use it normally.”
“Normally… I can see how to use it… Uhm… Hmm…”
Hedoné had a sad expression on her face, wondering why she had become such an idiot by showing up in only her underwear at a place where everyone else was wearing dresses.
“Ceres, will you tell me?”
“Of course it comes. This comes from Bday.”
“… Is it a bidet?”
Hedone’s expression changed complexly.
“There’s no need for blood, right? I think it’s a bit masculine, don’t you think?”
Hedone knew what a bidet was.
“That kind of item that is used to prevent diseases, um… How… In the first place? Isn’t it dirty? How can the water… Um…?”
Hedone’s expression scrunched up in pain, and Venus took a deep breath to suppress his laughter.
“This item works differently than you think, Empress. It is true that it has the function of cleaning the anus and genitals, just as you thought.”
“It works differently? Hmm… Hmm… No way…”
Hedone eventually had no choice but to close his eyes and come to this conclusion.
“It seems that people in the old world were more promiscuous than I thought. Bidets were used for contraception, right?”
Venus eventually burst out laughing to the point that her stomach hurt.
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“It looks like those dolls have been managing these hotels for a long time now?”
“If that’s what Ceres said, it seems like that. Ceres said he just restored a few broken power systems.”
“I was surprised because I thought there were other people besides us.”
Hedoné, who was still whispering, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.
“Good day, sir!”
“Have a happy day in paradise!”
“Oh my…”
The dolls, feeling Hedone’s gaze, smiled broadly, bowed their heads in greeting, and walked down the hallway again.
“The dolls from the old world are truly amazing.”
“Isn’t that why this hotel has been maintained for a very long time?”
Venus shrugged his shoulders after speaking.
“Well, fundamentally, I think it was possible because the island itself was completely isolated.”
“Thanks to you, I now have a place where I can spend a happy time alone with Your Majesty, right?”
After speaking, Hedone held Venus’ hand tightly and looked down at the beautiful scenery of the island seen through the large window.
The island was quite large for an uninhabited island, so it was clear that sightseeing would take quite some time.
“We are ready.”
Ceres approached the two who were chatting and bowed down and spoke.
“I think I was a little pushy… Is it really okay?”
“Of course. I was able to open the door without any problems thanks to the help of the children who were managing this place.”
“Haha, please understand our desire to get a glimpse of the culture of the old world.”
At Venus’ words, Ceres raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
“Then you can follow me.”
“I’m quite… Looking forward to it. They don’t sell clothes at inns, do they?”
“Haha, please know that this hotel is a little unusual.”
Venus smiled, took Hedone’s hand, and followed Ceres slowly toward a certain space.
When you first entered the hotel, it was closed with a huge iron door, but now it was wide open thanks to Ceres’ trick.
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“Oh my, I don’t know where it’s coming from, but I can hear a pretty nice singing voice. Where is it from?”
“This is through a speaker… Um…! To explain it to you in an easy-to-understand way, sound is stored and brought back to life.”
“Is there such magic in this world? It’s quite… Quite fascinating.”
“Haha, it’s an act called recording.”
At Venus’s explanation, Hedone nodded happily like a child again.
“Isn’t this a place similar to Holimpia’s shopping district?”
“That’s right. Since this hotel was a famous tourist destination, they opened a shopping street like this to do business with the guests who came to the hotel.”
“Then can I see those strange clothes that I briefly saw?”
“Of course. Starting with the suits that the Empress saw, you can also see winter clothes, summer clothes, and swimsuits.”
Hedone became even more excited about the fact that she could see the strange clothes, and pulled Venus’ hand strongly.
“Your Majesty? You can’t enjoy your honeymoon wearing a dress, right?”
“It’s just as you said. If you’re going to enjoy the civilization of the old world, it would be a good idea to dress stylishly first. Let’s take a look!”
The corners of Venus’ mouth were already turned up at the thought of appeasing Hedone’s curiosity.
