A Shy Cat

The first thing that Bloed saw when he opened his eyes was a head of black hair on his bed.

The owner of the head, a cat-eared girl, was seated beside the bed with her head lying on it. She was deeply asleep and seemed to have been like that for a while.

Bloed could not help but let out a small smile when he saw her like that.

Just then, a voice called out at him.

"You finally woke up, master."

Surprised, Bloed looked towards the door only to see a familiar silver-haired girl looking at him with an expressionless look.

"Regina… Are we in the club? How long has it been since I fainted?"

"It has been almost one day, master; and yes, we are in the club. I brought you here after you fainted. Miss Aya insisted on looking after you, so she stayed here the entire night."

"Really?" Bloed looked at the sleeping cat girl in surprise.

Hearing that she accompanied him the entire night, Bloed's lips curved up slightly. He then extended his hand to stroke her head.

Aya's cat ears twitched softly and her lips curled up. However, she did not wake up.

Most likely, she was too tired after yesterday's events.

"It looks like I have to give her my thanks after she wakes up," Bloed said.

"Before that, master. There is something that you need to tell me."

Bloed was startled. But suddenly, he realized that Regina's eyes seemed a bit unusual.

Instead of the gentleness and love she usually had, he could see traces of… anger?

Bloed immediately flinched. Cold sweat filled his back, and his face turned nervous.

"Regina… A-Are you angry?"

"Should I?"

"… I think you should… Sorry for leaving you behind and putting myself in danger. I'll be more careful next time."

Regina looked at Bloed silently before sighing and nodding.

"I understand. I forgive you then. However, you should be more careful. I don't know what I would have done if something happened to you."

Bloed smiled and nodded. At the same time, he rejoiced inwardly that Regina was as indulgent with him as always.

As expected, it was very easy to get her forgiveness.

However, it was only when it came to Bloed.

As for other people, it was not so easy to calm her anger.

Especially when it was something related to Bloed's safety.

Thus, while Regina forgave Bloed quickly–

"However, I can't forgive Miss Eve so easily," Regina stated. "She promised to look after you, but she ended leaving you alone. She is partly at fault for what happened. If she would have been with you, nothing of this would have happened."

Bloed smiled wryly and did not deny it.

Actually, he did not blame Eve. In fact, he understood her.

Unlike Regina, Eve's priority was not himself. He could not blame her if she left for something that she considered more important.

Plus, when Eve left, she left Bloed in a relatively safe place. In all honesty, she could not have expected that something like that happened.

Of course, Bloed knew that Regina did not care about that. After all, Regina and Eve's priorities were completely different.

He could only wait until Regina's anger calmed down and convince her to forgive Eve.

Just then, Bloed felt the cat girl stirring up.

Most likely, she had woken up after hearing Bloed and Regina speaking.

The black-haired cat girl raised her face sleepily and rubbed her eyes. Suddenly, though, she noticed that Bloed was awake.

Immediately, her eyes opened wide.

"Bloed!"

With an expression of happiness, the cat girl jumped towards him and hugged him. She was so excited that she did not even notice that Regina was behind her.

Fortunately, although Regina frowned, she said nothing. Instead, she shook her head and left the room silently, as though he wanted to give them a bit of space.

Bloed was rather grateful for that.

'As expected, Regina is the best,'

"… Bloed, are you alright?" Aya asked with a worried expression. "… I was worried when you fainted."

Bloed smiled softly and kissed her forehead.

"I am. Did Regina not tell you?"

"She did, but… I was worried... You fainted for such a long time."

"Sorry for worrying you."

"No…" Aya shook her head. "You did it to protect us, and… You were very cool. It was amazing..."

Seeing the hint of bashfulness and embarrassment in Aya's face, Bloed found her so cute that he could not help but lean his head forward.

Very softly, he kissed Aya's lips; and the cat girl, although surprised and embarrassed, returned the kiss with a shy expression.

The pair kissed again after that, and again, and again. Eventually, Bloed was holding Aya's body as the cat girl hugged her neck with her face completely red.

Right then, Bloed realized how dangerous the current situation was. They were kissing on a bed, and judging by how things were going, Bloed was not sure if he could hold himself back.

Unfortunately, Aya seemed not to notice the danger, and if she noticed, she did not mind it.

In fact, she was rubbing her petite body against Bloed and kissing his lips again with a cute face.

But just then–

"Cough… Am I interrupting something?"

A familiar voice made Bloed and Aya freeze up.

Looking towards the entrance of the room, the pair saw a demon girl looking at them with a smile that was not a smile.

Moreover, she was not alone. Several other familiar people were standing behind her, including an elf Princess, a human princess, the Valkyrie that left just before, and two very beautiful sisters.

"It looks like you are feeling alright already, my boyfriend." Liu Ying smiled brightly. "That is great. Then, I should ask you about something that I don't understand. Tell me, why are you kissing with another girl?"