Chapter 176: Rest At Home (Part 2)

Reimi's perspective

Haaahhh! Haahhh! Now I was exercising in the backyard, I had been exercising for nearly an hour, I felt so tired but kept pushing myself, must get stronger through the pain. Well, Her Highness was now on her way to the Capital, she entered into a carriage and had gone to Keris for a previous hour in order to find John, this time was dark and very late.

Shera must have now reached the Capital and was heading to the arena to find John to get him back home, I also insisted on going with her but she prohibited me, so I stayed here. Because Her Highness was still madly jealous and angry at me because of disturbing her happiness with John, he was married and I dared to be the third one in their marriage.

As John went to the Capital with his subordinates to have a meeting with His Majesty, Shera had ordered me to meet her in John's room with the purpose to warn me about my love. Sigh, Shera asked me not to come close to her husband, could only speak with him as a servant - not a friend, must not have any features of a love relationship with John.

I was just a servant so I didn't have any right to speak up about my thoughts but I didn't hate Her Highness at all, even if I live with her till I die, she would surely not share her husband. Maybe I should stop loving John, to release all of my nervousness, I went to the backyard to exercise as Shera went on the carriage to find John, I should forget him.

Now I was standing on the ground while heading my bow and arrows forward the wooden targets, I was quite tired because I just had exercised by lifting a heavy stone barbell earlier, so tired for me to do. Because my muscles were stretching and burning after lifting that stone barbell, the first exercise from John's world I had experienced previously, very effective to train my muscles and my strength.

That kind of exercise was very good when it focused on my back and my other muscle groups, my military - the Knight's training program didn't have that kind of intense training. Umm...there were some exercises in my military which were also about building strength but was not a kind of combination like the exercise that I trained in earlier which was called "Deadlift".

Anyway, now I must focus on my exercise, the target I was about to shoot seemed to be away from me more than 200 meters, it was a bit hard to see the target when it was dark, I must sharpen my vision. After calculating the distance, I slowly pulled the string of my longbow, put an arrow into the bow, inhaled and raised the bow above, I slowly let my fingers off the string, the arrow was about to fly.

"Spurt!" - As I got my fingers out of the string, the bow's string recoiled a hard force and the arrow fastly flew into the sky

This time was dark so I could not see the flying arrow, I stood there to wait for a few seconds and then grabbed out a binocular to see the target that I had shot earlier, must find the arrow. John let me use this binocular so I took it to use only for the guarding purpose, so convenient to be able to see things from far away from me hundreds of meters which our eyes could not see that far.

Ohh, I finally saw the wooden target that I shot earlier after wandering my binoculars around the area, the target had been missed, my arrow hit the belly part while I aimed to the chest. Maybe I should stop exercising for now, it was enough today, I slowly walked toward the wooden crate which was used to store the longbow and put it inside and closed the cover.

About the arrows that I shot earlier, maybe I would let the arrows there for the women soldiers or the maids to clean them away, now I must go outside to wait for Shera and John. After looking around and seeing there was nothing left for me to clean away, I stepped to the stone barbell and grabbed a white towel that was hung on the bar to wipe my sweat.

Hahhhh! Haaahhhh! So tired after exercising, my feet were also struggling to walk, maybe doing the previous exercise the first time had caused a very big pressure on my legs, but I could still walk freely. Maybe Her Highness had already gone home with John but didn't care to notify me a word of their return, she hated me because of coming between her and her husband.

I walked outside of the backyard and later went into the hallway, most of the servants inside the castle were sleeping, only some soldiers were ordered to guard the night shift. Everything before me was the burning torches on each side of the wall and the silence coming in the place I was walking, I walked past some soldiers and they nodded to greet me, this time was so silent.

After walking in the hallway for a minute, I walked fast to the workroom while keeping to clean my sweating body with the towel, Her Highness must have come home with John for now, I guessed so. Maybe I was wrong, because when I stepped inside the workroom, in front of me were the night shift soldiers who were guarding the doors, a woman's figure was sitting silently at the table.

I realized that was Shera, she was sitting at the table silently while her hands were lowering to her thighs, grabbing my Advisor, she looked so nervous while looking at the door. Well, exactly she was looking at the castle's front doors, John hadn't come home yet and Her Highness was sitting at the table to wait for him, she looked tired and worried.

On the right side of the working table were the piles of papers, which was part of John's daily paperwork, those papers had been finished by me and Shera as John went away. Because John had officially let Shera become his temporary Lord's Advisor to replace Hatano, Her Highness would do the paperwork for John when he was away from home and without Hatano to solve the work.

Her Highness glanced at me for a second and then ignored me but stared at the front doors, she sighed a long line while waiting for her husband to come home, poor her. Maybe I should do something, I grabbed the chair nearby and put it beside Shera and sat with her, because I was Shera's servant so I must do something to help her, but what should I do now?

"Ummmm...my Highness."

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"Why John, I mean why did you return here so soon without your husband, my Highness? You said you would escort Lord Rigen home but I only saw you return."

"Sigh...John responded to my call when I was on my way to reach him...he said he would return here soon, so I...stopped my journey."

"But he hasn't returned yet...sigh..."

I didn't know what to do to comfort my ruler but I tried to do my best by hugging her from behind, Shera would be fine a bit because of having this warm hug, please be alright. Shera didn't say anything, did not even smile a bit but touched my hands while staring at the front doors, I know I have many faults for stepping between yours and your husband's happiness, I'm very sorry.

"Sorry for treating you that roughly, Reimi...till this time, I didn't get it if you were stupid or truly devoted to a bad ruler like me, your dedication should have been treated better."

"If you didn't come between me and my husband...your fate would have been treated better...please don't make me mad with you anymore, alright Reimi?"

"Understood, my Highness."

"I would not mind if you have breakfast with me and my husband tomorrow...but remember to sit beside me, not him...you only have the right to look at John, Reimi."

"Understood, my Highness..."

Shera later ordered me to get my hands off her so I did that and returned to my seat, minutes kept passing and I was very sleepy right now, Her Highness was also sleepy. But instead of sleeping, Shera asked me to sleep on her thighs, I pressed my head into her thighs and closed my eyes to sleep, but could not sleep well because of worried about Shera.

She kept focusing her eyes on the front door, waiting for John's return hopelessly while her eyes were very heavy but she kept awakening herself every time she felt she was about to sleep, so she kept waiting. Maybe I should be awake to help Her Highness, when I was about to wake up to comfort Shera, I suddenly heard the door opening, that sound came out from the front doors.

"John!" - Shera said in a very happy voice when she looked at the door, maybe her husband had gone home

I immediately stood up and Shera got out of the chair and stepped toward a figure who had just walked in and was standing in front of the front doors, that human figure was John. He was quite tired after returning home, he dropped the cloths which were wrapping something on the floor, Shera sleepily walked toward John and hugged him, both of them hugged each other and John pressed his face to Shera's breast.

"I hope you have a good day sparring with the Queen, my Lord! You seem very tired now, please rest." - I greeted John as he came home

"John, are you hungry? You came home very late, please eat something before sleeping." - Shera hugged John and asked him in her nervousness, she later led him to the door of Servants' zone to go to the kitchen

"No, no, I'm not hungry...may we go to the bed now, my wife?"

"Nod!" - Shera nodded to John and then walked with him to the Lord's zone, I also followed and grabbed John's back to aid Her Highness to lead him into his room

Well, Her Highness was also very jealous when I was helping her to bring her husband to the bed, but she didn't complain but let me help her, only her face was grumbling madly. John kept hugging Shera without letting her off, after a short time of walking, I managed to lead John and Her Highness to return to their room.

"Haaahhhh! Haahhhh!" - John was breathing as if he was tired and also sleepy, we later put him on the bed to let him rest

"Thanks for aiding me, Reimi! Now your duty has been done, why don't you go to sleep to rest?" - Shera asked me to leave the room to let her and her husband alone

I nodded and then walked to the door, but even when I was outside the room, I didn't close the door but kept staring inside to see the scene, maybe Shera needed help this time. Because Her Highness was taking off John's military uniform and pants while opening the closet to grab out the green sleeping clothes for him to sleep conveniently, how caring she was after marrying her loved one.

"Ahhh, John! What are you doing!" - Shera was wearing John his new clothes but he suddenly grabbed her hands and pulled her onto the bed, he also crushed her while kissing her body non-stop

"Urrrghhh! Arrggghhhhhhhh! You look so cute today, Shera...haahhh, I can't take it anymore, I want to make love with you tonight." - Maybe I should close the door to let them solve their private problems

"John, you are very tired and sleepy, please hold back and wait for tomorrow..."

"You don't like to make love tonight, my wife?" - John had stopped kissing Shera but was hugging her body tightly, he kept breathing tiredly while showing his lust to his wife, I didn't know how to describe!

"I would love to but please hold yourself back for the next day, John...you have already had sex with me this morning for hours, even fighting against my sister-in-law."

"So please...sleep well tonight and we would make love tomorrow as you want, is that alright John?"

"Nod! Nod!" - John kept nodding and then pressed his face to Shera's breast and sniffed madly, he hugged his wife that tightly so Shera was a bit unpleasant because of his childish action

"Hmmph...at least let this wife change your clothes before sleeping, John." - Shera kept holding the clothes and tried her best to pull out John's pants, his uniform was now lying on the floor

"Hmmmmm...no need to change the clothes, Shera...sleeping with your lovely smell is enough to me." - John grabbed the bedsheet nearby and used it to cover his and Shera's body

"Don't squeeze my boobs, John! Please calm down, you're now very tired so you must rest, please hear me." - Shera was complaining to John when both of them were covered with the bedsheet

"Please calm down, John...how bad you are, if you behave well then I would serve you the next entire day, alright?"

"Nod! Nod! Ummm, okay, my wife." - John later pulled out the bedsheet, now in front of me was him hugging Shera tightly while closing his eyes as if he was stepping on his sleep

"Please don't hug me so roughly, John...please let me change your clothes." - Shera while being hugged roughly, she took off John's military uniform and his upper body was now naked

"No need, Shera...please sleep with me, let me hug you more, my wife." - John slowly hugged Shera lightly while breathing slowly, which meant he was very happy

"Hehe...okay, John." - Shera put the sleeping clothes on the nearby table and then tried to reach her hand to the closet

"Uhhhh...John, please let me off a bit, let me wear my sleeping skirt and then let's have a nice sleep, alright?"

"Umm! Ummm!"

After speaking to John, Shera patted his head sweetly and got out of the bed, she headed to the closet and grabbed out a sleeping skirt, it was very erotic made, very attractive. Because John bought that sexy skirt and asked his wife to wear it so she accepted, maybe I should not disturb both of them, my rulers were having a mood and wanted to have privacy.

I closed the door after that and headed back to my room, I was very sleepy now, maybe taking a short sleep before waking up to do the guard would be a good idea to do. My Advisor was not with me, she was placed on the worktable in the workroom, I know when I should wake up so maybe bringing Advisor here would not be necessary.

I slowly headed to the bed and took off my iron boots and my black socks, I also took off the metal protector plates on my shoulders and my legs down to let my body feel more comfortable. About my leather armor, I should not let my guard down, I would choose to wear the armor while sleeping for sure, I must be fast to sleep and then wake up soon.

I grabbed the armor's parts that I dropped on the floor earlier and stocked them on the right side of the bed, I lay on my soft bed after that. Maybe I should secretly give John a present at a good time, I had just finished a quest in the Adventurer's Guild yesterday, the reward was fine because I hunted big orcs.

So tired, I slowly closed my eyes while trying to memorize and plan the things that I have to do in tomorrow, I must sleep 2 hours. Sigh...now I could feel my eyes and my body were about to deep themselves into my sleep, must sleep well and then wake up soon.

"John, how do I look? Very sexy...right?" - While lying on the bed and trying to sleep, I heard Her Highness's voice from the other side of the room

"Wait a minute, John! Please calm down, you must rest now, please hold yourself back." - Now I heard heavy breathing sounds, maybe John was charging at his wife, intending to crush her on the bed to make love, he was quite energetic

I kept hearing those heavy breathing sounds in the room, so hard for me to sleep when both of them were making love, didn't know how to describe it, they seemed so happy.

"John, your little boy is very bad! Please hold yourself back...if you want me to give you a blowjob, it's okay but please rest after I serve you."

"Ahhh, John! Wait a minute, everyone is sleeping so we cannot be loud like that..." - After saying those words, I heard some whispers from the other side of the room but didn't know what Shera was saying

"Okay, okay...but please be gentle, only one round and then go to sleep, alright John?"

A few seconds later, I heard Shera's moans, it was low but heard very lewdly, maybe Her Highness was having sex with her husband in their room, I felt so jealous to hear that. But as a servant, I must stop thinking and do my duty, because they were making love so it was hard for me to sleep, I pressed my face to the pillow and covered my ears, hoping for a good sleep.

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I suddenly woke up and realized that this time was the morning according to the sunlit coming out of the windows, I woke up late. What should I do now? I didn't do my duty last night, I was very worried about my rulers so I got out of bed immediately in order to find them, I hope they were fine!

"Urrghhhh! Arrghhhh! What the hell is wrong with my feet?" - As I got up, my feet felt heavy, sore and also hurt to stand, what was happening to me?

"Urrrghhh! Urrrrrgggghhhhh!" - My back also got hurt a bit, maybe because I exercised too much yesterday and my body got stretched that terribly

But I do exercise regularly, maybe I had lifted the barbell which had a very heavy weight so maybe my body didn't get used to training that way, this pain was nothing, must stand. After dozens of seconds of struggling to stand, I managed to stand still, my hands immediately leaned to the metal protector plates and I took them and wore them to my armor.

Now standing was a bit painful, I tried to wear my armor's protector plates as fast as possible by leaning them to my body's parts, I strapped the plates to my body by tightening the small ropes to tighten the plates. Normally, I could do this part in less than a minute but now it took me minutes to strap these plates tightly because my feet were fatigued and I was doing my best to keep my balance.

"Urrrghhh, now is the worst part." - After wearing my armor's protector plates, I pointed my eyes at my iron boots, I cannot put my feet in that easily but had to crouch down to wear them, it was hard for me to wear the boots

"Arrrrrggghhhhhhhhh!" - Ahhh, it was very hurt, I crouched down slowly, trying to wear my iron boots and fell immediately, I managed to press my hands on the floor but my butt was very hurt

Now it was hard for me to walk, when I was wondering how could I get up, a woman's figure walked inside the room and picked me up, she grabbed my body in her hands. That was Ilis, maybe she was cleaning in John's room and then heard my falling sound so she walked in here, so lucky for me.

"Are you alright, Lady Reimi? I was cleaning and heard a loud noise so I came here." - Ilis was quite nervous, she slowly put me on the bed, maybe I could ask her to wear for me my boots

"Are you alright, Lady Reimi?"

"Yeah, I'm fine...now wear for me the boots, Ilis! My legs are quite tired now."

"Understood, Lady Reimi." - Ilis nodded and then slowly grabbed my feet and wore the iron boots for me, thank you very much, my Goddess!

Ilis carefully wore for me the boots, as I wore my boots completely, I felt very grateful to have this maid beside me, I heard that she had a gambling husband, poor the woman. Later I tried to stand up, getting off the bed to see Shera and John, Ilis was also aiding me to stand by holding my body to help me to stand up, I must see my rulers!

"Ilis, tell me where are Her Highness and Lord Rigen, I must see them now."

"They are in the kitchen, Lady Reimi! Well, both of them are waiting for you to join the breakfast."

"I must go there."

"Please be careful."

I slowly walked outside and then headed straight on the hallway, trying to reach the kitchen, I later managed to head to the Servants' zone and then walked with Ilis to the kitchen. In front of me was the kitchen's entrance, I walked inside with the help of Ilis and then I saw John and Shera sitting at a table, beside them were their meal bowls.

"Ohh, you woke up, Reimi? You came here quite late, what's wrong?" - Her Highness while talking to John, she noticed me and greeted me

"Ummm...sorry for coming here late, my Highness." - Well, I thought she just joked with me last night

"My Lord, Lady Reimi seems very tired today or something, I saw her fall in her room while bringing her boots." - Ilis said to John with a nervous voice and slowly put me down on the seat beside John

"Reimi..." - Please don't stare at me anymore, my Highness! I accidentally sat beside John and both of us were sitting between him, it was just a coincidence!

"Go back to my room to clean it, Ilis! You are free to have a day off after doing that duty, go home and go out with your son, remember to check on your husband too." - John ordered Ilis to leave

"Understood, my Lord."

Ilis bowed to John and Shera and then walked outside softly and silently, I looked around and saw some maids were eating at this hour too, they sat away from us due to the difference between the social statuses. While looking around for a few seconds, I noticed that a maid had put a hot meal bowl on my seat, the smell was very good, I would brush my teeth and take a bath after tasting my breakfast.

"Are you alright, Reimi? Uhhh...Shera, please don't be mad, I just asked her conditions, not loving or anything like that." - John asked me but later his shoulder got grabbed by Shera

"Reimi, why did you fall in your room? You get tired or something?" - Her Highness later asked me

"Ummm...my feet suddenly got sore today so I have problems with the walking, my Highness."

"Not good at all, you just had overworked your body, Reimi...what have you trained yesterday?" - John asked me with his nervousness

"Ummm...well, I just only pulled some big stones, doing deadlifts and shooting some arrows, that's all."

"How many kilograms have you lifted yesterday, Reimi?"

"Umm...about 80 kilograms, I think so."

"Sigh...Reimi, how dumb you are...everyone would mostly train from light to heavy, you chose heavy at the first time." - John kept sighing while staring at me

"How bad is your leg?"

"Ummm...very struggling to walk...and also easy to fall, Lord Rigen."

"Alright...now you have 3 days off, Reimi! Don't walk around too much, try to sit in somewhere, rest well in the next 3 days."

"Nod!"

Anyway, I would order the maids to make more for your breakfast to regain your health, is it alright, Reimi?" - Her Highness asked me to eat more

"As you wish, my Highness."

Shera later got out of her seat and stepped toward me, she put my Advisor on the table and later slowly headed to the stone stall behind me to ask the maids to make more for my meals. My ruler didn't ask me about which kind of meal I love to eat, maybe I should not complain because she would know the best which dishes would be better for me to heal my body after heavy training.

"I hope you would not mind if I eat first, Lord Rigen." - Maybe I should eat now, but I must ask permission first

"Call me John when only have you and me, Reimi...you seem very hungry, eat as you like."

"Thank you...John..." - It was quite scary to me because Her Highness was ordering the maids from behind that make the meals while I was talking to her husband

I later strapped calmed down, strapped Advisor in my hand and then grabbed a wooden spoon nearby to taste my meal, the food was very tasty, I must eat full before doing anything, I must eat well. Alright, I could see my Advisor's battery was fully empty, she was being charged as her screen turned off due to have no battery left.

"Hey, Reimi..." - John suddenly put a small piece of fur paper on the table

I was quite bewildered at the action John had down earlier, I slowly grabbed the piece of paper and noticed it had the address of a location in the Capital - nearby the Palace, the place was a good inn. After looking at the paper for a few seconds, I was still bewildered at what John was meaning by sending me this paper, he kept staring at me with his willing eyes, very weird.

"John...this is?"

"I would like to meet you there at a good time, if you have any nervousness...please confine it to me, I would stay with you all night there to hear you, Reimi."

"Thank you...John." - Quite weird, he could have waited till his wife was sleeping and then sneak out to meet me in my room, no need to go to that far place

"Ummm...hide it quickly, Reimi..." - John lowered his head while whispering to me, he later ate his meal silently without sounding a word

"How dare you...how many times I gave you the chances to live...but you keep planning...to take away my husband." - A very cold voice said to me from behind, that was Shera!

"My Highness, please w-"

"Smash!" - Shera snatched the piece of paper, she later threw it on the floor and stabbed the paper with a kitchen knife

The atmosphere in the room slowly changed into gloomy, the maids were quite scared so they got outside, after a few seconds, the kitchen only had the three of us. Shera kept glaring at me angrily while squeezing her knife into the broken piece of paper, she was smashing it without a sign to stop.

"Hey, my wife...don't blame Reimi, she didn't have any faults...it's my fault for sending her the paper." - John slowly walked between us and raised his hands out to stop us from fighting against each other

After glaring at me for a long time, Shera finally stopped and then returned to normal, the three of us kept eating silently and later finished our breakfast, quite tense. As I could see, Her Highness began to be more control after marrying, she would always be on high alert if she sees any woman, even men when they dare to talk with her husband, she never wanted to be far from John.

After having our breakfast, the three of us stayed inside the workroom, Shera and John were doing the paperwork though John wanted to have a rest day to intimate with his wife, he wanted to have some fun. But because Hatano wasn't here to replace him to solve the paperwork so John and Shera had no choice but to solve the paperwork till they finish it and take their time to enjoy it.

"Ummm...may I do something to help you, Lord Rigen?" - I was sitting beside John and Shera but only sat but didn't lay my hands, I felt a bit guilty

"No need, Reimi...please take your time to rest." - John said to me while focusing on his paperwork

"Why don't you rest in your room, Reimi?" - Shera also asked me

"I'm sorry for demanding, my Highness."

I later sat silently, maybe I should go to rest as Shera ordered me because she would have nothing that needs my help at this time, I hope I could do something useful this time. Her Highness was quite caring about me as long as I don't stick with her husband, I hope there would be a good way for both of us to live peacefully by sharing the husband.

Suddenly, when I was sitting at the table, a woman soldier walked inside from the front doors, her hand was holding a yellow thing which seemed to be an envelope. Someone must have written a letter to John, the woman soldier later put the envelope on the table and John stopped doing his paperwork but grabbed the envelope, he was intending to read.

"My Lord, I just had received this letter from a Royal guard outside of the castle, he said His Majesty wants you to have a meet with him in the night."

"The details of the location would be mentioned in the letter, my Lord! His Majesty also said this is the mandatory order, you must meet him during this night."

"You can go now, soldier...I would take it from here."

"Roger that, my Lord." - The soldier later made a military salute toward John and walked outside

"Maybe I should have sent a letter to warn my brother, John! He is very very mean to ask you to come to the arena for hours just only to spar with my sister-in-law." - Shera was quite unpleasant, she kept thinking bad about His Majesty

"Don't say that to your brother, Shera! It's complicated...now I want to be alone to read the letter."

"Okay, John." - Her Highness kept frustrated at the letter but she obeyed to let John be alone to solve his affairs

"Hey, Reimi...let's go." - Shera lifted me and both of us slowly headed to John's room while letting him be alone as he ordered us to not disturb him

Later, Shera and I got into the room and sat together on the bed, she kept staring at me and then held my hands, both of us rarely argued but Shera would be very mad at me if I be close to John. Maybe this time was a good time for both of us to sit down and have a peaceful talk, we would always do this after having a big quarrel, we must make up now.

"Sorry for being harsh with you Reimi...but as I said to you many times, my husband is mine, not yours...do not touch him, keep your distance from him in your conversation."

"Sigh..." - After saying to me, Her Highness made a long sigh

"Why don't you rest a bit, Reimi? You're still tired, right?"

"Ummm!"

"Come on, sit on my thighs to sleep, Reimi! You must sleep well to be healthy." - Shera tapped her thighs to ask me to lie on her thighs to sleep

"Thank you, my Highness."

I later fell on Shera's thighs and then closed my eyes to sleep, she kept patting my head to ask me to sleep well, Her Highness was very caring about me. Though she was very jealous that if anyone dares to come close to her husband, that wish would never come true but I hope someday Shera would accept me to love John.

"More than half of the year later would be John's birthday...you can give him presents if you like, Reimi! Now it's time to rest, please sleep well."

"z.z.z" - Shera kept patting me and then put me on the pillow, I later heard the door opening, Her Highness had gone outside to return to her husband