As Nymeria woke up, she found me on top of a helpless naked woman, with one of my hands pinning down both of hers and the other covering her mouth, while my thighs brushed against her crotch area.

"Pr-pretty lady, if I say this is an accident, will you believe me?" I pleaded, loosening my grip.

Ume, taking advantage of my distraction, bit my hand and landed a brutal knee between my legs, cracking my nuts.

"Aaaaghhhhhhhhh!!!!" I screamed in agony, shaking the whole treehouse.

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I knelt with my legs folded underneath me before Gumiho, who was sitting in front of me covered in a blanket, while Nymeria stood behind her with her arms folded as I explained everything that had happened.

"I don't know why, but even after hearing your explanation, I want to smack your face," Nymeria replied, glaring sharply at me.

"Don't say that, pretty lady," I pleaded. "I'm innocent. I was the victim of the circumstances."

"Victim? You must have enjoyed every bit of these circumstances," she countered.

I couldn't immediately deny her claims as I was stunned by how spot-on she was. It was obviously true that I did enjoy the situation I was in.

"So you can't deny my accusations, huh?" she muttered as she grabbed my ear and began twisting it.

"Aow, aow, pretty lady, please forgive me. Haven't I already suffered enough?" I whimpered, pushing my bottom lip out.

Her expression softened, and she replied in a lower voice, freeing my ear, "Sigh… apologize to her first."

"I was going to do that," I replied, then turned to Ume and said, "I'm sorry for my earlier transgression. I was only trying to protect my balls—"

Smack

"You jerk! How can you say such shameful words in the presence of two ladies?" Nymeria hissed, smacking the back of my head.

"Now I can't even call my balls 'balls'?" I protested, rubbing my head. "What should I call them then? Family jewels? Pair of bells? Nuts? Jiggly gems?"

Nymeria's face blushed a deep red as she shouted, "Are you asking for another one?"

"Hey, you can't resort to physical abuse."

"Pffttt," Ume giggled, halting our bickering.

"You two are so adorable," she said.

Both Nymeria and I were taken aback by her statement, as we often called each other adorable while teasing—and now someone else had called both of us that at the same time.

"You're the one who removed my curse?" she asked.

"Hmm, my name is Raj," I replied awkwardly.

"Did you also enter my mind realm?"

"Mind realm?"

"You don't know about it?" Her furry ears twitched as she gave a confused expression. "I wonder why I saw a person with the same appearance as you there."

"Are you talking about the throne room where I first met you?" I asked.

"So it was really you," her ears twitched again, this time in excitement. "You have my deepest thanks. Because of you, I was able to feel the warmth of my parents again." A tear rolled down her cheek from her emerald eyes. "I owe you a debt that I can never repay."

"You owe me nothing, Ume," I replied. "I only did what I did because I wanted to do it."

Her eyes widened in shock, and her lips parted as she heard my statement.

"H-how did you know that name?" she stammered, but then spoke again in a firm voice, "Forget it. Please don't call me by that name. Call me Gumiho."

"I'm very confused," Nymeria said, joining the conversation. "When did you two meet each other?"

"Are you Raj's wife, dear sister?" Ume asked.

"Why does everyone come to the same conclusion?" Nymeria sighed.

"It's because we appear to be husband and wife in everyone's eyes," I replied with a proud smug.

"Do you get pleasure from getting beaten up by me?" she glared at me, clenching her fist.

But before I was about to be smacked again, Ume's voice echoed.

"So you are not?" she gasped. "Has the time changed so much that men and women now sleep together without marriage?"

"It hasn't," Nymeria explained. "You are misunderstanding, your majesty. There were circumstances that led to the situation you witnessed earlier."

She took a brief pause and then spoke further, "Your majesty, you haven't answered my earlier question."

"When I was removing her curse, my soul entered a place that she stated was her mind realm. That's where I first met her," I explained.

"Oh, now I understand," she said, then moved toward the wall where her old robe was hanging.

She grabbed the robe and offered it to Ume. "Your majesty, these are my old clothes. They look like rags, but this is the only pair of clothes I have."

Ume took the robe. "They are still better than nothing," she chuckled. "And don't call me your majesty. You can call me Sister Gumiho."

"As you wish, Sister Gumiho."

I didn't know the reason, but seeing those two getting along was setting my heart at ease.

As I was smiling to myself, both of them stared at me. "Are you expecting her to dress up in front of you?" Nymeria hissed.

"N-no, not at all," I replied, immediately turning around.

For almost fifteen minutes, the room was filled with the rustle of clothes and whispers of the two beauties.

"I wonder what's taking them so long," I murmured.

"You can turn now," Nymeria called.

Unexpectedly, as I turned, Nymeria was in her old white robe while Gumiho was wearing the black gown of Nymeria.

Not to mention, she looked equally breathtaking in that dress as Nymeria. She seemed like a pink rose wrapped in a well-decorated black floral wrap. It took me a few seconds before I pulled myself from her heavenly charms to speak, "Why did you interchange your clothes?"

Nymeria muttered, her voice laced with embarrassment, "Do you have to know everything?"

"Hey, that's so mean," I nagged. "Don't tell me if you don't want to."

"Her busts didn't fit in my dress," Nymeria blurted. "This black dress can change its size according to the wearer's body. You satisfied now?"

They were melting in embarrassment, Nymeria's eyes tightly shut and Ume covering her face with both hands in shame—both of them looked outrageously cute.

I unconsciously let out a chuckle as I spoke, "It's not something to be so ashamed of."

They stayed like that for a few seconds before finally pulling themselves together.

"Raj, you have done so much for me," Ume said. "Even if you disagree, I absolutely could not take advantage of your generosity. Tell me, is there anything you wish to have?"

"Actually, I do want something," I replied and took a brief pause before I announced, "I want the exclusive rights to be the only one who can call you by your real name."

The demand left her dazzled. She had never thought that I would ask for something so ridiculous when an actual goddess was offering to fulfill my wish.

"W-why do you want to call me by that name?" she asked, flustered.

"You must have your reasons for hating your real name," I explained. "I won't pry into your personal life, but I think it's a pity that nobody calls you Ume when it's such a beautiful name."

I was expecting a late reply; however, her lips didn't utter a single word. She didn't respond at all.

I sighed before I spoke again, "I apologize if I asked for too much—"

"It's fine. I allow you, and only you, to call me by my real name," she announced, flustered.

"Strange! Why is her statement bothering me?" Nymeria whispered under her breath, but as she was standing closer to me, I heard her but decided to ignore it.

The environment inside the closed room was turning awkward, but then a cracked voice came from the exit as the sealed door split open.

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