‘Who, alright. Let’s finish this once and for all.’

Having finished collecting her thoughts, she laughed lightly as she brushed her long, blond hair behind her ears.

“Now we are not children anymore. Soon after the coming-of-age ceremony, we’ll not only be a legal couple but also be a real one.”

“……I know.”
“Right? Since you are the king of Semele and I the queen. Soon we’ll have to fulfill our sacred duty as a royal couple.”

“By duty, you mean…….”

Endimion’s voice pronouncing these short words became low. Before we knew it, his fine, black hair was dry and his sculpture-like chin was burning. He looked nervous in front of this unfamiliar situation.

Oh, you know that feeling. I felt the same way yesterday!

Julia calmly smiled, and she nodded vigorously. Then she asked politely.

“Do you like the sexy or the innocent type?”

“I… you see.”

Endimion’s face burned red immediately at Julia’s question. Facing her husband, Julia gently smiled.

Then, she finally got to the point.

“Your mother said we should have a successor. So I want to pick out a pretty lady.”

“….What?”

Endimion’s strong hand fell onto the bed.

“Isn’t that stuff kind of awkward between us? So, what if I bring in a concubine? What’s your type? Just tell me, I’ll generously take it into account.”

Julia felt refreshed as though she had finished her big homework, but she soon found her husband staring at her with a terrifying face. She asked him why with her eyes.

Then, as if he couldn’t speak, Endimion opened his mouth several times and wiped his face with his hands.

“… Are you stupid?”

“Why? Oh, of course! The sexy type…….”

“I do not need one.”

Bang!

The mattress bounced, and only Endimion’s angry voice remained. In an instant, Julia was alone in the bedroom looking at the closed door with confused eyes.

“Why are you angry…….”

There had never been an accident during their 12 years from adolescence to becoming man and woman. When Julia found it awkward while in puberty and asked if they should sleep separately, Endimion replied that it was fine since they’re a couple like an adult.

Since then till now, they have comfortably slept in one bed.

Julia didn’t view Endimion as a man, nor did he see her as a woman. For these sibling-like childhood friends playing family to make a baby, it was awkward to just think about it!

‘That’s why I proposed, why is he like that?’

After being called yesterday morning and listening to much advice and scolding, I was convinced that bringing in a concubine would be great in many ways.

No matter how much I thought about it, I can’t see what is wrong, Julia complained.

Surprisingly, Endimion did not return to their bedroom that night. This is the first time I’m sleeping alone, since the incident where I teased him for peeing in bed.

Left alone, Julia fell asleep in the large, pure-white bed with a fluttering heart. Waiting to fall asleep the embarrassed red, handsome face of her husband came to mind.

At the same time, her memory of the boy returning to their bed after a long week of commotion and separate bedrooms came to mind.

-Kya, I can’t sleep with you because you might excuse yourself on the bed again.

-I said I didn’t!
‘Ah, right.’
It was a wet dream.

***

3 years ago.

“Look at this drawing, your majesty, my queen”

Contrary to their house-play like childhood, a full-scale sex education took place when they ascended the throne. Even though it was a young couple who were just developing their secondary sexual characteristics.

If Endimion’s father hadn’t died suddenly, Endimion wouldn’t have had a hasty ascension at the age of 16, but life is always full of surprises.

“It is the body of men and women. Their contrasting parts were enlarged and drawn in detail. From now on, we will tell you about these features and their functions. First…….”

Sex education was also one of those ‘surprises’. The two took classes twice a week, together with two doctors.

“……that is all. Do you have any questions?”

At the end of the lecture, the doctors always asked like this. Julia looked at Endimion, who was sitting next to her.

But he didn’t pay attention to the class and focused his attention on his desk, he was in a bad mood whenever it came to sex education. If she tried to ask him to check the parts she didn’t catch, he would say, ‘Later.’ and leave as soon as the lesson is over.