She leaned back against the door, her fist clenching as she grinned. She was so proud of herself. She couldn't believe that she'd actually done it! All that practising and fantasising had amounted to her actually doing something about these feelings that she'd been holding inside for so long. All that worrying about the consequences had been needless.
There was a knock at the bedroom door. She snapped back into reality and then sat up, quickly grabbing a robe from nearby before slipping it on. She moved to her feet and cleared her throat. "U-Um, yes?" she asked, unsure whether it was Katarina, Anne, Keith or her husband on the other side of the door.
"Open up, Millidiana. There's something we need to talk about," came her husband's voice. Millidiana's heart instantly dropped, and immediately fastened her robe. Moving across to the door, she unlocked it and then opened up, letting her husband inside.
As her husband closed the door behind him, he walked into the room and then looked across at Katarina, her arms crossed. Millidiana could tell that she was in trouble. Had her husband seen what had happened? Or had Katarina perhaps told him? Millidiana sat down on her bed and looked down at the floor, prepared to get scolded, divorced... or worse.
"Your daughter told me what the two of you have been up to," her husband said, before letting out a sigh. "Miri, she's... she's young, she shouldn't be telling people about that stuff." Wait a minute. What? Millidiana looked up, at her husband. "If you're going to be playing around with her like that, you have to make sure that she won't go around telling people." Millidiana couldn't believe what she was hearing. Had her husband seriously just— a wave of relief washed over her as she realised that she wasn't going to be in any trouble.
Once in Claes Household, morality mattered little. Though Luigi always try be more strict and honest then their predecessors. Many Claes traditions he had ignored. He never sent assassin against rivalling Duke household. He never tried to coerce or blackmailed other noble. Though he will, if they threatened his family. The Claes family contract with Mochizuki clan, assassin family from east, always ready to assassinate anyone he wished. Some of the member can even rival Holy Paladin from Magic Council, secret Magic Ministry branch. The current ace of Mochizuki clan, Mochizuki Chiyome can fight with Aiden Grimm, Light Magic user and one of the strongest Holy Paladin evenly.
He knew many secret regarding royalty, noble and underworld of Sorcier. Many Claes patriarch or matriarch before him or Duke Ades never afraid to use many trickery, assassin and blackmail to get what they want, and they get away with that. Only starting from his father, Duke Ades, Claes Household started to be more... morally good and used honest way to gain what he wants. Even some of the assassin started doing honest job, like maid, baker and even farmer. Though their skill remained sharp and deadly. Things like incest is considered kinda normal and meek in this household. And if some patriarch or matriarch like them young, they will be disposed off. That's the only rule. It's one of the thing that remains from dark days of Claes Household. That's what happened currently with his wife.
He sat on their bed beside her, and then wrapped an arm around her. As he pulled Millidiana into her grip, she laid her head against her daughter's, and then let out a soft sigh. "I always knew something like this can happen in this household. I had hoped that you'd... feel differently, but a part of me always saw it coming." What should have perhaps been a solemn frown turned into a small smile, and then a wider one, and she leaned down to press a kiss to Millidiana forehead.
"Is Katarina the only you've fooled around with?" Luigi asked his wife, fingers gently tracing across the Millidiana's tummy. Millidiana gave an immediate nod.
"Y-Yeah, of course! She's... I mean... I don't.." she told her husband, looking down at the ground in what felt like shame. Luigi ran her hand across his wife's back, and then leaned down to kiss her temple.
"Don't you worry about it... I'll always love you, no matter who you're attracted to," he told her, before pulling back.
"Do you feel that way about Katarina or perhaps Keith, too?" Millidiana asked as her husband moved to his feet, perhaps seeking a sense of normalcy for what he had briefly realised was an incredibly awkward time.
Luigi looked across at his wife. Between the attraction that he did have and the want to see his son and daughter feel comfortable within their own skin, she gave a soft nod. "Of course, but only for Katarina. I don't want Keith to be like us," he told his wife, while his mind raced, thinking about all the different things he could do with them. Both of them had more experience with sex than Katarina did. They could show Katarina the ropes, perhaps introduce her to a kink or two.