By Zephyria 
Because Eddie’s door was broken, Eddie couldn’t sleep in that room after all.
Even if he wanted to sleep in one of the empty rooms, all the rooms happened to be full of guests, so there were no rooms left that day.
Well, it’s not like Gerold would say anything if he slept in Gerold’s empty room, but considering Gerold’s knife-like personality, it didn’t seem like he’d like someone else sleeping in his room…
I have no choice, I guess.
After much deliberation, Eddie finally said,
“Can I sleep in Ketron’s room just for today?”
Of course, that included the intention to soothe Ketron, who was trembling with fear of losing Eddie. A little bit.
But Ketron didn’t seem as welcoming to Eddie’s words as he thought he would. Or rather, he had a complicated face that showed both the desire to be with Eddie and the reluctance at the same time.
But understanding that it was an unavoidable situation, he eventually nodded.
As for Eddie, he really didn’t think much of it. It wasn’t the first time he had slept with Ketron, and he had slept huddled together in a bed smaller and older than his inn bed in Sandern, so he simply thought it would be better this time.
He had no idea that Ketron spent the whole night awake without getting a wink of sleep.
“…Hmm.”
Before lying down on the bed, Eddie stared blankly at his pajamas, which were a mess of Ketron’s tear stains, as he had been sweating profusely while confronting the Demon King.
It was a little uncomfortable to just wear it to bed.
Well, Ketron is a man, so it probably doesn’t matter.
Thinking that, he casually threw off his top.
“…!”
He didn’t notice Ketron, who was watching him, turning his head in surprise. Eddie neatly folded his sweaty clothes and wriggled into Ketron’s bed in his underwear.
“Ketron, come here. I think we have something to talk about.”
How the Demon King is still alive, why he came to Eddie, there are so many things he doesn’t know, but he should still have a conversation.
Ketron seems a little calmer now…
Like he did in Sandern, Eddie went into the bed first, made room for Ketron to lie down, and patted the bed. As if telling him to lie down here.
But Ketron just stood there with his head turned, unable to move for a while.
Eddie tilted his head. Why is he being like that?
“Ketron?”
When Eddie urged him, Ketron moved his body very, very slowly and lay down next to Eddie.
But for some reason, even in the limited space of a single bed, he was desperately trying not to touch Eddie, keeping his body just far enough away from the edge of the bed so as not to fall off.
On a single bed, with Ketron’s body being big and Eddie’s body being nothing to scoff at, the distance didn’t widen much despite his desperate efforts.
Eddie tilted his head. Why is he suddenly being so formal?
Puzzled by Ketron’s sudden formality, Eddie pulled Ketron’s waist towards him, who was almost falling off the bed.
Ketron, who would never have been pulled by such a light force under normal circumstances, seemed quite flustered and made an “Ah” sound, and was instantly pulled into the bed, and the two men’s bodies stuck together.
“Why are you suddenly like this? I don’t know what the situation is, but let’s have a conversation…”
Hey… Eddie’s words slowly stopped.
Eddie blinked.
There was an obvious sense of volume felt in the lower abdomen. It was also quite hot and hard…
What is this…?
While blankly thinking that, the moment Eddie naturally lowered his head and saw Ketron’s bulging lower body in his field of vision, Eddie belatedly realized that he had stepped on a landmine.
***
Eddie wasn’t very perceptive.
Even when he was Lee Jeong-hoon, he was so oblivious that “Jeong-hoon, come on!” became a kind of meme among his friends whenever he did something oblivious.
Although there weren’t many, even when he was dating, he was so oblivious that he heard the words “You’re really good at everything, but the biggest problem is that you’re not perceptive” from different people in a row.
So, that was the problem.
He was quick-witted when it came to work, but when it came to human relationships, his perceptiveness disappeared, so those few relationships were quite difficult.
So, when he entered his late 20s, he wasn’t very interested in dating and refused all the blind dates that came in. He was too busy to date anyway.
So really, his memories of dating were quite old, and he wasn’t that sexually active to begin with, and he was spending such tough days that he would pass out as soon as he got home, so it had been quite a while since he had had such a relationship in that world.
Especially after coming to this world, he had been too busy adapting to even think about sexual desire for quite a while.
So really, not even a little bit, he didn’t notice.
Why Ketron was so desperate to get away.
“Uh…”
Eddie unknowingly made a dazed sound at the great presence that was unintentionally rubbing against his lower abdomen.
Ketron was covering his face with his hands. His expression couldn’t be seen on his small face hidden by his big hands, but his ears, which were burning up, were clearly visible.
Ah, how do I fix this…?
Eddie, who was only sweating, quickly opened his mouth because he thought the atmosphere would become irreversible if he remained silent any longer.
“Um… it can happen if you’re too young.”
“…”
“It’s a natural phenomenon…”
It wasn’t natural.
No matter how young you are, it’s not common to suddenly get an erection without any source, right? Well, it might be possible when you’re a very, very energetic teenager…
So, why did this suddenly happen?
…It’s not because of me, is it?
It was belatedly conscious that he was lying naked in front of Ketron, but surely Ketron wouldn’t be like this just because Eddie was naked.
Not that Eddie’s body is bad from an objective point of view, but, well, there was no reason for Ketron to get excited looking at Eddie.
That’s weird, then.
Eddie bit his lip. The problem was that he had taken off his top right before because it was sweaty, so the feeling of it touching his lower abdomen was felt more explicitly.
Cornered, in a dilemma, do or die… Ah, is this a little different?
The siren in Eddie’s head was blaring loudly.
Eddie, who was biting his lip and racking his brains because he thought he would suffocate from irreversible awkwardness if he didn’t fix it, exclaimed Ah! when he belatedly remembered something.
“Ketron, did something happen before you came to my room?”
At those words, Ketron, who was unable to do anything about his flushed face and was just silent, glanced at Eddie.
Ketron, who had repeatedly wiped his face, which was sure to be hot without even touching it, slowly opened his mouth.
“A Demon race, came to see me.”
“A Demon race?”
Eddie’s expression hardened.
‘The leisurely time is over.’
When the Demon King said this, he didn’t have the mental capacity to understand what he meant, so he couldn’t pay attention to it and passed it over, but when he thought about it, there was a reason why Ketron reacted so late even though the Demon King, not just any Demon race, had appeared.
At the sound that a Demon race had come to see him, Eddie unknowingly scanned Ketron’s body with worried eyes, but then gasped and turned his gaze away after seeing his prominently swollen lower body.
But soon, enlightenment flashed in his head.
Ah, so, that’s why!
Eddie, who had found the reason, had a bright face without realizing it.
“You mean like a succubus, an incubus, something like that? Was it a Nightmare?”
Yes, Nightmares like succubi and incubi are traditional fantasy sex symbols! Moreover, episodes related to Nightmares had actually appeared in 〈The Hero Doesn’t Hide His Power Too Much〉!
If something like that appeared and sucked his energy, showed him lewd dreams, or made his body hot, then Ketron’s reaction now wasn’t that strange.
Rather, it was very natural!
Eddie, who had completely forgotten that there was no sign of such excitement when Ketron opened Eddie’s door and appeared, was convinced.
So, that’s why.
“…”
Ketron stared blankly at Eddie with a strange face.
His black eyes, which were impossible to know what he was thinking, blinked several times, and then his eyes deepened.
After a while, Ketron, who still had a red face, slowly nodded.
“Yes, it was a Nightmare.”
I knew it!
Eddie was delighted to realize that his prediction was correct.
“Then, then, this…”
Eddie, who had found a clear reason, had an excited face, but that expression soon faded.
So what if I found out about this?
In fact, the problem wasn’t why Ketron became like this, but how to calm it down.
Since they were both men, he couldn’t not know. The longer you leave it alone, the more painful it will be, so if it’s swollen to that extent, rather than just waiting for it to subside, it’s better to just get it out once—
“Eddie.”
While thinking about this and that with his head in a mess, Ketron quietly called Eddie. When he replied, “Yeah?” Ketron stared at Eddie for a moment, then asked quietly.
“Will Eddie, help me?”
The words were so out of the blue that Eddie had to wonder for a while if he had heard correctly.
“…Me?”
What can I help with?
Filled with lewd things no matter what he imagined, Eddie had to shake his head to get rid of the images that came to his mind.
There was no way Ketron said these words with that meaning. Of course, what am I thinking now, targeting an innocent child.
Haa, Ketron, who was breathing heavily because of his excited lower body, lowered his head and buried his nose in Eddie’s neck.
It must smell like sweat. While worrying about that while unconsciously shrinking at the ticklish sensation, a voice that was usually low but somehow even lower reached Eddie’s ear.
“Stay still.”
“…”
“Just stay still.”
That night began so quietly.