Two hours later.
Most of the maidservants had slept by now after finishing their nightly duties. Only the guards remained awake but they were outside the manor.
Darkness loomed in the manor with the only visibility arising from the moonlight.
Vincent had a hard time moving through, but thankfully, the person whose room he wanted to go to was not far from his and on the same story.
The door wasn't locked and Vincent slowly walked in.
Watching the figure sleeping on the bed, he thought, 'Oh man, I hope this doesn't get troublesome. System, I am trusting the remarks you've given. If I fuck up, I am not trusting you anymore.'
[Rest assured, host. The system never lies.]
Vincent went up to the sleeping figure and stood beside her.
He nudged her once and called out in a whisper, "Venny…"
There was no response from the redhead.
"Venny!" Vincent used more force and jolted her awake, making her widen her eyes and almost scream.
"Intrud—"
Vincent covered her mouth.
"Shhh!"
"Mmhfff!" Vanessa struggled and let out muffled screams. She was still groggy, and in the darkness, couldn't make out who this was.
"Relax. It's me." Vincent tried to ease her worries.
Vanessa gradually calmed down upon noticing who this was.
When Vincent felt she wouldn't scream, he took off his hand.
Vanessa shot him a look and asked, "What are you doing here in the dead of the night?"
"I'll tell you everything, but before that, I have a question." Vincent said seriously.
"And why would I answer your question?" Vanessa wasn't buying it.
Vincent sighed. He didn't have a lot of patience to deal with Vanessa's tsundereness or rebellious nature.
He had to make her docile quick so she would cooperate and get involved in his plans.
To win a tsundere, it wasn't hard.
Vincent went ahead and held her face with both of his palms.
"Vanessa…"
"W-what…" Vanessa immediately got flustered. "What are you doing!?"
Vincent could feel his palms get warmed up. His tactics were working.
He brought his face closer to hers and continued, "I haven't been able to express it before, but you know, in this world, I love you the most."
"Vincent!" Vanessa couldn't take such an attack and reflexively pushed him away. She had a lot of force behind her push, and Vincent almost tumbled and lost all aura.
Quickly getting onto his feet, he realized this strategy wasn't working.
He jumped into her bed and held her by the waist, then locked her in place with his arms and legs, looking like he was cuddling aggressively.
"What are you doing, Vincent!?" Vanessa was shocked by the turn of events. She struggled a bit to get out of his grasp but found it difficult and gave up.
"Can you please calm down, my dear sister? I wouldn't do this if you weren't hitting me and pushing me away." Vincent complained.
Vanessa went quiet as she heard that. Now that she thought about it, it was indeed her that was making things difficult and not having a proper conversation.
Vanessa stopped putting up a fight and tried to calm down.
Vincent heaved a sigh of relief. He hugged her closer and whispered in her ears, "Venny…"
Vanessa's ears turned red. "S-stop calling me that…" she protested softly.
Vincent felt softness all over him. Vanessa had a great figure underneath the loose gown she wore and was absolutely cuddly.
Vanessa's natural scent was flowery. What flower, Vincent didn't know. He wasn't a florist.
"Do you hate me, Venny?" Vincent suddenly asked while running his hands all over her body.
Oblivious to his touches, Vanessa fell silent and thought about it.
'Do I hate him?' She repeated. 'Of course, I don't. But…'
Vanessa was thinking too much and to pull her out of her stupor, Vincent's fingers lightly tugged on her firm cherry, making her tremble.
"Ngh, Vincent… don't… it tickles…"
Vanessa tried to push Vincent's hand away but it was to no avail. He grabbed her big perky breast over her grown and gently kneaded it.
"Have you calmed down now and are willing to listen?" Vincent asked while using less force to knead her soft dough.
"Yes…" Vanessa had no choice but to agree. For some reason today, her younger brother was really bent on annoying her. She didn't want to give in to his shenanigans.
"Good. Let's have a civil conversation now. So first, tell me, what did I tell you a while ago?"
Vanessa thought about it and blushed. Her ears turned red and buried her face in the pillow, refusing to answer.
"Venny…" Vincent called her name out and tugged her nipple again.
"Ah… don't do that…" Vanessa unknowingly let out a moan and protested.
In the short span of a day, Vincent was able to decipher the condition of people's knowledge in this world. They were quite ignorant of the lustful pleasures and the act of sinfulness he was just committing, it was seen as a form of tickle torture instead of something unholy.
Vincent truly applauded his genius. He hadn't even gone out of this manor and learnt so many things. He was truly a one-of-a-kind—
[…scumbag. The host is a one-of-a-kind scumbag.]
The system completed the answer for Vincent, making him knit his brows.
'You always know how to ruin my good mood. Piss off.'
Vincent focused on his tsundere sister again.
"Venny, I have something very important to discuss with you. I didn't come here to play or bother you. This discussion has to do with our house's future. Can you please listen to me properly and participate without having your emotions flare up?" Vincent cut to the chase.
Vanessa nodded. She would do her best. Not like she had any other choice than to listen anyway.
Vincent took a deep breath. He stopped his evil claws from tormenting her and hugged her closer, making her heart skip a beat.
Vincent leaned towards her ears and said softly, "Vanessa, before I tell you the next thing, I really want you to know… I care about you. I love you, and truly do not wish any harm on you. Do you understand?"
Vanessa's cheeks flushed red. What was this hateful guy saying all of a sudden!? She couldn't make out.
Vincent pressed her harder into his embrace, making her somewhat uncomfortable now.
"Do you understand?" Vincent asked again.
"Y-yes…" Vanessa didn't know what else to respond to it and went with the flow.
The situation today was too strange and everything felt too stimulating as Vincent had never really shown such emotions before.
Getting one thing right for now, Vincent didn't leave his hold on Vanessa yet, afraid she might end up doing something bad.
He kept her firmly wrapped and continued, "Then, I'll get to the main topic. Vanessa…"
Vincent's tone was serious.
"…I know you are a witch."
"!!!??!!"