A Former Police Officer Who Died And Get A Second Life!-Chapter 63: Quiet Preparations

Qiong Xing was, of course, one of them.

"Doting on Cari is fine and all, but pay some attention to me too."

"Yeah, I’m starting to run low on Qiong Xing’s attention as well."

Leander and Elias who had stuck to him from both sides seemed to be off duty today.

Since morning, they had been hugging Qiong Xing as he watched over Cari, refusing to let him go.

"Even if you say that... what exactly am I supposed to do?"

"I’ll lick you all over..."

"Shut up, you! I just want to touch Qiong Xing."

"Let’s set Leander aside for now. You say you want to touch me, but you’re already touching me, aren’t you?"

Who was it that hadn’t let go of him since morning?

And Leander’s suggestion was absolutely rejected.

"That’s true, but that’s not what I mean. I want to touch your bare skin."

"Buh!? B-bare skin, as in... naked? This early in the morning?"

Elias’s shocking statement made Qiong Xing splutter.

"That’s nothing to be surprised about, is it? Besides, my rut is probably coming soon. Even if we say we’re easing into it, I haven’t actually put it in yet, have I?"

"!?"

Shocking statement number two.

His rut was coming soon!?

What was that supposed to mean, this was the first he’d heard of it!!

"P-put it in, your rut is that soon!? What should we do? I haven’t prepared anything at all!"

As Qiong Xing panicked, muttering "What do I do, what do I do," he was patted on the head and reassured that everything would be fine.

"Calm down. I said it’s close, but that doesn’t mean it’s happening right now... probably. More importantly, we need to prepare your body first. You say it’s early in the morning, but once the rut starts, you won’t have the luxury of worrying about things like that."

With Qiong Xing’s face bright red, they took him along and asked Joa where the isolation room was, then headed there together with Leander and Elias.

As they walked, the number of people around them gradually dwindled one by one and Qiong Xing’s tension only continued to rise.

The residents who seemed to understand where they were heading watched them with warm and knowing smiles, but Qiong Xing who is walking with his head lowered never noticed their gazes.

"E-Elias..."

"It’s fine. Don’t be so scared. We’re just going to touch you a bit more than usual."

Qiong Xing who is overwhelmed by anxiety had called his name without his realize and Elias answered him reassuringly while tightening his grip on the hand he was holding.

"I’m here too! It’ll be fine!"

Ah, his anxiety increased.

"With you around, he’s just going to get more nervous."

Elias voiced exactly what Qiong Xing was feeling.

"Why the hell is that!? It’s fine! Don’t worry Qiong Xing, I’ll lick you all over and make you all melty."

"Get away from Qiong Xing."

"Hah? You’re the one who should get away!"

It seemed another argument had started.

"By the way, why are you so obsessed with licking me, Leander?"

They had done things like that a few times before, but lately it felt like Leander was constantly saying he wanted to lick him at every opportunity.

"Hm? If there’s someone you like, you want to lick them, right? Or ah, yeah! It’s like grooming. Like grooming fur."

Ah, I see.

Thinking of it like how dogs or cats groom themselves, Qiong Xing was just about convinced whe...

"No, that’s a lie. Don’t let him fool you, Qiong Xing."

"Y-you idiot, why would you say that! He was about to believe it!"

So it was a lie after all.

In that case, it must simply be one of Leander’s personal fetishes.

Come to think of it, Qiong Xing had never heard Elias say anything like that.

"And you’re one to talk! You’re always sniffing Qiong Xing’s scent too! Just because he’s asleep, you come up from behind and..."

"Y-you idiot! You don’t need to say that out loud!"

A flustered Elias clamped a hand over Leander’s mouth, but it was already too late because Qiong Xing had heard it.

Eh? So Elias is smelling him while he sleeps?

And... is that okay?

What if he smells bad?

Worried about that, Qiong Xing tried sniffing himself, but he couldn’t tell at all.

"It doesn’t stink! It doesn’t, okay! You actually smells very good Qiong Xing. What is it... I told you before, didn’t I? That you can tell your destined mate by their scent. So it’s not just that, but you always smells good to me. But when you’re awake, you won’t let me smell you, right? So..."

So that was why he smelled him while he was sleeping.

Qiong Xing understood that he had been trying to be considerate, but realizing that his scent had been smelled without his knowledge left him unsure whether he should be angry or laugh it off.

"...Compared to Leander, I guess this is still better?"

"What!? Why! Should I have secretly licked you at night too!?"

"That’s not the issue."

"That’s not what he means."

It was simply that being smelled was better than being licked.

It wasn’t as though he wanted to be smelled in the first place.

"Anyway, we’re here... Wow, these are individual rooms. And there’s even a bath..."

"You’re right. If you weren’t told, it almost looks like a nice little inn."

In a way, it really was a kind of inn and more like a love hotel.

There were about ten rooms lined up, each with a fairly large bed and next to it separated by a partition was a small space for washing, a bathtub, and even a toilet.

"Apparently the idea came from younger guys who have mates. Being young, they use it a lot, so they came up with it pretty enthusiastically."

It seemed that youth showed its talents even in places like this.

Qiong Xing himself had only gone a few times when he was younger, but unlike the overly flashy love hotels in his previous life, this place focused mainly on functionality, which made it less embarrassing and rather appreciated.