Chapter 38: Chapter 38

‘How many people are there?’

When he said to send a suitable guy to be Elysia’s escort, it was Bug. Though, isn’t he already a guy with a history of flirting with Elysia?

There were too many annoying people around Elysia, including Ryan and that Archmage.

Bug was rather on the better side. Ryan and the Archmage were on Elysia’s side, so they could not be removed.

“Haa... I’m going crazy.”

Cassian’s heart toward Elysia inflated to the size that he was terrified of realizing. It would have been better if he could just reveal his heart’s content to her.

‘Then, she’ll run away. Would she thank me for enjoying the good-tasting blood?’

It was already a fact that he knew that Elysia was weak with his physique and his face. Cassian was determined to seduce her within three years, using everything he had available to him.

Looking at Elysia and Ramote, who were still together, he took a long breath and moved his steps.

Even if he told the Archmage not to touch her, it was unlikely that she would listen. It was clear that she would smile and stroke the nape of his neck while asking if he’s jealous. Then he can do nothing and give her the nape of his neck.

Even these days, the parts that she sucked blood from are becoming more diverse.

‘Who wants to seduce whom, now?’

Elysia turned her head slightly, clinging to Ramote at the approaching figure.

“Huh—Cassian?”

He grabbed her waist and pulled her away from Ramote. With a nod to him, Cassian gave a greeting, took Elysia in his arms, and continued his steps.

Elysia smiled awkwardly as she watched Ramote move away from the situation where she was just picked up by Cassian.

Ramote looked at the two and clicked his tongue.

‘What about surveillance? The Duke must’ve had a hard time.’

Elysia, who did not notice it, was even more amazing. She’s obviously smart and quick-witted, but sometimes there was a blind corner.

‘Tsk. Look at those eyes.’

Are those eyes looking at delicious food?

It’s a thought he had heard every time Elysia talked about Duke Esteban, but she didn’t seem to be drawn to him simply by his physique. Although it wasn’t like that when he saw her from the Jerciho Mountains, now, it’s clear that they have feelings for each other.

Of course, Elysia doesn’t seem to have the same heart as Duke Esteban yet. Even so, it was only a matter of time before they felt the same.

“Is it okay if I leave them like that?”

Ramote’s face darkened as he remembered what Elysia had said to him earlier. It was because he wondered if it would be a good idea to let them be on the same page and even confirm each other’s feelings.

Because he cared for her, he didn’t want her to be hurt.

***

Cassian entered the room and placed Elysia down on the bed.

As she straightened her messy hair, she gazed up at him and grinned.

Cassian sighed at her. He seemed to have no idea what’s wrong with him. Even though he made up his mind not to show jealousy, it was annoying that she was being pulled by another man’s body, so his hand moved first.

Elysia was quick-witted, so he thought he’d be in trouble because his intentions would be caught, but it seemed like he was worried for nothing.

‘I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing.’

“Cassian. As I said before, Old Man is, uh...”

As Elysia tried to explain about Ramote, he raised the corner of his mouth.

Cassian placed himself on the bed and locked her in his arms and brought his face closer to her, smiling languidly before tilted his head at an angle.

He gave her a glance from within the reach where their lips could touch with just the slightest movement, telling her to keep talking as he was listening.

“...Why, why do you want to seduce me as soon as you come back...Eup.”

He digs deep and raises his hand to hold Elysia’s head firmly.

Cassian wanted to praise himself from the past for accepting the contract Elysia had proposed. Even if he had to hide his heart right now, he wanted to find a relationship where he could give and receive even skinship.

“Huh...”

Elysia let out her moans at the kiss that relentlessly stirred in her mouth.

Cassian now seemed to know how to seduce her with just a kiss.

In order not to attack the man in front of her, she engraved a seal of patience and gripped his collar tightly. The only sound that echoed in the quiet room was the murmur of saliva mixing.

Elysia, who had been sitting on the bed, suddenly slipped backward.

Cassian licked her lower lip before pulling away. A shaky breath leaked from her slightly gaping lips.

“Come to our house.”

“...What?”

Not understanding his words at first glance, Elysia asked.

“That’s safer. Your room is already ready, all you have to do is move your things.”

“Ah...”

She was already worried about seeing his face every day after the marriage, but it was absurd to hear that he wanted her to move in already.

“No. The wedding is only two weeks away. My father won’t approve of it.”

“Your father’s permission has already been obtained.”

In spite of the fact that she had tried to refuse with the excuse of her father, a knife-like answer came back.

‘When did you and my father say things like that?’

Just looking at him, Cassian seemed to be able to persuade her father well.

Didn’t he also get the word that her father would allow them to marry?

In fact, it ended with Elysia showing her cuteness to her father, who was upset with her, saying that she was sorry for not being able to tell him ahead of time.

“Your safety as the Duke of Esteban’s mistress.”

“That’s it, but...”

Elysia felt the purple eyes clinging to her body, and she couldn’t finish her talking. From the red lips, swollen from the kiss a moment ago, to the slender nape of the neck, from the straight collarbone down to it.

As the feeling of his gaze intensified, Elysia rubbed her legs as she felt a tingling sensation somewhere in her body.

The moment Cassian’s hand finally reached the ribbon on the front of the dress she was wearing, a pair of red eyes popped in from her side.

“Nya—”

“...”

“...”

‘When did this wake up?’

She recalled seeing Der sleeping until she entered the room. It seems that neither of them felt Der’s presence because of the kiss a while ago.

Der ‘tapped’ Cassian’s hand with its front paw and rubbed its face against her chest.

As she watched the series of situations in front of her, Elysia narrowed her eyes. ‘Obviously, it was... It sounds like a popping sound. Is it an illusion?’

It seems that Ramote’s statement that it resembles its master was wrong. If that was the case, it should approach Cassian first and put its head there.

Meanwhile, Cassian was feeling the same way as what Ramote had felt, now.

It wasn’t enough to hit his hand, but it had to bury its face in the place where his hand was headed?

The red eyes blocked his thoughts as he succumbed to the rush of annoyance and was about to move next to her.

‘Now, everything is...’

There was no hesitation in Der’s red eyes. Still, it had the same eyes as Elysia, so he couldn’t help it. Knowing that she had changed it by magic, it can be resolved by loosening the necklace.

Cassian peered at the necklace, contemplating what to do, and saw that there was a scar on Elysia’s hand that was stroking Der.

“What is this?”

“Ah, this? Because I can’t control my strength, I got hurt yesterday. It’s all right, it will heal quickly.”

The wounds from breaking the vase the day before had not fully healed as several pieces of glass were embedded quite deeply.

If it had been a shallow cut, it would have healed immediately.

Cassian, who was aware of Elysia’s resilience to some extent, noticed that it wasn’t a small wound. It was the moment that added one more reason to take her home.

“Hoo— I’ll have to take you today.”

“But, I haven’t answered yet?”

Even so, Elysia glanced as she saw Cassian raising his body. She was thinking of not letting him go even though she said she would endure it.

‘I’m rotten.’

Elysia stroked Der and raised her body as well.

“Today seems a bit odd, I’ll move tomorrow.”

There was only one reason she accepted his words. Lumiere, the culprit of the incident in the subjugation. The concern that Lumiere might have had feelings with Cassian was gradually turning into certainty.

‘Not this guy. He is mine.’

Elysia wanted to grab Lumiere’s shoulder and shake her, asking why she couldn’t feel the fateful love for the male protagonist.

Gazing at Cassian, she opened her mouth slightly. As soon as he came into the room, he kissed her first, so she couldn’t see him properly. He had been wearing a uniform for a long time.

‘After all, men in uniforms are good. Oh, he got his hair down today.’

It’s good to have his bangs down, but it’s best to see it in the morning. When he’s dressed up, Cassian likes to turn it over halfway and show his forehead.

It was as if Cassian’s sassy heart had shifted to Elysia, who had glanced at him in the bed.

‘I can’t figure it out.’

He was granted permission sooner than expected.

If he couldn’t persuade her with words, he was going to convince her with his face, and if that didn’t work, even with his body.

Elysia’s criteria for accepting requests were also too difficult.

Besides, he couldn’t understand at what point she was looking at himself so passionately.

***

“Ugh... I told you, so save me...”

The man, who was wearing the black robe, could not finish his speech and lost his life. Ryan put his sword into its sheath and exhaled a long breath.

It was the maid’s house where she had poisoned Elysia’s drink.

Since there is no immediate indication of whether she drank poison or not, he thought that the person who ordered it would show up to receive the results.

“Did that person do it?”

Lloyd, the aide, said Cassian would leave it to others to take care of the people, but Ryan had no intention of doing so. Instead, he thought of killing their own breath one by one.

...She wasn’t someone to be touched.

Ryan bit his lip as he remembered the first time he had met Elysia.

‘Does the heart that the Sir have... love?’

He remembered the question Duke Esteban had asked him. How did he answer that question?

‘To me, she’s not the kind of person who I dare to have those kinds of feelings for.’

It was. It was a feeling that couldn’t be expressed in words. It wasn’t just that she had saved his sister and his own life.

When they first met, he thought he realized what it was like to fall in love at first sight. To the extent that he realized what it was like to shine as a person.

Ryan wanted to see her a little closer, under the pretext of repaying her with an oath of allegiance. It seemed that the feelings that grew as time passed were not what he wanted to be expressed in words of love.

Even more so because he knew that Elysia was not an ordinary human. Miss Elysia was a beautiful and wonderful being, and she even felt sacred.

He did not dare to hold such feelings, and he did not dare to touch her. When she sucked his blood, he was greedy to touch her, but that was only then.

It was enough if he could just stay by her side as he is now.

‘Is it almost over?’

With just a few more people, he’ll find out who’s behind this incident.