As the full moon appeared between the clouds in the night sky, they saw someone covered in red blood walking from the entrance.
The moonlight illuminated his hair, which was as black as ebony.
The person who appeared covered in blood from head to toe was none other than Dietrich.
Dietrich placed what looked like monster skins on the floor.
“Your Excellency Duke Calypso!”
Anderson cried. One step ahead of Anderson, Seliya ran towards Dietrich.
Seliya groped Dietrich's face, shoulders, and body one after another, not caring whether there was blood on her hands or not.
His tired red eyes turned to the sad Seliya.
“...Are you okay? Who does this?”
“Shelly.”
Dietrich took off the black gloves he was wearing and caressed Seliya's cheek with his clean, blood-free hand.
“It’s not my blood.”
“...”
“So don’t make that face.”
With those words, Dietrich's hand very slowly fell away.
Seliya's eyes widened as she saw Dietrich's eyelids slowly close.
Seliya felt her heart sink.
Anderson, who was next to her, immediately supported Dietrich.
“Madam, it looks like His Excellency the Duke has used a lot of energy. Fortunately, there are no injuries.”
“...”
“You just fell asleep for a moment.”
Seliya kept looking at Dietrich with a worried look on her face.
She was so frustrated that she couldn't do anything and was going crazy.
'I wish I had healing powers like you.'
At that time, she heard the sound of talking coming from the forest.
It was Illeon who appeared on her horse.
Unlike Dietrich, who was covered in blood, Illeon appeared neatly dressed and riding a white horse without a single drop of blood.
On his horse's saddle were the carcasses of a fawn and a rabbit with arrows stuck in them.
“Oh no, I’m too late.”
From his cheerful voice, Seliya realized that this was all planned by Illeon.
“What is going on? Is the Duke hurt?”
Illeon dismounted from his horse and walked towards Seliya.
Illeon's knights dragged the deer and rabbit carcasses from their horses.
“...”
Seliya glared at Illeon as if she were going to kill him.
“You have unholy eyes. Should I throw you in prison for treason against the Emperor?”
After saying that, Illeon closed his eyes and smiled.
Anderson, who was supporting Dietrich, stepped in between the two.
“Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Excellency Duke Calypso seems to have been strained from the hunting competition, so he will not be participating in this dinner.”
“...Let it be so.”
Seliya could barely contain her anger.
Believing that she should not be swayed by Illeon's wishes, Seliya hurriedly left the place with Anderson.
Illeon's eyes lingered on Seliya's back for a long time.
“Who got the highest score in the hunting competition?”
“...Your Majesty, that is...”
The knights trailed off as if they were troubled, then lined up the monster skins that Dietrich had brought and said,
“This is Your Excellency, Duke Calypso. He dried up all the seeds of high-level monsters.”
“...”
“Isn’t he really a monster? I deliberately chose only the elites, and he killed all the high-level monsters without any injuries.”
Illeon's eyes narrowed.
“No injuries at all?”
“Yes, there wasn’t a single scratch. He may not be a sword master, but he may have reached a level higher than that.”
“...”
“I feel like he's been hiding his powers all this time, Your Majesty."
A look of displeasure appeared on Illeon's face at the aide's words.
It felt like he was playing chess with a piece that wasn't even on his chessboard, facing him.
“...Let someone else be the winner.”
“!”
“We can’t give the Duke any more power. If he objects, you can just say that he was excluded from the winners because he did not participate in the dinner.”
Illeon's aide nodded and bowed his head.
“I will, Your Majesty."
Illeon was right.
What would happen if Dietrich spread his wings here?
More than half of the imperial knights were under Dietrich's full control.
Even though Illeon became Emperor, it was difficult for him to easily overthrow Dietrich's authority, which had already been solidified.
However, it wasn't that there was no way.
Illeon possessed a variety of potions and had excellent people-handling skills.
No matter how excellent Dietrich's swordsmanship was, Illeon thought he was in the palm of his hand.
***
As soon as they returned to the mansion, Anderson laid Dietrich down on the bed in his room.
Seliya's feelings as she looked at Dietrich covered in blood from head to toe were beyond words.
Anderson wet a towel and tried to wipe the blood from Dietrich's body.
“Give it to me.”
Anderson handed Seliya a wet towel with a nod.
Seliya sat down on the bed and held a wet towel to Dietrich's face.
Seliya carefully wiped Dietrich's face with a wet towel and squeezed the bloody towel with her hand to wipe away the blood from his entire body.
Anderson, who decided that he was not where he should be, skipped out.
“... I'll just leave now. I'll be waiting in the hallway, so if you need anything, please call me anytime, Lady."
Bang!
A quiet silence came to the room where Anderson left.
Seliya cleaned off all the blood that was visible on the outside.
When Dietrich's eyes closed, she felt her heart drop.
Dietrich was a person like her.
Why did she think he would never die?
He had always been strong and dependable, so Seliya could not even imagine seeing Dietrich die.
- I will protect you.
It was Dietrich who spoke with a sincere voice and a friendly face.
Seliya didn't want Dietrich to die.
Seliya put down the towel and looked closely at Dietrich's sleeping face.
He was Dietrich, who had the same pain as her but was infinitely stronger.
Seliya untied Dietrich's collar.
As Anderson said, she was checking to see if there were any injuries on his body.
She undid a few of his buttons, exposing his firm chest.
She repeated, his large pecs rising and falling as Dietrich breathed.
Fortunately, he had no injuries on his chest.
Seliya's gaze fell on the trousers that Dietrich was wearing.
“...”
Seliya, looking between his firm thighs, shook her head.
She said it was just to check for scars, but she didn't think it would be a good idea to take off his pants.
She tried to undo the buttons on Dietrich's chest so that Dietrich could rest well.
The moment Seliya's hand touched Dietrich's button.
His large hands grabbed hold of Seliya's wrists.
Due to his strong force, Seliya fell onto the bed.
Seliya blinked her eyes, not knowing what had just happened to her.
In her focus was Dietrich, looking down at her from above.
The red eyes that contained a soft light were no longer there.
Instead, there is only Dietrich with the eyes of a predator.
Seliya felt naked before the hungry beast.
"Ah...”
Seliya let out her moans without realizing it.
She remembered seeing these eyes.
She was bothered when Dietrich healed the teeth marks on her collarbone. Even then, he had the same look in his eyes as he does now.
Dietrich's eyes flashed like a beast as he looked at Seliya's parted lips.
Dietrich captured Seliya's lips in one go.
Their breathing became intertwined, and Dietrich pushed Seliya rather roughly.
Feeling her mind go blank, Seliya grabbed Dietrich's arm.
Her softness skimmed over his teeth and penetrated his insides.
Dietrich, who always asked Seliya's permission, behaved like an animal today.
However, Seliya did not dislike Dietrich.
Seliya allowed Dietrich to lust after her as he pleased.
Like a tsunami that raged against her without mercy, Dietrich lusted after Seliya.
The sound of her wetness echoed throughout the room.
Dietrich chewed the inside of Seliya's mouth with his teeth, then sucked gently.
Seliya let go of her hold on Dietrich's arm.
Instead, Seliya hugged Dietrich's shoulder.
The two kissed their lips repeatedly.
“Shelly.”
These were the first words Dietrich uttered after parting his lips, which were glistening with her saliva.
Dietrich's red eyes were filled with Seliya.
Seliya said she did not ask him if she had come to her senses.
“...You were sober from the beginning.”
At Seliya's words, Dietrich brushed his index finger across Seliya's lips, which were shiny with her saliva.
“Since when have you been awake?”
“I never fell asleep.”
“...”
“I was just pretending to be asleep.”
Dietrich added, wrinkling the corners of his eyes.
“I like it when you worry.”
Seliya realized that she had been completely deceived by Dietrich.
"Why?"
Dietrich answered Seliya's question by caressing Seliya's cheek.
"Likes."
“...”
“I’ve come to like you so much that I can’t even remember what I was doing when you weren’t around.”
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