I recalled my past life.
Duke Orobas seemed to have shouted harshly when his relationship was finally rejected.
'Do you need a bribe? Huh? Just like offerings to a temple, how much do I have to give to reach the noble Saintess?'
It was an extremely unpleasant remark. The fact that he was trying to buy a relationship made of love through a deal was disgusting.
However, Belled's words, telling me to please tell him what I wanted and that he would give it to me, were different.
"I will teach you how happy a person who has something is, and how enjoyable it is to fulfill desires."
See for yourself how I have something. See someone who is content to prey.
See how desire can make a person happy.
The lips that had touched my forehead moved past the bridge of my nose and the tip of my nose, holding my breath.
The lips that were trembling with excitement dug into me as if they were going to swallow me.
“I can give you happiness in a more certain way than praying to God for happiness.”
“...!”
Normally, it was such a blasphemous statement that it would have made me come to my senses. I should have shouted in front of the Saintess not to deny God.
But I couldn’t continue.
As he pressed down on my arm, the surrounding cloth entangled me as if binding me, spreading a strange feeling.
Soon after, he gently pressed down on my body, and a dizzying pressure resonated throughout my body.
“...Haa.”
All I could do was let out a short breath.
I felt like I was going to get drunk. The feeling of my mind becoming hazy was so far-off and so pleasurable.
This shouldn’t be happening.
I felt like I was going to be seized by impulses, just as he had said. I felt like I would forget my goal of surviving and cling to him. I wanted to give him this far-off feeling again.
This shouldn’t be happening. I...
“If you’re afraid of being intoxicated by pleasure.”
I had to survive. I couldn’t be swept away like this.
“Close your eyes.”
As he went deeper, he was like a tidal wave that was coming in thickly and intensely.
I let go of the string of thought in the meantime. Wouldn’t it be okay to ignore everything else today?
Couldn’t I do something good for a day?
“...!”
The moment I let go of her last hesitation, a tidal wave swept over me. Instead of quickly sweeping everything away, it was a wave that tore into me a little more.
That persistent wave that finally created its own traces like a well eventually consumed me.
Crack, I hugged Belled in an intense sensation that made my entire vision dizzy.
***
It was such a stimulating night.
When I surged to the point where my mind became dizzy, it seemed like the world shook half a beat later.
‘...!’
And then, when the tidal wave stopped at the sound of my breathing, my field.
That feeling of being full and then slowly emptying. I think I hated the feeling of everything that was hot cooling down.
I think I wished this night would be long and long.
At first, I didn’t understand myself, then I felt ashamed, and later I gave in to the impulse.
Every time an unrealistic sensation took over my whole body as if I was rising above the clouds, I thought to myself as I held him tightly.
Could there be anything greater than this? Could there be a greater pleasure and desire?
What would be at the end of this feeling?
What kind of dizzying feeling would I have when he unleashed everything inside me? I felt goosebumps when I thought about it.
Was this temptation?
Of course, he pushed in without giving me time to think long...
“...”
I blushed as I remembered last night. The sunlight streaming in through the curtains showed that the sun had already risen a long time ago.
In a temple that was obsessed with the morning dew, saying it was the crystal of purity, it was an absurd and blasphemous thing for a Saintess to wake up at this hour.
How old was I? I had knelt in the confessional for twelve hours because I had woken up late and failed to collect the morning dew.
I think it was when I was fourteen that I was locked up, not knowing who to confess to, not knowing what to confess to.
But now, there was no one like that. Rather.
'Sleep more.'
"Ah..."
I think I woke up for a moment in the middle. I think I unconsciously grabbed onto him because I hated the warmth leaving me.
I thought I heard low laughter and kisses again.
And now that I opened my eyes again...
"...!"
Even if I just turned my body a little, his feeling was vivid.
“Oh my God.”
I exhaled and closed my eyes.
I was surprisingly regretful. Wishing that night would come again.
Forgetting all my complicated thoughts, the night I was shaken by him felt so liberating. All my worries about survival or thoughts of escaping from the temple disappeared, and my head became completely blank, with only him engraved on it.
The feeling of the agony that had been tormenting me all day disappeared, and. He who had been touching me so hotly.
“..."
I never thought it would end up like this.
Of course, I knew what was going on in the wilderness. But what I had thought might be painful or unpleasant until now, would be like this, like this...
...tempting.
It was around the time when I could feel the blood rushing to my face.
“Are you awake?”
“Ah.”
I turned around and let out a short groan at the distinct muscle pain.
“...!”
And then I realized that my body was naked when I turned around, so I quickly covered myself with the blanket.
“Ah...!”
Of course, I let out another groan. It felt like my ears were burning.
I could see those with their faces covered by veils looking at each other. They also seemed a little flustered.
“...Shall I prepare your clothes?”
They asked cautiously. Judging from their current state, it seemed like I would need help getting dressed.
“Please prepare them for me.”
At those words, the demons faced each other again.
I, who was trying to get up, eventually held back a groan and let my body fall.
The muscles I hadn’t been using were screaming, so there was no way to avoid making an embarrassing sound.
“Would you like a little help?”
The maids approached without hesitation at those words.
“This way—”
And the maids who had pulled away the blankets all stopped moving.
They could see it through the veil. What surprised them was that.
“...”
The newlywed’s body, red and swollen as if it had been covered in fever, told them how hot it had been the previous night.
“...This way, we’ll take you.”
The demons, who had been silent for a moment, bent down with unusually polite voices.
***
A few hours before Beryl opened her eyes.
A huge betting game was going on among the demons of the castle.
They were largely divided into two groups.
[How long will Demon Grand Duke Belled, who hates spending the night with others, stay in the honeymoon suite?]
“Of course, he’ll come out soon.”
Naberus bet that Belled wouldn’t last even an hour as if there was nothing to see.
Most of the other demons were the same. Belled, who was used to fighting, was one who couldn’t stand even the slightest movement next to him and reacted sharply.
Especially when it was a night for humans who had to sleep and demons who didn’t need to sleep.
Demon Grand Duke Belled wasn’t one to enjoy wasting time unnecessarily, so an hour would be enough. That was what Naberus and most of the demons thought.
While the general consensus was that it wouldn’t last more than three hours, only Ronove made a big bet.
“Five hours.”
“Five hours?”
Naberus burst into laughter at that.
However, Decarabia, who had recently been Beryl’s exclusive maid because she was a woman, also bet on the same thing.
“Five hours for me too.”
When the two demons higher in rank than Naberus, the third in rank, excluding Belled, made the same choice, the other demons began to waver.
“Is there a reason why you think that?”
The lower-ranking demon asked cautiously. Then Ronove spoke confidently.
“You know the example of the human world, right?”
He was referring to Belled.
“Is there a need to protect that? In this realm of the night?”
Naberus frowned. When Ronove met his eyes, he spread his hands as if making an excuse.
“Honestly, right? Who would see it? I bet in one hour.”
There was one reason why the demons were troubled by the bet.
Those who were furthest from the correct answer were going to serve the Saintess.
Who would be the human, and the servant and maid who would serve the Saintess?
The man would be the escort knight, and the woman would be the exclusive maid, so it was bound to be fierce.
Calling her madam and pretending to serve the mistress was not in the demons’ nature.
To serve a powerless human?
The more they thought about it, the more the demons burned. But.
“...”
An hour passed, then two hours passed, and when there was no sign of Belled coming out, Naberus’ face began to distort. They waited with their necks stretched out for Belled to come out, not knowing whether they knew that they were laughing at the sight of themselves clinging to the windows of the annex, having completely emptied the main building where Belled and the Saintess were. Three hours passed like that. Decarabia and Ronove’s expressions began to grow more and more triumphant. Decarabia in particular twirled the pitch-black parasol she habitually carried around, saying,
“The Grand Duke personally gave the Saintess a wedding dress as a gift. He's not the type of person to spend his time on useless things, is he?”
Naberus paused at those words.
“Why are you telling me that now?”
“You didn’t ask me.”
Naberus was left speechless by Decarabia’s short answer.
“Get out of the way, you can’t see me.”
“Ugh!”
He had just taken out his anger on a demon of lower rank than him.
“So you’re saying that the Grand Duke is interested in the Saintess?”
Asked the demon Helbas. His rank was lower than Naberus’s, so he had already avoided being the target of her anger. Ronove shook his head at that.
“No way.”
Decarabia also shook his head.
“I don’t think so.”
After all, the wedding dress was an accessory for an event that the Grand Duke himself would be attending, so he probably didn’t care about it. Decarabia drew the line like that. And five hours passed.
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