Everything was beneath Enoch Seraph. No matter how clever they were, they were nothing more than insignificant worms before Enoch.
Enochs had never been shaken by anything in his entire life. Even when a storm raged, it was not even a breeze to Enoch's heart. From the beginning, Enochs had never treated anyone other than himself as a human being. It was only natural since a bug could not shake a human being.
But there was one person who shook Enoch upside down: Erzenes Targayel.
From the moment they first met, she had been digging into Enoch's heart with her sparkling blue eyes. And now, she had become the person who had embarrassed Enoch the most in his entire life.
“Have you finished your work well, Your Excellency?”
Enoch couldn't hide his distorted face at Elze's question that was asked with a smile. He had never expected it to come out like this.
Up until now, no matter what he did, everything had been within the framework set by Enoch. This was the first time in his life that something had gone off the rails.
No, this wasn't just going off the rails. It was like breaking the board.
Enoch tried to remain calm, but the approaching storm was too strong. Enoch could only watch himself being caught in the crossfire.
At first, a mixture of anger and despair came over him. But it soon subsided. What came next to Enoch was joy.
A tangled strand of hair that had become disheveled tickled his forehead. Enoch brushed his hair back and smiled happily. He couldn't help but laugh as he felt Elze's gaze grotesquely looking at him.
She was different. Many people crumbled like sand castles in front of Enoch, but she was different. Not only did she easily deal with Enoch, she even gave him a cool blow.
The only person he's ever met in a world full of worms, the perfect blue, Erzenes Targayel.
It was really unbearable. The hot heat swept through my body from head to toe, making his whole body tingle. Enoch tried to calm his excitement and opened his mouth.
“Madam...”
Enoch whispered, a smile still lingering on his lips.
“You really amaze me. I can’t wait to see what you’ve done.”
Elze didn't flinch as she watched Enoch's excited reaction. She smiled leisurely and answered back as if she had expected Enoch to react that way.
“You’ll probably enjoy it more when you get home.”
“...”
Enoch couldn't answer. He was too busy swallowing the words that were coming up inside him. He felt like he was going crazy because of that confident reaction. If he stayed any longer, he would do something to Elze.
However, even Enoch was not foolish enough to act so openly in front of Shan Cirxus. He had already greatly irritated Cirxus.
If he had gone any further, Cirxus, who was a loyal dog to his wife's work and would do anything for her, might have turned his gaze and bit Enoch.
And he doesn't know how much the house has been robbed. It would be better to step back, check the situation, and gather strength. Enoch took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Then he said as if he was sighing.
“The trial of the Count of Epernon is imminent. I will consider your requests.”
Enoch stood up, leaving Elze and Cirxus looking up at him.
“I think we should end today’s meeting here.”
He told her to leave the place as he pleased, but Elze didn't hold on to him. Instead, she smiled meaningfully and let Enoch go. After exchanging polite greetings, Enoch walked away in an unresponsive and hasty manner.
After getting on the carriage and ordering to go home, all sorts of thoughts came to hia mind. There were piles of secrets that he wanted to keep hidden in the Duke's residence. He didn't know which one Elze had touched, but she would definitely have found something that would make Enoch tick.
But even so, Enoch did not spread the secrets on the floor. Most people would not know they were secrets even if they were right in front of them. Enoch was itching to see how far Elze had dug.
The carriage raced toward the Duke's residence with a clattering sound. A blue marble mansion could be seen in the distance.
Judging from the calmness felt on the outside, it seemed that the employees were still unaware of what had happened. They were simply confused by Enoch returning home earlier than expected.
Enoch headed to the office first. And when he opened the door to the office, Enoch lost the smile he had been wearing leisurely at the sight before his eyes.
“...”
It was a mess. Books that had been neatly arranged were now haphazardly placed on the shelves, papers on the desk that had been neatly arranged were jumbled and scattered on the floor, and the sofa was covered in wrinkles and a mess.
What particularly angered him were the black footprints on the white carpet in his office. As he looked at the muddy footprints on the white carpet, he suddenly felt the urge to kill them all.
Enoch forced a smile to calm his mind. Pushing back his anger, he looked around the office to get a sense of the situation.
The first thing that caught his eye in the messy office was an empty space in the bookshelf filled with books. It was where the codebook for deciphering the codes exchanged with Heglatan was kept.
Codebooks were not made by creating a separate book but were mostly made by combining words from general books. Enoch memorized all the codebook passwords after seeing them once, so he didn't need to look through the codebook separately.
There was no need to throw it away since it was just an ordinary book, but he had ordered them to throw it away and buy a new book to replace it before leaving the mansion today. But it was no coincidence that the space where the code book used to be was empty.
Enoch called for the maid who had cleaned the office that day. The maid who had been brought in trembling was the one who had been newly assigned to clean the office. Her eyes were already brimming with tears.
“Have you replaced the book over there?”
The maid nodded and answered Enoch's cold question.
“I couldn’t change it... I’m afraid that Your Excellency might have accidentally told me to throw it away, so I’ll ask the higher-ups again tomorrow morning...”
"Mistake?"
Enoch laughed coldly at the single word he heard.
“Ha! It was my mistake...”
The maid's face turned pale as she realized her slip of the tongue. Enoch smiled brightly at her. However, his heart was burning. How presumptuous of her to talk about her own mistakes when she was a lowly being.
Hearing the maid talking nonsense in the messy office made his head spin. Cleaning up was more important than punishment. Enoch waved his hand.
“First, clean up the office.”
“Yes, Your Excellency!”
“In front of my eyes, right now.”
The servants moved quickly in front of Enoch, who opened his eyes with a chill. They brought a new carpet first. It was the moment when they were removing the dirty carpet to replace it. The maid who was holding the carpet screamed.
“Ah, aah!!”
As the floor and carpet rubbed against each other, a fiery flame broke out. The flames spread throughout the office with just a howl of the wind.
Enoch froze as he watched the flames suddenly turn red. The maids who had been cleaning the office all ran out covered in soot. Enoch's attendant belatedly came to his senses and called him.
“Oh, Your Excellency! It’s dangerous. You must evacuate quickly...”
“...”
But Enoch did not answer. The office was the space that Enoch had decorated with the most care in the Seraph family mansion. And now, that office was engulfed in flames.
But it didn't end there. Suddenly, flames began to bubble up and explode as if by some device.
“Ugj!!”
A huge explosion mixed with screams, and the flames doubled in size in an instant. Enoch slowly took a step back as the heat hit him.
Only after following the escorts' instructions and going out to the garden of the mansion did Enoch come to his senses belatedly. Looking at the Seraph Duke's residence engulfed in flames, Enoch slowly called out her name.
“Erzenes Targayel...”
Enoch, who was blankly staring at the blazing flames, burst into laughter at some point.
“Ha, haha, ahahaha!”
Enoch felt the employees staring at him in fear, but he paid no attention. He burst into a rage like a madman.
“You really are a woman...”
Enoch, who had stopped laughing after a long time, muttered with his eyes sparkling.
“If you do this, I’ll go crazy because I want it so badly...”
That night, the mansion that preserved the long-standing traditions of the Seraph family was brightly lit with a flame that never went out.
The Seraph Duke's house was only able to put out the fire after nearly half of the mansion, including the Duke's office, was engulfed in flames.
After Elze and Shan returned to the Targayel mansion, Elijah and Kalia returned in the dead of night.
This was planned in the utmost secrecy, so many of Targayel's employees were unaware of Elijah and Kalia's sortie. Elze postponed hearing the report until the next day so as not to make a fuss.
So the next morning, when she heard Marle's report that the Duke Seraph's residence had been destroyed, she couldn't help but be shocked.
“...The Duke’s residence, in a fire?”
Marle pushed up his glasses and answered politely.
“Yes. They say that they had a hard time putting out the fire despite using all possible means. Exactly half of the mansion, including the Duke’s office and the secret underground space, was damaged.”
“...”
Elze looked back at Shan, who was looking at documents next to her. He hadn't been to the palace for a long time and was just hanging out with Elze in the mansion. Of course, the standard for hanging out was looking at documents together in the study.
“Hmm.”
Shan raised his eyebrows and let out a short groan. The skill of burning exactly half of the fire that would not go out was something he had heard a lot about. Elze, whose feet were numb, explained it herself.
“That... It’s like what our Ivanna did...”
“Is this Ivanna?”
Marle asked Elze in surprise. Elze felt a little embarrassed by his enthusiastic response. Shan saw that Elze was at a loss for how to explain, so he quietly stepped forward and said something.
“Who wouldn’t believe she has such a fiery personality.”
“..."
Elze, the leader of the group that led Elijah, just rolled her eyes. Shan smiled faintly at Elze's appearance and said.
“Who would ever think of setting fire to a Duke’s mansion? That would be a big deal.”
When she looked closely, Shan seemed to think that Elze had ordered Elijah and the others to set the mansion on fire. Of course, Elze was also very happy about the fire at the Duke's residence, but she had never given such an order. She felt a little wrong.
Still, since it was Elze who led Elijah as the captain, Elze would take responsibility. Elze tried to naturally accept it and move on.
“My kids are like that. They’re the type of people who, if they get hit once, have to storm into the house and set it on fire to feel better.”
But, judging by the strange expression on Marle’s face at Elze’s words, it seemed like she had said it for nothing. Marle muttered with a slightly pale face.
“I would like to pay more attention to the welfare of Elijah...”
It seems like it turned out well, though. Elze looked back at Shan. Shan thought about something for a moment, then gathered up the completed documents and handed them to Marle.
“I’d like to make time for Elijah and Kalia this afternoon.”
“I will prepare it.”
Marle bowed politely and left. Only Elze and Shan were left in the study. Elze slightly lowered her gaze. Her mind was complicated. Shan glanced at Elze and immediately put down her quill.
“Elze.”
As Elze looked at him, Shan smiled and asked.
“Would you like to go for a walk?”
Why did he suddenly suggest going for a walk? But regardless of the reason, the walk was an excellent choice.
Elze, who took a deep breath of fresh air, felt so refreshed that she felt like she could fly. Perhaps because it was the beginning of winter, the air entering her lungs was full of cold air.
Unlike the beautifully landscaped gardens of Targayel, the backyard, which only the Count and Countess had access to, was a bit smaller and had a more modest atmosphere. Elze much preferred the quiet backyard to the noisy garden.
As she walked deeper into the garden with Shan, she saw a tea table set up under a small tent. When Elze turned to Shan in surprise, he said.
“I was thinking of having a cup of tea. I told you to prepare it in advance.”
Shan, who walked over to the tea table first, pulled out a chair and playfully called Elze.
“Would you like to sit down, lady?”
Elze sat down, smiling pleasantly at his antics. Instead of sitting across from him, Shan pulled up a chair right next to Elze and sat down next to her.
He set the tea with skillful skill. While Elze was looking at the sweet snacks on the three-tiered tray, a cup of hot black tea was placed in front of her. Shan said as he placed a cake on Elze’s plate.
“I’ve been so busy lately... that I haven’t had time to date you.”
Judging from the way he served the cake first, it seemed like he had noticed that Elze had been staring at the cake for a while.
Elze blushed slightly and ate a corner of the whipped cream cake with a fork. The sweet cake melted her mood. Shan watched Elze eating happily.
The two had tea time in silence for a while. In the quiet garden, only the sound of the wind rustling the leaves echoed. Elze, who had been looking at the cake, looked at Shan and called his name.
“Hey, Shan.”
Before she could even call, he was already looking at Elze. Looking into his purple eyes that contained her, Elze spoke to Shan.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t give the order to set fire to the Duke’s residence...”
It felt like it was a much louder accident than expected. And it wasn't something that Shan had agreed on in advance. Elze felt sorry that Elijah's sudden action might cause harm. However, Shan firmly cut Elze off.
“There is nothing to be sorry about. Elijah have faithfully carried out the mission given to them, and have gone above and beyond, so they should be praised.”
"But..."
“Duke Seraph gave me an experience I’ll never have again. Who would set fire to his mansion, right?”
“That’s true.”
“However, it seems that the poison will rise. I wish the Duke would remain quiet during the Count of Epernon’s trial, but there is no guarantee that he will. The biggest variable in the current situation is that we do not know what he might do.”
“...”
Elze lowered her gaze. Shan sighed softly and placed his hand on top of Elze’s hand that was on the table. Then he asked quietly.
“Are you worried?”
"Just..."
Elze said, wiggling her fingers under Shan's hand.
“If it were revealed that I’m Elijah’s Elze, it wouldn’t be good, right?”
“There will certainly be quite a stir. There will also be attacks on Targayel.”
Targayel had exploited many of the Duke Seraph's weaknesses. However, this did not mean a complete victory. The Duke Seraph was someone who could easily get things done without his intervention.
In the three-way confrontation, the Duke threatened to reveal Elze's true identity. Even if Targayel exploded with everything he had, there was no answer if they rushed to kill him together.
While Elze was lost in thought, Shan grabbed Elze's hand tightly. Elze looked at Shan as he pressed down hard. He asked Elze a question.
“What are you afraid of?”
“It’s just a vague fear.”
“No matter what happens, the fact that you are Targayel will never change. The fact that you are my wife will never change.”
Shan felt like a giant tree that would never be shaken, he said with confidence.
“If I had to choose between you and the Baluar Empire, it would be you.”
“...”
The only one he was worried about was Elze. Shan had assumed the worst from the beginning and had prepared himself to overcome it all. And at the center of all that preparation was Elze.
She is someone who means that much to him.
Elze felt her heartache again. Shan whispered softly to Elze.
“When you were pushing Duke Seraph like that, why are you acting so insecure now?”
“It’s just that I felt a little sad when I heard that they had set fire to it today...”
Elze burst out laughing. It was a really funny thing to hear, even to her. Shan also laughed along with Elze. After giggling for a while, he said with a mischievous face.
“You have cream on your mouth.”
Elze was startled and quickly grabbed a napkin. Just imagining that she had been talking so seriously with cream on the corner of her mouth made her feel so embarrassed.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner!”
But before Ele could wipe her mouth with a napkin, Shan's hands came to cup Elze's face, and a cool sensation came along with his hot breath.
“...!”
Elze opened her eyes wide in surprise at the sudden kiss. His tongue licked Elze's lips and dug inside. The sweetness of the soft whipped cream was so pleasant that Elze unconsciously squinted her eyes and let out a faint moan.
Shan's eyes narrowed. A wrinkle appeared between his eyebrows, and Shan smiled faintly. His lips slowly parted, and his thick-jointed fingers caressed Elze's collarbone before moving down. He smiled deeply and whispered.
“Shall we do it here?”
She was completely out of her mind as his hands slowly touched her sensitive spots. Elze tried to stop him in a hurry.
“What a ridiculous joke.”
But when Shan quickly swept the tablecloth away, the joke faded away. The teacups and trays that had been shaking as the tablecloth was swept away in a bit of a hurry eventually came crashing down.
She remembered the story about how Shan had made a mess of paperwork in the study the other day, and Marle had a hard time cleaning it up. The thought crossed her mind that Marle would have a hard time cleaning up the garden today.
But there was no time to worry about others. Shan laid a tablecloth on the soft grass and laid Elze on it. His hand swept away the hem of her skirt. Elze felt ashamed, her face almost bursting at the sight of her white legs exposed in the sunlight. Elze tried to stop him one last time.
“What are you going to do if your employers see this!”
“Who would dare come when they know full well that we are having a discussion about sponsorship?”
Shan exhaled languidly and kissed Elze’s knee. He caressed her thigh with his hand. Her legs trembled involuntarily as he squeezed and then gently kneaded it.
“I always say this, but if you say no, I’ll stop at any time.”
His lips, which had been repeatedly kissing her knees, moved towards her inner thighs.
“But I’ll make you feel really good...”
“Ouch!”
Elze straightened her back at the sensation of having her lips buried deep inside her and being sucked. A red hickey quickly appeared on her white thighs.
Shan smiled as he looked at Elze, who was tense. However, his eyes were already completely sunken. His purple eyes, which were still hot, were dizzying and dangerous.
Shan's fingers were placed on Elze's chest, which was rising and falling with her rapid breathing. He tapped her with his fingers as if knocking and brought his lips to Elze's ear. Then he licked along the earlobe and whispered hotly.
“So, let me come inside you.”
The whispered ear seemed to melt. The breath made every single hair on her head stand on end. Her entire body felt soft and melted.
Shan, who had licked Elze's earlobe, licked Elze's neck for a long time before burying her lips in it. The shape of the red hickey seemed to be clearly drawn before her eyes even without looking.
"Ha..."
The moment his lips left Elze's, she inhaled the breath she had been holding in. The moment Shan's lips touched hers, she couldn't breathe as if he had bitten the back of her neck.
She tried to avoid the ticklish sensation by tilting her head to the side. However, she ended up exposing the back of her neck and giving Shan a chance to kiss her to his heart's content.
She could feel him continuing to place a few more hickeys. The neckline was in a position that a dress with a high neck could never cover. Fortunately, it was a bit chilly, so it was okay to wear a dress that covered her neck.
But if he keeps putting on more kiss marks here, she won’t be able to face the maids who are waiting for her. Elze already knew that the maids were talking about the burning night of Count Targayel and his wife. Elze pushed Shan away with her arms, groaning.
“Stop it...!”
Shan took his lips off her neck without a second thought. But even if it wasn’t her neck, there were plenty of places Shan could touch. His hands ran down Elze’s legs. Then he took off Elze’s shoes and slightly pulled up her silk socks.
His thumb dug between her socks and gently rubbed the peach bone of her ankle. It wasn't a strange place, just touching the hard bone, but it felt so strange. Elze curled her toes and said.
“I can’t even move my feet.”
Shan smiled brightly at Elze's iron wall defense.
"Yes?"
His hand stroked the instep in a circular motion. He gently touched the Achilles tendon and slowly slid up the calf. His slightly rough palm lightly squeezed the knee, then dug deep inside past the thigh. The strong tips of his nails lightly scratched the top of the underwear.
“!!”
Elze was startled and grabbed the tablecloth tightly. She felt the grass crumpling under the thin tablecloth. Shan smiled and asked with narrowed eyes.
“Not possible here either?”
His fingers quickly dug into her underwear and went inside. He pressed hard on the slightly swollen area with faint excitement and asked again.
“Even after all this, it’s still not okay?”
"You..."
“Huh? Elze.”
Rubbing and squeezing gently was a real skill. Elze hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Shan kissed Elze’s cheek with a “peck,” and then began to move his fingers. His fingers moved back and forth, then slightly bent to rub the most sensitive spot.
“Ahhh!!”
As her eyes shook dizzily, a sound came out of the depths of her stomach. It was a sound that came out before her head could even register it. Elze took a sharp breath. The remains of the moan she had not been able to let out flowed out.
“If you speak so loudly..."
Shan pressed a kiss to Elze's trembling lips and continued speaking.
“I think the employees might be looking out to see what’s really going on.”
Elze quickly closed her lips and gave Shan a look of resentment. Shan let out a low laugh at the sight. Emotions of love that were so great that she could die were dripping from his eyes.
But his gaze wasn’t just filled with affection. His heated gaze ran over her body like a stick. Elze twisted her body as if her skin was being cooked.
The warm, ripe breath was hot. A cool breeze blew from all sides of the open backyard, but it did not cool down her heated body. When she realized that her body was exposed to the midday sun, she suddenly felt a sudden sense of shame and tension.
Goosebumps ran down her body. Feeling her body stiffen, Shan supported Elze’s waist with his hand and asked.
“Are you nervous?”
“No, that’s...”
Elze quickly looked around. She didn't feel any signs of life nearby. However, it is natural that when you're in the middle of a relationship, you don't have time to pay attention to your surroundings. Even if someone came and watched, you wouldn't notice because you were so out of your mind. Elze quickly pulled down the dress he had lifted up with her hand and said.
“No matter what, if you do it outside, someone might see you!”
Shan also became a little more serious at the mention of someone seeing her. Naturally, Shan had no intention of showing Elze's naked body to anyone else.
Of course, since the Count and his wife were spending their time quietly in the backyard, no employees were hanging around. But there were also what-ifs, so Shan found a compromise.
“Then shall we do it like this?”
Shan sat down on the tablecloth. Then she made Elze sit on top of him. There was a fluttering sound of cloth, and then Elze's dress completely covered Shan and Elze's lower bodies.
“What do you think? If you look from afar, it’ll just look like a slightly lewd hug.”
Shan added subtly, holding Elze's waist with both hands.
“...as long as you don’t move too violently.”
Elze buried her face in his shoulder. For a moment, she was too embarrassed and ashamed to know how to react.
“You’re so cute when you’re so shy.”
Shan said that and continued to shower Elze with short kisses. A leaf rustled in the wind and landed on Elze’s head. Shan bit the leaf with her mouth and pulled it off. After shaking the leaf off, he bit Elze’s lips. He chewed her lower lip lightly and whispered.
“Elze, move.”
Elze hesitated and slowly lowered her hips. Something thick and hard dug inside. She had thought about it before, but in this position, his thing felt too naked. Maybe it was because her body was sensitive to tension, but it felt even better today. The bulging veins and the curved shape, the hot heat, and the solid feeling...
Before putting his thing in halfway, Elze let out a long, “Ughh ..."
She hesitated for a moment, not being able to bring herself to put the other half in, but Shan, who had been holding Elze's waist, suddenly pulled her down.
“Eeeeek!!”
With a thud, his thing slammed into a deep part of her that it had never touched before. The flash of pleasure hit her body briefly and intensely. Elze even lost the bite on her shoulder and let out a loud noise. The sensation was so intense that tears welled up at the corners of her eyes.
“You, you really... ha, yeah...”
Elze was trembling and unable to speak properly. Shan whispered, kissing her reddened eyes.
“Sorry... I just wanted to tease you a little.”
The thing inside her stirred. A tingling sensation swept through her lower abdomen. As Elze nuzzled her face against the nape of his neck, Shan rubbed her buttocks and groaned.
“Is it hard? Can you move?”
Elze glared at him for a moment, then began to move. All of her senses seemed to be concentrated down there. Her waist trembled involuntarily every time she pushed in and out. Every time his thing went deep inside her, Elze let out a short moan.
Affectionate yet sincere hands caressed her chest. The hands that grabbed the tip of her nipple and twisted it were a little rough. The excited scent made her head dizzy.
At some point, Elze was shaking her waist without thinking. She had long since lost all worry that she was outside and that someone might be watching. A sloppy moan burst from her mouth, and a wet sound sloshed from her wet bottom.
And the moment the cool breeze brushed past her sweaty neck, the climax came.
"Ha...!"
Elze trembled and froze in the climax. She was frozen, unable to move, when Shan grabbed her waist with a boiling sound. Then, he pulled out what was deeply embedded, and thrust it in again with a thud.
“!!”
The pleasure that had been slowly subsiding suddenly reached its limit. He pushed Elze, who was writhing in ecstasy, into a deeper hole.
“Shan, stop, ah, ah, there, ugh!”
The thought that she wanted him to stop and the thought that she wanted him to continue clashed. These two extremely conflicting thoughts were both true.
Shan continued to dig deeper. Elze cried, grabbing his shoulder. Even though she was raking her nails down his spine, Shan seemed to become even more aroused by the stimulation.
At one point, his muscles stiffened. He thrust his penis hard and deep. Shan's thing, which was completely filled inside, gurgled and vomited out liquid.
The sensation of them spreading out inside each other, perfectly interlocked and close together without the slightest misalignment, reached another climax. Elze let out a moan as if screaming.
“...Ah, aah, haaah!”
The intense pleasure split her body. Her whole body tightened and then released, and tears fell one by one. When the long climax was over, Elze leaned against his body as if she were lying down. The tips of her fingers trembled in the residue of pleasure.
“Ugh, uh...”
Shan kissed Elze's face here and there and slurped her wet insides with his. His penis, which had not yet completely lost its volume, gave a small aftertaste.
And Elze thought, one day she will definitely faint because of this beast...
Enochs had never been shaken by anything in his entire life. Even when a storm raged, it was not even a breeze to Enoch's heart. From the beginning, Enochs had never treated anyone other than himself as a human being. It was only natural since a bug could not shake a human being.
But there was one person who shook Enoch upside down: Erzenes Targayel.
From the moment they first met, she had been digging into Enoch's heart with her sparkling blue eyes. And now, she had become the person who had embarrassed Enoch the most in his entire life.
“Have you finished your work well, Your Excellency?”
Enoch couldn't hide his distorted face at Elze's question that was asked with a smile. He had never expected it to come out like this.
Up until now, no matter what he did, everything had been within the framework set by Enoch. This was the first time in his life that something had gone off the rails.
No, this wasn't just going off the rails. It was like breaking the board.
Enoch tried to remain calm, but the approaching storm was too strong. Enoch could only watch himself being caught in the crossfire.
At first, a mixture of anger and despair came over him. But it soon subsided. What came next to Enoch was joy.
A tangled strand of hair that had become disheveled tickled his forehead. Enoch brushed his hair back and smiled happily. He couldn't help but laugh as he felt Elze's gaze grotesquely looking at him.
She was different. Many people crumbled like sand castles in front of Enoch, but she was different. Not only did she easily deal with Enoch, she even gave him a cool blow.
The only person he's ever met in a world full of worms, the perfect blue, Erzenes Targayel.
It was really unbearable. The hot heat swept through my body from head to toe, making his whole body tingle. Enoch tried to calm his excitement and opened his mouth.
“Madam...”
Enoch whispered, a smile still lingering on his lips.
“You really amaze me. I can’t wait to see what you’ve done.”
Elze didn't flinch as she watched Enoch's excited reaction. She smiled leisurely and answered back as if she had expected Enoch to react that way.
“You’ll probably enjoy it more when you get home.”
“...”
Enoch couldn't answer. He was too busy swallowing the words that were coming up inside him. He felt like he was going crazy because of that confident reaction. If he stayed any longer, he would do something to Elze.
However, even Enoch was not foolish enough to act so openly in front of Shan Cirxus. He had already greatly irritated Cirxus.
If he had gone any further, Cirxus, who was a loyal dog to his wife's work and would do anything for her, might have turned his gaze and bit Enoch.
And he doesn't know how much the house has been robbed. It would be better to step back, check the situation, and gather strength. Enoch took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Then he said as if he was sighing.
“The trial of the Count of Epernon is imminent. I will consider your requests.”
Enoch stood up, leaving Elze and Cirxus looking up at him.
“I think we should end today’s meeting here.”
He told her to leave the place as he pleased, but Elze didn't hold on to him. Instead, she smiled meaningfully and let Enoch go. After exchanging polite greetings, Enoch walked away in an unresponsive and hasty manner.
After getting on the carriage and ordering to go home, all sorts of thoughts came to hia mind. There were piles of secrets that he wanted to keep hidden in the Duke's residence. He didn't know which one Elze had touched, but she would definitely have found something that would make Enoch tick.
But even so, Enoch did not spread the secrets on the floor. Most people would not know they were secrets even if they were right in front of them. Enoch was itching to see how far Elze had dug.
The carriage raced toward the Duke's residence with a clattering sound. A blue marble mansion could be seen in the distance.
Judging from the calmness felt on the outside, it seemed that the employees were still unaware of what had happened. They were simply confused by Enoch returning home earlier than expected.
Enoch headed to the office first. And when he opened the door to the office, Enoch lost the smile he had been wearing leisurely at the sight before his eyes.
“...”
It was a mess. Books that had been neatly arranged were now haphazardly placed on the shelves, papers on the desk that had been neatly arranged were jumbled and scattered on the floor, and the sofa was covered in wrinkles and a mess.
What particularly angered him were the black footprints on the white carpet in his office. As he looked at the muddy footprints on the white carpet, he suddenly felt the urge to kill them all.
Enoch forced a smile to calm his mind. Pushing back his anger, he looked around the office to get a sense of the situation.
The first thing that caught his eye in the messy office was an empty space in the bookshelf filled with books. It was where the codebook for deciphering the codes exchanged with Heglatan was kept.
Codebooks were not made by creating a separate book but were mostly made by combining words from general books. Enoch memorized all the codebook passwords after seeing them once, so he didn't need to look through the codebook separately.
There was no need to throw it away since it was just an ordinary book, but he had ordered them to throw it away and buy a new book to replace it before leaving the mansion today. But it was no coincidence that the space where the code book used to be was empty.
Enoch called for the maid who had cleaned the office that day. The maid who had been brought in trembling was the one who had been newly assigned to clean the office. Her eyes were already brimming with tears.
“Have you replaced the book over there?”
The maid nodded and answered Enoch's cold question.
“I couldn’t change it... I’m afraid that Your Excellency might have accidentally told me to throw it away, so I’ll ask the higher-ups again tomorrow morning...”
"Mistake?"
Enoch laughed coldly at the single word he heard.
“Ha! It was my mistake...”
The maid's face turned pale as she realized her slip of the tongue. Enoch smiled brightly at her. However, his heart was burning. How presumptuous of her to talk about her own mistakes when she was a lowly being.
Hearing the maid talking nonsense in the messy office made his head spin. Cleaning up was more important than punishment. Enoch waved his hand.
“First, clean up the office.”
“Yes, Your Excellency!”
“In front of my eyes, right now.”
The servants moved quickly in front of Enoch, who opened his eyes with a chill. They brought a new carpet first. It was the moment when they were removing the dirty carpet to replace it. The maid who was holding the carpet screamed.
“Ah, aah!!”
As the floor and carpet rubbed against each other, a fiery flame broke out. The flames spread throughout the office with just a howl of the wind.
Enoch froze as he watched the flames suddenly turn red. The maids who had been cleaning the office all ran out covered in soot. Enoch's attendant belatedly came to his senses and called him.
“Oh, Your Excellency! It’s dangerous. You must evacuate quickly...”
“...”
But Enoch did not answer. The office was the space that Enoch had decorated with the most care in the Seraph family mansion. And now, that office was engulfed in flames.
But it didn't end there. Suddenly, flames began to bubble up and explode as if by some device.
“Ugj!!”
A huge explosion mixed with screams, and the flames doubled in size in an instant. Enoch slowly took a step back as the heat hit him.
Only after following the escorts' instructions and going out to the garden of the mansion did Enoch come to his senses belatedly. Looking at the Seraph Duke's residence engulfed in flames, Enoch slowly called out her name.
“Erzenes Targayel...”
Enoch, who was blankly staring at the blazing flames, burst into laughter at some point.
“Ha, haha, ahahaha!”
Enoch felt the employees staring at him in fear, but he paid no attention. He burst into a rage like a madman.
“You really are a woman...”
Enoch, who had stopped laughing after a long time, muttered with his eyes sparkling.
“If you do this, I’ll go crazy because I want it so badly...”
That night, the mansion that preserved the long-standing traditions of the Seraph family was brightly lit with a flame that never went out.
The Seraph Duke's house was only able to put out the fire after nearly half of the mansion, including the Duke's office, was engulfed in flames.
***
After Elze and Shan returned to the Targayel mansion, Elijah and Kalia returned in the dead of night.
This was planned in the utmost secrecy, so many of Targayel's employees were unaware of Elijah and Kalia's sortie. Elze postponed hearing the report until the next day so as not to make a fuss.
So the next morning, when she heard Marle's report that the Duke Seraph's residence had been destroyed, she couldn't help but be shocked.
“...The Duke’s residence, in a fire?”
Marle pushed up his glasses and answered politely.
“Yes. They say that they had a hard time putting out the fire despite using all possible means. Exactly half of the mansion, including the Duke’s office and the secret underground space, was damaged.”
“...”
Elze looked back at Shan, who was looking at documents next to her. He hadn't been to the palace for a long time and was just hanging out with Elze in the mansion. Of course, the standard for hanging out was looking at documents together in the study.
“Hmm.”
Shan raised his eyebrows and let out a short groan. The skill of burning exactly half of the fire that would not go out was something he had heard a lot about. Elze, whose feet were numb, explained it herself.
“That... It’s like what our Ivanna did...”
“Is this Ivanna?”
Marle asked Elze in surprise. Elze felt a little embarrassed by his enthusiastic response. Shan saw that Elze was at a loss for how to explain, so he quietly stepped forward and said something.
“Who wouldn’t believe she has such a fiery personality.”
“..."
Elze, the leader of the group that led Elijah, just rolled her eyes. Shan smiled faintly at Elze's appearance and said.
“Who would ever think of setting fire to a Duke’s mansion? That would be a big deal.”
When she looked closely, Shan seemed to think that Elze had ordered Elijah and the others to set the mansion on fire. Of course, Elze was also very happy about the fire at the Duke's residence, but she had never given such an order. She felt a little wrong.
Still, since it was Elze who led Elijah as the captain, Elze would take responsibility. Elze tried to naturally accept it and move on.
“My kids are like that. They’re the type of people who, if they get hit once, have to storm into the house and set it on fire to feel better.”
But, judging by the strange expression on Marle’s face at Elze’s words, it seemed like she had said it for nothing. Marle muttered with a slightly pale face.
“I would like to pay more attention to the welfare of Elijah...”
It seems like it turned out well, though. Elze looked back at Shan. Shan thought about something for a moment, then gathered up the completed documents and handed them to Marle.
“I’d like to make time for Elijah and Kalia this afternoon.”
“I will prepare it.”
Marle bowed politely and left. Only Elze and Shan were left in the study. Elze slightly lowered her gaze. Her mind was complicated. Shan glanced at Elze and immediately put down her quill.
“Elze.”
As Elze looked at him, Shan smiled and asked.
“Would you like to go for a walk?”
***
Why did he suddenly suggest going for a walk? But regardless of the reason, the walk was an excellent choice.
Elze, who took a deep breath of fresh air, felt so refreshed that she felt like she could fly. Perhaps because it was the beginning of winter, the air entering her lungs was full of cold air.
Unlike the beautifully landscaped gardens of Targayel, the backyard, which only the Count and Countess had access to, was a bit smaller and had a more modest atmosphere. Elze much preferred the quiet backyard to the noisy garden.
As she walked deeper into the garden with Shan, she saw a tea table set up under a small tent. When Elze turned to Shan in surprise, he said.
“I was thinking of having a cup of tea. I told you to prepare it in advance.”
Shan, who walked over to the tea table first, pulled out a chair and playfully called Elze.
“Would you like to sit down, lady?”
Elze sat down, smiling pleasantly at his antics. Instead of sitting across from him, Shan pulled up a chair right next to Elze and sat down next to her.
He set the tea with skillful skill. While Elze was looking at the sweet snacks on the three-tiered tray, a cup of hot black tea was placed in front of her. Shan said as he placed a cake on Elze’s plate.
“I’ve been so busy lately... that I haven’t had time to date you.”
Judging from the way he served the cake first, it seemed like he had noticed that Elze had been staring at the cake for a while.
Elze blushed slightly and ate a corner of the whipped cream cake with a fork. The sweet cake melted her mood. Shan watched Elze eating happily.
The two had tea time in silence for a while. In the quiet garden, only the sound of the wind rustling the leaves echoed. Elze, who had been looking at the cake, looked at Shan and called his name.
“Hey, Shan.”
Before she could even call, he was already looking at Elze. Looking into his purple eyes that contained her, Elze spoke to Shan.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t give the order to set fire to the Duke’s residence...”
It felt like it was a much louder accident than expected. And it wasn't something that Shan had agreed on in advance. Elze felt sorry that Elijah's sudden action might cause harm. However, Shan firmly cut Elze off.
“There is nothing to be sorry about. Elijah have faithfully carried out the mission given to them, and have gone above and beyond, so they should be praised.”
"But..."
“Duke Seraph gave me an experience I’ll never have again. Who would set fire to his mansion, right?”
“That’s true.”
“However, it seems that the poison will rise. I wish the Duke would remain quiet during the Count of Epernon’s trial, but there is no guarantee that he will. The biggest variable in the current situation is that we do not know what he might do.”
“...”
Elze lowered her gaze. Shan sighed softly and placed his hand on top of Elze’s hand that was on the table. Then he asked quietly.
“Are you worried?”
"Just..."
Elze said, wiggling her fingers under Shan's hand.
“If it were revealed that I’m Elijah’s Elze, it wouldn’t be good, right?”
“There will certainly be quite a stir. There will also be attacks on Targayel.”
Targayel had exploited many of the Duke Seraph's weaknesses. However, this did not mean a complete victory. The Duke Seraph was someone who could easily get things done without his intervention.
In the three-way confrontation, the Duke threatened to reveal Elze's true identity. Even if Targayel exploded with everything he had, there was no answer if they rushed to kill him together.
While Elze was lost in thought, Shan grabbed Elze's hand tightly. Elze looked at Shan as he pressed down hard. He asked Elze a question.
“What are you afraid of?”
“It’s just a vague fear.”
“No matter what happens, the fact that you are Targayel will never change. The fact that you are my wife will never change.”
Shan felt like a giant tree that would never be shaken, he said with confidence.
“If I had to choose between you and the Baluar Empire, it would be you.”
“...”
The only one he was worried about was Elze. Shan had assumed the worst from the beginning and had prepared himself to overcome it all. And at the center of all that preparation was Elze.
She is someone who means that much to him.
Elze felt her heartache again. Shan whispered softly to Elze.
“When you were pushing Duke Seraph like that, why are you acting so insecure now?”
“It’s just that I felt a little sad when I heard that they had set fire to it today...”
Elze burst out laughing. It was a really funny thing to hear, even to her. Shan also laughed along with Elze. After giggling for a while, he said with a mischievous face.
“You have cream on your mouth.”
Elze was startled and quickly grabbed a napkin. Just imagining that she had been talking so seriously with cream on the corner of her mouth made her feel so embarrassed.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner!”
But before Ele could wipe her mouth with a napkin, Shan's hands came to cup Elze's face, and a cool sensation came along with his hot breath.
“...!”
Elze opened her eyes wide in surprise at the sudden kiss. His tongue licked Elze's lips and dug inside. The sweetness of the soft whipped cream was so pleasant that Elze unconsciously squinted her eyes and let out a faint moan.
Shan's eyes narrowed. A wrinkle appeared between his eyebrows, and Shan smiled faintly. His lips slowly parted, and his thick-jointed fingers caressed Elze's collarbone before moving down. He smiled deeply and whispered.
“Shall we do it here?”
She was completely out of her mind as his hands slowly touched her sensitive spots. Elze tried to stop him in a hurry.
“What a ridiculous joke.”
But when Shan quickly swept the tablecloth away, the joke faded away. The teacups and trays that had been shaking as the tablecloth was swept away in a bit of a hurry eventually came crashing down.
She remembered the story about how Shan had made a mess of paperwork in the study the other day, and Marle had a hard time cleaning it up. The thought crossed her mind that Marle would have a hard time cleaning up the garden today.
But there was no time to worry about others. Shan laid a tablecloth on the soft grass and laid Elze on it. His hand swept away the hem of her skirt. Elze felt ashamed, her face almost bursting at the sight of her white legs exposed in the sunlight. Elze tried to stop him one last time.
“What are you going to do if your employers see this!”
“Who would dare come when they know full well that we are having a discussion about sponsorship?”
Shan exhaled languidly and kissed Elze’s knee. He caressed her thigh with his hand. Her legs trembled involuntarily as he squeezed and then gently kneaded it.
“I always say this, but if you say no, I’ll stop at any time.”
His lips, which had been repeatedly kissing her knees, moved towards her inner thighs.
“But I’ll make you feel really good...”
“Ouch!”
Elze straightened her back at the sensation of having her lips buried deep inside her and being sucked. A red hickey quickly appeared on her white thighs.
Shan smiled as he looked at Elze, who was tense. However, his eyes were already completely sunken. His purple eyes, which were still hot, were dizzying and dangerous.
Shan's fingers were placed on Elze's chest, which was rising and falling with her rapid breathing. He tapped her with his fingers as if knocking and brought his lips to Elze's ear. Then he licked along the earlobe and whispered hotly.
“So, let me come inside you.”
The whispered ear seemed to melt. The breath made every single hair on her head stand on end. Her entire body felt soft and melted.
Shan, who had licked Elze's earlobe, licked Elze's neck for a long time before burying her lips in it. The shape of the red hickey seemed to be clearly drawn before her eyes even without looking.
"Ha..."
The moment his lips left Elze's, she inhaled the breath she had been holding in. The moment Shan's lips touched hers, she couldn't breathe as if he had bitten the back of her neck.
She tried to avoid the ticklish sensation by tilting her head to the side. However, she ended up exposing the back of her neck and giving Shan a chance to kiss her to his heart's content.
She could feel him continuing to place a few more hickeys. The neckline was in a position that a dress with a high neck could never cover. Fortunately, it was a bit chilly, so it was okay to wear a dress that covered her neck.
But if he keeps putting on more kiss marks here, she won’t be able to face the maids who are waiting for her. Elze already knew that the maids were talking about the burning night of Count Targayel and his wife. Elze pushed Shan away with her arms, groaning.
“Stop it...!”
Shan took his lips off her neck without a second thought. But even if it wasn’t her neck, there were plenty of places Shan could touch. His hands ran down Elze’s legs. Then he took off Elze’s shoes and slightly pulled up her silk socks.
His thumb dug between her socks and gently rubbed the peach bone of her ankle. It wasn't a strange place, just touching the hard bone, but it felt so strange. Elze curled her toes and said.
“I can’t even move my feet.”
Shan smiled brightly at Elze's iron wall defense.
"Yes?"
His hand stroked the instep in a circular motion. He gently touched the Achilles tendon and slowly slid up the calf. His slightly rough palm lightly squeezed the knee, then dug deep inside past the thigh. The strong tips of his nails lightly scratched the top of the underwear.
“!!”
Elze was startled and grabbed the tablecloth tightly. She felt the grass crumpling under the thin tablecloth. Shan smiled and asked with narrowed eyes.
“Not possible here either?”
His fingers quickly dug into her underwear and went inside. He pressed hard on the slightly swollen area with faint excitement and asked again.
“Even after all this, it’s still not okay?”
"You..."
“Huh? Elze.”
Rubbing and squeezing gently was a real skill. Elze hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Shan kissed Elze’s cheek with a “peck,” and then began to move his fingers. His fingers moved back and forth, then slightly bent to rub the most sensitive spot.
“Ahhh!!”
As her eyes shook dizzily, a sound came out of the depths of her stomach. It was a sound that came out before her head could even register it. Elze took a sharp breath. The remains of the moan she had not been able to let out flowed out.
“If you speak so loudly..."
Shan pressed a kiss to Elze's trembling lips and continued speaking.
“I think the employees might be looking out to see what’s really going on.”
Elze quickly closed her lips and gave Shan a look of resentment. Shan let out a low laugh at the sight. Emotions of love that were so great that she could die were dripping from his eyes.
But his gaze wasn’t just filled with affection. His heated gaze ran over her body like a stick. Elze twisted her body as if her skin was being cooked.
The warm, ripe breath was hot. A cool breeze blew from all sides of the open backyard, but it did not cool down her heated body. When she realized that her body was exposed to the midday sun, she suddenly felt a sudden sense of shame and tension.
Goosebumps ran down her body. Feeling her body stiffen, Shan supported Elze’s waist with his hand and asked.
“Are you nervous?”
“No, that’s...”
Elze quickly looked around. She didn't feel any signs of life nearby. However, it is natural that when you're in the middle of a relationship, you don't have time to pay attention to your surroundings. Even if someone came and watched, you wouldn't notice because you were so out of your mind. Elze quickly pulled down the dress he had lifted up with her hand and said.
“No matter what, if you do it outside, someone might see you!”
Shan also became a little more serious at the mention of someone seeing her. Naturally, Shan had no intention of showing Elze's naked body to anyone else.
Of course, since the Count and his wife were spending their time quietly in the backyard, no employees were hanging around. But there were also what-ifs, so Shan found a compromise.
“Then shall we do it like this?”
Shan sat down on the tablecloth. Then she made Elze sit on top of him. There was a fluttering sound of cloth, and then Elze's dress completely covered Shan and Elze's lower bodies.
“What do you think? If you look from afar, it’ll just look like a slightly lewd hug.”
Shan added subtly, holding Elze's waist with both hands.
“...as long as you don’t move too violently.”
Elze buried her face in his shoulder. For a moment, she was too embarrassed and ashamed to know how to react.
“You’re so cute when you’re so shy.”
Shan said that and continued to shower Elze with short kisses. A leaf rustled in the wind and landed on Elze’s head. Shan bit the leaf with her mouth and pulled it off. After shaking the leaf off, he bit Elze’s lips. He chewed her lower lip lightly and whispered.
“Elze, move.”
Elze hesitated and slowly lowered her hips. Something thick and hard dug inside. She had thought about it before, but in this position, his thing felt too naked. Maybe it was because her body was sensitive to tension, but it felt even better today. The bulging veins and the curved shape, the hot heat, and the solid feeling...
Before putting his thing in halfway, Elze let out a long, “Ughh ..."
She hesitated for a moment, not being able to bring herself to put the other half in, but Shan, who had been holding Elze's waist, suddenly pulled her down.
“Eeeeek!!”
With a thud, his thing slammed into a deep part of her that it had never touched before. The flash of pleasure hit her body briefly and intensely. Elze even lost the bite on her shoulder and let out a loud noise. The sensation was so intense that tears welled up at the corners of her eyes.
“You, you really... ha, yeah...”
Elze was trembling and unable to speak properly. Shan whispered, kissing her reddened eyes.
“Sorry... I just wanted to tease you a little.”
The thing inside her stirred. A tingling sensation swept through her lower abdomen. As Elze nuzzled her face against the nape of his neck, Shan rubbed her buttocks and groaned.
“Is it hard? Can you move?”
Elze glared at him for a moment, then began to move. All of her senses seemed to be concentrated down there. Her waist trembled involuntarily every time she pushed in and out. Every time his thing went deep inside her, Elze let out a short moan.
Affectionate yet sincere hands caressed her chest. The hands that grabbed the tip of her nipple and twisted it were a little rough. The excited scent made her head dizzy.
At some point, Elze was shaking her waist without thinking. She had long since lost all worry that she was outside and that someone might be watching. A sloppy moan burst from her mouth, and a wet sound sloshed from her wet bottom.
And the moment the cool breeze brushed past her sweaty neck, the climax came.
"Ha...!"
Elze trembled and froze in the climax. She was frozen, unable to move, when Shan grabbed her waist with a boiling sound. Then, he pulled out what was deeply embedded, and thrust it in again with a thud.
“!!”
The pleasure that had been slowly subsiding suddenly reached its limit. He pushed Elze, who was writhing in ecstasy, into a deeper hole.
“Shan, stop, ah, ah, there, ugh!”
The thought that she wanted him to stop and the thought that she wanted him to continue clashed. These two extremely conflicting thoughts were both true.
Shan continued to dig deeper. Elze cried, grabbing his shoulder. Even though she was raking her nails down his spine, Shan seemed to become even more aroused by the stimulation.
At one point, his muscles stiffened. He thrust his penis hard and deep. Shan's thing, which was completely filled inside, gurgled and vomited out liquid.
The sensation of them spreading out inside each other, perfectly interlocked and close together without the slightest misalignment, reached another climax. Elze let out a moan as if screaming.
“...Ah, aah, haaah!”
The intense pleasure split her body. Her whole body tightened and then released, and tears fell one by one. When the long climax was over, Elze leaned against his body as if she were lying down. The tips of her fingers trembled in the residue of pleasure.
“Ugh, uh...”
Shan kissed Elze's face here and there and slurped her wet insides with his. His penis, which had not yet completely lost its volume, gave a small aftertaste.
And Elze thought, one day she will definitely faint because of this beast...
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