IWAEBS - Chapter 194 < The Shoulder Dance Comes Out of Itself >



It felt like my whole body would be sucked into him like this.

I also thought that it wouldn’t matter if that really happened.

“Hey, wait... wait!”

As I continued the kiss, he pushed my forehead away with his palm and shouted in a breathless voice.

“...Why?”

“We’re kissing right now, not forcing myself to suck out dried fruit juice.”

He said as if trying to persuade me.

I tilted my head, wiping my lips that looked like they had been slurped down with the back of my hand.

“Yeah, that’s what I wanted to say.”

“What?”

“Don’t you think it would be okay to kiss a little more gently?”

I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t want to let up anymore.

Then this time, he narrowed his eyes and looked at me with a questioning look.

“What I mean is. That’s what I wanted to ask because you were kissing me like you had something to suck out of my body.”

What are you saying? That I put that kind of pressure on you?

“When did I? Nelly did this, that, this, that, like that...?”

I moved my lips here and there, demonstrating how he applied pressure to my lips.

Then.

“Yes, Dazel, you did that.”

He said that I did.

“Huh? I thought I was still?”

“Your body was like that. You're just acting crazy here.”

He tapped my lips with his finger and laughed.

“Did you wait as long as I did?”

Nelly asked, trying to hide her embarrassed expression.

“What about waiting? You said you had something to do for me today.”

I felt a little embarrassed that I had shown so much passion on our first date, so I said bluntly.

“...I didn’t say I had something to do?”

“Oh my, why are you suddenly talking nonsense?”

I clearly remember the fierce gaze you gave me last night, thicker than the blood you shed.

“You begged me earnestly while your forehead was bleeding!”

When I glared at him and asked him, he closed his eyes tightly and opened them again with a smile.

Then he lowered his head to my eye level and looked into my eyes, saying one word at a time.

“I asked to meet you because I have something to say. Something to say.”

Ah...?

Was it “something to say” rather than “something to say”?

Did my memory somehow become distorted in the active direction?

“If you look at it broadly, what you have to say is also something to say. Isn’t that right?”

My face burned, but after insisting like that, I felt a little better.

“Yes. Yes, that’s right.”

He nodded faithfully and narrowed his brows as if his throat was sore.

“Did you get a serious head injury?”

“If the blood hadn’t flowed outward, I would have died.”

Nelly replied seriously, the smile disappearing from her face.

“Oh my god, I almost got in trouble for witnessing the accident! Thank goodness.”

I brushed my chest inwardly.

“Is it fortunate that I didn’t die... that you, who was with me, didn’t get in trouble? Or is it fortunate that I’m safe?”

“...both.”

Oh my, those words were just thoughts in my head, when did they come out?

I was just going to say, ‘Oh my goodness!’, but my inner thoughts came out of my mouth without me noticing.

I quickly changed the subject, looking around the room, leaving Nelly’s upset face behind.

“The room is much cleaner than I thought. It’s like the room was newly prepared on purpose.”

“Ugh, ugh...”

I turned around at the sound of a favor and saw him holding a wine glass.

“But the doctor said I could drink?”

When I asked with a worried tone, he said, “Oh,” and put the wine glass back down.

As I spoke, a question suddenly occurred to me.

“Are there any... things that the doctor told you to be careful about for the time being?”

“What?”

If I just pretended, I should understand right away, not explain them in detail, right?

“Like staying away from women...”

“Of course.”

Nelly answered, putting his hand on his head.

Oh, right.

His head almost got split in half, so of course, he has to be careful.

He has to completely avoid excessive skinship.

Yes, he should.

Then why am I here today...

Should I just go back?

The purpose of coming here, the meaning, the excitement, all disappeared.

There was nothing to talk about with Nelly right now.

If I try to squeeze out what I want to say, I’m likely to make a mistake.

If the conversation goes on for too long, there’s a risk that I won’t know where my mouth will end up. That means the chances of my identity being exposed will increase.

On the other hand, physical communication doesn’t require words.

Since the entire process is very natural and follows instinct, I don’t have to think about it, so it was much easier than talking.

“I should stay away from women, but it doesn’t matter to my lover.”

Nelly opened his mouth again with a very healthy look that didn’t seem sick. I could tell without even looking at my gloomy expression that it was changing.

“...Really?”

I asked, raising my voice as if I had just heard the news that a dead person had come back to life, and he nodded, holding back laughter.

“Does it help heal wounds when your lover shows affection?”

He said very seriously.

It didn’t seem very credible, but I wanted to believe him more, so I said,

“Yeah, I think I’ve heard that somewhere.”

The lie came out very smoothly.

It’s not a regular doctor, it’s the royal doctor, so it must be true.

Even if it wasn’t the doctor’s words but Nelly’s thoughts, I would believe it.

He knows his own body best.

By the way, how do you show affection?

“Like this?”

I thought for a moment, then gently held his waist with both hands and hugged him.

I felt him take a deep breath.

I pulled out the shirt inside his pants and pressed my hot hands firmly against his waist.

My palms felt hot as if I had been warming myself by a bonfire for hours.

However, when I placed my hands on his solid muscles on his back, it felt like the season had changed from hot summer to warm spring.

“Huh... hmm.”

He tilted his head back and groaned.

“What’s wrong? Your head hurts?”

“No, it’s not that. My body... is weird.”

“Your lover is giving you affection right now, and you’re saying that it’s weird?”

“I didn’t mean it in a bad way.”

“Really? Then can I move around a little more?”

“Why did you ask permission... When you’ve already started moving...?”

He twisted his upper body a little.

He seemed uncomfortable with my hands freely roaming his broad back, but he didn’t tell me to take my hands away.

And he didn’t take his eyes off me.

“How’s it going? Do you think your head is getting better?”

I really put a lot of affection into the hands I was holding him with.

“My head seems to be getting better... But something else is bothering me..."

He replied in a voice full of agony.

“Where, where does it hurt again? Just tell me!”

“If I tell you?”

“I’ll touch it. Like this...”

I took my hand out of his shirt and stroked the back of his head.

Carefully and lovingly, as if I were stroking a baby’s cheek.

“Ha, haa... Who are you trying to kill... Hoo.”

Nelly lowered his gaze.

As I continued to stroke the back of his head with affectionate hands, he felt good, resting his forehead on my shoulder and mumbling softly, “What should I do, really?”

I suddenly felt an ominous feeling at his words.

“The doctor told you not to?”

“What?”

“You can’t make love? That’s not true, is it?”

I asked, trying to be calm as if I was asking about the weather.

“But Dazel, why do you keep looking at the door?”

He asked, turning my chin forward with his finger.

I must have been looking at the door without realizing it.

Is the soundproofing here good?

“If the doctor told me not to make love, are you just going to leave?”

“...! What do you think of me?!”

I wasn’t planning on going, but I was looking forward to tonight, so my voice sounded unsteady.

“Don’t worry. He didn’t say anything like that,”

he said, lowering his voice.

I tried to keep a blank expression, afraid that if I was too happy, it would be seen through my eyes, but the corners of my mouth were turning up without me realizing it.

Even so,

“Thank goodness!”

It wasn’t something I should have clapped my hands for...

What I had been expecting when I visited Nelly’s lodgings was revealed in just one word.

My face turned red with shame, but what are we?

My lover is sweet.

So I decided to be confident about my feelings.

“Let’s go and sit over there.”

Nelly took my hand and walked to the table next to the window.

“Can I hear what you have to say later? It’s not urgent, is it?”

I stopped walking, applying the brakes.

"It’s not urgent, but it’s important.”

“If it’s important, I think I’ll hear it later...?”

I changed direction by applying force to the hand I was holding, and his body turned halfway.

“Are you trying to confirm first?”

His gaze stopped in front of the bed, of all places.

He looked at my face with a gentle gaze and asked.

“Yeah, I still don’t know how I feel about you.”

“But what should I do?”

“What?”

“Maybe because I hurt my head, I don’t know how to do it....”

“...You don’t know? You forgot?”

“I think so.”

Are you joking?

I stared blankly at his face with a dumbfounded expression.

His blue eyes, which I couldn’t tell if he was serious or joking, were just beautiful.

“It’s okay, Nelly is a high-ranking official.”

“...But?”

“That means you're smart. So you’ll remember it right away. Or you’ll learn it quickly.”

“...Right?”

Nelly continued his words with an ambiguous expression that seemed to be smiling or frowning.

“Then... you should lead me today.”

His voice was already trying to lead me somewhere.

“Yeah, that’s right. I shouldn’t expect too much from someone who’s injured.”

“Don’t worry. The only thing injured is my head. Isn’t that fortunate?”

“That’s right! My ex-husband was a eunuch. Nelly isn’t like that, thank goodness.”

I nodded and brushed my chest inwardly.

In fact, I don’t remember whether my ex-husband was a eunuch or not.

However, I remembered what I had heard from Prince Tesla before I came from the Kingdom of Shattonil to the Empire of Lapion, so I just said it.

Who cares, he’s no longer in my life anyway.

“Oh. You must have been unfortunate...”

Nelly looked at me with pity and kissed me.

His light kisses filled with comfort gradually became persistent.

I naturally made him lie down on the bed.

“Oh, watch your head.”

As soon as Nelly lay down, he roughly pulled me towards him.

My forehead almost hit his forehead.

“Tell me... what you did that night.”

I smiled at his words.

Get ready, unboxing shirt!

I first unbuttoned his shirt and placed my lips on the nape of his neck.

His chest puffed out and then sank.

The dress was easy to put on and take off with just one zipper.

Nelly’s hands urgently searched for the zipper of the dress.

I searched for his lips.

And we slowly seeped into each other.

“You... acted this... hastily that night?”

Nelly asked me, twisting the sheets with both hands as if squeezing them.

“No, I improved.”

People need to develop. Don’t you think?

“Dazel, please... if this happens, I can’t stand it...!”

“Don’t hold it in.”

His eyes changed at my words.

The night was deepening, and his and my senses were becoming brighter and brighter.

“How are you? Do you think I understand your feelings now?”

“A little?”

“Just... a little?”

Nelly frowned, and after a while, he glared at me, saying that we’d wait and see.

It felt like a storm had hit me.

My body, swept by passion, became languid.

I felt like I could fall asleep like this.

But I couldn’t fall asleep in the palace.

“I know it’s too early to say this, but we don’t have much time...”

He carefully trailed off, holding my shoulder.

I regained consciousness after half-asleep.

A feeling of ominousness flashed through his lengthening silence.

“What are you talking about, taking so long? You’re not talking about money, are you?”

“...W-what?”

“I may look like I’m rich on the outside, but I’m actually a piece of shit right now.”

“So?”

So what’s the point?

“So if you’re trying to get money from me and set the mood like that, then don’t bring it up.”

I said it bluntly.

Wasn’t the reason you asked to meet me today simply to go on a date?

I wondered what was wrong with a handsome man with a high position in the imperial palace that he would fall in love with a woman whose identity he didn't even know...

Was there some evil intention?

For example, did he approach me for money?

If that’s the case, I’m not going to let it go.

I’ll perfectly break his head that was half-broken...

I was pretending to break something with both hands without realizing it, and he asked me with a look of displeasure.

“...Do I look like such a pathetic guy?”

He looked hurt.

“You don’t look like that, but if I had money in my possession, I’d lend it to you.”

“...Does that mean I don’t look like I have anything?”

When he sat up on the bed, I sat up too.

“No. I mean, your face looks like a certified check.”

I shook my head and told him honestly.

He really liked it. It must have been one of the most common things he's heard in his life, but does it really feel that good?

“Anyway, as long as it’s not about asking for money, you can do anything. It’s okay.”

It wasn’t like he was talking about having a woman to marry, so everything else was really okay.

I spread my arms wide and smiled brightly, showing that I was open-minded.

Then, as the blanket slowly slid down, his gaze also slid down, and his face blushed.

I lowered my arms again and pulled the blanket up.

“It might be a little early to say this, but...”

His introduction was quite long, as if he was trying to say something. 

“If someone saw me, they’d know I was proposing to you.”

When I giggled and blurted out the words without thinking,

“!”

Nelly’s eyes widened.

He froze with his mouth open, as if he was shocked by my words.

The atmosphere became extremely awkward.

I hadn’t led him on this, but was he feeling burdened?

I sniffled and burst into laughter, feeling embarrassed for no reason.

“Haha, just kidding.”

“How did you know?”

“Well, your expression was just... What?!”

I pushed his arm aside and laughed, then my head suddenly went dizzy.

It felt like the iron bar that had hit his crown had also fallen on my head.

“You’re not asking me right now...?”

“That’s right. You’re proposing to me.”

“What kind of proposal would you make on the first date? No, what kind of proposal would you make while being so naked?”

At my words, Nelly gathered up his clothes and stood in front of the bed.

His solemn expression was like the knights’ inauguration ceremony.

I couldn’t get dressed because I was watching his actions.

Clothes weren’t important right now.

I kept pulling the blanket up to my chin and looked up at him with endless seriousness.

“Nelly, if someone saw you, you’d kneel...?!”

Why are you doing this? You really did kneel.

“Dazel, stay by my side. I know we should get to know each other better and build trust before proposing, but I thought I wouldn’t have a chance if I didn’t tell you now.”

His voice was extremely serious.

I tried to put on a cautious expression to match his.

Oh, something ridiculous was happening.

A proposal on the first date...!

The speed was different from the first meeting, but isn’t that too fast?

Marriage isn’t temporary like dating, it’s something you spend your whole life with, right?

Of course, both of us have been divorced before.

For now, I didn’t feel bad.

Actually... I almost did Moiya’s shoulder dance.

I actually shook my shoulders, but fortunately, I didn’t do that weird rhythm that Moiya did. Just because I danced naturally doesn’t mean I agreed.

But my heart was beating so hard.

That’s why I couldn’t make rational decisions.

If I could just take my heart out, I wanted to take it out and leave it on the table until my excitement calmed down.

What do women usually do when they get a proposal?

What do they usually say in such cases?

I had to keep my lips tense because the corners of my mouth were going up on their own.

However, my eyes were already half-moon shaped, so my smiling face didn’t change.

I briefly forgot about my miserable reality and was immersed in happiness.

“Dazel, actually... I should have said this before proposing...”

His continued words completely stopped me from being so happy.

And I was confused.


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