Episode 42

If she hadn't moved any further, he would have thought that time, not his breathing, had stopped. Ines, who had been standing inside the door and watching him for a moment, walked toward him with a soft, swimming gait.

The negligee, as thin as a dragonfly's wings, clung to and fell from her voluptuous curves as she moved. In contrast to her graceful movements, her breasts swayed loosely inside the negligee, creating ripples in the thin fabric.

Cassel tried hard not to notice her nipples protruding from beneath the thin white fabric, her slender belly beneath that, and the secret bush beneath that.

But it all seemed too good to be true without any effort. Oh, this damn thing… … . He looked away from her, as if escaping from her, suffering from a strange sense of guilt, and then, unable to resist the impulse, he helplessly looked back.

As if he was worried that if he stopped watching, he would wake up like a dream… Maybe so. There was never a dream in which Ines Ballestena appeared that he didn't act stupid.

Ines's elegant slippers, wrapped in blue silk, made only the slightest sound as they brushed the carpet. Still, with each step she took, there was a loud noise that rang in her ears, and it took Cassel about twenty seconds to realize it was his own stupid heartbeat.

Behind her, Juana quietly closed the door. As if to double-check the identification they had made in the bridal chamber, the bride's faithful maid closed the door only when her mistress had stopped within three paces of the groom.

Click, the heartbeat that had been thumping in my body at that quiet sound soon reached my feet.

Outside, Ines's maids, as well as the main attendants of the Ballestena and Escalante families, will be inspecting. Originally, this was something that relatives were supposed to do, but it wasn't even a hundred years ago, and there aren't many nobles who would want to stand guard in front of someone else's bridal chamber all night, wondering, "When on earth will my nephew ejaculate?"

Thanks to that, the relatives who were embarrassed to make eye contact in the morning disappeared, but instead, if you open that door and go out, there are those below standing tightly with bored faces, waiting for the morning to come. No matter how thick the door is, there is no way to stop the sound from escaping through the cracks, and the wilderness is displayed even as times change.

Yet the moment the door closed, Cassel was struck by a complete silence, as if it were just him and her left in the world.

Everyone else but them is like they are beyond the world… … .

He sent those who were standing there alive and well to the afterlife, and in an instant, he closed the few steps that Ines had left behind.

The candle on the table flickered with Cassel's brisk steps, and their shadows lengthened for a moment. Now they could see each other's faces.

"… … ."

"… … ."

The silence was wonderful and perfect, but it was unclear whether it would last.

Ines, who had checked Cassel's expression, was looking at him with a subtle expression that was neither smiling nor frowning, nor completely expressionless.

Of course, for Ines, this was a very friendly reaction. And it was in a situation where she was revealing her entire body so nakedly, making the black dress that had been so scary seem pointless… …. My gaze stopped blankly again at her chest, which was so nakedly revealing her insides.

A dry breath went down his throat. Cassel's expression slowly distorted.

"… No way, did you end up here like this?"

When he said it, it sounded like he was angry, so Cassel quickly tried to cover it up by slightly curving his beautiful lips and smiling. But even that seemed a little fierce. Of course, it was not sincere.

Ines shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

"Yeah, I have exhibitionism."

"what?"

"… Who on earth saw Juana take my robe? Don't worry, she won't go crazy as soon as she gets married."

Ines lightly rebuked him as if to say, "Can't you even understand this kind of joke?" But her gaze fixed on his chest did not move.

It may have started out as nervous doubt, but now it was a naive persistence, like a boy seeing a woman's naked body for the first time. It wasn't even naked… Cassel finally realized what his eyes were doing, let out a nervous sigh, and repeatedly washed his face dry.

Perhaps it was then that he was struck with a bit of luck, for Ines's gaze was turned with a hint of wistfulness toward the food on the table.

Of course, it was only for a moment. Whatever it was, it had to be a perfect night for her… … Anyway, the 'work' would be over soon, and once Cassel passed out, all the food would end up in her mouth.

Ines abandoned her petty attachments and replaced them with a sense of duty.

Green's cool eyes, as if telling him to hurry up and do things in order, looked at the edge of his vision blocked by Cassel's large body.

It was the bed where they spent the night.

"Aren't you going?"

"…where."

"bed."

Cassel didn't even look back at the bed and instead of answering, he sighed. As if he didn't know where to start or how to start, his head was blank and his calm face that spoke of the bed—his blood rushed down as if it was a foreign matter.

Bed, just because I said that one word… … As I stood there, dozens of positions with Ines that I had experienced in my dreams were spread out on that bed. Even in the midst of all this, my limbs were stiff as if they were broken. It was an incredibly embarrassing result.

I thought that I might become disabled one day like this, but I never thought that with the perfect combination of my lower body standing up in an instant and my head getting horny, I would become a eunuch… … .

That moment.

Ines suddenly let the negligee slide down her feet and calmly took her feet out of it, as if she had practiced it a few times somewhere.

"… … You, what the heck… ."

"I have to take it off anyway."

"… … ."

"To make it easier for you."

While Cassel took her in from head to toe without blinking, Ines parted her long hair and swept it over her chest and back as if she had lost sight of him for a moment.

Her hair, still slightly damp, was combed and oiled to make it look a little wetter than it actually was, and at the same time made Ines's white face look oddly sexy.

"you?"

"… … ."

"Are you going to keep wearing it?"

"… … ."

"Should I take it off for you?"

It seemed as if Ines was still asking him something, but nothing came into his ears.

The pretty breasts that had been briefly revealed were half hidden by her hair, but Cassel was completely absorbed in Ines's eyes, sharp nose, and plump lips, as if he had never been obsessed with them.

Ironically, what drives him is not the naked body that appears only in his dreams, but the things he always thought he knew well.

Just by lightly licking her lips with my tongue, I felt a burning desire in my stomach.

"Ah… Is it better to wear it? I've heard that there are people like that."

"… … ."

"I don't mind wearing it again."

She reached down, bending down slightly as if to put her negligee back on. He's out of his mind, and I'm really not…

I suddenly got angry. How could I be so indifferent?

How could he act like it didn't matter that it was the first night or that he was the groom—it didn't matter at all. With just one word or one gesture, he made my head spin halfway, and then, as if he didn't care whether I saw him or not… .

There is a limit to making fun of people. But he soon realized that he was a really funny person, especially to Ines Ballestena—no, now she had finally taken the name Escalante as she wanted.

But today was the first time I felt like this.

Hair flowing down the side of her bent back, a pair of firm breasts shaking with her hand reaching out and pointing down at her negligee… … .

I'm already shocked. Who are you trying to tease?

Cassel answered, swallowing back his sharp, ragged breath.

"… Putting your clothes back on. Never, ever think of doing something like that in front of me."

At those words, Ines obediently put down the negligee she had already grabbed. As if even that obedience was not enough, Cassel grabbed her upper arm.

And it brought her back to normal a little sooner than Ines had intended.

"Because you're perfect just the way you are."

The round green eyes that rarely showed surprise were lovely to look at, but I didn't have the energy to leisurely appreciate them. Feeling that they were lovely made the lower part of me even harder.

He turned his head sideways as if he was about to kiss her. Ines tried to avoid his lips with her wide eyes, but Cassel leisurely pressed his lips to the lower part of her cheek and grabbed her chest without warning.

She took a sharp breath. Before she could come to her senses, his leg was thrust between her bare legs.

"… … !"

It was a moment when Ines silently moved her lips several times in a desperate manner while her legs were spread apart helplessly.

It felt like a large palm was covering her buttocks, and then her body was lifted into the air with such ease that it was laughable. With just the strength of one hand.