Big, firm, lying on top and falling asleep like this was also pleasant. And lying down completely like this, her body relaxed, and the feeling of lethargy was pleasant.

“I.”

“Yes.”

“You.”

“Yes.”

“Spread rumors that I can’t handle night duties.”

Hayden stayed still for a few seconds and then suddenly sat up. In the meantime, Loo didn’t forget to gently put down her head.

“I couldn’t do it?”

As befitting a Northern Sage, her white face lost its color in an instant. She thought she had tanned a bit nicely lately, but it turned out that she hadn’t.

“I was going to spread rumors that I couldn’t do it.”

“Where didn’t you like it? Because it was my first time, I made a mistake… I’m sorry.”

“Is that so?”

He sighed heavily, emphasizing the ‘rumor,’ especially the ‘false.’ Only then did her face, which had turned almost white if not blue, finally let out a sigh.

“To be honest, it bothered me a bit. After trying, I thought it wasn’t that great. It’s my first time, you know.”

“Well… Sorry for covering it up with alcohol.”

It was a bit regrettable. It was the first time, so even more.

“I’m fine with it. We went along with it as you dragged me, and I quietly stayed as you attacked me. Do you remember?”

“Yeah…”

She remembered very well how well she was doing it.

His expression as he enjoyed taking off her clothes, the slightly raised tail, and the attitude that seemed shy even then were all nice.

“I was afraid you might not like it because I was too excited and clung to you, sorry.”

“No, you’re… Well, there’s nothing to fall off, so everything was great.”

“But.”

He bent his upper body toward her.

“But did I try to spread rumors that I couldn’t?”

The corner of his mouth went up again, and a slightly dangerous aura, including mischief, flickered in his gray eyes. Loo loved his appearance like this. Well, who wouldn’t love anything?

“An incompetent diplomat has no choice? I wanted to spread that rumor because it was unfair, but you dragged me around every day, so there was no chance to spread rumors.”

“I did well. I couldn’t endure that rumor even if it was the only one.”

“That’s why I tried to spread the rumor. See? I already understood you well back then.”

“Even though you couldn’t remember me?”

“Yeah. Even though I couldn’t remember. Aren’t I too capable?”

He casually mentioned that he had tried to spread the dreadful rumor that the emperor couldn’t handle night duties, and in the end, what he did was self-praise.

“Being capable, is there anyone other than you who has slept with me? Who would spread rumors about that to a powerless diplomat, Your Genus?”

Another light kiss landed on her nose, cheek, forehead, and lips.

“Anyway, I’m going to die, so let’s do everything we can and die. I thought like that. I don’t know if I thought that way because I was trapped in a curse inside the barrier and would remain as a faintly sinister figure, or if Loo, who was just an weak diplomat, became a scarecrow to be left behind when Hayden struggled. At that time, Hayden was struggling. Loo was a weak diplomat who could die anytime without being strange.

“Do you not think that way now?”
“Not at all. Being with you, I’ve unconsciously forgotten such thoughts. I can live, I want to live, and I must live. The change in my thinking is also thanks to you.”

Dragging her around in a whirlwind, constantly changing her status, she reached out to the man who confidently took his place by her side. She smiled. If she reached out her hand, he would naturally hold it and embrace her.

“Thank you.”

If it weren’t for him who didn’t give up and held onto her until the end, what would have happened now? Not wanting to imagine it, Loo tightly hugged him. They held each other without leaving any gaps.

“I haven’t given up on you, so I haven’t given up either. No, I…”

His gray eyes became a bit darker.

“I couldn’t give up.”

How could he give up Rustica Genesis? Checking the faint figures newly formed inside the barrier, she was afraid that one of them might be Loo.

It was always frightening to flip through the remaining hard memories and check how much time had passed outside. Letting go of everything, his absolute emotions were something he couldn’t help.

“You did well not to give up.”

His voice, which had become lower, heated up in an instant.

“Because I find it difficult…”

Loo, who already knew how much he desired her just by embracing her, clung to his shoulder and whimpered.

“You don’t have to do anything. Relax.”

“I’m really, really…”

“Rather than that, it’s annoying because I feel like I’m too okay, Loo. You’re still fine. Since I’ve learned well, it’s okay even if you don’t lift a finger.”

His coaxing voice was persistent. The man who had already turned his eyes to his wife wouldn’t just back down. Somehow, he would entwine her, giving her a giant pleasure so intense that she couldn’t even breathe.

“If you say so.”

The voice that brushed against her ear was so sweet and dark, bordering on sinister.

“I’ll make it even better for you.”