The slow breath flowed through my whole body, stimulating my peripheral nerves. I stiffened.
I tried to step back, but Edris firmly held me.
“Dala.”
Edris, with his face still buried in me, spoke with a low growling voice. His voice didn’t come into my ears but resonated in my throat.
Edris’s body and breath, now close after a long time, were too strong a stimulus for me.
My blood circulated several times faster than usual.
“What, what are you saying? Let go of this…”
Edris lifted his head, and our eyes met. His eyes were half-lidded.
“The scent is different.”
Edris spoke slowly and tried to lower his face again.
I desperately grabbed his hair to stop him.
I couldn’t endure it any longer. It felt like my heart was about to jump out.
Is it too much to do this to someone I said I liked? Is it because of the curse that he’s doing this on purpose? Despite that, we’ve been getting along well within the appropriate boundaries lately.
“This, earlier, I, uh, applied a lot of perfume. If I knew it would come out so quickly, I should have done it more casually. Well, you never listened to my opinion anyway. Haha. So, please stop smelling it. It’s ticklish.”
However, even though Edris had a handful of my hair, he didn’t back away at all.
Isn’t it going to hurt?
He gave me a meaningful look.
“What about Terminus?”
“Yes?”
“Will it work?”
“Why do you keep bringing up Terminus from earlier?”
Does Edris like Terminus? Is he constantly thinking about Terminus?
“Answer quickly. If it’s Terminus, will you do it?”
“No. Of course, that won’t work either.”
Edris’s expression momentarily relaxed. The hand that was pulling me tightly around the waist also loosened its grip. I tried to break free from his embrace.
But Edris seemed to have no intention of letting me go completely.
“It’s cold. Just stay.”
“No, it’s not cold anymore.”
“If you just lie down, you’ll definitely catch a cold.”
“There’s a blanket…”
Edris looked at me strangely. I avoided eye contact.
What’s going on? Clearly, I like Edris, and I’m the one who’s cursed.
So why does Edris have the face of someone who’s cursed?
“If you don’t want to be close to me, turn into a hedgehog or something.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to… And a hedgehog won’t work. I might unconsciously turn into a person while sleeping. Since I don’t have thorns on this outfit, I don’t want to wake up bare-skinned in the morning.”
“Then should I transform?”
“You, Edris?”
As soon as I said that, Edris transformed.
His face and torso grew larger, and white fur grew all over his body. I stood up, unable to get used to it even after several looks.
He slowly lifted his head like a white tiger. Then he lightly tapped my lower back with his nose. It seemed gentle, but it wasn’t lacking in strength.
I stumbled and fell over the lion’s body.
The lion seemed to be trying to keep me from leaving, so it curled up and wrapped its body around me. I fell into the embrace of the lion like an egg in a hen’s nest.
Well, it’s much better than being with the human Edris.
I cautiously leaned against his back and settled into place. Edris slightly turned his body to make it easier for me to sit.
Wrapped in the luxurious fur of the lion, it was warm as if covered with a down blanket.
I quietly traced the black stripes between the white fur with my fingers. The rich texture of the fur filling the spaces between my fingers felt pleasant.
“Edris, by the way…”
I cautiously brought up the topic.
“When you shave the fur, is there a pattern underneath? Does the pattern change if you shave it completely and let it grow back? I’m curious.”
Edris lifted his head.
“Instead of useless chatter, can I just sleep? Okay. But just one more question. Does new fur grow in a different pattern if you shave it all off? Or does it grow in the same pattern…”
Before I could finish the question, Edris growled.
“Okay. Fine, fine.”
Seemingly satisfied with my response, Edris rested his chin on the floor.
Taking advantage of Edris having his eyes closed, I observed his face thoroughly.
The distinct pattern on his forehead and the rich mane extending from the sides of his face. When I ran my hand through it, the fur was so dense and long that my hand almost disappeared.
Hoping he wouldn’t wake up, I mustered the courage to touch his forehead. It’s fascinating.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
