The vitality in his eyes was very faint, but for some reason, I couldn’t escape it.
Idrish reached out his hand slowly. His fingertips touched my cheek with a light tap.
“You…….”
His voice came out mixed with a scratching breath.
“Don’t go…….”
With those words, Idrish’s eyes dimmed. The hand that had struggled to rise fell with a thud.
I raised my hand and touched my cheek. His body temperature, feeling slightly cold, seemed to linger on my cheek, tingling.
There was blood on my hand. It was from Idrish’s wounded hand. My heart pounded rapidly.
(This is a time separator.)
My chest felt like it was on fire. It was hard to regain my senses. Meanwhile, my body was shaken back and forth.
‘I wish the pain was gone. The terrifying Baekho.’
Was I hearing hallucinations? Was the woman in white clothes shimmering before my eyes an illusion?
The white clothes fluttering in the wind and the exposed round shoulders. Above that, her silken crimson hair flowed down.
Idrish reached out his hand. He wished she had not left his side. What he thought was an illusion was clearly grasped in his hand. She collapsed toward Idrish. Her red hair poured out like petals scattering.
At the same time, a dizzying fragrance enveloped his whole body. In her eyes, a warmcolored night sky he had never seen before was embroidered. Suddenly, a distant wish to be captured in it forever arose.
It seemed that he could escape from both physical and mental pain.
It was clear that he was seeing an illusion.
(This is a time separator.)
Damn…!
Last night, I ultimately failed to escape.
While Idrish was holding on to me, losing my senses for a moment, the raccoon servants ran from afar. It was too late to escape.
I had no choice……. but to turn back into a hedgehog. Then I went back into the collapsed cage, with a wailing heart…….
By myself. Ugh, how shameful.
I’m a fool. A fool who kicks the rolling corridor.
I didn’t even know I was a human, let alone a tiger’s den, to steal a beard, but I couldn’t even run away to save the tiger.
And what I thought of later was, there was no need to escape in human form.
I forgot in the joy of being human. If I had turned into a hedgehog and ran away, I wouldn’t have spent time tearing the curtain, and I might not have found the fallen Idrish. Then I wouldn’t have been caught again.
I scratched the iron bars with my front legs for a long time, swallowing my anger.
Yes, fine. Let’s say that’s in my memory. What’s next?
For several days, I struggled in the cage, and maybe because I used all my strength to move Idrish, I fell asleep as if fainting.
And even when I woke up slowly from sleep, I felt really good.
Mmm. Soft bedding, the scent of sunlight. I feel good.
I turned my body and scratched my stomach with my hind legs. Being a quadruped is good in this regard. You can scratch your stomach with your feet, right?
Then I suddenly came to my senses.
Why am I in the blanket? I felt a prickly sense of unease all the way to the end of my spine.
I slowly opened my eyes.
“Did you sleep well, Night Blossom?”
Idrish was watching me, his arms folded.
The sunlight coming through the window hit his bare white shoulders, sparkling. Above the blanket covering his waist, his upper body was not dressed at all.
His eyes, like those of a wildcat, curved like crescent moons. Unlike yesterday, his face was full of life.
This is a nightmare.
I scurried away from Idrish towards the far end of the room.
Idrish lay leisurely on the bed, watching me.
“You can’t run away, the door is locked.”
His relaxed words stopped me, and I turned to look at him.
What on earth do you want from me…….
“Come here. If you listen well, I’ll spare you.”
Idrish’s curling lips and cheerful demeanor since earlier looked pleased.
Is he really going to spare me?
I was drawn to him like a magnet. Then I sat obediently in front of him, stretching out my front legs. It was a posture as if I were bowing.
I have to try something if he says he’ll spare me.
I’m here. Please spare me.
Idrish laughed again. This time it resonated deeply.
“Have you given up pretending not to understand?”
Grrr……. How can I pretend not to understand when I hear everything so well?
“Why didn’t you run away yesterday? The cage door was open.”
I couldn’t go because I was helping someone who was dying.
Yes, I’m a fool. But even if the world laughs at me, you shouldn’t laugh at me, right?
“Did you not go because you’re a fool? Or because you like me?”
If I had to choose between the two, I would obviously choose the former. Although you are handsome, I am not a hedgehog with a vague sense of safety enough to like a crazy beast villain.
“I’m talking about those intruders yesterday.”
Idrish continued to speak in a low, quiet voice.
“Even the dead have completely disappeared. There must be a backer who does not want to leave a trace.”
Come to think of it, I saw it too.
The man who swung a short sword at me and awakened my name disappeared when I went back to look.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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