Yeonwoo’s bedroom was filled with hot air.

Like a fierce beast targeting its prey, Geon, with Yeonwoo lying beneath him, glared down at her with fiery eyes and growled.

“What… did you make me eat?”

Yeonwoo, not understanding the current situation, began to roll her head, wondering, ‘Why is he acting like this? Did he eat something wrong?’

Just a moment ago, Geon, who was perfectly fine, suddenly changed. There was no reason for him to change so abruptly.

The food Yeonwoo gave Geon consisted only of medicinal herbs from Hyeminseo and the stamina-boosting medicine from Naewon. There was no reason for Geon to change like this after consuming herbs beneficial for stamina.

‘Could it be…?’

Yeonwoo’s face grew paler and paler. It seemed that the medicinal herbs for Geon and the ones for Naebock had been swapped.

Swapping them alone wouldn’t be a big problem, but there was a more significant issue at hand.

Yeonwoo recalled Naebock’s warning about sharing the medicinal herbs for men and not eating them with samgyetang.

“The herbs for men are potent even in small amounts. If you ingest them all at once, there’s a chance of a violent reaction. Make sure to share them.”

“The herbs for samgyetang clash with each other, so don’t eat them together.”

Yeonwoo had not only given Geon the herbs for men all at once but also fed them together with samgyetang.

Realizing that Geon must have suffered the side effects of the medicine, Yeonwoo was flustered.

‘Oh no!’

Distracted, Yeonwoo shifted her gaze from the startled Geon to the one who had covered her.

Observing the expanded chest muscles, particularly pronounced veins under the skin, the perceptible heat radiating even without touch, and his rough heartbeat seemingly piercing through the skin.

Geon barely suppressed the burning heat inside him.

The intense heat, as if ready to explode at any moment, was recklessly charging towards Yeonwoo beneath him.

Since taking the medicine, his body had been behaving strangely.

What on earth did this little girl do?

“Spare it. What did you make me eat?”

“That…!”

Seeing Yeonwoo hesitate to answer, Geon grabbed her chin with one hand.

Then, in a threatening low voice, more ominous than ever, he spoke.

“Speak up. Can’t you say it faster?”

“Uh!”

Under Geon’s threatening momentum, Yeonwoo finally opened her mouth.

“I… I gave you the medicine for men…”

“What?”

For a moment, Geon doubted if he had heard correctly.

Yeonwoo’s subsequent explanation was even more absurd.

“I’m sorry! It wasn’t intentional. It got swapped with someone else’s, and I didn’t realize…!”

“Ha…!”

Geon let out a sigh that seemed to freeze the air. Even the hand holding Yeonwoo’s chin lost its strength.

“This happened because of Naebock. If he hadn’t asked for medicine in your place…!”
“Th-this happened because of Corporal Dae Bok! If he hadn’t asked for the medicine in your place…!”

So, the medicinal herbs requested by Soldier Dae Bok and the stamina-boosting herbs got swapped, right?

The medicine for Soldier Dae Bok was supposed to be the stamina-boosting medicine for men?

After taking a deep breath to calm his mind, Geon opened his lips while looking at Yeonwoo.

“You…”

Yeonwoo, meeting Geon’s fierce gaze, flinched.

“Stay away for a while.”

“Yes?”

Yeonwoo, puzzled by the sudden order to stay away, showed a confused expression.

“Disappear until I count to three. Otherwise…”

“Otherwise…?”

Yeonwoo failed to catch the threatening gaze in Geon’s eyes again.

At that moment, Geon began counting.

“One.”

“Eep!”

Simultaneously, Geon’s lips swiftly met Yeonwoo’s.

The touching lips became scorching hot as if on fire.

“Two.”

Before the lips could part, Geon continued counting.

Geon’s target this time was Yeonwoo’s neck.

“Nari, just a moment…!”

Geon’s crimson lips settled on Yeonwoo’s white neck like dewdrops on a dry patch after a drought.

Geon absorbed Yeonwoo’s silky skin as if absorbing rain sprinkled during a drought.

Geon, not satisfied with just Yeonwoo’s neck, still gazed at her with fiery eyes.

Yeonwoo felt captivated in front of the famished predator.

‘Those eyes are genuinely dangerous!’

Yeonwoo had never seen eyes that looked so threatening before.

She felt a certainty that if she didn’t leave this place immediately, something unpredictable might happen.

Geon squeezed out his last bit of patience and issued a final warning to Yeonwoo.

“I’m telling you in advance, after three…”

At that moment, Yeonwoo swiftly moved away from Geon like a four-legged beast, crawling out from his embrace.

Standing up from her seat, Yeonwoo bowed deeply to Geon.

“Re-rest well!”

Without looking back, Yeonwoo hastily fled from Geon’s presence.

No, she ran away as if her life depended on it.

As soon as she closed the door to her room, Yeonwoo, who had been tensed, collapsed onto her seat.

Her face turned red as if it were about to burst, and her heart pounded like crazy.

“Haah…”

Yeonwoo took a deep breath, trying to stabilize her unsteady breathing.