“I want to sleep like this.”

Still with her eyes closed, Elysia, with both arms around his neck, nuzzled her head against Illeon’s neck and murmured as if being petulant.

“You’ll keep the promise, so it’s okay to sleep like this.”

With these words, Elysia breathed evenly and stretched her body.

On the other hand, Illeon, as if striking a match at the core of his body, was instantly engulfed in heat.

“Elysia.”

Illeon urgently shook the sleeping Elysia.

“Elysia, you can’t sleep. Just wake up for a moment.”

Having just managed to put her to sleep, Illeon found his body exploding with an unbearable sensation from within.

“Elysia, open your eyes.”

“Umm.”

However, no matter how irritating he behaved, Elysia remained indifferent.

“Sigh.”

Illeon let out a deep sigh.

“What should I do if I find you so annoying?”

Whether he does as he pleases or undresses her, it seems he mentioned helping her get undressed.

“Elysia.”

Illeon slid his hand into the towel. Her smooth legs stuck to his palm. Caressing gently, Illeon whispered into Elysia’s sensitive ear.

“It would be better if you woke up nicely when I ask you.”

His eyes and voice had become hazy.

“Since I said I would have you, what’s the problem? Your disgrace will be a secret to the Duchess. You’re the one who changed your mind all of a sudden.”

Illeon mumbled lowly.

His lips touched Elysia’s delicate ear.

“Ugh…”

Elysia, who seemed to be deep asleep, made a small sound.

The woman who seemed to be sleeping soundly, without any movement, began to react more as Illeon continued to kiss her.

“Leon…”

With the half-asleep violet eyes looking up at him, Illeon felt a sense of relief.

“Elysia. Let me talk for a moment.”

He wanted to kill the self who, just a few tens of minutes ago, wanted to hear a clear word from her.

Afraid that Elysia might be surprised without any common sense, he was trying to be considerate. But he regretted it as if he had hit his own foot.

Illeon held Elysia in his arms and sat her up.

However, Elysia, who seemed not to have fully awakened, blinked her eyes a few times and fell back into his arms.

“Don’t lie down. Huh? Wake up.”

“Umm.”

Whether she was irritated because she was awakened by sleep or not, Elysia’s face frowned a bit.

At that moment, Illeon’s heart twinged.

“Hah, being unnecessarily pretty at a time like this. This is driving me crazy.”

Illeon lay Elysia back on the bed and started to behave irritatingly again.

“Ugh.”

When he poked a sensitive spot for a long time, it seemed that Elysia woke up a little.

“Illeon?”

“Elysia. Now. It seems like it has to be now.”

Illeon expressed his frustrated feelings.

“Because you made me like this.”
It was painful.

Unable to resist the celestial beauty lazily tempting him before his eyes.

He had thought that he had no such desires.

There were times when he found it amusing, thinking that those who talked about embracing women all day among the soldiers gathering only men were brainless muscleheads.

But now, Illeon couldn’t think of anything else.

Holding Elysia, rolling together, wanting to become one that rolls and can’t be separated.

“Come here.”

Elysia reached out to Illeon with innocent gestures.

“Elysia.”

Illeon’s body trembled with an uncontrollable desire. As he pressed Elysia with his body, she hugged him tightly, seemingly not uncomfortable.

Her small white hands gently stroked his hair.

“…Good.”

When her hand reached down from his neck, shoulders, to the firm waist, a lightning bolt of desire flashed before Illeon’s eyes.

The Duke’s mansion, Uter, was a quite old building.

Consistently applying a milky-white dough to the exterior and managing it with a large mansion surrounded by a spacious garden, ‘Uter’s Paradise,’ it looked even brighter and more elegant.

However, tonight, the mansion was different from usual, with the lights off and an unsettled atmosphere.

The hostess of the Duke, Mariella Uter, had been carried to the Duke’s mansion in a faint from the harbor just half a day ago.

“Madam. Are you awake now?”

Mariella, who had just regained consciousness, burst into tears at the sight of Jullian’s face.

“Honey… Ah… Ahh…”

Seeing Jullian’s face, she couldn’t bring herself to speak. Only sobbing sounds came out as if her throat was squeezed.

What Jullian had tried so hard to do was solely for himself and his daughter.

His husband’s life had gotten entangled in marriage with her.

“Jullian. Despite all our efforts, we couldn’t save Elysia. Her fate has changed to sinking in the sea. What should we do now?”

It was too dreadful, and Mariella didn’t want to think of it as reality.

Seeing the suffering Mariella, Jullian sighed.

“It’s better not to talk about it now, Mariella.”

“Ahh…”

“Take a break for a moment.”

Jullian got up from his seat with a face full of worry. Even his husband’s eyes were swollen. Seeing it, hot tears flowed down Mariella’s cheek.

After Jullian closed the door and left, only then did a resentful voice roll out of her mouth.

“Sonatek. I’ll kill you with my own hands.”