Reniel tightly closed her eyes and curled up her body.

She was trembling, deeply worried that something might touch her lips soon.

However, when she didn’t feel any particular sensation after a few seconds, she gently opened her eyes. In front of her was Felix, smiling with a mischievous expression.

“Master… You keep teasing me.”

“Because it’s fun.”

“Oh my.”

Reniel felt like she had heard something she shouldn’t have.

It was as if she had witnessed the joy of a psychopath who delights in abusing small animals.

She could only think that she must not upset his mood even more.

“But you can’t sleep comfortably in that position.”

She felt ticklish from Felix’s high nose bridge touching her nose bridge. With each breath he exhaled, she seemed to smell a refreshing scent.

It was a pleasant fragrance that made her head feel clear, like drinking very pure groundwater.

He also seemed to be inhaling her scent closely.

“It’s not the perfume I gave you.”

“How could it be! I spray the perfume you distributed to the servants every day. If you check the usage records, you’ll see that I’m the most diligent, using it on a 45-day cycle. I spray a fixed amount at a set time every day.”

“Why?”

“So I don’t offend you, Master.”

Reniel smelled of grass but also had a peach blossom scent.

The sweet, tickling fragrance entered his lungs through his nose, tickling and stirring up strange emotions.

That emotion felt like a murderous intent to twist her neck right there, but also like a possessive desire to bite and leave a mark.

It was quite similar to when he felt killing intent. His body was excited and somehow languid, and when his eyes met Reniel’s, he felt tense, but before he knew it, he found himself focusing on her lips.

“Tell me what you see in my eyes.”

“I see my handsome master.”

He lost his will at her words and chuckled. The thought of wanting to kill her crumbled so easily.

Perhaps because they were so close, he once again felt like he caught a glimpse of Reniel as a woman.

It must surely be an illusion.

He thought that if her hair grew longer, her eyes tilted up a bit more, and her ears became a little rounder, she would be quite beautiful.

“Nonsense.”

Reniel found it fascinating how Felix’s expression and atmosphere softened at such compliments.

Feeling the intimidating aura gradually ease, she smiled brightly and said,

“Why would I lie about something like this? Master, you really are handsome.”

She somehow tried not to avoid his eyes while looking at his face up close. Because he seemed to be looking at her as if trying to read her thoughts.

“I think you’re a bit eccentric and cruel, but I believe there are reasons for why you act that way.”

“…”

“And you’re a good person to me.”

“I can’t tell if that’s praise or an insult.”

He said that, but he smiled again as if he was secretly pleased.

Then their lips brushed.

Felix looked into her eyes again. Seeing the sparkle flickering in her brilliant purple eyes, he felt a sudden impulse.

“Of course, I meant it as prai… mmph!”

Their lips gently touched and parted.

Felix didn’t understand why he had done such an impulsive thing. But soon he realized as he saw Reniel’s reddened cheeks and surprised eyes.

“This is… a goodnight kiss.”

“Ah… yes.”

That what he was feeling was desire for Reniel.

Yet it was strange how his desire subsided again when he saw the flat chest under the loosened shirt.

When he looked at Reniel’s eyes, cute cheeks, and lovely gaze, he felt like he would be swallowed by desire.

But then there would be moments when he realized her body was male, and he would regain his senses.

For instance, like now, whenever he saw the flat chest and Adam’s apple, the aching heaviness in his lower body would evaporate.

But then when their eyes met, he would have the illusion of seeing full breasts below her neck.

“You do it too.”

“Do what?”

“A goodnight kiss.”

He said that to gloss over the mistake he had made.

Then Reniel, perhaps thinking she would part with him after just one more day anyway.

Smooch.

Although finding it hard to comprehend, she obediently touched his lips and pulled away.

“Do it again. I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep well otherwise.”

“Why? Was it not good?”

“It lacked sincerity. Do it properly with sincerity. Like I did.”

“You didn’t do it that sincerely either, Master.”

Reniel pouted her lips and then glanced at Felix’s expression. Felix seemed to strangely welcome even those words, smiling.

She tensed up again, and then approached him with sincerity as he had demanded.

“Wow, Master.”

But as Reniel approached, Felix suddenly turned his head away. Reniel looked at Felix as if dumbfounded.

“Sincerity.”

“Wasn’t that completely sincere?”

“Say something that makes sense.”

He said that as if he found it amusing that she was both afraid and exasperated.

Reniel felt strangely competitive and gently pushed his shoulder. But he didn’t budge at all. It felt like trying to push an extremely solid wall.

“Please move, Master.”

“I don’t want to.”

“You told me to show sincerity.”

“If I let myself be pushed back defenseless, you might run away. You’re a coward after all.”

She couldn’t deny his words. So she raised her head to approach him again.

But once more, Felix turned his head, avoiding her goodnight kiss.

“Now it’s your turn to run away well, Master. I might bite you if I catch you.”

“You’re just like a dog.”

He laughed again, recalling how she had said last time that she was a dog waiting for its master. He seemed unaware that he was smiling.

Then Reniel approached him playfully. And tried to bite him again.

This time, Felix didn’t avoid her and let her bite him.

“…Huh?”

“You dare bite me?”

“No! Why, why didn’t you avoid it?”

Reniel seemed more flustered that he had let her bite his jaw.

“Please spare me…!”

She immediately said that when she saw Felix’s hardened face.

“Pfft.”

Felix laughed out loud, apparently finding her reaction amusing.

“Then you should reflect, right?”

“I will!”

To Reniel, Felix’s eyes seemed to sparkle like the red jewel attached to that brooch he had given her, giving her a strange feeling.

“Do it again. Try biting like before.”

“But you said I should reflect…”

“Are you going to disobey?”

At his words, she raised her head again and gently bit his neck before pulling away.

“Bite harder.”

“But that might hurt you, Master.”

She said that, but approached him again. This time, instead of biting gently like before, she bit moderately.

He looked at her with satisfaction.

“Are you going to sleep now?”

She leaned back on the bed again. The softness she felt behind her back helped her regain her composure little by little.

“I should.”

Felix said that, but was still languidly looking down at her.

Reniel decided not to resist since he was still keeping his arms stretched out as if to trap her.

Felix doesn’t know yet. That anyone can fall asleep if they have someone beside them to sleep with.

Of course, that was her misconception.

So she came to have the careless thought that he probably wouldn’t kill her recklessly yet, since he seemed to be in a good mood.

It was also because she could feel him enjoying tormenting her.

Perhaps because it was late at night, even she felt a bit tired now.

She smiled at Felix with a drowsy expression.

“If I fall asleep first, my heartbeat will weaken. Then it will be hard for you to fall asleep too, Master.”

“So?”

“I hope you fall asleep quickly and have good dreams, Master…”

At those words, he nodded as if agreeing and placed his ear on her chest without moving.

After quite a long time passed, she felt the strength of Felix’s arms holding her tightly loosen.

“Ah.”

She tried to move just slightly in this opportunity, as he was too heavy.

But she found Felix already awake, staring at her.

“The ring?”

Seeing his state, she realized that he had fallen asleep without sleeping pills but was now sleepwalking.

“Master, do you think I’m a woman or a man?”

She needed to check if he was really asleep, or if he was teasing her again.

“That’s an interesting joke.”

He took the ring off her hand.

Then he approached closely as if to punish her, meeting the eyes of her female form.

“What do I look like to you? A monster?”

He looked at her as if he would bite her. At that moment, Reniel was reminded of the goodnight kiss from earlier.

“You’re my master. The master I… care for very much.”

At that, Felix smiled and approached her.

“Mmph…!”

As she smiled and met his eyes, Felix couldn’t resist the urge and swallowed her breath.

Strangely, Reniel was afraid of him like this but didn’t want to push him away. After all, she had provoked him first.

It didn’t feel that bad.

It was just very awkward, perhaps because it was her first proper kiss.

She felt her body growing hotter from Felix’s actions.

“Hah…”

She felt dizzy, not knowing how to breathe.

Then when she seemed to be struggling too much, he pulled away briefly, but as soon as she inhaled, he blocked her lips again.

Reniel tensed as he interlaced their fingers and delved in.

Felix seemed unable to control his desires as he was already asleep.

He pressed down on her fiercely, as if exploring her like a nomad who had found an oasis in the desert.

“Mas… mmph… Master…”

When she called out to him, breathless, he pulled away briefly before invading deeply again.

Reniel was becoming intoxicated with pleasure in her dazed mind.

At this time, Felix had no idea. That Reniel would soon pretend to die and leave him.

That his mind, which was barely becoming normal again with the stability he had gained from her, would completely break and he would go insane.