In the meantime, Carlein’s lips approached her ear. At the touch of his lips, which were as cold as his breath, Latil unconsciously grabbed Carlein’s thigh.

Feeling the firm muscle filling her palm, Latil was startled and withdrew her hand.

Seeing that, Carlein sighed briefly, then slowly lowered the hand that had remained on Latil’s arm and asked while putting on his glove.

“Do you just enjoy looking at a man like me in your harem?”

“There’s still a lot of confusion. Around me.”

“So you should forget about the confusion here and enjoy.”

“Oh, that’s true……”

Carlein’s hand trapped Latil’s hand and didn’t move away. Latil fiddled with her hand inside his, and finally confessed half honestly.

“I won’t have a child until the situation stabilizes.”

She could never say this to Ranamun, Guesta, Klein, and others, but with Carlein, trust and faith were firmly attached since their trip together to Karisen. It felt okay to say these things to Carlein.

Carlein fell into thought for a moment at Latil’s words.

‘Did he understand?’

Latil looked at the overlapped hands of the two people and lifted her head to look at Carlein’s chin.

As soon as Latil turned her head, Carlein also looked this way, their eyes meeting. But surprisingly, Carlein was smiling. Not feeling sorry or regretful.

Is he making fun of me? This is a real problem. Latil grumbled, annoyed.

“Oh, yeah, you wouldn’t understand.”

“That’s not the case.”

“Does it look like that?”

This is a serious problem, and he’s just laughing……

But then Carlein kissed Latil’s cheek and whispered in her ear.

“There are a hundred ways you can enjoy it without worrying about unplanned intercourse.”

Latil was startled and looked to the side. Because Carlein had pressed his face so close, his lips brushed against Latil’s eye.

Latil lifted her head and buried her face in his chest. It was embarrassing. A lot. But……

“What’s that?”

The gentle touch on her scalp and hair was definitely nice. And she was also curious about the hundred ways he mentioned.

Carlein, while enclosing Latil in his arms, asked in a low voice.

“Shall I show you?”

Latil swallowed her saliva.

“Shall we learn?”

With one hand, Carlein started to unbutton his shirt. He had already unbuttoned the top two, and when he undid the third button, his chest was fully exposed.

Latil reached out and stroked his chest, which looked like a marble sculpture. She had been curious since she touched his hand. Is he cold elsewhere too? Or is it just his hands and face that are cold.

‘His chest is cold too.’

Latil swallowed. Then…… would another place be cold too? Is that possible?

But as soon as the dizzyingly cold lips touched her neck, such thoughts flew away. Latil closed her eyes and spread her arms to embrace Carlein.

“It’s cold.”

At Latil’s words, Carlein flinched and looked at Latil with his face still buried in her neck.

His eyes were so beautiful that Latil murmured, “I can bear it,” and hugged Carlein tightly again.

‘I don’t know. It’ll be okay because I’m warm.’

But, as if he was worried, Carlein pulled the blanket and wrapped it around Latil’s back. It was still cold though.

No, rather, her back was warm while her front was cold, which was even more strange. However, despite the cold surface, a definite heat rose from within the skin where his touch met.

Latil shivered at the soft and cold sensation touching her neck, then enveloped his lips with hers as Carlein’s face lifted.

Carlein closed his eyes, his long eyelashes were pronounced.

Latil kept her eyes open, wanting to observe his beautiful appearance even as their lips overlapped. That moment.

The excitement that had been boiling inside her completely subsided at the sound coming from within Carlein’s heart.

Latil grabbed Carlein’s shoulders with both hands.

Their lips were overlapping, so this was undoubtedly something Carlein had thought to himself.

Strength filled the fingers grasping Carlein’s shoulders. She was extremely displeased when Carlein, who had never revealed his feelings except in nightmares, closed his eyes and called ‘Domis’ while kissing her.

She was even upset that Carlein had his eyes closed. It felt like he was doing it to avoid looking at her face.

‘Domis is dead, so are you brainwashing yourself with your eyes closed? Thinking that the person in front of you is Domis?’

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed that way so Latil tightened her grip on his shoulders.

When Latil pushed with strength, Carlein also didn’t resist and moved his body back. Their lips separated and he looked at Latil with puzzled eyes.

As Latil scowled, he looked even more confused. It was a good atmosphere just moments ago, but he had no understanding as to why Latil was suddenly upset.

Latil bit her lips hard.

‘Of course you wouldn’t understand.’

Carlein had made no mistake. At least, not on the surface.

He didn’t know that Latil could read his true feelings, so he couldn’t understand the situation. She knew that. She knew, but…

“Master?”

“I just thought of something else I have to do.”

“Now?”

Carlein looked at the window. It was dark.

“Yes.”

Latil couldn’t bring herself to ask, ‘Why are you thinking of a woman named Domis while kissing me?’ She stood up. Carlein’s face also hardened.

“Did I make a mistake?”

It seemed he immediately realized something was off by looking at Latil’s expression. Latil licked her lips before responding.

“No.”

“But you look upset.”

“No, you didn’t make a mistake.”

Latil spoke firmly and tidied up her disheveled clothes. But she couldn’t leave right away. After all, he had risked danger to be with her. Plus, she had similar past experiences. Though it wasn’t with Carlein.

“It’s my problem. Don’t worry about it.”

Latil awkwardly pointed at the door with her thumb, trying to seem nonchalant, and smiled at Carlein.

“Something really important just came to mind… You stay here. I’ll go see. Don’t worry. It’s not your fault. Really.”