With a rush of heat to my head, I briefly closed my mouth, but Merem pulled me again.

In the end, I closed my eyes tightly and nodded my head.

As the dressing room was crowded with people and there was a line waiting in front, I took Merem and just opened any door and went in.

“It’s a warehouse, is it okay?”

“It’s okay.”

“Okay, then.”

Since there was a window high up that connected to the outside, the warehouse wasn’t very dark.
As soon as I opened the door, Merem had already taken off his top, and now the aura he emitted, rather than piercing my skin, seemed as if it would swallow me whole.

“Uh… Are you okay? You seem hot.”

“…It’s bearable.”

The power Merem possessed was like the eternal sun.

It had the characteristic of intensifying even more when there were strong emotional changes, such as excitement or anger, as the flame and its attributes were similar.

Even if the Water Elemental King restrained it, it wouldn’t be much help if the power became too intense and evaporated into steam.

“It doesn’t look okay. I’ll take some of your energy.”

I calmly placed my hand on his chest, disregarding the fact that the Water Elemental King would get upset and overturn if it heard.

I could feel the blood boiling beneath his firm muscles. The hot energy flowed into me like it would burn my hands, warming my cold soul.

‘Hmm, it doesn’t work. In the past, just this much contact could calm him down.’

Merem visibly relaxed as I absorbed some of his energy.

An excess of overflowing power wasn’t always good.

However, now that he had aged, his energy had become enormous, and such skin contact was almost useless.

‘I can extend my lifespan by this much, but…’

If I asked Merem if it helped him, I could confidently say no.

‘I need more intimate contact. That’s the only prescription.’

The occasional marriage between the offspring of the Sun Deity and demons was no coincidence.

There were cases where it was an unavoidable choice to survive.

If power beyond what humans could handle ran rampant, the first thing that came was insomnia. Unable to sleep due to the heat, whether it was day or night.

Next, it became fierce.

Being unable to sleep deeply made one sensitive and irritable, not to mention gradually turning more savage.

Merem, thanks to the Elemental King in his youth and me in his boyhood, had never experienced such things until now…

‘Today’s behavior is probably due to jealousy.’

I removed my hand and lifted the harness to put it on him.

Merem, who had been silently watching my actions, opened his mouth with a voice that had lowered to the point of giving chills.

“Leo.”

“Yeah?”

“I have a favor to ask.”

His voice was so serious that I couldn’t help but listen.

Having finished buckling the harness on his back, I looked up.

Without looking at me, Merem slowly continued speaking.

“Leave a mark that I’m yours.”

“…A mark?”

“With your lips, here.”

A man wearing a harness held my hand.

He pulled my hand, bringing it to his neck.

As provocative as it sounded like he might just do it, I made an effort to keep my composure.

“No, Merem.”

“Do I need to grow more?”

“No, it’s not your problem.”

My tongue got twisted as I spoke.

Realizing that my heart was now beating rapidly, I took a few steps back from him.
Even though there was nowhere to escape in the narrow warehouse.

‘I didn’t expect to get stabbed in a place like this.’

There was a reason why I just found it cute when Merem asked me to dress him. Of course, he did confess, but I had known Merem’s feelings for a long time. So, it wasn’t a shock or anything…

Rather, I felt convinced that I should let Merem leave my side.

“I know you’re eagerly waiting for a chance to abandon me.”

“…That’s not true!”

“Don’t deny it. If it was necessary to create a concubine for political reasons, I’m better off than any bastard on this ship.”