“Pff!”

When Liz burst into laughter, his eyes narrowed.

“What’s so funny?”

“Ah… sorry.”

Realizing he didn’t look pleased, Liz hurriedly stopped laughing, but… it was only for a moment.

“It’s because of you. You’re too cute… Chuckle!”

“……. ”

Feeling awkward that his sincere confession was taken as a joke, Hersis maintained a blank expression, waiting for his wife’s laughter to stop.

Eventually, Liz wiped away a tear from her eye and said, “I meant to say, look at how beautiful the protagonist is. I didn’t mean for you to fall in love. I wouldn’t do something like that, you know?”

“You did something like that before. In the past.”

When Liz, with a puzzled expression, opened her eyes wide, he continued.

“Don’t you remember? For a while, you kept trying to connect me with your younger sister?”

“Ah…”

Finally, the memory came back.

‘Right, there was a time like that.’

“Haah…”

Hersis, upon reconsideration, let out a short sigh as if feeling uncomfortable and asked, “Why did you do that back then?”

“Oh, that…”

‘I couldn’t say it was because her fate was connected with yours.’

Of course, she couldn’t say that.

“Well… let’s forget about what happened in the past and focus on the future. Only the future.”

Before Hersis could read through her inner thoughts and brighten his eyes, Liz leaned close to him and playfully punched his arm.

Fortunately, he didn’t dig deeper, and Liz managed to avoid stimulating him with a feeble excuse.

However, she unknowingly stimulated him in a different way.

As Liz pressed against his arm with a smile, Hersis’s previously unpleasant feelings faded away, and repressed desires subtly awakened.

Feeling the plump sensation as she pressed her arm against his, Hersis bit his lower lip.

The memory of embracing her the previous night after a long time came to mind.

It was an ecstatic night, a night that left a lasting impression, a night where it was confirmed that it could be full without forcing oneself like a beast.

And…

It was the night his self-control reached its limits.

On that night, Liz was trying to test the self-control she had pulled up with sweaty efforts.

‘I’ll turn away.’

He looked at himself with a grin as Liz, who seemed to be smiling, tilted her head.

Her lips looked unusually plump and moist. If he couldn’t do anything else, he at least wanted those lips. It seemed like he had to do that.

“……!”

A gradual smile disappeared from Liz’s face. So Hersis thought she had realized what he wanted at this moment. In his judgment, the way Liz tilted her head now seemed like a signal that she was ready for a kiss.

Hersis slowly lowered his face. It felt like their lips were about to meet.

“Oops! The female lead has appeared over there.”

At that moment, Liz suddenly stood up in the wind, and he had to kiss the air.
“Wow… she’s truly beautiful, just as the rumors say. Herr, come here and take a look.”

Despite praising the distant face of the female lead with such flattery, Liz, who was doing all the bragging, couldn’t see Hersis’s face up close.

So, naturally, she couldn’t know how betrayed he looked at this moment.

But from Liz’s perspective, there was a reason for that, and that was…

Because the leading lady on the stage was a spy of the enemy!

Platinum hair flowing like waves, emerald eyes like early spring sprouts, and a smooth, extended nose.

With a voice that gently trembled like a half-tone, she perfectly embodied the role of a charming woman.

It was none other than Amelda Lafer, the female lead of the play ‘Lovers in Moonlight.’

She burst into the theater scene like a comet a year ago and quickly rose to the top with her beautiful appearance and outstanding acting skills.

At that time, another giant actress was active in the theater scene, but due to the refreshing breeze caused by the enchanting newcomer, she was quickly pushed aside and disappeared without a trace.

There were also rumors that she was persistently involved in the role of a sudden punk, thrown into the role without much explanation…

Anyway, everyone was enthralled by Amelda.

Mistresses tried hard to pull her into their salons, and noble men tried hard to pull her into their beds.

While she seemed to respond clearly to the former, the latter… remained unknown. Anyway, Amelda received love from both noble men and women.

But she never sincerely associated with anyone and never fell deeper into love. It was strictly forbidden for a spy.

Amelda Lafer.

Her true identity was a spy of the recently declared Tarendys Kingdom. Because of her, thousands of soldiers died in the war between Tarendys and Lucensia, and tens of thousands were injured. After that, the Lucensian royal family experienced a worsening situation.

So, assuming things went according to the original work.

‘But that won’t happen. You will die here today.’

Liz looked down at Amelda, who passionately performed with a disdainful gaze.

Perhaps today would be the last day anyone would ever see her in the theater world or throughout the empire.