Chapter 9.1

“Is this all?”

Kadis was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even laugh. His neck stiffened at the sight of Lyla’s modest luggage. Grabbing the back of his neck with one hand, he tilted his head to make a cracking sound. Then, as he scanned the cramped quarters, he mocked her.

“If you plan to run away again, let me know in advance. I’ll help you pack.”

“……”

Lyla lowered her head deeply, unable to say anything. She couldn’t bring herself to meet Kadis’s gaze. Moreover, after learning Charlier’s true nature, she felt ashamed of her poor judgment. To think she had allowed such a person into the Ducal Residence…

What would have happened if Kadis hadn’t appeared? The thought alone was horrifying.

“You can’t even run away properly. You don’t even know how to pack. Is there anything you can do right?”

Perhaps Kadis now thought she was entirely under his control, as he deliberately chose words that would poke at her nerves. Since everything he said was true, Lyla silently accepted his harsh words.

But then, Kadis’s scolding suddenly stopped.

‘Why did he go quiet all of a sudden?’

As Lyla cautiously lifted her head, Kadis grabbed her shoulders. He pushed her toward the wall and pressed in close.

“Uh… Lord Kadis?”

Now standing with her back against the wall, Lyla looked up at him.

Kadis said nothing. His expression was calm, devoid of his usual teasing demeanor. He simply stared at her quietly.

As their gazes met, his crimson eyes, subdued and serene, sent a twinge through her lower abdomen. Lyla instinctively placed her hands over her stomach. While she pondered what to say, Kadis’s face moved closer.

Though it was slow enough for her to turn away and avoid it, Lyla didn’t escape until their flesh finally met.

“……!”

At last, his soft lips pressed against hers, and his tongue slipped between them. The weight and heat of it pressed down on her tongue, sending a sweet shiver through her body that made her legs weak.

“Mm… Hm…”

Kadis persistently stimulated the tender insides of her mouth. His sharp tongue scraped her palate and carefully caressed the soft flesh inside her cheeks, almost as if grooming her.

But it seemed that wasn’t enough for him.

“Stick out your tongue.” 

Kadis commanded as he pulled back slightly.

Hesitating, Lyla timidly extended her tongue. Kadis, as if he had been waiting, sucked it in. The contrast between the strong suction and the earlier swirling movements of his tongue left her jaw feeling numb.

Squelch. Smack. Squelch.

Kadis devoured Lyla’s tongue with an intensity that seemed intent on draining every drop of moisture. As the force of his suction increased, her chin tilted upward, prompting Lyla to rise onto her tiptoes to match his height.

Her calf muscles tensed as she lifted herself. The stronger the suction, the weaker her legs became. Lyla’s trembling legs wobbled like those of a newborn animal. Just as she felt she might collapse…

“Hah…!”

Finally, Kadis released her tongue. Freed at last, Lyla planted her heels back on the ground and took a deep breath.

Her calves weren’t the only thing sore—her jaw ached too. Her lips, slick with saliva, glistened. Her thin tongue, swollen as if stung by a bee, felt too large to close her mouth properly.

Lyla rubbed her partially open lips with her fingers.

“Is my spit disgusting to you?”

“Huh? No, that’s not it…!”

At Kadis’s blunt question, delivered with a sullen expression, Lyla panicked and shook her head fervently.

“Then why are you wiping it off? I went through the trouble of marking you as mine.”

“Ugh…!”

Kadis grabbed her chin and tilted it upward again. His eyes, sharp like those of a predator about to devour its prey, were filled with an intensity that made Lyla’s heart tremble. Unable to endure the overwhelming emotion in his gaze, she averted her eyes.

Regret surged through her simultaneously.

It was because her eyes had accidentally met with the bulge in Kadis’s lower body, which was as prominent as a tent in a camp.

Startled, Lyla quickly looked back up, only to see Kadis smirking at her. His expression seemed to say he knew exactly what was going through her mind.

Lowering himself slightly, Kadis brought his lips close to her ear. He deliberately exhaled warm breaths into it as he whispered.

“Why are you looking at me with those eyes like you know nothing? You’re the reason I’m like this.”

“I-I didn’t do anything… Ugh!”

Kadis bit her ear.

The cartilage was gently crushed between his teeth. The hot breath escaping between his teeth seeped into her ear, sending a tingling sensation down her spine. Lyla whimpered pitifully as she twisted her body.

Squelch. Smack. Squelch.

Only after thoroughly soaking one of her ears did Kadis release it. Now, her ear, like her lips, was drenched with his saliva.

“You say you didn’t do anything. But just smelling your scent makes me hard now.”

Kadis wasn’t the only one aroused.

The area where her womb was tingled, and the space between her legs burned as if hot water had been poured over it. Her swollen cl*toris peeked out from its hood, and even the slightest tightening of her thighs sent jolts of stimulation through her lower abdomen.

Lyla tightened her arms around her abdomen. Just being in front of Kadis had her body reacting like this.

“?!”

At that moment, Kadis inserted one of his legs between hers. Her tightly pressed thighs helplessly spread apart.

“Ah…!”

When Kadis raised his knee, it pressed firmly against her plump mound. Lyla threw her head back, gasping for air.

“It’s unfair if I’m the only one like this. Don’t you think?”

“Ah, ugh… That’s…”

Kadis rocked his raised knee back and forth, rubbing it against the space between her legs. A teasing smile played on his lips.

“Ah… Ah… Lord Kadis…”

“What? Are you enjoying this?”

“Uh, ah…! Ah!”

Lyla clung to Kadis’s collar, panting heavily.

Her legs had completely lost their strength, leaving Kadis’s knee as the only thing supporting her body. Gravity pulled her downward, but Kadis’s knee kept pushing up against her, repeatedly stimulating her cl*toris.

“I… I think I’m going to…”

“Then go.”

Kadis thrust his knee upward sharply.

“Ah…!”

Lyla’s head snapped back as she cl*maxed. Her body trembled violently as fluid gushed out, soaking the area between her legs. Though the thick fabric of her pants hid the evidence, another climax would surely leave a visible stain.

“Hah… Hah… Hah…”

Kadis watched Lyla, who was gasping for breath, and inhaled deeply. He quickly picked up on the scent of her arousal wafting up from between her legs.

“You came just from rubbing against my knee? How lewd has your body become, Lyle.”

Kadis had barely straightened his legs when Lyla’s body collapsed helplessly. Her lower body felt heavy, completely overcome by the sensation. Lyla could only gasp for breath.

“Haah, ha…”

“……”

Kadis silently stared at Lyla, who was panting with her arms wrapped around herself. A tangled mess of emotions surged within him: relief from knowing she was unharmed, a sadistic urge stirred by her trembling shoulders, anxiety that someone else might have taken her away, and an overwhelming desire to claim her as his own. 

These complex emotions ultimately boiled down to lust. He needed to have Lyla right now. But first, he had to punish her for startling her lord.

Kadis grabbed the back of Lyla’s head. Pulling her forward, he forced her face between his thighs.

“Ugh?!”

As he moved her head around in his palm, her face pressed against the bulge in his groin.

“L-Lord Kadis…”

Lyla looked up at him with tearful, glistening eyes, her hands clutching his thighs. 

Did she even realize how much those eyes stoked my desire? 

And it wasn’t just that.

Her round head, which fit perfectly in his hand, her expression as she whimpered with her face buried in his groin, and her trembling hands gripping his pants—everything about her was unbearably endearing, to the point where he wanted to bite her. 

He wanted to savor every part of her, piece by piece.

“Suck it, Lyle.”

Kadis smiled slyly, his eyes narrowing.

When Lyla froze like ice, he took it upon himself to undo his belt with one hand and pulled it off in one swift motion.

Thud.

The belt fell to the floor, coiling like a snake. While Lyla remained frozen in shock, Kadis’s hand reached for his zipper.

Ziiip.

With just a slight tug, the compressed bulge in his groin swelled, causing the pants to split apart instantly. At the same time, the raw, masculine scent invaded Lyla’s senses, making her involuntarily shudder for the first time.

‘It’s so overwhelming…’

Even just breathing made her head spin. Lyla barely managed to steady her trembling gaze, only to find herself at a loss about where to look. Part of Kadis’s coarse hair peeked out from his undergarments, making it difficult for her to focus her eyes.