Kaiel breathed out her name lowly, almost groaning.

There wasn’t even time to respond.

Because Kaiel devoured Delia’s lips right then.

Like a hungry beast that had finally caught satisfying prey, Kaiel roughly pushed his tongue in and savored her, sucking and exploring as if tasting her.

As dizzying sensations crept up, Delia clutched the dress and tried to cover the sound of her heart that felt like it would burst. Though covering it wouldn’t hide it.

“Get rid of it.”

As if it bothered him, Kaiel took the dress away from her and firmly entwined his hands with hers.

“Keep doing what you were doing.”

And so once again hot breaths tangled, and gasping breaths came and went.

“Br…… breath, uh……”

When Delia twisted her head to fill her lacking breath, this time Kaiel gently bit and sweetly sucked on her soft ear.

“……Ah!”

Delia arched her body and pushed away Kaiel who was persistently tormenting her ear. A reprimand flew right away.

“Don’t avoid it.”

Kaiel pressed down Delia’s body with his weight on his upper body. As Kaiel pressed hotly against her, being too big and firm, Delia was overwhelmed with a feeling of being restrained.

When Delia, feeling lightheaded, unconsciously banged her head against the floor, his large hand quickly supported the back of her head. His voice growled as if his patience had disappeared.

“Stay still……!”

“This…… this kind of thing, I……”

“You started it.”

Those words stirred her hazy mind.

It was always Delia who started things. Whether it was their first meeting, skinship, affection, or perhaps even these feelings of love. It seemed to have become her specialty to always start things first and then not be able to handle them. Even now she had provoked him first and was struggling to handle it.

“This isn’t what I……”

Kaiel, who had been persistently tormenting Delia’s earlobe again, came down along her cheek and this time targeted her neck.

“Kaiel……!”

When Delia let out an excited scream, Kaiel cupped her cheeks and sucked on her lips as if to swallow even her screams.

Delia, who could only pant without doing anything, finally decided to follow Kaiel’s words.

‘Keep doing what I was doing.’

If it was what she had been doing, there was only one thing.

“Ugh.”

When she lightly played with her teeth and bit his lower lip, only then did Kaiel pull back his head and put strength into the hand supporting the back of Delia’s head.

Delia spoke with her voice tangled with breathing sounds.

“Tell me, tell me that there’s nothing I can’t do.”

At those words, Kaiel seemed to waver and half-raised his tightly pressed body. His deeply sunken gray-blue eyes stared at her.

“Tell… me.”

Her desperate-looking eyes were already showing moisture.

“I don’t want to hear such words from you saying I can’t do something. That was too much. Apologize. I tried, really hard.”

At her words pouring out everything she had held back at once, Kaiel’s eyes sank.

He spoke in a low, sunken voice.

“Those words…… weren’t sincere.”

Kaiel’s brow furrowed. Was he regretting the words he had said?

He continued speaking calmly.

“There’s nothing you can’t do. Delia.”

“……”

A deep silence fell for a moment. Only Delia’s wheezing breaths could be heard.

Kaiel, who had been staring straight into Delia’s eyes, soon raised his body with a low sigh.

He seemed to have judged that he could no longer push her.

She, had presented such beautiful and provocative boldness today to gain his approval and win the role of Ashlene’s substitute…

Delia Averbit.

She truly could do anything.

“Being Ashlene’s substitute could be very dangerous.”

Since she had finally obtained permission from his lips.

Delia sat up abruptly. Her eyes sparkled.

“Are you…… giving permission?”

Instead of an answer, a gaze that meant ‘yes’ returned.

Delia felt satisfaction and elation filling her heart for a moment. At the same time, something ticklish boiled inside her.

“Kaiel!”

Delia ran into Kaiel’s arms with both arms spread and only raised her head to look up at him.

“I really really like you, Kaiel. More than you could imagine. Even more than that. Danger? I don’t care. How could I worry about such things when you’re here!”

“……”

“Kaiel……?”

He suddenly closed his mouth again. Delia released her arms that had been hugging him and rose to her knees.

“Is there a problem?”

As she unknowingly pressed anywhere, Kaiel suddenly tilted his head to the side.

“Ugh.”

Only then could Delia discover Kaiel’s bright red ears. Since when had they been so red? Then a threatening voice flowed from above.

“……Leg.”

“Hm?”

“Move it……”

“Oh.”

Somehow it seemed like she kept unintentionally touching certain parts of him lately.

“Hahaha…… Sorry. Why is this……”

Delia hurriedly walked back on her knees. But who knew Kaiel’s voice would become even fiercer.

His voice, uncharacteristically urgent, shouted.

“Take your hand off……!”

Belatedly, Delia’s gaze moved to where her hand was pressing.

Rather than saying she was pressing down, it might have been more accurate to say she was unconsciously gripping it.

“Gasp.”

Delia took a short breath and quickly raised both hands above her head.

“Aaaaaah! I-I-I-I’m sorry!”

Incoherent words tumbled out of her mouth on their own.

“I thought it would be your thigh for sure! No, I mean, I didn’t press it because it was your thigh……! I didn’t know it would be that…… like that……”

The more she spoke, the more it felt like falling into a ditch.

“Ah, don’t go, stay there.”

Kaiel let out a long sigh while running his hand through his hair. His Adam’s apple stood out prominently on his neck as his head tilted slightly back. With his red ears too.

Was it okay to seduce someone so unconsciously like this?

Watching him blankly, Delia opened her mouth following her instincts.

“Kaiel. You said there’s nothing I can’t do. Does that mean you’ll allow anything I do?”

After a moment, an “Mm” came as a response. Even in this moment, those endlessly deep and quiet eyes stared at her.

That was also the moment when Delia’s reason evaporated above her head.

Once she acknowledged that she loved him, it seemed like the brakes no longer worked.

Delia rushed onto his body just like that. The firm, sculpture-like body felt under the fabric stimulated her desire even more.

Delia’s hand brushed his abdomen, sliding up and then casually stroked his firm chest.

“You……!”

“Then what about this? Surely you won’t go back on your word!”

As if something he had been barely suppressing burst, or perhaps angered by her actions, Kaiel strongly pulled Delia’s waist. Sparks flew in his eyes.

“Why? You told me to keep doing what I was doing!”

“……Can’t hold back.”

“What?”

“You started it this time too.”

Before she could say anything, Kaiel crashed his lips against hers again. Where their bodies touched felt burning hot. Their breaths tangled messily.

When Delia, struggling for breath, opened her eyes, she saw his bright red ear next to his handsome face. It was one of the few parts that showed clear changes in the usually expressionless and quiet Kaiel. Looking at his reddened ears, a thought suddenly occurred to her.

‘Kaiel must be kissing me because he’s not completely indifferent to me, right?’

She desperately wanted that to be true. Perhaps she could hope, just a little.

That’s when a dissatisfied voice rang in her ear.

“Focus.”

As if not tolerating her thinking about other things, her thoughts were swallowed by his lips that immediately rushed in. For a while again, deep kisses came and went. Tongues and lips tangled together, separated, and drove each other on again. That’s when…

“Wait.”

Suddenly Kaiel pushed Delia away with his hands.

Delia faced him with intense eyes while panting. She was about to ask why he stopped.

“Delia.”

“What is it now.”

“You’re crying right now.”

Before she could refute those words, hot liquid flowed down her cheeks.

A serious look clouded Kaiel’s expression. He removed his hands that had been touching her and examined Delia’s body with a dark face.

“Did I hurt……”

“No!”

The moment she realized she was crying, the heat that had filled Delia’s entire body significantly subsided.

What could have caused these tears?

Looking at Kaiel who was watching her with concern, her eyes grew hot again.

‘Ah, this is bad.’

It seemed that becoming aware of her feelings was the problem.

As soon as she realized she loved him, the anxiety and loss that existed in a corner of her heart began to squeeze her heart like shackles.

Before, she could at least try to kill him. Of course, according to Kaiel, there hadn’t been any proper attacks, but even so, she had planned and attacked him several times.

‘But now?’

A firm answer came down.

‘Impossible.’

That was the biggest shackle.

The moment her feelings for Kaiel became uncontrollable, the shackles dragged her down to the depths, reminding her of her mission.

This would clearly continue for a while.

The more her feelings grew, the more she would sink.

These tears probably flowed from that gap.

‘No more.’

Delia suddenly got up and began putting on the dress she had taken off.

“I’m, I’m hungry. Shall we eat?”

Kaiel quietly looked up at her and then stood up.

“Delia.”

“I’m sorry. I suddenly got so hungry……”

As always, it was an absurd excuse.

Kaiel grabbed Delia and turned her around. Her lips, more swollen and red than usual after being tormented for so long, her eyes tinged pink from tears, and her cheeks still lightly flushed.

Taking in all of that at once, Kaiel turned Delia around again.

“F-food……”

“Alright.”

Then he calmly began tying the strings of Delia’s dress.

“Go up first and eat. The evening banquet should have started.”

A troubled voice answered.

“……Thank you.”

“……”

“……Kaiel.”

Kaiel tried for a while longer, twisting and pulling the strings this way and that, then removed his hands.

“Yes.”

“You don’t know how to tie it, do you.”