“Do you think you will be the guest of honor, Lady Pallaize?”

Nonsense.

He dismissed it like that. He continued kneading her br*ast that he had grabbed while maintaining his thrusting rhythm. At the wet, explicit sound—thump—Lysith held her breath.

She was terrified that this sound might reach where they were. But the man, engrossed in enjoying her insides, moved his hips relentlessly, as if certain they wouldn’t be discovered.

The women’s conversation, now ten steps closer than before, was heard even more clearly.

“……That’s impossible. His Majesty has never shown interest in anyone from the beginning.”

His thick, hard c*ck, which had slipped out while scraping her inner walls, instantly plunged back in with a thump, heavily filling her lower abdomen as it struck her most intimate depths.

“Mmph……”

“The only one I’m interested in is you.”

“Mm, hmph……”

“I’m not interested in anyone but you……”

At the low, excited voice whispering in her ear, Lysith clutched the crumpled white cape. Her toes curled involuntarily, and she unconsciously tightened around him.

In response, the tip of his c*ck expertly ground against her spot.

Lysith gasped and her hands trembled at the pleasure that struck deep inside her. Then, as his member slid out again, a suspicious sound—thump—was heard.

And once more, as his c*ck invaded her, spreading her inner walls—

Splash!

“……Didn’t you hear something just now?”

This was bad.

Beretta Pallaize’s gaze turned toward the bushes where they were.

“I didn’t hear anything.”

“Really? I thought I heard some water sound.”

The more she heard their conversation, the darker her future seemed, and her vision gradually grew dim. However, Verheigen slowly stirred inside Lysith as if he hadn’t heard the women’s conversation.

“Huk, mm, mmph……”

Lysith shook her head vigorously and met his eyes, signaling him to stop, but Verheigen merely smiled with crinkled eyes as if he didn’t understand.

Splash, splash….. As he made small movements with his hips, that water sound echoed softly again.

At this rate, they might really be discovered.

As her ears filled entirely with the sound of her pounding heart—

“I must have heard wrong. Let’s hurry.”

Beretta Pallaize tilted her head, then turned her gaze away from the bushes.

“Lady Pallaize, you’re supporting His Highness the Grand Duke again this time, right?”

“Of course!”

As the voices and footsteps of the two women who had come close gradually faded away, Verheigen exhaled—hoo. When his breath touched Lysith’s ear, she shuddered.

“You must have been very tense.”

“Mm, ah. Mmnh……”

When she dropped her trembling hand from her mouth, the moans she had been holding back escaped. One of his hands that had been holding her br*ast slowly moved down between her legs and crushed her cl*toris.

“Ah! Ah, no, Ver, mmm!”

At the same time, he increased his pace and thrust his hips upward, causing Lysith’s cries of pleasure to gradually rise as if she had forgotten they were outdoors.

After struggling in resistance but soon reaching climax with a shrill cry, Verheigen bit her nape and exploded his pent-up ej*culation deep inside her.

“Kuk……”

A considerable amount of s*men flowed out between his slow hip movements. The pungent smell slowly spread through the air, and Verheigen, letting out a moan—hmm—between his teeth, embraced the still-trembling Lysith.

[Sub Quest Complete!]

‘LV.9 – Let’s discover the thrill of outdoor enjoyment!’

Cleared!

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[Warning: From LV.7 to LV.9, you have proceeded with Verheigen Waldheim Faeous.]

[Subsequent sub quests cannot be conducted with Ashites Dinev, Penchev Heinz, or Verheigen Waldheim Faeous.]

[Please target a new male protagonist.]

The man was still moving inside her, as if spreading his remaining seed. Given his abundant stamina, it would have been impossible for him to be satisfied with just once, but considering the location, he decided to let her go this time.

So, with reluctance, as he was about to withdraw from her, a small sound reached his ears that stopped his thoughts completely.

“……Huk.”

“……Lysith?”

“Mm, uh…, huk.”

At a glance, it might have seemed like moans of pleasure, but he couldn’t be mistaken. These were not the sweet moans she usually made.

Quickly withdrawing from her, he turned her around, and her face, wet and disheveled, was revealed plainly before him. Her sky-blue eyes continuously streamed tears as if something had deeply saddened her.

Though her face had first reddened from pleasure, it was now clearly a mess because of tears.

Frozen at the sight of her tears, Verheigen carefully raised his hand to wipe them away and stammered.

“Why, why……”

“Hmm, huk.”

“Why are you crying? I’m sorry. I did wrong, okay?”

With his trembling hands, he forced strength into them and lifted Lysith, who nestled against him familiarly. The sound of her sniffling with her face buried in his shoulder seemed like the sound of his world crumbling.

Had he gone too far? Did she now hate him? Was she disillusioned? Verheigen’s mind filled with all sorts of negative thoughts at her tearful sorrow, but he had forgotten something important.

The fact that Lysith was the one who had urged this outdoor situation in the first place.

But right now, he wasn’t in a state of mind to remember that. The presence of the woman crying in his arms had turned his mind completely blank, like a sheet of white paper.

“Hic, ugh……”

“Just cry. Don’t hold your breath like that……”

His large hand awkwardly patted her back. Lysith closed her eyes feeling those pats and continued to cry.

The situation just now, this quest, the damned system…….

She felt like dying from resentment and simultaneously couldn’t help feeling ashamed, while a sense of injustice rushed in—why did she have to be doing this?

She even resented this man who was trying to comfort her, not knowing what to do because of her overwhelming emotions.

Though she knew her emotions were running wild, she simply couldn’t control them as she wished.

Eventually, when she began hiccupping from the injustice, a startled Verheigen lifted her face and gently licked the tears that were still streaming down.

“Slap my cheek instead.”

Momentarily brought back to her senses by the moist yet tender warmth licking her face, Lysith hiccupped in surprise at his words.

“Hic, n-no, I won’t.”

“……Isn’t it because of me?”

It was a natural question, but Lysith just shook her head. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t his fault. It was just tears that burst out from the sudden rush of reality, despair, shame….. all sorts of emotions that couldn’t be clearly defined.

Yes, this was all the system’s fault.

Verheigen had simply followed her lead and intentions. She couldn’t blame him. After all, this situation was one she had intended from the start.

……Well, she couldn’t say she didn’t resent him when they almost got caught.

Verheigen seemed relieved yet puzzled by her head-shaking, but he didn’t want to press her and make her cry more, so he quietly patted her back.

After some time passed and she calmed down, Lysith felt embarrassed but kept her face buried in his shoulder. Verheigen nuzzled his cheek against her soft ear that was slightly exposed.

“Are we going to stay like this?”

“……”

When she remained silent without answering, Verheigen’s soft chuckling laughter echoed in her ear.

“I don’t mind, of course, but we need to clean up.”

As he said, after roughly finishing the cleanup with a handkerchief, Verheigen naturally picked Lysith up, and she, embarrassed, buried her face in his shoulder again without saying a word.

At her action, Verheigen felt his mood instantly improve.

Completely leaning on him, depending on him, showing her vulnerable side.

Although he never wished to see her crying sorrowfully, this situation of her leaning on him was something he had always wanted.

Probably a side she had never shown to anyone else.

Carrying her, he walked to an area near the hunting festival with few people around, and carefully set her down.

“Your face is a mess.”

“Is it, hic, very bad?”

“A little.”

Ugh. Lysith tried to cool her heated eyes by pressing them with both hands, but naturally, it didn’t help much. She couldn’t suddenly ask an attendant for an ice pack either.

While she was troubled, Verheigen suddenly disappeared somewhere and then abruptly handed her an ice pack. Though she looked at him questioningly as she took it, he merely shrugged, kissed her forehead, and swiftly headed to the hunting grounds.

“What was that?”

She tilted her head, only realizing the source of the ice pack a moment later.

“Did His Majesty make you cry?”

It was Serul, who had less to do than usual because of the hunting festival. Lysith, who had been wondering what exactly the position of the emperor’s aide entailed, soon abandoned that thought.

“No, well. No.”

“Oh my……”

Though she denied it, Serul cast a sympathetic glance at her, as if certain that he had made her cry. Baffled by that look, Lysith muttered under her breath.

“……You used to encourage us before.”

“Hic.”