Epilogue

“Uh, uhn….”

The bedroom of the House of Grand Duke Hartwig, which welcomed its master after a long time, was filled with moans and ragged breaths.

The dim bedroom, where the air was so cold outside that a snowstorm was raging, had turned into a space so full of hot heat that the cold could not be felt.

The man and woman, who were frantically exploring each other on the bed, also entwined their bodies while breathing heavily. Just by looking at the sweat glistening on their bodies under the starlight, one could tell how much heat they had generated.

“Haa. Erika….”

Kainel, looking at the woman who would become his real wife tomorrow with loving eyes, pressed his lips to her nape.

“You can’t… leave a mark.”

“What does it matter if someone sees? Rather, I’d like to mark you as mine.”

She tried to stop Kainel by shaking her head, but he had no intention of giving in. Instead, he thrust his hips more roughly, trying to give greater stimulation to their deeply connected bodies.

“Ah, no, ah, aht, hng.”

Every time the hard pillar stirred her narrow insides, the point of their union grew hotter, and a massive storm raged inside her body.

“It’s not ‘no.’ I’m warming up your body for you.”

Looking down at Erika’s white skin, glistening and soaked in sweat, Kainel gave a sly smile.

‘The Northern region is unimaginably cold, will you be okay?’

Erika had moved her residence to the castle of Grand Duke Hartwig in the North, but before moving, Kainel had asked her several times out of concern.

‘Anywhere would be fine as long as I’m with you.’

She had seen Kainel sweating even with his upper clothes off in the biting wind, so she expected it, but the North was much colder than she had thought.

She could understand why Kainel had repeatedly given her words of warning. That’s why, the moment Erika arrived in the North, she worried whether she could adapt, but that worry turned out to be unfounded.

‘The nights will be colder than the days, but I’ll keep you warm every night, so there’s no need to worry too much.’

She thought it was a joke, but it was sincere, and Kainel kept that promise. Every night, he warmed Erika’s body.

So she was grateful, but the problem was that he tried to do it too persistently. Even though tomorrow was their wedding day.

As if trying to release all the desire he had held back during their brief separation, he held onto Erika and satisfied his own greed.

“Let’s stop now…. We’re getting married tomorrow.”

“Yes. It’s the day we’ve waited for so long. But don’t think this life will change just because we’re getting married.”

“If that’s the case, can’t we just do it briefly and end it tonight, since it’s the day before our wedding?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Uhn!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Kainel bit Erika’s protruding n*pple. While he thrust his lower body hard, he sucked on her br*ast, doubling the pleasure.

Uhk.

As her overly sensitive inner walls tightened around his p*nis, a shallow moan escaped from Kainel’s lips as he let go of the br*ast he had left bite marks on.

“You’re still about to snap.”

With a chuckle, Kainel drove in even more urgently to the inside walls.

Thrust, thrust, with every hard thrust, Erika’s mind turned white and then black repeatedly. Her mind became hazy, and now not even the words to stop came out of Erika’s mouth.

Filled with joy and completeness from their joined sensations, neither could think of anything else. Intoxicated by the pleasure, Erika moved her hips as if not to lose, clinging to Kainel’s neck and kissing him.

Then Kainel showered her with short kisses, and at the same time, he thrust his member even deeper into her widely spread opening. As she received his rough kisses, it felt like she might suffocate.

The pecking kisses soon turned passionate. Saliva mixed as their tongues intertwined, and Erika’s moans were swallowed into his mouth.

Thump, thump, every time their hips moved together and pounded hard, their whole bodies trembled and their lips met and parted again and again. A storm of pleasure swept through their entire bodies.

“You, you’re too intense. Stop. Huuut!”

Even though Erika pleaded, shaking her head, the forceful thrusts showed no sign of mercy. By now, after being pounded so much, it felt as if her insides would mold themselves into the shape of his p*nis.

Erika had the illusion that he would devour her whole. Erika’s hands, intoxicated by the intense pleasure, slid down Kainel’s back and left red nail marks.

At the place where they were joined, soaked with fluids, it splashed as if a strong wave was crashing. The lewd sound of fluids made their space even more obscene.

Kainel’s hips, which had been moving without rest, began to move even faster. Erika’s body, heated to the limit, was swept by even greater pleasure, and her vision began to blur.

Her body trembled, and as her back arched like a bow, Erika’s body soon collapsed onto the bed, and the inside of her body convulsed. Soon after, something hot surged and poured inside.

The sticky fluids mixed together, and her moist inner walls repeatedly contracted and relaxed.

After reaching climax together, still lying with their bodies connected, Kainel whispered in Erika’s ear.

“I’ve prepared a present for you for tomorrow.”

“What kind of present?”

“A wedding gift. I hope you’ll like it.”

She had already received many gifts from Kainel under the pretext of wedding presents—dresses, accessories, jewels, even a villa. So she didn’t need anything more. It was already more than enough. But since it was a gift for the day of the wedding, she couldn’t refuse.

“All right.”

Of all the gifts she had received so far, the villa was the most burdensome, but she had a feeling that this present would be even more than the villa. Erika sincerely hoped it wouldn’t be something overwhelming.

* * *

On a day when sleet was falling, the wedding was held quietly in the greenhouse of the House of Grand Duke Hartwig. Erika couldn’t have many guests, and Kainel also invited only those he was close to.

Naturally, the people of the Dunmoa family did not come to the wedding. Partly because Erika did not invite them, but also because Earl Down had accused them of treason.

The Earl’s claim that they had secretly colluded with the neighboring Empire to kill the Empire’s hero was accepted.

As a result, all members of the Dunmoa family were taken away as traitors. In any case, it was only Baron Dunmoa, Baroness, and Eva.

Originally, Erika should have been taken away on the same charge, but thanks to the forged document by Eva stating she had been excommunicated from the family beforehand, she was able to avoid the charge of treason.

It was obvious that the handwriting was not the Baron’s, but no one made an issue of it. On the contrary, the title of Baron Dunmoa was given to Erika. The justification was that she was excommunicated for trying to stop the Baron’s act of treason.

If you looked at it in detail, there were many things that didn’t make sense, but because it was something Kainel arranged, all of this was possible. Now, Erika’s status was not important to him, but he cared because of possible rumors in society.

Instead, someone else was appointed as proxy to manage the Dunmoa estate, and Erika moved her residence to the castle of Grand Duke Hartwig.

The ceremony was held under the officiation of the invited archbishop, and the bride and groom exchanged rings to conclude it.

After the wedding, at the reception, many invited guests approached the bride and groom to offer their congratulations.

Most of them were Kainel’s guests, so Erika didn’t have many guests, but some villagers attended.

The Mori couple and Ailee, Seri and her family, and a few others as well.

“Congratulations. Your Grace, I’m sorry for deceiving you all this time.”

“I’m sorry, too. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”

As they approached with apologetic faces, Erika greeted them with a bright smile.

“Forget about the past, you don’t need to worry. I’m just so grateful that you all came such a long way.”

This was the first time she had met them since leaving the village.

After meeting Kainel at the inn, she had no time to visit the village, as she had to undergo investigations related to the Dunmoa family, and after being cleared of suspicion, she had to manage the Dunmoa family.

She had, however, exchanged letters with Ailee and cleared up the misunderstandings during that time.

The people who had deceived Erika were, surprisingly, not only Ailee and Madame Mori, but also Bill and Cursor. Even though she had a husband, they had boldly barged into Erika’s house to provoke her.

They did take on the request from Grand Duke Hartwig for money, but mostly, they participated because they sincerely wished Erika would meet a good person. Erika could not bring herself to be angry with them.

That’s why she invited them to the wedding and welcomed them warmly.

After greeting them, someone Erika had not invited approached her. To be precise, a woman she couldn’t invite even if she wanted to.

“Erika! Congratulations on your wedding.”

“Charlotte?”

Erika couldn’t hide her surprise because she simply couldn’t believe it.

Charlotte, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time, looked completely different from the last time. She had gained weight and her expression looked much brighter.

“You managed to escape safely. I’m so glad.”

Tears welled up, but Erika held them back. She couldn’t cry on such a happy day.

“Yes. It was long after you left, but I was able to escape.”

“How did you avoid the eyes of Count Orkney?”

No matter how thoroughly you prepared, you couldn’t avoid a noble’s eyes. Just as Erika was caught by Baron Dunmoa, Charlotte was just as likely to be caught by Count Orkney.

Especially if she showed up openly at a wedding like this, the risk of being discovered was high. That’s why Erika had planned to find Charlotte secretly if she looked for her at all.

But Charlotte didn’t seem worried about being caught at all, and instead gave an unexpected answer.

“Actually, I was able to escape with the help of Grand Duke Hartwig. And thanks to him, I was able to meet you again like this.”

“Kainel helped you?”

Erika looked at Kainel, who was greeting the guests, with surprised eyes, then looked back at Charlotte. From what she’d heard from Earl Down, he wasn’t the kind of man to help others easily.

“Yes. And he even helped me get divorced from Count Orkney. So now, I’m free.”

“That’s wonderful!”

There were many things she was curious about, but that wasn’t important now. What mattered was that Charlotte had regained her freedom. Erika was so happy that she hugged Charlotte tightly.

“It’s all thanks to you, Erika.”

“Thanks to me?”

“Yes. I think you can hear the details from Grand Duke Hartwig.”

Charlotte gave a signal with her eyes, and at the end of her gaze, Kainel was seen approaching them.

“Let’s talk as much as we want after the reception.”

“Okay.”

After greeting Charlotte, Erika asked Kainel,

“What happened?”

“It’s the wedding present I prepared for you.”

“A present?”

“Yes. Actually, I did a background check on you, and I learned about the friend you relied on. So, as soon as my lost memories returned, I helped Miss Charlotte through Earl Down.”

“But why?”

“Because I thought it would make you happiest. I was going to tell you when the opportunity arose, but since it was so late, I thought it would be better to reveal it as a wedding present, so I kept it a secret. I’m sorry if it upset you.”

“How could I be upset when you helped Charlotte? Just being able to see her at my wedding as my wedding present makes me happy.”

“No, that’s not my present.”

“Then what is it?”

“The freedom of the friend you trust and cherish most.”

“!”

The moment she heard his words, she remembered what Charlotte had said earlier—he helped her get divorced from Count Orkney.

An overwhelming emotion that could not be expressed in words surged inside her.

“Do you like it?”

“I like it more than any other present.”

“Then am I a good husband to you now?”

“Of course. In fact, you’re a husband too good for me, the one I love most in the world.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

Kainel smiled contentedly, raising the corners of his mouth. Erika fell into his embrace.

Now that she thought of him as her true husband, she felt at peace. To her, he was the husband who understood her heart better than anyone else.

Sometimes he could be a bit stubborn in odd ways, but to Erika, he was the most perfect husband in the world.

<The End>