“Ah! Du, Dusik! That’s…”

Riel’s voice rose in shock, but without hesitation he brought his lips to her p*ssy.

The sparse, light orange hair, matching the rest of her coloring, revealed her pale skin almost entirely.

“Haaht!”

Her glistening p*ssy was a soft, peachy rose.

The slick that flowed from within, and the unbearably sweet scent of her body, made Aiden feel as though his breath had stopped and his mind was about to short-circuit.

He wanted to lap and s*ck at her greedily, but knowing it would make Riel, already so embarrassed, feel humiliated, Aiden curled his tongue like a spoon and gently drew up the slick.

“Mmnn……”

Riel’s mind had already gone numb from his slow, deliberate movements. Her body no longer obeyed her.

‘Th, that filthy place, and he’s……’

But ironically, the way Aiden treated her most intimate place like something precious made it feel anything but filthy.

The slick gathered on his upturned tongue was so sweet he kept wanting more. Riel made no move to refuse, and Aiden pressed his face closer to her p*ssy and sucked with deep, drawing pulls.

The bedroom was thick with flushed heat and damp, heavy breaths, but above all else, the sound of Aiden working through Riel’s p*ssy was the most overwhelming of all.

“Mmnn. Hnn. Mmm……”

Riel’s m*ans drove Aiden to move his tongue more intensely. The bridge of his nose ground mercilessly against her small, swollen peak.

“Ahh! Dusik! No, ah, no……!”

He hadn’t done this much last time!

Her waist trembled, and something hot surged and spilled from deep within. Aiden kept his mouth pressed there, swallowing every drop as though unwilling to lose a single one.

“Hnn, hngh.”

Riel finally burst into tears she had been holding back. Only then did Aiden lift his head.

“If you don’t want this, say so.”

At his words, Riel shook her head.

“Th, that’s not it…… but…… but……”

Her cheeks flushed a vivid pink, as though saying ‘it felt so good.’

“But what a problem. Even if you cry, I have no intention of stopping.”

Aiden let out a small laugh, and a red gleam flickered again in his eyes. Riel recognized it immediately, and her face went rigid.

Because Aiden had worn that same look when he entered her on their wedding night!

“Du, Dusik! Mmh!”

With a sharp cry, Riel felt his hard, enormous c*ck drive into her all at once.

Starting with slow, gentle thr*sts that grew increasingly intense, Riel trembled and clung to the back of Aiden’s neck.

Her two legs, suspended in the air, swayed helplessly.

“Hahh, mmh!”

“Hngh.”

The slick warmth inside Riel was soft as silk, and he could not bring himself to stop. Intense pleasure tore straight through his mind.

Even in that moment.

Make her yours.

The demon’s sweet whisper swelled enormous behind him, threatening to swallow both him and Riel whole, and Aiden stared fixedly at Riel’s nape. His violet irises bled into red.

“Riel.”

Only then will you be able to survive……

I want to devour you. You.

“……Riel.”

Would I hurt you.

***

Kyaah.

‘I did it again last night……’

I buried my face in my hands, burning with embarrassment.

I must have drifted off while still feeling the warmth of what had flowed into me several times until dawn, because my body, which had been damp and wet, was now dry and clean.

‘Don’t tell me Aiden washed me…… by himself?’

The thought surfaced the moment I came to, and my cheeks blazed all over again.

‘I’m so embarrassed!’

I was rolling myself up in the white blanket and kicking my feet when a familiar voice came from the direction of the bathroom door.

“My dear, are you awake?”

“Mm-hm……”

I answered without being able to bring myself to turn around.

Lying there for a while, I felt the bed behind me dip. I was just thinking about getting up when he pulled me into his arms, blanket and all. A scent of mint pricked at my nose. He had apparently just finished showering.

Aiden’s damp hair gleamed unusually bright today, and the droplets trailing down his throat made my face flush hot.

“My dear……”

“Did you…… sleep well?”

At my question, he gave a faint smile and nodded.

“Thanks to you. For once.”

But something subtle and unreadable lingered in his expression. Was there something he wanted to say?

I blinked up at him, and he spoke first.

“My dear, please hear me out without misunderstanding.”

“I, I will.”

“The two of us……”

“The two of us?”

“How would you feel about sleeping in separate rooms for a while?”

What? What?

I was so flustered the words wouldn’t come. After a night like that together! Now he wanted separate rooms?

“Something feels off with my body.”

“Off how?”

I stared at him hard, and Aiden brought his hand to his mouth and looked away from my eyes.

“It’s just……”

With a faint hope, I listened closely to his voice. My mother had said there was nothing wrong with Aiden’s body, but could it be connected to the fainting episode?

“Every time I see you, my heart keeps racing……”

“Your heart races?”

So his heart was giving him trouble…… no, that couldn’t be it. My mother was no quack.

Across the entire Ekandor continent, no one’s healing power could match hers.

Aiden struggled to continue.

“And also…… I get hot.”

“Hot, you say……”

Was Aiden genuinely ill somewhere? But in the original story, there had been no scene where the male lead fell sick! Growing anxious, I pressed him.

“Any, any other symptoms? Are there?”

At my question, Aiden’s face went stiff, and he dragged a hand down his face with an expression that said he couldn’t bring himself to say it.

This felt like something bad.

“Hah…… anyway, I think it would be best to use separate rooms for the time being.”

What? What was he saying!

Aiden said it with such finality, then looked at my stunned, dumbfounded face and asked again.

“Just until my body gets better. Will you wait for me?”

“I……”

But the time we have together isn’t much.

‘Of course, if we’re apart, what happened last night won’t happen again, so for the female lead’s sake that would be better too……’

I had thought more than once that, for the female lead’s sake, I shouldn’t share a bed with him anymore. Even so, the feeling of loss was unavoidable, and I dropped my head.

Aiden cupped both my cheeks and made me look at him.

“……Don’t make that face. My dear.”

“……”

“Because I don’t want to hurt you.”

His violet irises trembled faintly. I had no way of knowing what was going through his mind.

***

Four whole days had passed since then. The realization stung, and I scrunched up my face.

The reason was simple.

‘He said separate rooms, said he didn’t want to hurt me! And now he won’t even come find me? This isn’t push and pull, this is just ignoring me, what is this, really!’

From the day we agreed to sleep separately, I hadn’t seen Aiden at all. And every time I looked for him, I always heard the same thing.

“Dusik left early this morning, Princess.”

“I’m not sure, it seems he hasn’t come back yet……”

I was on the verge of getting properly angry. Why, of all times, was he avoiding me starting right after ‘that second burning night’? He was the one who started it! It was truly too much.

The hurt came flooding in, and I was gnawing at my lip when my mother’s cool voice reached me from behind.

“Riel, you need to focus.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Shall we try again?”

“Yes.”

Standing before the same pot where my awakening had halted last time, I swallowed dryly. Right. Forget about Aiden for now. Just forget it.

Finishing my prayer, I drew a long breath and began pulling the mystical energy up from deep within my core.

But something was strange. Not long after I started, the life force inside me began to swirl at a far faster pace than last time, as though it had been waiting for exactly this moment.

‘Wh, what is this?’

Before I could react, the life force surged beyond my will, and a green aura spreading from my palms flooded the entire greenhouse so brilliantly it stung my eyes.

“……!”

The light was so overwhelming that no shape could be made out within it. I tried to stop, but it felt as though something was pulling hard at my power, and stopping was simply impossible.

“Riel!”

“Princess!”

Voices calling for me flickered in from all around. Everyone sounded more than a little alarmed.

Opposite to their worry, a stubborn streak flared up in me. An invisible presence I had never sensed before was beginning to make itself known.

‘Let’s see who wins.’

Crack. Thud!

Rumble rumble rumble!

Crackle!

Strange sounds of splitting and fracturing rang out. A dizzying rush swept through me, as though every ounce of strength and spirit was being drained from my body. But the instinct that said I must not back down here came first.

“Stop! Riel! It’s dangerous!”

My father’s shout brought a flicker of reason back, but I couldn’t release the life force now spinning with such force. Not yet.

‘Just a little…… just a little, more……!’