“Have you found buyers for the brats?”

When they heard voices, the two hid between wooden barrels scattered messily in the corridor.

“I’m asking them to raise the price a bit more at the place offering the highest. But will it be okay?”

“What?”

“The girl’s side is one thing, but they paid ransom for the boy. Won’t they try to track us when their son doesn’t return?”

“What, you want to wash up the kid who’s seen all our faces and send him back?”

The man mocked his companion, saying why not buy him new clothes too. The mocked companion grumbled about why he was being sarcastic when he was just asking.

The sound of their footsteps gradually faded until they couldn’t be heard anymore.

Lenore alternately looked at the end of the corridor where they had disappeared and the window in the corridor.

“Let’s escape through there.”

Though it was a small window, it seemed their small bodies could barely squeeze through. Using Daniel as support, Lenore climbed through the window first.

Next was Daniel’s turn, but Daniel, who wasn’t as small as expected, got stuck in the middle.

“Why are you so big when you’re just a crybaby!”

Lenore got angry while pulling his arms and grunting.

What difference does being a crybaby have to do with being big?

Daniel held her hand tightly, feeling wronged. He was anxious she might leave without him. After much struggling, Daniel was able to squeeze through the window.

The two held hands and ran far, far away from the nightmarish place. After running through dirty narrow alleys, they finally found a familiar place.

It was the capital’s plaza.

“I know the way home from here. Do you?”

Lenore asked. Daniel looked around and nodded. Relieved, she let go of his hand.

Now they would part. Sensing this, Daniel grabbed her hand again.

“What’s your name?”

“You didn’t care to ask until now? You’re a strange kid.”

“I wanted to ask the whole time. I just kept missing the timing.”

It wasn’t a lie. Daniel had been curious about her name the whole time. He just lacked the courage to bring it up.

“What good would knowing my name do?”

“You don’t want to tell me?”

Daniel’s shoulders slumped dejectedly. Lenore stared at his face. She didn’t notice it while she was focused on escaping, but he had quite a handsome face.

“Lenore. Lenore Bergis.”

When Lenore told him her name, Daniel held both her hands firmly and said seriously.

“Lenore, when we’re old enough to marry, will you marry me?”

Lenore seemed quite surprised by the sudden proposal.

“Do you like me?”

Daniel nodded shyly with reddened cheeks. Lenore blinked and thought for a moment before telling him.

“I can’t decide about marriage. I have to have a political marriage.”

Lenore asked if he knew what a political marriage was. Daniel didn’t know the exact concept but nodded that he did anyway.

“If you really want to marry me, convince my father, Duke Bergis.”

When she said she would marry him if he succeeded in convincing him, Daniel held out his pinky finger.

Do we really have to go this far?

Lenore had doubts but made a pinky promise with him. Though she found his handsome looks quite appealing, she thought it would probably be impossible. His appearance in rags made it hard to see him as a noble.

Political marriages were made between nobles. She thought the day to keep the promise would never come since her father wouldn’t allow it even if he wanted to marry her.

She had no idea the boy before her was Daniel Sillingdeer. Because he had never told her his name.

“Don’t forget about me, and our promise to marry!”

Lenore waved once to Daniel who couldn’t let go and called out, then disappeared with quick steps.

* * *

“I told her not to forget like that, but my wife didn’t remember the promise at all.”

Daniel sighed while looking up at the sky.

She had been kidnapped when young and escaped with a crybaby boy who was already there when she was kidnapped. She couldn’t recall any more detail than that.

It was terribly disappointing but what could he do? She said she couldn’t remember.

Daniel sighed deeply again. Meric might not believe him, thinking he made up the story since the person involved didn’t know about it.

But something unexpected happened.

“That child, that child was Count Sillingdeer. Hic, huuuuh, ugh, kuh…”

Meric confessed while sobbing. Apparently Lenore had told him what happened when she returned at the time.

“Thank goodness. Lenore didn’t marry a demon after all!”

Though grateful he understood it wasn’t true, Daniel felt strange. Why did her brother remember when Lenore, who he asked not to forget, had completely forgotten? What a cruel world.

“Bergis! Count Sillingdeer! Are you there!”

Just then Prince Zig’s voice was heard from above the cliff.

“Your Highness!”

Daniel called out loudly while waving his hands.

The two were safely rescued thanks to Prince Zig. Though Daniel had broken his right leg and Meric had injured his back so he couldn’t get up for a while, at least they were alive.

Though their stay at the Duke’s mansion was extended, Daniel had no complaints since Meric had cleared up his misunderstanding and his wife stayed by his side nursing him every day.

If there was just one troublesome thing, it was Lenore’s experienced sisters. Because of them, Lenore ended up taking off her bedridden husband’s pants.

“I heard men like it when you do this when they have trouble moving.”

“Lenore, stop, ungh!”

Daniel didn’t want to get aroused in this situation. But when his wife kneaded with her hands, he quickly responded and grew in size. Daniel wanted to hide in a mouse hole from embarrassment. Even if he had to crawl.

Watching his manhood grow with her mouth open, Lenore gulped like she was making some decision. Then she brought her soft lips to his gl*ns.

“Leno– that, uh, ah!”

Daniel was so flustered he couldn’t even speak properly.

“Don’t criticize me if I’m not good at it. This is my first time, and I’m doing it with considerable courage.”

Though embarrassed, Lenore opened her mouth and took his gl*ns in. When she moved her tongue to stroke the gl*ns inside her mouth, Daniel clutched the sheets.

His reaction seemed good. Gaining confidence, Lenore kept the gl*ns in her mouth while slowly stroking from the middle of his sh*ft to the base with her hand. Soon, something came out from the tip of his c*ck in her mouth.

Lenore pulled away and checked the substance that came from the tip. Since it was transparent rather than whitish, it didn’t seem like he had *jaculated yet.

After touching the transparent fluid with her hand, Lenore spread it over his veiny sh*ft. Just when she thought she had spread it all and checked again, even more pr*cum was leaking out than before.

When she gripped and stroked the increasingly slick sh*ft with her palm, she heard him exhale above. Lenore took his c*ck in her mouth again.

She moved slowly, trying to take it deeper than before. Getting it centered without poking her palate or cheeks was harder than expected. As she fumbled to find the right position, she heard his ragged breathing above.

Is he enjoying it?

Lenore glanced up at him. The man was gritting his teeth, unable to take his eyes off his wife with his c*ck in her mouth as he breathed heavily.

“Lenore, where did you learn this, hah…!”

It was too visually stimulating. Just watching this made him feel like he would c*m with just a little touch.

C*mming in her mouth?

Daniel didn’t know what to do with himself, feeling sinful just imagining it. His lips moved to try to stop her, but no sound came out.

People were truly fickle. To be unable to stop her while thinking it shouldn’t be done. Daniel found it thrillingly good that she had his c*ck in her mouth to please him.

Daniel reached out and stroked her protruding right cheek. His c*ck was inside this soft skin.

Lenore moved her tongue to stroke his sh*ft while making sucking sounds. As she tried taking him deeper, the tip hit the back of her throat. She quickly pulled him out of her mouth at the sudden gag reflex.

“Are you alright?”

Daniel asked kindly, trying to hide his disappointment. Lenore coughed and struggled. When her coughing subsided, she firmly tucked his c*ck back into his pants.

No way. Is she going to end it like this after getting him aroused?

Daniel stared at her with round eyes, unable to hide his bewilderment. Lenore wiped the saliva from her chin and smiled sweetly.

“I’m glad you seemed to enjoy it.”

Her response showed she was very satisfied and proud of what she had just done. Well yes, it felt good. How could it not? But… but still. It felt like things were just getting started, so he couldn’t understand ending it here.

He was also confused about having his fully aroused c*ck put back in his pants. Still unable to believe the reality, he leaked more fluid until Lenore brought food saying it was mealtime, and he had to accept it.

This was the end.

Would they continue after finishing the meal? Or at night?

Daniel kept hoping, not losing hope. But when Lenore lay down on his left side with an innocent face and fell soundly asleep, he realized,

That really was the end.

Daniel couldn’t shake the feeling of being toyed with. Even if she didn’t intend to, he couldn’t understand what it was if not being toyed with.