Whenever he imagined talking to her while brushing away her ever-present dark blue hair, Lionel’s neck grew unbearably tense. Remembering her red, small lips that had once been wrapped around his c*ck, Lionel waited patiently, coiled like a snake.

But things took an unexpected turn.

— Give us the virgin!

Whether it was arranged by Sophia or a pure coincidence, the monsters surrounding them were ones that lusted after virgins.

Lionel pretended to be gravely injured and acted helpless in front of the easily defeatable monsters.

Every time he sensed Ariel’s body nearby, he felt a distant, almost surreal sensation. Moreover, her words just before the subjugation team set out lingered in his mind.

‘Um, after this subjugation… I’m getting married.’

The shock of those words never left him. At first, he told himself she might be responding to his marriage proposal… but then she added,

‘To someone from the Republic of Veloto. I’m going there after the subjugation.’

Those words drove Lionel crazy. Someone from the Veloto Republic, likely Caelo. That cunning man had finally persuaded Ariel. Seeing Ariel trying to distance herself from him only heightened his anxiety.

Lionel was not stupid. Ariel really intended to marry another man, not him.

‘I can’t let that happen.’

If only he could sleep with her before she got married. That would change her mind.

Desperately trying to persuade her, Ariel kept hesitating, even though a faint desire was evident in her eyes.

“…You want it too, don’t you?”

His voice came out desperately.

“Is it so terrible to do this with me?”

“……”

Ariel’s inability to respond pained him. If she had truly given up on her feelings for him, what should he do?

‘I shouldn’t have pushed her away.’

The shame and his lower half’s constant reactions were trivial compared to the thought of Ariel leaving him. It was only now, when he was on the verge of losing her, that he realized how meaningless those concerns were.

“You liked me.”

“……”

“You liked me so much that you did those things.”

Lionel clung to her, provoking her guilt. When that finally worked, he held onto his last shred of reason and tried to ensure both he and Ariel were satisfied.

“Ariel…”

The inside, which he had entered countless times in his dreams, was much tighter and more intricate than he imagined, and it felt wonderful. Every thrust made it feel like his c*ck was being swallowed by the dense flesh. It was like being caught in a raging storm.

“Ah! Ugh!”

Even her high-pitched moans were sweet. Lionel thought that if he could, he would swallow all her moans and breaths himself. But if he did that, Ariel wouldn’t be able to breathe properly. Even now, she was struggling like a butterfly pinned down.

So, Lionel quenched his desire by kissing her jaw, neck, and round br*asts. But the more he embraced her, the more his desire grew instead of being satisfied.

The endless thirst made him feel like he could never get enough of this.

“Hmph!”

“Ugh…!”

He didn’t even regret ej*culating inside her.

‘If she gets pregnant…’

That would be even better. It would give him an excuse to take responsibility and marry her. For a moment, he even imagined a child that looked like both of them.

‘No more letting go or giving up…’

Finally, he had something he absolutely had to hold onto in his life. Whether it was Rayon or anyone else, he wouldn’t let them take her. She had always been his, looking only at him.

“You don’t need to feel guilty or responsible…”

Ariel, half-asleep, mumbled those words, but he barely heard them. Guilt and responsibility? Those were feelings for people who did something they didn’t want to do.

For someone like him, who had finally gotten what he had always wanted, those emotions were irrelevant.

“This is a secret only between us, after all…”

But it wouldn’t be a secret for long. When Sophia and others came looking for them, he planned to make it obvious what they had done overnight.

That way, even if rumors spread about an improper relationship between Ariel and him after they returned to the Holy Kingdom, Ariel wouldn’t suspect him. She would think it was inevitable that word got out.

“This is… an accident…”

Lionel just laughed at her sleepy murmurs. Then he gently placed his lips on Ariel’s closed mouth and whispered.

“An accident, Ariel?”

“……”

“This was a planned incident.”

“Hmm…”

“An incident leading to our marriage.”

Stroking her dark blue hair with possessiveness, Lionel looked down at Ariel with a loving gaze.

“So don’t say anything ridiculous.”

“……”

A line from the romance novel suddenly crossed his mind. He initially thought it was absurd and had planned to reprimand the author if he ever found them.

“My c*ck is now yours.”

His hand slowly moved down to the sleeping Ariel’s lower body. As he rolled her cute cl*toris between his fingers, it responded by becoming wet again, which he found adorable and lovable.

“And your p*ssy is now mine.”

Lionel suppressed the urge to thrust into her again. Although violating her while she slept would be immensely satisfying, it might be distressing and unpleasant for Ariel, who wanted to rest.

Withdrawing his hand, Lionel licked the fluid from between his fingers to quell his rising thirst. Then he kissed Ariel’s forehead.

“When we return, we’re really getting married, Ariel.”

“Hmm…”

“Make sure you check the marriage proposal, okay?”

Ariel, who had always been so deep asleep that she wouldn’t notice if someone carried her away, continued to sleep soundly even as he played with her p*ssy and kissed her body. Her long eyelashes fluttered, her fair cheeks turned red, and her lips parted slightly, making her look excessively beautiful.

Feeling a sense of accomplishment, Lionel was satisfied.

Until she abruptly quit the subjugation team and cut off contact with him shortly after their return.

Lionel decided to follow Ariel to Veloto not long after their return. If she was determined to run away, he would follow her.

They could get married anywhere, and he could take care of her and make her happy even without being a holy knight.

His fellow holy knights might criticize him for abandoning his vows to fight monsters, but for the first time in his life, Lionel decided to follow his heart. Not out of competition with Rayon or his father’s orders, but because he genuinely wanted to. To follow Ariel, live by her side, and make love to her for the rest of his life.

When Caelo approached her and tried to speak reason, Lionel suppressed the urge to punch him. He didn’t want to shock Ariel, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, and he knew well how to provoke her emotions.

He knew she was weak to his tears.

If he showed tears and ran away, Ariel would follow him. It was a much quicker way to be alone with her than standing there arguing with Caelo.

‘Not in a hundred years.’

Seeing Ariel follow him, Lionel sneered at Caelo. Not a hundred years, not even a thousand years would be enough. Now, Caelo would never have Ariel. Lionel would always be by her side.

“Do you understand, Ariel?”

“Mm, yes…”

Looking down at Ariel, who was drenched in various fluids and barely catching her breath, Lionel smiled brightly again. Exhausted from being tormented, Ariel was dozing off in his arms.

Although her white dress, which matched Caelo’s suit, was slightly torn, it looked like a ripped wedding dress, filling him with a perverse satisfaction.

“I’ve actually prepared a house in Veloto.”

“Mm…”

“I also bought a title in advance.”

Lionel said, kissing Ariel’s forehead again as she slept.

He had prepared everything in advance to ensure Caelo had no chance. She would enter Veloto and settle there through him, becoming so deeply entwined with him that she couldn’t escape.

“So don’t worry about anything, Ariel. Just…”

Take me with you.

His whisper scattered into the soft night air. Ariel didn’t hear it.

The Holy Kingdom was thrown into chaos the very next day with the announcement of their marriage.

【 Epilogue 】

“Congratulations!”

“Congratulations, Lionel, Ariel!”

Their wedding was held quickly, coinciding with Ariel’s academy graduation. Of course, the process involved quite a bit of commotion.

“The diamond of the Holy Kingdom, following after such a woman….”

“Unbelievable!”

The ladies who had always looked down on Ariel were busy gossiping, but unexpectedly, the members of the Holy Knight Order, the subjugation team, and those who had watched the two closely came to congratulate them without much fuss. Their general reaction was, ‘It was bound to happen.’

“I always knew it would come to this.”

Sophia’s words, spoken while exchanging final greetings with the guests, surprised Ariel once again.

“You knew it would come to this?”

“To be honest, he’s like a cat on a stove, he just didn’t say anything….”

“Sophia.”

Sophia smiled slyly at Lionel, who was trying to stop her. It was a smile more fitting for middle-aged men than a young female holy knight, making Ariel flinch once again.