Rihana looked down at Raiden with wet eyes as he called her by the shortened version of her name. Her heart fluttered so much from this simple thing that she felt like she might die. She remembered Letia’s ex-boyfriend who used to call her “Tia.” 

Back then, listening to Letia’s words, she had harbored vague hopes that someday Casian might call her by a pet name too. It had been a foolish thought, but at the time, she could only see Casian, so it was natural.

Just like how she couldn’t have imagined that a situation would come where she’d be at a loss from loving a man who called her by such an affectionate term.

“Ah… can you lay me down on the ground…?”

This man overflowing with consideration and manners made her feel like he had truly become her lover. All from shortening her name by just one syllable.

Having never liked anyone other than Casian until now, she had never thought she would feel this way about any man other than him. No, in fact, she had never thought she would feel like lovers even with Casian.

Rihana wondered whether this subtle, heart-fluttering feeling toward Raiden was because of his excessive consideration or because of his excessively handsome face.

“Yes.”

Since she didn’t yet have the courage to move her hips herself, it was more comfortable for him to move on top. Though Raiden seemed troubled about laying her on the hard ground.

He skillfully removed his top with one hand, laid it out neatly to the side, then embraced her waist and neck and laid her down on the clothes.

“Is your back okay?”

He asked carefully, seemingly concerned, and leaned down to lightly kiss Rihana’s lips. Rihana closed her eyes tightly and shook her head at the irrepressible sadness that suddenly burst forth.

Though she was a woman, she had rolled around violently on battlefields. Without regard for gender boundaries, she had slept tangled together with superiors and subordinates in the same space for days, and sometimes slept huddled by a single campfire outdoors. 

Of course, she had never directly touched her male subordinates, but before joining the knight order and becoming a direct imperial knight, she had traveled to various subjugation battles and fought wars. 

Being such a woman, her treatment was fundamentally different from delicate women who wore pretty dresses and beautiful makeup like hothouse flowers, looking like they might collapse at a touch.

So most women who became members of the imperial knight order, including Letia, found such considerate care awkward and embarrassing, just like Rihana. She didn’t know why she felt like crying, but it was true that such thoughtful and gentle treatment felt unfamiliar. 

Unaware of Rihana’s complicated thoughts, Raiden only worried about her back and thought he should make her climax quickly to finish.

Raiden gripped the waist of the lying Rihana and positioned her on his pelvis while lifting her as much as possible so her back wouldn’t touch the ground. Then he began moving his hips and thrusting his p*nis into her. 

As his initially slow hip movements gradually became more intense, Rihana’s body shook along with them. Even though he deliberately didn’t pull out completely, each time he pulled back and thrust in, it brought overwhelming pain and pleasure that took her breath away.

“Ah, haah…! Hng!”

Rihana let out scream-like moans at Raiden’s thrusting and scratched his forearms with her nails.

“Haah! Hngh! Hng!”

Every time the large member filled her completely to the deepest parts inside, she was swept up in pleasure so intense her whole body trembled, making her feel like she might go crazy. With each sound of flesh meeting flesh, her lower abdomen tightened with thrilling sensations.

Raiden leaned down and took Rihana’s br*ast fully into his mouth. He licked her ar*ola with his tongue then gently bit her n*pple. He rubbed and massaged her other br*ast with his hand, repeatedly twisting her n*pple gently with his fingers. 

Even while his hands and mouth tormented her br*asts, the thrusting didn’t stop. No, it actually became more agile and weighty.

Rihana continuously shed tears and cried out at the relentless attacks from above and below.

“Ahhng! Haah! Ah!”

In her frantically shaking vision, she couldn’t think of anything. Her mind, dominated only by pleasure, instinctively craved Raiden’s lips.

“Kiss, kiss, haah, kiss me!”

At her urgent pleading for a kiss, Raiden, who had been sucking on her br*ast, lifted his head. Before his lips could find Rihana’s, her hands wrapped around the back of his head and pulled him to her. Her small, hot tongue slipped between his lips and entangled with Raiden’s thick tongue. Raiden willingly offered his tongue and waited for her to do as she pleased.

Rihana clumsily entangled his tongue, sucked it painfully, then released it with a pushing motion, inserted her tongue back into his mouth to trace his palate and rub against the soft inner walls on the sides. 

Even then, Raiden continued thrusting while offering his lips, until finally unable to bear it, he mischievously bit Rihana’s lower lip then gently licked it up with his tongue.

When Rihana flinched at the sudden attack, Raiden began earnestly pushing his tongue in and ravaging every corner of her mouth. It was quite different from the kiss Rihana had given him. 

It was rough enough to seem a bit harsh. Due to his licking and sucking to the point of suffocation, continuous groaning moans flowed from Rihana’s mouth.

The lips that seemed like they would never part finally separated. Saliva stretched out like a thread then snapped in the air with a pop. The lewd wet sounds from his still shallow hip movements filled the cave.

“Hng, hngh, mmh…”

Along with Rihana’s moans, the gentle hip movements gradually began to quicken. The act of thrusting upward showed no more restraint. 

Seeing Raiden’s Adam’s apple bob up and down, Rihana felt excitement that made her heart race thrillingly. At that excitement, her inner walls twitched involuntarily, stimulating Raiden’s rapidly moving member.

Raiden continued thrusting with low moans. With each upward thrust, Rihana’s waist twisted. The pleasure matching the pain spread into ecstasy, and her legs automatically lifted and wrapped around Raiden’s thick, solid waist.

Feeling like he might climax right then, Raiden momentarily stopped moving and caught his breath. He absolutely could not allow himself to climax before Rihana reached her peak. As Raiden gritted his teeth and breathed roughly, Rihana breathed at the same pace while staring at him.

“Haa, haa, why… haa.”

She seemed curious why he had stopped.

“I felt like I was going to come.”

When Raiden answered in a slightly rough voice, Rihana’s inner walls twitched and squeezed his member.

“Hoo, Hana. Don’t tense up.”

At his words not to tense up, her inner walls squeezed his member even more tightly. Feeling like he might climax right then, Raiden groaned and arched his body like a bow. 

Unaware of Raiden’s distress, Rihana covered her face with both hands and said something so lovable it was maddening.

“I really love it so much when you call me that. I really love it, Rai.”

Raiden’s jewel-like blue eyes suddenly deepened. Urgently raising his upper body, he firmly gripped Rihana’s thighs to hold them in place and began thrusting his hips up violently.

“Ah! Aah! Mmmm! Hah!”

Deep inside her body, Raiden’s entire p*nis thrust in. Her lower abdomen continuously bulged, announcing that his insertion reached all the way. At the crushing thrusts, tear-mixed cries burst from Rihana’s mouth.

Eventually Rihana cl*maxed first. Convulsing all over and letting out breathless moans, she soon went limp and gasped for breath. Only after thrusting into her several more times did Raiden climax, then painfully sucked on the neck of the roughly breathing Rihana to make his mark.

“I love you too, Hana.”

* * *

Rihana returned home without catching the silver deer after all. This hunting festival ended peacefully without major incidents like last year. 

As soon as she returned, a carriage waiting to take Raiden to the Princess’s palace stood at the estate entrance, making Rihana’s heart sink to the floor. Raiden made the carriage wait, saying his body was dirty from the hunting festival, and went into the bathroom.

Rihana also washed herself in another bathroom, trying hard to comfort her despairing heart. The world wouldn’t collapse just because he slept with the Princess once. 

Since he had originally been the Duchess’s bedroom slave, it was ridiculous to feel jealous in this situation. But it was true that she hated it enough to burst into tears.

‘I don’t want to give Rai to anyone…!’

She didn’t want to let anyone else touch him. Thinking of Raiden climbing on top of the n*ked Princess, moving his hips and kissing her like he had done with herself, made her feel sad enough to want to die. 

She hadn’t known she would fall for him this deeply, but she had fallen in love again. She wished Raiden felt the same as she did, but whether due to his upbringing or his status, he didn’t seem to even consider becoming her lover.

This was unrequited love again. Terribly, identically the same. Only the object had shifted from Casian to Raiden.

She was always a woman who loved blindly and unrequitedly toward her target.

When she came out of the bathroom with a face full of gloom, Raiden was waiting for her, impeccably dressed. The moment she saw him, tears burst forth again. She wasn’t usually the type to cry so much, so she wondered where all these tears were coming from.

“I’ll be going now.”

“…”

Unable to say “go well,” she unconsciously bit her lower lip. Raiden strode over with his long legs and gently stroked her lip with his thumb.

“Don’t do that, Hana. Your pretty lips will get hurt.”

“…I really don’t want to send you.”

Rihana said quietly while lowering her head, not wanting to show her tear-streaked face.

“Don’t worry. There won’t be anything for you to worry about.”

When Rihana lifted her head at that, Raiden wiped away her tears with both hands and kissed her. It was a very light kiss, both tender and ticklish.

“Don’t think about anything and sleep well.”

“How could I possibly sleep well…”

“Trust me, Hana.”

“…”

“I have no intention of embracing any woman other than you.”

“…”

“So trust me and sleep peacefully, and when you wake up, just wait for me to return early tomorrow.”

For some reason, his words easily eased Rihana’s heart. Even though she thought that if the Princess set her mind to it, he would have no choice but to submit, Raiden’s words asking her to trust him made her feel reassured and able to believe.

Rihana nodded slightly and said to Raiden.

“Alright. I’ll wait. But come back quickly.”

Raiden smiled and nodded.