She felt the same way. In front of Raiden, even when he wasn’t doing anything particular, her lower belly would tingle and she would grow wet below.

His distinctive cool and pleasant winter scent, his low and gentle baritone voice, his gaze fixed entirely on her alone. All of it stirred a strange desire that made her want to lick every bit of him she could reach.

Rihana brought her hand to Raiden’s cheek, who was staring intently at her. When Raiden turned his head slightly and pressed his lips to her palm, Rihana’s body instinctively flinched. Her lower belly trembled with a tingling sensation, and from there, an overwhelming emotion suddenly surged up.

Love. It was definitely the emotion called by that name.

Rihana finally realized anew that she loved Raiden to a degree she couldn’t control herself. She had to admit that he had taken such a large place in her heart that the man she had harbored unrequited love for so long no longer caught her eye.

But she couldn’t bring herself to voice the word “love,” unable to part her tightly sealed lips. Given her and Raiden’s current circumstances, the word love was utterly inappropriate.

A woman with a fiancé. A clear difference in social status. A man who belonged to someone else originally.

While social status could be bought since noble titles weren’t difficult to purchase, the word love shouldn’t pass between him, who belonged to the Duchess, and herself, who had a fiancé.

Nevertheless, unable to stop these feelings for him from swelling inside her, Rihana stretched out both arms and embraced Raiden.

For now, holding him with her body was all she could do.

* * *

Raiden kneaded Rihana’s br*asts very slowly. His thumb rubbed the tip of her n*pple while his index finger traced curves along her ar*ola. Though his touch was incredibly gentle and tender, it was lewd and intimate. When that intimate touch began growing bolder, her entire body trembled finely with tingling pleasure.

“Mmh…”

The moans that flowed naturally became entangled with her breath, creating an incredibly lewd sound.

The faster Raiden’s hands worked her br*asts, the sharper Rihana’s wet moans became.

“Ahh… mmh…”

Each time he rubbed her n*pples, her hips moved involuntarily, and seeing this, Raiden’s p*nis also twitched in response. Whether by accident or on purpose, Rihana’s thighs kept brushing against his sensitive p*nis, wearing down Raiden’s patience. 

Though he wanted to torment her br*asts a little longer, his stimulated lower body clamored to enter her, so Raiden removed his hands from Rihana’s br*asts and positioned his body over hers.

His er*ect member slipped between her thighs. Like that was its natural place, it nestled between Rihana’s legs, twitching and swelling.

Raiden grasped one of Rihana’s thighs and wrapped it around his waist, then with his other hand, he gripped his p*nis shaft and began rubbing slowly. Her already soaked entrance made lewd squelching sounds and gaped each time his member rubbed against it. 

Rihana kept twitching because the head that wouldn’t enter but kept rubbing only the entrance made her feel itchy and hot below.

Raiden slowly rubbed her entrance with the tip of his head, checking her reaction. Watching Rihana’s legs spread naturally and her waist instinctively sway, he felt irresistible l*st. The desire to thrust all the way to the base and pound her senseless began to rear its head.

Whether she knew Raiden’s feelings or not, Rihana unconsciously swayed her waist up and down while pulling Raiden’s neck down forcefully with both arms. With his neck captured and leaning over her, a low laugh flowed from Raiden’s mouth.

“Should I put it in?”

With his neck held by Rihana, he whispered while licking her earlobe. The way she kept moving her hips was adorably irresistible.

At Raiden’s playful question, Rihana swallowed dry saliva and nodded. Before her nod was even complete, the tip of his p*nis pushed into her entrance. A fevered moan burst from Rihana’s mouth at the painful pleasure.

“Ahh!”

No matter how many times they did this, she couldn’t get used to his member pushing endlessly inside, making Rihana’s legs tremble reflexively.

“Relax, Hana.”

Raiden spoke while trying to swallow the moans flowing from his mouth. Biting his lips at the inner walls that squeezed like they would devour his p*nis, he slowly resumed his hip movements.

Strength entered Rihana’s arms wrapped around his neck. He wanted to suck her br*asts but couldn’t move with his neck captured, so he tormented her ears and neck instead. Though he could remove her arms and lower his head, Rihana seemed unwilling to separate from him even slightly right now, so Raiden began moving his hips while held tightly in her embrace.

The narrow inner walls clung stickily each time his member moved in and out, providing unbearable pleasure. When he thrust all the way in until his t*sticles slapped her perineum, Rihana’s head tilted back and she trembled. His member, entering deep enough to make her lower belly bulge, provided pleasure bordering on ecstasy along with matching pain.

The inner walls gripped his member so tightly they wouldn’t let go, making thrusting difficult, so Raiden had to bite his lower lip and hold back his climax.

Rihana’s legs convulsed at the gradually quickening hip movements. The pleasure mixed with pain made sharp cries continuously burst from her mouth. Because he thrust to the base with each movement, chicken-dropping-like tears had begun flowing from Rihana’s eyes.

“Hah! Ah! Slow…! Slowly…! Haah!”

The word “slowly” scattered from Rihana’s mouth at the deep, fast thrusting. Raiden found her incredibly lovable, shaking so much she couldn’t form proper sentences.

Tingling pleasure climbed up her spine, heating her entire body. With the strong thrusting – thump, thump – his member reached her cervix, making Rihana’s mouth fall open naturally. 

When withdrawing, he skillfully pressed and rubbed her sensitive spots while slowly pulling out, maximizing Rihana’s pleasure.

The faster the beast-like thrusting became, the more unprecedented cries burst from Rihana’s mouth. The pleasure that made her vision flash caused tears to flow continuously from her eyes. Raiden licked the tears flowing down her ears while thrusting upward.

Rihana’s body, now awkwardly matching the rhythm of Raiden’s thrusting by moving her hips, trembled involuntarily. Raiden bit down on her nape while thrusting upward with all his strength. Rihana’s body shook wildly with his hip movements.

At the relentless piston-like movements, Rihana’s cries grew sharper and louder. Squelching sounds and flesh slapping against flesh echoed throughout the room.

The thrusting mixed with pleasure and pain had consumed both their bodies.

“Haaah!”

“Kuh!”

At the end of the frenzied thrusting, with a deliberate upward thrust, Rihana’s back arched as she reached climax.

Raiden ej*culated inside her while seeking Rihana’s lips.

* * *

A messenger bird came to Raiden two days later. It carried word from the Duchess that she had found the Emperor’s brother Bran and was keeping him safe. 

It also said she was discussing with the King of Tarecus, Raiden’s father, when to set the date for the rebellion, and told him to prepare to return to the Kingdom of Tarecus.

Raiden felt troubled thinking that the day he would truly part from Rihana was not far off. The woman named Rihana had taken a larger place inside him than he’d expected. 

Even when he came to the Kadelai Empire with his identity concealed, he never imagined he would become so close to the Emperor’s guard knight who was supposed to be used for investigating the imperial palace interior.

Originally, the sole prince of the Kingdom of Tarecus crossing over to the Empire despite the danger was a situation born from a mixture of his youthful recklessness and his love for his country and people above all else.

The reason the King of Tarecus joined hands with the rebels was for “an independent nation free from any interference by the Kadelai Empire.” For that price alone, he lent strength to the rebels’ plan to overthrow the thoroughly rotten Emperor and install a new one, forming an alliance with them.

The Empire already wanted a new leader badly enough to call for regime change while accepting bloodshed, and the neighboring country, though not part of the Empire, sought to usher in their own new era by helping those who would open a new age, as they suffered Imperial interference in trade, fishing, and various other matters. So, facing this period of rapid change, their cruel fate of inevitable separation was only natural.

Raiden thought that when he returned to his homeland, he should first send his soldiers to Rihana so she wouldn’t face danger even when going to the frontier.

“Are you ready?”

Raiden, who had been lost in thought while looking out the window, turned his head at Rihana’s voice from behind him. Dressed neatly in her imperial knight uniform with her hair tied up in a single bundle, Rihana’s characteristic cold and haughty feeling seemed somewhat softened. 

The moderate liveliness that suited her quite well was also lovable, making Raiden’s mouth curve in a smooth arc. It was just the difference between wearing her hair down versus up, but with her hair up, Rihana seemed cute.

“You got up too early and your eyes are swollen, Rai.”

Rihana, who had approached right in front of Raiden, raised her hand and gently stroked under his eyes. Raiden’s eyelids slowly lowered and rose. Fatigue was indeed evident on his face. He had reason to be tired after going at it all night until dawn. 

Though she had fallen asleep quickly, Raiden had only slept after cleaning her sleeping body thoroughly.

“I’ll be busy all day with many things to delegate to Letia, so wouldn’t it be better to just rest?”

With her upcoming departure to the frontier, there were many matters to hand over to Vice-Captain Letia. Even starting from morning, she wouldn’t return until late at night.

At Rihana’s suggestion, Raiden immediately shook his head. With so little time left to be together with her, he didn’t want to wait for her at the estate. Even if his body was a bit tired, seeing her face was several times better.

But that thought didn’t last very long.