Saena, surprisingly showing no sign of panic, brought her fingers to his eyes and wiped them gently. Her slender fingers brushed away the moisture, and her lips descended where the tears had been.

The sensation of her lips traveling across his cheek, eyelids, and down the bridge of his nose unraveled him.

Finally unable to hold back, he raised his hands.

He grabbed her neck and devoured her lips, practically pouncing on her.

Their perspectives suddenly flipped.

The purple eyes curved gently as they gazed into blue eyes now filled with passion.

“Actually…”

“……”

“I’ve wanted to touch you like this for so long.”

“…So have I.”

He agreed with a teary smile.

“Always.”

Caligo’s annoying voice retreated deep inside again.

It wouldn’t have a chance to flap its mouth for quite a while. Perhaps this could count as revenge.

Yolly had also disappeared by now.

Thus began another precious time alone with her that he had longed for so much.

* * *

“Mmm…”

Had the maids forgotten to draw the curtains?

Saena woke up frowning at the overly intense light, then suddenly realized.

This wasn’t a situation where maids could enter the room.

The bedroom floor, influenced by her hair color, seemed to have expanded further, likely due to the intimate—perhaps overly so—time the couple had shared since yesterday.

The evidence of this was that no one had come to wake them, and judging by the shadows, they had well passed breakfast time.

“……?”

Suddenly she felt someone’s gaze.

When she turned her head, a pair of blue eyes were watching her.

“Constantine? Were you awake?”

“…I just woke up too.”

His focus seemed too sharp for someone who had just woken up.

“You weren’t watching me sleep the whole time, were you? I felt someone’s gaze.”

“……”

She had just taken a shot in the dark, but his tight-lipped response suggested it was true.

“You were watching me sleep? Why?”

She hoped she hadn’t been drooling.

Saena unconsciously wiped her mouth.

“…Because I can hardly believe it.”

“What?”

He blinked a few times before continuing.

“That you’re here, in my arms like this…”

“……”

“That I can hold you again like this.”

His deep voice was moist.

“And that I can say these words…”

“…What words?”

He slowly reached out and cupped her cheek.

“I love you.”

“…What?”

“I love you, Saena.”

“Ah…”

The regret she had felt when she thought she was dying had been so unbearable that she had blurted out her confession of love as soon as she regained consciousness.

Though she had confessed her feelings to him due to her sudden realization, she hadn’t done so expecting to receive love in return.

But now, actually receiving his confession…

“I thought the day I could say these words to you would never come.”

“……”

“I was afraid saying I love you would become…”

“……”

“A shackle for you…”

Saena suddenly felt so overwhelmed that she buried herself in his embrace.

“…Saena?”

Had she ever felt such overwhelming emotions in her life?

Saena wrapped her arms around his neck and met his gaze.

“Really, really?”

“Of course…”

“Ah, I’m so happy!”

Saena exclaimed, hugging him even tighter.

To have the person I love love me back… it was truly amazing.

She had somewhat expected it from his expression just before being pulled into the water current. That he too seemed to harbor quite deep feelings for her.

But there was definitely a difference between expecting it and hearing it directly as an affirmation.

She would no longer hide this love.

Since life’s flow was uncertain, she would leave no regrets.

That’s why she had confessed.

Yet when that confession was returned with a positive response, joy overflowed to an uncontrollable degree.

“I’m so fortunate to have met you.”

“……”

“Really… so very…”

Constantine made a choked expression before embracing her in return.

Hugging her so tightly as if to crush her, he spoke like a sigh.

“You keep… saying the words I should be saying… first.”

“What?”

“It’s the same for me. Meeting you, how much joy it brings me, what a miracle it is…”

“……”

“This feeling that I can never possibly repay…”

His hand cupping her cheek carried a tremor.

Like someone unable to control their body from excessive emotion.

“I cannot express it in words. I thought even the word ‘love’ couldn’t fully express my feelings… yet I have no other words to express it.”

He started crying again, drop by drop.

“…Ah.”

How many times was this now?

Seeing him cry.

But rather than seeming unmanly or undignified, somehow, it felt endearing.

It was poignant yet beautiful.

Without realizing it, Saena lowered her lips to his pale eyelashes that trembled moistly. A teardrop that rolled out at the pressure of her lips wetting them moistened her tongue.

As if licking his eyes, she swallowed his tears and met his gaze with a slow smile.

“Then… express it a lot.”

She whispered with feeling, letting herself sink into his moist upward gaze.

“You said you couldn’t express your feelings in one word. So…”

Smiling like a fully bloomed flower, she made her request. As if it were some grand demand.

“Express it often, and abundantly.”

He contorted his expression.

His eyes welled up hazily, threatening to spill tears again, but his lips were faster than his tears.

“…mmh.”

His lips rushed forward urgently, pushing past her breath to delve inside.

As if wanting to swallow even her breath.

Their positions had reversed again before she knew it.

Saena was trapped between the bed and Constantine.

His solid body pressed against her, fixing her in place.

While sucking on her lips, his hand immediately dove between her legs.

“Nngh.”

Her insides, still full of traces from last night, remained warm and moist. His long fingers probed inside, swirling to check her walls before quickly withdrawing.

“…Saena, I’m sorry. I’m too impatient to…”

He slipped his hand under her knee and lifted her thigh.

‘Though when I asked for frequent, abundant expression, I didn’t mean physically…’

Not that she intended to stop him though.

No sooner had the thought finished than his thick tip pushed between her legs.

“…Ah, nnngh!”

In one go, long and deep, he thr*st himself all the way in.

Her inner walls, still sensitive from last night, were not only slickly scraped but also resonated as his tip heavily struck deep inside, making Saena arch her neck and twist her body.

She squeezed her eyes shut, embarrassed at how her body tightened nearly to cl*max just from the first penetration.

Yesterday had been good but today was different.

Was it because their hearts had connected?

His deep thr*sts, with each penetration, wracked her body with maddening waves of cl*max.

“Hnngh!”

“Ah, Saya… Saya!”

“W-wait…! Too much…!”

Uncontrollable cries burst forth each time he thr*st between her spread legs. She couldn’t hold back her voice whenever her insides clenched tight.

“Ah!”

He licked up her ear as he thr*st his hips up again.

“Saya…”

“Hah, nngh!”

“Say it once more.”

“…nn, yes…”

“Tell me you love me.”

He murmured like a plea, like a sigh, as he licked her earlobe.

Even in her dazed state, steeped in sensation, a thought suddenly occurred.

‘I’m the one who asked to express it frequently…’

Why are you asking me…

But she didn’t want to stand on pride.

“Haa– I love, I love you.”

Each time she said she loved him, he would stop moving and clench his teeth.

“I love you, Constantine…”

His hips, which had stopped, twitched as if he could barely hold back his approaching cl*max. His manhood, buried as deep as possible, periodically spurted. As if leaking bit by bit during his momentary loss of control.

He hugged her tightly, trying to hold back, his body tensing up. As his firm body pressed firmly against her, pressing between her legs, the sensation turned into pleasure once more, causing her to tighten.

“Ngh. D*mn it.”

As if he could no longer hold back, he firmly gripped her hips and started thrusting again.

Saena whimpered at his movements, which was faster and more intense than before. As her sensitive spots tingled almost painfully, she dug in her nails and shook her head.

“Ah…! Too, too much…”

She gasped as he moved quickly, scraping her inner walls, occasionally thrusting down forcefully.

The tingling sensation running up her spine seemed to pickle her brain. He held and steadied her trembling body as he moved his hips again.

When she sobbed at the overwhelming sensation, Constantine kissed her as if to swallow those sobs. While kissing her deeply as if to block her mouth, below he gripped her buttocks tightly and began ejaculating in earnest, like he’s trying to fill her with his seed.

He ground his hips slowly while pushing his thick fl*id deep inside her. Each time her inner walls twitched and squeezed around him, she could feel hot liquid bursting and spreading inside her body.

“I love you…”

He whispered thus while tracing her lips with his own, as if touching something precious.

“I love you, Saena…”

Again and again, he whispered.

As if he hadn’t forgotten her request, just so.

* * *

Regardless of the urgent outside circumstances, they spent several days in the bedroom.

Like he’s making up for their long separation, like he’s commemorating the confirmation of their mutual feelings, they lost themselves in their private time, forgetting the world.

“…Saena? What are you…”

And with good reason—she was acting strange.

It was terribly hard to keep his senses.

Unlike before, she was being overly aggressive… and active.

Even now, he had just awakened to the sensation of soft fingers tracing his chest.

“You keep calling me Saena?”

“Ngh.”

Her slender fingertips teased his n*pple before slowly tracing along the clearly defined lines of his muscles.

He sharply inhaled before grabbing her hand.

“If you keep… stimulating me, it’ll be trouble.”

He was already feeling guilty about having taken her all night after slightly losing his senses, but if she touched him like this, he would have to let go of what little reason he was holding onto.

“Hmm. Stimulation…”

However, she pressed her body tightly against his while pressing his chest firmly with her other hand.

“Does it really work?”

“…Of course it does.”

He answered with what sounded like slightly clenched teeth.

“But…”

“……?”

“I’ve wanted to touch you like this for a while.”

“…What?”

“Since you have such a nice body…”

After dropping that bombshell statement, Saena suddenly smiled brightly. At that smile, and that almost impudent observation, he felt heat instantly rising through his core.

“…You really…”

This woman seems unaware of what effect her smile has. Seeing her do this repeatedly…

“I was going to let you out today… It’s your fault.”

“Out where?”

“Out of bed, I mean.”

She climbed on top of his body and lay down with a playful smile.

An even more impudent response followed.

“I don’t mind though?”

“Ha.”

He surrendered immediately,

“Thank you.”

Just when he wanted to make up excuses.

“For giving me such an abundant excuse…”

Soon he smiled sweetly as he wrapped her waist and flipped their positions.

His smile deepened as he immediately reached down to caress her womanhood.

“And your body seems ready too.”

“Yes…”

“I wonder why my wife suddenly became so naughty?”

“So… do you dislike it?”

She asked in a sultry voice while twisting her hips.

“How could I dislike it… hah…”

His voice carried urgent breaths as he pressed in eagerly.

“You’re driving me crazy though.”

“Nnh, yes…”

“You’ll have to take responsibility.”

“Ah…!”

He warned her as he properly lifted her legs.

That she wouldn’t be able to leave the bed today either.

T/N: hello you guys i think there’s too many locked chapters and some people will not be happy if i posted them all at once (and i am also too lazy to do it all at once). this novel has 9 volumes and it will probably have around 260 chapters in total. if you want to read more chapters you can go here