Side Story 3. Erenhorn’s Happy Ending

“Ah… Duke….”

“May I taste these cherry lips, my lady?”

“Yes, yes….”

The eyes of the noble lady with her deep azure hair and fair skin were very dazed. She couldn’t take her eyes off the man in front of her.

It was understandable.

His long, almond-shaped eyes, marked by a tear mole, gently folded, and his lazy smile combined to create a face that was very captivating. Moreover, his bright pink hair, which seemed to clash with the robust build of a knight, mixed with his exquisite, masculine features to create a decadent and fatal beauty.

Lucas Aberdeen.

The head of the Aberdeen Dukedom, which oversees the northwest.

His combination of looks was quite fatal, a fact widely known along with other conditions.

“Please… uh….”

The lady was melting and dissolving under the skilled hands of the man, almost begging.

She had even forgotten that they were in the outdoor garden and not indoors.

Her dress was already half undone from the intoxicating kisses and skilled hands, and the hand that had slipped under her skirt was now exploring her deepest depths.

‘Ah, how experienced must this man be to be so skilled….’

The lady had been in society for quite some time but had spent a long time in the provinces, so she had never met Duke Aberdeen.

Like most people, she had seen him in parades when she was younger, but this was the first time she saw him up close, and he was indeed different.

She didn’t expect him to be this fatal. Despite countless warnings about him being a womanizer, she couldn’t bring herself to refuse in front of his gentle, smiling eyes.

Indeed, he was as handsome as everyone said.

‘Womanizer… what else was it…?’

There was a common warning people gave when telling her to be careful around Duke Aberdeen. It was something quite unusual, but….

“Hm.”

“Oh, your m*ans are so beautiful. Do you like this?”

“Ah, ah.”

But she couldn’t continue her thoughts.

Just looking at his crescent-shaped eyes made her dazed….

His lips, which kissed her as if she were lovely, his hands that caressed her and made her flush, his strong arms that held her waist, all woke her up with vivid sensations.

It was as if she could feel every single hair on her body.

Despite the warnings about him being a womanizer, she couldn’t resist.

‘It feels like I’m being touched by two people….’

Every place his hand touched made her feel like her soul was being sucked out. His skills were too proficient.

How could he create such a tongue-like sensation with just his hands?

“Ah!”

She shivered as his tongue traced a long path up her spine.

‘Hm? Wait… traced up…?’

His lips were now on her collarbone….

The woman’s body stiffened.

One of the man’s hands was clearly around her neck, and the other was on her thigh, so what had touched her back…?

The woman’s head turned sharply.

“……”

Suddenly, a white shadow appeared.

‘…Horse?’

The horse extended a large tongue and licked her cheek.

“……Aaaaaaah!”

It suddenly dawned on her. The warnings about Duke Aberdeen.

‘He is very handsome and charming, but… he’s a bit….’

‘They say he’s a womanizer.’

‘But that’s not the biggest issue.’

‘What is it?’

‘He’s a pervert…’

The duke being a pervert….

‘In bed, he never does it alone; he always drags someone else in with him.’

She had overheard this from others, but she didn’t know exactly what it meant.

But now, she understood what it meant….

“Huh, I, I can’t. I absolutely can’t do that….”

“Lady?”

The woman pushed Lucas away and hastily adjusted her clothes before fleeing.

“……”

Lucas, left alone, sighed as he looked down at his aroused body.

Another relationship had just ended….

She was quite a charming lady….

“…Come out, you bastard.”

This always happened. Lucas was at his wits’ end.

“He’s not coming out.”

Frowning, he closed his eyes.

Taking a deep breath, he deactivated his Guardian Spirit’s materialization.

When a Guardian Spirit is not materialized, the Oathkeeper is the medium, so it is automatically summoned.

As soon as he felt Erenhorn’s presence, Lucas immediately rematerialized him.

—Master, Master! Calm down—

And immediately, a punch landed on Erenhorn’s left cheek with a loud thud.

This was a familiar pattern, so Erenhorn tried to dodge, but as usual, he failed and fell with a ‘gurk!’

Lucas approached Erenhorn with a gentle, drooping-eyed smile.

His right hand, which had been opening and closing, now closed into a vicious but solid fist. Seeing this, Erenhorn struggled desperately.

—Pfff! Pfff!

Erenhorn desperately tried to convey the message to calm down, but Lucas had no intention of listening.

What needed to happen between them now was not a conversation but a physical one.

“This brat!”

—Pfff!

“Every time!”

—Pfff!

“Trying to ruin it!”

—Pfff!

If anyone saw the mischievous look in his silver-gray eyes, they would never again say his smile was sweet.

In fact, Lucas usually had a smiling face, but when he was angry, his smile became even deeper.

* * *

After this incident, the ‘Duke Aberdeen Pervert Theory’ that had been dormant for a while resurfaced and dominated the social scene.

“Hah. Who would believe he’s so pure?”

He couldn’t even date because of his unnecessary reputation of being a womanizer. Marriage was even more out of the question….

Sighing deeply at the unsolvable problem, Lucas sought someone to commiserate with.

“When are you leaving?”

“Kramer, I’ve only been here for 30 minutes…?”

But he might have chosen the wrong person to commiserate with… (But Lucas had no other friends.)

He had promised Count Debov to spend half the year in the Imperial Capital, so he tried to stay as much as possible in the Imperial Capital when there were no urgent matters in the Kramer territory.

Lucas somehow knew to find Constantine when he had only been in the Imperial Capital for a few days.

Saena was out with her friends, having taken the twins because they wanted to see them.

He was feeling a bit lonely and irritable, but that didn’t mean he was happy to see Duke Aberdeen.

“I don’t care. And Saena will be back soon.”

While serving him alcohol (Lucas had asked for alcohol instead of tea), Constantine also served the guest the intention to leave, giving him a clear look that said, “Get out.”

“Ha. Are you happy being alone?! Your friend is still living a painful life! Huh?!”

“Who’s my friend? Get out.”

“Haaa!”

Lucas was furious.

He thought Constantine could empathize with the pain of an Oathkeeper, but this guy was living as if he had been exempted from all of it.

Even though the fundamental problem hadn’t changed after meeting someone he loved, why did this guy seem so normal lately?

A loving wife and kids all lined up….

Lucas felt a bit envious.

‘Is it different because his wife is an Oathkeeper…?’

Saena Kramer.

After meeting her, this guy seemed like a completely different person.

‘If I had met her before Kramer, what would have happened?’

Because of this, Lucas sometimes made such assumptions.

The feelings he had when he met her without knowing her true identity, the feelings he had when he explored his own attraction, made him feel even more so.

A strange sense of regret.

The woman who made this cold-blooded guy change his ‘Who are you?’ attitude.

When the Duchess approached, the Duke of Kramer transformed into a gentleman as if he had put on a different skin. Lucas had no idea how shocked and chilled he was when he first saw this transformation.

It was that unbelievable.

“Hmm. If that’s the case, I should greet her as well.”

“What?”

Look at him. His eyes look like they’re about to shoot something.

If I don’t leave right now, he’ll kill me, won’t he?

Usually, Lucas would back off at this point, but today his mood was so bad that he didn’t want to do as Kramer wished.

What did I ask for? I just wanted to vent a bit, and he would have quietly had a drink and left!

Other men would be happy to have a chance to drink without their wives! Why are you like this?

“I haven’t seen the Duchess in a while. Since we’re not just acquaintances, isn’t it proper to greet her while I’m here?”

“Not just acquaintances, then what are we?”

His already fierce gaze turned even more sharp.

Why does the temperature around here feel like it’s dropping? Is it just my imagination?

“Hmm. You know, the Duchess and my sister are best friends. Floria was very curious about the Duchess’s well-being. She really wants to see her soon and is disappointed. I should see her and pass on her well-being, shouldn’t I?”

Lucas was actively selling his sister.

Floria wasn’t at the meeting the Duchess attended today. She had plans and was only scheduled to come to the Imperial Capital the week after next.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a wrong choice, as the tense atmosphere visibly relaxed.

This guy who only knows his wife….

His appearance made Lucas even more annoyed.

Absolutely not out of envy. Absolutely…!

In any case, thanks to quickly selling his sister, Lucas managed to stay without being forcibly kicked out.

“Dad!”

“Daddy–!”

And finally, he got to meet the twins that Constantine had been hiding away and not showing anyone.

“Prim’s hewe!”

“Louie’s hewe!”

They seemed to have come looking for their dad as soon as they returned from their outing.

Such adorable little ones!

“Wow… so pwetty!”

“Handsome uncle!”

And these children, unlike their grumpy dad, were very welcoming to Lucas.

Though Constantine’s eyes turned even more menacing when he saw them admiring Lucas’s appearance (especially his hair).

“Wow… it’s like cotton candy….”

Primula, the daughter, was especially looking at Lucas’s hair with sparkling eyes, clearly wanting to touch it.

“You’re Primula, right? Come, do you want to touch it?”

Seeing the plump, peach-like cheeks, Lucas, too, wanted to touch them, so he smiled and gently coaxed her.

Her eyes became even more dazed as she slowly approached Lucas.

Come on, sweetie. Just a little closer, okay?

However…

“No. Not. Prim, come here. It’s not food, not.”

The child was instantly snatched away by Constantine.

Grr! She was almost right in front of me…!

Lifting the children one by one on his thighs, Constantine was treating Lucas as if he were some kind of germ, creating a commotion.

“Daddy, who’s this short uncle?”

“An uninvited guest. He’ll be leaving soon.”

“Kramer? I don’t plan on leaving yet, though?”

Duke Kramer didn’t listen to anything Lucas said.

“After coming back from an outing, what should you do?”

“Hands!”

“Wash them!”

“Come on, go ask the nanny to wash them.”

“Okay!”

“Yeah!”

It seemed he didn’t even want to be in the same room with them. He was making a fuss to send the children out.