“Why are you covering my eyes?”

“You’ll know if you try it.”

“If you’re trying to hide that we’ve arrived, it’s useless.”

“Why would I hide it?”

Latnon chuckled. Anyway, she would know when the carriage stopped, and he preferred mixing bodies on a comfortable bed rather than in a carriage. For Latnon, this was simply a bet for fun. 

If he won, he could see Ariel moving her waist on top of him, which would be good, and if he lost, he could save it for later entertainment.

Though Ariel was suspicious, she was satisfied that her hands had found freedom. Since she couldn’t see anything, she didn’t know where to put her hands and grabbed his collar. 

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like Latnon would drop her. Still, she was somehow anxious and leaned against his chest.

“Then I’ll start again.”

As soon as Latnon finished speaking, he spread Ariel’s legs wide in one motion, which had been gradually closing. Without caring about the small scream that could be heard, he immediately rubbed her intimate area like before. He was holding her in case she might fall. Except his hand was kneading Ariel’s right br*ast and flicking her n*pple.

Ariel found it hard to hold back her cries from the countless pleasures pouring over her body. Just covering her eyes made his breathing and the squelching sounds of his p*nis moving in and out with her fluids incredibly clear. 

Moreover, all her nerves were focused on the pleasure from three places: the pleasure from rubbing her cl*toris, the pleasure from his p*nis thrusting into her intimate area, and her br*asts.

“Hah, ah… hyah! Latnon.”

“Ariel, you’re so beautiful.”

“Ahh, Latnon, ah…!”

“My lovely Ariel. You don’t need to hold back.”

She tried to hold back but couldn’t. She was just drowning in ocean-like pleasure. Before she knew it, cries were bursting from Ariel’s mouth without pause, and Latnon lifted her to make her lean forward in the carriage.

The relief of not falling was brief, as Latnon moved even more intensely and drove Ariel on. He thrust roughly while leaning over her. Ariel belatedly realized she was mixing bodies in a beast-like position, but by then she couldn’t say anything.

“Hah, n-not there!”

“Here?”

“No, no…!”

Though Ariel resisted, Latnon thrust even more persistently at the place she mentioned. The more he did so, the higher Ariel’s cries became. To the point where even Ariel couldn’t say no.

Latnon’s brow furrowed as he continued thrusting. Ariel’s insides began churning again and squeezing him with the force to make him burst. Sure enough, she was trembling even in her arms.

“Stop, stop… please.”

“Hold on a little longer, it’ll be harder if I stop here.”

“Latnon, please, ah, ahh!”

Ariel threw her head back and reached climax. Though Latnon knew he should ej*culate outside, he couldn’t easily pull out. Barely remembering that he hadn’t taken medicine, Latnon had no choice but to pull himself out. 

He pressed Ariel’s thighs together and inserted his p*nis between her soft flesh, continuing to thrust. Each time his p*nis rubbed against her cl*toris, Ariel couldn’t maintain her sanity.

“Kgh!”

Finally unable to hold back, white fluid spurted from Latnon’s p*nis. Since he had been holding back for a long time, more liquid than usual spurted out. It soaked Ariel’s dress.

“What should we do? Your dress got wet. There’s no choice, you’ll have to stay at my house until it’s washed.”

His house had several dresses prepared, but he decided to hide that fact. At least until tomorrow afternoon, there shouldn’t be a dress ready for Ariel to wear.

Just then, the carriage slowed down. It had taken two or three times longer than usual to arrive. The coachman didn’t say anything until the carriage completely stopped.

“Ariel, we’ve arrived now.”

No response came from Ariel. Since this was the first time she had been pushed so hard, she had fallen fast asleep. Latnon chuckled and wrapped her in the cloak from his shoulder before holding her in his arms.

“Open it.”

At Latnon’s low voice, the carriage door immediately opened. If Ariel had known that the door opened even when he spoke in such a small voice, she would have been shocked, but fortunately she was asleep.

“Prepare a dress for Ariel to wear tomorrow afternoon.”

“Yes, understood.”

Latnon headed to his bedroom with light steps, hoping Ariel would wake up soon. He planned to make full use of the time he could keep her using the dress as an excuse.

* * *

Latnon didn’t stop at just being intimate with Ariel. Of course, for the first two days he devoured her until Ariel begged him to stop, but realizing he had been too excessive, he changed his plan to meet her frequently and devour her often.

Since then, the number of times Ariel visited the marquis’s mansion increased, but equally often, the two were spotted at well-known dating spots.

At first, stories were rampant that Ariel had fallen into Marquis Harkshien’s hands, or that since there were problems with Ariel, they wouldn’t be able to meet for long.

But even that quieted down as days passed. Now in high society, when people saw them, they didn’t spend all day talking about them like at first. It just became normal to think they were still meeting, or that they had been meeting longer than expected.

“The opera we saw this time was really fun too.”

“Right? I thought you’d like it.”

Ariel was walking around the lake with her hand on Latnon’s arm. It was dusk after the opera had ended. Not just them, but many couples were walking together, having a pleasant time.

“Have you seen that work before, Latnon?”

“No.”

“Then how did you know?”

“I looked into it. What the content was, where it had been performed, what the reaction was then.”

She had become accustomed to calling Marquis Harkshien ‘Latnon’ now. Ariel was grateful that he put so much effort into dating her. It was treatment she had never received even when she was engaged to Maximus Roysel.

During her engagement to Maximus, she had gone out with him a few times. During those times, she had never thought it was this enjoyable. Watching opera was something Countess Roysel had chosen, so her tastes were heavily reflected. 

Maximus, who was desperate not to show that Count and Countess Roysel had forced him to go, didn’t properly exchange a word with Ariel, and immediately went to meet other women as soon as the opera ended. So he couldn’t even be compared to Latnon.

“Thank you so much. I had fun thanks to you.”

When Ariel smiled brightly, Latnon felt proud. It was worth having his subordinates gather information. It was an opera with a theme that wasn’t too light for Ariel’s level, yet not too heavy for a date. Where would be good for dining after watching the opera, and whether there was a place to talk with her after dining.

When women he had met before suggested dating, he would go out once for courtesy’s sake. Most commonly, he would meet women at late-night balls and spend the night in rooms prepared there.

“It seems like a lie that there was such a commotion. If it weren’t for Latnon, the Roysel story would still be following me around.”

“What did I do?”

“Everyone’s too busy talking about Latnon to be interested in the Roysel story, right?”

Latnon stroked his chest. When she said it was thanks to him, he thought he had been caught manipulating public opinion behind the scenes. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.

“Is that so?”

Ariel nodded happily with a laugh. She felt at ease since all problems seemed solved. She thought that once his problems were resolved too, all these meetings would end and she would return to her daily life.

* * *

But there was something Ariel didn’t know. People quite enjoyed the Roysel story.

“How bad must it have been for that noble Lady Naiad to say he was lacking in front of so many people?”

“Lord Roysel must have really had problems, right?”

“Then the thing about Lady Naiad being a lifeless stone… maybe Lord Roysel really was incompetent?”

This is how it started. The people Latnon had influenced took Ariel’s side with just one comment each. Then someone who knew about Marquis Harkshien’s history with women subtly said:

“Come to think of it, Marquis Harkshien wouldn’t meet a lifeless stone.”

“Even seeing them meet for so long… Lady Naiad might be an incredible woman.”

“Oh, if that’s the case, I’d like to learn too. Just how did she capture Marquis Harkshien?”