Though Jayden had never thought about children before, at times like this, he would imagine Larien’s br*asts producing milk like a human’s.

Any milk flowing from her full br*asts would all be swallowed by his mouth.

He pushed up his hips while twisting her n*pples that stood *rect as if about to spray milk. Her hot insides churned greatly as they sucked in his member.

“Ahng… Jayden… haah!”

Her small body trembled intensely as she reached her peak, uncontrollably letting out moans.

Jayden too, with half-crazed eyes, drove into Larien who was crying out his name until she reached her limit. His movements became even more intense.

“Ah, aah… ahh!”

Along with loud wet sounds, the leg on his shoulder started trembling finely as he grabbed her slim waist and pushed his center deep inside.

“Haah…”

With a satisfied breath, his hot s*men wetly soaked her insides. The twitching continued for a long time until her flat stomach became round and full.

Though she was the one filled with his seed, he too felt satiated.

Jayden gently lowered Larien’s leg from his shoulder and softly caressed the tense area.

As he lowered his center, the whitish s*men that had pooled inside flowed out of her entrance. The sight made his lower region stiffen again, but he barely managed to calm it. Any more and Larien wouldn’t be able to handle it.

After cleaning up thoroughly with a wet cloth he prepared, he firmly pressed his fingertips, focusing on the areas he had persistently tormented.

Though she gave him a briefly reproachful look, as his massage continued, she seemed to feel good, letting out small humming sounds while lying face down.

Unable to resist her cute behavior that tickled his heart, Jayden kissed her small nape.

The kiss that started lightly only stopped after painting her entire body red with marks.

After tidying up the disheveled place and lying side by side on the bed, they could see a single morning star crossing the night sky through the dim window.

Their night had been such a short time.

Jayden’s eyes also darkened like the night as he gauged the little time remaining.

“Jayden?”

Larien, whom he thought was asleep because it was quiet, suddenly called him.

“What?”

“You must never leave my side. Got it?”

“Of course.”

“Promise.”

“I promise.”

Jayden tightly embraced Larien, who kept asking repeatedly these days, with his strong arms. Since his leg was repaired and he was dressed in clean clothes, whenever people’s attention turned to him, his lover wouldn’t leave his side all night.

Though he thought there was little chance of him being sold, even if such a thing happened, he was making plans to definitely return.

That was why he had been carefully studying books with maps of the nearby area lately.

When he whispered that they would absolutely never be apart, Larien finally seemed reassured and let out a soft breath in his embrace.

Jayden lowered his heavy eyelids, using the regular thump-thump of Larien’s heartbeat as a lullaby.

He, who had dozed off slightly, woke up to Larien’s scent as she pressed close due to the lower temperature at dawn.

A thick morning fog could be seen through the large window. Seeing the whitish light rising more toward the mountains, the sun would rise soon.

The time for parting was approaching.

A light kiss landed on Larien’s still tightly closed eyelids.

“Time to wake up.”

“Already?”

Jayden gently raised her who was rubbing her eyes at his words but showed no intention of getting up from the bed. His hands that shook out her clothes from the floor, dressed her, and fastidiously buttoned them up were now more skilled than Larien’s.

“I don’t want to go, Jayden.”

Larien pouted her lips and whined.

“You have to.”

Though he kept placing feather-light kisses on her sulking lips, he answered firmly.

“They probably won’t even know we’re gone.”

As she said, with the festival days approaching, the owner was busy decorating the interior and paid less attention to the dolls than before.

“Would they really not notice just two missing?”

Larien tried to persuade him that being away for just one day would be fine.

“Maybe for me, but not for you. They put you in the center display every day.”

“They might forget for one day.”

“Absolutely not.”

Speaking decisively while shaking his head, he draped his jacket over Larien’s shoulders then put his hands behind her knees and lifted her up.

Nestled in Jayden’s arms, she wrapped her arms around his neck regretfully.

It wasn’t like he didn’t regret parting from Larien either.

It wasn’t just once or twice that he wanted to take Larien, who would pout saying she felt sad thinking she was the only one pining, back to the attic and stay there all day just the two of them.

However, if the owner discovered their absence, it would be a big problem if he stayed up all night guarding the toys thinking they had been stolen. They said even fairies don’t visit such places.

He didn’t want to risk such danger, so he just endured, trying to appear as indifferent as possible in front of Larien.

The whole time going down the stairs, Jayden’s mind was busy thinking of ways they could spend more time together.

Last summer was especially long, and there was even a time they could only see each other for barely an hour. But since the shop wasn’t open longer, they just stood at their display positions looking at each other, waiting endlessly for the fairy to come.

Though he didn’t show it, every time he had to turn away from Larien at the display like now, his eyes sank infinitely downward.

She probably couldn’t even imagine how thick the obsession and desire contained within him was.

“May the goddess’s blessing be abundant today too.”

He slowly pulled away his lips that had touched with a soft sound.

Regular footsteps gradually moved away from his beloved.

“Let’s see how long this lasts.”

As Jayden finally tore his eyes away from Larien’s back in her pose and took his position, Alexander, who had recently moved closer to his display due to decreased sales, picked a fight.

He had been like this ever since last year’s festival, creating such a hostile atmosphere that anyone would think Larien was cheating on him.

“Yes. Watch forever.”

As he raised his head with a snort, familiar warmth enveloped his whole body. Along with the light shining through the window, the bodies of the toys, including Jayden, gradually hardened.

* * *

Around when the clock tower bell rang five times, a customer visited the toy shop. It was a man so tall his dark shadow tilted halfway across the shop.

The owner, who had been bustling about to close the shop, bowed to the last customer.

Though the man’s walk wasn’t particularly noble as he stepped in, the quality of his clothes was luxurious, making him appear to be a nouveau riche or newly ennobled aristocrat. Or perhaps a royal knight.

The sharp-eyed owner was convinced he must be a high-ranking military officer or titled knight, seeing his straight shoulders and measured steps.

Since such people, rather than high nobles who mainly dealt with custom-made toys, greatly helped the shop’s sales, the owner spoke kindly with even his cheeks twitching.

“How may I help you? If you tell me the gender and age range, I can recommend suitable toys.”

“I’d like to look around alone, could you leave for a moment? Just a few minutes will do. I’ll compensate you adequately.”

The man, who had been examining the shelves without looking at the shop owner, took out money from his pocket and held it out.

The owner, who was about to refuse thinking ‘like leaving a cat with fish,’ closed his mouth upon seeing the hundred florins the man offered and went outside the shop door.

A hundred florins could buy dozens of toys here except for a few items, so even if the man took toys after leaving the money, it wouldn’t be a loss.

Besides, didn’t he say just a few minutes would do?

As the owner leaned against the entrance, the tall man walked to the inner corner, seemingly familiar with the place.

The man’s black shoes stopped in front of Jayden, who had been watching Larien all day.

The man, who had to bend halfway due to the shelves being at children’s eye level, moved the surrounding toys far away and brought his face close to the nutcracker doll in military uniform.

“Jayden, long time no see. It’s me, Leo.”

The man whispered in a small voice that only he could hear.

Though he was an immobile doll, the man easily noticed how his eyes widened. Because he had been the same.

The man who came looking for Jayden was Leo, who had once been a nutcracker soldier like him.

“You still look good. Good enough to take you right away. But, there’s much to talk about and your opinion is important first, so meet me in the alley behind the shop at midnight. I saw three wooden boxes on the way, let’s meet there.”

“……”

“Midnight. Don’t forget to come. You must come alone where no ears can hear.”

After finishing his words, he put the dolls back in their places with familiar movements.

As the man who finished his business walked to the entrance, the owner quickly came in and bowed deeply.