Seth stared at me without blinking, and I realized that if I tried to avoid it here, I would lose. So, I looked back at him.

Isn’t he even a bit uncomfortable?

Eventually, I struggled to keep my eyes wide open and not blink desperately, and tears started to flow.

“What’s the point of using such thin arms?”

With a light sigh, Seth easily released my arm. As if he had been patient with me because he felt sorry for me.

Was I doing something unnecessary…?

Seth slipped his hand under my armpit and lifted me onto his thigh. With one hand supporting my back and the other wiping my eyes.

“I won’t do it. I won’t kill.”

“Promise.”

When I extended my pinky, Seth also extended his delicate finger to hook mine.

Seth Milan, who never listened even when the female protagonist begged him not to kill anyone, swore to me that he wouldn’t kill.

Suddenly, my mouth moved on its own.

“Seth, do you like me?”

“Yeah.”

“Don’t lie about why you like me, just tell me honestly.”

Perhaps trying to come up with a plausible reason, Seth paused for a moment. Then he chuckled lightly.

“Because you know me so well?”

“If you lie, I’ll dislike it, so you have to be honest.”

He ran one hand through my disheveled hair. My body stiffened slightly as I watched him sort through his thoughts.

“The first time I saw you, you were tidying up in the general store…… Hmm, no reason, I guess that’s what they call love at first sight, huh?”

Ah, as expected.

It’s a confession to the female protagonist.

The tension in my eyes, which seemed to be about to burst with the expected answer, relaxed.

“So, I felt the urge to be with you and brought you along, um.”

I opened my eyes again at the continuation of his story.

“Master, you were incredibly cute.”

My fists clenched at the thought of something that wasn’t in the novel.

“Especially the way you looked like a small herbivore, rolling your eyes like that when cornered.”

It sounded like a strange story, but I didn’t comment on it.

“Even though it seems like you’re afraid of me, I liked how you didn’t avoid my gaze and stared back. When I told you not to avoid eye contact, you didn’t, and I liked that too.”

“…….”

“Oh, even your attempts to escape whenever you got the chance were adorable.”

No, this is weird.

“It’s cute how you act like you know everything about me, yet pretend not to know what I’m up to.”

That’s your misconception.

I may have set you up to be clever, but in reality, my mind is flawed, so I don’t know what’s in your head.

Of course, I didn’t respond wisely and just gave him a look that implied as much.

“Even when you tried to run away from me, it was still adorable.”

Seth’s voice softened.

“But you can’t run from me anymore.”

There was a dangerous glint in his eyes as he stared at me.

But it was just a fleeting moment, and soon Seth smiled as if nothing had happened.

“That’s the point.”

Seth tilted his head as he scrutinized my face.

“I asked out of curiosity, so there’s no need to like or dislike it.”

“Hmm.”

Seth lowered me down and smirked slyly.

“It doesn’t seem like a lie, but it’s an ambiguous attitude….”

Damn ghost. He knows my mood again.

“Ah, maybe my affection was lacking after all?”

“Seth, stop, please.”

My lips were trembling, and my breath was faster than usual.

As if refusing to acknowledge me in such a state, Seth persisted stubbornly. Looking at me sprawled out completely, he grinned and licked his lips lightly.

“Oh, my Master.”

Seth whispered as he hugged me. His tone was so sweet it could melt me.

“My beloved, Master….”

A confession not to the female protagonist, but to ‘me’.

Unable to meet Seth’s gaze, I buried my face in his shoulder.

If he insisted on going back to his house now, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to refuse.

Fumbling around.

Someone touched my face.

I blinked and saw shimmering blue eyes, like the ocean.

“What are you doing?”

“Did I wake you?”

“You did.”

Seth, who left saying, ‘I’ll bring the hundred gold later,’ endured until the dead of midnight before leaving. His drooping eyelids made him look pitifully tired.

I thought Dietrich would come at midnight like Seth, but he arrived in the early morning.

And the first thing he did was touch my face.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“I woke up because of that.”

He blushed slightly and avoided my gaze.

“You said you could endure it.”

“I endured it diligently for the past two weeks!”

Dietrich jumped to his feet.

I suppose he had to endure it…….

I didn’t bother to point it out.

“Yes, because your absence has increased the frequency.”

The fierce expression on Dietrich’s face softened momentarily.

“Okay, go ahead.”

When he got permission, Dietrich’s tension eased.

“But before that.”

He climbed on top of me and lifted my upper body.

“Ah.”

His still inexperienced lips found mine, and for a moment, I had realistic worries, but since Dietrich, with his keen sense of smell, didn’t say anything, I figured it would be okay.

Perhaps, this is also a trivial privilege of being the author.

Come to think of it, my breath didn’t smell even after eating, did it?

Wow, that’s great.

While marveling at the little things, the guest had ventured quite deeply. Sounds of distress emanated from the other person.

I thought it would last quite a while, but surprisingly, the lips quickly ceased their activity. It seemed like the Knight Commander had more urgent matters to attend to.

“Wow…”

While still marveling at something that always surprised me, Dietrich finished his preparations. His eyebrows were trembling slightly, and his gaze was fixed on me.

“What’s wrong? Aren’t we doing it?”

“I’m tired right now.”

Feeling apprehensive about Dietrich getting on top of me, I got up from the bed and brought a chair. I’ve become a full-fledged spectator, it seems.

“Is it more exciting in a new place?”

His face, which looks like it’s carved out of ice, turns red. The focus in his icy blue eyes wavered. Lips part slightly, a deep moan escaping.

“Do you like it that much?”

Feeling like I was the only one suffering, I asked provocatively, and he answered by trembling his lips.

The recent pleasure seemed to be of a kind he couldn’t endure.

“Ugh…”

As the deed was done, his heavy body staggered. Once, I almost grabbed him to prevent him from falling, but now I don’t even care to move closer.

Dietrich propped himself up with both hands on the bed. After a while, seeing him return to normal, I shook my head tremulously.

Ugh, didn’t the protagonist experience something like that and couldn’t leave the room for ten days?

“As expected, I have to watch over you…”

He stared at me while panting. His blue eyes seemed to engulf me, sending shivers down my spine.

Dietrich continued, piling up towels next to him.

The man who didn’t stop even when the sun rose crawled towards me, staggering. Startled, I stepped back, but he grabbed my leg and started licking my calf.

“Dietrich!”

“Ah, writer. My writer…….”

As if eating something sweet, he made my calf all wet with saliva, then began kissing the sole of my foot. With each kiss, accompanied by a sucking sound, he tickled me.

“Writer, ah. With this foot. Oh…”

Once again, excited, he made me step on his foot with mine.

…Wait, this isn’t your taste, right?

“Dietrich, I’m hungry.”

He searched for pleasure non-stop until the sun rose and my stomach growled.