“…What?”

Livia’s questioning voice trembled. Triton, reading the faint signs of frustration spreading across her face, smiled indifferently as he reminded her of the reality she had been ignoring.

“When you held a dagger to my chest, your fate was already twisted, and when you came back from the underworld, many gods began to take notice of you. The boredom of those observers up in the heavens is like thirst – they’ll frantically try to spy on anything that might be interesting.”

He muttered in self-mockery.

“So you had already essentially jumped headfirst into ‘this world’ back then, Livia. And now you want to pull back? No, the more you try to hide, the more curious everyone will become.”

Triton’s words cut through Livia’s heart like an blade made of ice.

It meant she could neither escape from Triton nor from the gazes observing her. Since everything in this world came from the gods’ hands, Livia would be found no matter where she tried to hide.

His words sounded as if they meant their fates were already entangled in such a messy and chaotic way.

She wanted to deny it, but couldn’t.

Like spilled water, like a shot arrow, like a burning tree… Livia’s fate had already twisted beyond the point of no return.

Triton’s hands firmly wrapped around Livia’s waist as she was about to stagger. Their bodies intertwined intimately, pressed together without even a hair’s breadth between them.

“That became your fate the moment you became mine.”

“I, I am not yours…”

“Shh. Livia.”

Cutting off what she was about to say, Triton whispered while crushing his lips against hers.

“You should be careful with your words. Right?”

As if he had predicted what she was going to say, it was clear he didn’t particularly want to hear it. His intention was obvious – if it wasn’t going to please him, don’t bother saying it.

Livia, with a pale face, barely managed to close her mouth that had been struggling to say something. She didn’t want to add to her exhaustion by needlessly provoking Triton in this situation.

She needed time. Time to accept this current situation…

Livia slowly steadied her breathing while looking down. Her heart, which had been racing with excitement, gradually found its normal rhythm.

Only then did she notice his chest pressed tightly against her body. The man’s frame, beautiful beyond what the word ‘handsome’ could describe, was so grand and magnificent that being in his embrace naturally lifted her body.

Though she had clearly regained her breath, feeling his body pressed against her made it seem like her breathing would become unsteady again.

Get it together. What are you doing being so conscious of this man’s scent?

She turned her head as if avoiding his gaze after biting her lip hard. Just then, she noticed the pile of jewels heaped in one corner of the bedchamber.

“…I understand what you’re saying. But I don’t want such extravagant decoration for the banquet, Triton. They wouldn’t suit me anyway.”

Rather, such excessive decoration would clearly make her look more shabby, showing how conscious she was of the goddesses. It seemed foolish to forcefully try to shine when it was obvious she wouldn’t outshine them anyway.

Triton shifted his gaze slightly upon hearing Livia’s whisper and replied indifferently, as if it didn’t matter either way.

“If that’s what you want, do as you please, Livia.”

Just as Triton’s voice drew closer again, she felt him forcefully pull back Livia, who had tried to subtly retreat.

His cool lips touched the nape of her neck, which had been left defenseless as she turned her head away.

“Such things aren’t particularly important to me anyway.”

Soon after, her neckline was bitten with a stinging sensation. She pushed against his chest in startled surprise, but he didn’t budge an inch like a solid wall and instead clung to her more.

“Ah…! Triton.”

“But there was something wrong in what you said, Livia.”

“Something… wrong?”

Triton’s lips methodically traced down the curve from her neck to her shoulder.

When she squirmed at the sensation of being sucked and bitten, Triton pressed his thigh between her parted legs to pin her down.

Ugh…

Just as she felt herself being pushed back bit by bit, Livia found herself backed up against the railing of an open window.

Triton placed her on the railing, and while keeping her trapped between his arms, whispered with their foreheads touching.

“The part about those things not suiting you.”

His strong gaze fixed on Livia rippled gently. His voice, pouring out sweet words as if coaxing and soothing her, made her feel intoxicated.

“Nothing is unsuitable for you. Even if all the sparkling things in this world were wrapped around you…”

His lips, having finished thoroughly biting her neckline, bit the tip of her chin.

And as if declaring he would mark the other side of her neck as well, his smooth tongue licked up her neck where the blood vessels were pulsing.

“You’ll never look shabby, Livia.”

Another stinging pain followed. Yet rather than hurting, her body increasingly trembled with excitement.

For some reason, Triton used only his mouth to trace and explore Livia’s skin without using his hands at all. He focused on biting and sucking her neckline as if determined to leave his marks all over her exposed skin.

When there were no spots left to mark, Triton whispered in Livia’s ear.

“Take out your br*asts, Livia.”

Livia shuddered and quickly turned to look at him. He met her widely opened eyes, which looked incredulous, with apparent enjoyment and whispered generously as if giving her a chance.

“Remove this cumbersome chiton and take them out with your hands. If I start using my hands, I feel like I’ll end up tormenting you all night again.”

The moment she understood what he meant by tormenting her all night, embarrassingly, between her legs became hot and wet.

She tried to pull her hips back, worried he might notice how wet she was becoming since her thighs were pressed against Triton’s, but unfortunately, Triton had seated her on the windowsill. There was nowhere to retreat.

“Ah… If that’s what you want, I’m happy to pounce on you.”

He suddenly whispered mischievously, as if he had noticed something.

“W-what are you saying! That’s not it!”

Though she hastily denied it, he didn’t seem to believe her.

Not understanding how the atmosphere had suddenly become like this, Livia wanted to escape this situation. Her heart was beating awkwardly.

“Go away, Triton. I’m not doing anything.”

“Look at this, Livia. Just from biting your neck a little, my heart has become hot.”

Triton pulled down the chiton draped over one shoulder to show where his heart was. As he said, a reddish light began to show over one side of his chest.

Just as her heart was beating on its own, his chest was clearly responding to this strange atmosphere as well.

Without realizing it, she reached out to caress his chest.

Her fingertips tingled as she felt his heart beating hotly beneath his soft yet firm skin.

“Aren’t you curious how hot it would get if I sucked your br*asts? It might not be a bad deal for you to learn that it can get plenty red even without putting it in…”

His voice whispering in her ear was incredibly soft. It was even affectionate, as if whispering sweet nothings rather than lewd talk.

Really, could his heart respond so hotly just from that…?

She became curious about his reaction. At the same time, she was bewildered by her own impulse to push her br*asts into his mouth herself.

Even her n*pples were already tingling as if they had been bitten.

As if knowing Livia’s hesitation, Triton urged her in a quiet voice.

“Hurry and take them out.”

As her trembling fingers lowered the shoulder straps herself and pushed away the soft fabric, her br*asts, tense and standing firm with nervousness, came out.

“Now squeeze them. Make it easy for me to suck.”

With her ears turning red, Livia squeezed and presented her br*asts as if massaging them herself, and a strange light filled Triton’s eyes.

His gaze softened as if looking at something lovely and pretty.

When his gaze fell greedily on her pink n*pples, an electric current ran through the tender flesh.

“Beautiful, Livia.”

He touched her n*pple with the tip of his nose as if examining it. Livia, startled and twitching, gritted her teeth against the ticklish moan that threatened to escape.

“What do those other pups know about how pretty you are.”

His breath wetly moistened the tips of Livia’s n*pples. Her heart beat rapidly with tension as if she might be devoured at any moment, and her excitement rose sharply.

“It’s almost too precious for just my eyes alone.”

As if to satisfy that, Triton roughly devoured Livia’s br*ast.