When his excitement reaches its peak, what seemed like a single organ splits from the tip into two. It was one of the remnants inherited from shark characteristics. Of course, the splitting into two is a rare occurrence. It only happens when he reaches the absolute peak, when the organ that releases ‘real s*men’ appears, you could say.

Triton gently shook the split organs up and down with one hand. What had been stuck together like one completely separated piece, each taking its full form. Each was quite thick on its own, and having two made them difficult to grasp even with his large hand.

‘Livia, you’ll have to take these well….’

He had suppressed it again and again, knowing that she would be terrified and run away if he thrust both in from the start, but it was no longer possible to hold back. Perhaps next time….

He looked at the woman lying beneath him with eyes that had darkened to nearly black from their blue. Her red hair was scattered messily across the white bed, and the woman lying there was as beautiful as a single flower.

A red flower that bloomed on land and fell into the sea….

Her skin, which had been lightly tanned by Apollo’s light when she first came underwater, had now become as pale as the sea dwellers. Triton quite liked that.

A thing of the sea.

Was this woman also sinking into his waters now?

Into his palm, as his possession, completely….

His parched tongue swept across his lips. A burning thirst constricted his throat. His impatient hands increased their pace of their own accord.

“Livia, Livia….”

Which death god could be coveting you? Which bastard would dare to target ‘my human’….

His storm-filled blue eyes raged terribly. Yet his expression as he looked down at her remained as calm and arrogant as ever.

***

Livia regained consciousness in a completely softened state. Like something softened by water – no other description seemed more fitting. Her entire body felt heavy, as if swollen to bursting. Though she had clearly been awake for quite a while, she had no strength to raise her body.

“…This isn’t s*x, it’s torture.”

Even her voice was hoarse.

She knew s*x was his weakness, but in this state, she obviously couldn’t attack even if he showed his reddened heart in excitement. Wielding a knife with hands devoid of strength would barely scratch his skin.

Should she build up strength? Or perhaps get some special training somewhere? Like how to exert strength during s*x, something like that….

A deep sigh escaped past Livia’s lips as she entertained these absurd thoughts. She irritably brushed back her disheveled hair, wanting to tear at her dizzy mind.

First, she needed to get up. No matter how difficult, she wanted to move while Triton was away. If she got caught up with him, it felt like she’d never be able to leave the bed.

But to regain strength, she needed to eat something….

“……”

Livia, who had groggily risen from bed, looked down at her bare body. Suspiciously, she wasn’t hungry at all. Rather, she felt uncomfortably full. When she rubbed her empty stomach, it felt filled with something.

No way. Surely not…?

Though she had joined with him again shortly after waking, he had only released once while she was conscious. Of course, she had felt it gushing inside tremendously, enough to feel like it was hitting her stomach…. But surely one time wouldn’t be enough to make her feel full. Right? No. Surely not.

‘Could he have done it again while I was asleep?’

It wasn’t an unreasonable speculation, considering how many times he had taken her while she was unconscious during their first encounter. However, for that to be the case, she felt too well-rested.

“Ah, I don’t know anymore. Really. If he did that again, he truly has no conscience…. I should eat something first and then think about it.”

Come on, gather your strength.

Just as Livia was forcing herself to rise and get off the bed, footsteps were heard beyond the pearl-footed arch-shaped passage. As she hesitated and looked up, her eyes met directly with those of a golden-haired nymph carrying two large plates through the passage.

The nymph’s face wrinkled immediately upon making eye contact with Livia. Though she quickly lowered her eyes, she didn’t bother to mask her expression. The blonde nymph, with an undisguised look of displeasure, roughly set down the plates she was carrying on the table by the window. Naturally, one plate wobbled up and down before falling and shattering with a crash.

“Oh my, what a mistake!”

The loud exclamation carried no trace of apology or embarrassment. Her expression was so blatant it appeared almost proud.

Glancing repeatedly at Livia while frowning, the nymph clicked her tongue and went outside to fetch cleaning supplies. Her boisterous behavior clearly showed her dislike for Livia.

‘Who is she…?’

Throughout her stay in the golden palace, Livia had been treated almost like an inanimate object. Whether by Triton’s orders or not, no one except Audike paid any attention to her, never spoke to her carelessly, and she could even feel them trying not to look at her.

It felt awkward at first, but she adapted quickly. After adjusting, she found it rather comfortable that no one bothered her. But this nymph was not only highly conscious of Livia’s existence but openly showed her dislike, which felt somewhat refreshing.

‘Seems like quite a dramatic personality.’

Livia didn’t bother thinking about why the nymph disliked her. There were too many obvious reasons without having to contemplate it. Besides, her neck and shoulders were currently decorated with Triton’s bite marks, so….

Instead, she asked the nymph who was pretending to clean the floor diligently while covering herself with the sheet.

“Do you have any clothes I could wear?”

The nymph, who had paused, sharply turned her head and looked Livia up and down. After seeming to contemplate for a moment, she put down the pieces she was cleaning and got up to go somewhere without saying a word about clothes.

Meanwhile, Livia went to the table where the nymph had set down the food. In the large bowl sitting alone on the table was food familiar to Livia. A bewildered expression spread across her clear face.

“…It’s meat stew?”

Stew was food made using fire. Which meant it was land food unnecessary for Triton, nymphs, and other lesser sea gods.

The presence of land food here meant someone had brought it from outside. Livia suddenly remembered her first meal here. Back then, Triton had said he had gone through the trouble of bringing the food from outside.

…Then could this also be something he brought? Why…? Perhaps, specifically for her?

Livia’s mind became confused by his actions that felt like kindness. Despite driving her to death multiple times, why would he go out of his way to get food? Was this some new form of mockery? Could there be poison in this food? Or perhaps some dark ulterior motive or scheme behind this action.

However, part of her felt he wouldn’t torment her in such a petty way. Then was this truly his genuine kindness? Surely he hadn’t grown soft just because they’d rolled around in bed a few times? Impossible. Such tender feelings from him….

“Foolish thoughts. Livia, you’re mine now.”

Livia froze at his voice suddenly echoing in her mind. If she wasn’t mistaken, what colored that arrogant god’s voice was clearly possessiveness. The unfamiliar word that invaded her mind startled her.

‘Possessiveness, towards me…?’

But thinking about it again, Triton had shown interest in her from the beginning. From when he first killed her at the feast on the waves and brought her back to land, he had shown clear curiosity about her. Livia knew this too, which was why she had seized the opportunity to win the 100-day chance.

Perhaps his interest had been piqued by how tenaciously she had come back to life from the trials he had given her. And now, they had even rolled around in bed together….

‘…He probably just sees me as an interesting toy he’s taken a liking to.’

How easy were humans to the gods? Killing them, bringing them back to life, making them special—it was all done according to their whims. The word ‘amusement’ that they used toward humans must have stemmed from such attitudes. So Livia too must be just another form of ‘amusement’ to Triton.

Moreover, he had a lover named ‘Selene.’ A noble goddess of the moon who couldn’t be compared to a mere human woman to play with for 100 days.

Her mouth turned bitter as she realized her position as nothing more than a god’s plaything. Though he played rough with her, he didn’t want her completely broken until he got bored…. That must be the extent of his feelings.

As Livia stood still in front of the food, lost in thought, suddenly a huge shadow fell over her feet. Looking up with a disbelieving expression, she found a large shark looking down at her, though she hadn’t noticed when it arrived.

“G-goodness! What are you doing here?”

Sympho, who seemed to have grown even bigger, circled around Livia before tapping her back with the tip of its tail as it passed by. Livia looked up at the shark with an incredulous expression at this familiar gesture.

Does it have no shame?

This shark had certainly seemed furious when Livia pulled out its tooth. It had been so angry that it had flipped onto its back and repeatedly banged its head against the castle walls. But both during the last trial when it helped her, and today too, somehow this shark didn’t seem to dislike her that much.

…Is it a shark thing? Do they like those who challenge them?

As she was shaking her head in disbelief, she heard the rough sound of pearl feet colliding again.