Startled, Livia tried to turn around, but Triton was faster in lifting her body. He gently picked up the sitting Livia and muttered while looking down at her with furrowed brows.

“Where did you get such trashy clothes…?”

At his displeased words, Livia examined her attire once again. Though the colors were faded and there were some holes, it wasn’t that trashy of an outfit….

Well, to someone who only sees and wears the finest things, it might indeed look quite trashy.

She briefly considered snapping back that his nymph had brought these clothes, but her throat stung too painfully to bother. In her state where even coughing hurt, she didn’t want to say anything. More bothersome was how her heart was pounding as if she’d been caught having improper thoughts just moments ago.

‘Of all times to appear….’

Knowing that gods had the ability to read human minds if they wished made her even more nervous. She had merely been recalling what happened, so why did it feel so awkward?

It must be because she was nervous…? But nervous about what? Surely she hadn’t developed any other feelings for him just from one intimate encounter and joining of bodies….

That intimacy was merely a means to an end. So it should have meant nothing, and indeed it meant nothing.

That on that rough night, she felt warmth in his cool embrace, that his voice whispering her name incessantly still clung to her ears like a curse – these were nothing significant.

S*xual intimacy was inherently the closest form of contact, and Livia had never felt someone’s body heat so closely before.

Even with her beloved family, hugs and cheek kisses were all there was, so having embraced and accepted someone with her entire body until fainting must have just shocked her physically. The pleasure that felt like her body was being split apart and joined back together multiple times was also quite intense….

Yes, that’s all it was. Livia pressed her lips firmly together, settling on the conclusion that was most convenient for her.

“Why are you so quiet today?”

A hint of suspicion colored his gentle tone. Livia tried to maintain a neutral expression while belatedly struggling and resisting, telling him to put her down. Triton, who had been holding Livia tightly like a noose, suddenly changed his position to embrace her face to face.

While earlier he had been supporting her back and under her knees, now he had turned her body straight and lifted her higher than his own body.

The view of looking down at him from above felt somehow familiar, and then she remembered it was a position he favored during their intimate moments.

Triton liked the position of placing her on his knees or thighs and thrusting up into her as he pleased, and each time Livia feared his manhood might push all the way into her womb.

However, no matter how much she struggled and pushed back, he wouldn’t budge at all, making it a position that always ended in tears.

Looking down at Triton in this position without tears and pleasure felt strange to Livia. As much as she was looking down at him, he was looking up at her, and it was surprising that someone with such an arrogant personality seemed unbothered by this position…. He even appeared quite pleased as he looked up at her.

However, regardless of whatever emotions she was feeling, Triton’s smile grew deeper.

“This docile appearance is quite novel.”

In that moment, Livia’s heart sank. It shouldn’t be possible, but there wasn’t a trace of hostility in Triton’s smile as he looked at her.

Embracing and lifting her thighs with both arms, he buried his face somewhere between her chest and stomach. A face too beautiful to be pressed against such rough and worn clothes was felt against Livia’s stomach. Triton took a deep breath. As if he was trying to smell her scent.

“How strange….”

After taking in her scent to his satisfaction, he lifted his head to look at Livia. Just as a mischievous glint appeared in his deepening gaze, he spoke words that would surprise her.

“You… smell aroused.”

Though she tried not to show her bewilderment, there was nothing she could do about her stiffened face. At some point, the hands that had been wrapped around Livia’s thighs were now cupping her b*ttocks. Unfortunately, because she was wearing thin and short clothes, his hands very easily slipped inside her clothing. His large hands instantly grabbed the plump flesh of her bottom.

“W-what are you…!”

She jerked her hips, jumping in surprise. Though she struggled to escape his touch, it was futile. Rather, the more she moved her hips, the deeper his hands delved.

One hand that had been kneading her b*ttocks until flesh bulged between his fingers suddenly pushed its fingers into her wet womanhood.

With a squelching sound, the tightly closed gap was spread open. Livia froze with a face that looked like she might scream, while a satisfied smile bloomed on Triton’s face.

“Wet all by yourself…. Your body has become quite lewd.”

“Stop! L-let go…! cough!”

Livia, who had been shouting and having a fit, finally burst into coughs. Though she had forgotten about the pain due to tension, sure enough, as soon as she opened her mouth and made a sound, her throat hurt and felt like it was being stabbed with an iron rod.

The sudden coughing fit wouldn’t stop for quite a while. Finally, when her face had turned bright red and her throat started making metallic sounds, the coughing eventually subsided.

Triton’s face, which had been smiling with slight *rousal, changed to a cold expression as if it had never happened.

“What’s wrong with your throat?”

“It’s a bit injured, uh….”

“How did that happen? Ah, no. Sympho.”

He, who was about to press Livia for answers, called for the shark that always circled around her. The black shark that had been playing what looked like wrestling with the white shark high above descended rapidly.

Triton adjusted his hold on Livia with one hand, while extending his other hand toward the shark’s forehead. A deep blue light flowing from Triton’s hand enveloped the shark. Instantly, the shark’s memories were imprinted in Triton’s pupils. His expressionless face turned cold as ice. Livia felt a chill from his gaze, completely different from when he had been touching her and bantering moments ago.

“Bring them, Sympho.”

After giving a brief command to the black shark, he looked at Livia with an irritated face.

“Why did you eat that?”

After being sent to eat it and eating it, now being scolded for eating it….

Livia responded, dumbfounded.

“Didn’t you send it for me to eat?”

At Triton’s loss for words, Livia became even more bewildered. They stared at each other with irritated expressions. Triton was the first to change his expression. Sighing as if there was no helping it, he grabbed Livia’s chin and commanded.

“Open your mouth.”

A startled Livia shook her head. It seemed like he wanted to look inside her mouth, but she wasn’t particularly keen on the idea. When Livia refused, the irritation in Triton’s eyes intensified.

“Do you have the ability to heal internal injuries by yourself?”

“…”

“It will fester if left alone, you know? Instead of suffering alone in pain until you die, just obediently open your mouth and stick out your tongue.”

Why the tongue….

Though puzzled, she was tempted by the offer of treatment. Her throat had been hurting too much to speak properly, and now her stomach was starting to hurt as well.

After hesitating while nibbling her lips, Livia slightly opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue a little. Though her eyes were full of wariness and she felt frightened, Triton’s stiff lips curved slightly at her obedient action of sticking out her tongue.

“That’s right.”

He stroked Livia’s back, praising her while pulling her closer. His lips moved slowly toward Livia’s lips. That slow approach felt like a kiss between lovers, making Livia feel awkward. Because of his terribly leisurely movement, Livia’s heartbeat seemed to speed up even more.

His breath touched the trembling tip of her tongue, unable to overcome the awkwardness. The teasing approach that almost touched but didn’t quite made her lips tingle. Just as Livia, unable to bear this strange tension any longer, tried to pull her head back, Triton quickly pressed his lips against hers.

‘Ah….’

As soon as she felt her tongue being sucked, it suddenly occurred to her that someone like him could heal her without having to attach his tongue.

However, the realization came too late.

He, who had been sucking her tongue painfully, entered Livia’s mouth unrestrainedly as if entering his own territory. His deeply thrust tongue stopped at the deep part of Livia’s tender flesh where blood was seeping out.