Prologue – Where Did the Wholesome Romance Go?
The morning after the engagement ceremony, Muriel Lake barely managed to lift her heavy eyelids.
Arms, legs, waist, neck—there wasn’t a single part of her body that didn’t ache or feel uncomfortable.
She desperately wanted to soak herself in a warm bath, but Muriel couldn’t leave the bed.
Her fiancé, who was sleeping soundly beside her, boasting his impressive upper body muscles, had her tightly wrapped in his arms.
Muriel, who didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger, gave up trying to escape as the intense muscle pain surged whenever she tried to move even slightly.
Sometimes, quick surrender can be the shortcut to less suffering.
Staring blankly at the ceiling, she recalled the events of last night.
***
It started with nothing special.
“Congratulations on your engagement, Lady Lake.”
“Thank you for attending.”
“Oh, there you are, Lady Lake.”
“Madame Helman! You came! I thought the distance might be too much for you.”
“How could I miss the engagement ceremony of none other than Lady Lake? Of course, I had to come. The party is truly splendid!”
It was when Muriel couldn’t bear the fatigue of the party that followed the long-awaited engagement ceremony.
“Excuse me, Madame.”
Muriel’s longtime childhood friend and the other protagonist of this engagement ceremony, Elexion Fredior, appeared.
“Muriel.”
“Xion? What’s the matter?”
“Just a moment.”
“Alright.”
Elexion politely and elegantly excused himself from the guests.
“I’ll borrow Muriel for a moment.”
“Oh, it’s perfectly fine not to come back soon.”
“Haha. Then, I’ll excuse myself for a bit.”
Leaving behind the ladies who were smiling warmly at the sight of the two naturally addressing each other by nicknames, they arrived at a small annex in the spacious garden, a place they often played in as children.
“Feeling better now?”
“Yes. Thank you, Xion. It’s always you, my childhood friend.”
“…Is that so.”
When she was younger and knew nothing, she admired parties so much. But after attending a few, she realized they were nothing but boring and exhausting gatherings.
Moreover, if she had been just a guest, she would have left long ago, using the excuse of feeling unwell. But today, Muriel herself was the protagonist, so she couldn’t escape.
In the midst of it all, Elexion pulling her away under the pretext of having something to discuss was such a relief.
As expected, he had noticed that she was exhausted.
“Muriel.”
“Yes?”
“We’re engaged now, aren’t we?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then, we can kiss now, can’t we?”
Muriel looked at Elexion, who reached out cautiously, trying to suppress her laughter at his visibly nervous demeanor.
After all, it would only be a light peck on the lips.
“Yes, we can.”
That’s why she allowed the kiss without much thought.
“Then…”
She watched his picturesque face draw closer and slowly closed her eyes.
***
“Ah! X-Xion…?”
“Why? Muriel, isn’t this enough? Open your mouth for me.”
The problem was that she hadn’t anticipated that a mere kiss would make her legs go weak.
‘Is he really inexperienced? Why is he so good at this?!’
Every time his soft tongue brushed against hers, slid and sucked, her body trembled.
Her back tingled, and when their lips parted after exchanging saliva, she even felt a sense of regret.
“Are you okay?”
His low voice had deepened further, and the eyes staring back at her burned with intensity.
She was pushed mercilessly against the wall as his large hand slid under her skirt. The heat of his hand climbed up from her thigh and grabbed her b*ttocks.
Through the now-disheveled skirt, his firm thigh parted her legs, and his fingers brushed against her sensitive spot, pressing firmly on her cl*toris. The moment he rubbed it roughly, her whole body jolted.
“Ah! Ah! Hngh…!”
Her sharp cries were swallowed. Muriel shuddered. She had never seen this side of Elexion before.
The heat of his hands exploring her body sent shivers through her, and the unfamiliar sensations made her flinch. Yet every time his firm fingers teased her wet lower region, or his tongue flicked her exposed n*pple through her opened neckline, she couldn’t help but react.
“It’s so tight. Muriel, focus. Do you know how soaked you are down here right now?”
Tears of pure stimulation flowed.
“Hah… It’s dripping everywhere…”
Muriel, with blurred vision, watched Elexion swallow a pill.
“Xion, is that…”
“Oh, it’s birth control.”
Elexion smiled. It was the same gentle smile Muriel knew. At that moment, his previously restrained fingers scraped the textured inner walls.
“Hngh! Hhaah!”
Her loosened lower region suddenly tightened. Something thick pushed inside mercilessly.
“Why… Ah! Ah!”
The things that had completely filled her narrow passage slowly slid out. Muriel panted, trying to process what had just happened…
“Ahhng!”
She screamed at the sudden rush of sensations.
The sharp moans that escaped her lips were so alien to her that she didn’t even have time to be surprised. His beautiful face buried itself between her thighs.
Compared to the fingers that had stirred her insides earlier, his tongue was incomparably soft, yet the heat it carried was even more intense as it licked her entrance. With every suck and lick at her opening, her hips bucked, releasing liquid.
Muriel trembled like a young animal, groaning helplessly as his lips sucked her dry.
When there was nothing left to extract, Elexion rolled her cl*toris between his fingers, urging her further.
“I need to take the pill, but I need water.”
As Muriel reached the brink of exhaustion, he reluctantly gave her one last lick at her entrance before smiling gently.
Elexion gathered her br*asts in his hands, rolling her n*pples as he whispered,
“Muriel. Will you permit me?”
“Hngh, ahh!”
Though his member pressed threateningly against her entrance, his angelic face was filled with longing.
Was that why she nodded?
Whatever the reason, last night Muriel embraced her childhood friend’s member and swayed until dawn.
Experiencing sensations she had never felt before, she was tossed and turned. Meanwhile, her fiancé, brimming with stamina as a knight, barely gave her a moment to rest.
When she finally lost the strength even to moan, something heavy filled her insides completely and stopped moving.
Unable to keep her eyes open any longer, she closed them and drifted into sleep.
***
‘Ahhhhhh! AHHHHHHHH!’
After recalling the events, Muriel screamed internally.
She wanted to thrash about, but unfortunately, she was currently as fragile as a newborn fawn.
Even if she wanted to kick the blanket vigorously, her legs simply wouldn’t cooperate.
It was an inevitable result. After what had happened last night, there was no way she’d have any energy left!
Muriel summoned every ounce of strength she had left to turn her head to the side.
On the pillow, strands of black hair were scattered carelessly, yet her fiancé Elexion’s face remained handsome.
His neatly closed eyes and soundly sleeping figure resembled a masterpiece hanging in a museum.
When they were younger, Elexion had been smaller than Muriel in both height and build. But now, she had to crane her neck to look at him.
Muriel raised her trembling arm to grab her flowing golden hair.
“It matches perfectly…”
It was the same couple depicted on the cover of the book she had seen so long ago.
The black-haired knight male protagonist and the lovely blonde female protagonist.
The two of them looked exactly like the cover illustration she remembered.
“Why the hell did this suddenly turn R19 instead of R15? The novel I reincarnated into was written by an author who only does all-ages romance fantasy! It was that wholesome rofan where readers used to breathe fire in the comments, screaming for someone to catch that damned sparrowwwwwww!”
The female protagonist, who remembered her past life, silently screamed.
Of course, she didn’t wake her sleeping fiancé beside her—she only screamed internally.
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