Unlike her expectation of being swallowed whole, Rael felt no pain. She only had to open her eyes, which she had squeezed shut in surprise at the loud bursting sound.

“…”

The snake that had been opening its mouth right in front of her face was now far down the corridor. Could snakes even move backward? The way it looked was too grotesque to suggest it had voluntarily retreated. It was crumpled like a wet towel someone had used and thrown away.

While she stood there bewildered, a cool breeze wrapped around her body.

“I told you to stay quietly in your room.”

A familiar scent with a cool undertone rushed into her lungs. Something firm wrapped around her from shoulder to back.

“Rubellan?”

It was Rubellan who had embraced her.

“I didn’t leave my senior here to become snake food.”

His red eyes glanced at the massive snake rolling in the corridor, then turned away. He looked down at Rael and smiled slyly.

“I told you not to come out.”

Rael stared blankly up at Rubellan standing beside her. His appearance was different from usual. His skin glowed so white it had a bluish tint, and his red eyes were mysterious, like golden sand rippling with waves.

Though his appearance was always somewhat sensual, today that quality seemed more intense. He looked radiant, blooming like a magnificent rose heavy with morning dew.

“Is worrying others your hobby?”

She was so entranced by his appearance that words failed her.

“I didn’t think you were the princess type who enjoys being rescued.”

Rubellan laughed softly and pulled Rael closer by the shoulder.

“Ugh.”

A short groan escaped her as soon as she moved her body.

“Oh my.”

Their gazes fell to Rael’s ankle. She had twisted it while stepping back in surprise at the snake’s attack. It was the same ankle she had injured during her previous escape attempt.

“So you are a princess after all.”

Rubellan lifted Rael, carrying her like a princess.

“No, I can walk…!”

Ignoring her protests, Rubellan started heading toward her room. Kali followed behind, wagging her tail.

Rael found the situation embarrassing. She disliked being helped and rescued every time, just as he said. But she had no grounds to object. How she had become such a burden was truly lamentable.

“Stay still in my arms like a princess. I don’t want to be resented for dropping you.”

Why did he keep calling her a princess? Knowing he was deliberately teasing her made her blood boil.

“Princesses are supposed to be rescued by heroes, not by Demon Kings.”

“You’re nitpicking at a time like this?”

“It just sounds ridiculous.”

She should indeed be grateful just for being saved. But wasn’t this situation Rubellan’s fault to begin with? If he hadn’t brought her here in the first place, she wouldn’t have had to risk being eaten by a snake.

“What kind of hero do you want?”

They had reached the room. Rubellan seated Rael on the bed and asked again.

“I’m curious, tell me.”

“Anyone but you, I suppose.”

“Hmm.”

Rubellan’s body leaned toward Rael.

“Shall we test it?”

“Test what?”

“Whether what you want is a prince on a white horse, or…”

Rubellan’s hands were undoing Rael’s clothes.

“Me.”

His lips were now close enough to hers that she could feel his breath when he spoke.

“That’s unfair.”

This was clearly a meaningless question. The moment Rubellan’s lips consumed hers, the answer was predetermined. Now she would desire no one but the man before her.

“Ah…”

And her prediction came true. As their saliva mixed and she gazed into Rubellan’s elegantly shining eyes, Rael’s reason had already flown away.

“What should I do, senior?”

“Mmm…?”

Rubellan’s hands quickly undressed her and delved deeper. His face buried into her neck. When he took a deep breath, her body trembled sensitively.

“I might be rough today.”

Rubellan licked his lower lip as he moved his face to her chest.

“When my blood boils like this, it would be better to destroy something.”

His moist lips licked the peak of Rael’s br*ast.

“Hah…!”

“It would be terrible if you broke.”

The vibration of his suppressed laughter traveled through her skin. Rael looked up at Rubellan, trying to gather her increasingly hazy thoughts.

“Rubellan…”

Today’s Rubellan was different from usual. If he normally wore a gentle mask, even forcibly, today he seemed to have thrown that mask away, revealing raw eyes. His appearance, enveloped in n*ked passion, felt both familiar and strange.

“W-wait… Ah!”

She even felt a chill, like she was about to be devoured by a beast.

Rubellan’s mouth, which would normally tease her with words, remained firmly closed. Instead, he was tasting every inch of Rael’s delicate flesh.

“Ah… mm… unh.”

The beast who had tasted her chest moved lower and lower. Rubellan’s hands supported her knees and spread her legs. Rael twitched slightly, but the grip holding her was stronger than ever before.

“Ah, it hurts.”

Her pained moans were useless against the strong pain digging into her flesh. Like a man gone mad, he burrowed into Rael’s center, focused solely on achieving his desire.

The pain in her legs was quickly forgotten when his tongue began to explore her womanhood. Rubellan licked persistently. He savored every part of her without even taking a breath, determined to swallow everything that came from her.

“Hah… mm… ha…”

The heat that started from her center rose to her toes in an instant. Her trembling hands pulled at Rubellan’s hair, but he seemed to feel no pain, focusing only on receiving Rael’s flowing fluids.

“Ah…!”

Just when her lower parts felt raw to the point of melting, Rubellan left dense marks on the inside of her thighs and raised his head.

“Hah… ha…”

At that moment, she released the breath she had been holding. Rubellan looked down at the disheveled Rael while touching his own exposed lower center.

Rael hadn’t even noticed when he had started pleasuring himself. His er*ect member was throbbing with veins that looked ready to burst, and pre-fluid was thickly spread on the upper part. It looked glossy, glistening like it was coated with sugar water.

Gulp. The moment she unconsciously swallowed, Rubellan thrust his member into Rael’s thoroughly loosened opening.

“Ah… ah!”

Rael’s hair stood on end as his member pushed all the way in without the slightest hesitation. It was completely different from the feeling of gradually stretching her inner walls. The shock was dizzying, enough to make her believe her body was being split in half.

“Hah… R-Rubellan. Kiss… kiss me.”

Rael whimpered, fumbling for Rubellan’s arm with her hand. She had to plead for him to share his saliva. It was the fastest way to turn pain into pleasure.

But Rubellan only quietly stared at Rael, who was crying tears. Seeing no response from him, she stretched out both hands. She sent a pleading look, begging him to hold her and give her that sweet honey.

Instead of kissing her, however, Rubellan slowly pulled his hips back. Then he thrust all the way to the base again in one go.

“Ah! Hah!”

The feeling of his thick member forcibly spreading her was vivid.

“Hic… sob.”

Rael, who had always easily obtained pleasure through the power of his saliva, was unaccustomed to pain. Because of this, she began to resent Rubellan. If he was going to play with her as he pleased, he should at least not make it painful—why was he suddenly being spiteful?

“Try to focus. On the pure, real sensation.”

The thrusting continued. Each time the ridged veins stimulated her membranes, a sharp pain followed by faint pleasure crashed in and receded, over and over. As her breathing stabilized, splashing sounds from below were added. His penetration was gradually becoming smoother.

“Ah… ah,”

“Ha…”

It was clearly more painful than usual. Without the sensation his saliva provided, the pleasure of floating in the sky didn’t come. But…

“Mmm… hah!”

Strangely, this pleasure accompanied by pain began to feel increasingly electrifying. Her inner walls, more sensitive than usual, felt his member more vividly. Rael could clearly feel his member, the hat-like shape of the head, and the thick veins, experiencing the penetration with heightened awareness.

“Hah… nh. Ah…!”

Rael’s cries of pleasure were higher-pitched than usual.

“Ru-Rubellan, slowly… slowly! Ah!”

His hip movements were too fast. Rael, struggling to receive his unusually excited movements, pleaded for him to go just a little slower. Rubellan’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Then immediately, his member slipped out from below, and her vision spun dizzily.

“Then you try inserting and moving it yourself.”

Rubellan had placed Rael on top of him.

“M-me?”

Rael trembled, feeling his member pressed tightly between her b*ttocks.

“So I don’t break you, you do it.”

His hands caressed her plump br*asts and stroked down her sides. While Rael hesitated briefly, Rubellan’s hands moved to her b*ttocks, and soon he used his arms to lift her body.

“Ah.”

Rael was surprised by how easily he lifted her.

“Hurry.”

At his somewhat forceful voice, unlike his usual tone, Rael swallowed dryly and slowly felt for the base of Rubellan’s member. The skyward-pointing organ inspired fear, like a weapon.

Rael slowly tried to align his member with her entrance. The size that filled her palm made her doubt whether such a thing had really been inside her before.

“Ha… hah… ugh.”

Having barely positioned just the head, she stopped, unable to lower her body further. Even with just the tip inserted, she felt completely blocked below.

Rael steadied herself with a hand on Rubellan’s firm abdomen and caught her breath in an awkward position. Rubellan watched her without blinking. She truly couldn’t move either way.

Then, Rubellan’s hands still resting on her luscious b*ttocks applied a little pressure.

“Ah!”

Startled by her body being forced downward, Rael quickly placed one hand over his.

“N-no!”

But this only backfired. With one supporting arm gone, Rael’s body was descending even faster.