Chapter 37

Chapter 37

As Holly shook her head with a tired face, Cahill jumped on top of the bud with no regrets left. Perhaps, he had heard that Ahmed snatched the bow from the soldier next to him and was about to aim it.

“There must be troops returning from the entrance. Let’s get away before they arrive.”

Holly, frantic, dragged Cahill by the arm.

“Wait a minute.”

He dangled Holly from his arm, holding a stem and pointing its bud toward the ground before hitting the back of it with all its might. Cahill calmly put his hand in the hole in the dirt and pulled it out. In his hand was the seed spit out by the bud.

“Are you going to bring it?”

He nodded and stuffed it into his pocket when Holly asked so.

“There!”

Having obtained what he wanted, Cahill did not hesitate any longer. He took Holly in his arms and flew over the trees. The soldiers who were chasing after them were caught in the trap they had set up and screamed.

When the distant screams were no longer audible, Cahill set her down.

“Certainly, in this situation, it doesn’t matter whether there is a trap or not.”

Holly, who was finally able to stand on her own two legs, murmured bewilderedly. It was really pointless to worry about escaping with Cahill, who had inhuman abilities, by her side.

“Where should we go anyway?”

All they could see were green trees. They had no destination, so they could go wherever their feet took them, but it would be a big deal if they turned back toward Sharif.

“This.”

Cahill, who had ripped off the leaves from Holly’s hair, held out a rolled-up paper to her.

“What is this?”

Holly tilted her head and untied the string that bound the paper. Checking the lines and drawings on the paper, she raised her head and gazed at Cahill with surprised eyes.

“This is a map!”

“Yes. The Prince was supposed to give it to you.”

“Did you take it?”

Asking that, Holly stared at him with admirable eyes. Cahill, who was watching her twinkling eyes, suddenly felt a tickle in his chest and put his hand inside his clothes and scratched it. However, it didn’t seem to get any better.

“I got it from the prince’s office.”

“When?”

“When the Prince and you were at the tower or somewhere?”

Cahill tilted his head, frowning as if he couldn’t remember.

“Did you steal it?”

“The Prince promised to give it to you.”

Holly nodded her head shyly as she looked at Cahill, who spoke confidently. It occurred to her that maybe she would not have been able to get this map in the usual way. Ahmed had been trying to keep her by his side, even at the risk of his life.

‘Maybe, he didn’t have any intention of keeping his promise from the beginning.’

Holly glared down the road with an angry look, then lowered the corners of her eyes and turned to Cahill. When she gestured towards him, he lowered his waist.

“Well done.”

Saying so, she rubbed Cahill’s hair. He put on a bewildered look at first, wondering what was going on, then smirked.

“If you’re going to love me, there’s a better way.”

Seeing the heat in Cahill’s eyes, Holly passed him and unfolded the map on a large rock. Seeing him standing next to her, his face sullen with displeasure, Holly lowered her hand to the map.

“Our next destination is here.”

There was no specific name, but the people of Centria called it the Green Village. It was the only village that communicated with the closed Lauriue.

The two arrived at the green village after walking for three whole days. The guards standing in front of the wooden fence only checked if their faces were on the wanted list and let them in.

In Green Village, elves, a race of forests that are hard to see from the outside, roamed the streets proudly, exposing their ears. Cahill followed them with twinkling eyes. Holly raised her eyebrows and hurried her steps.

As the distance widened, he quickly followed her.

“Let’s get a room first.”

Even though they took a break in the middle of the way here, she was tired because she couldn’t lie down properly. The two entered the inn closest to the entrance.

“Two single rooms, please.”

Holly let out a sigh as she tried to lower the bag she was carrying on her back. Mona and the maids had changed her clothes, so she had left her bag as well as her emergency pouch.

‘I can’t go back…’

An arm passed by Holly, who was biting her lip in embarrassment.

“One double room.”

As she turned her head, Cahill looked at her and smiled. Two single rooms cost more than one double room. Holly shut her lips and had no choice but to let the cashier do what he wanted.

“I will pay you back.”

She said, following him, who had taken the key. It was because she had to feed her parents as well as her own from a very young age. She felt awkward and uncomfortable receiving help from others.

“With your body?”

In an instant, she had the idea that she wanted to be the unscrupulous person who pretended not to know that she was in debt.

There was a king-size bed in the room, furniture to put clothes in, and a table for two. There was also a door on the inside for a private bath.

“The room is nice.”

Holly, who was scanning the room with her keen eyes, nodded her head at the neatly arranged duvet. She was an inn that came in casually. It wasn’t bad. It was so expensive, though.

“How would you like your meal?”

“I’ll go down and eat.”

Looking at the staff, who was smiling sweetly, she responded. It would be convenient to bring it into the room, but they had to save a penny.

The staff, who looked disappointed, then turned to Cahill and her eyes twinkled. It was because she knew he was holding the money line. However, Cahill was pressing down on the springs of the bed with a disinterested attitude.

“If you need anything more, please tell the counter.”

In the end, the staff left the room, hiding a look of regret. After making sure the door was completely closed, Holly turned to Cahill.

“I’m going to stay here for a few days. What about you?”

“I am with you.”

Cahill shrugged his shoulders with a look that said, ‘Of course.’

“I’ll have to look for a place to work during my stay.”

“Why?”

“Because I have no money.”

Hearing her words, Cahill shook his pocket without replying. Holly didn’t hear a jingle, but she knew what he wanted to say.

“That’s your money.”

Although that was comfortable, she had no intention of relying on him for everything because that would be shameful. Then, Cahill searched his pockets and pulled out something which he held in front of Holly.

“What’s this?”

“Isn’t that your bag?”

As soon as he realized it wasn’t Holly’s bag, he tried to throw it out the window. Holly hurriedly clung to his arm.

“No, that’s mine!”

Holly, fearing that he might indeed throw the bag out the window, quickly grabbed it and held it in her arms.

“When did you get it? How…?”

She immediately took out the items from the bag on the table. Except for the clothes that had been washed and dried in the bath, and the emergency pouch, everything was still there.

“Before I pick you up. I was going to ask you if you want to leave.”

“What if I said I wasn’t going?”

When Holly asked, suppressing her delight, Cahill narrowed his brows.

“I hadn’t thought of that…”

It was the first time he, who was lost in thought, looked so pretty. Holly immediately grabbed his cheek with both hands and pulled him. She lowered her lips. He was momentarily taken aback by the sudden contact though Cahill smiled contentedly and swallowed the lips that were finally settling on his.

“Huhp, this isn’t…”

The cute, shallow kiss turned into a wet kiss. Soon she was lying on the bed. Her clothes quickly came off.

“It is. You started it.”

Cahill said stubbornly, burying his nose in her bare chest and taking a deep breath.

“I couldn’t even wash…”

Holly turned her head to the side, blushing in embarrassment. Cahil’s hand, chasing after her, wrapped around her cheek and devoured her lips.

‘Well, he put up with it a lot.’

She groaned as his tongue slid across her delicate mouth and slipped his hand under her dress. Her mind became hazy, like a mist. As her mind tried to sink to the depths, the pleasure grabbed her by the hair and pulled her up.

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