CH 10

“…What kind of evidence?”

The woman looked up at me brazenly at my question.

“Anything. If it can be proof that you spent the night with the Duke of Argenta.”

At that, I tilted my head slightly as I pretended to think.

“Evidence?”

What kind of evidence was usually left on the first night?

I frowned with a troubled face. This was a crisis. If we had spent the real night, anything would have been left, but they literally only slept hand in hand, so I was in a trouble… well, it would have been a crisis if I didn’t prepare it by asking Diello in advance already.

“Ah.”

I moved my hand as if I had remembered something.

When Diello’s face, who was embarrassed last night, came to mind, his slightly heated face, the expression of embarrassment.

Tuk.

And that strange feeling.

As I unbuttoned one of the top buttons of my dress, the feeling of last night seemed to come back and my face flushed red a little. This may, in the eyes of the woman, be seen as the embarrassment of the new bride thinking of their first night.

Tuk, tuk.

After unbuttoning a couple of buttons, I pulled out a little bit of the hem. Perhaps she could see it… a clear trail of pleasure was seen on my collarbone.

“Is this enough?”

I uttered confidently, but I also didn’t forget to pretend to be embarrassed. After all, this location was clearly a place where it couldn’t be left alone.

The woman stared at me and nodded.

“I’ve checked it.”

When she turned around and used the magic tool again, she turned into a child and ran out to the vacant lot.

“Wow! I found the way!”

She looked like a child to the point of giving me goosebumps. I buttoned up, and as the child left, I could see the running child being hugged by Alors maid.

“Oh, my!”

The Alors maid cried, opening her eyes wide while holding the child. She then bowed to me as if she was sorry and left.

“…As I thought, they’d come to check.”

Still, I didn’t know it would be this way. I fixed my clothes while looking at them.

In the original story, there was no scene to confirm how they spent the first night. In the first place, everything was concentrated on the scene where Krua tricked Diello into spending the night, so I didn’t even remember the content.

“I have a favor to ask of you.”

I turned around, thinking about last night. I thought it wasn’t bad to prepare it due to Duke Alors’ thorough personality.

“I want you to leave a trace… about, about this much?”

Diello seemed really surprised by what I said while pointing at my collarbone.

“Are you sure… you wouldn’t mind?”

“Of course.”

He could do it because I told him to.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t feel strange. If they looked at it as a trace of pleasure anyway, it was fine. In the end, it was just a wound. It would get better with time and healing, so I gently hugged the back of his head and pulled him towards me.

“I have to be prepared.”

I said gently, pressing him on top of me. I whispered to him over and over again.

“Do it or don’t.”

Besides, we needed to practice, right? After my words ended the conflict inside him, he finally let out a short sigh.

“Ah.”

He, who overwhelmed my body in an instant, breathed out.

I was a little nervous when he touched the collarbone that was exposed because I only wore a gown. Maybe he felt me flinching, so he grabbed me and looked at me with soft eyes.

“I’ll start then, Krua.”

I’m sorry.

Whispering so quietly, he leaned toward me.

As he hugged me and kissed me slightly at the tip of my nose, Diello dug deeper and deeper into me. The breath that touched my ears, the lips that pressed gently around my neck, and his hands still seemed to be clearly felt.

My clothes were pulled back, and my bare shoulders were soon stained with marks. Soon, even his body had come closer without a chance for air to enter.

“What…”

I recalled that time and fanned with my hands again.

This time, it was absolutely not what I was aiming for. Thinking of last night, the heat on my cheeks did not go away even when I fanned my face.

“How…”

The words I couldn’t bear to ask yesterday ran through my head.

‘How is this person so good?’

* * *

“Argenta’s fence is solid.”

Diello muttered in a low voice and stood by the window with his chin resting on his hand. He could see below through a gap in the curtain that was only slightly open.

In his field of vision was Krua Alors returning to the garden.

Tap, tap, tap.

His fingertips, which had been tapping on the windowsill in a steady rhythm, stopped. Yes, Argenta’s fence was solid. For those outside the fence, it was a truly high and solid wall, and for those inside the fence, it was a strong shield and support.

“Krua Alors…”

She was from Alors.

She had been under the command of Duke Alors, and she became the Duchess of Argenta, as the Duke of Alors had planned. Of course, she revealed that she was a fake Ferro, and she asked him to marry her under a contract until the real Ferro came.

“….”

Diello narrowed his eyes.

Last night, his eyes, which she said were like the sea, were locked on hers calmly.

He didn’t fully believe in Krua yet. Despite being married, it was obviously foolish to trust her completely.

Even though Krua Alors seemed to have shown her cards completely, he didn’t know what else she had in mind. There were countless people in the history of the three families who hid a dagger on their backs with a smile.

Krua Alors was also an Alors, one of the three families.

She had Alor’s blood, which was known to be cunning. They did not hesitate to use tricks to keep their opponents off guard.

Diello Argenta, therefore, released her too far within the fence.

In a solid fence that only moved for Argenta, she naturally stood out when she did something out of the ordinary. There were those who began to waver when they heard the news that the current head of the family was not only weak but also brought in the Alors girl.

Such people were not needed in Argenta from now on. They would be dealt with according to Argenta’s rules when the real Ferro arrived.

“Do it or don’t.”

Tap, tap, tap.

He tapped the windowsill again with his fingertips.

Krua Alors will have to make her position clear. If she was a person from Alors who came with a plan, she would definitely have to cheat them, and if she really came to join hands with Argenta, she would have to be an Argenta.

“I have a favor to ask of you.”

Diello leaned his head, thinking of Krua Alors, who had said so yesterday.

Krua Alors, who boldly asked him to leave a mark and said she was preparing for an unforeseen situation.

“The Duke of Alors might suspect me.”

And today, like what she said last night, a person really came.

Diello seemed embarrassed, but naturally admired the sight of Krua telling the woman her evidence. The Duke of Alors, who tried to check the first night in such a direct way, was disgusting though it was interesting to see Krua defending herself.

“I wish she genuinely offered me a contract marriage.”

He hoped it was a deal without betrayal. He was going to keep an eye on Krua Alors very closely, in the form of a shy husband