Volume 10 - CH 1

Valhail came to the bedroom just before I washed up and went to bed.

I was sitting in bed while Fiona massaged my calves. The moment Fiona was turning around to check the lights that brightened the room which suddenly blew off.

“Oh, I think there’s a beggar in my stomach. I can’t believe I am hungry at this time of night…… I guess I’ll go eat some potatoes.”

Fiona, who was telling me about what had happened when I wasn’t in the castle, suddenly packed her outwear, saying that she would eat a late-night snack.

“May I go to the kitchen, My Lady?”

“At this time? Would you like beef jerky? I think Penny has saved some in her drawer.”

“No, I really want to eat steamed potatoes right now.”

Then she glanced at the balcony, so I turned my eyes and the curtains were fluttering.

‘Ah, Valhail is here.’

It seemed that Penny had advised her what to do in this situation.

“An hour to steam the potatoes, and an hour to eat! So, it’ll take about two hours! Because I need to sleep, too!”

I laughed lightly at Fiona’s words as she folded her fingers cheerfully and held back Fiona.

“You can stay here.”

“No, I’m truly hungry, My Lady. I couldn’t eat dinner because I was waiting for you.”

Oh, well, then I can’t help it.

Eventually, I sent Fiona down to the kitchen and headed for the balcony.

As I crept away and sat down with my hips on the table, Valhail noticed my presence but didn’t turn around.

The appearance of his back staring out there was no different from usual, but I didn’t like it today.

“You know you’re quite naive, right?”

He turned to me when I started to quarrel like a scoundrel.

“Are you afraid I’ll take my outfits inside and go out naked?”

Valhail leaned on the railing and then smiled at the sight of me as I sat on the table and dangled his legs.

He looked at me leisurely with his arms crossed. And that appearance was truly a wonderful appearance of an adult man.

‘He turned the banquet hall upside down with that face only.’

My stomach was twisted for no reason.

When I heard that he just stood like an air-purifying plant and went out, I had a low desire to monopolize him by myself.

“What should I do? Should I meet your expectations next time……”

As I languidly blurted out the words and tilted my head, his gaze came to the nape of my neck at once.

I know what you’re looking at so persistently.

The red congestion, brilliantly embroidered around my collarbone and neck, really stood out, to the point that Fiona was frightened.

It was because of my white skin.

The faint smile that had fallen on his handsome face had disappeared without a trace before I knew it.

As if reminiscing about the night we were alone in the dark, there was an unspeakable feeling of nervousness at the corners of his hardened lips.

“It’s an artwork by you.”

“……”

“Do you like it?”

The moonlight was blocked by clouds and cast a deep shadow on Valhail’s face.

Nevertheless, his eyes, which looked at me as if they were eating me, seemed to shine blue.

“It’s violent and…… It is an unhealthy impulse.”

Under the face disguised as indifference, Valhail’s low voice when he confessed his inner desire suddenly came to mind.

Eventually, the man who had been standing still in front of me let out a shallow sigh and leaned back against the railing.

“Hmm, well that’s serious.”

“……”

I could only laugh at his effortless nonchalant gesture, pretending to be calm.

“That’s right. All I left on your body were tiny marks like mosquito bites.”

It didn’t even last long.

But the mark he made by chewing on my neck seemed likely to last for at least a fortnight.

“How do you feel when you see this?”

His thick, long fingers tapped against the railing.

“……honestly?”

“Yeah, honestly.”

“It’s not bad. It’s like I wrote my name on your body……”

“It’s not bad?”

“Well, I like it very much.”

I was satisfied to hear his thoughts through my ears.

“I hope it stays on your body.”

When I stopped talking, Valhail continued to talk to me as if it were interesting to talk about this topic.

“I shouldn’t have restrained myself.”

Uhm, you restrained yourself?

‘Excuse me.’