CH 89

Chapter 89

She didn’t know how to interpret Damon that was undressing out of the blue. For once, Elysia couldn’t bear to see it, so she quickly turned around and closed her eyes. It seemed crazy. Why was he undressing in the sacred library?

Even though she rolled back and closed her eyes, the sound of the button coming undone came to her ears. Maybe because she closed her eyes, it felt particularly loud. She seemed to feel the fact that he was naked, driving her even more crazy.

She had never seen him naked.

“….”

She wanted to cover her ears now, but she couldn’t. She was so shocked that she couldn’t even lift a hand. Other than just closing her eyes and trembling.

“Elysia.”

“….”

Despite his voice calling her, Elysia kept her mouth shut.

When she opened her lips, it felt like she would be screaming. She didn’t know why he was giving her this ordeal. Was he really unaware of his own influence? No, Damon knew better than anyone. That was why he did that.

“I’m not naked, so you can turn around.”

Giggle.

The sound of the wind escaping told her that Damon couldn’t contain his laughter. He was enjoying the situation now. She looked like she was going to die. Damon’s relatively laid-back attitude made her feel unfair.

“Elysia, really.”

“…Can’t you just leave like this?”

There was no way he was lying, but what if she turned around and he was naked? Elysia did not want to face that situation. But she couldn’t rule out a single possibility.

“I didn’t really take it off.”

So what did all that unbuttoning sound mean?

Damon in his bathrobe on the first night was amazing. Chest visible through the gown and wet hair. In particular, each time the drop of water entered his chest bone, Elysia almost fainted. She was just glad she didn’t collapse on the spot. But now, he was completely naked…

The moment she turned around, she might faint.

“I heard everything.”

“I just took off my coat.”

Did he just take off his coat? Why? It wasn’t even hot in the library. There was a moderately cool temperature. He had no reason to take off his clothes.

“Elysia.”

“….”

“You really don’t want to look at me?”

…When did she say she wouldn’t look at him? She never said that. She just said she wants him to go for a while now. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to look at him forever. If anyone heard, it was as if she had asked him to break up.

“I’m not saying I won’t look at you.”

“Then, please look at me now.”

Her heart trembled at the desperate voice.

Even if she tried not to be shaken, she couldn’t help but be shaken. If there was a score for a voice, Damon’s definitely deserved a 100 out of 100… it was an irresistible voice. It seemed that if she let go of her mind, even for a moment, she would do as he told her.

“Don’t you believe me?”

There was no reason she should trust him. She rather should have doubted, still, she couldn’t even tell that right away.

“No… I do.”

It was cowardly. She said she believed him because Elysia couldn’t even say that she didn’t. She couldn’t help but say so.

“Ah…?”

“Because if you just sat there, it will get dirty.”

Damon wasn’t lying when he said he didn’t take his clothes off. He was really just taking off his coat and laying it on the floor. It was just that she misunderstood her own guess and caused an uproar.

“Then, you have to tell me!”

“Before I could even speak, the wife turned around in surprise.”

“Yes, that’s right, but…”

He was not making fun of people, so he needed to tell her in advance. Wasn’t it inevitable to misunderstand if he just took it off blindly? Thinking of how pitiful she must have felt when she thought he was taking off his clothes, she turned around and made a fuss over it.

She wanted to hide herself right away.

“I’m sorry.”

“….”

It was empty words with no intention of apologizing at all. Elysia’s ears burned as he couldn’t stop laughing. She felt ashamed to death.

“Anyway, I guess you were very curious about my body.”

“No!”

“Well, I’m glad.”

Was Damon originally such a sly personality? Elysia couldn’t lift her head at her words that seemed to keep teasing her.

“Come on, sit down. Didn’t you want to read a book?”

“….”

Wearing only a linen shirt, he looked free-spirited.

It was the first time she had ever seen him like this, as he usually always had his hair up and was properly dressed. The only time he was loose was when he was sleeping. Although he was wearing a gown then, it felt different from the gown.

“Elysia?”

“Ah… yes!”

Elysia was stunned by his appearance and just stared at him blankly.

She felt strange. The heat didn’t go away from her face, and her heart beat fast. She was too excited to be embarrassed, and the hot cheeks showed no signs of cooling down.

Buttons undone and sleeves rolled up… everything, even the playful smile on his lips, made him look like a boy. Elysia never thought she’d get this feeling from him since Damon was always perfectly beautiful and had an air of decadence.

“….”

Elysia sat down beside him, and she glanced at his profile. Sunlight poured over them from the large windows.

“Are there any problems?”

“No, no. I’ll read it soon.”

He also had a book in his hand, perhaps he had brought his own. She tried to concentrate on the book, but she couldn’t concentrate properly. When she came to her senses, she was spying on him before she knew it.

He looked so different that she couldn’t take her eyes off him.

A relaxed Damon was a real danger. It felt like she was peeking into his boyhood that she had never seen before.

‘…Don’t I look like a pervert now?’

Even she seemed afraid if someone kept glancing at her. Elysia threw her head back to come to her senses and tried to concentrate on the book.

“Ha…”

Elysia tried hard to look at the book, the letters flew across the paper. Her body ached for wanting to quickly look away from her. It was all because of Damon. He was definitely getting the same sunlight, so why did he shine so much?

She was dazzled and had to squint. Like sprinkled with light powder, a halo shone across his sleek jawline and the bridge of his nose.

She didn’t come to the library to see him…

Damon was really cowardly, to attack her like this when she was barely getting used to his usual appearance… Elysia was dying at his new appearance every time. Even God was unfair to her. What if he was beautiful under both the moonlight and sunlight…?

“….”

Only the sound of flipping pages could be heard in the library.

She didn’t know what she was thinking as she turned the book. When she read a line, the line just slipped out of her head. She didn’t know why Damon was always by her side. He should go soon so she could focus…

“Elysia.”

“Yes, yes…!”

“Don’t be nervous.”

Whoever could see that her whole body stiffened and was in a tense state. But no matter how much she tried to relax, she couldn’t. Why did he shake her heart with a new look once she got used to it? He was obviously very aware of the ripple effect of his appearance.

Even knowing that this was to provoke her on purpose, she let it go.

“What are you curious about?”

“What?”

“There must be a reason to read the book.”

In fact, she was curious about the relationship between the Grand Duchy and the Imperial Family, so Elysia tried to find something related to the founding of the country. She wanted to know why the two of them had such different attitudes toward the founding party.

“I just… don’t know a thing about the history of the empire—”

“There is no such thing as history.”

There was no such thing as history. No one other than Damon could say this about the history of the Empire. It was five hundred years of history.

“Still, it’s five hundred years old.”

“Has it been that long?”

“Yes.”

In the meantime, the throne changed fourteen times. The current emperor, Arno Caesar, was the 15th emperor. On the other hand, the Grand Duke…

“How many Grand Duke has it been so far?”

Unlike the Imperial Family, where the owner of the throne changed only fourteen times in five hundred years, the Grand Duke of the Raphael family changed countless times. They became the Grand Duke with a short lifespan and did not reign for even thirty years.

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