────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Chapter 32

“I’m concerned about her, so I’m sorry I had to leave first. I think I’ll have to give her medicine and put healing magic on her.”

“There’s something better than medicine or healing magic.”

At her words, Hisran stared at her. Elena then responded with a smile.

“It’s an honest conversation. Go quickly, Tower Master.”

As soon as the words were spoken, he disappeared from the dining room.

“Oh my, my. The two people look more than just a boss and an assistant, don’t they?”

“Haha. Marquisate Ephesion will soon have a celebration.”

“The two get along really well. They are a couple that makes you smile when you see them.”

The Count couple and Elena continued their meal with a smile on their faces. The three of them were happy to be able to eat together again.

The coordinates in front of Jaeha’s bedroom were already secured. Hisran arrived at the front of the bedroom earlier than her, as he left with teleportation magic.

As she climbed the steps, she could see him standing in front of the door and paused for a moment, but did not run away.

The two faced each other in front of the door.

“Is it very bad?”

“If I just rest, I’ll be fine. Stop worrying about it and go back to the dining room.”

“…It was an excuse for you to leave. It doesn’t matter. How long are you going to use that creepy tone?”

Hisran spoke in a voice that sounded like the growl of a wounded beast.

“I think I’ve been talking too much without being polite to you. Why, doesn’t this sound better?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Although I can guess why you’re angry, you should have to listen to the excuse.”

Jaeha’s eyebrows twitched. She replied as she gazed at Hisran with cold, sunken eyes, “Excuse me? What excuse were we going to listen to?”

“Yes. If the position had changed, I would have lost my temper and burned the guy, but your excuses would have been sufficient.”

Jaeha, who had lost her words, stopped. This man’s absurd way of talking, dripping with honesty, often embarrassed her. When there was a gap, he quickly grabbed her wrist and entered the bedroom in front of them.

Click—The door closed. Before she could feel fear in the dark, Hisran turned on the light. Under the light, the expression would be more visible.

Jaeha opened her mouth, trying to calm down.

“What excuse would you like to make?”

“What you saw last night, it’s not like it’s personal.”

As expected, it was right that Hisran and her eyes met last night.

“It’s because of the treatment. That’s what I told the Count couple in advance. It was that kind of treatment, so I couldn’t tell you.”

“Is kissing the cure? It’s like a fairy tale.”

“I thought you would definitely say that, so I prepared it in the morning.”

Immediately, he took out of the subspace was a communication orb. When he gave the signal three times, he was connected to someone. It was a woman with silver hair and green eyes.

[ “Hello! Nice to meet you. My name is Luna. I am in charge of the Red Tower Potion Department.” ]

“Oh, yes. Hello.”

[ “I received a call asking to confirm about the Rigor treatment. Here, it’s written in this book. It’s an old, but very valuable book. It was a book from before the age of the temple, which was rare on the continent. I went to the Newtor Kingdom for a request and got it from helping an old couple there.” ]

“I’m busy. Just get to the point.”

Hisran intervened and cut her words off.

[ “Oh my, Tower Master. Because you act like that, you are hated by women. Anyway, to get to the point, Rigor is a very small insect that is difficult to recognize by ordinary methods. Therefore…” ]

As she listened to Luna’s passionate explanation, Jaeha’s ears reddened slightly. Under various circumstances, Hisran’s words seemed to be true. She had made a useless misunderstanding, and because of that, even the filthy emotions that had nothing to show for were reflected.

“I misunderstood… Forgive me.”

Jaeha, who turned her back on Hisran, uttered in a low voice.

“Forgive me…? Are you really going to be like this?”

“As I said before, I am going to speak respectfully because I feel the need to show some manners even now.”

“It’s not like that, you’re just doing this to keep distance.”

Hisran answered with a firm voice as if he was certain.

“What the hell is the reason? What else did I do wrong other than this? It could also be a minor misunderstanding. Please, tell me before it gets exasperating.”

Even though he gave her a chance to speak, Jaeha had nothing to say. She was greedy because he was a person who shone brighter than she thought. But, when a woman who couldn’t be compared to her appeared, she felt pathetic and annoyed.

…How would she describe this shameful and ugly feeling that she couldn’t even define herself?

Silence persisted.

Hisran, who messed up his hair, opened his mouth slowly. He asked, recalling the words he had spoken while talking to Luna in the morning.

“You… Are you jealous?”

Jaeha’s heart plummeted to the floor. Her eyes flickered wildly, and her shoulders trembled. She was terrified of the definition of her feelings heard from others’ mouths.

“Are you jealous?”

“….”

“It’s okay to lie. Please, tell me that, huh?”

‘…Why is this man like this?’

There was no reason for him to come out like this. What would he do if he made a useless illusion?

“Yes, I was jealous. No, to be precise, I was annoyed. The Lady still has it all… a good family, beautiful looks, and a great background. On the other hand, you are the only thing that has been dropped on me…”

What if even that was lost…?

Just thinking about it made her stomach churn. At the same time, there was a sense of self-pity. She felt ugly because it was difficult for her to survive without being dependent on others, and the way she hated the Count’s Lady for absurd reasons.

Hisran approached Jaeha’s back with his head bowed. He gently hugged her waist.

“I don’t know why you thought so foolishly.”

“I know. I’m ugly and pathetic…”

“I can’t respond to any woman but you.”

“Well, that’s… If you succeed in research and find a way…”

“I once wished it was, though now, I have no complaints with this body.”

“…What?”

“I just had to respond well to you. What does this mean in your mind?”

“….”

How was she supposed to take this again? But, besides those words, there was one more thing that made Jaeha confused. The presence of that thing lightly tapping her buttocks. Even though she wanted to not notice, she couldn’t.

“This beast is really… Why is it doing this in this situation?”

Jaeha muttered as if it was absurd.

“This is entirely your fault. I’m excited to think you’re jealous of me.”

He was definitely a beast, rubbing his face on Jaeha’s shoulder with such a reply.

“…Even if you get treatment, you won’t be able to meet another woman. It sounds like such a pervert, who would accept it? Would a noble girl really treat a man like you like a beast?”

“It doesn’t matter as long as I don’t turn away from you.”

“What if I turn away to you?”

“No, save me.”

As she turned her body slightly, her eyes met his.

It was unknown who approached the first, but their lips clashed. On the way to the Count’s territory, Hisran, who swallowed Jaeha’s lips as much as he could when he was so meek in the carriage, was like the incarnation of greed.

“Uhk…”

Lips that don’t fall apart, like candy melted in the heat sticking together. While her mouth was occupied by the greedy tongue, Hisran drove her to the bed and knocked her down. The black hair that was messed up on the white blanket was beautiful.

He whispered, grabbing part of the hair and kissing her.

“What the idiots in the Red Tower don’t know, my favorite color is black.”

“You’re very fickle.”

“You are the only one who can wield me.”

“…Say it more, more.”

“I like you.”

Hisran uttered as he kissed her lips lightly, unlike the deep kiss he had before.

Jaeha, who was close to him and his face, saw the shape of his mouth and realized that the word was Korean. It was the word she had taught him in the carriage.

“I feel better every day and I don’t know what to do.”

“It wasn’t obvious at all.”

On the contrary, he had been showing signs of keeping away from her recently. He didn’t fall over even when she seduced him, and he avoided touching her beyond a certain level.

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────