42. A sweet moment (3)
Elijah asked to be stroked out of nowhere.
It can be said that the effect was truly amazing.
As the word implies, the brain stopped.
Elijah urged with her glance.
I can’t make them wait endlessly, so I decided to obey the order for now.
“Well then…. Hey, can I touch you?”
Elijah nodded her head.
I reached out cautiously.
‘What should I do….’
A lot of troubles came and went in the short moment my hand moved.
This is my first time petting a person.
I’ve never even imagined that the day would come when I asked and touched him so openly.
Even the target was Elijah.
‘I was dissatisfied with only touching Yuel, so can I touch him like Yuel?’
But Yuel is a beast….
Is that really okay?
I don’t know.
Since the person himself asked to be touched, I just do my best.
She gently placed her hand on Elijah’s chin and stroked it with her fingertips.
Satisfied, Elijah gently closed her eyes.
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‘… Why do you seem to be becoming a cat more and more?’
I don’t know if they’ll get ears and a tail later on.
‘That’s pretty good…. Oh, no.’
I put the bad thoughts away.
I focused on stroking Elijah again.
When I usually pet Yuel, I touch her chin and then scratch her neck.
He scratches them to cool off, but Elijah can’t do that.
The moon deer’s neck is long and strong, but Elijah’s is white and thin.
I stroked his face instead.
Gently and gently brush with the part of the fingerprint that is not callused.
The texture of the face is soft and warm.
Even though I became an adult, my cheeks are still round and soft.
These days, the jawline is a bit thin and exposed.
Clear but thin eyebrows.
A well-protruded round forehead and a graceful nose that follows the line.
It is a face that exudes a mature yet youthful atmosphere.
… I couldn’t bear to touch her lips, so I avoided it.
The corners of Elijah’s mouth went up a little, as if he liked my touch.
She stroked her cheekbones and ran her hair with the rest of her hand.
Soft wavy black hair.
The head is also so small that it fits in one hand.
The face moves little by little following the caress.
“Heh, hehehehe….”
Elijah laughed as if he liked her.
‘It’s easy to get used to after 5 years, but it’s new and cute every time.’
If that is a talent, then it is a talent.
A very serious talent.
‘And again….’
She always said that it was dissatisfying that she hugged her first.
‘Um….’
I usually hug her well, but when I’m conscious of it, I can’t hug her willingly.
I feel strange.
‘I’m embarrassed for nothing….’
Already Elijah seems satisfied.
She is rubbing herself in my hands stroking her face and hair.
So I wonder if it would be okay if I didn’t hug her, but….
I care about Elijah’s words.
She said that every time she hugged herself first.
She wondered if she felt sad about it.
To be honest, that’s not the only reason.
After everyone left, I wanted to hug Elijah. She used to do that sometimes.
I gently hugged her.
Elijah gave her body comfortably as I pulled.
Took and lightly hit her body.
She leans against my body on her.
I’m happy to hear about her weight.
In that state, he stroked his hair with one hand and patted his back with the other hand.
“hehehe….”
Elijah rubbed her face against my chest, laughing like an idiot.
The one thing I hugged first, what’s so good about it.
“Good….”
Muttering in a languid voice like a dream, he hugged my waist tightly.
A warm body temperature came and went between the bodies.
‘It’s not good for your heart…. Can it get cuter than this?’
Judging from my experience so far, it seems possible.
Is it really a big deal if it gets cuter?
I decided to enjoy this moment of hugging Elijah.
Actually, this is not the first time.
Because these days, they stick together and hug each other every time.
But it’s the first time I’ve held you like today, so you can be a little more assertive.
I buried her face in the crown of her head.
Her soft hair tickles the tip of her nose.
A sweet smell permeates the lungs.
This is Elijah’s unique scent.
I don’t know the smell of other women, but sometimes when I get close to a female aristocrat in a gathering of aristocrats, I would smell a strong perfume that made me dizzy.
The scent from Elijah is a little different.
It seems to be there or not, it is very pale and subtle.
I suddenly became curious.
What is our relationship?
How can I define it?
Does Elijah know the answer?
Or will she, like me, be curious?
It’s not that you don’t know your heart.
It seems vaguely familiar.
No, it’s not vague, it’s clear.
However, it has never been directly defined in language.
Me too, she too.
‘Although it’s partly due to uninvited guests getting in the way every time I tried to define it….’
After the war, it seemed like they were talking to each other, but it became vague because they were overshadowed.
As a result, we never had a second discussion between us.
It just became natural.
All of our time together, including acting like this.
‘What…. You don’t have to hear it to know it, but….’
There are things that can be understood even without words.
I know, but it is also true that I still want to hear it.
‘Hmm…. Is it too stereotyped….’
I was petting Elijah, but the surroundings suddenly became too quiet.
Elijah, who rubbed her face and laughed, is also quiet.
“My lady?”
When I peeked her head back, I saw that her face was red.
He glanced up at me and hurriedly averted his gaze.
“Why is that?”
“That, just….”
Rarely stutters.
Then he puts her hand up and touches the top of his head.
“Because I’m persistent, it’s a little, strange…. For some reason I keep being touched….”
As if to cool off her hot face, she puts her remaining hand on her reddened cheek.
‘This, so now….’
Elijah is embarrassed.
Nothing else, just because I smelled the top of my head.
Originally, it wasn’t like this.
It means that I became conscious of what I took for granted.
In other words, something has changed.
Something between us….
“Why, why are you staring at me like that….”
A creeping voice.
A shy face.
I involuntarily swallowed my saliva.
Elijah’s quivering eyes look at my neck, then back to her face.
Elijah also swallowed her saliva with a sound and wet her lips.
Her red lips were moist.
I was looking at her lips, which were as shiny as her delicious fruit, and she was getting closer to her face.
I leaned her over to her.
And then, without dodging, she slightly raised her toes.
There is no space to get closer, but we push each other to get closer.
Elijah’s breath trembles thinly.
Your breath smells good too.
To the extent that I want to drink it all so that it doesn’t spread elsewhere.
“My lady, I….”
Elijah interrupted me.
“Later. For now, other things first….”
Her hand came up to her face.
Gently grab my cheek and pull it.
Elijah’s eyes slowly closed.
And….
-Thump!
Someone knocked on the stable door and shouted.
“Lady!”
Judging by the voice, it was Miguel.
‘… Ah. Is this again?’
God’s joke or something.
As if making fun of people, what the hell are you trying to do?
If there is a god, I want to see his face.
My pulse went numb.
In the midst of this absurdity, I was about to step back out of embarrassment, but Elijah grabbed my face.
Fix your head to yourself to return.
“Focus only on me.”
As if a serious matter had been decided, the spleen red eyes looked straight at me.
The tension that escaped immediately filled my body.
Elijah pulled my face again.
I was led obediently….
-Kung kung kung!
Someone knocked hard on the door again.
This time, Elijah also had to focus on the sound and stop her actions.
“My lady! An imperial envoy has arrived! It is said that they have brought His Majesty’s reply to the proposal for a peace treaty!”
It was a very important issue.
… Even now, this was an important situation.
“Haa….”
Elijah sighed annoyedly and leaned her on my shoulder.
I just stroked her hair.
This is also a pity, but it was embarrassing to show off.
It’s not like that.
Elijah muttered bloodily as he hugged me around the waist.
“Let’s see….”
Um.
Who are you talking to?
I don’t know who it was, but it was a big deal.
In the meantime, Yuel scratched the stable door with his horn.
I heard a knock from the outside, so it looks like it wants to open it.
Elijah walked over with a thump and threw open the door.
I was next to him, stroking the ignorant Yuel, and stepped behind her.
Ahead, Leah, Miguel, and Bradley were waiting.
Bradley looked back and forth between me and Elijah, then cleared her throat and blushed.
‘… No, what is that man thinking?’
Are you unhappy?
If only I could put that thought into practice….
Whew. Done.
Elijah said coldly.
“A person from the imperial family came?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Whoa…. Guide me.”
The envoy was waiting in the drawing room.
“It is an honor to meet Duke Elijah.”
The representative of the delegation gave a dignified greeting.
“Your Majesty fully considers the duke’s insight that there is no need to continue meaningless conflicts between the centers of humanity due to unsavory events….”
“Only the body. Briefly.”
Elijah rudely cut off the long talk of congratulations.
Now Elijah is much more sensitive and sharp than usual.
I was worried if this would be okay, but the other person smiled generously.
“Your Majesty wants to see the Duke. Instead, it should be just the two of you.”
“Do you want to be alone?”
“Yes. As the head of a group without anyone observing, he wants to share his views on important issues.”
“The date and place.”
“If you allow it, you said you would coordinate and decide.”
“Then let me know.”
Anyway, they are the emperor’s envoys, but they are quite arrogant and rude.
But she had the strength.
‘… Is it somehow cool?’
Elijah’s cocky attitude used to scare me.
She On the one hand, she is like the villainess I know, and she thought that too.
But since I think that person is on my side, I feel infinitely reassured.
Are the bean pods washed or what?
Despite Elijah’s rudeness, the delegation smiled gently until the end.
After they left, I asked cautiously.
“It’s just the two of us, are you sure you’re okay?”
Elijah crossed her arms and only rolled her eyes to look up at her ceiling.
Then ask the question confidently.
“Who, me?”
I was worried about nothing.
Emperor John is not a formidable person, but his opponent is a more terrifying person.
She is a wizard who can cross continents in seconds.
Rather than Elijah, she should be concerned about the emperor.
“Are you worried?”
“I can’t do it.”
Then Elijah came into my arms.
She rubs her face and smiles like a child.
‘Is she testing how much cuter she can become?’
It’s a good thing for me, but I just couldn’t like it.
The drawing room where the delegation left.
It’s not just the two of us here.
Miguel went out to meet them, but other servants, including Lia, were still in the room.
“… ….”
Everyone blushes and pretends not to see them, avoiding their gaze.
In the meantime, Lia, she doesn’t stare at me and Elijah the way she used to.
She just smiles softly.
Sometimes, it looks like someone leaving soon.
… It must be because of the mood.
*
“Oh. It has blossomed.”
For five years now, a potted anemone has been guarding the window sill of my room.
When I came back last time, there were only flower buds.
Today, I checked before going to bed, and the flowers are in full bloom.
A flower I gave as a gift 5 years ago turned into a potted plant, and the potted plant still remains in my room.
It is very strange.
With a click, the door opened.
Elijah comes in naturally as if it were her own room.
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‘Um…. It’s still hard to adapt.’
The last few days.
Elijah sleeps with me every night.
She sleeps purely.
Arm pillows are pure anyway.
But, she still feels very strange whenever Elijah comes in.
I feel like I’m doing something I shouldn’t….
It’s not like I’m doing anything strange, but that’s how it feels.
‘That’s right, since they and I are now normal adults….’
She has slept with her several times since becoming an adult, but things are different now.
At that time, Elijah’s heart was completely unknown.
I was kind of like an attachment doll.
‘… Isn’t it very different now?’
Anyway, it feels strange.
Especially today at the stable….
“Oh! Did it bloom?”
Elijah recognized her potted plant and Odo also ran.
I brought a red blanket and a cat doll today as well.
Come next to me and check the red anemone.
“Pretty.”
Should I do it myself?
“Anemones will be blooming in the garden soon.”
There are several gardens in Elijah’s mansion.
The garden she is talking about is a small garden centered around a fountain.
There is no specific name, but people here call it the Anemone Garden.
Because there are so many anemones there.
Except for a few ornamental grasses and trees, the only flowers are anemones.
When spring arrives, the area turns red.
“Let’s go see it again this year.”
Elijah took my hand and smiled.
We used to go there every year when the anemones bloomed.
I didn’t promise to go like now.
Occasionally, when I walked, I just headed naturally.
The warmth in your hand flows through your heart.
I also smiled at him.
“Yes.”
Looking out of her window with her shoulder to shoulder, Elijah led me.
Naturally, to bed.
“I’m sleepy. Cut now.”
I know it doesn’t mean much.
We really stay true to that word and only sleep together.
But just because you know, it doesn’t mean that people’s hearts become what they know.
‘Good idea…. Good idea….’
Elijah in his nightgown.
Fortunately, these are not blind pajamas.
To put it mildly, these are cute pajamas.
It’s a skirt, but it comes up to the ankles, the sleeves cover the wrists, and there are also lots of frills.
‘… But once you start touching it, it doesn’t matter.’
When I lie down first, Elijah naturally cuts her arm and holds her in her arms.
Eliya doesn’t know about s*xual love.
… I thought, but it seems that she doesn’t know at all.
But judging from how casually he makes such bold physical contact, it still doesn’t seem to be common in any corner.
Extremely different from the general me.
‘I have to endure….’
Elijah muttered in my arms.
“Good night.”
I answered as I hugged her.
“Have a nice dream too, young lady.”
My freshly washed and dried hair smells good.
Now I’m used to sleeping while smelling this scent.
Elijah’s breathing slows down.
Calm, slow, regular.
As she listened to her breathing, I also slowly fell asleep.
She completely forgot about her second tragedy.
***
Elijah opened her eyes slowly.
She was after Judas fell asleep.
She could tell without checking.
Over the years she slept with him and she learned a lot of information.
The strength of her breathing, the beat, the beat of her heart, and the occasional toss and squirm were enough for Elijah to tell if he was really sleeping or pretending to be.
I only slightly raised her head, fearing that she might wake up.
Her thick neck and firm chin caught her eye.
The lips visible above it.
Elijah involuntarily stroked her own lips.
I was puzzled by this irrational impulse.
What are the lips like?
Is it that you keep attracting attention and want another way of talking with your mouth at important moments?
All sorts of imaginations bounce in her head like fish in season.
What if we touch each other?
How about the touch and warmth?
What will happen to her feelings, or Judas feelings, that she will feel at that time?
Wouldn’t it be difficult to breathe?
Wouldn’t you be able to reach it because your nose collided?
And then….
As she kept imagining it, her stomach felt hot.
Elijah managed to hold back his hand from touching those lips, and crouched down on his chest.
Not yet.
Preferably, when you open your eyes.
I wanted to make sure that each other wanted each other and reach out.
Secretly enjoying it while sleeping is a cowardly luxury.
Elijah hugged him around the waist and hugged him deeper.
For some reason, I kept feeling like I wanted to hide.
I also wanted to hide my beating heart.
However, the only place to hide was in his arms, so I surrendered myself there.
I felt like I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep easily, but I didn’t feel bad.
*
“… ….”
Yuridike blankly looked up at the ceiling. He
Had no choice but to admit it.
The past of Judah.
I couldn’t dig everything out.
But at least we found out his true identity.
Specifically, what did he approach Elijah for?
What he was doing before he approached.
However, it is unknown why Judas remained by Elijah’s side.
Judas’ feelings toward Elijah are overly transparent.
To the point where it’s hard to think that there’s a different identity hidden there.
In the same mixed mood, Orphé tried to pick up the bottle and stopped.
Instead, I washed away the stuffiness with a sigh.
Yuridike was handling a cigarette and put it in a drawer.
While it was difficult to know the circumstances before and after, only two things were certain.
One.
The feelings between the two are never a joke, nor are they light.
And two.
“First, let’s bring Judas here through Hermis.”
I had to tell this truth to Judas, the person in charge.
