《Dear Eddert》 Chapter 0 - Prologue Chapter 0 ¨C Prologue Year 175 of the Imperial Calendar, during the season of winter. At the Sernotti Estate. ¡°There is no life left in her.¡± In front of the woman¡¯s body, Pope Benedict mumbled. The body was covered by clean linen as it lay quietly. At first glance, it looked as if she was only sleeping comfortably. ¡°Please save her.¡± Someone grabbed Benedict¡¯s collar, which was embroidered with gold thread. The man¡¯s eyes fluttered darkly as he suppressed the pain and barely spoke. ¡°¡­¡± Benedict stared at him for a moment, remembering the last time someone touched his body. He didn¡¯t remember. If anyone other than the Imperial Family were to touch him, they would be given the death penalty. No. The criminal would not even be given such a chance. There were only a handful of people who could meet him face to face. ¡°Isn¡¯t it your duty to heal the Imperial Family?¡± Blood flowed down from the large fists clenching his clothes. The man¡¯s gaze was full of despair. They were the eyes of a person who had lost everything and were desperate. So he wished he had done well before he lost it. Benedict felt a silent urge to scrape away the ray of earnest anticipation in the man¡¯s eyes. ¡°Isn¡¯t that why¡­ you came here¡­? To save her. Because Eden is a member of the Imperial Family¡­. so¡­ please save her.¡± It was like seeing a madman with completely extinguished embers in his arms. Benedict, who had been silent, finally opened his lips slowly. ¡°My healing power is limited. I can heal a person who is about to die, but if I can bring the dead back to life, then I would be a god.¡± Shiiing. The sharp blade of a well-forged sword was directed at Benedict¡¯s neck. Then, in one fluid motion, a handful of Benedict¡¯s silver hair that fell below his shoulder was cut silently. Clatter. It was such a nimble movement that even Benedict, who had eyes different from ordinary people, could not detect the man¡¯s movements. ¡°If you¡¯re not a god, it would mean that you could die at the hands of a human being.¡± Seeing Benedict¡¯s hair falling down like a fluttering silver thread, Walter whispered with his teeth clenched. ¡°Save her. No matter what. Or else you will die and never leave this place.¡± Benedict chuckled. ¡°Do you really think it¡¯s possible to kill me?¡± As an archmage before becoming a pope, his most powerful ability was his healing powers. No matter how lethal an attack he could receive from Walter, there would be no problem if he healed himself. That¡¯s why Benedict¡¯s family, which was just a family of mages who lived in a small village, had to live in captivity under the control of the Imperial Family for generations. The rulers of the Empire wanted to monopolize the abilities of the mages. ¡°See for yourself whether it is possible or not.¡± Walter pointed the sword at him and let out a rough breath. ¡°Not a bad idea.¡± Benedict smiled and took a step forward. The sharp blade reached his white, wrinkle-free neck. Seeing the red blood flowing down the blade, Walter distorted his expression. But then the open wound disappeared without a trace even before the blood flowing from the sword could reach the floor. There was not even a scar on the cut skin. The glimmer of hope that had been lost in Walter¡¯s eyes flashed again and his sword, which was aimed at Benedict, disappeared inside the scabbard in an instant. ¡°Save her.¡± Having seen the healing power of the Pope with his own eyes, he was ready to do anything to save Eden. ¡°I will do anything. Please¡­ Please, save her.¡± As he answered Walter¡¯s pleas, Benedict¡¯s voice was dry and ice cold. ¡°Did I not tell you? It is impossible to heal someone who has already breathed their last breath.¡± To tell the truth, it was ¡®close to impossible¡¯, but Benedict kept silent about this. He wanted to make sure before trying anything. The man in front of him, Walter, looked at him in disbelief and bit his lip. ¡°Then what the hell are you doing here¡­?¡± ¡°Because I wanted to confirm the death of the Princess with my own eyes. Because that is also my duty as the Pope of the Empire.¡± As soon as he had finished speaking, Benedict saw the despair flooding Walter¡¯s eyes. Walter staggered, as if his knees had lost strength, and grabbed the bed on which the body was lying. ¡°¡­Eden.¡± He murmured in a whisper, not even daring to touch the body. His large hand was trembling. He had the expression of a person who had lost even a single drop of hope. His dark brown, almond-shaped eyes brimmed with tears, which then dripped down. As soon as one drop fell, another drop followed. Then another drop came even before the tears could fall. The dry cheeks were now drenched with tears that flowed silently. Benedict stared at the weeping man, thinking about the last time he shed a tear. He could easily recall it. As he recalled his memories of that time, his mood subsided a little more. ¡°I think there is one thing I need to make sure of before I go back.¡± Benedict¡¯s pale lips moved slowly. ¡°Since the former head of Sernotti, Valtri, has passed away, I must call you, the only son, as head of the household. Walter Sernotti.¡± Walter, whose name was called, turned his gaze towards Benedict. Walter¡¯s eyes, staring at him with a tear-soaked face, lost it¡¯s light and were empty. When Benedict appeared, he felt like he was holding an angel¡¯s hand in the fiery circles of hell. Walter believed he would surely be able to save Eden. But now everything was over. ¡°A shadow of light that exists for the sake of the master. Head of the legendary Sernotti family. As the Pope of the Empire, I implore you. Do you really deserve to be called a shadow of light?¡± The body lying under the linen was bandaged all over, but Benedict knew what wounds she had. Two on the left side of her chest. One long, horizontal cut from her shoulder to her abdomen, a last sharp stab in the neck. These all showed how horrific the conditions at the time of her death were. ¡°The master who should be protected by the blood oath died in this way, but how dare the shadow live.¡± Benedict¡¯s pale blue pupils dilated, emitting a cool light. It was the eyes that made the surroundings creepy. As an archmage, it wasn¡¯t only his healing powers that were formidable. His eyes intimidated people. A normal person would not have been able to even move on the spot due to the sheer magical power he exuded. ¡°¡­You¡¯re right. I should have died with her.¡± Walter drew his sword again and let out a hoarse voice. As she lay with her eyes closed with a relaxed expression, it seemed as if she would immediately open her eyes and call his name. He thought she was going to say it was all a joke, that he was too surprised, that he was too much of a coward, that he was an idiot. She would look at him like she used to, with her mouth wide open and laughing out loud. ¡°I thought it was my last hope and waited for you. But if there is no hope, my existence would be meaningless, as you said.¡± Because there can be no shadow where there is no light. Watching Walter raise his sword in the air, Benedict added firmly. ¡°I do not heal people who are not members of the Imperial family. It means you are foolish to try to commit suicide by relying on my mercy.¡± ¡°Haha¡­¡± Walter laughed, his voice low and his eyes hazy. When he had gone to the Stone Mountain with the dying Eden on his back, he managed to reach the mage there, but it was already as if he had already lost his mind. The old mage had been stunned to see Eden, whose body had been mutilated and barely had the appearance of a body, the jewel of the imperial family that was losing its shine. [ ¡°We need to call the Archmage¡­ No, Lord Benedict might already know¡­¡± ] The old mage was right. Benedict already secretly left the papal headquarters for this reason. As Walter waited for him, Walter felt his chest burning to black as charcoal. ¡°I have never once wanted to be part of the Imperial Family, but¡­¡± It was a suffocating pain to watch beside her, who couldn¡¯t open her eyes. ¡°This is the first time I am as grateful for that fact as I am now.¡± At the end of the last murmur, Walter¡¯s sword swung one round in the air. ¡®Sorry to keep you waiting, Eden.¡¯ The well-forged sword moved quickly, creating an illusion-like blue light. ¡®Please understand that I cannot stab my heart. Because my heart is yours. When we meet again after we die, you can directly stab my heart.¡¯ Benedict watched without blinking as Walter¡¯s sword neatly cut off its master¡¯s neck. It was indeed the appearance of the head of Sernotti. Walter did not hesitate or feel any fear. As if he had been waiting for this moment, he slashed his neck with his sword, without even closing his eyes until the end. It was a choice that left not even a single chance of survival. Thud. Blood gushed like a fountain from the neatly severed neck. After being cut off, Walter¡¯s head, which was still on his shoulders a moment ago, rolled down. A faint smile crept from Walter¡¯s face, seated correctly on the shoulder of the corpse. A satisfied expression. It was the most comfortable face he had ever seen. ¡°¡­You have such a strong shadow, but how did you get into this shape?¡± Benedict, quietly observing the situation, finally wandered around the blood-stained floor. It was when Walter¡¯s corpse and head were pushed one after another and brought down. Benedict¡¯s eyebrows moved silently as he watched her asleep without any word. ¡°¡­Are you agitated now?¡± It¡¯s been a long time since she stopped breathing. The soul that had completely disappeared inside was trembling faintly. It took three days for Benedict to come to the Sernotti estate, sensing the situation when he saw the jewel of the Imperial Family that had lost its light. He had to cast a spell on the entire detached palace where the papal headquarters was located, avoiding the surveillance of the Imperial Guard, who checked his movements every day, and that slowed his departure. The soul in her body, now visible before his eyes, would have vanished without a trace had she been a normal human being. Benedict lowered his head and looked at the little jewel hanging from his neck. The light was flickering dimly within the gem that had been cut in half. After staring at the bed without moving for a moment, Benedict finally made a decision. He came all the way here for this anyway. ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ Chapter 1 Chapter 1 [ trigger warning: non-con ] A blue energy emanated from his white hands. Walter¡¯s severed head moved on its own and attached itself to his body, and his heart, just before it stopped, began beating slowly again. If one has a strong body and quick recovery, it won¡¯t take long to open their eyes. It would take half a day until he could move his body properly. Now was the time to really save her. Benedict moistened his lips slowly with some unknown sense of tension. You would be angry if you knew. But now that it had come to this, there was no helping it. His clothes moved on their own and fell to the floor without a sound. His naked body, which shome blue, appeared in the air. Flash. Walter opened his eyes much sooner than Benedict had expected. What was more shocking than the fact that he was still breathing was the sight that was unfolding before Walter¡¯s hazy eyes. Crumpled linen and loose bandages rolled around under the blood-soaked bed. A bright light was emanating from the dark space. The source of the light was Benedict, who was holding Eden, whose body was in a naked state. The long silver hair hanging over her body was shining like tens of thousands of fireflies had landed on Benedict. So was his body. There were no wounds or blemishes, and it was a shining naked body that could not be thought of as a human body. Recognizing that Walter was awake, Benedict looked at him and narrowed his eyes. What are you doing now? What the hell are you doing to Eden! He tried to scream, but only a suppressed groan came out of Walter¡¯s mouth. ¡°¡­Heuk¡­!¡± He struggled to get his body up, but it was still too much. Benedict exhaled slowly, stroking Eden¡¯s cold body. A bluish glow shone wherever he touched. Eden, naked, lying under Benedict¡¯s body, was still motionless. ¡°Her soul reacts violently. She¡¯s mistaken me for you. Poor thing.¡± ¡°Huu¡­ ugh¡­ Urk¡­!¡± Benedict smiled faintly as he watched Walter¡¯s body wriggle in pain. What he said was a lie. Her soul was vehemently refusing treatment, that¡¯s why it was taking some time. To be precise, she was showing disapproval of his actions. He just found out. This was the reason why she had to die despite having a strong ¡®shadow¡¯ willing to risk death. ¡°You were in love.¡± Benedict¡¯s lips whispered in Eden¡¯s ear, scanning the cut on her neck. He smirked, stroking the long torn chest with his hand. ¡°Such a fool. Born into the imperial family, but you long for love.¡± ¡°Ugh¡­¡± He saw Walter crawling towards him. His hands on the floor trembled in a mess, but he was definitely moving. What an amazing power. A man who survived a fatal wound took more than half a day to lift his hand, no matter how fast his recovery was. It¡¯s probably the same reason why the head that was decapitated and attached to Walter still moves, and his soul doesn¡¯t disappear even after he completely stopped breathing. ¡°Are you in pain? Hm?¡± Benedict¡¯s lips gradually moved downward, spraying kisses on the wounded body. Even if there wasn¡¯t a wound, her body was full of vague scars here and there. It was a testament to how hard her life had been during that time. ¡°I am healing her according to your earnest wishes. Is it too difficult to watch?¡± Is your love just that much? Benedict swallowed his words and lifted his head between his long silver hair. Walter, who opened his eyes and bit his lip, didn¡¯t come any closer. Benedict whispered towards him. ¡°Remember. The terrible thing that happened when she tried to defy her fate.¡± Even if Benedict didn¡¯t have to say it, it was something that Walter would never forget. Because no one can forget the sight of his most precious person dying in his arms. ¡°She is the one who should be the Emperor of the Empire. She¡¯s not the kind of person who deserves a humble death in a place like this.¡± ¡°Uhh¡­ huu¡­¡± Walter breathed heavily. He gritted his teeth. He swore he would do anything to save Eden. Her death was more painful for him than his own. Benedict caressed Eden¡¯s body with a cold hand, and licked it slowly with his lips and tongue. Completely focused on healing, Benedict no longer spoke. Warmth was beginning to radiate through her cold body. ¡®All I can do is heal the wounds of the body, and it is beyond my ability to hold onto the soul.¡¯ Benedict didn¡¯t open his mouth, but his voice could be heard clearly in Walter¡¯s head. Everywhere his lips kissed and passed, the wounds were getting a little blurry. At that moment, he saw with his own eyes how great the healing power of the Pope can be. And he had to watch the woman he loved be in someone else¡¯s arms. Walter felt the pain of his body being torn to pieces. ¡®With an injury like this, we have to face each other every day, but unfortunately I can¡¯t be away for long.¡¯ Because of that, he had to do everything possible to heal her wounds. Benedict looked at Eden¡¯s face and briefly closed his eyes. Fortunately, his memories of her a long time ago did not overlap with the present. If so, he would have hesitated. Benedict¡¯s hands grabbed her legs and spread them slowly. As he slowly raised his shiny upper body, the silvery white hair that had hung over Eden¡¯s body was lifted and the wounds disappeared, revealing her smooth, nude body. Breathing slowly, Benedict slipped his member into her as he leaned down. The moment they united, Benedict raised his head and groaned silently. It was the healer¡¯s destiny to feel all the pain the wounded had to go through. Eden¡¯s motionless hand twitched slightly as Benedict began to move his waist. Walter saw as Eden¡¯s heart emanated an overflowing blue light. ¡°Oh no. Don¡¯t waste your energy.¡± As Benedict clasped her chest in his hand, he let out a hoarse voice as he moved slowly back and forth inside her. His face, exposed through his silver hair, was tinged with a reddish light. Walter did his best not to keep his eyes on Eden, whose body joined another man. ¡°I have instilled my energy into your body. Infuse your energies little by little until she wakes up. How to do it is¡­ Now that you see it with your own two eyes, I¡¯m sure you know it well.¡± Benedict licked her nipples and raised his lips. It felt like something hot was exploding in Walter¡¯s heart, but he managed to bear it. Benedict smiled with a sweaty face as he looked down at Walter who was still in pain. ¡°It seems that her soul is just as agitated as you.¡± Her soul, which was fluttering without stopping, was growing wild. Through her soul expanding like flames that fluttered loudly, Benedict clearly realized how much she was tormented by this moment. She would rather die than live. ¡®How interesting.¡¯ Benedict became interested in her. Whenever he healed a wounded person, face to face, he would gain all the memories of the other person. [ ¡°I have no interest in the throne, Walter.¡± ] Her voice, which didn¡¯t contain a single hint of a lie, was filled with excitement that she couldn¡¯t hide. The twinkling purple eyes closed with a smile. [ ¡°I will live like this, here with you, with the people I love. Here, Sernotti is my home.¡± ] Calling this shabby place home, her heart was beating with warmth. Benedict couldn¡¯t admit the fact. The union between the two bodies grew stronger and more intense. Benedict was immersed in it so much that when he wiped it down with his hand, sweat was forming on his forehead, as if ceramic powder was on it. Traces of passion flowed from the place where they were joined. [ ¡°I love you, Walter. I love you.¡± ] He could feel the fluttering soul finally slipping out of her body. At this rate, her soul could have escaped out of his reach. Benedict could not stop his movements, even though he knew that there were souls that could be forever separated from their bodies when tampering with the bodies of souls that refused to heal. ¡°Ah¡­ you¡­ why¡­?¡± At the moment of her death, there was no accusation or resentment towards others in her head. There were only doubts. Benedict moved his body more wildly. He injected an overflowing amount of holy energy into her body. But because she could not absorb the excessively flowing holy energy, her body flinched violently, yet Benedict did not stop peering into her memories. All the Imperial family members he knew were selfish beings. Klawe¡¯s blood, who took it for granted to sacrifice others for their own power, must have flowed in her veins. Why on earth. Why. If she became Emperor, she could have changed Klawe¡¯s blood-stained history. Benedict began to be genuinely angry that she had died in vain. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Benedict¡¯s heart raced at an insane rate as he remembered what sacrifices he had to make to get her out into the world. A flame began to burn faintly in his chest, but Benedict did not know exactly what it was. ¡°Ha¡­ Ha¡­¡± Only when Walter stood up and grabbed his shoulder did Benedict stop moving. ¡°Not¡­ yet¡­?¡± Blood dripped from Walter¡¯s lips, crushed by his own teeth. Walter¡¯s pain was transmitted directly from the hand on his shoulder. It was a man who cut his own head for her. Benedict became even more curious about her true nature that captured such a strong man. What kind of life did she lead after leaving the Imperial Palace? At this rate, it would be better if she had no memory. Even if she returned with the memories of her past intact, there was no guarantee that the same would not happen again. ¡°¡­It is done.¡± After a long kiss on Eden¡¯s forehead, Benedict finally pulled from her. Her body, which was full of wounds, was now smooth without a single scratch. Warmth swept through the cold body. Inside her left chest, her heart was beating at a comfortable pace. ¡°All that¡¯s left is for her to open her eyes.¡± Walter staggered over to Eden and bowed his head. The moment a soft breath touched his tear-soaked cheeks, Walter collapsed with a cry. ¡°Eden¡­ Ah, Eden¡­¡± Walter stayed by her side for three days and three nights, waiting for her to wake up from her sleep. Contrary to his wishes, Eden did not open her eyes easily. Year 175 of the Imperial Calendar. It was the year that Crown Prince Christian of the Klawe Empire held a grand succession ceremony and ascended to the Empire¡¯s ninth throne. Korea, 20XX. ¡°Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy birthday, my dear daughter.¡± ¡°Dad! Thank you!¡± Hyemi clapped her hands and blew out the red candle. At the same time as the light in the living room turned on, her mother patted her on the back with her palm. ¡°What the hell did you do to receive a birthday present?¡± ¡°Ah, it hurts¡­¡± Thinking that her mother¡¯s hands are still powerful, Hyemi breathed out. ¡°Why are you beating the child on her birthday?¡± Her father, who was sympathetic to his daughter, scolded her mother, but to no avail. ¡°Because I¡¯m upset! How upright are the kids her age, but she gave up studying early and there¡¯s nothing she¡¯s good at. I managed to get a part-time job and you quit in three days? I can¡¯t say anything to Mister Park because I¡¯m embarrassed!¡± Hyemi nonchalantly responded to her mother who continued to nag her by putting the cake back into the box. ¡°Because the guy in that chicken restaurant¡¯s kitchen was a little weird, Mom. But can¡¯t we eat the cake now?¡± Her mother¡¯s friend, Mister Park, the owner of the restaurant, was someone she met at her regular hair salon. The chicken restaurant was on the first floor of a main street shopping mall. It was good for Hyemi, who graduated from high school and didn¡¯t have a decent job and who was stuck in her house, to get a job as a server. ¡°I think you are the weirdest kid in the world!¡± As if ignoring Hyemi¡¯s wishes, her mother slammed the refrigerator door shut and yelled at her. ¡°How are you going to live in the world with a mind that can¡¯t even overcome anything?¡± It was the third day of her part-time job when the kitchen manager, who was glancing at Hyemi while frying the chicken, sneaked up behind her and rubbed his lower back on her behind. Hyemi sighed and muttered a little. ¡°It¡¯s not everything. Mother doesn¡¯t even know me, but it¡¯s always just me.¡± If she were to be treated like this, she wouldn¡¯t have thought about the relationship between Mister Park and her mother. Whether the kitchen manager was Mister Park¡¯s brother-in-law or not, he was a pervert that had humiliated her. ¡°What do you mean I don¡¯t know. I know it perfectly without looking at it. You¡¯re just going to say ¡®Ah, Sir X, please stop¡¯. How are you going to live in this harsh world from now on? Do you want to stick with your mom and dad for the rest of your life!¡± She politely said that the job didn¡¯t seem right for her, but all she got back was her mother¡¯s rebuke. Hyemi suddenly felt unfair and tears welled up. ¡°What are you doing? Cry for what you have done! Really, I¡¯m so angry!¡± ¡°Honey, stop it.¡± Her father dissuaded her mother. The main cause of the rising voice at the table in the morning was her, the only daughter in the house, the young unemployed, and, as her mother said, a troublesome thing. ¡°I pestered you to get into a top-notch university, and I didn¡¯t even tell you to do so well that you¡¯d live in luxury. I¡¯m not just telling you to cover my face! Every day at home, when you are hanging out with your cell phone, at least go out and meet someone!¡± Money was also needed to meet with friends. Due to her abysmal finances, she refrains from going out as much as possible and lives quietly at home. Without knowing her heart, she took a deep breath as she scooped the seaweed soup*, which her mother had cooked, with the ladle. ¡°Others are good at dating. It¡¯s not like you¡¯re lacking¡­ No. There are some shortcomings no matter where you go. What¡¯s the point of being just fine? Why not do something productive instead of running around to feed the stray cat?¡± Hyemi contorted her eyes and frowned her forehead. ¡°They¡¯ll die without me, Mom.¡± Her mother didn¡¯t know how hot summer was and how cold winter was every year. If she took care of the cats who lived on the streets, there would be no need for them to open garbage bags. In her mother¡¯s eyes, her hard work in doing productive activities for the sake of peace in the neighborhood was nothing but futile. ¡°I¡¯m going to die because of you!¡± ¡°Honey, stop it now. Huh? Hyemi, hurry up and eat.¡± He was always a friendly father, but it was even more sad at times like this that he couldn¡¯t keep up with her mother. ¡°Mom¡­ If I disappear, will you feel comfortable?¡± Without going through her head, the words came out first. Her mother¡¯s eyes narrowed as she tied her apron and held a ladle in one hand. Her mother, who had the words ¡®good heavens¡¯ deeply engraved on her forehead, was ready to hit her on the head with the ladle as she lifted it. ¡°What?¡± Here she knew that one word she added would make things bigger. But she couldn¡¯t help but feel wronged. Hyemi opened her tearful eyes wide and glared at her mother. ¡°That¡¯s right. If I die, you¡¯ll feel all the more better.¡± ¡°What, are you rebelling now?! That¡¯s what you¡¯d say in front of your parents now?!¡± Tak. Eventually she crossed the line and was hit in the head with the ladle. Trickle. The broth, in which small drops of sesame oil melted, came down from her forehead and down her cheeks. ¡°Honey!¡± There were limits to patience. Hyemi jumped up from the table with seaweed sticking on her eyebrows. ¡°Don¡¯t look for me.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not looking for you!¡± After rubbing the back of her hot nose with the back of her hand, she walked towards the front door. As she crumpled her bare feet into the sneakers, her mother¡¯s screeching sound pierced the back of her head. ¡°If you leave now, don¡¯t even think about coming home!¡± That was good to hear. She¡¯s not coming. She really won¡¯t come. Hyemi rushed down the stairs on the third floor of the apartment, breathing heavily. She couldn¡¯t have been more happy to have the Han River Bridge just fifteen minutes away from her house. You are not alone. Hahahahaha. Laugh out loud The world is beautiful. The catchphrase, which was attached to the railings of the bridge to prevent people from committing suicide, seemed to be ridiculing her instead, giving off a completely opposite effect.** On her birthday, she was humiliated by her parents, and she had no reason to live in the world. Hyemi decided to drown herself in the water. Hyemi didn¡¯t die in the end. As she looked down at the wind on the Han River Bridge, the flowing blue water seemed too deep. If she fell into this kind of water, drowning seemed natural. She went to commit suicide, and it was a little shameful that she stopped because she was afraid, but it didn¡¯t matter because no one knew her decision anyway except her. Hyemi has always been generous with herself. One of the reasons she couldn¡¯t die was that she wore a mismatched pair of sneakers. Until she died, she had no intention of advertising her clumsy personality. ¡°My daughter! Her underwear is mismatched, her socks are mismatched and till the end she is still mismatched!¡± Because her mother¡¯s nagging echoes in her ears, she may become a ghost who couldn¡¯t even enter the heavens. When she thought of the reason why she wouldn¡¯t die, her thoughts surged endlessly. She was equally concerned about the five stray cats she feeds. Besides, the tuxedo, which has a cute pattern like jjajang soup splattered around its mustache, was pregnant right now. She could only leave until she can relax with jjajang. In the end, Hyemi decided to stop her suicide attempt for a myriad of other reasons. The problem was that she ran out without her purse, and she had nowhere else to go. Even if she had a wallet anyway, her bankbook had already run out of pocket money. Eventually, she tumbled back home. Her father and mother had already gone to work. They ran the oldest public bathhouse in town, and they were sincere people who never rested even on holidays. It wasn¡¯t impossible to predict how she would appear as the only child in the eyes of such a parent, but there was a saying that nothing in the world grows up like a child. ¡¸ ¡°The soup¡¯s in the fridge. Heat it up and eat.¡± ¡¹ A message came from her mother as if her mother knew she had come to the house, how she knew it was like a ghost. Maybe she hid something like a surveillance camera in the house. Hyemi glanced at the ceiling, which had nothing attached to it, with her eyes. Growl¡ª Thanks to the unintentional long walk, her stomach had been signalling that it was hungry. She hadn¡¯t eaten anything since this morning. Did someone somewhere say that they want to die but want to eat tteokbokki? Those words had a deep impression on her today. When she opened the refrigerator, it was full of her favorite food. Meatballs made with tofu and tuna, stir fry glass noodles with wood ear mushroom, salty and sweet beef stir fry, and spicy braised mackerel with aged kimchi. Hyemi decided to think once she ate. Slurp. The soft, well-cooked seaweed was chewy in the mouth. Hyemi scooped out the seaweed soup with a brisket, and put it in her mouth. Her stomach was full, so the feeling of depression went away a little bit. ¡®It¡¯s not that they don¡¯t think about me at all.¡¯ From an early age, she did not show any prominence in studies, and she had no special talent in arts and sports. She didn¡¯t look good enough to be street casted, and her physique wasn¡¯t particularly good either. But there weren¡¯t all good looking people in this world. If you look at the ratio, the exceptional people are about 1% of the total, and even that, 99% of ordinary people like her exist, so their speciality can shine. Shaa. Hyemi started washing the dishes while she felt like a philosopher. She thoroughly washed the plates, wiped them with a clean, dry cloth, and put them in the cupboard. Seeing the dishes lined up and neatly arranged made her feel a little better. It was thanks to her mother¡¯s neat personality that the old house, which was three decades old, was still kept clean. She nagged a lot, but she¡¯s great at cooking. It would be the right answer to say that leaving home was hard. In this house, there was a mother who prepared the meal every day no matter how hard she hit Hyemi on the back, and there was also a father who was kind and homely, though he could not straighten himself while being pressed by his wife. Hyemi activated a positive circuit in her head. It was her strength to be able to be happy quickly no matter what happened. She sometimes quarreled with her friend because she was angry, but the fight didn¡¯t last long thanks to her apologizing soon after. Even when she turned half of her answer sheet blank because she didn¡¯t see the back of the exam paper, Hyemi just smiled. Her grades didn¡¯t get any lower, and the sky didn¡¯t fall just because she failed her exams. When she was stressed, she was only hungry. Like this morning. Although her mother cursed her nonchalant and optimistic nature for being easy going and lazy, Hyemi thought that good things were good. If there were much more people like her in the world, there would be no conflicts, and it would be much more peaceful. ¡®I can just inherit the family business later, right?¡¯ Hyemi¡¯s father was the owner of a small bathhouse that had been run for two generations in the neighborhood. It was an old bath house, but regular customers felt comfortable because her friendly father was always at the counter. If it wasn¡¯t for those two, it was obvious that when the 24-hour large spa entered the main road building, they would have had to close the business because it could not withstand the financial difficulties. ¡®I¡¯m confident I¡¯ll do well if they let me do a part-time job at the bathhouse. There¡¯s a small part-time job, there¡¯s cleaning, and you can even bake eggs***.¡¯ Hyemi let out a long sigh. There were also restaurants run from generation to generation, so there was no reason why it couldn¡¯t be a bathhouse. No matter how much she thought her side could be much better, her mother was always anxious to get her out. In fact, running a bathhouse wasn¡¯t easy. There were also cases where drunk customers bothered the other customers, and there were also frequent instances of theft or lost items. Hyemi¡¯s father once went to the police station because of a hidden camera placed by malicious people or because of a sexual harassment case. There was also a customer with poor sight who slipped on a piece of soap and tore the back of his head, and had to be rushed to the emergency room. Hyemi¡¯s parents, who have been through troubled times, wanted their daughter to do other things at all costs. They wished that their only daughter would have various social opportunities and other experiences, but Hyemi could not understand what they meant. ¡°Aahh. I don¡¯t know.¡± Feeling the melancholy coming over again, Hyemi shook her head and opened the refrigerator. When she was depressed, sugary foods were also the best. She put a piece of cake on a pretty plate and headed to her room, and then she came back and added another piece. She thought it¡¯d be perfect with a cup of dark Americano at a cafe on the intersection, but her light wallet made her promise it was for next time. Today was her birthday, and she went to the bridge over the Han River and came back with a promise of a new life. She felt compelled to do something important. Notes: *) Seaweed soup is traditionally eaten for breakfast on your birthday! (Or a diet after one gave birth) **) Mapo Bridge was the name of the bridge that crosses Han River. It was one of the most common places for suicide jumpers. So one time S****** company added lights that light up with motion sensors along the railings with pictures and words to prevent suicide. Some of the words are ¡®have you eaten?¡¯ or ¡®your family is waiting for you¡¯. But these phrases did not help and were eventually taken down. ***) Koreans do eat hard boiled eggs in saunas! The eggs are cooked over the steam of the hot water and are said to have various health benefits. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Hulp. Hyemi gulped as she looked into her cell phone with wide eyes. Today¡¯s task of the day was to spend time reading. Books are the food for the mind, and reading books was the best relaxation anyone could enjoy at the comforts of their home. ¡°Madam Choryeon¡­¡± With no one watching, Hyemi held her breath heavily and focused on her phone screen. It was a thrilling development. Sweat caught in her hands when she expected the hot scene of the servant Kangso, who was finally getting married, and the back room* Madam. { TL/N: ?? Someone who loses their power / dignity } ¡°Kangso¡­.¡± Hyemi pressed her finger firmly to turn the next page. The beautiful figure of Kangso, who finally took off his clothes in front of the woman whom he had admired since childhood, filled the screen of her cell phone. His body, which couldn¡¯t hide its splendor even with poor servant¡¯s clothes, was more luscious when he took it off. Thick abs and splendid muscles on his thighs, as if split stones were attached. And in the meantime, a ray of light shone in the form of a straight line as if ridiculing her with censorship! Kyaak. The best! After all, a man has to be big. Seeing the scene in front of her, the woman froze in shock, and Hyemi patted the pillow and endured her cheers. She had completely forgotten that she wanted to die by drowning in the Han River just half a day ago, smiling with her eyes darkened by desire. ¡°¡®Madam, I¡¯m going crazy. Here¡­ Can you see it dripping from my c*ck? Touch me. Please help me.¡¯¡± Even though it was only written, she concentrated and read the vivid sound of Kangso¡¯s huffing breath as if savoring each letter. ¡°¡¯I¡­.haa¡­I¡­can¡¯t do things like that.¡¯¡± The woman secretly watched and admired Kangso, who was splitting firewood piled up like a mountain. She married the fifty-year-old ailing widower when she was only thirteen, when she had not even started her monthly period, and she became a widow within a week of her marriage. When she married, Kangso, who had still been a young servant, but now years later, he had grown into a strong man who looked so strong. The woman¡¯s clear eyes, as she bit her handkerchief while looking at the wide back wet with sweat, turned red with fear and anticipation at the same time. Next page. Hurry. ¡°¡¯Heuk¡­ Heuk¡­ Madam¡­ There¡¯s a nice smell from the inside¡­ Spread your legs wide open¡­ Please. Hmm?¡¯¡± The pitiful Choryeon trembled with her head bowed at a 45 degree angle. It was followed by a scene where she crawled over the heated floor, towards Kangso with the steel beam glistening towards her. It was a winter night, with snow falling outside, and her tiger-like mother-in-law was sleeping peacefully. Hoho. If it unfolds as expected, Kangso, unable to overcome his desire, would lay his mistress on the floor, and then he would bury his face in the wet place. ¡°¡®How are you¡­ Heuk¡­. Ahhng, your mouth in a dirty place like that¡­¡¯¡± ¡°¡®Even if I die¡­ slurp¡­ Madam, even if I die, it¡¯s alright¡­. sluurp¡­ The lady has a fine upper lip, the lower lips look like this¡­ Isn¡¯t it small and pretty? Slurp!!¡¯¡± ¡°¡®Ah, n¡­ o! Don¡¯t suck there¡­ Aaaahhngg!¡¯¡± ¡°¡®I can¡¯t stop my mouth, Madam¡­ ahh¡­ slurp¡­ Madam, your juices¡­ It¡¯s sweeter than sweet wine¡­.¡¯¡± That¡¯s right. The innocent Madam Choryeon, who had never been through her first night before, couldn¡¯t resist the unfamiliar stimulation she felt for the first time in her life, so tears dripped down. And then it was certain that she would eventually succumb to the rod wielded by Kangso and let out loud moans under his rock-like body. Oh, that was the taste. If someone would ask why she kept reading stories like this without getting tired of the plot, she would answer that the taste you know well was the sweetest. Thump, thump. It was when she let out a silent scream in her heart in anticipation of the next chapter. ¡°You look like you¡¯re having fun.¡± Hyemi raised her head at the sound of a man¡¯s voice mixed with a small smile. She followed the whereabouts of the clearly heard voice and slowly lifted her gaze around the room, but of course there was no one else here. ¡®What the¡­¡¯ Was it just someone talking at the playground nearby? Did she hear it wrong because she was too absorbed with reading? Hyemi didn¡¯t take it too seriously and turned her eyes to her phone again. Now that the tightly closed secret entrance was fully opened with his mouth, it was the turn for Kangso and Choryeon to do the deed. Yum. Before insertion, it was absolutely necessary to do it by mouth. Although she had no practical experience, Hyemi was a woman who did not lose to anyone as far as theories were concerned. ¡°Is it really so much fun?¡± The phone fell from Hyemi¡¯s stiff hand. She couldn¡¯t move from her spot and only blinked her widened eyes. Her heart was beating rapidly at an erratic pace. She gulped. She didn¡¯t hear it wrong. It was clear that someone was in this room. Was it a robber? A pervert who broke into an empty house? There were many spaces for the robber to hide, such as the closet, under the bed, or the veranda outside the small rooms. While all sorts of horrific thoughts continued, the idea that she had to report it to the police first came to her mind. It was when she barely picked up the phone with her trembling hands. ¡°I¡¯m sorry to disturb you while you¡¯re having a good time.¡± Instead of the full-color pages that Hyemi had ever seen, the screen was filled with a face that could only be seen in a fantasy movie. Her eyes widened as if they were about to pop out. The beautiful man with long silver hair looked at her frozen and smiled at her. ¡°You¡¯re not surprised. That¡¯s a relief.¡± Hyemi closed her eyes tightly and shook her head vigorously once, then turned off her cell phone by pressing and holding it. She flicked and tossed the phone over the blanket, then slowly counted to ten in her mind. If she was dreaming, it didn¡¯t matter that she fell asleep like this, and if she had actually seen it wrong, it seemed that she should take a cold shower to wake up. Anything else was better than a robber. Three. Two. One. When she opened her eyes, in front of her was a silver-haired man who had popped out from her phone. ¡°Are you done thinking?¡± Slap. Hyemi tapped her cheek with her palms hard enough to make a loud sound. ¡°Oh dear. That must¡¯ve hurt. At this rate, it will leave a mark.¡± As the silver-haired man tilted his head, his hair, like silver thread, fell and reflected the sunlight. Am I delirious? Or am I really dreaming? To call it a dream, the cheek she had just hit hard with the palm of her hand was tingling. Hyemi tilted her head back as she looked at the silver-haired man reaching out his long hand towards her. ¡°¡­Who are you?¡± The trembling voice barely squeezed out from her vocal cords. ¡°Perhaps you can call me the person who sent you to this world. It took me quite a while to find you.¡± The silver-haired man withdrew his hand and spoke languidly. Because he was a beautiful man like a painting, he was rather unrealistic. The clothes he wore were the kind that Hyemi had never seen in person before. It¡¯s a little different for those costumes in Hollywood. The man in the white robe, lavishly embroidered with gold thread, looked at her and asked again. ¡°Is that all you want to ask?¡± Was there a mental hospital nearby? Hyemi was starting to think strangely that someone with a very wrong head had taken a wrong turn. It seemed that the answer again was to simply report it to the police. It was difficult for her to explain the man¡¯s face that appeared on her phone earlier, but she was surprised and thought it was an optical illusion. It was when Hyemi reached out her hand to pick up the phone. The square machine, and flew into the air and landed gently on her desk. The phone moved by itself¡­! Her mouth opened silently at the sight unfolding before her eyes. ¡°If you don¡¯t have any questions, we¡¯d better go back now.¡± ¡°Huh? Uh, where?¡± Seeing her stutter, the silver-haired man smiled meaningfully. ¡°Where you should be.¡± ¡°Excuse me. I¡¯m sorry, but I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about. Am¡­ I¡­ Am I dead?¡± Hye-mi was actually confused. Perhaps she really had drowned in the Han River earlier. Then she might have been able to comprehend all this. The silver-haired handsome man could be a grim reaper who came to pick her up. ¡°It would be good to hear the explanation from your loyal subordinate.¡± ¡°Subordinate? Who are you talking about?¡± It was becoming more and more difficult. The grim reaper, who was speaking increasingly strange words, tilted his head towards her. ¡°You don¡¯t have to rush.¡± A breath like the cold winter wind touched her delicate cheeks. Hyemi froze as she couldn¡¯t even blink her eyes as she looked into his pale blue eyes that she was about to be sucked into. ¡°My name is Benedict. When you need help, come find me.¡± A cold snowflake-like touch touched Hyemi¡¯s cheek. ¡°I will be waiting for you in the brightest place.¡± She couldn¡¯t move her body. A bright light was emanating from his body. ¡°I¡¯ll give you a present to commemorate finding you.¡± A cold, icy, soft voice reverberated in her mind. Hyemi just had her eyes wide open and couldn¡¯t move on the spot. ¡°I apologize for interrupting your fun time.¡± After the light that pierced her pupils so brightly that she couldn¡¯t open her eyes disappeared, Hyemi barely opened her eyes. The silver-haired grim reaper was gone. The mobile phone loaded with the webtoon she was watching was quietly lying on the messy bed linen. It was a dream. ¡°¡­Oh. Of course.¡± A sigh escaped from her lips, which was then relaxed. Hyemi checked her room, tying her untangled hair again. Her room was neither big nor small. From the time she entered elementary school until now, nothing had changed in the room she occupied. A rustic patterned pink wallpaper that her mother picked up when they moved in. A square yellow wall clock she couldn¡¯t remember when exactly it was hung there. A small desk that she used to sit and study at, and a full-length mirror hanging next to the door. ¡°¡­¡­¡± Her gaze stopped in the mirror as she twisted her hair into the rubber band. There was a large man looking at her in the mirror, with black hooded cloak wrapped around his body. The dream wasn¡¯t over. And the grim reaper was different. ¡°Eden, can you see me?¡± As big as a black rock, the ghastly man had a complicated look on his face as he looked at her in the mirror. ¡°You can see me.¡± Hyemi didn¡¯t say anything, she just opened her eyes. She trembled as her dry, dehydrated lips opened silently. ¡°Wake up. Come on, wake up.¡± Hyemi muttered to herself and grabbed the thin blanket with her sweat-soaked hands. Her thumping, racing heart showed no sign of calming down, but it wasn¡¯t enough that she¡¯d faint. ¡°It¡¯s you, so I believed you could come back.¡± In the shocking scene that followed, Hyemi froze in that state. A shrouded man was coming out of the mirror. The mirror, which should have been flat, stretched forward and bulged. The man was slowly pushing his body out of it, as if he had torn off a transparent wallpaper. The silver-haired man smiling on the phone was a nobleman. She stuttered her words to the vivid scene more vivid than any horror movie she had ever seen. ¡°Ah, aahh¡­ no¡­¡± As if sitting down under the threatening feeling, Hyemi crawled behind. Her back touched the headboard of the bed, and she couldn¡¯t go any further. ¡°I waited a long time, Eden. I knew you would wake up.¡± ¡°Do, don¡¯t come¡­¡± Hyemi muttered with terrified eyes, but it was to no avail. The man was now approaching her in the bed, after pulling himself completely out of the mirror. ¡°Ha¡­. Ah¡­!¡± It¡¯s not too late now. Would she die if she jumped from the window on the third floor of this apartment building? If she¡¯s lucky, she might end up with a broken leg. Anything would be better than jumping off a bridge over the Han River. Feeling the fear of death in front of her, Hyemi got up and tried to run away, but she couldn¡¯t move as if her body had been tied with a rope. ¡°Heuk¡­! Uuhhh¡­! With her eyes closed tight, a faint scream escaped Hyemi¡¯s mouth. Even with her eyes closed, she could feel it. The fact that the shrouded man was now completely out of the mirror and inside her room. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 ¡°Huuu¡­ huuuuk¡­¡± With her teeth gritted together, she trembled spontaneously. Hyemi gently opened her eyes with all her might. A man shrouded by shadows stood at the foot of her bed. ¡°¡­ Wh, who are you?¡± She barely opened her lips to speak. There was an illusion of fire burning in his scorching dark brown eyes. A completely different kind of fear rushed into her compared to seeing the silver-haired man. Her chest pounded¡ªhot, rapid. Was this a gift from that person called Benedict? ¡°Are you a ghost? A spirit? Or the grim reaper?¡± Trying not to be conscious of how deep the wrinkles were between the man¡¯s brows, Hyemi spat out her questions. ¡°I don¡¯t think I¡¯m crazy¡­ But¡­ What is this¡­¡± Is she dead? What the hell is his identity? ¡°Yes. You are not crazy.¡± The man quickly approached the side of her bed. It was an agile movement that you wouldn¡¯t expect from someone with as large a physique as he did. ¡°Because a strong person like you cannot go crazy.¡± In the sudden panic that washed over her, Hyemi seemed to be losing her mind. She grumbled and tried to get up, but her body was still unwilling to move. ¡°I¡¯ll explain later.¡± A thin blanket flew to the floor by his hand. Hyemi¡¯s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out. Would she die like this? Unexpectedly, he began to move towards Hyemi, who trembled as she imagined his large hand reaching out to grip her neck. ¡°I¡¯ve been waiting for you for far too long.¡± The man who took off his hood and revealed his face, looking at her as he let out a rough breath. The man had a completely different impression compared to Benedict, whose facial features were so striking it was as though his looks had been clearly engraved in her mind. She wondered what it would be like if the dark wolf, which she could only imagine, were to be personified. At the intense masculine appearance, it would be no surprise that, once seen, he would be unforgettable. ¡°¡­Wh, what are you doing now¡­¡± The cloak-like clothes wrapped around his large body unraveled without a sound. ¡°Let¡¯s go back. This is not where your soul should be.¡± Bewildered, the man¡¯s words could not reach Hyemi at all. ¡°Uh, uh¡­¡± His size was greater than what could be seen under his clothes. His large, copper-colored body, covered with tears and cut wounds, shone golden under the sunlight that was streaming through the window. The complete nakedness of the man was without a single thread. Thick muscles soared over his shoulder, which was wide at the right angles, and his chest itself was broad, his thick upper arms swelling as if they were about to explode as they moved back and forth. His abdominal muscles were clearly defined as if they had been sculpted here and there with a sharp knife, and both thighs looked as though crushed and chiseled from a large stone. His erect manhood soared, covering his navel¡ªand it was, without any exaggeration, the girth of her forearm. It was the first time she had seen a grotesque object with bulging veins that could even be considered as a weapon. ¡°Haa¡­¡± Right then, what she felt was shock and horror itself. Seeing the man crawling up over her little bed, Hyemi was startled, and she had no choice but to widen her eyes and tremble. ¡°What, what¡­ are you doing now¡­¡± The single mattress dipped and the iron frame that supported it creaked. The man locked her between his knees, and Hyemi lay there on the bed as though she¡¯d been bound by ropes. She couldn¡¯t move. She just turned her head to the side and took a deep breath. ¡°Come with me.¡± ¡°Save, save me.¡± An instinctive plea came out of her mouth. As Hyemi whispered as if begging, the man¡¯s expression distorted painfully. ¡°¡­Look at me, Eden.¡± His crumpled expression was now right in front of her. Long horizontal eyes under dark brown eyebrows, a sharp nose bridge and brightly colored lips¡ª it gave a strong impression that he was one who couldn¡¯t be forgotten even after just a glance. However, among his features, there was only one that penetrated her mind so sharply, and it was his terrifyingly burning almond-like brown eyes.. ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about¡­ Save¡­ Save me¡­ I¡¯m begging you¡­.¡± Hyemi could barely utter a word through her trembling lips. It was unfair that her body was not moving and she couldn¡¯t beg with her hands together. ¡°If you let me live, I will come to my senses and live my life properly. I will do anything.¡± She meant it. She felt like a fool for arguing with her mother over nothing, and hot tears welled up. ¡°Don¡¯t try to run away from me.¡± With an enraged tone, the man looked at her and said this. His eyes were hot as if they were on fire. Could anyone look into these eyes and forget him for the rest of their lives? Hyemi couldn¡¯t understand why he was looking at her with those eyes. What did she do to him? Why was he doing this to her? ¡°Because losing you once is enough.¡± The man let out a husky voice and grabbed the back of her head firmly. Hyemi¡¯s eyes were wide open and she had no choice but to face the approaching man. Damp heat touched her cheeks. ¡°Ha¡­ Ah¡­¡± Hot. The body temperature of the large hand gripping her neck tightly was binding. Even the breath of the man touching her face. It was hot, as though everything was burning. It was the moment when it was confirmed once again that this could not be a dream. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Her heart was beating rapidly and hot blood rushed through her body. The man¡¯s blazing eyes caught Hyemi¡¯s gaze tightly. ¡°To me¡­ Why¡­ Why are you¡­¡± In the end, tears were in her eyes and Hyemi whispered to him as if pleading. The man looked at her and bit his lip. ¡°Sorry for being late.¡± She could not run away from him as he muttered unfamiliar words. She couldn¡¯t avoid his terrifyingly intense eyes. A burning, desperate desire intermingled with the gaze directed at her. ¡°I¡¯m sorry for making you like this. I¡¯m sorry for making you suffer, Eden.¡± The man¡¯s eyes got wet. At the same time, the breath that he exhaled toward her became even hotter. ¡°However¡­ The day I dare to be by your side is¡­¡± Chapter 5 The moment something hard pressed against her thigh, something that could hardly be considered a part of a human body, Hyemi instinctively realized what was going to happen. ¡°Forgive me.¡± The fact that he would have sex with her. ¡°Huk¡­!¡± The man¡¯s hand grabbed the long t-shirt she wore as a substitute for her pajamas. It was an instant when Hyemi¡¯s clothes were torn horizontally. There was no surprise at his tremendous power that smashed the fibers as if he was tearing apart a piece of paper. ¡°Ex, excuse me, huh¡­????!¡± ¡°Please come back to me, Eden.¡± His large hand, gently touching her face, trembled. It seemed that the pain was pouring out of his gaze. What was it that made this great man so desperate? The fear that filled her whole body was still there, but it was filled with a faint sorrow and doubts in its place. This man, who begged her to come back with a wet voice, was being sincere now. ¡°Eden, please wake up. Wake up and punish me.¡± The man whispered hotly, looking at her with a burning gaze. His stubbornly high nose brushed the bridge of Hyemi¡¯s nose and weighed against her cheek. Her heart sank with a loud thud. ¡°Huhk¡­!¡± Hyemi¡¯s lips were devoured by him at once. As soon as he touched her, she felt strongly sucked in. Fearing to meet the longing strong eyes, she closed her eyes. Her head was dizzy. The man was a beast. There were no mistakes, as if attacking a prey within range. His thick, hot tongue pressed into Hyemi¡¯s tiny mouth without hesitation. Her breath was caught in her chin. Her brain was all-stopped like a computer with an error. ¡°Huuhp¡­ uhhp¡­!¡± The man who pinpointed her tongue, which instinctively hid back, entangled and sucked it hard. The two lips were intertwined without a gap. The more Hyemi tried to pull out of her head, the more he devoured her deeper and deeper. ¡°Huu¡­ Uuh¡­¡± The man who had been sucking her violently with the force to pluck out the roots of her tongue sighed and she wondered if she could open her mouth. It was a mistake to think that he had stopped and she opened her eyes. The eyes of the man who looked at her hotly as if to heat her up reddened and narrowed. He looked like he was about to cry. Why? Why on earth¡­? She never had a chance to ask why he had such a sad expression on his face. ¡°Haa¡­Ha¡­¡± Because the man put his wide tongue against her tongue and then started rubbing it like a dog. At the vivid feeling of the soft bumps hitting her, Hyemi¡¯s skin heated up as if she had entered a steamer. What was it about the kiss that was so mournful and sincere? The top of her head was dizzy, and her head was trembling with a shiver. ¡°Haa¡­ Haa¡­¡± The man squeezed her lips shut again. He swept the roof of her mouth and swung his tongue hard, and her saliva gushed out from beneath her molars. He sucked her saliva and gently stroked her earlobe with his hand. The man was instinctively moving to open her body. It was an inevitable physical reaction that Hyemi¡¯s body heated up. The deep eyes, which were painfully distorted with a desperate desire for her, also played a part. ¡°Uhhkk¡­!¡± Not being able to lift a single finger, Hyemi moaned while shaking her body. The man¡¯s lips, who had barely let go of her tongue, moved to her ear. The mixed saliva dripped down her lips. ¡°Haa¡­ Eden¡­¡± The man mumbled an unknown name several times like a madman. It was she who was most likely to lose her mind. Between her legs was wet with the dripping love liquid. It was a side effect of the kiss that was ravenous like an animal. It¡¯s crazy to see her body get hot when she kissed for the first time in her life, but the eyes that were looking at her desperately as if he was treating a lover, and the desperate voice made a mess in her head. ¡°Ugh!¡± His strong, solid log-like forearms wrapped around her waist and hugged her. Then her body flew and she lay straight on the bed. The man was treating an adult woman as lightly as if he was handling a stuffed toy. That was not the only surprise. ¡°Ah¡­!¡± The man¡¯s hands touched her knees, and her legs quickly spread out. No way. It was the moment when Hyemi¡¯s pupils greatly widened. Something insanely soft and hot touched her lower body. Surprised, Hyemi struggled with her legs, but to no avail. ¡°Uhh¡­!¡± The tongue of the man who put his face on her entrance, turned her bud and licked it. The hot love liquid dripped from the swollen inner walls. The sensation exploding from her bud is a thrilling sensation in the head. Hyemi couldn¡¯t stand the stimulation, so she had no choice but to grab the sheet. ¡°Ahh, ahk¡­ Uhng¡­!¡± The man sucked her secret place in earnest. The lips that came in through the petals tickled the core of pleasure, and licked the love liquid flowing out of her. Her thighs trembled tightly in the man¡¯s arm at the pleasure he gave her as the softest tissues collided with each other. ¡°No, ah¡­ N, no¡­ Hhngg!¡± The climax didn¡¯t take long. Her waist twitched freely, and pleasure burst out in her hot body. The man sucked her more vigorously. The man lifted his face from between her legs only when Hyemi climaxed with weeping moans. The color of his face, which had been messed up with the shiny love liquid, had grown even darker. ¡°I can¡¯t stand it, Eden.¡± The man breathed hotly with a painful face. The man¡¯s knee squeezed between Hyemi¡¯s legs, her body shaking in the afterglow of the climax. A thick, pillar-like manhood touched her narrow entrance. Hyemi, who was panting with her eyes narrowed, placed her hand on his shoulder, which was hard like a stone. ¡°Wa, wait a minute, Huuhk¡­!¡± The thick glans rubbed against the entrance soaked with saliva and love liquid. It felt like the blood all over her body was rushing to one place. Hyemi¡¯s inner walls, which became sensitive to the stimulation, twitched by itself and spit out more love liquid. No way. Will he? ¡°I can¡¯t stand it. I¡¯ve been waiting for you too long.¡± The man whispered in a trembling voice as if in response to Hyemi¡¯s cry in her heart. Sweat drips from his hands, which cover her cheeks. ¡°He, hey¡­ excuse me!¡± No matter how wet it was, his pillar, which she had seen with her own eyes, was not at a level that humans could accept. She hoped he wouldn¡¯t shove everything the size of that forearm into her. ¡°Wait¡­ huuhk¡­!¡± As he covered her mouth again with his own lips, the man betrayed Hyemi¡¯s hopes at once. The human body had no limits. ¡°Umm¡­! Uhhhnngg¡­!¡± The man¡¯s blunt glans, that uncovered her skin and exposed her bare flesh, pricked her entrance and entered heavily inside. The pressure of pushing was more intense than the feeling of being molded with each other. If he put that big bat into her body, would it feel like this? ¡°HUUH!!!¡± Hyemi closed her eyes tightly and she moaned loudly with her lips engulfed in his tongue. She had the illusion that the time of his insertion was as long as eternity. It was impossible to even imagine how far the object kicking into her secret place while widening the narrow inner walls was going to pierce her body. ¡°Aah¡­!¡± What made no sense was that her body felt no pain at all. At first she was told it was painful, which was quite different from the pain she had ever imagined. Instead of a sharp pain or sting, she felt only tremendous pressure. Hyemi¡¯s walls were sucking the man¡¯s manhood deeper and deeper, like stepping on a muddy flat with boots on. It was because of the magic Benedict put on Hyemi¡¯s body, which had Eden¡¯s soul, but she had lost her memory and there was no way she could know that. ¡®Aaa. Eden¡­!¡¯ The man¡¯s voice, which seemed to be boiling over from the desire, echoed in Hyemi¡¯s head like a hallucination. ¡®The past time I¡¯ve been waiting for you has been a dark night for me.¡¯ His warm hands clasped her hips like he was going to burst it, then he finally slapped his back and pushed all the way in. The moment it was fully inserted, the moan of a beastly man resounded in her ear. ¡®Sh*t¡­ Ugh!¡¯ ¡°Haah¡­ Haa¡­ Haa¡­¡± Hyemi¡¯s harsh breath, with tears in her eyes, was also hot. She couldn¡¯t believe the huge manhood had gone all the way down to its roots. However his and her belly were tightly pressed together. ¡°Excuse, excuse me¡­ Haa¡­That¡¯s a bit¡­ Please take it out. I feel like my body is going, to get weird, so please take it out¡­Haahng!¡± Chapter 6 Instead of answering, the man shook his head and hugged her tightly. Then he opened her up to the limit, and rubbed his waist up and down while inserting it, as if he wanted to penetrate deeper into her body, which was a miracle in itself just being able to receive his manhood. As his hard pillar gently pressed against her sensitive inner wall, Hyemi couldn¡¯t help but moan in his arms. ¡®Eden. Aahh, my Eden.¡¯ ¡°Ahh¡­!¡± The t******** swaying under the man¡¯s towering object were pressed against her perineum. She even had the illusion that she could feel the pulsating pulse from her secret place that was flexibly opened with the size of his pillar and squeezed inside. This can¡¯t be. Ahh. Every part that touched her inner wall felt unbearably good. ¡®Please wake up. I can¡¯t wait any longer. I¡­Aah, I¡­ !¡¯ On top of Eden, who was losing her mind, the man began his powerful movement. Shlick, he pulled out and with a slam, she squeezed her body so strongly that her waist fluttered. Slam! Shlick¡­ Slam! ¡°Ah, ah¡­ Heuk!¡± Shlick! Slam!¡­ Slam! Slam slam slam slam! ¡°Ahhhk¡­. Ugh! Heugh! Aahh! Ah! AHHHNG!!!¡± There was no set rule or cycle for the s*x of the man who moved violently as if he would pierce her body. Just like that of an animal, Hyemi¡¯s lower back, who accepted the pounding that was faithful only to his instincts, heated up vigorously. Suck. Slurp. Suck. Suck¡­ Lips that have already been rubbed and sucked on several times were repeatedly sucked and fell as if attracted to a magnet. Heavy breathing mixed in. Each other¡¯s saliva was mixed. The dirty kiss continued without end. The first intense kiss, which pushed her till her breath blocked, seemed to make her go crazy, but the dense kiss that she felt while having s*x made her whole body boil. ¡°Haa¡­. Hng¡­.¡± Hyemi let out a hot breath and was just guided by the movement of his tongue. She closed her eyes as she was not confident that she could face him with her eyes full of pleasure. No. It was right to say that she was not confident to face his gaze vivid with his longing for her. The man bit her lower lip, slapped her on the waist and chewed her neck and collarbone. Every time his hot lips brushed against her skin, red marks bloomed like hot flowers in an instant. ¡®What¡¯s this? What the hell is this¡­ Huhk!¡¯ As if hammered with a nail, Hyemi¡¯s lower back, which was stabbed into a mess, repeated a popping noise. At the same time, the slimy love liquid ran down her folds and her back. Hyemi was completely wet, and she swayed wildly under his body. His body was like a rock heated by the heat of the sun. She wondered what it would feel like to be laid on such large boulder. The man¡¯s pillar covered in her love liquid constantly pierced her inner wall. He dugs into her body deeply to the point of making a popping sound again. ¡°Ahhk! Uhhng! Ugh! Uhhk!¡± Even when she tried to clench her teeth, a moan burst out. She was so afraid that she could not open her eyes. What was more frightening than this situation of mixing her body with a man who she did not know whether it was a Grim Reaper or an Incubus, was the state of her own body reacting hotly to the s*x with him. How could it be so painless? No, instead of pain, it felt like her whole body was soaked in a thrilling sensation that made her body shake. Every scratch, tingle, and movement by his manhood felt indescribably good. Her body wanted him stronger, but Hyemi didn¡¯t know what to do with that unfamiliar excitement for the first time. ¡°Huu¡­!¡± Her slender waist fluttered above the bed and trembled faintly on its own accord. Her inner wall tightened like a grip on the man¡¯s pillar. ¡®I want you too, Eden.¡¯ The man¡¯s large hand, realizing her warmth, caressed her chest. It¡¯s just a hand filled with moist heat grabbing her chest, but why was her body twisting until her toes were twitching? As Hyemi¡¯s walls convulsed again, the man let out a low moan and slammed his face into her chest. His voice echoed in her head as he sucked and swallowed her sharply raised tips. ¡®I want you¡­.hotter.¡¯ It¡¯s still hot. She couldn¡¯t even say that she was going to die because her whole body felt like it was still on fire. When she barely tried to open her lips, his pillar pierced the inner wall so strongly that only a brief moan squealed through her lips. ¡°Hahk¡­ aahh¡­! Huhng!¡± Armpits and ribs, to the lower abdomen and navel. The rough man¡¯s hand, studded with calluses, ran through her skin. It feels like every cell in her body was reacting. ¡°Don¡¯t, huk, don¡¯t¡­. there¡­. Haahng!¡± She couldn¡¯t stand it as the man¡¯s hand went down and touched the c*******. Hyemi grabbed the bedsheet and closed her eyes tightly. ¡®Eden, Eden¡­. Aahh¡­. Eden¡­ !¡¯ The man¡¯s voice was getting louder and louder in her head. When her mouth was dry, he wet her lips with his tongue, and he mixed them together as if waiting. Shlick! Slam! ¡­ Slam! Slam slam! The love liquid that had flowed down enough to wet the mattress thoroughly wrapped around the man¡¯s pillar, which had been messed up with it. As the friction continued, the gooey liquid mixed in a mess, creating a creamy white foam. Thrust! Slam, thrust! The back-to-back motion of piercing the narrow inner wall and then scraping the walls to escape continued without end. Two bodies mingled with sweat were scorching hot. The bed sheets on her back were rolled up all the way. Her two legs hung on the man¡¯s strong shoulders swayed endlessly in the air. ¡°Huk¡­ ! Uhng¡­ ! Hhhngg¡­ !¡± With her eyes closed tightly, a hot stream of water began to flow thinly around Hyemi¡¯s eyes. She didn¡¯t want to stop this excruciating pleasure. No. Her body wanted something bigger. Her body trembled as she longed for a climax she had never experienced before. ¡®Open your eyes, Eden. Please¡­ ! Please.¡¯ She had the illusion that the heated voice was coming from far away. Was she completely dead now? The more intense the pleasure, the more dizzy her mind. Without realizing it, Hyemi hugged the sweaty man¡¯s back. ¡°Come back. Please¡­ !¡± The voice of the man who was now groaning wildly as he gripped her chest and slapped his waist hard, superimposed into one. It was the moment when her mind went completely black. ¡°Gasp¡­!¡± For a moment, Hyemi took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Cold sweat dripped down her face. ¡°Eden.¡± The naked man stopped moving, twisting his face above her. ¡°¡­ you woke up finally.¡± The dim space, the secret moonlight shone through the small window, illuminating the man¡¯s sculptural profile. ¡°Haa¡­.¡± Hyemi felt the man¡¯s pillar filling her body, she took deep breaths and exhaled repeatedly. She was still naked, and she was joined in one body with the naked man. This was not her room. Instead of the midday sun, an unknown bird croaked through a small window that shone in the secret moonlight. The tulip pattern wallpaper was nowhere to be seen. All around her was a wall made of stones cut into uneven squares. Instead of a door with the paint faded, she saw an arched wooden door. The door was bolted securely, and on the table with only three legs, a candle blazed faintly, dispelling the darkness. Next to it, the lights were turned off, and the candles were scattered on the floor. ¡°What¡¯s my¡­name ?¡± Hyemi looked at him and frowned. ¡°Answer me, Eden.¡± Thump. Thump. A strong heartbeat resounded from the chest facing her. ¡°¡­ Walter.¡± Finally, the face of the man whose name she called became even more intensely distorted. Beneath the dark eyebrows, the trembling, dark brown eyes staring at her contained a heat that could not be hotter any longer. ¡®What am I talking about?¡¯ Chapter 7 Hyemi was bewildered even after spitting words out of her mouth. It wasn¡¯t her will that a name she¡¯d never called, a language she¡¯d never spit out, came out of her mouth. ¡°Eden.¡± Tension and relief. Joy and sorrow. Regrets and expectations. As she looked at the man¡¯s eyes with all kinds of emotions mixed in, Hyemi was embarrassed and tried to move her body. ¡°Ah, ah¡­ !¡± Her arms were tightly wrapped around his tight neck. Her body, whose soul had returned, was waking up and moving at will. Her body trembled, unable to handle her longing for Walter that was about to explode. Ah. This isn¡¯t it. It was when Hyemi opened her mouth hastily. ¡°Excu, excuse me¡­. So, sorry¡­. Heup¡­.¡± Her words were eaten by the man¡¯s lips. Walter dug roughly at Hyemi, who was holding him in her arms, and bit her lips. He greedily sucked her saliva and drank it, like a thirsty beast craving a fountain. ¡°Haa¡­. huk????? !¡± Her body reacted violently and began to wriggle. Her heart was beating so fast. At the same time, Hyemi¡¯s head was filled with aspirations that she couldn¡¯t even understand herself. I want him right now. This man is mine. A feeling she never felt. It was as if her whole body was on fire. ¡°Haa¡­. Aahh¡­.¡± Her throat was dry as if she was going to die. This was crazy. Hyemi rolled over on the bed, furiously responding to the man kissing her like a beast. As her hand stretched and traced his body, which was so hard that even a sharp awl could not get through, the man gave out a distorted voice. ¡°Eden¡­. Stay still¡­!¡± Hyemi turned her body, holding the man who was stopping her from stroking his back down. Thud! With a sound, both bodies fell to the floor. She herself was astonished by her power. ¡°This, this¡­This isn¡¯t it¡­.¡± With the rock-hard man between her knees, Hyemi caught her breath with a blushing face, not knowing what to do. Instinctively, her body was moving again. Her face wasn¡¯t the only place where her blood ran. It sounded like her throbbing secret place was screaming to swallow his manhood right away. ¡°Sorry. Re, really sorry¡­. Aahh¡­!¡± She bounced off her own body and grabbed the pillar with her hands. The first time she touched the hard, pulsing, blood-filled flesh, it didn¡¯t feel as repulsive as in her head, and she went crazy. ¡°I¡¯ll put it in. I¡¯m, I¡¯m sorry¡­.huhk!¡± Hyemi sat down as she put the huge manhood against her twitching secret place. Her hot flesh split at once, hugging the thick flesh as if to welcome it. ¡°Aa, Eden¡­! Huk¡­F***¡­!¡± Walter moaned violently as his big, thick, callused hands grabbed her mounds as if to burst them. A vein spurted out of the strong neck. With the dizzy feeling of being eaten at once, his firm, erect pillar swelled up and squirmed from her inner walls. Hyemi shook her body at the dizzying climax that came at the same time as the insertion. I want more. More. Again, her lower body began to move freely. ¡°Ah, aah! Uh! Uhng!¡± Puck! Puck! She sat down on Walter¡¯s body and slammed her butt down hard and repeatedly got up. Blood rushed to her elastic thigh muscles, making them hard. Walter watched her, climbing on top of him and violently moving, and he moaned in a voice soaked in lust. ¡°Ha, huh¡­ ! Aah¡­!¡± Each time Walther¡¯s gigantic manhood, which seemed to have been messed up in pure white cream, was swallowed into her body, their skin slammed into a mess, making a wet slapping sound. ¡°You, like it?¡± Hyemi looked down at him, shoving him back deep and shook her butt as she swallowed his pillar. It was all because her body was moving on its own. ¡°Huhk¡­! Do you like eating me from under me? Hhng¡­!¡± What the hell was she talking about? Hyemi bit her lip, not wanting to say any more. She felt like crying. In fact, the corners of her eyes, which were soaked in pleasure, were wet with tears and blushed. Walter grasped her swaying mounds with a hot hand and grabbed the upright tips. ¡°Right¡­. Me too¡­ I want to eat you whole.¡± A wild desire exploded inside Hyemi as she saw Walter moaning. Hyemi shoved her teeth tightly against the nape of his neck, which had sprouted veins, and sucked it. As she sucked the flesh and tasted it, the familiar scent of his body wrapped around the tip of her tongue. She really wanted to taste him more. She wanted to chew on him. ¡°Ah, ahk!¡± A sharp moan broke out from Hyemi¡¯s lips. It was because Walter immobilized her, raised his upper body with a tremendous force and changed the position. It happened in an instant. The back of her head slammed into the floor, but she felt no pain thanks to the rug made of fluffy fur. ¡°I¡¯m going crazy. I think I¡¯m going out of my mind, Eden.¡± While sitting, Walter wrapped her thighs around him with both hands, and began to pound his hard flesh into her hot, loosened entrance in earnest. ¡°Ahk! Ah! Hahk! Uhng! Uhh! Hng!¡± A vein sprang up on the hard flesh, which was draped in the shiny liquid. Walter bit his lower lip, watching the dizzying sight of her narrow bottom swallowing his flesh the size of a forearm. Her red flesh stretched flexibly with the repeated going in and out of his flesh. Her walls twitched convulsively and his voice rumbled low as she tightened on him. ¡°Walter¡­. Heuk! Ah, Walter¡­ !¡± Walter gripped her pelvis as she sobbed and called out his name. ¡°Tell me, Eden. Ugh. What do you want?¡± Walter let out a rough breath as he pushed her body up into a seated position with her knees supported on the floor and pounded. ¡°Please¡­the¡­ ahk¡­! Chest¡­. Aah, n******, hng!¡± The man¡¯s eyes turned to look at her chest that was shaking up and down, stroking it with his hand. Eden was always honest with her desires. He never rejected her. No, to be honest, he couldn¡¯t. ¡°Why are you saying ¡®please¡¯? I want to do that too, you know.¡± Walter couldn¡¯t take it any longer as the sensation of the softest part of Eden¡¯s body pressed against his face. ¡°Aah!¡± As Walter pulled her back, the strong body swung together. While sitting facing him, Hyemi flexibly turned her waist, wrapping her arms around his neck. ¡°Go, good¡­. Huuhk, aah¡­¡± Her body was moving erratically. As Hyemi tilted her head back and moaned, Walter grabbed her bare chest and squeezed it in her hand. A husky moan flowed from his lips, sucking her tips and the skin around it so hard. Her tips had been tickling and felt like she was going crazy. Hyemi tightened her inner wall as she squeezed her fingers in his hair and twisted her body. ¡°Hu¡­ugh! Damn it, Eden¡­. uh¡­ !¡± ¡°Ah! AHHNG!!! HHNG!¡± His log-like body was tightly wrapped around her thighs and her waist was turned round, and Hyemi made a dizzying sound. All of it was feelings she knew. It was such a good feeling. The wet walls tightened on Walter¡¯s manhood, and he slammed his teeth into her chest. Pleasure was proportional to the magnitude of pain. ¡°Ahng! Ahhk!¡± Walter wouldn¡¯t let her instinctively pull her back behind. ¡°Come here.¡± He grabbed her tight butt and rubbed them roughly against him. As her sensitive bud was stimulated by his thick hair that ran to his belly button, she twisted her waist and tightened her inner wall even more dizzyingly. ¡°Aahh¡­. Crazy¡­ Hhng¡­!¡± ¡°Get on top of me, Eden.¡± Walter knew exactly what her body wanted. Walter¡¯s back that she hugged was as hard as the floor. Their bodies overlapped with each other, he pounded the pleasure zones near her womb. Thump! Thump! Thump! The oak-lined floor made a loud weeping sound. The sound of wet skin rubbing against each other continued incessantly. The cream-colored love liquid, which had thickened from the friction, was constantly clinging to the large pillar with bulging veins. Chapter 8 ¡°Aahh, huuhk! AAHNG!!! Hhhng!¡± ¡°Ha! Eden¡­! Ugh! I can¡¯t stand it, ah¡­.¡± Walter, who was close to his climax, stiffened his body and spat out a mangled, scratched voice. ¡°I want to do it in you, Eden. I want to pour it all out.¡± ¡°No, not yet¡­ Heuk, so good, just a little bit more¡­ Hahk!¡± Walter¡¯s crude fingers dig through her pleading mouth. Hyemi bit his finger with her pointed fangs, but Walter didn¡¯t seem to feel any pain. He rubbed her tongue with his hand without hesitation, and was drenched with sticky saliva. ¡°Impossible, heuk, I endured too long.¡± His thumb, wet with her flowing saliva, brushed through her bushes. Then he began to rub against the mound and the swollen nub as if crushing it. Walter¡¯s manhood, reaching its limit, was already dripping fluid from the tip of his glans. Walter focused on stabbing the erogenous zones in her body. As the blunt glans pierced her flesh and dazzled her stimulation point, Hyemi screamed loudly and collapsed on him. ¡°N, no, no, don¡¯t, don¡¯t, huhk! C**, don¡¯t, aak! Don¡¯t finish it, uuh! Don¡¯t¡­! Ahh! Uhhh!!!¡± ¡°Together. Do it, huhk, together¡­. Eden¡­. ugh! Heuk!¡± Walter, wheezing and exhaling hot breath, did not stop the violent piston stroke. Stimuli bursting from all directions at the same time. Hyemi shook violently without even being able to scream at the sensation that the pleasure was rapidly increasing in her belly. As a waterfall rushes over her all at once, a great pleasure bursts out of her body. ¡°Ahng! Aahh! Haaahng! HAHNGG!!!¡± Shouting out in a hoarse voice, Hyemi squeezed Walter¡¯s hard shoulders and dug into his skin, squeezing her nails into his skin. ¡°Huhk, aahh, AAAA!!!¡± Hugging her, Walter roared like a beast. As she reached her climax, her secret place twitched and squeezed on him with intense pressure. Eden¡¯s body, whose soul returned, was as mature as before, or even more mature than before. He felt like he was drowning in an infinitely deep swamp. Inside her, his manhood swelled and squirted his seeds wildly. As expected, Walter¡¯s climax was enormous. ¡°Ahh! Uhhhh!¡± The strong male smell reached the tip of his nose. Holding Hyemi, who trembled thinly in the afterglow of her climax, Walter stroked his pillar deeply several times with the hot seeds that he had poured in and was dripping down. ¡°Ah¡­. I will never¡­ ????huhk¡­ lose you again.¡± Licking Hyemi¡¯s wet eyes and starting their affair again, his voice was filled with hot moisture. ¡°He, hey¡­. I am¡­. I am¡­ Heuup¡­ !¡± It was impossible for Hyemi, who had barely regained consciousness, to push him out. Walter was tenacious and his stamina was beyond her imagination. The rough affair continued countless times. The first plea to please not to end it was in vain. Watching the full moon dim and the blue dawn light shine through the little window, Hyemi fainted and fell asleep. She was lying on her stomach, receiving Walter¡¯s love. ¡°¡­¡­.¡± Walter gently pulled the sweat-drenched hair from her sleeping forehead. It was a delicate movement that did not match the crude hand. She twitched a little near her eyebrows as she slept. It was still a habit. ¡°You¡­ Who are you?¡± The Pope fled without even explaining that sometimes people lose their memory when their soul returns. After taking Eden to Sernotti¡¯s Tower, Walter waited for her to wake up. Today, three years after the incident, Walter was finally able to meet her soul in a dream. Although she had a different face, he could tell it was her at first sight but Eden acted like someone who remembered nothing. ¡°Because I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about¡­. please¡­ help me¡­I¡¯m begging you¡­.¡± Was it so painful that she wanted to erase all her memories? Considering the circumstances of her death, it was not unreasonable. Walter¡¯s heart suddenly tightened as he went so far as to think that if it was Eden, maybe she wouldn¡¯t want to come back. ¡°Eden.¡± As he exhaled his breath hard, he hugged her as she slept, and Eden opened her lips, barely opening her eyes. ¡°Wal¡­Walter. Now no more¡­ I can not¡­.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s not.¡± Just hearing his name coming out of her lips warmed Walter¡¯s heart. Eden has returned safely and was now sharing her body temperature with him. That alone was enough. He was ready to lay down his life for her willingly. ¡°¡­ I¡¯m suffocating¡­.¡± After muttering a little as if she was complaining, she soon fell asleep again with a heavy breathing sound. When Hyemi, who had fallen asleep exhausted, opened her eyes, it was night again. In front of her were dozens of men dressed like Walter. *** Year 178 of the Imperial Calendal The third winter since Christian¡¯s reign Sernotti Estate, Hawk Tower. Looking at the unfamiliar stone ceiling, Hyemi blinked for a moment. As soon as she came to her senses, what had happened to her was summed up briefly in her mind. After she jumped up, she bowed her head and looked at her body first. Fortunately, she wasn¡¯t naked. She could easily guess who gave her the white tunic. ¡°Are you up?¡± Walter, who had suddenly appeared at Hyemi¡¯s house and had s*x with her, asked lowly. Instead of answering, she glanced at the people who lined up behind him. Last night wasn¡¯t a dream. It was hard to believe, but it seemed certain that she did move through dimensions. If so, where the hell is this? Chapter 9 The number of those who lined up in groups of five was a little less than twenty. Regardless of gender or appearance, their sharp gazes, who had a strangely similar atmosphere, were all directed towards Hyemi, who had just woken up. ¡°Are you¡­ really Eden?¡± Among those who could not speak easily, a slender man standing next to Walter broke the silence and opened his mouth. He was a very handsome man with gray-blonde hair, but his eyes were cold. He was probably the oldest of the group, exuding an atmosphere that was not easily approachable. ¡°Can¡¯t you see with your own eyes?¡± ¡°Walter, I asked Eden.¡± Walter took a step closer to the gray-haired man who was raising his eyebrows. ¡°It¡¯s not too late to check later, Cedric. For now, it is important to move Eden to a safe place as much as possible.¡± The gray haired man called Cedric gave Hyemi a cold look again. ¡°Eden, how are you feeling?¡± Eden. Both Benedict and Walter called her by the same name. The gazes of those lining up and watching her was as cold as a blade. It¡¯s like being a sample in a laboratory. She had a foreboding that something bad was going to happen if she spoke the wrong words here. Hyemi opened her mouth as naturally as possible as she swept her soft neck. ¡°It¡¯s not bad. I¡¯m in good condition.¡± The moment she answered, the twenty pairs of eyes narrowed in an instant and looked at her and Cedric alternately. To put it a little exaggeratedly, the sound of the eyeballs spinning was audible. ¡­ what did she do wrong? Feeling the tension flowing through the room in an instant, Hyemi swallowed a gulp. She smiled vaguely, remembering the old saying that you can¡¯t spit on a smiling face. ¡°Except for the fact that I can¡¯t remember what happened¡­Everything is fine.¡± Cedric¡¯s gray eyebrows gathered between his forehead and twitched. It was just a bad sign. ¡°Is this Eden?¡± The cold voice grew even colder. When the man¡¯s hostility was felt in her body, Hyemi panicked. ¡°That¡­ what I mean¡­ .¡± ¡°Cedric. Eden is in a confused state right now¡­ !¡± It was when Walter took a step forward instead of her stuttering, unable to answer properly. Swish. Cedric¡¯s sword cut through the air without a sound. From drawing the sword to swinging it, it was an attack that occurred in the blink of an eye. ¡°¡­ Cedric!¡± A white goose feather flew over Walter¡¯s head, who shouted wildly. The long sword that had cut the pillow in Eden¡¯s place in half made a soft scratching sound and disappeared into the sheath. Cedric muttered to himself lowly. ¡°I guess it¡¯s the same person.¡± Hyemi widened her eyes and looked down at her feet, gasping for breath. Nonsense. Her body reacted spontaneously. After the bed, she jumped out to the small window just below the high ceiling. It¡¯s like flying without seeing it with her own eyes. Unless the human body was a spring, it was impossible to leap beyond her height. There weren¡¯t many things she was good at from the beginning, but she could say that sports weren¡¯t the absolute best. ¡°Even if you lose your memory, you will not be able to forget the reaction of your body that has been trained for decades.¡± Cedric gave a glance at her and murmured coldly. ¡°What the hell are you doing?¡± Walter breathed heavily through his teeth. A thick vein stood on his neck, unable to contain his anger. ¡°Do you know what you are doing now? You made a mistake once, but I will not forgive you twice.¡± Murderous energy was overflowing in his scorching dark brown eyes. He wasn¡¯t joking now. ¡°If you draw your sword in front of Eden once again, I will cut you down as the head of Sernotti according to the rules.¡± ¡°Walter.¡± ¡°What is the reason for our existence when you¡¯re crying out so much? Do you mean we can have dogs as our lords?¡± ¡°I know your heart, but now she doesn¡¯t remember anything.¡± Cedric opened his mouth in a hard tone, hiding his complicated mind. Everyone in the room knew how Walter must have felt when he stood by Eden, who was brutally murdered. But after opening her eyes, it was difficult to accept her, who had become a completely different person. ¡°Well¡­ I¡¯m sorry.¡± Cedric raised his head with a confused expression at the voice from the window. Eden never showed any respect to him in his lifetime. At least it was clear she had lost all her memories. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Be, Benedict¡­.¡± Everyone¡¯s attention was focused on Hyemi, who made a crawling voice. Hyemi clenched and opened her fists. When she looked up, all twenty men had a sword next to them. What the hell are these people¡­ what are they doing? Hyemi struggled to raise her voice, which was getting smaller and smaller due to the tension. ¡°Please let me meet Benedict.¡± It was her survival instinct that the silver-haired crazy man flashed in her mind. If he had moved her cell phone without lifting his hand, he might be able to bring her back home safely. Perhaps he was the starting point of everything. ¡°¡­ He¡¯s not the kind of person anyone can meet.¡± Cedric looked straight at her and opened his mouth as if to test her. ¡°But he told me to come find him.¡± ¡°Why?¡± Hyemi stuttered her words as she tried not to keep her eyes on the hand that touched the sheath. ¡°When, when I need help, come find him¡­.¡± ¡°What help.¡± What else did he say? Hyemi desperately traced her memory before he could draw his sword again. ¡°He¡­ He said he would be waiting for me in the brightest place.¡± ¡°¡­ Do you still think she¡¯s not Eden? Do you really not know where Benedict means ¡®there¡¯?¡± Walter frowned, but Cedric could not completely dispel his suspicions. ¡°If it¡¯s Eden, it¡¯s normal to deny it. The guy who hated that fact more than anyone else. You¡­ know best.¡± Cedric cast a complex gray gaze at Walter. When Valtri first revealed the past that she had been hiding for so long, he remembered how Eden reacted to everyone in the room. She would forget that she was the princess. And everyone agreed to that fact. Chapter 10 ¡°Have you forgotten what happened after that, Cedric?¡± Walter took a step towards him, then spit out his teeth. Eden was brutally murdered in exchange for choosing a normal life instead of following the fate of the Imperial Family. ¡°It wasn¡¯t anyone¡¯s fault, Walter.¡± ¡°At least we could have prepared for the danger!¡± If Eden had prepared for the future with Sernotti¡¯s knights, the result would have been different. Walter contorted his face and pressed Cedric. ¡°Are you afraid?¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Cedric raised his gray eyebrows upwards. ¡°The reason you don¡¯t want to admit that she¡¯s Eden is that you¡¯re afraid of what¡¯s ahead. Because you¡¯re afraid to die for her!¡± ¡°Walter. Now¡­ Are you suspicious of me?¡± Cedric whispered lowly to Walter. The blood drained from his angry face. The legendary Sernotti that exists for the Imperial Family. The shadow of light and the guardian of the hawk. It was the young Cedric that was most agitated when he accidentally learned that the man whom the eldest sister had secretly married under Imperial Order was the veiled head of Sernotti. ¡°You know what Sernotti means to me?¡± Hyemi¡¯s ears did not understand what they were saying, but it was clear that the atmosphere was unusual. The expression under his gray hair was cold and frightening, and Walter, who was opposed to him, was also the same who couldn¡¯t hide his anger. It was a situation that was not strange even if anyone drew a sword instantaneously. ¡®What¡­ What to do?¡¯ Hyemi bit her lips. If Cedric killed Walter, there was no guarantee that it wouldn¡¯t be her next turn. She knew best who she now had to hang on to. At least Walter had to be alive until she met Benedict. ¡°If news leaks that Eden is awake, they will definitely come back. It is also my duty to be prepared for danger. It would be even more dangerous if Eden was in a chaotic situation like now. You will never know how serious the situation is now.¡± Cedric looked at Walter and his eyes lit up. ¡°We have already lost our colleagues. Even if Eden is alive, they¡­ can¡¯t come back.¡± It was the night Eden died. The assassins who raided to kill Eden were just as expert as they were. That night. Sernotti, which had been peaceful for 12 years, suffered a total of four casualties and one missing. It was a painful sacrifice. ¡°If we do, we could be wiped out, Walter.¡± ¡°Cedric.¡± Walter¡¯s eyes gleamed darkly. It wasn¡¯t that he didn¡¯t understand Cedric¡¯s words either. No. Rather, he understood perfectly. Because he could still vividly remember how hellish the sorrow of losing a loved one was. ¡°I¡¯m sure you¡¯re aware of what you¡¯re talking about now.¡± However, it was Sernotti¡¯s duty to remain loyal to the Imperial Family. Cedric¡¯s words now were dangerous remarks that could shake the foundations of the family. ¡°Calm down, Walter.¡± ¡°¡­ Shut up.¡± Walter could no longer be sober when it came to Eden-related matters. There was a momentary tension between the two of them, and it was when they drew their swords at the same time without saying who came first. ¡°Excuse me!¡± Hyemi jumped out of the high window without realizing it and screamed in haste. ¡°Cedric! Walter! Wait!¡± It didn¡¯t matter anymore that she flew like a flying squirrel again. Hyemi couldn¡¯t stand the confrontation in front of her. No, most of all, she didn¡¯t want to die like this. ¡°Sorry. Cedric. Because I can¡¯t remember¡­ really I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t apologize, Eden. There is no one here to bow your head to right now.¡± Walter pointed his sword at Cedric¡¯s neck, and spat out with scorching eyes. Walter seemed to want to stab him at any moment, as if he couldn¡¯t see the effort she was making to rectify the situation in a situation that made her legs tremble. That¡¯s why her dad told her not to get close to hot-blooded people. Hyemi opened her mouth as if begging with an expression on the verge of crying. ¡°Walter, I¡¯m talking to Cedric¡­.¡± Walter gnawed his teeth and bit his mouth as if her plea had worked. Hyemi did not miss the opportunity and barely spoke to Cedric. ¡°Cedric. Everyone, I can¡¯t even remember who you are, so I guess we weren¡¯t that close¡­.¡± Cedric¡¯s gaze as he glanced at her with his long eyes gave the illusion that a cold wind was blowing. She was on the verge of hiccuping, fearing that the sword might fly away again, but Hyemi suppressed her fears and raised her voice. In this situation, she must not make enemies, her instinct was shouting strongly. ¡°At least I don¡¯t think I ever hated you.¡± A silent light flashed across Cedric¡¯s gray eyes. ¡°Cedric¡­ Maybe it was because of how you were looking at me earlier.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about.¡± Contrary to the hard tone, the gray mixed with gold eyebrows twitched. It was all or nothing. Hyemi raised her voice a little, hoping that her predictions came true. ¡°You cut the pillow on purpose earlier. From the beginning¡­ You didn¡¯t mean to cut me.¡± ¡®As expected, you know that too?¡¯ Cedric¡¯s intentions to test her reaction were true. Eden was one of the most powerful people in Sernotti before her death. At the last moment, he slightly changed the direction of the tip of his sword, a subtle difference that would not have been noticed if the opponent wasn¡¯t really that woman. But even if Cedric admitted that the woman in front of him was real, not everything was going to be easy. Witnessing Eden¡¯s death three years ago, Walter¡¯s eyes widened like a madman. Ten days after carrying her body to the Wizard of the Stone Mountain wizard, he returned to the estate carrying Eden with her wounds completely gone. She slept like a dead woman and never woke up. It must have been difficult for everyone to accept her as Eden, who spoke in an unfamiliar tone without remembering anything. Moreover, now that Eden has been revived, she was no longer in a position where she could only be considered as their colleague. According to her will, the fate of all Sernotti¡¯s knights will be decided. Chapter 11 That was the reason why Cedric had no choice but to confront Walter, representing the dissatisfaction that Sernotti¡¯s knights may have now. ¡°If you don¡¯t mind, with that person¡­ Could you give me some time to just talk to Walter? Please.¡± Hyemi, knowing nothing, trembled and bowed her head toward Cedric. It was the will to stop the bloody fight. The sword Cedric was holding was not a toy or a prop. Perhaps the same goes for Walter¡¯s. Seeing the harpooned pillow that had fallen under the bed, her chin trembled again. ¡°Please¡­ Please don¡¯t fight¡­.¡± Hyemi bent her back that her hair touched the floor, thinking that it might work if she treated them politely. ¡°I¡¯ll do my best so that I can remember quickly.¡± At the top of the tower, in a quiet space far away from the ground, a heavier silence fell. It was because of the knights who felt dazed by the sight of her bowing. There was only one time when Eden bowed her head to all of them. It was when the knights were thrown into chaos, shortly after it was revealed that she, who had been training with them, was of the blood of the emperor. At that time, Eden cried and shouted several times. She said nothing changed. She was not a master to protect, but their colleague. It was the same with Cedric who was forced to recall his past memories. Tak. Tak. The sound of Cedric¡¯s and Walter¡¯s swords closing in turn could be heard at regular intervals. ¡°¡­ I¡¯ll give you time until tomorrow.¡± Breaking the silence, Cedric let out in a low voice, a little subdued. ¡°I think it would be good to get your memories back by then, Eden.¡± *** ¡°Lift your head.¡± When Hyemi slowly raised her head at Walter¡¯s low voice, there was no one in the room except for her and Walter. The movement as they went out didn¡¯t make a sound. Then the tension was released, and the strength in her legs fell. Hyemi sat down on the bed. The goose feathers that flowed from the pillow fluttered lightly in the vibration. The moments before, when Cedric swung his sword at her, came to life vividly. ¡°Aahh. I really thought I was going to die.¡± As Hyemi mumbled, Walter looked at her and shook his head. ¡°Don¡¯t do that again.¡± ¡°¡­ What?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t bow your head to others.¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± ¡°Cedric is not the one you should bow your head to. I don¡¯t know if it should be the other way around.¡± At the sound of his carefree voice, Hyemi was at a loss for words. Now that she saw it, the man in front of her, like a lump of rock, was hot-tempered and reckless. She was a little worried about whether she could really trust such a person. ¡°Well¡­. This¡­. Don¡¯t you think that if I had been rude to him, my neck would have blown away, not the pillow?¡± She asked, as carefully as she could so she didn¡¯t offend his nerves, but the answer she got back was simple. ¡°I won¡¯t let him do that.¡± Walter looked at her intently and added his words. ¡°You¡¯re not weak enough to be beaten by Cedric either.¡± What the hell was this guy talking about? To be honest, Hyemi didn¡¯t even see Cedric pull out his sword. It was clear to her that it took less than a second for him to pull his sword from its scabbard and wield it. ¡°That person earlier named Cedric was a very talented person. I¡¯m not proud of it, but I¡¯ve only ever used a knife to open the delivery box. But how do I defeat such a person?¡± ¡°No one can dodge a sudden attack from a defenseless state.¡± ¡°¡­ It is said that when humans are pushed into extreme situations, they can exert superhuman powers.¡± Isn¡¯t there an anecdote of a parent who said that when they saw a baby lying under the car, they could lift the car? If it wasn¡¯t for that, Hyemi couldn¡¯t even understand the situation herself. ¡°It is impossible for a beginner to know the intention of an attack that has been deliberately missed.¡± ¡°It was just a lucky hit!¡± She tried to raise her voice, but Walter didn¡¯t seem to hear even with the back of his ear. ¡°Keep in mind. There¡¯s no one in Sernotti that you have to bow down to.¡± ¡°¡­ Why?¡± As she gathered her eyebrows, Walter gave another vague answer to her, who was genuinely curious. ¡°Because we exist for you.¡± It was a mountain beyond a mountain. Hyemi pressed her hand on her stinging temple. ¡°When he heard that you had woken up, Cedric summoned all the knights. I should have stopped him earlier, but it¡¯s too late. Forgive me.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry to interrupt, but wait a minute.¡± Hyemi raised her hands slightly as if to stop him from approaching her. He stared at her without saying a word. ¡°Don¡¯t come near here¡­ Can you sit in the chair and talk to me?¡± Walter¡¯s dark eyebrows twitched slightly. Seeing the strange expression on his face that seemed to be disappointed and angry, Hyemi cleared her throat once. ¡°I feel like I¡¯m out of my mind when you come close¡­ It¡¯s because I¡¯m scared.¡± ¡°¡­ Scared?¡± Walter¡¯s face was distorted, giving a more intense impression. ¡°No, I don¡¯t mean that¡­ .¡± To be exact, what was more frightening was her own condition. ¡°Anyway.¡± Seeing the person who gave her an unforgettable first experience even in death, Hyemi chewed her lips, unable to finish her words. How could she mix her body all night like a beast with the man she¡¯d never seen before if she wasn¡¯t out of her mind? Staring at her as she sighed heavily, Walter buried his body in the chair in front of the table. A silent and agile movement that does not match his large size. Chapter 12 She felt it while looking at Cedric earlier, but everyone here seemed to have a knack for moving without a presence. Just looking at them, they weren¡¯t ordinary people. It must have been a lot of training for a long time. What the hell did they do? ¡°Can you explain a little bit? Where are we, what are you people doing? Little by little.¡± ¡°¡­ you really don¡¯t remember anything? Nothing?¡± Seeing the disappointed expression on his face, Hyemi couldn¡¯t comprehend herself, who felt strangely guilty. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°What can I explain first?¡± Among the dozens of questions that came to her mind, Hyemi asked the most necessary information first. ¡°Who is Benedict? That silver-haired man.¡± She had to find the man who was a bit crazy. Hyemi was convinced that he was the one who brought her here. ¡°It¡¯s the Pope.¡± ¡°The Pope?¡± ¡°He¡¯s also the Archmage.¡± ¡°Archmage?¡± Walter looked at Hyemi, who repeated his words like a parrot. Hyemi tried her best to keep her head as calm as possible, as it became increasingly confused. She is a modern person, and the most important thing for a modern person is information. ¡°Yes. He was the one who brought you back to life and found your lost soul.¡± Walter¡¯s tone was strangely cold, but it didn¡¯t matter to Hyemi. ¡°So if dead¡­ that¡­ Are you talking about Eden?¡± ¡°You are Eden.¡± Hyemi bit her lips while listening to Walter¡¯s words. 1-2. A person named Eden died in this world. After finding Eden, who had died, lost soul in Korea, Benedict used a man named Walter to bring her into this world. That was the reason for her dimensional move. Okay. It was good up there. But there was one serious problem. ¡°I¡¯m really sorry¡­ I think I should be honest about this one thing before asking another question.¡± ¡°What?¡± Hyemi looked at Walter and took a deep breath, then exhaled with a face full of tension. ¡°The Pope must have found the wrong soul.¡± ¡°¡­ What does that mean?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you know? You said that you didn¡¯t want me to die so you looked around in fear, but I¡¯m not the woman you¡¯re looking for. Actually, he brought the wrong person¡­ !¡± Walter gave a heavy gaze to Hyemi, who was clenching her fists and shouting seriously. His face looked like he didn¡¯t believe anything at all. Hyemi let out a sigh and grimaced as if begging for him. ¡°It¡¯s true. So please take me to the mage Benedict.¡± ¡°If you really can¡¯t remember anything, how did you know my name?¡± ¡°¡­ Yes?¡± ¡°You called me as soon as you opened your eyes. My Name. Walter.¡± ¡°That¡­ That¡­.¡± ¡°After that, you called my name several times and begged. Please don¡¯t finish it. Please finish it later. Right where you are sitting now.¡± Hyemi¡¯s face turned red in an instant. The image of her last night, which she had struggled to avoid, was playing vividly in her mind. Walter looked straight at her with his expression unchanged. It was funny that she was ashamed of it alone, but she couldn¡¯t control the sudden rush of blood to her face. ¡°Last night, when I woke up¡­ It felt like my brain was tangled up. Therefore¡­ I was obviously speaking out of my mouth, but I felt like I realized what I was talking about a beat late. Do you know what I mean?¡± ¡°No. Not at all.¡± In response to Walter¡¯s reply without hesitation, Hyemi swallowed a sigh and closed her eyes tightly without saying a word before opening it. There were people in her world who were just as bad as her. In times like these, it was more important to explain calmly. Because when a fool panicked, it was really scary. ¡°I think¡­ It was this woman who unconsciously called your name¡­ I wonder if Eden¡¯s body has like a learned habit. Think about it. If we could separate the soul from the brain, wouldn¡¯t it be possible?¡± Hyemi explained enthusiastically, pointing her fingers alternately between her own head and chest. Walter, who had been watching her quietly, finally got up from his seat and slowly approached her. ¡°Look, hey, I must have asked you not to come closer¡­.¡± Her eyes fluttered in embarrassment. ¡°Eden.¡± Walter knelt silently on one knee in front of her. His large hand came up and gently grabbed Hyemi¡¯s hand that was on her lap. Hyemi shut her mouth, unable to shake him off. Why did this man suddenly get to his knees and embarrass someone? Thump, thump. Her heart was beating faster than it should. Walter¡¯s thumb gently stroked her pulsating wrist. She could feel her heartbeat a little faster and her breathing warmer. ¡°As far as I know, you are not a head-and-heart person.¡± Dark brown eyes with a beastly longing for her. Hyemi looked into his eyes and she didn¡¯t know what to do, so she just held her breath. ¡°You are honest, you are strong. You can¡¯t do it because it¡¯s bothersome to deceive others, and that must have been the reason why it was obvious in your face when you told a lie. Is that all? You¡¯re also the type of person who runs away with embarrassment when you get praised while working secretly for others.¡± It was as if a faint smile had flashed across Walter¡¯s face for a moment. She wondered what he would look like when he smiled. ¡°There was no one in Sernotti who didn¡¯t love you like that, Eden.¡± ¡°She¡­ really must have been a great person.¡± Walter moved his lips curiously again. His eyes narrowed with a friendly glow. ¡°She was great. In many ways.¡± Hyemi suddenly became envious of the woman named Eden. What kind of person could she have been to receive such strong affection from others? She must have been a special and wonderful person in the 1%. It would be incomparable to herself who was like 99% of the average person. Chapter 13 Does this man really believe that she was her? Or does he want to believe? ¡°Walter.¡± Hyemi called out to him in a slightly subdued voice. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°How did Eden die?¡± Walter hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth heavily. ¡°She was murdered.¡± It wasn¡¯t unexpected. Perhaps it was an unfortunate death. That¡¯s why so many people must have tried their best to save her. ¡°Why did she die?¡± ¡°¡­ I couldn¡¯t protect you.¡± A thick darkness fell on Walter¡¯s face as he answered in a low voice. He looked at Eden who was asleep as if dead, and it was the night he remembered every day. If he could turn back time, he would make a different choice than before. He swore that if Eden would just open her eyes, he would live his life as her dog without being greedy. ¡°So you¡­ bring her back to life? Because you couldn¡¯t protect her? Because you were sorry¡­?¡± Walter clenched and opened his fists as he watched her ask those questions to him. If only he had gone to Eden a little sooner. No. In the beginning, had it not been for him to say to his father that he wanted to be with her. If Valtri hadn¡¯t scolded him and threw him in the barn. Would everything change? The price of sweet dreams was so desperate. ¡°It was Benedict¡¯s job to save you. All I could do was wait by your side until you woke up.¡± Walter swore tens of thousands of times by Eden¡¯s side, who fell into a sleep like death. Reflecting on his foolish mistake for trying to go against fate, and regretting himself for having dared to be greedy for someone who could not be put in his side, he spent a bloody time. ¡°¡­ Was it this¡­ ?¡± Hyemi looked at Walter and remembered what Benedict had said. Benedict disappeared, leaving the last words that he prepared her a gift. Perhaps the gift Benedict was talking about was this man. The problem was that she didn¡¯t remember anything about him. Only one thing, except for his name. ¡°Walter.¡± When she called him quietly, a soft resonance occurred in Hyemi¡¯s mouth. It¡¯s a name that she had never put in her mouth before, but what felt familiar might just be what the unconscious mind learned from the body. ¡°¡­¡­.¡± As the rock-like man had his mouth shut, an owl¡¯s mournful cry could be heard from afar. In a quiet space where even the movement of the air could be felt, Walter put his shaky eyes on her. Dark eyebrows wrinkled between his forehead. When the eyes, which she thought were only scary, were wet, Hyemi¡¯s heart throbbed deep in her chest for no reason. ¡°Your relationship with Eden is¡­ What was it?¡± At Hyemi¡¯s soft question, Walter bit his lower lip. His long, good-looking lips last night, when he was crazy and greedy for her body, she remembered it in her mind. ¡°Eden.¡± His wide chest swelled as he stared at her. Watching him slowly rise from the floor, Hyemi wet her lips in tension. She wondered if he was offended by the off topic question and wanted to take her? Or was he trying to take her clothes off again? She¡¯s nervous about everything. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid.¡± Walter grabbed her hand and lowered his head slowly. Her body was completely obscured by the shadows created by his spacious body. Walter¡¯s hands were thick and hot. ¡°Because I¡¯m just trying to answer your questions.¡± Blood rushed to Hyemi¡¯s face. What was strange was her heart, which responded with a tingling sensation as soon as Walter came near. ¡°Please don¡¯t come near me.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Because I¡¯m scared.¡± Her voice was hoarse. Dark brown eyes blazed, burning with longing and anguish at the same time. ¡°Were you afraid of me last night when you slept with me? You were not afraid of me at all.¡± ¡°That, that¡­.¡± Even Hyemi¡¯s earlobes were burning red. ¡°If you can¡¯t remember what happened last night, I can make you remember. Then you will know for sure whether you are still afraid of me or not.¡± ¡°I, I remember!¡± Hyemi hurriedly opened her mouth to Walter, who was about to lay her on the bed at any moment. ¡°What?¡± ¡°I was tangled up with you like an animal all night long¡­. I remember that too.¡± Walter raised his lips softly as he looked at her speaking with a reddened face. It must be her feelings that made his smile look sad. ¡°We¡¯ve always been like that.¡± ¡°¡­ Yes?¡± Last night¡¯s hot love affair was still vivid. As she recalled the sensations that touched every corner of her body, Hyemi felt a stinging heat on her cold body. His arms rested on the bed on which she was sitting. His face got closer. ¡°Once we start having s*x, it would be until dawn, it¡¯s been a daily routine for you and me.¡± A dense tension rose along with the man¡¯s heavy weight. Her eyes widened in embarrassment, and as she stared at him speechless, Walter continued his relentless words in a husky voice. ¡°If I didn¡¯t pour myself in you more than seven times, we wouldn¡¯t be satisfied with each other. After we mingled until we were exhausted, we fell asleep intertwined. You tightened on my thing while you were sleeping, so I woke up from time to time and shoved into you like a beast in heat. But on the sleepless nights you and I choose, you never¡­.¡± After a moment¡¯s pause, Walter¡¯s broad chest swelled wildly and then regained its place. [¡°Harder¡­. Walter¡­. Aahh¡­! You are mine. Huuh! Forever¡­. Ahhk¡­. Forever¡­ !¡±] ¡°You never rejected me.¡± Hyemi gulped and swallowed a gulp as she watched him whisper painfully towards her. It was an unbelievable story, but considering what happened last night, it wasn¡¯t nonsense. Above all, the man¡¯s serious face toward her was not lying. ¡°Right. Then¡­.¡± Gulp. Hyemi, nervous, swallowed a gulp and opened her mouth with an effort. ¡°You and I are¡­ We were lovers.¡± Not a normal one, but more like a pair of nasty ones. They must have been the ones who showed affection even in public places and made the lonely singles uncomfortable. His face, with thick and clear lines, slanted, and slowly descended under her. Her pulse was beating at the same speed as the large hand, which wrapped around her face. ¡°Please answer me.¡± Hyemi raised her head and looked into the man¡¯s eyes who was breathing hot. Who was feeling this distant, comfortable, and pounding feeling that blooms from the depths of the heart? Was it Eden? Or was it her? ¡°Eden.¡± His lips stopped within close contact and let out a small whisper. Hyemi opened her mouth, trying to hide her confusion. ¡°Eden and you¡­ Did you love each other, Walter? Well. It was clear that it was.¡± Hyemi seemed to be able to barely comprehend all the circumstances in the situation. If she really was Eden, then it explained why, far from rejecting Walter¡¯s body, she rather welcomed him. ¡°Yes. I did.¡± Walter whispered. Chapter 14 But why? ¡°But why are you¡­.¡± Hyemi looked into his eyes and asked in a quiet tone. ¡°Why are you making such a painful face?¡± A corner of her chest tingled again. The thing that bothered her from before was the man¡¯s expression. It was normal for him to rejoice if his lover had died and came back to life, and if he was sure she was Eden. But what filled Walter¡¯s face was far from joy. It was something of a mixture of longing and suffering. ¡°Is it because I lost my memory?¡± Rustle. Instead of answering, Walter knelt down in front of her. His face slowly turned to the floor. It was his lips that touched the top of her feet, who frowned in embarrassment. ¡°What are you doing now?¡± The hair on all of Hyemi¡¯s body stood up at the sensation of his warm body temperature and breath. As Walter¡¯s head turned lower and lower, she panicked even more and tried to pull herself out, but her ankles were held so tight in his hands that she couldn¡¯t move. ¡°¡­ excuse me¡­. Please let go of this for a moment¡­.¡± The young warrior¡¯s face slowly turned upward. The man with hot dark brown eyes spit a mournful voice towards her. ¡°Even if I wanted to forget the painful memories, I have nothing to say. I only swear by this one thing. I can do everything for you. I will never leave you alone or hurt you again. I swear by my name, Eden.¡± Hyemi was embarrassed and waved her hand. ¡°This¡­ It¡¯s okay if you don¡¯t even do this. I don¡¯t think I would have died because of you¡­ . No, even if that¡¯s the case, it¡¯s already a thing of the past, isn¡¯t it?¡± A blazing fire blazed from her caught ankle. Hyemi raised her voice as if pleading for Walter, who knelt down on his knees and didn¡¯t think of getting up. ¡°Because I came back alive¡­. It¡¯s alright now. Can¡¯t you just get up for a bit?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t get up without your permission.¡± ¡°What¡­ Permission?¡± In front of Hyemi with her eyes wide open, Walter took a deep breath. In his almond-shaped eyes, his eyes glowed hot. ¡°I, the head of Sernotti, Walter Sernotti, dare to want to be Your Majesty¡¯s.¡± It was a voice that seemed to vomit the boiling heat inside. ¡°Will you allow me to use my humble life for Your Majesty?¡± It was an expression that looked too painful to be called the innocence of a knight who was loyal to their Lady. No, more than that, what was he talking about? ¡°I beg you earnestly. Will Your Majesty grant me the infinite glory of living and dying as a shadow by your side until you return to your place and find your throne?¡± Throne¡­? ¡°What nonsense are you talking about?¡± Surprised, Hyemi secretly pushed his shoulder hard with the sole of her foot, but Walter, who knelt on the floor, didn¡¯t move a millimeter. ¡°Walter.¡± ¡°Say it.¡± She couldn¡¯t explain why she felt strangely betrayed by him, who knelt on the floor like a loyal dog. Was he not a lover but a subordinate? Hyemi ran her hands through her hair roughly. ¡°I will allow anything, so please let me go.¡± ¡°¡­ Is it an order?¡± ¡°¡­ Yes!¡± When Hyemi let out a wailing sound, Walter just took his hand away. Hyemi put her knees together on the bed and grabbed her hair. What did he mean by Your Majesty? She was the Emperor!!! If there was no one watching, she felt like lying on the bed and kicking in the air. She thought she was at best a gladiator with a sword. It was more than she had imagined in her head. The given information value is too small, and the scope to understand was as large as a mountain. ¡°Walter.¡± ¡°¡­ Please tell me.¡± ¡°Excuse me. It¡¯s strange to suddenly be so respectful.¡± Hyemi looked at him and frowned like a child. ¡°The character doesn¡¯t suit you, so please just act casually.¡± Walter looked at her and gave a strange expression. The protruding neck vein wobbled down. ¡°I feel like crying right now.¡± ¡°¡­ It¡¯s going to be confusing, I understand.¡± Hyemi, who had messed up her hair, jumped up from her seat and walked to the table. After she pulled out the low chair and sat down, she looked at Walter. ¡°From now on, I will keep my mouth shut.¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± ¡°Tell me what the hell happened to me from start to finish. Every little thing.¡± Cedric told her to get her memory back by tomorrow. Before that, she had to figure out all the available information. Why did she have to be murdered? Why was this not a palace? And, how the hell did Walter and she end up in a relationship where they slept together? ¡°Can you please?¡± ¡°¡­ I will try.¡± Walter walked slowly and sat across from her. The moment he looked into her eyes as she looked at him with swaying eyes, the countless memories of her pierced his brain like shards. [¡°Puhaha. Walter. Do you know what a real wild boar is like, it¡¯s like you who¡¯s huffing and puffing.¡±] [¡°You look like a bald eagle¡­. If you get caught, I¡¯ll keep your mouth shut.¡±] The time when they ran side by side and laughed together was now over. From now on, Walter had to protect her without revealing his existence as the head of Sernotti. That was the fate of Sernotti, who was called the shadow of the Emperor, or the assassin. Chapter 15 Year 175th of the Imperial Calendar, spring. 10 months before the coronation of Crown Prince Christian. Sernotti territory. ¡°Die, you idiot.¡± ¡°Who is the idiot?¡± Chaeng! The two swords that met in the air trembled with a sharp metallic sound. Walter grinned at Eden, who was staring at him so as not to be pushed. ¡°Do you think you can defeat me with your strength?¡± Eden bit her lips and smiled. ¡°It¡¯s not just about having sword power. Greenhorn.¡± Chechaeng! The blade moved sideways and her body disappeared in an instant. Damn it. Which way is it? He lost her direction as she ran away in a dusty wind. Eden giggled as she turned her head towards Walter who was looking for her. ¡°The saying that ignorance and power are proportional is just what to say when looking at you.¡± Flap, flap. Walter flew toward the yellow cornus leaves fluttering and falling. At the same time, Eden¡¯s large sword, which had jumped down from hiding in a tree, pierced deep into the ground. It was a blow with momentum so hard that it was shoved into the dense soil so deep it reached the end of the sword¡¯s handle. ¡°This. This. Won¡¯t your sword break? Who said that ignorance and power are proportional. Did you speak of yourself before?¡± ¡°Shit¡­.¡± Eden rolled her eyes as she looked at Walter who was grinning. It was already too late to pull out the sword that was deeply embedded in the ground. Eden kicked her feet hard at Walter¡¯s wrist as he ran towards her. ¡°I thought your wrists were still sore, so would you like me to give you a massage?¡± ¡°Wipe away your tears before you say it.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t even beg me for help.¡± At Eden, who laughed at him, Walter began to swing his sword relentlessly. A mess of leaves flew beside her as she rolled on the ground. Every time the heavy sword flew, a whirlwind blew like a tornado. Swish! Swish! Swish! As Eden rolled around and dodged his attack, she quickly grabbed the squirrel in her hand, trembling in shock at Walter¡¯s sword. ¡°Haa, haa, I guess I¡¯m a little more warmed up now¡­ ?¡± Eden put her hand on the ground and took a deep breath. Dirt and leaves stuck to her body, and she looked like a mess. After gently releasing the squirrel that had grabbed the acorn from her hand, Eden smiled with a meaningful expression. ¡°Then, take this.¡± It was when an instinctive foreboding as he saw her sweeping her hair, Walter quickly bent his back. Whick! A sharp dagger cut into a hexagon flew from her hand. It must have been hidden in her collar. ¡°Damn it!¡± Walter let out a low swear word. If he had been a little late, his ear would have been cut off. The dagger that had brushed his temple was stuck in the tree behind Walter. He felt a tingling sensation on his cheek, and a small drop of blood ran down his cheek. ¡°Haha¡­ ! Serves you right.¡± Eden had climbed the tree to the top without hesitation, and was throwing a dagger at him without hesitation. ¡°If you get caught, really, I won¡¯t let you go.¡± It was Walter who was busy this time. He roared to and fro, avoiding the dagger, and growled. ¡°Good job, good job, good job!¡± Eden chuckled as she watched him move as if he was performing a stunt. It was not clear who had secretly made an unauthorized dangerous weapon for Eden. It was clear that Goose, a blacksmith who was deaf in one ear, had been roasted and boiled in a coaxing manner. ¡°Huh! It¡¯s a wild boar. It¡¯s really big. It¡¯s so angry right now!¡± ¡°You now¡­ you really want to die at my hands¡­ ?¡± Walter gnawed his teeth towards Eden, pointing at her with his hand. She raised her voice as she ran towards a hanging tree. ¡°Oh, it¡¯s true! Not you! Behind you!!!¡± Walter¡¯s dark eyebrows curled upwards. Swish, turning around, he saw an angry wild boar approaching, vigorously. The horns that soared toward the sky were sharp and pointed. It was the largest wild boar among wild boars. Walter¡¯s eyes gleamed black and darkened. ¡°Walter! That¡¯s mine! I¡¯ll kill it. Get out of here!¡± Walter raised his dark eyebrows as if to make fun of Eden who was screaming to get out. ¡°Did you write your name on the boar¡¯s neck?¡± Walter threw the sword he was holding at the top of the tree where Eden was sitting. Then he turned and clapped his hands hard once, and he started running opposite the rushing boar. ¡°Whoever gets the neck first is the one who gets it!¡± He still couldn¡¯t control his overflowing power, so his body was very itchy, but he thought it was okay. Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! ¡°Hey! Walter!¡± Eden stomped her feet on the tree, watching Walter go head-to-head with the large beast that was rushing at him. ¡°Oh, that ignorant bastard is really¡­ !¡± To lose the chance to be the beneficiary of this evening¡¯s meat party. Eden gritted her teeth as she watched Walter start rolling on the ground, grabbing the horns of the wild boar with anger reaching the top of its head. ¡°Uwaaaa!!!¡± Walter roared, pressing the beast¡¯s head tight with his hard log-like forearms. Blue veins rose from his copper-colored skin as if it were about to burst. As blood rushed to his thick biceps, his forearms were now the size of Eden¡¯s thighs. At first glance, it looked like two beasts intertwined. ¡°You have to act like that in order to get rid of your intuition.¡± Eden clicked her tongue and jumped off a large tree three times her height. ¡°Anyway, your personality is really weird.¡± If anyone in Sernotti Castle had the most outstanding swordsmanship skills, except for her, it would be Walter Sernotti,who was now holding a wild boar with his bare hands, the eldest son of Valtri, who is the master of the family and the castle. Eden could not understand that guy Walter, who dared to go around to do things he could have done comfortably. ¡°Hey! Stop it and get out!¡± ¡°Unlike someone who is sly like anyone else, I¡¯m full of strength.¡± Grooowwl! Grr! Grr! The wild boar, out of breath, screamed for life and struggled on all fours. It was such a great sight that she could feel pity for the wild boar, the main culprit who came down from the mountain and destroyed the crops of the people of the territory. ¡°I can¡¯t. I¡¯ll help you get going comfortably, piggy. Let¡¯s have a nice dinner tonight.¡± Swish! The last remaining dagger from Eden¡¯s hand flew into the air. ¡°I¡¯ll kill you, Eden!¡± Walter was tangled with a wild boar, and when he saw the dagger suddenly flying, he screamed in surprise. ¡°You almost got my arm cut off!¡± ¡°If you really don¡¯t want your arm to be cut off, you better get out of the way.¡± Chapter 16 Walter instinctively relaxed his hands as he watched Eden pull out the small dagger she was wearing. Eden¡¯s eyes were twinkling with an evil light. It was a danger signal. Grrr! The wild boar, released from his hand, trembled and finally came to his senses. The weak beast chose to run away instead of attacking Walter. It staggered, scratching the ground for a moment, then slammed its feet with force and began to speed towards the field. Aiming at the wild boar that was quickly out of sight, Eden held her breath. ¡°If you don¡¯t throw it quickly, you¡¯ll miss it.¡± ¡°Shut up and appreciate my skills.¡± It was the moment when Eden¡¯s eyes, who mumbled low, became more focused. The dagger in her hand flew so fast that it was invisible. Swish! The small dagger that flew several tens of meters was pierced into the carotid artery of the wild boar. As the large beast flopped to the ground, a cloud of smoke rose from the sand. The little birds that were hopping in the grass were startled by the wind and fled into the air. It was an instant death. ¡°Did you see it? I killed it. Both front legs are mine.¡± Eden made a fuss at that moment and laughed. Walter ruffled his clothes torn from the boar¡¯s kicks and raised his voice as if threatening her. ¡°It¡¯s me who lost all my strength!¡± ¡°The result is what matters.¡± ¡°If your mouth lives.¡± Walter rushed in and grabbed Eden, then wrapped around her neck so hard that she couldn¡¯t even defend herself. Eden was confident that she would not lose to anyone in terms of running, but all the people of Sernotti were adept at moving quickly without making a sound. Walter was no exception. ¡°Who caught the wild boar?¡± ¡°Of course, I caught¡­ cough¡­ !¡± Walter¡¯s arm, unable to hear the desired answer, tightened its strength. When she was caught in the neck-hold, she had no choice but to trip her opponent¡¯s legs. But in this state, if Walter were to counterattack, her leg joints were more likely to be twisted. ¡°Why don¡¯t you just surrender? Before your neck is broken. It¡¯s thanks to Older Brother¡¯s help, once you say it, I¡¯ll let it slide.¡± ¡°Bro¡­ ther, what nonsense!¡± Eden clenched her teeth, then swung her body back, leveraging from his steely forearms. It was a backflip that required tremendous strength in the spine. A low groan escaped from Walter¡¯s mouth as her leather-shoed feet kicked Walter¡¯s forehead. ¡°¡­ !¡± ¡°Your head¡¯s okay, right? It¡¯s so hard anyway.¡± Eden, who gently escaped from the gap in Walter¡¯s lack of strength, laughed and teased him. With a swollen face, Walter took off his tattered robe and threw it away. ¡°Okay. Let¡¯s try it with me today.¡± It meant to fight with their bare body. Under the sun, the tanned, copper-colored skin, sweat-soaked, angry muscles blazed. ¡°Hey. You think people will be scared if you take off your clothes?¡± Eden also lowered her body into a fighting stance. If it¡¯s a physical fight, she has been sick and tired of it since she was young. Of course, her closest opponent was Walter. She was a little weak in the long-term fight because of the man who was gradually growing in physique, but martial arts were a field that required both strength and skill. Eden was confident in either. ¡°Come here. Let me see.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t regret what you said now.¡± Walter¡¯s hand moved with invisible speed and grabbed her by the neck. Eden, who slapped his wrist with a thud, quickly turned around and tried to break his arm joint back, but this time he was faster. Walter grabbed her by the waist and lifted her over his head. It was the posture just before he mercilessly slammed his opponent to the floor. ¡°Surrender.¡± ¡°Surrender? What do you mean? You ate something wrong?¡± As Eden was in mid-air, Walter snorted. ¡°I gave you a chance, but if you kick me, there¡¯s nothing I can do about it.¡± As Walter was about to throw her to the ground, Eden quickly raised her torso and squeezed his face with her thighs. From a distance, it looked like Eden was riding a wooden horse on Walter¡¯s shoulders. But the problem was that it was the other way around. ¡°Ed, Eden¡­. ????!¡± ¡°Would you rather surrender before your head is broken?¡± Eden exhaled triumphantly at Walter, whose head was stuck between her groin. Walter had once crushed a watermelon with only his forearm muscles, but when it came to the strength of her thighs, she, too, was also formidable. Seeing the big man stagger, it must have been that the strangling attack had worked properly. ¡°Oh, you can stand it? Even like this?¡± Eden squeezed more force between her thighs. Walter¡¯s harsh breath slipped through the fabric of her trousers and warmed her underskirt. No matter how obscured his view was, he could twist his body and drop her, but Walter, with his head between Eden¡¯s thighs, was unable to counterattack. Beneath his obscured face, a reddish glow rose from the thick nape of his neck to his shoulders. Looking at it now, it seemed that his entire upper arm was red. ¡°Hey, Walter, are you alri¡­. uwak¡­!¡± It was when she felt like he was really suffocating, and the moment when she took the power away from her thighs. ¡°¡­ I¡¯ll kill you!¡± Walter, with his face flushed red, roared like a beast, knocked her to the ground and slammed her body. Ah. Damn it. If he¡¯s on top of her, the game is over. It was at a time like this that she became saddened by the damn difference in physique. ¡°Haa, you¡­ really¡­.¡± Walter, who had crushed her, breathed hard. Walter¡¯s face, staring at her, looked like it was about to burst with heat. She thought a fist would fly right away, but Walter didn¡¯t launch an attack easily. ¡°That¡¯s a foul, Eden.¡± Chapter 17 Walter¡¯s harsh breath touched her face. Even if she tried to launch her fist, it was not easy because both wrists were held tightly by him. ¡°I fouled you not just once or twice? And what foul is that? You are an idiot for not preparing for an attack.¡± Eden smiled as she wrapped her legs tightly around his log-like waist. Their belly was now tightly entangled. ¡°Joining is the basic of the basics. You idiot.¡± A painful moan escaped from Walter¡¯s tight lips. His stiff body trembled. Hot breaths flowed irregularly and rapidly. ¡°You¡­ really¡­ .¡± Why was he doing this? He has a waist like that of a cow¡¯s tendon, so it shouldn¡¯t hurt with any squeezing. ¡°¡­ In my eyes, you look the stupidest right now.¡± Walter¡¯s husky eyes turned black and trembled. The hand gripping her wrist tightened. ¡°It, it hurts¡­¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t want me to break your wrist, stay still.¡± He slowly lowered his head to her and murmured in a whisper. When Walter looked at her like this from time to time, he was like a beast. As he lifted his upper body, his beastliness was emphasized even more. ¡°I see.¡± ¡°What do you know?¡± Walter growled low with his teeth. His face was still hot and dark. ¡°Now that I know you¡¯re completely screwed, do whatever you want, whether it¡¯s a single hit or a bite, do it quickly.¡± Eden looked at him and smiled excitedly, but inside, she was terrified. She had a strong foreboding that the nape of her neck was really about to be bitten by the big wolf-like guy who was breathing heavily. ¡°Open your mouth.¡± ¡°¡­ What?¡± She asked again, wondering if she had heard it wrong. ¡°Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.¡± Walter spat out his mangled voice again. ¡­ Is this crazy bastard trying to pull her tongue out? Her prediction seemed to be true. Eden bit her mouth in surprise as she looked at him approaching her and conorted her face. Eden¡¯s wide, dilated pupils reflected Walter¡¯s angry face. His face got so close that she could see herself in his dark eyes. ¡°I warned you to open your mouth before closing it.¡± It was when Walter, who seemed to have overturned eyes, let out a rough breath as he grunted, ready to bite her lower lip. ¡°Now! Both of you stop moving!¡± It was Cedric, Walter¡¯s maternal uncle and instructor of the Sernotti trainees, who appeared from the top of the hill clapping hands. A small swear word leaked from Walter¡¯s lips. ¡°Damn¡­.¡± ¡°Walter! Eden! Are you fighting again? I sent you to hunt, but you didn¡¯t do what I told you to do. When are you guys going to get your act together? Can¡¯t you just stop and come back soon?¡± Although only a year older than them, Cedric, who was like a natural old man, was nagging a lot to match his appearance. It was the first time that his nagging was so pleasant. Eden struggled to calm her startled heart, thinking that her tongue might have been grabbed and pulled out. Her lips were still closed, as Walter was still crushing her. ¡°Stop right now before I tell the Lord and throw both of you into the barn!¡± Cedric was a serious, principled man. Tonight¡¯s dinner was decided to be a roast wild boar, so they couldn¡¯t skip it in the barn. No matter how stupid Walter was, he didn¡¯t like it. ¡°You are lucky today.¡± He let out a low breath and loosened the strength in his hands that had bound both of her wrists. ¡°Get out of here, you crazy bastard.¡± Eden rose from the spot, pushing his rock-like hard body, then hurriedly climbed up the tree to catch her breath. ¡°Ah¡­. really¡­.¡± Rather than the condition of both wrists, fortunately not broken, the attack method that Walter was trying to try was more shocking. ¡°Cedric! If it weren¡¯t for you, I¡¯d really have my tongue pulled out by Walter! What kind of crazy guy is that? Put him in the barn. Huh?¡± ¡°What? This guy is huge, isn¡¯t he?¡± She taunted Cedric, but he seemed to be more interested in the boar that had fallen with its tongue out. ¡°Who caught it? From the looks of it, it looks like Walter had a fight with it.¡± Cedric blew a whistle with a big smile on his sharp face. ¡°No. Eden got it.¡± Eden, who was momentarily bewildered by Walter¡¯s unexpected words, glanced down at him. ¡°Did Eden catch it?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Walter nodded again. Normally, they would have insisted on each other¡¯s merits. Eden thinks his head must have been a little weird because her thigh-choke had gone too hard earlier. ¡°Really? Then you can move it, Walter.¡± ¡°I thought you came all this way to help?¡± ¡°It¡¯s the two of you on the hunt today, right? I¡¯m just here to confirm.¡± After Cedric shrugged his shoulders, he leisurely disappeared down the hill. ¡°Ahh, he¡¯s always like that.¡± ¡°I never thought he would help anyway.¡± ¡°Well. That¡¯s true.¡± Walter looked up at Eden, giggling from the tree. It was a nice sunny day. His eyes were dazzled when he saw her sparkling face. Eden looked at him and smiled brighter than the sunlight. ¡°But what are you up to?¡± ¡°What?¡± After snatching his sword, which flew from its scabbard, and attaching it to his body, Walter reached out his hand and started climbing up a branch. ¡°Yes, you. Why did you tell Cedric earlier that I killed the wild boar?¡± ¡°Now you are arguing with everything.¡± Walter¡¯s body swished and flew lightly in the air, then grabbed a branch a little higher. Hundreds of leaves from the old oak tree fluttered and danced as he ascended high. ¡°Walter, do you know that when you climb a tree like that, you look like a real big bear?¡± ¡°If you find a bear this handsome, bring it to me.¡± She easily climbed the tree with only the power of her arms, and after reaching the place where he was, she took a seat next to Walter. ¡°Wow. If bad sense is a talent, it is a talent.¡± Eden, who sat next to him on a sturdy branch, laughed lightly. The sunlight broke through the thick leaves of a tree well over a hundred years old, illuminating her smiling side face. She turned her head to meet Walter, who was looking at him with a deep gaze. ¡°Walter.¡± Walter swallowed a gulp silently. ¡°Why.¡± Eden looked at him and smiled. Beneath the eyelashes that were naturally curled up, pale purple eyes were pointing towards him. Shortly cut, voluminous bobbed hair fluttered in the wind near her cheeks. Walter¡¯s long eyes widened even more. Sweat dripped from his forehead and stinged his eyes. He didn¡¯t even think to close his eyes.