Chapter 209: Chapter 209- Bite me?
Chapter 209: Chapter 209- Bite me?
Toward the path leading to the center of the forest, two women walked, followed at a distance of half a mile by two cloaked figures.
"Um, Madam, I mean..." Regina hesitated, unsure of how to address Esme properly, not knowing the appropriate way to refer to her Liege's woman.
"Sigh. You can call me anything. It's not like you will always call him Liege," Esme sighed, her stoic face betraying no emotion as her eyes scanned the largely destroyed forest.
"Huh? I don't understand, Miss Esme," Regina replied, confused by Esme's words, though she understood the implication might be Esme leaving her Liege or perhaps changing how she referred to him.
"Forget it. You'll understand in time. I have already accepted my fate," Esme said, having asked Mae to predict the future for her and Ryuk, only to become aware of things turning more complicated for her.
The least she could do now was savor these remaining moments, having realized she had fallen in love with the wrong man.
"Sigh," Esme sighed again.
'Did you do something, my Liege?' Regina thought, hearing Esme sigh for the third time. She felt perplexed about what might have happened to make her act so strangely.
Unaware that she too would sigh once she heard the results of Mae's prediction.
Finally, after weaving through scattered trees, they found their way to the center of the forest.
"My Liege, I brought Miss Esme—" Regina began, but her words trailed off as she took in the scene before her—a man on folded knees with an unbuttoned black shirt fluttering, both hands restrained, with a woman smiling as she rubbed his chest with her fingers.
"Is she molesting you?" Regina's face twitched, her hand instinctively grabbing her sword hilt. Her eyes remained fixated on the sight—Drishti's fingers playing across Ryuk's bare chest, while he was held by two cloaked figures who seemed to be struggling, their hands appearing not under their control.
'Did Mae's prediction come true this soon?' Esme's world turned upside down as she saw her man restrained by the cloaked figures and Drishti taking advantage of him.
Technically, it seemed impossible, so it was clear he was doing this intentionally.
Regina knew her battalion members well and was aware of Drishti's strength, making her think that Drishti, in her usual manner, was merely indulging in something interesting by molesting Ryuk.
Esme, knowing how strong Ryuk himself was, thought he must have orchestrated everything to appear innocent while being held by the cloaked figures and appearing weak while being molested by Drishti—a perfect plan laid by him.
Of course, both women were wrong technically, but their logical guesses were close to the mark.
"Shut up, Regina. Why would I even try to do something like that?" Drishti's fingers halted before speaking up, not caring about either of them. Her focus remained on finding nerves on his chest as she slightly pressed before lifting her gaze and inquiring, "Why is your heartbeat racing?"
"..... It always does," Ryuk calmly replied, maintaining a stoic face while looking at her before glancing at Esme to reassure her that it was a natural occurrence.
His heartbeat was racing because he had just undergone vein expansion by Valhale.
But, no hope for his excuses.
"Yes, I trust you," Esme nodded, maintaining a stoic expression, though her face betrayed her true thoughts.
:: Like Hell I will :: These were the words Ryuk heard instead, seeing her face scream how much she didn't believe him.
Both of the cloaked figures inwardly thought about their present situation the moment they heard Esme's words and saw her approaching with that look on her face.
'At least hide your saliva,' Regina thought as she stood beside Esme, feeling that Esme's face definitely did not belong to someone who just wanted to help.
'What a chance,' Esme thought, having been twice caught in a trap by losing control and getting attacked by him instead. Now, for the first time, the situation aligned in her favor, with him sitting helplessly, awakening her sadistic side for a fleeting moment.
'Hah, I can't see this,' Drishti turned toward Valhale, whose eyes were fixed on his granddaughter, visibly wiping her saliva with her hand, making him disbelieve what was happening.
Valhale accepted that this young man was handsome, but certainly not more than he had been in his youth.
And right now, It was confusing and unsightly enough to make him avert his eyes and leave the place before Drishti disappeared too.
'I should have just done this in a closed room instead,' Ryuk thought, realizing that Drishti's behavior would now lead to another chain reaction.
Technically, it was slightly hard to each time get pushed away after being invited so much further by Esme.
At the end of the day, he was a man.
'Let's leave,' the cloaked figures looked toward each other after feeling their hands regain control. Without disturbing anything nearby, their figures blurred before disappearing, seeing how Esme wasn't paying attention to anything else.
So in that place remained Ryuk, Esme, and Regina, who was standing to protect his chastity if Esme forced him—a true sword.
Unaware that this human sword would be futile once his own manly sword took control of his desires.
"Um, can I bite?" Esme asked instinctively, looking at his neck.
"No," Ryuk blankly answered, not wanting her to bite him at this moment in front of Regina.
"A little bit?" Esme finally lifted her golden pupils from his chest to his eyes, blinking as if wanting just a single bite.
"Not a chance," Ryuk shook his head, not even considering such a thing.
'Huh, shouldn't she close the buttons? What bite? Has she lost her mind? Liege seems accustomed to it, but why?' Regina couldn't understand where this whole thing came from out of nowhere. Even more, Regina felt flabbergasted by Esme's words, considering biting someone.
"Pweaseee~" Esme requested again, leaning in and tilting her head, her tone soft, soothing, and melodious.
".....What happened to you?" Ryuk finally felt embarrassed, seeing her behave like this out of nowhere. Everything was right the previous day, and suddenly she was requesting to mark him.
Indeed, he could at least guess that after seeing Drishti, naturally, Esme must have awakened some insecurities and was now trying to assure herself by leaving a hickey or something.
But really?
"...." Seeing her keep blinking, he turned toward Regina, whose eyes twitched, understanding why Drishti and the others had left. Naturally, lovebirds could do anything that would be embarrassing for viewers, making her avert her eyes, understanding his signal. Then Ryuk turned toward Esme and said, "Fine, bite me."
'Damn it, this is embarrassing,' he thought. He didn't know exactly what had happened to her, nor what this bite thing was about, but it was clear he had never been in such an embarrassing situation before.
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