Chapter 78
Seriously, Irene doesn’t know half of it.
Claude doesn’t cherish me; he just enjoys toying with me.
Fuming, I issued a warning.
“If you keep this up… I won’t guide you!”
What else could threaten an Esper as powerful as Claude but denying him guiding?
As expected, the amusement vanished from Claude’s voice instantly.
“…You won’t guide me?”
“Yes! You keep teasing me, bullying me, playing pranks, and getting on my nerves. If you continue, I really won’t guide you. I mean it.”
Claude was silent for a moment. I couldn’t see his face, but I could imagine it – cold and stern.
Although his playful smile often infuriated me, his unsmiling face was still somewhat frightening.
Had I gone too far…?
Just as I was rapidly losing my courage after my bold declaration, I was suddenly lifted again.
Before I knew it, I was lying back on the sofa with Claude on top of me.
“Why are you doing this?”
“…”
“Can you move?”
Claude leaned over me, so close our bodies were almost touching. I was so tense I held my breath.
He gently played with the ends of my hair, his touch strange.
Then, while looking into my eyes… he kissed the top of my head.
Even though I was trembling with nervousness, I couldn’t avoid his gaze.
Claude leaned closer, his breath felt distinctly on my neck, causing goosebumps to spread all over me.
Throughout this, his red eyes were locked steadily on me.
Despite my bold proclamation earlier, I was completely unable to resist. I was utterly overwhelmed by him.
And then…
“Nnngh…”
An involuntary whimper escaped my lips as his hot tongue licked near my collarbone, making my body instinctively shudder.
“…”
“…”
I closed my eyes tightly.
I’m so embarrassed, it could kill me.
Despite my declaration of not guiding him, the guiding poured out like a flood towards him.
“…Pfft.”
Claude finally pulled away and sat up… his face clearly amused beyond measure.
“Poor Rose, you don’t even know when you’re guiding. How can you say you won’t guide me?”
I had suspected it but refused to believe it…
“…How did you do it?”
Claude, apparently oblivious to my question, continued to laugh, his shoulders shaking.
He shook his head, looking thoroughly entertained.
“But, you never did that to my collarbone before. How did you know guiding would happen?”
I pressed him with my flushed face, but he seemed to have no intention of answering.
“You never cease to amuse me…”
I felt so wronged.
“Ugh, tell me how you did it!”
Claude had discovered the secret of my guiding before I could!
***
The subsequent events hardly need to be explained.
I whined repeatedly, wanting to understand my own guiding.
“I won’t threaten not to guide you anymore. It’s good for both of us, right? If I know how to do it, you can get guiding whenever you need. Right?”
Even hanging on his arm, crying out for an answer, Claude remained unyielding.
“It’s okay.”
“What do you mean, it’s okay…?”
“It’s fine if you don’t practice. I can get it from you anyway.”
“…”
“And you being clueless and frustrated is much more entertaining.”
…What a rotten personality.
I gave up, ranting and raving, only to resign myself to the inevitable.
Despite throwing away my pride and begging repeatedly, he staunchly refused to reveal the secret.
“I won’t guide you until you tell me! I don’t know how to stop guiding, but I’ll try to hold back!”
That was my resolve, but it was utterly useless.
True to his word, Claude continued to extract guiding from me, clueless as I was.
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