Chapter 81
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Barely finished bathing, Eki sat awkwardly on the edge of Cassius’s bed.
Cassius stood by the window, grinding his teeth.
Damn fairy…
The fairy was fast asleep, snoring as it lay in the round glass cylinder. Even after inflicting this chaotic curse on him and Eki, it slept like a baby. Eki insisted they should keep it confined only until tonight and release it freely tomorrow, but Cassius had no idea why he should show mercy to such a shameless little creature.
Why isn’t Ikelid answering. I want to shove this thing onto him as soon as possible.
The research was already done. He had been watching the field of fairy studies for centuries, so nothing about it was difficult. Cassius intended to hand this headache off to Ikelid.
He glared at the glass cylinder as if he might shatter it, then glanced at Eki. She was also sneaking looks at him. The moment their gazes met, they both flinched and jerked their heads away.
Damn it.
It went without saying that grabbing Eki’s b****t had not been intentional. As that loudmouthed fairy had revealed earlier, Cassius did harbor a hideous, shameless, terrible desire to touch Eki. But precisely because that guilt as a master was enormous, he had no intention of laying even a finger on her, even if he offered up his own body.
Yet, to end up touching her bare skin like that.
He could still feel it vividly. The intimate flesh he brushed by accident, the soft roundness filling his palm, that warm and tender b****t…
Cassius shook his head hard and rubbed his forehead. A ragged breath escaped on its own. He could still feel the stiffness of his e******n and cursed again.
Just then, Eki spoke hesitantly.
“Um… Master. When are we going to sleep?”
“What?”
“W-Well. It’s already one in the morning. I’m really sleepy.”
Come to think of it, unlike him, a dragon, Eki was an ordinary human who needed a solid eight hours of sleep to function. Cassius stared at the long transparent chain stretched between them, then looked at Eki still sitting awkwardly on the bed, and ground his teeth.
Even though she was now wrapped in a fluffy robe, just seeing her toes reminded him of the pale naked body he had seen in the bath earlier.
Her moonlight-pale skin, the flushed patches left by the heat of the water, the shallow dip of her lower belly, the breathtaking side of her waist as water streamed down, and those large b*****s, which were just lumps of fat yet kept dragging his gaze… damn it. Please stop.
But his genius mind obediently conjured up the image of her pert little n*****s. Remembering the soft pink buds standing e***t, he banged his head against the wall.
“Ah! You scared me!”
Eki jumped at his sudden behavior. Cassius ignored her and sat down stiffly on the sofa beside the bed. He even forgot to cross his legs to hide his hard e******n.
“This distance should be enough for you to lie down.”
“Wait. You’re going to sleep there?”
“I’m not sleeping. I barely sleep to begin with.”
He then grabbed a random book from the shelf.
“Just sleep. You have work tomorrow.”
“…Master.”
“Don’t worry about me. Sleep.”
Cassius shoved his nose into the book. But the words didn’t enter his eyes at all.
“Master.”
“…What.”
“You’re holding the book upside down.”
“……”
He flipped it without a word.
Eki, who had been nervously tense, let out a deflated laugh and lay down on the bed.
“I didn’t think you’d let me use your bedroom. I thought we’d have to use mine.”
Then why does she think I would spend the night in her room. Letting her use his own room was far better.
Idiot.
Cassius raised one knee higher, trying to force himself to calm down. But then Eki wriggled under the covers and murmured in wonder.
“Ah. Master, it smells nice over here.”
…Truly, how could his disciple be this unhelpful even at moments like this.
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