The Nymph Wants to be Plundered - Chapter 120

That is why, even though he was a witness to the incident at the time, he had given up on testifying and chose not to further pursue Lya’s crimes. The content of the verdict was actually satisfactory. The judgment that she be exiled to the Isle of Solitude and could only return after obtaining a fragment of heaven, a trace of the goddess, was in reality equivalent to a life sentence of living there forever.

Could there be some hidden circumstances lurking beneath the surface like fish underwater? Though his mind was complicated, since Lya would be permanently banished from the castle before today’s sun set, it might be better not to dig any deeper. After all, everything was already over.

‘Polyxene harbors feelings for His Majesty the King, but getting her name unnecessarily dragged up in connection with targeting that nymph His Majesty looks after would only be a loss…’

But what use was any of that? Despite him helping her twice during the Aika festival, Polyxene had ultimately failed to seduce the king. Well, that could happen, right? Iel, who prided himself on knowing Cassis’s consistent nature—more tree-like than even trees—hoped she would give up when things had gone this far without success, but far from giving up, Polyxene seemed intent on becoming even more obsessed.

Iel had no intention of actively helping Polyxene anymore in that regard.

‘Hmm….’

“Iel darling…. Ah, I’m sorry. I was working so enthusiastically that I suddenly felt dizzy. May I lean on you?”

Oh no.

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, and as if demanding payment for the mere favor of letting her see a bundle of arrows, he felt the unpleasant sensation of her clinging to his side. And what about the way she kept wiggling her hips, trying to rub against his thigh?

Iel was an elf who had lived long enough to be considered among the elders, so he was not one to privately surrender himself to lust. Of course, it wasn’t as if he needed anyone’s permission to look at such things. Such was the position of First Knight Commander of Jupiter.

‘How troublesome. When so many approach even someone like me hoping for something, His Majesty must have…. How much more difficult it must be for him. I was ignorant, simply trying to calculate his period of abstinence.’

His attentive heart, which had been alert to Polyxene’s movements, grew one step duller at this moment. To him, she was a relative and blood kin from a precious family, but to Cassis, wasn’t she just another bothersome woman yearning for the most common of encounters? Though he still hoped things would work out well for her, he had no intention of providing conveniences for her every need as he had done before. If she was to grow into a proper guardian in the future, she would need to abandon such weak sentiments, and her habits would only get worse.

“…….”

When he stood firmly upright instead of embracing her, the woman shrewdly decided to change tactics.

“Well, if you’re going to take all these arrows, I’ll tie them up properly with tough leaf veins so you don’t drop them along the way. Since there’s nothing suitable in the lodgings within the castle, why don’t you come to my cottage outside the castle and rest for a bit? I’ll bundle them up carefully so that not a single feather falls off.”

Iel was astounded by such absurd words. Obviously the distance to go outside the castle was farther than taking those arrows to his office. Was she asking him to sleep with her in broad daylight?

“There’s no need to—”

“I’ll help you!”

Just as he was about to lightly shake off the woman who was clinging to him persistently, trying to draw a line like with Polyxene, someone came running swiftly and shouted toward Iel. It was a knight under his command.