The Nymph Wants to be Plundered - Chapter 89

Though inwardly irritated, he responded without showing it. If the goddess Theia had been watching, she might have clicked her tongue saying, “A unicorn is unacceptable, but a king is fine?”

“It will be just you and me. Ruba is the only unicorn in the castle with sacred duties, so he rightfully needs to guard the castle. He would be criticized for leaving his post vacant for three or four days. You wouldn’t want that to happen to Ruba, would you?”

“Ah… I see. I understand.”

Though she seemed slightly deflated, she still appeared excited, perhaps looking forward to a picnic with just the two of them. Seeing her face light up with vitality, he finally presented the plate filled with fruit pie.

“Now, this is your task. Eat it all without leaving a single piece.”

The pie, topped generously with fresh raspberries preserved in honey, was appetizing even without his stern command. Both the aroma and flavor were impeccable. Evelyn savored the sweetness of each raspberry bursting in her mouth, and as soon as she finished one piece, she spoke.

“It’s really delici—ah, I’ve finished it.”

“Have more.”

She didn’t have the confidence to stuff another large piece of pie back down her throat. Honestly, even the last three bites had been at her limit. Therefore, she deliberately ignored the plate where two raspberries from the top garnish rolled around as if begging to be eaten.

“It’s truly delicious. The tartness is rare and it’s so sweet…”

Unfortunately, Cassis was far from someone who would fall for such trivial tactics.

“I understand, now eat.”

“I’m full.”

“If you don’t eat, I won’t leave either.”

“That’s, that’s!”

Evelyn was startled by his decisive tone, but he remained composed.

“There are few who truly enjoy the Aika Festival in earnest during daylight anyway, so we have time. Most people wait until around sunset. Sigh… This time, thanks to you, I’ll have to make an appearance too.”

“I hope it goes well for you.”

During the time when her consciousness was faint, Evelyn’s desperate wishes were filled only with Cassis’s eternal happiness. It was solely for this that she had begged him to attend the festival. Now that her body had recovered, she said the same words, but felt something uncomfortable stuck in her chest.

It was ridiculous. Even though she had sworn not to dream the impossible dream of Cassis looking only at her, her heart ached at the mere hint of him turning in that direction. At the Aika Festival, wouldn’t he be surrounded by many women captivated by him?

Evelyn rolled her tongue, still sweet-tasting, inside her mouth and slowed the hand holding the fork. Instead of urging her to eat more, he flipped her emotions with words as sharp as a knife’s edge.

“Why that expression, Evelyn? Having second thoughts after telling me to go?”

“No.”

Having blurted out a lie, she could only blink her eyes.

He suddenly picked up the knife and cut the raspberry pie on the plate into pieces, then held one between his lips. The sight of the raspberry on top of the white cream cheese being pressed between his lips was… pleasing to look at. To be more explicit, it was sensual. Evelyn suddenly felt a tingling sensation between her legs and absently stroked the back of her hand.

Cassis needs to go out soon. She shouldn’t keep him here with pointless arguments.

However, despite her firm resolve, his brazen face approached hers directly. Even though she tried to turn her head away, his golden hair tickled her cheek, and the large, bright red raspberry pressed against her lips, bursting with juice—she couldn’t resist any longer.

“Mmm…!”

In the end, she accepted it. It was a hundred times more embarrassing than when he had fed her by hand. He had simply transferred a piece of pie from his lips to hers, but her agitation was intense. When she detected his face approaching, saliva pooled under her tongue at twice the normal amount, mixing thickly with the raspberry even before she could chew it.

Don’t make a sound, don’t make a sound.

Having reached her limit, she focused only on receiving it quietly without complaint, but the corner of his mouth curled up as he watched her lips move so well.

“This way, I could feed you an entire serving.”

“Mmm, uh, that’s enough…! I’m really full.”

As she barely managed to protest after finishing, his large hand caressed the bulging contour of the sheet. That area where her thighs were modestly covered. Evelyn had to struggle not to shift her body.

“Evelyn, the Aika Festival is meant to continue for three days and nights without stopping. I’ll come to see you in between, but in case I can’t, don’t wait for me and make sure to eat and sleep on time. And….”

“Yes?”

His finger stroked the side of her lips where cream cheese remained, not yet swallowed. This unladylike trace was partly his fault too. As if telling her to eat everything without leaving anything, his finger with cream cheese on it slipped inside her moistened, reddened lips.

Evelyn had no choice but to gently suck on the intruding finger that almost touched the tip of her tongue. Perhaps because she had just chewed and swallowed the raspberry pie, the sweet taste lingered, making it not difficult. But even after she had licked off all the small amount of cream cheese, he didn’t remove his finger and continued saying what he wanted to say.