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Chapter 6

“So, that’s what it was.”

Right now, Endymion was sleeping with a gentle look on his face. It was strange to see him like this after such a violent affair.

In a way, he looked pure. To be honest, it was cute that all the black-haired girls he met were because the girl he actually liked had the same hair color.

Besides, since it seemed like the girl he liked was Lily, that’s why he thought that Lily and I looked alike.

After all, even if I had a different physique as the other person, a succubus’ charm would make it so that I’ll look like the person he likes. But well, I don’t know how the other me, Lily, would take this information once she wakes up.

Come to think of it, this guy—he’s started acting weird ever since he met her here at the palace. I burst into laughter at the vague memory.

The night is getting deeper, and I’m already satisfied enough. It’s nice being on the dominating side, and sometimes it wasn’t all that bad. However, I wanted to play a mischievous joke, so I shapeshifted into Lily wearing a maid’s uniform.

Then, I climbed on top of Endymion and bit his ear, and whispered.

“Wake up, Commander.”

Being a light sleeper, Endymion immediately reacted to the hushed voice and blinked his blue eyes. His pale blue eyes, which were out of focus, staring at my smiling face and gradually became clearer.

“…Miss Lily?”

“Yes, Commander. Please wake up.”

“…Ah, it’s a dream. It’s always a dream. Lily only smiles at me like this in my dreams.”

He didn’t think this was real.

Obviously, Lily wouldn’t smile brightly at this man even if she was forced to do so. If he didn’t like this, he would have shown it—but as though it was second nature to him, Endymion embraced me and brushed his lips against mine.

How many times had he dreamed of this? It was so easy to see how much he was coveting me now.

It was not the dizzying kiss that I had expected, but it was almost like a joke that he was only pecking me on my lips, once, twice, as his hands roved over my back and my hips with concentration.

My body, which had absorbed all the energy earlier and already cooled down, immediately responded and began to heat up again.

Before I knew it, he had flipped our positions and I was now lying down on the sofa, blinking as his face went down to my thighs. Then, his hot mouth hungrily devoured my core.

“Ahhng!”

It felt like there was a firecracker going off in front of my eyes. I’ve gone down on men, but I had never been on the receiving end before. My thighs trembled with the unexpected intensity of pleasure. It was so overwhelming, and soon, fluids trickled down.

“Ha, haeuk, aahng! Ahhheuk!”

Tears streamed down my face as his skillful tongue played with my cl*toris, down to the entrance, and went inside. Endymion swallowed all the fluids that came out as I was in a state of pleasure.

“Lily, you’re so pretty. More… Please show me more.”

“Ahheuk, ah, hauungh…”

The deeper he caressed, the higher my back arched. Even if it wasn’t his length that was thrusting into me, my inner walls trembled and flared. I’ve always been in the lead with the prominent men I slept with, but I’ve never been pleasured like this before.

I was weak to such pleasure. It was rather fortunate that this man had mistaken this all as a dream.

Endymion penetrated my hole with a finger as he sucked onto my stiff cl*toris again, and my entrance tightened over him instantly.

After I had climaxed, he gasped and touched his own member over my stomach and stroked it.

All night, he pleasured me with his mouth and used his hand, and he would stroke himself while doing so. But, in the end, he didn’t thrust his member inside me.

Even if I had spread my legs wide and poked a finger into myself, he would say no, we can do that later, then he smiled shyly.

Though I had climaxed again and again due to his persistent caresses, so I was quite satisfied. I hugged his exhausted body and kissed his cheek again, then wiped away all the bodily fluids that had stained his body.

After that, I returned to my room.

In the end, I woke up as the other me. Lily grabbed her head in distress. This was no longer mere shame or disgrace. It was much worse.

Why the hell? How come? No, since when?!

Liking the succubus me as Lilith and liking the human me as Lily were two completely different things! I had felt sorry for Endymion at first because Lilith wasn’t real, but on the other hand… Ah, I shouldn’t have done any of that.

“AAAAHHHH! AAAAAAAACK!”

At which point in my life did things start to go wrong?! Maybe it was since birth.

He likes me. He likes me!

Ah, I hate it. I hate it so much. He’s a pervert! He’s weird!

“AARGH! AAAARGH!”

I don’t know why the world just doesn’t go ahead and collapse already when I’ve been wishing for it desperately every day.

It was so disastrous just waking up to reality!

After crying and making a fuss all by myself, I ended up getting tired and going back to sleep. In my dream, I was sitting absentmindedly in a bright flower garden, though I couldn’t speak and my body wouldn’t move.

I was in a gloomy mood and I still would rather stand up, but now my hands could move freely. I was surprised as I looked down.

My grandmother’s ring was on my hand…

Then, a clear thread was tied to my finger, and it suddenly glistened.

Where was it connected to?

I looked around and pulled the thread, which glimmered with a white sheen under the sun.

It was then. I began to see an illusion at a distance, then I heard a woman’s voice up close, as though she was whispering right next to me.

“Now you have one.”

At that, I woke up.

“You were like that yesterday, but you look even worse today. Hey.”

“I couldn’t sleep well last night.”

“Again? Don’t you think you’re being bothered? It’s common these days, so go to a temple and get blessed or something.”

“Lucy, don’t say that. We can’t talk about the temple inside the palace. Not anywhere else either.”

It had been two days since I absorbed Sir Endymion’s energy. In fact, my body’s condition was great, but I still felt a little fatigued because I slept up all night just thinking about how ridiculous it was that he likes me.

Whenever I would be wracked with sleep paralysis and have a bad night’s sleep, it became almost habitual for me to cry because of the futility of it all. That’s why my eyes were swollen and puffy. It was a good thing that I made an excuse that my constitution was weak since I was young, so other people didn’t catch on.

Lucy was seriously worried, but I covered her lips for fear of anyone listening to our conversation.

The Kingdom of Ciel was a powerful country, but it was still a rising power, so the country was in a precarious state.

It was difficult to find a temple anywhere because there was currently no state religion, and because of the war of conquest, the kingdom had completely broken ties with the Holy Empire. Although the Emperor did not vigorously enforce the religion, the people were not so easy to convince.

“It can’t be helped. Wouldn’t you just rather clock out early?”

“It’s my day off tomorrow anyway.”

“Resting tomorrow is different. You’re sick now.”

It was actually better that I work more because I would just think about Endymion again if I was left alone in my room.

Lucy sighed as she saw my pursed lips, before speaking firmly.

“Then, I’ll take care of the front half of your area, so take it easy inside. If you don’t like the idea, then I’ll just tell the head maid and forcibly send you back.”

I couldn’t say no to that, so I smiled and nodded.

Lucy stopped frowning, then waved me off.

…But, why was this person here?

I was in a hurry to clean up, but I heard a slight rustling, so I turned around and found Endymion standing there.

When I averted my eyes right away, I could still feel his penetrating gaze on me. Eventually, I looked back again, but I felt like I wanted to die when I saw him smiling, so I averted my gaze again.

What’s with him…?!

He followed me like a chick did to his mother hen whenever I went somewhere else, and I just desperately, desperately hoped he wasn’t going to confess. Actually, I don’t want him to show any interest in me at all. Still, just by his actions, it was stupid of me not to notice until now.

Why didn’t I know when he was making it so obvious?

Nonetheless, I tried not to pay attention to him as much as I could, and soon, it became lunchtime.

I glanced around to see if he was still there, but Endymion had disappeared.

Seeing so, I took off my cap and sighed. I waved at Lucy again today, letting her know that I had no appetite. And, I headed inside.

“Haa—”

I’m sure I was fine this morning, but I don’t know why I feel so tired now. I know a maid’s work was difficult, and they did say it was going to be. Still, I wanted to stay here until I got my ring back, though I might have to sort it out soon because of various circumstances.

I untied my hair and sat on the bench. It seems that my legs were swollen, or that my knees were stiff even though I didn’t stand long today. But, I knew why it was like this—every morning, I would kick my blanket like a crazy person, so of course, it would hurt.

After a brief thought, I took off my shoes and stockings, then raised one leg.

“Does your leg hurt?”

“Ack!”

I had my head lowered as I took a look at my calf, so I screamed in surprise when I heard someone suddenly in front of me.

Sir Endymion, who was holding a basket, was staring at me.

I didn’t want to meet his gaze, but as he gazed straight into my eyes, it made me feel flustered. I immediately put my leg down without a word, dragging my feet back.

He smiled and held out the basket to me.

“Um, what’s this?”

“Dried fruit and nut cookies. You can’t skip meals even if you don’t feel like eating. It won’t spoil easily, so you can eat it later.”

“…T-Thank you.”

It was burdensome to know that what I thought were acts of unattached goodwill were actually mixed with deeper emotions, still, I couldn’t refuse. Because he didn’t know that I knew how he felt anyway.

Like the first time, I knew that Sir Endymion was kind, so I tried to comfort myself by thinking that he wasn’t kind only to me.