## Chapter 570 – #117_Sleeping With The Enemy (6)
#570
1.
I tried to finish things as quickly as possible, but it took a whopping four hours.
Considering I had estimated about two hours to put Luelle to sleep and come out, I was over by double.
It was because the little queen, who turns into a timid whiner on the bed, was being unusually clingy today.
I had no choice but to wipe her body with a lukewarm towel and stroke her hair until Luelle fell asleep with a happy smile.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I disliked the situation or that it was just difficult.
As I straightened my melting lips at Luelle’s increasingly passionate displays of affection, I returned to the drawing room where Dorothy would be.
“Good night.”
Dorothy was lying on the sofa in the same position as yesterday, leisurely smoking a cigar.
It felt awkward for no reason. It was because I felt her clear silver eyes could see through anything.
“You’re so~ kind, aren’t you?”
“Pardon?”
“You even indulged the princess’s whims, despite the suspicious surveillance of the enemy?”
“……”
I sat on the opposite sofa, ignoring her as best I could. Dorothy turned her body and lay on her stomach, grinning.
“Are you the type who gets embarrassed when praised?”
“It’s not that.”
“That aside. I can’t believe it took four hours. I’ll have to correct my previous statement about you being a premature ejaculator.”
My body stiffened.
How did she know whether it took four hours or not?
“I could hear the princess’s mournful cries all the way here.”
“……”
I had blocked the magic wave that occurs during ejaculation with a barrier magic, just in case.
However, since the distance between the drawing room and the bedroom was quite far, it was also true that there were no soundproofing measures.
“I just happen to have a very~ sensitive sense of hearing.”
I already felt awkward seeing her face after having such a messy sexual encounter.
The thought that she might have heard everything made me twice as embarrassed.
“Let’s talk about that later. I have a favor to ask.”
“What? Such vulgar requests are really~ troublesome.”
She was still trying to tease me, being unusually flirtatious.
I ignored her flirtatious remarks and got to the point.
“Can you do something about that clinginess?”
“Clingy? That’s too much~”
“I know you want to see me in trouble, but I’d appreciate it if you refrained from creating strange incidents in front of Her Majesty.”
“Incidents? What incidents?”
As expected, Dorothy feigned ignorance.
“I wouldn’t know unless you tell me in detail?”
“I’m saying, please don’t unnecessarily provoke Her Majesty’s jealousy. Like taking poses that show off your chest, or pretending to fall into my arms.”
“Then~ how about we trade for my request?”
Dorothy suggested a trade as if it were natural.
I didn’t think she would accept a request or recommendation so easily.
I nodded roughly, and Dorothy got up from her seat and walked around the table.
I was on guard, and she sat down next to me.
“What is it?”
“I just sat next to you, that’s all?”
“No, not that. I mean your request.”
“Will you hug me?”
Dorothy got straight to the point.
Of course, whether it was a metaphorical or direct expression, it was a request I couldn’t grant.
“No.”
Even if it was a request for a trade, I didn’t know what Dorothy was up to.
The fact that I allowed her to approach me and sit next to me was evidence that I had gained a tiny bit of trust from her, but…
Anyway, anything more than this was troublesome.
Even with Siwoo’s cold answer, Dorothy didn’t back down at all.
She just stared at my face and began to speak.
“Do you still doubt me?”
“It’s harder not to doubt you.”
“Is that~ because I’m the enemy?”
This was an unreasonable question.
I was already feeling uneasy about distancing myself from Dorothy simply because she was the enemy.
Even if she were just an exile, I wouldn’t have been so wary and dismissive.
And then, the question, ‘Is it because I’m the enemy?’ was enough to accelerate my discomfort.
I nodded silently, and Dorothy chuckled.
It was a slightly drunken laugh.
“It’s not easy, is it? To trust the enemy.”
“I wouldn’t have listened to that request even if you weren’t the enemy. What do you take me for, a public plaything?”
I added it as an excuse, but there was no way such an obvious excuse would work on her.
Dorothy gave a bitter smile, as if disappointed.
On her lips, unbelievably, hung a resentful sigh.
“Why do you keep doing that? It’s not like you particularly like me.”
The time we had spent together was short, and the only interaction between us was Siwoo being suspicious and Dorothy enjoying teasing him.
It didn’t seem like she was feeling lustful, nor did she seem to have a great curiosity about male witches.
At least, that was what her attitude had shown so far.
“That’s true. I don’t usually do such foolish things.”
As expected, Dorothy nodded without argument.
“But, I’ve been quite~ happy lately. It’s hard to remember the last time I had such foolish peace.”
“……”
“As I said before, you’re kind.”
“Even if you flatter me, nothing will come of it.”
I was about to feel awkward at her sudden praise.
“You can’t hate me just because I’m the enemy, can you?”
Dorothy spoke in a serious voice.
Her attitude, which had felt light and easygoing, was now replaced with an endlessly sincere gaze.
“Most people would.”
“No, that’s not true. Most people find it very easy to find reasons to hate others. Because their skin color is different, because their ideologies are different, because their affiliations are different, they push others out of their boundaries with endlessly convenient standards. Haha, it’s funny that I’m talking like a pioneer. I’m doing the same thing myself.”
It was like when she had talked about her life before, in a seemingly indifferent tone.
But even with the same calm tone, it was a calmness that allowed me to see more vividly what kind of life she had lived.
“But you can’t do that. You doubt me, you’re wary of me, you watch me, but you also endlessly worry.
You seriously contemplate and re-examine whether that doubt, that wariness, that surveillance is really justified. Even though we’re going to part ways soon.”
It was ridiculous.
Siwoo was so wary and suspicious of Dorothy, but she was actually trusting him.
Of course, that trust was a trust in Siwoo’s softness, but still.
Dorothy reached out and gently took Siwoo’s hand.
Her fingertips, much softer than expected, tickled his palm.
“For example, even if I fell asleep in your arms, defenseless. You would never harm me, would you?”
“Her Majesty would be angry.”
“You’re still embarrassed when praised, aren’t you? But no, even if Luelle wasn’t on this submarine, you wouldn’t do it.”
I was about to argue with her assertive tone, but her analysis was accurate.
In the end, I could only answer curtly.
“In other words, you’re saying I’m a pushover?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Dorothy chuckled and moved her hips closer, whispering in a sweet voice.
“When you’re rolling around among poisonous enemies, you want to be embraced by such harmlessness at the end of your vacation. Well, you’re handsome and have a good body, so I’d like to have sex with you if possible~ but I don’t think you’d go that far.”
“The end of your vacation?”
“It’s an extra bet. If you hug me now, I’ll end my vacation and disappear tomorrow. You can go back to your sweet newlywed life with the princess.”
If I hug her now, she’ll disappear tomorrow…
That meant I wouldn’t have to be wary or suspicious of her, and the challenge of trials would return to normal.
In a way, it was the most efficient safety to gain with a slight risk.
Above all, her intentions didn’t seem malicious…
“Okay.”
It was better to hug her once than to keep her around and increase my stress.
Didn’t she suddenly attack me in the sauna today? I could just think of it as doing that one more time.
“That easily? Do you want me to disappear that~ much?”
“Yes.”
Dorothy laughed hysterically.
She wouldn’t suddenly attack me, would she? But I wasn’t too worried about that.
Even if my autonomous defense was ambiguous, Siwoo had already reached the realm of an overwhelming superhuman when it came to physical abilities.
Moreover, since I could see the flow of magic, I could visually confirm and deal with the signs of magic activation.
Still, I kept my guard up and opened my arms, and she leaned in.
No matter what she was, an enemy or whatever, she was still a woman.
Soon, her soft and delicate body was nestled snugly in my arms.
A slender figure that seemed to melt softly if I hugged her tightly.
Above all, this chest.
Her monstrous chest was pressing against my lower abdomen, and I could feel its outline as if she wasn’t wearing a bra.
“Haa~”
As I awkwardly held my arms open, her hands wrapped around my waist, and she pressed her ear close to my heart.
The pressure that was getting stronger and the pressure of her chest were much, much more bothersome than I had expected.
“Are you going to keep standing there? You have to hug me tight~”
Well, let’s just say it’s the price for suspecting her all this time.
I put my arms around her back and hugged her back.
She was smaller and had more delicate shoulders than I had thought.
In any case, physical contact was bound to bring a considerable sense of intimacy.
As the initial stiffness faded, only Dorothy’s satisfied humming could be heard in the languid silence.
“This is nice. It’s my first time. Being held in a man’s arms like this.”
With those embarrassing words, Dorothy gently closed her eyes and leaned her full weight on me.
She looked as comfortable as if she would fall asleep right away if I sang her a lullaby, as if she had missed human warmth.
“……”
I felt a strange, indescribable feeling.
I remembered when I had felt a similar emotion.
Paola Sochtl.
It was on the way back after defeating the witch called the Witch of Cowardice.
She, who had volunteered to become an enemy to save her disciple, was not someone who could be called ‘evil’ even though her means to achieve her goal were atrocious.
If my precious people around me, like Sharon, Amelia, my teacher, or the twins, were to die because of my mistake.
And if I could make up for it by walking the path of inhumanity, I couldn’t be sure if I would have walked a different path than Paola.
For similar reasons, if I had become an enemy as soon as I inherited the stigma, and had to wallow among bitches like Eia and Bianca, I couldn’t be sure how clean I could have lived.
‘Can’t you stop selling weapons to terrorist groups or cartels?’
I hurriedly swallowed the words that almost came out without me realizing it.
It was an act of meddling that came from looking at Dorothy with a pitiful eye, not as an enemy.
Honestly, I hoped she wasn’t a bad person.
But I couldn’t do anything for her, and I had no way to take responsibility.
While I was mocking my own pathetic sense of justice, as if I was about to laugh.
One of Dorothy’s eyes, which had been closed as if she had fallen asleep, slightly opened.
I avoided her gaze, feeling uneasy.
“I’ll pretend not to notice if you rub my chest.”
“No, thank you.”
With that joke as the last, Dorothy fell asleep in Siwoo’s arms, snoring softly.
As if she was truly comfortable.
