Chapter 978 – #210_Cupid Eros Amor(4)
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1.
Lately, Siwoo had changed.
He occasionally showed a very cool side, but overall, he had been a gentle and docile person.
However, through the hypnosis therapy with his friend Takasho to create the perfect mask, Siwoo was transformed into someone who won not just at night, but also during the day.
Honestly, he was cool in a different way…
But the side effects were actually emerging elsewhere.
“Ugh…”
Sharon carefully walked out to the lounge of the annex, still trying to calm her trembling legs.
It wasn’t that any part of her body was uncomfortable.
It was just that she had been thoroughly worn out by Siwoo on the bed.
In less than two hours, she had reached her peak at least a dozen times, and twice she had received his seed inside her.
It was a sensation of her pelvis whining from the inside every time she walked…
In the dimly lit lounge, there was an early bird.
Amelia, with a book open, was enjoying her alone time with coffee.
“Amelia, good evening.
Would you like to join me for a drink?”
Sharon had recently been working part-time at the Marigold Perfumery.
From what she had observed up close, Amelia was like a machine in some ways.
Not a machine in the sense of being insensitive or emotionless, but rather a master of hard labor.
She silently carried out repetitive tasks without showing any signs of boredom.
Sharon, who had worked various part-time jobs during her debt-ridden days in the modern world and prided herself on being quite persistent, was nothing compared to Amelia.
For example, if she left the shop for a day due to personal reasons and came to work the next day, Amelia would greet her, sitting at the perfume counter in the exact same posture as the day before.
She would quietly work in the same spot for 24 hours or more, constantly making perfume.
It wasn’t like she was forcing herself to do something she disliked, and when asked how she could do it, she would say, ‘It’s fine, it’s fun, isn’t it?’
Perhaps it was because of her persistence and concentration that she achieved the unprecedented feat of growing three ranks in one generation.
Anyway, that Amelia…
“Coffee sounds good. I needed it.”
“Do you need syrup?”
“Two spoons, please. I feel like I need some sugar.”
Sharon sat next to Amelia, who was stirring her spoon, and chuckled at her complexion.
She could see dark circles of fatigue under her eyes.
Amelia also looked at Sharon and, rarely, covered her mouth and laughed as if she had been tickled.
“…Sharon too?”
“Amelia too?”
It was easy to guess.
Sharon and Amelia both let out long sighs.
As if they were unraveling a bundle of stories, the two began to complain about their recent struggles.
“Siwoo has been really cool lately… but he’s too, how should I say…”
“Vigorous.”
“Yes, that’s it.”
For the past three days.
Siwoo had been no joke.
It was like watching a wild horse that had completely broken free of its reins.
“He comes and pounces on me whenever he gets the chance.”
“And he’s a bit rough, isn’t he…?”
“Yes, yes! That’s it! Well, it’s not that I dislike it, but it’s a bit overwhelming.”
Recently, he had been very busy.
He was diligently studying magic while taking liberal arts classes and other things to become the perfect student council president, so it was as if he needed two bodies.
Even when he suddenly grabbed Sharon’s wrist and threw her onto the bed tonight, it was a result of squeezing out every bit of his limited time.
After showering together after sex, he had quickly left again, saying he had a poetry class with Count Albireo.
Of course, this was due to the twins and L’Riel’s ‘You pounced, so take responsibility!’ project.
As his scent accumulated while he was having relations with the wrong person, the desire that should have been resolved was not, and instead, it accumulated even more.
However, this project was confidential, so the limits of what Amelia and Sharon could guess were clear.
“Siwoo must be under a lot of stress.”
“Yes, yes. It seems so. We should support him more.”
Even though it was hypnosis therapy, it was like trying to fit shoes that didn’t fit.
Moreover, the reason he was pushing himself so hard was not for his own personal gain, but to protect his lovers.
As his girlfriends, shouldn’t they support and help him even more?
“I didn’t mean to eavesdrop… but is that really the case?”
“Ah! Your Grace!”
Eloa, dressed in comfortable clothes, interrupted Amelia and Sharon’s conversation.
Eloa had been recuperating since the last battle.
Her usually bright expression seemed gloomy today for some reason.
The reason was simple.
“He hasn’t shown any such signs to me… In fact, it seems like he’s avoiding intimacy.”
“Really?”
In the past, Eloa had felt guilty about her relationship with him and tried to hide it completely, but after experiencing various events, she had naturally become one of his lovers.
Now, she could casually join in such embarrassing conversations.
Of course, as someone who was inherently strict and serious, her ears turning strawberry red was unavoidable.
Eloa, who had received a cup of coffee from Amelia, wiggled her toes in her slippers and shared her recent concerns.
“We used to make love once a day… but even considering how busy he’s been lately, it’s been three days without any word…”
Meanwhile, Amelia and Sharon were talking about how they were struggling to handle Siwoo, so she wondered, ‘Is something wrong?’ and joined the conversation.
“There is a reason I can think of.”
“What is it?”
“This.”
Eloa, with a serious expression, held out her fingernails, which were painted and sparkling.
“Actually, I recently tried to change my image and decorated my nails and toenails. Since the relationship has gradually decreased and then stopped after that day… I’m worried that maybe he thought it was too much.”
In fact, this was because Siwoo, who had unknowingly entered a state of arousal due to the twins, was unconsciously being considerate of Eloa.
It was not in Siwoo’s nature to unleash his rough desires on Eloa while she had not fully recovered her condition.
“I don’t think that’s the reason.”
“But…! There’s no other reason, is there? I must remove them immediately.”
But even this could not provide an answer…
Amelia, Sharon, and Eloa had no choice but to put their heads together and ponder.
2.
Today’s topic was ‘Barbarian’ from Rimbaud’s other prose poem collection, Illuminations.
Illuminations was so difficult to grasp in terms of theme, content, and meaning that it was hard to understand, and in the case of ‘Barbarian,’ it was made up of only noun phrases, to the point where it was doubtful whether it had a proper meaning.
“Does this have any meaning as a poem?”
“It’s not musicality heard through sound, but musicality heard through images. Please continue reading.”
“Um, I understand for now.”
Sweetness! Fires, raining in the gusts of frost, sweetness! Fires that rain in the diamond storms spewed by the heart of the earth, forever burned to charcoal for us. Oh world!
Albireo repeatedly drank wine and listened to Siwoo’s recitation.
His current appearance was very well-suited to ‘Barbarian.’
Difficult, magical, and formless, yet powerful phrases that shook the heart.
A self-destructive purity that felt a rough pulsation while tapping the tip of the tongue as if singing.
He stared blankly at Siwoo’s profile as he read the poem.
His eyes, burning like embers with passion lately.
His sculpted jawline and the dignified yet poetic contemplation in his lips.
Albireo asked Siwoo as if he were tutoring him.
“Siwoo, what do you think the phrase ‘old hermitage’ here means?”
“Barbarian is a poem where its own textual nature stands out. In that case… it can be explained by quoting ‘Lives’ from the previous class.”
“Good answer. Siwoo, you are a student worth teaching.”
Albireo nodded in satisfaction and then flinched.
It was because of the physical distance between the two.
When did they get so close?
The two were sitting side by side at the table because they had to look at the poetry book together.
Still, there was quite a gap at first.
But whether Siwoo had come closer, or Albireo had moved closer.
The distance between the two had become so close that a subtle touch would occur if they rested their arms on the armrest.
“……”
Albireo swallowed.
The sound of his heart pounding was unusually loud in his ears.
He must have drunk too much.
The phrases he was reciting were so sweet that he had drunk wine like water, as if it were the best side dish.
More than that, weren’t they too close?
It seemed like they wouldn’t be able to avoid a kiss just by turning their heads…
Was it anxiety or, though it was absurd, anticipation?
An indescribable mix of confusion was mixed with his intoxication.
-Click!
At that moment, the fountain pen on the table accidentally fell between the two.
Albireo’s elbow, which had been fidgeting, had knocked it over.
“Oh my, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I’ll pick it up.”
The eyes of the two people, who had coincidentally bent down at the same time to pick up the fountain pen, widened like lanterns.
“……”
“……”
What a strange coincidence.
Their lips collided in mid-air.
Not a hard collision like faces bumping into each other, but a soft one like lovers would do.
Of course, in another sense, this in itself was a big accident.
“……”
“……”
But why?
Siwoo was a master of martial arts.
If he had decided to pull away immediately after recognizing the contact of his lips, he could have reacted in a split second.
Albireo also enjoyed horseback riding and waltzing, so he was agile and athletic.
At least, neither of them had any unavoidable reason to be kissing in this awkward position for more than five seconds.
But the two of them, as if they had made a promise.
As if they were sharing each other’s secret desires.
They quietly breathed heavily, their lips pressed together for a long time.
“……”
Not a French kiss with tongues intertwined, but Albireo’s first kiss.
In Albireo’s head, a waltz of a black horse and a swan (an original impromptu piece) began to play.
How could it be so soft?
Yet so thick?
A cozy sensation that was unimaginable from his muscular body.
In a vain wish that time would stop, Albireo felt an impulse.
Tongue.
Should I try putting it in?
Of course, this was an impulse that had gone through rational thought.
Since it was a mistake that had already happened, if it wasn’t an accident or a mistake, it was an opportunity that wouldn’t come again.
Albireo was curious about the sensation of a kiss.
If he asked him later, it would be a very strange picture, but now he could experience the sensation of a kiss with tongues intertwined.
A kiss between in-laws was outrageous, but again, wasn’t it a mistake anyway?
“Chwup…”
Now, his heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst.
A slender tongue gently licked Siwoo’s upper lip between Albireo’s plump lips.
