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A warm breath passed between parted lips.
I felt Terence's hand tightening as he held my waist to prevent me from falling.
I enjoyed the slightly gritty sensation of his lips for a moment and then opened my mouth.
"Ethel, this is..."
Terence, who was hard as a rock, seemed confused, as if he didn't know what to say first.
"Is it what I think it means?"
He barely managed to utter a word.
"Is it okay to judge that the feelings you have for me are the same as the ones I have for you?"
I opened my mouth and looked at the man who had a serious expression on his face and didn't take his eyes off me.
"Yes, I feel the same as you. Terence."
For a moment, Terence's pupils dilated.
"I like you."
I liked this man, who seemed to have no composure but went out of his way to confirm my feelings.
I liked all aspects of this person, including his sincerity and consideration, which I personally experienced.
"I want to accompany you on the path you will take in the future. So, can we walk that path together?"
The path Terence will take, aiming to reach the top of this empire, may be thorny.
But with him, we can overcome it in the future as well as we have done so far.
That confidence quietly settled in my heart.
"Ethel..."
He responded with a choked voice, with an expression that seemed to be laughing or crying.
"With joy."
Immediately after, Terence hugged me tightly and buried his face in my shoulder.
"I swear. The decision you made now, you will never regret for the rest of your life."
"Yes, I will never regret it."
"Ethel, Ethel."
The man who kept calling me by my name asked a somewhat cautious question.
"It's a little strange to ask in this situation, but can I kiss you again?"
"Of course."
As soon as I finished speaking, Terence rushed towards me.
Our lips overlapped, and his desire engulfed me.
This kiss was several times more serious than before.
Soon I realized. The reason I was able to kiss him relatively lightly and pleasantly a moment ago was because he was restraining himself.
He stared at me the whole time with his fierce yet burning red eyes.
The eyes were like those of a predator stalking its prey.
It wasn't enough that I kissed him first out of curiosity, and I closed my eyes because I was so embarrassed that I responded "Of course" to his question.
"Mmm."
After that, we continued kissing, changing angles and positions.
I don't know how to express it exactly, but I felt like I was about to faint.
At one point, Terence pulled away from me and growled softly.
"I'm going crazy. You don't know how much I've endured all this time."
"Terence..."
I looked at him silently and tried to respond.
But my head started spinning, and my vision blurred. For some reason, it suddenly became difficult for me to control my body.
"Ethel?"
Upon hearing Terence's voice with a clear expression of perplexity, I discovered an important fact.
"Wait a moment, this..."
Instead of feeling good, as if I were about to faint, I just feel like I'm about to faint.
"Ethel!"
Terence held my collapsing body.
"Ethel! Wake up!"
He continued calling me while stroking my cheek, but my consciousness barely stood upright.
"I'm fine. I just need to rest a bit."
"Are you okay? Do you know how bad your complexion is? Damn it, I need to get a doctor right now..."
At that moment, the bedroom door slammed open, and Lucy, who was outside, rushed in.
"What's happening?!"
Lucy looked in our direction, her expression hardened, and she shouted.
"Prince! Didn't I tell you not to share too much power with my mistress?"
"Me? No, I didn't..."
"Step away for now!"
At Lucy's shouts, Terence withdrew his hand from me and stepped back.
Lucy ran towards me, who was lying helplessly on the couch, and placed her front paw on my forehead.
"It seems her temperature temporarily rose because the prince injected too much power into her. However, it's not serious, so I think it will return to normal in a few hours."
The divine beast sighed deeply.
"It seemed like nothing big would happen without me, so I left. I wonder what happened. Haven't you been able to control your power skillfully until now, prince?"
"No way. As always..."
"You lie through the content of your heart. Even now, your power is extremely fluctuating. Usually, when your emotions are shaken, your power also trembles."
Lucy looked at Terence and me suspiciously.
"Did you fight between yourselves? Why are both of you so excited?"
"......"
"......"
Terence and I remained silent because we had nothing to say.
"This is the kind of emotion that only arises when fighting a life-threatening battle."
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