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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1. Kill The Empress
  • 2. Chapter 2. Tanatos’s Cripple Empress
  • 3. Chapter 3. She's Really Here
  • 4. Chapter 4. The Empress Is Going To Die
  • 5. Chapter 5. How Did This Happen?
  • 6. Chapter 6. Swallowing Eyes
  • 7. Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti
  • 8. Chapter 8. The Crying Sound
  • 9. Chapter 9. Are You Throwing Yourself Away?
  • 10. Chapter 10. Why Did This Woman...?
  • 11. Chapter 11. Then Bite If Off And Kill Me
  • 12. Chapter 12. Ability To Save
  • 13. Chapter 13. The Shadow She Left Behind
  • 14. Chapter 14. Into His Realm
  • 15. Chapter 15. Tamon's Purpose
  • 16. Chapter 16. This Damn Woman!
  • 17. Chapter 17. I've Never Hated You
  • 18. Chapter 18. How About Love?
  • 19. Chapter 19. A Night Walk
  • 20. Chapter 20. How Do You Want To Die
  • 21. Chapter 21. Ronasso's Anxiety
  • 22. Chapter 22. How To Let Go Of Sadness
  • 23. Chapter 23. Lersha Resha
  • 24. Chapter 24. It’s Not Ugly
  • 25. Chapter 25. Where Is The Empress's Treasure?
  • 26. Chapter 26. The Reason For Death
  • 27. Chapter 27. The Consolation Of The Unashamed
  • 28. Chapter 28. A New Name
  • 29. Chapter 29. A Small Change
  • 30. Chapter 30. Out Of Control
  • 31. Chapter 31. There's Always Trouble
  • 32. Chapter 32. Dazzling Silver Hair And Purple Crystal Eyes
  • 33. Chapter 33. My Silver Fox
  • 34. Chapter 34. Is It Okay To Eat This Poisonous Plant?
  • 35. Chapter 35. Don't Be Weak
  • 36. Chapter 36. Don’t Leave Me
  • 37. Chapter 37. An Unfamiliar Peace
  • 38. Chapter 38. Warmth Of The Palm
  • 39. Chapter 39. Give Me Your Right Foot
  • 40. Chapter 40. That’s Right
  • 41. Chapter 41. The Bride's Scream
  • 42. Chapter 42. You Are Like A Gift
  • 43. Chapter 43. Ensemble Drink
  • 44. Chapter 44. I Think It’s Her
  • 45. Chapter 45. Exactly One Month
  • 46. Chapter 46. I’m Disappointed
  • 47. Chapter 47. She Doesn’t Know
  • 48. Chapter 48. To The Lady Of The Pink Rose Forest
  • 49. Chapter 49. Red Stigma On The Chest
  • 50. Chapter 50. That Person Will Come
  • 51. Chapter 51. Smile Next Time
  • 52. Chapter 52. I’m The Owner Of That Leg
  • 53. Chapter 53. The Twins’ Dream
  • 54. Chapter 54. Karen Turasia
  • 55. Chapter 55. Red Passion In The Desert
  • 56. Chapter 56. Cassion Krasis
  • 57. Chapter 57. Brothers
  • 58. Chapter 58. He Did Not Know How To Be Patient
  • 59. Chapter 59. An Unpleasant Visitor
  • 60. Chapter 60. My Brother's Mistress
  • 61. Chapter 61. Tomorrow, Lunch, Together
  • 62. Chapter 62. Roselyn's Anger
  • 63. Chapter 63. Red-eyed Savior
  • 64. Chapter 64. He’s Back
  • 65. Chapter 65. Bloody Master
  • 66. Chapter 66. Welcome Back
  • 67. Chapter 67. I Missed You
  • 68. Chapter 68. Thank You For Staying Alive
  • 69. Chapter 69. It's All Coming Together
  • 70. Chapter 70. Hope That Shine At The End Of Despair
  • 71. Chapter 71. A Mean Woman
  • 72. Chapter 72. Ronasso's Adversity
  • 73. Chapter 73. Preparation To Go Out
  • 74. Chapter 74. Each Person's Heart Flows Differently
  • 75. Chapter 75. Smile, Rosie
  • 76. Chapter 76. Do You Want Me To Show You My Specialty?
  • 77. Chapter 77. Aim And Shoot
  • 78. Chapter 78. The Gap
  • 79. Chapter 79. Arrows That Burn Flesh
  • 80. Chapter 80. I’ll Bring You The Proof
  • 81. Chapter 81. Even If I Die Like This
  • 82. Chapter 82. The Reason She Was Confident In Winning
  • 83. Chapter 83. An Unexpected Guest
  • 84. Chapter 84. Love That Couldn't Overcome Hatred
  • 85. Chapter 85. Aranrosia
  • 86. Chapter 86. The Rightful Owner
  • 87. Chapter 87. Can I Trust You?
  • 88. Chapter 88. A Blind Man
  • 89. Chapter 89. The Wind Lantern Ceremony
  • 90. Chapter 90. If You're There, Come Out
  • 91. Chapter 91. Similar
  • 92. Chapter 92. Ignorance Is Bravery
  • 93. Chapter 93. I Can Tell You
  • 94. Chapter 94. Hartz’s Conditions
  • 95. Chapter 95. If You Kiss Me
  • 96. Chapter 96. Change
  • 97. Chapter 97. Anna
  • 98. Chapter 98. I’ll Have To Remove It
  • 99. Chapter 99. The Prophet's Gamble
  • 100. Chapter 100. Because He's So Good At It
  • 101. Chapter 101. A Mysterious Trend
  • 102. Chapter 102. The Conditions Of The Gift
  • 103. Chapter 103. The Tips Of His Ears
  • 104. Chapter 104. The Meaning Of Yellow Lily
  • 105. Chapter 105. God, Please Take Care Of Them
  • 106. Chapter 106. I'd Like To Meet Him
  • 107. Chapter 107. It’s Beautiful
  • 108. Chapter 108. What Do You Want Me To Do?
  • 109. Chapter 109. There's Only Two Of Us
  • 110. Chapter 110. Even If It Hurts A Little, It Will Last A Long Time
  • 111. Chapter 111. Does This Make Sense?
  • 112. Chapter 112. With Both Feet
  • 113. Chapter 113. Instinct
  • 114. Chapter 114. Did It Happen?
  • 115. Chapter 115. One Step, Two Steps
  • 116. Chapter 116. A Familiar Voice
  • 117. Chapter 117. I See The Glory Of Winter
  • 118. Chapter 118. That's Why It's Not Me
  • 119. Chapter 119. . It Was A Flash
  • 120. Chapter 120. When The Revenge Is Over
  • 121. Chapter 121. What Will He Get?
  • 122. Chapter 122. What Is Your Name?
  • 123. Chapter 123. Sweet
  • 124. Chapter 124. Black Canyon (1)
  • 125. Chapter 125. Black Canyon (2)
  • 126. Chapter 126. A Twisted Doubt
  • 127. Chapter 127. You Have To Save It
  • 128. Chapter 128. The Secret Of The Silver Horned Deer
  • 129. Chapter 129. His Sincerity
  • 130. Chapter 130. Into The Black Fog
  • 131. Chapter 131. Breaking In
  • 132. Chapter 132. Tell Me, Asha
  • 133. Chapter 133. Warmth
  • 134. Chapter 134. Evidence Of Longing
  • 135. Chapter 135. Under The Wheels
  • 136. Chapter 136. Natasha's Crime
  • 137. Chapter 137. Who Left The Flowers?
  • 138. Chapter 138. He Who Sees The Will Of God
  • 139. Chapter 139. Winter Can't Beat The Pines
  • 140. Chapter 140. Let’s Go There Together
  • 141. Chapter 141. Betrayal
  • 142. Chapter 142. A Vanished Home
  • 143. Chapter 143. Finally, At The Imperial Palace
  • 144. Chapter 144. Remove It
  • 145. Chapter 145. Your Worst Nightmare
  • 146. Chapter 146. July 16th
  • 147. Chapter 147. Pretend You Don’t See It. Pretend You Don’t Know It
  • 148. Chapter 148. Take The Child To His Mother
  • 149. Chapter 149. A Crack
  • 150. Chapter 150. Song Of The Fall
  • 151. Chapter 151. Anna’s Situation
  • 152. Chapter 152. Perso’s Anguish
  • 153. Chapter 153. A Suspicious Maid
  • 154. Chapter 154. Whose Baby Is It?
  • 155. Chapter 155. This Is My Answer
  • 156. Chapter 156. The Wild Dog Outside The Fence
  • 157. Chapter 157. The Main Characters
  • 158. Chapter 158. That Day
  • 159. Chapter 159. Let Me Tell You A Secret
  • 160. Chapter 160. Run Away
  • 161. Chapter 161. The Hunt Begins
  • 162. Chapter 162. To The Hell I Got Out Of
  • 163. Chapter 163. Let's Watch

Chapter 1. Kill the Empress

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 2. Tanatos’s cripple Empress

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 3. She's really here

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 4. The Empress is going to die

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 5. How did this happen?

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 6. Swallowing eyes

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 8. The crying sound

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 9. Are you throwing yourself away?

 

 

https://ko-fi.com/s/6d90a65025


***

 

Roselyn looked around with cautious eyes. Her body was heavy, either from being wet or from lack of energy.

 

“… Where am I?”

 

A raspy voice came out from her scratchy throat.

 

“My bathroom.”

 

‘Bathroom.’

 

With that one word, Roselyn’s mind spontaneously remembered Amor’s custom. A country where water was abundant, heat was plentiful and all the people enjoyed bathing. The ecology of Tanatos and Amor was completely different, and they formed different cultures. Bathing was a luxury in Tanatos.

 

There was no shortage of water due to heavy snowfall, but there was a lot of energy that went into heating the water, and filling the tube with hot water was one of the most luxurious activities.

 

An extravagant pastime enjoyed by royalty or high-ranking nobles.

 

Roselyn looked around the bathroom, which she was missing, forgetting the situation for a moment.

 

The water with the right temperature filled the large bathtub which was large enough for 10 men of Tamon’s size, still, it would have plenty of space.

 

The aroma that filled the interior also relaxed the body and soul.

 

A much more vivid sense of reality pierced her than when she had just looked at the entrance of the mansion with vaguely open eyes earlier.

 

‘I’m really ……… here in Amor?’

 

It was  an unfamiliar climate, an unfamiliar place, an unfamiliar landscape…..

 

Roselyn suddenly came to her senses. No, it was more true that she suddenly remembered her true reality.

 

A terrible scene flashed before her eyes.

 

People were dying and dying again.

 

Someone had their hands and feet cut off, someone had lost their eyes and tongues.

 

Someone crawled on the floor in front of her, pleading with her to kill them.

 

They were all Roselyn’s people.

 

People who obeyed her and loved her….

 

The purple eyes that had been boiling had sunk once more. Cold eyes filled with sadness, anger, and emptiness stared at Tamon, who had forced her back to life.

 

Tamon was staring at her too.

 

Looking into his red eyes, Roselyn couldn’t help but be curious.

 

What was his purpose?

 

Why in the world did he hide her and bring her here?

 

Most importantly, why did he bring her back from the brink of death?

 

And how she went from a tattered state to such a fine state without seeing any healers or taking any medicine.

 

‘What am I doing to myself? It’s just a curiosity that doesn’t need anything anyway.’

 

The question boiled over and quickly cooled.

 

“Oh, …… why do you have that deathly look in your eyes again?”

 

Tamon mumbled, the edges of his eyebrows lifting lazily in disapproval. Yet, the edge of his mouth was slightly raised in a smile.

 

It was hard to tell if he was smiling or frowning.

 

Tamon Krasis.

 

He was always like that.

 

He was the kind of person who could make a scowl in an advantageous situation and smile with ease in a disadvantageous one.

 

So it was always difficult to read his expression.

 

But then again, that was the difficulty when you wanted something from him.

 

Roselyn didn’t want anything from Tamon.

 

She just wanted to die.

 

To go after the people she loved and apologize to them.

 

To atone for her inability to protect them properly.

 

And to get out of this painful life.

 

That was the only thing she wanted to do.

 

But Tamon was standing in her way.

 

Roselyn narrowed her eyes and stared at Tamon.

 

The heat in the bathroom stood between them like a hindrance.

 

Roselyn’s gaze slid over his shoulder to take a quick look at his clothing on the tub railing. A glinting weapon was visible.

 

She quickly lowered her eyes so that Tamon wouldn’t notice her intentions. Then she looked up with a small sigh.

 

“You made the wrong choice.”

 

Because Tamon was holding Roselyn’s waist, the distance between them was too close together. Her muffled voice was powerless. Tamon lowered his voice to match hers.

 

“‘I will decide if my choice is right or wrong.”

 

‘….arrogant.’

 

He was a good talker anyway.

 

Roselyn snarled at him in her mind without saying a word. His gaze was too close. Roselyn subtly changed direction, pushing him with her powerless hand.

 

Trying to turn her back to the other side……

 

Then she took a few cautious steps backwards under pressure that he was too close to her.

 

Tamon didn’t take his eyes off Roselyn for a second.

 

It was a difficult situation.

 

He was still too close.

 

She wasn’t energetic, and she wasn’t fast. At such a close distance, he must have caught her at once.

 

A little nervous, Roselyn bit her lower lip.

 

Tamon’s gaze touched her red lips, where all the crack and dry skin were all gone and now had new flesh on them. She gulped involuntarily.

 

She could feel his gaze moving from her lips to her neck and along her thin collarbone.

 

Tamon was by no means irascible.

 

His gaze did the same over and over. He stared at her lips, her neck, her collarbone, but then he looked into her eyes again. He smiled spontaneously, and licked his lips.

 

Roselyn’s face flushed even though he hadn’t done anything.

 

All he did was licking his lips and smiled spontaneously, but it felt like he was reaching out, grabbing and touching her.

 

He was truly a debaucherous man. A subtle sense of danger tightened around her that she didn’t feel when she saw him at the spacious table in the huge banquet hall. Roselyn backed away spontaneously.

 

“What is your purpose of bringing me here?”

 

“Purpose?”

 

Tamon asked back, slowly savoring her with his eyes.

 

The droplets of water that had collected on her chin fell. Her clothes were too thin and wet, showing nakedly where the water droplets had soaked into them.

 

Tamon’s gaze followed the droplet as it fell down the tub.

 

Goosebumps broke out inside her thin fabric that was sticking to her skin. A lovely drift rose up to show off her figure.

 

Tamon wanted her openly. Then his eyes narrowed and he licked his tongue.

 

Roselyn felt a rare sense of shame. She opened her shoulders wider, trying to not to shrink. She couldn’t help the reddening cheeks and earlobes, but that didn’t mean she was shy. She was in his eyes.

 

She glared at him with even more force.

 

“I didn’t expect Tamon of Amor could brighten up so much at the sight of a woman.”

 

He wasn’t fazed at all. Rather, he smiled as if he was glad to hear her sharp voice.

 

“Yes. I guess I didn’t know either….that I’m the kind of guy who would lust after the empress of an enemy country.”

 

He said as he looked at her as if he was chewing on her.

 

Roselyn had a thin, flabby body.

 

Even her slender waist was too thin. Nor did she have the voluptuousness of many women who boasted of their attractiveness to men.

 

In her appearance, she was as frail as a fawn.

 

Of course, if she bared her teeth, she had the steepest teeth of them all, but at least those big, beautiful purple eyes were seemingly harmless.

 

Tamon liked it.

 

There was no weakness to be found. He didn’t like the idea of women wobbling around, depending on others to hold on to life or live off of.

 

She had to be at least a little venomous.

 

That’s exactly what he saw in her.

 

Tamon looked Roselyn over thoroughly. Licking her with  his eyes was more accurate. He looked like he was about to jump on her and bite her neck.

 

Roselyn stepped back once more, just enough to shrivel up.

 

Just a little more to go.

 

Roselyn was wary of him, trying not to be aware of the consequences.

 

There was also a sense of wonder.

 

What was with her shabby body, and why was this  man drooling as if he was in front of such delicious looking food?

 

No one had ever looked at Roselyn with such a profane and lecherous gaze before.

 

No man had ever made eye contact with her and smiled so openly.

 

It was the first time someone had ever stared at her in such a strange or amused way.

 

“If you need a woman, find someone else. The women who want you must be plenty.”

 

“Of course. But those women aren’t you.”

 

Roselyn gasped.

 

“That sounds as if I’m the only one who wants you.”

 

Tamon laughed, not replying.

Chapter 10. Why did this woman...?