Limited Extra Time - Chapter 112

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A Doomed Extra’s Time Chapter 112

“Father, big brother! Are you going to find sister?”

“Can’t I go too? Brother!”

Countess Leopold and Count Leopold wore expressions of gentle bemusement as they watched the twins tumble down from the Second Floor as if racing.

The two of them caught the twins as they rushed into their arms, embracing them warmly.

“My goodness, you mustn’t run down the stairs like that. It’s dangerous.”

“If you’re going to bring sister back, I want to go too, Father!”

“Me too! I’m feeling so much better now.”

Abelia and Ferden clung to Countess Leopold and Count Leopold, chattering away with affectionate pleas. At the sight of the two children’s endearing behavior, smiles blossomed naturally on the faces of both parents.

“The journey is long and perilous, so I cannot take you with me. I will bring your sister back, so you must stay here.”

“Sister will come back, won’t she?”

“Yes, she will. We are family, after all.”

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Count Leopold withdrew his hand and gently stroked the child’s head while cradling them in his arms.

Infrick gazed at the scene in a daze. What lay before his eyes was an ideal family—a perfect family without a single flaw.

‘…No.’

Infrick shook his head.

A family that could only be complete when someone was missing—such a thing could not be.

The image of Carina Leopold, who had always watched over them from a distance, flickered before his eyes.

“I miss my sister so much. It’s so boring without her.”

“Of course. When Carina Leopold returns, ask her to play with you again.”

Infrick fell silent.

Was this creeping sense of unease something only he felt? Did they truly believe Carina Leopold would return?

He could only feel anxious.

“…We should leave soon. You said we’d depart today, Father.”

“Yes, we must go.”

Count Leopold exhaled deeply and bid farewell to the children. After offering the Countess Leopold a few final instructions, he turned to leave.

Outside, Nocton stood waiting.

“You’ve come out?”

“Yes, you were already here. I’m thinking of riding hard on horseback… can you keep up?”

“I’ve been trained in horsemanship. Don’t worry.”

Nocton answered with a good-natured smile.

Infrick mounted his horse with a stern expression, followed by Count Leopold, with Nocton bringing up the rear.

The three riders spurred their horses forward. It had been roughly a month since the Subjugation Force began their expedition.

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Is this the End of Winter?

Yes, it looks quite magnificent from a distance, but standing before it, I feel nothing.

It’s incredibly… tall.

Carina Leopold tilted her head back as she spoke.

I wonder if The Cliff reaches all the way to the edge of the sky.

The wind is impossibly fierce. Even if I tried to climb The Cliff as he suggested, the wind would make it seem utterly impossible.

She carefully extended her arm and placed it against The Cliff.

The cold chill of The Cliff traveled through her fingertips. A refreshing sensation spread through her body. Carina Leopold’s head tilted slightly.

How fascinating. It’s as if an enormous dragon has petrified into an ancient tree.

A dragon?

Yes, I’m not sure why, but… that’s the impression I get.

I blinked once.

There’s a faint sense of familiarity about it. Though I cannot trace where this familiarity originates. Carina Leopold smiled softly.

Ah, I’d like to climb this Cliff with Millaiyen someday.

Impossible. It’s not as though only one or two have died attempting it.

I can do it. I’ll think about how to climb it.

If you’re planning to use your abilities, I must decline.

Millaiyen refused outright.

Carina Leopold puffed out her cheeks in a sulk.

He must have eaten nothing but pumpkin to be this resolute. I released the tension in the hand clasped with Millaiyen’s.

Crackle. As if he’d been waiting for this, Millaiyen gripped my hand even more firmly. My eyes widened before I soon burst into quiet laughter.

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I was able to.

“I wonder what lies beyond there.”

“Well, this area beyond has been completely sealed off for a long time.”

Millaiyen spoke matter-of-factly.

He often ventured into the Forbidden Forest alone to master himself. Whenever he set foot in this place, Millaiyen felt like an impossibly small being.

Not a monster, but merely a single human.

Not a hero subjugating Magical Beasts, not a Duke in name alone, but just an insignificant person—and he always savored that sensation.

“Once we return to Leopold Manor, we won’t be sleeping together anymore.”

“Hm? What nonsense are you talking about?”

Millaiyen opened his eyes wide, responding as though he understood nothing.

Carina Leopold, in turn, opened her mouth with an expression asking what he meant.

He opened his mouth with a look of confusion, as if to say “What are you talking about?”

“We shared the tent because it was short on space, but Leopold Manor has separate rooms for each of us. Of course we should sleep apart….”

“What are you saying now? We shared the same room before coming here too.”

“But that was….”

He was the one who kept crawling into my bed.

Honestly, living together this whole time had been nothing but uncomfortable. It wasn’t that other things were inconvenient—

it was that I kept showing him only my worst self. There was no pleasure in revealing my suffering every night.

When Carina Leopold fell silent, Millaiyen pulled her into his embrace, his eyes drooping softly.

“Carina, we’re lovers, aren’t we?”

“…That’s true, I suppose.”

As Carina Leopold nodded, Millaiyen exhaled a deep sigh. His voice carried an unmistakable note of regret—

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Of course, had anyone else heard it, they would have condemned it without hesitation as a voice utterly devoid of shame.

“But what is there that I cannot do? Besides, our engagement hasn’t even been dissolved yet.”

“I gave you the annulment papers….”

“It seems I accidentally spilled coffee on them, and Carina threw them away.”

Of course, it was a lie.

In truth, he had personally taken them to the incinerator and burned them. Along with the worn cloth bag she had brought, naturally. He had confirmed beforehand that it contained nothing of value to her.

“What? Where? How could you throw away the annulment papers without knowing what might happen! What if something goes wrong…!”

“Nothing will go wrong.”

Millaiyen lifted her effortlessly and pulled her into his embrace.

He pressed his lips against hers without hesitation. As he gently bit her lower lip, she parted her mouth as though responding to a signal. His firm tongue slipped between her lips with deliberate slowness.

“Mmm….”

With soft, sucking sounds, Millaiyen explored the inside of her mouth with unhurried, relentless intensity.

His persistence was such that when he noticed the direction her trembling tongue moved, he swiftly captured it.

“Hah…!”

Millaiyen’s eyes curved softly. Carina, who had barely opened her eyes, startled and quickly squeezed them shut again.

Millaiyen suppressed his laughter and gently released her captured tongue. The tingling sensation at its root thrummed with electricity.

He placed a kiss on the bridge of her nose and then her lips before slowly drawing away.

Watching him withdraw, Carina reached out her arms toward Millaiyen’s

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I wrapped my arms around his neck, then pressed my lips against his fallen ones before quickly pulling away.

Millaiyen’s eyes widened considerably.

Seeing her flushed face, he moved faster than a predator stalking prey, biting the nape of her neck and leaving his mark.

Unable to kiss her further as she breathed heavily, he reluctantly pressed a soft kiss to her eyelid before pulling away.

“You certainly have a talent for surprising me.”

“…You told me to try everything I wanted to.”

“You can do more. What else do you want to try?”

“Um…”

Carina Leopold’s face flushed crimson all the way to her earlobes as she hung her head.

She buried her face in Millaiyen’s chest, her lips moving slightly before she finally clamped them shut.

“Carina Leopold?”

…yes.

“I can’t hear you.”

“I want to… pin down Millaiyen…”

I want to pin you down…

At her whispered confession, not only her nape but her earlobes burned scarlet.

Millaiyen blinked with a dazed expression, as though he’d been struck on the back of the head.

“…That’s…”

“I’m sorry. That’s awkward, isn’t it? It’s just… there was a book I borrowed from the Library before…”

I wanted to test whether saying something like this would make him happy.

Millaiyen’s expression was remarkably grave as he gazed at Carina Leopold’s face, flushed crimson like a volcano about to erupt.

“It’s quite a simple matter, but it’s inconvenient right now.”

“…Pardon?”

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“Since we’re outside, it’s problematic… Let’s return to the tent first.”

“Yes…?”

Carina Leopold’s eyes darted back and forth in bewilderment.

‘What on earth is he saying?’

The moment she tilted her head in confusion, Millaiyen swiftly turned his body. He lifted her onto a nearby horse and immediately mounted it himself.

“Or should we just return all the way to Leopold Manor like this?”

“…M-Millaiyen?”

“No one has ever caught us, but if it’s your first time, anything you desire suits me.”

Carina Leopold’s eyelids blinked dumbly. She couldn’t grasp what on earth she was hearing.

As she fumbled through the meaning of Millaiyen’s words in her mind, the horse beneath her began to move.

“I’m ready whenever you are.”

‘Then what exactly are you saying!’

Carina Leopold looked up at Millaiyen’s solemn expression and squeezed her eyes shut against the rushing wind. Her voice was swallowed by the sound of the gale, leaving her unable to speak at all.

All she could do was cling helplessly to Millaiyen’s embrace atop the horse galloping at maximum speed.

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