Limited Extra Time - Chapter 118

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I haven’t been able to wash properly all this time. Let me go clean up.

Ah…

Sorry, I’ll wash up quickly and be back. Just wait in the room for me.

Carina Leopold nodded in agreement.

Indeed, his appearance was quite disheveled. He was covered in dust with blood smeared here and there, and he looked utterly exhausted. Goreden, who had descended behind him, was in much the same state.

Then I’ll head upstairs. I’m so glad you’ve returned safely.

At Carina Leopold’s words, Millaiyen’s eyes widened. He wanted nothing more than to pull her into his arms and kiss her right then and there. Suppressing the surging desire, he eventually offered a gentle smile.

Yes, I’m back.

Millaiyen replied.

He vanished like an arrow, and Carina stood there momentarily before offering Goreden a light greeting and turning away. As she climbed back toward the Second Floor, she released a long, weary sigh.

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‘…I wanted to be held.’

Yet she couldn’t very well force herself into his arms when he wore such a troubled expression. With slumped shoulders, she climbed the staircase slowly, one step at a time.

“I tried not to be greedy, but I’ve become selfish.”

Her quiet murmur was tinged with self-reproach. If things continued like this and only Millaiyen remained in the world, she truly had no idea what she would do anymore.

Even if she followed Periel Kalos’s method, the probability of failure was high.

Even if she succeeded, she couldn’t guarantee what would happen or how events would unfold. She was simply worried about Millaiyen, who would be left alone.

Regardless of whether she trusted them or not, she couldn’t help but think of those who would be left behind.

She had given her heart to too many people, and thinking of the pain those left behind would endure made her chest ache.

‘I wish I could forget it all.’

I didn’t know when or how I would die, but if it were possible, I wanted all evidence of a person named Carina Leopold to vanish the moment I did.

I wanted to carry away the memories that would surely pain them someday, taking them with me into death.

“Millaiyen and Periel would both be angry if I told them.”

Returning to my room, I draped my coat over a chair and collapsed onto the bed—the same bed I’d occupied alone during Millaiyen’s absence.

‘Still, I’m not even sure myself. Could I really die and leave him behind?’

Could I truly take his memory with me and feel nothing?

Now it all seemed impossible. This was greed—unwilling to relinquish even a single thing.

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As I sat there in a daze, the door opened.

It had been less than thirty minutes since I’d parted with Millaiyen at the entrance. My eyes widened at the sight of him, water dripping steadily from his hair.

“What happened to you?”

“Ah…”

Only then did Millaiyen Pestellio hastily dry his hair with the towel he was holding. Anyone who saw him would think he was a fugitive.

What was he in such a rush about that he didn’t even dry himself properly?

“May I come closer now?”

After managing the dripping water somewhat, Millaiyen asked me. At his unexpected question, my eyes widened in surprise, and I eventually nodded.

The moment my permission left my lips, Millaiyen pulled me into his embrace.

The bed swayed as he buried his face against my neck.

At the sight of Millaiyen acting spoiled, I let out a soft laugh.

She reached out and gently stroked the back of Millaiyen’s head. He let out a low, bestial rumble.

“Welcome back?”

“Yeah, sorry. I couldn’t catch it.”

Carina Leopold’s expression shifted to surprise at Millaiyen’s dejected tone.

It seemed like Millaiyen could accomplish anything, so his failure was somewhat unexpected. Carina laughed softly and pulled his head into her embrace.

“There’s nothing to apologize for. I’m fine—you’re not upset, are you?”

“It’s not that. The creature used another Herta as a shield and escaped. I could have found it if I’d pursued, but I couldn’t leave the Territory unattended for too long.”

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“You did well. If you’d come any later, I certainly wouldn’t have been able to wait.”

Millaiyen chuckled softly at Carina Leopold’s petulant tone.

He laid back onto the bed, cradling her in his arms. Millaiyen settled beside her, facing her directly.

Gazing into those deep blue eyes, he smiled.

“I’ll go after it again. I’d originally planned to tend to the Territory for a few days and leave immediately, but….”

Millaiyen’s eyes narrowed.

That was no longer possible. Something had come up. The Magical Beasts wouldn’t have fled far. Especially the leader Herta—it didn’t seem like it would retreat easily.

‘I need to deal with the vermin first.’

Useless things had no place near her.

“While you were away, my lord, people from the Leopold Family Estate passed through the Northern Checkpoint and entered the Territory.”

“Are they insane? Who gave them permission?”

He recalled his conversation with Peng.

Peng blocked Millaiyen’s path the moment he emerged from the bathroom, dripping wet and eager to retreat to his room.

He changed the damp, disheveled clothes clinging to Millaiyen’s frame and brushed away what moisture he could, then delivered the crucial information in rapid succession.

“Since the Master wasn’t present, I inquired with Miss Carina Leopold about her wishes. She mentioned there was a matter to resolve and instructed me accordingly.”

“Carina Leopold?”

“Yes, I suspect she’ll arrive in approximately four days. It seems she’ll come directly here—how should we handle the arrangements?”

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At Peng’s question, a wry smile played across Millaiyen’s lips.

There was little need for him to intervene. She had taken the matter into her own hands, leaving him few opportunities to act.

“Handle it according to Northern Territory custom.”

“Understood, sir.”

With that settled, Millaiyen made his way directly to where Carina Leopold was.

He had lingered in the Forbidden Forest, and had he delayed even slightly longer, he might have missed being at her side during a difficult moment.

“Carina Leopold.”

“Yes?”

“I hear Count Leopold is coming.”

“Oh, you found out? I was still deciding when to tell you.”

A flicker of discomfort crossed Carina Leopold’s expression before fading. She had wanted to explain it herself—

Millaiyen clearly seemed displeased about Count Leopold’s arrival in every conceivable way.

“What are you planning?”

“I simply have money to give him. As for conversation, I’ll decide whether to engage based on what he says. Handling the matter itself won’t be difficult. If I simply turn my back and remain silent, it will resolve itself.”

“But why go to such lengths?”

Carina Leopold smiled softly at the whispered voice that reached her ears from a distance where our breaths mingled.

I simply thought it was something I needed to do at least once. If someone called that attachment, then perhaps it was.

“Well, then that person will certainly think of me as an unfilial child for life. They still won’t look back, and I’ll become the villain.”

Millaiyen regarded Carina Leopold with an expression of continued bewilderment but offered no further words.

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Different ways of thinking were inevitable. From the start, Carina Leopold and Millaiyen possessed fundamentally disparate natures.

“I see.”

“There are also a few things I need to say. That person would certainly harbor unnecessary desires.”

Millaiyen gazed quietly at Carina Leopold’s trembling lips before drawing his face close.

Watching Millaiyen approach until their noses nearly touched, Carina Leopold naturally closed her eyes.

Their lips met.

His tongue delved into her willingly parting mouth, intertwining with wet, slick sounds.

Having grown somewhat accustomed to their kisses, Carina Leopold wrapped her arms around Millaiyen’s body and moved her tongue in rhythm with his.

Yet her movements remained clumsy and inexperienced.

But at the same time, they were voracious.

Eyes squeezed shut, her tongue moved ceaselessly as though she would devour him entirely in this very moment.

The delicate movements within his mouth stirred a heavy warmth in his lower abdomen. Finding her earnest movements endearing, Millaiyen paused momentarily.

As if she had been waiting, Carina Leopold seized his tongue and drew it toward herself, greedily enveloping it within her mouth.

A shudder—Millaiyen’s thread of reason snapped cleanly. Heat flooded instantly between his legs.

It was a sensation entirely different from the excitement of killing Magical Beasts and witnessing blood. And Millaiyen’s patience had reached its limit.

Carina’s mouth hung open as she struggled to swallow her own tongue, and Millaiyen descended upon her lips with a tenderness that belied his ferocity.

It wasn’t rough, and it didn’t hurt, but she couldn’t breathe.

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Watching Carina’s face flush crimson, Millaiyen withdrew his lips for a moment.

As she carefully opened her eyes, her breathing restored, she found herself meeting his crimson gaze—a stare that seemed to pierce right through her.

Desire flowed from his scarlet eyes like molten lava, dripping endlessly. Carina trembled at the sensation, a shiver running down her spine.

‘Just a little more…’

Desire kindled in Carina’s blue eyes.

Millaiyen’s lips curved into a satisfied arc as he quickly sensed the emotion that had flickered across her face in that brief moment.

She raised her arms and wound them around his neck. In the same instant, Millaiyen turned, pinning her beneath him as he settled atop her.

“Hah, hah… ugh!”

The moment she caught her breath, he consumed her lips once more.

Saliva dripped between their parted lips.

Millaiyen carefully licked it away before gently biting her lip again, careful not to hurt her.

It was a thick, wet kiss.

It was entirely different from any kiss they had shared before. Carina tightened her grip around him, her arms trembling at the sensation that sent shivers down her spine.

“I want to devour you whole.”

His breath, warm and damp, brushed against her ear. Millaiyen smiled.

She wore the same expression he did—a gaze that screamed the desire to consume him entirely.

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