Limited Extra Time - Chapter 148

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…Millaiyen Pestellio, please put me down. It must be heavy.

I am stronger than you think.

Still….

Carina Leopold exhaled a soft sigh and rested her forehead against Millaiyen Pestellio’s shoulder without further protest.

Marin Aerial’s hospitality was truly magnificent. Most of that splendid treatment was directed toward Carina Leopold, yet she had spared no effort in caring for the Duke’s Estate’s guests.

It was directed at Carina Leopold, but in any case, she had truly done her best for the Duke’s Estate’s guests.

Meals always came out lavishly with the finest ingredients, and there wasn’t a single dish that lacked flavor. At the Dining Table laden with abundant seafood, simply sitting down was enough to make one’s mouth water.

Seafood wasn’t something I particularly enjoyed, but coming here, Carina Leopold shattered all my preconceptions.

I’m already leaving tomorrow. I’m worried because you’ll miss me.

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Millaiyen spoke while holding Carina Leopold in his arms.

Every step I took across the Sandy Beach produced a crunching sound.

After nearly stepping on a seashell, Carina Leopold found herself walking nestled in his arms.

“I know, it’s a shame.”

“You can always come again next time. Who knows, maybe it’ll be the three of us then instead of two.”

“Hmm. Millaiyen Pestellio, you see. Marin was saying she wanted to be a godmother. If… I were to suggest making Marin the godmother…”

Flinching, Millaiyen Pestellio’s shoulders trembled and his eyebrows twitched sharply.

It was unlike Millaiyen to openly show his emotions in front of Carina Leopold, something he usually tried to avoid.

“…you’d hate it, wouldn’t you?”

His voice dropped to a somber murmur, laden with melancholy.

I despise it. I would rather die than accept this.

Of all the people in the world, why must it be Marin Aerial?

Yet Millaiyen could not dare voice the countless objections flooding his mind before her.

Millaiyen drew a shaky breath, forcibly swallowing back every word that threatened to escape.

“…No, if that is your wish, then do it. I will not interfere so long as this decision does not place you in danger.”

“…Truly?”

“Yes, the right to choose your godmother belongs to you alone.”

“Thank you!”

Carina Leopold swiftly wrapped both arms around Millaiyen and pressed her lips to his neck.

Her kiss descended with tentative care, feather-light as it brushed and withdrew, leaving his neck flushed with warmth.

“…Damn it. Don’t provoke me like this, Carina Leopold. I was told to exercise restraint for a while.”

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Millaiyen groaned softly, his teeth grazing her neck as he drew her skin gently between his lips.

The sweet scent of her skin teased his senses, his breath lingering against her neck.

“How long must I exercise restraint?”

“At least until this month passes—for stability’s sake, I was told to refrain.”

“After that, it will be permitted?”

“…With appropriate intervals, yes.”

Millaiyen nodded, his expression calm

he replied. Carina Leopold smiled faintly.

Throughout his words, his expression bore such evident strain that he seemed to be enduring considerable restraint.

“I think I’ve grown weary of the sea after a week of gazing upon it.”

“So you’re tired of it?”

“No. Someday… when our child is born, I wish to come here with all three of us. The place where the sky and sea meet appears so peculiarly to me. The boundary is so ambiguous…”

The sea seemed to become the sky, and the sky seemed to become the sea.

Though I knew they never truly mingled, if stirred, they appeared as though they would swirl together like cream in every direction.

“They’re like your eyes.”

“…My eyes?”

“Yes, gold and sea are always present together within them. At night, they become far more extraordinary. My only compass through the darkness that exists within me.”

Millaiyen Pestellio whispered against her ear.

When night deepened, her eyes shone with even greater luminescence. As though bathed in moonlight, her eyes always sparkled strangely and brilliantly the moment darkness fell.

“Isn’t that strange?”

“Not at all. I wish you would gaze only upon me for all eternity.”

How wonderful it would be if her gaze never wandered elsewhere. If she would only continue to shine with vitality directed toward me alone, forever—I could ask for nothing more.

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Millaiyen Pestellio drew in a deep breath.

‘Greed,’ I thought.

Greed that grows without end—the closer she remains, the more love we share, the more I come to know her warmth.

“Carina Leopold.”

“What?”

“Whenever you’re ready. Let’s go to the Winter Mountain Range. You didn’t see what remained in the place where the Dragon departed, did you?”

“…Ah, that’s right. What was there?”

Millaiyen let out a low chuckle, then nodded slowly.

Something quite remarkable had been hidden in the place where the Dragon had departed. He settled himself leisurely onto the Sandy Beach.

Lest even a grain of sand touch her, Millaiyen positioned Carina on his thigh, facing him directly, then cupped her cheek in his hand.

As he tilted his head slightly, Carina’s eyes closed naturally.

Two lips met silently beneath the moonlight. He licked her lower lip as if seeking permission, then bit it gently without pain, causing her lips to part slightly.

Millaiyen pushed his tongue inside. Tapping against her palate, he slowly intertwined their tongues.

With tenderness yet unmistakable possession, he captured her tongue and drew it slowly toward him.

The sharp, pulling sensation made Carina instinctively wrap her arms around his neck, pressing her body flush against his.

With her legs wrapped around his waist, the two of them clung together seamlessly, desperately exploring one another.

On the open Sandy Beach at night, the wet, intimate sounds that echoed were somewhat embarrassing.

She, who had always been passive, could now move her own tongue while holding his neck.

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Trying earnestly to escape his tightly bound kiss and explore the inside of his mouth, she ultimately didn’t achieve a particularly graceful conclusion when his laughter broke through.

“Ah, meeting you was the only happiness in my life, Carina.”

“…It’s hardly moving when you say it while laughing with tears at the corners of your eyes.”

“I mean it. Only you can make me cry and laugh. Carina, only you can hold my leash and shake it.”

His earnest voice, unchanged from the beginning, delivered a calm confession that was enough to gently dissolve the slight irritation that had been building in Carina’s heart.

“Today, as always, I love you.”

With eyes that beheld the person he cherished beyond measure, Millaiyen pressed his lips across Carina Leopold’s nape and face in tender affection. His arms, tightened around her in a firm embrace, possessed such strength that it sufficed to grant her a profound sense of security.

“…I do as well.”

Carina Leopold held her breath as she pressed her lips to Millaiyen’s forehead. With laughter as uninhibited as a child’s, Millaiyen appeared somewhat more befitting of his age than when they first met.

At first, Carina Leopold had not truly grasped that something was growing within her womb. It seemed inconceivable that a child could develop there without her belly being split open and a seed planted—all the more so when her abdomen remained flat. As her sleep deepened and her appetite shifted,

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her food intake increased, yet the world around her remained peaceful, and people had not changed, so her awareness remained dull. But now, approaching her seventh month of pregnancy, she felt the weight of life pressing upon her with undeniable heaviness—in every conceivable way.

“…Hello, Winter.”

Carina Leopold continued to caress her belly with lingering awkwardness, her lips parting slightly. She exhaled a sigh at her abdomen, now so visibly swollen that concealment was no longer possible.

Even breathing sometimes felt overwhelming. Whether lying on her back or her side, discomfort plagued her, and her belly often ached. Most troubling of all was how her body’s heaviness rendered movement difficult.

“…”

Carina Leopold exhaled once more. Whenever she spoke, she sometimes felt as though she were striking her belly. Yet speaking to a child who did not yet exist remained somewhat embarrassing and mortifying.

“Today, I was thinking…perhaps a walk, but Peng and Millaiyen will surely not remain idle about it.”

Ever since she had nearly stumbled and fallen, the overprotectiveness of those two had transcended all bounds. She often found herself wishing to turn back time to that moment.

“Still, they have been careful lately. Because you will be born soon.”

Carina Leopold spoke in a soft, gentle voice. She had begun speaking to the child several months ago.

It was entirely at Winston’s suggestion.

And speaking to the child once daily in this manner was an extremely recent development.

‘I never imagined Winston would have a prophetic dream about this.’

She had heard that sometimes people other than parents could have such dreams. So if someone else were to have a prophetic dream, she thought it would be either Peng or Periel Kalos.

Frankly, Winston never expected it. Surrounded entirely by snow-laden terrain,

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Winston stood tall and resolute.

Winston held an enormous seed that, remarkably, glowed with golden radiance with every step he took.

The biting, crystalline snow melted away in an instant, and in its place, a verdant meadow blossomed. Fresh green sprouts began to flourish.

Soon, when he planted the seed somewhere, two colossal Trees sprouted in moments, their warmth melting all the snow around them.

One Tree whose leaves shimmered entirely in golden light, and another whose leaves glowed entirely in azure radiance.

The beauty of those two Trees captivated the gaze effortlessly.

Warmed by a tenderness that persisted even within the dream, Winston awoke suffused with happiness. His hands, as he recounted this tale, were remarkably warm.

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