They Say an Age Gap Like This Doesn’t Even Need Matching - Chapter 66

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While Elhart waited for her response, he couldn’t release the strand of hair wound around his fingers.
The sensation against his fingertips was far too soft to let go.
Each time she moved, the silvery shimmer that danced lightly across her hair momentarily captured his attention.
“…Yes, do it.”
The answer came after a brief moment of hesitation.
He nodded slowly.
“Lie down on the bed. I’ll bring the oil.”
“Hm? You’re going to do it on the bed?”
“Of course.”
He scanned the bedroom to see if there was anywhere else suitable besides the bed.
“Wouldn’t a table be uncomfortable? The vanity is too narrow to lie down on.”
At his words, she suddenly let out a soft laugh.
“Your Highness, you’ve never had a massage before, have you?”
Elhart looked at her with a sense of being caught off guard.
“Of course this is my first time doing it too?”
“That’s… true.”
“Yet you seduced me like that. How unfair of you.”
Even as she said this, Iserna seemed to have no intention of backing out of her decision.
“Then I’ll wash up first and change into a robe. Clear off the bed for me.”
Elhart nodded, feeling secretly relieved.
“Very well.”
While she entered the bathroom, he gazed at the bed.
They had accumulated one by one until there were now six pillows, which he moved onto the table first.
After carefully folding and moving the plush blanket, only the fresh sheets he’d changed that morning remained.
‘Is this right?’
The bare bed felt strangely unfamiliar.
Just a short while ago, it had contained only a thin blanket barely thicker than a throw and a single pillow.
Shortly after, Iserna emerged from the bathroom in a robe.
In her hands were several glass bottles containing oil and a large towel.
She arranged the glass bottles neatly on the side table next to the bed, then spread the towel widely across the mattress.
‘Ah, so the oil doesn’t stain the sheets.’
Unlike him, she appeared to have received a massage before.
“Should I lie face down first?”
“Yes.”
At his response, she knelt on the bed and slipped off her robe.
Swish.
The fabric slid down her body, revealing her shoulders.
Then her prominent shoulder blades and straight back.
From her slender waist to the elegant curve of her hips.
…
He gazed blankly at her sensual silhouette.
The question was whether he could give her a proper massage while maintaining his composure, when she wore not a single thread.
‘I promised to make her feel good.’
And here I was, already losing my mind.
No, first I had to breathe.
I didn’t know when I’d stopped, but at this rate, even if my body had been blessed by the goddess herself, I would suffocate.
‘I can’t die like this.’
Elhart exhaled the breath he’d been holding and slowly approached the bed.
As I drew closer, I noticed things that hadn’t been visible before.
Though she appeared to be lying comfortably, her shoulders were tense.
Her breathing also seemed slightly faster than usual.
The way her eyes blinked slowly in that state looked somehow defenseless, and my gaze kept returning to her.
‘Get a grip.’
This was simply a massage.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Elhart collected himself and climbed onto the bed.
The moment I reached out to brush her hair away from her flushed cheeks and neck, she flinched slightly.
“…?”
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
Her tension hadn’t eased, so her senses were clearly heightened and on edge.
I carefully arranged her hair so the oil wouldn’t touch it, then picked up a bottle of fragrant oil.
‘Should I pour this into my palm? Or apply it directly to her skin…?’
I hesitated for a moment, but either way seemed fine.
‘If I pour it directly, it might be cold….’
I poured the oil into my palm and waited for it to warm slightly.
Then, after steadying my breath once, I lowered my hand.
The moment my hand touched her back, her body trembled slightly.
“I’ll be gentle.”
I spoke carefully.
“Tell me if you’re uncomfortable.”
No answer came.
As I slowly rubbed her back, I felt her breathing become uneven.
Elhart spread the oil widely across her back, shoulders, and waist, then applied pressure to my hands.
Then I pressed down very slowly.
As I slid my hands gradually downward along her spine from top to bottom, I felt the tense muscles gradually releasing.
Because I’d concentrated all my focus on my hands, every response was transmitted directly through my fingertips.
“Haa….”
A small breath escaped, as if she were feeling good.
I lifted my gaze absently to the empty air at that sound.
My face—my ears and neck—felt burning hot.
I needed to focus on my hands, yet my attention kept drifting elsewhere.
Her warmth, the velvet softness of her skin, the languid cadence of her breathing.
Everything was overwhelmingly vivid.
From the moment Iserna slipped off her robe, my body had already begun its protest.
‘…I’m done for.’
It seemed I would have to finish with just her back today.
Once I could endure a bit longer, perhaps her arms and legs as well.
“Really… this feels amazing. You said it was your first time, so how are you so good at this….”
Iserna murmured softly.
“…!”
Elhart’s eyes quickly swept the surroundings.
He spotted the jacket he’d removed but hadn’t put on, and grabbed it hastily.
Then he wrapped it around his waist.
Now there was no problem.
‘Since I’ve started, I need to see it through. What was I thinking, considering stopping.’
Reproaching myself for such weakness, I continued the massage.
I habitually ignored my body’s response.
As long as she didn’t notice, there was no issue at all.
After finishing the massage on her back, neck, shoulders, and arms.
“Are you alright?”
He asked carefully.
There was an element of confirmation, but truthfully… the real reason ran deeper.
“Yeah….”
This time her response came slightly delayed.
Elhart’s hands paused briefly.
He said nothing and resumed moving his hands.
Slightly slower.
Slightly deeper.
His fingertips traced down from her shoulders along her back.
He moved his hands to places that hadn’t been touched, as if crossing an invisible boundary.
Her breathing quickened in response to that movement.
As if she were holding her breath.
He was no different.
His throat felt parched.
It was when he pushed the muscles below her sacrum upward in a smooth, circular motion.
“Ah….”
She let out a small gasp.
I should have pretended not to hear and moved on naturally, but my hands had already stopped.
‘Damn it….’
No. It wasn’t too late.
Elhart resumed his movements as though nothing had happened.
He quickly passed over her buttocks and moved down to her thighs, continuing the massage without pause.
He poured more of the fragrant oil into his palm and worked on her leg muscles….
“Mmm….”
My attempt to regain composure lasted only a moment.
He found himself reacting to every small sound she made.
Foolish as it was, what could he do?
Maintain composure while facing the body of a woman he had fallen for so severely, so completely?
It was utterly impossible.
Perhaps it would have been the same even if she were clothed.
Would he not have groaned just as he did now, struggling to suppress the maddening surge of desire?
The fragrance of the oil mingled with her natural scent was sweet enough to numb reason itself, and the elastic form of her body, soft and yielding beneath his hands, was breathtakingly sensual.
That he managed to complete the massage all the way to her calves despite such circumstances was solely due to marshaling every ounce of his willpower and pushing his patience to its absolute limit.
‘Finally… it’s over.’
He had successfully completed the task without revealing his vile covetousness to her.
He was feeling a sense of accomplishment as he began to trace the path toward the bathroom.
“Should I turn over now?”
Iserna pressed her elbows against the bed and languidly lifted her upper body.
“…!”
Elhart stared blankly at the sight, unaware that the bottle of oil he had been holding rolled across the bed.

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