Chapter 127

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"Hu-uhp!"

Changing the angle several times, they overlapped their lips. It was tenacious and deep enough for Selina to eat away at her fear.

As she shook her head, he fell off for a moment though he didn't give her a chance and came straight to her lips. The longing for the kiss was so intense that it would wet Selina from the top of her head to the tip of her toes.

Just like a beast without reason, he licked her whole body, expressing possession of her and smearing his own scent.

The impact that started from her lips pierced her heart with a punch. She wondered if Kalcion's name was engraved in her soul at that moment.

"Uhp, wait...!"

Selina's request was simply ignored.

In her mouth, her voice soon faded thinly as Kalcion's arms wrapped around her body like vines. She felt a strong sense of possessiveness. As her body shrank from visceral fear, he attacked fiercely as if to swallow that fear.

The other person's mighty will shook Selina.

Caught in it, she opened her lips as he wished, Kalcion's passion permeated once again through the loose gap that had opened up before she knew it.

I want to have it. I want to keep it inside of me.

His lips spoke incessantly.

He really put up with it a lot. Until now, he had barely endured the Crown Prince's numerous provocations, and in the end, he even had Selina taken away from him right in front of his eyes.

Selina's mind could change, and he would have gone mad even if she had gone to the Crown Prince, but she was dragged away because of the crown prince's threats. As a result, he really almost lost it all. He almost couldn't protect her.

Even though she could come out because she was strong, Kalcion was nothing in the process.

The anger and helplessness of the moment when a person who was confident that he would not lose to anything in the world had to helplessly hand over his belongings.

As they were pressed down, they exploded even more violently.

He stood at the end of the road back to Renbird to let go, but his clenched hands were tighter than before.

How could he let go? He didn't know when he caught it, he didn't know how to let go. If there ever came a moment when he had to let go, it would be when his arms were cut off and he was forced to let go though that moment wasn't now.

...She was now in his own land, in his arms.

Then, she was his.

Every blade of grass and even a single bird that grew on Renbird land belonged to Renbird's master, Kalcion. In principle, everyone who lived on Renbird land rented his land with his permission. While they may have a private home or livestock, they must give it up if Kalcion wants it...

Even their own body.

The rights to the first night*, which have now disappeared and remained only as records in history, still remain legally. If the lord wanted, they could take the bodies of everyone in the territory.

The lord's power was just as strong.

The law, which ridiculed people in the past for being greedy, was now getting greedy in itself. This kind of selfish greed was funny.

Still, it didn't make him laugh.

What overlapped was the lips, but what he wanted was to entangle even their souls. He was hungry as much as he lacked, and he hurriedly devoured her. However, they were only persistently connected to the extent that it could not be reached.

"Ready to move."

Unable to wait, Dion urged.

Only then did Selina find herself freed by Kalcion's desire.

"St-op..."

She gasped for breath and turned her head.

Couldn't he hear Dion's voice? As his tenacious lips came again, Selina once again pushed Kalcion's chest with all her might.

"Let's go, we have to."

"...."

It was only then that the arm that had been constricting her body was released. Even after their lips had fallen, the look in his eyes was menacing. Selina deliberately turned her head away, pretending not to see it.

Meanwhile, Dion quickly brought in a new horse.

Kalcion, perhaps his reason had finally returned, took his eyes off Selina and took over the horse. He checked the condition of the reins and the saddle, even Selina's horse, before jumping on board.

"Let's leave right away."

Looking at him, who returned to his usual cold eyes, Dion swept her heart.

He was almost nervous about how long he had to watch that fever dream in an urgent situation. Despite passing the Renbird border, it was only a few hours from the Capital. Right now, they had dropped the chase, although the second team would be following them.

Perhaps, the whole army was on its way.

Crossing the boundaries of a territory when there was no reason is an act of military provocation. Even if they were the royal family, they couldn't be reckless.

But now, things were different.

Kalcion engaged in a swordfight inside the palace, and Selina wounded the Crown Prince and fled as a suspect.

Selina's being a suspect in Rosalyn's murder didn't matter anymore. However, even raising a sword inside the palace could be considered an assassination attempt towards royalty. She was a traitor who needed to be caught and killed right away because she hurt the Crown Prince with her own hand.

In order to catch the two royal assassins, going for them, even passing the boundary, was not a big problem for justification.

The pursuers wouldn't be able to go that far because of Renbird's military might, but they wouldn't be relieved until they joined their forces. The immediate priority was to move to the military city with the first line of deterrence in Renbird.

Selina, who was just about to mount her horse, nearly fell over because of her long skirt.

"Ahk...!"

When she had just set out, she did not know in what spirit she rode on the horse, in such urgency that she did not know. Wearing a dress and riding for a long time, she felt tired as if she had been running with weights all over her body.

The dress she chose was the problem when she should have dressed up like a hunting contest day, and since it was a party at the palace, everyone would have dressed up to give off a hunting atmosphere.

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She only gave off an active 'vibe' and was actually uncomfortable at its peak.

Even if Selina thought she was going to say goodbye, she still didn't want to be pushed by others, so this was the result of her giving her utmost attempt to the end. She should have just put on her training clothes and gone.

It was a belated regret.

With the dress on, she couldn't even breathe freely, so she looked around to throw it off, but everyone was already on the horse. In the urgent atmosphere of having to leave immediately, she couldn't procrastinate as she was the only one needing to change clothes.

'Because with a bit of patience, a resting place will appear soon.'

It would be possible to endure a little longer since she has been riding and enduring it so far.

Selina gathered her determination and started the horse.

The horse must have been bored because it couldn't run all day because it was the horse that was kept by the guard as a reserve. Unlike her horse, who was panting as if about to collapse at the end, the current horse flew. It ran so well that if she didn't hold on tight and brace her legs, she would fly off.

Even Selina, who was a good rider, felt inferior compared to highly trained soldiers. Throughout the journey, she could feel the consideration around her, matching her pace.

She would have cried, at least if it was a filming location where she was the main character, but now everyone's lives depended on it.

If, by any chance, the pursuers caught up and a crisis situation arose, she was to blame for the slowness. In a battle with the pursuers, the guards would be the first to risk their lives and she didn't want to risk other people's lives because of her.

Bracing herself, Selina rode faster.

How far would she have gone from the boundary?

She rode well enough for an hour, though. No matter how much she pushed herself, her body was pushed beyond its will.

"Haa! Haa, aahh!"

Selina's gasping breath burst endlessly as it felt like her dress was crushing and digging into her ribs. The skirt wrapped around her legs was heavy. The feeling that her whole body was collapsing made her sway several times, and then she came back.

"Are you okay?"

Her condition, which seemed strange, made Kalcion ask.

The moment she heard the voice, her heart was put at ease. She was pulled so tight, like one side of a rubber band, which was about to break, then came loose.

"Ah!"

Even though she said she would give her strength, her legs gave out. So were her hands that held the reins. Selina's body bounced off like a sheet of paper. She belatedly struggled to seize the reins, but it was already too late.

The feeling of her body flying through the air gave her goosebumps. She anticipated the shock that would send her whole body running as she plummeted to the ground.

"Selina!"

However, as she half expected, there were her arms clasping her body. In the blink of an eye, Selina was in Kalcion's arms.

He stopped her horse.

The horse blew out wild breaths. Selina was hardly different as she caught her breath too.

"Ah, sorry..."

"Take your breath first."

Kalcion held Selina still for a while, giving her time to calm down. Some of the guards, who had run ahead because they couldn't match her speed, returned and surrounded them.

"Let's take a break."

"We have...to hurry and go."

"We made room by now. You can go and rest."

If you had time, it was best to take a break.

Only then did Kalcion leap from his horse, holding Selina, who had lost the power from her body. While listening to the conversation between the two, one of the guardsmen spread an emergency blanket on the grass.

In front of them, a meadow without a single tree was spreading endlessly as if indicating that it was not yet far from the boundary. At the end of the far horizon, the Seindart Mountains were barely visible.

As he set her down on the blanket, Selina sighed and caught her breath, but her uncomfortable dress was still a problem.

"I need to take off my dress. It's hard for me to breathe because of this, and it's even harder because it's wrapped around my body."

"Ah."

Kalcion only then recalled the light of frustration on her face. It was something he didn't even realize until he heard her say it because he had never worn a dress in his life.

"A change of clothes right away..."

"I'm just going to take off the dress because I'm wearing a lot of underskirts and underpants under my dress."

"...."

He couldn't say yes or no and shut his mouth. Even though it was Selina's freedom whether she wore what clothes or not, he didn't like it when the other members of his guards saw it.

It was something he wanted only him to see.

*) right of the lord/first night is the legal right for the lords of lands to bed the subordinate women, particularly on their wedding night (thus 'first night')

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