Chapter 24
Chapter 24
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 24
Chapter Title: Chang'an Ink Sword Grove Bedchamber (2)
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Yeonhwa approached right up to me.
A distance I could reach with an outstretched hand. The space between me and this woman.
That's how close it was now. But I would close that gap.
"Yeonhwa."
"...Yes, Hero."
"Have you had a lover?"
"...No."
"Do you know any men?"
"Asking a woman something like that... is terribly rude."
"I know that. Did you think I wouldn't even know something like this?"
Compared to Seolha, there was something about Yeonhwa that made me want to tease her.
Was it because she was the daughter of a renowned family? Or maybe because she hadn't fully shed her girlish innocence?
I wanted to play around with her. To act mischievously.
"Your lover is me."
I declared it firmly, and Yeonhwa shyly averted her gaze just a little.
Still a girl weighed down more by embarrassment. But it was time for her to become a woman.
I extended my arm.
Wrapping around her slender waist and back, I pulled her toward me.
Her body came lightly into my embrace. My face pressed against her stomach.
I didn't even need to look to sense her panic, unsure where to place her hands.
I pulled my face away and tugged at her sash.
The knot unraveled smoothly, the belt slipping to the floor.
With both hands, I parted the robes over her chest, and they too slid gracefully to the ground.
Yeonhwa trembled faintly. She stood as if it were nothing, but her body betrayed her.
A man she was meeting for the first time. A body tense with nerves.
I could feel that trembling in me too. And it felt pretty good. Good enough to make my own heart race.
My hands moved a bit more. And soon, Yeonhwa was completely bare.
She covered her breasts and her lower parts with her hands, but I gently pushed them aside.
Beautifully shaped breasts. A smooth body.
Yeonhwa's breasts weren't enormous. But because she was so slender, they looked quite ample.
"Ugh..."
Yeonhwa, mortified beyond words, let out a strange little sound, unsure what to do.
"It's okay. The embarrassment will fade soon enough. You'll start feeling good before you know it."
As I spoke, I wrapped my arm around her waist again, drawing her close, then straightened up to bring my mouth to her breasts.
"Ah."
Yeonhwa startled and tried to pull back, but my arm held her firm.
I took that small, pink-tipped nipple into my mouth and slowly rolled it with my lips and tongue.
"H-Hero... Ahh."
A moan escaped her unbidden. An inevitable reaction for any woman.
That's why I savored her breasts with delight.
Her skin was pristine white from so long lying in bed. Making those pink hues stand out all the more.
Luscious. Like peaches. Like cherry blossoms in spring, or the spider lilies blooming on the back mountain.
I lingered there for a good while before lifting my head. Yeonhwa's face was flushed bright red.
Floundering amid her first taste of pleasure and the deep shame of it.
That made the sight all the more precious.
A look I could only see now. So I burned it into my eyes.
"Will you undress me too?"
I released her waist as I spoke. Yeonhwa swallowed hard, hesitated a moment, then began untying my robe strings.
It was just the thin garment Seolha had brought earlier, loosely tied, so it wasn't hard to undo.
But her hands trembled slightly as she fumbled with it for a while, awkwardly stripping me with clumsy motions.
I pulled her close and deftly laid her down on the bed.
Suddenly on her back, her eyes widened. When I parted her legs, they widened even more, and she hurriedly covered her face with her hands.
"Covering your eyes won't help."
I brushed her hands away. Yeonhwa looked up at me with trembling eyes.
And when I shed my pants, she covered her mouth this time.
"I'll be gentle. It might still hurt a little, so just bear with it."
She was still recovering, not fully healed yet. So I had to be careful.
I gripped my hardened member and rubbed it lightly against her entrance.
Her body flinched at the touch. Yet it was also preparing to welcome a man.
Clear love juices. Lewd fluids mingling together.
The tip of my member slowly parted the folds down there, the same shade as her nipples, and pushed inside.
Yeonhwa bit her lip. Her face scrunched up tight.
It was tight. Yeonhwa wasn't large-framed. So the sensation was especially vivid.
The thought crossed my mind that I might not get it all in.
But that was nonsense. It was made to bear children, after all.
So I carefully eased my length inside bit by bit.
"Agh... It hurts a little... It hurts."
Her words made me even more cautious. I pushed in slower still and reassured her.
"Don't tense up. Relax. It'll hurt more if you clench."
Yeonhwa tried to loosen her body, but with my member already inside, it wasn't that easy.
So I decided to push through just a bit.
Better to endure one sharp pain and get used to it quick than keep hurting gradually.
"Heuk."
I thrust it all the way in, and Yeonhwa grimaced fiercely, her body jerking.
I'll have to stay still for a bit. She seems to be hurting a lot.
To distract her, I caressed her breasts.
Yeonhwa was at a complete loss.
Pain lingered, but the pleasure from her breasts left her confused.
So I pressed my lips to hers. That should scatter her focus and help her forget the pain faster.
I slipped my tongue between her lips, but Yeonhwa had no idea what to do.
It wasn't a lack of instinct—she tried moving her tongue—but it clearly showed she'd never done this before.
Even so, it was good. That awkwardness was good too.
This girl probably would never kiss better than me her whole life. No one to learn from.
She'd always be a bit clumsy, never quite knowing what made a good kiss.
But I liked that. Any man would feel the same, I figured.
Our lips parted, a thin string of saliva trailing between.
The grimace was gone from her face. Now dazed, she gazed at me mistily.
"I'm going to move now. Enjoy it slowly."
I gripped her waist and began rocking my hips gently.
As my member pulled halfway out, I saw a trace of blood on it.
It mixed with her fluids, thinning out, and dripped onto the bedding.
A faint red blood flower blooming on the sheets.
After Seolha and I had been together the first time, she'd regretted not being able to show me that.
She'd emphasized several times that it was truly her first time yielding to a man.
Of course, I believed her, so I'd comforted her, saying not to worry about it.
Not every woman bled, I'd told her—it was fine.
But Yeonhwa had made it unnecessary. Proof so clear as this.
As I moved, Yeonhwa's face scrunched up again, just a little.
Not as bad as before. And after a few more gentle motions, the grimace vanished entirely.
Joy began to blossom slowly. Like a flower bud opening in spring. Steady. Full bloom.
This was what I loved.
A man's release was over in a flash. But this fullness of satisfying someone lingered long.
A smile formed unbidden. Yeonhwa met my eyes and flushed shyly again.
Smooth motions. Her lips parting slightly, sweet moans spilling out.
"Aah..."
The girl had become a woman. She'd known a man, and learned joy too.
My movements grew a bit bolder. Her moans turned more raw, more seductive.
Her body fully relaxed. A woman who had wholly accepted a man.
Now I could move freely.
Each time I hilted deep, Yeonhwa shuddered, expressing her ecstasy.
Yeonhwa clutched the bedding tight. With every thrust of my hips, her body jerked wildly.
Climax approaching. So I sped up my hips.
Yeonhwa's mouth gaped wide, too lost for moans, just ragged breaths escaping.
I pressed close and released deep inside her.
Her body stilled. Breasts heaving up and down. Eyes distant with a hint of lingering regret that it was over.
The way Yeonhwa looked at me was incredibly warm.
Not like the burdened gaze she'd had when entering this room today.
The look of someone gazing at another she fully trusted. An expression reserved for the one whose heart she'd given hers to.
That's why I liked that expression.
Maybe that's why I'd treated them so well—to see this very sight.
I lay down beside Yeonhwa and drew her body close.
She nestled right into me. As if in disbelief, she touched my chest with her fingertips, then kept caressing it in wonder.
"...Hero, you're a greedy man."
"Why? Because I embraced both Seolha and you?"
"...Yes."
Well, yeah. She'd grown up with Seolha since childhood, after all.
Could she ever have imagined they'd both end up in one man's arms?
"You two might not even be the end of it."
Yeonhwa's eyes hardened as she stared at me.
Ah. Was that too much? Too cruel to say to a woman who'd just given herself to a man for the first time?
"...I know. I know you're not the kind of man who could be satisfied with just me or Seolha."
But Yeonhwa's response surprised me.
Was it her youth? Or had falling to rock bottom lowered her self-worth?
Or maybe it was just the way of this era—no qualms about one man keeping several women?
"But... I'll be right by your side. That much, I won't yield even to Seolha."
With that, Yeonhwa hugged me tight.
And watching her, I couldn't help grinning like an idiot.
"Wh-what..."
"Nothing. Just happy. Any man would react like this hearing that."
"...I don't care about other men. This girl only wonders at the Hero's true feelings."
A woman who always picked the sweetest words.
Seolha was like that, and so was Yeonhwa. I was incredibly lucky.
Dropped into this absurd world out of nowhere, spending that ridiculous time alone.
Seolha and Yeonhwa must be my reward for that. Maybe.
"Yeah. I'll look forward to it."
I hugged Yeonhwa tight as I said it.
Truth be told, I wanted to go again. But I'd hold back tonight.
Couldn't overdo it with a girl just barely recovered. Restraint was the right call now.
Though whether I could manage it, who knew.