Chapter 102
Chapter 102
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 102
Chapter Title: A Love Without Reason
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“……His Holiness the Pope? Me?”
“Yeah. His Holiness the Pope. Delta, you.”
Her blue eyes were filled with conviction. They were the eyes of someone who believed that if she left me alone like this, the very thing she feared would surely come to pass. And I couldn’t easily deny Lize’s words either.
Because I had a guilty conscience.
If the popes truly harbored feelings for me beyond mere fondness, as she said, it would explain all their behavior since the forsaken creature boss fight.
Walking alongside me with her arm clinging tightly to mine, pressing her breasts against me; when picking out formal attire for the banquet, deliberately changing in front of me and subtly exposing her hips.
If all that was their own way of seducing me, it made perfect sense. I’d never even imagined the popes could feel anything more than gratitude toward me.
“Your expression says it all, Delta. You’ve got something to feel guilty about too, huh? See? I was right to come today. I almost lost you for real.”
I couldn’t even respond to Lize. She was spot on. There was more than one or two things that pricked at my conscience.
My silence was affirmation. Lize pressed her body even closer. The large mound on my chest spilled out from her sleeveless top, her exposed sideboob brushing against my arm.
“What should we do with our sinful Delta? I fell for you first, but now it looks like other women are going to steal you away completely. And not just any women—high and mighty ones we can’t take back from. Delta, you like casually seducing women like that?”
“……I’ve never seduced anyone casually.”
“So that means you seduced them deliberately? Even worse.”
Lize grinned. It was proof that she wasn’t serious, just teasing me. I played along obediently.
“I’ve never made any such plans either. You know my personality.”
“Hmm, do I? What personality? The type that charms women without even realizing it?”
“Charm? That’s—”
“You know your words have zero credibility, right?”
Her fingers, stroking her lips, pressed a little harder.
“His Majesty the Emperor showed keen interest in you, Lady Aurora treats you specially, and now we have to add His Holiness the Solar Pope and Her Holiness the Lunar Pope to the list. Can you confidently say there’s nothing to it?”
“…….”
“See? You can’t deny it.”
I was at a loss for words. Hearing it laid out like that, each point hit home.
The inquisitor came personally to invite me to the Holy Kingdom because of Cecilia, Aurora had a side she only showed me, and the pope siblings went without saying.
Cecilia’s inscrutable nature aside, failing to notice Aurora and the pope sisters’ intentions was practically my own oversight.
I’d deluded myself into thinking they were just treating me a bit more specially because I’d saved their lives.
“You look utterly baffled, Delta. Like you can’t understand why they’d like you or fall in love with you. Right?”
Lize chuckled and held her finger vertically, pressing it gently against my lips.
“Yeah. Sure, some loves need a reason.”
Her face drew a little closer. Just a tiny bit.
“But my love for you has no reason, Delta.”
Her icy blue eyes fixed solely on me.
“The moment I saw you, I felt it was fate, and that’s why I love you. That’s all there is to it. Grand reasons? Order? Does that matter? Does it mean anything? Love is just… I like you, and it’s real.”
“Lize…….”
“Ah, whatever. Philosophical stuff doesn’t suit me. No more putting on airs. So, what about you, Delta? Ready to respond to my feelings? Or is this still not enough?”
With that, Lize fell silent. Her finger lifted from my lips. She’d said her piece; now she was waiting for my answer.
At first glance, she seemed resolute, like she’d accept rejection gracefully and back off. But the reality was different. Her deep blue eyes trembled ever so faintly.
She was afraid. Worried I might turn her down.
Of course, I had no such intention. I didn’t want to torment Lize any longer after coming this far, nor did I want to make up more ridiculous excuses to reject her.
Now that we’d reached this point, it was time to do what I had to. Steeling myself, I raised my right hand and gently cupped her cheek. Her pupils quivered and dilated wide.
I pulled her cheek toward me and pressed our lips together.
“…….”
Lize obediently followed my lead, tilting her head. Her blue eyes vanished behind closed lids. Her scent filled my nostrils. Just that sent a twitch through my lower body.
The kiss was brief. No tongues, no mingling breaths. Just lips touching. For now, that was enough.
As our lips parted, her eyelids lifted. Her eyes were slightly moist.
“Lize.”
“……I’m listening.”
“I don’t know how it sounds to you, but I already knew your feelings. That you like me. Couldn’t miss it with you clinging to me like that, even if I didn’t know why.”
“Then why didn’t you accept sooner? Did I really have to make the first move?”
Lize lightly punched my chest. Pure playfulness. Having already kissed me, all her worry and fear had vanished.
“I told you. Once I crossed that line, I wouldn’t be able to hold back. I’d just hold you all day and roll around in bed.”
“Then let’s do that—hold me all day and roll around in bed. Sound good? Easy, right?”
“……Is this really something that resolves so simply?”
“Of course. Did you think I wouldn’t accept even that?”
With a sincere smile, our lips met again. This kiss was a bit more passionate than the last. Our breaths mingled. Lips parted slightly, and a tongue slipped inside.
Two warm masses tangled in my mouth. Saliva flowed along my tongue. Lize swallowed it without hesitation. Our joined mouths quivered.
When our tongues untangled and lips parted again, her scent lingered in my mouth too. Lize glanced at me with a silly, beaming smile.
She looked like she wanted something.
“What? Do you want something?”
“You might know this, but I don’t have a habit of riding on top of men.”
“……And?”
“You planning to stay pinned under me like this? Can’t man up and pin down a woman?”
At this point, only an idiot wouldn’t know what Lize wanted.
I grabbed her shoulders and sides, flipping her over. Lize let out a delighted squeal. The bed was so massive that even rolling half a turn sideways left plenty of space.
Now we faced each other with positions reversed. My eyes went to her breasts, jiggling slightly from the momentum. Even lying down, they held their shape.
Pinned beneath me, Lize grinned.
“Yeah. Now doesn’t this look so much better?”
“…….”
I gave her an incredulous look. Lize giggled and continued.
“Delta. Want me to tell you my kink?”
“……Kink?”
“Yeah. Or sexual preference, in other words.”
“What is it?”
Curiosity piqued. Why refuse when the woman under me was offering to share what she liked?
“Being devoured by a guy like you.”
“What?”
“At first, he’s weaker than me, but then suddenly he’s stronger, and I realize I can’t beat him anymore. And he stops seeing me as his teacher and starts seeing me as a female. Getting ravaged by a guy with that look in his eyes—that’s my kink.”
“……That’s a unique taste. Masochist?”
“Maybe. I’ve never gotten excited thinking about tormenting you. But I have getting excited about being tormented by you.”
Lize toyed with her half-slipped shoulder strap.
“I knew it was a weird kink, so I half-gave up on finding a guy like that……”
“And I fit it perfectly?”
“Bingo.”
Lize raised both arms overhead, bending her elbows slightly to cross them above her head. A pose that flaunted her armpits and breasts. The slipped strap looked incredibly alluring.
Still in that pose, she began subtly twisting her thighs, gazing at me with suggestive eyes.
“So, what’s going to happen to me now…… at the hands of this far superior, stronger man before me, who sees me as nothing but a female……?”
I couldn’t help but chuckle. Her intent was obvious to anyone. Without hesitation, I reached out, grabbing one massive breast that wouldn’t even fit in both hands.
“Of course, something like this.”