The Wolf's Jealous Heat
Airen stood alone in the center of the empty training ground.
"Why... why isn't he coming?"
Yesterday, during the massage, Jember had gotten visibly aroused at the sight of her body. So she'd bought a training outfit with far more revealing cuts than usual, just for him. Airen had even thrown a thick coat over it to keep anyone else from seeing, but...
Jember still hadn't shown up. The training ground was completely empty.
"I might as well train."
Convincing herself that Jember might not come today, Airen gripped her sword to clear her mind.
"Hah! Haah! Hyaa!!"
His hands... they were so big. And that bulge in his pants...
But no matter how hard she tried, the thoughts refused to leave her.
It couldn't be helped. Once the instincts of a beastkin were ignited, there was no stopping them. Just like when she'd waited and hoped for Alpha after Leona's defeat.
Even reaching the rank of Sword Master couldn't erase the instincts carved into a beastkin's body.
"Lady Airen."
"Kyaaah!"
Startled by the sudden voice, Airen dropped her sword and let out a girlish scream.
"Ahem... You surprised me."
Blushing with embarrassment, Airen looked at Jember.
"Who did this to you?!"
Red marks covered his face and neck. Looking closer, she saw the same marks on his forearms and legs.
Panicked, Airen questioned him. Who would dare strike this lovely man?
"Tell me. I'll take care of it."
"It's fine. I was simply doing my duty."
"Your duty...?"
Airen fought back the tears threatening to spill.
This was the life of a slave, lower than even a commoner. If the master was in a bad mood, violence followed—and there was no right to resist.
Wait... master?
Since slaves were considered property, few could openly assault Leona's attendant Jember. Ertia didn't even know he existed.
That left only one possibility—Leona!
"Grr..."
Airen ground her teeth so hard the sound echoed.
The very next day after refusing to hand him over, she'd resorted to violence...!
Of course she was furious.
Sniff, sniff...
At that moment, Airen's sensitive nose caught a powerful scent.
"Mmm..."
Had Jember come without washing? The thick, masculine musk made drool leak from the corner of her mouth.
Huh...?
Just as she was about to lose herself in the scent, her nose picked up something else.
Leona's scent.
Not her usual smell. This was the thick, intimate scent that only came from skin pressed against skin. And it was very strong—like the feminine musk that sometimes drifted from between Leona's legs.
What...?
Realization struck Airen like a hammer to the skull. She stared at Jember in shock.
The mottled marks all over his body weren't from violence. As a knight who'd trained and been defeated by her family countless times, Airen knew exactly what wounds from swords or fists looked like.
Especially since there was no bruising or blood, these weren't injuries from combat.
"Hah!"
Kiss marks.
She remembered reading about them in a book long ago—when skin was sucked on for a long time, reddish marks would appear. They were called kiss marks.
"Leona!! Awooo!!"
"W-What is it, Lady Airen...?"
Faced with the wolf beastkin howling in fury, Jember cowered in feigned fear.
"D-Don't tell me... the 'duty' you went to do was sexual...?"
"...Yes. As Lady Leona's favored attendant, I usually handle such matters."
At Jember's slightly embarrassed reply, Airen glared at him with burning eyes.
His body had already been defiled by another female.
Was she supposed to protect him?
I... I want Jember too...!
Desire and impulse began to swirl violently in the depths of Airen's heart.
No, I decided to protect him... I...!
Resisting every temptation, Airen approached him as his teacher.
"If Lady Airen desires it as well... I will do my utmost."
"...... Follow me to my room."
Yet all her resolve crumbled at a single sentence from Jember.
She had tried to protect him. But he had thrown her kindness away first!
There was no helping it.
At least, that's what she told herself.
"But... before we go in, may I hide my appearance? Lady Leona is quite jealous..."
"Fine."
Though she was in a hurry, Airen agreed to Jember's request.
As if he'd prepared for this, he produced a cloak and mask. Once he donned them and took her hand...
Airen began to worry whether the pounding of her heart was audible.
It was a pointless worry.
It's over.
Jember's eyes gleamed as he looked at her.
*
"Who is that person?"
"Ahem... I've been stuck here so long that I got thirsty for a man..."
"Lady Airen wanted a man?"
"I-I'm a woman in her prime too. What's wrong with having one or two men?"
Retainer families without their own territory had this advantage.
Whether man or woman, they could freely seek out partners without concern for chastity.
Since they gained almost nothing from political marriages, they pursued love and sex freely, marrying only when feelings aligned.
Most cases of commoners suddenly marrying into nobility happened this way.
The Jember family was no different.
Though they were a count's household, they were retainers living on a salary from the Soryu family.
Like most landless retainer nobles, they valued freedom.
That was why Airen boldly told the soldiers guarding her room that she'd brought a male prostitute.
But since Airen had never been known to have any issues with men before, the soldiers found it strange.
Besides, wasn't it well known that beastkin were only attracted to those stronger than themselves?
"So you're reporting to me that you brought a male prostitute?"
"Yes."
Thus, the soldiers reported it to Countess Luimina.
If they failed to report such an unusual matter and something went wrong, they would be the ones punished.
"Hmm... It's nothing serious. Don't worry about it."
Countess Luimina also felt something was off.
But when she used magic to check inside Airen's room, it really did seem to be a male prostitute.
Airen lay completely naked with her legs spread wide.
And between those legs, a man had his head buried, licking her sex over and over.
Airen's thighs kept squeezing the man's head, so his face wasn't clearly visible.
Seeing Airen's expression of ecstasy and pleasure, Countess Luimina withdrew her sight.
As a lord, it was improper to spy on a loyal knight's private life.
Is she in heat?
The countess recalled that one of the soldiers had recently requested leave for an unusual reason.
A rabbit beastkin soldier had taken leave due to heat. Later, that soldier was charged with murder and imprisoned.
The victim had been her husband. The cause of death: suffocation by thighs.
Beastkin heat was truly terrifying, the countess thought as she decided to give Airen some privacy to enjoy herself.
*
"H-Hurry... Do to me what you did to Leona... Now!!"
The moment the door closed, Airen tore off her clothes with frightening speed.
She was like a beast in heat.
Some beastkin went into heat on a regular cycle depending on their base animal, while others did so when desire built up too much.
Airen clearly belonged to the latter.
Yesterday's massage must have piled her lust to the breaking point.
Now then, where to start...
There was plenty of time. Airen had told the soldiers she'd brought a male prostitute without showing his face.
The soldiers didn't know what he looked like, but caution never hurt.
Twitch-!
At that moment, he felt mana interfering with the room.
Countess Luimina, huh.
Nobles generally studied either swordsmanship or magic as a basic education. If they had talent, they specialized in one; otherwise, it was merely for refinement.
Most ended up handling administrative work and focused on academic studies instead.
Still, since they learned sword or magic as part of their education, it was best to assume most nobles had some skill as mages or knights.
Therefore, the one using magic right now was most likely Countess Luimina.
The soldiers had probably reported that Airen brought a male prostitute with his face hidden.
"Then let's begin."
First, he pushed the now-naked Airen onto the bed and buried his face between her thighs.
"Hnn❤︎!! R-Right away...!!"
Ignoring Airen's reaction, he focused solely on burying his face in her thighs and sex.
He could feel eyes watching through the magic.
Countess Luimina definitely knew what he looked like.
She'd been trying to have him executed, believing he'd seduced her daughter Elisa.
So for now, humiliating as it was, he had to keep his face buried in Airen's thighs while servicing her.
He still lacked the power to act openly.
This humiliation would be repaid to Luimina as well—after dealing with Wellington.
Slurp-! Lick, lick, lick!
"Ah... I'm, I'm coming... I'm cominggg...❤︎!!"
Despite how little time had passed since he started, Airen trembled violently and climaxed.
Whoosh...
Around that time, Luimina's gaze also disappeared.
He pushed the still-trembling Airen down onto the bed.
Now... it was time to thoroughly mark her body with what it meant to be an Alpha Male.