Chapter 277: Interlude (2) (1/2)

It was a night with a half moon.

Stars that seemed to fall down at any moment when you looked up filled the sky, and the night sea reflecting the twinkling stars was blue and beautiful instead of dark and terrifying.

Cordelia sat still and looked up the sky. She turned her gaze to the side and her eyes sparkled more than the stars she saw in the night sky.

Jude was looking up the sky.

He frankly looked so handsome that her heart felt like it was about to burst.

‘It’s a foul, a foul.’

She wondered when he grew taller again. He seemed to be in the 185-190 cm range. When they stood side by side, she could only see his shoulders and not his head if she looked straight.

So Cordelia had to raise her head. Slightly biting her lips, she looked at Jude’s side profile with bated breath.

For some reason, their hair was wet.

His disheveled bluish black hair was dripping wet, so his white skin stood out even more.

A sharp nose, soft lips, and a sculpturally perfect chin.

But there was something else that Cordelia liked the most.

His eyes that were gazing at the sky.

It looked really beautiful and not because of the filter in her eyes.

That green light diffusing into the darkness as if it was melting was like a mysterious magic.

Cordelia lightly pressed down her pounding chest and stretched out her other hand to grab Jude’s sleeve.

She could have held his hand, but somehow, she wanted to pull his sleeve.

One brief pull.

And another.

She timidly pulled it, so he couldn’t help but react.

Jude who was staring at the night sky turned his head and looked at Cordelia.

Green eyes.

Cordelia bit her lips again for no reason and averted her gaze. She thought that she would turn strange if she kept looking at him.

But it was already too late.

Her heart was pounding. It was the normal heartbeat sounds at first, but she couldn’t hear any other sounds around her except for her pounding heart now.

What if Jude hears it too?

It was at that moment. Jude moved his hand. He held her hand that was holding his sleeve, and Cordelia was unsure of what to do with Jude’s big hand. A little wiggling was all that she could do.

“Cordelia.”

At his call in a low voice, Cordelia lightly trembled again.

Strangely, she felt her body tremble just from hearing his voice.

The beating of her heart grew louder and faster.

Even without looking in the mirror, she could tell that her face had turned red. Because her face had become so warm that it was clear that it was red.

Her neck, cheeks, and ears.

No, her entire body.

“Cordelia.”

Jude called her again.

Cordelia plucked up her courage and raised her head at the sweet voice that tickled her ears.

She looked at Jude again, and a wind from somewhere coolly brushed the nape of her neck.

‘It feels amazing.’

It was the moment she thought unconsciously.

Jude’s big hand drew near and touched her dripping wet hair as it went along her ear.

It didn’t stop there as it rested on her hot cheeks.

Jude’s hands were cold.

It was because he was born with extreme Yin energy, but Cordelia liked Jude’s hand regardless. As she silently rested her cheek on his palm, her body seemed to melt. So without realizing it, she raised her hand and placed it over Jude’s hand that was holding her cheek.

Jude laughed.

He smiled and kissed her forehead, passed over the bridge of her nose and placed his lips on the tip of her nose.

She was embarrassed.

It was endlessly embarrassing, but her body oddly didn’t move.

It just wanted to stay still like this.

“Cordelia.”

His third call.

Cordelia gently closed her eyes, and Jude kissed her lips. He passed through her jawline and over her neck, lightly licking her protruding clavicle with the tip of his tongue.

She felt like she was being burned.

It was hot, fierce, and agonizing.

Cordelia slightly opened her eyes again. Led by Jude’s hand, she laid down on her back. Unknowingly, she sent him a nervous look.

“Jude.”

Jude responded to her call. He also gazed at her nervously.

The exhilarating thrill.

Their pounding hearts.

And strangely enough, their pouring sweat.

“Huh?”

With a dazed sound, Cordelia opened her eyes.

Her cheeks felt hot and moist.

“Ah?”

She let out another dazed sound and the seconds passed.

Having opened her eyes, Cordelia quickly raised her upper body and wiped the saliva all over her face.

“Ah, no.”

The drool from her lips covered the book pages.

There were also obscene illustrations drawn next to the words that seemed to be so embarrassing that Maja would faint if she had seen it, but it was now drenched with her drool.

“Ueueue.”

Once Cordelia wiped off her drool, she created a slightly warm heat on her palms.

She could naturally let it dry, but it would be a problem if others saw the book, so she quickly did that with magic.

‘A dream.’

A dream that always ended in the same place.

A dream that strangely didn’t go beyond a certain line.

Why?

Why does it always end up getting cut off there?

What kind of dream will unfold if the scene continues?

“Ahem, ahem… Ahem, ahem, ahem.”

Cordelia quickly covered her face with both hands after briefly imagining it. Her cheeks and neck were so red that it was hard to breathe.

‘L-lewd demon, no. Get out.’

She quietly muttered to herself before she shook her head a few times and quickly put the book in a box hidden under the bed.

‘I have to be careful next time.’

Thank goodness that I woke up alone. I would have died from embarrassment if Maja had woken me up.

“Ueueue.”

In fact, this had been a rare – no, a frequent occurrence these days.

‘It’s all because of Kajsa and Scarlet.’

It’s because of the books they gave me.

So it’s not my fault.

I read it over and over again, but after all, it’s their fault and not mine.

‘Ahem, ahem, that’s right. The really bad one is Jude.’

Because they had always been together every day and then he disappeared.