***

Tamon ran to Asha like a madman and hugged her as tight as he could.

His arms wrapped around her like thick chains, squeezing her tightly into his embrace.

Still, his heart, which was beating like thunder, showed no sign of calming down.

It wasn’t clearly visible because of his face that was blue as ice, but his heart fell into the abyss several times and came back up.

He buried his nose deep into Asha’s nape and inhaled her body scent. It was the scent of her that quenched his thirst and filled his hunger.

“Hey, what the hell is this… … … … .”

The voice that flowed out of his mouth was trembling.

It was difficult to tell if it was unspoken anger, relief, or sadness.

Asha lifted her slender hand and gently embraced Tamon’s hard shoulder.

“Tamon.”

“……Asha.”

The pats and pats were soft as if they were hitting his soul who had gone through hell several times, but it felt more savage.

He clenched his teeth and lifted Asha up to make eye contact with himself.

His blazing red eyes questioned her many things, but the words that came out through clenched teeth were soft and tender.

“You aren’t hurt… right?”

Asha nodded her head, with a complex expression.

At that moment, Tamon sighed and smiled bitterly, as if he was at least relieved.

It was a slight relief from the depths.

Asha pat Tamon’s chest as it went up and down, then she hugged him again.

“Please, when I’m barely holding onto the string of reason, can you please explain this situation, Asha?”

His voice was calm even though he was on the verge of going crazy. His fingers were trembling slightly.

Asha looked carefully into his eyes and showed him his favorite smile. “I’m sorry.”

“What did you do to say sorry?”

Or was she going to do something else?

Tamon slightly furrowed one eyebrow.

Then he glanced down gently and looked at his wrist Asha was holding.

His wrists were tickling, and a thin rope wrapped around them.

“…what are you doing now?”

“Shh. Wait.”

Asha fastened his wrists quite skillfully. Twisting the line was the way of the knights.

“Did Tanatos teach the Empress these things?”

Laughing out of bewilderment, not knowing what was going on. Facing his confused eyes, Asha smiled brightly.

It was the smile that really dazzled men.

“When I was young, my brother taught me. He said I might use it someday. Wise Cain. He must have thought I would use this skill sometimes.”

Her voice was playful as she wrinkled her nose.

After taking a deep breath for a while, Tamon looked around at the rope tying his wrists tightly, the ship moving forward peacefully, and the calm waters of the sea, then looked at Asha again.

“Now that you’ve tied me up, can you explain, Asha?”

“Excellent.”

Asha murmured in a voice like a rustling sea breeze and looked down proudly at Tamon’s tightly bound wrists.

No matter how strong Tamon was, it wouldn’t be easy to untie because it’s tied with three layers of Luxen’s rope, which was famous for its toughness.

As if praising Tammon for patiently waiting, she looked at him after kissing him gently.

“I am kidnapping you, Tamon.”

“What?”

“You fell into my trap and you are being kidnapped.”Tamon’s face was wrinkled in a shape never seen before. He had a stunned face.

It was so funny that Asha laughed out loud.

The sun’s rays reflected off the sea water and passed over her face. It was a smile as bright as a jewel.

“Actually, I’ve always felt strangely happy when you make a face like this.”

“I must have looked pretty stupid right now.”

Asha whispered as she dug into his arms, still with a smile on the tip of her lips.

“Because only I could make you look like this.”

This was the face that appeared when he was tricked.

It was a subtle expression that only she could see.

Asha whispered in a gentle voice, as if singing.

“You forced me to take you, Tamon Krasis.”

“….”

“So, even if I kidnap you, please understand.”

Tamon looked at Asha for a long time with a wrinkled face.

His complex eyes stared at her for a moment, then he said in a stern voice.

“This kind of revenge is not right, Asha. Unless you’re trying to scare me and kill me.”

“Revenge?”

Asha corrected Tamon’s words.

“This is not revenge, Tamon. Just as you forced me to live, so am I trying to force you to live.”

“For the first time in my life, I feel stupid. I can’t figure out what you mean.”

“It’s very easy.”

Asha grabbed his cheek and kissed him deeply.

In spite of his anger and bewilderment, his lips steadily opened and his tongue wandered in search of sweet honey.

As if she didn’t want to waver, Asha smiled as she broke the contact.

“Let’s go to a place where only the two of us can be alone. A place where you can protect me to your heart’s content, and where I can pamper you.”

Words he didn’t expect to come out of her mouth surprised him.

Pamper by Asha?

Asha’s pampering in a situation where he got kidnapped unintentionally by falling into her tricks.

It was a list of words that didn’t match at all.

Even so, a weak wind blew into his chest, which had already sunk down a while ago.

It may have been that he was enchanted by the way she behaved in an unusually blunt manner.

“…I don’t know if I should be angry or afraid now.”

He looked at her with confused eyes.

“You just have to enjoy yourself, Tamon.”

Asha pointed to a small island in the distance.

His eyes narrowed as he looked at the island Asha pointed to, and his eyes caught on.

It was only now that Tamon realized that this sea route was familiar.

‘There…… ?’

The very island he said one day they would go together and play against those flexible-tailed beasts.

“Our babymoon trip under the guise of kidnapping.”

It was the monkey island.

***

Was it really the perfect preparation?

Or should it be called a complete deception?

Tamon had to experience an incredible and crazy experience with Asha and the arrival of another ship that followed him.

“……So, everyone was on this plan, except me?”It was ridiculous, so he didn’t even get angry.

He then looked at Lutre and the Knights disembarking from the arriving ship, and the procession of servants following them with narrow eyes.

Doctors, cooks, fifteen servants, and even gardeners, maids, and midwives were getting off the ship one after another.

There was too much luggage to be called a sudden trip.

Luckily, Lutre was looking around with a more bewildered face than Tamon’s.

However, looking at the procession, it must have been that Satin and Asrell were already in this plan with Asha.

He suddenly remembered the awkward face of Satin he had seen just before leaving the mansion.

“Ha.”

Oh these guys.

Tamon used little strength and broke free of his bound wrists, twisting his lips.

Despite the fact that Asha had been tying it three times expertly, his wrists were just fine with no traces of marks.

Asha looked at Tamon’s wrist with disappointing eyes.

How hard she had tied him up but he broke free easily like that.

Asha looked at him with admiration, yet bewilderment, as she glanced at Tamon’s wrists once more, then raised her head and she looked at him.

As she looked into his burning eyes, it seemed that anger was still there.

Asha asked with a smile as Tamon crossed his arms.

“Are you still mad?”

How the hell was he tricked like this?

Tamon looked at Asha with concern. He already knew she had a plan from a few days ago. It was his own mistake.

He thought he would find her in half a day, but that half day became hell for him.

She was truly heartless and gave him a taste of hell.

Nevertheless, Tamon could not be angry with Asha. No, strangely enough, he wasn’t angry. He was just thankful that she was safe, and that he could see her pretty expression with so much excitement on her face.

He was just happy with it.

He couldn’t help but think he was an idiot.

If she asked him to take out his organs, he would gladly pick up the knife and take it out on his own.

“Please don’t do this again.”

“Yes, I promise.”

As he hugged Asha tightly, his shallow anger vanished. It was absurd.

Asha was thorough, she had brought everything necessary for the island.

Tamon turned and looked at the two nervous housekeepers waiting at the marina.

There was also a hut on this island, but there was a castle in good condition.

Those two were the Kesslots, who managed the castle.

After a brief greeting to the Kesslots, he turned to go to the castle.

It had been a long time since he had looked after the hut, so he decided that it would be difficult to get there tonight.

But Tamon was caught by Asha.

“No, Tamon. That’s not where we’ll be staying.”

A blush appeared on Asha’s cheek as she grabbed Tamon. Her pink cheeks were covered with a hint of excitement and anticipation.

Tamon looked at Asha with bewilderment.

It was the first time he had seen her face like this.

Under Asha’s blush, he felt the desire boil up.

‘I have to fight it.’

“……Asha.”

“Let’s go.”

Asha grabbed his hand tightly. As if she already knew the path, she walked on the other side of the road to the castle.

At that moment, the forest along the coast shook, and the cry of a strange beast resounded sharply.

WAhhhhh!

It was the sound of the mischievous enemies who discovered Tamon, aloud to announce that he had reappeared.