episode_0152

While Ellen was putting the leash on Luke.

“Is it okay for me to do that?”

The rest were watching from upstairs.

I thought Bena was a little too harsh.

“I thought you could cut off at least a leg. That’s a nobleman.”

“Huh!?”

I was startled by Anne’s careless remark.

“Why are you like that?”

“Oh, no. Of course you wouldn’t be surprised, right? If you suddenly cut off your leg… .”

“Considering what Luke has done so far, I guess it’s not that strange.”

“That’s true.”

“!!”

Even Lanian is meddling from the side.

But wasn’t he our junior during our undergraduate years?

“Brother… Well, I guess so.”

And even Nia agreed.

“Huh, what the…?”

Bena wondered if there was something strange about her.

Originally, even if only three people gather together, they can create a dragon that didn’t exist before.

The timid Bena immediately changed her mind.

Yeah, there’s something Luke did.

If it weren’t for the princess’s incredible generosity, I would have crippled all my limbs… … !

Click.

Before Bena’s rich imagination went wild.

Ellen came upstairs holding Luke’s leash.

“… … Everyone is here.”

Luke looked at the group with eyes like they were cattle being led to the slaughterhouse (they looked similar).

I didn’t expect Ellen and Anne alone to be able to get here this quickly.

Benae Nia, and even Lanian was helping her.

“Ahem… .”

“Ahem… .”

Those who could not meet Luke’s resentful gaze turned their heads away.

“I’ll be with the teacher today. Everyone, make yourself comfortable. There are plenty of spare rooms.”

Elin shook her stupid hair calmly and spoke as if she were the owner of the magic tower.

“Call me if you need it.”

Clank-

He pulls Luke’s leash as if to tell him to go.

“켁.”

Luke was dragged away without resistance.

I don’t know what will happen if I upset Elin now…

Click.

Luke was dragged into the empty room by Elin’s hand.

“… … ”

Those left behind exchanged awkward glances.

“Sister Nia. Wouldn’t it be better to sit in a room a little further away?”

“I guess…?”

The group just took a room as far away as possible from the room Elin had entered.

It was so that I wouldn’t hear any unnecessary noise coming from the room.

* * * * *

Crunch.

Elin locked the door as soon as she entered the room.

Slap.

I pushed Luke onto the bed.

The moment we met each other’s sparkling eyes.

Luke couldn’t sit still.

“Just a moment, Your Majesty!”

If we continue like this, we might get eaten.

It was because the thought of that came to me.

“Shh.”

Elin placed her finger on Luke’s lips.

He mercilessly climbs onto Luke’s ship.

And unbutton the shirt one by one…

“… Your Majesty?”

… didn’t lose.

width.

He crawled into Luke’s arms and nuzzled him.

“Ssup… … Haaa… … .”

Elin inhaled as if taking a dangerous potion.

Luke stood stiffly.

I was too scared to ask what he was doing.

After a while, Elin looked up at Luke, resting her cheek on his chest.

“… … ”

Without saying anything, just staring.

Trying to avoid eye contact was no use.

“Ugh… .”

Because if you don’t make eye contact, Elin will immediately tighten the leash.

It felt like I was being trained… no, I was being trained.

It was so painful to look into each other’s eyes and endure the awkward silence.

“… May I ask what you are doing now?”

Finally, Luke found his courage.

Luckily, Ellen told him to shut up and didn’t pull on the leash.

“Charging.”

Just talking nonsense.

Luke, who was dumbfounded for a moment, quickly understood.

Ellen was always sneaking into Luke’s bedroom.

The teacher said something ridiculous like, “I’m low on nutrients and need to recharge.”

It seemed that sniffing and rubbing one’s body right now was part of that.

I don’t understand, but… .

“Stroke me.”

“Yes?”

“… … ”

“Wow… !”

No questions were allowed.

Luke stroked Elin’s head with his survival instinct.

It was a hand movement that was close to messing things up.

“Whew… .”

Elin purred like a happy cat.

“Hug me.”

This time, he quickly hugged Elin.

“Harder.”

Kuk.

He seemed a little out of breath though.

“Ugh… … .”

He shivered as if that was just right.

Elin, who was pressed to the limit, whispered in Luke’s ear.

“It was this easy… .”

“… … !”

Luke realized it too late.

Now Elin was controlling Luke.

Literally holding the leash.

Fortunately, I was given everything I wanted, so my throat didn’t get strangled any further.

“… … ”

Ellen closed her eyes and exhaled colorfully.

At first glance, it looks like he’s asleep.

“Your Majesty.”

“Why?”

The answer comes right back.

I’m glad we didn’t break up.

If that had been the case, there would have been immediate retribution.

Luke chose his words carefully.

“How did you make this?”

“What?”

“The leash.”

The leash wrapped around Luke’s neck was no ordinary leash.

A thin black string that resembles a choker.

There was a chain connected to it, drawn with Elin’s unique magic.

So that Ellen can tighten it whenever she snaps her fingers.

“I made this with you in mind.”

“… … I see.”

That’s not what I asked.

Luke agreed for now.

In fact, the manufacturing process of the leash wasn’t important.

Can I dare speak to you now?

Ellen’s feelings were the most important.

“You said we should stay together at the top of the tower earlier… What did you mean by that?”

“That’s right. As you know, teacher, I’ve changed all the magic on the magic tower to my control.”

“… Yeah, I think so.”

“So, teacher, just stay here.”

Shu-

Elin sending mana into Luke’s body.

After diagnosing my body in a concussion state.

He frowned slightly.

“Be quiet, and I will find a way to heal you. No matter what happens, I will.”

“I see…so that’s how it is.”

Luke glanced around as he answered.

Elin flicked her stupid hair as if to say something.

“But I’m busy right now, so I can’t say— Heuk.”

“Sorry. I can’t control my strength. What did you say?”

“… … ”

“It’s true.”

Ellen let go of the leash.

It meant that I would listen carefully without interrupting.

Just now, I really pulled unconsciously… Honestly, that was scarier.

“I found a demonic mark in the north. It seems the Duke is already summoning the demon.”

“So?”

“I think I need to stop it, but I think I’m going to need my strength.”

“I see.”

Ellen nodded.

… just nodded.

“Your Majesty.”

“Huh?”

“So, can I join the secret task force?”

“No.”

Ellen put her hand on Luke’s cheek.

It would have been better if you had hit me hard.

“Whether the devil is resurrected or not, that’s the point.”

Because the caressing hands were so gentle.

“Stay here with me.”

Lick Luke’s entire body with loving eyes.

“It has nothing to do with you, teacher.”

The hairs on my whole body stood on end.

* * * * *

I was speechless.

Because the emotions conveyed are so strong.

I had trouble breathing even though I wasn’t pulling on the leash.

“When the princess returns to her duties as the head of the household, I will revive the demon… .”

“No. No, sir.”

Ellen shook her head like a teacher gently pointing out a wrong answer.

“I finally realized it.”

“… What do you mean?”

“Bertain’s house and all… From the beginning, all I needed was a teacher.”

Did Elin ever want to be the head of the Bertain family?

There’s nothing to think about.

Since she was little, Elin had never wished for anything.

Just dying day by day.

A time when I was slowly dying.

Luke appeared right away.

The savior who changed Elin’s life completely.

Luke wanted Elin to be the head of the household.

Elin thought that if she became the head of the household, she would be able to protect her teacher.

But now more than ever, you’re keeping Luke safe, right?

There was no need to cling to useless places any longer.

“… But if the devil is resurrected, the entire continent will be in danger.”

“It’s okay. You’ll be safe here. I have a modified airship, and a magic tower that the teacher prepared in advance.”

It doesn’t matter if the continent is destroyed.

“Your Majesty… … .”

Ellen is broken.

It was clearly Luke’s fault.

Luke’s face hardened as he faced his karma.

I regret it.

Where on earth did it go wrong?

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have left the coming-of-age ceremony.

No, if you hadn’t lied in the first place.

If you didn’t button it up wrong from the start… .

When Luke is crushed by guilt.

Elin opened her mouth.

“I don’t care about that kind of thing.”

Elin, who dismissed the existence of the continent as ‘something like that’, snapped her fingers.

Woof-

Inventory opens from the side.

He rummages through the contents without even looking.

Elin came out with a glass of wine in her hand.

“The only thing I care about is you, teacher.”

Pong-

Elin opens the bottle and gulps down the wine.

Gulp, gulp… .

Luke caught the bottle.

“If you eat like that, it will harm your body.”

How long has it been since you became an adult?

Is it really that dangerous to drink alcohol?

“It’s okay. Maybe because I have a lot of mana. My body didn’t feel any strain.”

Elin took Luke’s hand away.

I took another gulp.

“Just… feel a little better, be a little more honest.”

“… … ”

That’s why Luke hated alcohol.

On a topic that is so tasteless, it makes you dizzy and makes you talk nonsense.

The next day, after the film breaks, I am left writhing in self-loathing.

“Where on earth did the teacher start lying?”

Elin’s eyes looked strange as she shook the bottle.

It was a look that seemed both sad and angry.

“It’s obvious that you like me… We like each other… Why is this happening? Why did you run away from me…?”

Elin’s speech is a little slow.

The sweet scent of wine wafts into Luke’s nostrils.

“So, let’s find out from now on. Where is the lie and where is the truth?”

I drink all the remaining alcohol.

But I didn’t swallow it.

He puts it in his mouth and comes close to Luke’s face.

“Your Majesty, that drink is really bad―”

At that moment, I realized what I was trying to do.

Luke tried to get up.

Kwak.

Elin, who was pressed down with her whole body, kissed him.

“Sigh… … !”

The wine Elin was drinking spilled over her slightly open mouth.

It tastes bitter.

The tongue curled up.

It tastes bad. I want to spit it out.

“쯉… .”

But Ellen’s lips that touched mine were so sweet.

“Chooup… … .”

Because the tongue that mixes inside the mouth is so soft.

Gulp.

Luke swallowed all the wine Ellen had given him.