episode_0503

It’s been three months since Lilith disappeared into Strawberry Town. Ethan has made many preparations to find her.

It’s like having a mobile facility ready to safely ‘escort’ the release to your home at any time, or taking classes at the Academy to learn dismemberment in case you have to magically resist and escape.

And of all of them, the one that helped them the most in finding her was the whispering leaf that the warrior Geumjeongjossegi had, and Ethan, who got his hands on it, was able to find Lilith’s whereabouts in just a week.

‘You!! Explain why you are holding it in your hand, warrior!!’

‘Ah, Lady Rosewood gave it to me!! Ask her to put down the sword in her hand and explain!!’

… There was a minor fight that broke out due to a minor misunderstanding along the way, but that is now in the past.

Ethan, who was sure that the direction of the leaves was pointing to a certain house, knocked quietly and soon saw the release he had been waiting for inside.

“Long time no see, Lilith.”

“… … Huh?”

Lilith looked at him with an unguarded expression, as if she had never expected him to come.

The first thing Ethan did to her was to put around her neck the ‘Chain of Obedience’ that he had used on her before.

-Click.

“… … Ah, ah!!”

“… … .”

As expected, it works well.

When Ethan first acquired this item, he had no idea that he would be able to use it so often. This chain of obedience was ultimately something that could only be used if the other person wanted to be chained, or if there was mutual consent.

I asked her friend Isabel for permission to try it out, but the lock didn’t work, so I guess it wasn’t a defective product.

In other words, you should take it to mean that he originally wanted to be like this. Both half a year ago and now.

‘It was too late for me to realize this. If I had known from the beginning that this was what I wanted, I would never have missed it.’

With that thought in mind, it was Ethan who grabbed the other handle of the chain and forcibly dragged her into the house.

-Clang!

“Now, wait a minute, Master Ethan…!!”

“I’m going back to the mansion, so pack quickly.”

“That, that, first, please untie this leash… .”

“Think about what you’ve done so far. You’re also enduring a lot right now.”

“No… … . That… … .”

Ethan felt dumbfounded as he watched Lilith avoid his gaze as if he couldn’t deny her past actions.

It meant that he shamelessly demanded that the leash be released, even though he knew it was wrong.

-Clang!

“Huh?!”

“Pack quickly. If you don’t have anything to pack, I can just take you with you.”

“Okay, just a moment… . Well, then, first, the clothes in the bedroom, and that, and the gold box… .”

“Take everything you think you need. Release, you’ll never come back here again.”

“… … Yes.”

Does she know what it means to be tied up? Lilith surprisingly nods obediently and answers.

But Ethan didn’t let his guard down at all. He had already missed her twice, fooled by Lilith’s shameless expression.

I gripped the leash in my hand tighter, not wanting to let go of it any longer.

“This, this is all, Master Ethan… .”

“Why Master Ethan?”

“… … Ah, that… .”

“You quit being my exclusive maid and left without permission. You’re not even my exclusive maid anymore, are you?”

“… … .”

“… Hurry up and follow me.”

“… … Yes, Prince Blackwood.”

Both Lilith and Ethan felt complicated about the title, which seemed to distance them even further.

But if I don’t tell her in this way, my relationship with her will continue to be nothing more than that of a master and his exclusive maid.

At the very least, he had to completely forget about his relationship with his exclusive maid until he was fully convinced that she would be his one and only wife.

-Squeak.

“Have you found Miss Release?”

“Yeah. It was definitely here. There’s no way an artifact would lie in the first place.”

“I’ll carry your luggage, Miss Release.”

“… Oh, no. I, I’ll just take it… .”

“Yes, if that’s the case.”

Lilith, who was watching Dietmeyer, who accompanied her to pull the carriage, with wary eyes and hugging the bundle in her hand,

It was Ethan who guided Lilith to the back of the carriage, pulling on the leash around her neck.

-Clang.

“Enter.”

“… This, this isn’t a prisoner transport carriage… .”

“I told you to come in, Lilith.”

“… … Are you, by any chance, sending me to Silverwood? Oh, or to the Redwood’s magic stone mine… .”

“Since you’re going to Blackwood, ride quietly.”

“… … .”

Lilith, who had been looking at Ethan with a worried expression, wondered if she was being dragged away to be punished for her crime, and quietly entered the cage.

“… … .”

-Clang.

Ethan followed her quietly into the cage and locked it from the inside.

“… … Ethan Do… B, Prince Blackwood?”

“If I leave you alone again, you might suddenly break the chain and run away. I’ll keep an eye on you until you return to Blackwood Manor.”

“Here, inside the prisoner carriage… .”

“You’d better give up on trying to escape in the middle. It’s already too late, but if you behave now, the ‘education’ time will be shortened.”

“… … Yes.”

“Let’s go, Your Majesty.”

“Okay, please take the fastest route possible.”

A prisoner carriage moves towards Blackwood Manor, with the bars covered with a sheet that prevents anyone from seeing inside.

Inside the cramped, uncomfortable and awkward carriage, Lilith quietly hugged the bundle in her hands to her chest.

“… … .”

So that Ethan wouldn’t notice her belly sticking out slightly under her clothes.

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“You have arrived, Your Majesty.”

After running for half a day from Strawberry Town, the three arrived at Blackwood Manor almost midnight.

Ethan and Lilith, who had been traveling together uncomfortably for 12 hours without even a wink of sleep, had quickly become quite tired.

“I instructed all the servants to get rid of the water and heat up the bath water in the large bathroom so that it can be used right away.”

“Confirmed, Your Majesty.”

“Release, wake up. I still have a lot to say, but since you’re probably tired, let’s start with Sesin.”

“… … Yes.”

Ethan unlocks and opens the door to the escort carriage, with Lilith following carefully behind him.

She had imagined at one point that she would really be dragged to Silverwood and become a sex slave because of the sins she had committed, but as soon as she got off, Lilith felt relieved when she saw the familiar view of Blackwood Manor.

But the leash was still tied around her neck, and the end of it was being pulled towards the front door of the mansion by Ethan’s hand.

“B, Prince Blackwood… . If you show this to others, your reputation will… .”

“Just follow me. Before I tie your hands and feet and take it away by force.”

“… … .”

Although his voice was calm, Lilith could sense that he was more angry than she had ever seen him before, so she carefully followed his words and took each step.

In her head, she was still wondering how she could hide the fact that she was carrying Ethan’s child.

-Thump, thump.

“… … .”

Thud, thud.

“… … .”

The sound of two footsteps echoing quietly in the empty mansion.

With Dietmeyer having bitten all of his servants, the Blackwood mansion had become quiet, with only Ethan, dragging a leash, heading to the bathhouse, and Lilith, who was forced to move quietly following his footsteps.

Ethan brought Lilith to the public bathhouse where they had been together several times, and began to take off her clothes while holding the leash in one hand.

-Slurp.

“Okay, wait a minute… . That, this, this temporary relationship is over, so, this kind of relationship can’t be any more… .”

“Who ends it on their own? Release, you started it on your own, and you broke up on your own, so it’s over? ”

“… … .”

“Okay. I’m just going to wash up. But if I leave you in the bathroom to wash up alone, you’ll probably run away again, so I’m going to wash up with you.”

“I won’t run away! That, so if possible, each separately… .”

“I’m sorry, but I won’t listen to you even if you ask me to release you. I won’t do anything weird, so just take off your clothes quietly.”

“Ah, that won’t work, yi… .”

“… … .”

Ethan looks at Lilith, who desperately rolls her eyes while holding the luggage in her hands tightly in front of her.

In the past, Lilith would often try to enter the bathroom with me, but then suddenly changed her attitude and I was so shocked.

Her actions of drawing a line as if all previous relationships were over seemed to be telling me that she had already lost feelings for me.

“Stop talking nonsense and take it off quickly!!”

-Boooosh!!

“Gyaaah!!”

Release nervously tore apart the slightly loose one-piece dress she was wearing.

“… … … … Huh?”

If you take off your clothes, anyone can tell.

Ethan was struck by the sight of a small, round mound growing on her normally thin abdomen.

“… … .”

“… … .”

A moment of silence.

Ethan looks at Lilith’s pregnant belly with a blank expression, speechless, and Lilith contemplates what to say while observing his expression.

“… … What kind of kid is that.”

The first to speak was Ethan, whose head was cold due to anger exceeding his limit.