Episode 42 : Early night
Belladonna, with her arms wrapped around Escalion’s neck, opened her mouth as if to give him permission.
His thick tongue immediately invaded the open gap.
Soon, the bedroom was filled with muddy sounds.
Belladonna hugged him tighter, feeling strength go into her entire body.
Escalion gave her more strength and pushed her down onto her bed.
“Ah……”
Once the back of Belladonna’s head was fully pressed against her pillow, Escalion parted his lips from hers for a moment, drawing a heavy breath.
“You didn’t drink, right?”
“No.”
Belladonna smiled and shook her head at the question, unable to tell if it was serious or a joke.
Perhaps because she was more sincere than joking, a light of relief appeared in Escalion’s eyes.
He gave her a burning gaze and grabbed Bella’s wrist, burying his lips into her delicate flesh inside her.
As he sucked it with all his might, red marks soon appeared on her white wrist.
“A lot of these things will be engraved on your body. are you okay?”
Escalion asked, showing her the inside of her wrist.
I had no idea what that meant, but Bella nodded.
Escalion’s gaze deepened after confirming the answer.
Soon, he moved his body over her as she lay there.
“I’ll ask you one last question. Can you really bear it?”
Escalion asked, clutching Belladonna’s slender ankle with one of hiz hands.
Belladonna looked up at him in silence.
The corners of his eyes were dyed red, and before she knew it, he was looking down at her as he was breathing heavily.
‘If i nod my head now…..’
Belladonna swallowed her dry saliva and bit her lower lip.
They would spend the night they had been putting off, and she would share her ring with him tomorrow morning.
She had been putting off the first night of marriage with divorce in mind, but now her thoughts about divorce were fading.
‘Is this okay?’
She felt confused, but one thing was certain: she never wanted to return to Astanya.
‘And above all…..’
She was also wanted him very much.
To the point where I don’t care anymore whether he has a mistress or not.
“Are you not concentrating?”
Escalion said, moving his hand to grip her ankle and pressing his lips to her calf.
He stuck out his teeth and chewed the part with very light force.
Belladonna flinched and closed her eyes.
This was her first time in her life, so she felt unfamiliar and scared of everything.
“Answer me, Bella.”
Escalion let out a quiet sigh.
Belladonna nodded without opening her eyes.
I was embarrassed to face him in this position.
“Open your eyes.”
Escalion spoke firmly again.
Bella also lifted her eyelids as I felt like she was going to cry.
His half-opened golden eyes were looking down at her, wrapped in his excitement.
“…Yes I’m okay.”
“You answered well and kind.”
Escalion quickly smiled in satisfaction.
He moved her thick upper body, lowered his head, and captured her lips.
His gaze was obscured, and Belladonna’s delicate voice disappeared into his mouth.
* * *
Belladonna lifted her heavy eyelids.
Before she knew it, the sun was shining, dimly illuminating her dark bedroom.
‘In the end, I couldn’t sleep a wink.’
Even after one storm had passed, Escalion didn’t sink easily, and she was driven over and over several more times.
She had to stay awake all night because she couldn’t stop him from coming back to her heated body as soon as she could fall asleep.
Belladonna let her arms and legs hang limply as she could no longer use her strength, and only her eyes blinked helplessly.
It’s so hard I’m dying…
“Are you feeling alright?”
At that time, Escalion, who was coming out of the bathroom after washing, found Belladonna with her eyes open and asked.
Belladonna helplessly lifted her eyes and looked at him.
Escalion put down a basin full of water on the nightstand next to the bed, wet the towel he brought with him, and started wiping Belladonna’s body.
“It looks like you don’t have the strength to go to the bathroom. Tell me if it’s cold.”
Bella also left her body to him, half-fazed.
Escalion carefully cleaned her body with a towel soaked in warm water, and then he lightly kneaded and massaged her legs.
As he relieved the sore spot, she felt like she would fall asleep in no time.
‚But….’
Belladonna turned her eyes to look at him.
Last night, I couldn’t bear it anymore and I screamed out loud.
He had already discovered that she had a voice, and even if he figured it out and moved on, he couldn’t avoid mentioning it forever.
Belladonna lifted one of her hands and grasped his arm as it moved over her body.
“Why?”
Escalion asked without taking his eyes off her.
Her mouth couldn’t fall.
Belladonna cupped her mouth and only licked her lower lip.
Lifting her head and looking at him, Escalion opened his mouth, pulling up the corners of his mouth.
“Is it because you want to kiss me?”
No….
Belladonna shook her head weakly.
You’ve done that a lot…
Escalion gave her an easy smile and tilted her head.
“Then why? Was last night not enough?”
Absolutely not…
Belladonna shook her head again and hesitated before opening her mouth.
“I… I can’t explain everything right now… Oh, do you mind if I don’t keep talking in the future?”
Escalion looked at Belladonna.
His deep golden eyes stared at her quietly.
Finally, he got her nod and spat out.
“of course. Do whatever you want.”
“…Thank you for your understanding.”
“No. I think it will sound better than anytime else at night, so I don’t mind.”
What is he saying now!
Belladonna suddenly furrowed her eyebrows and raised one of her hands to hit him on the shoulder.
Because she was weak, it wasn’t a very threatening fist.
Escalion grinned and clenched her small fists.
“Why don’t you stop worrying about that and just sleep? I don’t know if I’ll be able to let you sleep tonight.”
Bella looked at her husband with her mouth wide open, looking overly animated.
Last night, it seemed like we didn’t sleep a wink together, but he seemed perfectly fine.
Escalion put the towel he was holding into the basin, and rolled over to lie down next to Belladonna and hugged her tightly in his arms.
He groaned in satisfaction and stroked Belladonna’s hair.
“I feel happy.”
“…….”
“I am happy to cheer my wife up all night, and to lie down, hugging her when she is drowsy.”
I really can’t stop you…
Belladonna snorted and buried her head in his arms.
Even though she thought she couldn’t stop him, she was also feeling similar feelings.
“By the way.”
At that time, Escalion, who was gently stroking the back of Belladonna’s head, blurted out.
“Are the songs that commoners sing while working are all similar?”
“What?”
“The song you sang at the Vatican. Well, is that a song that everyone in the Eleanor Empire knows?”
Are you talking about the work song that was caught by him in the forbidden area?
Belladonna lifted her head and looked up at his face.
“The song I sang?”
“Yeah, that one. And this is a song that the farmers here also sing. After listening to it, I heard that the lyrics and rhythm are slightly different in each city, but it’s amazing that people sing along easily.”
“Oh, basically it varies from city to city… Labor songs usually have lyrics that wish for a good harvest in the sky or praise the nature commonly seen around us, so at first glance, they seem similar.”
“Is that so?”
Escalion stared into space and quietly repeated.
Belladonna watched him quietly.
“Then what you’re singing is the Astanya version, right?”
Yes! Belladonna, who was about to say yes without thinking, stopped her mouth.
Now that I think about it, I thought that the fact that Saint Belladonna knew work songs that only commoners sang might seem strange to him.
“Ah, I guess so. I guess I picked it up without realizing it after hearing people working at the Vatican sing it.”
“Right. It feels like it’s been a while since I heard this.”
Belladonna looked up at Escalion with wide eyes.
‘Come to think of it, Escalion said he lived wandering around the Eleanor Empire.’
Escalion turned his gaze from staring into space and stared at Belladonna in his arms with an inexplicable look, then slowly opened his mouth.
“I used to live in Astanya.”
I know… let me know very quickly.
Belladonna still didn’t relax and listened to her.
“At that time, I had no money, so i stayed in a village where farmers lived, not in the city where mercenaries mainly stayed. When I hear you sing, it reminds me of that time.”
Escalion shrugged his chunky shoulders and looked away.
Only then did she escape from his deep gaze and blinked her eyes.
‘If he had lived in a village where farmers lived, he might have really lived near the village where I lived in my previous life….’
Belladonna glanced at Escalion, who had his eyes closed and his breathing evenly.
So where exactly did he live? He couldn’t have even bumped into me…
“Stop staring and go to sleep.”
What! You spoke first! Belladonna lowered her head in a somewhat resentful mood.
I felt his chest moving as I heard laughter coming from above.
Belladonna closed her eyes tightly in his arms.
‘Anyway, Escalion doesn’t seem to think it’s too important that I don’t speak up. But for now, it would be better to continue to be cautious.’
After being discovered by my husband, it seemed risky to start a casual conversation with him right away.
If she let her guard down, other people could find out that she could use her voice, and if that happened, her holy power could be questioned.
‘First of all, He is Escalion. I think he will hide the fact that I have a voice….’
I need to think a little more about how to act in the future.
Being in Escalion’s warm embrace, I naturally felt drowsy.
Bella put her complicated thoughts aside for now and fell asleep while listening to his even breathing.
• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •By Esraa• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •