"I'll take care of my share. Just allow me to touch your body. Noel is young, but he's a magician. He's a valuable talent, right?"
"Yes! I'm not baggage!"
Noel raised one hand as he spoke. Rodrick looked at Noel and then at Diana with a dazed feeling.
"Wasn't there something impure mixed in just now?"
"Ah, you mean touching your body?"
"Princess, do you not know shame?"
The noble young lady showed no sign of embarrassment. Rather, she was even confident.
"In a matter of life and death, there's no room for such things. So, do you allow it? Both being with you and touching your body."
"..."
"I'm not trying to show off, but don't forget you owe me your life."
"...Right, I owe a debt."
As the handsome face came close, Diana, tensing up, swallowed hard.
Unknowingly, she let go of the collar she had been holding, pressed by his aura.
Konk. Their foreheads collided. What is this? Before she could think, Rodrick spat out one word.
"No fever."
"Um. I'm not sick."
Surely he doesn't think I've been talking nonsense because I was sick all this time?
"Right, it's not nonsense."
Heup. She swallowed her breath. This man, can he read others' thoughts?
"It's all written on your face, so don't think unnecessary things."
Haha, right? Diana laughed awkwardly out of embarrassment.
"I want to know how far you're planning to go if I allow it."
"You mean skinship?"
"Yes."
Would he get angry if I said I've already tried kissing even without permission? No, since nothing soft was exchanged, was it not a kiss?
Feeling guilty, Diana rolled her pink eyes to the side, avoiding his gaze.
As if displeased by this, a hand in a black glove grasped the tip of her chin.
"Why."
His breath touched between their lips, which had become perilously close.
"You were so confident until now."
The man exuding a predator's aura from his entire body was sensual enough to take one's breath away.
It felt like she might be devoured at any moment.
"Ahem. Captain, what are you doing?"
The man with a bushy beard stood awkwardly, his pupils shaking.
He was neatly covering Noel's eyes with his large hand, having entered at some point.
"What."
"Well. Please restrain yourself in front of the child. Even if it's a time of youthful vigor... Ahem."
Rodrick raised one eyebrow at the man's words, which he couldn't finish.
Their posture was quite unwholesome, making such words not strange at all.
Rodrick, holding the woman fully in his arms on his lap and sending her a heated gaze, looked like he might commit the act at any moment.
Rodrick looked at him with his characteristic indifferent expression, as if asking what the problem was.
"Well. I was just saying to be careful because there's a child, and it might not be good for their emotional development."
"Get to the point."
The meaning was clear: shut up and say what you originally intended to say, as this isn't the answer I want.
"The rain has stopped, and you must be hungry. Shouldn't you have a meal?"
"Bring it here."
"No!"
Diana, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, shouted. They shouldn't receive special treatment in a place like this.
Having finished thinking that she needed to become friendly with the knights to accompany them, Diana pushed Rodrick's face with her slender hand and answered.
"We'll go out. Thank you, Sir."
"Ah, yes."
The man, who answered reluctantly, left after checking the situation. He didn't forget to take Noel with him.
Ung-cha. Diana, rising from Rodrick's lap, bent and stretched her stiff legs.
Her legs were sore from being held for so long. Still, it was fortunate that her body had recovered. With this level of stamina, she wouldn't be a burden.
"Are you going out in that attire?"
Under the blanket, she was wearing a thin nightgown. Even when she woke up in the castle, she had been in a nightgown dress.
The one fortunate thing was that there were boots suitable for her to wear for activity. As long as her feet don't get hurt, it's fine.
Diana shrugged her shoulders and answered.
"I can wrap myself in the blanket."
Rodrick, who had been resting his chin on his arm propped on his knee, let out a deep sigh.
He stood up, put his heavy outer garment on her, and even wrapped a robe around her.
When he covered her legs with a blanket in front of the bonfire surrounded by the knights, it was natural for his subordinates to be shocked.
"They say people die when they do things they've never done before."
"Hey, if you don't want to die now, shut it. Look at the captain's eyes."
"You shut up. The captain's eyes were always dirty."
Listening to the knights' trivial conversation from the side, the new recruit seemed to lose his soul.
These people really seem crazy. Is that something to say in front of the captain?
The young man with a youthful face glanced at Diana sitting next to Rodrick while sipping his share of soup.
The young man, who had only lived in a northern village, had never seen someone so beautifully formed.
Even the woman rumored to be the most beautiful in the village wasn't as beautiful as this lady. Is there something different about nobles from the capital?
"Daren, the Princess and the Young Master will come with us until we find Felice."
Before Daren could respond, Diana's reaction came first.
"Thank you, Rodrick. Thank you so much!"
Wow. The young man's mouth gaped at her bright smile that seemed to have the whole world.
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