The Duchy of Arden (6)

Logan frowned at Patrick’s comment. Michael was going to try to push Iris away anyway, so if the two of them went to the Duchy together, Logan would have a chance. At Logan’s expression, Patrick grinned grimly.

“If you’re worried about Prince Michael, you might as well have one more ally, he’s a formidable opponent.”

“I’d be grateful if you’d come.”

Iris said in affirmation. She’d been hoping to connect Rosetta with Patrick, but if he’d come along on his own, she’d be grateful. Logan crossed his arms in disapproval.

“It’s the Duchy of Arden. Do you have a place to stay?”

“If you keep making excuses, it’ll never end.”

He is the son of Marquis of Lansfield, so it was no big deal. Besides, Patrick was second cousins with Michael. Though they were now estranged, Patrick had once been summoned to the palace as Prince Michael’s playmate.

‘I suppose I owe the duke a favor if nothing else….’

He doesn’t really want to, but he can’t help but wonder what Prince Michael’s intentions are.

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He endured, but the morning of the fifth day was his limit.

The first day at the Duke’s castle, they didn’t do much because she was busy organizing the luggage that had already arrived at the castle, and the second day was the same. On the third day, she spent the entire day wandering around the Duke’s mansion and castle.

The next day was the same story.

There was no point in rousing Rosetta from her exhausted slumber, so Michael endured. A lot.

Still, they hadn’t finished exploring the mansion and the castle, and for the first time, Michael resented the spaciousness of the castle. Why, there was so much to see!

“Rosetta, Rosetta, please….”

It was no wonder that the morning of the fifth day came and went with Michael whispering. He’d put off checking Rosetta’s heart for five days.

Technically, it was four days, but to him, it was five full days.

Rosetta realized she’d been a little harsh, but she smiled and accepted him. She knew he had a deep desire in the first place.

“Hmph, hmph…. Aaah, aaah!”

Had she forgotten the sensation of being held by Michael in those few days? Or had her feelings for Michael grown again…. Rosetta was lost in the overwhelmingly sweet pleasure.

It wasn’t just Michael who would notice the change in her. He recognized it in the midst of the pleasure that consumed his body and soul, and he was lost in ecstasy.

It was no wonder they spent more time exploring each other’s bodies.

Michael clung to Rosetta, unable to stop grinding his hips against her, and she, feeling good, simply gave in to what he was doing. In her pleasure, she would pull Michael’s neck to kiss him, and he would get so excited that he would extend their time together.

“Aaah, aaah…… good…. I like this.”

“Is it good, Rosetta, I like it too……. It feels so good, it’s driving me crazy.”

It felt obscene just tasting each other’s lips frantically, mixing their saliva together. Rosetta swayed beneath Michael, sometimes up, sometimes down, with dreamy eyes.

A surprisingly sweet stimulation radiated from her body when he touched her during sex, either out of excitement or to enhance their mutual pleasure.

‘Why does this feel so good, does Michael feel it too……?’

She touched his chest, just to be sure, and he couldn’t help himself. His face flushed red with pleasure, and he looked helpless.

“Hmph, Rosetta….

And this?

She absentmindedly squeezed Michael’s, which was racing ecstatically inside me. Michael’s expression clouded, his beautiful face filled with the look of someone holding something back.

‘Ah, cute…. Cute.’

She could see why Michael would call her cute during sex. He was so cute…, and she wanted to make him feel more. She wanted to tease him until he lost his mind.

But in reality, it was Rosetta who was being driven by pleasure. Rosetta’s sweet teasing turned him on, and he pushed her harder and harder.

The pleasure was greater for the receiver, but now she was under his spell. It was inevitable that once Rosetta’s emotions grew to a level similar to his, she would experience a tremendous amount of pleasure.

“Hah, ug…………….. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ahhhh……!”

Rosetta could only utter incoherent sounds as she writhed in Michael’s arms in a bliss so sweet.

Saliva dripped from between her parted lips and wetness sloshed sweetly in her belly. Her insides contracted lustfully at the taste of her climax, and Michael bucked his hips like an animal.

“Haah…. Rosetta……. Rosetta, I love you.”

Moaning against the enveloping hot lips, Rosetta accepted Michael’s tongue.

It was all so, so ecstatic.

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‘Ah…. I can’t live like this.’

She was hungry, and the sun was setting. She felt so good in Michael’s arms, She was just enjoying herself, but this shouldn’t be happening.

‘I skipped all three meals today!’

This had never happened to her before or since she was possessed. It’s a matter of survival to eat all three meals!

She could still eat dinner now, but two meals were a waste. If she was going to be tormented by Michael, she needed to eat three good meals a day.

Rosetta sighed and looked over at Michael, who was still snuggled up against her, sleeping soundly, and looking very content after all the cravings he’d been having.

‘You look happy.’

Only in a way, Rosetta was happy. But she was so hungry too.

Kororok….

The sound of her stomach was very clear. It was a sound she hadn’t heard lately because she’d been eating three good meals a day and snacking in between.

Michael’s eyes widened, as if he’d heard the sound in her stomach.

“Uh…. Rosetta, are you hungry? Do you want me to bring you some food? Now….”

Pulling Rosetta into his arms with an instinctive gesture, Michael turned to look around, his eyes catching the fading light of the evening sun.

“I, I’m sorry.”

Michael’s face widened in embarrassment. Their palms were touching, and he wasn’t sure why he felt sorry himself.

“For what?”

Rosetta wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him, and Michael’s face began to flush in a different way.

To be honest, his body had been steadily getting aroused all this time. A quick hardness pressed against Rosetta’s stomach, causing both Michael and Rosetta to look down through the covers.

“Now, I don’t mean to! I’m just excited to have Rosetta hugging me….”

“I know.”

This was all good, even the embarrassment. Rosetta giggled and rubbed her face against Michael’s chest, and he looked at her in a daze.

“Doesn’t mean you can.”

She added, smiling but firmly, and Michael swallowed hard and nodded. He might be able to, but Rosetta was in no shape to do it.

“Okay….”

“Let’s get some dinner, and then we can talk about this.”

Her voice was sweet and her face was kind, but it made him feel nervous.

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“It’s just that I’ve grown to like you a lot…. I don’t think we can continue like this.”

At the point where the word like came out of Rosetta’s mouth, Michael felt like his heart had lost its function. He stared at Rosetta, his face blank, his cheeks flushed.

“Are you hearing me, Michael? The spell?”

“What, the spell?”

Distracted by Rosetta’s “I like you a lot, Michael,” he didn’t quite catch what she was saying next. He nodded, his eyes twinkling.

“Spell… what?”

“That. It says that the more you like the person, the more you feel….”

“Ah, I see.”

Michael nodded, as if suddenly remembering. He’d been so happy in his marriage to Rosetta that he’d forgotten. Rosetta spoke again, a blush coloring her cheeks.

“I… I think I’ve come to like you a lot more than I thought I would, and so every time I… I’ve felt so distracted……. settling down in the Duke’s house, and now I’m thinking, no, maybe I should try and break the spell… and… and.”

“…….”

“Now I know you like me, and you know I like you…. Now you don’t have to check every day, do you?”

She says that because she doesn’t realize that he just made Rosetta feel three times as much. Rosetta seemed to think that Michael’s lie made her think she liked him.

It was a situation he’d hoped for himself, but for some reason it was bittersweet.

“If that’s what you want…, I’ll do it, but I assume you remember what I told you?”

Rosetta nodded, a blush coloring her cheeks. It was good that she was getting better at sleeping with Michael, but it was a little dangerous to feel so much. After all, she’d been sleeping with him before, and she didn’t need the power of the spell.