I Will Seduce The Northern Duke

Selina quietly listened to Kalcion’s heartbeat, placing her hand on his bare chest. Like she had put her ear on the ground during a parade, the loud sound of his heart was transmitted through her palms.

“This is mine.”

“That's right.”

“This heart must beat only for me.”

“It will.”

As her hand went up a little higher, he lowered his head and put his face into it and her fingertips soon brushed his eyelids.

“These eyes should be directed at me.”

“As it is now, and forever.”

His action of taking Selina's hand and kissing her palm appeared saintly as if he were a savior destined to rescue the world. However, the gaze he directed towards her revealed a sense of greed akin to that of a cunning devil.

Selina embraced him tightly, enveloping him within her embrace… but merely holding him was not sufficient for her.

She yearned to tear through his flesh and delve into his very bones. The insatiable desire to possess him entirely, permeating every inch of his being, consumed her sanity.

“Uung!”

Selina's uncontrollable frenzy drives her to sink her teeth into Kalcion's shoulder. In response, he plunged his hand into her dress.

The moment his fingertips graze her bare skin, an electric current seems to spark in his eyes. With urgency, he swiftly stripped away her clothing, devouring her lips and caressing her body. His behavior resembled that of a desperate beast.

Both of them possess sufficient knowledge of proper conduct.

Kalcion was taught as part of his successor's education, while Selina had studied it for her acting career. Sources of indirect knowledge were abundant, making it a relatively straightforward process. If this were an obligatory union arranged by the Duke, they would have adhered to the teachings and expectations they were familiar with.

They would have maintained their usual refined manners, offering gentle gestures that wouldn't offend one another, and they would have engaged in their intimate acts without burden or unrestrained lust.

But now, those rules and learned behaviors have vanished from their minds.

Instinct reigned supreme.

Driven by their possessive desires, they relentlessly explore each other's bodies, engaging in passionate kisses, sensual caresses, and intense embraces. They connected at the deepest levels, leaving no gap unfilled.

As their actions mirror their innermost thoughts, their gestures convey an ardent yearning to possess the other, simultaneously fervent and pleading in their caution.

“…What to do? I want to touch you more, even when I’m touching you.”

Seeing the rare sight of a bewildered Kalcion, Selina laughed at the pride that filled her heart.

“You just need to reach more.”

Saying so, she put her body close to Kalcion's.

“Deeper.”

Kalcion succumbed and let out a groan.

Seeing a man who appeared unshakeable, even in the face of a beast's claws, now reduced to howling in pleasure from her touch, brought Selina immense satisfaction. She felt a sense of triumph as if she had conquered the entire world.

Unable to contain her own ecstasy, she then trailed her nails along Kalcion's back. His damp skin writhed beneath her touch.

A man who never broke a sweat no matter how vigorously he wielded his sword was now drenched in perspiration, consumed by his desire for her.

Selina, too, was drenched in sweat, her senses melting into a hazy state of bliss.

As the night grew deeper, the once pristine bedroom was transformed into a disarray of scattered flowers, their passion unabated until the moon descended from the sky.

* * *

The night was so wet that the morning ended up heavy. Selina blinked, rubbing her difficult-to-open eyes with the back of her hand.

“Uuhh…”

Selina found solace in the warmth of Kalcion's body, enveloping half of her own. The sensation was comforting as if she was being cradled by his embrace.

Restlessly, she shifted beneath the covers, her hand reaching out to explore Kalcion's side. Although he flinched slightly, feeling the pressure of her hand against his body, he remained patient, suppressing any hint of discomfort.

From beneath the covers, Selina gazed up at Kalcion's face.

His eyes met hers, and their connection sparked an irresistible attraction. His lips gravitated towards her forehead, slowly trailing down the bridge of her nose until finally reaching her lips.

If it were the usual morning kiss, he would have stopped at this point.

But now, with the reins unleashed, the beast within him found no reason to hold back. A cascade of kisses rained down upon her, starting from her chin and descending upon her delicate neck, caressing her collarbone, and adorning her rounded shoulders.

Unlike the passionate storm of the previous night, the kisses now fell lightly, like a gentle drizzle, yet leaving a moist trace upon her skin.

“Ah… no.”

“No? Why?”

Kalcion mumbled as he buried his face in her chest. Selina barely grasped her quickening breath as she clutched his shoulder. Still, whether she was attracting or pushing him, she couldn't tell.

“In the meantime, your work…”

“They’re doing it on their own.”

“No, though. Everyone… oh.”

Come to think of it, they told the subjects to wait yesterday and then they went straight to bed without saying anything else.

“Don’t tell me everyone is still waiting in the conference room, right?”

“They would have heard that the two of us had gone to bed, so they would have gone home on their own.”

“…Does this happen often?”

“I don’t know.”

Kalcion replied coldly. He didn’t seem to understand why she has to think that far.

Seeing him like that, she boldly pushed him away. While she liked to do it with him and it was nice to have a morning of flirting while meeting each other's body temperature, she couldn't go down the path of pleasure and ruin together.

“Right now, it’s not the peaceful times. It’s wartime. You have to be disciplined.”

“….”

Kalcion, who she thought would jump up and answer, “Of course, I do,” frowned in displeasure. And instead of getting up, he buried his face in her belly button.

“I. Said. No!”

Eventually, after Selina pushed his head and kicked his shoulder, he raised his body.

“I’m okay with being a goddess, and I’m okay with being a leech that clung to the duke to make a fortune, everything is okay. But I don’t want to be cursed as the woman who ruined a country.”

“I’m crazy about you, so why would they curse at you?”

“The world is like that.”

“That’s not fair.”

“Originally, the world is not fair.”

Kalcion, unable to dispute the truth of the situation, reluctantly rose from the bed. Though they had spent the entire night intimately intertwined, it felt somewhat embarrassing to be exposed in the bright light of day.

Selina watched as he was putting on his gown, her gaze fixed on his back, and then quietly pulled the blanket up to cover her face.

Sensing movement within the room, the maids gently knocked on the door.

It wasn't like the two of them were being silent all night. Their passionate encounters had been fervent and unmistakable, leaving little to the imagination.

Under these circumstances, it would be difficult for the maids to simply enter the room and attend to their needs as usual. On the morning following their supposed intimate encounter, Kalcion had departed first, and the maids had refrained from intruding without a word.

But today, with both of them still in bed as the sun rose, the maids had no choice but to knock and enter.

Selina lifted the blanket slightly, peering down at her body.

The evidence of their fervor was far more pronounced than she had expected.

Her skin was marked with an array of bruises and bites, rendering it impossible to discern whether they were the result of insect bites or passionate lovemaking. The thought of revealing these marks to others cast a shadow over her eyes.

“You don’t have to do the morning service. Just ready the bathroom and step back. Also, prepare the meal there before leaving.”

Then, Kalcion ordered toward the door.

Along with a calm answer from outside the door, there were distant sounds of footsteps. Even though she didn't have to say what she was thinking, he took care of it, so she felt much more comfortable.

Selina smiled brightly, expressing her gratitude.

“It's against the law to smile like that after pushing me away.”

Kalcion moved towards her, enfolding her tightly within the folds of the blanket.

There were moments when he encountered something so enchanting or endearing that he feared he might unintentionally exert too much strength in his grasp. And there were instances when she was so irresistibly adorable that he wished to squeeze her until she burst with affection.

When that feeling overwhelmed him, he couldn't resist the impulse to take her into his mouth and gently nip at her. However, he was careful not to cause her any pain, so he pressed his teeth against his own chin, creating a sensation that was more ticklish than anything else.

In this manner, Kalcion playfully nibbled at Selina's shoulder, eliciting a pleasant tingle rather than discomfort. She responded by squirming in his arms, a simple yet instinctive act of evasion.

Yet, the tantalizing touch of her soft body wriggling against him served only to ignite his desire further.

At the mercy of his persistent advances, she found herself helplessly surrendering to his insistent exploration, sinking deeper and deeper into their passionate encounter.

“I can’t…”

Even so, it was Selina herself, not anyone else, who was hugging his neck.

Once again, the morning light rain poured down.

“Ah, haa…”

A hot and soft breath poured from her mouth.

Finding that was a waste, Kalcion kissed her in the mouth and swallowed it hastily. He endlessly overlaps and covets her body. It really made her hungry and exhausted that her body wilted.

“I’ll make sure the bath is ready.”

Kalcion, the complete opposite of Selina, headed for the bathroom swiftly like a well-fed beast. His steps toward the bathroom were as light and airy as stepping on clouds. Even checking the temperature of the water in the bathtub, he then went back to bed and hugged her in the blanket.

“Oh, wait. Let me wear a gown…”

When he hugged her, her bare body was exposed as it was. Selina pulled the gown under the blanket and tried to put it on.

However, Kalcion didn't wait and rolled her up under the blanket.

“If you’re going to wear a gown, I think you’ll take a bath while wearing it. Are these just my thoughts?”

“….”

His thought was right.

Even when she was being attended to by the maids, she wore a thin bathrobe. Still, she won't be able to get into the bathtub with the blanket on.

She could feel his will to see her naked body under the bright sunlight.

‘I got tricked. Tricked…!’