Bloodsucking Lover (1)

Deep in a dense forest with indistinct clouds and mist, a love affair between man and devil, where life and death are inseparable, quietly began…

Chapter 1

“Damn… I can’t see anything.” Jo muttered harshly to herself.

Wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead with a rolled-up sleeve, he casually tousled the light brown bangs that clung to his forehead. How long had I been wandering here? Surrounded by thick fog, there was no way to see the road at all.

“！”

Hearing the sudden rustling of leaves behind him, Joe quickly turned around to see that it was just a bird letting out a shrill cry as it flew off into the sky. Joe couldn’t help but sigh in disappointment.

“Looks like today is hopeless as well, causing me to sneak out of the castle.”

Curving his body towards a half-cut tree trunk beside him, Joe took a deep breath. His mind couldn’t help but wander back to his first encounter with the marvelous teenager a month ago.

It happened shortly after his own graduation from college in Paris and his return to Aubel. On that day, Joe decided to go to the woods to hunt a deer, against the wishes of his servants. However, being too preoccupied with chasing the deer, he unknowingly got lost in the depths of a dense forest filled with thick fog.

The fog grew thicker and thicker as if rejecting the intrusion of strangers, almost completely obscuring Joe’s vision. The humid air and the faint sound of roaring beasts made Joe, who was usually quite bold, feel a little creeped out.

Not only that, there is also an incredible legend of this forest: ‘Whoever steps into the depths of the forest will never come out alive. Because he will be sucked to death by the vampires that live in the forest.

I don’t know when this superstition began to spread like a fact in the neighboring villages. The villagers would never set foot in the forest if they didn’t have a reason to go.

Joe had always scoffed at the legend.

However, the fog and the surroundings gave off a feeling that Joe couldn’t help but associate with the legend. Joe gripped his gun tightly and surveyed his surroundings, wandering through the forest in search of an exit.

Just then, a figure seemed to sway near a pool of broken wood and fallen leaves gathered around it. Joe tightened his grip on the gun and eased his steps to dive into the shadows of the bushes.

“┅┅”

Joe almost shouted in surprise that it was a teenage girl-at least that was the first impression at the time.

The young girl lay on her back in the grass with her long dark hair. Her hand was fondling her breasts deep inside the white nightgown, which was sewn with lace and had been faded to her shoulders. The other hand was between her widely spread legs.

As her fingers moved, a strange look emerged on her face, and her white skin gradually flushed. Her long eyelashes fluttered, while her slightly opened red lips continuously emitted pleasant moans.

Joe knew he shouldn’t, but he couldn’t look away. But it wasn’t because of lustful thoughts, it was because he was mesmerized by the sight of her, and she was so beautiful that he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

The young girl rose shapely and removed her clothing to lie on her back on the grass. Her fingers began to stroke the narrow door between her mounds. Surprisingly the figure that looked like a young girl was actually a beautiful young man with male features and red lips and white teeth.

Unaware of Joe’s voyeurism, he tilted his jaw high in the air to enjoy the sweet pleasure. Twisting his slender waist, he exhaled and continued to let out mesmerizing moans.

Lustful in his beauty and with an air of innocent pure spirit, this beautiful boy was typical of something Joe had never seen before. Like an angel, and like a demon. Maybe it was just a fantasy dream or not, depreciating the blink of an eye and disappearing without a trace.

“If it’s a dream, let me never wake up.”

Just as Joe was praying this in his mind, the bushes behind him suddenly rustled. The boy sat up quickly at the sound and looked in Joe’s direction in surprise. As soon as Joe appeared, the boy’s turquoise blue eyes widened and his red lips quivered in shame. Joe had barely taken a step when the boy immediately grabbed his white pajamas off the ground and fled into another bush.

“Ah… wait a minute! “

Joe was just about to follow him out when he was called back.

“Young Master Qiao! So you’re here.”

Burrowing out of the bushes were the servants who had gotten separated from Joe. Because of this, Joe was unable to continue chasing the teenager’s helicopter. Although Joe didn’t know who that teenager was, he always felt that if he came to this forest he would definitely see him again.

After that, Joe’s footprints could often be found in the forest. Of course he wasn’t seen every time he visited, but walks in the forest had become one of Joe’s joie de vivre.

At this time, suddenly there are leaves strewn down on their heads, Joe looked up, a teenager is on the thick branches looking down on the self.

The young man was wearing a long white nightgown, swaying his long, dark, night-like hair and smiling innocently. The poignant appearance that resembled that of a young girl and the turquoise blue pupils of his eyes that were surrounded by long eyelashes were all full of mysterious colors.

The owner of this rare face is the teenager that Joe has searched so hard and waited so long for.

The wind blew the hem of his pajamas, revealing long, ivory-colored legs. That magical beauty made Joe unable to take his eyes off them. Seeing Joe’s foolishness, the teenager couldn’t help but smile sweetly.

“Come on down! “

Joe tried to speak to the teenager. After a moment, with the rustling of leaves, the teenager leapt lightly to the ground. Keeping a proper distance from Joe, the teenager turned and gazed at Joe. A brief silence flowed between the two.

“My name is Joe. Just call me Joe. I am the second son of Count Obel, the lord of Dorno City, which is located on the opposite side of this forest. If you live in this neighborhood, you’ve heard of me, right? That lord has an unruly and idle son.”

Joe told the teen some of his background. However, the teenager remained silent and just stared at Joe with his big eyes.

The trees shook and the fog filled the air with the wind. The hem of the teenager’s long pajamas and his long dark hair tumbled in the wind, and in the silence and stillness, the fog seemed to thicken again.

“Can you at least tell me your name? Don’t make me sing solo by myself! “

Hearing Joe say that, the teenager opened his mouth for the first time after putting a hand to his mouth and smiling shyly.

“If you want to know, come and catch me! I’ll tell you only when I catch you! “

The teenager’s voice was clear with a hint of petulance, giving Joe’s ears a sense of wonder.

“Are you really going to tell me after I catch you?”

“If you can catch me! ” the teenager narrowed her eyes pleasantly and grinned.

“No problem! I’ll get you!”

Joe played along with the teenager’s game.

Yes, this was love. Holding a faintly pining and vain love affair, this was another kind of feeling that Joe had never had for any beautiful woman in the past, and although it was a little unnatural for the object to be of the same sex, Joe didn’t think it was a problem at all.

“Huh. Here it is, Joe! I’m here.”

The boy laughed as if he were teasing Joe, and ran lightly through the trees. Sometimes he hid in the shadows of the trees, and when Joe got close, he deliberately fled in the opposite direction. At other times, Joe was lured step by step into the depths of the dense forest. Joe could only scramble over the fallen trees and trample the overgrown weeds to catch up with the teenager.

The teenager traveled through the forest like a tireless child, this thick forest was like his own courtyard in his home territory to him.

“Ah! “

The teenager accidentally tripped and took advantage of the opening for Joe to catch up as well.

“What’s wrong? Sprained your foot? Let me see.”

Joe bent down to inspect the teenager’s foot injury, however, just as he was about to touch the teenager’s hand covering the injury, the teenager leapt up briskly and fled from Joe.

“Don’t play around. I’m really worried about your injury!”

Sighing like there was nothing he could do about him, Joe stood up with a bitter smile.

“You… are so nice to people.” The teenager lifted his bangs and smiled, “But you haven’t caught me yet.” After saying that, the teenager ran away again in a huff.

“ahahaha… heh heh heh…”

In the milky white mist, the only sounds heard were the high pitched laughter of the boy and the footsteps of Joe, who was chasing after him, both engrossed in a simple game of chase. Finally, the boy disappeared before Joe’s eyes as if he had dissolved in the mist. Joe was left alone in the dead silence.

“He got away again.”

Joe scratched his head helplessly, not for the first time. Each time the teenager tempted Joe to come after him and then disappeared off on his own. Each chase made Joe’s desire to see the teenager again burn hotter.

Suddenly Joe realized that there was something sticking out of the trunk of the tree beside him. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a pure white handkerchief with a delicate French lace border, and the hilt of the shortsword was jeweled and engraved with a heraldic-like pattern that appeared to be a rather ancient piece of fine art.

“‘Aurevoir (how are you)’…”

Joe drew his short sword and gripped his handkerchief, a bitter smile emerging from the corners of his mouth… Even the handkerchief had a mischief-like message written on it.

Moreover, there are also three U’s embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief, “KEM”.

“So his name is Kai…”

The wind rushed, the fog slowly dispersed through the trees, and a shiver swept over Joe’s skin. It was the sudden drop in temperature, I think, and the sweat-soaked clothing was cool. Joe had been so eager to play chase with Kai that he hadn’t noticed that it was getting dark.

Joe was going to call it a day. He probably wouldn’t be able to find Kai even if he went deeper into the forest again.

“I hope to see you again next time, Kai…”

Joe took the short sword and handkerchief Kay had left behind into his arms and returned to where he had originally tied his horse.

“The storm is coming, Joe. If you don’t hurry back, you’ll get lost. The Misty Forest is endlessly dark at night; if you trespass, you’ll never come out alive… That’s the legend of the forest…”

Kai whispered softly. He hid among the shadows of the trees not far away and peeked at Joe. There was deafening thunder in the distance, and a slight drizzle of rain seeped through the fog brought on by the wind. Kai had picked up on the scent of an approaching storm.

“What a pleasant day! Joe.” Leaving behind a low sigh, Kai quickly disappeared into the depths of the foggy woods.

This ancient city is situated in the center of the Misty Forest.

The towering stone walls are covered with ivy and roses, blending in with the surrounding verdure like a protective color. The castle is surrounded by a natural curtain of milky white fog, which keeps out the outside world as if it were a barrier to human intrusion. Along with this, the legend of vampires spreads among the neighboring villages. The castle of the Marquis of Lambeth has been hidden in the forest for centuries under this protection.

When you open the heavy heraldic doors and look out, you can see trees lined with foliage stretching from the vestibule to the foyer. At the end of the trees was a fountain with three water goblins, and the manicured lawn spread across the castle like a green carpet. Roses bloomed all around the castle and on the walls, filling the air with the sweet scent of flowers. It wasn’t a castle with a vast hinterland, but with the natural forests and mountains that surrounded it, the scope seemed much larger.

As soon as Kai got back to the castle he locked himself in his room and sat in a rocking chair by the window with his black cat in his arms. In rhythm with the rocking chair, his long hair swayed at the same frequency as a wolfhound slept quietly crouched next to the window.

It was dim outside the window, and the distant moon god sensed the coming storm and hid his figure among the clouds. The warning winds kept pounding on the glass windows by the balcony, occasionally, drawing Kai’s attention.

The music box on the table played a beautiful melody, but Kai was preoccupied as if he hadn’t heard it.

In an instant, a flash of light swept across the sky, reflecting Kai’s form and the window on the ground. Seconds later there was a loud electrical noise and the wolfhound whined slightly in shock.

“Don’t cypress, Olajo.”

Kai spoke up to comfort the wolfhound. Olaju stood up and leaned against his master.

Joe should be out of the woods by now. It looks like the storm will be at its strongest from midnight tonight until early tomorrow morning.

Kai stroked the black cat’s back and looked out the window lazily.

At that moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. The cat on Kay’s lap lifted its head.

“Who? The door was open.” Kai spoke in an emotionless voice.

“My youngest is Jakob. The Duke has arrived, please prepare.” Came a familiar voice.

“Forgive my rudeness.”

A gentleman opened the door with a couple of servants and bowed respectfully to Kay. Jakob Bova, steward of the castle since Kai’s father’s generation. Yakob Bova, the steward of the castle since Kai’s father’s generation.

“What’s wrong with you? There isn’t even any light in this room…”

Jakob began to light the luxurious candlesticks beside him. The servants who had come with him also began to prepare the dishes. From time to time, Jakob tried to talk to his beautiful host, but Kay remained speechless.

Under the illumination of countless candles, Kay’s room was as bright as if it were daytime. This room full of French Rococo style, as far as the eye could see, all were decorated with deep red rosebuds. In the flickering light and shadow of the candles, Kai’s strange beauty was even more obvious.

After the arrangement was completed, the servants bowed and saluted before exiting the room. The servants of this castle, from the cook to the horse  are all members of the Jacobs family. From the time when the princes and nobles ruled this land, the Jacobs family had already sworn eternal loyalty to the Marquis of Bluebells. This relationship remains unchanged to this day.

“Young Master Kai.”

When the door was completely closed, Yakob, who had a kindly expression on his face a moment ago, suddenly grimaced. Kay seemed to know what he was going to say and lowered her head as if to avoid his gaze.

“You went out of town again, didn’t you?”

Jakob’s tone was clearly chastising Kai as he saw the hem of Kai’s pajamas caked with dirt and dead leaves and couldn’t help but sigh.

“Didn’t I tell you again and again not to sneak out without me?”

Immediately following the deafening whine of thunder came a fierce downpour. Lightning reflected the shadows of the trees throughout the forest into the night sky.

“┅I can’t stand being cooped up in the house all the time.”

“Even so, there is no need for you to go looking for that person, is there? Besides, you should know how dangerous it is to leave the castle and go out.” Jakob chided Kai as he straightened the roses on the table.

“I… It’s not like I was looking for Joe, I just ran into him by chance.”

Kai stroked the back of his black velvety cat and said expressionlessly, “Play with him when you meet him, that’s all.” With that said, Kai put the cat down and stood up.

“AH…” A wave of dizziness hit Kai and he almost collapsed.

“Young Master!” Jakob rushed over to hold Kai down.

“I’m fine! It’s… an old problem. Just drink that and you’ll be fine.”

Covering her face with one hand, Kai’s other hand attempted to push away from Jakob’s hold on her.

“Please don’t push yourself too hard. Isn’t this the time when your strength is at its weakest?”

Jakob helped Kai into the recliner and poured a glass of bright red liquid and handed it to him, Kai cupped the glass in both hands and drank it down.

It was freshly squeezed and still slightly warm rabbit blood.

“A little more comfortable, huh? Want another drink?”

Looking at Kai with a slightly relaxed frown, Jakob urged him to drink more, but Kai just shook his head gently.

“Bad rabbit blood just makes me more uncomfortable.”

“Please don’t say that, you’ll just have to bear with me for a few moments, there’s a much better meal waiting for you tonight.”

Jakob smiled as he took the cup and rang the bell to call the servants in again, instructing them to remove the cup of blood and the paraphernalia for Kay’s bath. Kay slumped tiredly in a chair and ruffled her hair without a word.

“How far have you progressed with him? Is it about this castle…”

“Don’t be afraid, I didn’t tell him that much.”

“That’s good.” Yakob’s topic still seemed to reveal a bit of dissatisfaction.

“There should be a limit to playfulness, it can be dangerous to overdo it.”

“Greedy? I’m serious.”

Facing the butler with an uneasy expression, Kay didn’t care to say what she felt.

“You’re here again…”

A thunderstorm from the sky struck a large tree near the castle, and with the sound of the trunk breaking, the glass windows grated with the impact.

“Let’s leave this topic at that. Please prepare quickly, the Duke is waiting for you in the hall.” Jakob looked at the demoralized Kai and tried to change the subject.

“It’s sixteen nights tonight.”

Kai slumped back into the cushions of his chair once more, “The night that made me lose my mind is coming again.” Alone, he muttered to himself.

Every sixteen nights, it is the time for Kai’s stunningly beautiful body to be abused by men. After inadvertently realizing that Kai was a descendant of the legendary bloodsucking clan, the duke offered to provide people as food, but wanted Kai’s beautiful body to be completely at his mercy in exchange.

After losing the protection of both parents, Kay agrees to make a pact with the Duke in order to keep the Marquis of Lambeth’s house and all the servants who work for the castle alive.

“The Duke loves you dearly.”

“I don’t love that man, I love…”

Having said that, Kai didn’t say anything further. There was no use telling him anyway, he would just look at himself with an expression filled with confusion.

“How many guests this time?”

Kai lowered his eyes and turned against the pillows. The black cat meowed… and jumped back onto the lounger to play with Kai’s long, dark hair.

“What are your thoughts on this whole thing about me being slept with by Alfred? “

Kay asked this on purpose, knowing he couldn’t answer.

“┅I don’t think that can be helped.”

Sure enough, the answer that came back after a pause was a thousand words.”

“Do you really think so? Do you have any idea what that man will do to me tonight? He’ll play with my body and then rape me afterward. Force me to accept his thick, hard body.”

Kai looked at Jakob’s confused expression and continued as if mocking.

“Spread my legs…” said Kay, lifting the hem of her nightgown, revealing her white pattered legs.

“He tortured me in painful positions and you managed to do nothing.”

Feeling his sight, Kay flashed a smile and purposely spread her legs wider. Jakob could clearly see Kay’s secret place.

“┅┅┅”

Jakob averted his eyes woefully. Kai folded his legs and smiled. He knew that the pliant butler loved him, but that was all the more reason to see him overwhelmed when all he could say was “no way”.

“Tonight your… sharpness is very hard for me to resist.”

Watching Jakob pleasing himself in surrender, Kai then showed his teeth and smiled to stop giving him a hard time.

“Forgive my rudeness.”

The lethargic people informed that the bath was ready. Kai stood up and straightened his clothes and walked towards the door. There was something indescribably sultry about the careless ruffling of his hair, and the gusts of rosebud scent coming from him stimulated Jakob’s sense of smell.

“Jakob, I’m serious. I love Joe.”

Kai half closed the door and turned back to throw Jakob this.

“Young master!” Yakob blanched all of a sudden.

“I know, you don’t have to say any more.”

Watching Kai’s departing back, Jakob stood alone, gnawing on the remnants of his grief.

The decorations in the bedchamber tonight were freshly cut red roses, and the flames on the silver candlesticks swayed gently with the breeze blowing in through the glass windows. The king-size bed was also sprinkled with crimson petals, as if overflowing with blood on the white sheets.

Kay flopped somberly onto the large bed.

Wrapped all over in a long purificator strung with real beads, she waited for the visiting men in her silken nightgown. Kai’s mood dropped to rock bottom.

There was a short sword with a jeweled hilt randomly placed next to the bed, and Kai grabbed it by hand and hid it under the large feather pillow.

None of this was what one wanted, and one was in no way forbidden to the Duke. Because it was a contract, a quid pro quo with the Duke, one could only endure it.

Fate plays tricks on her and the spell she can’t escape for the rest of her life, so in order to survive she has to be at the mercy of the Duke.

Kay told herself mentally. Walking out of bed, he drew up a rosebush stuck by the window, poured a glass of home brewed rose wine, and then pulled the petals off one by one and put them in the glass. Shaking the glass, the flower pieces danced with it.

Even so, because of the thoughts that sustained her, she was able to endure. Because of the joy of being able to transcend the pain caused by being abused by men, I was able to enjoy it.

There’s only one guest tonight, a sad victim. Let’s drink a toast to this victim. To this man who is dying in the visions of the sixteen nights.

Kai took a sip of the wine, the sweet and sour scent sweeping across his nose.

“Young Master Kai, the Duke has arrived.”

Hearing a voice from the door, Kai slowly turned around. What met his eyes was a noble gentleman with a well-trimmed and shaped beard and a man who was completely out of tune with the atmosphere in the room.

The gentleman’s name is Alfons. Mr. Alphonse Touchetti. He’s a duke with a castle. He is a duke with a castle.

“It’s been a long time, Kai. It’s gotten prettier and prettier.”

The Duke dismissed Jakob and locked the door. Kay wordlessly looked the strange man over from head to toe before tipping back the remains of her glass.

“How? Are you satisfied with the man of the night? “

The publican smiled, removing the cup from Kai’s hand.

“It makes no difference to me who.”

The Duke gagged Kay’s barely smiling lips, his strong shoulders wrapped around his slender waist, and at the invitation of the Duke’s tongue over his white teeth, Kay could only close his eyes and send his own.

It was a long, hard kiss, and the overflowing saliva that couldn’t be contained stained Kai’s jaw to the top of his neck. The Duke’s hands left Kai’s waist and unbuttoned the front of his pajama top, revealing his white shoulders and the real beads wrapped around his body.

The Duke’s lips slid slowly down Kay’s neck; leaving red etchings along the way. The hollows of her collarbone and her chest were covered with the Duke’s lustful tongue. Kay closed her eyes tightly and let the Duke do as he pleased, her entire body relaxing.

The Duke bit off the strings of the real beads and the rounded beads scattered all over the floor.

“Ah…”

Kai suddenly let out a small cry, it was the Duke who had lowered his head and sucked on the two bright red cornelians on his chest. Kai’s slender body took a step back, and the thin jacket slipped off. Kai’s beautifully even nude body emerged in the candlelight, and someone was faintly heard swallowing hard.

“What? Feeling it already? The show’s just about to start.”

A shudder swept through his entire body as Kai tried to flee, but was pulled back forcefully by the Duke, whispering at his side. Kay turned his head and bit his lower lip in frustration. The duke blew softly on his side and smiled lustfully as he watched his neck scrunching as if he couldn’t resist the itch.

“Turn backward.”

Kai didn’t resist the Duke’s order, and the Duke neatly tied Kai’s hands behind his back.

“Ah!”

Then he pushed Kay down onto the edge of the bed. Kay looked back in disbelief at the Duke and the man standing behind her.

“Kay, show this man the part you’re proud of.”

The Duke took hold of Kai’s ankles parting them from side to side opening his legs to reveal his narrow door in the candlelight. Gently stroking his white magnetic skin, the smooth soft muscle rose in a cornucopia of flesh from the external stimulation.

“How’s that? Quite a perfect body, isn’t it?” The Duke said lewdly to the man.

“It’s quite rare to see such a beautiful boy.” The man returned the dirty salivating grin, spitting out a vulgar snort from time to time.

“Looks like we’re in for a treat tonight.”

Feeling the man’s revealing gaze betokening the part of herself that was trembling with fear, Kay’s cheeks flushed slightly with shame.

“Is he really at my mercy?”

After stroking Kay’s thigh, the man incredulously inquired of the Duke.

“Sure. Be careful not to hurt him though, because Kai is my favorite doll.”

The Duke left the edge of the bed and poured himself a glass of rose wine.

“Kay agreed, didn’t she?”

Kai could only nod slightly in his state of being unable to move with both hands bound and legs spread.

“Then I’m welcome to it.”

The man excitedly climbed onto the bed and removed all the clothes from his body. The fully nude man’s strands stood tall with lust rising from the beautiful boy he had just witnessed kissing the Duke. The man couldn’t wait to pounce on Kai.

“Such delicate skin, my fingers are getting sucked in.”

The man’s rough palms caressed Kai’s thin white thighs, kissing them with his lips, playing with his fingers, licking them with his tongue. Kai tried to tuck his legs in, but instead the man reached down to his knees and propped the job wider open.

“Th…”

Kay couldn’t help but moan out as her slender body was bent unnaturally. The man licked his own lips good-naturedly and lowered his head to kiss the apex of Kay’s parting that was already starting to take shape.

“Uh… uh!!!”

Kai slowly shook his head feeling the desire that was boiling over and began to move his loins. The man took Kai’s parting into the depths of his own throat, making a lustful sound as the man began to lick and devour him. A hot stream ran through Kai’s lower abdomen, the intense stimulation causing Kai’s toes to twitch and squirm.

In the light of the candle flame, Kay’s body, writhing and moving with pleasure, was beautiful to behold. Rapid breathing turned into irritating moans to win the man’s favor. The man couldn’t help but fawn lustfully when he saw Kay’s intermittently trembling bud from excessive pleasure presented to him.

If this is Jo’s caress, I wonder how good…”

The thought suddenly flashed through Kai’s mind as he accepted the man’s caresses.

However, knowing that this is an impossible wish, at least it can be fulfilled in delusion. But how can one wake up in the arms of another?

“Aaah… Haaah… Haaah… Haaah…”

Kai’s breathing became more and more rapid, the part being played with rapidly swelled from engorgement, and the apex overflowed with clear liquid as the pleasure running around hit Kai’s body.

Kay committed herself completely to her boiling lust and decided not to think about anything else. Thinking about it would just add to the misery.

The Duke pulled over a chair and sat at the table coldly watching the behavior of the two men. From time to time, he brought the special rosé to his own lips and gazed at Kai, who was wailing in the man’s palm.

“No… don’t…!”

Kay’s protests echoed hollowly in the air as Kay wriggled and pleaded with him. However, the man deliberately looked the other way and instead captured his own index finger in Kay’s narrow, lovely bud.

“Th… ah!!!”

The touch of the thick man’s finger caused Kay to let out a thin wail, her whole body stiffening at the intrusion of the foreign object. The man inserted his finger roughly twisting it without any wetness, determining the sensation of contractions in the inner walls.

“It’s narrower than expected.”

The man’s fingers slowly invaded Kai’s secret place in order to relieve the tension in his muscles. With just a slight arch of his knuckles turning roughly inside, Kai’s soft inner walls quickly wrapped around and gripped like vines.

“It feels good, seems more comfortable than doing it with a woman.” The man appreciated pleasantly.

“Umm… Umm…”

Kai’s voice shifted to a gasp the deeper the finger intruded. The man began to squirm restlessly as he trapped his entire finger inside, opening his mouth to take Kai’s parting and enjoying his reaction.

“ah… haa… hoo…”

With both his front and back sensitive areas being played with at the same time, Kai’s body was completely dominated by desire. So high was his desire that he couldn’t breathe freely and could only whimper, Kai tossed his black hair wildly and gasped.

“Aaah…!”

Kai’s wail trailed off and echoed through the castle.

“┅┅┅”

Yakob, who was on standby in the neighboring room, could do nothing but bite his lips tightly at the moment to take any action. Even if he knew what was happening to the beautiful master he loved so much, he couldn’t say anything. Even if he heard Kai’s screams or pleas for help, he must not open that door.

All he could do was just wait quietly for the bell to ring.

“Awww…! Uh… uh…”

Kai buried half of his cheek in the sheets and whimpered. Something thick and hard continued to move in and out of his secret place, and the overpowering agony made Kai unable to breathe while his whole body stiffened, and large balls of tears streamed from his helpless eyes. The man, however, but without pity, continued to swing his hips, longing for a deeper union.

The long hair that draped over Kai’s back slid down to his shoulders in droves from the vibrations, revealing his flawless back without a single scar. The man sighed appreciatively as he moved back and forth intensely.

“Wonderful… so burning hot. It’s like my baby is going to be cut off… and almost melt in it.”

The man’s mouth spat obscene words, but didn’t stop moving. With each oily stroke, Kay’s elastic inner walls gripped the man tighter. Forcing herself to endure the physical torture, Kay’s half-open mouth intermittently let out a brief moan.

Since she was thirteen years old when she made love to a man for the first time under the Duke’s tutelage, five years have passed since then. Although his body had been trampled on by countless men and he should have gotten used to it long ago, Kai’s buds could never forget the initial pain. But his young body had long since learned to enjoy the pleasure that followed the pain.

Knowing how to find sweet sensations in the midst of suffering, Kai’s flesh had long since far overcome his reason, and he made love to the man’s embrace with abandon, and in turn, pleasured the embracer.

It was the Duke who turned Kai into a sex doll, inviting the body of a magical teenager into a toy for a man’s libido.

He stared coldly at Kai, who was sinking in the sea of lust, and emptied the remaining wine in his glass with a single tilt. Admiring the beautiful creature in front of him and pairing it with the fine wine was truly a supreme pleasure.

“Awww… ahhh… Please… please… spare me…!”

Caught in a vortex of faculties that she couldn’t extricate herself from, Kai subconsciously began to beg for mercy.

Kay sobbed and tilted her jaw up, her slender body leaning back dramatically like a bent bow. The dense, long lashes on her tightly closed eyes fluttered sadly.

“Alfred, spare me! Please!” Kai finally couldn’t help himself and started to ask the Duke for help.

The corner of the Duke’s mouth raised a thin smile and signaled to the man with his eyes to unbind. Although the man was dissatisfied, he could not resist the Duke and had to pause the pumping of his lower back.

The man untied the ribbons from Kai’s hands and pulled his free elbows in front of him to support himself in a sprawled position. Although his hands were free, the man’s doppelganger was still inside him, so Kai was still unable to get out of the man’s grasp. Kai gripped the sheets tightly to hold back the sweet sensation that flowed out of the pain and pleasure. Moth brows knitted while her waist swayed.

“Aaahhhh…!” With Kai’s petulant voice, his parting shot out a huge amount of white nectar. The bright red rose petals were also drenched with white nectar.

“ah-woo…!”

The rough rhythm began again. The man’s part, which was as solid as a wooden stick, stimulated Kay’s inner walls back and forth. Such unspeakable stimulation made Kay so happy that she couldn’t help but sob and cry.

Even though he had already ejaculated once, the man remained inside Kai and refused to leave. He waited until his part had grown again and continued his fierce thrusts. In front of the man’s beast-like sexual desire that never knows when it’s gone, Kay could only be like a powerless lamb to be slaughtered by him.

“Woah!” A scream escaped Kai’s mouth as a stream of blood ran down his thigh. At the same time, a strong spasm swept through his slim flesh, and the elbow supporting his body bent over without support.

“It ends here. You’ve had your fun, too, haven’t you? “

After seeing Kay cum for the third time, the Duke spoke up and stopped the man. As soon as the men left, Kay collapsed into the bed in a fit of weakness, burying her lids in her hair and panting violently. The endowed beauty was moistened by the flood, and she forced herself to hold back the whimper that was about to rush out of her mouth, waiting for the physical pain to pass.

After pouring a glass of rose wine and handing it to the man, the Duke sat down beside Kai and picked him up, stroking his disorganized hair tenderly.

“　Quickly take that man… I have…”

Fighting back the pain, Kai wrapped his arms around the Duke’s head and licked the top of his neck as if urgently. The Duke smiled knowingly.

“Want it that bad?”

The Duke dragged Kai to his knees and kissed him tenderly as Kai relaxed and closed his eyes.

“How’s that? Pretty much a perfect body, right? Should be enough to satisfy you.”

Like a painful cat, gently stroking Kai’s head, the duke got out of bed and boasted to the man. The man also contentedly drank the rose wine on his back and smiled at the duke with satisfaction, “I haven’t had this much fun in a long time. If I can embrace him anytime, anywhere and as often as I want, it would be like living in paradise.”

“Paradise…”

The Duke’s gaze traveled back and forth between Kai and the men with a wry smile.

“Yes, it is heaven. From now on you will live in paradise, and for eternity…. Kay, this man is also able to fulfill you, right?”

The Duke let out a high laugh, and Kai leaned helplessly against his chest with a rather allegorical smile of demonic beauty.

“From now on you will live in this castle, it has everything, so don’t be polite.”

The Duke said as he kissed Kai’s forehead. The man was ecstatic at the favors that had fallen from the sky. Kay snorted and laughed softly, whispering beside the Duke–“┅You used a very interesting verb.”

Splat! Suddenly, the glass fell to the ground with a shattering sound, and only seconds late, the man crumpled to the ground with it.

“Kay, come on.”

At the Duke’s urging, Kay couldn’t wait to get out of bed after pulling out the short sword she had hidden under her pillow. A smile of pleasure rose under her beautiful face. Pulling over the man’s body, Kai swung the sword towards the man’s heart without hesitation. Blood splattered in a flash.

Kai plopped down on the man’s chest and began to lick and take the man’s overflowing blood one bite at a time with his bright red tongue. The foul taste of the blood caused Kai’s expression to go into a trance.

The man’s hand trembled spasmodically for a few moments before it all but stopped moving. Kay gave a sultry wink.

The descendant of the legendary bloodsucking clan. He is the son of the demonic nature who secretly hides in the Misty Forest to prolong his life and survive.

With unparalleled beauty and slender, graceful limbs, no one can fail to be captured by his magical youth. Sipping the blood of the living and living a life of concealment, this sad, blood-and-rose-loving clan languishes under a spell that will never be reversed.

Those who came to this city believing in the Duke’s words, after enjoying unbelievably pleasurable sex with Kai, will surely suffer the fate of being poisoned and then sucked for blood. There have been dozens of victims.

Sixteen nights of lust and bloodshed intertwined.

Like a kitten licking and fetching milk, Kai enjoyed the man’s blood one bite at a time. Licking the wound with his tongue, he drank the warm blood with his lips. With his entire body covered in blood, the magical boy was in a trance as if he were in a beautiful dream.

“How was it? Delicious, isn’t it?”

Kai turned his head and licked his lips, responding to the Duke’s question with a smile.

The scent of rosebuds added to the flavor of blood gave off an even stronger fragrance. Kai’s long black hair and white body also became more colorful due to the decoration of blood. The body that had been weakened by the man’s torture was also able to regain its vitality.

At the same time, the rosebuds adorning all parts of the room, their already deep red petals appeared even more delicate and colorful. What was even more surprising was that the budding flower buds actually bloomed one after another, forming a sea of roses throughout the room.

Kai’s tiny canines tore into the man’s sinewy flesh, licking at the fresh gush of blood.

“Aaah…” Kai enjoyed the wine-like tide of blood, an expression of intoxicated trance appearing on his face.

“Kay.”

The Duke walked around behind Kai, who was lying on his back next to the man’s body, pressed his ungainly waist to part his mounds, and gazed at the hidden part of Kai. Incredibly, the part that had been ripped apart by the man had actually healed completely. The soft and defenseless little bud contracted and squirmed intermittently as if teasing the Duke. The pitifully reddish-colored walls could be seen faintly.

“Good boy, take your time and savor your delicacy. I’m going to come and enjoy your body.”

A shiver ran down Kay’s back as the Duke lowered his head to the secret place and kissed it lightly. The duke used his tongue to send saliva into the secret place to moisturize it, then pushed his already hot and hard part into it.

After the thunderous whine of the approaching storm, the curved moon was hidden among the clouds, and the raging wind and rain kept pounding on the glass windows inside the barrier.

When the Duke was fully inside, Kay looked up from the man’s corpse and wriggled herself in agony.

“AH…” Kay’s petulant voice filled with pleasure echoed throughout the castle.

It was close to dawn before the storm, which had raged all night, faded away.

The call bell rings.

“I’m Jakob.”

Jakob waited at the door until there was an answer from inside before opening the door and entering. As soon as he opened the door, the smell of blood hit his nose. The Duke sat on the edge of the bed stroking Kay’s long hair. Kay was still in a deep sleep. As soon as this ritual-like affair was over, Kay would fall asleep with the satisfaction of having eaten blood.

“Get this place organized. Then prepare breakfast, Kai will be waking up soon.” The Duke ordered without looking at Jakob.

“As you wish.”

Jakob rang the bell three times and immediately three servants came in and began to clean up the bodies of the men on the floor.

“How is Young Master Kai doing? “

Jakob asked worriedly about his master’s condition. Looking at Kai’s cheeks that had regained their rosy color and innocent sleeping face, Jakob was relieved.

“He slept like he usually does, and it seems like he should be content.” The Duke gently took Kai’s chin.

“Umm…” Kai woke up with two soft winks.

“Is it dawn yet? “

He slowly sat up the upper half of his body and grabbed the silk robe that was sitting beside him and draped it over his shoulders. Enduring the pain in the lower half of his body, his hands and feet were able to get out of bed. Open the hem of the robe from time to time to reveal his white legs skin. A slightly warm liquid slid down his thighs, that was the water of desire that the Duke had left inside Kai.

“It’s so uncomfortable. Jakob, help me prepare the bath.” Saying that, Kai undid the sash of the robe he had just put on. The Duke, who had been quietly watching from the side, suddenly grabbed Kai’s shoulders and pinned him down on the bed.

“Yaaaah!” Kai exclaimed. The Duke lifted the hem of his robe and took a candlestick to expose Kai’s lower half to the candlelight. Then he pulled Kai’s legs from side to side. The white liquid that spilled from Kai’s secret place flowed down to the valley between the twin mounds, and the moistened soft muscles looked unusually demonic.

“Uncomfortable? Then let me make you comfortable.”

“Umm…”

As soon as the words left her mouth, a soft, warm touch surrounded Kay’s moist bud. Kay was so shocked that she wanted to run away, twisting her waist in an attempt to back away. The rose-colored heart of the flower opened and closed as if in fear.

“Ah… don’t! They’re all here…”

Kay’s soft walls, which had only just been liberated a short time ago and still carried the aftermath of her lust, couldn’t help but let out a delicate gasp under the Duke’s lewd and skillful tongue technique.

But thinking that she was being abused by the Duke in front of the servants, Kay couldn’t care less about the pleasure and raised her voice to stop the Duke. Although her legs were held down by the Duke, Kay still struggled to give her feet a boost and did her best to resist by pulling the Duke’s hair with her hands.

Kai couldn’t bear the thought of his appearance being caressed in such a situation and still getting pleasure being presented to the servants, it was a supreme humiliation for him. Jakob gave a wink to signal the servants to go down, and they had the good sense to walk out of the room.

“Hahaha, what’s wrong? Don’t you guys want to see Kai at his best?”

As soon as the servant had gone out, the Duke let loose a loud laugh and said triumphantly to Yakob, who had turned his head away by biting his lower lip. A look of confusion and distress appeared on Jakob’s face.

“Never mind, go prepare the bath. Get my carriage ready after you’ve dined, I need to get back to the city before noon.”

Kay, who was pulled up by the Duke, blushed and flustered as she redressed in her robe.

At that moment there was a knock at the door, and it was the servant in charge of breakfast who invited them to dine.

“You go ahead and shower.” Kai nodded.

“Please follow me.”

Kai and Duke walked out of the room toward their respective destinations.

Bright red roses bloomed in the unoccupied room. Through the wide-open glass windows, the garden as far as the eye could see was also full of roses, floating with a sweet and bewitching fragrance.

Then a new seedling was planted under the ten-foot-high wall. Under the new seedling was the man who had been killed last night. The rosebuds planted along the wall were full of poor men who had become Kai’s blood sacrifices. This is what the Duke meant when he said that he lived in this castle.

The male servants winnowed out the men’s blood and sprinkled it on the rosebeds, so that it didn’t take long for the brilliant flowers to bloom. The other blooming roses would also release a stronger fragrance from the blood.

Like Kai, who became more delicate and beautiful after slurping raw blood, the rose bushes bloomed more beautifully and nobly as a result of sucking men’s semen and blood.

The morning mists flowed slowly from the forest riding the wind, the night was far away and the early morning sunlight brightened the rose-filled city gardens. Insects whimpered and birds chirped, carrying the moist air slowly turning to warmth.

And so the sixteen nights filled with love and blood came to an end.

“ah… ah…”

A sound that was indistinguishable from a wail or a gasp came from the bathroom.

Countless blood-red rose petals floated in the white marble bathtub.

Floating in the aroma of roses, Kay leaned her head against the edge of the tub and tilted her jaw up in ecstasy, a burning breath escaping from her slightly parted cherry lips. Shiny black hair floated on the surface of the water, sometimes wrapping around its owner’s limbs as if it were alive. Kai looked up in a trance at the dense water, his hands slowly  moved, the water surface rose wave after wave of water ripples, the crimson petals also oakley sunglasses like a chaotic dance rotating in the water.

“Uh…”

The thin red flame of love gradually leaks onto Kai’s white skin, and with Kai’s every move, the rosebud petals are also surrounded by the rosebuds in an obsessive way, both near and far. Enjoying the gentle caress of the flowers, Kai drifted off into a trance-like state of ecstasy.

It was a sweet and vain dream. Kay fantasized that she was lying in the crook of Joe’s arm, caressing her body, lightly wrapping her fingers around the most sensitive parts, and Kay imagined it all as Joe caressing her. Caught up in the peach-colored illusion, Kay let out a sweet gasp.

Part of the sensation of being abused by the Duke and the men last night was still so vivid that Kay inserted her own fingers and fantasized about Joe’s fingers moving inside her inner walls.

“Aaah…. Jo…” He softly called out the name of his beloved man.

Yet again, Kai, struggling in the gap between reality and fantasy that contradicted him, could only take little comfort in his empty delusions. He arched his upper body intoxicatedly releasing the fluids of desire.

Two lines of clear tears fell from Kai’s cheeks, and he covered his face with his hands, his shaking shoulders and suppressed sobs peeking vaguely through his moistened hair.

It hadn’t been this strong when I first met Joe. When exactly did it start? After playing a repetitive game of chase with Joe for so long, without realizing it Kai found himself looking forward to Joe’s arrival.

That’s because Joe doesn’t fear Kai, but sees him in a position of reciprocity. The people who surrounded Kai were either evil-minded or conditioned to dominate. Either way it was extremely distasteful to Kai.

And that’s when Joe showed up. Looking at his serious chasing stance, Kai couldn’t help but be drawn to him.

Kai wanted Joe so badly, wanted his solid shoulders and body to hold him close.

Kay longed for Joe’s heart to swell and grow day by day.

Despite his denials to Jacob, Kai did sneak out of the castle to see Joe. Even if it was just for a moment, Kai couldn’t wait for Joe’s attention to be on him.

However, these micro-demands were gradually failing to satisfy themselves. Humans and demons were incompatible, and even with all his thirst, Kai knew he could never fall in love with Joe. As long as Kai was a bloodsucker descendant, he could not fall in love with a human.

Kai’s father died at the hands of humans. Hiding in a pile of debris, Kai watched his father go up in smoke after being shot with a silver bullet.

The man was very close to his father. He was saved by his father when he collapsed in the forest due to physical exhaustion while wandering and stayed in the castle. However, in an unexpected incident, the man realized his father’s true nature, and in defiance of his honor, the man shot his father to death.

Humans would never recognize the existence of the Bloodsuckers. With an onslaught of legends and fear, they were killed as soon as their existence was discovered. So from the time Kai was a child, Jakob taught him never to trust humans.

Like the Duke, Kai can’t trust him from the bottom of his heart. For Kai, humans are the food for his own survival, but also the source of terror.

Yet knowing this, Kay can’t stop thinking about Joe. So even if he can steal some time, Kai wants to be with Joe.

“…” Kai buried his face in the edge of the tub.

“Jo…” Kay whispered softly, which then turned into a sad whimper that echoed in the empty bathroom.

Chapter II

The forest, though still scarred by the storms of a few days ago, could not hide the arrival of early summer. Bright sunlight falls from the branches and leaves, and a cool breeze sweeps through the treetops. Birds squeak and chirp, while cute squirrels jump and play on the thin branches.

From the other side the high whine of a stag resounded through the forest tops, and the morning dew on the leaves was caressed by the wind.

With the rich scent of green grass coupled with the early morning light, the forest begins its new day.

“Hey, Kay, wait up! Wait for me! “

“Let’s continue the game from last time, Joe, come and get me.”

Kai turned around and gave Joe an innocent, unimpeded smile. It was a no-frills expression that only Joe could see.

Kai was sneaking out of the castle while Jakob went to the market to buy food and ran off to roam the forest. He happens to run into Joe, and the two of them play the game of chase again.

Kay was wearing a pure white nightgown embroidered with gorgeous lace, and her flowing hemline was like a butterfly’s wing, tempting Jo to take a step forward to catch her. Kay, who had been giggling from the tree, saw Jo preparing to climb the tree and leapt down like a swallow, looking up at Jo and asking, “Hee… hee… hee… hee…”. How long are you going to climb? “

“You little elf.”

Joe leapt from the tree with a fluid motion. The two of them ran through the forest like a puppy free from its leash in the wilderness.

Sasha…

Pushing back the grass, Kai revealed his face. He had wanted to be invisible in the grass and wait to scare Joe when he came looking for him, but after waiting for half a day and not seeing Joe come after him, he let his eyes look out into the wild plains and saw no sign of Joe at all.

Sasha, sasha, sasha, sasha, sasha, sasha, sasha, sasha.

The breeze ruffled the grassland and silence surrounded them. A small fox poked its head through a crack in the grass and quickly hid itself as soon as it spotted Kai. Kay was alone in the open and clear field.

“Jo…”

A soft call of his name went unanswered. The space of silence expanded rapidly as Kai stood in the grass with his hands full of white wildflowers. For no reason at all, he suddenly felt strongly lonely.

“┅┅！！”

Suddenly hearing a noise, Kai quickly turned around to see a black horse galloping towards him. Surprised, Kai got up and fled.

Straddling the horse was none other than Joe, who had ridden his horse out into the meadow while Kay was hiding. In less than an instant Joe had caught up with Kay.

“Ah!” Kay shrieked, her body suddenly taking off into the air. The flowers cradled in her hands flew all over the sky, and her long hair and the hem of her pajamas formed irregular curves that tumbled through the air.

“Still can’t catch you?”

Joe skillfully maneuvered the horse with his right hand while his left wrist was firmly wrapped around Kay’s slender waist. Kay’s blue eyes widened in surprise, but then regained their composure. After being lifted into the saddle, she leaned lightly against Joe’s strong chest. Joe’s left wrist supported Kay as he adjusted the horse’s speed from a gallop to a trot.

“You’re kinda rude.” Kay’s complaint had a touch of pout in it.

“I told you I was a rough and loose man, didn’t I.” After saying that, Joe and Kay smiled happily at each other.

“You didn’t say you were rough.”

“So you listened. I thought you weren’t even listening to me.”

“Then why did you come after me? Don’t even know who I am.”

“I can go after Ro if I want to.”

“What kind of reason is that?”

“Doesn’t count? “

The horse’s cry paced briskly into the forest, and the air changed from the dryness of the wilderness to a moist, cool air that was soothing to the lungs. Kay wrapped her arms around Joe’s back and buried her face in his chest, listening to the regular beat of his heart and reveling in the warmth of his body through his shirt.

Unbeknownst to them, a man in the distance was gazing at the two. Probably a huntsman from a village neighboring the forest, his astonished gaze peered into the two men’s every move.

“Someone’s watching us.” Sensitive to the unusual, Kai looked up in alarm.

“Ah…? There’s no one?” Jo turned her head and looked around, finding no sign of anyone.

“Yes…? That’s good.” Kai looked up at Joe uneasily.

“No one will enter this forest because of the vampire legend ah. Besides, it doesn’t matter even if we get a peek.”

To Joe, who knew nothing about it, Kai could only offer a bitter smile.

“Do you believe in vampire lore?”

“Don’t believe it.” Joe said with certainty.

“That’s just an illusion that inhabits the weak part of the human heart. And, it’s so impractical.”

Hearing Joe’s thoughts, Kai dropped his eyes forlornly. Although he knew that he was the kind of cursed one that he said could not survive in the world, it still pierced Kai’s heart deeply.

“Joe, send me back to that wild field. Jakob will be worried about me.”

“Yakob? Is that your family?”

“No, I don’t have any family, he’s my butler. He’d be pissed if he knew I snuck out of the castle again.

”

“Why?”

Kay panicked at Joe’s question and didn’t know how to answer.

“Because…” Kai stammered, not knowing how to answer, and Jo stroked his head lovingly and softly.

“┅It’s okay. You don’t have to say anything if you don’t want to.”

Joe headed toward Wild Plains, Kai just hung his head and didn’t say a word. Joe wanted to ask more about Kai, but had to give up by the look of him.

The horse ran through the forest illuminated by the dawn light. Sitting on the horse, Kay pondered Joe’s words over and over again.

Don’t believe it.”

He said it with such certainty. If he continued to hide his identity, he might be able to see Joe more often. And he wouldn’t have looked at himself with the same curiosity as the others.

I liked Joe. The man who defied the vampire legend and went into the woods alone is the first man I’ve ever been interested in, and it would be nice to be with him every day. Kay tilted her small jaw up to look at Joe. Joe, who had noticed the other’s gaze and lowered his head, met Kay’s soft eyes squarely.

It was so beautiful. Joe thought to himself, how could a man have such a soft gaze?

Desire slowly germinated in Joe’s heart, and as if drawn to Kay’s eyes that spoke a thousand words, he lowered his head and kissed Kay on the lips. Kay closed her eyes without the slightest resistance. Just then, the horse stood up with a sudden neigh.

“Ah!” Kai was taken aback by the suddenness of the situation.

“Hold on to me!”

Joe attempted to calm the horse, but the horse was still madly uncontrollable.

It’s over.”

By the time Joe realized that the trap that had been intended for hunting had caught the horse’s hooves, the two had fallen out of the saddle. Joe subconsciously shielded Kai first. Joe’s back hit the ground first, and after the intense shock followed a surge of pain that spread throughout his body, making it almost impossible to breathe.

“Umm…” Jo’s moan reached Kay’s ears.

“Jo…?”

Protected against his thick chest, Kai lifted his head cautiously as Joe gently stroked his dark hair.

“Are there any… injuries?”

Hearing the forced pain, Kai shook his head speechlessly.

“Yes… that’s… good…”

Joe smiled reassuringly, however it then turned into a pained expression as intense excruciating pain ran through his entire body like an electric current. Joe put his hand on Kai’s cheek and lost consciousness.

“Joe? You wake up, Joe! “

Kay crouched on Joe’s chest and screamed, he had gotten hurt trying to protect himself. Kay hid her face and cried, Kay had never met a man who would sacrifice for himself without asking for a price.

Aaah… Jo. It’s all for me…, Kay cried with her cheek pressed against Jo’s.

What to do? What to do…

The horse fell aside and whimpered, its leg probably broken and unable to carry Joe back to his own castle.

“┅┅┅”

Kai hugged Joe tightly, the time had come when he had to make up his mind. Looking at the pained look on his otherwise heroic face, Kay had no time to reconsider.

“But…” the idea was too dangerous. Knowing this, Kai was at his wits’ end.

“Wait for me, I’ll get someone to take you back.”

The winds that blew through the treetops seemed to whisper in droves as Kai’s figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the pale, dense forest.

“How is Joe doing? “Seeing Jakob coming out of Joe’s room, Kay rushed forward to inquire.

“Don’t worry, he’s fine. Although he can’t get up for a while, I’ll make sure he recovers. Please follow me to the second floor.”

Kay was truly relieved to hear this.

“What are you going to do with him, young master?” Jakob suddenly questioned his master in a harsh tone.

“What else? I’ll let him go as soon as he’s healed.” Kai said as he stomped up the stairs, the candelabra next to the stairs lighting up with a single candle flame.

“That’s too dangerous.”

Kay had expected it, and of course Jacobs would object. However, Kay had made up his mind when he brought Joe into this town.

“There’s no other way.”

The servants were busy greening up dinner downstairs, while the other three footmen were busy lighting the luxurious chandeliers on the ceiling.

The chandelier, which was quite old, was carved from crystal and gold and was marvelously delicate. Kai looked up at the top of the gradually brightening hall.

“Of course there is, and the best way to do that is to kill him.”

Hearing this unexpected answer from Jakob, Kai quickly turned his head.

“Yakob!!!”

Kai lifted the hem of his long pajamas and took out the short sword he had hidden next to his thigh for protection and pressed it against Jakob’s neck. Jakob’s entire body was forced by Kai to lean his upper body outside the stair railing.

“Who gave you permission to do that!”

The sharp blade pressed relentlessly against the side of Yakob’s carotid artery. As long as Kai flicked his wrist, the sharp blade would immediately slice through the throat. Seeing the scene of the two in a stalemate, the servants let out shrieks.

“Don’t you dare touch a hair on Joe’s head! Even you won’t survive if Joe gets hurt one bit!”

An unspeakable expression surfaced in Kai’s eyes, the sharp gaze unnerving.

“Don’t you dare kill Joe, I’ll curse you and then die on you.” Two lines of tears flowed from Kay’s bright eyes.

“Young… Master.”

Jakob couldn’t hide his own shakiness that his beautiful master would say such things as he would live and die with Joe. Although he was a bloodsucker, he was at least the only heir of the Marquis of Bluebells, who had been baptized in the blood of ancient kings and was proud of it, but he was willing to promise his life for the slutty son of a small earl. It was then that Yakob realized the weight of Joe in Kay’s mind.

“I will not allow anyone to obstruct what I want to do. Listen to me, all of you, and die if you stand in my way!” Kai announced loudly to the servants who were staring at the hall, and the room fell silent.

“Joe is my guest and what he says is what I say!!!”

Kai’s clear voice carried throughout the castle, and the servants bowed their heads in a sign of obedience. Only then did Kai remove the short sword resting on Jakob’s head.

“Jakob, I know you’re worried about me, but I’ll never compromise on Joe, and I mean it.”

With that said, Kai slowly walked up the steps and through the cloister back to his room, snapping the door shut and locking it behind him. Jakob stared at his master’s back, unable to say a word.

After a few days, Joe’s injuries had mostly healed and he was able to get up and sit in bed. During this period of time, Kay stayed by Joe’s side as long as time allowed, even refusing to be served by the servants, and even eating meals together in Joe’s room. Day and night, Kai enjoyed every second with Joe.

Jo also accepted Kay’s invitation to stay at the castle for a while. He wouldn’t be able to find himself a place to stay back in town anyway.

After the hereditary title was decided to be inherited by his brother, who was two years older than him, there was no place for himself in that vast city of Dorno. With a brother of proper royal blood, why would he need this useless second son born of a sidekick? So there was even less reason for Joe to refuse Kay’s invitation.

“How are you feeling today?” Kay handed Joe his cup of tea.

“Much better than yesterday.”

The cup was filled with the sweet and sour aroma of Rosebud tea, and Joe took a gentle sip as he sniffed the lush aroma of the tea leaves.

“That’s great. Does it hurt anywhere else?”

Kay sat sideways next to the edge of Joe’s bed and the two of them talked pleasantly, enjoying their tea time.

The room was furnished with antique furniture from the Louisianan era and decorated with red roses as far as the eye could see. Although it was daytime, the heavy upholstery and lace, plus a layer of luxurious drapes made of cobalt weave, gave the whole room a feeling of thin light and darkness. Joe chatted with Kay as he surveyed the furnishings of the room.

One of the things that caught Joe’s eye the most was a shotgun that hung on the wall with a finely engraved pattern, and Joe removed it for a closer look. The rather weighty gun could be seen to be of great age, with a coat of arms engraved on the body and a silver-colored bullet filling the chamber.

“Joe.”

Hearing Kay call out beside her, Jo turned around to see Kay’s pretty face with a smile right in front of her eyes. With her red lips and blue eyes, Joe was mesmerized by Kay’s incredible beauty.

“Ah… what is it?” Joe smoothly hung the gun back up.

“How do you feel about me?” Kay whispered sweetly against Joe’s body.

“Do you like it? Or… hate it?”

“Like… ah… but…” Jo didn’t want Kay to notice her wretched emotions and desperately searched her mind for a suitable conversation.

“Then I want you to kiss me.”

“Ah… Oh.”

Joe hesitated for a few seconds at this sudden request before taking Kay into his arms. Kay lifted her tiny chin and closed her eyes to send her lips, and all Joe felt was a warm rosebud scent enveloping him.

“Uh…”

It was a deep, thick, long kiss. Joe’s tongue sought out Kai over his teeth, and the two of them lingered lovingly making wet sucking noises. Searing emotions flowed through Kay’s entire body and he was completely absorbed in the passionate kiss with Joe. Joe held Kay tightly as well, and the two of them collapsed into the soft bed. Joe moisturized Kay’s parched throat.

“I… really want to make sure you’re not a man.”

Joe released Kai’s lips and whispered softly beside him. The breath tickled his hair and Kai scrunched his neck as if he were ticklish.

“OK?”

Kai’s pink cheeks flushed a thin blush as he nodded softly. Joe smiled and kissed him again. In the soft shimmering light of the late afternoon, only the  shivering sounds of the two men’s broadclothes could be heard.

Removing Kai’s long pajamas, his white pattered skin entwined with the real pearl refined son was completely exposed to the cold air. After covering Kai’s slender torso with his strong body, Joe slowly kissed him from his head to the depths of his collarbone.

Kai’s slender body was more slippery and fragrant than any woman Joe had ever held before, with undulating black hair, blue eyes, and a sweet gasp escaping his red lips. The incredible charisma of this demonic young man captured Joe’s heart, and there was an urge to go beyond the troublesome foreplay and possess him directly. However, Joe suppressed his desire and treated Kai with the tenderness of a virgin.

The warmth of true love was transmitted to each other through the close skin. Kai was embraced by Joe, who only appeared in his dreams, and the comforting feeling made him relax his body, which was slightly tense.

“Ah…”

Hovering over Kai’s chest, his lips found a target to immediately take advantage of, and Kai wrapped an arm around the back of Joe’s neck.

“Uh…”

Shaking his head slowly, Kai tilted his white pattering jaws sensuously, and the cornelian in Joe’s mouth hardened. The fiery body leaked a seductive thin red.

“Uh…! Aaah… aaah… aaah…”

Kai let out an annoying snort as he bit down on his middle finger desperately trying to suppress the steady stream of pleasure that was coming up.

Joe’s caresses moved from his chest to his waist, rubbing Kai’s elastic flanks and listening to his pleasing chirps. Joe’s lips moved to his legs, gently rubbing his cheeks against Kay’s ankles as if he were in love. Then he carefully licked over Kai’s shell-like toes before slowly taking them into his mouth. An electric current swept through Kay’s body.

“Jo…”

Kay called out the name of her beloved man, and at the base of her thighs, which were parted from side to side, the quivering, slightly reddish root was anxiously awaiting Joe’s caress.

“Want me?”

“You’re so bad… You know…”

Kai whimpered sheepishly. Joe smiled, then took hold of his ankle and bent down to kiss Kai’s parting without hesitation.

“Aaaah!!!”

All of a sudden, Kai’s body bounced with vibrations. Joe watched the change in Kai and slowly took his parting into the deepest part of his throat.

“ah…, ah…”

Kay twisted and swayed irritably, subconsciously trying to close her legs together. But instead, they were opened even more dramatically by Joe, silently telling Kai not to put up useless resistance. Kai’s true pearl refinement had broken at some point, and the rounded true pearls were scattered all over his long, dark hair. A few of them rolled next to Kai’s cheek, and Kai held them in his hand with slightly open starry eyes.

“Aaah… Jo… Jo…”

Kay, who had no intention of resisting from the start, continued to let out delicate chants. That uncontrollable excitement, along with it, made Joe also become more and more erect.

Joe stopped caressing Kai just before he was about to get an erection and made him lie on his back on the bed with his waist high in the air. His fingers stroked Kay’s white mounds and gently parted him from side to side, revealing the thin red buds hidden in the narrow doorway, Kay’s eyes closed tightly in shyness as he felt the heat of Joe’s gaze, his eyelashes fluttering slightly. Looking at Kay’s shy and charming demeanor, it incited Joe’s arousal even more.

“Kay…”

Joe’s tongue flicked the bud and after a gentle caress dived the tip into the pistil. Kay shuddered as she felt the pleasure of Joe’s tongue writhing inside her walls.

Joe placed his erect and almost painful parting to Kay’s secret doorway.

“Jo…”

Joe embraced Kai from behind and turned his face to his own kissing his lips.

“May I? “

He whispered a question at Kai’s side and waited until Kai nodded his head and immediately pushed his doppelganger forward with force.

“Awww!”

Like the pain that was tearing through his body, Kai wailed. Joe blew on his side as if in comfort. Kay’s tight, elastic inner walls burned as if on fire, greedily devouring Joe’s parting in one greedy gulp.

“ah… ah… ah… uh…”

Kay straightened both arms, desperately trying to hold herself up, her slender waist raised high as Joe began to pump back and forth. The further into Kay’s body she went, the more Joe’s parting swelled as it filled with blood, causing Kay’s loveable little bud to brace itself to the point of bursting. The friction sensation of being stuffed made Kay’s already sensitive parts feel even more sensual.

“Ah… um… It… hurts…”

Raising herself high, Kay buried her face in the sheets and sobbed. Joe still hadn’t stopped moving.

“Bear with me a little longer.”

Joe’s hand came from behind and took hold of Kai’s chin tilting it upward. Kai gripped the sheet, almost tearing it apart.

“ah… haa… haa… hoo…”

Such tough and intense lovemaking, yet filled with tenderness and compassionate love. For the first time, Kay was getting this kind of fulfillment in sex.

Aaah… Joe was penetrating me inside my body.

Kai was turned over by the sweet sensation hidden beneath the pain, his young alter ego spilling clear nectar dripping wet sheets from the internal stimulation and from growing higher and higher under Joe’s intense pumping.

From the gasps that escaped Kai’s mouth, Joe could tell how much he was now reveling in the pleasure he was giving, as well as the satisfaction of his own superiority in domination.

“ah… ah… ah… mmmmmm…”

Kai’s body, accustomed to anal sex, knew how to find pleasure in pain. He panted obliviously as he indulged in his pleasures, and the intermittent sobs grew shorter and shorter with Joe’s movements.

“Jo… Jo…!”

Kay’s cries seemed to make Joe’s flames of love burn even hotter, and he shook Kay obliviously, which resulted in a gasp of delight from Kay.

“ah… ha… ah… ah…”

A spasm swept through Kay’s entire body and white nectar erupted from her parting. The slender body slumped onto the bed as if collapsing.

“Please, will you stay here? I’ve been alone since before and I’ve had enough of this loneliness. OK? Don’t leave even after you’re healed, stay here with me. I really like you.”

As soon as he opened his eyes, Kai wrapped his arms around Joe’s neck and made the request between his ears. Kai’s green eyes were filled with seriousness. Looks like it was himself who got caught up in that game of chase, Joe thought to himself with a chuckle.

“If you really want me to…”

After Joe replied in a low, deep voice, he lowered his head and lightly kissed Kai’s smooth forehead, and Kai’s expression instantly broke down as he buried his head in Joe’s chest. He covered his face with his long hair to keep Joe from seeing that he was in tears.

“Why are you crying? From now on we can stay together no matter if it’s night or day.”

Listening to Joe’s soft soothing voice and feeling his large hand stroking through her hair, Kay could only bury her face and nod uncontrollably.

Here, Joe could forget all about his life in the castle. For what was needed here was not the son of the Count of Aubert–Joe Aubert, but Kay’s lover–Joe. It was Kay’s lover, Joe.

“┅┅┅”

“What…? What did you say?” Kai asked curiously in his arms.

“I mean, Duke Obel’s unworthy son has finally disappeared in the forest.””

Joe purposely relaxed his language flirtingly. Kay could only throw a feeble smile. Even if it’s just a short-lived dream, Kai thought. Meeting Joe had been a trick of fate, and even if it was as short-lived as a flash in the pan, he was willing to choose this path. If he could spend every spring, summer, fall and winter together with Joe, no matter how much it would cost him, he would never regret it.

In the springtime blooming field.

Under the bright green forest sun of summer.

In the garden where the silver darted in the fall.

Then, in a fantasy world closed off by winter ice.

Surrounded by rosebuds, we live in a dream world that never wakes up.

“I love you, Joe.”

Kay cupped Joe’s cheek and kissed him gently, allowing Joe’s strong arms to hold him close. Surrounded by warm body heat, Kay reveled in unbounded bliss.

Chapter III

Jakob walked slowly from the main staircase to the second floor, through the cloisters, and into the large bedchamber on the second floor, where several servants were busy decorating the interior.

Tonight is the night of the Sixteen Nights again, and with a sacrifice for Kai, Alfons… Alphonse Torres. The Duke of Poitiers is coming.

Bright red roses decorated the interior with elegance and grace, the bedspreads and linens were all new, the tablecloths were made of Venetian lace, and the wine glasses were carved from the finest glaze.

Also, the short sword that Kai used this evening was a tiny gem with small rubies, sapphires and diamonds.

“Hurry up, today at dusk the Count will be driving.”

Yakob was serious as he directed the busy servants, but he was upset because Kai was still wandering around with Joe on such an important day. How could Yakob not be angry when he knew that he had to suck human blood once a month or he wouldn’t live, but he was playing around with Joe like he had completely forgotten about it.

“Where is the young master? It’s time to ask him to get ready.”

Jakob had been unable to find Kai since he was in the city a while ago, so he questioned the servant in an annoyed tone.

“Young master is in the courtyard.” An old maid replied.

“The courtyard? Is Mr. Joe with you?”

“Yes, just now they went to the forest to the east, and I saw Mr. Qiao carrying the young master back.”

Jakob waved his hand, signaling the old servant, who could not read faces, to go down. He walked along the balcony to Kay’s room and released the black cat, who was whimpering in its confinement, and who rubbed back and forth at Jakob’s feet with a pouty purr.

Since Joe’s arrival, the shape of life in the city has all changed. Orajou, the wolfhound, and Linu, the black cat, who were once so beloved by Kai, are now out in the cold because their masters only spend their days having fun with their lovers. While it’s good that Kai has become happy, on the other hand, Kai has completely lost his guard.

Yakob just couldn’t erase that ever-present sense of crisis.

Turning his eyes downward, the gardener was pruning the rose bushes in the garden. At the end of the splendid rose garden is a natural forest and wilderness that extends outward. In the wide hinterland there is a shallow pool made of intercepted river water reflecting the shadows of the dense trees, and three swans are skimming in close proximity to each other, sometimes stopping to peck at the green algae. With pure white feathers, their graceful forms leap over the pool.

There is a waterwheel hut near the pool, which was used to draw water from the Ogawa River for kneading flour. Such a beautiful and elegant garden was used by the neighboring princes and nobles for fox hunting and garden parties in the old days before the legend of bloodsucking. Now, however, it has been buried in history as a forgotten descendant of the noble family, and there are no events left. If there is one, it is the blood-sucking feast on the night of the 16th night.

Jakob sighed heavily.

Why does Kai, who has nothing to lose, fall in love with that man alone? If the Duke hadn’t transported Kai to the forest after making him drink a strange drug, he wouldn’t have gotten into this situation, let alone met the man named Joe.

Thinking about this, Yakob was really upset. Yet it could never take it out on the Duke. Because without the Duke’s shelter, Kai would not be able to survive on his own.

He turned abruptly and began to direct the maids again. They scrunched their necks and scurried back and forth like squirrels.

“Awwwwwww. It tickles, Joe.”

From the side of a tall heather tree came the sound of Kay’s silvery laughter. On the grass in a corner of the courtyard, Joe had Kay pinned to him, his head in the crook of his elegant white neck, Kay’s silken shirt slipped down over his shoulders, and his arms wrapped around Joe’s neck.

Joe, who was a bit depressed by the foggy weather for a week in a row, saw that the sunny weather had finally returned today, so he couldn’t wait to take Kai outside. At first, Kay was reluctant, but after being forced to come outside by Joe, she smiled as if she had felt the sunny weather.

“Tell me more about what’s going on out there.”

Throwing Yacob’s unease to the wind, Kay nestled in Joe’s arms and listened to Joe talk about things he didn’t know about the outside world.

Kai hadn’t stepped foot outside of Misty Forest since he was born, and had learned all of his knowledge from the library’s collection of books and Yakob’s teachings. When Jakob went out to replenish his food, he would also choose several different types of books for Kai. However, what Kai craved more than book knowledge was life experience. Joe was struck by how curious Kai was about even the smallest things, so he told him about many of the interesting aspects of daily life.

“And then in the Noordam Laikhan, on the island of Hitti, in the middle of the Seine…”

Joe caressed Kay as he talked about his college days in Paris. The two of them were enjoying a brief moment of afternoon pleasure in the shade of the trees, which were dappled with sunlight. As she listened to Joe’s words, Kay realized that she was doomed to a lifetime of never leaving the forest, and her pleasant smile was tinged with sadness.

Joe’s hand slipped inside Kay’s dark blue velvet sevens to play with his parting. Kay squirmed and giggled, also using her hands to peel Joe’s shirt off, revealing sinewy shoulder blades.

Lips wandered over Kai’s chest and Joe’s fingers gripped his parting hard.

“Ah.”

A sweet tingle swept through his lower abdomen and Kai shivered his body. With a flirtatious smile, Joe pulled out Kay’s white stalk and licked it slowly with the tip of his tongue.

“Aaah…” Kay swayed seductively.

Beside the meadow where they had made love, a swing hung from the big heather.

It was specially made by Yakob for Kay, who had no one to play with, and it was changed every year when spring came and the snow melted, much to Kay’s delight. So when Joe asked where he wanted to go, Kai immediately asked for a swing.

Joe removed all the clothing wrapped around Kai’s lower body, peeled back his mounds, folded his legs over his chest, and thrust ferociously into his burning symbol.

The unnatural position combined with the onslaught of foreign sensations caused Kay to stifle her pearly whites and quiver her lips in agony. The more intense Joe’s thrusts became, the more Kay’s inner walls tightened as if rejecting the intrusion.

Though Kai had long been accustomed to it, his buds, no matter how much they were caressed or moisturized, could not take a man’s pounding right away.

Intense pain always agonized Kay as the man’s parting head advanced. The center of the flower contracted in response to the impact, forcefully denying Joe smooth entry.

“Ah… ah… Th…”

Panting, Kay reached out and embraced Joe’s solid flesh.

Every day for the last three weeks or so of living with Joe had been filled with joy. Enjoying Joe’s embracing body heat, the hot heartbeat that traveled through Kay’s entire body as they embraced each other. Kai felt that there was nothing happier than making love with Joe.

Their bodies intertwined, whispering sweet words of love to each other.

The cable made a rolling sound.

“Umm, Umm… Aaah…”

“You really like swings don’t you?” Joe asked as he swung the swing.

“I… I like it. But… uh-huh…”

Joe got on the swing and sat Kay across his lap facing him. Kay’s white-knuckled fingers gripped the cables and her long hair flew every time the swing swayed. Her open legs dangled helplessly at Joe’s sides, her snowy mounds containing Joe’s masculine member. The area where they were joined burned like fire, and the unbearable pain made Kay arch her upper body and whimper.

“ah… ah… ah-woo…”

Joe happily admired Kay’s reaction, rocking the swing with all his strength. With each movement, Kay let out a brief wail.

“Aaah… Th…”

Kay’s fingers, tightly gripping the cable, trembled uncontrollably, her breathing intermittent as if blocked, her cherry mouth slightly open, her green eyes staring straight up into the blue sky. Joe knew that Kay was desperately trying to hold back the onslaught of pain and pleasure.

“Aaah…”

In anticipation of her orgasm, Kay arched her soft body to revel in the pleasure, her sweat-soaked skin slowly leaking a wine-colored color to add to her beauty.

“Joe, I like you so much.”

Luscious red lips whispered at Joe’s side as a trickle of tears of joy ran down his cheeks. Kai faded his entire body and climaxed in the joy of being cherished by Joe.

“Ah…”

Suddenly, Kai’s body underwent a violent spasm. The half-opened cherry lips trembled slightly, and her unfocused gaze stared straight up at the sky. Kai also lost consciousness with it.

Uncharacteristically, what had been rosy cheeks gradually lost their blood color. Startled, Joe hurriedly withdrew from Kai’s body, leaving him lying across the grass. Kai’s face was pale, his fingertips were cold, and his anemia was quite severe.

“Th…” chimed a soft voice, and Kai opened his eyes slightly.

“I’m sorry, isn’t that too much…”

“┅┅┅”

Kay laughed bitterly as Joe tightened his arms around Kay’s slender frame.

“Kiss me… Jo.” Kay pleaded sweetly.

The weather in the forest was unpredictable, often clear one minute and then foggy the next. Today was no exception, and the two of them waited until they were surrounded by a heavy fog from the forest before returning to the castle.

Yakob in town is tired of waiting. As soon as Joe enters, he sternly tells Joe that guests will be arriving for the full moon, so Kai must return to prepare.

“Is that so? “

Kai nodded.

“But that has nothing to do with you.”

Kai’s voice was so thin it was barely audible. Joe took Kai into the bedroom and laid him across the bed.

“How do you feel?” Joe asked, stroking Kai’s forehead.

“Bummer, it’s not like I’m sick.” Kai replied with a grin.

“It’s an old problem don’t worry about it, it’s all because Jakob talks too much.”

Kay’s tone was relaxed, but her face was still terribly pale. It was the first time Jo had ever seen Kay’s “old problem” flare up, so of course she couldn’t help but be nervous.

“You don’t seem to have much of an appetite lately, would you like to get some sleep first?”

Joe pulled up a chair and sat on the edge of his bed.

“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine tomorrow.” Kai gave a vapid smile.

Joe, who couldn’t understand the implications of Kai’s words, cocked his head in disbelief.

“Who’s coming? “

“It’s the lord of the castle on the other side of the forest, Mr. Alphos. Duke Bovardi. The Duke of Poitiers. He is a very important guest of mine.

“With that, Kay pulled the silk comforter up over herself and turned to the other side to prepare for bed. Joe leaned over and kissed Kay lightly on the head of her face.

“Joe.”

When Joe was ready to walk out of the room he was called back.

“What is it?”

“I’m not sleeping with you tonight.”

“Oh… it’s okay. You have a good rest.” Jo scratched Kai’s hair with a bitter smile.

“You stay out of the innermost guest room tonight.” Kay said softly.

“Why?”

“That’s the Duke’s room, so no one can go near it.”

“Okay. Since you say so…”

Although Joe didn’t quite understand the implications of Kai’s words, he agreed to his request.

Backhanding the door behind him, Joe gazed at the plush chandelier in the hall and wondered what Kay was hiding. What is Kay hiding? How could the Duke of Poitiers get around this town so well? How was it that the Duke of Poitiers was able to come and go as he pleased in this city?

Never mind, there’s plenty of opportunity to ask anyway, Joe thought optimistically.

Rounding the other side of the cloister, Joe returned to his room. Throwing his tired body onto the bed and lying down on the cool silk covers, sleep gradually overtook Joe.

Turning his head to look out the window, the courtyard was still deeply misty. Why is this place always shrouded in fog every day? Joe thought vaguely.

On this day, Kay didn’t come down for dinner.

The full moon hung hazily over the forest, surrounded by fog.

The gates of the city opened wide with a creaking and rolling sound, and after welcoming in a double-headed carriage, they closed again. The horses’ hooves made a regular clatter on the gravel road, and, following the fountain, came to a halt in front of an open door supported by several large stone pillars, where two black horses neighing at length. Immediately Jacobs, with his servants, met him from the foyer, and as soon as the door of the carriage was opened, there appeared, as usual, a man with a man, Alfus. The door of the carriage opened, and there appeared, as usual, a man with Alphonse Torres. The Duke of Poitiers.

“I welcome your presence.” Jakob greeted the nobleman with a bow. The Duke hmmm’d.

“Where’s Kai? “

“Young master is still resting because he is a bit unwell. But after dinner, he will definitely appear in front of you.”

Jakob politely conveyed the message entrusted to him by his master. The Duke laughed twice through his nose.

“There’s no way he could have rejected me. Without me, how could he have lived until today.” He looked at Yakob with an arrogant attitude.

“You go and tell Kai to tell him to come and see me at once, and not to do as he pleases. It doesn’t matter if you don’t feel well, it won’t take long to heal anyway.”

The duke had something in his words. Jakob frowned momentarily, but immediately bowed and saluted again with a dignified expression.

“Then, allow me to report to the young master first. Please take a short rest in the guest room.”

After a while, Kai appeared in the guest room holding a bouquet of roses. His face was paler than usual.

“Kay, it looks like you’re really uncomfortable.”

The Duke sat in his chair and beckoned. Kay placed Rosebud on the table and poured a glass of Rosebud in one smooth swig.

“Which man is it today?”

Kai set down his glass and turned around. The man was sitting next door to the Duke and hadn’t taken his eyes off him since the moment Kai had entered. He was a thick, horny-looking man. Seeing Kay’s beautiful appearance immediately showed a look of overwhelming joy.

“Not satisfied?” Pulling Kai over, the Duke had a wicked grin on his face.

“Didn’t I tell you that everyone is the same to me? Even you are no different from that man.”

In an instant, Kay received a slap from the Duke on her pink cheek. Kay collapsed at the man’s feet rubbing her face with her hands, her black hair scattering.

“He’s your man now. Have fun with him and see if he dares to be so reckless with me in the future.”

The Duke looked at Kay with disdain and sat deep in his chair after giving orders to the man. The man stood up and roughly tugged on Kay’s wrist.

The man quickly addressed his own clothes after dropping Kay on the bed. The sight of the parting between the man’s femurs was a behemoth she had never seen before in all her time with so many men, and Kay couldn’t help but see a wince in her green eyes.

After Kai’s pajamas were torn off, the red hickey on his shoulder was revealed in the candlelight. It certainly didn’t escape the Duke’s gaze, but he remained silent.

The reddish-bronze colored male body took a step forward towards Kai as he reached out and grabbed Kai’s ankles with his large hands to pull his backward body back.

“Trying to escape? Don’t you just love being hugged by men?”

Rough fingers stroked his leg and Kai got goosebumps all over his body. The hand slowly worked its way up to the deepest part. Kai could only bite his lips and close his eyes to endure it.

“Come here and serve me!” He grabbed a handful of Kai’s black hair and forced him down on the bed to lick his own strands.

“If you don’t give me a good licking, you’ll be the one in pain later.”

The man let out an obscene laugh. Gazing at the two men, the Duke’s gaze was calm, but clouds of doubt began to well up inside.

“YAH AH AH AH…”

Joe was awakened by a sudden scream. It was Kay’s scream. What on earth had happened?

Joe quickly jumped out of bed and put on his clothes and rushed to the door of Kay’s room and knocked hard on the door, but no one answered. Trying to open the door, it was unlocked and would not open. Joe desperately shouted Kay’s name from the doorway.

“May I help you?” Jakob came up the stairs holding a candlestick.

“Ah, Jakob. Did you just hear Kay screaming?”

“Screaming? Is it the young master…?” Jakob replied so.

“I didn’t hear it. Did you have a nightmare?”

“No, I’m sure it wasn’t a dream, I really heard it.” Joe’s face was full of astonishment.

“There’s still the Duke staying here tonight, and the servants will be in an uproar if anything happens.”

Yacob explained this to Joe as he replaced the candlestick on the wall with a long candle, and Joe couldn’t get it out of his head but didn’t ask any more questions.

If something had really happened to Kai, it would have been this butler, Jakob, who would have been the first to have acted. Even he was so calm, Joe thought that maybe he really had misheard him.

“Why did Duke Bovardi come here?”

“The Duke became Young Master Kai’s guardian a few years ago. However, he is busy with his official duties on weekdays and only has time to visit the young master on this day of every month.” Jakob answered Joe’s question with an expressionless face.

“And why are you here?”

“Patrolling every night is my job, especially on the night of the Duke’s arrival. So please rest assured.”

Yacob bowed his head in reverence and invited Joe back to his room. Although Joe still had a lot of unanswered questions, he probably wouldn’t get any satisfactory answers from Yacob even if he asked any more.

“Well, that’s a lot of work. Let me know if Kay does anything.”

Returning to his room, Joe sighed as he sat on the sofa by the window. It was because he hadn’t bothered to notice before, wasn’t it? There was always something off about this castle. Whether it was Jakob or Kai, sometimes it was a strange feeling that could not be described. Although each had a different way of handling things, sometimes little things could give Joe a disjointed feeling.

Joe turned to look up at the dark ceiling.

Is Kay hiding something from me?”

Using the candlelight, I looked at the time, just after three o’clock midnight. There was still some distance to go before dawn.

Hard to resist the peace and silence.

“Damn! What the hell is going on here?” Joe anxiously grabbed a book beside him and threw it to the ground.

The next morning, Kai appeared at the breakfast table as if nothing had happened. As he had said yesterday, he had recovered completely from his physical discomfort. Incredibly, his long hair was as dark and shiny as honey, and his pale face was as red as a ripe apple. The moment he and Kai met in the dining room, Joe almost gasped at his stunning beauty.

And the Duke left the castle at first light.

While eating, Joe tentatively asked Kay about the screams he heard last night. Kai’s answer was: “You’re thinking too much, I slept through the night.”

He speared a ham-wrapped fig with his fork and brought it to his mouth.

“Slept until I knocked and yelled at the door of your room and didn’t hear you?”

While stirring the potato bisque with a spoon, Joe gazed at Kay with a quizzical look.

“Because… because I drank the medicine.”

The knife fell into the plate with a crisp clatter as soon as Wolfram and Hart’s hands were sectioned.

“┅Put this away, I’m not eating it.” Kai ordered the servant by avoiding Joe’s sight.

“It’s okay.”

The servants incidentally removed Joe’s empty plate and replaced it with a small snack baked in whipped cream with bacon, the rich aroma of the cheese and the heat of the fresh baked goodness paired with a perfect combination of color and flavor.

“Joe, what are we going to play today?” Kay attempted to deflect the awkwardness hurriedly suggesting a new topic.

“What do you have to offer?” Looking at Kai’s desperate attempt to display a smile, Joe had no choice but to go along with his chitchat.

“By the way, I want to give you a new horse. Want to go for a ride?”

Like he had forgotten all about what had just happened, Kai’s eyes shone with excitement. Looking at Kai’s innocent look, Joe decided not to pursue last night’s incident any further.

Horses’ hooves sounded in the courtyard.

Joe rode the white horse that Kay had given him through the courtyard. Probably having been trained beforehand by a skillful trainer, the white horse was so gentle in Joe’s hands that it didn’t take long for Joe to be able to maneuver it freely. After a few laps around the yard, Joe turned the horse over to Kai, who was watching, and pulled him into the saddle.

“Ah… um.”

“Well? Feeling it?”

Joe whispered beside Kai. He sat Kai down in front of him, enjoying the petulant sounds he was making. Kay breathed heavily against Joe’s chest.

“Ahhhh… so… comfortable… The body… is… so… like…” Kai slowly shook his head, unable to even speak at will with the sweet pleasure coursing through his body.

Kai’s dark hair tangled around the back of his fragrant, sweaty neck as Joe sniffed his aromatic body odor and licked the back of his neck over and over again.

. Joe’s doppelganger was fully inserted into Kay’s twin mounds. It naturally bobbed up and down and vibrated with the horse’s gallop. Feeling Joe’s searing heat stirring herself, Kay couldn’t help but gasp.

“Aaah… aaah… hoo…”

The red lips that formed the O font kept making annoying petulant noises, and under the domination of desire, Kai’s whole body was tumbling in a whirlpool of pleasure.

“Th… Th…”

Kay’s voice ruffled Joe’s hearing and he let Kay’s hands grip the horse before overlapping his own with a hard glare at the horse’s belly.

“AH…!”

The horse picked up speed and Kay’s whole body swept back in a spasm as Joe braced Kay against his chest and stepped hard to avoid being thrown. Joe’s parting rippled through Kay’s inner walls, sending Kay’s consciousness into a near frenzy.

“I’m going over that grass.”

Joe was about to let his horse leap over a patch of tall, dense grass not far ahead when Kay shouted with almond eyes.

“It can’t be! How can it carry the weight of two people at once? “

“So what if I fall!!!”

Joe continued to push the horse forward without listening to Kay’s attempts to stop him. With Joe fully swollen and burning inside Kay, Kay could only gasp uncontrollably on the back of the galloping horse. The two men were rocked violently as they were deeply joined and climbed together to the height of their lust.

“Haaaaah!!!”

The belly of Joe’s leg pressed against the horse’s belly, and the white horse kept up his speed to leap over the tall obstacle in a single bound.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…!”

The landing also resounded with Kai’s wail. The high desire that was running wildly through his body in search of an outlet was beyond control. The two of them shouted each other’s names and climbed to the highest peak of pleasure.

chap

Summers in Obel are lazy and idle.

In the smoothness of each day, Kay dreamed sweet dreams in Joe’s arms. As if to resist her cursed fate, Kay and Joe shared an illusory but blissful romance. And Yakob had no more to say but to acquiesce in this sad game.

After that, the Duke would still bring one or two men to the castle every Sixteen Nights Night as usual. Then, Kay would definitely ask to sleep in a separate room from Joe. What’s even more incredible is that Kay must look pale and unwell a few days before the 16th Night arrives. But as soon as the Duke returned, the symptoms disappeared completely.

Also, Kai often drank a strange red and black drink that seeped into the rose wine. He had to drink it every morning when he woke up, and sometimes he would drink it several times a day if he was not in good health. Once questioned about the contents of the drink, Kai replied, “It’s medicinal wine, I can’t live without it.” There was also a smile on his face.

Joe didn’t ask any further questions, but it always seemed to him that the drink smelled as if it had a strange taste of blood. Even though their relationship had become as strong as glue, there were still too many things about Kai that were a mystery to Joe. He couldn’t ask him to his face, and even if he did, Kai might not answer. So Joe had no choice but to remain silent.

Every morning, Kai would wake up and bathe, have his servants rub rosewater all over his body, and then carefully trim his nails and cut them into the most beautiful shapes.

Sprawled across a silken silk quilt sprinkled with rosebud petals, running a comb through his glossy black hair, his vermilion lips looked dainty. Looking at Kai, surrounded by rosebuds and letting his servants serve him, Joe couldn’t help but be reminded of the beauty queens who lived in Arabian harems.

Next, it was time to drink the medicine. As if drinking the liquid, Kai licked his lips in satisfaction and showed an extremely intoxicated look.

Joe had been at his side watching the sequence.

“How come we haven’t seen Yakob?”

Leaning against the window and hugging her arms, Joe suddenly realized that the butler who came to greet Kay every morning hadn’t shown up today.

“Jakob has gone to the marketplace to pick up food and won’t be back until evening.” Kai replied with a seemingly pleasant smile.

“Do you expect him to give you a present?”

“No la, I’m not a kid.” Listening to Kai’s tone, it seemed like Toya Kobu had bought something.

“I’m finally going to have blood-dripping lamb chops tonight. I’m tired of eating venison and rabbit.” Kai showed a look of impatient excitement.

“I can’t see how you’d dare to eat something like that. Usually you don’t eat much, but it’s amazing how you can eat a big plate of meat dripping with blood without blinking at the sight of it.”

“I just like to eat. Last time you ate a roasted chicken for two in one sitting. How dare you talk about others.”

Hearing his master’s childish reply, the old servant who was sharpening Kai’s toenails couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.

“Young Master, Mr. Qiao, breakfast is ready. Please both of you dine in the dining room.”

The two joked and laughed as they walked down the stairs. Looking at Kai’s radiant appearance, one of the servants couldn’t help but sigh.

“Young master looks so happy. But how long will this fleeting happiness last? “

Probably every servant thought the same as her. The fact that she was going behind the Duke’s back and Joe’s back could be discovered at any time, and only Kay herself would know best what would happen when it came to light.

Joe’s existence was detected by the Duke some time ago, but was blocked by Kai with the excuse that he was food, and the Duke didn’t pursue it further. Since Kai also had a history of using people who were lost in the forest as food, perhaps the duke felt relieved because of that.

However, knowing what would happen if he was found out, Kai chose to stay with Joe. He loves Joe with all his heart, and it is impossible for Kai to love anyone else but Joe.

After breakfast, the two of them went to the pool room on the first floor to play a game of three bumpers on the table.

The so-called triple hit table means that the first ball must hit the table three times in a row before hitting the second ball, and it is a pool game that requires a high degree of skill.

Joe’s club made of buffalo leather was grounded with white powder, and he hit the ball into the pocket again and again with a neat gesture from a rather difficult position. Kay’s skills were not as good as Joe’s, but his scores were not bad either. Joe was getting serious and showed off several difficult techniques, which Kay envied.

“You’re awesome, Joe. Even Yakob couldn’t beat you.”

“You’re not so bad.”

“But Jakob says I’m not good enough, and that my father’s skills are much better than mine.”

“Really? Then I’d really like to get a chance to eyeball Yakob for a bit.”

Joe ruffled his front hair and walked over to Kai, who tilted his head to look at him.

“…Jo, Yakob won’t be back until evening…”

Kay flicked a shy glance at Joe with winks, the implication of which Joe knew without having to say it explicitly. He laughed softly and put his cue on the table and embraced Kay.

“To be in… here?” Jo’s hands wrapped around Kay’s willowy waist.

“Where is it still the same? “

“You bad boy.” Look pecked Kai lightly on the lips.

“I just want you.”

Kay looked at Joe with a smile and let Joe pick himself up and sit on the pool table.

While kissing, the two men undressed each other. Kai brought his face to Joe’s firm chest kissing the tips of his nipples.

“Stop it, it tickles.” Jojing shivered and moved away slightly.

“You kiss me every time, let me serve you once in a while.” Kai said with a pleasant smile as he lifted his head.

Joe smiled bitterly as he laid Kay’s body across the green pool table, revealing his delicate white skin in the yellowish light. The fragrant scent of rosebuds swept across the top of Joe’s nose, and stroking Kai’s body reminded Joe of the tantalizing magic that lay beneath the beauty.

“Kay…”

Calling his lover’s name softly, he gently licked and fondled Kay’s nipples, slowly sliding down to her stomach, playing with her thighs for a few moments before finally reaching the stalk. Kay’s body grew hot under Joe’s touch, her long hair cascading thickly over the pool table.

Once between Kai’s legs, Joe adjusted his position to slowly penetrate his narrow bud.

“Jo… harder… harder… Jo… ah…”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Joe’s thrusts inside Kay accelerated again, and the pleasure that felt like it was going to burst through her lower body made Kay almost dizzy. Dancing wildly with her hair, she couldn’t control the petulant cries that flowed from her mouth.

Joe deep inside himself was so strong yet gentle, and with the pleasure coursing through her body dominating her, Kay had reached a state of oblivion.

Joe smiled at his lover’s fiercely heaving thin red chest and adjusted his breathing before relaxing his lower abdomen and then releasing his searing body fluids.

“Umm…”

Joe groaned as his entire body fell slack against Kai’s chest, rising and falling with his breathing. Kai’s arms gently wrapped around Joe’s neck and Joe closed his eyes to revel in the afterglow of his lovemaking.

There was a sudden click and someone opened the door.

“Is that Jakob? Why are you back so early?”

Kai turned his head lazily in the direction of the door, a look of fear rising to his doe-eyed round eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

Feeling Kay’s vibration, Joe looked up. A distant electric sound like the roar of a horrible demon resounded from this side. Kay closed her eyes in despair.

The Duke with anger in his eyes stood in the doorway watching them. The rose whip swooshed through the air.

“Ahhhh ………!” With the sound of the whip came Kai’s screams of “Yaaaaaahhhh!”

What had been Kai’s gelatinous smooth back was now crawling with a streak of blood.

“You bitch!” Gongfei brandished the rose whip, “Wasn’t that man your prey! Why did you let him live until now? How dare you hide from me and fool around with that man, you say you are not in love with that man! “

“No! He really is my prey.”

Kay desperately refused to admit that Joe was his lover. However the Duke doesn’t believe a word he says.

“Then tell me what good you were doing!” The Duke yelled gruffly, continuing to whip Kay.

Kay was hung naked by the Duke from a post at the edge of the bed, being swatted by a floral whip made from a bouquet of rosebuds plucked from a vase.

Kay’s delicate skin blistered and bled under the ravages of the flower whip.

“You’ve got that man banging on the pool ball here!” The Duke slayed his second finger into Kay’s narrow door and dug out the white sap.

“It hurts…it hurts! You forgive me, Alfred! Forgive me…”

The intense pain that felt like it was going to rip through his flesh evoked fear in Kai, and he cried out and begged the Duke for forgiveness. But the Duke, who was in a rage, was not at all moved.

“Woahhh ……”

Blood trickled down her inner thighs as Kai’s secret place finally resisted overexpansion and was ripped apart.

“Hmph! Don’t think I’ll let you off so easily.”

“Ahhhh…uhh! Don’t …… it hurts …… ah …… “

With the sound of Rose’s whip on her skin, Kay’s shrill screams of pain rang throughout the castle.

“Well ……” someone moaned in the complete darkness.

A different kind of excruciating pain ate away at his entire body, and his consciousness was hazy, so it looked like he’d only just woken up from his coma.

Hot sweat seeped into his eyes as Joe desperately tried to open them to see where he was. It was a prison like room with only a skylight. Joe’s hands were tied above his head and he couldn’t move.

Joe vaguely remembered Kay being pulled out by her hair after being slapped by the Duke a few times without knowing it. While trying to go after him, he was painfully ogled by a couple of men.

It was only today that Joe finally understood Kay’s relationship with the Duke. Kay turned out to be the Duke’s forbidden wife, and now Kay must be under the Duke’s severe punishment.

“Kay ……”

Dry, cracked lips softly called his lover’s name, and for the moment Joe could only grit his teeth.

Thunder flashed outside the window, illuminating the dimly lit room. After a falling bolt of lightning blasted through, a torrential downpour fell outside.

“ohh……Oh… ……”

Blood slid down Kai’s thighs, pooling and dripping to the ground with the blood running down his back.

“How? How does it feel to bleed yourself?”

The Duke stroked Kai’s cheek with his rose whip in a sardonic smile. Excessive pain prevented Kai from speaking, only gasping for breath, his bound hands bruised from bearing the weight of his body, and his whole body was so weak that he had lost feeling even in his fingertips.

“I want you to know what happens when you betray me! “

The flower whip couldn’t stop hitting Kai’s flanks, buttocks, and thighs. The pain of the skin and flesh had made Kai almost lose consciousness.

“Give me a break ……”

“Be honest with me! Are you in love with that man?”

“No … I eye Joe is not in the kind of relationship you think he is! “

“You’re still lying to me!”

Kay’s words certainly added fuel to the fire. The Duke re-picked a rose to whip again. Nonetheless, Kay denied it to the death.

“Awwww! Ahhhh ………!”

The blood-red rose petals fluttered in pieces, and the white silk quilt had been dyed a brilliant red by Kai’s blood and the rose petals.

“Well? You should know by now that there’s no benefit to betraying me, right?”

The Duke grabbed Kai’s hair and forced him to look up. However Kai didn’t answer, his entire body had completely lost its strength.

“Hmph, let’s see how long you can hold out.”

The ropes hanging Kai were cut at public expense, and Kai collapsed to the ground, his long hair tangled around his naked body. His lips, slightly parted as if to say something, tantalized the man’s desire.

The Duke patted Kai’s cheek to wake him up, lifted his jaw and said coldly, “Don’t blame me for being ruthless if you’re so tough.”

“Well ……,” Kai groaned, opening his eyes.

“You can only choose between me and that man. Based on your answer I will decide whether to kill that man or not. If you admit to falling in love with that man, I will immediately tear you into eight pieces.”

After hearing the Duke’s words, Kai’s green eyes widened in shock.

“Quickly! Which one are you going to choose. Do you love me or that young lad?” The Duke forced Kay, who was poor enough to respond, to make a choice.

The falling thunder outside the window snapped and split the fir tree near the castle, then the whole thing burst into flames. Kay’s cicatrizes hung low and quivered her lips.

“I …… I …… love you. No one else has ever existed in my heart. Please believe me…”

Kay was sobbing uncontrollably, the end of his sentence was no longer distinguishable. Kay finally says the last thing he wants to say, “I love the Duke.” The words are a disgrace to Kay, but he has no choice but to save Joe.

The Duke laughed loudly and freely in triumph, pulling Kai into his arms and gagging his lips. He slipped his tongue into Kai’s mouth and curled it around the tip of his tongue and sucked on it. Kai squeezed his eyes shut to hold back.

“Good point. Then show me proof that you love me.”

“Evidence?” Kai looked at the Duke, wondering what he was going to do to him again. Green eyes A hint of fear surfaced.

“There is no need to be afraid. I’m just going to confirm the truth of your words for just that.” The Duke released the hand cupped around Kai’s jaw.

“You said Joe was your prey, so sucking his blood must be okay for you, right? “

“Alfred!” Kai’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“What? Can’t do it? Then I’ll kill the boy.” The Duke looked down at Kai coldly as if in mockery and raised his hand in preparation to ring the bell.

“The men I brought with me today are all strong and healthy, can you bear to see that man tortured and die in front of you?”

Kai knew perfectly well that the Duke was not joking. He would do what he said he would do, and he would do it with whatever brutality he could muster. Kay knew he was powerless to resist and had to give in.

“Okay, I’ll do it…” decided Kai helplessly, as a fierce thunderstorm pounded desperately against the glass windows.

“That’s my good boy.” The Duke stroked Kai’s flank with satisfaction.

“But you have to promise me not to kill Joe for a while. I’ll personally take care of him before the next Sixteen Nights. So please don’t take a shot at him! ” Kai’s tone was filled with determination.

“If you’ll promise me that it won’t matter what you want to do to me at any time. I won’t resist you anymore.”

“Is that true?”

Kai nodded, a handful of long hair sliding down to her chest.

“Follow me.”

The Duke pulled the curtains off the window and draped them over Kay. Kay untied the ropes from her hands and walked out of the room with the Duke.

Joe immediately looked up at the sound of the door lock opening. The door opened gently and the lightning from the window reflected Kay’s slim figure.

“Joe ……”

“Kay! Are you okay?”

Joe was relieved to see that it was Kay. Kay gazed at Joe with sad eyes.

“What did the Duke do to you? “

Kai lowered his eyes to avoid Joe’s gaze and whispered, “I’m fine.” His hand trembled slightly as he pressed down on the curtain fabric. He came to a stop in front of Joe and looked back as if he had misgivings.

“Since Kai wanted to see you, I brought him here.” With the words, the Duke walked into the room with a few of his men.

“Duke Bovardi!” Joe glared at him with eyes full of loathing.

“You’re not a bad lad! Still got the strength to glare at me after being beaten by my men.” The Duke snorted twice from the depths of his throat and walked over to Joe and raised his rosewhip to intimidate him.

“You abducted my Kai and still have the nerve to stay in town, how dare you?”

“I’m not like you. I love Kai deeply so I want to bond with him, it’s that simple!”

“Shut up! You thief!”

With a snap, the Duke’s rosebud whip began to lash Joe wildly. The thorns cut through his clothes and tore at Joe’s skin. The burning sensation along with the pain left thick and long blood marks on Joe’s body. However, Joe clenched his teeth without uttering a single moan.

Bright red petals flew through the air. Kai closed his eyes tightly and covered his ears, not wanting to see Joe’s tortured appearance or hear Joe’s wails of pain.

Finally, the Duke stopped whipping.

“To suffer such a severe beating and not say a word is worthy of being the man Kay looks up to.” The Duke smiled wistfully.

“You just said you love Kai, that’s because you don’t know his true colors. Let’s see if you can still talk about it when you know.” Duke taunted Joe as he played with the rose in his hand.

“True colors? What true colors?”

Joe couldn’t understand the meaning of the Duke’s words and glanced at Kay inquiringly. But Kay just turned his back on him and refused to meet him face to face.

“Let him tell you. Kay, come here.” The Duke ordered Kay.

“Forgive me, Joe ……” in a voice so thin it was barely audible, Kai suddenly mounted Joe whole and grabbed him by both shoulders.

“Kay? “

Kai opened his little mouth, two sharp canines, and bit down on Joe’s carotid artery.

“Kai…!!!”

Sharp canine teeth embedded themselves in the top of Joe’s neck and spilled a second stream of blood. Joe tried incredulously to struggle as Kai licked and took the massive gush of blood pressing hard on Joe’s head so that the teeth were firmly embedded in the wound. Joe felt the power draining out of him bit by bit.

Sucking in Joe’s blood, Kai’s originally pale cheeks added a halo of red, and his long, dark hair became more lustrous. The skin that had been scarred by the rose whip gradually returned to its original smoothness and whiteness.

The arms and body wrapped around Joe were emitting scorching body heat, and the demonic eyes that looked like they were displaying their magical nature appeared to be in a trance from intoxication.

It turned out that Kai was the legendary vampire that inhabited the Misty Forest. Joe couldn’t help but feel stunned at this fact that he hadn’t even thought about.

“Now you know. This is the true face of the one you love. How’s that? Feels good to have your blood sucked by your lover, doesn’t it?” The Duke scoffed disdainfully at Joe.

This vampire of unrivaled beauty and seduction, would he himself die under his fangs just like that? Joe thought to himself as his consciousness faded. Joe couldn’t help but feel a chill sweep down his back as Kai stuck out his red tongue and licked at the raw blood running down his neck.

“Kay ……”

Joe called his name softly. As a result, Kai, who had lost all sense of self in his preoccupation with bloodsucking, shed a tear and landed on Joe’s cheek. Joe’s eyes instantly widened in shock, then closed again in dizziness, his whole body weak.

“Well ……,” Joe’s head sagged feebly.

“Well. I guess that’s about right.”

The Duke pulls Kay away from Joe’s neck and Kay staggers into the Duke’s arms. Duke’s men rush forward to wake up Joe, who is unconscious from the loss of blood.

“Joe, let’s show you another great show. You can see for yourself how slutty and unashamed your beloved Kay is.”

The Duke grabbed Joe’s hair and turned it this way, and Joe desperately tried to open his eyes in his hazy consciousness to see what was in front of him.

“Ah hoo ……… ah …… well…” was Kai’s agonized gasp.

“Kay ……”

The sight of Kay being abused by several men in front of his eyes sobered Joe’s entire being. Kay was sprawled out on the ground, one man ramming at his back, his bright red lips holding another man’s parting in his mouth. And a third man was sucking greedily on his flower stalk in his lower abdomen.

Joe struggled with his hands and called out Kai’s name Yu, but he didn’t seem to hear him.

“Kay…Kay ……”

“Stop nagging! Be quiet for me! ” the Duke’s flowery whip lashed Joe’s body once more.

“Ahh …… Well…. Joe…Joe ……” Kay, who had fallen into a trance, suddenly called out Joe’s name.

“Damn…damn.” The Duke glared at Kai as if he were an evil spirit. He stopped whipping Joe and turned to whipping Kay who was being toyed with by the men.

“Stop!” Joe’s shrill shout drowned out the deafening sound of falling thunder.

“Ah…ah ah ah …… Joe…!!!” Kai’s last wail drowned out the earth-shattering thunder , Joe’s dark blue pupils widened as he watched Kai lose consciousness in front of him.

“Kay! Kay!”

“Shut up!”

The Duke punched Joe hard in the side of the stomach, and after a momentary cessation of breathing, Joe then fell unconscious.

Electricity flashed and thundered outside the window as the men continued to obsess over Kay’s body while the Duke cajoled loudly in triumph.

The swift thunder from the storm still lingered in the sky above the Misty Forest, and from time to time purple light split and flashed while thunder boomed in the ears.

At the Duke’s feet fell an unconscious Kay, and not far away was a limp Joe. The rest of the men had been driven from the scene.

The Duke removed his short sword as if he thought of something and slowly approached Joe’s side.

“Well ……”

Joe groaned before opening his eyes and immediately went on alert when he realized that the Duke was standing right in front of him. The Duke floated up with an inscrutable smile and approached Joe again.

“Duke…”

“I had promised Kay I wouldn’t kill you…” the Duke looked down at him with an icy stare and pressed his short sword against the nape of his neck. “But I changed my mind.”

Feeling the presence of the cool metal across his carotid artery, Joe looked at the Duke speechlessly.

“For your information, this beautiful magical creature will always belong to me, and I will never give him to you.”

“Despite your innocence, you still have to die.”

“Well!”

A hot current ran down his neck and Joe closed his eyes in resignation. The Duke ran the blade of his sword over his skin as if he were toying with it, occasionally letting out a pleased chuckle.

Kai still collapsed in place and didn’t move a muscle.

“You were planning to kill me from the start, weren’t you? If you want to kill, do it now, no need to waste time.” At this point in time Joe could only admit it. People fell into his hands, there was nowhere to escape even if they wanted to.

“Heh… heh. You’re quite dry. Well, since you say so, then I’ll fulfill you! “

Looking at the sharp blade raised in the Duke’s hand, Joe closed his eyes.

“Die!”

All that could be heard was a sound through flesh, but he didn’t feel the slightest pain himself. Joe opened his eyes in surprise.

“You…scumbag.” Kai, who had woken up at some point, stood behind the Duke and gritted his teeth. The Duke looked back incredulously.

“Goo…… hoo.” Spitting out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, the Duke skewed his body. There was a short sword stuck in his left chest, and the moment he pulled it out, a large amount of blood was sprayed out. Kai stayed standing in place shaking all over.

“Kay ……”

The Duke’s ghost-like eyes stared round at Kay. Kay let out a long breath and shed two lines of tears.

“You’ll never do that. I’ll never let you kill Joe!” Kay screamed at the Duke filled with hatred and murderous rage.

“How dare you be gracious!” The Duke shouted angrily, turning around and swinging his sword at Kai.

“Kay! Danger!” Joe shouted now as if in a dream.

Kai quickly picked up the short sword that had fallen to the ground and held it in both hands and stabbed it hard into the Duke’s heart.

“Well ah ……”

The duke let out a muffled cry and gushed a large amount of blood from his mouth. Kai’s short sword missed the vitals, stopping at the ribs located in front of the heart.

“What favors have I received from you! How happy we would have been without you!” Kay exclaimed frantically.

“You monster!!!”

The Duke strangled Kai’s neck like he was crazy, slowly shrinking it with all his strength. Obviously, he was seriously injured, but the Duke’s strength was frighteningly strong.

“Ah …… well.” Breathing hard, Kai began to moan in pain.

“Goo ……”

The Duke, who was strangling Kai’s neck and not letting go, suddenly let go and his entire body collapsed on top of Kai’s, spasming for a few seconds before going completely still. There was dead silence all around.

The dark clouds receded and the sky took on a serene cloudy appearance. Kai slowly crawled out from under the Duke’s body. He was covered in blood, took a deep breath, and began to lick the blood that was on his hands.

“Kay ……” Joe whispered his name softly, and after Kay looked up and gave him a rueful smile, he then looked grim as he used his short sword to help him cut the rope.

“Don’t you touch me!”

Joe’s hand reaching for Kai stopped in mid-air.

“Don’t touch me.” Kay looked at Joe with sad eyes.

“You can’t touch me anymore.” Hands covering his face, Kai’s shoulders trembled mournfully. At this point Joe couldn’t think of anything appropriate to say to comfort him.

“Joe, you might as well go back to your castle.” Kai stood up and turned his back on Joe.

“Kay ……”

“Now that you know my true nature, you shouldn’t stay here, you can’t live with a monster like me.” Kai’s tone was filled with sadness and trembling.

“Say goodbye to this, Joe. Your family must be worried about you too. So…you go back! Please, just go!” Kay immediately called for the butler.

“…Young Master. How did this happen?” Yakob’s face turned pale with fear as he witnessed the Duke’s corpse.

“Jakob, take Joe back to his own castle.”

Kai quickly gave the order before Yakob could open his mouth to ask. Picking up the lace curtains on the floor and wrapping them around her naked body, she headed for the door to her room.

“Young master!”

“Kay! “

“Stay back! Don’t any of you come over! Leave me alone! “

Kai rushed out of the doorway without a second glance back at Joe who was screaming at the top of his lungs. The heavy door opened and then closed again, and Joe could only stare at the finely carved door in disbelief.

Back in his room Kai flung himself onto his bed and lost his voice. All he wanted to do at the moment was cry, to cry until the tears dried up.

How great would it be to just forget everything? Is madness the only way to free yourself from such painful feelings?

Drowning in self-pity, Kai suddenly heard the sound of a cat purring beside him, and he took Linu into his arms , the understanding cat gently rubbed its head against its master and licked away his tears of sadness with its tongue.

“Are you comforting me?” Kay buried her face in its soft body 🙂 Sobbing.

“Young Master ……” I don’t know how long he had been crying when Kai heard someone calling him.

“The Duke of Poitiers and his men are buried in the north courtyard.”

Jakob stood in the doorway of the room, which had been left open, and bowed deeply.

“You can go down after all the hard work.” Kai didn’t want the butler to see his face swollen from crying and turned his back in reply.

“…Yes, please instruct me again if there’s something.”

There was a pause before Jakob exited the room, for he knew that no words of comfort would get through to Kai at this moment.

“Ah, Jakob.” Kai called out to the butler again in a hurry as if he suddenly thought of something.

“Joe …… is he gone? “

Kay wiped away her tears and stood up, holding Linu in her arms and gently stroking her dark fur. The black cat wagged its long tail comfortably.

“Yes, I was the one who gave him a ride halfway there.”

“Did he…say anything?”

“No. Ah! He only left Schiffer because he said he couldn’t take the horse back.”

“…Yes? Thank you. You can go down and rest now.”

Hearing Jakob’s answer, Kai sighed softly. Let’s just end it like this. Kay thought silently as she lay on her bed. He was afraid that he and Joe would never see each other again, and each of those short, happy days with Joe turned in Kay’s mind like a lantern before disappearing without a trace.

Joe, you’re the only man I’ve ever loved in this world.

At the thought of living alone with such sadness for the rest of her life, Kay couldn’t help but choke back tears of pathos.

Joe …… Joe…..

Icy rain fell silently from the sky, and the fog spreading from the forest enveloped the entire castle, coloring the surroundings a milky white.

After crying hard, Kai decided not to think about it anymore, as it would only add to the sadness. He sighed and was about to go to bed when out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the glass window by the balcony was open and the rain was pouring in. He went to the window and looked up at the gloomy sky. The cold air from outside flowed into the room and Kai shivered as he was about to close the window when he overheard what appeared to be someone by the fountain…

“That’s…”

Kay gripped the windowsill tightly, shivering uncontrollably. How could it be? Hadn’t he already gone back…?

Kay bit her lower lip, turned back and ran for the door. Rushing through the hall through the back porch, he opened the door. The cold rain dampened Kai’s pajamas, but at the moment he couldn’t care less.

By the foggy, rain-filled fountain, Joe stood. The wind ruffled his hair and the rain soaked him while he still leaned against the carved statue with his arms wrapped around him and stared at Kai. Kai couldn’t control the tremors that ran through his body.

“I was worried you wouldn’t find me all night.”

He smiled coyly and walked slowly toward Kay, placing a hand against the doorway behind Kay, the entirety of Kay’s slender frame enveloped in Joe’s arms . Kai looked up at Joe with warm eyes.

“Let me in, I’m getting cold.” Joe whispered.

“Ah…ah ah ah…”

Kai’s blue eyes suddenly overflowed with tears, falling drop by drop on his pale cheeks. He wanted to open his mouth to say something but couldn’t, and could only shake his head at a loss for words.

Joe kissed his teardrops away soothingly and gave Kai a gentle smile.

“Joe!” Kay shouted as she threw herself into his arms. Joe’s powerful shoulders embraced Kai tightly as well.

“Joe! Joe!!! Joe! “

“Fool? Don’t cry.”

Joe stroked his long hair, and Kay was still calling his name as she cried. He’s come back. He came back to me. I thought I’d never see him again. Kai buried his head in Joe’s arms and wrapped his arms around him as if to make sure he was there.

“Kay ……”

Joe lifted Kai’s chin, his long tear-drenched lashes were so endearing. Kai slowly closed his eyes and Joe kissed him on the lips with a slight sideways glance.

“Ahhh…, I love you.”

In the drizzling rain, the two kissed as if they wanted to pour out all their thoughts.