Chapter 6 *** The boy who had suddenly started going on about eyelashes was still sitting on top of her. What a pain in the neck. Elain spoke up in a giggly voice. “Get off me. Can’t you hear me...?” Just as she pushed him away and tried to sit up... Huh...? Elain blinked, her expression blank for a moment. Why wouldn’t her arm move? It took her a little while to figure out what was going on. She just didn’t want to admit it. “What’s wrong?” “Haha...?” Seeing her give a...
Chapter 5 **** 02. A Fateful Encounter Clop. Clop. As the carriage rolled down the narrow path, a vast forest spread out before them. Elain couldn’t take her eyes off the view from the carriage window. The estate was so big it was incomparable to the mansion of the Marquis of Berlois. “Father. Is the Helkaiser family we’re visiting today wealthy?” “Since they command the nation’s military, I wouldn’t say they lack money.” “Does having an army make them rich? So power and money...
Chapter 4 *** As Elain shut her eyes tightly, her thick lashes trembled slightly and drooped downward. Beneath her skin, so translucent that the blood vessels were faintly visible, her pupils shifted several times behind her eyelids before she finally regained her composure. "Deckard." Her grayish-blue eyes locked onto Deckard’s, and he met her gaze without flinching. “Speak.” Elain hesitated no longer. For Deckard, a shortcut—however treacherous—was preferable to a safe return....
Chapter 3 *** "Ah." "As I’ve told you over a hundred times already." "You’ve been counting them? You pervert." Elain vowed that if she were ever to meet her end on the execution block, she would haunt his nightmares as a ghost. But only after she had taken revenge on those who had framed her family for treason. Whether he was aware of her vow or not, Deckard shuffled toward the bed. Then, in a flippant posture with his legs spread wide, he plopped down on it. Elain lowered her head, trying...
Chapter 2 *** “If your wife is that precious to you, shouldn’t you avoid betting her as a stake?” “Huh? No, that’s not—” “Are you messing with me?” When Deckard swept the chips piled high on the table aside with a single finger, his opponent’s face flushed bright red. No matter how famous the Duke’s second son was for his wild partying, the fact remained that he was Hellkaiser’s mad dog. “Go on.” He smiled. His golden eyes, with pupils so concentrated they seemed to...
Chapter 1 *** 01. The King of Mudrow Those who frequented Mudrow fell into two categories: criminals hiding their identities, or nobles seeking deviant pleasures. Neither had anything to do with Elain Berlois—at least, not until her family fell into ruin. "Haa... haa...." Elain pulled her shabby cloak tightly around her as she hurried through the back alleys in the drizzling rain. Mudrow, lined with gambling dens, red-light districts, and taverns. The map of this area, close to the royal...