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I will burn you alive.
‘Am I… dreaming right now?’
Yes, this must all be a dream.
I was lying in bed just a moment ago, so I must have dozed off and started having this absurdly sweet and warm dream.
There’s no way Zion Klausen would act like this otherwise.
Why is this man, who always seemed to keep a subtle distance, suddenly approaching me like this…
Whoosh!
Thump!
Flames ignite and lightning strikes in my heart and mind.
A slightly harsh warning and advice to wake up.
In response, Trisha slowly opened her closed eyes.
And immediately, what came into her view was not the ceiling of the room she had been blankly staring at.
“Ugh?”
The soft, warm sensation that had been on her lips disappeared, and the face of the man she had always looked at, drawn, and kept by her side was now revealed.
Looking into those eyes, Trisha felt a dizzying sensation, unsure if the world was spinning or if it was her own eyes.
Truly, she felt so dizzy she was about to collapse, and then the warmth she had felt a moment ago permeated her entire body.
“…Zion?”
“It seems I’m too late.
Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work.
And a word of encouragement.”
It was Zion, holding her in his arms and gently patting her back.
Trisha was so unfamiliar with this situation that she could only stammer and struggle to accept reality.
Whoosh!
Yes, it’s not a dream.
The sensations she was feeling were too vivid to be a dream.
The pounding of her wildly beating heart and the touch of his breath all told her it was not a dream.
Trisha slowly raised her hand and tried to hug the man who was warmly embracing her.
She was afraid he might run away, but she wanted to hug Zion at least once.
“…”
Trisha’s arms wrapped firmly around Zion, but he showed no change.
Instead, he simply stroked the woman’s red hair in his arms.
Except for her brother, no one had ever hugged her like this before.
She knew it was due to her sharp words and actions, but she had still wished that someone would recognize her wounded and hurt heart and comfort her.
“Trisha.”
“…”
“Trisha?”
“Yes, yes.
Zion.”
“Look at me for a moment.”
At those words, Trisha slightly pulled away and looked up at Zion, and the man lowered his head again, pressing his lips to hers.
Again, she felt the warm and soft sensation, but this time her eyes were open, allowing Trisha to witness the entire process.
‘Ugh…’
Her heart pounded as if it would burst.
A sudden sweet scent overwhelmed her, making it difficult to even breathe.
Trisha’s hands, which were holding the man, trembled, but she didn’t pull her lips away.
Rather, she tried to reduce the distance Zion had to bend by standing on her tiptoes.
“…W-Why are you suddenly doing this?”
After their lips parted, Trisha hesitated before asking the question.
Yes, she had no choice but to ask.
She had felt him gradually distancing himself from her, even if only slightly.
Trisha had roughly noticed it, but she pretended to be indifferent because of the power within her and her rude behavior.
She endured the stinging words that pricked at her heart, telling herself that if she caused any more trouble, he would really get angry or send her away.
“To be honest, I’ve been holding back a lot too.”
“…Yes?”
But the man’s next words were more than enough to turn the small flickering flame into a raging inferno.
“Honestly, I like Trisha so much, but I was worried that if I showed it, you would become arrogant and be hated by others around me.
So I tried to keep my distance and watch over you.”
“You… you were thinking that…?”
“Yes.
No matter how much I wanted to keep you by my side, it would be difficult if others felt uncomfortable.”
“…Couldn’t you just keep me by my side?
Abandon everyone else, only me.
Just like me, keep me by your side, and love me…”
“Trisha.”
In a slightly subdued voice, Zion gently caressed the woman’s lips and continued.
“Just as I can’t push you away, I can’t push others away either.
How would you feel if I pushed you away and loved others?”
“…I think I would hate those people so much that I would want to kill them.”
“Yes.
It’s the same thing.
It wouldn’t be pleasant if others hated Trisha, and you got hurt because of it.”
“You mean you don’t want me to get hurt?”
“What kind of man in this world would want to see the person he likes get hurt?”
Gulp.
Trisha unknowingly swallowed her saliva and looked up at the handsome young man who was warmly embracing her, both extravagant and plain, gentle yet fiery.
She was truly greedy.
She wanted to have it all to herself, not share it with anyone.
She wanted to make him a being that only she, the flame, could burn, and her desires blazed.
But she now recognized that doing so could backfire.
There were women with flames as intense as hers by Zion’s side.
She knew that even if she drove them all away and took Zion for herself, it would only be a victory with scars.
So what should she do?
How could she make him hers alone?
Whoosh, thump.
‘…That’s right.
It’s simple.’
Instead of her burning him, she needed to make him want the flame.
Then he wouldn’t be able to show any dissatisfaction.
It wasn’t her, but Zion who wanted to burn brightly, so what could they do!
They would just have to watch with their fingers in their mouths.
“Hey, Zion.”
“Yes.
Trisha.”
“Hey, that… do that one more time.”
“Kiss?”
“Yes.
T-This time, a little longer…”
“Not that.”
Zion smiled and slowly approached.
“I’ll give you something better than that.”
“Yes?”
“Will you close your eyes again?”
Trisha hesitated for a moment before closing her eyes.
Something very pleasant had happened when she closed her eyes a moment ago, so she had a vague expectation that it might happen again this time.
And that expectation did not betray her, returning as an even bigger flame.
“Heuh?”
The breath she felt on her neck gradually moved down, eventually reaching her collarbone.
The muscles in her body tensed, and flames surged wildly from within in an instant.
Each time Zion’s lips brushed against her neck and collarbone, Trisha had to tremble as if she were receiving a stamp of approval from him.
“I didn’t tell you to open your eyes?”
“B-But…”
“If you open your eyes, I’ll run away, okay?”
At Zion’s cute threat, Trisha was at a loss, but she kept her eyes closed and accepted the man’s breath that tickled her.
But a moment later, a completely different sensation struck her body like lightning, and she had no choice but to open her eyes in surprise and assess the situation.
“Ugh?”
It felt ticklish, hot, and like her body was floating.
Trisha slowly lowered her head and soon saw Zion holding her chest with one hand and gently stimulating the tip with his fingers.
“Z-Zion?”
“Lilith said you had a secret hobby of eavesdropping on these kinds of things.”
“Eh? What are you talking about… Heung!”
When he gently pinched her nipple, the woman’s body, startled, tried to step back urgently.
But Zion was holding Trisha’s waist quite firmly with his other hand, making it difficult for her to do so.
“Wait, wait a minute!
Zion.
Why are you suddenly doing this!”
“If you’re asking for a reason, it’s because I like you, and I want you by my side.
I’ll tell you in advance that if you don’t like it, I’ll apologize and leave right away.”
“T-That’s…”
“But looking at the state of the room, I don’t think that’s the case.”
The room was filled with drawings of Zion.
The man gently stimulated the woman’s chest and whispered in her ear.
“The dream has become a reality, so you’re not thinking of running away because you’re scared, are you?”
“…I-I’m not running away.
Why would I run away!”
“Then why are you constantly stepping back?”
It wasn’t a lie, Trisha was really stepping back.
Each time, Zion continued to follow her, and eventually, the two men and women lightly bumped into the wall and stopped.
“Zion.
If you suddenly do this…”
“I’m the same as you.”
“The same?”
“A flame that wants to leave a mark that you are mine if I have you in my heart.
But of course, I have to make it burn, I don’t want to be the fuel.
My pride as a man won’t allow it?”
Zion was still smiling, but Trisha felt that this man was different from usual.
She was a little scared, but more than that, she kept giggling and felt inexplicably happier.
His words that he was similar to her and that he liked and wanted her made the small flame flickering inside her grow uncontrollably.
“It’s the perfect time.
You want me, and I want you.
I’m asking you for help, and you’ve accepted it, so I can give you something that may be a gift or a reward.
So that even those with other flames can’t say anything.”
“So you’re saying that’s the situation now?”
“That’s right.
If you don’t like my idea, just say it.
I’m not such a jerk that I’ll chase after and burn someone who runs away because they don’t want to burn.”
Of course, Zion already knew that Trisha wasn’t that kind of woman.
She still had some black dragon-like tendencies, but her sacred mark had partially awakened that fiery nature.
If he added fuel and oil to it and it didn’t burn, that would be more frightening and worrying.
“Where are you going?”
Trisha tightened her arms around Zion and grabbed his clothes tightly as if she wouldn’t let go.
It was as if she would never let him go, even if Zion said he would stop here.
“You don’t think I’m such a fool that I would overturn a table that’s already been set, do you?”
“You look like a woman who would burn it all down instead of overturning it?”
At those words, Trisha chuckled and said ‘Correct’ before standing on her tiptoes again and sharing a deep kiss with the one she had wanted to make burn so much.
Of course, from Zion’s perspective, it was just a slightly deeper version of the kisses children give each other.
‘She’s acting so strong.’
She was still a young girl who hadn’t fully matured.
Even now, she was rushing to kiss him, but she was only touching her lips and not doing anything more, which was proof of that.
‘Usually, when you tell these kids something like this, they go crazy and rush at you even more.
I don’t know if this is a good thing to do.
Do you know that you might be digging your own grave?’
Zion muttered to himself as if scolding himself.
But from the beginning, the answer and the direction of future actions had already been decided.
If a man backed out after coming this far, wouldn’t that be no different from Kim Yu-hyun being impotent [a Korean celebrity known for backing out of commitments]?
“Eup?”
Suddenly, Zion’s tongue began to penetrate her lips and explore every corner, causing Trisha to panic and struggle.
But as if the real meaning of the flame was just beginning, Zion quickly pulled up her top and underwear at once.
Thanks to this, Trisha’s breasts and nipples, which were about to ripen, shyly revealed themselves.
“Uwoooop!”
The woman, who had been so confident until just a moment ago, suddenly screamed and tried to escape from Zion’s arms as if this was not the case.
But the man pushed the woman even harder as if asking where she was going to run, blocking her against the wall and making it impossible for her to move.
“Pha!
Ugh, ugh!
W-Wait a minute!
Zion, wait a minute…”
“I told you not to pretend you don’t know?
I’ve received several reports that you’ve been listening to Lilith’s stories with great interest.”
“T-That’s because I happened to hear it, and I never listened to it with interest!
Wait a minute, just wait a minute!”
“Hmm.
Where did the Trisha who was so confident a moment ago go?”
Zion chuckled and subtly began to imitate Trisha’s reaction from a moment ago.
“Where are you going?
Ah, should I lower my voice a little more?
Where are you going?
Um, yes.
That’s how I said it.
And then you say wait a minute.
Don’t you think the picture doesn’t match?”
“I just thought we would kiss a little more!”
“Is that a kiss?
It’s just a lip bump that’s no more than a child’s kiss?”
With those words, Zion quickly stole the woman’s lips again.
This time, he put his tongue in and sucked so hard that it seemed like he would devour not only the other person’s breath but also their soul, causing Trisha to panic even more and lightly hit Zion’s back.
“Trisha.”
“Heuek!
Ha!”
“It’s good to act strong, but don’t do it in front of me.
You can show a cute side or a weak side here.”
“N-No!
I’m strong!
I’m not acting strong, I’m really strong!
And I’ll never show a cute or weak side!”
There was never a woman who said those words who kept it up until the end.
The more Zion did this, the more he felt the desire to make this black dragon cry properly.
“Okay, then shall we bet?
Whether I give up first, or you give up first.”
Maybe in 10 minutes, you’ll fall out and start crying, you black dragon.
Zion muttered to himself and lowered his head towards the woman’s chest without a moment’s hesitation.
A chest smaller than Lilith’s, Rishiki’s, or even Lucia’s.
It was perhaps natural since it was the body of a woman who had not yet fully matured, but that didn’t mean it was as small as a cliff or a child’s chest.
Rather, it had just the right size, the right texture, and the right softness.
‘Maybe that’s why the nipples look so much more appetizing.’
If Trisha had heard these words directly, she might have fainted.
Thinking that, Zion lightly sucked on Trisha’s chest as if tasting a small fruit.
“Heuaaaaang?”
It didn’t take long for a shrill scream and moan to erupt from the woman’s mouth, who had been acting strong and feisty.
―――――――Afterword―――――――
I will burn you alive―Mademoiselle Hyde ♬