Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Side Story 27
I was dumbstruck, unable to speak.
“Like kissing you just now.”
His fingertips, moving forward, traced the shape of my lips as if outlining them, then pressed firmly in the center, delving into the space between.
“I wanted to touch you all over, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.”
When his soft tongue touched my finger, the eyes that met mine sank lower, like a setting moon.
“So I wanted to cover you, deep inside, completely with my marks.”
Cassis lowered his head again and pressed his lips to mine.
As if there was no option to refuse from the start, my lips parted on their own again.
“You don’t remember, but I’ve already done it countless times.”
“Mmm…”
Cassis bit my lip sharply as if punishing me, then pushed in boldly through the opening, exploring my mouth. Our clasped hands and tightly pressed bodies were flushed with heat.
…What was that about ‘I wish you’d remember until you’re a legal adult at eighteen’?
It’s true I had some impure intentions, but I thought I could handle this man with a little more composure when I reached that age, but no.
Rather, my heart was racing even more wildly than before, so much so that I thought the person so close to me would hear it.
Even when I had completely forgotten Cassis Pedelian’s existence, I was drawn to him as if it were an unconscious reflex.
And now that I remember our previous encounters…
It was as if every cell in my body was welcoming and celebrating him.
“But still, no matter how much I touch you, it’s not enough.”
Finally, his lips, which had left mine again, pressed against my chin and the corners of my mouth a few times before teasingly biting my ear this time.
“I heard that things would return to normal in about a week, so I wanted to pretend to be more relaxed… But maybe I’m just dissatisfied that you don’t remember me.”
My body heated up quickly with the moist breath and the scattered kisses sprinkled over my delicate skin.
As if I were already doing something familiar, something ingrained in my body like a habit. As if anticipating the closer contact that would follow.
“…Then make me remember in a different way this time.”
Seeing the man reveal his desire for me, a desire he couldn’t hide, was electrifying.
Why wouldn’t it be?
Just as he had said a moment ago, I, too, had secretly imagined such moments alone, countless times.
“How you touched me, and where and how you left your marks on my body.”
So I spoke.
I raised the hand that wasn’t holding Cassis’s and stroked his head buried in my neck. Even the sensation of the soft hair flowing through my fingers was stimulating.
“Tell me. What was our first time like?”
Then, I slowly moved my hand and slipped it into the collar of his shirt at the back of his neck.
“If what you say is true, then we must have both been holding back for a long time before finally being able to have each other, so it must have been very good, right?”
Then, I whispered softly into Cassis’s ear, urging him on.
“Do you want to do it again now, like then?”
Then, a low laugh, like a sigh, spread across my neck.
Cassis pressed his moist lips once against the side of my neck, as if stamping a seal, then raised his head and looked down at me with eyes full of embers.
“If we’re going to do it like then, you shouldn’t even think about going outside for at least three days.”
I laughed along with him at his playful words.
Soon, his heated lips and hands landed on my body, making me moan.
And I soon realized that Cassis’s words were not a joke.
* * *
“Honestly…”
“Haa, hng…”
“I don’t really remember… the first time.”
Before I knew it, my clothes were almost completely off, barely covering me. I hadn’t kept my hands still either, so Cassis, like me, had his upper body completely exposed.
“Even while I was holding you and going to the room back then, I felt like I was going to lose my mind right away.”
When he reached deeper inside, I felt like small sparks were exploding in my head.
“From the moment I finally entered the room and kissed you for the first time, I was really out of my mind.”
“Ah…!”
The feeling of being swallowed up by a huge fireball was terribly vivid.
“Cassis, hng…”
“Hoo, like now…”
He had put in a lot of effort to loosen my body, but it had been a while since I had accepted Cassis, so he felt even more overwhelming.
“Wherever I tasted, it was excessively sweet, and wherever I touched, you cried out so beautifully that I thought I was really going crazy.”
A moan escaped from my lips, which were exhaling heated breaths. The stimulation was excessively strong, but far from hurting, it only heightened my excitement.
“Good… Ah… More…”
Cassis.
Cassis must have known my body well. There was no place he touched or licked that didn’t feel good.
I welcomed him and actively responded, moving my body.
Until the fierce storm that seemed like it would never end completely swept through my body.
In the end, I could say it was a very satisfying time.
Even after the intense pleasure had passed, the embers had not completely died out, and it was great when we immediately entered the second round without a break.
Even when Cassis, who was lying next to me, hugging me and kissing me so tenderly, dug in again, I was a little tired, but I thought it was understandable since a vigorous young couple was meeting after a long time to catch up.
So, thinking that my man was still going strong, I accepted him with a smiling face.
But now…
“Somehow, it seemed like the amount of indoor work you were doing had increased since I saw you last time.”
Cassis, breathing deeply, wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me in.
My exhausted body followed him and I was made to sit facing him.
“Hee…”
I bit my lip tightly, suppressing the moans that erupted as the joining deepened.
“Still, I didn’t expect your stamina to drop this much in the meantime. Even if I haven’t been helping you recover.”
The sound of him clicking his tongue echoed in my ear.
I was speechless at his shameless words.
He had tormented me like that for so long, and now he was blaming my stamina?
“You… You said you’d only do it once more, hng, but…!”
“I haven’t pulled out yet, so shouldn’t it still count as once?”
“Is that what you’re saying now…! Ah…! Don’t move, hng, stop!”
I didn’t realize it, but Cassis must have had the qualities of a con artist.
I dug my nails into his back, resenting him for holding my waist tightly so I couldn’t escape and moving as he pleased.
“Really, every time we met… Ugh! Did you do it this much?”
“Not really.”
But Cassis let out a crumbling laugh, as if he wasn’t even ticklish, and bit my neck.
“It seems like you listened to Jeremy Agriche’s words very deeply this time.”
I wondered what that meant, and then the events of the past flashed through my mind.
“Jeremy said that out of sight, out of mind.”
“…What?”
“Doesn’t it occur to you that I’m keeping my distance?”
Ah.
I flinched for a moment.
“I didn’t want to hear those words even as a joke, but hearing them directly from you hurt more than I thought.”
I opened my mouth to make excuses, feeling slightly embarrassed.
“No, at that time…”
“So I thought I should do well when our eyes and bodies are close.”
In the end, I had to bury my face in his shoulder and cry out loud for a long time while being shaken even more.
“…If you do it more here, I’m really going to die.”
After another round of ecstatic pleasure, I was completely exhausted and limp.
“Okay. It would be good to stop here today.”
Whether he still had a shred of conscience left, he finally announced the end of the act.
The word ‘today’ bothered me, but I didn’t care for now.
Cassis stroked my head, which was leaning on him to catch my breath, and kissed my eyes.
Then, the crumpled blanket next to me was pulled by Cassis’s hand and covered my body.
Following that, affectionate kisses landed all over my face. His hands, hugging my limp body and pressing down on my aching waist, were tender.
Is he giving me medicine after making me sick now…
But the medicine was far from enough.
“Don’t just do that, use your ability to help me recover.”
“I need to send energy to the inside, but are you allowing it? It’s not a light touch like healing a wound on your hand, but your memories will also completely return.”
“I don’t care about that anymore…”
I mumbled, exhausted, but then I realized that wasn’t right, so I raised my head and cupped Cassis’s face with both hands.
“I’m sorry for suspecting you when I couldn’t remember. I trust you, so you can do it.”
Whether this was the right answer, Cassis smiled faintly and twisted his head to bury his lips in my hand.
Then, pure energy flowed into me right away.
“Ah.”
My heavy body quickly became lighter, and my empty memories were filled to the brim.
“Ah, Cassis…”
Now I really remembered everything.
A wave of emotions washed over me, making me want to hit myself over the head and hide in the blanket.
I quickly kissed Cassis and said.
“I love you. You know that, right?”
Then Cassis’s eyebrows lifted slightly.
“Say it again.”
Of course, I could say it as many times as Cassis wanted.
After a while, perhaps because my heart had completely softened, Cassis also rubbed his nose against me and apologized.
“I’m sorry for tormenting you so much, even though I knew it wasn’t your fault.”
“That’s true.”
I unhesitatingly agreed, remembering what had just happened, and he laughed.
Still, I felt a little sorry, so I opened my arms and hugged Cassis tightly.
Cassis also hugged me and stroked my head and back.
I thought that I should take this opportunity to thoroughly inspect the entire Agriche mansion for any dangerous devices that I don’t know about.
In fact, the reason I took out the ledger in Lant’s office was not to find a secret passage, but because there were things I needed to check regarding past businesses.
So, I found the ledger and sat on the desk to read it, but the moment I turned a certain page in the middle, a spell was activated and I briefly lost consciousness.
I might as well take this opportunity to completely renovate Lant’s office and turn it into a different space.
The reason why both Jeremy and I didn’t use Lant’s office and prepared separate offices elsewhere was because it was disgusting.
Then, I suddenly felt a little strange.
Through this series of events, the changes between the past and the present became clearer.
I wondered if I could think of it as a trace of the hard work I’ve done until today…
Of course, not only me, but other people too.
“Ah, come to think of it, Jeremy.”
At that moment, a person I had forgotten until now suddenly flashed through my mind.
He said he would come back early and left the office.
Looking out the window, I saw that night had deepened and the sky was completely dark.
Cassis didn’t like it when he came to Agriche, but he was still perceptive enough to hold back his tears and leave.
Maybe he noticed something today and deliberately didn’t look for me.
“Jeremy Agriche will report tomorrow, so stop for today and sleep. You must be tired.”
Cassis laid me down on the bed and covered me with the blanket more properly.
With his help, my body had recovered to some extent, but I was mentally tired, so I closed my eyes in Cassis’s arms.
Tomorrow, I should praise Jeremy a lot for taking care of my work instead.
I’m grateful to Griselda for researching reverse magic, but I’ll tell her that she can stop now.
Emily will be relieved if I tell her that the symptoms have completely healed.
And Deon… Well, he’ll just know right away when he sees my face tomorrow without me having to say anything.
While I was thinking about that, sleep gradually came.
Cassis whispered good night and kissed my cheek lightly.
The last hour of the day to head towards another tomorrow.
It was a quiet autumn night.