What to Do at Night - Chapter 8

The duke’s estate had been busy since morning. All the buildings were decorated with white cloth and flowers as the capital’s most prestigious aristocrats flocked there. Today was the wedding day of Arsion, the next duke, and Ariel, his fiancée.

People had wondered if Arsion was trying to become a holy knight, but after seeing the wedding invitation, they had no choice but to believe that there had been a mistake.

At the same time, those who criticized Ariel for making stiff appearances had to groan when they saw the wedding invitation. What the hell would they do now when they meet the future duchess?  Even if they regretted it, it was too late. What they did in the past would not be erased.

The road to the Duke’s home was filled with nobles and their carriages. Suddenly, a golden carriage appeared. Everyone recognized it as the royal carriage, thus they hurriedly stepped back to the side of the road and bowed their heads to show their respects.

Thanks to this, the crown princess was able to comfortably arrive earlier than the other nobles and was led straight to the wedding hall under the guidance of the duke.

“I’ll be looking around for a while, so you should go and welcome the guests.”

“Thank you, Your Royal Highness. I shall call someone to show you around the mansion in my stead.”

“No, you don’t have to. It’ll be noisy, so I’ll go around alone.”

“Please do as you wish.”

The duke bowed down and thanked the crown princess for her understanding. The crown princess fanned away the aristocrats approaching to greet her, signaling them to back off, then she started looking around the wedding hall. She sat down in a seat in the front area which was specifically prepared for her.

After a while, a man approached her from behind. The crown princess said without looking back.

“You look good, Aiden. Did Arsion do that to you?”

Hearing her words, Aiden stopped. He was very sure that she hadn’t seen his face in recent days, but she spoke as if she had seen everything, despite not turning her head even once.

It didn’t come as a surprise of course. Such people with special gifts were sometimes born into the royal family. People who could see things on others that weren’t visible to the naked eye. His sister was one of those people. And so was Aiden.

Pressing his hands against his bruised cheekbones, he replied.

“Who else would dare do this to the Third Prince’s face?”

“If you’re coming in as a holy knight, then there’s no point in announcing your status to the world.”

“However, there’s a certain limit to things. I never would have thought he would make such a fuss just because I went to visit Lady Ariel.”

The crown princess grinned and then asked,

“So, how did it feel to see Ariel?”

“When I met her, I finally understood. Why Arsion is so obsessed with her. Why Sister care so much about having her next to you. Even if they weren’t visible, the other knights bowed to her like I did, as if they felt something.”

The tone was incongruous with what one would expect from the head of the Holy Order or of a prince, but the crown princess did not care. No one was listening to their conversation anyway.

Aiden remembered Ariel who had welcomed him with a surprised face. In the eyes of others, she would only seem like a pretty young lady, but he and the crown princess could see something else. White wings were shining brilliantly behind Ariel.

“What did Arsion say when he first met Lady Ariel in this temple?”

“Yes, he said he prayed to the goddess to return what is his and then he fell asleep, and when he opened his eyes, Ariel was also asleep in the tribute box.”

The crown princess clearly remembered the image of Arsion at that time.

Born as the only son of the duke, Arsion was a strange child.

Because he was not interested in anything, the duke and his wife called in not only famous doctors but also professors from the academy to consult on Arsion’s condition.

However, there was nothing wrong with Arsion, and contrary to what the duke and duchess were worried about, the only answers that came back was that he possessed a very high level of intelligence as well as superior physical condition.

Arsion, who learned words much faster than the other children, said, “I don’t have what’s mine.” Not everyone understood his words. As the only son of the duke, he could get whatever he wanted, so why did Arsion say that?

Fortunately, as he grew older, Arsion gradually showed changes in his emotions, but he was still different from the other children. It was only a change to the degree to which he would react as needed. Of course, that alone made the duke and his wife very happy.

Then one day, Arsion brought a child home with a bright smile. It was Ariel. Arsion didn’t sleep a wink that night after sending Ariel home with a promise to see her tomorrow. Ariel was the ‘gift from God’. His mate, sent by the goddess. Even though she was only a little away from him, he was nervous and restless.

It was only a few days later that Arsion came to the palace and bragged to the crown princess and Aiden, saying, ‘The goddess finally sent me my mate.’

The crown princess and Aiden then saw wings unfold behind Arsion, who smiled brightly. The wings were white but stained red with blood.

Ever since they saw it, the crown princess and Aiden went to the temple and searched through the Bible, looking for clues as to who Arsion was. And there was a passage they found in a corner of an old Bible.

“There are some angels that the Goddess has who are crazy about war…….”

“Among them, there’s an exceptionally crazy angel who cares so much about his partner like a madman, and he never wants to let her go like a madman….”

The names of the angels were not written on it, but there seemed to be no need to find them. Names that ended in ‘On’ or ‘El’ were usually angel names, though not all.

The princess, who recalled what happened a long time ago, said to Aiden with a look of fatigue.

“Ariel doesn’t even know that Arsion was born that way. It really gave me the shivers.”

The crown princess remembered what they both had known. In order to be together with Ariel, Arsion had deliberately made it so that her father and mother would leave the house. Neither Ariel’s parents nor Ariel would ever know that it was all planned.

“That terrifying guy. When he was in the holy knight’s order, he was even more brutal than any other ruthless knight. Yet in front of Lady Ariel, I think he was pretending to be the most innocent and harmless person in the world.”

“Yes he is… Thanks to that, Ariel thought that Arsion didn’t even know what lust was.”

At those words, Aiden looked exasperated. Arsion not knowing what lust was? Ha! The guy whose eyes sparkled intensely whenever he talked about Ariel? When Arsion was a part of the holy knights, Aiden had to work with him and closely watched over him. He was afraid that the other innocent knights might be tainted by Arsion’s intensity.

Of course, like an angel crazy about war, Arsion slashed away numerous monsters without any hesitation. Thanks to him, they were comfortable for a while. However, once Arsion cut as many monsters as he had promised to the goddess, he stopped and left for the capital without looking back.

“Dreadful man….”

Aiden kicked his tongue and looked at the wedding hall. He thought about Arsion’s great obsession and tenacity of not letting go of his mate even if he had to die to come to the human world. He was glad Ariel did not know any of this.

“Anyway, I’m afraid Arsion needs to consider some moderations whenever he cares for Ariel.”

Aiden snorted at his sister’s words.

“Moderation? You can’t use the word ‘moderation’ for Arsion. I’m sure he’s still biting and licking Lady Ariel, not letting her go.”

At the same time as the siblings were having their conversation, Ariel was pleading in tears in a room overlooking the garden where the wedding would take place.

“No, Sion.”

Arsion, who had waited impatiently outside, immediately entered the room just as they finished decorating the bride. He said he wanted to talk to her for a while and sent people away. Once everyone left, he approached Ariel and slipped his hand under her wedding dress.

“But I can’t stand it. How am I supposed to stay still when you’re so pretty?”

At his words, Ariel unknowingly relaxed her expression. As if she had come to her senses, she grabbed Arsion’s hand and said,

“But last night, you…….”

“Yesterday was yesterday.”

His words made her sigh. Was Arsion always like this? After mixing in the villa and returning to the capital, Arsion wouldn’t let her go every day. By now, Ariel was so tired. Even on days when they did not have intercourse, he caressed her body all night, asking her to let him touch her.

But Ariel couldn’t stop such an Arsion. Whenever she tried to push him away, Arsion looked like a puppy, saying, ‘Because you taught me.’

As Arsion said, she had no choice but to do him a favor and let him touch her at all times or let him put it in. Of course it was possible only because she didn’t hate it either.

“But what if the dress gets messed up. There are people waiting outside too. The makeup shouldn’t smudge either.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll just touch it.”

Ariel let go of his hand as if she couldn’t help it; she knew Arsion wouldn’t back down even if she held on. Then, Arsion smiled brightly and asked,

“Legs, spread them a little more.”

“…….”

How could he say this with such an angelic face? Ariel opened her legs slightly in tears. Arsion’s hand, covered with white gloves, went underneath the dress. An unstoppable, raised hand rubbed the folds covered by her underwear.

The movement of his fingers rubbing against the crack over the thin cloth became faster. Arsion didn’t stop his hand even when he saw Ariel’s body shaking while leaning on the chair. Then, as soon as he pressed down on the rising folds, the liquid from inside made a mark on her underwear.

As Ariel staggered, Arsion quickly embraced her body.

“H-Hey, that’s enough, right? Ah ….”

“What are you talking about? We haven’t even started yet.”

With her hands pressed away, Arsion carefully rolled up the hem of her dress so it wouldn’t leave any wrinkles. Soon enough, her snowy white legs were revealed.

Arsion squatted down and looked between her legs. He brought his face closer and smiled in satisfaction at the marks that were submerged by her secretion from his touch.

“Sion!”

Surprised, Ariel tried to back away. But as if he knew what was going to happen, his arms quickly gripped onto her thin legs.

“Ahhh!”

Ariel trembled as soon as she felt a hot breath beneath her. No way, no way…….

Pretending not to know Ariel’s struggles, Arsion put his lips on the wet part.

“You said you’d only touch it!”

“I’m going to touch it with my lips.”

Ariel tried to say something about his deception, but the moment Arsion’s tongue touched her folds, her face turned pale. His tongue licked over the wet, thin cloth.

“It’s getting wetter.”

“It’s, uh, you know ……! Ah, don’t lick me!”

In the quiet room, the sound of swaying dress, obscene wetting of underwear, and Ariel’s pent-up moaning chimed out.

“That’s enough.”

Arsion, who had been burying his face for a long time, raised himself as if he were sorry. Ariel didn’t even have the strength to answer.

“Honestly, I want to do it until the end, but if I do, the wedding will start very late, so I have to put up with it.”

She couldn’t believe it was like this. Ariel quit trying to argue with him. It was obvious that Arsion would rush back saying, “Then I don’t have to put up with it?”

She didn’t know if he knew how she felt. Nonetheless, Arsion busied himself with organizing her dress and said,

“There’s more to do tonight.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Things to do at night.”

“……?”

“The book you used to read.”

“W-What’s with the, uh, book?”

Ariel’s face blushed when he mentioned the name of the book that was the cause of all this. Over these past few weeks, Arsion opened the book and challenged everything in it with her, saying that they should review it.

She thought she was finally done with everything in there, but why was he suddenly bringing up the name of the book?

“Did you know that there are two books to it?”

“What?”

“……?”

“I found it a little while ago. I read a little bit, and book two was about how to enjoy the night more.”

“Now, wait a minute ….”

Arsion smiled as he kissed the crumpled forehead of Ariel’s startled face.

“I want you to teach me part two of ‘Things to Do at Night’ tonight, Riel.”

Then he hugged her tightly and whispered in her ear.

“It’s better during the day.”

Arsion said so and hugged Ariel.

‘Someone who I want to share even a single piece of laughter with, someone who is mine and will never miss for the rest of my life.’

Things to do at night.

「END of Things to do at Night.」