Lizzy’s ears caught the rhythmic sound of wood being struck. Her eyes immediately snapped wide open, her pupils narrowing as she instantly entered a state of full alertness. She clenched her fingers, jolted by a terrifying realization.
"?????? ?????? ?? ?????? ???? ?????????? ?????????! ???????? ???? ??????????????... ?????? ?????? ?? ???????? ???? ?????????? ???? ?????????????? ???????????? ?? ???????" Lizzy panicked inwardly, her breath slightly catching.
In front of her, Kael was busy driving several large wooden poles into the ground, laying the initial foundation for their small cabin. Noticing the movement behind him, Kael turned around and stopped working.
"Sorry for disturbing your sleep, Lizzy," Kael said softly, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
Every time that name left Kael’s lips in his hoarse, gentle voice, a strange sensation spread from Lizzy’s chest all the way to her fingertips and toes. An absurd sense of pleasure and excitement burned within her chest.
"N-no, it’s fine... I’ll help," Lizzy stammered, trying to hide the turmoil in her chest.
Kael stepped closer, then gently placed a hand on Lizzy’s shoulder and guided her back onto a fallen log. "Just sit here and let me work. If you’re hungry, just tell me, okay? I haven’t had the chance to look for food yet."
Lizzy fell silent, unable to argue. She lowered her head, but her view was obstructed by her own large breasts. Her face slowly flushed crimson. She drew her legs up and hugged her knees tightly.
"I ???????? ???????????? ?????????? ???????????? ?????????? ???? ????????... ???? ?????? ???????? ???? ???????? ???????? ?? ???????? ?????? ???? ?????????? ???? ???????? ?????????" Lizzy hissed inwardly, gritting her teeth. "??’???? ?????????? ?????????????? ???????????? ???????????????????? ???? ???? ?? ?????????? ???????? ???? ???????? ???????? ?? ?????????? ????????. ?????? ??????... ?????? ??????’?? ?? ???????????? ???? ?????????? ???????? ???????? ??????’?? ?????????"
Ever since she was young, Lizzy had always felt unparalleled pleasure whenever she took the lives of people she considered evil or sinful. The permanent torture scars covering her body were silent witnesses to the hellish training she had endured in the assassin organization that had imprisoned her since childhood. Those tortures had twisted her soul into that of a deranged psychopath.
She raised her head again, staring at Kael’s muscular back. "????... ?? ???????? ???? ???????? ??????. ????’?? ???????? ?????????????? ???????????? ?????????? ??????????!"
While Kael was busy swinging the wooden hammer he had made, Lizzy stealthily approached him from behind. With a silent movement, she gripped a sharp knife, ready to plunge it directly between Kael’s shoulder blades.
However, before the knife could strike, Kael turned around as though he had already calculated every inch of her movement. Without the slightest hint of suspicion, Kael covered Lizzy’s knife-wielding hand with his warm, rough palm.
"Lizzy, come on. Let’s carve a picture of us into the wood of our cabin’s foundation," Kael whispered with a hoarse chuckle.
Kael guided Lizzy’s hand, which still held the knife, using its sharp tip to carve the surface of the foundation wood. Lizzy could only stare with her lips slightly parted, mesmerized by how close they were. From this close, the sharp line of Kael’s jaw, his piercing eyes, and his warm breath made him look several times more handsome.
Lizzy’s heart pounded violently like a war drum. Her body grew hot, radiating an abnormal happiness so intense that her head began to spin.
"??????????... ?? ???????? ???? ???????? ???? ?????? ?????????????? ???????? ????????! ??????????! ????... ???? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ?????????????? ???? ?????????!" Lizzy screamed inwardly, her body trembling from the intoxicating tension.
Kael was briefly stunned. He saw his wife standing motionless with a strange smile on her face, radiating an extremely intimidating yet mysterious aura.
Kael finished his carving. On the wood was a crude drawing of two human figures standing side by side while holding hands. "Haha, I’m really not very good at drawing, huh?"
Lizzy touched the rough carving with her fingertip. "This... is beautiful."
A genuine smile appeared on Lizzy’s face. Although the insane urge to kill Kael still burned within her mind, the dark love and possessive obsession growing inside her soul were devouring her far faster.
Kael looked at the beautiful face beside him. Even though he knew perfectly well that Lizzy had been looking for an opportunity to take his life this entire time, Kael found their dynamic rather amusing.
With great tenderness, Kael cupped Lizzy’s cheek and placed a warm kiss on her lips. "Whatever you went through in the past, no matter how great the difference in our ages, or whoever you really are... I just hope you can be happy with me."
Receiving the sudden kiss and sincere words caused Lizzy to freeze completely. Those words struck the deepest part of her soul. Unable to hold them back, warm tears began to spill from the corners of her eyes.
She had never had anyone since childhood. She had been raised in darkness solely to become a killing machine, and the only "happiness" she had ever known was the smell of her victims’ blood. Yet being beside this man... she felt a warmth and sense of safety she had never experienced in her entire life.
Kael was startled when he saw the tears running down his wife’s face. With his thumb, he gently wiped Lizzy’s cheek. "Let’s build this family from the beginning, my wife."
Sret!
Suddenly, Lizzy’s hand shot forward and grabbed Kael’s face with incredible strength! Her eyes widened, her pupils shrinking as a terrifying, crazed grin spread across her face.
"Call me that again! Say ’my wife’ over and over without stopping!" Lizzy shrieked hysterically.
Kael raised an eyebrow, even as Lizzy’s sharp fingernails began piercing the skin of his cheek, drawing a small trickle of blood. "Why?"
"Quickly! Call me your wife again! Call me!" she screamed madly.
Realizing that her fingernails had injured Kael’s face and drawn fresh blood, Lizzy jolted. Instead of feeling guilty, she pushed against Kael’s chest, sending him sprawling onto his back on the grassy ground.
Lizzy quickly straddled Kael, lowered her head, and licked the warm drop of blood from his cheek with her tongue.
"Mmmh~ How beautiful... I really, really like you! Hahaha!" Lizzy laughed, her restrained laughter filled with excitement.
Lizzy’s large, soft breasts pressed directly against Kael’s firm chest, making his lower body instantly tense. However, seeing his wife acting so wild and excited by the scent of blood, Kael simply wrapped both arms around Lizzy’s waist and pulled her closer.
"Do whatever you like if it makes you happy, my sweet wife," Kael whispered in a deep voice. "Looks like I’m pretty lucky to have a woman who’s older and wilder than me."
Lizzy continued licking the wound on Kael’s cheek, her half-lidded eyes savoring the salty taste of her husband’s blood. ’I love him so much... I want to hurt him, torture him, kill him... but I want him to live forever with me!’
The madness continued for a while until suddenly...
Krrrkkk~
The loud growl of Lizzy’s empty stomach broke the heated atmosphere between them. Lizzy immediately stopped licking.
Kael chuckled, his chest rising and falling as he laughed at the hungry sound coming from the crazy woman on top of him. "Looks like we’ll have to put this session on hold. I need to find something to eat."
With her face burning bright red from embarrassment, Lizzy hurriedly climbed off Kael and turned her face away. "?????? ???? ?? ???????????????????????! ???????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ???????? ??’???? ???????? ???????? ???? ?????????????? ???????? ??????????????????????!"
Kael stood up and ruffled Lizzy’s soft white hair before reaching for his greatsword. "She’s so cute... Having a slightly strange wife is surprisingly wonderful."
Kael walked toward the clear river several dozen meters from their campsite. He picked up a straight branch, then sharpened its end with a knife until it became a simple spear.
Standing at the edge of the crystal-clear river, Kael’s trained eyes watched the movements of the fat fish swimming along the riverbed. But before he could throw his spear...
Swoosh!
A knife shot through the surface of the water and pierced straight through two fish at once!
Kael turned around. Lizzy was already standing beside him, tossing her white hair with a proud, teasing smile. "Praise me again. As much as you can."
Seeing the deadly precision of her knife throw, Kael became even more certain that his "wife" was by no means an ordinary slave. Curiosity about Lizzy’s identity and past danced through his mind. But Kael chose to keep those questions to himself. There would be time for them to open up to each other later.
"My wife really is amazing and dependable," Kael sincerely praised her.
Hearing the praise, Lizzy hugged herself again, writhing sweetly with an expression of intense excitement that made her look like a dangerously lewd woman.
"Wait here for a moment. I’ll get the fish first," Kael said. He stepped into the river until the cold water reached his chest.
Seeing Kael’s broad, exposed back without any protection in the water, Lizzy’s urge to kill suddenly surged again. She let out a quiet giggle and glanced at a fist-sized stone lying on the riverbank.
"?? ??????’?? ???????? ???? ???????? ??????????????! ?? ???????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ????????!"
With a perfectly executed leap, Lizzy lunged at Kael from behind. However, Kael, whose senses had been honed on the battlefield, shifted his body slightly while pretending to lose his balance.
Splash!
Lizzy missed completely and plunged into the river! When she resurfaced, her eyes were wide as she glared at Kael with an annoyed expression that looked incredibly adorable in his eyes.
"???????????? ??????????! ???????? ?????? ???????????? ?????? ???????????????????? ????????!" Lizzy grumbled inwardly.
Kael chuckled softly, then rubbed Lizzy’s soaked head. "So you wanted to swim? All right, let’s swim together and catch some more fish."
Kael jokingly took Lizzy’s hand and led her slightly beneath the water. However, the moment her head sank below the surface, Lizzy’s body suddenly stiffened violently. The traumatic memories of her past, when her mercenary instructors repeatedly held her head underwater in a barrel, came crashing back into her mind.
Lizzy’s face turned deathly pale. She thrashed around in panic like someone who was drowning.
Realizing something was wrong with Lizzy’s reaction, Kael hurriedly lifted her back into the air. "Lizzy?!"
The moment she filled her lungs with air, Lizzy immediately wrapped her arms tightly around Kael’s neck. Her body trembled violently from the trauma-induced fear. Her soaked, ragged clothes clung tightly to her skin, outlining her mature, perfectly maintained figure.
Seeing his wife’s vulnerable expression and alluring figure in distress, a strange sense of happiness seeped into Kael’s chest. Seeing this dangerous woman completely relying on him and showing such a pitiful side... was strangely cute.
Slowly, Kael carried Lizzy tightly against his chest, then stepped out of the river while carrying the knife and the fish they had caught back toward the cabin area.
When they arrived, Kael sat Lizzy down on a log. He rummaged through his belongings, then sighed. "I don’t have any spare clothes... Even my cloak is soaked."
Trembling and chattering her teeth, Lizzy pointed toward the pile of firewood left from last night’s campfire. "Cold... Light the fire again..."
"Ah, of course." Kael promptly struck a spark using flint. In an instant, the warm flames of the fire came alive again.
Kael then removed his wet clothes and trousers, leaving only his shorts. He wrung the water out of his clothes and hung them from a tree branch to dry in the sunlight and heat of the fire.
Afterward, Kael sat behind Lizzy, pulled her into his lap, and hugged her tightly so that his body heat could share its warmth with her. "I’m sorry, Lizzy. I’m really a poor husband. Please bear with it for a little while until our clothes dry."
Lizzy rested her head against Kael’s bare chest, listening to the man’s calm heartbeat. The cold tormenting her earlier had not come from the river water, but from the trauma of her past haunting her mind.
Unexpectedly, Lizzy reached out and removed her wet cloak and slave clothes, allowing her completely naked body, marked with several faint scars, to be fully exposed in front of Kael and the warmth of the campfire.
"I... actually like poor men like you," Lizzy whispered softly, pressing her back against Kael’s chest.
Although Lizzy’s beauty and large breasts radiated an extraordinary allure before him, Kael restrained his desire. He understood perfectly that Lizzy had just suffered a panic attack. Kael did not want to force her or add a new trauma to his wife’s past.
Kael closed his eyes, tightening his embrace around Lizzy’s naked body and using all of his body heat to calm her.
"You really have strange tastes, my wife..." Kael chuckled softly into Lizzy’s ear. "But don’t worry. In the future, I promise we’ll have enough wealth to live a decent life. I’m sure of it."