"I-Isao..."
Riveria lost her calm when she saw him. Even though they hadn't seen each other for a while, it was impossible for her to forget him, or rather, he had been on her mind after that time.
'Why did I do that?'
If she didn't do that, then would she be in this situation?
Yet, no matter what, Riveria knew that she was at fault since she took his lips when he hadn't regained consciousness. During his weakest moment, she did something unforgivable, especially with her status as the queen of elves and high self; such an act was simply immoral!
Yet she still did it, but because of that, she had to pay the price for her actions.
Even if Isao locked the door and approached her, Riveria couldn't do anything and stayed powerless as if she was under his mercy.
Yet, more importantly, why was she here?
If she wanted to avoid him without meeting him, then holing up inside the Twilight Manor would be the answer, yet subconsciously, she came to his bookstore, reading quietly inside his secret room as if waiting for him.
At that moment, she knew she couldn't forget that kiss, and she sought after him.
Yet, was it so simple?
Even if he came from a different Familia or any other reason, it didn't matter.
However, he was the man of Eina and Aiz. Both of them were important people in her life. One was her niece, and the other was someone she thought was a daughter.
Isao was that bad guy who held the hearts of the two, yet his greed knew no bounds as he started to enter her heart, too.
If she could deny him, then it would all be fine, but unfortunately, all of her struggles would be futile.
Riveria couldn't say a single word, lowering her head as if she were feeling it was some kind of mistake. She hoped for him to talk, lashing her, making this uncomfortable silence between them disappear, yet he didn't talk, only slowly walking toward her and each of his footsteps, causing her heart to jump in various emotions.
Why did you kiss me?
When she thought such a question came out of his mouth, it covered her body in a cold sweat.
'No, if it's him...'
'You don't want Aiz and Eina to know, right? Then...'
Riveria could imagine that this bad guy would threaten her and slowly devour her body!
As she wondered what to do, her chin was suddenly lifted.
"Eh?"
Riveria was dumbfounded since he kissed her.
The kiss, which she thought was so hard to do, was done by him so easily. Yet, instead of hating it and pushing him away, she closed her eyes, feeling slightly nostalgic. However, unlike the one that was initiated by her, the one initiated by him was different as it gave off a warm yet unwavering feeling as if telling her that it was okay to entrust her feelings to him.
Riveria knew that she shouldn't feel like this, yet her heart couldn't be controlled, and she just wanted this to continue.
Her hands hesitated before she clung onto him softly. She leaned on him as if he had entrusted her with everything.
It was just a normal kiss without using a tongue. For her, it should have been enough, but somehow, it wasn't. Probably her age, or was it because she had been held back? The moment they kissed, it was like all rationality and control over herself was broken.
At this moment, she ignored her status as the queen of the elves, the high elf, and even the one with the highest status among elves.
When she was with him, she was just a woman who just wanted to be closer to the man who had taken her heart.
Still, as she was a Level 6, her stamina was higher than anyone, and it took quite a while for her to lose her breath.
As their lips parted, a string of saliva connected their luscious lips. Their gazes were hot, and they were unable to look away. Yet soon, Riveria realized what she was doing and quickly lowered her head, burying her face against his neck, feeling embarrassed.
"You got embarrassed now?"
"Don't bully me, okay?"
"No, I will."
Once again, her chin was lifted, and she was forced to look into his eyes, which looked at her amusedly. "You are cute, after all." Her face was hot red, yet she didn't hate this flirty exchange. "...I am much older than you."
"Aren't you young among the elf?"
"...."
Riveria was speechless. Even though she often said she was young among the elves, she knew she wasn't young anymore. Middle-aged? No, among a human, her age was enough for her to be called a grandma already. Or rather, her age fitted him to call her a grandma.
Was a woman who could be his grandma fit to be his woman?
"Don't run away again. I am glad that you have done that for me. If not, then I can't hold you like this."
Riveria pursed her lips and said, "You have a lot of women around you, and that isn't enough."
"But you are the only one."
Yes, among all of the women that he had ever had with, Riveria was the only one who was a middle-aged elf and also a virgin. Frankly, as she was in his arms, he wished to hug her tighter, feeling her body against his, and buried his face against her white nape.
"...you are so greedy."
Yet, he wasn't the only one who was blamed since even if she knew that Aiz and Eina had fallen for him, she couldn't stop her heart and did something forbidden between them.
So, while it was hard, she knew that she had to do this.
"...let's keep this relationship a secret."
"Are you sure?" Isao looked at Riveria in surprise.
"Yes." Riveria nodded. "If they knew what I did to you, I wouldn't have a face to meet them. I... don't know how to face Eina and Aiz..."
"I think that you should be fine. If there is someone who is blamed, then they will probably blame me."
Even Hestia probably had already given up on him, as she knew that he couldn't control his lower body. Still, he had to say that while their relationship hadn't reached that stage, he had to admit that whenever he and Hestia slept together, it was impossible for the element of adults not to be present between them.
While he said that Hestia wasn't his type, he knew he couldn't think of her as a little sister-like existence anymore but as a woman who had helped him with her hands most of the night.
"...you shouldn't get used to being blamed like that." Still, Riveria was speechless by his answer. "If there is someone to blame, then it is me. If I could control myself better and not kiss you, then..."
"...."
Isao was speechless because of her self-blaming nature. He knew that an elf was sensitive, so he knew that he had to take care of Riveria's emotions better. "Let's say that it is our fault. The two of us are at fault since we can't control our feelings."
"Isao..." Riveria's eyes were red as she stared at him.
"Though, I never regretted it since I could be with you now."
Those words were enough to make her jump into him.
"Me too! I love you!"
"I love you too."
Clinging to him tightly, Riveria felt her heart so volatile when she heard his soft confession; she wanted to be so close to him, without anything that separated them, yet this also made her afraid of him to think of her as a pervert or desperate. Yet, could she be blamed?
She was a virgin, after all, a hundred years old one at that!
Falling in love with someone for the first time made her unable to control her emotions, and she wanted to do many things with him.
Still, suddenly, she felt something hard on her bottoms. While she didn't touch it, her buttocks could tell what it was, which made her face hot and so red like a ripened tomato.
"...sorry."
Isao apologized awkwardly.
"No-No, it's okay..." Riveria was also awkward and teased him. "So, you got hard, huh?"
"....." Isao.
'So cute~!' Riveria chuckled, then she asked shyly, "W-What are you going to do with it?"
"...do you want to help?"
"....."
Riveria was stunned, watching him, who suddenly changed his expression as if Isao had expected her to ask such a question. At this moment, she felt like this guy set her up, trapping her, so she could only help him, yet this was what she wanted to do too, so—
"I-It's my first time... I-I don't know what to do..."
"You don't have to worry. I will teach you."
Holding her smooth and warm hand, Isao squeezed it once, feeling her hand was nice, and he was sure that it would be even better when that hand was used to squeeze something.
Under his instructions, Riveria quickly mastered by using her hands, but this definitely wasn't the end since this bad guy wouldn't be satisfied with a mere hand.