Beast in the Woods, Deep in the Night - Chapter 15.2
Chapter 15.2
She entered the building where Edgar’s office was and opened the handkerchief after confirming that no one was around. As expected, Toma’s tears gradually dried up and became a sparkling jewel. It was clear that it would become a more solid crystal over time.
‘Though the jewel is a bit small… If I move diligently while staying in the hideout of the Black Fang Guild, I’ll be able to collect quite a few chimera’s tears.’
If she did so, both she and her mother would not need the help of Duff’s necklace, so she would be able to leave the tiresome Golden Horseshoe Guild and escape to another place.
However, what Toma had just said bothered her a little.
Could she really say that she was different from those who tried to harness the extraordinary physical abilities and extraordinary powers of the chimeras?
Of course, Christine had no intention of harming the chimeras for her and her mother’s life and convenience. However, in terms of using the powers of the chimeras, she might be similar to those wicked people. Even if she didn’t harm the chimeras, it was true that she hid here to benefit from their abilities.
‘I’d better not let the people here know that I need the chimera’s tears.’
Last night, after she decided to make a chimera cry and lend him a handkerchief and try to see if the tears really turned into jewels, for some reason, Edgar’s heated face, weak under the moonlight, came to her mind. Christine had imagined something that even she herself thought was absurd.
She thought that if she became close enough to Edgar to share her deepest wounds over the course of a month, why not ask him to help lift her and her mother’s curse?
But after talking to Toma just now, Christine was able to face reality. Saying that she was trying to use their abilities here, in a place full of chimeras, was the perfect way to be misunderstood and get herself kicked out.
It seemed even better not to tell Edgar, who had been rescuing them from their hellish circumstances, the truth about her situation.
‘Well, it was a ridiculous idea in the first place. It would be impossible to get close to that unfriendly man in just a month.’
Indeed, Christine had never seen anyone so indifferent to her. Among all the men, women, children, and elderly she had ever met, he was the most indifferent to her.
How on earth could a man who was still in heat do that?
Knock, knock.
Christine grumbled inwardly and knocked on the door of Edgar’s office. She was told to come in immediately.
Putting on a smile worthy of anyone’s liking, she opened the door. And the sight that unfolded as soon as she entered the office captivated her.
Edgar, dressed in a white shirt, was sitting at his desk, processing documents with the light hitting him from behind. His broad shoulders and muscles bulged here and there, tugging on his shirt to reveal the outline of his muscular upper body.
However, compared to his gorgeous face, his body didn’t attract attention at all. The high nose bridge and sculptural jawline, which boasted about their presence even though the light was behind him, were so elegant that they were difficult to describe.
His dark green eyes under his straight brows looked at her as if they were possessed every time they met.
“…”
Edgar’s eyes moved towards her, perhaps because he thought it was strange that she didn’t come in and speak to him as usual. For a moment, Christine felt a strange tingling spread in her heart.
She had seen those eyes before. The eyes that made her feel nervous and excited at the same time as if she had encountered a beast that could swallow her at once.
“Ugh… Relax.”
Her body temperature seemed to rise as she recalled the way he had soothed and comforted her with his voice while going inside her at that time. She tried to erase the lewd movements of his body as he thrust into her from her mind.
“Good morning, Edgar.”
“You’re late.”
“I overslept because I was excited about working with you and couldn’t sleep until late at night. I’ll be careful starting tomorrow.”
“I know you’re late because you were talking with Toma.”
“Oh my, you… are you even looking at me through the window? Is it too much to think of that as a personal interest in me?”
“You know it well.”
“…”
Christine clenched her fists and trembled inwardly. This man really didn’t seem to have any rational interest in her.
It was a sunny morning with no moonlight to excite him, so it seemed wiser to just try to brush against him.
“Edgar, is there anything you want me to do?”
“I’d like you to deliver these documents to the Guild Master.”
Edgar handed the paperwork to Christine with a meaningful expression.
She thoughtlessly scanned the title of the documents she received, and for a moment, she doubted her eyes.
[Reports on the recent movements of the Golden Horseshoe Guild]
‘Why is Edgar…’
She looked at him nervously.
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