Beast in the Woods, Deep in the Night - Chapter 45.2

Chapter 45.2

Edgar slid down the hand that had been cupping her cheek. He swept it down the hot nape of her neck, past her collarbone, and finally reached her voluptuous chest.

“… Edgar.”

Christine flinched and stopped him. Her eyes were clearly filled with lust as well, so Edgar took a deep breath and asked nervously.

“What?”

She was an annoying woman in many ways. That’s right, this emotion must be annoyance. Edgar waited for an answer with a cold face, unlike his lower body, which was hot and about to explode.

“It hasn’t been that long since I collapsed. I haven’t fully rested yet.”

“We can just take it easy. Or take a break in the middle.”

Christine let out a fake laugh. How could a man who thrust so hard that she lost her breath every time they had s*x, and whose member quickly stood up again as if he had never ejaculated, take it easy?

“I know that’s a lie.”

“…”

“You won’t let me go until I fall asleep.”

Only then did Edgar become aware of what he had said, his reason momentarily lost due to the condition of his lower body. He didn’t even realize how the situation had turned into this.

He quietly withdrew, having no intention of forcing Christine into his arms. Even so, he reminded her that this situation was slightly her responsibility.

“I told you to touch me, but I never asked you to kiss me.”

“Well, that’s…”

Christine couldn’t blame him either. She kissed his lips purely out of impulse.

Still, it wasn’t like she didn’t get anything from this kiss. She thought of a possibility she had never thought of before about why Edgar had turned a blind eye to what she did.

‘Is it because of his heat? Because he needs someone to spend the night with when his body heats up?’

Christine did not immediately speak her thoughts, but she couldn’t hide how her eyes curved.

There was no way that Edgar, who was right in front of her, would not notice the change in her expression.

“What are you thinking about, making a face like that?”

“I just… I thought I understood what you meant when you said you would let it go because I was pretty.”

“… What?”

“It’s because of your heat, right? Because we get along well in that way.”

The moment Christine gave the wrong answer with conviction, Edgar’s expression visibly crumpled.

He had never shown any mercy to those who tried to use the chimeras before. He did choose to keep Christine as an observation object because she was useful, but it was also because he acted on a whim that he would never normally act on.

But to think that he made that decision in a hurry because he had lost his reason to his instincts, without knowing he was giving her special treatment…

The veins in his forehead twitched as if he had heard a great insult. He decided that it would be better in this situation to quickly get rid of the woman who was making him dizzy.

“No. Get out.”

“Yes.”

Christine turned away as Edgar gave the order to leave. He told her to get out with a scary expression that contrasted with the heat she felt between her legs.

It seemed that he hadn’t let her go because of his heat.

***

The next day, Edgar headed to the archive room of the main building of the guild instead of going to work in the office in the western hideout. Decius had informed him that he had completed the investigation on Christine’s deeds.

“Welcome, Edgar.”

Seeing his master, Decius greeted him more politely than usual. He started acting like that after hearing about Christine’s train ticket from Isaac.

‘He must be in a bad mood, so I shouldn’t do anything to upset him.’

He continued, feeling sorry for Isaac, who must have lost his confidence and sweated profusely in front of Edgar.

“As you said, I only selected books that Miss Christine, who needs the chimeras’ help, might have touched.”

Among the chimeras, some had undergone multiple modifications to suit specific purposes, regardless of their own will.

Improving a living being to use it as a tool? It was something Edgar couldn’t understand, but in any case, they had a few highly developed abilities, and, in some ways, were superior to Richard’s successor.

The chimera that helped Decius was a rescue who was improved to have a better sense of smell and magical power.

Decius did not necessarily tell Edgar that it was an honor for the chimera to use his abilities in Edgar’s love affairs.

“It’s faint, but he said he could feel Christine’s mana in these books.”

“…”

After checking the books, Edgar frowned.

“A record of the members of the Richard family?”