Valter burst into laughter once again as he observed her surprised expression, noticing where she was checking on his body.

“Why are you checking so explicitly?”

“No, I…”

He embraced the flustered Edit from behind and led her towards a nearby bench with playful steps.

Unlike Edit, he already knew there was no one else around. There would be no problem if the prince and princess enjoyed a brief moment of joy, even if no one saw them.

With each step he took, Edit swallowed the saliva that gathered in her mouth. His body’s warmth, coming into contact, felt unusual.

“Valter, this is a public place. Why, why are you acting differently than usual?”

Unable to continue her sentence, Edit sat on the bench, and Valter, holding her waist tightly, whispered in a low voice.

“Why make a fuss about kissing at a place steeped in legend.”

“……”

Edit couldn’t answer his inquiry. To some extent, it was true that she had schemed a little.

Although Valter hadn’t mentioned it before due to concerns that she might have impure thoughts even before the first class, Edit, in fact, knew about the legend of the western garden lake.

She was well aware that countless lovers engaged in intimate moments at this place due to the legend.

Having dreamed of entering the academy for a very long time, she became knowledgeable about various irrelevant information as well. However, she had kept this knowledge to herself, fearing that if she revealed it to Valter, he would dive headlong into ‘hotter love.’

“Open your lips, Edit.”

Valter’s low voice resonated sensually in Edit’s ears. Before she knew it, her body was perched on his thighs.

Feeling his heat fully, Edit grabbed his broad shoulders tightly. Ironically, the person himself seemed to be enjoying her reaction.

“Surely you didn’t go to such lengths just to calmly attend classes alone afterward.”

“……”

“Shall we exchange kisses until we sink?”

Valter, tempting her, pronounced each word slowly and deeply, sweeping his tongue across her nape.

Their bodies, in full contact, felt as if melting like a piece of butter on a hot frying pan.

Whether tamed by him or not, her body didn’t move, even in a situation where she might have resisted in the past.

Instead, an impulse whispered deep within her heart, asking if she had imagined scenes of rough kissing in this place with her first love dozens of times.

The academy. And the one man she had loved.

Everything she had desired was laid out before her eyes, and there seemed to be no need for hesitation.

“…Maybe.”

In an instant, Edit’s expression subtly changed. It wasn’t an anxious face, worrying that someone might come by, but rather an expression eager to engage in a risky prank.

“Then… remove it.”
As Valter recalled when she had made such a face before, he felt like he was going crazy. It started as a half joke, but if it ended here in this place, he would feel self-disgust.

“Edit. Wait―.”

However, he couldn’t continue his words.

Without leaving any gap, Edit pressed her lips onto his. Then, as he always did to her, she delicately tasted his lower lip.

In the unexpected turn of events, there was no hesitation as she cautiously delved into the gap between his lips, flustered by his reaction.

Feeling the increasing tension in his body, her actions became bolder.

Caressing his earlobes, which had reddened as he let go, Valter exhaled a low and hot breath.

‘…She’s doing more to me.’

Continuously kissing, Edit explored the inside of his shirt collar. When her fingertips touched bare skin, Valter’s body jerked again.

In no time, he tilted his head backward, breaking the kiss. The long silver thread passed through his jaw and neck, severed.

Edit wanted to play a bit more, but looking at his slightly relaxed pupils, she decided to stop.

If she continued to provoke him outdoors, she might want to ride a carriage and return to the palace immediately, forgetting about the class.

‘How did I end up like this?’

She had looked forward to the medical class so much…

After a short laugh, Edit rested her face on his shoulders that were moving up and down.

After a while, with rough breaths, Valter mumbled.

“I don’t know who the beast is.”

Edit thought it was quite nice to hear a man much larger than her grumbling with a weakened voice.

“Sorry for being a beast, Your Highness.”

“Heh…”

She reluctantly got up and tidied up her disheveled appearance, then lightly kissed his handsome forehead.

“My hair is too messy; I can’t go together. See you later at the palace, Valter.”

With a darkened face and sweaty, tangled hair, she didn’t want to show Valter’s current appearance to others.

Now he seemed more provocative than Portrion’s stable boy who stimulated her desires several times a day.

After gently wiping his cheek, Edit walked briskly towards the medical building where the class was held.

Valter still couldn’t move, so he leaned against the bench for a while, rested, and then washed his face.

“Is my husband trying to roast me alive, seriously.”