How to Survive as a Player Chapter 82

#82

“The Black Heavenly Clan has been very proud of their wings since ancient times, but because of this, there have been many cases where their survival has been threatened. as you know… It’s a weakness, right? That’s why I made a choice to protect my survival. However, since the pride of the race cannot be completely hidden, the monarchs decided to live as its symbol. “It was passed down from generation to generation and was established as an exclusive property.”

“Then can’t the others be taken out? “At all?”

“Oh, why can’t I take it out! Then how was that ideal standard established? Do you take it off when you’re at home or not? You can think of it as the same as that! Of course, they take it out when courting, and sometimes when they prune their feathers. However, it must not be shown to others. Ah, why do I have to explain this!”

Looking at Iobel, whose face was flushed and smiling, it seemed like the wings were a secret symbol to the people of the empire. If the person above her pulls it out, it becomes a unique symbol, and if someone below her pulls it out, it is an act of disrespect.

“Then let me ask you one more question.”

“Oh, what else? “Can’t we stop?”

“Then the wing feathers become entangled…” .”

“Ahh!! evil! evil! Well, why are you asking that! Are you crazy?! evil!”

Before Iobel could finish speaking, she covered her ears and began to scream. Actually, Sehyun didn’t really want to ask either. Looking at the reaction, it doesn’t seem like it means anything good.

However, I couldn’t help but ask because it was something that Se-hyun himself experienced. If there had been someone to ask, they wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble, but the heroes were reluctant to let Sehyun bring up the topic of wings. The reason was understandable. He said that he wanted to spread wings whenever he opened his mouth, so he would not have been desirable to those who had to assist the king, who had to act as a symbol. Let alone their tastes.

Still, I need to know something.

What made Iobel so shocked was, unfortunately, something that happened to Se-hyeon when she returned home after breaking up with Kwak Jeong-han last night. To be precise, I caught the smell of blood that I couldn’t quite hide. To Ruhak.

It wasn’t that I didn’t know about his actions. However, the situation was not good. Since there was a vassal that she had encountered, she had expected to some extent that her movements would be reported, but even so, she had expected him to call her aside and interrogate her; she had not expected him to come visit her out of the blue.

Like an animal that came after smelling blood.

With a sigh, Sehyeon recalled a brief incident from yesterday. The slowly blinking eyes soon returned to the memories of yesterday.

“eww… .”

The room I arrived in, holding my trembling body, was cold. I didn’t even know there was a smell of blood. All Sehyeon could smell was the unpleasant, fishy smell that passed his nose.

Shoot ah-

I turned on the hot water in the bathtub and sat in front of it, shaking and waiting for the water to fill up. When the steaming water filled half of the bathtub, Se-hyeon raised his crouching body and reached for the collar of his robe, which was filled all the way to his neck.

It was at that time that I heard a low voice behind me.

“It smells like blood.”

The cold voice gave me goosebumps. Perhaps because of the sound of the water, the sound of footsteps, which I had not heard before, lingered in my ears. When Sehyeon turned around in surprise, Ruhak was already close enough to hear his breathing.

And just like that, a strong hand grabbed my shoulder and pushed me into the wall. For a moment, his eyes became dizzy. The next thing I felt was a hand languidly rubbing my cheek.

“So, you said you prioritize the empire, right?”

Ruhak’s eyes turned to Sehyeon’s wings, which were soaked in water. His grip on my shoulder pressed down on my collarbone and dug into it.

“Ugh!”

“But it’s like this… .”

The bulging veins on the back of Ruhak’s hand and his suppressed voice indicated that he was angry.

Ruhak’s deeply sunken eyes followed the heavily dug-out wing feathers. And when that gaze rests on the place where the blood shines.

“Mana’s… “It’s a trace.”

Ruhak growled. In an instant he was violently grabbed by his wings and pulled forward. Sehyun bit his lip.

In the meantime, I could hear the sound of water filling the bathtub overflowing. The hot water flowing across the floor soaked Sehyeon’s toes. Perhaps because it was cold, his body was shaking. Ruhak’s eyes followed this. His shaking shoulders exposed to the cold.

The hand holding her wings seemed to loosen, and Sehyeon’s body was dragged into the hot tub.

“How far should I look after you?”

“under… Don’t even look at it… It’s not… .”

Sehyun really wanted to ask if he had ever seen it. My body, which had been soaked with cold, gradually relaxed into the hot water.

The moment our eyes met, this time I was caught below the neck. Ruhak’s hand ran through his blood-stained feathers. It was a gesture as if checking a wound.

“that… Ha, stop… .”

“If you want him to live, you’d better keep your mouth shut.”

Ruhak did not miss the strong fishy smell. The tone of his words was fierce. He didn’t miss even the faintly palpable wound. Some that were not treated. I had no idea that it would remain as a trace.

Even though I was in the hot water, my exposed shoulders felt cold, perhaps because it was cold outside the water. The hand that went between the feathers of his wings often touched a nerve and went too far. Every time that happened, Sehyeon had to let his body fall, resting his head on Ruhak’s shoulder.

And when the verification is done.

“Open your mouth.”

A very quiet voice was heard. Her jaw was pressed and her mouth was opened. As soon as my clenched teeth parted, I felt a sharp pain somewhere.

“… Let go… ji… Ugh, okay… .”

I grabbed Ruhak’s hand that was holding my chin and tried to tear it away, but it was no use. In an instant, the back of my neck was pressed and we got so close that I could hear my breath. Just an inch away.

In the meantime, Sehyeon’s breathing rang out. Sehyeon’s tightly curled hand was on Ruhak’s shoulder. To Ruhak, the wrist that was holding and pushing the hem of his clothes to the point where they were crumpled just looked superficial.

Still, Ruhak felt like he was being pushed far away by the gesture.

“why… “You abandoned me, right?”

Me, not everyone. At some point, she felt that the story was going astray. Even the subject felt different. Sehyeon was the first to be abandoned. But he was saying something different.

“… first… What I threw away… “It was you.”

Ruhak said nothing. However, after a while, the force holding Sehyun’s back and chin down suddenly relaxed. The distance that seemed to be within reach quickly became distant.

“okay… is it.”

A desolate gaze entered the foggy vision. His messy, wet clothes seemed to represent his feelings.

Ruhak stretched out his hand again. At first glance, it was a hand that seemed friendly. The moment a slowly extended hand covered Sehyun’s cheek, their bodies touched.

“… “I guess that’s just what it sounded like to you.”

Still he whispered hatred. It was after that that I felt a tingling sensation. His body jerked as a feeling pierced his spine.

The heat spreading into the back of my throat caused a feeling of lethargy and exhaustion. When I barely turned my dark head and looked to the side, I saw wings of different colors intertwined. Black feathers peeking through white wing feathers. Unlike Sehyeon’s, it was a strong collar.

The moment the collar was deeply entangled, a sharp pain struck me that shook my vision. Sehyeon’s fingertips dug into Ruhak’s shoulder.

“ah… ah… .”

The pain that prickled my nerves rose up to the back of my neck. Ruhak hugged Sehyun’s stiff waist and pulled her close. The throbbing pain gradually increased.

It was a feeling I had never experienced before. My fingertips were shaking from the stimulation of pressing somewhere. I felt a hand slowly stroking her cervical spine. The moment the hand pressed somewhere, a faint feeling of joy stayed at the fingertips.

Sehyun’s head was bent helplessly. The breath that flowed out was so hot it felt like it would burn me. I could clearly feel Ruhak’s lips landing on my ear.

“under… .”

When I closed my eyes, my eyelashes started fluttering. In an instant, I felt so sensitive that my whole body flinched. She did that a few times. I couldn’t even tell if what came out of her mouth was a sob or a moan. What Sehyun remembers is that not long after, his vision went black. That was it.

That was all Sehyun remembered.

When I woke up, there was no fishy smell, tangled wings, clothes, everything had been laid out on the bed. However, the tingling sensation throughout her body remained vivid.

I feel like I’ve become more sensitive in some way. I grabbed the wing and tried to pick it between the feathers, but it felt different. An indefinable sensation followed me all morning.

The good news was that he had regained his senses and succeeded in inserting his wings. Thanks to this, Sehyeon was able to go out without wings for the first time since coming to the empire.

And now, I am hearing from Iobel something I didn’t know before.

“Oh, don’t ask me, go ask the other vassals. “I don’t know, I don’t know.”

“What is it?”

“I don’t know! I don’t know, so don’t ask me! Why are you asking me that? “Is that something you say on the street?”

As I looked at Iobel, whose face had turned red and was glaring at her, I could guess something. No, she had vaguely expected it to begin with.

Sehyun decided to stop asking questions at that point. Instead, I changed the topic and asked a different question.

“Then, by any chance, are other people not allowed to touch the Lord’s wings?”