Didn't I promise to sleep with you tonight?

My Pov

Following the thrilling event that took place earlier in Sucht's room, we both decided to take a shower together in order to save time. Afterward, we hurriedly made our way to the dining room, and as soon as we did so, everyone who was already seated there turned their attention to Sucht and me.

Even though I could see Emilia, Alice, and Sascha already seated at the dining table, Cleir appeared to be very busy preparing the dishes she intended to serve on the table.

I could see Alice looking at me with an expression on her face that suggested she wanted to say something, but as soon as her favorite dish was placed in front of her at the table, her attention was immediately drawn elsewhere.

"What a kid," I thought to myself, but apart from Alice, I could also feel Emilia's gaze slightly looking at me. However, it was only for a moment, and then Emilia withdrew her gaze completely.

Sucht, who is standing next to me, appears unruffled and unperturbed by the attention that is being directed her way. This is likely due to the fact that, by her very nature, she is the type of person who possesses an emotionless and unfeeling personality, and as a result, she is unconcerned with other people.

I could feel the gazes that had been directed at me without making any attempt to cover them up, and I could even feel the iciness of those gazes as Sucht, and I took a step towards our seats at the dining table. I could even feel the stares as I tried to eat my food. Certainly, if not from Sascha, then who else?

But I didn't say anything. I just looked back at Sascha with my fiery eyes, which were fixed on her eyes and accompanied by a soft smile that had the power to make any woman's heart flutter.

As I had anticipated, Sascha immediately flushed and hastily turned her gaze in another direction. In the meantime, I could only smirk at her adorable behavior and shake my head.

After that, dinner began, and although the beginning was a little awkward, the atmosphere at the dining table quickly became warm and lively after someone brought up a topic.

"And did you know that I found a statue that looks very much like Hadrian, hahahahaha... even the statue has its own pose... hahahaha... "

The ridicule originated from none other than Alice, who was now giggling uncontrollably in the chair next to me. She was laughing so hard that her hands started pounding on the table.

Although the others couldn't help but laugh while covering their mouths, some of them just smiled gently. Sucht and Cleir were among those people, and I thanked them for that.

"Would you like for me to have them make a statue of you?"

I gave Alice a chilly smile and asked her a question while she was in the process of stifling her laughter. However, as soon as she finished processing what I had said, she immediately looked up while grabbing my clothes and said something.

"I beg you not to do that. I'm not very good at striking cool poses myself."

"pfft..."

Emilia, who was sitting on the other side of me when Alice said that, accidentally couldn't help but chuckle. Because everyone at the dining table could hear it clearly, Emilia attempted to cover her mouth while acting like it had never happened.

It seemed as though Alice couldn't wait to make another joke, so in the meantime, I couldn't help but laugh wryly at her expense and then try to change the subject of the conversation to something else.

"You are not allowed to kill a single person tomorrow."

After I had finished eating the food that was on the table, which was shaped like a shell and contained tender meat on the inside, the red sauce that had been poured on it added to the spicy, sweet, and also slightly salty taste, as the meat melted in my mouth.

"Uh... what's the big deal all of a sudden?"

Alice shrieked as she stood there with her mouth wide open, getting ready to put food in her mouth.

"Because I'll be coming down directly tomorrow."

I then got up from my seat, wiped my mouth with a handkerchief, and started walking away from the dining table after I had finished saying what I had to say.

"Don't lie, okay, because I'm looking forward to it."

I was able to discern Alice's excited voice while she was still seated at the dining table, but I chose to ignore her and continued walking away.

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As the darkness of the night grew darker, taking over the continent.

A white-haired young man with a charming appearance, his skin pale as if he had never been exposed to the sun, and his blood-red eyes seemed to glow in this dimly lit corridor, adding to the impression of mystery and horror created around it.

The young man was observed strolling down the corridor on the tenth floor of a hotel known as "the Pascha" in the city of Zeit, the capital of the Zeitgeist empire.

It didn't take long for the white-haired young man to come to a stop in front of one of the bedroom doors.

"knock... knock...."

A knocking sound could be heard in the middle of the night in a corridor that was otherwise peaceful and quiet, and it caused people to feel a little uneasy when they heard it.

Because, for some reason, even though the 10th floor of this hotel is very spacious, majestic, and luxurious and filled with rooms for staying guests, it feels like no one is occupying it... yes, it feels empty... as if...

"thud... thud..."

Shortly after, the white-haired young man knocked on the door, the door opened, and the person behind the door was someone you would not have expected to see.

A female, but not only that, she was so stunningly beautiful that not even the daughters of the nobles dared to show their faces in front of her.

Aside from that, this beautiful woman and the charming man in front of her both had white hair and fiery red eyes. Their appearances are strikingly similar to one another.

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"What are you doing here, Hadrian?"

When Emilia saw me standing in front of her bedroom door in the middle of the night, she said it in a hushed voice, but her face clearly showed that she was embarrassed.

"Didn't I promise to sleep with you tonight?"

I said it with a playful smile on my face and went straight into Emilia's room without waiting for her to respond.

Meanwhile, Emilia's expression remained that of someone who was in the midst of a panic attack, and she attempted to look left and right along the corridor. Finally, after taking a deep breath and making sure no one else was watching, Emilia slammed the door behind her and began reciting a variety of protective magic spells while her eyes were closed.

After she had finished, Emilia began to slowly open her eyes, and the first thing she saw was me already sound asleep on her bed, with my eyes closed and the blanket wrapped around me.

"Wake up, Hadrian. You weren't serious about what you said, were you?"

Emilia still looks embarrassed as she tries to drag me out of her bed, but I don't mind what she does because she doesn't take what she's doing seriously.

I even went so far as to suggest to Emilia that she immediately go to sleep next to me by patting the empty space beside me softly.

Even though I could sense that Emilia was casting a powerful magic spell at me at this very moment, I casually closed my eyes and enjoyed the scent of Emilia's body as the bed filled with it.

"sigh..."

After that, I was able to sense the magical aura fading away, which was accompanied by a sigh that I could hear very clearly. When I momentarily opened one eye to take a peek, I could see Emilia blushing as she attempted to lay down next to me in an embarrassed manner.

Even though the space that separates Emilia and me is quite wide due to the size of this bed, she still needed to make sure of something by declaring.

"If you come anywhere near me, I'll cut you."

Emilia tried to intimidate me by speaking in a low and cold voice, but all I could do in response was give her a small smile as I said softly.

"cute."

"Shut up... I take that as your approval."

I eventually stopped responding and started to relax my body, which led to my falling asleep very quickly.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to me, tonight would be a night when Emilia would stay awake for a long time, her heart beating fast as she desperately tried to fall asleep.