4. The Mark

Author: Kiki
Raw: https://novel18.syosetu.com/n2498fn/4/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

When I awoke from that dreamlike interlude, it was already past noon.
Beside me lay Ellis, wearing nothing but a single garment.
I reached out to her cheek and stroked it as though tickling her ear. With a soft “Mmm …” Ellis’s eyelids began to flutter.

“Good morning.”

I greeted her with a smile, and she gave me a dreamy, bashful grin. “Ehehe …”
Was she still dreaming?
Or had last night left her so utterly enthralled by me?

“Opening my eyes and finding you here, Chigusa … I’m so happy.”
“I feel the same. I could not help but touch your cheek.”

Ellis naturally drew her face closer to mine.
I leaned toward her in turn, and our lips met.
They merely touched—was this what they called a bird kiss?
We did it a second time, then a third, before gazing into each other’s eyes and laughing together.

“I love you. I love you so much. Chigusa … I love you more than anyone in the world.”
“Hee hee. More than Lyle?”
“Mmph, you’re so mean, Chigusa. But … now I can say it for sure. I love you so much more than Lyle. No, not just Lyle. I don’t care about anyone else.”

Her words were so adorable that this time I pulled her close and kissed her myself.
I forced my tongue between her lips, just a little.
As I ravaged the inside of her mouth, Ellis moaned with pleasure and writhed against me.
By now, she would surely accept anything I did to her with delight.
I slipped a hand beneath her garment, intending to join our bodies once again—and then I discovered an unfamiliar design below her navel.
It was red and shaped like a heart sprouting a devil’s wings. Could it be a tattoo?
I was certain nothing of the sort had been there last night.

“Ah … When you touch me there, it gets so hot …”

When I touched the design with my fingertip, Ellis let out a feverish sigh.
The sight filled me with an irresistible urge to ravage her.
What in the world was this?
I firmly suppressed my desire to pounce on her and asked.

“Ellis, have you always had this tattoo?”
“Huh? A tattoo? No, I’d never have the money for anything that fancy.”
“Then what could this be …?”

It seemed Ellis herself had not noticed it until I pointed it out.
At first, she touched it herself with a puzzled look—but then—

“Chigusa, could you touch it again?”
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