Come to think of it, he never felt sexual desire when he was a wolf. He only wanted to eat. He felt nothing but appetite.

“And when you are human?”

“Both sexual desire and appetite.”

“Which one of them do you feel most provocative?”

“When I’m a human.”

Sihael, who was answering Liliana’s questions one by one, released his arms from impatience and brushed her off. Lilliana rarely offered an answer.

“Um…”

I have to go see Rosetta quickly, but why is it taking so long?

“So what is the conclusion?”

“I ask you one last time. The imprint your Highness has made with the lady is a mental imprint. Right?”

“Yes.”

“Then it is because of it. Since this place was imprinted first, the body is naturally drawn to it.”

Liliana tapped first on the head and then on the chest.

“Come on, I told you that to lift the curse perfectly, you have to perfectly clinch the knot between you again and again.”

“To clinch it…”

“Of course, it’s not just that, it’s a symptom that appears complexly due to the aphrodisiac ingredient in the lady’s blood and the half imprint intertwined.”

Monsters, rare blood, and imprints.

Liliana, who had been aware of these three things since she was young, found the answer that Sihael wanted at once.

“Don’t rush into it, though. If you do something wrong, you’ll get addicted. So be careful.”

“I think it’s already too late.”

‘Your Highness, you are already addicted.’

Nanabi’s grim voice while looking at the test paper, seemed to be echoing in his ears.

“I’m already addicted.”

Sihael replied casually. However, the content was nothing short of a time bomb. Liliana blinked for a moment, unable to take his words properly.

So, did you say you’re addicted now?

Liliana, who had come to her senses belatedly, stuttered her words.

“Wait, wait, but how are you sane?”

“That’s what I want to ask, why am I still sane?”

Liliana couldn’t say anything to Sihael, who leaned against a wall and waited for her answer. As far as she knew, when one was addicted to rare blood, they could not find their reason until they resolved their desire. So when one gets addicted, there’s only destruction after that.

Whether it’s a demon or a monster, nine out of ten times, the dominating feeling is of appetite. So, it was the bottom line that everyone with rare blood would be eaten.

She knew that best because she had witnessed the scene herself.

But being addicted and staying sane?

Thump thump thump. The heart that discovered a new possibility burned with research fever. Liliana involuntarily strode toward Sihael and grabbed his arm.

“What happened recently?”

“Do not touch me. Only Rosetta can touch me.”

Liliana wrinkled her face. Rosetta sometimes covered his mouth when he talked nonsense, so she thought she could understand how she felt now.

Sihael, who shook off Lilliana’s hand, stepped back as much as she approached him.

‘Luckily Rosetta didn’t see her.’

Sihael, who confirmed that nothing happened while he was absentmindedly  talking to the woman, breathed out a sigh of relief.

“Keep your distance. It’s troublesome if Rosetta misunderstands.”

“I don’t like you either. Tell me quickly what happened.”

“I was seriously injured while I was a wolf, and Rosetta poured her own blood into my mouth to heal me.”

My lady! I told you to be careful!

Liliana let out a frustrated shriek at Rosetta’s reckless action.

This time, Sihael felt the same way as Liliana. Why did you make such a risky choice?

‘Eat! Eat!’

Recalling the situation at the time when Rosetta opened his mouth and shoved her hand into it, Sihael let out a deep sigh.

“My last memory was of chewing on Rosetta’s arm, and when I came to my senses, I was a human. That’s it.”

“I don’t quite understand, but how did you two come back intact?”

No matter how you look at it, the lady isn’t dead?  Liliana narrowed her eyes at a thought passing quickly.

Even if he loses his reason, is his self-control affected by his determination to protect Rosetta?

Or did Rosetta use the scroll to protect herself?

Liliana came up with numerous hypotheses, but the answer that came to her mind was to destroy them all.

“I was beaten.”

“… Yes?”

“I was beaten. I was beaten until I passed out.”

“…”

“And when I came back to my senses, I returned to being a human.”

She really kept her promise to beat him up if he ran out of control.

Unlike Sihael, who smiled proudly, she spat out, “What…”

Liliana grabbed her head in confusion. Is this conceptually possible? Did she really solve it by force?

“That’s ridiculous.”

“You’ve always seen Rosetta as some delicate glass work, but she’s stronger than me.”

Sihael smiled and shook his fist lightly.

“Rosetta is the woman who tamed me, a wolf, into her fist. She even put me on a leash and raised me like a puppy.”

‘Ah, fist… I mean fist….’

Overloaded with all the new information, Liliana gave up her thoughts.

* * *

In the end, this is what happened. Even though I knew, I still felt bad. It was how it should have been all this time, but I felt like an idiot for becoming too sentimental.

When I saw Sihael and Lilliana together, I muttered, “That’s how it should have originally been.”

“What should have been?”

“Oh, my.”

A familiar face smiled at me as I turned around in amazement at the sudden voice.