CHAPTER 73: SIDE EFFECTS

It wasn’t until the storm had subsided that Julian slowly opened his eyes. He breathed in the air, silent, his lips slightly parted, and let out an indescribable sigh.

Enie’s body was curled up, her head resting beside Julian’s toes. Her sweet tongue gently rested as she closed her eyes to regain her strength. Her two legs were propped against the blanket, standing in a posture that was about to give out, like duckweed that could fall at any moment.

Finally, when Enie’s head had recovered, she fawned and moved forward to rub against Julian’s instep and calf, her body swaying slightly, looking like a dog wagging its tail to greet its master.

"Thank you, Master~"

Enie said with a look of infatuation.

It was as if Julian’s agreement to let her touch his feet was some great reward, one that she could never repay. She could only give her whole heart to him and call him ’Master.’

In fact, even Loxiya was mostly referred to as ’Lady’ or ’My Lady’ in the manor; no one would use such a completely undignified address as ’Master.’ This showed how much Enie admired Julian now.

She also secretly stuck out her tongue, a mischievous act, her eyes staring at him, glistening with moisture.

This appearance... it was simply as if she had been charmed by him.

Julian heard this, but didn’t feel the excitement that a man should. Logically speaking, when a beautiful, cute, and slender girl does something so lowly and desirous for you, how could you be unhappy?

But the coldness that rose in Julian’s heart suppressed the outburst from a moment ago.

He felt that he had messed things up, and that the young maid in front of him had been harmed by his superhuman abilities, losing herself and becoming a slave to desire.

"First, put your clothes on," Julian said, trying his best to remain calm.

At that moment, Enie reacted, looking at the clothes on her body.

A faint cleavage was vaguely visible in the air.

The garter strap wrapped around her calf was also broken, the white silk looking as if it had been torn.

Unconsciously, Enie had sat up, her two legs spread apart, occupying the blanket like a sitting duck. She then secretly pulled up her stockings.

Her face flushed as she said, "Master, my clothes were ruined by me."

Julian first focused on observing the door, making sure no one was passing by. Then, he got up and walked to the coat rack, taking out the maid dress that Loxiya had prepared for him earlier.

Accepting the clothes from Julian’s hand, Enie smelled the scent on them, her body clearly trembling a few times.

"On this, there’s a very strong scent of Master..." Enie said with a sigh as she buried her face in the clothes.

Julian had been observing Enie’s face and found that her eyes had clearly brightened after her release; she had even been a little shy just a moment ago.

So why was she acting so infatuated?

Enie, thinking Julian wanted to watch her change, bit her lip and slowly pulled her maid dress up, then took it off.

Seeing that Julian’s gaze hadn’t changed at all, Enie suddenly felt a sense of being hunted by him, as if her every move was held in his hands. An itchy sensation couldn’t help but rise in her lower body again.

Comfortably letting go of the hands that were covering her breasts, Enie was about to completely expose her youthful body to him when Julian suddenly spoke.

"Just now... were you acting?"

This startled Enie. She quickly knelt on the floor, kissing the ground while affirming, "Master, please believe me. My status is lowly, but what I said to you just now was the truth!"

"Are you... still sane?"

"Of course I’m sane?" Enie said, finally looking up, blinking, not understanding why Julian was asking this.

"Then why do you call me Master?"

Enie looked at Julian in surprise, seeing that his eyes were still so pure, like a clear mountain spring where you could see the essence with a single glance. It was only then that she realized Julian really wasn’t testing her, but was genuinely questioning her and showing his concern.

Gathering the courage in her heart, she realized this might be the only chance she had in her life.

"Because... because I like you!" The last part of her sentence came out louder, startling Julian. He quickly went over and covered her mouth.

Closing his eyes, he confirmed that they hadn’t been discovered, then he wanted to let go.

The result was that this girl, who was younger than him, took the opportunity to stick out her sweet tongue and lick his hand!

"You like me?" Julian asked, letting go of her hand, completely baffled.

"We’ve only met once, how could you like me?"

Enie puffed out her cheeks. This originally cute action now looked unusually alluring on her nearly naked body.

"Don’t you know yet? Everyone in the manor likes you. Not to mention, you once saved my life..."

Julian finally understood that Enie’s reaction just now was indeed entirely from her heart, and not her being corrupted by his Holy Mark...

And now, Julian still didn’t understand that he himself was the real, lethal poison. Knowing the truth now, he didn’t think too much about it.

"You don’t have to like me," Julian said, shaking his head.

Hearing Julian’s firm tone, Enie showed no disappointment. Instead, she continued, "You are a noble person, so I naturally wouldn’t dare to have such aspirations. Being allowed to kiss your instep just now was enough for me."

She said she kissed his instep, but in the end, she had wanted to take all of Julian’s toes into her mouth.

When Enie was fully dressed, Julian added softly, "This matter, you know, and I know, but no one else needs to know."

Sharing a secret with her young lord made Enie blush unnaturally again.

She also responded softly, "Master, you can rest assured."

In the end, she couldn’t help but add, "From now on, no matter how you see me, you are my most important master. I also have a transcendent talent and will soon awaken. When that time comes, you can just command me."

After changing her clothes, Enie helped Julian clean up the scene before leaving.

After Madam Catherine’s explanation, Julian finally understood the origin of Enie’s unusual behavior.

It was more than likely because he had infused too much of his magic, causing her to have nowhere to release it, thus giving rise to a certain male-female desire.

Julian didn’t have any regrets, only a feeling of dread. If he hadn’t stopped in time, would Enie have shattered into pieces as he had predicted...?

Madam Catherine waved her hand in front of Julian, and he came back to his senses.

"Something on your mind?"

"No."

Julian was clearly bad at lying. His look of saying one thing but meaning another, as he stared at the floor, made Madam Catherine laugh.

"If the girl is okay, that’s good. I was busy with other things at the time. You didn’t tell me you were going to visit her. If you had run into any problems, I could have helped..."

"It’s a good thing you weren’t there at the time," Julian thought to himself: