Under the Full Moon

I stood there as if nailed to the spot, just staring at him, and it was understandable.

The white powder on my face, the reddish eye makeup, the hair styled in two buns to replace the empty ear space, the long-sleeved robe that I couldn’t even control properly like an event balloon, and the long, flowing sash that served as a substitute for a tail.

I must have looked quite ridiculous.

If he had openly laughed, I would have at least gotten angry, but Karvan just stared at me silently for a long time.

“…You can laugh if you find it funny.”

“……”

“I didn’t do this. The Sura just…”

As I was blushing and making excuses, he approached, gently rubbed my cheek, and then helped me up.

“Wh-where are we going?”

‘Is he kicking me out because I’m hard to look at?’
In a daze, I was led outside by the man’s hand.

The open space in the center of Bahalgras was full of Varg.

The Varg who couldn’t gather in the plaza had opened the windows of their respective houses and were craning their necks to look down at us.
As if they were watching some rare spectacle.

‘…Ah, perhaps they’re watching the moon?’

I glanced up at the full moon, which was clearly visible even through the gaps in the rocky mountains.

It was so close and large that it didn’t look like a moon at all.
It looked like some unknown planet had come close.
To think it could shine like that even though it was still early evening.

The man held my hand tightly and continued to walk.
Unlike his usual dark attire, Karvan, dressed in a splendid robe and bathed in the moonlight, looked unfamiliar today.

Thinking that the scent of new clothes was nice, I was held by him and hurriedly followed him.
The Sura followed us like a tail.

Karvan headed for a corner of Bahalgras, to the entrance of a cave marked ‘Restricted Area.’

‘…This is the way to the Forest of Trials, why are we here again?’

I looked up at the man anxiously, but as always, he said nothing.
He just looked straight ahead indifferently.

“If you are ready, I will connect the portal.”

The Sura who had followed us surrounded the rock, busily drawing a formula and starting to cast.

A web of light spread over the rock that had been tightly sealed like a cork.
A boulder the size of a dump truck moved aside like an elevator door.

The scenery outside the cave was completely different.

[Hidden Field: The Varg’s Full Moon Garden]

It was like a masterpiece painting.
White, sparkling grass as if covered in snow, and golden flowers embedded in the gaps like star candy.
The moon hanging over the hill that stretched along the flower path.

As I was taking it all in with my mouth agape, Karvan, who had gone a few steps ahead, turned around.

“……”

He held out his hand with indifferent eyes.
A low gasp and cheers flowed from behind.

The man, with the blue full moon at his back, looked like a being from some myth.

“…Ah!”

As if possessed, I took his hand, and he lifted me up and placed me on his forearm, and began to climb the hill.

“Ack, put me down!”

Even though I protested that I had feet too, he just walked silently.

After struggling a few times, I gave up and just hugged his neck tightly.
Being held by the man and climbing the hill, it felt like I was walking into the full moon.

At the top, there was a wide rock like a flat bench.
It was covered with several layers of fur pelts.

Karvan set me down on it.

It was so thickly laid that it sank down softly as soon as I sat on it, no less than any sofa.

“Shinbi.”

It was definitely my name.
Why did it feel so unfamiliar?
Flustered, I looked up at the man, and my eyes gradually widened.

“…Wow.”

The moon I looked up at with my head tilted back was so big and close.

A bluish, cold full moon.
My heart was full.

“So, beautiful.”

The words I managed to utter was cliché.
It was not enough to describe that wondrous creation.

‘Beautiful?’
‘No, overwhelming.’
‘It’s breathtaking.’

It was the first time I knew the moon was so beautiful.
As if I had met a masterpiece in the front row of a movie theater, I stared at the moon until my neck was sore.

…And, since when was it?

I felt a hot body heat from behind.
My neck, which was tilted back, was leaning against a hard chest.

Thump, thump, thump.

My heart was beating like crazy with excitement.

I looked up at Karvan with my head still tilted back.
As if he felt my gaze, his eyes slowly lowered.

‘He must have seen this countless times, right?’
‘That’s why he can have such an unimpressed look in front of this fantastic sight.’
Hiding the fleeting envy, I opened my mouth.

“Thank you.”

“……”

“For showing me something so wonderful.”

I meant it.
I had been here for over a year, but it was the first time I had watched the moon with such a peaceful mind.

Before entering Midvalen, the night was hell for me, and in Midvalen, I had to fall asleep anxiously, wondering what vicious quest Baalzeph would give me tomorrow, and if I could return alive.

I had no time to appreciate what shape the moon was, but to think I could feel such leisure.

“Of course, I’m sure you didn’t do this for me this time either.”

“I did it for you.”

The man, who had spoken indifferently, looked down at me.
With the night sky at his back, only his bright yellow eyes were visible.

“Since you said it was your wish to see the full moon up close.”

‘…What, he pretended not to care.’
‘To move me like this.’
I tried hard to suppress my overwhelming feelings and just looked at the moon.

The moon, which would occasionally be darkened by passing clouds and then brighten up again, was not tiring to watch for a long time.

After watching in a daze for a long time, I finally tore my eyes away, and the man was looking at me.

Before, I would have avoided him as if I had seen a ghost, but out of gratitude for showing me this, I smiled first.

“It’s so, so beautiful, isn’t it?”

The man slowly nodded his head.

Without taking his eyes off my face.
Unlike his usual cold gaze, his eyes were strangely soft.

‘…It must be because of the moonlight.’

Pretending to brush off my knees for no reason, I avoided his eyes first.

“…Ahem, shall we go now?”

“Have you seen enough.”

“Yeah. I’ve seen enough for a lifetime. There won’t be a more wonderful moon viewing than this in the future.”

I said it like a joke, but the man just looked at me silently again.
I knew the meaning of his not-so-indifferent gaze.
Since he had also announced it beforehand, the future that would unfold as soon as we returned was obvious.

I let out a deep sigh, thinking I wouldn’t be able to sleep today.

Thinking it was better to get the beating over with quickly, I was about to go down from the rock, but my arm was caught and my body tilted.

“…Hmph, why? You want to stay a little longer…”

The moment I asked back in confusion, he brought his lips to mine.

Before I could react, he gently pressed the back of my neck and opened my jaw.
He pushed his soft tongue deep into my mouth and, avoiding my sharp teeth, engraved his saliva in every corner.

Mmph, uh.
It was a fierce kiss, but I couldn’t resist.

Was it because of the man’s sharp nails that brushed against the back of my neck?
Or was it because of the magic of the moonlight?

By the time my fully opened jaw was aching, I was lying under Karvan.
The man’s long, disheveled bangs brushed against my forehead.

“Then, let’s begin.”

I blinked my dazed eyes and asked back stupidly.

“…What?”

The man answered simply.

“Copulation.”

Karvan, who had spoken emotionlessly, took off his collar with one hand.
His pectoral muscles were revealed through the easily loosened robe.

The man’s body looked dangerous and hard.
Like the blade of an old famous sword, even the small scars seemed to be a part of his body.
I stammered as I looked at his iron-like naked body.

“R-right, now, here?”

I looked up at the man with terrified eyes.
The full moon, which was endlessly high behind the man’s back, filled my vision.

“Wait a minute. I know you’re in a hurry, but let’s go to the bedroom first…”

“The ceremony must be under the full moon. The moonlight must seep into the entire body throughout the copulation, and the roof must not block the moonlight.”

‘…So in the end, we have to have outdoor s*x?’

As I was listening blankly, I belatedly tried to push the man away, but of course, he didn’t budge.

“Wh-where does it say that!”

“I believe I gave you a hint beforehand.”

‘I thought we would naturally go back to the bedroom after watching the moon!’
‘Who would have thought he would lunge at me to copulate in this wide-open outdoor forest.’

“Hngh, You didn’t say we’d do it outside!”

“From now on, I’ll make sure to speak without any room for misunderstanding.”

‘Where is the next time, you bastard!’

I pounded his chest, but only my fist hurt.
It was like hitting a stone.

“Think of it as a bedroom.”

“Hey, you!”

“If you want, I can even cover your eyes.”

Whether I pounded him or not, he spat out something that didn’t even make sense and then gently bit my imprint vein.

‘Ah, it hurts!’
My body went limp, and my struggling arms subsided.
I went limp as if I had been injected with an anesthetic.

My vision flickered on and off and then returned.

“Hngh…”

The man was nibbling below my ear.
It felt like his canines were stuck in my brain, not my neck.

In my dazed mind, only the man’s scent was floating around.
Feeling like I was being played by a hormonal trick, I shook my weak head.

The packaging that the Sura had decorated for half a day was easily removed.

He took a bite of my convex nipple, which had popped out, stimulated by the cold wind, and then fiercely sucked on the other one.

Because of the beast-kin’s characteristic claws, he couldn’t use his front paws, so he was just persistent with his beastly tongue.
Even at the act of biting and sucking my entire body, I couldn’t say I didn’t like it.

“Ugh, mmm…”

My tamed body seemed to already know the next action.
Just as saliva pools when you bite into a sour lemon, it reflexively secretes a protective fluid.

I created a lot of lubricant by twitching my lower abdomen so that his fierce c*ck could enter easily.
I tried to control my legs, which kept trying to spread open as if in welcome, but it was in vain.

Karvan, who had been kissing my thighs for a long time, put his forearm under them and folded my body in half.

“Hngh, ah…!”

Thanks to that, I exposed my private parts brightly, like a three-tiered lunch box spread out on a mat.