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What, I laughed like an idiot. Even if I looked like a mess. When I saw Merson, it was just, somehow, for nothing
 laughter came out.
“Young newlywed, are you okay?!”
“Come over to my house. Put some medicine—!”
The villagers flocked to me not knowing that the rain was cold. You’ll catch a cold! Then, without even giving me a moment to answer, I was dragged to Auntie Aja’s house.
The villagers were rushing in, but Chenin and the village chief still remained on the cold road.
Chenin still couldn’t stop crying, and the village chief’s face was covered in water. I don’t know if it’s rainwater or tears.
* * *
Chenin left. Before the rainy season stopped, she hurried back to the capital. I remembered that the village chief had been in the rain for a long time that day, so I stopped by the village chief’s house several times a day. It was very clear to see how he was losing his energy day by day, as his mind was complicated in many ways.
While I was making dinner and forcefully grabbed a spoon to take the food, Auntie Aja and Uncle Paul came to us with medicine and sugar-rich sweet peaches.
I then left the place and headed home.
“I told you not to come out.”
“Yes.”
Merson was waiting for me in front of the village chief’s house with an umbrella.
It was raining a lot less than it was a few days ago. Maybe tomorrow the sun will light up.
When I got home, Merson brushed off the raindrops that had fallen on my clothes.
“I’m worried about the village chief. He is still feeling weak.”
“Is Erina okay?”
“Me, what

.”
He must have been concerned about the nail marks that were still in some places.
“Merson, where did all your vitality go in a flash! What medicine did you take?”
“Medicine?”
“Yes! Well
 Of course, it would be best for Chenin to come back and beg, ‘Grandpa, I was wrong,’ but that’s very unlikely, so I gave up because I thought Merson will abandon me and run away.”
“It can’t happen.”
This punk.
I stroked Merson’s hair. Merson seized the opportunity to put me on the bed and lay down, pushing his head over my thighs. I ruffled his soft black hair and fell into thoughts again.
“
 Should I go to pick up wild ginseng?”
“Wild ginseng?”
“Yes, there is. When you eat it, you’ll feel strong. You have to eat it.”
I didn’t know too much about this world, so no matter how much I thought about it, I was still at a standstill. It seems that Auntie Aja is well-versed in medicinal herbs, so I’ll have to ask her right away when the sun comes up tomorrow.
“Erina.”
“Yes?”
Merson was half-buried in my thigh, so I could feel a shallow tremor over my thigh every time he spoke.
“Don’t get hurt.”
“

.”
“It’s crazily good that you’re doing it for me, but I hate Erina getting hurt more than that.”
Thanks for thinking of me. I touched his hair a little more slowly. The soft-touch on my fingertips pounded my heart for no reason.
“Therefore
 Hmm?”
Merson’s red eyes turn to me and ask for consent. I just smiled and nodded my head. The corners of Merson’s lips curved pleasantly, and then he buried his face deep into mine, found the belly hidden in my clothes, and bit it with his teeth.
“Uhk. It tickles.”
As Merson insisted on keeping my clothes on, I could feel my clothes getting wet.
“Erina, kiss me today.”
“Huh?”
Merson turned his head and lay face to face. Why was I shy? What, were my cheeks red?
“Because you made me worried. Hurry.”
I just have to say I don’t like it
 but I couldn’t. As if I had no choice.
Gulp-
Saliva ran down my neck. And I very carefully lowered my face towards him. My hair splattered and landed on Merson’s cheek and forehead, but I couldn’t think of removing it because of the nerves focusing on his particularly red lips.
The tip of our noses dazzlingly rubbed against each other and the hot breath felt over our lips. I closed my eyes as my heart was about to explode. It felt like a thousand years had passed as I approached one centimeter.
When will I reach you? As I was thinking, something very warm and moist greeted my lips.
“Uuhp.”
It was cozy and smooth. In unison, our mouths opened and our tongues met. Normally, Merson’s tongue should have pushed in, but not today. It seemed to come, but it just hovered around the mouth.
The tongue tantalizes and then disappears, then scans it again, and then disappears. As if to come into me.