Slender fingers brushed aside the silver-white hair hanging beside her face. As the silvery sheen flowed through the girl's fingers, it reflected the sight of her pearly white teeth drawing close to Ash.
"Awoo!"
"Twilight, weren't you the bolder one?"
Her pale cherry lips finally released the crystalline ear caught between her teeth. Compared to Ash's shamelessly licking it with ulterior motives, the wet ear clearly bore Twilight's bite mark—a declaration of defiance.
Perhaps because she was sick, she had not used any force at all. It looked more like she was acting coquettishly. In any case, her adorable appearance did not cool Ash down after that bite; it only made his heart beat even more Dokidoki.
"Hmph, same to you."
If I'm going to become the Queen of you, the Black Night King, then I should try harder to match your "evil" atmosphere, shouldn't I?
Covering her slightly embarrassed expression with one hand, Twilight glared angrily at Ash, who seemed eager to try again.
"I have two ears, you know. Isn't it a little unfair to bite me only once?"
It felt really nice. Do it again. You can bite harder if you want!
"Are you even awake?"
I'm not doing it again! I bit your ear because I was angry, not because I wanted to give you a perk!
"All right, enough of that." Casually twirling a lock of impossibly smooth hair around his fingers, Ash picked up the comb from the bedside table and began tending to Twilight's hair. "If Twilight and Towa share a body, does that mean a cold doesn't matter?"
"Don't underestimate me. I am absolu... I am the Queen of the Black Night Kingdom." As she straightened Ash's collar, which had become disheveled during their earlier intimacy, Twilight proudly continued, "A trivial illness