Chap 18 Eavesdropping

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"So how's your little trip to the hall Devon?" 

In the clink, clanks of spoons against the dinner plates. Ruas asked, Taking another spoonful of the soup before glancing at the man to her right who stopped after hearing his name. Giving a thoughtful look Devon gives an unusual answer

"Enjoyable?" 

He partially answered, partially asked 

Taking a glance at the corner where only one head maid was present today rather than both the sisters

Rumia in her ever refreshing maid dress returns his glance with her sweet, warm smile that looks a little strained today for an obvious reason

"Hmm" 

Ruas hummed in thought. To her left is Selia eating her dinner while also trying to avoid looking at her 

Shaking her head Ruas gracefully cuts the sweet cake as her dessert and taste the juicy splash of strawberry right inside her mouth filling her little cavity to the brim making her cheeks gloat a bit with sweetness that she swallowed under her throat with big gulps, Adjusting the position of her same juicy thighs in tights under the table

"Rumia..." She calls the elder sister white cat maid name making her flinch a bit

"Y... Yes Master" Taking two steps ahead Rumia waited for her order

"I have something to tell you... Meet me at my study" 

Ruas voice was stern at this but with a smile Rumia didn't likes. She could only nod with a thought, She would have to face the consequences of defying her words

Devon and selia didn't say a word in front of Ruas but

"Hii! 

Selia yelped suddenly before she apologized for startling anyone, Although Ruas frowned a bit. She didn't say anything to her for this 

'She's been acting more weird lately' Ruas thought inwardly with mixed feelings

Meanwhile Selia tried her best to stop Devons tickling her naked legs under the table, She's wearing a loose purple one piece flowery dress with no stockings or boots like Ruas 

Tracing her delicate calfs up to her knees Devon teases her by circling around her thighs giving signs, He was about to touch her panty only to pull back his rough feets before Selia abruptly close the gap trying to trap his feets under her skirt in between her bare thighs 

She could only sigh in disappointment after finding he escaped again and have to gets torture by him again letting him take a feel of her adorable lower self while she could do nothing but to bit her lips hiding her occasional shivering and orgasmic squeals with her blushing cheeks

She was avoiding looking at Ruas as her slim waist was shaking occasionally

Selia even gives a pleading look to Devon who gives back his innocent sheepish smile like it wasn't his doing

Selia has to admit getting teased by Devon in front of Ruas is more exciting and pleasurable like with her first time

After she couldn't take it any longer Selia relentled in their little game under the table

Selia coughed a bit saying she finished her dinner and "I will be going straight to my room" Taking a secret glance at Devon sending a flying kiss at him before Ruas could even notice 

'She's becoming more bold' Devon thought with a smile staring at Selias flowery dress fluttering as she walks away licking his lips Devon chews a spicy leg piece 

The frown has started to become permanent on Ruas face

"Is something wrong Mother in law?" He asked feeling genuinely worried for Ruas

"You still want to play this game? Just stop your nonsense, There's no one here" 

She was partially angry while also partially disappointed on herself and on... Someone else

"Oh! I didn't think you wanted to be alone with me this badly... Mother in law"

Before Ruas could retort to his blatant lie Devon was already sitting on top of the dinner table near her. Looking down at her, staring right in between her deep ravine valley hiding under her white shirt opened with three buttons showing her deep cleavage

"Don't you have some shame?" 

Ruas only shows her discontent in her voice but did nothing to stop him. In contrast her chest suddenly stands firm on her own straightening her back

"Shame... What's that?" Devon asked curiously, Slowly closing the distance as he spoke

"Something you have a huge deficiency in" 

Looking above Ruas met with his blue eyes staring at her lips 

"Don't even think about it" She warned him with a frown backing away a bit. Giving herself some breathing area 

"I can't even think straight in front of these" A lick inevitably came

"You should remain in your limits... Or it won't end with just this"

Ruas stands back after she couldn't stands his presence near her but not before leaving behind a warning or a threat Devon doesn't care

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*Devon

"Growl... 

Even after eating to my heart content in the dinner. My stomach was still growling in hunger making me feel how a man would have felt after starving for days nor that i don't have any experience in starvation 

In fact this much hunger is nothing compared to my hiding days on the ship right after her death, It's also the reason I didn't started attacking on Ruas at that time 

Even though her overflowing life essence smells too delicious, Enticing to say the least

Making me want to close the gap, grab her neck to latch on her lips and start eating her out vehemently in the name of curing the curse. My unusually sharp canines also enlarged on that thought

But there's a right time and place for everything, She doesn't look like she's in the mood to entertain me at that time

Remembering her words. Now I'm also curious about what she wanted to tell Rumia 

She was told to register me in the central Hall but introducing me to the red clan is definitely isn't what Ruas would tell her to do... Wait so introducing me to the Red clan would consider as Rumias going against Ruas? 

Now laying on the bed in the silence of the night

My mind keep replaying the words Rumia has told me from the afternoon to the evening like a drama show reeling in fast forward mode, From her telling me to follow her to the Hall, To her forcing me to open my mouth for the sake of Selia only to take me in her cozy comfortable embrace the moment I told her my fabricated past... To her telling me she has something to do in the Hall before sending me away

Now I would be an idiot if I didn't understand Rumias nature by her actions until now

"Sigh... 

I sighed inwardly before picking myself up from the bed

That somehow felt like made of iron spikes, Pricking my skin

Selia can wait for a moment until I get the confirmation on Rumias situation

I bet she wouldn't even tell this to her own little sister knowing kronia would instead blame her elder sister for opposing her master

To kronia, It would be a disgrace for opposing their master

That's how she's or that's what I understand of her after listening to her elder sister Rumias making fun of her to make Kronias morning outburst as some angry little sisters tantrum to not make me hate Kronia

"Creaak! 

The doors creaked in the palpable silence before my light foot steps were resonating in the dark corridors even though I tried my best to hide my presence

My trusty google maps didn't disappoint me, As within in seconds I was... Lost

Staring at the two separate corridors leading to God knows where

Leaves with no choice, I decided to follow my new sense of smell that I have noticed recently been more sensitive to some certain things I want

Leading me straight to the door similar to the Selias study room 

Placing my ear against the door. I heard but some static noise, one could hear only on a dead radio channel before I noticed the room was empty

Curiosity takes over my mind as my hand pressed on the door making it glide and before I could even enter in the room 

"Wha... What are you doing?" 

My little heart leaped to my throat making me turn around at the voice, I'm about to start the violence but I stopped making a wise decision in a while

Black and white maid uniform, holding the same lantern in the dark through her right hand while her sleek black tail remains motionless in a 'S' shape behind her, Kronia squinted her eyes at me with a skeptical look waiting for my response... 

"Playing hide and seek?" 

"With... Who?" 

"With you.... Now come here!" 

Grabbing her wrist I abruptly pulled her in the room hearing the clicking of high boots against the marble floor coming from a distance, Quickly shutting the door as gently as possible

"Wha... 

It didn't even take one second for my idiot brain to realize, I should have hidden outside the room not inside! 

As the clicking of boots came closer and closer my mind started panicking unconsciously forgetting, I'm still holding Kronias wrist tightly in my nervousness... Wait why am I even nervous? 

Turning at the many wooden closests linned up in a row. At one side of the room, My legs quickly ran at one of them before opening them and checking which one can fit me 

They're filled with useless metals scraps or some well polished decorated weapons but still useless. While two closets are filled with some photos of an unknown family or a man with green hair that looks suspiciously similar to Selia before I stumbled at the wooden closet overflowing with someones... innerwear

"Clank! 

I didn't wait for a second before diving in the closet and closing the door right at the moment, The main door opened with the lightning burning bright through the gaps in between the double glides

"My... Hand... It Hurts" 

Turning at the feminine sound right besides me I was shocked, I completely forgets her existence in my nervousness 

I released her hand, feeling guilty

Her face was too close to my chest that i can feel her breathing, her head was down as she was clutching her right hand by her left hand with grimace. Now I'm feeling genuinely guilty 

"I...I didn't meant to..." I stopped myself from apologizing to her remembering her morning stunt... 

My hands that was trying not to touch her suddenly pressed her against the walls, One near her head while the other near her slender waist wrapped in the white apron like a ribbon would wrapped over a gift

I pressed her against the wall making her look above with her wide eyes staring me with her blinking clear black eyes seemingly questioning my actions soundlessly, Her hands was down pressing on my stomach locked in place

Her face again looks like an innocent kitten making me did question my anger against her twice in a second

'Am I being unreasonable?' Or 'This isn't even the right time to show your anger, keep calm and focus on the outside conversation' these thoughts keeping me in place not letting my unknown anger take over my mind

Taking a deep breath, inhaling her fresh scent through her black hairs I controlled myself, Focusing on the outside voices I unconsciously placed my chin right in between her two fluffy cat ears that twitched from the little pressure

"Stay still... And let me focus" I said with angry grunts while I was literally hugging her

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"Hmm

Kronia could only hummed in affirmation not wanting to get caught like this by her master as Ruas shouts were clearly heard by her sensitive ears, Through the light gap she could also see the outside scene happening right before her eyes 

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"What's the meaning of this Rumi?" Ruas asked feeling angry, Staring at Rumia 

"What's wrong master" Rumia still asked with her smile not knowing her wrong doings

"I told you to register him under my name, To monitor his movements... Then why Kaeli is sending a love letter at my door?!" She throws an envelope at the floor

It's the letter a clan would send to their members house after getting the acknowledgement from the Registerar of the Tribes Hall

"Master I did what you told me to... but wouldn't announcing you've a revenant under your wing will strain your relationship with the Temple 

I did what I consider would be of beneficial to master" 

She gives a bow as her apologies while explaining her reasons before adding her after thought, Letting Ruas knows her knowledge of Devon being a revenant 

"More importantly now whatever he did would be of no concern to master while also putting an indirect leash through the Red clans chief, If that's what master wants" 

"I'm not impressed... Rumi" She didn't smiles even for once

After staying silent for while Ruas sighed "You will have to deliver this letter to the Waylon Tribe, consider this as your punishment"

In other words she decided to send her away until she dealt with Devon while also giving her punishment as the letter was important over the suspicious movements of the nearby human kingdom, She could only send her trusted one for this 

"I understand, My lady" 

"Be careful" Ruas warned her for the possible dangers regarding this information

Rumia retain her bowing position until Ruas slammed the door leaving her alone...or not

"Ahem! You can come out" Rumia smiles staring at the one particular closet with an interesting look

But even after waiting for a while, not getting any response Rumia couldn't stop herself from opening it

"Like I asked Devon what are... you doing... Here" 

Her still playful smile stiffened as the inside view came to light

Devon quickly released Kronias lips from his

Pulling her out of his embrace leaving behind a glistening trail of saliva still connecting their lips shinning in the light making their hidden scandal come to light, Taking away Rumias smile that wouldn't come back for a while

"Wait This... Isn't what you think it is" 

Devon tried to reason with her but Rumias elder sister instict kicked in. Making her kick the door, Taking away her helpless, unconscious victim of a troublesome little sister away from his beastly clutches 

Devon could only stare at her as Rumia takes away his food... I mean his only witness in proving his innocence