NTH 39

“This is a writing Makdongi wrote while he was alive.”

“What kind of nonsense is that! Makdongi does not know how to read, much less write!”

“We can just say that he learned and mastered it little by little while he was alive.”

“Are you suggesting that we fabricate evidence!”

“Lower your voice, Mr. Im, the Vice Director! This is the only way we can conclude the case as something that stemmed from the foolish jealousy of a single slave! How many more people must suffer from torture before you are satisfied! Everyone could be ruined because of your shallow sense of justice!”

“Sir!”

Yunhyeong’s eyes became bloodshot. Unconcerned, Sir Jeong put on a solemn expression.

“Even if we do this, you and I will not be able to escape the responsibility for not managing our subordinates properly. But we must at least prevent innocent people from being tortured and dying like Makdongi or making forced confessions, must we not.”

“But he, Makdongi…, will not be able to rest in peace even in the afterlife.”

“Yes. That could be. But he is already dead, and he has no family or relatives to feel aggrieved and hold a grudge. Please, listen to me. I will do my best to ensure that you are not dismissed from your post, at the very least.”

Yunhyeong could no longer argue back.

As the writing that Makdongi had written while he was alive was discovered among his belongings in his living quarters, the incident of Grand Prince Seungan’s fall was concluded as the sole act of a single slave who was envious and jealous of those with high status.

Sir Jeong and Vice Director Im Yunhyeong were each held responsible and were transferred to minor posts.

Im Yunhyeong governed a remote region in the northeast of Hamgyeong Province, and three years later, he was called back to Hanyang and appointed to a key position. He lived out the rest of his life without incident and in abundance, and then his life came to an end.

“Jeha, Jeha! Are you okay?”

When Jeha opened his eyes, a thin, pale face was looking down at him. Jeha stuttered without realizing it.

“The, the torture?”

“What nonsense are you talking about. Did you have a dream or something?”

Nana blinked his large eyes and wiped the corners of Jeha’s eyes with his palm.

“It must have been a sad dream. You were even crying.”

Nana’s face was not identical to any of the people from Jeha’s past life that he saw in his dream, but at the same time, it seemed to contain all of them. The moment the face of Makdongi, who had died because his heart gave out, unable to withstand the harsh torture, faintly overlapped with Nana’s face, Jeha pulled Nana fiercely into his arms.

“Ugh! Why so sudden.”

“Just because.”

“It is my first time seeing you sleep, and I was so surprised because you were even crying. Are you really okay? Was it that bad of a dream?”

“I am okay now. The sun has not even risen yet, I am sorry for waking you up.”

Jeha held Nana tightly and tried to feel his breath as if absorbing it with his whole body. Jeha felt a sense of relief so immense that it could not be dared to be expressed with a simple word like ‘thankful’ that Nana was alive.

But why was Nana’s heart beating so weakly? Anxiety once again spread insidiously through Jeha’s veins.

“Your embrace is so broad and warm. To the point where I do not want to leave.”

Lying on his side, Nana wrapped his arm around Jeha’s waist and pressed his cheek against his chest. Jeha gently stroked the nape of Nana’s slender neck.

“Do not leave.”

“Until when?”

“Until you want to.”

“What if I say I want to stay like this until I die?”

Nana’s voice was playful as he rubbed his cheek against Jeha’s chest. Jeha thought simultaneously of Gu Min-ho’s words that Nana had less than a year to live, and of Makdongi from his past life who had died before he could do anything, and his throat tightened as if he were suffocating.

“Just kidding. That would be a bit horrible, right?”

When there was no answer, Nana giggled. Jeha pulled him in even tighter.

“It is not horrible at all.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Yes. If you want to stay like this until you die, then do so.”

“It feels like we just made a marriage vow or something.”

Jeha pulled Nana’s face a little away from his chest and caressed his cheek with his hand. Like a cat, Nana languidly lifted his chin and closed his eyes.

“It feels good when you touch me. Touch me more.”

Jeha grasped the back of Nana’s head with his large hand and at the same time, kissed him. Nana immediately opened his lips and accepted his tongue.

“Haah…… I like it…….”

The words that leaked out with his breath from Nana’s lips became a catalyst, and flames flared up all over his body. The light and shallow movements, like the kiss of birds, gradually deepened, and Jeha sucked and licked Nana’s tongue fiercely as if to melt it.

Only the sound of wetness and Nana’s ragged breathing echoed in the quiet room.

When he moved his hand down and slipped it slightly inside his t-shirt to stroke his thin waist, Nana flinched and continuously fidgeted with his groin, which was pressed against Jeha’s thigh. Feeling his firmly swollen member, Jeha’s heart beat twice as fast.

Leaving a short kiss on Nana’s lips, Jeha asked.

“Down there, can I touch it?”

“Huh? Uh-huh…….”

“I will not if you do not want me to.”

“I do not not want you to. I think it would be harder to just let this calm down.”

“Then let it out. I will help you.”

“Uh…, how are you going to help?”

Jeha, smiling slightly at Nana’s words, whose cheeks had turned red, put his tongue back into his mouth and intertwined it deeply. Jeha pulled off his pants and underwear in one go and threw them under the bed, then cupped his member with his palm.

As he moved his lips down to lick Nana’s white, soft neck with his tongue and gently moved the member up and down, Nana lifted his hips and moaned.

“Haht, ahh, hah…… it feels good…….”

Nana, with a dazed expression, half-opened his eyes and looked at Jeha. The front of Jeha’s pajama pants was bulging as if it would burst. Nana, who was enduring the overwhelming urge to ejaculate and just holding onto Jeha’s neck tightly, said.

“Heut, I, I think I’m going to come now…….”

“Already?”

“Uh-huh……. So, you should take yours off too, heut, I want to come together.”

Jeha thought for a moment.

His lower body was throbbing to the point of pain, but he was not confident that he would not go all the way if his own touched Nana’s. He would be happy if he became closer to Nana after doing the deed, but he was worried about his frail body.

“Jeha, quickly……, huh?”

At Nana’s whining voice, Jeha could not hold out any longer and pulled down his bottoms. A massive pillar, already hard as a rock, sprang out with terrifying speed. As he rubbed it against Nana’s member, Nana lifted his hips and let out a lewd moan.

“Heu-eung, ahh…… it feels so good…….”

Jeha held both his and Nana’s members in one hand and shook them roughly. The friction of their members rubbing against each other, added to the movement of his hand, brought on a maddening pleasure that made his mind go blank.

Nana reached out with both hands and pulled Jeha’s face closer.

“Haah, aht, kiss me, Jeha…….”

Jeha pounced on Nana like a starving dog. Jeha, who had thrust his tongue down to Nana’s throat, felt the urge to grind Nana up whole and drink him. His mind became hazy and blank as he tried to endure the instinct to shove his own between his buttocks.

The pre-ejaculate, indistinguishable as to whose it was, that flowed from the tips of both their members, wet Jeha’s hand stickily and made obscene sounds with every movement. Nana bent his head back and tried to delay his ejaculation somehow, but it seemed he had already reached his limit.

“Haht, I cannot take it anymore, I think I’m going to co…e, eu-eung…….”

Jeha made Nana get on his knees in a prone position. With his buttocks raised high, he inserted his cock between Nana’s thighs. As he moved back and forth a few times with their members pressed firmly together, Nana, who had shuddered with a start, whimpered as if pleading.

“Ah-heut, no, I think I’m going to cum right away……, ha-euk, ah, aht……!”

“Hoo, tell me right away if it hurts or is too much.”

“Heut, it feels so good……, aht, eu-eung……!”

It was just as hard for Jeha, who was gripping Nana’s waist with both hands and continuously bumping his stomach against his white, soft buttocks. He reached out and gently caressed the erect nubs on Nana’s chest, and with his other hand, he gripped his member and shook it a few times, and Nana’s whole body stiffened.

“I’m, comi…g! Haht, ah-aaht……!”

A cloudy, hot liquid spurted out onto Jeha’s hand. Jeha, who did not want to miss the expression on Nana’s face when he reached his climax, quickly turned Nana over and laid him on his back. The moment he saw his flushed face, trembling and panting, a considerable amount of semen poured out onto Nana’s stomach.

“Oh, this is, uh, sorry!”

Flustered, Jeha quickly took off his t-shirt and wiped Nana’s stomach. Nana, who had watched the scene while panting as if he had just run a race, asked innocently.

“Um, did you just pee on my stomach?”

“No! Absolutely not! This is, I mean, I was just overly excited……”

“Do you produce a lot of semen when you are intensely excited?”

“Uhm. I guess so.”

“Then that means what we just did was good for you?”

“Uh, well, yes.”

As Jeha mumbled, throwing away his t-shirt, which was covered in his semen, a playful smile spread across Nana’s face.

“I am glad. I really liked it too. But I am sad it is over. Can you not kiss me some more?”

Seeing that smile, Jeha hid the aching in his chest that felt as if it would break, and reached out his arms toward Nana.

“Come here. You have to think about your body too. Let us rest for a bit.”

“What about the kisses?”

“I will give them to you while we lie down.”

Nana flopped into Jeha’s embrace as if jumping in. Jeha, who lay down again while holding him tightly, kissed his lips and all over his face until Nana fell into a deep sleep again.

It was the first time he had ever wished that morning would never come.