The Fluffy Baby Fox Only Bites the Crazy Villain - Chapter 63
Karden looked me up and down, then covered his mouth with his hand and turned his head away.
Wait, is he laughing at me?
His broad shoulders trembled slightly, seemingly trying desperately to hold back laughter.
Slightly annoyed, I gave Karden a sidelong glance.
“Grand Duke Karden, are you laughing right now?”
“No, it just doesn’t suit you well.”
Karden barely stopped laughing and spoke.
I pouted my lips and flapped the sleeves of the shirt. Despite rolling them up several times, they were still loose.
Seeing Karden’s reaction, I suddenly became curious.
His transformation from the villain Karden I knew in the original story was fascinating and unfamiliar.
In the original work, Karden was described as a terrible playboy who slept with women every night and discarded them when he got bored.
But the current Karden is a pure-hearted man who doesn’t even go near women.
Though I’ve been by his side like a pet all this time, I’ve never seen him get close to other women.
He doesn’t even exchange more than a few words with the maids.
Why has he changed so much?
They say people change when they’re near death.
Karden caught my expression and gave me a suspicious look.
“Shuvelia, why are you looking at me with such an unpleasant gaze?”
“What? Oh, no. It must be my mood.”
I was startled and quickly covered it with a smile. He’s unnecessarily perceptive.
To dispel the awkward atmosphere, I headed boldly toward the bed. Karden once again took a step back.
“I’ll sleep elsewhere.”
“Why? This is your bedroom, Grand Duke Karden.”
“My mansion has many empty rooms. I’ll leave so you won’t be uncomfortable.”
I thought for a moment with my chin in my hand, then shrugged and said cheerfully.
“Hmm. Just sleep here.”
“What?”
Karden’s eyes widened for a moment. His reactions have been too dramatic. He’s overreacting to my every word.
“I mean, this is Your Grace’s room and bed. You should sleep here. I’ll go to the guest room.”
“That won’t do. It’s late, and it would take time to light the fireplace in the guest room. You might catch a cold in the meantime.”
Karden’s voice was firm and strong. This won’t be easy. I forgot that Karden can be quite stubborn.
“I’m a fox. I don’t catch colds that easily.”
I said, puffing up both cheeks.
Though he was standing a few steps away from me, Karden’s bright blue eyes were clearly visible in the firelight.
“I’m worried about you.”
His low, deep voice tapped at my ears.
His sincere concern and care for me made me brave, even a bit bold.
“Then… let’s sleep together.”
“What?”
Karden slowly closed and opened his eyes, looking dumbfounded.
Oh, I think I said something wrong? I hurriedly added an explanation.
“N-no. By sleeping together, I don’t mean sharing a bed. I’ll sleep on the floor with blankets.”
“So that’s what you meant.”
Karden slowly brushed his disheveled bangs back. The corners of his mouth formed a relaxed smile.
The awkward stiffness from earlier had completely disappeared.
With his deep, sharp eye corners forming a slight arc, he made a confident expression.
“Shuvelia, don’t regret saying you’ll sleep together.”
This time I think I made a verbal mistake. Regret was already washing over me. I should have just said I’d curl up in my own room.
“D-don’t worry. If you touch my body, Grand Duke Karden, I’ll bite you hard!”
I clenched my fist and said challengingly. Karden looked down at me with his arms crossed.
“Hmm, you’ve always been the one to touch my body first.”
I touched Karden’s body first?
“That’s absurd! Don’t falsely accuse me!”
Karden lay down diagonally on the bed, rested his head on one arm, and gazed at me intently.
“When you were a fox, you always burrowed into my arms first or slept on top of me. It would be troublesome if that habit continues now that you’re human.”
I screamed internally.
That’s right. When I was a baby fox, I slept on top of Karden without hesitation. Well, his muscular body was firm and warm, making it easy to fall asleep.
What if I really show those fox habits while sleeping next to him?
“Ugh, that will never happen! Don’t you trust me?”
I hugged a pillow tightly to my chest and shouted confidently toward Karden.
Karden smiled gently and lightly patted the space beside him.
“Yes. I trust you. The floor is cold, so come sleep on the bed.”
“Hmph. I’m only sleeping here because Your Grace insists so much.”
I lay down on one side of the bed, clutching the pillow and fidgeting.
Fortunately, the bed was king-sized, so by sticking to the very edge, I was quite far from Karden.
“If you sleep on the edge of the bed, you’ll fall off.”
“My sense of balance is excellent, so I’ll be fine.”
“Hmm, as I recall, you toss and turn quite violently in your sleep.”
I turned my head in surprise.
“I toss and turn? Are you teasing me?”
“When you were a baby fox, you snored and thrashed about. Ah, I got hit in the face by your feet several times.”
I was speechless. I vaguely remember.
Even when I was a tiny cotton ball of a fox, I would spin around the king-sized bed, thrashing about. Then I’d end up falling asleep on Karden’s stomach.
I buried my face in the pillow out of embarrassment. Maybe I should just say I’ll sleep in my own room.
It might be better to sleep in my mouse-hole of a room out of shame.
Karden playfully tousled my hair with a smile.
“You’re cute whether you’re a fox or a human.”
“Ugh, stop teasing me!”
I pulled the bed sheet over my head. I don’t know how to react.
When I was a fox, I could confidently show off because I was truly cute, but now that I’m human, I don’t know how to behave.
“If you sleep with the blanket over your head like that, you’ll suffocate.”
“I-I’m fine! Good night, Grand Duke Karden!”
I shouted from under the blanket. I could hear Karden trying to suppress his laughter.
“Alright. Good night, Shuvelia.”
Something lightly touched the top of my head and disappeared. Oh, did Karden kiss the blanket over my head?
Even though it didn’t directly touch me, my whole body tingled and my toes curled.
I pretended to sleep, wrapping the blanket around my body like a cocoon.
How much time had passed? I could hear Karden’s steady breathing beside me.
Karden was the type to fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Seeing him sleeping with his face toward the ceiling, I secretly sighed in relief.
Haah, I’m too tense to fall asleep. I can hear my heart pounding in my ears.
How can I sleep like this?
I opened my eyes wide and began counting the elaborate flower patterns on the ceiling wallpaper.
I should fall asleep by the time I count to a hundred. One flower, two flowers, three flowers…
***
When he heard the steady, gentle breathing, Karden silently rose.
The abundant, beautiful silver hair was scattered across the bed, and her slender, pale limbs caught his eye first.
Shuvelia’s enchanting, beautiful face glowed faintly in the moonlight.
The straight nose beneath her long eyelashes. Her rose-colored lips were… smacking together.
“Nom nom… give me more jerky.”
Shuvelia had thrown the bed sheet onto the floor, and her loose tunic shirt had rolled up, revealing her slender stomach.
Moreover, her thin, pale legs were resting on Karden’s thighs.
“Haah…”
Karden had to exercise superhuman patience to hold back his laughter.
He covered his mouth with his hand, his large shoulders trembling.
Shushu had the exact same sleeping habits as a human that she had as a baby fox.
When she was a baby fox, she would sprawl on Karden’s stomach and smack her lips too.
Karden gently placed her legs, which were on his thighs, back down properly.
He pulled down the tunic shirt that had revealed her stomach. She might catch a cold sleeping with her stomach exposed.
He picked up the bed sheet from the floor and covered her body. Her abundant silver hair was tangled and stuck to her delicate cheeks.
As he tried to tuck her hair behind her ear, Shuvelia suddenly moved.
In that moment, Karden froze like ice. He didn’t even dare breathe for fear of waking her.
Shuvelia turned her head and buried her face in his palm. She smacked her small lips like she did when she was a baby fox.
As her soft, moist lips rubbed against his palm, Karden gritted his teeth.
Karden quietly watched her sleeping peacefully beside him.
He gently caressed her silver hair that sparkled in the moonlight. The hair flowed softly through his fingers, glistening.
That’s when it happened. Like a baby seeking its mother’s embrace, Shuvelia nestled into his arms.
Karden had no time to avoid it. No, he couldn’t have stopped her from the beginning.
