If he was going to do something stupid and lose his mind, he would rather have a faint memory. The vivid memory just made him pause and stare.

The fingers that wiped me clean. The soft lips that touched my mouth. A body that was hard and firm due to muscles scattered throughout, but emitted a faint scent.

And there, on the soft upper part of the body, the only flabby flesh that existed.

I can't even begin to describe how much trouble that caused me yesterday.

"Leila Cassilia!"

As I recalled it, anger surged within me. Arcangelo shook her body loudly, waking her up. Then, with a thud and a sound, a strong pressure was felt on her neck. Instinctively, he moved his body without thinking any further.

"Ah."

Leila's lips moved. Just like before. Arcangelo unwittingly watched her.

"It seems like I made the mistake first."

Leila's hand was on Arcangelo's neck. He was pressing her shoulders down while lying on top of her.

Gulp. Saliva went down his throat.

The reason why this situation arose was simple. Half-awake, Leila unconsciously tried to subdue the person who grabbed her, and Arcangelo reflexively subdued Leila.

Both of them had some kind of occupational disease.

"This, there's nothing to say about it."

He admitted his mistake. Arcangelo did it cleanly.

Leila was already in an unfamiliar environment. Her level of tension would be higher than usual.

No matter how comfortable it seemed.

"But..., damn it. Am I in my right mind?"

Looking at Leila under me, all sorts of thoughts entered my mind. Even though I knew it wasn't the time for that.

"I'm sorry, Detective Urseau." Arcangelo spoke apologetically.

Due to the impact of hitting the ground, Leila regained consciousness and handed over an apology.

Arcangelo paused for a moment and slowly removed his hand from her body. He tightly closed his eyes and his voice trembled slightly.

"It's okay, everything's fine."

He wanted to kiss Leila. The one lying beneath him.

He wanted to taste her breath and steal the air from her lungs. He wanted to feel her strength wrap around him again. He wanted to bury himself deep inside her.

"I must be insane."

Without thinking like that, there was no way he could have had such thoughts. He covered his face with his hands and looked away.

"Detective Urseau?"

Leila narrowed her eyes at Arcangelo's uncharacteristic behavior. Why was he acting like that?

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"Did he try to ask about the incident related to the suspicion that he was investigating 121 on his own... Oh, no, he wouldn't."

Memories of thoughts that were beginning to go in a strange direction came back to her.

Part of the reason was because she had accidentally seen his center. She rolled her eyes.

"Should I go out?"

"...."

"I'll go out. It's probably for the best."

Leila opened the door and left. She held onto the door and touched the back of her head in pain.

"Come to think of it, that's right."

She had forgotten because of the various events that had happened since then.

They had established a relationship, albeit for the purpose of deciphering.

"That was partly due to Arcangelo losing his mind," she remembered.

Thinking back, even Leila felt a little embarrassed. If it had been when she was in charge, it might have been different, but when he moved freely like that, it was literally animalistic mating.

"Oh, I suddenly feel dizzy too!"

Leila ruffled her hair. Then, thump, a small sound of something falling was heard from behind the door.

Without thinking, Leila hastily opened the door.

"Arcangelo Urseau!"

He had collapsed there. Leila rushed to him and took his hand. She felt her own wavelength spreading into him.

"I thought everything was fine until now, but suddenly collapsing like this while I looked away."

His closed eyes opened. When Leila saw his blue eyes, she unknowingly relaxed.

"Are you awake, Detective Urseau?"

"...Ugh."

"What?"

"Get out of here."

He forcefully threw her hand away. Leila was angry at his behavior.

She had helped him to be able to get up after suddenly collapsing, and he said to get out of here.

"Did you forget your manners in your soup?"

The anger that had been welling up inside her suddenly melted away when she saw his face.

The emotions that surfaced on his face were not anger or shame, but disgust. That feeling was so intense that she couldn't even speak.

"You didn't have to help me anyway," Leila thought of Arcangelo when he started picking a fight with her.

What expression was he wearing?

"I didn't need your help. The assistance of the subpar Leila Cassilia, who falls behind me in performance every year, was unnecessary!"

She couldn't understand why he suddenly acted this way. She didn't know if he was picking a fight or just irritated, his face twisted in anger.

But now she had a pretty good idea.

"Don't act like you hold the key to my life as a perennial loser."

Leila frowned.

"I may be a cat person, but why do you seem more cat-like."

Being brusque on purpose to hide her vulnerabilities and conceal her inner self was a characteristic of cats. Leila sighed deeply.

"Don't think that you hold the key to my life or that performance ranking matters."

"Don't act noble alone."

"I don't think I'm noble. Maybe if you think I'm pathetic."

It seemed like Arcangelo was in a lot of pain. Especially since he was saying things he would never say normally. Unless he was in a desperate situation.

"But still, thanks to you, I know why you hate me."

Seeing him in this state, her anger towards being told she had to complete the mission to save her life also subsided.

"I, I'll...."

"Okay, sure. Just get some rest for now."

Leila hit him, neatly knocking him out. He would just keep talking nonsense if he stayed awake.

"I guess I won't have to take him with me today. There are too many people."

She carefully laid him down and called for someone to take him away. Leila's gaze turned to the clock as she watched the servant carrying him away.

"It was evening yesterday, but it's already noon today."

The time until he collapsed had become shorter. She narrowed her eyes.