I promise~ Riftan Calypse X Reader

IX

Next thing I knew I was in the bath to in front of Riftan.

" In all the castles I've visited, all the lord's and their ladies bathed together", Riftan said in a proud tone. " How would you know that?!", I asked very confused. " There exists a custom in the north. Whenever a nobleman or a knight visits, they must bathe with the castles hostess", He explained in a duh tone. " The fuc-"

Sinking into the bath more I feel his stare on me. Before I knew he placed his hand on my cheek as he rubbed his thumb. " What are you thinking?", He asked. " Do I have to do that...? Y'know you said it was a custom...", I said as I made a face. " Oh... no. If anyone else ever asked you of that, I would make him bathe in the stemnu river...", He said as he gritted his teeth. ( Stemnu means hell) I just nob my head slowly before getting lost in thought again. " Come here. I'll wash you", Riftan said as he grabbed onto the side of the bath as he came up behind me. " I-I'll do it", I studdered out blushing on how close I am to him. " Stay still, you have calluses on your fingers I don't want them to get worse. You can wash me too if you'd like", He said in a hush tone.

Once he finished with my hair he placed light kisses on my neck. " Is the water to hot?", He asked as he leaned his head near my ear. " I-It's good", I stuttered out. He just nodded before continuing to place warm kisses on my back and neck. I slowly lean my head onto his chest before looking up to him to see he was looking down at me. I just stared at him admiring his beauty, I see him slowly lean down and placing his lips on mine kissing me slowly. I kiss back asI feel his hands go up from my thighs before finding their way to my waist. I feel him getting more needy, pushing his tounge against my lips asking for entrance as I deny playfully before I feel him squeeze my waist and pulled my hips closer to him as I gasp at the sudden movement making me open my mouth as he slipped his tounge in as the kiss starts to get sloopy. But we need air... so I pulled away for air with glossy eyes and red cheeks as I see his heated up face as well. I give him a half smile before lower myself down a bit but still keeping my head on his chest as I feel my eyes getting heavy. " Y/N...?" " Y/N, you're not sleeping are you?"

I feel the hot sun on my skin as I toss in turn in my sleep trying to get away from it before I hear some knocking at the door. " Madam, are you awake?", I hear. I just hum in response before I hear the knocking again. " Madam...?", I hear before the door opens. I open my eyes to be faced by a maid. " Oh shoot, sorry", I say as I sit up as I held the blanket over my chest " I'm Ruby Ain, I will be your servent", She say sas she bowed. " The lord is outside". " Ah I see".

" Would you like me to do your hair", The maid asked as I sat in front of a vanity looking at myself in the mirror. " Yes please...", I said in a low voice. I see in the mirror Rose do my hair her hands are so delicate unlike the nanny back at Duke's mansion, I lost a hand full of strands because of that woman. " It's done, Madam", Rose said in a satisfied tone as she took pride in what she has just done. I stand in front of the mirror as I see I'm in a pail yellow dress that was just beautiful it took my breath away. I felt like a whole new person. " Where is Riftan?", I ask Rose as I looked over to her. She just looked at me not saying a word. Shit did I fuck up? Was I to rude to her...? " Ah... By any chance, do you need him for anything?", She asked as a sweat drop formed on her cheek. I bit the inside of my cheek feeling as if I offended her in anyway, I didn't know I was being rude to her... " Ah, um, no. Just forget about it...", Was what I said before turning around and walking over to the door of the room.

I guess I got too comfortable with Riftan, just saying whats on my mind most of the time. I guess I forgot people don't like people who disrespect them... How foolish of me.

I stood at the top of the stairs just thinking of what I just did. " Let me guide you to the dining hall. This way...", Rose said as she came up beside me startling me. As we are walking down the halls it was quite just the sounds of our feet hitting the ground as we walked. I felt bad for being rude to her and not saying anything about it. We made our way to two doors before she opens them for me as I'm faced by the same old man. " Did you sleep well, madam?", He asked as he bowed. " Ah yes I slept well", I said trying to have a soft and nice tone. " I couldn't introduce myself yesterday, because I didn;t want to bother you. I'm Rodrigo Seric. I supervise all the servants of this castle", Rodrigo introduce himself. " Nice to meet you", I said with a warm smile. " I will serve you with all my heart. If you need anything, feel free to tell me", He explained. I look down at my dress as I squeeze my dress in my hand. " Yesterday, uh the Lord.. Um told me I could decorate the castle...", I said as I looked back up to him once I finished my sentence. " Ah early this morning, Lord Riftan asked me to assist you in any passible way. Sooner of later, we'll bring the merchants to the castle", Rodrigo informed me.

" Would you like to take a look around in advance to get familiar with the castle?", He asked. " Ah yes. Please", I answered with a warm smile. " Castle Calypse was built 150 years ago by sir Anatol, a knight of the fallen roem empire. At the collapse of the roem empire, numerous monsters began to appear frequently in this area, and it inevitably slipped out of the rulership of te seven countries. But ten years ago, the 18 year old sir Riftan Calypse, who had just been knighted, came to be the lord of Anatol. The lord mot only repaired the castle extensively, but he even rebuilt the walls to guard the land", Rodrigo explained the Calypse history which was interesting. " Hm... Forty years ago, for geographic reasons, this land became part under the rulership of whedon, but in the early days, there were not many residents. Therefore, with the area left unattended, monsters naturally thrived in turn", He explained in pride, he looked so proud of his job. It seemed as Riftan is a respected lord as I feel a smile creep up onto my face. " It's only... It's a little dreary because it's more focused on its practical aspects", He coughed out in embarrassment making me chuckle. " Ah~ Does madam like tea?". " Uh yeah, I like it", I answered. " Then, I shall tell the waiter to prepare refreshments. And of course, only the best tea leaves for the lady of the castle. The Lord and the knights don't enjoy tea at all", Rodrigo said in a cheery tone. " It certainly doesn't suit them", I said back as I let out a laugh. " Ok, then. Shall we go to the next place", I just simply nod. " T- This is-", I was at a lost of words as I saw how dark and grommy the banquet was. " Hahaha, Since we never had a banquet... It's useless...", He let a embarrassed laugh as he scratched his head. " But you'll have guests soon. Most of our quests are knights, so I think they have no idea that there is a place like this. Were servents, so we're limited in our hands...", He explained. " Please call the merchants as soon as possible", I let out getting excited to fix this room up. " Yes, madam". " Here... and this place... it's because we are short of hands".

" So this is the g-garden.......", I said as I looked at the dead tree in front of me. " To be exact, it's a great ha;;, madam. Hahaha", I hear him say behind me in a shaky voice. " Do we have a gardener?". " The servents take turns cleaning the yard and garden... But no official gardeners" " Show me the annex, please" " Yes, madam. Come this way, please. The annex was the primary residence of the late sir Anatol's clan, but now it had been remodeled and used as a lodging for apprentices".

" Oh, it's training time", Rodrigo said. We looked down as we saw men practicing fighting as the sound of swords clashing filled the air. " I believe it's a good idea to go back now, madam. The lord doesn't like spectators to be present during training sessions", Rodrigo gasped out.

" Uh well then let's go back".