The moment the disgusting liquid entered Lisa's lips. She felt a desire to vomit, the wretched taste worse than when she needed to rely on expired food before finding her current work. Yet, the moment she saw Nikolai's face approach, she couldn't stop. The sweet taste she enjoyed that drunken night changed her entire life.
Although Lisa played it off as a joke and tried to misdirect him the morning after with her crude wit and uncaring attitude, that night was a first for her.
'At first, I was just going to tease him; there was no need to go that far for his essence...'
Nikolai caught Lisa's eye the moment she saw him in the training centre—before she knew he would be joining her mercenary team, he became her target.
'His body overflows with an immense vitality, more than the monsters and nobles we meet during work. So I placed my scent on him. A casual brush of my hips as he stepped past me, and I could find him no matter where he went in the city.'
