...
"Why, you say... But instead of that, why should I do it with you." I returned the question.
"...Well." She looked away not able to answer my question. She looked pretty disappointed.
𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥?! 𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?!
Even if she wanted to then also I would have done the same.
"I have no interest in you or doing something like that so why should I do it?" I said with a straight face.
"... Am I not good enough? Do I look ugly?" She said as if about to cry.
𝘏𝘦𝘺! 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭?! 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.
"That's not what I am saying. I said that I don't wanted to have it with anyone even if it's you or someone else."
"Why? Didn't all man like doing it, no matter who they did it with?! I know that you are just acting tough!"
𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘺. 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?! 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦?
"I know you are also one of those men. So just come to bed and let me do it!"
Wow, now she is ordering me. Who the hell do you think you are miss, sneaking in my room in the middle of the night, giving me orders like I'm a dog!
Look like I have to shut her mouth.
"Sorry, but I have no interest in having it with someone who I don't have any feelings for. Just return to your room already."
"Hah, are you saying that I am unattractive?! Do you know how many men die on my charm!"
"And maybe Laren is one of them isn't it?" I turned my head and asked with sharp gaze.
Her expression become stiff as if I have hit her with something hard and she is screaming in pain.
"... W-Why are you bring Prince in this?"
"Heh, still acting tough... Then tell me what will your 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 think of you when he came to know that you came to 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 in the middle of the night and slept with me." I said with a harsh tone.
"..."
Nerisa become even more uncomfortable. Discomfort was clear on her face.
"...What if, he knows that you tried to seduce me?"
This time her face was covered with terror.
𝘏𝘦𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵.
I got up from the bed and stand straight in front of her. With a serious look, I asked.
"Whose plan was this?"
"... Hehehe, seems like I can't do it anymore." She said looking down enable to meet my eye with her's. At least she know what she did was wrong so I'll spare her life.
"It was king, wasn't he?"
"...And how can you be so sure?"
"You love Laren, didn't you?" I asked.
"Y-You! W-What are you suddenly saying?! I-I-I don't understand w-what you're saying." She flustered not even able to speak properly. I hit a bull's eye!
"C'mon, there is no need of hiding it. It's not like you are doing a crime."
"..." She didn't said anything but her face was red.
"You know, that Laren also have feeling for you, didn't you?"
She slightly nodded.
"...Y-Yeah, I am aware of his feelings." She said with a low voice looking away at distance, blushing.
"... For what I have seen so for, Red hairs and Leon hold same authorities as you do, you all are in same position. So there is no way they can give you orders like this and I don't think that you will agree with them in the first place."
"..." She said nothing so I continued.
"As for Laren, the prince. He hold feeling for you so there is no way he can ask you to do something lowly like this. Which man will be willing to allow his woman to sleep with other person, same goes for the women."
"..." 𝘏𝘢𝘢, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵? 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦.
"You seems to be a good friend with Lucia, so I don't think she will ask you to do something like this either. She is a good girl from what I have seen so far so I don't think a kind-hearted girl will ever ask her friend to seduce a man for some selfish reasons, neither it seems like she can come up with something like this but, who knows... As for queen, I never talked to her so I can't say for sure but I don't think she really have any interest in something like these schemes... That lefts..."
"You really are amazing, Allan... Yes, his highness asked me to do this."
"So my assumption was right. I know that king would be behind something like this... Damn old man, from where do you get these ideas."
"... Are you not going to ask why I did I try to seduce you?" She asked as she looked up at my face. Guilt of her doings were clearly seen in her eyes.
"There is no reason for me to ask."
"Uh?"
"I already saw this coming."
"What?! You know why I came here? You know that king wa-!"
"Alright, alright. Now that everything is clear, just go back to your room. There is no reason for you to stay here when you have not interest in me."
Nerisa's suddenly change.
"And what if I say, I really wanted to sleep with you." She said to me with teasing smile.
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰?
"Heh, then I'll tell everything to Laren that happened here tonight."
"Wh-?! N-No, sorry. I will not tease you anymore so please don't tell anything to Prince. Please."
"Then just go away already. You are so annoying."
I said again, with a straight face.
"How rude?! Bwlll, I am going back to my room!"
She said while showing her tongue, then left the room.
"Sigh. Really, what a mess..."
Though Nerisa already returned to her room, I can't calm myself down yet.
𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥...
Well, if something like that would have happened all I have to do was to destroy the whole empire though I would suffer it later cause exterminating number of lives would be a grave sin. But I'll be fine if I did it, right? I have more then enough time to repay the debts on my sins.
"Leave it. I am going bed I don't want to disturb my sleep anymore."
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I, Lucia, was returning to my room. I went out in the garden after dinner, enjoying night view when I lost track of the time.
"Maybe I should go to sleep now." I yawned.
I was on my way to my room when I saw someone in front of me.
"Huh, Nerisa. What is she doing here in the middle of the night... Wait! That-!?"
I saw Nerisa exiting a room. The room was the room that was allotted to Allan...
But what she doing in Allan's room, and... What's with her clothes.
Why is she wearing a almost transparent nighty?! No. Why is she half naked in the first place!?
Wait. No. This can't be true, can it be?
Nerisa... Coming into Allan's room= Visiting Allan... In the late night... With 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 type of dress!
This only implies one thing... No, please tell me they don't... Don't tell me that they did 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩...
I was standing on one place, dead track, watching Nerisa going away. It was so dark that Nerisa probably didn't noticed me... After sometime, Nerisa's figure vanished from my sight.
I didn't move a inch. I brain was still processing what I just saw. No. My brain already understand what I just saw. It know very well, it's just... my heart is unwilling to accept it, I don't know why?
"...What is this pain in my chest I am feeling?" I muttered...