As Ray was sitting on his desk, creating different shapes with mana, he heard Adrianna announce her presence outside her door.
Adjusting his appearance and sitting in the most elegant way he could, he asked her to enter.
He knew Adrianna's personality well. Extremely well.
What he did not expect was the first thing she would say after he called him.
"Hot."
"…"
'What the fu- ah! Must be the Reverence aura!'
In his last life, he had used love sight and a lot of other skills to gain complete understanding on a lot of females. And in doing so he discovered something. The personalities, thoughts, weirdness and complexities in each and every woman he saw was so very varied, it didn't even make sense. He was confident that he could gain 100% understanding of any divine ranked skill in at most a week, but to gain a deeper understanding in the general topic of 'women' four lives was far from enough.
Even then, he knew Adrianna all too well. Once she loved someone she would be completely loyal to him. And to her, love and respect was synonymous.
Weird as it might sound, in Ray's last life after his and Adrianna's love reached 100%, he unlocked the hidden stat 'Respect'. And true to her personality, the greater things I did, the more respected I became, and the more she began to respect me, the more her love towards me grew.
So right now, Reverence would instinctively make her love me more.
And in the future she would do her best for me without question.
'But right now I can't make a move on her. I have to make her take the initiative…'
Be it any other girl and Ray would have disagreed. Taking initiative was always the key, but not this time. Not with Adrianna.
'If I made a move on her, she would somehow even if a tiny bit, feel as if I was lustful, and due to this very reason I couldn't reach a 100% respect in the last life, it was stuck at 99% until she died…'
He would make Adrianna make a move on him, and then he would take it from there.
Sure, Adrianna might blame herself later on, but consoling her then would rather cause her respect for me to soar rather than plummet.
'And I could also use suggestion on her after I obtain it.'
Giving her my most dazzling smile I said, "I'll take that as a complement."
Adrianna's face flushed in embarrassment as she averted eye contact and started fumbling.
"I-I'm sorry your majesty, I didn't me-"
"It's alright. Stand up and come here, I have certain tasks for you before my coronation."
"Y-yes"
Shaking her head, Adrianna stood up and was about to approach me when I interrupted her.
Without taking my eyes away from the documents and a few ledgers that lay on my table, I said, "Close the door. This matter is highly confidential and should not be leaked."
Adrianna's heart thumped as her imaginations ran wild.
Not letting her thought display on her face, she did as she was asked and walked up to Ray and stood beside him.
As soon as she neared him, she smelled his alluring and innate charming aura.
'Ah… he smells nice…'
With a dazed expression, she stood beside him, and without herself knowing she was slowly nearing him.
Without giving her a look, Ray started talking with extreme importance in his voice.
"The criminals that I kept in imprisonment will soon…"
The effect of aura type skills, both active and passive, would increase as one got closer to the user.
And without listening to what Ray was saying, Adrianna kept closing their distance slowly.
The closer Adrianna was getting to Ray, the more she felt that he was great and unattainable, as if this was the only chance in her life to be so close to the star without burning herself.
'Now the second step… Activate Pride Aura'
The moment the skill was activated all consequences and reasoning seemed to almost leave her as she was now almost touching Ray, and without even knowing when, she had bent her body forward and brought her lips extremely close to his ears, so much so that he could feel her warm breath on him.
'System, buy Lust Overflow.'
[Lust Overflow (A) has been purchased]
[120 points deducted]
[Points remaining: 180]
Ray acted as if he was startled, and turned his face to face Adrianna.
He raised his eyebrows innocently and asked, "Adrianna? What do you think you're doing?"
As if suddenly understanding what she was doing, Adrianna was filled with dread, but just as she was about to retreat and open her mouth to apologize…
'Lust Overflow'
Suddenly all reasoning left Adrianna as the only thing she could focus in was Ray's slightly parted lips and her body started shivering with sudden anticipation.
Without caring about consequences, she suddenly pushed her lips against Ray's and started kissing him passionately.
She reached out with her hands and grabbed Ray's cheeks gently and pulled his face and pushed their lips together tightly.
She sucked on his lips and lightly bit his lower lip as she was slowly losing her to lust.
Finding an opening between his lips, Adrianna pushed her tongue into his mouth and started exploring it, moving her tongue vigorously searching for its mate.
And finally when she reached his tongue, it tried to entangle it and create a knot.
Saliva travelled from one mouth to another and dripped through their parted lips, and just when she was about to move closer and sit on Ray's lap…
'Deactivate Lust Overflow'
Adrianna suddenly felt like the insatiable lust clouding her thoughts parted and she realized what she had done.
To her absolute horror, she had not only made a move on the crown prince, but also did so without consent, forcefully and no apparent warning.
As she slowly pulled her lips away, a thin chain of saliva formed between the two pair of lips, which broke after they moved far enough.
Tears formed in the corner of Adrianna's eyes as she suddenly dropped down and started kneeling.
"Your highness I-"
"Stop."
Hearing his voice without any apparent anger that she was expecting, but genuine curiosity, she looked up to meet his gaze.
"Get up."
She got up with trembling feet, but averted his gaze.
"Look at me."
As she looked at Ray, her trembling stopped and her heart began throbbing once again.
He was slightly smiling at her without any anger or repulsion.
"Do you love me?"
Hearing the sudden question, she was startled before she looked away.
Ray didn't ask twice and kept looking at her waiting for an answer.
For Adrianna it was as if her life was flashing before her eyes. She knew if she didn't take her chance today she would regret it for the rest of her life.
'I don't have anything to lose either way…'
Trying to calm herself down, she looked at Ray and in a timid voice replied…
"Yes…"
"…"
"Yes, I love you, your highness, I really lo-"
Before she could finish what she was saying, she felt large warm hands wrap around her. Her body was wrapped in a warm embrace.
"Say no more."
Adrianna wrapped her hands around Ray and tears started rolling down her eyes.
After a few seconds when she had calmed down, Ray broke the embrace and faced her with a serious expression.
"Adrianna. I'll be extremely honest with you."
Adrianna's heart started clenching as she was anticipating what she would hear next.
Would she be rejected? Would she be accepted? Would she face punishment? Would she be forced to leave the palace?
Even though she thought in extremely high speeds, she couldn't find any proper reason as to why ray would accept her.
She was at least fifteen years older than him, she wasn't the most beautiful woman in the empire, she wasn't a noble, she…
"I like you."
Suddenly Adrianna stopped thinking altogether as a sweet smell spread in her mouth.
"I will be the emperor soon, and want it or not, be it willingly or unwillingly due to political or personal reasons I would have to take many women as either concubines or lovers."
'No I do not, but I'll take them either way.'
"I was avoiding entering any sort of relationship before my awakening, but now that it's over…"
He looked at Adrianna, his eyes shining with intent.
"I have seen you since I was small. I have seen you for a long time and you are one of the few women outside my family whom I consider close."
"Honestly, other that you, Rachel and my family I haven't interacted with anyone within the palace. And even if I did find you attractive, I didn't know if the feeling was mutual, so I didn't do anything."
"But right now if you sincerely confess your feelings, I promise you will never regret your decision. Even if I might not stay committed solely to you, I promise you will never feel any less love than the others I may later bring in."
As he spoke, he took small steps and started walking around Adrianna.
"If you feel, that even after learning everything that I said, your love towards me has not decreased. Even after all of this you still feel the same way you do…"
'And the final step.'
Ray stepped in front of her and held her face. And putting his lips dangerously close to her ears, he whispered.
"If you promise to love me eternally and never betray me, I promise to do the same. And finally, if you want to take pride as my first lover, nod your head twice and I will make you mine."
As Adrianna was about to nod her head, Ray's voice dropped down a few notes and his warm breath hit her earlobes sending a shiver down her spine, as he continued speaking.
"But remember, if you agree to be mine, you cannot change your mind later. Once you are mine you can only be mine. I would rather destroy what is my own rather than see it fall into other's hands."
Adrianna gulped at the slowly rising pressure in the room, but there was no hesitation in her heart.
The last reason didn't scare her in the least, and she was rather happy listening to it.
As she closed her eyes, her lips broke into a smile. She was genuinely happy.
Without waiting another moment, she nodded her head twice.
The pressure in the room vanished without a trace, as she suddenly felt something sweep her from her feet.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Ray carrying her princess style and approaching the bed.
"Y-your highness, I-"
Ray smiled at her mischievously and his eyes shone.
"I told you. The moment you agree. I will make you mine."