The capital city we arrived in was pitch black at night.
It took us a whole week to avoid the monsters that suddenly appeared, and we were finally able to arrive the day before the inauguration ceremony.
As there was no movement from Doris' side during the trip, it was clear that the maids had lied that day out of fear of being punished.
Canula moved separately near the capital, conscious of the people's gaze.
She would probably be heading to his mansion with Vincenzo, who had come out to pick her up.
Ephero, I, and Rossi secretly headed to Rhodnes' mansion.
Ephero was extremely nervous, as we kept our escort to a minimum in case anyone was following our movements.
The walls of the Rhodnes mansion were incredibly high, perhaps because it was the private residence of the royal family.
To avoid the opposition of Rhodnes, we sent a messenger to him only after we reached the capital.
"Ma'am."
Clearly, Ephero got off the carriage that was guarding him from outside.
The hand extended along with the heavy sound of the door closing behind me was a very familiar hand.
“Roan?”
It was Rhodnes.
Before I could even properly look at his face, I was completely enveloped in his cold arms.
Perhaps because it was a space entirely populated by Rhodesians, his actions were unrestrained.
Even Ephero just smiled, scratched his head, and disappeared, so no one was left to notice.
As the people dispersed inside the mansion, Rhodnes led me straight up the stairs inside the mansion.
After climbing several dark but neatly decorated stairs, I entered a floor where there were many people around me, and Rhodnes picked me up in a hug.
I was so surprised that I hugged his neck and the speed increased.
Bang!
As soon as I entered the smoky bedroom, Rhodnes put me down.
"Roan..."
And then he pushed me against the closed door and swallowed my lips straight away.
Cold lips and hot, wet flesh touched my lips at the same time.
The hot lips parted and the thing that came in felt inside my mouth earnestly as if confirming my existence.
The refreshing scent of mint spread through my mouth and nose at the same time.
In the dark room, a slimy sound came out of his mouth.
The more I writhed in his arms, which were filled with the scent of the cold wind, the deeper Rhodnes pressed into me.
When our wet lips finally parted, I met his eyes from a very close distance.
“Ro... Huh, Roan.”
Out of breath, I looked up at him, leaning on his arm that was holding the door shut.
At that moment, Rhodnes hugged me tightly.
“Why are you here? I told you to wait.”
What are you talking about when you're hugging me so tightly that my heart feels like it's going to burst?
Who was the person who kissed and hugged me without even properly greeting me?
“I thought I was dying to see you.”
You asked me why I came, and then you said you thought I was dying to see you. It didn't make sense, but it was just too much.
A voice filled with longing seeped into my ear. Then his wet lips gently bit and licked my earlobe.
"Ah!"
“There is no one in this world who does not listen to me like you do.”
“That’s not something a chamberlain should say to a Princess, Roan.”
Rhodnes, who had been biting my earlobe as if he was carving a bite mark all over it, suddenly stopped what he was doing and pulled me away slightly.
I imagined him running out of the palace as soon as he heard I was coming.
In fact, his cheeks were still red and frozen, as if he had been waiting outside for quite some time.
“You are right. I forgot that I am your faithful servant.”
I placed my hand gently on his cheek, which gave him a slightly embarrassed expression.
It was cold as expected.
“You waited for me here, even though you were grumbling?”
“Then. I ran straight to the north gate, but I was afraid I might get lost, so I returned to the private residence.”
Rhodnes's hand began to rub my back.
I was free of him when his big, warm hands fumbled with the buttons and unbuttoned one.
“We have a lot to talk about, Roan. There are many things we couldn’t convey in letters. How was life in the capital?”
Rhodnes looked at the place I had left in vain, then quickly straightened his posture.
“I have caught the Emperor’s weakness, so he will not be able to oppose my accession to the throne. The problem is that Count Raylon and Count Siscometin want me to please them. It is a bit annoying how well Doris Castagna has been cooking them up.”
Rhodnes nervously untied the cloak he was wearing and threw it over a chair.
As soon as Doris' name was mentioned, the air in the room felt a little chilly.
Rhodnes took off his armor and dropped it on the floor.
Perhaps sensing my silence, he took off his armor, stood there, and gave me a look.
“What’s wrong, Rien?”
“...Are you going to take Doris as your wife?”
"What?"
Rhodnes came closer with an expression on his face as if to say, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
His body, untainted by the blood of a demon, had the usual scent of lavender.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
“I sometimes think that way. From your perspective, it would be better to have Doris as your wife...”
I trailed off.
It wasn't that I doubted his intentions. It was just that the words that Noevian had said to me just before he disappeared out the window again kept coming to my mind all the way to the capital.
'If dying for you is the most useful thing I can do, I'll gladly do it. But if the Second Prince chooses Doris over you to become the Crown Prince... then can't you pretend not to notice me hovering around you?'
No matter how detailed my plan is, I can't guarantee 100% success.
The reason Noevian harbors vain hopes is because he keeps in mind the possibility that my plan might go awry.
As I was thinking about that for a moment, I suddenly felt a warm body temperature on my shoulders.
The face of Rhodnes with his fearsome eyes was right in front of me.
“Roan.”
“Why are you suddenly saying that?”
I couldn't answer, just gaping at the voice dripping with resentment.
Because it wasn't something I, who was confident that I would help, could say.
“...You don’t want to be with Noevian Trovica now, Rien.”
“!”
“What did he say when he came to you?”
I couldn't say anything and just moved my lips.
It turns out that Rhodnes knew that Noevian had come to visit.
It was clear what Ephero really said.
When I was too surprised to say anything, Rhodnes shut his mouth tightly and immediately hugged me and held me in her arms.
It was a power that was incomparable to before.
“If you’re going to come and say you’re going to abandon me now, you might as well not say anything.”
“Roan!”
“I don’t want to hear it. Doris Castagna? Don’t try to get away from me by bringing up women who are worse than a stone rolling on the side of the road.”
“I’m not trying to get away.”
“But why do you say that? It makes people feel uneasy.”
The more Rhodnes chewed and spat out each word, the stronger the pressure he held over me became.
“An easy path to becoming Crown Prince?”
The trembling body of Rhodnes was transmitted directly to my chest.
“Do you think I’m doing this to become the Crown Prince?”
“Roan. That’s your original seat, the one you lost. Ouch!”
Rhodnes' trembling lips immediately came to my ear and bit it as if punishing me.
I felt a chill down my spine as he held me in his arms, unable to move, and had my ear nibbled.
Rhodnes, who had been chewing on my ear for a long time, licked it once as if to treat it.
And the lips that had been whispering in my ear passed over my cheek and swallowed my lips.
Contrary to his angry demeanor, his breath was slow and sweet enough to melt my body, swirling around my mouth.
I saw the face of Rhodnes, who was absorbed in me through my blurry vision that I had not yet perceived.
How much time has passed?
The breath that had been swirling around in my mouth for a long time suddenly stopped and my wet lips finally parted.
Rhodnes, who had bent over and pressed his forehead against mine, finally opened his eyes and looked at me.
It was close enough to clearly see the pupils of his sparkling eyes.
“I want to become Crown Prince so that I can have you without any interference, Rien.”
The voice with its sweet breath lingered on my lips.
A bewildered smile as if to say, “You still don’t know that?” escaped his lips.
“So that no one dares touch you, Rien. Even if you don’t listen to me, I told you that I would do anything to protect you, so it’s time you understood.”
“Roan...”
“I was out of my mind all day when I heard that Noevian bastard was sneaking into your bedroom.”
Rhodnes, who had been holding my waist tightly, pressed his lower body against mine. Even when I tried to move my body back, he wrapped both hands around my waist tightly and did not let go.
“I’m the one who’s anxious, but when you say things like that, I...”
"Sorry."
“...”
Rhodnes still stared into my eyes with his forehead pressed against mine.
I lowered my eyes in shame.
In fact, I might have been annoyed at hearing the words 'Doris Castagna' come out of his mouth.
Because everyone around him was saying that a woman named Doris Castagna was the best companion for him.
“Don’t even get angry. You know as well as a ghost that when you make that kind of expression on my face, I don’t know what to do.”
“No, I’m serious.”
“Rien, I’m anxious.”
His still-wet lips slowly descended to the nape of my neck.
Bite and suck, bite and suck again.
Wherever his lips moved, faint bite marks were left, along with red marks.
“Even if I have you, I still feel uneasy. Are you like this too?”
I barely came to my senses and nodded, wincing and grabbing my collar every time he left a mark. It was because I felt I had to do it.
“No matter how many times that Noevian bastard comes to visit, just think of me.”
“Ugh... Yeah.”
“Say those sweet words, ‘I’ll die for you,’ only to me.”
I guess you heard everything I said.
Rhodnes, who seemed to be changing the words “die for me” into “love”, swallowed my lips again before I could answer.
Something hot and wet entered my lips again, caressing my delicate flesh.
The stingingly hot breath once again pierced my mouth, and my hot, anxious hands roughly ripped off the buttons I had just started unbuttoning.
As he led me, my body swayed back and forth until my back landed on a huge, cold window.
“...Roan.”
"How is it?"
His lips, barely parted, bit my index finger and asked.
I squinted my eyes at the sudden stimulation and turned my head to look down. The place I saw was a garden full of winter camellias in full bloom.
It was a beautiful sight that did not match the somewhat desolate surroundings.
In the distance, a tunnel of vines was visible, which seemed to be a replica of the entrance to our 'little forest' in the palace.
“Over there...?”
“After I finished cleaning the capital. So I was making this to show you when you returned to the capital...”
Rhodnes, who had been biting my fingers one by one to check my reaction, suddenly came up behind me with his back turned to me and gently wrapped his arms around me.
“Roan?”
Rhodnes naturally placed my two hands on the window and placed his own on top of them.
I could feel the cold air of the cold window on my palm and his hot heat on the back of my hand.
It took us a whole week to avoid the monsters that suddenly appeared, and we were finally able to arrive the day before the inauguration ceremony.
As there was no movement from Doris' side during the trip, it was clear that the maids had lied that day out of fear of being punished.
Canula moved separately near the capital, conscious of the people's gaze.
She would probably be heading to his mansion with Vincenzo, who had come out to pick her up.
Ephero, I, and Rossi secretly headed to Rhodnes' mansion.
Ephero was extremely nervous, as we kept our escort to a minimum in case anyone was following our movements.
The walls of the Rhodnes mansion were incredibly high, perhaps because it was the private residence of the royal family.
To avoid the opposition of Rhodnes, we sent a messenger to him only after we reached the capital.
"Ma'am."
Clearly, Ephero got off the carriage that was guarding him from outside.
The hand extended along with the heavy sound of the door closing behind me was a very familiar hand.
“Roan?”
It was Rhodnes.
Before I could even properly look at his face, I was completely enveloped in his cold arms.
Perhaps because it was a space entirely populated by Rhodesians, his actions were unrestrained.
Even Ephero just smiled, scratched his head, and disappeared, so no one was left to notice.
As the people dispersed inside the mansion, Rhodnes led me straight up the stairs inside the mansion.
After climbing several dark but neatly decorated stairs, I entered a floor where there were many people around me, and Rhodnes picked me up in a hug.
I was so surprised that I hugged his neck and the speed increased.
Bang!
As soon as I entered the smoky bedroom, Rhodnes put me down.
"Roan..."
And then he pushed me against the closed door and swallowed my lips straight away.
Cold lips and hot, wet flesh touched my lips at the same time.
The hot lips parted and the thing that came in felt inside my mouth earnestly as if confirming my existence.
The refreshing scent of mint spread through my mouth and nose at the same time.
In the dark room, a slimy sound came out of his mouth.
The more I writhed in his arms, which were filled with the scent of the cold wind, the deeper Rhodnes pressed into me.
When our wet lips finally parted, I met his eyes from a very close distance.
“Ro... Huh, Roan.”
Out of breath, I looked up at him, leaning on his arm that was holding the door shut.
At that moment, Rhodnes hugged me tightly.
“Why are you here? I told you to wait.”
What are you talking about when you're hugging me so tightly that my heart feels like it's going to burst?
Who was the person who kissed and hugged me without even properly greeting me?
“I thought I was dying to see you.”
You asked me why I came, and then you said you thought I was dying to see you. It didn't make sense, but it was just too much.
A voice filled with longing seeped into my ear. Then his wet lips gently bit and licked my earlobe.
"Ah!"
“There is no one in this world who does not listen to me like you do.”
“That’s not something a chamberlain should say to a Princess, Roan.”
Rhodnes, who had been biting my earlobe as if he was carving a bite mark all over it, suddenly stopped what he was doing and pulled me away slightly.
I imagined him running out of the palace as soon as he heard I was coming.
In fact, his cheeks were still red and frozen, as if he had been waiting outside for quite some time.
“You are right. I forgot that I am your faithful servant.”
I placed my hand gently on his cheek, which gave him a slightly embarrassed expression.
It was cold as expected.
“You waited for me here, even though you were grumbling?”
“Then. I ran straight to the north gate, but I was afraid I might get lost, so I returned to the private residence.”
Rhodnes's hand began to rub my back.
I was free of him when his big, warm hands fumbled with the buttons and unbuttoned one.
“We have a lot to talk about, Roan. There are many things we couldn’t convey in letters. How was life in the capital?”
Rhodnes looked at the place I had left in vain, then quickly straightened his posture.
“I have caught the Emperor’s weakness, so he will not be able to oppose my accession to the throne. The problem is that Count Raylon and Count Siscometin want me to please them. It is a bit annoying how well Doris Castagna has been cooking them up.”
Rhodnes nervously untied the cloak he was wearing and threw it over a chair.
As soon as Doris' name was mentioned, the air in the room felt a little chilly.
Rhodnes took off his armor and dropped it on the floor.
Perhaps sensing my silence, he took off his armor, stood there, and gave me a look.
“What’s wrong, Rien?”
“...Are you going to take Doris as your wife?”
"What?"
Rhodnes came closer with an expression on his face as if to say, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
His body, untainted by the blood of a demon, had the usual scent of lavender.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
“I sometimes think that way. From your perspective, it would be better to have Doris as your wife...”
I trailed off.
It wasn't that I doubted his intentions. It was just that the words that Noevian had said to me just before he disappeared out the window again kept coming to my mind all the way to the capital.
'If dying for you is the most useful thing I can do, I'll gladly do it. But if the Second Prince chooses Doris over you to become the Crown Prince... then can't you pretend not to notice me hovering around you?'
No matter how detailed my plan is, I can't guarantee 100% success.
The reason Noevian harbors vain hopes is because he keeps in mind the possibility that my plan might go awry.
As I was thinking about that for a moment, I suddenly felt a warm body temperature on my shoulders.
The face of Rhodnes with his fearsome eyes was right in front of me.
“Roan.”
“Why are you suddenly saying that?”
I couldn't answer, just gaping at the voice dripping with resentment.
Because it wasn't something I, who was confident that I would help, could say.
“...You don’t want to be with Noevian Trovica now, Rien.”
“!”
“What did he say when he came to you?”
I couldn't say anything and just moved my lips.
It turns out that Rhodnes knew that Noevian had come to visit.
It was clear what Ephero really said.
When I was too surprised to say anything, Rhodnes shut his mouth tightly and immediately hugged me and held me in her arms.
It was a power that was incomparable to before.
“If you’re going to come and say you’re going to abandon me now, you might as well not say anything.”
“Roan!”
“I don’t want to hear it. Doris Castagna? Don’t try to get away from me by bringing up women who are worse than a stone rolling on the side of the road.”
“I’m not trying to get away.”
“But why do you say that? It makes people feel uneasy.”
The more Rhodnes chewed and spat out each word, the stronger the pressure he held over me became.
“An easy path to becoming Crown Prince?”
The trembling body of Rhodnes was transmitted directly to my chest.
“Do you think I’m doing this to become the Crown Prince?”
“Roan. That’s your original seat, the one you lost. Ouch!”
Rhodnes' trembling lips immediately came to my ear and bit it as if punishing me.
I felt a chill down my spine as he held me in his arms, unable to move, and had my ear nibbled.
Rhodnes, who had been chewing on my ear for a long time, licked it once as if to treat it.
And the lips that had been whispering in my ear passed over my cheek and swallowed my lips.
Contrary to his angry demeanor, his breath was slow and sweet enough to melt my body, swirling around my mouth.
I saw the face of Rhodnes, who was absorbed in me through my blurry vision that I had not yet perceived.
How much time has passed?
The breath that had been swirling around in my mouth for a long time suddenly stopped and my wet lips finally parted.
Rhodnes, who had bent over and pressed his forehead against mine, finally opened his eyes and looked at me.
It was close enough to clearly see the pupils of his sparkling eyes.
“I want to become Crown Prince so that I can have you without any interference, Rien.”
The voice with its sweet breath lingered on my lips.
A bewildered smile as if to say, “You still don’t know that?” escaped his lips.
“So that no one dares touch you, Rien. Even if you don’t listen to me, I told you that I would do anything to protect you, so it’s time you understood.”
“Roan...”
“I was out of my mind all day when I heard that Noevian bastard was sneaking into your bedroom.”
Rhodnes, who had been holding my waist tightly, pressed his lower body against mine. Even when I tried to move my body back, he wrapped both hands around my waist tightly and did not let go.
“I’m the one who’s anxious, but when you say things like that, I...”
"Sorry."
“...”
Rhodnes still stared into my eyes with his forehead pressed against mine.
I lowered my eyes in shame.
In fact, I might have been annoyed at hearing the words 'Doris Castagna' come out of his mouth.
Because everyone around him was saying that a woman named Doris Castagna was the best companion for him.
“Don’t even get angry. You know as well as a ghost that when you make that kind of expression on my face, I don’t know what to do.”
“No, I’m serious.”
“Rien, I’m anxious.”
His still-wet lips slowly descended to the nape of my neck.
Bite and suck, bite and suck again.
Wherever his lips moved, faint bite marks were left, along with red marks.
“Even if I have you, I still feel uneasy. Are you like this too?”
I barely came to my senses and nodded, wincing and grabbing my collar every time he left a mark. It was because I felt I had to do it.
“No matter how many times that Noevian bastard comes to visit, just think of me.”
“Ugh... Yeah.”
“Say those sweet words, ‘I’ll die for you,’ only to me.”
I guess you heard everything I said.
Rhodnes, who seemed to be changing the words “die for me” into “love”, swallowed my lips again before I could answer.
Something hot and wet entered my lips again, caressing my delicate flesh.
The stingingly hot breath once again pierced my mouth, and my hot, anxious hands roughly ripped off the buttons I had just started unbuttoning.
As he led me, my body swayed back and forth until my back landed on a huge, cold window.
“...Roan.”
"How is it?"
His lips, barely parted, bit my index finger and asked.
I squinted my eyes at the sudden stimulation and turned my head to look down. The place I saw was a garden full of winter camellias in full bloom.
It was a beautiful sight that did not match the somewhat desolate surroundings.
In the distance, a tunnel of vines was visible, which seemed to be a replica of the entrance to our 'little forest' in the palace.
“Over there...?”
“After I finished cleaning the capital. So I was making this to show you when you returned to the capital...”
Rhodnes, who had been biting my fingers one by one to check my reaction, suddenly came up behind me with his back turned to me and gently wrapped his arms around me.
“Roan?”
Rhodnes naturally placed my two hands on the window and placed his own on top of them.
I could feel the cold air of the cold window on my palm and his hot heat on the back of my hand.
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