Linel tilted his head back.
The way his thick groin moved was incredibly sensual.
At that moment, I felt like flames were about to burst into flames in my palm.
It wasn't a feeling, but a real surge of heat.
I quickly withdrew my hand from his body. I nearly burned the part of him that only reacted to me with my own hand.
He tilted his head back and looked at me again.
A deep regret danced in his blue eyes.
"That place... It's burning. Like standing right in front of a bonfire."
Yes, you almost got burned there.
"Ah, it must be your imagination,"
I said, laughing exaggeratedly without realizing it.
"Hehe, you're saying that... no, it's true?!"
Linel laughed along with me, then glanced down before jumping.
Seeing his sudden seriousness, I looked down too.
“Ugh! What the heck!”
The zipper on his trousers was scorched, as if on fire.
If I had let go just a few seconds later, he might have...
Ugh, the thought is terrifying.
“Is it you? Or is it this guy?”
Linel muttered in a dazed voice.
“Well, I don’t know? One of us is the culprit, after all...”
I was no exception.
Our gazes lingered, once on my hand, then on his lower body.
Linel took my hand, opened it, and examined it closely.
“Is there something you’re not telling me?”
"...”
I couldn’t decide how to respond.
“Just like I was under the hypothermia curse, could you be under something...”
“I-It’s not a curse.”
He sighed in relief at my words and hugged me.
“Haa, that’s a relief. Thank goodness. If it’s not a curse, then that’s fine.”
“I’ll tell you the details later tonight.”
Even though he must have been curious, he readily nodded to my words.
“And I’m truly sorry. Because of me, you almost lost something precious.”
“I’ll definitely punish you for making things so dizzying in so many ways.”
He said in a stern voice.
“Yes, of course. But... what about this hole? The ceremony is coming up soon.”
I pointed to his pants and asked.
“I can just swap with Raphael.”
“Then what about Raphael?”
“He's the palace’s open pants anyway, so he’ll be fine to wear these.”
It didn’t seem so unreasonable, so I didn’t argue any further.
“I’ll go to the bridal waiting room now. There’s a lot to prepare.”
“Oh, of course. We’ll see you later.”
“Of course.”
“Zelda.”
He called out to me as I opened the door and left.
When I turned around,
“Thank you for marrying me again.”
Linel’s cheeks were flushed pink.
I wasn’t sure if it was because of what he’d just said or because of his burned pants.
I also had something I wanted to say to him.
“Thank you, too, for not giving up on me.”
As I entered the bridal waiting room, the concubines from the Principality of Aklatto were already fully prepared.
“Are you late? I heard you couldn’t get a wedding dress made, but I guess you managed to get one anyway? The design is quite gorgeous.”
Yulina, the tallest of the three concubines, pretended to know my wedding dress as Sharon hung it on a hanger.
“Yeah, fortunately, heaven helped.”
"I blurted out a little, and I immediately started apologizing, raising my voice. It's all my fault."
The expressions of the three concubines crumpled strangely at my repentant tone.
“Well... you’re both second concubines, but you were the former Empress, so how much respect do you think the concubines should give you?”
Linel said solemnly, as if admonishing them.
The concubines were at a loss.
They all looked at me and began to make excuses to him one by one.
“It seems we were short-sighted.”
“Yes, we were just asking without any ulterior motives, but if Her Highness Zelda was offended...”
“Yes, you should apologize.”
Linel said, cutting off Yulina.
“Your Majesty, I’m fine. I don’t want an apology that’s poked in the side.”
I looked at the concubines and smiled kindly.
The looks I received in return were creepy, but I ignored them.
“Well, if that’s what you think, then I guess I can’t help it.”
He turned to the wall, a smile plastered on his face.
“Your Majesty, I would appreciate it if you could close the door and leave as is. We’re pressed for time if we need to do bridal makeup.”
“Don’t.”
“Yes?”
“You’re pretty even without it...”
“? ”
“Makeup.”
He complimented me as casually as if it were just the two of us and disappeared into his waiting room.
“Did you all hear? Did you hear?”
I asked, looking at the three concubines.
“Yes.”
“Well, I did.”
“So?”
The three of them answered sarcastically.
“I asked in case I was the only one who heard.”
I said with a grin.
“Well, then, keep working hard on your makeup. Go ahead and do it.”
It wouldn’t work for me, would it?
The Emperor thinks I’m pretty, right?
I giggled, covering my mouth with my hand.
“Control yourself, the atmosphere is getting really tense.”
Sharon ventriloquially told me while fixing my hair.
Moiya and Moni, now transformed into butterflies, were sitting on the chandelier in the bridal waiting room.
“Do humans usually marry one male and several females?”
Moni asked Moiya, watching the three concubines as they were about to leave the waiting room to enter the bride's room.
“That’s because the male is the Emperor. Still, it’s fortunate that he only mates with our master, Moiya~.”
“Huh? Then you should only marry our master, right, Moni~.”
The way his thick groin moved was incredibly sensual.
At that moment, I felt like flames were about to burst into flames in my palm.
It wasn't a feeling, but a real surge of heat.
I quickly withdrew my hand from his body. I nearly burned the part of him that only reacted to me with my own hand.
He tilted his head back and looked at me again.
A deep regret danced in his blue eyes.
"That place... It's burning. Like standing right in front of a bonfire."
Yes, you almost got burned there.
"Ah, it must be your imagination,"
I said, laughing exaggeratedly without realizing it.
"Hehe, you're saying that... no, it's true?!"
Linel laughed along with me, then glanced down before jumping.
Seeing his sudden seriousness, I looked down too.
“Ugh! What the heck!”
The zipper on his trousers was scorched, as if on fire.
If I had let go just a few seconds later, he might have...
Ugh, the thought is terrifying.
“Is it you? Or is it this guy?”
Linel muttered in a dazed voice.
“Well, I don’t know? One of us is the culprit, after all...”
I was no exception.
Our gazes lingered, once on my hand, then on his lower body.
Linel took my hand, opened it, and examined it closely.
“Is there something you’re not telling me?”
"...”
I couldn’t decide how to respond.
“Just like I was under the hypothermia curse, could you be under something...”
“I-It’s not a curse.”
He sighed in relief at my words and hugged me.
“Haa, that’s a relief. Thank goodness. If it’s not a curse, then that’s fine.”
“I’ll tell you the details later tonight.”
Even though he must have been curious, he readily nodded to my words.
“And I’m truly sorry. Because of me, you almost lost something precious.”
“I’ll definitely punish you for making things so dizzying in so many ways.”
He said in a stern voice.
“Yes, of course. But... what about this hole? The ceremony is coming up soon.”
I pointed to his pants and asked.
“I can just swap with Raphael.”
“Then what about Raphael?”
“He's the palace’s open pants anyway, so he’ll be fine to wear these.”
It didn’t seem so unreasonable, so I didn’t argue any further.
“I’ll go to the bridal waiting room now. There’s a lot to prepare.”
“Oh, of course. We’ll see you later.”
“Of course.”
“Zelda.”
He called out to me as I opened the door and left.
When I turned around,
“Thank you for marrying me again.”
Linel’s cheeks were flushed pink.
I wasn’t sure if it was because of what he’d just said or because of his burned pants.
I also had something I wanted to say to him.
“Thank you, too, for not giving up on me.”
***
As I entered the bridal waiting room, the concubines from the Principality of Aklatto were already fully prepared.
“Are you late? I heard you couldn’t get a wedding dress made, but I guess you managed to get one anyway? The design is quite gorgeous.”
Yulina, the tallest of the three concubines, pretended to know my wedding dress as Sharon hung it on a hanger.
“Yeah, fortunately, heaven helped.”
Actually, it was more the Magic Tower Lord who helped than heaven.
I went to the dressing table where Sharon had set up and sat on a chair.
“Excuse me, we’re both concubines now, so why are you talking nonsense?”
I went to the dressing table where Sharon had set up and sat on a chair.
“Excuse me, we’re both concubines now, so why are you talking nonsense?”
Yulina asked angrily, poking me in the back of the head.
“That’s true. Aren’t we all second concubines anyway?”
The twin sisters, Elle and Celine, chimed in with Yulina.
"Now that I hear you, you're not wrong... Yes, let's speak more respectfully from now on. If I offended you, please forgive me with generosity, everyone."
I nodded and immediately addressed them politely.
The expressions on the faces of the three concubines from the Principality of Aklatto seemed even more uncomfortable than when I'd first spoken.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it when I, a former Empress, speak so highly?"
I asked again in a polite tone.
"Honestly, it sounds strangely dismissive of us."
When Yulina objected, the twins, as if they'd been waiting for her, agreed.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I can't help my subconscious."
Not wanting to waste energy, I stopped making excuses and simply admitted my apology.
The three glared at me with even more bewildered expressions.
The twin sisters, Elle and Celine, chimed in with Yulina.
"Now that I hear you, you're not wrong... Yes, let's speak more respectfully from now on. If I offended you, please forgive me with generosity, everyone."
I nodded and immediately addressed them politely.
The expressions on the faces of the three concubines from the Principality of Aklatto seemed even more uncomfortable than when I'd first spoken.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it when I, a former Empress, speak so highly?"
I asked again in a polite tone.
"Honestly, it sounds strangely dismissive of us."
When Yulina objected, the twins, as if they'd been waiting for her, agreed.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I can't help my subconscious."
Not wanting to waste energy, I stopped making excuses and simply admitted my apology.
The three glared at me with even more bewildered expressions.
"No, even an apology would be a disaster."
Knock knock.
Just then, a knock was heard on the door attached to the waiting room, and a few seconds later, it slid open.
"If it's not too much trouble, may I come in?"
The door and the wall were the same color, so for a moment, Linel's proud face seemed to pop out from the wall.
Ah, it's a door connecting two rooms.
"Oh my, Your Majesty!"
"No, what's the matter with you? Come in."
"Your Majesty, your formal attire really suits you."
The three concubines sitting on the chairs suddenly stood up and flirted with Linel.
I checked his zipper first.
Fortunately, he seemed to have swapped pants with Raphael.
The color was slightly different from his formal top, but it was noticeable only on closer inspection, and at first glance, it wasn't noticeable at all.
"Why don't you say something?"
Linel glanced at me expectantly and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"You don't seem happy to see me?"
Linel looked slightly offended.
Wow, look at the way you acted after following me just a moment ago.
"I'm sorry. The concubines were having an important conversation."
"May I ask what you were talking about?"
Linel asked, looking at the concubines' faces, flushed with emotion.
Just then, a knock was heard on the door attached to the waiting room, and a few seconds later, it slid open.
"If it's not too much trouble, may I come in?"
The door and the wall were the same color, so for a moment, Linel's proud face seemed to pop out from the wall.
Ah, it's a door connecting two rooms.
"Oh my, Your Majesty!"
"No, what's the matter with you? Come in."
"Your Majesty, your formal attire really suits you."
The three concubines sitting on the chairs suddenly stood up and flirted with Linel.
I checked his zipper first.
Fortunately, he seemed to have swapped pants with Raphael.
The color was slightly different from his formal top, but it was noticeable only on closer inspection, and at first glance, it wasn't noticeable at all.
"Why don't you say something?"
Linel glanced at me expectantly and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"You don't seem happy to see me?"
Linel looked slightly offended.
Wow, look at the way you acted after following me just a moment ago.
"I'm sorry. The concubines were having an important conversation."
"May I ask what you were talking about?"
Linel asked, looking at the concubines' faces, flushed with emotion.
"I was apologizing for upsetting them."
"What did you do to... make them feel bad?"
"What did you do to... make them feel bad?"
"I blurted out a little, and I immediately started apologizing, raising my voice. It's all my fault."
The expressions of the three concubines crumpled strangely at my repentant tone.
“Well... you’re both second concubines, but you were the former Empress, so how much respect do you think the concubines should give you?”
Linel said solemnly, as if admonishing them.
The concubines were at a loss.
They all looked at me and began to make excuses to him one by one.
“It seems we were short-sighted.”
“Yes, we were just asking without any ulterior motives, but if Her Highness Zelda was offended...”
“Yes, you should apologize.”
Linel said, cutting off Yulina.
“Your Majesty, I’m fine. I don’t want an apology that’s poked in the side.”
I looked at the concubines and smiled kindly.
The looks I received in return were creepy, but I ignored them.
“Well, if that’s what you think, then I guess I can’t help it.”
He turned to the wall, a smile plastered on his face.
“Your Majesty, I would appreciate it if you could close the door and leave as is. We’re pressed for time if we need to do bridal makeup.”
“Don’t.”
“Yes?”
“You’re pretty even without it...”
“? ”
“Makeup.”
He complimented me as casually as if it were just the two of us and disappeared into his waiting room.
“Did you all hear? Did you hear?”
I asked, looking at the three concubines.
“Yes.”
“Well, I did.”
“So?”
The three of them answered sarcastically.
“I asked in case I was the only one who heard.”
I said with a grin.
“Well, then, keep working hard on your makeup. Go ahead and do it.”
It wouldn’t work for me, would it?
The Emperor thinks I’m pretty, right?
I giggled, covering my mouth with my hand.
“Control yourself, the atmosphere is getting really tense.”
Sharon ventriloquially told me while fixing my hair.
***
Moiya and Moni, now transformed into butterflies, were sitting on the chandelier in the bridal waiting room.
“Do humans usually marry one male and several females?”
Moni asked Moiya, watching the three concubines as they were about to leave the waiting room to enter the bride's room.
“That’s because the male is the Emperor. Still, it’s fortunate that he only mates with our master, Moiya~.”
“Huh? Then you should only marry our master, right, Moni~.”
“Oh? Now that I hear it, that’s true. Then what should we do?”
“Let’s clean it up.”
Moni decided on her first target and immediately jumped into action.
Before leaving the bridal waiting room, Yulina nervously poured herself a glass and drank it down.
Moni took advantage of this gap and flicked the bottom of the wine glass with her wing.
It would have been impossible for a normal butterfly to flap its wings, but it was possible because the wyvern had entered the butterfly’s body.
“Wow... Oh, how nice!!”
The wine glass hit the floor and shattered, and Yulina screamed and stamped her foot.
The wine in the wine glass spread across Yulina’s wedding dress, her chest, and stomach.
It even looked as if she was bleeding in those areas.
“Oh my, oh my! What on earth is going on?”
“Please be careful!”
The twin sisters feigned concern for Yulina, but they were secretly delighted.
“The ceremony has begun. The concubines must enter immediately.”
Chief Chamberlain Stiane came to the bridal chamber and said.
“What should I do? My wedding dress is in this state!”
Yulina burst into tears, clutching Stiane.
“I’m so sorry, Your Highness. His Majesty has ordered the ceremony to begin without delay. If you don’t have a wedding dress to change into, you will not be allowed to enter in this condition.”
In truth, even Yulina didn’t dare to appear before the ministers and nobles in a wedding dress covered in wine and become a laughing stock.
But this was the concubine ceremony she had been waiting for!
“Is there no other way?”
“Your Highness, just because you don’t hold the ceremony today doesn’t mean you can’t be a concubine. After all, you were already a concubine on paper this morning.”
Stiane offered words of comfort to Yulina, but maintained his composure.
Releasing Yulina's hand from his arm, he urged the other concubines to hurry and hurry up and enter the bride's room.
The twin sisters, as if they'd been waiting, emerged from the waiting room door first.
Elle, the older sister, was a little faster.
But the moment she stepped out, one foot slid forward, and her arms twirled wildly.
"Huh... Huh, huh?!"
Elle stumbled and instinctively grabbed her younger sister Celine's wedding dress.
"Don't grab me, Sister! I said not to grab me!"
Celine shoved Elle, and Elle fell to the floor, badly spraining her ankle.
"Ouch, my ankle!"
"Ouch!"
But Celine, too, hit her head on the bronze statue next to the door and fainted.
"Bring the palace doctor now!"
Stiane gave a hasty order to the other attendants, then picked up a banana peel from the floor.
"...Why is it here?"
"Who on earth would put a banana peel in front of the waiting room door?"
Zelda, who had arrived late, tilted her head and asked Stiane.
“That’s right. I guess you’ll have to go in alone. ‘Your Majesty, Empress.’”
Stiane, perhaps having learned it from Linel, mouthed Zelda as Empress.
“I’ll go first and report the situation, so please come a little slowly.”
“Of course.”
Stiane rushed to the chapel first.
“Your Majesty, just in case, please take my hand.”
Sharon, leaving behind the concubines who had been having accidents one after another, held out her hand to Zelda with a distraught expression.
Zelda, holding Sharon’s hand, walked more cautiously than usual toward the chapel.
Just as we were almost in front of the chapel, two butterflies landed on Zelda’s shoulders.
“Marriage is for one male and one female, you know~.”
“I don’t eat banana peels, Moya~.”
“...Oh my gosh, it’s you guys!”
Zelda looked down at her shoulders and burst out in laughter.
Linel was waiting for her at the chapel door.
Because of Moiya and Moni's accident, the wedding ceremony ended up being just for the two of them.
Moni decided on her first target and immediately jumped into action.
Before leaving the bridal waiting room, Yulina nervously poured herself a glass and drank it down.
Moni took advantage of this gap and flicked the bottom of the wine glass with her wing.
It would have been impossible for a normal butterfly to flap its wings, but it was possible because the wyvern had entered the butterfly’s body.
“Wow... Oh, how nice!!”
The wine glass hit the floor and shattered, and Yulina screamed and stamped her foot.
The wine in the wine glass spread across Yulina’s wedding dress, her chest, and stomach.
It even looked as if she was bleeding in those areas.
“Oh my, oh my! What on earth is going on?”
“Please be careful!”
The twin sisters feigned concern for Yulina, but they were secretly delighted.
“The ceremony has begun. The concubines must enter immediately.”
Chief Chamberlain Stiane came to the bridal chamber and said.
“What should I do? My wedding dress is in this state!”
Yulina burst into tears, clutching Stiane.
“I’m so sorry, Your Highness. His Majesty has ordered the ceremony to begin without delay. If you don’t have a wedding dress to change into, you will not be allowed to enter in this condition.”
In truth, even Yulina didn’t dare to appear before the ministers and nobles in a wedding dress covered in wine and become a laughing stock.
But this was the concubine ceremony she had been waiting for!
“Is there no other way?”
“Your Highness, just because you don’t hold the ceremony today doesn’t mean you can’t be a concubine. After all, you were already a concubine on paper this morning.”
Stiane offered words of comfort to Yulina, but maintained his composure.
Releasing Yulina's hand from his arm, he urged the other concubines to hurry and hurry up and enter the bride's room.
The twin sisters, as if they'd been waiting, emerged from the waiting room door first.
Elle, the older sister, was a little faster.
But the moment she stepped out, one foot slid forward, and her arms twirled wildly.
"Huh... Huh, huh?!"
Elle stumbled and instinctively grabbed her younger sister Celine's wedding dress.
"Don't grab me, Sister! I said not to grab me!"
Celine shoved Elle, and Elle fell to the floor, badly spraining her ankle.
"Ouch, my ankle!"
"Ouch!"
But Celine, too, hit her head on the bronze statue next to the door and fainted.
"Bring the palace doctor now!"
Stiane gave a hasty order to the other attendants, then picked up a banana peel from the floor.
"...Why is it here?"
"Who on earth would put a banana peel in front of the waiting room door?"
Zelda, who had arrived late, tilted her head and asked Stiane.
“That’s right. I guess you’ll have to go in alone. ‘Your Majesty, Empress.’”
Stiane, perhaps having learned it from Linel, mouthed Zelda as Empress.
“I’ll go first and report the situation, so please come a little slowly.”
“Of course.”
Stiane rushed to the chapel first.
“Your Majesty, just in case, please take my hand.”
Sharon, leaving behind the concubines who had been having accidents one after another, held out her hand to Zelda with a distraught expression.
Zelda, holding Sharon’s hand, walked more cautiously than usual toward the chapel.
Just as we were almost in front of the chapel, two butterflies landed on Zelda’s shoulders.
“Marriage is for one male and one female, you know~.”
“I don’t eat banana peels, Moya~.”
“...Oh my gosh, it’s you guys!”
Zelda looked down at her shoulders and burst out in laughter.
Linel was waiting for her at the chapel door.
Because of Moiya and Moni's accident, the wedding ceremony ended up being just for the two of them.
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