“I went to see the kids.”
“Kids?”
“Yes...”
Moiya, who was sniffling, grabbed Linel’s robe sleeve, sitting next to him, and blew his nose.
What on earth does this kid think the Emperor is?
At times like this, Linel really seemed to be nothing more or less than “Master’s mate” to Moiya.
He was dumbfounded, but he just scolded Moiya’s rude behavior with his eyes.
Fortunately, Moni, unlike Moiya, liked him a lot.
“Tch, you’re dirty, Moni~.”
Moni grabbed the part of his robe sleeve where Moiya had blown his nose, ripped it off, and threw it on the bed floor.
“Very... thank you, Moni.”
Linel smiled as he looked down at the torn and tattered sleeve of his finest silk robe.
Moni hugged him tighter, raised her buttocks, and farted loudly.
I was staring at this, wondering what kind of unconventional behavior it was, when,
“You’re just being cute to the male you like, Moni~,”
Moni, who had been burying her head in his side, pulled it out and glanced at me.
“Is that how you do it in the Wyvern world?”
“Kids?”
“Yes...”
Moiya, who was sniffling, grabbed Linel’s robe sleeve, sitting next to him, and blew his nose.
What on earth does this kid think the Emperor is?
At times like this, Linel really seemed to be nothing more or less than “Master’s mate” to Moiya.
He was dumbfounded, but he just scolded Moiya’s rude behavior with his eyes.
Fortunately, Moni, unlike Moiya, liked him a lot.
“Tch, you’re dirty, Moni~.”
Moni grabbed the part of his robe sleeve where Moiya had blown his nose, ripped it off, and threw it on the bed floor.
“Very... thank you, Moni.”
Linel smiled as he looked down at the torn and tattered sleeve of his finest silk robe.
Moni hugged him tighter, raised her buttocks, and farted loudly.
I was staring at this, wondering what kind of unconventional behavior it was, when,
“You’re just being cute to the male you like, Moni~,”
Moni, who had been burying her head in his side, pulled it out and glanced at me.
“Is that how you do it in the Wyvern world?”
I tried to reply seriously, but I couldn’t stop laughing.
When our eyes met, he became even more playful and said playfully,
“Hahaha, I was shaking for some reason.”
Moni lifted her butt again and made a pop-pop sound in response to Linel’s words, and he patted Moni’s butt as if to encourage her.
“Have fun, Moiya~.”
Moiya hugged my arm and stretched out one of his short legs toward Linel as if kicking it. The more Moni showed affection for him, the more it seemed like Moiya was intentionally belittling him.
I put Moiya’s short leg back in place and asked,
“What do you mean you went to see the kids?”
Did you meet the birds in the forest? As I was thinking that,
“I came to the Valley of Death. Just like the name suggests, I almost died, Moni~.”
“What?! How do you know about the Valley of Death?”
I raised my voice in surprise.
Moiya and Moni thought I was going to scold them, so they craned their necks like turtles and looked at me at the same time.
“Answer me.”
Linel tapped Moni’s small head with the tip of his finger.
Moni blinked and then spoke again.
“Moiya said we should go first, Master.”
Moiya glared at Moni for snitching, then looked up at me and made an excuse with a pitiful expression.
“I came here to give my descendants some words of encouragement...”
“How did you know there were wyverns in the Valley of Death?”
“Ouch? You just knew?”
Moiya slowly turned his ruby eyes to my question, thinking for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
“You just felt it?”
“Yes. I’m a great wyvern, so I know, Moiya~.”
“I’m glad you came back safely,”
Linel said with a sigh.
“What do you mean?”
“I heard that wyverns are very wary of anyone who isn’t their own.”
“Aha.”
“Would you two have been polite when you went to the Valley of Death?”
Linel gave me a look that said, ‘You know their personalities, right?’ and nodded at each of them.
“Yes, that’s right. I can tell by Moiya’s eyes.”
I replied, gently pinching Moiya’s cheek as he held my arm tightly.
“Huh, manners are for the young ones! Why should I?”
Moiya shouted at Linel as if to argue.
“From the adults’ perspective, you’re just baby wyverns.”
He was right.
Even though they’d been in their eggs for 300 years, there’s no way the other wyverns would know.
“Wouldn’t the wyverns be trying to find Moiya and Moni?”
“No, they don’t just come to places where humans are. As long as you two don’t go back and give them medicine, it’ll be fine.”
At his words, the two guys wore innocent expressions, as if they didn’t know what they had done wrong.
“We just went there to be cute, but they all have so many shameless behaviors, don’t they?”
Moni said, as if she felt wronged.
“That’s right. The cave was full of those cold bodies, Moiya~!”
Moiya pretended to be talking to himself and attacked Linel, but he made a hurt expression for no reason.
I snickered and answered for him.
“I bet you guys weren’t shameless either.”
“Heehee, that’s right. And there’s never been a wyvern as handsome as Your Majesty, right?”
Moni said, stroking Linel’s face with a quick nod of approval.
“Moni, you know? In any pack other than the wyvern pack, you won’t find a male like me.”
Linel said with assurance.
Moiya and Moni opened their mouths simultaneously in surprise.
Through their parted lips, one of them jeered, “Wow!” and the other exclaimed, “Wow!”
“Ah! Our cold body is quite a person, Moni~!”
“Yes, you’re quite a wyvern too. To think you could touch my face like this.”
Linel laughed, noting that Moni and I were the only creatures who had ever touched his face without permission.
“Anyway, I’m glad you came back safely. As Your Majesty said, they’ll just think of you as some strange young wyvern. So, don’t go to the Valley of Death from now on. It’s dangerous.”
“But we need to fix those rascals, ignorant bastards who don’t even know what a sausage is...”
Moiya clenched his fists and trembled.
I released his fists and calmed him down.
“Yeah, what’s the point of scolding those bastards who don’t even know what a sausage is? You great people just bear it.”
“Yeah. Your master is right. I think it’ll break my heart if you go and come back injured for no reason.”
When our eyes met, he became even more playful and said playfully,
“Hahaha, I was shaking for some reason.”
Moni lifted her butt again and made a pop-pop sound in response to Linel’s words, and he patted Moni’s butt as if to encourage her.
“Have fun, Moiya~.”
Moiya hugged my arm and stretched out one of his short legs toward Linel as if kicking it. The more Moni showed affection for him, the more it seemed like Moiya was intentionally belittling him.
I put Moiya’s short leg back in place and asked,
“What do you mean you went to see the kids?”
Did you meet the birds in the forest? As I was thinking that,
“I came to the Valley of Death. Just like the name suggests, I almost died, Moni~.”
“What?! How do you know about the Valley of Death?”
I raised my voice in surprise.
Moiya and Moni thought I was going to scold them, so they craned their necks like turtles and looked at me at the same time.
“Answer me.”
Linel tapped Moni’s small head with the tip of his finger.
Moni blinked and then spoke again.
“Moiya said we should go first, Master.”
Moiya glared at Moni for snitching, then looked up at me and made an excuse with a pitiful expression.
“I came here to give my descendants some words of encouragement...”
“How did you know there were wyverns in the Valley of Death?”
“Ouch? You just knew?”
Moiya slowly turned his ruby eyes to my question, thinking for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
“You just felt it?”
“Yes. I’m a great wyvern, so I know, Moiya~.”
“I’m glad you came back safely,”
Linel said with a sigh.
“What do you mean?”
“I heard that wyverns are very wary of anyone who isn’t their own.”
“Aha.”
“Would you two have been polite when you went to the Valley of Death?”
Linel gave me a look that said, ‘You know their personalities, right?’ and nodded at each of them.
“Yes, that’s right. I can tell by Moiya’s eyes.”
I replied, gently pinching Moiya’s cheek as he held my arm tightly.
“Huh, manners are for the young ones! Why should I?”
Moiya shouted at Linel as if to argue.
“From the adults’ perspective, you’re just baby wyverns.”
He was right.
Even though they’d been in their eggs for 300 years, there’s no way the other wyverns would know.
“Wouldn’t the wyverns be trying to find Moiya and Moni?”
“No, they don’t just come to places where humans are. As long as you two don’t go back and give them medicine, it’ll be fine.”
At his words, the two guys wore innocent expressions, as if they didn’t know what they had done wrong.
“We just went there to be cute, but they all have so many shameless behaviors, don’t they?”
Moni said, as if she felt wronged.
“That’s right. The cave was full of those cold bodies, Moiya~!”
Moiya pretended to be talking to himself and attacked Linel, but he made a hurt expression for no reason.
I snickered and answered for him.
“I bet you guys weren’t shameless either.”
“Heehee, that’s right. And there’s never been a wyvern as handsome as Your Majesty, right?”
Moni said, stroking Linel’s face with a quick nod of approval.
“Moni, you know? In any pack other than the wyvern pack, you won’t find a male like me.”
Linel said with assurance.
Moiya and Moni opened their mouths simultaneously in surprise.
Through their parted lips, one of them jeered, “Wow!” and the other exclaimed, “Wow!”
“Ah! Our cold body is quite a person, Moni~!”
“Yes, you’re quite a wyvern too. To think you could touch my face like this.”
Linel laughed, noting that Moni and I were the only creatures who had ever touched his face without permission.
“Anyway, I’m glad you came back safely. As Your Majesty said, they’ll just think of you as some strange young wyvern. So, don’t go to the Valley of Death from now on. It’s dangerous.”
“But we need to fix those rascals, ignorant bastards who don’t even know what a sausage is...”
Moiya clenched his fists and trembled.
I released his fists and calmed him down.
“Yeah, what’s the point of scolding those bastards who don’t even know what a sausage is? You great people just bear it.”
“Yeah. Your master is right. I think it’ll break my heart if you go and come back injured for no reason.”
Linel stroked Moni’s wings and spoke affectionately.
“Your Majesty may have a cold body, but warm words come out of your pierced mouth, Moni~.”
Moni’s eyes welled up with tears, touched by Linel’s words.
“Oh, right, didn’t you leave without telling Rosie? Rosie would be worried.”
“Your Majesty may have a cold body, but warm words come out of your pierced mouth, Moni~.”
Moni’s eyes welled up with tears, touched by Linel’s words.
“Oh, right, didn’t you leave without telling Rosie? Rosie would be worried.”
“I told you and left. And we deliberately avoided you, Moiya~.”
“Why?”
“Norton came.”
“Ah...”
I glanced at Linel.
“Ha, the palace is going really well. A foreign Prince is visiting the concubine’s quarters at night.”
He grumbled deliberately.
“It was Your Majesty who brought those two together.”
I said with a snicker, and he shrugged and laughed along with me, saying, “Oh, I see.”
“Anyway, thank you for coming and going. Now, you can go back to Rosie’s quarters.”
Linel patted Monie and Moiya on the back and tried to send them out of the bedroom.
But Moiya glared at him and retorted sharply.
“I can’t go!”
“Why?”
“Rosie and Norton are mating, so I can’t go, Moiya~.”
“!”
“!”
Linel and I were both speechless and startled.
Then Monie added proudly,
“We are so thoughtful, Monie~.”
“Is Rosie actively practicing that book like we are?”
He asked me.
“Yes, Rosie is smart.”
I secretly hoped she would make sure to make progress.
“Your Majesty, so I’m telling you. I’ll be in your care tonight.”
Moiya lay down between him and me, and Moni quickly settled down next to him and lay down.
“Great Wyverns, listen up.”
“...”
“...”
Moiya and Moni deliberately kept their mouths shut and resisted.
Then he asked again.
“Are you sleeping?”
His expression darkened, and he lowered his voice solemnly, and the two of them followed suit.
“Yes, I’m listening.”
“Ah, speak up.”
“Mating isn’t just for Rosie and Prince Norton. If you have any sense, go ahead.”
“...”
“...”
Despite my mating partner’s threats, the two of them were silent again.
“Go ask Sharon for sausages.”
“Oh? We can eat sausages tomorrow morning, Moiya~.”
“Sharon needs to sleep at night, too, Moni~.”
A few minutes later.
“Are you sleeping?”
I asked this time.
Again, there was no response.
“...I guess I’ll have to give up.”
I turned off the light on the nightstand and lay down.
After a while, I could hear Moiya and Moni's soft breathing as they slept.
"Zelda... Should I go over there?"
Linel whispered.
This time, I chose silence.
"Are you sleeping?"
"..."
"You have to answer when the Emperor speaks, right, Madam?"
"Just sleep tonight. We already made love once."
I felt a bit sorry, but I had no choice but to comfort him.
A brief silence.
“Hey, kids, are you...?”
This man. Did he become the Emperor because he doesn’t know how to give up?
He tried to talk to Moiya and Moni, who had just fallen asleep.
“Moiya, aren’t you upset? Why don’t you go to the Valley of Death one more time?”
“Oh? That’s right. I’ll get revenge! I’ll turn that bastard’s eyeball into a nightball just like you, Moiya~!”
Moiya, who had been sleeping quietly with both hands on her stomach, suddenly erupted in a sleepy voice.
It seemed that the cold treatment he received in the Valley of Death had deeply hurt him.
But at that moment, a thud and Linel’s single scream echoed through the darkness.
“Ugh!”
Startled, I turned on the light, only to see Linel covering one of his eyes with his hand and frowning.
Moiya had slammed his fist into Linel’s eye in his sleep.
The next afternoon, Linel gathered all the concubines, including Roxana, in the office.
Before heading to his office, he and I stopped by the Magic Tower Lord's room.
He had been showing signs of bruising around his eye from the previous night's blow from Moiya, so he needed to have Magic Tower Lord treat it beforehand.
"Your Majesty, who hit you?"
"Ask your best friend."
"Did you two fight?"
Magic Tower Lord asked cautiously, applying a potion to Linel's eye.
His tone was worried, but the Magic Tower Lord's face was bright with a smile.
It was such a happy smile that I felt bad admitting we hadn't fought.
"You're kind of hoping for that? And even if we did, would it have been a full-on fight?"
"Then what happened to your eye... If it hadn't been treated, it would have been a deep, deep bruise by today?"
"Moiya punched Your Majesty in the eye in his sleep..."
“Why?”
“Norton came.”
“Ah...”
I glanced at Linel.
“Ha, the palace is going really well. A foreign Prince is visiting the concubine’s quarters at night.”
He grumbled deliberately.
“It was Your Majesty who brought those two together.”
I said with a snicker, and he shrugged and laughed along with me, saying, “Oh, I see.”
“Anyway, thank you for coming and going. Now, you can go back to Rosie’s quarters.”
Linel patted Monie and Moiya on the back and tried to send them out of the bedroom.
But Moiya glared at him and retorted sharply.
“I can’t go!”
“Why?”
“Rosie and Norton are mating, so I can’t go, Moiya~.”
“!”
“!”
Linel and I were both speechless and startled.
Then Monie added proudly,
“We are so thoughtful, Monie~.”
“Is Rosie actively practicing that book like we are?”
He asked me.
“Yes, Rosie is smart.”
I secretly hoped she would make sure to make progress.
“Your Majesty, so I’m telling you. I’ll be in your care tonight.”
Moiya lay down between him and me, and Moni quickly settled down next to him and lay down.
“Great Wyverns, listen up.”
“...”
“...”
Moiya and Moni deliberately kept their mouths shut and resisted.
Then he asked again.
“Are you sleeping?”
His expression darkened, and he lowered his voice solemnly, and the two of them followed suit.
“Yes, I’m listening.”
“Ah, speak up.”
“Mating isn’t just for Rosie and Prince Norton. If you have any sense, go ahead.”
“...”
“...”
Despite my mating partner’s threats, the two of them were silent again.
“Go ask Sharon for sausages.”
“Oh? We can eat sausages tomorrow morning, Moiya~.”
“Sharon needs to sleep at night, too, Moni~.”
A few minutes later.
“Are you sleeping?”
I asked this time.
Again, there was no response.
“...I guess I’ll have to give up.”
I turned off the light on the nightstand and lay down.
After a while, I could hear Moiya and Moni's soft breathing as they slept.
"Zelda... Should I go over there?"
Linel whispered.
This time, I chose silence.
"Are you sleeping?"
"..."
"You have to answer when the Emperor speaks, right, Madam?"
"Just sleep tonight. We already made love once."
I felt a bit sorry, but I had no choice but to comfort him.
A brief silence.
“Hey, kids, are you...?”
This man. Did he become the Emperor because he doesn’t know how to give up?
He tried to talk to Moiya and Moni, who had just fallen asleep.
“Moiya, aren’t you upset? Why don’t you go to the Valley of Death one more time?”
“Oh? That’s right. I’ll get revenge! I’ll turn that bastard’s eyeball into a nightball just like you, Moiya~!”
Moiya, who had been sleeping quietly with both hands on her stomach, suddenly erupted in a sleepy voice.
It seemed that the cold treatment he received in the Valley of Death had deeply hurt him.
But at that moment, a thud and Linel’s single scream echoed through the darkness.
“Ugh!”
Startled, I turned on the light, only to see Linel covering one of his eyes with his hand and frowning.
Moiya had slammed his fist into Linel’s eye in his sleep.
***
The next afternoon, Linel gathered all the concubines, including Roxana, in the office.
Before heading to his office, he and I stopped by the Magic Tower Lord's room.
He had been showing signs of bruising around his eye from the previous night's blow from Moiya, so he needed to have Magic Tower Lord treat it beforehand.
"Your Majesty, who hit you?"
"Ask your best friend."
"Did you two fight?"
Magic Tower Lord asked cautiously, applying a potion to Linel's eye.
His tone was worried, but the Magic Tower Lord's face was bright with a smile.
It was such a happy smile that I felt bad admitting we hadn't fought.
"You're kind of hoping for that? And even if we did, would it have been a full-on fight?"
"Then what happened to your eye... If it hadn't been treated, it would have been a deep, deep bruise by today?"
"Moiya punched Your Majesty in the eye in his sleep..."
I quietly told Magic Tower Lord the truth.
Then, Magic Tower Lord's cheeks began to twitch slightly.
"Oh my, that Moiya..."
The words, “How admirable,” seemed to have been omitted from Magic Tower Lord's hazy words.
“Your Majesty, it would be best if you went to the office first. If we go in together, we’ll just get glares.”
“Go ahead. I have something to discuss with your best friend.”
He glanced at Magic Tower Lord, then kissed my lips as if he were stamping a seal on them before heading to the office first.
“Do you have something to tell me?”
Magic Tower Lord looked at the door Linel had exited through with displeasure, then relaxed his gaze and asked me.
“Moiya and Moni went to the Valley of Death last night.”
“My goodness. Hmm, I guess he sensed it instinctively. They’re different from regular wyverns.”
“I think so. But the problem is, they didn’t seem to be welcomed.”
“...I understand,”
Magic Tower Lord said, shaking his head.
“It seems the wyverns simply recognized Moiya and Moni as baby wyverns.”
“Yes, that would have been the case. Wyverns are a group with a strong hierarchy, so to the adults, they would have just looked like pups. Unless they displayed some special power, they wouldn’t have guessed they were born 300 years ago.”
“I see. Fortunately, they both came back unscathed. Moiya got hit by a wyvern there, and he’s been threatening revenge.”
“Even if he says that, he won’t be able to go back. He probably learned yesterday not to attack an adult wyvern carelessly.”
“Yes, I told him not to go near the Valley of Death, but Moiya is so fearless that I’m always worried.”
“I’m starting to envy Moiya,”
The Magic Tower Lord muttered as he organized the potion bottles.
“What?”
“Since Your Highness Zelda is worried about him...”
“Huh?”
“Oh, no. Please pretend you didn’t hear that.”
The Magic Tower Lord's face instantly turned red.
It felt like he had blurted out the words unconsciously, without realizing it.
“Then, my friend, you should go to the Valley of Death too. And get your eyes punched in the face.”
I could worry you too much.
I joked and left for the Magic Tower Lord's room.
Magic Tower Lord smiled, touching one of his eyes.
His face was still flushed.
When I arrived at the office, the other concubines, except for Roxana, were already there.
Not long after I sat down, Roxana entered the office.
‘Huh? You took off your veil?’
I looked closely at the right side of Roxana’s face, which was covered by her veil.
Her skin was as smooth as before the burn.
Judging by the lack of the fiery aura on Roxana's face like before...
Had she taken a magic potion?
If my suspicions were correct, who would have made it?
It wasn't Big, the magician who runs the clinic.
Big doesn't have 'Yakante,' the main herb used in magic potions.
Could it be Magic Tower Lord?
No. If so, he would have told me.
Then who could it be?
Just as I was deep in thought, Linel entered the office with Raphael.
"Some of you may have already heard the news, but next week, Prince Calvain of the Pasha Empire will be crowned Emperor."
"Then, we need to decide which of the concubines will accompany us to the Pasha Empire?"
Roxana asked him, glancing around at the faces of the concubines.
He nodded slightly and continued.
"That's right. Not everyone in the royal family needs to go. I'm only planning to allow a few of you to join the celebratory delegation."
"Your Majesty, are there any specific conditions for going?"
Melanie asked, her face ablaze with excitement, her hand raised in the air.
"Of course."
Linel nodded, his expression serious.
"What is that?"
I asked him, unable to contain my curiosity.
All the concubines' eyes were fixed on his slowly parting lips.
Then, Magic Tower Lord's cheeks began to twitch slightly.
"Oh my, that Moiya..."
The words, “How admirable,” seemed to have been omitted from Magic Tower Lord's hazy words.
“Your Majesty, it would be best if you went to the office first. If we go in together, we’ll just get glares.”
“Go ahead. I have something to discuss with your best friend.”
He glanced at Magic Tower Lord, then kissed my lips as if he were stamping a seal on them before heading to the office first.
“Do you have something to tell me?”
Magic Tower Lord looked at the door Linel had exited through with displeasure, then relaxed his gaze and asked me.
“Moiya and Moni went to the Valley of Death last night.”
“My goodness. Hmm, I guess he sensed it instinctively. They’re different from regular wyverns.”
“I think so. But the problem is, they didn’t seem to be welcomed.”
“...I understand,”
Magic Tower Lord said, shaking his head.
“It seems the wyverns simply recognized Moiya and Moni as baby wyverns.”
“Yes, that would have been the case. Wyverns are a group with a strong hierarchy, so to the adults, they would have just looked like pups. Unless they displayed some special power, they wouldn’t have guessed they were born 300 years ago.”
“I see. Fortunately, they both came back unscathed. Moiya got hit by a wyvern there, and he’s been threatening revenge.”
“Even if he says that, he won’t be able to go back. He probably learned yesterday not to attack an adult wyvern carelessly.”
“Yes, I told him not to go near the Valley of Death, but Moiya is so fearless that I’m always worried.”
“I’m starting to envy Moiya,”
The Magic Tower Lord muttered as he organized the potion bottles.
“What?”
“Since Your Highness Zelda is worried about him...”
“Huh?”
“Oh, no. Please pretend you didn’t hear that.”
The Magic Tower Lord's face instantly turned red.
It felt like he had blurted out the words unconsciously, without realizing it.
“Then, my friend, you should go to the Valley of Death too. And get your eyes punched in the face.”
I could worry you too much.
I joked and left for the Magic Tower Lord's room.
Magic Tower Lord smiled, touching one of his eyes.
His face was still flushed.
***
When I arrived at the office, the other concubines, except for Roxana, were already there.
Not long after I sat down, Roxana entered the office.
‘Huh? You took off your veil?’
I looked closely at the right side of Roxana’s face, which was covered by her veil.
Her skin was as smooth as before the burn.
Judging by the lack of the fiery aura on Roxana's face like before...
Had she taken a magic potion?
If my suspicions were correct, who would have made it?
It wasn't Big, the magician who runs the clinic.
Big doesn't have 'Yakante,' the main herb used in magic potions.
Could it be Magic Tower Lord?
No. If so, he would have told me.
Then who could it be?
Just as I was deep in thought, Linel entered the office with Raphael.
"Some of you may have already heard the news, but next week, Prince Calvain of the Pasha Empire will be crowned Emperor."
"Then, we need to decide which of the concubines will accompany us to the Pasha Empire?"
Roxana asked him, glancing around at the faces of the concubines.
He nodded slightly and continued.
"That's right. Not everyone in the royal family needs to go. I'm only planning to allow a few of you to join the celebratory delegation."
"Your Majesty, are there any specific conditions for going?"
Melanie asked, her face ablaze with excitement, her hand raised in the air.
"Of course."
Linel nodded, his expression serious.
"What is that?"
I asked him, unable to contain my curiosity.
All the concubines' eyes were fixed on his slowly parting lips.
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