Chapter 25 #024 Rinnel Renatri
Renatri.
A family that managed specialty goods coming up from the southern regions and wielded some influence by supplying them to the Imperial Palace.
And Count Osphel Renatri was the current head of that household.
Yet anyone who mattered knew the truth.
On the surface, he appeared to be the lord, but in reality he was nothing more than a figurehead.
The one who truly held power was his wife, Rinnel Renatri.
But why is that? Even if the wife is stronger, he’s still a count, isn’t he?
‘He’s a son-in-law who married into the family. Renatri was originally the wife’s house. The husband was only a viscount, but he rose in status by marrying the young lady who fell for his face.’
Hoo~ Interesting.
I strode without hesitation toward a shop called Wind Breeze, located about a hundred meters from the academy’s rear gate.
As I drew closer, a carriage bearing a familiar crest came into view.
The family crest shaped like a pouch filled with precious items—Renatri.
I approached and knocked on the door. Following my instructions, Osphel, who had been waiting inside, opened it and greeted me.
“Please come in.”
Still, he’s a man, isn’t he? At least he’s stopped trembling when he speaks.
‘The environment made him that way. Lady Rinnel has quite the reputation for a fierce temper.’
Really?
‘Yeah. Just surviving beside her all this time makes him impressive.’
Back in my days as Aslan, I had shared meals with Osphel quite often and gotten along well. Unlike most nobles, he never casually looked down on commoners. I suspected his wife’s influence had a lot to do with it.
So why did you two fall out?
‘How did you know we fell out?’
Given your personality, if you’d stayed close, you wouldn’t have said you were going to fuck his wife.
‘Well… you’re not wrong.’
We had fallen out.
Because I saw his dirty little secret.
That secret was his inappropriate relationship with the female student who had been panting beneath me earlier.
‘Just because he got caught, he added it to the charges that sent me to the gallows. A bit excessive, don’t you think?’
That was right.
Among the charges I received on the day of my execution, the one about improper relations with the opposite sex had been brought forward by Osphel himself.
What a bastard.
‘Well, from a noble’s perspective, a commoner might make a temporary friend, but true friendship is difficult.’
I had no intention of dwelling on the fact that he tried to have me killed. I was simply here to collect the price for that blood.
“Osphel.”
“Yes.”
“Is your wife home today?”
“She is.”
Osphel’s eyes grew serious. He must have thought I intended to keep my promise.
I pretended to think for a moment before continuing.
“I’ll be staying at your house tonight. I’ll cast a useful spell before I leave.”
“That means…?”
“It won’t work in a single session, but if done consistently, she’ll become as docile as a lamb. And she’ll learn to respect you as her husband.”
“Th-thank you! Thank you so much!”
“No need for thanks. Helping those who follow me is only natural.”
The carriage glided smoothly into the noble district.
Along the way, guards asked who I was, but when Osphel introduced me as his personal mage, they immediately let us through.
Thus we arrived at the Renatri mansion.
A massive building so tall that even craning one’s neck couldn’t capture it all in a single glance.
Countless sculptures and a vast garden adorned the front, while a seven-story structure formed the backdrop.
‘Even within the noble district, there probably aren’t even thirty buildings of this scale.’
That was the kind of family Renatri was.
Following Osphel, I stepped inside at a leisurely pace.
A garden filled with the scent of flowers.
A fountain at its center.
Then, after climbing the stone steps, the lavishly decorated main entrance.
Once inside, the interior proved just as extravagant as the exterior.
Chandeliers sparkling with embedded jewels of every color, and beneath them, rows of priceless artifacts.
Yet none of it captured my attention as completely as the woman standing in the middle of it all.
The mistress of everything here.
“Welcome. I am Rinnel Renatri. I’m terribly sorry for not recognizing you, but… may I ask who you are?”
Osphel answered in my stead, treating me like an extremely important guest.
“He is a most distinguished individual. An exceptionally skilled mage.”
The woman’s eyes widened.
“…Is that so? Then why are you covering your face?”
She meant that if he were truly an imperial mage, he would be someone she knew, so why hide? In other words, was he a fraud?
“How dare you be so rude…!”
Osphel immediately scolded her, but when Rinnel shot him a sharp glare, he fell silent as if he had swallowed honey.
Still, he didn’t lower his head. Probably because of my presence.
Right now, I was Islay—the one who had once thrown the empire into terror.
Whether that was unexpected or not, curiosity flickered across the woman’s face.
Her wine-red hair swayed.
The woman with crimson eyes studied me carefully, as if trying to discern my true identity.
Not that she would succeed while I was cloaked in magic.
“This is… I must ask for your understanding, Lady Rinnel. I was severely injured during the old war… It’s better for both sides if I don’t show my face.”
“Well… if that’s the case.”
When I bowed my head slightly, the woman readily accepted.
She seems like the type who goes easy on you if you bow your head, huh?
‘That’s part of it, but she was probably bothered by her husband’s behavior. You saw her expression earlier—she glanced at me like she found it unexpected.’
Hehe. That aside, it’s been a while since I’ve seen such a strong-willed bitch. How about it? Want to take her ass today too?
‘Let’s think about the bigger picture, Beres.’
What’s the big deal? You can fuck her ass and only cum in her womb when it counts. Strong-willed women like her have the most deliciously tight asses, you know?
‘How do you know so much about that, my lady? Almost like you’ve experienced it yourself?’
Beres shouted back.
Fuck off. I’m not talking to you anymore!
She was sulking again.
A demon who wanted so much yet got upset so easily, just like a child.
Cute. So cute.
Want to get hit?
‘Whoops. My mistake.’
Having passed the lady’s inspection, I was able to dine with Osphel that evening.
Normally, as a guest, the lady herself should have joined, but after our meeting at the entrance, she never showed her face again.
Why is she so expensive? Hard to even see her face.
‘You already know where she is, don’t you? That’s enough.’
The moment we met at the entrance, Beres and I had already sensed her presence.
And right now, she was staying motionless in the center of the sixth floor.
‘Let’s wait until after dinner, when everyone starts to fall asleep.’
Okay.
After finishing the meal, deep into the night when darkness had fully settled, I quietly left my room, recalling the alarm spells I had noted earlier.
Left corridor. In three seconds, someone will turn the corner and come this way. Move now.
Swish.
I moved quickly and hid behind a pillar.
A moment later, a maid carrying a candlestick passed by.
The light was dim enough to move safely.
I slipped out immediately and entered the corridor she had come from.
Stairs appeared.
But a soldier stood guard at the stairs, yawning.
There’s one guard on each floor. What are you going to do?
‘Hmm…’
I was currently on the second floor.
Rinnel was on the sixth.
Alarm magic was cast on the corridors and stairs.
The moment I used magic, I would be discovered, so I absolutely couldn’t.
‘If I can just get into the room…’
There were no alarm spells inside the rooms.
If there’s no way, should I lend a hand?
‘How?’
Suddenly, I felt a bit of strength leave my body, and a figure appeared before my eyes.
A woman with jet-black hair and blood-red eyes.
Completely naked, her body was so sensual it bordered on obscene, and the seductive smile on her face made one’s heart race.
I’ll distract him. Slip past while I do.
‘What about you?’
Don’t worry. I can return to your body naturally.
The woman swayed her hips as she approached the soldier.
The moment he saw her, he was completely entranced, unable to take his eyes off her.
Now.
While caressing the soldier’s cheek, the woman turned her head to the side.
Completely captivated by Beres, he followed her movement, and in that gap I slipped up the stairs.
I ran along the handrail to avoid making noise on the steps.
There were guards on the upper floors as well, but Beres soon appeared from the side and drew their attention, allowing me to keep climbing.
Then a problem arose.
Two soldiers were guarding the door to the room.
While I keep them busy, get inside.
‘Can you handle two?’
What do you take my charm for? This big sister’s allure can bring an entire legion to its knees! Hehe.
She stepped forward confidently, and… it actually worked?
While Beres lured the soldiers away from the door, I carefully opened it and slipped inside.
A moment later, Beres followed through the gap beneath the closed door.
‘There’s no limit to how much you can use your power?’
Of course there is. Using it too often is dangerous. The white ones will notice.
‘Then I should only use it at truly critical moments.’
That’s why we need to milk this one dry.
I nodded to show I understood and placed my hand on the door.
Interestingly, Rinnel’s room had double doors.
What is it?
‘A door with alarm magic. If you open it without disarming it from inside, the alarm will trigger.’
They even posted guards outside… How thorough.
‘They don’t trust even those guards.’
I waved my hand lightly and dispelled the magic.
It took less than ten seconds.
But isn’t it too easy to disarm?
‘Of course it is. I’m the one who made it.’
I had made quite a bit of money from this back then.
A nostalgic smile crossed my face as old memories surfaced.
Then let’s go in!
‘Yeah, yeah.’
I opened the door.
And inside, beneath the moonlight in the darkness, I saw a figure sleeping soundly.
Transparent silk draped over the bed from above, and between the pure white sheets and blanket lay a woman.
As I approached, I could see the beauty I had glimpsed at dinner in greater detail.
Wine-red hair with a slight wave.
A sharp yet alluringly beautiful face.
And a body perfectly suited for seducing men.
‘She’s thirty-five this year, wasn’t she?’
Yet she looked around twenty-seven.
Power really was good—she had clearly poured a fortune into maintaining her appearance.
Where did the husband go? Sleeping alone?
‘Huh? Nobles usually sleep separately. Though having completely separate rooms like this is rare…’
Things have changed. There was none of that before I was sealed.
I brought my face close to the woman.
Even in her sleep, she seemed to be thinking about something, her brows slightly furrowed.
‘There’s a soundproofing spell around the room. Let’s get started.’
I carefully slipped under the blanket.
Once I judged her body had warmed up, I slowly moved closer.
Mm…
At the sound of her moan, I paused for a moment before continuing.
I ran my hand along the curve of her hips.
‘So firm. She must exercise a lot.’
What kind of exercise do noble ladies do these days?
‘Horseback riding.’
Huh? Cowgirl? The woman on top, shaking her hips?
‘…Not that. Actual horseback riding.’
What the hell was she thinking?
Everything that came out of her mouth was lewd.
I lowered my hand further.
The smooth skin pressed directly against my palm.
Rinnel was wearing only a thin silk see-through garment, so there was no interruption as my hand moved.
Thus, I naturally reached from her hips, past her buttocks, to the inside of her thighs and finally her groin.
But…
‘This woman is wet?’
Oh… This is it. This is the classic case.
‘Classic case?’
Because of her strong personality, her husband doesn’t touch her. A woman left lonely every night becomes sexually frustrated. Then, excited by the visit of a stranger her husband brought, she masturbates using him as material and falls asleep. The classic sexually frustrated married woman’s deviation, netor—
‘Haa. There she goes again. Stop reading novels, sis.’
Everything she said was pure fantasy, and erotic fantasy at that.
Why would a woman like her need to masturbate?
She could just call someone and have them fuck her.
This time, as I tried to touch her breasts, her eyes met mine.
Her crimson eyes trembled left and right.
Startled, I instinctively grabbed her breast.
Ahh… hup.
A seductive moan escaped her, and she hurriedly covered her mouth in panic.
Because of that, my cock instantly grew hard…
I pulled down my pants.
Took it out.
And thrust it right in front of her eyes.
Rinnel’s eyes widened in shock.
Her trembling pupils stopped, fixed on the massive shaft before her, and the hands covering her mouth naturally fell away to grasp it.
“You know what to do, right? Suck it.”