Chapter 163
Chapter 163
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 163
Chapter Title: The Lord Exercising His Prima Nocte (4)
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Today had been a truly happy day.
I'd sworn to spend the rest of my life with Agon, the man I'd loved for so long. I'd received a stunningly beautiful, expensive dress as a gift. I'd savored delicious foods I could never normally afford to even glimpse. And I'd experienced that fairy-tale moment I'd dreamed of my entire life.
So today would be a wonderful day I'd remember until the day I died.
As long as that horrific moment waiting beyond the door didn't come...
"Haaah..."
To a man who wasn't Agon. To a man I'd met for the first time today. To the man I despised...
As long as I didn't have to offer him my virginity.
"Lady Rozina, it's time for you to go in."
"Just a moment... Please give me time to prepare myself..."
Oh, my lord...! Why on earth did you revive this barbaric custom?
I was truly grateful for the kind and warm side you showed me today, but that doesn't mean I want to give you my first time. You're not the husband I love. So please, won't you put an end to this madness...?
"Lady Rozina. It's cold out here. Please go inside now."
"Just one last thing... Let me pray to the goddess."
"...Haa, make it quick."
Oh, Goddess...! Please save me!
Help me keep my promise to you. Protect the purity of this lamb who loves you, so it won't be defiled by an unbeliever who doesn't trust in you. Show me a miracle, please...
"I'm done..."
"Then I'll open the door and leave. I hope you have a good time."
"......Thank you."
Standing before the Lord's heavy door, I prayed and begged inwardly. Please stop this, I pleaded. Please rescue me from here. What awaited me was far too much for me to bear...
-Clunk
-Creeeak
But... the miracle I longed for never came. In the end, I had to walk forward on my own two feet, to offer my virginity. There was no other path I could choose.
-Step step
-Step, step, step
But... I couldn't blame anyone else. I hated the Lord, and I resented the goddess, but in truth, the one who'd chosen money over purity was none other than me.
I had to take responsibility for my own choice.
"Haaah..."
The cool night air brushed against my sheer, translucent slip, sending chills across my skin. But I didn't stop—I kept moving forward.
"You've arrived."
And soon, I reached the Lord, waiting for me in his underwear just like me.
The moment I saw the Lord's half-naked body, my face flushed bright red. I didn't have any romantic feelings for him as a man... but his muscular physique was an overwhelming shock to someone like me with no experience.
His broad, sturdy shoulders, the solid muscles covering his body, and the scars scattered across it... they made my heart pound fiercely. From his wild, warrior-like form, I could sense the strong genes of a man who protected women. It was a feeling I'd never gotten from Agon, even though he was a man too, and it left me strangely unsettled.
"Kuhaha! My body's quite the sight, isn't it? But every scar is a mark of glory. So don't look so scared. They're all from protecting Freha."
I wasn't scared—my face was just frozen from embarrassment... but he seemed hurt by my expression. As I floundered in apology, the Lord suddenly stood up and strode toward me with heavy steps.
"That's... not it..."
Seeing that, I started trembling in fear and tried to flee, but there was nowhere to run in this room. All I could do was stare as he approached.
-Whoosh
"Kyaaah!"
"Don't tremble. I didn't mean to scare you."
"Ahhh... Um..."
"Thinking of you has me burning up, so I had to strip down like this. Kuhaha! It's all because you're so beautiful. If you want to blame someone, blame your own beauty."
"Uuu..."
Before I could even resist, the Lord pulled me into his arms, wrapping one hand around my waist and stroking my cheek with the other. So close to him all of a sudden, I squeezed my eyes shut in shock.
But maybe because my eyes were closed, I felt his firm body enveloping me and his masculine scent even more intensely, making my heart thump wildly. This should have been repulsive... but after seeing his gentle side today, I'd unwittingly opened my heart to him a little. Being held like this wasn't entirely unpleasant.
"Hmm? Closing your eyes—does that mean you want me to kiss you?"
"N-No! Hah! Too close..."
The word "kiss" made me snap my eyes open, and there was the Lord's face right in front of mine. My cheeks burned even hotter. Wasn't he embarrassed? His breath warmed my lips from this kissable distance.
"You're even more beautiful up close. Holding you tonight is truly my good fortune."
"M-My lord... No..."
"Nothing's off-limits tonight."
-Smack
"Haaah... Haa..."
I'd screamed No kisses! in my mind and shut my eyes again, so thankfully, his lips landed on my cheek instead of my mouth. Relieved, I peeked open my eyes to find him stroking my hair and cheek, doting on me.
"Kuhaha! Why so disappointed? Don't worry. I'll give you everything you want tonight."
Disappointed? Who said I was disappointed... Separate from his kindness, the Lord really didn't understand a woman's heart. That's why he was petting my head like I was a child. Of course, being treated this way occasionally... wasn't so bad.
"Hau... Stop..."
Whenever I was with Agon, I was always the one taking care of him. How could a merchant guild leader be so scatterbrained? From one to ten, I had to handle everything. Sometimes it felt like I wasn't his lover but his mother.
"Uuu... Stop, I said... Hah..."
But with the Lord, I'd never felt that way, not once.
When he listened kindly to my stories, escorted me reliably, or held me with affection like now... I was the woman receiving his care, not the mother caring for him.
Unlike with Agon...
"Haa... My lord..."
As I whined for him to stop, the hand around my waist slid up my back, gripped the nape of my neck, and pulled me in. My breasts pressed against his firm chest, mortifying me, but I was too weak to resist.
"Hah, ha... My lord, haa... Nng..."
Even when something hot and huge from his lower body pressed against my belly... it was the same. Even as that thing slipped between my thin clothes, heating my body further... all I could do was gasp out pleas for him to stop.
"It's... haa, touching... Nngh, stop... So embarrassing... Please stop..."
"Kuhaha! Stop?"
"Y-Yes... Haa..."
"Sorry, but I can't. You're just too adorable."
"Ha-eut?! H-Hmm, chuup, haa... Ah, kiss, churr... Chup, haa... No... Chuup..."
But he silenced even that by sealing my lips with his, slowly ravaging my mouth. His other hand stroked my earlobe, ensuring I could think of nothing but him.
"No, haa... Churup, churr... Chu, gulp... Haa... My lord, stop... Haaang... Sto-op!"
I writhed to resist, but it only made my clothes slip off, increasing our skin-on-skin contact. By the time I came to my senses, I was nearly naked, clinging to him.