Chapter 100: Struggle for Supremacy
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 100: Struggle for Supremacy
“Mother. What do you mean? Give birth to a daughter?”
An unexpected voice came from behind her. Startled, Adeleade turned around.
Eusebia was staring at her, one hand resting on the staircase railing. Adeleade's heart sank as if she were a thief caught in the act.
“I was talking about Erik's wife. She's planning to have another child but is having trouble conceiving, so she asked me for advice. Oh, Erik is your uncle.”
Adeleade lied reflexively. She even forced a smile, trying to act as if nothing was wrong.
It was the worst possible choice. Eusebia's face hardened. Her gaze was incredibly sharp, hardly a look one would expect a daughter to give her mother.
“A lie.”
“W-what…?”
Only after Eusebia's definitive statement did Adeleade realize she had made the worst possible choice.
Her heart, which had calmed for a moment, began to pound again. In that time, Eusebia's gaze grew even colder.
“I… I heard everything. The conversation between you and that man you call my uncle.”
In truth, when Eusebia saw a man she'd never met enter her mother's room, she couldn't contain her curiosity and eavesdropped.
Flustered, Adeleade froze like ice. She couldn't figure out how to resolve the situation.
Would it have been better if she had told the truth from the start? But it was too late for that. Regret wouldn't change anything.
“Eusebia, it's a misunderstanding. I'll explain everything.”
“A misunderstanding? Stealing the man your daughter loves is a misunderstanding?”
“I hid it because I was afraid you'd be shocked. I was going to tell you everything later.”
Adeleade urgently approached Eusebia, trying to grab her hand.
Eusebia coldly shook off her mother's hand. Adeleade retreated, clutching her stinging hand. The back of it was red and inflamed.
Seeing this, Eusebia's eyes wavered. But only for a moment.
“Later when? After you marry Allen? Or after you have his child?”
“Eusebia, this isn't a marriage I want. You know very well that I dislike Sir Allen, don't you?”
“Then you should have just refused!”
“A marriage between nobles is a union of families. There's no room for feelings. The only consideration is what benefits both families can gain.”
That's why many were couples in name only. Of course, the husband must respect his wife, and the wife must bear children to continue the family line. That was the duty of marriage.
“I don't want to hear it! You still should have refused! He's the man your daughter loves!”
“It's for the sake of the family. We cannot refuse.”
“We…?”
“Have you forgotten that the blood of Dresden flows through your veins too?”
Even after marrying and changing her name, Adeleade prioritized Dresden over Rasino. She even subtly taught her children to do the same. This was the hidden reason why the late baron had cast her aside.
“I am Baroness Rasino.”
“Eusebia, this is for your sake as well. Sir Allen treats you so poorly, doesn't he? If I can save you by sacrificing myself, I won't hesitate.”
“Did I ever ask for that?”
“…”
Eusebia sneered at the speechless Adeleade.
“Don't try to justify it. It's disgusting.”
“You…!”
Shocked, Adeleade's eyes trembled faintly. But that was nothing compared to what came next. Eusebia's sneer deepened.
“You filthy bitch, lusting after your own daughter's man! I will never let you take Allen from me. Never…!”
“…!”
Eusebia scoffed and turned her back. She had a servant prepare a carriage and guards, then immediately left Polton. The carriage was headed for Roxwood.
Belatedly recovering from her shock, Adeleade followed after her.
‘He can't find out. He must not…!’
Eusebia would immediately tell Allen about Erik's plot. To a daughter who had assassinated her own father for love, family meant nothing.
Then Allen would use this as a pretext to break his alliance with Dresden.
Dresden would have helped Allen take over the Broua County, only to gain nothing. No, worse—it would be like nurturing a potential enemy.
For Adeleade, who, as someone with Dresden blood, valued her family above all else, that was something that could not be allowed to happen.
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“It's a shame we let Andrill get away.”
Andrill was cunning and cold-blooded enough to overcome his greed and choose survival. Just as Otto had warned, he was very likely to become a problem down the road.
However, his escape also brought many benefits.
For one, he had diligently packed up the count's family fortune, saving me the trouble of finding it.
Also, with the count's mistress—who should have served as the family's matriarch and stabilizing force—having fled, I was able to take over a temporarily chaotic Roxwood without shedding a single drop of blood.
Furthermore, since the ruling class had resorted to looting, none of the citizens complained when I executed them. In fact, their cheers made me feel like a triumphant general.
And since Andrill had taken all his followers with him, one faction of the opposition had completely vanished.
In the end, he had effectively helped me take control of Roxwood in a short time. So, I held little ill will toward him.
“I'll leave the remaining remnants to you.”
“Yes. We will obey your command.”
Of course, my influence only extended to Roxwood. To seize the entire Broua County, I dispatched Muel, Dreng, and Zant.
The plan was to kill those who resisted and accept those who submitted, taking their children as hostages.
My role was internal affairs. I had to understand how the county had been run and develop it further. My ambitions didn't end here.
“Allen! Is it true you've decided to marry my mother!?”
Eusebia came to see me a week after I had taken Roxwood.
She arrived without warning and began interrogating me without so much as a greeting. Her disheveled hair and beads of sweat suggested she had come in a great hurry.
“You should at least have a meal.”
I dismissed all the officials who were lined up to give their reports. Only then did I face the clearly agitated Eusebia.
“Where did you hear that?”
“I overheard my mother and my uncle talking! Ah, but that's not what's important right now! Are you really going to marry my mother? You're not, right?”
“What did Adeleade say?”
“My mother is powerless against the Count of Dresden's words.”
That was unexpected. Wasn't this the same Adeleade who didn't even try to hide her dislike for me? And yet she agreed the moment Erik mentioned marriage?
“Even though he's a man she dislikes, and her daughter's prospective husband?”
“Even though it's been over twenty years since she became part of the Rasino family, she still considers her birth family more important.”
I lacked information on Dresden. That was because, in the future that would no longer come, Dresden had fallen quite quickly. My only point of contact with Aenya was that Erik appeared as an enemy in the latter half of the story.
“Hmm…”
In any case, the situation had become strange. Did this mean she had no choice but to marry me, even if she hated me? Seeing my smile, Eusebia's eyes trembled.
“No way… it was true…?”
“Yes. I will marry Adeleade.”
“But you said you loved me! You even said I was delicious! Don't tell me… are you already tired of me? I'll work harder. So, please… please don't abandon me…”
Her sharp voice slowly turned into a sob. Having collapsed to the floor, she crawled toward me and clung to my leg.
Then she immediately pulled down my pants. My freed penis hung long. It wasn't yet erect.
She tried to take my penis into her mouth as if it didn't matter. I placed a hand on her forehead and stopped her.
“Why, why…?”
Her eyes trembled faintly. Her utterly pathetic appearance resembled that of an abandoned puppy in a box by a wall.
“You've grown quite bold. Daring to take your reward without your master's permission.”
By calling myself her master, I implied that our relationship would continue.
Understanding my meaning, Eusebia flinched, then gave a bashful smile. She bowed her head as if in a deep bow and pressed her lips to my shoe.
“I-I'm sorry…”
“Fortunately, it seems I won't have to re-educate you. And if you want to be loved, you should do your best in your role, not throw a tantrum.”
“You're right… I made a mistake. Please forgive me, Master…”
“No. You must be punished.”
Eusebia lifted her head slightly. Her eyes shimmered with heat. Her voice, too, was tinged with a sweet excitement.
“P-punishment…?”
“Hmm. What would be good… Ah, for now, take off your clothes.”
“B-but someone might come…”
Despite her words, Eusebia naturally began to undress.
Even though it was her first time in this place, she showed no resistance. She trusted that I, her master, would not do anything to harm her. She was already subservient to me.
Soon, her snow-white skin, perky breasts, and full buttocks were revealed.
Eusebia squirmed as if embarrassed, which only made her more seductive.
“Present your ass to me.”
Eusebia turned her body into a perfect position for a spanking, pushing her buttocks out slightly. It was an ass that was both firm and soft.
“Hahng…”
When I gave it a light squeeze, Eusebia squirmed again.
“Have you forgotten that you're being punished?”
“N-no… Master. Please punish your slave…”
Smack.
As if I'd been waiting, I slapped her ass. Even though I controlled my strength, a red handprint remained on her buttocks. Her skin was delicate.
“Hah…!”
It must have hurt quite a bit, yet Eusebia let out a moan. I could sense the wetness in the valley of her buttocks. She was getting aroused from the spanking.
It was proof that the canvas named Eusebia had been dyed in my colors.
After a few more slaps, her vaginal fluid was now trickling down her thighs. I may have been the one to awaken it, but her body was truly lewd beyond compare.
“Hah. You are in the middle of being punished.”
“I-I'm sorry. Your touch just feels so good, Master…”
“Are you blaming me?”
“No! It's not your fault, Master! My body is just too obscene!”
Eusebia spoke urgently, glancing at my face. But her gaze was fixed on my penis. In that short time, I had become erect.
Well, I had been abstinent for quite a while conducting the war. My penis twitched toward Eusebia.
Gulp.
Eusebia's throat bobbed as she swallowed hard.
“Do you want this?”
I grabbed my penis and shook it. Long and thick, it swayed like a reed.
Eusebia's eyes shimmered with even more heat.
“Yeees… I've reflected a lot. So, please… please give me my reward, Master…”
“Then there's something you must do, isn't there?”
As if waiting for the cue, Eusebia stood with her legs slightly apart. Then, pushing her pelvis forward, she used both hands to spread her labia majora.
Her pussy, which had been pierced by me dozens, hundreds of times, still maintained an appetizing light pink color.
The bumpy, glistening inner flesh was exposed for all to see. The vaginal fluid that had pooled inside gushed out, soaking her thighs.
Revealing her vulva, Eusebia smiled bashfully and said.
“Master… please fuck this slave's pussy…!”
“Permission granted.”
Smiling brightly, Eusebia approached me just like that. Then, aligning her hole with my fully erect penis, she lowered herself onto it.
The same girl who had struggled to even take the head during her first time now swallowed my penis to the root in one go.
“Haaaahng…! S-something hot just entered me…! It feels good…! So good…!”
It was as if a lock and key had met; her pussy was a perfect fit for my penis. Not just her mind, but her body too had been completely dyed in my colors.
Her inner flesh squirmed ceaselessly, stimulating my penis.
Soon, I felt a tremor deep inside her, followed by a gush of fluid. She had come from penetration alone.
She buried her face in my shoulder, letting out excited moans.
“Hah… hah… Master. I love you…”
It wouldn't be bad to enjoy her inner flesh like this for a while. The night is long, after all.
I gently stroked her back and whispered in her ear.
“The marriage is merely a means to form an alliance with Dresden.”
“My uncle said you have to have a child as proof of the alliance… a child with my mother. Are you… are you going to have s-sex with my mother…?”
“Your child comes first.”
Eusebia's head shot up. At a distance where we could feel each other's breath, her eyes, meeting mine, were trembling as if an earthquake had struck.
Even though she wasn't moving, her pussy tightened, as if trying to squeeze my penis.
“A-a child… between me and Allen…?”
“Do you not want to have a child?”
“Of course not! I'd love that. Our child will surely be cute, right? Aah… a child between me and Allen… I want to meet them soon.”
Her anxiety about being abandoned seemed to have vanished completely. Perhaps bearing a child, proof of our love, would heal her completely.
‘Though I'll have to break the witch's curse first.’
I stole a light kiss from her lips, then whispered in her ear.
“How much sooner you meet them is up to you.”
“Aah, I'd love that…!”
Eusebia wrapped her arms around my neck. Just as she settled into position, about to start grinding her hips in earnest…
“I'm coming in.”
Along with a knock, the office door swung open. Adeleade stood at the entrance, looking as if she had rushed here.
It seemed she had followed Eusebia out of worry. Then she saw Eusebia's body entwined with mine and was horrified.
“W-what are you doing! Calling a prostitute into your office…!”
She didn't recognize Eusebia. Well, Eusebia did have her face buried in my shoulder, showing only her back, but still, wasn't she her mother?
Perhaps she simply didn't want to believe that the woman having sex in the office in broad daylight was her own daughter.
I gently stroked the back of the startled, trembling Eusebia to calm her down.
“A prostitute? Can you not even recognize your own daughter?”
“D-daughter? E-Eusebia…?”
Adeleade stared at Eusebia, who was wrapped around me, with a look of disbelief.
Eusebia's body flinched. Her pussy spasmed, clenching around my penis as if to squeeze it dry.
If I had been just a little less experienced, I might have ejaculated right then and there.
I lowered my head and whispered in Eusebia's ear.
“Eusebia. Are you going to stay like this?”
“B-but it's embarrassing…”
“You might lose me if you do.”
“…!”
Eusebia's head shot up to face me. I met her wide eyes and stole another light kiss.
“This is your chance to stamp your claim on me. Show your mother. Show her your will to never give me up.”
I patted her ass a couple of times. It was a signal we had created, meaning ‘change position.’
Eusebia flinched and seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then she moved her legs from between our bodies to the outside, completely reversing her position.
She was now facing Adeleade, her snow-white skin, perky breasts, sleek abdomen, and the pussy that had swallowed my penis to the root all in plain sight.
“…!”
Adeleade's mouth fell open as she stared blankly at the scene.
Having gained confidence, Eusebia grinned and turned her head back to kiss me. Her gaze remained fixed on Adeleade.
It was a clear display of dominance.
“Allen is mine! I'll never let you take him, Mother!”