Chapter 40: The Emperor Departs, the Yin Seal Activates... But What the Hell Is That?
The emperor, now changed into fresh clothes, cleared his throat with a cough.
"I showed you an unsightly side of myself. My apologies."
"Did you find satisfaction, Your Majesty?"
"Of course, more than satisfied. I was truly impressed by your skills. Did you see it? Seria's face crumbling as she watched you and me."
"I don't pay attention to the emotions of my torture subjects."
"If it had been me doing it, she wouldn't have made that expression."
The emperor's lips curled up slyly.
"Will you return to the Imperial Palace now?"
"Indeed. What a truly satisfying day. How foolish of me. How could I ever doubt such a loyal servant?"
"I serve only for the empire."
I bowed my head.
"I heard you brought a barbarian woman with you. Just a little mishap, I assume?"
"Of course. It was merely a ploy to drive them back north."
"Someday, I'd like to see that barbarian woman you took for yourself."
I didn't respond.
"Haha, just kidding."
The emperor laughed heartily, a look of relief on his face. I escorted him back to his carriage.
"Oh, right."
As he was about to board, the emperor snapped his fingers as if remembering something.
"Come to think of it, I forgot to mention that."
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"Cedric Volpart. Your vice minister in the Magic Department who lost an arm and his tongue to you."
Ah. The young emperor-faction mage who fled after saying he'd get revenge.
"I exiled him. Sent him to the Black Archipelago at the western edge. He won't last long."
What?
"The charge was disobeying superior orders. I took into account that he lost his arm and tongue to you."
"......"
"When I heard he dared to touch Seria, I couldn't tolerate it."
For a moment, the emperor's eyes gleamed fiercely.
"Of course, you're the exception. I guarantee it."
As if recalling the earlier events, he grinned lewdly again.
"I'll look forward to next time. Whenever that may be."
The emperor chuckled lowly as he climbed into the carriage.
"Depart."
Clop clop clop.
The emperor left. It felt like a storm had swept through.
"Whew."
I let out a sigh of relief.
The emperor doesn't know.
That I'd met with the neutral faction. Luis, that woman, must have kept her mouth shut. Maybe it was a test to probe me. But his interest was singular. To vent his desires through Seria—that was all.
"To think he had such tastes."
It was unexpected. In the novel I'd read before, there was no mention of the male lead—now the emperor—having such fetishes. But his lust was undoubtedly twisted. To cum just from watching Seria in pain.
What happened to the heroine?
I worried about the heroine who'd taken the full brunt of the emperor's desires. The original story's heroine, whom I hadn't seen even once since the wedding.
I need to find a way to check on her.
If she'd died by the emperor's hand or suffered some fate, it would be a problem. It would mean losing the leash that could control the rampaging emperor.
Though that leash is already half-broken.
I'll think about the heroine later. Without the emperor showing her, there's no way to confirm.
I gazed toward the emperor's carriage, now vanished from sight.
Since he's satisfied, he won't bother me for a while.
With the emperor gone, treating Seria took priority. I returned to the mansion.
Seria lay unconscious in the torture room, chained and her clothes torn to shreds.
What a mess.
The whip marks I'd inflicted were swollen all over. The blood from her wounds had all clotted. Seria's eyes were glazed. She'd woken, but didn't seem in her right mind. It was understandable. The stress she'd endured today was immense. The emperor's sudden visit, the humiliation, and then the torture. No room for sanity.
I unbound the chains restraining her body.
"Seria, it's all over now. Time to get dressed... What are you doing?"
Her clothes were practically rags, yet she clung to me.
"Master......"
She rubbed her waist against my thigh. Her clit, soaked with arousal, ground against my leg.
"Ha-ut."
I wasn't flustered by Seria suddenly masturbating on my thigh. Precisely because of my [Perfectionist] trait, it didn't show. Though it was unpleasant.
"My body... it's so hot."
I knew why Seria was lunging at me, so I didn't push her away. I glanced at her pussy visible through the torn clothes. The Yin Seal I'd engraved glowed a deep purple.
It's matured already?
The Yin Seal. The effects of the one I'd bet with Seria on had activated. Its effect: craving my semen at regular intervals. It had triggered sooner than expected. Probably because the torture had weakened her mental fortitude. Her clinging and rubbing against me was due to the pheromones I exuded, ensnaring her.
Seria wrapped her arms around my neck and shook her hips atop my thigh. Still unsatisfied, her gaze drifted lower. To my crotch. Her enchanted eyes were hazy.
"You want to do it here?"
It was a stark room unfit for lovemaking. Seria hesitated to answer. Her desires were that intense.
"......No."
Her voice was feeble as she forced out the words.
"Then let's move. You seem weak, so I'll help."
I scooped Seria into my arms, draping my cloak over her naked form and carrying her princess-style.
"Kyaa!"
I ignored the scream. Carrying Seria, I headed to the bedroom.
"I'll bring you back to your senses again."
The method was simple. Feed her semen. By mouth. Or her lower mouth.
Thump thump.
Seria felt her heart pounding fiercely. When had it started? She remembered it was after regaining her senses and seeing Morris before her. The emperor was gone; only Morris remained. When he looked down at her wounds with gentle eyes. It felt like something shone on his face, as if a halo encircled his head.
So when he unbound the chains, she threw herself at him. Unable to contain the boiling desire from her chest, she clung to his body and moved her hips. Reason couldn't keep up with instinct. Did she even have reason left?
Seria's mind eased at Morris's kindness in covering her with his cloak and the comfort of being held by him. Watching his footsteps toward the bedroom.
I'm throwing myself to this man again.
The thought made her heart race. She surely hated it before. Despised this man. Why now did he bring such peace and relief?
Her worn psyche didn't realize she was under the Yin Seal's spell. She mistook these feelings for her true heart.
"Master, let me... undress you."
The moment they entered the room, Seria fumbled eagerly at my clothes. Her eyes hazy from the magic. In her pale purple irises, a deep violet glow shimmered at the center.
She's completely consumed by the Yin Seal.
Most of her actions weren't her true will.
Maybe I'll play along this time.
Her desperate clinging was quite the sight.
"Undress me. I won't do a thing."
Seria began unbuttoning my shirt one by one. As my bare skin emerged, her breathing grew ragged. Her flushed face seemed ready to burst. After removing my top, she knelt to take off my pants. She yanked them down hastily. Seeing my erect cock, Seria swallowed hard. Her eyes glued to it.
"All done?"
"Pardon?"
Seria looked up at me.
"We can start now, right?"
"Ah, yes......"
I lifted Seria onto the bed. There was something I'd always wanted to try with her body. Namely, sliding my cock between those massive breasts. Though now they were covered in wounds. But in her current state, she'd feel even pain as pleasure.
I wedged my cock between Seria's breasts.
"Ngh."
As it touched the wounded flesh, Seria twitched slightly.
"Stroke my cock with your tits and lick the tip."
She looked up at me pitifully, as if asking why not torment her lower parts. Instead of answering, I slapped her face with my cock.
"Satisfy me, and we'll do more."
My goal was one: flood her insides with semen. Where didn't matter.
As if resolved, Seria tentatively licked my glans. Pre-cum and saliva mixed, forming translucent strands. She pressed her breasts together, stroking me. Did the wounds sting? Her brow furrowed slightly during the paizuri. The soft pressure of her tits was exquisite. Inferior to pussy or mouth, but the unique plushness was superb. Watching her desperately serve me was another thrill. Pleasure hit from multiple spots at once. Seeing her diligently lick and suck my glans with tongue and lips, I stroked her hair. Seria's lips curved up faintly. I touched her wounds scattered across her body. Each time I prodded a scabbed spot, she shuddered.
"Does it hurt?"
With my glans in her mouth, she shook her head vigorously.
"You can be honest."
"It... Master will heal me again, right? I'm fine."
Was it the strange trust from the Yin Seal? Not the reaction I'd expected.
I wish she'd resist a little.
Too obedient, and it's no fun.
"I see."
Seeing her relief as she gazed at me stirred my [Sexual Sadism]. What face would she make if I betrayed her complete trust? But I held back. Her emotions were manipulated by the Yin Seal. And this was a reward for enduring today. Freedom from the seal's constraints. That alone was prize enough.
"Enough. Now stick your ass toward me."
"......Yes."
A hint of reluctance, but she obeyed. On all fours on the bed, she presented her ass. Along its firm curves gleamed her slick, arousal-dripping slit. With anticipation, I pressed my cock against her dripping pussy.
"M-Master."
"What is it?"
"Please vent your desires as you wish. I-I can satisfy you more than that Baekseol girl."
I found myself looking at her face. Propped on elbows, she'd turned her head to me. Our eyes met; she quickly looked away.
Huh.
Jealousy? Intriguing. Did the Yin Seal have this effect? I didn't remember. But if she wanted it rough, I'd oblige. It was her reward, after all.
"Got it."
The moment my cock entered, her body twitched. Gripping her waist, I thrust savagely. No mercy. I knew her weak spots from training. Exactly where to target.
You love it like this.
I yanked her arms back, arching her waist, and pounded deep. Flesh slapped flesh. Thwack thwack! Her moans exploded in sync.
"Ah, ah! Yes! Harder, Master!"
Seria made no effort to stifle her cries. Each thrust drew louder moans, as if she wanted someone to hear.
Today's pussy was top-tier. Clenching to milk me, slick and sticky. Alive, writhing. I hammered her most sensitive depths relentlessly.
This is dangerous.
Just a few thrusts, and orgasm built from within. First time like this. Did she cum easily too? Her body shuddered once. Her spasms rippled through me.
Damn.
Unable to hold back, I erupted inside her. My pulsing cock flooded her pussy with hot semen.
"Haa, haa."
Had I ever cum this fast? Surprised inwardly, I checked on Seria. Panting, she rolled over and looked up.
"Master, you still need more, right?"
Her smiling eyes brimmed with violet glow, now fully overtaking her pale purple irises.
Something's wrong.
A foreign mana scent emanated from her body. The way she looked at me had completely changed. Like gazing at a child far from enough.
Breathing heavily, I glared at Seria—no, whatever possessed her body.
"Speak. Who are you?"
"Hehehe. You know who I am."
The entity laughed. A chill pierced my heart.