Chapter 121
Chapter 121
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Commoner Experience (3)
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“It wasn’t a dream…?”
I muttered to myself, and the maid let out a snicker.
“You don’t seriously hope it was a dream after enjoying it that much, do you?”
She set a freshly made bowl of soup and some bread on the table, flashing a bright smile.
“Unfortunately, it’s reality. What can you do?”
I stared blankly at Leah’s body.
Her maid outfit had a hem torn like a miniskirt.
The imperial princess’s garter belt and stockings, hidden so secretly within, were now fully exposed.
And between them, her voluptuous thighs came into view.
The moment I saw that pale, creamy skin, I recalled how last night I’d dared to press my face against it.
“…”
I staggered toward the kitchen.
Then, I plopped down at the table and looked at the maid.
“What’s got you so spaced out?”
“Well, wouldn’t anyone be?”
I gulped down a glass of water.
But the radiant blonde maid just sat there, propping her chin on her hand, gazing down at me like a child.
“There’s an imperial princess in a maid outfit in my house, and last night we even kissed.”
The princess narrowed her eyes at my words.
Then, placing a finger to her lips, she spoke in a seductive tone.
“You said later that you liked it and accepted it.”
“Of course, I thought it was a dream…”
As I protested, Leah shook her head, cutting me off.
“So, you didn’t like it?”
The princess approached me slowly, hands behind her back.
With every step she took, her dizzying hips peeked out from between the torn skirt.
“I found it quite an enjoyable experience.”
Leah didn’t reproach me for the kiss we’d shared.
If anything…
“Addictive, even.”
She lifted the corner of her mouth, as if awakened to a pleasure she hadn’t known before.
Her eyes gleamed like she wanted to do it again.
“Of course, I enjoyed it too… but if His Majesty finds out, I’m dead.”
I said it honestly.
Leah brushed my tousled hair aside, assuring me there was no need to worry.
“It’s fine. No one in the imperial household knows I came here.”
“You came alone on this inspection?”
When I asked, the princess sat in the chair next to me at the table.
She grabbed my loosened tie and shook it playfully.
“Yeah, last night it was just the two of us.”
“Haa…”
Only then did I let out a sigh of relief.
“But who goes on an inspection dressed like that?”
“A maid outfit is the most commoner-like attire there is.”
I had to agree.
I agreed, but… on a princess, it felt somehow…
I stared at Leah.
Her dress clung tightly to her ample figure.
And thanks to the tear, her hips were fully visible, along with the lace underwear peeking just above.
Even a long, wide Victorian-style maid outfit looked subtly erotic on her.
“Fine, let’s say it’s an inspection. So how did you end up here?”
When I asked again, the princess rested her chin on her hand.
She closed her eyes halfway, dreamily…
“I ran into you on the street.”
She casually spun a plausible story.
“A drunk ‘acquaintance’ staggering like he was about to collapse—who wouldn’t worry?”
Leah pushed a steaming bowl of soup toward me.
Then, smiling like a wife, she continued.
“I followed out of concern, and there you were, passed out on the stairs.”
‘The stairs…’
Right, when I get really wasted, I have a habit of sprawling out on stairs to sleep.
She must have witnessed that.
“So I helped carry you, and that’s how we ended up coming inside together.”
I nodded at the realization that the princess had essentially helped me out.
But I still couldn’t imagine how it led to her kissing me.
‘Could it be… the empire’s eldest daughter sees me as a man?’
As I pondered this unbelievable reality,
Leah gently tugged my tie like a leash.
“If you want to remember it clearly…”
The princess leaned in close, narrowing her eyes as she asked.
There was a strange seductiveness in her gaze that hadn’t been there before.
“We could try it again.”
She’d once been nothing but a stiff soldier.
Now her face showed curiosity about what came after kissing.
“Doing it again might help you recall last night even better. Like reviewing.”
I stared blankly at the princess’s moist lips.
The thought that those sensual lips had intertwined so stickily with mine last night.
It left me breathless.
“Sorry, but I have to head to work soon.”
I turned my head away from the lioness awakened to her instincts.
And refused her firmly, like a trainer.
“Let’s just write off last night as an accident from being drunk.”
Even after that intense kiss, her eyes were full of energy.
As if her fatigue had completely vanished.
“An accident…”
Disappointment crossed the princess’s face when I didn’t give permission.
“That’s a pretty irresponsible way to put it.”
She muttered in a flat voice.
“Words I don’t like much, Mikhail.”
Leah lifted the corner of her mouth in a smile.
Then, as if she’d made up her mind, she grabbed my shoulders.
“Now I want to punish you.”
I turned my head following her touch.
And in that moment.
“Hnng…”
The princess pressed her lips to mine once more.
Just like last night.
“Haa…”
A fig-like fragrance wafted from her lips.
Leah, eyes narrowed, imprinted her scent on me again.
Our tongues intertwined.
She thrust her tongue deep, as if trying to dye me with her fluids and brainwash me.
By now, her movements were incredibly skilled at this.
As if addicted to kissing.
“…!”
Her body heated up instinctively with every kiss.
She tried to cling to me again.
That’s when I realized why the sofa leg had broken last night.
The moment her voluptuous thighs clamped down on me like a lion’s grip, pinning my body firmly.
The chair leg beneath her momentum shook wildly.
“Haaah…”
Fortunately, the kiss ended before the chair broke.
“It really feels good.”
As our lips parted, the princess wore an expression intoxicated with pleasure.
She wiped her lips with the back of her hand.
“From now on, not an accident…”
Her face in full sobriety.
It wasn’t the impeccably disciplined soldier she’d always shown, but something seductive and alluring, like a succubus.
Unbelievable for an imperial princess.
“Think of it as a grace I bestow upon you.”
Leah smiled brightly, her eyes half-lidded.
“That’s too generous a grace for someone like me.”
I swallowed hard as I spoke.
Each swallow brought an unfamiliar sweet aftertaste.
“You dare call a kiss with me an accident?”
The princess snickered as she refastened the buttons of her disheveled maid outfit tightly.
Then she released her grip on my thigh.
“If you say that again next time, it won’t end so easily.”
Afterward, she prepared to leave as if nothing had happened.
“You’re leaving?”
“It’s a weekday. I have to go to the office too.”
The maid headed to the entrance as if it were all routine.
“Please take care.”
Even as I staggered from the hangover, I bowed politely to the princess.
“Yeah, see you next time.”
Thud…
The old front door closed indifferently.
My house finally fell silent, like after a storm had passed.
The sound of heels clicking down the stairs echoed.
Only after it faded completely did I let out a deep sigh.
“Haa…”
Clutching my throbbing head, I headed back to the kitchen.
I stared down at the mostly untouched soup.
“…”
Since she’d gone to the trouble of making it, I picked up the bowl.
As I ate with a spoon, I checked if anything in the house was damaged.
‘Impressive.’
The kitchen was spotlessly clean, not a speck of dust.
Just like Leah’s meticulous personality.
“Living with a man must be nice in its own way.”
I snickered to myself.
Then shook my head in surprise at my own words.
My mind had instinctively flashed to a future living with her.
“What nonsense…”
Shuddering, I headed to the veranda.
‘Might as well grab some juice.’
I grasped the veranda door handle.
And as I went to pull it open.
Something felt off.
The veranda door, which I always kept closed, was slightly ajar.
“Why is this…?”
I cautiously opened it.
And in that instant.
“…!”
My eyes fell on the veranda piled high with wine, whiskey, rum, and more.
No sign of any juice.
“What the… why is it full of booze?”
I didn’t particularly enjoy drinking.
Yet the veranda before me…
Was packed with expensive, premium liquors, like a secret stash for an alcoholic.
‘All top-shelf stuff…’
Some bottles were worth more than this house I lived in.
The kind only the ‘imperial household’ could procure.
‘The imperial household?’
In that moment, I realized who had left me this alcohol.
And even her intentions…
Someone hoping I’d get used to drinking and always let my guard down.
Pinpointing who that was sent chills down my spine.
“This is insane…”
I slammed the veranda door shut.
Then hurried to the window.
At the base of the window, baskets of food I didn’t recognize were stacked high.
Inside them, watermelon and various drinking snacks were prepared.
“…”
Ignoring it all, I looked out the window.
At the wide avenue stretching out.
There stood the princess, waiting for her carriage.
Her maid outfit was now neatly mended.
As if magically stitched back together.
The sensual allure she’d shown moments ago was gone; she looked prim and proper.
‘She stayed in that torn maid outfit just for me on purpose.’
I squeezed my eyes shut against the persistent image of her garter belt and thighs.
She’d meant to etch her body into my mind.
The princess, in high spirits, stood with hands behind her back, rising onto her tiptoes and back down.
Then she toyed with her lips with her fingers, a seductive smile forming.
Unlike her boldness kissing me, a belated shyness seemed to wash over her.
「――――――.」
Meanwhile, at the empire’s central imperial palace.
After the emperor awoke, the atmosphere there had brightened considerably.
“Mosian.”
The Conqueror King rose from his bedchamber, hands behind his back.
He stood by the window, gazing fondly down at the empire.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“The weather is splendid today. I wonder what my daughters are up to on a day like this.”
The emperor asked with a fatherly warmth in his eyes.
“Hoho… They’re probably diligently tending to their territories, sire.”
The old retainer smiled broadly in response.
“Is that so…? It’s a waste to spend such a fine day buried in state affairs.”
The emperor felt proud of his daughters, yet worried for them.
“I wish those girls could relax and enjoy themselves like ordinary women…”
He longed to play chess with Leah, go riding with Irina.
And have a picnic with Lydia in the east.
“It’s been a while—I should go visit the children.”
“I’ll inform them in advance to clear their schedules.”
“Do that. Come and go at ease.”
The emperor watched Mosian head off to dispatch a messenger bird, impassively.
But surprisingly, he returned quickly.
“You’re back sooner than expected.”
“Yes, well…”
Mosian looked apologetic.
“Lady Leah is out on a brief territorial inspection.”
“I see… Investigating how the people live is important. Chess will have to wait.”
The emperor nodded calmly.
“And Lady Irina has gone to the orphanage to look after the children.”
“Hoho… That girl has always had a kind and upright heart. Caring for children is good experience.”
But despite his understanding words,
A hint of regret began to build on the Conqueror King’s face.
“Then, what’s our youngest up to now?”
“Well…”
Mosian hesitated briefly about Lydia.
“Why? Has something happened to my little one?”
The prime minister carefully opened his mouth at the emperor’s question.
“She’s been learning to dance lately.”
“Dance is one of the essential accomplishments for royalty—what’s the problem?”
The emperor’s blue eyes sparkled, already eager to see his daughter dance.
“…”
But the prime minister didn’t smile along.
He merely nodded, without specifying what kind of ‘dance.’
As if he thought the emperor would be displeased if he elaborated.
“At this rate, it’s too hard to even see their faces… I’ll have to drop by unannounced and encourage them.”
The emperor chuckled wryly and turned back to the window.
“Haha, is that really necessary, sire? They’ll show you in due time—”
The prime minister spoke slyly, as if to dissuade the Conqueror King.
“You’re right? I’m already looking forward to it.”
The father of the three princesses nodded in satisfaction at Mosian’s words.
He let out a deep breath, inwardly praising his diligently working daughters.
“It’s a relief they’ve developed a more domestic side while I wasn’t looking.”
The emperor’s lips curved up, anticipating whom they might bring home as husbands.