Chapter 195: Loyalty
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 195: Loyalty
The words from behind the mask left me speechless for a moment.
“...Are you sure you heard me correctly?”
“Yes, I heard it was a kiss with Her Highness, Princess Elisabeth.”
“And you’re saying you’ll do it instead?”
Tina nodded nonchalantly.
Since I couldn’t see her face behind the mask, I had no idea what she was thinking.
“Of course, I do not presume that someone as lowly as myself could ever take the place of Her Highness the Princess.”
Not a trace of emotion could be felt in her voice as she continued speaking calmly.
With a voice as chillingly cold as an assassin’s, her gloved hand reached for her mask.
Clatter—
“Therefore, I shall offer my body to balance the scales, even if only a little.”
Thud. The mask fell to the floor.
Tina’s face was revealed from behind the colorless mask, which didn’t even have a mouth drawn on it.
The sight once again left me dumbfounded.
Her sandy-beige bob that reached her shoulders and her ink-black eyes were anything but ordinary.
‘She’s an assassin with that face?’
The particularly long strands of hair she let hang at her sides were also charming.
Although her chest was lacking, her firm lower body more than made up for that shortcoming.
Her waist was slim, her hips flared out appealingly, and I could tell her ass and thighs were firm without even touching them.
“Through an honor I do not deserve, I am currently serving as Her Highness’s guard, but I was originally an assassin.”
While I was unknowingly captivated by Tina’s figure, she continued speaking in her calm tone.
“Although I have never been deployed in a real mission, I have diligently completed all the necessary training and even graduated at the top of my class from the training facility.”
“...That’s impressive.”
“Thank you.”
It wasn’t exactly a compliment.
I’d just said it because I felt I had to say something.
As if she knew that, not even a fragment of emotion could be seen in the eyes she turned on me.
Then, Tina suddenly closed the distance between us.
She was so swift and silent that I didn't even hear her footsteps.
“Seduction techniques were also part of the curriculum. I received such excellent marks that the instructors told me no further training was necessary.”
Just as I was wondering what on earth she was getting at...
Swoosh—
Tina knelt.
“My body may be humble, but I swear to serve you, Sir Hyun-woo, with all my heart and soul. Therefore, I implore you to grant me the opportunity to lighten Her Highness the Princess’s burden.”
My mind went blank for a second.
She was proposing that I take her, sexually, in place of the reward I was supposed to receive from Elisabeth.
It wasn’t a conventional offer, but it was certainly an attractive one.
Tina was alluring enough to make me consider forgoing Elisabeth’s first kiss.
Even if she was flat-chested, probably not even a C-cup, she had a magnificent lower body that more than compensated for it.
But I couldn’t readily accept, wary of how Elisabeth would react.
“For your reference, all training was conducted using teaching aids and under a female instructor, so you need not doubt my purity.”
“Should we get a room first?”
“Hey!”
Elisabeth, who had been watching from the side, shouted.
“What do you mean, ‘get a room first’? Absolutely not!”
“...No?”
“No!”
At Elisabeth’s fiery command, I had to back down, swallowing my disappointment.
Her glare was so fierce that it made me forget I was the one in the position of power.
The faint killing intent I felt was not something that belonged to a pampered princess.
“Your Highness.”
Tina, still kneeling, called out to Elisabeth.
Despite the sharp rebuke from the one she served, her voice remained calm and even.
“Your Highness is the noblest person under the heavens. It is true that the grace you have received from Sir Hyun-woo is great, but you do not need to bear everything alone.”
“What does that have to do with this?!”
“Because my purpose is to sacrifice myself for you, Your Highness, in unforeseen circumstances.”
Sacrifice? As the one who would be receiving that ‘sacrifice,’ it was a bit uncomfortable to hear.
I quietly gauged the situation before speaking up.
Yeah, a stoic beauty’s virginity is better than a kiss.
“Right, Tina is also saying…”
“You be quiet.”
“...”
But what I got in return was a warning and a glare colder than a winter wind.
I shut my mouth, feeling like I might get kicked in the shin if I wasn't careful.
Averting her gaze from me, Elisabeth stared silently at Tina. Tina, as if it were only natural, kept her head bowed, awaiting the response.
“...No. This is the reward I promised him, and at the same time, a responsibility I must bear. No monarch passes their responsibilities onto their subjects.”
“But, Your Highness.”
“Enough. I will not accept any more objections.”
“...My apologies.”
At Elisabeth’s firm decision, Tina quietly withdrew.
I could only swallow my disappointment.
“How irreverent.”
“Ah.”
While my eyes were glued to Tina’s hips, Elisabeth closed the distance and pinched my thigh.
I’d felt it when she hit my side, too. This woman, despite having no magic, hits surprisingly hard.
“How dare you reject me?”
“...I didn’t reject you.”
“You were eyeing Tina instead of me.”
I didn’t really have anything to say to that.
The words, it’s only natural to lean toward the better offer, swirled in my mouth, but I didn’t want to earn myself a beating with unnecessary comments.
“I think I know what you’re thinking... or is it just my imagination?”
“It’s your imagination.”
“Really?”
Something glinted in Elisabeth’s hand.
It was a sharply honed hidden weapon.
A dagger, with an enchantment carved into it.
“...My deepest apologies.”
“You look so sorry,” she said sarcastically.
A small laugh escaped her, and the scent of flowers brushed past my nose.
“Bend down.”
The fragrance was coming from her pink hair.
“Pardon?”
“You’re too tall!”
At Elisabeth’s urging, I bent at the waist.
I was just under 190 cm, while she, by my estimation, was about 160 cm.
‘If she took off her heels, she’d probably be in the high 150s?’
She wasn’t that short. Just a little below average, and in some ways, a decent height.
“Wouldn’t it be better if there was a footstool?”
“...Do you know something? If you weren’t the benefactor who saved my life, you would have been bound and dragged to the royal castle by now.”
“My apologies.”
Even though I’d added that comment out of consideration, Elisabeth just glared at me.
Wasn’t I being polite enough?
As always, a woman’s heart is a mystery.
“...Does this not bother you at all?”
“Pardon?”
“You know who I am.”
“Yes, you are Her Highness, Princess Elisabeth.”
“...”
The look in Elisabeth’s eyes was strange.
It was like a scientist facing an incomprehensible creature.
“...I don’t know whether to call this irreverent or just shameless.”
Elisabeth’s fingertips touched my face.
I could feel the soft, supple texture of her skin.
Streeetch—
“...?”
Elisabeth pulled my cheek.
It goes without saying, but it didn’t stretch as much as my women’s cheeks did.
Awakening my magic had improved my skin, but it wasn’t like it had turned me into a woman.
“You know you’re really strange, right?”
A smile spread across Elisabeth’s lips as she played with my face like clay.
And then our lips met.
I felt a soft touch and a gentle warmth.
The fingertips on my face were trembling. I could tell just how nervous she was.
I quietly reached out and wrapped my arm around Elisabeth’s waist.
My first impression wasn’t the feel of her skin through the fabric, but how incredibly thin she was.
Naturally, the distance between us closed until it would have been difficult to fit a fist between us.
Flinch.
The moment our chests touched, Elisabeth’s body trembled.
It was a reaction hard to believe from the same woman who had casually touched my dick.
Her breasts, pressed against my chest, were surprisingly large.
‘If they look this big while being pressed down by her clothes, isn’t she an E-cup?’
In any case, since I couldn’t have the stoic beauty’s virginity, I resolved to get my money’s worth from her.
Lick.
“Hph?!”
When I stuck out my tongue and licked her lips, Elisabeth squeezed her eyes shut and froze stiff.
But I didn’t stop.
I continued to tease the seam of her lips with my tongue while stroking her back. I feel this every time, but clothes really get in the way.
I had intended to go a little slower, but the teasing was becoming unbearable.
The moment I reached out to grab her ass...
Grab.
Tina appeared from nowhere and caught my wrist.
As distracted as I was, I hadn’t expected to allow her to get so close so easily.
‘...I still have a long way to go.’
Swallowing a bitter laugh, I looked at Tina.
She brought a finger to her lips, as if telling me to be quiet.
Fortunately, Elisabeth didn’t seem to have noticed her approach.
If she had, she would have thrown a fit about being interrupted.
‘So a kiss is fine, but she won’t tolerate excessive touching?’
It wasn’t hard to guess Tina’s intention.
With a sense of regret, I relaxed my hand.
Well, I suppose it was greedy to expect too much from the princess of a nation.
Of course, I hadn’t given up. I was just compromising because there was still a long road ahead.
Just as I vowed to one day return and take both of their virginities...
Zzzzip—
I heard a familiar sound.
It sounded just like a zipper being pulled down.
Focusing my senses, I quickly realized two things.
The source of the sound was behind Tina, and she was taking off her own clothes.
I watched as Tina unzipped her suit.
‘Why is she suddenly taking her clothes off?’
But such a small question was quickly forgotten.
Because the sight that followed was far more shocking.
As the zipper went down and the suit came off, Tina’s hidden flesh was revealed.
Her skin was so pale it looked as if it had never seen the sun. It was more than enough to stir a man’s lust.
Gulp.
I swallowed dryly, my focus fixed on her skin as it was gradually unveiled.
Even if she was only a B-cup, it was only natural to be curious about what lay beneath when it belonged to a beauty like Tina.
But what came next was a shock, like being hit over the back of the head.
‘...Bandages?’
Tina’s skin, revealed as she expertly removed her suit, was slick with sweat.
That alone was alluring enough, but what was more surprising were the large breasts hidden by the half-unwound bandages.
At a glance, they looked at least a size bigger than Elisabeth’s.
My head was spinning.
To think that Tina, who looked like a B-cup at best, was actually a powerhouse in disguise.
Of course, my women, and the women around me, were all just as busty as Tina. But when it comes to breasts, the more the merrier, and the bigger the better.
‘Excuse me.’
Tina whispered, so quietly that Elisabeth couldn’t hear.
Then, she casually pulled my wrist and placed my hand directly on her breast.
I reflexively squeezed.
The magnificent sensation of her breast filled my palm, and only then did I understand her intention.
She was allowing a strange man she’d just met to touch her body, hoping that I would be satisfied with her for everything except the kiss.
For a moment, my eyes met Tina’s.
“Shh—”
Even as a strange man fondled her breast, there wasn’t the slightest waver in her ink-black eyes.