Chapter 122
Chapter 122
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 122
Chapter Title: The Emperor's Intentions
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As her necktie was pushed to the side, the chest area of her dress shirt, stretched to its limit, became even more clearly visible.
Since I was peering down at Cecilia from behind, the voluptuousness of her breasts looked all the more staggering, and the precarious sight of buttons on the verge of popping off amplified the impact even further.
The silhouette of black lingerie visible through the pristine white shirt relentlessly stirred the viewer's lewd desires.
‘She wants me to… take this off?’
My mind, which had briefly frozen from the overwhelming shock, began to turn again bit by bit.
Given how far things had progressed, I had no choice but to admit that Cecilia’s interest in me went far beyond mere familial affection.
This was a world where women’s attire was generally outrageously revealing, but that didn’t mean chastity norms were completely inverted as if everyone were under some hypnotic spell.
Even with highly exposing clothing, people still hesitated to bare their most intimate areas, and they naturally found overt stares at their bodies unpleasant.
Though that reluctance to bare intimate areas bizarrely only kicked in after someone physically lifted a hem to expose them, even if they wandered around with breasts or privates fully on display without underwear.
The key point was this: even in a mod-riddled world, both men and women maintained normal chastity standards.
Thus, the Emperor wouldn’t casually order me to grind my crotch against hers or unbutton the buttons near her chest while pulling her close from behind without any ulterior motive.
‘…So her interest was that kind of thing?’
At this point, it would be stranger not to realize what Cecilia was aiming for with me. It had to be similar to the behavior from Lize and the Popes, who had made the first moves.
The mystery was what I’d done to make all three of them act the same way.
At least Lize and the Popes had some basis for rational attraction. Lize saw me as perfectly matching her ideal type, and the Popes because I’d saved their lives.
But I had no memory of doing anything for the Emperor.
“Hurry up. What are you waiting for, standing still?”
Snapped out of my thoughts by Cecilia’s urging, I reluctantly reached for the first button.
As my thumb and index finger undid the button near her neck, the stiff collar loosened slightly. A glimpse of smooth white skin at her throat emerged.
The soft sensation from her armpit transmitted to my arm. My forearms were wedged between her armpits. If I swung my arms horizontally from here, it’d be a simple back hug.
I could clearly feel Cecilia’s body twitching every time my forearm brushed her armpit. With our bodies pressed so tightly together, it was inevitable.
‘Next, the second one.’
I pinched the second button with my fingers. As I undid it, the base of my palm pressed firmly against her breast. It bounced back elastically with a jiggle.
‘Reacting here would be the end.’
I desperately tried to suppress any response from my lower body.
With Cecilia’s hips pressed right against my lower half, any reaction down there would be instantly noticed. I didn’t even want to imagine what would follow.
Judging by her current actions, she was clearly aiming for exactly that reaction, but since the person in front of me was who she was, I couldn’t just brazenly give in to desire.
If it were anyone else seducing me so blatantly, maybe, but Cecilia was intimidating. Her intentions were utterly unpredictable.
The next steps proceeded smoothly. By the third button, her breasts were exposed to a level similar to what showed through her usual uniform. I paused there for a moment.
My hand hovered over the fourth button, but undoing that would fully reveal her chest. The lingerie that barely covered half her breasts, and the mounds it strained to contain.
“…Should I undo the next button as well, Your Majesty?”
“You ask the obvious. Continue until I order you to stop.”
Even to my cautious question, Cecilia’s attitude remained firm.
Through the gap in her half-unbuttoned shirt, a hint of breast flesh peeked over the edge of her lingerie. Whether the bra was a size too small or not, her breasts pressed against it, forming graceful curves.
With trembling fingers, I grasped the fourth button near her solar plexus. *Pop*. It came undone far too easily. The shirt parted further to the sides, unabashedly exposing her ample breasts and black lingerie.
“That’s enough now.”
Just as I reached for the fifth button, she spoke, and Cecilia slipped out of my embrace. The warmth and softness against my lower body vanished. My hand flailed briefly in the empty air.
Cecilia took a few steps forward and turned around.
Her coat hung loosely only to her waist, dangling precariously near her elbows, while the shirt with four buttons undone utterly failed at its role as clothing.
Between the shirt’s parted collar sat her breasts, prominently encased in black lingerie. They’d seemed large even viewed over her uniform, but up close, they were incomprehensibly massive.
Every movement she made seemed deliberately seductive.
“Do you now understand why I summoned you here?”
I could guess her intentions. I’d been unsure even when she’d planted my face in her crotch while seated on the central hall throne, but after what just happened, I was certain.
But what to say in response was still tricky. Guessing her intentions was one thing; voicing them was another. I couldn’t just blurt out something insane like, “To sleep with me, right?”
Cecilia was the type who could do anything upon hearing that, no matter how outrageous.
“……”
In the end, I chose silence. It might not be the perfect answer, but it was hard to find a better option. Not the best, but at least second-best.
Above all, as long as she didn’t force a response by interpreting silence as affirmation or urging me separately, it was better than blurting out a wrong answer. I’d been advised to keep my mouth shut in uncertain situations.
For reference, that advice came from Aurora.
“Of course. It’s natural you wouldn’t know. I haven’t explained anything to you yet, so how could you grasp my intentions?”
My choice seemed correct, as Cecilia continued nonchalantly. She approached step by step, grabbed my shoulders, and pushed me back lightly.
I staggered backward from the motion, my foot catching on something, and lost my balance, tumbling onto my rear. A soft sensation cushioned my thighs and buttocks.
It was Cecilia’s bed. I’d landed sitting on the edge. Cecilia, who’d pushed me, climbed straight onto my lap.
She pressed her calves against the bed, knees bent, spreading her legs to either side and half-enveloping my body with her thighs. Her hips settled against my thighs.
My already tight dress pants, clinging to my body, felt like they might burst, but showed no signs of tearing. Her slender hand gripped my shoulder.
Right in front of my face loomed her voluptuous breasts, wrapped only in black lingerie. Cecilia’s signature milky scent invaded my nostrils.
“It doesn’t suit me to beat around the bush, so I’ll be direct. I like you. I’ve been interested since I first saw you, and now it’s become impossible to hold back.”
Since I’d already suspected as much, I maintained my composure and opened my mouth.
“Does that mean you’ve taken a liking to me as one woman to another man, Your Majesty?”
“I don’t know that myself. So shouldn’t we test whether this feeling I harbor is that of a woman in love, or a monarch seeking to win over a capable subject?”
This time, even I couldn’t help but be a little surprised. I’d never expected such frank words from Cecilia’s mouth.
Her golden pupils gazed calmly at me. This time, I didn’t avert my eyes. Before things progressed as she said, there was something I needed to do first.
“What reason lies behind it, Your Majesty?”
“What?”
A flicker of surprise crossed her face as she looked at me.
“I still haven’t figured out why Your Majesty would grace me with such immense favor. What about me caught your eye?”
“What an impudent question. I’ve said I like you, and you dare ask the reason?”
At this point, I decided to push a bit harder. Since the Emperor herself had admitted to liking me, slightly disregarding etiquette should be fine.
Surely she wouldn’t summon her holy sword and sever my head for insolence in a situation like this.
Truth be told, my own patience was reaching its limit. My lower body was starting to stir. Cecilia had likely noticed that long ago.
But more than that, I was curious why the Emperor was doing this to me. Maybe I’d overlooked something. Figuring out exactly when and why she’d become aware of me was the priority.
‘I need to know that in advance to prepare for what’s next.’
“Very well. I’ve already confessed my heart; there’s no reason not to tell you the cause.”
Cecilia’s body drew even closer.
“You must have heard my past from Minerva.”
“……?”
I hesitated at the mention of Minerva’s name.
It had been a private conversation between just us, so how did Cecilia know what was said? And what did it have to do with my question?
“Answer me. What reason did I have for slaughtering all the other imperial family members?”