Chapter 26
Chapter 26
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 26
Chapter Title: Revenge
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Luna felt flustered by Aiden's words.
"Were you satisfied that day?"
'Satisfied? Is that even a question?'
Just thinking about that night still made Luna's body heat up.
For her, who forced down her arousal day after day, this question was far too cruel.
'What... what should I say? That it was good? Wouldn't that make me seem too easy?'
Luna felt disoriented for the first time in ages.
'Then, that I didn't like it? That's not true...'
She wavered between lying or telling the truth.
That day had been so special to her that her mind went blank just recalling it.
As she hesitated, Luna frowned, wondering why she even had to agonize over this.
"Why bring that up?"
But Aiden was drunk beyond reason, blind to everything.
He spoke in a voice thick with melancholy.
"I... I can't forget that day. I haven't stopped thinking about you, Grand Duchess, for even a moment since."
His casual words made Luna's heart pound wildly.
Aiden had only brought it up indirectly because there was a pretty woman there, drunk and someone he'd slept with before.
But to her, it felt entirely different.
Luna truly missed his embrace every single night since that day.
'Ah... why bring it up all of a sudden? It's embarrassing.'
She'd even pleasured herself thinking of Aiden, hadn't she?
Though she wasn't drunk, Luna's face turned bright red.
This was a sight of her that was truly, truly rare.
"What about you, Grand Duchess?"
Aiden gazed at her intently as Luna hesitated before speaking.
She fanned herself, as if hot.
"Enough. You seem really drunk."
"No. I'm not drunk."
Drunks never realize they're drunk.
Aiden's thoughts were driven purely by instinct now.
Normally, Luna would have snapped at him for this.
People had verbally harassed her before, plenty of times.
Of course, most of them had ended up dead or crippled by her own hand in duels—she hated that kind of thing.
But after sleeping with Aiden, she'd changed a little.
Or at least, his words made her heart race now.
Luna thought that even repulsive words could feel different depending on who said them.
She turned her head slightly and murmured.
"Ahem... But what can we do? We're... no, I'm... not someone who can marry."
Luna had sworn to marry her nation.
As a noble, she knew the weight of an oath—she couldn't break it lightly.
But...
'Is Aiden interested in my body?'
Luna's heart began to race fiercely.
She wanted him too... maybe he wanted her just as much.
'Then, couldn't I use that to keep him here?'
Luna was startled by her own idea, but it didn't feel bad.
No, it felt good. She wanted it herself, after all.
She couldn't marry him, but the night they'd spent together had been pure bliss.
And it was Aiden, someone she'd already been intimate with—no resistance there.
She knew some nobles lived scandalously debauched lives, and what she and Aiden had done barely qualified as promiscuous by comparison.
'It's not promiscuous compared to them.'
With that, she began rationalizing it to herself.
'I can't hold out like this forever.'
She'd endured with her iron will, but she couldn't ignore her boiling body forever.
It was hard to hold back even now.
She closed her eyes briefly, lost in thought.
'I want it too... no loss for me.'
It was an unequal deal that benefited only her.
Having thought that far, she flashed a seductive smile.
"I have a desire. My body."
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "I have a desire. My body."
Luna's words snapped Aiden out of his drunken haze.
What? How did things turn out like this?
He pondered what had started it.
-Were you satisfied that day?
What the hell had he said?
Realizing he'd said something so reckless to a woman he absolutely shouldn't have, his face paled.
"Haha... I must have overstepped with my joke."
He tried to backpedal desperately, but Luna pushed aside the bowl of caviar...
And provocatively leaned across the table.
"What? Backing out now?"
She sat down right next to him and said.
"That's not it... Haha, I think I was a bit drunk."
He tried to smooth things over with an awkward smile...
But she whispered in his ear.
"Isn't this what you wanted?"
"Ugh! Th-that...!"
Honestly, what man would hate being with a woman this beautiful?
He was just surprised by her sudden change in attitude.
But he had his pride as a man.
Feeling her teasing had gone too far, he grabbed her delicate wrist.
"You won't regret it?"
But she just blinked at him.
"Regret? Why would I? It's all good for me."
"Pardon?"
As he stared in shock, Luna turned her head, her gaze slightly flushed.
"I... ahem... wanted it too... ever since that day... constantly..."
Why... why is she so cute?
Blood rushed there without him realizing.
"But I have conditions."
She looked at him clearly and spoke.
"One, don't leave the Grand Duchy. Two, our relationship stays secret. Three... no kissing."
Even last time, she'd said no kissing during sex.
Not being able to leave the Grand Duchy felt like a huge shame...
But who knew what the future held.
Anyway, no real man would refuse her conditions.
"Deal."
"Mm..."
Her face flushed deep red as she picked up her glass...
And downed it.
-Gulp... gulp...
"Follow me."
Luna grabbed his wrist and pulled him up from the sofa.
She dragged him toward the window.
What was she doing?
He'd assumed they'd head to the bed...
-Click!
As she opened the window, he said hurriedly.
"What are you doing?"
"Can't leave traces like that in my bedroom, right? Got acrophobia by any chance?"
Her out-of-left-field question made him shake his head.
"Good. Then don't scream."
With that, she scooped him up princess-style.
"Wh-what is this?"
Luna leaped down to the balcony below.
Cold wind pierced his clothes, sobering him instantly.
Reality crashed in, making his heart pound.
Was he really... doing it with Luna again? For real?
She gently set him down soon after.
Luna looked at him with a seductive smile.
"This floor's for guests. Servants sneak in for trysts here sometimes."
"Oh?"
-Click.
She opened the window and slipped inside. A dark room came into view.
"Whew... kinda thrilling."
Her face red, she grinned broadly.
"Feels safe here for me."
"Ah..."
She turned her back to him and headed for the bed.
And...
-Thud.
Luna sprawled out on her back.
Bathed in faint moonlight, she closed her eyes.
"Do whatever you want now."
If she went this far... only an idiot would hold back.
No man stays still when a woman says to do as he pleases.
The aftermath? Future me can deal with it.
He climbed atop her and asked.
"You really sure you won't regret it?"
One last confirmation, and she replied with a lewd expression.
"Depends on you, doesn't it?"
"Ugh..."
Provoked, he roughly tugged down the tie of her nightgown.
Luna's slightly flushed face, her pink-tinged nipples.
And the sweet, erotic scent from her skin that defied description.
Revenge.
Payback for how thoroughly she'd dominated him that first day. He began caressing her upper body.
"Hngh!"
He started by licking along her neckline.
Her milky skin gleamed beautifully in the moonlight, but slick with his saliva, it fueled his arousal.
What was it?
Like marking her with his color?
A woman who could kill him anytime trembling and moaning beneath him—it was more stimulating than he'd imagined.
-Slurp.
As he sucked her pale skin...
"Haa... haa."
Luna's breathing grew rougher.
More... he wanted to mess her up completely.
But in moments like this, he had to tease slowly.
To make Luna desperate.
Imagining her pride crumbling under his touch made his lower body ache.
He lavished attention from her neck to her collarbone.
Each flick of his tongue drew soft moans and shivers.
Clear sign she was aroused too.
"Haa..."
Hot breaths escaped Luna.
-Smack...
Every suck on her skin...
"Hngh!"
Every touch of his tongue...
"Haa..."
She was like a musical instrument, rewarding his play.
His gaze drifted lower to her perky, erect nipples.
Perfectly sized areola and nipple—he took one in his mouth...
"Haaahk!"
Luna's moans deepened.
As he fondled her breasts, his hand stroked her thigh, building her excitement.
"A... Aiden?"
At her voice, he looked up into her eyes.
Her face fully relaxed, eyes hazy.
"I... can't hold back anymore."
Luna struggled to endure.
Why was she so beautiful?
Too pretty...
"So... come here already."
As she pleaded, he carefully pulled down her nightgown from her waist and dropped his pants.