The Sweetness of Reward
I stepped out of the shower, but she was nowhere to be seen in the living room. Where had she gone?
I headed to my room first, grabbed the training cart, and made my way to her bedroom.
-Click.
She was lying on the bed with the blanket pulled up to her nose, staring straight at me. Why is she so adorable? Maintaining this level of cuteness while performing branding—that was true aesthetics. Prosexer Phone Tie, you were absolutely right.
“What were you doing?” I asked.
Rene answered with only her eyes visible above the blanket. “Ah… I wasn’t doing anything.”
She had already shown me every intimate part of herself, yet here she was, acting all shy. It was unbearably cute. I wanted to embarrass her even more.
I sat on the edge of her bed and looked down at her. “Ahem. Today, Miss Rene made a mistake. Do you know what it was?”
I set the mood. Rene’s shoulders trembled slightly.
“I… I ordered an extremely expensive wine without getting permission from Master…”
Good. At least she recognized her own fault.
“That’s correct. Then you’ll have to be punished, won’t you?”
At the word “punished,” fear flickered in her eyes. Rene knelt on the bed and begged me desperately.
“I’m sorry! I was wrong! I won’t do it again, so please don’t punish me!”
Watching her plead so earnestly stirred an internal conflict within me. If I lost control here again, she would break. Just for today… I would give her a reward instead.
As long as it didn’t cross the line into spoiling her, I needed to soak her thoroughly in the sweetness of rewards. That way, she would crave them and try to avoid punishment. Coercive training alone would only wear down her emotions until she became nothing more than a doll.
I gently stroked her ash-gray hair.
“Hmm. Fortunately, you already know what you did wrong. Therefore, I will not punish you. Instead, I’ll give you a reward.”
Rene’s face grew even redder as she asked hesitantly, “A reward… like the one from last time?”
Seeing the subtle longing in her eyes, I thought to myself, So she liked the reward I gave her last time?
The dense, womanly caresses I had offered her. It was the perfect reward for a woman who had grown somewhat accustomed to pleasure. Of course, eventually she would come to feel any reaction as a reward. Because I would make it so.
“Yes.”
I answered shortly and sucked on the nape of her neck.
-Sluuurp!
A vulgar, wet sound.
“Mmmh…”
Rene let out a faint, sweet moan. A collar was fastened around her neck. I would need to take it to Veloki tomorrow. I’d think about that later.
I inhaled the scent of her nape. The fragrant aroma of body wash, mixed with the natural rosemary herb scent she had carried since birth. Did Rene even realize it? That the natural fragrance rising from her skin ignited a man’s desire far more than any artificial body wash?
“Hngh…”
My hand slowly slipped inside her pajama pants, gently caressing her thigh.
“Haa…”
Rene exhaled a hot breath. The effects of recent training seemed to be showing; her reactions were different from before. During the early stages of training, her body had stiffened because she wasn’t used to the stimulation. But now, it felt like she was actually beginning to enjoy it.
The human body craves physical stimulation. That’s how it evolved. Of course, in this world a god may have created humans, but if that god possessed enough intellect to shape an entire world, surely it would have designed the human body to inevitably seek pleasure. After all, that was necessary for the species to reproduce.
“Haa… haa…”
She leaned against my chest, breathing hotly. My lips traced a long lick from her neck to her ear before I whispered,
“You’re not nervous today. Did you perhaps look forward to something like this a little?”
She flinched at my words. Rene buried her face downward, hiding it, and spoke in a tiny voice.
“N-no, that’s not it.”
The sight of her embarrassed expression caused a low, sadistic urge to surge inside me. But now was the time to hold back. Training required suppressing instinct and proceeding with cold rationality.
Her shoulders trembled. It was faint, but Rene was clearly beginning to feel and crave pleasure. All my efforts so far to awaken her instincts through stimulation were finally bearing fruit.
For three days, I had developed her sensitivity as much as possible. Saying “developed” sounded grand, but in simple terms, it was the process of giving her pleasure and teaching her that it wasn’t a bad thing but a good one. It was simply about awakening the pure instincts buried deep beneath her mind.
I pulled back slightly from her body and carefully unbuttoned her pajama top. Her eyes—filled with both fear and longing—were truly lewd. Who would believe this woman had never known a man’s touch just days ago?
Her body trembled at my touch, and soft moans escaped her. Rene kept her eyes gently closed, reacting to every action I took. Soon, she would start removing her own clothes. She would shamelessly shake her hips and spread her legs on her own.
I slowly undid the buttons one by one. Between the parted fabric, her pure white skin and the luxurious black bra were revealed. The black bra was embroidered with intricate golden thread patterns, giving it an expensive look. The contrast between the black underwear and her milky-white skin was stunning.
Now I understood why it was called special underwear. It made me want to yank it down immediately and taste her breasts.
I cupped her breast over the bra.
“Mmm…”
She turned her head slightly away. The material of the underwear was incredibly soft. Silk, perhaps?
“I-if you rub it like that… it’s too lewd…”
The fact that Rene, who still knew so little about men, was wearing such erotic underwear excited me even more. It felt like an innocent, pure girl who knew nothing was secretly tempting me to devour her.
Naturally, the memory of how Rene had tried to seduce me a few days ago came to mind. But now was the time to endure. I had to suppress instinct with reason. If my instincts ran wild even for a moment, everything would crumble.
Slowly. Very slowly. I undid her buttons. Women were creatures weak to atmosphere. I had to use this obscene mood to make Rene as desperate as possible.
Even though I had only undone the buttons, her clothes trembled faintly.
“Ugh…”
Seeing that all the fastened buttons were now open, I peeled the pajama top off her. Plump breasts and a narrow waist. If they were simply ridiculously large, they might have looked grotesque, but Rene’s breasts were perfectly proportioned to her frame and exquisitely beautiful. Any larger and they might have felt vulgar. Moreover, her waistline and hips were beautiful enough to set any man’s heart on fire.
-Slide…
I pulled down her pajama pants.
“Ugh…”
Rene’s voice was a mixture of shame, anticipation, and pleasure. The panties covering her petals caught my gaze. They were the same black as the bra, embroidered with golden thread.
Embarrassed, she pressed her legs together and covered her underwear with her arms. Each of these pure, innocent gestures only aroused me more.
Alright, shall we run a little test?
“Do you know that pose makes you look even lewder? Do you want to excite me more? You lewd princess.”
“Ugh… No… It’s not like that…”
She turned her face and buried it in the pillow. Her gray hair covered her face, making it hard to see, but this gave me some insight into her psychological state. From what I could tell, simply insulting “her” alone didn’t trigger a full breakdown. Rene currently believed herself to be a princess. As long as I didn’t drag in other members of the imperial family, the imperial house, or the empire itself, it might be okay. But this was still just my hypothesis. I needed solid evidence…
For now, I focused on the current situation and continued humiliating her.
“If that’s not the case, then why did you buy such lewd underwear?”
She rubbed her face against the pillow in shame, trying to hide.
“That’s… the clerk… kept saying I had to buy it…”
Her voice was so small that I could barely hear it unless I concentrated. It clearly told me just how embarrassed she was right now.
“Then, Princess, would you buy anything if someone just told you to?”
She shook her head violently. I grabbed the bra and yanked it down sharply.
“Ugh…”
Rene bit her lip tightly, enduring this shameful situation. She crossed her arms to hide her breasts, but they were so large that most of them still showed. Leaving her like that, I moved lower.
When I touched her panties, she twisted her thighs and grabbed the strings.
-Shake, shake.
With a flushed face, she shook her head as if to say this was as far as it could go. But I wasn’t the type to stop just because of that.
I leaned close to her ear and whispered softly.
“Rene. Rene. Pretty Rene.”
The softer I whispered into her ear, the more I felt the strength leaving her grip.
“Haa… haa…”
When I felt her hands go completely limp, I gently pulled them away and lifted them above her shoulders. With no resistance left, I grasped the strings of her panties and slowly…
-Sliiide.
Pulled them down.
“I-I’m embarrassed…”
She hurriedly covered her mound with her hands. I whispered slowly to her.
“Don’t cover it. Move your hands. Why would you hide something so beautiful?”
“B-but still…”
I gently bit her hesitant ear.
“I’ll give you a reward. So don’t cover it.”
When I moved her hands away… her gray pubic hair was fully exposed.
This was different from before. I had always forcibly stripped Rene. I had tied her hands so she couldn’t move and tormented her. In contrast, what I was doing now was closer to the affectionate acts between lovers.
A woman could become as lewd as she wanted for the man she loved. In other words, the chances of her becoming cooperative during training were high.
I pulled back from Rene and examined her body. Pinkish nipples, thick gray pubic hair. And watching her turn her head away in shame while biting her lip, I said,
“You’re lovely.”