Rose's Subjugation
Federica slipped something into her mouth and took hold of my shoulder. She parted her lips and let her tongue unfurl. On that seductive red tongue rested a black capsule.
Smiling with languid heat, she pressed her mouth to mine.
Soft, moist lips came first. She found the slight parting of my own and pushed her tongue inside. The capsule's foreign texture brushed against me.
I tried to shove it back out. I knew no drug would pose any real danger to me — it was pure instinct.
Her technique is… ridiculous.
Her tongue moved like a living snake. As they tangled together, the heat in me climbed. The erotic scent of roses. Her full breasts against my body. A wet, sweet kiss.
The capsule slid deep into my mouth — but by then it was already secondary. The sticky kiss with Federica mattered more than any capsule.
Saliva spilled from her into me. Even if I'd wanted to spit it out, her tongue barred the way. Together with her sweet saliva, the capsule went down my throat.
Gulp.
Federica swept once through my mouth with her tongue, then drew back. A thread of sticky saliva stretched between her glistening lips.
"Hmm. You're a good kisser. And bold with your hands, too."
She grinned. Before I knew it, both my hands were on her waist and her ass. Big, firm, and good to hold.
"You were the one who seduced me first."
"…If I'd known you were this easy, I should've done this ages ago."
Federica tried to push me off. From the moment I'd swallowed the capsule, she seemed to figure her business was finished.
I squeezed her ass hard, then let go. She smiled seductively and straightened her disheveled dress. The nipples that had been faintly visible vanished again beneath the fabric.
"That went easier than expected."
She stared at me. I stared right back.
"…You're more fine than I thought. Even with high stats, you shouldn't walk away from Rose Drug looking this normal…"
She tilted her head.
I raised my hand. It was trembling, faintly. The Rose Drug was working — that tremor was the proof.
"It seems to hit the body as well… but what it really targets is the mind, right? My mental fortitude's a bit strong. Drugs like this don't work on me."
As long as I had Absolute Mind, my mind would never break. Magic, drugs — same difference.
"…I see. Impressive. That must be your unique trait? You're nothing like that idiot over there. Makes me want you even more."
"Idiot? You mean Federica's boyfriend? Is that how you talk about your boyfriend?"
"An idiot is an idiot. What else am I supposed to call him?"
Federica kicked Santanu's head. It twitched.
"Gah! Gale! You son of a bitch…!"
Santanu writhed, but thoroughly high, he couldn't get up. He'd be like this for at least a few hours.
"Who the hell is Gale?"
"A friend who betrayed Santanu. Santanu killed him himself last year. Guilt or not, whenever he's high he always rambles Gale's name."
I reached across the table. Several of the black capsules I'd just swallowed were scattered there. I set one on my palm.
◈ Makes you feel good.
◈ Highly addictive.
◈ Creates happy times.
"You know drugs are illegal, right?"
Not illegal by the System's definition. Beyond the rules set for each zone, the System forced no laws on the humans of Atlantis. In practice, Atlantis was a lawless zone. The ones who spread and maintained law here were the Yustia Empire.
"Planning to snitch to the Phantom Duke about that?"
"Well, that wouldn't be a bad idea either."
"…This is unexpected. Why doesn't the drug work on you?"
For the first time, Federica's face went hard. Her goal was to become a noble. Linked to drugs, she wouldn't get a title — she'd get a fugitive's brand.
"Federica. I heard you're an alchemist. You made this Rose Drug yourself, didn't you?"
"Being an alchemist doesn't prove I made a drug. There are countless other alchemists in this world. Ah — and the Rose Drug is just something I happened to acquire."
"That's how you're going to play it? But do you know? The Phantom Duke's investigation methods are quite aggressive."
"……"
"……"
A silent contest of wills stretched between us. I won. She let out a sigh of defeat.
"I'm at a disadvantage. That just makes me want you even more."
"Alchemy skilled enough to make a drug of this caliber. I've started wanting Federica myself. Work with me."
"…Are you scouting me right now?"
"Why not? You're making money off drugs, but that has its limits. Specifically — distribution."
"…I see. You already knew everything and came looking for me. You're no ordinary guy."
There were plenty of alchemists in this world, but finding one with real skill was hard. Recruiting Federica while I was at it wasn't a bad idea. I planned to take her into the Black Pillar Alliance or the Heavenly Demon Cult — not A-Plan Legion.
"Sorry, but I'm sick of working under someone."
"Is that so. Then let me propose something else."
I knew she wouldn't bite right away. No need to rush. The reason she could act so boldly was the Thorn Rose Legion behind her. Once that legion fell, she'd be the one getting anxious.
I took off my pants. My thick cock sprang free.
"I'll keep quiet about the drugs. In exchange — suck me off once."
"……"
Federica's expression went ice cold.
"…Are you serious?"
"Honestly, I've been attracted to you since the first time I saw you. I thought I wanted to make you my woman. Looking at your attitude now, that seems difficult. So I might as well at least enjoy myself."
"You're the worst kind of man."
"Say whatever you want. The choice is yours."
"……"
Federica came closer. She slowly knelt in front of me. Her breath brushed my cock. What had been hanging limp rose as if stretching itself awake.
"Did you get surgery or something? It's huge."
"So you're saying you can't do it?"
"…You're the first person who's ever made me do something like this."
After a brief hesitation, Federica gripped my thighs, opened her mouth, and took my cock. The wet texture of her tongue closed around it. She looked up at me. That glare only turned me on more.
"Slurp. Schlick, sluuurp."
I set my hand on Federica's red hair. The strands wound between my fingers — soft, full, good to touch.
For a while, only the sound of her sucking filled the room.
Feeling the urge to come, I gripped her head firmly and erupted white liquid down her throat. Federica's eyes went wide. Furrowing her brow as if in distress, she gulped the semen down.
"Pwahh… Wh-what. This absurd amount…?"
She wiped the semen from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.
"I've got pretty strong vitality. It's a shame, but… let's leave it here for now."
"For now…?"
"I'll keep quiet about the drugs. Trust me."
"……"
Federica looked at me with distrustful eyes. I walked past her, left the banquet hall, and returned to my room. I felt eyes on me the whole way back.
…The flow of mana seems a little different. Did they put up a barrier?
Security inside the mansion had tightened as well.
They might try to kill me tonight.
The possibility was fairly high. I left a word with Ju Seo-hyeon to be careful tonight, then went into my room.
Federica invited me and Ju Seo-hyeon to dinner, but I declined on the grounds of not feeling well and shut myself in.
Around midnight. Lying in bed with my eyes closed, I quietly opened them and looked straight ahead. The door I'd locked opened without a sound, and Federica strode boldly inside.
I never expected her to open the door herself and walk right in.
"What brings you here? Assassination?"
"If assassination were the goal, Santanu would have come, not me. As you know, I'm an alchemist. I have no combat ability."
I smiled quietly. I didn't believe a word of it. According to my research, Federica was stronger than Santanu. The idea that an alchemist has no combat ability was nothing more than prejudice — and I wasn't so naive as to fall for that.
"Then for what purpose have you come at this late hour?"
"After thinking it over carefully, your proposal… didn't seem so bad."
Click.
She closed the door and approached the bed. I narrowed my eyes and looked at her body. She wore a black dress far more revealing than the one I'd seen during the day. Her waist and back were fully exposed, and her nipples poked out through the fabric over her chest.
"You've decided to work with me?"
"Yes. But I have conditions of my own. Help me become a noble."
"It's a bit difficult, but it doesn't seem impossible."
I pulled Federica's dress down. Moonlight through the window lit a body without a scrap of underwear — full breasts, a slim waist, and a large ass. A beautiful body.
She climbed slowly onto the bed and pulled the blanket covering me, flinging it aside. Her eyes widened. Under the blanket, I was already naked.
"…Don't tell me. Were you waiting for me?"
"That's not it. I just don't wear clothes when I sleep."
"Hmm."
Federica took my shoulders and straddled my thighs. My gaze went to her crotch. Red pubic hair the same color as her hair was neatly trimmed into an inverted-triangle bikini line. Her pussy had thick, soft pink inner lips. When I set my palm against her, I felt the soft, pliant texture of her labia.
"…Federica. Why are you so obsessed with becoming a noble? With what you have now, you could live a life no less enviable than any noble's."
"I can live a life no less enviable than a noble's — but that still doesn't make me a noble. I want to prove it. That even a woman like me can become one."
Federica slowly moved her body. Soft flesh rubbed against mine. Her waist rolled, and the pussy against my palm grew hotter. I buried my face in her breasts. They smelled of roses.
"Ah… Your huge thing is pressing against my thigh…"
A voice thick with coquetry tickled my ear. My sitting body fell back onto the bed. Federica straddled me and showed off her physique like a cat. At the sight of her swaying breasts and large, round ass, my cock hardened to its limit.
What drew my gaze even more were the thorned rose tattoos on her left shoulder and hip. I hadn't expected a tattoo on her hip as well.
Gripping the breasts dancing above me, I said,
"Shall we get started."
"Ah… Yeah. We should. That would be good."
She laid her upper body down on mine. Not bad — but this wasn't what I wanted. The moment I tried to sit up, the rose tattoo on her body writhed and connected to mine.
"…What did you just do?"
"Even so, I can't just trust you, can I?"
Federica smiled slyly.
The rose tattoo that started from my lower abdomen climbed higher and settled on my chest and neck.
Your life is now bound to Federica.
A subjugation-type skill.
I let out an incredulous sigh. I'd expected poison at least — not a subjugation skill.
Federica stroked my face with a gentle hand.
"Don't worry. If you listen well, I'll spoil you rotten. And your face happens to be just my type, too."
Peck.
She pressed her lips to the rose tattoo on my chest.