The Female General's Surrender
There was no refusing Yuria's command. Her family's lives hung in the balance. Having already resolved to submit, turning back now would have been meaningless.
Adrian's hands trembled as she reached down and spread herself open.
"You'll have to push your hips forward more if you want me to see. Don't you think?"
At Yuria's order, Adrian thrust her hips out, presenting herself so completely that even her innermost folds were laid bare. Shame wracked her body until she shook. And yet, strangely, a tingling spread through her chest, her nipples tightening into hard peaks.
Have I become a pervert? Why am I feeling this right now?
"Ohh~ It's cleaner inside than I expected. Haven't used it much, have you?"
Adrian couldn't even form an answer. She just stood there trembling, drowning in humiliation.
Slap!
"Kh-hh...!"
Yuria's palm cracked across the pussy Adrian was holding open for her.
"Not going to answer?"
Yuria's hand was merciless. It was not so much the sting of the blow as the force behind it — the clear promise that the slightest mistake would earn her another.
"I-I'm sorry. His Majesty the Emperor was my first man."
Slap!
"And where did the proper address go?"
"I'm sorry. His Majesty the Emperor was my first man. Si...ster..."
"Is that so? You were pretty innocent, then? Never been with a man even at your age? Or was it just that you were too busy?"
"Haa-ahh...!"
As she spoke, Yuria flicked Adrian's clit with her fingertip. Each touch sent a jolt through her, making her flinch.
"Oh my? Getting excited just from me touching you a little? From a woman?"
"Th-that's not..."
"Hmm...? That's funny, because you're dripping wet down there."
Adrian looked down in spite of herself. Yuria was right. Her own juices were running down her thighs in thick rivulets, soaking the bed beneath her.
"Th-this is..."
But she could find nothing else to say. The evidence of her own arousal was spilling out of her in plain sight.
"Hehe. You're adorable, you know that? Big sister will play with you a little."
Yuria slid a finger into her. That pale, slender finger pushed deep into Adrian's cunt, and Adrian — still holding herself open with her own hands — could not muster even a shred of resistance.
Yuria's fingertip found the spot that made her see stars and worked it without mercy. Before long, Adrian's juices were running all the way down Yuria's forearm.
"Nnhhh... haa-mmph... wait... hh-hh... please stop... Sister... nnhh!!"
Adrian could no longer hold the pose. She collapsed forward onto the bed. Yuria simply moved in behind her, her hand pumping faster now, wringing her without pause.
"Hyaaaahn!! I— I'm going to come!! Stop... nnhh... hiiik...!!!"
Yuria's fingers drove her over the edge. Adrian came hard, squirting in a spectacular fountain that soaked the sheets.
"Haa... haa..."
"How was it? Did it feel good?"
"Yes... it felt good. So please... save my family."
"Hahaha!"
Yuria threw her head back and laughed. Adrian stared at her, bewildered. She had just begged for her family's lives, and the woman was giggling. Nothing about it looked sane.
"Where do you think Emperor Ailes has gone right now?"
"What? You don't mean... is he...?"
"That's exactly what I mean. The moment he heard your family was in danger, he mobilized his troops without a second's delay. Honestly... it makes me jealous."
"Th-that's..."
Yuria's plan had been this: she had seeded a small rumor designed to give the Kairan Kingdom a pretext to strike House Wendelin. The rumor claimed that the ducal house was plotting a rebellion in order to rescue Duchess Adrian.
The fact that the Kairan Kingdom had captured Duchess Adrian and offered her up as tribute had been an ultra-classified secret, known only to the pro-imperial nobles of Kairan. Once word of it began to spread, the kingdom could not simply sit still. They had regarded House Wendelin as a thorn in their side from the beginning and had been waiting for any excuse to attack. This rumor was all they needed to move at once.
Dong-hyun had prepared his own army in advance even as he spread the rumor. With Cadis Fortress already under his control, the road to House Wendelin was clear. And the moment the Kairan Kingdom made the first move, he mobilized his forces and marched.
"His Majesty... thought that much of me...?"
"Hehehe. You didn't know? Did you really think he tormented you just because he hated you? I came here to torment you myself because I was so offended. He told me I was the only one he loved — and then the second your family is in danger, look how fast he moves. Well... I suppose he just doesn't want to see you sad."
Yuria made a show of jealousy, twisting the knife just enough to shake Adrian's heart. Tears spilled down Adrian's cheeks.
There was relief, of course — the knowledge that her family would be saved. But it ran deeper than that. After her own kingdom had betrayed her, after she had been thrown into a pit of despair with no hope left at all, the first person who had ever given her happiness had been Dong-hyun.
By now, the fact that he had captured her and broken her barely mattered. The suffering of those two months had been too vast. And the truth was, somewhere in the middle of being taken by him, a quiet affection had begun to take root.
"Oh my! Look at you. Crying from emotion right in front of the Empress?"
"I-I'm sorry, Sister."
Adrian dropped to the floor in a full prostration.
"You've suffered enough. Go."
"Go where?"
"His Majesty said that if you found out about this and wanted to go save your family, you were free to leave. Your weapons, your armor, and your horse are already prepared."
"Is that true? I can really leave?"
The sudden happiness left Adrian more bewildered than anything. She had believed she would spend the rest of her life imprisoned here. That they would release her so easily was almost impossible to believe. A part of her even wondered if this was some elaborate trap.
"Of course it is. The Emperor said so himself. You're not going to hesitate about attacking the Kairan Kingdom with your own hands, are you?"
"Hehe. Good. Then hurry. The Emperor departed yesterday — if you ride hard, you should be able to catch him. He's heading for Cadis Fortress."
"Thank you, Sister. Truly... thank you."
Adrian meant it. She was grateful to Yuria — and to Dong-hyun as well.
Yuria clapped her hands, and the maids who had accompanied her filed into Adrian's chamber and opened a chest. Inside lay the armor and weapons Adrian had always worn.
"Allow us to help you dress."
Under the maids' practiced hands, Adrian was soon fully armored. She bowed once more to Yuria, then set out for Cadis Fortress.
At that same hour, Dong-hyun had halted his marching troops and was preparing to make camp. At his side stood Count Schmalz and Sirian.
According to Count Schmalz, he could barely defeat Sirian anymore. The speed of Sirian's recovery had been nothing short of staggering. With that prodigious talent now paired with physical prowess to match, Sirian had become a truly formidable knight.
On top of that, Sirian had once served as a knight commander in the Kingdom of Sirone, and was thoroughly versed in the command of troops. Unlike Count Schmalz, who was a garrison knight, Sirian was a knight forged on the battlefield. Sorry as Dong-hyun felt for Schmalz, Sirian was a perfect upgrade in every respect.
In any case, with Count Schmalz and Sirian attending him, there was little that required Dong-hyun to act himself. Before long he was resting in a tent that had already been assembled.
That was when it happened. He was lying on the cot, taking his ease, when message windows cascaded across his vision.
Adrian Wendelin has been fully subjugated.
You may continue your adventure in this world even after completing the quest.
Quest completion rewards can be claimed upon returning to the real world.
Tutorial Quest complete.
3 new quests have been unlocked.
"Wh-what? The quest just... completed?"
Dong-hyun had no idea what Yuria had done in Adrian's chambers. The sudden completion left him staring at the empty air, baffled.
"Why, though? Unless..."
Then it clicked. Adrian must have heard that he was riding to save her family — and in that moment, she had opened her heart completely. There was no other way to make sense of it.
"So she's riding this way as hard as she can, then."
The distance his army had covered in two days of marching was something Adrian could close in a single hard ride. Dong-hyun decided it would be best to take his time and wait for her.
The quest had completed without warning, but there was still unfinished business in this world. He had no intention of returning to reality just yet.
The clue that had allowed him to break Adrian — the one he had found through Sirian — had been the masterstroke that solved this quest. He had come to understand that threats and suffering were not always enough to conquer a person's heart completely.
Such methods worked on some and failed on others. But Adrian had been a loyal knight, and so this approach had struck true. Discovering Yuria, rather than breaking Adrian immediately, had been part of that success as well.
This world was a fully realized reality, and the freedom it offered was immense. Dong-hyun had taken Yuria as his simply because she was beautiful — and yet he had reaped far more from that choice than he had ever expected.
But Dong-hyun's journey was only just beginning.
He had merely completed the tutorial, after all.