Chapter 424
Chapter 424
And so, the next day.
As if we had no intention of dragging things out, we all went to the castle together.
Ah, of course, Sara came along too.
I couldn’t very well leave her behind, especially since it seemed like those two were bound to fight this time.
What’s that? How could I be fine after what I did last night?
Of course I am.
I did get a smack when we woke up this morning, but Sara and I are still as lovey-dovey as ever today.
“Well then, Princess. I have heard the gist of the matter from my dear husband. I hear you’ve made an interesting proposal? Why don’t you tell me the details?”
After a brief exchange of greetings, Diana cut straight to the chase.
“Th-the details?”
Felicia, who clearly hadn’t expected all of us to show up as a group, had a rare look of bewilderment on her face.
Or was it just because she was dealing with Diana?
After all, even this free-spirited princess was surprisingly deferential to Diana.
It didn’t seem like she was simply intimidated by Diana’s power. Could it have something to do with Diana having been her private tutor when she was young?
“But I told Mr. Guwon everything yesterday. What is it you wish to hear?”
Look at that. In front of Diana, she doesn’t even use her usual cutesy way of referring to herself.
She’s been calling herself ‘darling’ this and ‘honey’ that since we first met, so hearing her use her own name like this feels almost awkward.
Is this the power of a strict upbringing?
“It’s about your race. Of course, you don’t have to tell us if you don’t want to, but if you don’t, your proposal is off the table.”
In response to Felicia’s question, Sara, who had been glaring at her with displeasure, spat out the words in a sharp tone.
At first glance, it might seem like she was just trying to shut down the negotiations as quickly as possible, but this was actually a considerate gesture toward Diana.
Seeing as even Diana didn’t know the princess’s race, the royal family was probably keeping it a secret. If Diana were the one to ask, it would look like she was using her power to force the information out of her.
So Sara, who was a relatively easier opponent, stepped in to give her a choice.
Reveal her race and continue the negotiations, or maintain her secret and call the whole thing off.
Honestly, our Sara is just so kind-hearted.
With a pleased heart, I stroked the spot on Sara’s bottom where her Apostle’s Seal was.
Sara’s sharp gaze, which had been fixed on Felicia, turned to me, but she didn’t try to push my hand away.
“My race? How did you… Ah, I see…”
Felicia looked even more flustered by Sara’s words, but her expression soon returned to its usual inscrutable mask as she turned her gaze to me.
She doesn’t have a poker face, yet it’s so hard to tell what she’s thinking. I guess that’s a talent in its own right.
“That’s right. I can see other people’s race names. And it looks like they’ll decide whether to accept your proposal based on the characteristics of your race.”
“My, you certainly are a man of many talents. Hmm… I see.”
Felicia rested her chin on her hand for a moment, a thoughtful expression on her face.
But it was truly just for a moment. Soon, she looked at us with that characteristic, seductive smile of hers.
“Well, it’s not like I brought it up first. And since the cat’s out of the bag anyway, I suppose it doesn’t matter. Alright. I’ll tell you. Shall we go to a room?”
If even Diana didn’t know, isn’t this a pretty important secret? She’s acting awfully casual about it.
Felicia gestured for us to follow and led us to a room.
She dismissed all the maids who were attending to her and the knights who stood guard, then turned to face us again.
Oh, and for the record, when I say she dismissed the knights, that obviously didn’t include Silvia.
Silvia is with us, too.
Right here in my arms, in fact.
“Uwaahwaahwoooo…”
“Hehe. So, what is it you wish to know about my race?”
Felicia glanced at Silvia in my arms and gave a genuine, delighted smile before looking around at everyone and speaking.
“It’s a race related to sex, isn’t it? For starters, tell us every characteristic you know.”
“Oh my, you even know it’s related to sex? I thought you only knew the name of the race.”
“There was a race with the same name in the world I came from. I’m not sure if the characteristics are exactly the same, though.”
“I see. So there’s really no point in hiding it. Alright. I understand. Let’s see, where should I begin? First, as you know, we are a race related to sex. We instinctively love sex, and we gain more stat boosts from it than others. You could say we are a race that has received the Goddess’s blessing in its entirety. Of course, there are penalties that come with it.”
And with that, Felicia began to explain about Succubi, immediately shattering one of our assumptions.
“The Goddess’s blessing?”
“Hm? Is that so surprising? I thought it was obvious.”
At my reaction, Felicia tilted her head, looking genuinely puzzled.
What? So they’re not a race related to the War God?
“Are there any myths or legends about that passed down through your family?”
“Of course. It’s said that when the Goddess created the world, the very first race she made, the one she put the most effort into, was the bloodline of our royal family.”
The Hero’s family had its own legends, so I asked just in case, but the answer that came back was, as expected, related to the Goddess.
Hearing Felicia’s answer, everyone—especially Sara, Diana, and Leia—let out a huge sigh of relief.
If Felicia had been a race related to the War God, I might have been in a situation where I had to grant her an Apostle’s Seal by the Goddess’s command.
It was clear that, push come to shove, my girls hated the idea of me having to give another woman an Apostle’s Seal.
Well, that’s only natural.
The only reason they could even permit me to have sex with other women was likely because they had the emotional anchor of knowing that the Apostle’s Seals were for them and them alone.
“Hmm?”
Unaware that her own statement had just eliminated one of the reasons we might have had to accept her proposal, Felicia tilted her head in confusion at my girls’ reaction.
“Well, anyway. If you’re a race blessed by the Goddess, why haven’t you revealed it to others? Wouldn’t it be better to shout it from the rooftops and make it widely known? The fact that even Diana didn’t know means you were hiding it, right? Is there a reason?”
“It’s not as simple as you think. As I said before, there’s a penalty. You could call it our royal family’s weakness. We had no choice but to keep it a secret because of that.”
“Can you tell us what it is?”
“You’ve probably guessed, haven’t you? It’s lust. The longer we go without sex, the more our sexual desire grows, infinitely. It’s fine when we’re young, but after becoming an adult, if we go a month without sex, we’d probably go insane. Well, to be precise, the condition isn’t exactly sex.”
“What?! Hey, wait a minute. Then what about our bet?! How did you manage?! Don’t tell me you scammed me!”
“Oh, my. What do you take me for? I didn’t scam you. I was truly suffering, my body burning with desire. As I said, the precise condition isn’t sex. The precise condition is semen. If we don’t take semen into our bodies, whether by drinking it or having it shot inside, we eventually go mad with lust. Well, since you’re not likely to see the stuff without having sex, the condition is basically the same as sex.”
“Wait. Then during the bet with me…”
“I drank it. And so you wouldn’t hate me for it, I didn’t even extract it myself; I went to the trouble of having someone else bring it to me. I did that even at the risk of exposing our royal family’s weakness. My mother was so angry about it, too. What do you think? Aren’t I admirable?”
“Wait a minute. That’s strange. It doesn’t add up. But you said you don’t like Guwon, right? If you don’t like him, why would you go to such lengths? So you were lying about not liking Guwon…”
“Oh, my. That’s obvious, isn’t it? Mr. Guwon’s semen is incredible. It was the first time in my entire life that I experienced my lust completely vanishing from my mind. Once you’ve tasted something like that, wouldn’t you want to do anything to experience it again?”
“I-Is that really true?”
“Yes. The truth is, it seems the royal blood is stronger in me than in others. No matter how much semen I drank, my lust never completely disappeared. But what do you know? After having sex with you just once, my lust completely vanished. That is the only reason I want to have sex with Mr. Guwon.”
“So you planned to use that as leverage in your negotiations with the Queen.”
“As expected of Lady Diana. Yes. That’s right. If I can have sex with Mr. Guwon regularly, my ability to govern will improve far beyond what it is now.”
“…But in the end, you can manage your daily life without Guwon, can’t you? Then it doesn’t seem like you particularly need Guwon to save you. Leia, I think…”
Hearing Felicia’s answer, Sara made a cold, rational judgment.
“W-Wait! Isn’t it a bit much to say that after hearing all of our weaknesses?”
Seeing Sara’s reaction, Felicia, who seemed to have grasped the entire situation, immediately shot back.
“We said from the beginning that we would make our decision after hearing you out, did we not?”
“B-But… I told you everything honestly because I thought I’d be able to be with Mr. Guwon. Now that I know what sex like that feels like, no other man can satisfy me. If Mr. Guwon doesn’t do it with me regularly, I’ll probably become a degenerate who spends 24 hours a day having sex, driven mad by lust for the rest of my life. Please. I’m begging you. Can’t you reconsider?”
And then, suddenly, such a desperate plea.
To be honest, it was an act that wouldn’t work on Sara in the slightest, but the emotional appeal certainly worked on the other two.
Namely, Diana and Leia.
Leia already felt a sense of kinship from a shared struggle and had a soft spot for emotional appeals, so it was understandable that Felicia’s plea would work on her.
But Diana was a bit of a surprise.
It was the same with Silvia. Perhaps because she had served as her tutor, even if only for a short time, she couldn’t bring herself to be completely cold?
No, wait. “A short time” is by Diana’s standards.
Given Diana’s age… no, anyway, it’s possible they spent a lot more time together than I thought.
If you think about it that way, Felicia’s unusually polite attitude toward Diana makes sense.
“Can’t you?”
“Umm. Hold on, we need to discuss this amongst ourselves for a moment.”
In the end, Diana couldn’t bring herself to cruelly reject her cute former student’s request and said as much.
And so Sara, Diana, and Leia, along with Silvia and Matilda, gathered together, put their heads together, and began to whisper amongst themselves.
Me? I figured if I chimed in, my opinion would only cloud their judgment further.
I decided to just stay quiet and not get involved.
I glanced over at Felicia, and when our eyes met, she gave me a seductive, smiling gaze.
Where did that desperate look from a moment ago go?
“Was that an act just now?”
“Oh, my. Of course not. I’m always sincere. That includes the part about it being truly difficult to bear without your semen. But there’s no use in just being anxious, is there? Life is what you make of it.”
Don’t talk like you’re some kind of sage, you nymphomaniac.
No, wait. She did say her lust disappears when she’s with me.
Did she really enter sage mode after doing it with me yesterday?
“If you like my semen that much, should I have someone deliver it to you every time?”
“No, no. That’s not effective enough. I told you, didn’t I? I drank semen brought by someone else during the bet, and I still thought I was going to lose my mind. It’s just not as effective unless it’s squeezed out directly.”
“Don’t talk about human semen like you’re milking a cow.”
“Oh my. Hehe. Sorry.”
While Felicia and I were having our silly conversation, the others, who had been deep in discussion, looked up as if they had reached a conclusion.
“Princess. What you desire is for your mind to be cleared by Guwon’s semen, correct? In that case, I don’t think you need to do it once a week.”
“Pardon? But if we don’t do it that often…”
“Did you not judge that you could last a week after doing it with this man just once?”
“What? What do you mean by that?”
“This man can keep ejaculating without limit.”
Well, technically I use my life force to recover.
But since Healing Sex recovers that much life force with each ejaculation, she’s not entirely wrong.
“Whaaaaaat?!”
Hearing Diana’s words, Felicia showed the most intense reaction I had ever seen from her.
Then, she stared at me with eyes that sparkled brightly.