5. Omen (5)
5. Omen (5)
"Are you joking with this princess right now?"
"Y-yes? What?"
I was so angry that I felt heat rushing to my head.
Was this even reasonable from the start?
Me, the imperial princess, having to spread my own buttocks with my own hands?
I wanted to slap that woman's cheek right then and there, but since she was Cassandra's disciple, I was making a special effort to endure it.
However, to get straight to the point.
I was wrong.
Not only was I wrong, but this was actually considered privileged treatment for a princess.
"D-did I perhaps commit some offense...?"
"D-do you mean to say it's right to make the p-princess perform such an action?!"
"...Ah."
At first, I naturally thought Dorothy was at fault.
I was so overwhelmed that I even wondered if Dorothy was tormenting me because she resented my sudden appearance.
But Dorothy's reaction was nothing like that.
"Since this is Your Highness's first time in the imperial palace, you wouldn't know. My apologies, this is my oversight."
I could accept that much, but...—
"Let me explain everything."
Of course, the explanation wasn't that long.
The reason for conducting this inspection was because in the past, a woman hired for assassination had smuggled in a potent poison sealed within her vaginal cavity.
After that incident, it seemed that anyone entering the main palace had to be thoroughly inspected, not just the vaginal cavity but even the anal cavity.
And they said even the servants and maids became extremely traumatized at this stage.
No wonder, since it was an "inspection" that had to be thorough. Typically, a team consisting of two adult men and one female supervisor would...
forcibly insert rod-like objects all the way to the deepest part of the vagina where it meets the cervix.
In that sense, being able to spread my own buttocks with my hands was quite a significant consideration.
If I were just a commoner, men would have undoubtedly restrained my hands and feet, forcibly spread me open, and shoved inspection rods inside.
"...Kkeut."
So I actually owed Dorothy an apology.
I had gotten angry without knowing this.
But for some reason, the words wouldn't come out.
"If Your Highness is uncomfortable, shall I call for someone?"
"No, no! Enough. This princess will do it."
I truly embraced despair, grabbed the cleft between my buttocks and thighs, and spread them open.
—...Sspread.
I was utterly humiliated.
Even though it was just an inspection, it felt like I was being violated.
"I will begin the inspection, Your Highness."
"Kk, kkeuut...!"
I could feel Dorothy's gaze staring intently from behind me.
I hadn't realized my body would be this sensitive.
Despite trying not to be conscious of it, wherever Dorothy's gaze touched tingled intensely.
"Your Highness, I can't see well. Could you lean forward a bit?"
—...Udek!
"A-alright."
At Dorothy's request, I put more strength into spreading my buttocks wider.
Then suddenly,
—Chup.
"...Hiyang?!"
Something sticky touched that place.
It was extremely cold and felt strange, making an odd moan escape my lips without me realizing.
But I couldn't cover my mouth either.
I tried to check what had touched me using the mirror nearby, but...
—Ssuuk...!
"Huooot...?!"
Suddenly, a strange rod slid deep inside my vagina.
Feeling this sensation for the first time, my body naturally stiffened.
"...Hmm, the hymen is intact... and there's no poison."
What was Dorothy even saying?
I had no room to protest.
All the nerves in my entire body were concentrated there.
The only consolation was that the rod was quite thin.
It was at most the size of a chopstick, yet my body stiffened as if it would break from something so small going so deep.
But I couldn't just scream where Dorothy could clearly see me.
When would it end?
When would she finally remove that thing?
Just as my mind was beginning to scream and wear down...
Another rod touched a place that shouldn't be touched.
"...Heut?! P-perhaps... How dare you humiliate this princess...!"
The place where another rod touched was slightly above that.
A hole where nothing had ever entered before—no, where nothing should ever enter.
-Pook.
"Haaak...!"
Dorothy silently did her job.
I never imagined for a second that she would dare shove inspection rods into both the front and back holes of a princess.
After inserting both rods as deep as possible and waiting about 5 seconds...
Dorothy removed the rods, saying there was no further reaction.
"Upon inspection, I found absolutely no poison components."
".........."
Of course there weren't.
As if this princess would have any reason to commit such shameful acts.
"My apologies, Your Highness. Even though you were raised in hiding, since you come from outside the imperial palace, this was a necessary inspection."
".........."
That was certainly true.
As Imperial Father briefly explained, the current situation was that the 2nd Prince had been sent on a secret mission,
and during that time, there existed a princess who had been raised in hiding.
Just for coming from outside, I had to endure such humiliation.
For some reason, it felt like I had been tortured.
Dorothy certainly wasn't at fault.
She was just doing her job.
But from my perspective, I couldn't possibly forgive her.
Even though I knew she wasn't wrong.
Even though I knew it was strange for me to be angry at her.
Was that why?
My tone and behavior toward Dorothy became quite harsh.
"...Get out of my room. Now."
"...Yes?"
Perhaps she didn't understand.
I lowered my voice and spoke while furrowing my brow to show my current mood.
"If you don't want to lose your head, I said get out now."
"........Yes, Your Highness."
By then, Dorothy seemed to understand my words and bowed respectfully.
Just as she was about to leave my room, I spoke first.
"..........Come back after sufficient time has passed. I don't want to see anyone right now."
With those words, the door closed firmly behind her.
"...Haa."
Could I really live well as a princess?
To have nothing but these disgusting things happen from the very first day.
Honestly, it was difficult.
No, perhaps it's better to say I was scared.
There were too many things I was experiencing or didn't know about in this female body.
I prayed desperately that such things wouldn't happen again in the future.
"...This is somewhat difficult."
I needed to recover my severely worn mental strength.
Wasn't this torture?
I immediately grabbed the blanket lying on the floor and climbed back onto the bed to lie down.
I had just revealed too much of my personal emotions.
I had taken out my anger on someone who didn't deserve it, so I needed to apologize later.
But, well...
Dorothy would understand to some extent, right?
Given how she apologized right after the inspection ended.
She clearly knew how humiliating that act was.
As I recalled the recent situation, my tailbone area began to ache.
"Uu... stop...! Stop thinking about it."
Let's not unnecessarily stimulate my emotions further.
Thinking this, I buried my face in the blanket and closed my eyes.
I believed I could regain my composure after resting a bit.
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"Oh, Dorothy?"
".........."
People who knew her called out, but Dorothy didn't even respond as she walked quickly somewhere.
It was strange.
No matter how busy she was, Dorothy was always a girl who smiled and greeted people properly.
But seeing her act like this made people understand she must have something extremely urgent.
"That's unusual."
"Indeed, where is she going?"
The maids cleaning in pairs, the gardener who had just finished mowing the lawn and came in—
none of them held any particular grudge against Dorothy.
They just thought she must have something urgent.
So they didn't suspect anything unusual.
There must be a reason she was walking so hurriedly.
—Thump!
Upon reaching her room, Dorothy quickly closed the door and leaned against it.
No one would come to her personal room at this hour, but even if someone knocked, she seemed determined not to answer.
Dorothy, who had hurriedly leaned against the door, seemed somehow strange.
"Haa, haa, haa...!"
Her breathing was frantic.
As if she had been running at full speed for hours.
This wasn't breathing from just walking quickly for a few minutes.
Her body was tense, so rigid that she seemed to have stopped breathing on her own.
Simultaneously, Dorothy felt dizzy.
Of course, the dizziness was because—
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
—the sound of her heart was tormenting her mind.
—Slump.
Dorothy's legs gave way and she collapsed to the floor.
With trembling hands, she struggled to clutch her chest.
She wanted to stop her heartbeat even for a moment.
Though her heart was pounding fiercely in her chest, her blood was circulating so rapidly that she felt she might collapse if she relaxed even slightly.
But contrary to that—
"W-what is this...?"
She replayed it in her mind again.
From beginning to end.
From when the princess grabbed her own buttocks with her hands,
Sspread.
and spread them open, until the very end.
She didn't want to forget a single moment.
"Hahak, hahak, this is insane... this is insane."
All without realizing what kind of fetish she was awakening to.