[Side Story 8] Annoying men (4)

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Adrienne was suffocating in the stifling heat.

Roardnes, completely consumed by her, kept pressing his lips against her face.

The crushed confessions, pressed into her skin with each kiss, soaked her entire body.

"Roa…dn…es."

"Tell me you love me."

"…I love you."

The greedy conqueror, while pleading for love, did not remove his lips.

Tears rolled down Adrienne's face, cutting through her heightened senses and the consuming heat.

Roardnes' lips followed those tears.

He couldn't bear to see her cry out of sadness, yet he seemed satisfied when she cried like this, and he chuckled lowly, like a cunning husband.

Roardnes, who was quick to change the sweat-soaked sheets and bathe her thoroughly, was as skilled as a servant who had worked for at least 20 years. One might wonder if servitude was his true calling.

"Everyone will laugh if they hear that the Crown Prince does such chores."

"Then I'll tear their mouths apart."

He chuckled lowly and pulled her back into his embrace, still in bed. Adrienne buried herself in his chest.

"Don't say such wicked things again."

"Adrienne, I can't be kind to everyone but you."

"Even to Retinna and Caldeion?"

The mischievous hand that had been tracing her white back paused for a moment.

"Even our little angels come after you."

And the body that had been burning from early evening didn't seem tired at all, and it slowly pressed against her body again.

Adrienne flinched and turned away from him, but Roardnes reached out to her and pressed his body against hers again.

"Ugh…"

When Adrienne stirred once, Roardnes wrapped his arms around her shoulders with a deep sigh. Adrienne stiffened momentarily at the strong pulling force, then slowly relaxed.

"Roa…dn…es. Did you hit Lord Epero?"

Rough breaths scattered across the exposed nape of her neck.

Before Adrienne could shrink from the goosebumps, Roardnes pulled her closer.

"Ugh…"

"Let's not talk about that guy. I've only just calmed down."

Roardnes glared into the air and gritted his teeth, hugging Adrienne tighter.

Adrienne felt her vision turn white and caught her breath for a moment before replying.

"I'm on your side. But there was no need to hit Lord Epero…"

"Adrienne, don't provoke a man who's jealous even of his own son. Please."

His voice, rough and scratchy compared to his soft lips, traced her ear.

"I'll take care of any man who gets in the way between us, so please…"

The hand that had softly traced her skin tightened around her, hot where it touched her. Everything she touched felt so soft and pliable.

"Please feel sorry for the guy who's crazy about you, Adrienne."

I can't help it either. Even if I become a tyrant, I can't bear the thought of another man's name passing through your gentle mind, even for a moment, so I'll get rid of anyone who gets in the way.

The whispers never ended.

The soft yet hot and persistent touch.

The gentle, yet rough and demanding pleas mixed with words of love.

Adrienne turned her head and quietly kissed the man who kept taking and taking, as if he were still thirsty, despite all he had taken.

After pouring out even her rough breaths into his mouth, her husband laughed softly as usual.

'I should talk to him properly during the day.'

If she explained the situation, omitting Epero's name as much as possible, and asked him to understand...

Her husband, whose heart would sink at the slightest sign of sadness from Adrienne, would gently embrace her with an unusually submissive attitude, unlike their passionate nights.

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The next day.

Epero arrived at the Duke's residence early in the morning, breaking the long silence.

"I've thought about it a lot, but my feelings haven't changed."

"What do you mean?"

"Honestly, I was so surprised. But no matter how much I think about it, the person I like is you."

Blier, who was busy preparing to welcome Oxana's party, who was about to arrive, stopped for a moment at the sudden declaration.

Epero, whose eyes looked tired in a few days, looked like he had suffered a lot mentally.

"...Are you expecting an answer?"

"No. Instead, I'll confess every day as if it's the first time."

Epero replied a little firmly.

As if he had finished making up his mind, he looked around with a slightly relieved expression.

Huge carriages were being loaded with luggage for the trip.

"It will be difficult to do it every day. I have to escort Lady Oxana from today."

"Oh, about that. I decided to go too."

Epero suddenly grinned and replied.

"What?"

"I just came from kneeling before your brother and apologizing. My accusation was a mistake, and because I like you, I asked him for help. So he gladly allowed it."

"You told the Crown Prince that?"

"Yes. But he said he didn't want to see my face for a while, whether it was in the Crown Prince's palace or the Crown Princess's palace. So I just snuck into my nephews' room to say goodbye."

Epero's face, who chuckled and said he missed his nephews already, was filled with the same mischievousness as before.

Blier stared silently at Epero, who knew the truth but still liked her.

She hadn't expected Epero to come back with the answer that 'she still likes you'. In fact, she was a little surprised.

She looked very skilled as if she were the head of this family, urging the servants to speed up as the queen was about to arrive.

"Huh? Who is that?"

While Blier was lost in thought, Epero's startled voice snapped her out of it.

Blier lifted her head abruptly.

Lotsi's carriage was parked at the end of the line of carriages.

And Lotsi was seen coming out of the annex laboratory with his belongings.

"Who is that man?"

Epero's voice, full of suspicion, echoed through the lobby.

As if it wasn't just any man, but a man as beautiful as someone not of this world came out of the annex, Epero rushed out. It was as if he had discovered a thief.

Blier naturally recalled the conversation she had had with Lotsi the night before.

'My lifelong wish was to uncover the truth. It was unbearably painful to see all my efforts buried. Since then, I haven't had the luxury of loving anyone.'

'But you fulfilled the wish I couldn't fulfill in my whole life. All that was left for me, who had lost my purpose in life... when I looked inside, there was only you.'

'I thought it was just affection. But I couldn't bear the thought of you being with someone else for the rest of my life.'

'For the first time, I wanted to completely return to my original self.'

Blier avoided Epero's eyes, who was staring at her without taking his eyes off her as he argued.

Among the people who were suddenly pouring out their hearts, she felt a bloated feeling, like someone who had overeaten.

"Your Grace! Queen Elacon will be arriving soon!"

Maria entered from outside and handed her a letter from the royal palace.

It was a letter from Adrienne.

As if it had arrived almost simultaneously as the letter, a noisy procession could be heard at the entrance to the duke's residence.

『Blier, to my other half.

Congratulations on your first journey as Blier Pireta.

Although it's a business trip, I hope you enjoy what you should enjoy and interact and make friends with many people.

Whether as the next duke or simply as Blier, it's not too late to make difficult and difficult choices after experiencing many things.

Even if you fail and get hurt, you have a home to return to.

Don't worry about anything and do whatever you want. 』

"...Cute and mischievous."

Blier's face, which had been momentarily stained with confusion, cleared up after reading the letter repeatedly.

"Well, since when have I thought that deeply?"

Shouldn't it be the men who need to win her heart, not her who should be complicated and confused?

Suddenly, my heart felt incredibly light.

The steps that I had been taming for months started to swagger again.

"Your luggage is all packed, Your Grace."

At Mary's announcement, Blier left the mansion with a slightly lighter heart.

Oxana, whose face seemed to have no interest in the world other than gathering beautiful men, poked her head out of the carriage.

Behind the queen, dressed so brightly that it was hard to keep her eyes open from morning, Victor was seen shyly sticking his head out and waving.

Blier briefly paid her respects and got into the carriage. The carriage was so huge that it could easily hold seven or eight men.

And inside the big carriage, not only the queen and Victor, but also Epero and Lotsi, who had been arguing, were riding.

As soon as Blier got into the carriage, she had to face Epero whose face was as red as a beet.

"How can this be? I thought you were a woman? I thought your voice was androgynous, but how can you be this tall? Why are you getting younger? Why are you getting more handsome? Why are you lying and saying you're Lotsi?"

"I never said I was a woman once."

"Your tone is so creepy. Little Duchess, did you know? I wonder if you did it on purpose to make me uncomfortable."

Oxana, who had been throwing flirtatious glances at Lotsi, grinned at Blier as if it was very funny.

"Maybe the most famous harem in this continent will be at the Pireta mansion, not the Elacon Palace. Was Ronta a monogamous country except for the emperor? It's about time such outdated laws were changed."

"Even if Ronta were a very open-minded country, that wouldn't happen, so don't worry about it."

"Really? Epero. I'll bet you a mine that you can change the law. You have to work hard to become Pireta's son-in-law, beating the other strong candidates. My Victor is also a good candidate."

It's annoying, it's annoying.

Blier pretended not to see the people who were talking loudly in front of her.

'Oh.'

It felt like all eyes were coloring her.

Someone's red eyes.

Someone's ashy eyes.

And someone else's blue eyes.

Damn it.

I tried not to care.

My childhood in Elacon.

"I used to imagine myself having fun with all kinds of handsome men, envying the queen and her sisters who had created a harem, but now that all the men's attention is focused on me, I can't adjust."

Is it really that irritating and bothersome?

Lotsi, who calmly suppressed his emotions.

Epero, who was sitting with his legs and arms crossed, looking very annoyed.

And Victor, who was so close to her that he smiled foolishly even though the queen scolded him to control his expression, met her eyes, and once again, she felt bloated as before.

It would be nice if they were people who would just enjoy themselves and leave coolly.

Why are only men who seem like they won't allow anyone else but themselves sticking to her like glue?

'Anyway, those annoying men.'

She had a feeling that her free love would not go smoothly as long as those guys were around.

With the queen's thunderous laughter that seemed to be enjoying this trip to death, the huge carriage ran through the dust, passing the duke's residence.

The carriage running with the blue sky behind it was noisy from the start.

No one knew yet what kind of relationship would be entangled in it.

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