Weeping Men: The Innocent Princess's Secret Delight - Chapter 2.23 π
“Uwaang…!”
Should she praise him for developing a rebellious streak after just one night of s*x? But she’s having a hard time. She couldn’t tell if it was good or bad.
Her upper body lurched forward, almost falling into the lake. Kaizen’s arms had tensed up overall, causing her to unknowingly pitch forward. A scream escaped Judith’s mouth.
“Hik, ugh…! Aah! This isn’t it, no, no…!”
The fishy smell of water hit her strongly. Judith, in instinctive fear, thrashed about, splashing water wildly. Kaizen’s thrusting seemed to gain even more momentum, becoming more intense.
Her upper body, which was about to fall forward, was supported by just one hand, while her stomach was tightly pressed. Yet, the weight of him penetrating and filling her lower belly only increased.
Due to her insufficient height, her feet even lifted slightly in the lake water. A chill ran through her entire body, making her scalp tingle.
“Aaaang! Huaang!”
“I’m sorry… Sorry…”
Kaizen was now almost begging, but she didn’t even have the presence of mind to savor that reaction satisfactorily.
“Uwaaa! Aaaang…!!”
Judith, convulsing all over from fear and excitement, finally reached her cl*max and passed out. As her vision flickered and her consciousness faded, she could still feel the foreign object entering and leaving below.
After pinching his thigh hard once more, Judith completely lost consciousness.
Everything after she fainted was Kaizen’s responsibility. He performed his assigned duties admirably.
Removing the traces of his mistake, washing her, wrapping her in dry clothes, carrying her to the cave, and lighting a fire.
Throughout tending to Judith, Kaizen was gripped by a strange sense of fulfillment.
While moistening her dry lips with water he had fetched, Kaizen gently smudged her lips.
Why did her defenseless appearance, sleeping so soundly without even opening her eyes, fill his chest so tightly?
‘I want to kiss her.’
Busy matching their lower parts, he hadn’t explored her upper body much. Feeling regretful anew, he tilted his head and drew closer.
“It’s embarrassing. For brothers to be involved in rumors with the same woman simultaneously.”
“Even you should know how to wash away this dishonor. You just need to distance yourself from the Imperial Princess.”
Why, of all things, did those words come to mind at that moment?
There’s a place in the Duke’s mansion where Kaizen isn’t allowed to enter freely. The Duke’s study.
Because Kaizen wasn’t permitted to enter there, he always waited outside the door when he had business.
Sometimes, he could overhear conversations from inside. His father’s conversation partner was his brother.
“You say the 2nd Prince of Abraskan has shown interest in the Imperial Princess?”
“Yes. But we don’t need to pay much attention to it right away. He’s already known for his womanizing, and he’s not even the Crown Prince…”
From a time he couldn’t even remember, his brother had been building plans with their father to become the Imperial Consort.
So, until he got to know Judith as an individual, Kaizen had considered the Imperial Princess as his brother’s fiancΓ©e.
Even now, after having intimacy with her, the thought that his brother would become the Imperial Princess’s fiancΓ© hadn’t completely disappeared. Throughout their intimate encounter, his chest felt cold, and he shed tears several times from guilt.
The submission and compliance ingrained deep in his bones were even more deeply rooted than instinct.
In the end, Kaizen pulled his head back.
“Unng…”
Judith made a weak sleep-talking sound and turned her head. As Kaizen was adjusting her position to make her lie comfortably, supporting behind her ear, he touched something and startled.
He tapped it gently as if trying to gauge what it was, then carefully pulled it out, taking care not to wake Judith.
Upon confirming the identity of the earring, Kaizen’s eyes immediately turned fierce. His pupils were filled with killing intent.
Thanks to his experience of encountering similar magical items as confiscated goods while in the North, Kaizen could immediately recognize them.
This earring is a magical item. Moreover, it appeared to have been illegally modified for the purpose of tracking the wearer’s location.
Illegally modifying magical items isn’t something that can be done with ordinary money. At least a Count. Maybe evenβ,
‘It could be the Duke’s family.’
“The person who ordered us to harm the Imperial Princess was Fr…”
If the name that would have followed matches the name he’s thinking of now.
‘I won’t just stand by and watch.’
His fist trembled slightly. He clenched his hand tightly to hide the trembling. So tightly that his fingers turned white from lack of blood flow.
***
The Imperial Princess, who had gone missing from the explosion site, returned after just one night. Once again, the person who saved her was the knight who always guarded her side.
Upon news of the Imperial Princess’s return, the young duke, who had been continuing the search across the entire forest, hurried back.
“I’m relieved you’re safe, Your Highness.”
The first person he sought out was neither the Emperor nor the Duke, but the Imperial Princess he had been searching for all night.
He smiled warmly upon seeing the Imperial Princess unharmed, but quickly lowered the corners of his eyebrows and made a sad face.
“But still… it’s too dangerous. Isn’t one guard insufficient for protection?”
“……”
“At least if it were meβ”
It was, of course, to set up a narrative for his advances.
Judith was too annoyed to indulge his pretense till the end.
“The Duke’s knights are also excellent, so to them…”
“Achooβ!!”
So she buried it. With a grand sneeze.
“Ah! I’m sorry. I couldn’t hold it back…”
Judith pretended to be embarrassed, covering her mouth while gauging Froyzen’s reaction.
“…It’s alright.”
Though his mask was about to crack, he recovered gracefully. He still didn’t give up on his advances.
“You’ve caught a cold, haven’t you? If it were me…”
“Ahem!”
“I would have been prepared with equipment for the cold…”
“Sniff! Ahem!”
The defense was easy. All she had to do was pretend to have a terribly stuffy nose.
“……”
A smile was about to fade from Kaizen’s face. But Jessie rushing over was faster than that.
“I apologize, Your Highness! We should have kept you warmer! Please, come inside… Oh! Were you in conversation with the young duke?! I’m sorry!”
“…It’s nothing. She seems unwell, please escort her inside quickly.”
Froyzen barely maintained his usual manners at the intrusion of an outsider.
The Imperial Princess, wrapped in 4 layers of fur, 2 scarves, a hat, gloves, and boots, unable to walk properly, was lifted and carried by the maids.
Froyzen stood still, staring intently until they were out of sight.
“Cough……”
Only after confirming the Imperial Princess coughing lightly did he turn elsewhere.
Froyzen wasn’t the only one quietly watching the Imperial Princess who had caught a cold.
“Commander?”
“…Let’s go.”
Only after seeing the Imperial Princess board the carriage, built large solely for the purpose of warmth, did Kaizen start walking.
Though he too had been missing for a night with the Imperial Princess and needed rest, there was no time to rest with the pile of post-incident work.
It was when he was returning with his adjutant.
“…Sniff.”
At the unbelievable sound from beside him, the adjutant looked up at Kaizen with wide eyes. Kaizen was hastily wiping under his nose with the back of his hand.
It’s true. The young master… no, the Commander has caught a cold. Someone who remained fine even while rolling in the snow in the northern snowfields, catching a cold.
‘What on earth did he do last night?’
The adjutant became genuinely curious and asked.
“Did you catch a cold?”
“Shut up.”
He was immediately cut off.
The adjutant followed behind Kaizen, pondering how on earth germs managed to penetrate the body of this man made of iron.
