“That can’t be…!”
“Ah, there’s something good here.”
The emperor’s gaze landed on a bottle of vodka placed on the bedside shelf.
He gulped it down in large swigs, then held some in his mouth before pressing his lips to mine.
His relentless assault pried open my sealed lips, the heat between our tangled flesh growing sticky and unbearable.
***
No matter how hard I resisted, the ruthless invader found every gap to exploit.
“Ngh…!”
The friction of our tongues mixed with the bitter alcohol sliding down my throat.
My insides burned, my breath ragged.
After the initial bitterness, an overwhelming sweetness lingered—whether from the liquor or his lips, I couldn’t tell.
Soon, the room was filled with nothing but rough panting and the slick sounds of skin against skin.
His tongue roamed my mouth, teasing every sensitive spot, sending my mind into a daze.
Before I knew it, a strange, tingling sensation took hold.
“Hah… ah…”
This time, his large hands moved to my chest, kneading the soft flesh with rough possessiveness.
Still unsatisfied, he began peeling off my clothes, layer by layer.
I knew I should stop him, but the relentless stimulation swept me away before I could think.
Where this would end, I had no idea.
When the suffocating kiss finally broke, I gasped for air, my lungs starved.
By then, even my undergarments had been undone.
Shamefully covering myself with my hands, I was met with his handsome face twisted into a wicked smirk.
“Do you… really have to go this far?”
“If you don’t like it, why don’t you try crushing me with pheromones like last time? You were good at that.”
“Try using pheromones again?”
A memory flickered—back when the emperor had tried to read my emotions through pheromones.
An inexplicable power had surged from within me, something unheard of for a herbivore like me overpowering a carnivore’s dominance.
“I don’t know either! I don’t remember how I did it…!”
“Then there’s no choice.”
His tongue dragged lazily over the exposed flesh my hands failed to cover, then his lips latched on, sucking greedily.
Red marks bloomed across my chest, an odd itchiness spreading deep inside me.
Overwhelmed by the indescribable pleasure, my body trembled—only for thick, cloying pheromones to slowly press down on me.
My overheated body grew unbearably sensitive.
“Ah—!”
Even when I closed my eyes, his relentless gaze followed me, and the obscene sounds whispering against my ears tormented me endlessly.
And before I knew it, I was craving even more stimulation—something I hadn’t even realized I wanted.
The emperor noticed.
He looked at me and laughed, his lips curling as he bit down sharply.
Then, he pried my hands away from where they shielded my chest.
His mouth closed over my stiffened nipple, his tongue melting against my flesh in slow, deliberate strokes.
My body jerked uncontrollably, a lewd moan escaping my lips as my hips twitched.
“Ngh… ah…!”
His free hand groped my other breast roughly, kneading the soft flesh like dough until it was a mess under his touch.
“This… this can’t be what I wanted… right?”
My thoughts were in chaos, unable to form a coherent line of reasoning.
The only thing that felt real was the vivid sensations overwhelming me.
“You’ve gotten so hard. You liked it when I sucked here last time too—guess that preference hasn’t changed.”
His amused voice made me look down at him, watching as my flesh disappeared between his red lips, chewed and released.
The anger in his eyes had long since darkened into something far more sinister.
Just seeing it sent a filthy thrill through me.
This man… he’s looking at me with desire.
The moment I realized it, something hot dripped between my legs.
Instinctively, I rubbed my thighs together, gasping—only for him to let out a mocking laugh.
“Look at you. How can I believe a word you’ve said? Are you really trapped here, or is this exactly what you wanted?”
As if scolding me, his fingers pinched my hardened nipple sharply.
“Hah! I—I mean it! This is… ngh… Your Majesty is the one who—!”
“Still making excuses? Even now, pinned beneath me and dripping like this?”
Every word he spoke was sharp as a rose’s thorn, staining me with unbearable shame.
And in that moment, resentment surged to the surface.
Why do I have to suffer like this?
Since coming to Hamilton, I’d achieved nothing—only endless hardship.
And now, was this really what it took to prove my innocence?
My body, heated by pheromones, craved more, but my mind and instincts were at war.
I wanted to shut out everything and surrender to the pleasure, yet fury burned inside me.
Tears threatened to spill from my confused frustration, but I held them back—just barely.
The emperor froze when he saw my expression.
“That look on your face…”
His jaw clenched, teeth grinding.
Then, abruptly, he pulled away.
“…Enough. Get out.”
The suffocating pheromones that had weighed me down vanished without a trace.
Biting my lip, I hastily fixed my clothes and fled his bedroom like a hunted animal.
***
Later…
I couldn’t remember how I’d even made it out of that room.
Why had the emperor, so cruel just moments ago, suddenly changed his mind?
I couldn’t understand it at all.
But more terrifying than his actions was the way I succumbed to pleasure.
‘This time, he didn’t even suppress me with pheromones from the start…’
A pang of regret hit me.
Maybe I should’ve just closed my eyes and endured it.
Had I wasted this crucial opportunity?
As I let out another heavy sigh, Perry, standing beside me, snapped irritably.
“Ugh, why do you reek of alcohol every time you sigh? Can you stop?”
She glared at me reproachfully, but I couldn’t help it.
I owed her an apology.
“Sorry. Right now is my ‘sighing time.’ Just bear with me this once, Perry.”
“Sighing time? What’s that?”
“Well, it’s something I made up. When something’s weighing on me, I set aside a fixed time to let out all my worries and sighs.”
She frowned at me like I was insane.
“What? Why would you do something so stupid?”
“If I wallow in sadness too much, I can’t enjoy the rest of the day.”
It was something I’d learned through experience.
Grieving was necessary, but staying trapped in it meant getting nothing done.
I’d already wasted too much time that way.
After exhaling deeply until my allotted time was up, I finally stopped.
Now that I’d properly vented my misery, it was time to think about what to do next.
“Perry.”
“What? Is your sighing session over already?”
“Yeah. So, tell me… do you know much about Hamillon’s underground prison?”
If I was going to end up there tomorrow, I might as well know what to expect.
Luckily, Perry seemed familiar with the place.
“Hamilton’s underground prison? You mean Welchinson Dungeon?”
“I’m not sure of the exact name. Is it… worse than the Labyrinth, the above-ground prison?”
Perry burst out laughing like I’d told a joke.
“Compared to that hellhole, the Labyrinth is a luxury suite. In Welchinson, six prisoners are crammed into a space smaller than a quarter of this room.”
‘…Six people living in a place like that?’
“Of course they can’t. That’s why it’s a prison. Every day is the worst day of your life—thrilling in the worst way possible.”
If even Perry described it like that, surviving there would be meaningless.
Still, I clung to a sliver of hope.
“Then… sending letters from prison is out of the question? I wanted to write to my family in Medderland…”
“That’s your question? You’d be better off asking how to escape.”
“If I asked, would you tell me?”
“Of course—no.”
I should’ve known.
I shut my mouth, my mood sinking again as I remembered what had happened earlier.
‘No! I’ve already used up all my sighing time for today!’
From now on, I’d better focus on figuring out how to survive with my future cellmates in Welchinson.
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