Ivan lightly kissed her lips, climbing on top of her. Alicia’s eyes widened, realizing what he planned to do.Looking at her cute and surprised expression, Ivan smiled and lifted an eyebrow. “I told you last time, didn’t I? When men wake up in the morning, they want to do it even more.”Before she could muster a reply, his shaft poked her abdomen. It increased in size and pressured down on her glaringly.“I’m only like this because you fell asleep right after we did it… once… I could barely hold back my desires to pounce you while you were asleep…”Ah… the reasons why she felt his frustrations and why he embraced her tight first thing in the morning was because of… her…Alicia was dumbfounded.“…Ivan…”Nevertheless, Ivan steadily opened her legs, his fingers running up the skin of her legs as he lowered his hand and bit onto her thighs, chewing lightly as if a form of punishment.Alicia’s skin practically glowed at his touch.“It’ll feel nice; you’ll feel good… don’t look annoyed.”Iv
“They say that if one keeps their pent up frustrations inside, it’ll only make one terribly desperate to relieve it later on. I think this saying matches that foolish king, don’t you think so? I’m wondering how he was able to push down his desires for so long. Hm… maybe he’d been…” Mrs. Cessley cleared her throat. “Anyway, I think I’ll need to have a stern talk with His Majesty. The other parts are fine, but why does he need to rip apart your poor lips like this?”Alicia pulled her hand out of the water and swept it across her lip for a moment. She remembered Ivan licking her lips gently while apologizing. A blazing red blush immediately tinged her cheeks.“I don’t think we’ll be able to hide this with makeup. Perhaps we can make it work with a deep red lipstick? Though it’s not like we have official meetings you’ll need to attend, but if you walk around like this, I don’t doubt that the servants will surely start a rumor… um… Your Majesty? Are you listening to me?”Alicia jumped, hur
“I hear that Duke Saphia has a growing interest for business as of recent and is investing much of his wealth into it.”“Yes,” Alicia nodded, “I heard about that. They say he’s developed an interest in the spice trade business.”In times past, Ehrlich failed in entering the spice market. Their efforts often proved futile, but this time, under Ivan’s leadership, much of Ehrlich had changed. It was likely that Duke Saphia would gain heavy profits from his spice investments.It, too, favored Ivan’s policies.The more Alicia thought, the more she viewed Mrs. Cessley in a favorable light as her personal aide to help Ehrlich move forward as a kingdom.“I understand. I’ll accept the duchess earnest invitation to visit her domain. When is it?”“Two months from now.”Alicia nodded. “Then I’ll write a personal letter to her.”Alicia grabbed a papyrus paper and picked up the pen resting on a table. She’d come to realize that her act had been for the betterment of Ehrlich.She laughed to herself
《Volume 5: Kiritte Competition》Alicia opened her eyes, eyelashes fluttering in butterfly strokes. She turned her head slightly to the side and saw him, hands embracing her in a spoon.Most often than not, he’d awaken earlier than her and watch her innocent face sleeping. But sometimes, it was he who slept longer than her. The tables would turn and Alicia would stare at his god-like face.Looking at his even eyebrows and high nose bridge and slightly full lips, his eyelids eventually rose and revealed deep, purple eyes that twinkled.“Did you have a good sleep?” Ivan said.As a normal routine, the morning kiss began with Ivan kissing her forehead, her perky nose, and the corner of her lips—he kissed her a million times a day. Looking at her made him want to simply kiss her.And then, as he stroked her back, his groin heated up. The same could be said for Alicia. Before they knew it, clothes had been torn and thrown on the floor.They made love, his shaft inside her flowery flesh. He’d
“You could say that,” Alicia smiled, holding her hands together. “I often played together with Helen. She’s quite athletic, but… I’ll lose on purpose. I’m much better than her in terms of skill.”Ivan snickered.Alicia’s lips curled to a light frown. She thought he was laughing at her.“You don’t believe me? Watch. I’ll show you how good I am in the next competition. I’ll make you regret it.”Ivan grabbed her hands that tightened up to a ball and pulled it towards him. He stroked her hand, drawing light circles with his thumb.“Just don’t push yourself too hard to prove me wrong. I don’t want you to get hurt.”“You need not worry. That won’t happen. Compared to Coulson’s rough game, Ehrlich’s is more quiet and subdued.”Though she quietly criticized Ehrlich, Ivan didn’t seem to care, and only strengtheTed his grip and said, “On that day, there’ll be a lot of people. Since we’ll be at the hunting grounds, there are hidden and dangerous factors you wouldn’t be able to expect. Please kee
“There are many areas with wonderful scenery to look at around the hunting grounds. I’m sure you’ll love it, Alicia. After the competition ends, what do you think of spending a relaxing day together? Just the two us.”He looked at her, eyes full of anticipation and blithe eagerness.Alicia pursed her lips together. She found it onerously difficult to decline him and there was no justification to do so. Besides, he looked wholesome at this moment.Alicia smiled and nodded. “That sounds good. It’s been a while since I spent time outdoors. Let’s do it.”Ivan beamed brightly and stuck his chest out haughtily.“That’s great. We’ll have a private area for ourselves and I’ll make sure to have sweet delicacies. I’m not too sure about how I rank amongst the other players in Kiritte, but I’m pretty confident in my hunting skills. Since your appetite for meat has grown quite a bit these days, I’m sure you’ll be able to eat a whole deer, right?”Ivan joked around and grinTed. He looked down, star
“Thanks for the fruit, Basil. It’s wonderful,” said Alicia, smiling.Basil beamed and handed the fruit, which had revealed its ripeTed yellow flesh, to Alicia.“Here, My Queen, have some. His Majesty’s not the kind who’d feed on a single fruit like this, so let’s not worry about him and enjoy as much as you want.”Alicia giggled. She bit on the fruit and relished the taste, expression ecstatic.“Wow. It’s good!”“Eat as much as you want. There’s plenty more.”Basil looked at Alicia happily munching on the fruit. It was as if he was watching his own daughter eating her meal and finding new discoveries.Alicia bit the fruit one after another. She suddenly remembered the Queen Mother loved the nori fruit, too. She often ate it by herself, pouring honey on it overnight to sweeten the taste more.“Basil, pick the best ones and send it to the Queen mother as well.”“Y-yes.”Basil quickly turned his head and studied the king’s reaction habitually. Ivan gave a light nod as Basil grinTed widel
After their last defeat, Coulson seemed to have spent their days quietly on the surface.When Alicia and Ivan had their marriage ceremony, Coulson sent one of their princes, Ivan, as a visitor along with adequate amounts of wedding gifts signifying their wish to keep and maintain a friendly relation between two nations.Despite this, Ivan was sure that Coulson had hidden plans.“It would seem that the progress of the construction of their naval ship has not been well. They, after all, suffered quite the heavy loss due to blight and harmful insects… and from us as well, Your Majesty. Not only has it become difficult to acquire wood to begin their constructions, they’re having trouble collecting taxes and so funds are running out. And with the strained relationship going on so far, they’re unable to request help from Lexington. Things aren’t going well.”Coulson’s Crown Prince who showed a friendly appearance upfront was, in fact, giving orders to prepare for war and the first issue the
Epilogue (1) – DimitriTranslator – YueYears later.“…and Elheim truly loved his human woman. But he was a God, pure and divine, so he could not remain too much longer on earth. If he stayed in the human world for too long, he’d lose all his divine powers…”The man who was reading the book out loud paused for a while and looked at a particular direction in his audience. There, there was a little girl with the same hair color as him. He saw her yawning while little eyes narrowed with displeasure, as though wondering why he’d stopped. The man resumed reading the book.“In the end, Eiheim had no choice but to leave the woman he loved and to go back on earth. However, he wept for the love he had to leave behind on the human world and those tears turned into rain. At the same time, a baby was growing inside his woman’s womb, a baby created from their union. This baby was born strong and healthy, and she had an incredible power. She had the power to turn himself into a bird. In the human w
Translator – YueT/N: This is the end, so extra-long chapter for today?Ivan irrupted into the room, sword in hand and a murderous look in his eye… to see Alicia licking her fingers. In front of her there was a huge plate filled with food. There was an abundance of seafood. Next to her was a worker who looked at Ivan with widened eyes.“Ivan?”Alicia quickly took her finger out of her mouth and looked at him. She asked again, nervous.“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”The inn worker looked alternated glances between Ivan and the sword in his hand, his legs shaking.“Oh… it’s just… it looked like your wife was pregnant, so I was only asking if there was anything she disliked so I could bring something else…”Since Alicia had taken her robe and coat off, she was wearing a light dress that showed her bulging belly clearly. It seemed that the inn boy had noticed it and was only asking whether she liked the food.Ivan felt ridiculous for getting angry over something like this.No, more
Translator – Yue“Salerno Inn”Alicia read the old sign that was hanging atop a building. It was an inn, so it definitely offered food and shelter to travelers.“It would take us around two hours to reach your mother’s mansion. It might be faster if we rode my horse together, but you can’t while pregnant… if you don’t want to spend the night in a place like this, then I’ll find another way…”Ivan murmured while trying to assess Alicia’s reaction. He knew that the inn was old and gloomy. He’d spent some nights here before himself but he knew that it was different for Alicia, who’d only lived in mansions and palaces. She might even find this place repulsive.He did not want the news of them here to spread too much, which was why he’d chosen this place as he could keep their identities hidden. But… perhaps he should have thought of Alicia more. Maybe it would be best to go to someone else’s house and reveal their identity so they could spend the night somewhere more comfortable.As he ke
Translator – YueAfter listening to Mrs. Cessly’s words, Ivan immediately hopped on a horse and sprang to port. This time there was no Basil by his side, it was just him. While he galloped top speed, the events from these past six years came to his mind.When he arrived, the ship had already sailed. He was too late, again.He felt an empty space in his heart. He got down his exhausted horse and slowly walked to the edge of the beach. He had a desperate expression on his face.He stood there looking at the horizon when he felt something hot. There were hot tears trailing down his face. All the tears he’d held back all this time suddenly broke free.Despair and desolation surged from inside him. He sobbed and cried.Six years ago, when he’d missed her just like this, he’d managed to hold back his tears since there was still hope of seeing her again in the future. Instead of desolation, he turned his back to this very sea with the hopes of seeing her again soon.However, this time it was
Translator – YueThe Port of Salerno remained unchanged. Tall, imposing walls surrounded the beach. There were numerous houses with scarlet-colored rooftops everywhere. A seemingly endless turquois-colored. Everything was as calm and beautiful as before.There was only one ship resting on the shores. A white, modern, elegant ship.When the Queen’s carriage arrived to port, the usually hectic port city suddenly turned tranquil. The carriage’s door opened and the Queen descended from her vehicle surrounded by her guards. She was wearing a thick coat, hat and gloves all made of silver fox fur, as though she was planning on going somewhere far colder than Ehrlich. A little while later, the ship’s captain approached her.He took out his cap and bowed to the Queen of Ehrlich.“Greetings to the most honorable woman in Ehrlich, Your Majesty the Queen. May Elheim’s light always shine upon you.”A smile came up to Alicia’s lips.“Greetings, captain. I’ll be under your care.”The captain pointed
Translator – YueT/N: The chapter we’ve been waiting for?Mrs. Cessly wailed and started savagely criticizing Ivan.“This is all Your Majesty’s fault. It’s because you allowed the Queen leave for Coulson. Why did you do that?”“All I did was give her a choice.”“A choice?”“I told her to choose. To stay here, or to leave with the baby.”“Why on earth did you tell her that?!”“There’s a reason behind my marriage to Alicia. I lied to her and forced her to come here.”“Ah, I remember the Queen told me something like that. That Your Majesty did not wish to marry her, but Princess Helen. Is it related to that?”Ivan nodded.“Yes. I had no choice. If I had proposed to Alicia, she would have run away from as fast as she could.”Mrs. Cessly looked at Ivan intently with a complex look in her eyes. Seeing that Mrs. Cessly’s head was spinning top speed to find out what could possibly make Alicia want to run away from Ivan, he added in a slow voice.“She definitely didn’t owe me money nor anythin
“Alright. Go ahead, do it. Call me if you need any help as well.”“I will.”When their conversation came to an end, Ivan slowly rose from his seat. Alicia got up as well. Just when he was about to turn around, Alicia spoke.“I wish for you to stop feeling guilty of all that’s happened to me.”Ivan’s eyes focused intently on Alicia. For some reason, she found it hard to look him back in the eye, so she averted her gaze.“I don’t dislike you anymore, Ivan. I’m grateful to you for letting me live my life again and leave this place with my baby.”“Grateful…uh.”While he bitterly mumbled to himself, Alicia nodded her head.“After all, you did put in a lot of effort in saving my life. I’ll make sure I do everything in my power to live a happy life from now on. I’m not completely alone anymore, after all.”Alicia placed a hand on her belly.“Once this baby is born, I’ll only let him see and listen to the most wonderful things. I know I can’t stop the darkness of this world to reach him, but
Translator – YueAlicia’s jaw slowly opened.“When you say, ‘a chance to end this marriage’…”“You never wanted to marry me in the first place. You were forced into it because the Crown Prince threatened to kill your cousin if you didn’t.”“But why are you giving me this? This marriage will automatically end in a year, anyways.”Their contractual marriage had a time period clearly stipulated. Alicia couldn’t understand why he was giving her a choice right now.“If you want to end this marriage, then you don’t need to wait for the time to be up to do so. I’ll make sure you leave this country safely first thing tomorrow if you so wish it.”“Then… what will happen to the baby I’m carrying…?”Alicia’s voice faded. Her eyes darted to the contract clauses. There, she herself agreed on leaving all rights concerning the child to Ivan if she were to get pregnant. With the opportunity he was giving her, she’d be able to flee and hide somewhere far, far away, and he’d never be able to claim his
Translator – YuePatricia’s execution took place the following morning.In spite of being very early, many people gathered around the execution place. People gathered there to insult her for killing her own father, her benefactor and even trying to assassinate her own sister and Queen. She was seen as a true villain, an evil rarely seen before.Patricia listeTed to their insults and taunts until her very last moment.Even though Alicia had said that she’d no longer show any consideration towards Patricia, she did make sure that the most skilled executioner was selected to carry out her punishment. She’d heard of previous rare cases in which the neck was not cleanly cut off in one single strike, forcing the executioner to hack at the neck, which caused lots of pain and anguish before dying.After Patricia’s death, Alicia passed her days in a state of continuous astonishment. She rarely went outside and spent most of her time in her room. However, she did make sure of eating and resting