The Role of Grand Duchess - Chapter 18 (M)

“…Pamela.”

“To think you’d come to rescue a woman all alone. What a grand love you have?”

“You witch! Now that I’m here, release her at once.”

“Witch, you say? Not entirely wrong, ho ho ho.”

Pamela laughed eerily and tilted her head, causing the blindfold to fall away. As her darkened vision gradually returned, the first thing she saw was the flickering torchlight illuminating the wide, dark space. Then, she saw Pamela sitting behind what appeared to be an altar, and below her, Eileen, bound and gagged, weeping.

“Eileen…”

“What do you think? Was I right? That fool would do anything for the woman he loves. Ah ha ha ha.”

Love.

She had never even considered it. That this man could love her.

Clear tears streamed endlessly from Eileen’s eyes. The man she had fallen in love with in a fleeting moment, the man who filled her small heart, had walked into death for her sake. If she had known it would turn out like this, she would have confessed her love for him, told him she wanted to live as his real wife, not a fake one.

Eileen squeezed her eyes shut as she looked at Caelus, who was staring at her with painful eyes. At this moment, the only role she could play was to eliminate herself as a hostage, as a shackle. To help Caelus escape this place safely.

Having made up her mind, Eileen opened her eyes and looked around. She was no longer crying. With eyes shining more resolutely than ever, she tried to find something she could do. Her limbs were bound, but if she didn’t give up, there would surely be a way.

But no one noticed her change.

“Now, Caelus, what are you waiting for? Come up to the altar on your own two feet. Become a sacrifice of curse for me and my son. You can do that much for the woman you love, can’t you?”

“…”

Caelus willingly climbed onto the altar. Then, a black magician dressed in dark clothes placed a shackle around his neck.

“This is a shackle that will temporarily bind the energy within your body. It would be troublesome if you went crazy and rampaged. Ho ho.”

As if the unnecessarily kind explanation was true, all the energy swirling within his body disappeared as if by magic. Even the energy of the aphrodisiac that had been writhing as if to tear his stomach apart.

The sudden relief from the pain brought a smile to Caelus’s lips.

“Thank you.”

“What are you thanking me for? Ah, for being able to save the woman’s life?”

“Let’s just say that’s it.”

“Ha, what a great love. How could my daughter let a man like this go? That foolish girl spent so many years in unrequited love.”

Pamela cackled. She had heard that she had disappeared with only her son, but even in this situation, she didn’t seem to have any concern for her daughter.

“Do you know where Rowena is and what she is doing?”

“Who cares? From the moment she lost you, she was going to be sold off to another kingdom anyway.”

“Wasn’t she the daughter you gave birth to?”

“Hmph! I never intended to give birth to her in the first place. Evans is enough for me. That’s why I need you. You, the strongest swordsman in the continent, beyond the Descartes Empire, will make my son the emperor of the continent.”

“So that was the goal. Where did you hide him?”

“Evans, you mean? He’s safely away from the imperial capital. I’m telling you the truth before he loses all his memories in a little while. Ho ho ho.”

Perhaps feeling good, Pamela continued to laugh, saying things she hadn’t even been asked. Just the thought of her son Evans, who was now safely hiding in a nearby territory, ruling the continent made her happy.

To that end, she had risked staying here and mobilizing all the remaining black magicians.

“Now, let’s begin the ritual of the curse. Prepare yourselves.”

At Pamela’s command, who had stopped laughing, the only three remaining black magicians surrounded Caelus. Then, in gloomy voices, they began to chant.

The ritual had begun.

“Kuh-!”

A chilling energy burrowed into his brain, and one of Caelus’s knees buckled. But he didn’t give in and strained to loosen the ropes binding his hands. No matter how much his mana was bound, he could still use the power of his body, which had been trained to the limit.

“And you know what? You may have noticed, but I have no intention of saving this woman either.”

A dark energy began to gather in Pamela’s outstretched hand. Its destination was clear. The back of Eileen’s head, who was kneeling in front of her. But at that moment, Eileen quickly rolled across the floor and headbutted one of the three black magicians in the leg. It was the desperate last resistance she had prepared.

“Kuh-!”

The black magician’s leg snapped from the unexpected blow.

“You damn bitch!”

Pamela shouted sharply, enraged by the unexpected situation. At the same time, Caelus snapped the ropes binding his hands and moved like lightning.

He charged towards Pamela, kicked the assassin standing next to her in the chest, and even snatched his sword. The picture-perfect movements followed in the blink of an eye.

And in the very next moment, the tip of the long sword was accurately lodged in Pamela’s heart.

“Heuk-!”

There was no time to avoid it. Blood gushed from her mouth, and a groan of pain flowed out with it.

“I was too careless, witch. I am not a knight who fights only with mana. I am a warrior mad with blood.”

“I, it can’t be. Keuek.”

“Should I thank you for making me this strong?”

Crack.

With one last burst of strength, the blade shattered Pamela’s ribs and completely embedded itself in her heart.

Pamela met such a short, futile end. The enemies, who had lost their leader in an instant without being able to do anything, raged and surrounded Caelus.

“Attack!”

With a sharp cry, the enemies rushed towards Caelus and Eileen, who was lying on the floor. But right then, as if by magic, the heavy iron door of the secret chamber burst open with a bang-! and Caelus’s knights surged in like an angry wave.

“Save His Majesty the Emperor!”

“Waaaaah-!”

“Protect our lord!”

A smile appeared on Caelus’s face at the shouts of the knights who had arrived just in time. He immediately cut down the bewildered black magician and cut the ropes binding Eileen.

“Eileen.”

He removed the gag from her mouth and held her tightly in his arms, and her small body trembled with faint sobs.

“Why, why did you come here for someone like me…? Heuk.”

“Because there is no man in the world who would let the woman he loves die.”

It was an unbelievably tender and gentle voice. That’s why she cried more and felt more sorry.

“Heuk, the man I love almost died because of me. Because of me…”

“Eileen…”

“I’m sorry. I’m really… sorry.”

Love.

The apology did not reach his ears. At the magical word ‘love’ that came from Eileen’s mouth, Caelus felt his heart grow hot.

Just as I have come to love you, you too love me.

She loves me.

Amidst the noisy shouts and the sharp sounds of clashing metal, the man and woman who had finally confirmed each other’s feelings hugged each other even tighter.

“Your Majesty! Please come this way! And stop clinging to each other!”

At the shout of Count Roang, who had rushed over while cutting down enemies, Caelus finally turned his head. He was still holding Eileen tightly in his arms.

“Are you alright? The effects of the drug are still… Oh? What’s that dog collar-like thing?”

Count Roang tilted his head, discovering the black collar tightly wrapped around Caelus’s thick neck. Only then did Caelus remember the existence of the terrible shackle that had even calmed the effects of the damned aphrodisiac, and he chuckled.

“Give me a dagger.”

“Yes? Ah, yes.”

Count Roang, confused as to what was going on, faithfully took out the dagger hanging from his waist and handed it over at his lord’s command. Caelus took it, put it in his arms, and patted Count Roang on the shoulder.

“Then I’ll leave the rest to you. Ah, Evans is said to be hiding somewhere outside the imperial capital. Find him.”

“Yes? That’s too broad a range, isn’t it? No, where are you going!”

“To detoxify the aphrodisiac.”

“Ah…”

Detoxify. Right, you have to do that.

Count Roang’s face turned red in an instant, and he stared blankly at Caelus’s broad back as he held Eileen in his arms and walked away.

“I’m the only one who’s going to be overworked again.”

I’m jealous. When I’m free after the coronation, I’m going to date a pretty young lady as much as I want!

Caelus, who had no idea of the lonely old bachelor adjutant’s feelings, put Eileen in his arms and got on his horse as soon as he came outside.

His destination was the imperial palace.

Caelus confidently passed through the main gate of the imperial palace. But the place he headed to, now the emperor of the Descartes Empire, was not the emperor’s bedchamber, but an empty detached palace.

A still eerie ruin. But now that he had regained all his old memories, this place was a warm place full of joyful and beautiful memories from his childhood. From within Caelus’s arms, who was looking around the old, still-preserved interior, Eileen carefully asked.

“Your Highness the Grand Duke, are you alright? You said you were going to detoxify earlier…”

“That’s right. I did.”

“If you’ve really been poisoned, you should go to a doctor! This isn’t the time to be here…”

“No, only you can detoxify this poison. Ah, but you have to be prepared.”

“Prepared, you say?”

“The poison that Rowena used on me, pretending to be you, is a very powerful aphrodisiac. If I take off this shackle, it will try to melt my body right away.”

“Oh my!”

Aphrodisiac. She had never seen it, but she knew what kind of poison it was. Eileen, surprised, covered her mouth. Caelus, as if loving her, lightly kissed her forehead and took out Count Roang’s dagger from his arms.

“Are you ready?”

“…Yes.”

Caelus lightly kissed the back of Eileen’s reddened hand and smiled as he put the dagger to the shackle on his neck.

With a sharp sound, the shackle split. At the same time, a tremendous heat erupted from his lower abdomen. As if quite dissatisfied with being sealed for a while, the energy of arousal swelled Caelus’s penis in the blink of an eye.

“Kuh-!”

“Y-Your Highness the Grand Duke. Heuk!”

Caelus, whose eyes had turned red, immediately bit Eileen’s lips. He was usually rough with his sex, but Caelus now was beyond just rough.

Like an angry beast gone mad with arousal, his hasty hands dug into Eileen’s dress. As if even the time to take off her clothes was a luxury, his fingertips, which had lifted the hem of her dress while standing, immediately dug into the gap in her underwear.

“Haa, ungh.”

“Already wet.”

Following a voice filled with joy, his penis, which was full of anger, crushed the inside of her thighs. He sucked on her neck and collarbone as if to devour them, and the act of scissoring the split gap of her wet vulva became faster and faster. The sound of the lubricant clinging to his fingers also grew louder.

“Eu, euung. Heut, uueu, ah. Please, aueueu.”

Eileen’s mouth was constantly filled with moans from the constant stimulation. Caelus, who bit Eileen’s lips, whose toes were curling up and whose thighs were involuntarily tightening, put strength into his fingers holding the thin underwear, and with a small sound of “tudduk,” the thin piece of cloth that had lost its function fell to the floor.

Soon, one of her slender legs was placed on his muscular arm. As his fingers were inserted, the lubricant gushed out from the slightly opened secret hole and flowed down Caelus’s wrist. Normally, he would have licked it up like a precious honey, but now, with the energy of the aphrodisiac swirling through his body like a storm, he didn’t have the mind to do so.

The round tip, from which transparent Cowper’s fluid dripped like saliva, seemed to rub against the split gap, and then immediately dug inside. As the huge thing stretched the narrow hole to its limit and was deeply embedded, familiar pleasure violently struck her lower abdomen.

“Ahheut!”

A sense of fullness filled her stomach, and her breath was momentarily cut off. Eileen put her forehead against Caelus’s broad chest and let out a rough breath.

“Breathe deeply. This is the real limit now.”

Following a low whisper filled with deep desire, a strong thrust that seemed to pierce through her stomach began.

“Heuek-!”

With each collision of flesh, a thud, a heavy thud, echoed as if a massive iron stake were being driven in. Standing, receiving the enormous cock of Caelus, her slender body trembled all over. She looked as if she would collapse at any moment, precarious, but Caelus, firmly supporting her legs and waist, would not allow it.

“Hng, uh, ungh. Ah, aahh.”

An endless fireworks display of climaxes flashed incessantly before her eyes. She had felt so much that her senses were now beyond sensitive, on the verge of exploding with the slightest touch.

With each major and minor climax, her vaginal walls tightened, and fluids sprayed in all directions.