With a sudden realization, Rosé frantically touched her head. The black cloak had been taken off. Rosé looked at Ariel. Could everyone now know who…!

“Don’t worry. No one knows that Rosé is the Black Cloak yet. I secretly took it off before being taken to the medical support carriage.”

Ariel held up the black cloth that was by the bedside.

Right now, Rosé couldn’t deny that this cross-dressing pervert looked like her savior.

“Princess!”

Overwhelmed, Rosé immediately embraced Ariel’s chest. His ears turned red in an instant.

“Ro-Ro-Rosé…”

Ariel awkwardly patted Rosé, who was tightly holding onto him. His heart started pounding. It was an emotion he had never felt before.

It was clearly different from the primitive desire that men uncontrollably displayed. With a trembling heart, Ariel cautiously spoke to her.

“Ro, Rosé. Actually, there’s something I want to tell you.”

“To me?”

“Uh, yes.”

Ariel, whose neck was blushing, scratched his forehead. It was just then that Rosé noticed the dark circles under Ariel’s eyes, with strands of dust sticking to them.

Could it be that he couldn’t sleep all this time? While worrying, Rosé looked at his face, and suddenly Ariel reached out and grabbed her hand.

“The truth is, I heard that the Quamad that Rosé defeated yesterday is similar to the monster that appeared 19 years ago. Thank you, Rosé, for avenging me.”

“Avenging…me?”

“Yeah!”

Ariel told her the story of the past.

The story of him being swallowed by a giant snake monster on his first birthday. How he spent the next nineteen years cut off from the outside world. He also said that getting a dedicated nurse was due to the illness that occurred back then.

Rosé furrowed her brows in sympathy and gently stroked Ariel’s back. Did it comfort him? With a dry throat, Ariel reluctantly spoke.

“…That’s why I turned into a man. Because of that snake.”

“Ah, such a backstory… what?”

Rosé nodded her head as a reflex of emotional empathy. Her lips tightened. Wait, changed? Then he’s not a crossdressing pervert, but a trans pervert…?

‘How far does this absurdity go.’

At this point, it’s difficult to extract the harmfulness of having transmigrated one by one.

“According to my mother, that monster said she would swallow any woman prettier than her and turn them into men.”

“Then…”

“Yeah. Apparently, I, at one year old, must have looked really pretty to that jerk. It makes sense. I was indeed very beautiful back then. Even my mother acknowledged it.”

Rosé narrowed her eyes, losing enthusiasm at the princess’ casual self-praise. Yes, of course. That’s exactly it.

‘Oh, wait. Wasn’t I swallowed too?’

“What’s wrong? Rosé? Are you okay?”

Rosé lifted the blanket silently, leaving Ariel, who was worried, behind. And she raised the thin hem of her chemise.

“Hwaaah!”

A strange ecstasy burst out, whether it was a whimper or a scream. Crazy! Yeah… crazy!

‘It almost changed into the BL genre in an instant!’

BL happening just three months after possessing… It almost became a possession that deceived consumers.

I don’t know who the Creator God is, but they undoubtedly have a lot of courage. Or maybe it’s a god who has so much money that they don’t need to make money.

Well, even though it was classified as harmful material, it has yet to destroy the world, so it’s not an obscure god.

“By any chance, were you swallowed by that snake too, Rosé?”

Ariel asked Rosé, who kept touching her chemise several times, with a concerned expression on her face.

Rosé forcefully tugged at the corners of her mouth and shook her head. She couldn’t let the clever princess discover the fact that she almost became a man.

“Oh, I see. It’s good that Rosé didn’t turn into a man. Of course, even if you did…”

Ariel’s gentle hand caressed Rosé’s cheeks before descending to her neck. Upon this strangely intimate gesture, Rosé’s throat moved like a spring. No way.

“It could have been possible.”

Rosé’s complexion grew as dark as blueberries. Ariel added these words nonchalantly.

“Well, on the contrary, it might have been fun if our roles were reversed.”

Ariel’s innocent laughter made Rosé’s lips tingle sweetly.

Suddenly, the situation of becoming a man and being devoured by the Quamad passed through her mind like a panorama.

Ariel, who brings in several men into her bedroom for mutual pleasure. Rosé, who is subjected to all sorts of men in front of Ariel…

‘T-Terrifying.’

Rosé, who even imagined her trembling t*sticles, closed her eyes tightly and fell silent.

“Anyway, Rosé, you’re my hero.”

Ariel playfully kissed Rosé’s darkened cheek, which had darkened like the unseasonable rainy season. Then, Ariel gently handed her a piece of paper, which was not just any piece of paper.

“So, Rosé, will you officially become mine?”

“Your Highness, this is…”

It was an employment contract stamped with the imperial seal. Even at a quick glance, you’ll see incredible conditions.

Guaranteed retirement benefits, a high salary, and free education at the highest imperial institution, along with a substantial monthly dignity maintenance fee.

And among the positions ranging from Grade 1 to Grade 9, it was a position as high as Grade 5.

Like a dream job that could only be obtained by passing a challenging civil service exam.

“However, there is one condition.”

“A condition?”

Ariel’s gaze intensified as he stared at Rosé. His eyes, once gentle, now displayed a threatening look, as if he were still in the darkness, watching.

“You can’t leave the palace.”

“…What?”

“If Rosé even encounters a stray dog on the street, it would be a big problem. Do you understand?”

Ariel’s smiling eyes, seemingly demanding compliance, were more terrifying than beautiful. His eyes were smiling, but the pupils inside conveyed a sense of coercion.

Rosé helplessly laughed along, scratched her head, and asked,

“Uh… you mean I can’t go out while I’m working?”

“No, Rosé. It means you can never leave the palace for the rest of your life.”

“Your Highness, this must be a joke…”

“If it’s because it itches down there, don’t worry, Rosé. From now on, I’ll take care of that too.”

At that moment, Rosé’s face contorted like a dog that had its bone taken away. Ariel chuckled at her pouty expression and brushed Rosé’s hair behind her ear.

“Thanks to you, Rosé, I realized that I can also live as a man…”

Ariel reminisced about the days when he suppressed his desires as a man and avoided people.

That’s how it was until he met Rosé. He didn’t want to admit that he had become a man, so he sought to satisfy his desires by finding other men. But now he didn’t want to do that anymore.

Ariel decided to acknowledge his dirty desires for Rosé as a man.

“I’m going to live as a man now, Rosé.”

In an instant, Rosé closed her eyes as the scent of lilacs spread.

Her soft lips, like young flower petals, lightly touched her lips. It was a gentle kiss, but it took considerable courage for Ariel to get to this point.

“So now, Rosé, you will be my lover…”

But that’s your problem.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness!”

Rosé quickly pushed Ariel away before he finished speaking.

Ariel bit his lips, rolling his eyes in confusion. He was bewildered.

But he had already expected a rejection from Rosé. Becoming the princess’s lover and making money were all good, but she couldn’t tolerate being confined.

‘There’s still a mountain of seeds to sow…’

Rosé was a simple-minded transmigrator who wanted to continue living even three years later.

“Why? Rosé, why are you refusing?”

The corners of Ariel’s eyes moistened as if he were about to cry. Rosé turned her head, looking at the wall.

He was from the imperial family. He wouldn’t be persuaded easily with trivial excuses. Is there really no other way…?

“To be honest, I’m a married woman.”

Since it has come to this, let’s go with an affair.

“A married woman… So that means you have a husband, Rosé?”

Ariel’s gaze turned wild like that of a raging lion. He extended his claws, and it seemed like she might get hurt if she made a wrong move.

Rosé shook her head vigorously once again.

“He’s not really my real husband. It’s just… There was an error in the documents. I have to solve that problem first, then, uh, I might be able to become Your Highness’s lover.”

“So, what you mean, Rosé, is that you have never been married, but you became a married woman because of an error in the documents.”

Seeing that he understood easily without requiring further explanation, it seems that he had wanted to believe that himself. Rosé nodded.

“Yes, that’s correct. Those are my words, Your Highness.”

“Well then, it must be difficult now. You will have to be conscious of public opinion so that you can smoothly become the crown prince’s consort.”

Ariel pinched his chin and sowed seeds and spread fertilizers by himself. Rosé, who didn’t have the courage to understand his words, just played along like a puppet on a string.

“Alright, Rosé. I’ll look into this matter as well.”

Ariel quickly dropped his serious expression and hugged Rosé tightly.

“Don’t worry. I’ll come to pick you up soon.”

Rosé couldn’t bring herself to say not to do it and awkwardly smiled. Anyway, she won’t come down until at least the word is out.

Wasn’t she like a flower in the greenhouse who hadn’t set foot outside the palace for 19 years? But if she wants to gain some ability points, she’ll come to visit occasionally.

Rosé secretly conveyed her thoughts and patted the princess’s back as if comforting a spoiled younger brother.

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