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“When I was young, the cat my mother gave me as a gift had snow-white fur just like you. That one’s name was Charles.”

That explained it. She thought he was being excessively kind to her, even for someone who was only gentle with animals. It seemed she was benefiting greatly from his childhood companion cat.

“Perhaps I should ask Father if I can keep you. Since I’ve recently taken on some troublesome duties, he might grant me this much.”

She didn’t know what troublesome duties he meant, but that would be problematic. The catnip she had taken was only meant to last 24 hours. It had already been nearly 8 hours since she took it. She absolutely had to escape from the Crown Prince’s palace after Luinel fell asleep.

Hiding this cunning plan perfectly, Evelyn pretended not to care and buried her face back in the bowl. After finishing the dinner that tasted terrible but had excellent texture, Evelyn was captured by Luinel again and forced to endure a cat bath.

“Meow! Meow!”

“Stay still. This is all for your own good.”

I washed this morning, too! So I don’t need to wash again! And when you touch me, I keep feeling strange.

If she were to experience climax in a cat’s body, her human dignity might be crushed. As Evelyn panicked and tried to escape his touch, Luinel subdued her all too easily. By the time they returned to Luinel’s bedroom, completely soaked, heavy raindrops were already tapping against the window.

The motion of Luinel’s hands slowed as he dried Evelyn’s fur with a soft towel. He placed Evelyn, who was shaking her fur, on the bed and walked toward the window. Boom! Just then, lightning struck, and Luinel’s face was briefly reflected on the glass before disappearing.

After glaring at the raindrops streaming down the window for a while as if they were his mortal enemies, Luinel began drawing all the curtains. Finally, after meticulously closing the curtain on the large terrace door to block out the outside view, Luinel returned to the bed.

Sitting beside the silent Evelyn, Luinel gently stroked her fur with eyes that seemed to have absorbed the darkness. Evelyn, who almost let out a moan of pleasure in her cat form, clenched her teeth.

“I really hate rainy days, Charles.”

“……”

“It was raining like this on the day my mother was executed due to the Empress’s conspiracy.”

Sensing that this was an atmosphere where she shouldn’t even breathe carelessly, Evelyn quietly surrendered to Luinel’s touch.

‘So that’s why the Crown Prince suffers from such distrust of humans.’

She hadn’t realized such a heavy story was behind it. To properly pursue the Crown Prince route, one had to clear the main quest, but Luinel disliked anyone even approaching him. Instead, she knew about the Crown Prince’s situation from reading posts on the developer’s website.

Luinel was born with the most powerful magical power among the imperial family, and even after being proclaimed Crown Prince, he was engaged in fierce political battles with the Empress, who wanted to place her son, the Third Prince, on the throne. Recently, even the Leias Marquis family, who had maintained neutrality, showed signs of siding with the Empress. Because of this, Luinel’s nerves were always on edge, and he suffered from chronic insomnia.

Looking up at the dark shadows under Luinel’s eyes, Evelyn gently climbed onto his lap. Then she licked his chin with her small tongue while he looked down at her with puzzled eyes.

“…It tickles, Charles. Are you trying to comfort me right now?”

“Meow.”

Just as he was about to sink into long-held depression from head to toe, Luinel couldn’t help but smile at the moist comfort delivered through her tiny tongue. Hugging the still slightly damp Evelyn tightly in his arms, Luinel lay down on the bed.

“Strangely, when I’m with you, I keep feeling drowsy. Usually, no matter what I do, I can’t fall asleep, which is troublesome.”

“Meooow.”

“Bear with the discomfort for a little while. I’ll let you go… soon.”

“Meow?”

Snore, snore. Unlike his setting as someone suffering from chronic insomnia, Luinel fell asleep instantly. Evelyn raised her head in surprise at the steady breath tickling the crown of her head. However, all that filled her vision, suddenly trapped in Luinel’s arms, was his sharp jawline that looked as if God had carved it with special care.

‘Hey! If you’re going to sleep, let me go first!’

Evelyn struggled and whined, trying to escape, but it was useless. Luinel’s muscle-packed arms wouldn’t budge no matter what she did. Finally giving up on escaping from Luinel’s embrace, she buried her face in his chest, which carried a faint scent of flowers.

‘Ah, today has been such a long day.’

According to his character setting, Luinel couldn’t sleep deeply because of the insomnia he had suffered for years. Maybe if she waited a little, he would wake up. Or perhaps he might shift in his sleep due to the discomfort of having her in his arms and release her.

Since the rain was pouring heavily anyway, making it impossible to escape from the Crown Prince’s palace in this form, she decided to wait patiently for a while.

Swoosh. Perhaps it was because of the sound of rain pouring in her ears and the excessively cozy warmth of the Crown Prince’s embrace. Having unintentionally struggled all day in a cat’s body, Evelyn eventually dozed off.

And when she opened her eyes again, she was still in the middle of the dark and silent bedroom where not even a speck of moonlight entered. She reflexively raised her front paw to rub her eyes but stopped. Instead of the short front paws she had been forcibly accustomed to for half a day, a human hand emerged.

“…?”

Why is this coming out here?

As Evelyn rolled her eyes around, she bravely lowered her gaze at the heavy sensation felt in her lower abdomen. Luinel’s semi-er*ect manhood had been poking at her lower belly. Unfortunately, since she was completely n*ked, the shape and volume of his manhood felt excessively clear.

‘I’m definitely in trouble now, aren’t I?’

It seemed she had fallen asleep, unable to resist her drowsiness after struggling in a cat’s body from early afternoon until late night, on top of being exhausted by Nox until dawn. Frozen in place, Evelyn focused all her senses to the top of her head.

In the silent bedroom where even the sound of rain had stopped, regular breathing echoed. Just as Evelyn, who had let out a held breath, was carefully trying to slip out of Luinel’s arms, a voice so chilling it sent shivers down her spine penetrated her ears.

“The Empress seems to be in quite a hurry.”

“……”

“Seeing that she’s now resorting to such obscene acts.”

Evelyn’s heart rate shot up abnormally as she froze in the position of trying to remove the Crown Prince’s arm. She didn’t have the courage to raise her head under the cold gaze piercing the crown of her head. A terrifying fear that her head might roll at the slightest movement crept up from her toes.

‘I’m really done for.’

Luinel’s touch as he detached her, who was frozen to the point where she wished all this was just a dream, contained not a trace of mercy.

Purple-black magical power surged from his hand as he let out a hollow laugh as if the situation itself was absurd. The magical power soon seemed to transform into the shape of an elongated sword, and the sharp blade pressed up against her neck. His purple eyes, meeting hers across the blade, glowed darkly.

“Get up. This is not the place for you to die.”

“Um, Your Highness. I think there’s some misunderstanding. I wasn’t sent by the Empress—ugh.”

Evelyn immediately closed her mouth at the stinging sensation on her nape. Ferocious killing intent writhed in Luinel’s pupils, who seemed to have firmly misunderstood her as one of the Empress’s people.

“Don’t make me tell you twice. I’m barely suppressing the urge to slit your throat right now.”

Evelyn obediently got up from her place and almost collapsed as her legs gave way when she tried to get down from the bed. She forced strength into her legs as magic continued to seep from the sword tip still pointed at her. Then she discreetly pulled the sheet to cover her exposed body.

“Even as a pr*stitute hired by the Empress, it seems you still have some minimum sense of shame.”

“Since I’m not a pr*stitute hired by the Empress, could you please consider that I do have a minimum sense of shame?”

“Shut up.”

Luinel snorted and moved his magic-formed sword with precision. The sheet covering Evelyn’s body was cut exactly in half.

Swoosh. Beyond the falling sheet, her fair skin and full br*asts were revealed, but Luinel showed not the slightest reaction. Instead, he commanded with eyes that seemed to pour cold fire.

“Lead the way to the Empress’s bedroom. That is where you will die.”