‘Elysia appears with an appearance that seems attractive to all men in this world… There are plenty of people besides the princes who would help her…’

So it was said that the first emperor, who had once lost Elysia, deeply regretted taking someone else as his primary consort. 

Since that emperor was the emperor two generations ago, the current emperor had actually welcomed the oracle to ‘take Elysia as the princes’ one and only consort.’

Though the previous Elysia had given birth to three sons and died of illness, Lars still remembered how affectionate his mother had been. 

Though he lost his birth mother and was raised by the empress’s hand to reach his current position, Lars’s heart would grow heavy whenever he recalled the previous generation’s Elysia.

“Elysia, Please don’t mind what Brother Karad says. Brother Claes will absolutely not stand by and watch.”

Lars spoke tenderly, gently folding his golden eye corners.

“Elysia, you are an extremely precious existence to us. And I already love you, Elysia. Every time you disappear from my side, my heart aches, and I wait only for you to appear again.”

Chohee showed a gentle expression at his tender words. Then she rose from her seat and sat beside Lars. He spoke so pleasingly that she couldn’t not give him a reward. Linking arms with him, Chohee lightly kissed Lars’s cheek.

Then Lars’s cheek turned red and he made a bewildered face. Chohee smiled brightly again and left a light peck on his lips with a soft kiss.

“Th-that… Elysia…”

‘Lars, who tries so hard to treat me well. He’s really admirable.’

She wanted to lift his spirits even a little more. Chohee prettily curved her black eye corners and took his hand, kissing his palm as well. Then Lars’s blue eyes trembled and he looked downward.

“Th… Can I consider this as you praising me?”

Chohee nodded.

Lars’s face brightened and he smiled shyly like a boy facing his first love.

“Thank you, Elysia. Your kisses make me truly happy. Of course, I really love being intimate with Elysia too. But like this… when you respond to my words and welcome me, my heart keeps fluttering.”

Lars took Chohee’s hand and placed it over his heart, not caring that Karad was watching from the side. He wanted to convey to her the excitement that was beating so vigorously.

‘Lars somehow resembles a sunflower.’

He consistently looked only at her and devoted himself to her with pure devotion. His sincerity traveled up through her palm. Feeling each vibration of his heartbeat, Chohee gently closed her eyes.

“Elysia…”

Lars pressed his lips down on hers. When the soft texture rubbed against his skin, he felt irresistible l*st and extended his tongue.

The thick tongue mass swept over her upper and lower lips. Following the texture as it flowed down, when Chohee parted her lips, it gently seeped inside.

“Mmm… Haa… Ahh.”

“Huu… Elysia…”

He cupped her cheeks with both hands and settled down over her tongue. After sweeping over the soft tongue surface and caressing the mucous membrane, when his tongue reached her palate, a low m*an escaped. Lars didn’t stop there but intertwined their tongues like vines while slowly transferring saliva into her mouth.

“Haah. Huu…”

He who had been deeply exploring inside her mouth drew his tongue behind her teeth. Rolling his flesh completely up to her palate while touching it, he slowly lowered his hands to embrace Elysia’s shoulders. It was truly an indescribably sweet kiss. Even while feeling strength gathering below, he slowly parted his lips and gazed at her.

“…”

Chohee had also half-lowered her eyes but soon raised her eyelids to watch him. Her heartbeat was racing steeply. This moment of being held in his embrace felt so good that she didn’t want to go anywhere.

“Now… I don’t want to part.”

Lars spoke quietly then smiled brightly.

That smile was truly refreshing enough to remind one of spring trees, but Chohee had to taste the feeling of her heart sinking.

‘What would happen if the dream extended?’

Until now, everyone had no expectations of Elysia. It was just a life where she only needed to perform her role as a breeding vessel while being ravaged by the three princes.

But what would happen if the dream extended like Lars wished?

‘Then I would…’

Would she still accept the breeding vessel role gladly then?

‘…That wouldn’t be possible. Claes and Lars intend to take me as their wife, so rather than the breeding vessel role, I’d have to learn what I should do as a wife. I… have quite strong pride.’

Right. That’s right. If this became reality…

But Chohee shook her head vigorously. And she clenched her finely trembling hands and buried her head even deeper in Lars’s chest.

“What’s wrong, Elysia?”

‘This really should end as a dream. Though it’s a dream as vivid as reality… it’s a dream that should never become reality.’

A dream filled only with s*x has meaning only as a dream.

Thinking about how she had been ravaged by Claes, Lars, and Karad until now while exposing her n*ked body to knights and servants, her face felt hot even now.

‘Though I know this dream world is sexually promiscuous and that’s natural in this world…’

…I don’t belong here.

Now it was time to return to reality.

* * *

Claes was heading to Elysia’s bedroom carrying a bouquet of flowers.

Soon the time would come when Elysia would disappear, so he wanted to somehow capture her heart and keep it with him until then.

‘I’ll also have to go out to subjugate the Dark Mages soon.’

But he raised his eyebrows seeing the door slightly open with no maids standing guard. He had seen this before. Thinking he needed to scold Karad, Claes entered through the open bedroom door.

Sure enough, he could see Karad with his c*ck thr*st between the buttocks of the sleeping Elysia. Claes, who knew well that there were no guards precisely so he could r*pe Elysia while she slept, reached out and immediately threw Karad aside.

“Who dares to be so insolent…!”

Karad’s face, which had been about to explode in anger, froze the moment he saw Claes. He had tried not to get caught, but ended up being discovered anyway. Seeing Karad’s lips clamped shut like a clam, Claes coldly placed his foot on his back and kicked him away.

“Are you in your right mind? Don’t you know that protecting Elysia is the top priority in any situation?”

No. He couldn’t not know that.

“You dismissed all the maids and knights just to have one session of sleep s*x? You’re not in your right mind.”

“That…”

“Shut up, Karad. I don’t want to hear your excuses.”

Claes grabbed Karad by the collar with one hand while holding the bouquet with the other.

“When you’re treating Elysia like this, how can I possibly feel at ease leaving the Imperial Palace to you and Lars!”

“…”

“Soon I have to go out on a subjugation mission. I was planning to entrust the Imperial Palace to you and Lars during that time, but will you treat Elysia however you please then too!”

At the voice clearly showing anger, Karad wanted to find a mouse hole to crawl into. The bright blue eyes looking down at him contained nothing but fury.

But in the meantime, perhaps due to the commotion, Elysia woke up with a low m*an.

“…Mmm…”

Rubbing her eyes as she opened them, she saw Karad being grabbed by the collar by Claes. However, her gaze soon fixed only on Claes. Not wanting to show her the sight of fighting with his brothers in front of her, the strength left Claes’s hand.

“I’ll forgive you just this once, but if you pull this kind of stunt again, I absolutely won’t let you off. Karad.”

Claes spoke sternly to him with a growling voice.

“If you don’t want to regret losing what little trust I have in you, get out of here right now.”

“…I’m sorry, brother.”

“I don’t need your pathetic apology. Disappear from my sight immediately!”

Karad felt humiliated at being embarrassed like this in front of Elysia, who was merely playing the role of a breeding vessel. So he glanced back at Elysia once with bloodshot eyes and immediately left the bedroom.

Claes let out a deep sigh and then approached Elysia, who had been awakened. Elysia was looking at him with wide eyes.

“Elysia.”