Chapter 37. Nightmare

‘Are you curious if your favor has completely ended?’

Allen couldn’t escape from that thought. Like someone hit on the head with a hammer, a great shock dominated all his thoughts and body.

If it weren’t for the signs of the secondary palace servants starting their day, he might have kept standing there, repeating the same thought. Only after barely returning to his room and lying down on the bed did he realize his state.

‘…Why did I go to the secondary palace at dawn?’

Nevertheless, the unfinished thought eventually led to the previous situation, one after another.

After leaving his room late in the afternoon, he ate despite his non-existent appetite that screamed to fulfill his basic human needs, then went outside. Again today, he sat aimlessly on a garden chair, gazing at the scenery.

Ironically, the void created by the sharp decrease in Ailexia’s summons made him even more lethargic.

It’s not that he hadn’t thought about doing something. However, his body, long accustomed to Ailexia’s schedule and orders, had been broken like a malfunctioning item that lost its owner.

‘Humans are truly fickle.’

When he was in the kingdom, even the brief moments of looking at the scenery outside were incredibly precious. But now, it was far from precious, closer to wasted time.

‘I guess it’s livable since I don’t have to worry about starving or being beaten and bullied by my half-siblings or other royalty.’

Allen found this utterly ridiculous. What he once desperately longed for had now become a faded memory.

And this luxurious comfort was the price he paid by offering his body and showing obedience he never did in the kingdom. Whenever he recalled this fact, Allen was overwhelmed by the feeling that his entire past life was being denied.

While he had surrendered so easily… While he had traded his only possession, this body, for safety, in the end…

Why did he stubbornly cling to his worthless pride in the kingdom?

‘…My thoughts are becoming unnecessarily deep.’

Allen covered his eyes with his palm. With his body comfortable and time to spare, his thoughts only multiplied. And all in a direction that gnawed at him.

He stood up with a deep sigh. The sky that had been setting was now completely dark. Allen turned his steps without returning to his room.

It would be correct to say he was fleeing from the nightmare that had been eating at him for a long time since he shared a bed with Ailexia. Even today, he had just barely escaped after struggling with nightmares until the afternoon.

But when he realized that the place he reached after walking for a while was the secondary palace, he couldn’t hold back the laughter that burst through his lips.

It was ridiculously funny that he had walked into hell trying to escape a nightmare. Yet, he couldn’t turn back immediately. Was it lingering attachment?

Allen unconsciously raised his head and stared at where Ailexia’s bedroom would be. Nothing was visible, perhaps because the curtains were drawn tightly. But he couldn’t take his eyes off it and stayed for a while. Finally, recalling her face that had deceived and toyed with him, he turned away.

It was then that the man he had stopped came out of the secondary palace. Under the faintly brightening sky, seeing the dark red hair and face, he remembered that he was a member of the harem.

The reason he remembered his appearance was that he had been seeing him more frequently lately. However, he had known of the other’s existence since not long after entering the harem.

When he’s suffering from insomnia caused by Ailexia almost every day, he occasionally sees him secretly entering and leaving the harem late at night and early dawn.

Allen quietly watched him tidying up his disheveled clothes. Until then, he had no particular thoughts. Or perhaps his mood had sunk a little.

“Tell her I’ll come at the same time next time.”

When he realized that this man had warmed Ailexia’s side tonight, his body moved before he could be conscious of it.

By the time he came to his senses, he was already blocking the man’s path.

“……”

Allen closed his eyes as though he was avoiding the emotions trying to appear clearly before him.

* * *

— “Al.”

How much time had passed since then? Allen opened his eyes to the voice calling him. But his vision was engulfed in pitch-black darkness.

— “Al.”

The voice was heard once more. Allen immediately recognized whose voice it was. He could never mistake it. At the same time, he realized that this was inside the nightmare that always tormented him.

— “You never answer right away.”

— “Ugh……”

A sharp and heavy sound of cutting through the air was heard, and soon, a fierce pain visited his shoulder. Allen quickly bit his lips to stifle the groan that escaped involuntarily.

With the short sound of leather being tightly pulled, he was certain that what had struck him was a whip. It was one of the items Ailexia favored when disciplining him.

— “You never know how to behave prettily.”

— “Ungh.”

— “While this thing is standing up so nicely.”

The nightmare was like a curse cast by Ailexia. It recreated the humiliating experiences he had endured exactly the same, as if she was telling him to remember and never forget even in his dreams. This time was no different.

The cloth covering his vision, his hands tied behind his back, the air touching his entire body, the whip striking him, and the action of her trampling on his cock that was erect like a beast’s.

This was the day he was tormented by Ailexia’s shoes.

— “Oh my, look at how it’s dripping. The body is truly honest.”

— “Heurk.”

— “Sorry, did that hurt?”

The shoe that had stroked up from the base of his cock pressed down hard on the glans. As a painful groan escaped through his tightly bitten lips, more from pain than pleasure, Ailexia apologized in a sorrowful voice.

However, the way she pressed down even harder proved that her apology was insincere.

Allen bit the soft flesh inside his mouth hard and endured. He hoped to escape this nightmare quickly.

—”…You’re not reacting much today.”

As he quieted down, Ailexia expressed a nuance of boredom, as if she had lost interest. She removed her foot and watched his manhood spring straight back up, then bent down to untie the cloth covering his vision.

Soon, Ailexia’s devilishly smiling face was reflected in his purple eyes.

Allen frowned, sensing that she was about to do something. In response, Ailexia shuddered as if electrified. She cupped her cheeks with her hands and crossed her legs. She licked her lips as if savoring the taste, like someone with delicious food in front of them.

The moment he sensed the impending crisis, her crossed leg extended towards him. The pointed heel of the shoe slid between the split at the tip. The hole that had been dripping pre-cum was firmly pressed.

— “Uurgh…!”

Allen’s waist curved. His entire body twitched as he writhed in agony from the pressure that pressed down like it was piercing his urethra. Saliva that couldn’t be swallowed dripped through his parted lips, leaving traces on the floor.

— “You only show interesting reactions when I go this far.”

Ailexia watched his appearance with delight. Her smile deepened as she saw his manhood throbbing and expanding. She stopped tormenting the hole and rubbed the long part of the high heel against the tip.

Then, when Allen’s rough breathing showed signs of calming down, she repeated the previous action again. His pain-filled breathing filled the bedroom.

Eventually, a whitish liquid burst forth. It soaked Ailexia’s pink shoes completely and even splattered enough to cover her pale instep up to her slender ankle and calf.

— “Hah, haah….”

As Ailexia’s foot moved away, Allen collapsed forward and fell. He pressed his forehead to the floor and breathed irregularly. Then he bit his lip hard.

He felt ashamed. Disgusted. He hated his body that had finally submitted, himself, to the point of wanting to die. As much as the woman in front of him who had insulted him.

— “Al.”

At that moment, Ailexia grabbed his hair and yanked it hard. Allen’s head was pulled back.

Purple eyes filled with hatred met her deep pink eyes soaked in lust.

— “Seeing that look in your eyes, it seems it’s still not enough.”

— “……”

— “I wonder when you’ll finally submit……”

Clicking her tongue, Ailexia put more strength into the hand gripping his wheat-colored hair. His head was pushed down to the floor again. But this time, there was a pale instep and pink shoes in front of his eyes.

— “Lick it.”

Ailexia commanded, extending her foot covered in his semen. When Allen showed no reaction, she pressed her foot directly against his lips.

— “You made it dirty, so you should clean it.”

Held by Ailexia, he couldn’t avoid the foot and shoe rubbing against his lips. With another force applied to the back of his head, his lips finally parted.

— “Haa……”

A hot, moist tongue swept up her instep. The sensation spread vividly on the thin skin. Ailexia tilted her head back as if savoring it and exhaled languidly.

While he licked thoroughly like a dog, from her ankle up to her calf, Ailexia quietly released the hand that had been gripping his hair.

Soon, after completely erasing all traces of himself, he backed away. Ailexia, who had slowly opened her eyes, straightened her tilted head and looked down at him. After confirming his eyes glaring at her defiantly, she burst into laughter and bent down.

Her thin fingers lifted his chin.

— “Al, do you know?”

— “……”

— “I let go of you midway.”

Her bright red lips held a radiant smile.

— “You, of your own accord, licked my feet. Like a dog.”

The shock distorting his eyes was clearly reflected in her deep pink eyes. Following that, a fierce hatred and killing intent bloomed in his purple eyes, as if he wanted to kill her.

Ailexia, pulling up the corners of her mouth, slowly brought her lips to his ear. Her voice, filled with hot breath, toyed with him.

— “Do you want to kill me?”