“You can’t be satisfied with just me?”

His gaze was aggressive.

“That’s right. So stop saying such things now. I’m going to find another man. Someone kind and domestic! It’s not you. After meeting you, I know it’s not you.”

She had to reject this man somehow. That would prevent future problems. Fortunately, Tael’s gaze became calm.

Just as she was feeling relieved, Aila’s eyes widened. Tael grabbed the back of her neck, pulled her close, and kissed her.

After gently sucking on Aila’s plump lips with his tongue and releasing them, he looked into her eyes and said:

“I don’t think that’s true.”

The gaze they shared was quite provocative and seductive, making Aila extremely flustered.

“Uh…?”

He held Aila’s chin with one hand.

“I should be enough for you.”

‘Oh, Your Majesty! Please come to your senses! No, don’t come to your senses! No, come to… don’t come to…’

The same thoughts kept circling in Aila’s mind.

How could she make this emperor come to his senses while he was still out of them?

‘I can’t send him back to the imperial palace either!’

“Fine. Being a slave is okay until today.”

“?”

“Today is my last day working as your slave.”

“!”

“Next time, I’ll serve you in a different position.”

“What?! Hey!”

“I’ll make sure you can’t even think about other men. From now on, you’ll only look at me.”

He roughly unbuttoned his shirt.

“I’ll make you unable to bear not marrying me.”

As Tael tried to kiss her again, Aila pushed his chest firmly with her hands and pushed his thighs with her feet in resistance.

“No! It’s not like that!”

“After a few times, your mind will change.”

“I’m not even your type! You said I’m ugly!”

“After looking at you continuously, you’re not bad. And am I in a position to be picky about looks right now!”

“Yes, you are! Please give up on me! You’re handsome! Are you going to be tied down by something like marriage?! Are you really going to only see me forever?!”

“That’s my fate anyway!”

“Your… your fate is…!”

‘Emperor!’ Emperor!

“You’ll realize I’m the best no matter who you meet. There won’t be any man who can satisfy you more than I can.”

Tael pulled and Aila pushed.

Aila resisted with all her might. Nothing like that should ever happen with Tael. If something like that happened with him, Aila had no idea where her life would go.

Even the emperor wouldn’t be able to bear the humiliation of knowing he had spent the night with a woman who had deceived him.

There was a world of difference between Tael feeling humiliated and the emperor feeling humiliated.

“You’ll regret it if you don’t give up on me.”

“I’ve already been worn by you, so there’s nothing to regret.”

After saying that, Tael lowered his gaze slightly. He looked humiliated. Aila sensed the desolation in his gaze and vehemently denied it.

“Look, that’s not it. That’s not what I meant.”

“Thinking about it again, I don’t want to do this as your slave. The life of a slave is terrible. How miserable to have to follow you even if you send me to war.”

“N-no, that’s not it. Please believe me. No, wait, since when have you been so obedient to think that…”

“I seem to have fallen for your scheme.”

“Listen to me!”

“So…”

He pulled Aila forcefully. Before she knew it, she was sitting on his thigh.

“I need to have you to be satisfied.”

–

Chefila checked her appearance several times in front of Aila’s house.

“I need to look pretty.”

Chefila had once pretended not to know Tael. Having done something wrong, she wanted to make a better impression. Enough that when she later revealed she was his fiancée, he would feel more joy than betrayal.

Fortunately, Chefila was a stunning beauty who had received countless marriage proposals.

Perhaps even with his lost memories, he might already have his eye on Chefila.

She came here thoroughly prepared to meet Tael.

In the ribbon box she held in one hand were parmesan cheese bread and egg tarts, which Tael had liked.

Chefila practiced what she had prepared to say:

“Hello. I’m Chefila Setra. I couldn’t properly greet you last time because I was flustered. This is to commemorate our meeting again…”

At that moment, the door flung open and Tael rushed out. As he pulled down his raised shirt, Chefila caught a glimpse of his body, blushed, and shrank back.

But Tael didn’t notice her shy and pretty movement at all, only looking back at the house with resentful eyes.

“To desire such a thing from me. How cruel.”

There was no sound from inside the house.

“Even if you want my body now, you won’t be able to touch even a fingertip.”

“!”

“You’ll have to be satisfied with just peeping at my body. You can no longer exploit me.”

As Tael disappeared into the distance, Chefila stood dazed and dropped the box.

“To try to do such a thing to His Majesty again…!”

She couldn’t believe it.

“How dare they to Emperor Targaniel…!”

Chefila ran crying to where her carriage was.

“How could they do this to my fiancé…!”

Once everyone had disappeared, a triumphant Aila emerged from the house with a smile.

“Yes. No matter how shameless, he can’t endure this.”

She pointed in the direction Tael had disappeared and laughed triumphantly.

“Exorcised! Emperor Targaniel! Hahaha!”

–

Tael entered the forest and banged his head against a tree.

“To say such vicious things to me.”

Tael recalled what Aila had said earlier.

“Do you really want to live with me and have children?!”

“Yes.”

“You can’t be my husband! But there’s a way you can be.”

“What is it?”

“I can’t have children. But if you marry another woman and bring back a child, we can be a happy couple. Of course, we’d be a secret couple that can’t tell others!”

“Such shamelessness…! You demand even that from me?”

When Tael was horrified, Aila’s eyes sparkled.

“Why?! We can be a happy couple! If only you sacrifice, we can have a child and live happily! Can’t you do it?! Surely, you’re not saying you can’t?! You said you wanted to marry me!”

“You bundle of l*st.”

He covered his mouth like a tragic heroine abandoned by a philandering man. To do such things with him without even intending to marry.

She even went as far as telling him to have a child with another woman.

“Having such a wicked woman as a master is painful.”

Just imagining it was shameful.

“What should I do now?”

As he was enduring the pain with his head still against the tree, someone slowly approached him.

When the person came right next to Tael, Tael quickly grabbed him by the collar and slammed him to the ground.

“Ack!”

Hearing the familiar voice, Tael frowned and looked at him.

“Jeffrey.”

Tael got up and dusted off his hands as if he had touched something unpleasant.

“Why suddenly…”

Jeffrey clutched his waist and extended his hand to Tael, but Tael didn’t take it. With a confident face showing not a trace of guilt, he said brazenly:

“It was a reflexive action. Be careful from now on.”

As Tael was indifferently trying to walk away, Jeffrey urgently called out to him:

“W-wait!”

Jeffrey’s gaze, which had stopped Tael, slowly lowered. Tael, with his solemn face, was wearing a stretched-out shirt with a teddy bear on it.

Though it looked silly, his face alone created tension. Focusing on his face, Jeffrey swallowed hard and spoke nervously:

“Tael. I really wanted to talk to you.”

“What is it?”

Tael was already looking at him with rejecting eyes.

“Actually, I’ve liked Aila for a long time too.”

“……”

“We like each other.”

“So?”

It was already a known fact.

“You lost your memory, right? I’ll help you find it. In return…”

Jeffrey swallowed nervously and made his request:

“When you find your memory, leave Aila.”

“Hmm.”

Tael crossed his arms and frowned with one eyebrow.

“How exactly are you going to help me find my memory?”

“W-well, that…”

“You’re talking nonsense.”

“Then just leave Aila. If you want, I’ll find you a house.”

“……”

“I don’t want to get married. But my mother will try to marry me off somehow.”

“……”

“I couldn’t express my feelings because I was afraid my mother might harass Aila. I finally spoke up, but…”

Jeffrey hung his head weakly.

“It seems to be all over.”

“Are you depressed?”

Jeffrey nodded slowly.

“That’s how life is.”

Looking down coldly at Jeffrey, Tael was utterly heartless.

“Overcome it on your own.”

Tael was already busy with his own concerns. After all, he could be abandoned if things went wrong.

“W-wait!”

Jeffrey rushed to Tael and grabbed his clothes tightly, and immediately the old teddy bear shirt made a tearing sound and split into three pieces.

As his perfect, armor-like body was clearly exposed to the world, both of them were shocked.

“You, just now…!”

Jeffrey waved his hands in confusion.

“S-sorry! I didn’t mean to do this!”

Tael opened his eyes wide in shock and exclaimed:

“Was I your target?”