Harry Miller.

In the Miller ducal household, there were three women. One was ‘Ava Bianchi.’ She was Harry’s lover and had settled into the house.

She completely occupied one room, and even when Anica tried to kick her out, she wouldn’t leave. Somehow the servants and maids listened to Ava more than Anica, which frustrated her.

And there was one woman imprisoned in the underground dungeon. Purple hair with snow-white skin. The woman with black eyes was covered in wounds all over her body.

She was ‘Violet,’ who had used poison on Kali.

‘Why is the Emperor’s Consort here? How pitiful. She’s not even wearing clothes.’

Anica thought she looked terrible, so she opened the prison door to give her clothes. However, the pitiful-looking Violet lunged out and scratched Anica’s face.

“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill everyone! Aaaah!”

When she started hitting her wildly, Anica trembled in fear. She felt like she would wet herself sitting there.

Just then, Ava appeared and had attendants lock Violet back up. Violet grabbed the bars for a while and started cursing.

—Clang! Clang! Clang!—

“Once I have Lord Cliff’s child, the likes of you! I’ll kill you all with poison! I’m the woman Lord Cliff loves most!”

When Ava gestured for the frightened Anica to come out, she crawled out following her. Violet spat at Anica and glared at her with terrifying eyes.

The two attendants who had put Violet in the cell didn’t leave and watched the n*ked Violet with sinister faces. Anica found this deeply disturbing.

“You should bring the attendants out too!”

At her words, Ava sighed.

“Leave them.”

“What?”

“Close the door quickly. They’ve handled Violet more than once or twice.”

“Ah… but.”

As she tried to close the door, the two attendants were pouncing on Violet. Unlike her earlier aggression toward Anica, she was quite docile with the attendants.

Not understanding what was happening, Anica closed the door. Panting sounds came from inside.

After closing the door, Ava walked toward her room, muttering like it was bothersome.

“Harry really. He knows I hate babysitting, yet he makes me do it.”

At those words, Anica looked at her incredulously.

‘What…? Babysitting? She can’t be talking about me, right?’

To receive such help from her husband’s lover! It was humiliating. Moreover, all the attendants and maids only listened to Ava. Anica felt indignant and spoke to Ava.

“Countess Ava Bianchi!”

“…What?”

“You’re quite rude. I’m the official wife of this Miller ducal household! Please show some courtesy. You’re just his lover!”

Ava looked down at the huffing Anica. She was a very delicate woman with doe-like eyes. She didn’t understand why Harry married her.

Anyway, Harry was against marriage.

‘And why did he bring Violet to this mansion? He should have just left her to die in that imperial prison. He’s really weak when it comes to women. He must have done something wrong to Anica too, which led to their marriage.’

Ava sighed again.

“Ah! I should go home now. It’s not right to be stuck between newlyweds.”

At those words, Anica’s eyes sparkled. She felt like cheering. She had been upset because Harry brought his lover home right after their marriage.

When Ava packed her bags and left that evening, Harry returned from the imperial palace and heard the news.

“Ava left?”

“Yes! Lord Harry.”

Anica looked at him with a happy face. Her eyes sparkled brightly. Harry looked down at Anica with a somewhat worried expression.

‘They said the love potion’s effects last a lifetime, right? If I died now, would Anica follow me in death?’

Anica was cute. When he held her, his heart felt peaceful. According to former Emperor Basil’s diary, after that maid died, Harry’s biological father followed her in death.

‘I shouldn’t have used it.’

It was originally a drug meant for Kali.

But at that time, Anica consumed the drug, and she fell for him. He was forced to marry her by imperial order, but Harry came to love Anica.

So all the plans he had made for revenge went up in smoke.

But he always wondered whether Anica truly loved him or loved him because of the drug.

“Anica. Come here.”

“Yes!”

Anica jumped over like a cat and lightly settled on the lap of him sitting on the bed.

Seeing her so familiar with this routine made Harry laugh. He buried his nose in her shoulder from behind and inhaled her scent.

“What did you do today?”

Recently, Harry had been out often taking care of his territory.

“Um. I woke up in the morning and had some light cereal… listened to music and um. Went for a walk.”

‘He’ll be angry if I say I went to the underground dungeon, right?’

Anica swallowed.

Harry kneaded her small br*asts, spread her thighs, and inserted his finger into her v*lva. Harry licked her neck.

“That’s different from what I heard…?”

“What? Mmm. Nnngh!”

As Harry’s finger kept going in and out of her split opening, Anica panted. Leaning against Harry, she had to watch his finger disappear and emerge from inside her v*lva.

Harry turned Anica’s body while *rect and inserted his manhood into her v*lva while sitting.

“Eek!”

Anica screamed without realizing it. Harry’s member was so thick that she was always startled when it entered suddenly like this.

When he grabbed Anica’s waist and moved her up and down, tears streamed down Anica’s face.

“Haah! Hnngh! It… hurts! Lord Harry! Hngh!”

“Anica… You know you have to do it often for it not to hurt, right?”

“Mmm. Th… that’s true, but! Kyaa! Mmm!”

Anica still found it painful. Harry felt peaceful today too inside her tight passage.

Come to think of it, among the women he’d held, Anica was the only v*rgin. So she still found it painful today, but for Harry, every day was enjoyable.

He took her br*ast in his mouth and licked it while looking at Anica’s face. Though she cried in pain, when their eyes met, she forced a smile.

‘I’m sorry. Anica. For using the love potion on you back then.’

His past was gloomy. His father fell into his younger brother’s scheme, abandoned his mother, and came to love a maid. And when the maid died, he followed her in death.

Harry killed Emperor Basil, Cliff’s father, who started it all. He had to live with that fact in his heart alone for the rest of his life.

Everything belonged to Cliff. Harry had nothing left but the Duke Miller title. He tried to take away ‘Kali,’ who seemed to be Cliff’s most precious thing.

But if Kali blushed and talked to him like Anica did, that would be troublesome.

No, very troublesome. Kali was absolutely not his type. Honestly, he wanted to understand his half-brother Cliff’s mind.

He couldn’t understand that bastard lusting after Kali.

Harry kissed the moist lips of Anica in his arms.

“Hah! Lord Harry! I love… you.”

Anica whispered shyly with him still inside her. Harry smiled and laid her on the bed while still inserted, thrusting up into Anica.

“Ahh! Aah! Lord Harry! A bit more slow…ly! Hngh!”

“Ugh. Anica…!”

Harry left his marks on Anica’s snow-white skin.

He licked and bit her body while moving in and out of her. Anica grimaced each time. But her face looked ecstatic.

Cliff smiled bitterly. It would have been better if she truly fell for him and said she loved him.

After being held by him several times, Anica fell asleep. Harry kissed her forehead and lit a lamp.

He was walking to the underground dungeon of the Miller ducal household. It was so quiet that his footsteps echoed loudly.

When he opened the dungeon door, Violet was looking at him. She looked haggard.

Yet with her purple hair, she still looked beautiful and pitiful.

He told Cliff and took custody of Violet’s body. Cliff was reluctant but eventually gave Violet to Harry.

Violet had already been violated by many men and her body was in terrible shape. The knights were at least better. But being violated by the imperial dungeon guards and death row inmates drove her insane.

Because they enjoyed acts close to t*rture. Dungeons had many tools for t*rture.

“Violet. Do you recognize me?”

“……”

Violet said nothing. Tears just streamed from her eyes. Actually, Harry had no intention of saving her.

But the poison she obtained—it killed Juliana and her child. It would be troublesome if its source was revealed. Juliana’s symptoms were exactly like the Emperor’s.

He also obtained that poison from the imperial treasure vault. It was in a corner that neither Basil nor Cliff knew about.

However, when he saw Violet in the underground dungeon, he wasn’t without sympathy seeing her condition.

Though Violet was insane, she sometimes seemed to regain her senses. Especially on quiet nights like this.

“Lord Harry… Why did I try to kill Kali? If I had been satisfied with my position as Lord Cliff’s Consort, I wouldn’t have ended up like this. Even now, I want to go back to that time. I don’t care about Lord Cliff’s child or anything, I just want to be by his side.”

“…Don’t lie. Violet. Even if you went back to the past, you’d commit the same acts.”

‘Yes. That’s the kind of woman you are. A woman like a viper. That’s why I introduced you to Cliff.’

—Clang!—

The bars shook. Violet stretched out her hand, seemingly trying to grab Harry.

“Why did you get married? Lord Harry. You said you’d never marry! That’s why I went to Lord Cliff…!”

“…I’m sorry about that.”

“I wanted to become Lord Harry’s consort. Though I loved Lord Cliff, actually I… liked Lord Harry more first.”

“Violet. Stop now. …I have someone I like.”

‘I’ve decided to take responsibility for Anica for life. The responsibility for using that drug to make her fall for me, for life…’

But actually, he was happy. Anica would never betray Harry. With those doe-like eyes, she would accept and love him no matter what he did.

Harry suddenly wanted to wake Anica and enter her again. He stood up and looked at Violet as he spoke.

“I want to free you, but I promised Cliff. To keep you imprisoned forever.”

“Lord Harry!”

“…Cliff seems worried you’ll get out of prison and harm Kali again. Now that I have someone precious too, I understand that feeling a bit. Though I still question why Cliff likes Kali so much. I’ll make sure you’re not uncomfortable. The attendants relieve your desires sometimes, don’t they?”

“…Lord Harry… I want Lord Harry!”