Excitement mixed with curiosity arose about how big it would become if it got er*ect. Melissa brought her hand to Raiden’s p*nis like someone under a spell. 

For a moment, she felt Raiden’s body flinch weakly. He had shown no reaction at all when she touched his body, but this place seemed sensitive after all. But…

“Why isn’t it getting hard…?”

It was strange. Even though she was touching it, Raiden’s p*nis didn’t swell at all. Casian would definitely get hard quickly when she touched him like this, but for some reason, Raiden’s showed no sign of doing so. 

Melissa looked at Raiden’s p*nis, which showed no reaction to her touch, with a bewildered expression.

Could it be because he’s nervous…?

Casian had been like this very briefly once before. At that time, he said it wouldn’t get hard because he was tired and nervous, and it only became er*ect after Melissa directly rubbed the tip against her private parts.

Ah, that could be it. As a slave, he had been invited to the Princess’s palace, and on top of that, he was sitting on the Princess’s bed being touched by the Princess’s hands. 

No matter how bold someone was, they would surely be nervous. Come to think of it, his constantly rigid expression was probably also due to nervousness.

“Are you nervous?”

“…”

“What did you want to say?”

Melissa asked while still kneading Raiden’s p*nis. Raiden looked at her hands with sexily lowered eyes and let out a low baritone voice.

“It doesn’t get hard easily.”

For a moment, Melissa’s hand stopped completely.

“…It doesn’t get hard easily?”

“Yes.”

“…Not at all?”

“It does get hard, but not ‘easily.'”

“…”

“It seems like now is one of those moments when it doesn’t get hard ‘easily.'”

“What’s the reason? Ah, do you need visual stimulation to get it up? I know that much too. Take them off.”

Melissa let go of Raiden’s member and spread both arms. At the command to undress her, bewilderment briefly crossed Raiden’s face, but he silently began undressing her. Melissa’s whole body shivered at Raiden’s touch that brushed against her as he removed her clothes.

“Haah… How is it?”

She asked, breathing hotly after becoming n*ked by Raiden’s hands. Raiden slowly scanned Melissa’s n*de body. Her heart pounded and her lower abdomen tingled under his gaze. Even though they hadn’t done anything yet, her already soaked lower area was wetting her thighs. 

But when she asked how it was and immediately looked down to check, Raiden’s p*nis showed no sign of swelling.

“You’re not excited even seeing my body?”

When Melissa asked incredulously, Raiden answered calmly.

“I think I’m nervous because it’s an unfamiliar place.”

Melissa bit her lower lip hard. She had never thought about this kind of situation.

She had heard that men get hard just from seeing a n*ked female body. Her father the Emperor and her brother the Crown Prince both never neglected taking women’s bodies. 

Her own body was only known to Casian so far, but having experience with Casian, she was aware of male desire that became er*ect for her body.

Sigh. The p*nis that didn’t get hard ‘easily’ even normally seemed to feel burdened by the tension of an unfamiliar place and the fact that his partner was none other than the Princess.

“May I go get some fresh air for a moment?”

She was thinking that maybe if she went to Rihana’s mansion instead, Raiden’s p*nis might get er*ect when his mind was at ease, when Raiden asked this.

“You think getting some fresh air will reduce the tension?”

“Perhaps.”

“Alright, then go and come back. A guard will guide you.”

“Thank you.”

Raiden got up and put on the clothes he had taken off. Melissa, who had been staring intently at him getting dressed, hoped that after his walk, he would be able to get his lower half up. 

No matter how beautiful a subject was, what use was a body that couldn’t provide entertainment?

Looking at the marks Rihana had left, it didn’t seem like he couldn’t get er*ect at all, so she hoped he would get hard soon and please her. If he still didn’t get hard even then, she thought it would be better to go to Rihana’s mansion and take him there.

* * *

Coming out to the Princess’s palace garden with one of the Princess’s guard knights, Raiden said he needed to go to the bathroom with the excuse of having a stomachache. The guard casually sent Raiden to the bathroom. 

Though he was a slave, he was Rihana’s person, who was the Emperor’s guard knight, and since the security wasn’t as strict as the Emperor’s palace or Crown Prince’s palace, Raiden could fairly easily shake off the guard by pretending to go to the bathroom and slip out through a back path.

He lightly climbed walls and moved between rooftops, beginning to search for paths connected to the Emperor’s palace. Since time was too tight to find secret passages, he checked places where secret passages might exist. 

Worried about being caught if he delayed too long, he quickly flew around checking the entire Princess’s palace. He rapidly memorized various locations with his eyes, thinking about which direction the Emperor would move if a rebellion occurred and he fled through here.

“You took too long.”

After roughly familiarizing himself with the entire exterior and interior of the Princess’s palace, he snuck in through the bathroom window and came out like someone who had taken care of major business. The guard was just about to enter the bathroom.

“I’m sorry. My stomach wasn’t feeling well.”

“Let’s hurry back, Her Highness must be waiting.”

“Yes.”

Raiden followed behind the guard who was leading with quick steps while scanning the interior with sidelong glances.

“Are you feeling better now?”

As soon as they entered the room, Melissa, who had been sitting on the bed, asked Raiden. Whether she had redone her hair and makeup, she didn’t look like someone who was about to sleep. She had applied so much perfume that the sweet smell was vibrating enough to give him a headache.

Looking at the Princess who was persistently trying to have him once, Raiden thought she was quite pathetic. The Empire’s only Princess was no different from a courtesan.

Of course, he knew that people of the Kadelai Empire were very open about s*x. So open that it was promiscuous. It was the only country where bedroom slaves existed, and nobles who openly had mistresses were common even after making marriage vows before God and the Emperor. 

They were people who had no interest in the word purity itself and considered love and s*xual affairs completely different categories. So it wasn’t incomprehensible that the Empire’s noble Princess would act like a cheap courtesan.

“My stomach isn’t feeling well. Just now I was in the bathroom rather than getting night air.”

“…Oh my.”

“It seems today isn’t the right day.”

Raiden bowed his head and asked for understanding. Though disappointment crossed Melissa’s face, she soon nodded and said to him.

“It can’t be helped. There’s nothing we can do with something that won’t get hard.”

“Thank you for understanding.”

Raiden felt relieved. The thought of those small hands groping his body here and there again made his hair stand on end. He had taken suppressants and even without taking them, his body probably wouldn’t react to the Princess, but still, having his body touched without permission didn’t feel very good. 

But at Melissa’s next words, Raiden’s face instantly hardened.

“Tomorrow, you’ll stay at the Ariella estate. It seems you won’t get hard because the imperial palace is burdensome.”

* * *

The next day, upon receiving news that the Princess would come to the County with Raiden, Rihana switched shifts with Letia to prepare for welcoming the Princess. She told Letia everything about what happened at the hunting festival and sending Raiden to the Princess’s palace last night. 

Letia cursed Casian and the Princess, asking why they wanted to come to Rihana’s mansion after already having done the deed.

‘Why do those thick-faced people want to come all the way to the mansion?! And you too, Captain. You should have refused by any means necessary – how could you just tell them to come?!’

“How could I refuse Her Highness the Princess’s command?”

Rihana smiled bitterly.

‘Ha, you act like you know everything in the knight order, so why are you so stupid about this kind of thing?’

“Stop it and hang up. I’m busy.”

Rihana hurriedly turned off the communication device before even hearing Letia’s response. Since continuing the conversation would obviously not lead to hearing anything good, it was better not to listen.

In fact, she wasn’t without anger. Because she was trusting Raiden based on his words to trust him, she didn’t think he had done with the Princess what he had done with her last night. 

Surely nothing had happened, so it seemed like the Princess wanted to come to her mansion and spend a day with Raiden. 

However, while she could just grit her teeth and endure situations she couldn’t see, she wasn’t sure if she could watch Raiden enter a room with the Princess right before her eyes. 

The situation of having to send a man she had feelings for to another woman in her own mansion wasn’t something she could easily endure.

But receiving contact that not only the Princess but also Casian would visit the mansion annoyed her in many ways. If he wanted to meet the Princess, he could meet her at his own mansion – his intention to come all the way to her mansion to see her was thoroughly nasty. 

But since he was the fiancé she had chosen, there should be no negligence in welcoming him. 

Rihana indulged in a small bit of spite by placing Casian’s room right next to the Princess’s and focused on preparing for the guests.