Evelyn looked at the back of the man closing the door and leaving while she lay there limply. He wore a black cloak with the hood up, so she couldn’t tell who it was.

Evelyn struggled to get up and untied the cloth bound around her wrists. S*men flowed down her thighs.

“I need to… take a bath.”

She had to quickly destroy the evidence before Jenkins arrived. If he found out, he would punish not only the intruder but her as well. The maids hadn’t come in, thinking it was their wedding night. Then who was the intruder? He had left through the door, not the window…

‘A Peshar person? …A soldier? Or a knight?’

If it was someone who could freely enter and exit the Empress’s palace, it would have to be a knight. And one of the Emperor’s closest confidants at that.

‘Could it be one of the imperial guards?’

Evelyn sighed after soaking her body in hot water. The problem was that it wasn’t Jenkins.

She felt like she might know who it was, but also felt like she shouldn’t know. She had a vague memory of seeing that cloak somewhere before.

‘Forget it. If I go around stirring things up and Jenkins finds out, innocent people might die.’

In the warm water, a whitish liquid flowed out from between her legs.

* * *

Max knocked on the Emperor’s study. His hand was trembling slightly.

“Come in.”

The door opened to reveal Jenkins stamping documents.

“What is Evelyn doing?”

“…She was sleeping.”

“Really? Well, there’s no way Evelyn would wait for me to remove her crown. D*mn, these old men give me work even on a day like this… Are they protesting my making Evelyn Empress?”

“The nobles were pushing for Duke Foster’s second daughter as Empress.”

“Right. Now that Mother’s power has weakened, the nobles have backed down a bit, but who knows when they’ll try to drive Evelyn out again. That’s why Evelyn needs to have a second child before then. As long as it doesn’t have silver hair and purple eyes…”

“…That’s right. At least if it had blonde hair, the nobles wouldn’t be so upset.”

Harvey, who was attending to Jenkins, chimed in. Harvey looked at Max and tilted his head.

“Come to think of it, you have blonde hair too?”

“…It’s common.”

“Is it? By the way, Max, don’t you want to get married? You’re quite popular.”

“Not really.”

“Hey. Marriage is such a wonderful thing… Oh, of course you can’t drink much, can’t meet friends freely, and have to be careful about spending money, but hmm.”

Harvey felt a bit melancholy. He thought of nagging Sarah and considered it his karma.

“Still, having someone by your side is different from being alone, right?”

“…I suppose.”

Max let it go in one ear and out the other. Jenkins roughly organized his documents and stood up.

“Well, I’m going to the Empress’s palace, so please handle the cleanup.”

“Yes! Leave it to me!”

Harvey, who couldn’t leave work because Jenkins hadn’t left, was excited. Max bowed his head as he watched Jenkins leave the study.

He had also liked the beautiful woman who appeared at the border claiming to be a commoner knight. But he didn’t have the nerve to touch a woman his superior had his eye on.

And the Astian Princess who wore a thick hood to become the previous Emperor’s 300th concubine. The moment he heard her voice, he knew immediately.

[You seem to know how to use your fists.]

[…I used them to survive, so it was self-defense.]

‘Evelyn…?’

The more he heard her voice, the more he thought it was her. He didn’t know she was the woman Jenkins was desperately searching for, and Evelyn also didn’t seem to know that the person in front of her was Jenkins. Well, since they had met as Crown Prince and Princess, their way of speaking was subtly different from then.

But Evelyn’s way of speaking was similar.

[So just s*ck well. Don’t aim for my c*ck. Keke.]

Jenkins had ridiculously given the woman he liked to his subordinates. Knights lined up to make her s*ck their c*cks, and Max wanted to stand in that line too. However, Jenkins kept looking at the carriage again and again, seemingly bothered.

Even if he couldn’t recognize her with reason, was he feeling it instinctively?

When one guy tried to *ssault Evelyn, Max was about to draw his sword. Of course, Jenkins moved first.

He sighed. If Evelyn had really been a commoner knight, would he have had a chance?

No. From the moment she caught Jenkins’ eye, Evelyn belonged to him. And from tomorrow, she would become an even more noble person, untouchable.

In the Empress’s palace, Evelyn wasn’t watched by other knights. Max entered that place without maids and greedily explored her body.

Today’s transgression was only for today. From tomorrow, he would return to being Jenkins’ loyal guard knight.

After Harvey finished organizing the documents, he said to Max:

“Want to have a beer for the first time in a while?”

“Sure.”

“Haha. Sarah will understand today too. It’s the day Lady Evelyn became Empress. It’s a joyous day, isn’t it?”

“…Right. A very joyous day.”

Max brought his hand to his nose and smelled it. Evelyn’s scent still seemed to linger. He felt like he should let her go now. Still, he was fortunate. He had been able to hold Evelyn one last time.

* * *

Evelyn had difficulty finding Josh, but she heard the old man had died. Partly because of the old man’s request who had saved her life, but Evelyn was fond of Josh. With the old man gone, she didn’t want to leave the still-young Josh alone.

Josh, who came to the Empress’s palace, couldn’t lift his head. He fidgeted with his feet while looking at Evelyn in a splendid dress, different from his memory.

“Josh, you have nowhere to go since your grandfather passed away, right? Stay here. And if there’s anything you want to become, I plan to support you in whatever it is.”

“I… No, Your Majesty the Empress… I…”

“If there’s nothing you want to become right now, I’ll have you educated. You can think about it slowly.”

“Th-thank you.”

“You can call me sister, you know?”

“No, Your Majesty the Empress…”

Evelyn chuckled. She gave Josh an empty room in the Empress’s palace. And she assigned teachers from various specialized fields to Josh.

Malicious nobles whispered that Josh might be Evelyn’s illegitimate child, but it was ridiculous.

“For me to have given birth to Josh, I would have had to give birth at age 11. Does that make sense?”

There were still many forces that wouldn’t accept the Astian Princess as Empress, so they spread rumors. Like a dry sponge absorbing water, Josh’s academic performance was excellent. Evelyn felt pleased and created a public library that anyone could use for children like Josh.

Of course, for commoners whose priority was making a living, the library was useless since they couldn’t read.

“I should build schools. I need to eliminate illiteracy.”

“That sounds great!”

The maid agreed enthusiastically. The Astian Princess spent money here and there building schools for the Peshar people. The nobles clicked their tongues saying she was wasting taxes unnecessarily, but some nobles said it wasn’t bad, seeing her new side.

This was all because of the few people who had helped her. Otherwise, she too would have had bad thoughts about Peshar.

Letters from Hector still didn’t reach her hands. Jenkins intercepted them all in the middle.

One day, Evelyn snuck into Jenkins’ study and rummaged through his drawers.

“It should be here somewhere… Hmm.”

She had a maid keeping watch outside the study. Evelyn crouched down and frantically searched through the drawers, fortunately finding the letter Hector had sent. Her mouth split into a grin as she tore open the letter.

<Evelyn.

I’m glad to hear you’re living well as Empress of Peshar. You don’t know how happy I was to learn that my niece was born. Come to the Astia Empire once. I want to see you and my niece…>

She was reading up to that point when someone snatched the letter away. When Evelyn looked up, Jenkins tore the letter in half with both hands. The torn pieces of paper scattered over her head.

“Jen…kins.”

“Did you want to see Hector’s letter that badly? Enough to sneak in here like a little mouse?”

Jenkins spoke with a smile, but it didn’t look like he was smiling at all. His cool blue eyes weren’t smiling. Evelyn couldn’t even stand up and backed away on her bottom.

“…What are you talking about? I was just curious…”

Jenkins grabbed her wrist tightly so she couldn’t escape further. He also knelt on the floor, coming close to her.

“Curious about what…?”

“He’s family, so I’m curious, right?”

“Family?”

One corner of Jenkins’ mouth twisted up crookedly. One of his hands reached under Evelyn’s dress and pulled down her underwear.

“Your family is right in front of you. Not Hector…”

“Ah…!”

Thick fingers invaded inside Evelyn’s v*gina. When Jenkins stirred inside her v*gina with his fingers, Evelyn’s body flinched. When his hook-like curved fingers scraped her vaginal walls, Evelyn moaned.

“Ah, hng…! Ahng.”

Her body, trained by Jenkins, tightly squeezed his fingers and leaked love juices. The front of Jenkins’ pants swelled hard. After he released Evelyn’s wrist, he pulled down his pants. Along with golden pubic hair, his c*ck stood *rect.

Seeing the tip dripping with pre-c*m, Evelyn’s face became troubled.

“W-wait. Jen…kins.”

She wanted to suggest doing it on the bed, but Jenkins didn’t seem to be listening. He lifted Evelyn from the floor and laid her on the desk. Evelyn was about to give up while looking at the study ceiling.

Holding both her wrists, Jenkins’ c*ck pushed deep into her v*gina.

“Hng…!”

Jenkins thr*st deep between her spread legs. Books, pens, and ink on the desk shook and fell to the floor. Evelyn’s back stung from being scraped against the hard desk.

“Ah, …hng, it hurts. Jen…kins!”

When he released her wrists, she embraced Jenkins’ body. Jenkins seemed satisfied with this and smiled while licking her ear.

“Still don’t know who your family is? Hah. Evelyn… If you don’t know, I have no choice but to keep teaching you.”

“Mmh… I know, ah, hng. It’s Violet and you, right?”

Jenkins chuckled and started moving his hips again.

Evelyn wrapped her legs around his back. After thrusting so hard it made slapping sounds, Jenkins soon ejaculated. Evelyn and Jenkins looked into each other’s eyes while embracing.

Jenkins spoke to her first:

“I love you, Evelyn.”

“Mmh. I love you too…”

Soon their lips met. The sunset was visible outside the window, but neither pulled away from the other. The two stayed like that for a while.

fin.