HTTRPIAO Ch 2

‘…ty, Etty.’

Yes?

‘I like you. Really like you.’

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Me too.

‘So… me. You must…’

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What? I can’t hear you.

‘Goodbye.’

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No, I don’t want to. Shar, don’t go. Don’t leave me alone in this hell. Please.

“Hah…!”

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A harsh breath burst through tightly closed lips. Etienne clutched the blanket while breathing heavily.

What kind of dream was that?

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Etienne closed and opened his eyes, trying to grasp the remnants of the dream. It felt like he had dreamed of something nostalgic, but he couldn’t remember. Instead, a sorrowful and depressing sensation clung to his body.

“Haah.”

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Having failed to recall the dream, Etienne exhaled deeply, trying to calm his pounding heart. Even after sleeping, his body felt heavy.

After blinking a few times while lying down, his drowsiness faded and his vision gradually became clearer. Etienne forcefully raised his body, which felt as limp as cotton soaked in water.

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“Your Highness! You’re awake!”

As soon as Etienne rose from his bed, a welcoming voice was heard.

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“What a relief!”

“Ben…”

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Etienne frowned at the face of his servant, Ben, who approached him. His voice was so loud it made his head ring.

“Speak quietly.”

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A terrible voice flowed between his lips. Etienne was surprised at his own voice. It was as dry as a tree twisted and cracked from long drought.

“I’m sorry.”

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Ben quickly bowed his head at Etienne’s rebuke. He watched Etienne’s complexion with tightly closed lips. Though pale from being unconscious for several days, he seemed relatively fine.

“Would you like some water?”

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Ben grabbed the water bottle on the bedside table while feeling relieved that Etienne’s condition was better than expected. He judged that his throat must be dry after being unconscious for so long.

“Drink slowly.”

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Etienne grabbed the water glass, barely hearing Ben’s words. As Ben had expected, he was extremely thirsty.

Etienne brought the water glass to his lips with hasty movements. The cool water moistened his white, chapped lips and flowed into his dry mouth.

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“Cough, cough!”

As soon as he drank, he burst into coughing. The glass fell from Etienne’s hand. Fortunately, thanks to Ben’s quick movement with his arm, the glass didn’t break.

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“Are you alright?”

“Cough, gasp, ha, cough cough!”

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Etienne hunched over, continuously coughing. Ben patted Etienne’s back with a panicked face.

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry.”

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Ben apologized with a teary face. After coughing a few more times, Etienne waved his hand as if to say it was fine. It was his fault for drinking too hastily, so Ben had nothing to apologize for.

“Whew.”

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Having finally stopped coughing, Etienne leaned against the bed’s headboard with a tired face.

“…How long was I unconscious?”

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“Three days.”

Ben answered Etienne’s question in a careful tone. He seemed worried that Etienne might be shocked.

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“Three days… I slept longer than I thought.”

Etienne muttered like a sigh. With an expressionless face, he slowly clenched and unclenched his fist. There were dark bruises on his wrists.

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Damn it.

For a moment, Etienne’s expression twisted. He glared at his trembling fingertips.

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Etienne tried to recall the situation before losing consciousness as calmly as possible.

This heat cycle came without warning. Because it came after almost half a year, it had been very intense.

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As soon as Etienne realized it was a heat cycle, he locked the door. He tried to suppress his heated body through the sedative brought by the doctor.

But it was useless. Etienne thrashed about, half out of his mind. He couldn’t come to his senses because of the desire that filled him to the tips of his hair.

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‘Hnng. Ah, hingg…’

‘No, someone, hic, anyone will do, please, hnng.’

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When his Omega instincts weren’t satisfied, his reason disappeared. Having lost his mind, he howled almost like a beast. Even sleeping pills wouldn’t put him to sleep.

If he hadn’t tied his own wrists and ankles in anticipation of losing his reason, who knows what horrible things might have happened.

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He doesn’t know how much time passed in that state. Ben would tell him if he asked, but he didn’t particularly want to know.

At some point, everything just went black. Either his reason completely flew away or he lost consciousness, one of the two.

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Etienne gave up trying to think further while tracing his faint memories. And he asked what he had been curious about since earlier.

“What did the doctor say?”

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“He said it seems to be a side effect of the suppressants. He said he would visit Your Highness soon, conduct an examination, and then create a new medicine based on the results.”

“While he’s at it, tell him to change the sedative too.”

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“Eh?”

“It seems I’ve developed a tolerance. It had almost no effect this time.”

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Ben’s brows furrowed severely at Etienne’s words. The sedative having no effect meant that Etienne had suffered from his unfulfilled desire until he passed out.

“…I will inform the doctor.”

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Instead of answering, Etienne nodded. Perhaps because he had just woken up after several days, he was hungry and his head hurt. Just as he was thinking he should eat something, a small voice was heard from outside the door.

“Your Highness.”

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“Who is it?”

Ben frowned at the voice from outside the door. He had dismissed all the palace servants while Etienne was going through his heat cycle. Speaking like that without the head servant Ben’s permission meant they weren’t from the Prince’s Palace.

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“The Empress has summoned you.”

How could he not have known? The owner of the voice was a maid serving the Empress. The unexpected visitor delivered the Empress’s message before Ben could say anything.

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“The Empress?”

“Yes. She wants you to come to the palace immediately.”

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“Ha!”

Ben made an expression of disbelief at the news that the Empress was looking for Etienne. He wondered how she knew to look for him right as he woke up when she hadn’t shown her face once while he was unconscious.

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“It’s fine.”

Etienne stopped Ben who was about to say something. If Ben started a fight with the maid, it would only be troublesome for him.

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“I need to wash up before going.”

Though she said to come immediately, there would be mockery and stern orders if he went without washing. Etienne ordered with an impassive face.

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“Prepare the bath water.”

“…Understood.”

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Ben, who had been moving his lips as if dissatisfied with something, swallowed a sigh and answered. While Ben went to the bathroom, Etienne rose from his bed using the bedpost as support. Even just that much movement was taxing.

“If she calls, I must go…”

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Etienne muttered in a subdued voice. His face was filled with undisguisable fear.

 

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“I pay my respects to the Star of the Empire.”

The knight guarding the Empress’s palace greeted Etienne with a bow.

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“Where is Her Majesty the Empress?”

“She is in the reception room.”

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Etienne’s expression hardened at the knight’s answer. Being in the reception room meant she was meeting someone. He couldn’t suppress his rising irritation and clicked his tongue.

“Tch.”

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Etienne entered while suppressing the urge to turn around immediately. As he entered the corridor, dozens of court servants all bowed at once. He moved forward, ignoring their greetings.

The faint fragrance that lingered in the Empress’s palace lobby grew stronger as Etienne approached the reception room. It was an intoxicating scent that made him dizzy.

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“Haah.”

Etienne consciously inhaled and exhaled. Otherwise, he felt he would suffocate from the Empress’s pheromones.

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“You’ve arrived, Your Highness.”

When he reached the reception room at the end of the corridor, the head court lady greeted Etienne with a respectful attitude. At that moment, Etienne felt goosebumps all over his body.

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The overwhelming scent that pricked his nose and various fragrances tangled together as if craving it.

The pheromones felt through the closed door were not from just one or two people.

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“Your Majesty, His Highness the Prince has arrived.”

“Let him in.”

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When the head court lady announced Etienne’s arrival, a seductive voice flowed from inside. Etienne swallowed hard at the pheromone scent that rushed through the silently opening door.

“Please enter, Your Highness.”

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When Etienne stood with a hardened face, the head maid urged him with a stern voice. Though momentary anger rose at her subtly disrespectful behavior, there was nothing he could do.

“Mother.”

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Would this be how a prisoner feels being dragged to prison? After taking a small deep breath, Etienne called out to the Empress and entered the reception room.

“You’ve come.”

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The scene in the reception room was quite a sight. Etienne narrowed his brows as he looked at the Empress half-lying on the sofa and the people moaning beneath her.

“Aah…”

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“Your Majesty, Empress.”

Those begging the Empress were all Alphas. Etienne looked down at the Empress’s lovers with disgusted eyes.

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Whether it was the noble who was a key figure in the aristocratic faction, the knight who was once praised as a hero, or the son of a renowned family, at this moment they were all slaves who had succumbed to desire.

“Your Majesty, please…”

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The lovers, intoxicated by the Empress’s pheromones, paid no attention to Etienne’s entrance. Their gazes were fixed solely on the Empress.

The Empress looked with satisfaction at her lovers who begged for her affection while half out of their minds. They were faithful dogs who desired everything about her.

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“Empress.”

The one closest to the Empress called her with a desperate voice. The Empress willingly sprayed pheromones for her pleading lover. Like flowers blooming, the fragrance the Empress emitted spread in all directions.

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“…hng.”

Etienne swallowed his breath, feeling nauseous. He couldn’t keep his senses in the reception room filled with the Empress’s pheromones.

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“Is it painful?”

The Empress asked in a languid voice. Her eyes, the same color as the sunset, shone sharply as they watched Etienne’s slightly trembling body.

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“When your mother asks, you should answer.”

“No, I’m- urk!”

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Etienne, who had barely managed to move his lips, covered his mouth again at the Alpha pheromones emitted by her excited lovers. He tried to endure somehow, but it was impossible.

His body, already weakened from just finishing a heat cycle and being unconscious for three days, couldn’t withstand the pheromones simultaneously released by multiple Alphas.

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“Hmmh, agh.”

Finally, Etienne’s body collapsed. Slumped on the floor, he continuously dry heaved. His stomach turned and his head felt like it would split.

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