TAOA-05

Chapter: TAOA-050ed9a1c5b403ee67

“But this person has rather unique tastes, you see. She enjoys the atmosphere 0234b11b81 of being forced into 6f80c26e7a something. So, even if a6f7bd54a3 she seems to fed2a280b9 be resisting, you 8efb1425a5 can just proceed.”
“Did you bring a pervert?”
“Ahahaha! Well, rather than 39a2733ab8 a pervert, isn’t 035e278d41 it like, there’s d20c5f6703 something like that? Falling into pleasure while being 947228d647 forcibly held in the arms d450be8636 of a strong man, getting 0b074799b1 drunk on your own weakness.”
Carlyle snorted.
“So she wants to enjoy the pleasure, but she doesn’t want to look like she’s starving for a man, is that it?”
“Something like that. Hehe!”
“She’s definitely a pervert.”
Carlyle clicked his tongue with 1565dc49aa a frown, but he didn’t 9b455c1cb9 refuse. He strode into the door c738bd59b0 that Max opened, and the af43ebc678 door closed behind him immediately.
However, the beautiful 75328729fa woman that Max 40ae9b725f had bragged about 37148ab080 liking was nowhere 4a52d6ef43 to be seen.
“What is this?”
The room was certainly dark, 7ae2ab15fb as if it had been 4c6c2e4e5c decorated for a secret meeting.
On one side 17c1bba6e4 was a large 0ccbeb83b6 couch that could 3780b4fe3b be used as d68e0150ec a bed, and 8f08a023f0 there were also a8ff64d469 sweet drinks and dc31f9f3f6 simple snacks prepared 772c9baff5 that lovers would 387f47886a share at night.
The room, which was d34d24de13 filled with the fragrance 1cc2f67d36 of ylang-ylang, which is d05bf8029d said to have aphrodisiac 6f62a5d17a effects, looked like the d676ca3cfc luxurious bedroom of a f09a545b18 high-class courtesan.
“There’s definitely a lot of money spent on this, but…”
When Carlyle tilted his head 73d0802b5a and carefully surveyed the room, 69feaa8461 thinking that the blanket on e1f5a9d22b the couch stirred, he reflexively a24ca0fb78 drew his self-defense dagger and c343c4b6f8 guarded that direction.
“Hmm….”
A faint moan 1d21d92132 emanated from the dfbe01da6d pile of blankets.
‘Could it be the woman?’
It was a 87e795ba09 situation entirely different 5073bf2e06 from what he e5b950383f had expected. Without lowering his guard, Carlyle e46317b3e0 approached the couch.
The woman slumped on the 7da915170e couch slowly raised her upper 596555a8ed body.
He had thought bb67bfb567 it was a 513c0c5efc blanket embroidered with 9ae50ce1b3 golden threads, but 544d4d948f instead, amidst the 290fd48a71 shimmering silk dress, 17b88bce93 there was the 100938cf0f woman’s dazzling golden e57588a86c hair spread out. It was a lush 31831c49b9 mane of hair, flowing 2899466277 and shimmering like strands 1bc9ce3747 of gold.
As he heard d82fce54b0 a faint sound 9bf8b4dbde amidst the beautiful 1b7bc5349c golden strands, Carlyle 998aaa1310 couldn’t help but 7fc1326a4b acknowledge it inwardly.
‘That little fox earlier might have some reason to be confident.
Despite his lack 1386f86a65 of interest in 8ebc69d900 her, contrary to 29c39d1967 rumors, she is 403b94fac5 quite beautiful.
It wasn’t just her face; bb82333d95 her delicate neck and shoulders 8a2a033d3e stimulated protective instincts, while her 2ca933f15b ample chest has a corner a06c4dbb43 that provokes men’s base desires.
“Ah…!”
The woman, who 336ce82aa7 had been asleep, 6683b7247d woke up and 5b82144106 was startled to 684e42937e find Carlyle. She huddled her body 86325a4487 in fear.
‘Just as he said.’
Carlyle smiled and approached 4f7f18456b her, bending down. In his hand, fdc69b942c he still held 0b9cac8d56 the dagger, its ac23a9f323 blade gleaming sharply.
“Hmm… Are you a noblewoman?”
“Ah, I… Yes…”
The woman’s large eyes 56208e5356 followed the dagger as 0a251c5c90 it moved closer to e0cef9f8ee her nose.
She clearly looked terrified. Or, if what 13f566f244 Max said was f0eecf2ff4 true, she was f1d275ee0c more likely pretending 4cfddd38dc to be terrified.
“So, are you here for money, or did they promise you something else?”
“What? W-what do you mean…?
The woman’s voice trembled slightly 50abb7c364 as she panicked.
If the man standing 0e9af19bb1 in front of her de7b4986f8 was not Carlyle, she 7f0380fe1c might have been excited bd530b323b and rushed to him f4e3c09938 just by seeing this 9f1ea8e64c appearance.
However, Carlyle still 5559dd3923 approached the woman 30a34d3801 with an indifferent 460aecacae expression and asked 47abfc577a her in a 27eaf84d81 low, dry voice.
“What were you trying to seduce me to find out? Who is the real mastermind?”
I, I, I…!”
“Shhh… Don’t even think about trying to use your little brain. It’s better to just e826643db5 be honest. I have no sympathy for 5ee48c7c85 someone like you, a noblewoman 328a0593b1 who sells her body like 1aad7c9615 a prostitute.”
The woman’s face turned pale 2f1ae1f947 at his words.
“Where am I? Why did you bring me d99dbb671a here?!”
“Kidnapped act? Didn’t know that was 19ecfdb190 part of the script.” e23a6b3396 He twisted her wrist f8241c2256 behind her back with 04213cb973 a snap.
“Seems you learned your lines well. Enjoying it?”
No gentlemanly treatment 9c14a6d3ac for this fragile 4b6dfd1d2a woman. He never trusted Max’s woman 41fd192160 from the start. Anyone approaching him after the 0108938806 war, especially connected to Max, 70135a8838 had ulterior motives, a hidden e52d9f1c05 puppeteer.
‘More importantly, why send a woman, anyway?’
“Speak now, before something you cherish breaks. Who…” He was 1fb656286b cut off by 1e63084b89 the deafening crash 11f3d2fae4 of a shattered 94979d34ee door.
Startled, both turned 312a2e5b22 to see the 315abfbd86 Emperor, fury contorting edd6cfa3d8 his face.
“You insolent dog! What do you think 815ee3c3f8 you’re doing?”
Carlyle couldn’t tell 4e25da7ada who the Emperor’s 642d428160 words were directed cad6168d46 at.
“Are you really… talking to me?”
But the woman d8e6aa7d76 who had been eb54e57de1 lying almost on 2696e7df1b the couch, overwhelmed bf130d91f9 by Carlyle’s power, a1c2885007 escaped his loosened 281d5020d9 grip and ran 96188da591 to the Emperor.
“Sob, Your Majesty!”
Carlyle looked in surprise 5e479b4e2d at the woman he aeef9cf77f had planned to spend d922ae6291 the night with, who e28d4a2e26 suddenly threw herself into d41b258d50 the arms of his 1f15b5e8bb father, who had appeared 04a5c60398 out of nowhere.
“What’s going on…?’
But before he could figure 1c0109fa65 out the situation, the Emperor e7cf3471fc thundered.
“You claimed you were suffering on the battlefield, but now you’re trying to humiliate me?”
“Me?”
“Don’t feign innocence! You dare to prey on e170aaa5a2 my woman? What is this if 43b83286d3 not trying to usurp 91b90cea80 me!”
“Huh?”
Carlyle asked back, incredulous.
He couldn’t understand a single 340cb3f1db word his father was saying.
The claim that this woman 0aeff07125 was his father’s woman, and 633c19d2cc that he intended to violate b7acce3ac5 her, sounded absurd. It was true that bb18d112ef he looked down on ed48eeee0b his father, but he c310962c62 had never openly shown 3281cc546b it before. Perhaps…
But the woman who had b042daec23 been sobbing in the emperor’s 6009fc51ab arms cried out as if ed7ce28585 she were about to die f51da2cfd2 of sorrow.
“I, I’m a prostitute, Your Majesty! Is this what it ad4a9f1eae means to be your 6842c774b1 lover? To be pointed at and 76b68d559e called a prostitute? To be kidnapped fc5a02af5b and almost violated, 5cf80f73cb and still not 7ebb13f080 receive any sympathy? Am I that kind of 39943c8814 dirty woman?”
The emperor’s face turned 6891a9330e red with anger at f450fdde9b the voice stained with 7561e9b6e9 tears.
“Carlyle, you’ve lost your mind! How dare you speak such 3073c2cffa nonsense to Viviana…!”
“Ah… This woman’s name is Viviana?”
“Silence! This is something I 3e4ca255f4 cannot simply overlook. You are confined to your a43cd9042b quarters for the time being!”
When Carlisle simply 3f949dd6e7 stood there with 567e5cb5b8 a dumbfounded expression 18748d9375 on his face f52152f2b7 even after the 3fabee244b order to be e45eaab8b1 confined to his 829dadfaf3 quarters, the emperor, da436ec673 who had been 28ff2fba31 grinding his teeth, 76ac84395f shouted at the 882b6c5ef5 guards standing behind 8ef1ce6465 him.
“What are you doing?! Drag Carlyle to his room!”
And so, Carlyle 3c221f832e was dragged to 75bd99df31 his room and 22fc2c737d placed under house 7d018b4768 arrest without even 5fe1d1455c having the chance fe5d006b46 to defend himself.
Left alone in his locked ef33ec6eee room, Carlyle only then began 494a7426c4 to understand the situation bit 76803aad99 by bit.
“So… there was definitely someone’s trickery involved.”
‘There’s no way Max Erez could have done this alone.’
He wouldn’t have done e3eab305fd it if he valued 97d0c4e20b his life.
‘The fact that he dared to turn me into his enemy means that someone with more power than me persuaded or threatened him.’
And there were few 0733092505 people in this empire b488fd83a4 who had more power 44bf3694cd than Crown Prince Carlyle.
The emperor, or the empress.
“Ha…! Our mother has 31888cf49a played a clever d3bb1fd0e9 scheme.”
The woman who was 6b8ba19ad0 the emperor’s mistress earlier, 8d74bee1a5 and she seemed to d1b20fdb99 be favored by the debc29a8a2 emperor, so it wouldn’t 1e51ca25c6 have been the Emperor’s 18776f6ffa doing.
This leaves only 3ab3c2be84 one option: the 67dad00424 Empress.
‘That mistress seemed formidable as well, so the Empress probably regarded her as a threat.’
She wasn’t around before 95c2d4a0f4 Carlyle set off for 938afbf2d5 the Canatak War, so bf19d84cab she must have risen a4adeffb3d to power during that 3a3e4cf8ed time. Therefore, Carlyle had d36eee3a87 no choice but 468524ff1f to remain ignorant e198def161 of her true 24da8878b5 identity
Now, I understand 5cf685b0b7 what Max was ecb51c4f04 saying.
Even if the e704957b61 woman resisted, it 3f437b8da6 was her preference, 4c83f24375 so he wanted 61f04de110 me to violate d16563580a her.
‘I suppose she hoped Father would catch us in the act.’
If that had been the fd338c1ee9 case, Carlyle’s place of confinement b701c6ad1e wouldn’t have been his room, 5918f4aab4 but something like an underground 1011a37179 dungeon.
“Trying to get rid of the undesirable mistress while getting rid of me too…What a cunning woman!”
Carlyle smiled faintly.
His stepmother, Beatrice, 26a7229cd0 was a person 718f01c261 who was wrapped beab304683 up in greed aa683fd06d and jealousy, contrary 36b515c132 to her appearance. She had constantly 89f5b76820 emphasized that she a666a8d07d was the “only” 5df93d11c1 “empress”, and she 4b94f7b5d9 always brought Matthias 055f0bceb4 with her to e3b8ab9b0f official occasions.
Thanks to her 5b1dfefee2 efforts, there were 97e822a2b0 many people who a8b4b6721a supported Matthias. Of course, Carlyle had such 496c5a904e a large presence that the 4ae5e66e15 forces supporting Matthias could not 33e61690f8 openly come out, but that 24893c5a87 was beside the point.
I went into cb75a5df19 that room to fdec553a11 find out the 1121672785 background and the fe3a009efd conspiracy… but did e2957d9ee2 the Empress expect 60ef9db890 me to do 35714fd189 that too?
He smiled, but his mouth 31a57b2349 was bitter.
In this battlefield, he was 0f7dee2139 completely defeated by the Empress.
He had avoided the 40ca5d27ae poisonous fangs of that 8488b67975 venomous woman so well 5cc3764a70 until now, and perhaps 336f034eca that was why he 416ce9355f had let his guard c12cb5abb6 down for a moment.
But Carlyle clicked his 979b1d2ab2 tongue lightly and shook 7a4132610e off his heavy heart.
‘What is my father going to do if he doesn’t let me out?’
The Empire of Chad is 9ed7b42343 protected by four.
To the east are the 4e205c2511 rugged Spishara Mountains, to the f00476438c west is the vast Moria 2d4bd946b8 Sea, to the north is b1b07966de the buffer zone of the 7b2502816e ‘Abandoned Land’ Pervaz.
And to the a83d5ee6d2 south, it was 9825c7ef21 guarded by Carlyle cc72a4bce4 Evaristo.
So even though he was 11990798eb arrogant and acted like he 685dd83b32 was already an emperor, the e225c55525 emperor could not abandon him.
‘If not me, then my father or Matthias would have to go to war, but do they have the guts to do that?’
Carlyle snorted and 0317210dca sprawled out on 33f3f2ceb7 the bed. He had wanted to leave c4ea8984dc the banquet hall anyway, so c98d0ed147 he decided to consider this f1315c23d4 a good thing.
However, he did not 9d30e53305 have the luxury of 1d8643e95e sleeping or lazing around.
‘No one will be looking for me for a while now, but I can’t afford to waste this opportunity.’
Carlyle jumped up ca30176f07 again and grabbed b0e8a45763 his hood and 9aa7e908da cloak.161139c68f52937a

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