Chapter 149

Lucio was standing still, and opened his mouth in a great deal of pain. It seemed difficult to endure it all, and he struggled to restrain himself. As he staggered, Patrizia instinctively helped support him.

“Be careful.”

“Haaa… Stay away from me. I may end up doing something that will make you despise me even further.”

“That is why, how can you not listen to me like this? There are plenty of palace maids out there. I will have one brought over right now. What are you doing, Mirya, not even leaving right away?”

“…”

Eventually, Mirya ran to the Empress Palace, making a face that was ready to burst into tears, and Rafaella just stood there with an expression of not knowing what she should do. Lucio seemed to have reached his limit, as he finally sat down where he had been standing. Patrizia was caught by surprise and supported him.

“Your Majesty.”

“Haaa… I had said to get away from me already.”

He bit his lips with a face eroded by bitterness. His lips were torn and bleeding, showing that his instinct was difficult to control.

Damn it, why is Mirya taking so long to get back? Is it so difficult to bring a woman residing in the Imperial Palace? She asked Rafaella in an urgent voice, “Rafaella.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Take His Majesty to the nearest palace building right now.”

At the end of Patrizia’s words, Rafaella nodded and supported Lucio up so she could move him to the nearest building, which was Iste Palace. Meanwhile, Lucio constantly hurt himself to endure giving in to his desires. His lips were already messed up, and the inside of his mouth was about to be ripped apart.

Patrizia was full of unreasonable anger, and uttered words of resentment at Lucio, who had collapsed within the Iste Palace, “Why are you this foolish, Your Majesty? All of the women in the Marvinus Empire belong to Your Majesty. If you want you could…!”

“What is the point of that?” he asked her in a voice that seemed to be completely exhausted. “If the actual Empress is not mine, it would be useless even if the ladies all over the world were to be mine.”

“How can you say something like that…!”

“Both of you go out now. Now I can no more… I cannot withstand it anymore.”

He seemed to be suffering with a rougher breath than before, and squeezed out his words. Patrizia, staring at him with a frozen expression, soon opened her mouth.

“Rafaella.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Go outside. You will keep guard. Stay there and block the entrance and make sure that no one comes in until I go out.”

“Your Majesty, are you…?”

“Go outside.”

“Empress, what are you trying to do right now…”

Ignoring Lucio’s voice, Patrizia resolutely ordered, “Go out, right now.”

Only then did Rafaella nod, a serious look on her face. “Yes, Your Majesty.”

Rafaella hurriedly left Iste Palace, and Patrizia was left alone as she slowly moved toward Lucio, who had collapsed.

His face twisted into a frown, and he asked her, “What is the meaning of this? You also must go out right…”

“You said Your Majesty might become more contemptible to me,” Patrizia laughed sadly. “It would not be so bad if it became like that. What would happen if I despise Your Majesty even more from this state…”

“I said leave!”

“Your Majesty, am I not barren anyways? No matter what happens today, no one will know about it,” Patrizia replied, and began to undress slowly. He cried out to her.

“I said stop it!”

“…”

But Patrizia continued to take off her clothes without any more words. When she finally took off all but a very thin black slip, Lucio was almost on the brink of losing consciousness. She thought that she had better hurry and slowly took off his clothes. PLIP, PLIP! When the buttons were unfastened, Patrizia felt her rationality was gradually fading. This was the feeling of crossing a river that did not allow a return…

“You will surely regret it if this happens today.”

“There was not a moment that I was not full of regret after the day I met Your Majesty.” She smiled coldly and kissed Lucio, who had finally given in to his natural instincts. “Even if I gain more regret from this moment, there will be no particular difference.”

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Patrizia opened her eyes with a blank expression. For a while, Patrizia stared at the sky with blank eyes, as if she did not grasp the current situation, and soon remembered yesterday’s incident in the unfamiliar setting. She laughed emptily and turned her head slightly.

“…”

Patrizia had never even dreamed that she would entangle her body with his in such a way, and felt the absurdity of it all. What happened yesterday was clearly ingrained in her memory, and it bothered her. She bit her lips steadfastly. The fact that she had rolled around in bed with a hateful partner gave her a strange feeling.

“Haaa…” After she let out the sigh, she looked at her husband, who was still asleep and muttering about. Her first night that was spent without any love. To have also borrowed the power of medicine… I have really reached the end of where I could go, Patrizia muttered to herself mockingly.

“Ugh!” Patrizia tried to lift herself, and groaned without realizing it. The aphrodisiac’s medicinal effect had been amplified by Lucio’s lack of patience, and it was Patrizia who was on the receiving end of it all, and as a virgin! She touched her back, her expression pained. Yesterday he said he was being accommodating, but nevertheless, the pain afterwards had been unavoidable because it was her first time.

“… Ngh.” She got up from the bed while struggling with all her strength as she let out more groans. Patrizia put on the dress that she had worn to Iste Palace on her own, and slowly stepped out, walking with a limp.

Before the last door could be opened, Patrizia turned around and looked at Lucio, who was still in a deep sleep. She muttered to herself with a bitter face, “This is our first and last time.”

She spit out the words, then opened the door without any hesitation and went outside. Even in that moment, Lucio still had his eyes closed.

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