PSTP Chapter 3

 

 

  When Rua and my knights asked if I was leaving unescorted this time as well, I was able to calm them down by saying, ‘I’m going to the kingdom’s research center, where Prince Richelden is.’

  Rua seemed curious as to why I was going to meet the second prince of a kingdom I had never met, but she didn’t say anything and just threw a shawl over my dress before I left the castle.

  My dress was noticeably more colorful than yesterday’s, but it was nothing out of the ordinary for a noblewoman.

  The gate of the research center building belonging to the Ildon Kingdom somehow seemed bigger, higher, and heavier than yesterday.

  ‘What if I enter and get kicked out?’

  I hesitated as I raised my fist to knock on the lab door.

  Yesterday, Lee, I mean, Prince Richelden, had passed through this door without any special procedure.

  ‘Can I just walk in?’

  As I pondered, slowly lowering my hand that had been clenched into a fist, Richelden stepped up beside me.

  The problem was that I didn’t feel his presence at all.

  “What’s going on?”

  “Gaah!” 

  I yelped and stumbled backward, sounding like I’d been caught shoplifting.

  “Huh?”

  The only time I realized something was wrong was when I felt something catch on my heel and my body started to tilt backwards.

  “Uh, uh…?”

  Instead of trying to steady my body which was already out of control, I squeezed my eyes shut in anticipation of the impending impact.

  However, what touched my body was not the dirt-covered ground but Richelden’s strong arms. 

  In the midst of my confusion, I blinked and looked up, only to see the platinum-haired handsome man gripping the laboratory’s outer wall with one arm while supporting my waist with the other.

  His sparkling hair swayed gently in the cool breeze, carrying the unique scent of Ilden Kingdom’s grass. Lost in the sight, I momentarily forgot to do anything but stare.

  Realizing that I might do nothing but stare at his own face at this point, he tensed his arm.

  The subtle bulge of muscles in his arms as he exerted himself caught my attention again, and when I didn’t move, he pulled me upright with both arms.

  “Th-thank you.”

  I mumbled, dropping my gaze to the floor to deal with my pounding heart and the rising embarrassment.

  I futilely pretended to straighten my dress as I felt the sting of his gaze on the top of my head.

  In the end, I had to say something, so I stammered a few words out.

  “Well, it’s just that no matter how much I think about it, I feel like you know how to fix my body…”

  It was a lame excuse, but I couldn’t think of anything better.

  Honestly, I was glad he, with his unforgettable appearance, was a prince and not a commoner, and that I had a reason to see him one more time.

  But my excuse wasn’t just a lie; perhaps my anorgasmia was due to the size of the other party.

  If Prince Richelden was indeed a prince, to borrow the bard’s phrase, all I had to do was return to the Siaz Empire and formally request a ‘night of proof’ from him, or have him request a ‘night of proof’ from me.

  “Since you’ve come this far, let’s go in.”

  Richelden’s voice snapped me out of my reverie.

  His blue eyes, as calm as the sea, stared at me.

  I tried to avoid his unnecessarily embarrassing gaze and walked through the door he held for me, heading back into the lab once more.

  I walked through one more door and once again found myself in Lee’s room with the desk and a guest chair.

  Restless, I began to fidget in the awkward atmosphere. Then, he asked, 

  “Is there something you’re curious about?”

  “Oh, that, yeah… what’s this?”

  In an attempt to freshen the mood, I pointed with my finger at the bottles on the nearby shelf in front of me.

  He held up a triangular flask of clear, yellowish-green liquid among the five bottles on a shelf.

  “Is this the one you’re talking about?”

  “Yes, that’s it.”

  “It’s the brew of a poisonous herb called ‘Anadornai’.”

  “A poisonous herb?”

  I asked, puzzled, and he shrugged as if it was a familiar response.

  “Technically, yes, but there’s a fine line between a poisonous herb and a medicinal herb, as they have different uses depending on the time and situation.”

  “I thought eating poisonous herbs would kill a person.”

  “Well, it depends on the type, and even if it were fatal, the symptoms would vary.” 

  “What do you mean by that?”

  “‘Anadornai,’ for example, causes excessive heart palpitations and a high fever if ingested in large quantities.”

  He returned the triangular flask he was holding to its place, this time holding up a small vial of red liquid that lay beside it.

  “It’s the sap of a tree called the ‘Ganisa,’ and if you drink too much of it, you’ll die within a week from unexplained pain. Surprisingly, both of these are part of the ingredients used in making the aphrodisiac.”

  “Is it really okay for such dangerous things to be included?”

  Suddenly, he looked like a beautiful devil holding poison.

  As I took a step back, he smiled as if he was having fun and returned the bottle in his hand to its original place.

  “A lot of people ask me that. Isn’t it amazing that a poisonous herb can be used as medicine?”

  His blue eyes sparkled.

  “Oh, and this is the root of a plant called ‘Manianrat’…”

  This time, Richelden opened one of the drawers on the shelf, pulled out a stack of white herbs, and began to explain.

  As he talked, it occurred to me that I might end up leaving here without accomplishing my purpose if I continued listening to these stories about herbs all day.

  I mustn’t lose sight of my purpose.

  I didn’t come all this way just to see if his ‘thing’ was really huge.

  What mattered was whether having a connection with his ‘great thing’ could cure my condition.

  Yes, that’s right.

  I had come here today to bring Richelden to his knees in one way or another.

  But, wasn’t my dress a little too modest for seducing someone? I shook my head and quickly dismissed the thought.

  Taking a small deep breath and puffing out my chest, I slowly moved closer to him.

  “It’s one of the most common plants found in the kingdom… It tastes bitter when you eat it, but it helps you recover from fatigue. Would you like to try some?”

  “Yes, please.”

  I smiled as graciously as I could at his offer.

  His gaze lingered on my face for a moment, as if my ploy had been successful.

  But soon, he turned his attention back to the roots of the unfamiliar plant, cut off a small piece of the plant’s root end, and held it out to me.

  “The ones kept here have all been cleaned, so you can eat them with confidence…”

  Before Richelden could finish speaking, I took the plant root he was holding in his hand and chewed it.

  My lips brushed against his fingertips, and his shoulders flinched in surprise.

  He must have expected me to eat it with my hands.

  His blue eyes stared straight into mine.

  As I slowly chewed on the plant’s root while moving my lips, conscious of his gaze, his eyes traveled to my red lips, just as I had intended.

  I swallowed hard at the understated sexiness of the way he looked at me, his eyes showing restrained desire.

  Seemingly flustered, he turned his gaze away and began rummaging through a drawer with his back to me.

  While I was trying to figure out what to do, he spoke up, still not looking in my direction.

  “Would you like something to drink?”

  Richelden’s question broke the flow of air in the strangely awkward room.

  “Oh, please.” 

  Of course, the silence quickly returned.

  Instead of sitting awkwardly in the chair, not knowing what to do, I chose to admire the bookshelves that filled the room.

  How could I make him lose control here? Would I be able to check out his size and compatibility at the same time?

  I spun around, turning my back on him as I brainstormed various plans in my head.

  As I slowly walked along the bookshelves on the wall, running my fingers along the spines, I heard the clear sound of Richelden pouring a drink into a glass behind me.

  I heard the dull sound of him setting the glass back on the table, so I slowly turned and picked up the glass he had just set down.

  “Thank you.”

  Maybe it was the nerves, but I was thirsty.

  I took the purple drink he poured for me without hesitation and took a large sip.

  “Ha…”

  It was a strong wine, and as soon as I drank it, a burning sensation rushed up my insides.

  “Haa…”

  When I exhaled, I realized that what was trying to come out of my mouth was not just a sigh but rather my heated breath.

  “What’s this?”

  I looked at the drink in my hand, wondering if something was strange.

  The shape was too flat to be a wine glass, and the half-full liquid inside was too dark a purple color to be wine.

  It wasn’t until I turned my gaze back to Richelden that I realized that what I had just consumed was not the drink he had given me.

  A glass of cool water with ice and lemon was on one side of the bookshelf, and in his hand was an empty glass and a glass jug of water.

  His eyes widened as he looked between the glass in my hand and my open mouth.

  The glass and glass jug were thrown to the ground, shattering into shards of glass with a sharp popping sound.

  Unconcerned by the water and shards of glass that littered the floor, Richelden lunged towards me.

  “Spit it out. Hurry!”

  He shouted as he pushed me against the desk, obviously panicked.

  I flinched as his large, pretty hand grabbed my hand that was covering my mouth.

  Apparently, I wasn’t the only one baffled by my reflexive reaction to a strange sensation I’d never felt before, as his beautiful sky-blue eyes fluttered uneasily.

  “Did you swallow it already?”

  His red lips couldn’t have looked more desirable as he let out a shaky voice.

  “Haaah…”

  I opened my mouth to say something, but a lustful moan escaped my lips.

  “If you took the aphrodisiac I left out for research purposes… then it’s concentrated…”

  Richelden seemed to be in trouble and closed his eyes tightly, contemplating, and then opened his mouth again.

  “It is concentrated and therefore effective, but the effect will end in about an hour. So, please stay here alone for an hour.”

  When Richelden tried to let go of my hand, I reflexively grabbed him with my other hand.

  “I don’t want to get you in trouble.”

  He raised his other hand and effortlessly pried one of my hands.

  At this rate, I was going to be stuck here with my heated body.

  Instead of accomplishing what I came here to do, I might never set foot in the lab again because I’d tampered with the wrong drug.

  My body heated up rapidly, and my breath became increasingly labored.

  As my body heated up and I felt my instinct overpowering my reason, a cunning idea flashed through my mind.

  Without further ado, I put my thoughts into action just before I lost consciousness.

  I picked up the half-full glass of concentrated aphrodisiac on my desk and took another sip.

  “What are you…?”

  Taking advantage of Richelden’s open mouth as he spoke, I tiptoed and wrapped my arms around his neck.

  As our faces met, I quickly passed the aphrodisiac into his pretty red lips.

  “Ugh…!”

  I could feel the intensely hot liquid, tasting like fire, go straight down the back of his throat.

  Richelden bit his lip with his teeth and glared at me.

  Trying to control himself somehow, he still struggled to remove his hand from mine, and I held on to it as best I could.

  “What the hell are you trying to do…?”

  I heard a low, sexy voice in my ear as I bit my lip tightly.

  “What the hell were you going to do?”

  His hand, which had been trying to leave mine all this time, gripped mine tightly and began to push me toward the desk.

  As his upper body moved closer and closer, my upper body became pinned against the desk with nowhere to retreat and lay on top of the papers scattered across the table.

  Richelden’s free hand gently lifted my thighs beneath my ass, and soon I was lying on the desk facing him, my legs spread on either side of his body.

  “You brought this on yourself.”

  Immediately, his hands wandered over my upper body, searching for a way to get my dress off.

  “Mmph… !”

  I felt a tingle of electricity run through my body as Richelden’s hands quickly grazed my breasts to my sides.

  His ten fingertips groped incessantly at my waist, looking for a way to somehow get the dress off.

  “Haa…”

  “What the hell is this damn dress…?”

  Before I had time to lament the departure of the hand that had been caressing my side, Richelden’s fine fingers found their way to my chest.

  As they caressed my breasts over the silk fabric, they tugged down roughly on the front of my flimsy dress, and my breasts popped out of the dress in an instant.

  “Ah, w-wait a minute… ah!”

  My legs flailed in panic at my body’s sensitivity to the slightest touch, and he grabbed my shoulders, bringing his lower body closer to my crotch.

  “Why are you telling me to wait?”

  “Ugh, ahh…”

  The thumb of the large hand gripping my shoulder pressed against my collarbone, causing my upper body to shudder at the unfamiliar sensation.

  My aphrodisiac-enhanced body responded to every little gesture Richelden made.

  “The moment I realized the princess had made me drink the aphrodisiac, I tried to get out. I tried to do nothing.”

  “H-how did you know I was the princess—ah, ah, ah!”

  I was surprised for a moment by the fact that Richelden knew my unrevealed identity, but then I succumbed to his lips nipping at my nipple.

  The rounded peaks of my breasts, exposed above the hem of my dress, rolled gently under Richelden’s hot tongue.

  This time, however, he lightly nipped the apex with his teeth, sending a thunderbolt of sensation through my body.

  It was like a tidal wave crashing into my head, a sensation I’d never experienced before.

  My body, unable to think of anything, moved instinctively.

  My heart pounded in anticipation and nervousness of the pleasure that was about to overwhelm my body.

   

  

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