“Your Majesty, I… I must have misheard. Could you please repeat that?” Blaine, who had only just regained his composure, now looked on the verge of passing out again. Rewil muttered, “Surely not…” and asked hesitantly, his voice trembling. “Could it be… is Lord Veloan’s gender… female?” Even as he spoke, Rewil’s jaw dropped, as…

Extra 1 With Duke Superzen’s suicide, his inhumane human experiments—conducted since the late emperor’s death—were brought to light, and the entire Lucheist Empire was shaken. Ishar identified and prosecuted everyone who had colluded with the duke in these experiments, ensuring that not a single one escaped justice under imperial law. For the first time in…

“Big brother prefers formality. If I use my own paper, he might hate it. Nanny, do you think he’ll be pleased? I made it just like he said… but what if he’s disappointed?” “Your Highness made it solely for the Crown Prince. He’ll be overjoyed. Don’t worry, Your Highness.” Ignorance is a sin for royalty.…

“Whichever it is… the fact that I didn’t detect something of this scale until now—it’s horrifying.” Casting a detection spell revealed that the same protective magic extended beyond what was visible—both below and above ground. Still, there were no signs of life. But there were troubling signs: traces of enchanted magic stones embedded in experimental…

“I was simply curious,” Ishar said. “You’ve always insisted on accompanying me whenever I left the palace, haven’t you?” “Since you said you were going with Lord Veloan, I didn’t say anything.” Shuzel gave a bitter smile as he tied the knot securing Ishar’s hood—one that reminded Ishar exactly of the day he left for…

There was no time to catch his breath. Even though he had already climaxed, Veloan showed no mercy. His relentless thrusts aimed only for the peak, ignoring Ishar’s release, and made his body tremble uncontrollably. “Ah, mm, huu, ah!” He wanted to beg him to go slower. But all that escaped from between his lips…

Blink.Too flustered to mask his expression, Ishar just stared blankly at Veloan with wide eyes. Veloan’s eyes were faintly glowing with heat. What’s more, the flush on his cheeks resembled the bashful shyness of a newlywed couple planning their future, and for a brief moment, Ishar even wondered if he might be dreaming. “Yes. Just…

“Rekayan.” Rekayan didn’t even glance at him, as if he hadn’t heard Ishar’s voice. Puzzled, Ishar looked closer. When he realized Rekayan was asleep with his eyes wide open, he looked into the tank that had captured his subordinate’s gaze with an expression that said you idiot. ‘Tch… So he got that interested in Veloan’s…

This time was different. At first, Veloan couldn’t even begin to guess the reason for the change. But as if aware of his doubts, Shuzel came to Veloan for the first time on the day they returned to the palace with Ishar and told him directly. “His Majesty needs you, Lord Veloan.” With just that…

It had burrowed into the cracks in Ishar’s heart—until it fully took hold. Because of it, Ishar’s body and spirit weakened, and Eoris reached out to consume him. If the Veloan in that dream had not sought Ishar out for revenge, he would have been completely devoured by the magic tome or by Eoris itself.…