Episode 41: I Will Fall For That Temptation As Much As You Want
‘There really is no way such a woman can exist in the world.’
Thinking so, Raymond laughed at those who tried to somehow catch the emperor’s eyes.
Even though he pretended to be with the women they presented, he was able to draw a line due to his demanding aesthetic. It was quite helpful to him.
By the time he was 24 he was rumored to be the most promiscuous man in the empire. Although it was different from the truth, he didn’t feel bad because it was half intended.
The rumors about the Emperor’s escapades with women had become so popular, both inside and outside the Empire, people did not blame the Empress, who had not made an appearance for 10 years. They just vaguely thought that if the energetic Emperor came to his senses someday, he would suffer a loss.
But at the seventh New Year’s ball, after returning from war, he met a woman who would shatter his ‘faith’. That is, the belief that a woman who could meet his picky taste would never exist in the world.
“I see the Empire’s Sun. This is Chloe Garnet.”
Chloe Garnet was a woman who was sponsored by his half-brother.
The first thing that captivated Raymond was her elegant flowing voice. His eyes were drawn down by her subtle shiny silver hair under the brilliant chandelier’s light.
“Raise your head.”
Her face, which was lifted according to his order, made Raymond pause for a moment.
‘She’s pretty good…’
Raymond looked slowly at the woman and swallowed his breath. His heart was tightened by the red eyes looking straight at him.
‘No, very much…….’
The woman was pretty. There have been countless beautiful women who have been hovering around him so far, but no one has touched his heart as much as this.
Raymond thought, for the first time in his life, that he wanted a woman’s eyes to be fixed only on him. All of a sudden, the thirst in his throat made him swallow.
“…….”
“…….”
Raymond realized that he had been staring at the woman’s face for too long. After finally coming to his senses, he burst into a small laugh.
“Beautiful, as the rumor says.”
A small blush spread over the woman’s face. Raymond tried to look away from her, exchanged a few more words with his half-brother and sent the two back.
The ball was at its peak, and in the splendid space, Raymond drank a glass of wine because he was alone and bored.
It was strange. If he let go of his mind a little, he kept looking at her.
But it wasn’t just Raymond. Numerous men in the ballroom were sneaking a peek at the woman. When he realized it, he felt strangely bad.
As soon as a beautiful platinum blonde man approached the woman, Raymond grabbed the glass he was holding as if to break it. If it weren’t for his assistant, who was next to him, he might have really smashed the glass.
The woman, who rejected the man, was walking out somewhere, probably heading to the terrace. Raymond couldn’t take his eyes off the woman’s back and her gentle steps for a long time.
“This is ridiculous.”
Raymond smiled and got up.
I didn’t know why I was so thirsty because of a woman who only greeted me once. But I wanted to check my feelings again now.
Arriving in front of the terrace with huge strides, he immediately opened the door and entered. The woman, who was breathing in the cold night air, looked back at him. Even that small gesture made Raymond shudder.
“See you again.”
“I see the Sun of the Empire…….”
The moment the woman’s voice entered his ear once again, Raymond couldn’t stand it and grabbed the woman’s chin roughly. The eyes of the woman staring straight gave him chills all over.
I’ve been looking forward to it for a lifetime, but I didn’t think it would really come. This feeling, maybe…….
“If you don’t want to, say no.”
Surprisingly, the woman curved her eyes beautifully at words that he said with a suppressed voice.
“I don’t hate it.”
Raymond was helplessly immersed in those tempting, seductive, and elegant gestures.
I kissed her on her lips. The woman slowly followed the hasty kiss that was met with only a burning thirst.
“Will you follow me?”
“…….”
Instead of answering, the woman just stared at him. Raymond instinctively noticed that it had a positive meaning and stopped smiling. Behind him, who turned around first and left the place, he could feel the woman’s gentle movement.
That was the first meeting between Chloe Garnet and Raymond Del Astaroth.
* * *
Chloe Garnet was a very strange woman. At least for Raymond, she was the most strange of all the people he had ever met.
Timid and provocative, she was not arrogant even though she had a more beautiful appearance than anyone else. The graceful gesture of hugging him was not vulgar, even on the bed.
After an impulsive night, Raymond constantly recalled Chloe Garnet.
At first, he thought it was a simple interest. It surprised him that a woman who perfectly matched his taste really existed. His gaze moved from her face to her body. When he remembered last night, when he was hasty like an adolescent boy, his face became hot.
‘Maybe it really is my taste.’
Raymond gulped down cold water and thought Chloe Garnet was like a gift for him. From one to ten, she was like a woman born for him.
“Raymond! I heard a woman stayed in your bedroom the night of the New Year’s ball. Really?”
Upon hearing the news late, Daria asked with sparkling eyes. Daria had a face as if she was planning something, so Raymond simply ignored her words.
“Don’t care about it.”
“How can I not care? My one and only husband finally found a woman. Fortunately, the line of the Imperial Family will not be cut off.”
Raymond’s face turned red with her blatant remarks. Daria laughed at the sight.
“Why are you so shy, Ray? Considering your status and age, no one will swear at you even if you have two or three mistresses.”
“That’s nonsense.”
Raymond walked past Daria with a chill. Daria shouted at Raymond’s back as he turned around.
“Think about it, Raymond. We can’t just keep going the way we are now!”
Her words quickly made him feel bad.
Of course, Daria was right. Unless he divorces her, he will never see an imperial successor for the rest of his life.
According to the doctrine of the state religion of Ramie, all men in the Empire were to remain monogamous. So, even if he takes another woman, that woman has no status beyond ‘mistress’.
The moment he realized that, Raymond, who was walking slowly, stopped walking. His heart sank coolly.
“That’s weird.”
Looking at the large window in the hallway, the thin branches were shaking helplessly in the winter wind, Raymond’s red eyes staring at it also shook.
“Why…”
He slowly closed his eyelids and recalled. The fluttering silver hair and the sweet red eyes curved toward him flashed over his closed eyes. The small gesture of smiling and stretching both hands was played dozens of times in his head.
Raymond quietly raised his eyes and called the butler.
“Did you call your Majesty?”
“Send a carriage.”
A harshly cracked voice resounded resolutely.
“To the Duchy of Ludwig.”
* * *
It was their first meeting in two weeks.
Raymond, who was sitting crookedly on the seat, saw the door opening and a woman coming in. Unlike her noble facial expression, as if she knew he would find her again, she couldn’t help but hide her tension and her two fists. Pfft, laughter leaked out.
“Chloe, I think that was the name.”
He muttered out her name, which he had already rolled in his mouth and into his hall dozens of times during her absence, perhaps hundreds of times, while pretending not to know.
He was constantly talking among luxury nobles that he was hungry for blood and women, but in reality, he was a twenty-four year old man who got to know a woman for the first time.
Raymond scoured the woman who was bowing deeply in front of him. Unlike the night when he was drunk and hugged her, facing her with a clear mind, she is much smaller, more vulnerable…….
“Raise your head.”
She carefully raised her eyes and met his gaze. Raymond sighed softly as he looked into the bright red eyes staring straight at him. Facing her with a clear mind, she was much smaller, more fragile, and more lovable.
Thump, My heart was pounding.
‘Are you crazy?’
Raymond looked at her silently for a long time and thought. His heart has never beat like this even on the battlefield, where blood and slaughter were rampant.
“It’s amazing.”
He lifted his finger at her with a small murmur. As she lifted the tip of her chin, and gently approached him, a burning thirst arose again.
Chloe Garnet walked right in front of where he was sitting. Raymond gently swept her face.
“How can you be my taste from one to ten?”
A collection of tastes, a mixture of shallow fantasies that he thought would not exist in the world, was real and right in front of him.
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Raymond wanted to say, ‘You, who are real in front of my eyes just as the words that I said out of my mouth, were probably born for me.’
It was so strange because he had never been friendly to anyone in his life. The man, who had just opened his eyes to love, did not lose his dignity as an emperor even at the moment when his heart was jumping out of his body.
“Isn’t it amazing?”
When he asked in an imitation of an indifferent voice, the woman’s eyes bent gently.
Are you seducing me? If so, I will fall for that temptation as much as you want.