After Story 1
It will be the first time in three years that Mirga returns to the Empire.
Mirga, one of the many princesses the previous Sultan bore from the many women in the harem, and the 6th Princess who was married to a foreign country. She was Kainer’s half-sister.
There were rumors that she had a close relationship with Kainer’s sister, the 4th Princess Erencia, the one who put a sword in Kainer’s chest, but she married into the royal family of another country and left, as if she ran after Erencia was purged. Then, when rumors spread that she would return to the Empire after her husband died, the palace immediately became lively.
“What kind of person is she?”
When Saye looked out the window and asked, Enin’s expression darkened. She couldn’t lie to her master. After giving birth to the child, Saye still looked as fragile and precarious as when Enin first met her. When it came to Saye, Kainer was extremely cautious and sensitive, and it was enough to lose his temper.
The Haseki Kadin Efendi—a title given to a woman who has given birth to a child of the Sultan—must be strong. This was to protect the child and her in this palace where all kinds of dangers lurked.
There was no other concubine who could be a big threat against them right now, but as the child grew older, new opponents or dangerous people were bound to appear.
“She was a lively and beautiful person.”
“Does she look a lot like His Majesty?”
Enin noticed the meaning contained in Saye’s soft voice. Even if the mother was different, she had no choice but to resemble him because she shared his blood.
“They do look a lot alike. You’ll know at a glance that she shares the same blood with His Majesty.”
“She must be a beauty.”
Saye laughed silently.
Enin only then realized that her face had hardened and followed with a slight smile.
“Yes. She was such a gorgeous beauty that rumors spread throughout the palace.”
She was the most favored daughter of the former Sultan. The princesses were only used for political purposes and were not loved and cared for, and the former Sultan had many more daughters than sons. He didn’t know everyone’s names and faces, but he cared for the sixth daughter Mirga, and remembered both her name and face.
In fact, Mirga was more obsessed with power than Kainer’s full-blooded sister. Enin thought it was a surprise when Mirga, who had been trying her best to become Kainer’s lover, because it was possible to have a close marriage, suddenly gave up everything and left. Maybe Mirga was also involved in Kainer’s assassination attempt. The former Sultan had condoned this when Erencia took her own initiative. She might have been reluctant, which was why she headed to another country in a hurry to marry.
“I wonder what kind of person she is.”
“It’s better not to get close.”
“Should I be careful?”
“You’re in a position where you have to watch out for everyone.”
No matter how Kainer supported her, Saye was the Emperor’s only concubine, and she could somehow get pushed out at any time. She had to be careful with everything. When Kainer was not with her, that was the reason why Enin wielded absolute power only for Saye.
The Emperor didn’t ask for anything from Saye. Rather, he made her surroundings stronger.
He gave Enin full power, but Enin knew that he constantly tested and monitored Enin. Kainer didn’t trust anyone. Even Enin, the nanny who took care of him since he was born, wasn’t trusted, so he continued to question and test her. The Emperor believed only in the slender woman who was in front of Enin’s eyes right now. If it had been a proper harem, she would have been killed the moment she gave birth.
“Actually, she didn’t get married and left this place, but it was seen as more of an exile. I can only hope that the time she was away from here was a lesson for her.”
Enin briefly and calmly explained about Mirga. Saye was not surprised and simply nodded her head.
People do not change easily.
Enin wanted to add those words, but nothing happened yet, and she didn’t want to be a servant whispering bad things about others to her master. And if the Emperor’s only concubine was uneasy, the Emperor would also be shaken, so the wise servant shut her mouth.
An endless line of carriages entered the Imperial Palace. People murmured that the carriages loaded with dazzling jewels and rare items looked like a dowry brought by a concubine with a strong backing when entering the palace. It had been a long time since the palace had been so noisy, so Saye also stared intently at the splendid procession from the place where the view was best seen.
“Are you having so much fun?”
He whispered in her ear, and before she even looked back, her waist was caught. Embraced in his familiar arms, Saye barely pulled her eyes full of regret from the procession outside the window.
“I thought I was the most interesting to you.”
At the sound of the grumpy voice full of sorrow, she smiled.
“The child has just fallen asleep, Lord Kainer.”
The child sleeping in the cradle that was within her reach was gentle, perhaps because he resembled his mother’s personality. The son of Kainer and Saye was born over two years ago. As soon as the child was born, Kainer wanted to seal him as the Validak (the Crown Prince), but his servants unanimously opposed it, saying there was no such precedent.
However, that little delay did not change the fact that one day their first child would ascend as the Validak, and finally as the Sultan.
“The nanny will take good care of him.”
“Did Lord Kainer grow up like this?”
“Didn’t I grow up well?”
Kainer’s voice over her head became even lower. He whispered secretly in a voice mixed with laughter whether he was trying to joke around or he wanted to do something else.
“Well. I satisfy you every night, so it’s true that I’ve grown up well.”
She slapped him on the back. Saye’s fair cheeks dyed red as she felt the presence of the solid thing that was said to have grown up well.
Saye didn’t know that Kainer wanted to put their newborn baby up as the Validak not for the sake of the child, but so that no one could threaten Saye or even dare look at her shadow.
However, Saye wanted to postpone the time even a little, fearing that her child’s safety would be in danger if the child was established as the Validak.
“Tell me what adventures you dreamed of today.”
He didn’t allow Saye to go out and fulfill all of her dreamy adventures, but at least he listens.
“Your Majesty.”
“Where did you learn to call me ‘Your Majesty’ only when you’re at a disadvantage?”
Embarrassed by Kainer’s mischievous words, Saye bit her lip.
“Greeting princes Mirga…”
“What kind of Emperor in the world welcomes someone lower than me?”
“But with me…”
He burst into laughter at Saye’s answer.
“You aside, I don’t know who you are going to meet?”
Even if he didn’t look, he could tell that Saye’s face was red. Kainer turned her head so she could face him, and then leaned his head towards her.
Kainer’s lips brushed against the white, button nose. Then he narrowly passed her lips and headed further down. Suddenly, Kainer knelt down on his knees and held her back firmly with one hand, gently rubbing his face between Saye’s legs.
As his manhood had, this time his nose touched the crevice in a subtle and skillful way.
“Hmm.”
As soon as Kainer took a deep breath, as if sniffing her body, Saye unwittingly gave strength to her body, and Kainer laughed in his throat.
“Lord Kainer.”
She’s right behind the window, so she couldn’t step backwards. She felt like I was going to fall out of the window, so she put her hands on the window sill.
The noise coming from behind grew louder and louder. The cry of the person who had been waiting for today’s procession came from a distant voice. Kainer ignored it and focused on Saye’s body wrapped in her thin clothes. His breath pierced through the soft fabric. Recalling the last night as he licked her secret place like this, Saye closed her legs involuntarily.
“Oh dear. You haven’t even revealed your clothes yet, but you’re reacting. Even if I don’t smell it, I will know that it’s flooding down here.”
With a greedy face in front of a delicious meal, Kainer looked up at Saye and said that. After realizing that all of his entourage, who had always been quietly following the Sultan, had all disappeared from the room, Saye realized that he had come to her with a determined mind. Her mouth was dry.
“That’s—”
“Why? Do you want to make any excuses for saying we’ve been doing it all night long?”
He asked in a languid voice as if the thing that had been stuck inside last night was still flowing.
“Ugh. No. It’s not like that…”
His strong hands grabbed her two knees and simply spread them apart. Since when did the relatively cool air inside the palace become so hot? The sweat that ran down Saye’s neck disappeared under the exposed collar bone.
The hem of her robe, which was slowly lifted up to her ankles, was no longer a shield.
“It got wet from here.”
Kainer lustfully stroked the inside of her white thighs and whispered in a heady voice.
“Ah…”
The silver forest, which was not covered by anything underneath, was entangled in an unknown liquid. Kainer used to stare at the bushes, which resembled her silver hair, in amazement every time.
The reason he often didn’t let her wear anything under her clothes was that it’s a great pleasure to see her shameful behavior every step she takes. Even after giving birth to a child and spending countless nights, she was equally embarrassed and ashamed every time.
“Every time I say I’ll come get you, you get wet here.”
Kainer looked affectionately as Saye closed her mouth with her slender hand.
“Doesn’t Miss Saye follow etiquette more thoroughly than me?”
He buried his face in Saye’s bushes. He said this on purpose while his hot breath brushed right by Saye’s entrance.
“Lord Kainer!”
“Hold on well so you don’t slip off.”
He crouched down and put the hem of her robe in his hand. He didn’t like it when she covered her mouth with her hand.
“You try so hard to keep your etiquette, so I have no choice but to help. I will keep you clean until the princess gets here.”
With that, Kainer added sweetly.
Even though his insidious desires were clearly visible, even though she knew that what he said with an innocent face was an obvious lie, Saye could not reject him. The more she tried to escape, the more he would stick to her. It’s better to be patient.
“Please, please hurry up.”