Chapter 256 – Nothing Really Changes (1)

In this world, classmates existed solely for the imperial family.

“So… tell me, what did Lady Yang… no, Lady Peng say over there…?”

As a member of the imperial court, the team leader had pledged his life to serve the imperial family, enduring the terrible training process that eroded his humanity.

“Your Majesty…!”

“Why can’t you answer me quickly! Your grandfather is the owner of Daemyung! Don’t you know that?”

But no matter how much the team leader had pledged to serve the imperial family before being human, this situation was a bit difficult to handle.

To the monarch who asked about the conversation that took place during a drunken conversation, the team leader cautiously opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, even if you don’t want to hear such vulgar things…”

“Oh, are you refusing my order! I understand perfectly! You are a traitor…”

The Emperor, who was about to say “traitor,” quickly closed his mouth. No matter how much his mouth moved on its own due to drunkenness, it was an inappropriate remark.

The team leader also felt cold sweat on his back, knowing what the Emperor had hastily pushed into his mouth.

“Leave. I want to be alone now.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I didn’t say anything unnecessary. I really want you to leave. It means not to spy on me secretly where I can’t see.”

Of course, the team leader, who was trying to protect her by her side, flinched.

“If the problem is the guards, you just have to make sure there are no intruders in this garden, right?”

Protecting one person closely and protecting the entire building were different levels of difficulty, but he was not in a position to refuse the Emperor’s words.

“If you want to deceive me, you have to do it well. Make sure no one of the other five can tell the truth to me.”

“…Don’t worry, Your Majesty. That won’t happen.”

He never had such a thought in the first place, but he just bowed his head and answered silently to the meticulous words of the Emperor.

After the team leader hid his figure, the Emperor continued to fill and empty his glass alone.

A young man and an extramarital affair, Lady Yang was extremely disappointed.

“Aunt, was it really that good? Having an affair with another man while having a husband?”

When she realized that the Emperor was overlapping with another man, she thought that Lady Yang was actually suffering but deliberately put on a bright expression to hide it.

However, that wasn’t the case. Now that she knew he was enjoying an affair with another man, the Duke of Sungyeon felt nothing but disappointment.

One glass, two glasses. The alcohol kept flowing endlessly.

The burning sensation in her throat was now replaced with a sweet numbness that soothed her bitter insides.

“That bastard. If it weren’t for my sister Yang, I would have killed him. Disgusting… vulgar man…!”

The Duke of Sungyeon began to direct her criticism towards Kang Yoon, not wanting to blame Lady Yang.

“He must have used some despicable means to seduce Lady Yang in the first place.”

There was no doubt that there was some vile scheme behind Lady Yang’s affair with Kang Yoon, even though their relationship was not normal.

If Kang Yoon had used his wicked methods to seduce Lady Yang, there was no need for her to be disappointed in Lady Yang.

“Yes! That must be it! He’s the one who blinded Lady Yang’s eyes!”

Oh, poor woman. I will definitely uncover his wicked scheme and save you.

The Duke of Sungyeon, drunk and holding an empty bottle upside down, bravely rose from her seat like an old man with a cane.

Her unsteady steps led her to the shed where Kang Yoon was tied up.

She had never thought that being tied up like this would be comfortable.

But it was more uncomfortable than she had imagined.

The tightly bound ropes were not going to come loose with just my strength alone. Honestly, even with my strength, it was hard to be sure if I could untie them.

‘I don’t know why they tied me up…’

They were talking to each other in front of me, but my ears were blocked, so I couldn’t understand what they were saying at all.

They must have had something more painful in mind than just killing me if they weren’t using their hands on me right now.

Honestly, I was terrified, but I made the wisest choice I could.

‘Okay.’

I focused as much as I could and let my body fall into a state of exhaustion. The position was uncomfortable, but if I was tired, I couldn’t sleep anywhere, right?

I had to rest so that when the opportunity to escape came, I could take it. My mind was restless and my body was uncomfortable, but I tried my best to fall asleep.

But the person in front of me didn’t want that. They appeared in front of me.

“…Nya?”

What?

“…Nya!”

I couldn’t understand what they were saying at all. Even if I did, I couldn’t respond because my mouth was gagged. The only thing I could understand was that the person in front of me reeked of alcohol.

“I can’t imagine someone drinking while working…”

I couldn’t help but shiver at the thought that someone might have come to deceive me in their drunken state.

If it was just a beating, it was fine. Even if my internal energy was scattered and unusable, it wasn’t going to disappear into thin air. I still had enough internal energy to form a rebounding force.

I didn’t know if something else was going to happen to me, but for now, I decided to endure it calmly.

Tap, tap.

“Soft?”

I had assumed that my captor was a man, but when I felt the touch on my cheek, I realized that the hand was surprisingly soft.

The soft hand moved from my cheek to my neck, gently stroking it as it went down.

I didn’t feel any sexual intent behind the touch, it was more like someone touching an object for the first time and trying to remember its shape.

“Feels a bit strange, but…”

Despite feeling a bit strange, it was better than being beaten or experiencing something worse, so I stayed still.

“…Nya…”

How long had it been? I couldn’t hear very well, but the owner of the hand started to mutter something that seemed to be bothering them.

I couldn’t hear what they were saying, but I couldn’t do anything about it even if I could. It was uncomfortable to have someone touch my body like that and complain about it.

It was better than being beaten, but having someone touch my body while my face was covered was not a good feeling…

“Ugh!”

Did they read my mind? Were they punishing me for my impure thoughts?

The hand started to touch my waist, and I felt the waistband of my pants loosen.

“What the hell are you doing?!”

Why were they taking off my pants?! This damn bastard!

“Be quiet. You’re making too much noise.”

The Duke of Sungyeon frowned as the man started to thrash around after his pants were removed.

On the one hand, she was enjoying his reactions, but on the other hand, she wanted him to be quiet.

The man was thrashing around, but unlike before, the chair didn’t fall over. The chair was tied to a pillar by the leader of the group, who had realized the problem.

“Tsk… I can’t even get any information out of him. He’s too stubborn…”

The people in the martial arts world were like monsters. Not in terms of strength, but in terms of unpredictability.

In order to save his own life, they emphasized that they should never release the restraints without their escort, as they didn’t know what kind of trick he might pull.

Even if his internal energy was sealed, his body was much stronger and more trained than that of the Duke of Sungyeon, who was just a woman. These people in the martial arts world were like beasts, not in terms of strength, but in terms of unpredictability. They were capable of tearing the Duke’s throat out and killing her if they were unlucky.

As the leader, even though it was too late, he could only warn them more because he felt threatened by Kang Yoon’s attempt to sense his presence and fight back.

“But the pants aren’t part of the restraints you tied him up with, so it should be okay, right?”

If she had asked her escorts, they would have said no, but the Duke of Sungyeon didn’t even think to ask them.

It was their fault for preventing her from asking directly, so they couldn’t blame the Duke of Sungyeon for this.

“I heard him whispering something about getting pregnant… Please kill him!”

The leader testified that he heard a sound that was more like an animal mating than human intercourse. Yang Hajung was mostly silent or said it was impossible in her conversation with men, so the leader thought it was evidence of oppression and reported it.

“But what if he liked it so much that he couldn’t speak?”

Kangho had heard of a group called Saekma, who used various drugs and tricks to seduce women and harass them.

If Yang Hajung had also experienced that, there might have been a situation where she opposed the Duke, who was a woman and the ruler, and turned her attention to a man.

“Anyway, it’s the same thing with men… If they didn’t use drugs, there wouldn’t be much difference.”

The man resisted, but with his restrained body, he couldn’t do much.

Even that was a bit difficult for her, but the Duke of Sungyeon managed to pull down the man’s pants and chuckled when she saw his cute little penis.

“Hmph… In the end, it’s not much different.”

To seduce a woman and crush her dignity just to insert that ridiculous thing.

She reached out her finger towards the penis and flicked it, saying something that he couldn’t even hear.

“Under the sheets, it might have felt like you completely owned the woman… But this kind of behavior is over now. As soon as my day comes, I’ll hand you over to the inspector of this place and make you realize how strict the law of Daemyung is…”

The Duke of Sungyeon stopped talking for a moment and smirked. She had noticed that the penis that was hitting her finger was slowly growing in size.

If that insignificant thing could grow, how much bigger could it get? Even in this situation, the man’s behavior of inflating his ego was ridiculous, so the Duke of Sungyeon decided to watch him for a while.