Rudel had stayed overnight at the palace; on Mayer's recommendation, he decided to stay in the capital for a while.
While returning from breakfast, he found a letter on his bed.
Ixion was next to him.
"Master, it seems someone wants to challenge you to a duel."
"Don't bother with something like that; I don't want any more duels."
Rudel opened the letter while Ixion picked up the clothes Rudel had thrown on the floor yesterday while sleeping.
He was eating a snack while reading the letter's content and stopped chewing.
He said to Ixion while going to the closet to get some clothes.
"Ixion, a pending matter has come up. Stay at the palace; I'll return soon."
"In that case, I must accompany you."
"It's not necessary. They're just trivial matters that need my approval; you don't need to go."
"Even so, I think it's better to have backup because you never know if the palace or someone might want to harm you."
"I said no. It's not necessary for you to come."
Rudel replied in a firm tone.
"Just stay here. Please."
Ixion fell silent and said nothing more than:
"Understood, I will stay here."
And Rudel responded with a:
"Thank you."
Before leaving the room.
"Really, he can't stop being so obvious, can he?"
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At the capital's port was a woman with a suitcase.
Beside her was a crowd of people of different ages.
They all aimed to board a ship that would take them on a tour.
The kingdom, since the war with the Commonwealth, needed money; therefore, it decided to ask permission for both countries to earn money using their non-exploitable resources.
Tourism.
Generally, no one would go to the kingdom because it wasn't worth it beyond its resources.
But the Commonwealth had various islands that were used as resorts.
This talk gained momentum after what happened with the destruction of the supreme kingdom.
They needed a place to go and rest, and they could only think of this one.
The sailor on board blew his whistle and everyone began to board.
The boarding took a good while, but almost everyone was on board.
"It's getting late; where could he be?"
Little by little, the place was filling up; she was growing desperate for some reason.
"Sorry!!!"
From afar, she heard a voice.
Someone was waving their hand.
"I'm late!!"
It was Rudel, who had changed into more casual clothes but without losing their elegance.
The woman wore a long white dress and a wide-brimmed hat with a blue ribbon on one side.
The woman lifted her face and smiled at him.
"Darling."
It was Lecia, who was sneaking away from work to have a romantic date with Rudel.
Both ran on board before they weighed anchor.
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"You took an eternity," said Lecia, leaving her things in the room her maid had reserved.
Lecia wanted a date with Rudel because her husband wasn't home, which made it easier for her to leave since she wasn't working double shifts.
She told Mayer she had hormonal pains and needed rest; Mayer teased her, saying if her body still thought it was sterile, and she shot him a deadly glare.
Although he was joking, she didn't find it funny.
Once the maid reserved a suite for two, Lecia asked her to go deliver the letter to Rudel, telling him what they would do.
Lecia's maid, who did all this, was now resting for being up all night and morning.
Rudel admired the room they shared.
"It's truly beautiful. I thought it would be small because of the ship's size, but it's spacious."
"But I'm even more surprised by that."
He said, emphasizing Lecia's hair, which was black.
"I'm the queen; it's possible there are officials over there, and I must avoid them finding out my identity at all costs."
"I also have one for you."
She took out a yellow wig from her suitcase.
"This is for you."
"Really, I have to wear one? I think no one knows my face in the Commonwealth."
"You say that, being the one they called a demon?"
"Sorry, I'll wear it as soon as we arrive."
"Fufufu, no problem."
Once they both unpacked, she sat next to him.
Intertwining her fingers with his.
She gently placed her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes to express how happy she was, with her big smile.
"It makes me happy that you came."
"I couldn't leave you alone. Remember I promised you we would have a date."
Rudel responded to her feelings by squeezing her hand.
"I'm sorry for taking you away from home. You were surely doing something important, and because of my selfishness, you left your vacation with your family."
"Was it you who told Mayer to call me?"
"No, he wanted to; I just took advantage of you being at the palace."
"Then, why didn't you come see me last night?"
He asked, wanting to tease.
Lecia averted her gaze, blushing like a schoolgirl responding to a confession.
"It's just that if I had, I surely would have woken up being hugged by you and would have had to flee by midday."
"That's why I restrained myself so much."
She gave him a look; her eyes reflected both lust and tenderness in a strange mix of emotions.
"Because on this trip, I want to make valuable memories with you."
"You really are a wonderful woman."
Rudel told her, grabbing her and throwing her onto the bed.
Lecia fell onto the bed, shaking it along with her enormous breasts, which were firmly held by her bra.
Rudel placed his face on her breasts and smiled like a fool.
"The truth is, I love being here. I feel like I'm becoming a child."
"A child wouldn't look at a lady with lust."
"That's only if the lady weren't beautiful and wonderful like you."
He moved closer to kiss her, but she stopped him.
"Not for now, because if we do, even if it's just one kiss, we'd have to do what comes next."
Rudel resigned and listened to her.
"It's fine. But you owe me a whole feast of your body."
"Fufufu, that's why this getaway is for us."
The next thing Lecia said, she uttered with an intense look of desire while touching her lips.
"A husband and wife getaway."
Rudel felt in his heart that this woman wasn't joking when she said those words.
"Let's explore the ship; I think I'll explode if I don't do something."
"I agree."
Before leaving the place, she stopped him.
"Darling, your wig."
"Sorry."
Once the wig was on, Rudel took Lecia's hand and, as if it were their honeymoon, they toured until they reached the resort.
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After an hour and a half of travel, they arrived at the resort.
The ticket Lecia's maid bought: "Enjoy with your partner or family our special limited-time offer of 3 days and 2 nights."
In reality, the offer was a scam because the price didn't change; there was no way to verify it was truly a different offer each time, but it remained stable.
The place was what you'd expect from a tourist complex from the 20th century.
But even so, for being the first resort in a fantasy world, it was something special.
Once checked into the inn that thought it was a hotel, Rudel and Lecia went out to explore the place.
"It's really beautiful; I never imagined the Commonwealth would look like this."
"You never went to the Commonwealth?"
Both walked through the streets holding hands, like the "couple" they were.
"No," Lecia responded. "I never came for negotiations. In fact, I never left home."
"I think I heard that from Alisa. That you were a princess from abroad who spent her time studying arduously."
"That's what I told her so she would follow my example."
"In reality, it was the opposite. I never wanted to study; they forced me and I had to do it because otherwise, they'd disinherit me."
"My family was strict back then. I don't blame them; we lived in a time of chaos due to the war between the Republic of Ereboreas and the empire."
"They needed to have a lifeboat in case they died. And that lifeboat was me."
"I was educated with the best education in the world at that time. In every field, I was always forced to study hard."
"When I turned 14, they informed me I would marry the crown prince of Altfode, and the rest is something I prefer not to remember."
Both reached the beach, watching families play peacefully.
Rudel took her hand and ran with her.
"In that case, I'll make sure that in the present time, you enjoy the life you deserved."
She was happy to hear that.
Both did things as children and as a couple.
Lecia built a sandcastle and collected starfish.
Rudel took her on a small Ferris wheel.
Before they knew it, the day was about to end.
He went to buy ice cream while she sat on a bench waiting for him.
An old woman approached her.
"Are you busy, young lady?"
She was surprised to be called that.
"No. My mistake. Have a seat."
"Thank you very much."
The old woman stared at her after sitting down; Lecia noticed her presence.
"Something wrong?"
"No, it's just that I'm surprised."
"What?"
"The age difference between you and your husband."
"Huh?"
Lecia was surprised that she pointed it out.
"Were you watching us?"
"I'm very sorry, but ever since you arrived, it was impossible to take my eyes off a beautiful older woman and a young man."
"At first I thought you were mother and son, but seeing you play with flirtation, I could only think you were a couple."
Lecia began to reflect on it.
(It's true. Sooner or later, we should be the object of others' gazes.)
(I made up my mind that I would endure it. After all, an older woman with a young man is strange to others.)
(But I really… want to be with him.)
She clenched her fist tightly over her chest.
"It's as you say."
Lecia also looked intently at the old woman before saying.
"Yes. He is my husband. I understand the age difference seems overwhelming, but I love him and he loves me."
"The worst part is that I have a son his age and even a daughter who will soon be of age."
"I haven't told him this detail because I'm terrified of what he might think of a woman who has given birth to two, not one, but two children."
"But… I trust him. And he has shown me his love."
"And one day, I will tell everyone about the love I feel for him."
The old woman smiled at Lecia's words.
"I'm really not judging you; I simply asked out of curiosity."
"I, more than anyone, have no right to tell others who to love."
"My husband was a stubborn, smelly, and often idiotic man. There were times when I wanted to break a bottle over his head when we fought, but we always reconciled."
"He was much older than me, and that was no secret to anyone. But I loved him, and if you love him and he loves you, then you have nothing to fear."
The old woman stood up to leave.
"I can only pray for your happiness and tell you that honesty is the most important thing in the world, and I hope you can say it in front of everyone."
"Huh? Umm, thanks?"
Lecia was confused.
It seemed the old woman had only come to encourage them to move forward.
The old woman left slowly, and Rudel arrived.
"Who was she, ma'am?"
Lecia stood up, took her ice cream, and laughed at him.
But the smile she showed seemed to recall a girl in her teens, despite the 30-year-old woman in his vision.
"Who cares about that? Let's go; we have many things to do before nightfall."
"Don't run; you'll drop your ice cream."
The two went off to continue their date, not knowing the old woman was watching them from afar.
"This is the last time I help him by keeping secrets."
Said the old woman, but her voice never moved; from her back, a hatch opened and Ixion came out, watching them.
"Is he really an idiot if he thinks I didn't know he was secretly meeting with the queen? Who does he think made sure no one discovered them until now?"
"Even Bell knows, and I threatened her not to tell those two."
How did Ixion know this? But more importantly:
Why did he come out of an old woman's back?
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Night finally came, and Rudel and Lecia had a romantic dinner in a party hall.
They danced a little and then went to their room.
The next day they would visit another place, so they should sleep early.
But both had been saving what they really wanted to do for the night.
The room's light was dim and slightly blue.
Rudel waited eagerly on the bed with only a towel.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
Said Lecia, peeking out from the bathroom.
She came out slowly, now no longer acting like an embarrassed schoolgirl, but like an adult woman full of intense desires for her husband.
She wore only a transparent white babydoll that accentuated her curves. Her wide hips on that slender waist.
Her enormous breasts rested on thin fabric that couldn't cover them.
But she didn't mind; she knew the man on the bed was looking at her with desire.
That made her happy; she approached him and the two stared intently.
Without a word, they moved closer for an intense kiss.
From their room, they could hear the music from the party hall, but they didn't care.
Their tongues intertwined like tentacles clinging to their food.
Their breaths clashed against each other like two air currents.
Saliva dripped down to the floor.
Neither could wait any longer.
Lecia was as eager as Rudel.
Both wanted to express their love and sexual desire by uniting.
She lay on the bed and he was on top.
She extended her arms and said the words she wanted to say all day.
"Hold me tight, my love."
Immediately after, the two consummated their love as if it were their honeymoon.
No one would be surprised if, by some divine force, she ended up pregnant at that moment.
🖤🖤🖤
I opened my eyes upon waking.
It was still night; the music continued and didn't stop.
When I open my eyes, I'm normally in a dark room with nothing but the sound of my breathing.
If I looked to the right, I had a novel, and if I turned left, a half-drunk glass of wine.
That was my routine almost every day.
Since I was a girl, I always loved princess stories because, like them, I also lived locked in a tower I called my room.
I hated studying; I spent more time playing with my dolls than studying.
But they would hit me if I didn't, so I cried many times in the process.
That's why I longed for my prince charming. The one who would come to rescue me and take me far away to live with him.
But he never came; one day they told me I was going to be betrothed.
I had never seen him, but he was the prince of a country.
My dream came true.
I eagerly awaited that day, and when it came, it was the beginning of my real nightmare.
My first impression of him was that he was disheveled.
He was well-dressed, but his face showed he didn't want to be here.
At the altar, he let out a smelly gas that surely even the priest smelled.
When we kissed, my first kiss tasted like meat with onion; I wanted to vomit.
But I endured, I told myself:
"It must be a test, Lecia. He must be testing you; no prince can be this idiotic, dirty, and inconsiderate with the woman who would spend the rest of her life with him."
But that image of happiness died the same night when we consummated our most special moment.
The most special moment every girl or princess longed for.
The moment where her prince made love to her with affection. Even though the stories never mentioned it, I secretly read more adult stories and they always talked about the sexual act, how pleasurable it was because you loved that person.
But that man made the moment that should have been the second most special after my wedding into the beginning of my personal hell.
Not only was he rough, it hurt me a lot; I told him to stop, but he ignored me.
In the end, he left me on the bed as if I were some prostitute.
In that moment, not even the beatings I received on my back or the cold nights where I had to keep dancing properly to be a well-educated lady left me with as many tears as that moment.
It was then that my femininity died and my mask was born, the woman called "Lecia" to protect the withered flower that was "Leticia."
We had to keep doing it periodically until one day I succeeded; I ended up pregnant.
Despite how unpleasant it was for that man to touch me and put his seed inside, I endured it.
My whole life would be thrown away if I demanded a divorce.
I hid my feelings in the deepest part of myself so that they only saw the woman called queen consort.
My son named Liam was born; I thought I would live my happiness through him, but the head maid back then told me I had to focus on my duties, and they took my son away.
I could barely see him.
Since I could never breastfeed him, my breasts grew to be ridiculously large. I could even pass for a cow if I leaned over a table.
Due to the country's situation, since the Commonwealth kept bothering us continuously, Mayer told me we should have another child.
The feeling of being touched by him brought me revulsion, but I had to do it.
It was my duty as the queen, so we had no choice but to conceive another child, and this time it was a girl.
I was happy because I could spend time with her.
But again, they didn't let me see her; my husband, who used to work, suddenly became lazy.
He left all his work to me and I had to work double.
Mayer also increased his workload.
Because the king's bad image was something we didn't want, we kept it a secret that he scratched his genitals on all the money and didn't work.
The ministers who knew were few, including Duke Bismarck himself, who always treated me with distrust.
Sometimes I wonder if he doesn't want to see me because I'm a woman or because he doesn't find me trustworthy.
My life was full of stress, especially with Liam, who didn't act as I wanted due to the influence of Klein from the Kingsfort house, who was also a pain in my shoulders.
There were too many annoyances; problems and stress grew every day.
I felt I would faint at any moment.
I begged for help, and that's when the saint, whom we also worship in my homeland, offered me her hands to save me.
"Huh? Liam was hit?"
I was working, reviewing Minister Balzac's reports, when I received that news.
Liam sometimes did dangerous things, but getting into a fight wasn't one of them.
That's why I was surprised to hear he was hit.
"Please, tell me all the details."
Of course, the version they gave me was false, or rather, it was the version Balzac's faction gave me to get me into trouble with Duke Bismarck.
"Please, call that boy, Bradford was it? I want to talk to him."
It's natural for a mother to get angry if someone hits her son.
I was very angry, but then Mayer arrived, who found me angry, and explained what happened according to Alisa.
"… Is that for real? But that's not what they told me!"
I was upset; Liam had gotten into a duel that didn't involve him.
"I can't believe it. Getting into a fight and also being ridiculed."
He is the prince of the country. It would be really bad if his image fell because of this.
"I'll give him a scolding he'll remember from me forever."
"Where is he?"
"In Duke Kingsfort's territory?"
"Are you serious?!"
"He said he didn't want to listen to you and that's why he left."
"Bring that boy here this instant!"
That was the first time in my life I showed a sign of anger; I had never done it before. It was uncomfortable, really, for me.
Liam arrived and I gave him a scolding, but he ignored me, claiming:
"It wasn't my fault, but his."
And also:
"I didn't do anything wrong; you shouldn't criticize me, but him."
Even though he did something stupid, he got angry with me. I don't understand where that defiant character came from.
No, I knew; it was that man's genes starting to awaken within him.
One day I was notified that the Bradford boy would be here.
I wanted to see him with my own eyes to know what he was like and tell him a few things.
But there was a lot of paperwork and I could only be at the knighthood ceremony.
(So that's Baron Bradford, huh?)
In front of me was a boy of simple appearance, with dark hair and eyes; there was nothing special about his face.
He seemed to blend into the wall like background paint.
(He doesn't look like much. Did he really hit Liam?)
(As a mother, I have to tell him a few things. I won't rest easy until I give him a slap.)
It was at that moment that my life took such a strange and unexpected turn that I didn't know what to do.
I went to the academy to see Liam and take the opportunity to give that Bradford boy a scolding.
I disguised it as good intentions to help Alisa; in reality, they were good intentions.
Alisa is important to me, and it would be very hypocritical not to congratulate him for that.
In the middle of our conversation, that's when it happened.
The beginning of our strange relationship.
"I like older women."
"… Huh?"
I asked him what kind of women he liked, and he mentioned he liked mature women, meaning older women.
I thought I had misheard and asked him again.
"Could you repeat that?"
"I like older women. The kind with a slender waist but the lower and upper parts are voluptuous."
Upon hearing the description, I could only think of my own body, which fit the descriptions.
I got so scared that I immediately covered myself. He even tried to touch me, and I ran away from him.
My heart was beating as if I had been running for hours.
But there was something strange.
I felt something strange at that moment; I don't know what it was, but upon reaching my room, I poured myself a glass of wine to relax while resuming my reading.
I needed to erase what happened today, but that heartbeat only increased.
Since the novel I was reading was one whose content I didn't know, but at one point in the story, something unheard of happened to me.
The farmer's wife secretly met with a man who wasn't her husband; they were from different worlds and ages.
They met in secret to have a romance. Infidelity seems disgusting to me, but my eyes refused to stop reading.
The more I read, the more immersed I became.
In the end, the farmer left her husband and went to live with the man who had two children. They lived happily ever after.
After finishing it, I understood.
I am that farmer. The words that boy said to me were similar to what the man whispered to the farmer.
At first, she refused, but little by little, she was captivated by him.
Did that boy, by saying that about my body, captivate me?
Did it make me happy to hear a boy my son's age say he liked my body, which my husband despises?
It must be nonsense, I thought at the time.
But little by little, slowly, that boy—Rudel-kun began to become part of my life at the palace.
When I least expected it, a war broke out. At that moment, I felt despair. Death was around the corner and we would all die.
But he saved us all, even though the palace beat him and tried to brand him a traitor.
Seeing him return triumphant, I felt a slight tingle. I didn't know what it was, but I felt happiness seeing him.
I was surprised when Alisa told me that she and her friend loved him and were planning to become engaged to him.
I had never seen anything like that before. Only in fiction was marrying a commoner or two girls possible. And that boy made it a reality.
For some reason, I felt jealous; I didn't know why, and that's why I didn't go to his engagement.
After that came the day that would change everything.
He was seducing me again.
He spoke wonders of my body; those words full of masculine desire made me uncomfortable. I really didn't know what this feeling was.
But when he said it, it gave me a tingle that kept itching; that day, to clarify our relationship, I asked him to talk.
Then, in some way I still didn't understand, I said it.
I told him we would be lovers, I let him touch my chest, and we kissed.
Apparently, he hadn't done any of this with his fiancées. Upon learning I was his first woman, my reason vanished and something that lay dead within me awoke.
It was my own lust; the woman inside me that was dead resurrected thanks to him.
I couldn't think of anything but kissing him and touching him.
Everything involving my family disappeared and, for some reason, the woman called queen vanished from my eyes and I saw the young girl waiting for her prince.
And before I knew it, I did it. I made him a true man, just as he made me a true woman.
It was the most wonderful experience of my life.
The day I consummated my first time with my husband, the day most precious to me that became unpleasant and that I would never remember again.
It was being erased to become this moment.
The expression of happiness on his face as we looked at each other made that ember within me grow.
Little by little, the flame of my femininity grew.
After coming to my senses, I understood what I had done.
I had betrayed my family, my husband—and I didn't care.
That man never saw me as a woman nor did I ever matter to him. I even tried to join his weird games with women and he wouldn't let me do that either.
He looked down on me in different ways without hitting me. Just looking at me with indifference, and that gave birth to a complex within me that was erased thanks to him.
My son, who was my pride, began to become smaller, and I told Rudel-kun a lie. I told him that to maintain this relationship, I had to protect Liam.
I understand better than anyone that right now he is not liked by the palace or the nobles. As a mother, I want to protect my son, and the only person I can trust is him.
Rudel-kun has proven to be a reliable man. One who always keeps the promises he makes.
I spent the following days thinking about that day. Day and night, I remembered how he kissed me and touched me.
I wanted to experience it again. That tingle itched too much, and I wrote him a letter in desperation to meet in Aster.
Upon knowing I was putting aside my work and my husband to meet another man, instead of making me feel bad, I only felt happy.
The burden on my shoulders lifted and I only thought of that moment.
It was our first—no, it was my first date. The first time I ever had one.
It was the second-best day of my life.
From that moment, Rudel-kun was in my head more than anything, even more than my son.
I eagerly awaited his return when the year ended, and that's when we learned what was happening at that time.
"Your majesties! There's bad news… Count Bradford has… has declared war on the supreme kingdom."
It was an ordinary day when we received that news.
We didn't understand what was happening, but I got very scared. Just like when he went to fight in the Commonwealth war, I felt a pain in my chest seeing him leave.
I remembered an anecdote from my childhood maid. About how she saw her husband and sons leave and they never returned.
The next bombshell was even worse, as it arrived while we were organizing the officials' trip to Aster.
"Reporting. We received news that Count Bradford won the war, but…"
It was there that I finally understood everything about myself.
"We received news that he is seriously injured. The sacred tree fell on him after he defeated a huge insectoid monster."
Upon hearing that Rudel-kun was injured, I felt a new emotion for the first time.
I have no words to define it, but it wasn't fear, it wasn't panic. It was something else… yes, that's it.
Desperation.
I collapsed to the floor and hyperventilated.
"Your majesty? Hold on, your majesty!"
"Get a healer, something's wrong with the queen!"
My breathing was rushed. Air wouldn't enter my lungs.
I remembered then; this is what my maid said she felt when they gave her a letter saying her husband and sons had fought and died for the country.
Thinking that something bad was happening to him, I felt desperation.
"Let's go to Aster right now!"
"Huh? Your majesty, but we don't have everything yet…"
"I don't care! I said let's go now!"
I was agitated, I couldn't stop. I took the first ship that was ready and ordered the captain to hurry to the supreme kingdom.
My hands wouldn't stop trembling; the cold sweat running through my body wouldn't stop.
"Please, be okay. I beg you."
I kept praying, imploring the saint to keep you safe.
Upon reaching the country's borders, we were met by a kingdom ship guarding the place; they informed us that Rudel-kun was fine.
I fell to the floor again, but this time on my knees.
I shed tears and said over and over:
"Thank heavens. Truly, thank you."
I cried with happiness knowing he was okay.
But this sensation in my heart, the fear I felt imagining losing him.
It could only mean one thing, but I needed to be sure.
I arranged to meet him in a room where I was about to jump with happiness and hug him, but I stopped upon seeing him with another woman.
Like Alisa and her friend, she was pretty and had a good body.
It was evident the type of woman he liked.
Again, I felt annoyance seeing him with another woman. I couldn't hide it anymore; it was jealousy.
It's natural; they are young girls, prettier than me and also pure.
He could take their flowers on a romantic day, and that memory would be kept forever in their lives.
I only thought of unpleasant things a woman shouldn't feel about a young girl.
He said goodbye to her affectionately.
Once we were alone… I just waited.
The moment those footsteps faded and when I could no longer hear them.
"Rudel-kun!!!!"
I jumped at him in tears; I let out everything I had kept inside.
"I was afraid something had happened to you. I'm glad you're okay."
"You're not injured? You're not hurt somewhere or feeling sick?"
I worried about him at a level I had never worried about my son, even.
Everything I told him wasn't a mother's concern for her son.
It was something else.
The day of the Balzac hearing, Liam confronted Rudel-kun in a fight, and that's where I heard him.
"So… you like my mother? An old woman?"
"Don't call a beautiful and young woman like her old!"
He felt lust for me. He wanted me as his woman.
That's why what I felt for him at this moment was something more than that.
The concern of a woman longing for her husband's return.
Seeing him come through that door, I felt just like them. Waiting day and night for him to return, praying every day.
Seeing him finally back, I could only cry.
I… truly love him.
That's why my chest hurt when I heard he was injured.
I didn't want to lose him; even if he lost an arm, a leg, an eye, or was disfigured.
I wanted him alive; I wanted him to be with me.
And that's because Rudel-kun is my prince.
The love of my life who came to save me.
Truly, what hurts me most in this world is not having met him sooner, not having given him my first time.
But upon learning that the daughter of Roseblaire and the interim chief gave their daughters to have a connection with him.
It made me very angry.
I want to be with him, but I'm ashamed to admit it.
I want to be Rudel-kun's woman, to walk down the street holding hands and do things together without hiding.
But I'm a coward. The age difference is my main fear.
That's why the deadline for this cowardice of mine is when Liam takes the throne.
But as time passes, I get older; surely, he wouldn't like my body with wrinkles.
Therefore, I want to give him a child before that happens. I want genuine proof of our love.
For that reason, give me time to gain courage.
For when the day comes that I leave my husband to be by your side.
But until that day happens, I want to keep waking up with you in the same bed.
With my head on your chest and watching the sun's rays touch our hands.
I want this happiness to last forever because I don't know what I would do if one day everything disappeared.
Because at this moment, I still don't know if it's Lecia or Leticia who desires this happiness.
"Umm. Good morning."
He had woken up. He was very cute when he made that waking-up face, similar to a dog's.
But it was the face I saw.
"Good morning, darling."
Like a loving wife, I gave him a kiss on the mouth.
And the first thing I told him after that greeting was:
"Hey, would you like to have a child?"
"That's an interesting question to wake up to. But with a beautiful woman like you, I'd like to have at least ten."
Even if it were a lie to make me feel young, it was my lie and his.
"Fufufu, I'm glad to hear that. But I don't want to get ahead of those girls. If they love you like I do, they'll want to have your child after seeing the competition."
That's a lie. What I want most is to have your child, and if it's before them, even better.
But I'm a coward; although, precisely on this date we're traveling, it's one of my most dangerous days… so who knows.
Maybe the next time we meet, I'll have a surprise in my womb waiting for you, my husband.
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Here is the Mega link where you can see the chapters with illustrations in PDF format, as well as the characteristics of the characters and armor: https://mega.nz/folder/75wTzA4b#W-_qGvlSP9miCm1jpk54IQ
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What did you think of this chapter of Lecia's life?
It opens and closes many unknowns. Like her name, which we finally know was cut by her to separate the maiden from the woman with a suffocating life.
There was no mention of Erselica because she is irrelevant to her life.
I feel everyone here would hate Leonis even more. Which is fine; Leonis is made to be hated.
He is the opposite of Razel, whom everyone loves, but he's also the author's punching bag.
I hope to make more episodes like this about Rudel's girls; will there be any who lack romantic development and need to be known more?
Poor Liam, he doesn't know that Rudel gives his mother what she has longed for so much, and there might even be a desire for a child who doesn't turn out delayed like him.
To finish, fanservice of her: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/8395284?q=hornet_%28kancolle%29+