leash chapter 21

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Arlenrose moved her drooping eyes away from him and watched her mother’s back as she left the audience chamber.

For the first time in her life, an urge to grab her and tell her not to go suddenly surged within her, then slowly subsided.

What good would such feelings do? That person wouldn’t protect her anyway. Far from protecting her, she would be the one to shove her into the jaws of a beast if it tried to eat her.

“Did you hear that? She told us to get closer.”

At the languid voice, Arlenrose turned her head sharply and glared at him.

Leybid was holding a pure white cloth to his lips. When had he taken it out?

At first glance, it looked like a handkerchief, but it was larger and had frills…

“T-That’s…!”

Arlenrose realized what it was in an instant and lunged at him in fright.

Leybid swiftly raised one arm. At the same time, he wrapped the other around Arlenrose’s waist. His deftly extended hand tightly grasped the flesh of her buttocks.

“You’re wearing different underwear today, aren’t you?”

“You pervert!”

Arlenrose shouted involuntarily. As if the picturesque smile he had worn a moment ago had been a lie, Leybid burst into hearty laughter, his mask shattered in an instant.

“Oh, this is really fun.”

Arlenrose pushed him away and glared at him fiercely.

“Does Your Highness, the Crown Prince, find pleasure in dragging people into the abyss?”

Regardless, Leybid leisurely raised his chin and chuckled.

“Why do you think you’ll fall into the abyss? It could be something we both enjoy.”

“Does Your Highness think I look like such a traitor that I would put the fate of my country after my own enjoyment?”

“Well, the fate of that country might depend on the Princess’s choice, don’t you think?”

“….”

Arlenrose swallowed her words and met Leybid’s gaze with cold eyes. The leisurely expression on his face, as if he was confident that he had the upper hand, was unbearably hateful.

“What do you want?”

Leybid, the Crown Prince of the Empire, knows that she was an omega.

If he had wanted to use that as a weakness to gain the upper hand in the peace treaty between the two countries, he could have done so. Rather, it was more advantageous for him to keep that card hidden up his sleeve until then. The fact that he had come out like this meant that he wanted something else.

“Ah, as expected, we communicate well.”

Leybid grinned as if he had found the right answer.

“That’s a one-sided delusion.”

Arlenrose couldn’t help but correct him.

His blue eyes, which had been twinkling as if he found even that amusing, narrowed further. The Alpha’s gaze swept up and down the Omega’s body before him, and he licked his lips as if he couldn’t contain his appetite.

Arlenrose suddenly felt that she didn’t need to hear what he was going to say. His expression was unmistakable.

“It’s simple. Give me your body.”

Even so, the moment she heard those words, her blood ran cold involuntarily.

Enjoying her reaction, the predator whispered insinuatingly.

“I’ll let you go after I’ve had my fill.”

“….”

A chilling yet somehow sticky and slimy silence flowed. It was a time that was simply enjoyable for some, but disgustingly creepy for others.

After a while, Arlenrose sighed and opened her mouth.

“So… Your Highness, the Crown Prince, are you asking me to have sex with you right now?”

He thought she would refuse and despise him more vehemently, but she was unexpectedly calm. Leybid was secretly disappointed by her unexpected reaction, but he maintained a graceful smile.

“Yes. I’m asking you to spread your legs and let me thrust my thing into that hole between them as much as I want.”

It was a vulgar and lascivious statement that one wouldn’t believe came from the dignified and noble Crown Prince.

“….”

Instead of answering or reacting immediately, Arlenrose lowered her gaze.

Chapter 11.2 (22)

Her insides were not as calm as her outsides. In fact, her heart was pounding and her hands were trembling. She was merely trying to maintain her composure as much as possible.

Her wandering eyes found the thick outline protruding from Leybid’s thigh. A hollow laugh escaped Arlenrose’s lips.

“Your Highness, the Crown Prince, you must be very aroused to be saying such shameless things.”

It was a contemptuous remark, but Leybid didn’t bat an eye and tilted his head with a chuckle.

“No, actually, I’ve been aroused since the moment I laid eyes on you. Princess, do you often hear that you’re incredibly vulgar?”

“It’s the first time I’ve heard such a thing since I was born.”

“Oh dear… Everyone must have been too intimidated by the Princess to say anything. I’ll have to do it a lot from now on.”

“I’ll have to decline.”

Arlenrose cut him off coldly and looked at him with eyes full of contempt. However, it wasn’t the kind of contempt that he had been hoping for.

“Your Highness, you’re not much of a patriot, are you? It seems that you prioritize your personal desires over the interests of your country.”

At those words, he scratched his cheek with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“…Well, the unification of the continent has already been achieved, so what difference would it make if we left this tiny little kingdom alone? I never understood why Mother has such ambitions for world conquest in the first place…”

“Then why did you come all the way here…!”

Arlenrose raised her voice involuntarily, then quickly closed her eyes, realizing what she had done.

“If people find out that you’re an Omega, they’ll go crazy.”

That was what he had said.

If those words were sincere, then his goal from the very beginning had been none other than herself. He had come all this way for the sole purpose of having sex with an Omega who was truly born a princess.

When Arlenrose opened her eyes, her face was even more contemptuous.

“Your Highness, you really are a lecher beyond imagination.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

As he squinted his eyes, Arlenrose’s expression hardened coldly.

“How can I trust you? Even if you’re sincere now, your mind could change once you’ve satisfied your desires.”

“Hmm… should I write a contract or something?”

“Even if you do, a contract that you can’t present to others is meaningless.”

“Hmm, then what should I do…”

After thinking for a moment, he took off the ring he was wearing on his finger and placed it on the table with a thud.

“The Crown Prince’s ring. It is a royal treasure passed down to those who inherit the position of Crown Prince. If I lose this, the Emperor will be furious and banish me without a stitch of clothing. It’s that important.”

Arlenrose’s finger picked up the ring that had rolled over with disbelief. 

The gold ring, which sparkled like his hair, was a thick, ornately decorated ring with a thick octagonal gem. The royal family’s crest was visible inside the colorless, transparent gem.

Arlenrose narrowed her brow as she looked at the ring from side to side. No matter how she looked at it, it didn’t look fake. That’s why she was even more shocked.

“You’re using that royal treasure to satisfy your sexual desires.”

To Arlenrose’s accusation, he shrugged nonchalantly.

“If they see the princess, even my ancestors will understand. They were all as lecherous as I am.”

“The royal family is truly amazing.”

“They were amazing.”

Leybid just laughed, even though he knew Arlenrose was being sarcastic.

“And anyway, it’s okay because I’ll get it back later, right?”

Arlenrose looked at him, clutching the ring in her hand.

“When Your Highness is satisfied and releases me, I will return it to you?”

“Yes.”

“When will that be?”

“Well… I’ll only know once I try, but it won’t be that long. I get bored with any Omega I try in less than a week.”

He looked bored and listless as he spoke, looking into the distance. For a moment, he glanced at Arlenrose out of the corner of his eye and smirked.

“So I’m expecting the Princess to give me a special taste that I won’t get tired of.”

“….”

Arlenrose bit her lip tightly, trying not to show that she was shivering. She put the ring in her pocket as nonchalantly as possible and snapped back.

“Yes. I will do my best to make sure that Your Highness realizes that even though I was born a princess, I am not that special and that you will soon get tired of me.”

“Oh dear. That’s a bit inconvenient.”

Leybid shook his head as if he was genuinely troubled.