Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Jus Primae Noctis Volume 2, Chapter 1
When The Princess Elizabeth arrived at Le Havre, it was a cloudless morning and the sun was s.h.i.+ning brightly.
Carrying their simple luggage, Walker followed behind Wilts.h.i.+re and they disembarked from the s.h.i.+p. Walker worked hard at not allowing himself to appear to be curious, although the sounds of the foreign language that constantly drifted into his ears and the distinctively humid air of a harbour city were both novel experiences for him.
Outside the dock, there were many carriages lined up, made available for rent. Whenever the drivers saw someone who looked like a tourist pa.s.s by, they would eagerly shout out their rousing blurbs, hawking their services. Wilts.h.i.+re was expensively and elegantly attired, naturally, he would not escape the attention of the drivers, and at any given time there was always at least one of them who was calling out to him to board his coach.
Wilts.h.i.+re picked out a driver who was neatly dressed, and after haggling with him for a bit over the fare, he called out to Walker, asking him to carry the luggage up the coach.
“Sir, where to?” The driver asked in guttural English.
Wearing a smile, Wilts.h.i.+re said the name of a place in French. Although the sound of his words and accent were exceptionally graceful, Walker had no absolutely no inkling as to what he was saying. He could only watch with a belly full of suspicion as the driver nodded and after, the carriage set off with a flick of his reins.
“What did you say to him?” He surrept.i.tiously asked Wilts.h.i.+re.
“I merely told him that we want to go the Mrs. Bridget’s inn.” Wilts.h.i.+re was lounging against the back of the seat with a most relaxed expression. All of a sudden, his lips parted in a beaming smile, revealing a set of snow-white teeth. In that moment, he appeared to be exceptionally comely and young, and Walker could not keep himself from blus.h.i.+ng as he gazed upon him.
“Is there really a need to make such an amorous display in broad daylight?” Of course, his own behaviour --- always feeling bashful for no reason --- was very absurd as well, but who was it who had ordained that Wilts.h.i.+re's smile would always cause him to think of some scenes that were definitely not suitable for children to witness?
“I just feel that the relations.h.i.+p between the two of us is a bit strange.” It was rare that Wilts.h.i.+re would be so contemplative. “You see, just a few months ago, we were as unconnected to each other as a horse and an ox. You were working the lands in Stonehaven and as for me, I was enjoying myself at the clubs in London. But at this moment, we are travelling in France together, don’t you feel that this is a wondrous thing?”
Walker felt that he could not quite follow Wilts.h.i.+re’s train of thought and said: “But, that is only because you forced…” Images flashed pa.s.sed his mind about the things that Wilts.h.i.+re had forced him to do... and he had to fight desperately to quash his impulse to feel shy because of that.
Wilts.h.i.+re had quite evidently read his thoughts, because once again, a lecherous smile revealed itself on his face. The Marquess leaned his body close to Walker, as if he was about to say something. Fortunately, the driver called out just at this critical juncture, putting an end to the dangerous atmosphere, dispelling it to leave no traces.
“Sir, we have arrived at Mrs. Bridget’s Inn.”
“So soon?” Wilts.h.i.+re looked somewhat discontented; throwing Walker a ”you are spared for the time being” glance, he got down from the carriage.
Mrs. Bridget's Inn was an old house constructed of red bricks and done up in a rustic style, and its clientele was mainly composed of British tourists. Mrs Bridget was in her fifties, she had immigrated over to this place at an early age after getting married to a local. After her husband's death, she had operated this establishment by herself and had changed it to become a homey and welcoming inn that was done in the British style. Gradually, the inn had earned a good reputation among travellers who were heading for France.
“My Lord Marquess, have you come to France for a vacation?” Walking ahead of her guests as they went up the wooden staircase, Mrs Bridget was evidently rather curious about this beautiful Marquess.
“Yes, and also to look out for any trade opportunities in pa.s.sing.” It seemed like the Marquess was not accustomed to climbing up narrow stairs, wearing a watchful expression, he placed each step deliberately on the precipitous wooden structure.
“My Lord, this room is known as the Dovecote, it is one of the best rooms in this inn.” Leading them through the corridor of the third floor, Mrs Bridget pushed open the last door in the hallway --- the room that was presented in front of the two men had been painted a fresh and cool shade of blue, and the balcony that was attached to it faced the vast ocean, making for an extremely charming view.
Once again, Mrs. Bridget pushed open a small door to the side, to reveal a small room behind it.
“The suite comes with a small adjoining room that servants can reside in for the duration of their stay.” Apparently she had a.s.sumed that Walker was a male servant who was accompanying his master on his travels, but since she would not question closely why two men would make a request for only one room as a result, Walker would also not choose to take the initiative to clear up this misunderstanding.
“Mr. Robinson is my friend.” However, Wilts.h.i.+re did not seem to share his thoughts, in a serious manner he spoke up to correct Mrs Bridget.
“Ah, so it’s like that. Then you have my sincere apologies, Mr Robinson.” Mrs Bridget looked very embarra.s.sed; after all, n.o.body would be pleased to be regarded as a member of the lower cla.s.s.
“It doesn't matter.” Walker genuinely did not mind, it was indeed true that in his appearance and his dress, he really did look to be just a servant.
“Then I shall take my leave first, may the two of you have a good rest.” The proprietress, having made a faux pas, very tactfully prepared to leave, “Hot water for bathing would be delivered here soon.”
Mrs Brigitte opened the door and left. Walker turned his head to look at Wilts.h.i.+re, only to find that at that moment, he was looking at Walker with blazing eyes.
“Walker?”
“What is it?” Walker was just taking off his heavy travelling jacket, but when he heard the call, he could not help but to still his hands.
“Walker?”
“What is it?” G.o.d, why would the Marquess behave like a suckling infant that was not yet grown up? Walker felt a bit helpless.
“Walker Walker Walker Walker…” Wilts.h.i.+re gave a series of chants, and then he threw himself at the Scotsman. His momentum was so great that it was enough to knock the whole of Walker onto the bed.
“You are not seasick anymore?” Walker could not resist jeering at him.
“d.a.m.n it! Don't speak of that s.h.i.+p anymore! Know that it was because of her that I haven’t touched you for a whole day.”
Thinking back, when the Marquess had been seasick, he had become so utterly incapacitated that he had not had the wherewithal to lay his hands on him. Walker could not help musing to himself that he had really made a fine choice of a profession when he had decided on becoming a seafarer.
Feeling a pair of warm lips touching his own cheeks, Walker did not try to dodge or to resist; after all, between the two of them, this kind of contact was one that could not possibly be any more familiar.
“Could you part your lips?” When that pair of green crystal eyes with the power to steal souls was staring at him, even a man carved of stone would also obediently part his lips.
Walker parted his lips slightly, and the Marquess's hot and moist tongue very quickly dived inside, licking at and teasing Walker's own, only releasing his mouth when the both of them were all out of breath.
The two men's eyes met for a short period of time as they silently looked at each other. It had only been a shallow kiss, but it seemed as though they had caressed each other souls a hundred million times.
“Your eyes are so enchanting!” The tail end of Wilts.h.i.+re's words became a whisper as they fell from the corner of his lips. Although it seemed like it were only low-grade flattery used to dupe girls, but when it was in concert with the Marquess's kisses, that fell upon his cheeks like raindrops, Walker's heart was suffused with a tender sweetness and he could not help but to reach out with his hands and hug the body that was tightly pressed against his own.
“To do this when it’s still broad daylight is such a sin…” His conscience attempted to have him try to reject the Marquess's hand, which had already wandered deep inside his trousers, but the Marquess’s only reply to him was to lavish kisses to his neck and chest with greater frequency.
Although his actions of kissing and thrusting were not so different from his previous ones, but to have Wilts.h.i.+re hold him tightly in his arms as he rocked his body back and forth, to be made by him to gasp out that he needed and demanded everything, Walker actually felt that his heart had been deluged with a type of pa.s.sion that was completely new to him. It caused him to give up his pride and feelings of shame, opening up his body even more to accept him, and in the moment when the pleasure had reached its peak, he was so carried away that he forgot himself and uninhibited moans and cries issued forth from him…
The pa.s.sion had been so intense, to the extent that the Marquess was unwilling to leave the Scotsman's body after the event. Rather, he curled up intimately with him and soon, the two people had fallen fast asleep because of the vestiges of fatigue that their journey had left upon them.
And so, in this way, the entire afternoon was spent in a deep slumber and as had become normal and to be expected, when they took their bath in the evening, it also became a time for the Marquess to flirt. Although he was feeling a strong sense of guilt due to having spent the day indulging in debauchery, in the end, Walker still had to yield to his opponent's transcendent skills and sweet eroticism, and was perfectly willing to open up his body to the Marquess once again.
After sailing on the onerous seas, he had once again been tossed about for practically the entire day. Even with Walker's strong const.i.tution, it was inevitable that on the morning of the second day, he would feel his whole body aching as though it had been trampled upon by a herd of elephants.
“What happened, is your body not feeling well?” The most annoying thing was that in contrast, Wilts.h.i.+re, who had appeared to be more dead than alive while they had been on the s.h.i.+p, seemed to have become radiant because of the excessive and uninhibited s.e.x. When he saw the white-faced Walker, who seemed to have more heart than strength at the moment, he even asked after him with a relaxed tone of voice.
“No... ah, what are the plans for today?” Although he was indeed not feeling well, but because the reason for his body's discomfort was too shameful, Walker was unable to admit to it, and could only deflect the question by changing the topic of conversation.
“Go to the harbour to ask around and see if anyone has seen the Princess, if we can confirm that she has not been here... we can only go to that d.a.m.ned Frenchman's hometown.” As Walker had wished, the topic of conversation was changed, but the mischievous smile on the corners of Wilts.h.i.+re's lips showed that he had some strange idea in his heart.
“Then let’s hurry to the docks!” Since the Marquess’s thoughts were beyond his ability to control, Walker just had to be content with his not declaring them with his lips.
After they had a simple breakfast, the two of them returned to the docks where they had disembarked yesterday. Wilts.h.i.+re carried around on his person a portrait miniature [1] of the Princess, and he continuously showed it to the hawkers, carriage drivers and servants milling around the docks, but no matter who he asked, that person could not be sure if he had seen a similar female.
In the miniature, Princess Caroline appeared young and beautiful, her skin seemed to be as radiant as fine white porcelain, while her blue eyes were the colour of the sky and the carefree smile that hung on the corners of her lips said that she knew nothing of the pains and suffering of the human world. In light of this, Walker was deeply sceptical that anyone could bear to cause harm to such an innocent girl.
“Seems like the Princess's travelling companion must be very canny, to be able to carry out his plans without leaving any traces.” Wilts.h.i.+re remarked to Walker, looking at the miniature that rested on the table as they were eating a simple meal at a small shop by the side of the road.
“I wonder what type of man he is, even the n.o.ble Princess would be perfectly willing to disguise herself and follow him to a foreign land to seek shelter….” Walker turned the miniature to face him, sighing with emotion at the same time as he was tearing apart a wheat bread and putting it into his mouth.