Chapter 175 - Empire’s Princess 2 (2/2)

He was very different compared to the rumors.

Eleonora had even put on makeup with care for ten hours before coming here.

She had heard that Woohyuk didn’t pay any attention to a beautiful saintess by his side, so she was preparing herself as much as possible to seduce him.

Honestly, she was feeling slightly disappointed.

As she was at the age where she was interested in dating people, she had a lot of expectations for the Hero King.

She liked his appearance, but his perverted and horny attitude was not her tastes.

‘Actually, this is better. If he were too perfect, I might’ve been the one to fall in love.'

In the first place, Eleonora's main goal was to get Woohyuk on her side by seducing him.

When she leisurely picked up her teacup,

“…You shouldn’t sit like that and seduce me. It's harder for me to hold back.”

Woohyuk suddenly stood up from his seat with a bewitched expression.

Afterward, he approached Eleonora, put his hand on her shoulder, and forcibly stole her lips.

”Hmm...”

Eleonora accepted him without resisting.

Losing her first kiss wasn’t a waste compared to gaining the Hero King.

But she had no intention of allowing more than this.

‘If he conquers the entire Eeth Continent or seals all the 72 Demon Kings, I might consider it...’

But even if he was a Hero King, those feats seemed impossible to achieve.

When they finally separated their lips after the deep kiss, Eleonora whispered to him in a tempting tone.

“I’ll get scolded if I get caught doing this. But I’m taking the risk because you’re special to me.”

“What an honor. To be able to monopolize a sublime beauty like you.”

“Don’t be too joyful. I haven't given you all my heart yet.”

“What should I do to make it happen?”

“Who knows? For now, be nice to me. Deal with the people who bother me or something.”

Eleonora whispered into Woohyuk's ear, as if she were casting a hypnosis spell on him.

Woohyuk happily nodded as if he didn’t care.

“Give me the names. I will deal with them right away.”

“Hm, give me some time. I'll think about it...”

Eleonora acted as if she were contemplating while feeling ecstatic on the inside.

Woohyuk returned to his seat and brought the tea forward.

“It is the highest quality tea that is popular among the nobles of the Rhine Kingdom. Drink it before it cools down.”

”Thank you. You went so far for me.”

Eleonora raised the teacup while acting like she felt touched.

Even she thought that she was going overboard and was acting like a sly fox

But it was working better than I expected. And most of all, it was fun.

Even more so because the man was an absolute moron.

Soon, she emptied the teacup and Woohyuk smiled in satisfaction.

“How did it taste?”

“The lingering aftertaste isn’t bad. It feels a bit different to the teas at the Imperial Palace.”

In fact, Eleonora did not have a hobby of sitting still and drinking tea like other princesses.

She had grown up under the severe training of Swordmaster Granbert from an early age, due to being chosen by Holy Sword Ertia.

Her natural temperament was now a problem, so Emperor Tiberius always worried about how to get Eleonora a husband.

Every high-ranking person participating in state affairs knew that no ordinary man could handle her.

'Geez, it was disgusting...’

To think that she had to continue her act with this horny man.

While her situation looked grim, Eleonora regained her strength.

Even if he was a pervert, the Hero King would get reinforcements from the western countries and support them.

Then, she would be able to keep the Pope’s minions in check.

Eleonora was thinking about Rosenkreuz, the fanatic that laughed like a maniac and looked down on her at the Imperial Palace,

“Ugh...!”

Suddenly, an extreme heat grew in her heart.

Eleonora stared at Woohyuk in surprise, as he watched her with a smile.

‘Did he try to poison me...?’

He must have secretly put something in the tea when they kissed earlier.

However, since she had drunk a potion to be immunized against poison a day before coming here, his sly trick would not work on her.

If he had really tried to poison her, she would execute him on the spot, whether he was the Hero King of not.

Holy Sword Ertia was an S-class artifact.

It contained the power of the God of Light, so it could inflict a fatal blow to the Hero King, who was of the dark attribute.

When Eleonora tried to reach for her sword,

”Huh...?”

The heat in her heart began to spread throughout her body.

Her face had become red from blush unbeknownst to her, and she looked at Woohyuk again.

“… So cool.”

She had fallen in love, and it was beyond her control now.

The love potion had taken effect.

With his plan being successful, Woohyuk spoke to her as he recalled the past.

“You used to love me. But you never revealed it honestly until the end because of your position as the imperial princess chosen by the holy sword.”

In the end, Eleonora continued to confront him as an enemy and was defeated by him.

She was then confined at the top of the dark and gloomy Sage Tower.

Afterwards, she tried to harm herself countless times, albeit unsuccessfully.

Woohyuk later heard that she had gone crazy, but actually went to visit her.

At the time, he had many other things to care about.

“It may be better to be honest this time.”

This was the most he could do for Eleonora.