29 Chapter 28 (1/2)

[Carnal Resistance has Increased to LVL 4.]

That came a few hours into the trip when I realized that one of my hands had dropped down to his thigh. My fingers may have been unconsciously feeling him up a little. When I came to the realization that I had been touching him for the last five minutes while his muscles continued to stiffen uncomfortably, I activated deception and let out a soft, princess-like snore. His muscles seemed to relax a bit, and he grabbed my hand in his and pulled it away from his crotch. Well, how did it get down there? Either way, you can't blame a sleeping girl if her hand slips, right?

Now, I wasn't going to throw myself at him like I might have done in the past. I had to keep my eyes on the bigger picture. If Denova had planned everything, including this meeting, then I needed to consider that I was being watched, even now. I couldn't afford to betray him. My life was on the line, and so was Jenai's. That meant I needed to act like the perfect princess and wife-to-be for the third prince. That meant no sex with the 4th prince… at least until I knew he'd keep it on the down low.

He reached down and grabbed my other hand, pulling it away from his crotch. What? I was sleeping, accidents like that happen when you're sleeping. Plus, he was acting like such a gentleman, I couldn't help myself. Instead, he held both of my hands in his own, using just two fingers to control the reigns. Since I've been to this world, I've had sex uncountable times. I've had every hole violated, and have been touched everywhere. However, riding with him through the forest was the first time I truly felt comfortable.

In some ways, I wanted to hold onto that feeling. However, he twisted his back, trying to wake me up. He had taken my hands and put them carefully back behind him before doing so. I resisted chuckling as he desperately tried to maintain the appropriate decorum.

”Princess Batrum…”

”Mmm… oh… you can call me Cornelia. We will be family soon.”

The man coughed a second, ”That's right, family. Umm… Princess Cornelia… I'm going to rest the horse for a bit. I don't want to push him hard after I pushed him to find you. Let us eat some lunch.”

”That's good!”

I was genuinely hungry, and the last thing I had to eat was some scraps of Pigman. Although, he apologetically handed me just a little bread, meat, and cheese… I didn't complain. Once again, he looked surprised that I lacked the delicate stomach he believed all princesses must have. I'll admit, I'd eaten fairly well under Denova's care… but I had also spent a lot of time eating monster scraps. Besides those times, the normal human dishes weren't much different from what I was used to back home. It was a meat, a vegetable, and some kind of bread. Fruits were exclusively considered desert here, and I had not had chocolate or sugary cakes since I had transferred to this world.

I had gotten the impression sugar wasn't common, although if I ever did get some, it would be now that I was going to be in a king's castle. While I didn't know if this world had some form of chocolate or cocoa, sugar is a fundamental part of the human diet, so glucose had to exist in one form or another. Fortunately, I was the kind of girl more into vanilla as opposed to chocolate, so I guess it'd be the vanilla bean I'd need to find. I realized I'd need to learn more about the food of this world… among many other things. Now that I was going to be interacting with this world normally, I truly lacked common sense.

As I nibbled on the cheese, which tasted enough like cheddar that I was going to just call it that, I started to feel a sore pain in my lower region. The prince was tending to the horse, putting hay in a basket in front of it and giving a once-over with a comb, surprising actions I thought, coming from a prince… isn't that what servants were for? Or what did they call them, squires I guess? Knights in training? It was just hard to believe that a prince could be so… self-sufficient.

Either way, while he was tending to the horse, I untied my pants and felt down there quickly. When I checked on my finger, there was a little bit of blood on the tip and I cursed.

”Shit… now? Really?”

Of course, I was infertile, which meant that the eggs coming out never fertilized, but that, unfortunately, did not spare me from the very female time of the month. I still bled and had soreness. I had been taking the pill to regulate them, and they had actually stopped… that is until I was taken to another world two months ago. Perhaps the stress had delayed it, but even my body didn't stop biology. I eagerly would await a special skill that turned my period into a thing of the past.

Perhaps that explains why I've been so aggressive the last week. Apparently, I could look forward to that once a month as well. I haven't had a period in a year or so, but when I used to, the situation would quickly grow from mild pain to the River Styx in less than a day. That meant I'd be wrecking his pants soon too. I needed to do something about it pronto.

I turned to ask the prince to rectify this situation, the mental fortitude preventing even this from making me uncomfortable. I suppose it was closely associated enough with intercourse to count. However, without warning, a goblin burst into the area we made our stop. It was so sudden that I didn't even react. Meanwhile, it looked around wild-eyed, and when its eyes dropped on me, they suddenly widened with fever.

The goblin lept at me, and I barely had room to scream before it barreled me to the ground. Perhaps even more insane, it was wilding thrusting at me, seemingly dry humping my body. Unlike the previous goblins I'd met, this one seemed to lack the sense to remove clothing, or even pull out its dick. It simply humped at me like an overexcited dog. It got ripped off of me and tossed to the side. A moment later, its head left its body.

The prince had yanked it off of me and tossed it to its side. Then finished the deed with a swipe of his sword. The two of us stared at each other, equal confusion on both of our eyes.

”Well, I'm sorry you had to see that princess, but you're sa-”

An animal burst from the nearby brush and struck the prince. He barely managed to get his arm up to block the strike. It was a rat. Well, this wasn't simply a rat. It was nearly the size of a tiger. I did let out a scream when I saw that. I absolutely hated rats. The strange thing was that upon taking the prince, the rat immediately disengaged as the prince took a defensive stance. Instead, its eyes zoomed to me without reserve, and a moment later it lept at me.

”You've got to be kidding!” both of us said that at the same time.

The rat was on me trying to hump his little heart out, but he didn't get far before his head left his body too. The prince hadn't pulled him away first this time, and some blood spattered on my shirt.

”Why is everything trying to kill you?” he said exaggeratedly.