55 Chapter 54 (2/2)

”So, a former lover?” I said curtly.

”So, it would seem.” Devon sounded tired as he said this, and I could only shake my head at his strange behavior.

”Although I guess you two will be at it again in a few weeks, right?”

”That depends on if you're there.”

I nearly reached up and slapped him, but instead, I shook my head in aggravation. ”How long do you plan to keep this up?”

”As long as I have to, all night if needed,” Devon said.

”Why?” I snapped.

”…” He turned his head away, avoiding the question.

”I'm not your woman, you said it yourself.”

”I paid the coin, you are tonight.” He said.

Once again, a surge of anger swelled in me and fought the urge to slap him. He was seriously pissing me off. I don't think I'd ever been angrier. So why was there this strange feeling deep inside? Despite the anger bubbling up, I also felt impossibly happy. How did this stupid man keep making me feel conflicting emotions that don't fit together? Even Richard and Sylvia weren't this aggravating.

As the night moved on, a few other people walked in and out of the room. Not all of them went for us. A few were just wanting to chat with each other, or get a drink from the bar. The later it got, the less clothing the people wore. Before long, finding someone in clothing was rare. The latest girl who walked out wore nothing but her mask, except that she also had a tail. It was long, black, and ended with a spade, giving it a demon tail vibe, at least from an RPG point of view. I got excited that we had a nonhuman in the bunch until I realized that the tail didn't go to her back, but went straight into her butt. That's right, she had inserted a butt plug with a tail attached to it.

Two weeks ago, sex toys didn't even exist in the capital, and nobility not only picked it up, but they've already integrated them into their underground sex clubs and started making tailed butt plugs. I didn't know what it said about their society. Was it more alarming that they took to it so quickly, or that they didn't have it prior?

The curtain was pulled back again, the sound of moans and the sounds of skin slapping against skin drifting into the room. I looked longfully into the room of experience grinding I was denied, but the familiar person entering the receiving room immediately caught my eye. It was Julian, who was shirtless and once again wearing his favorite robe and a pair of tight pants. When his eyes landed on us, he gave an annoyed look and approached.

”There you two have been. I was expecting quite the show from our dear sister, brother, you can't keep her all to yourself.” As he approached and noticed that we were fully clothed, he let out a sigh. ”I heard that you were sending everyone away with your coins. I had hoped it was because you two were so wrapped up in your play that you didn't want any interruptions, but what boring thing is this?”

”He won't let me go!” I complained, trying to alleviate his disappointed look.

He looked back at Devon's expressionless face with a twist in his mouth before pulling a coin from his robe. ”Very well, then-”

Two coins slid across the table, stopping just short of the edge.

”Denied.” Devon almost snarled.

”Two?”

”For when you try to buy me next.”

Julian let out a laugh. ”You know me too well brother. But you know you can't win this. I can persuade quite a few to come throw their coins at you. Do you think you can hold out?”

Devon gave a flat look before reaching to his side and pulling out a large purse and dropping it to the table. It landed with a clang, falling open as an avalanche of coins slid out.

”Try me.” He growled.

Julian's lips tightened, and I looked on at the bag with conflicted emotions once again. Devon was my age, which means that if he started going when he turned 18 as Julian has said, the most coins he'd have gained were less than 36. However, there were well over a hundred coins here. If he took a coin, each time he slept with a woman, this showed the reality where my Examine didn't. Although there were sure to be repeat customers in subsequent months, it meant he at least slept with four other women continuously, but my gut told me it was considerably more.

I didn't know why this bothered me so much. I kept calling him a hypocrite, but I was just as bad. No, I was worst. This all happened before he knew me. Now, he hadn't touched a single woman but me tonight. Meanwhile, I slept with the King, Reinhart, Min, and even nine monsters. As I considered this, Julian shook his head.

”Very well, brother, have your way. But as you're being selfish, have you even considered asking the one you're holding what she wants? No… of course not. This is all just your own selfishness.” Julian turned and started walking away, but he stopped and glanced back at me, ”Coins are all good, but as I mentioned, he can't keep you there. If you want to enjoy yourself, join us, the night is still young. He can block any ugly men all he wants, but a woman like you would be every man's pick, and consensual sex cannot be blocked.”

He continued to walk away as I sat there dumbfounded. He was, of course, absolutely correct. Devon could block me from earning coins, but he couldn't block me from having sex. I'd been held in his lap for nearly an hour, and there was no need for it. While I could say I was afraid if I tried to fight him he'd fight back, or that I didn't remember the rules, that wasn't the truth. The truth was that I sat in his lap because I wanted to.

Just like when I rode behind him on the horse, when I was pressed up against Devon's body, I felt safe. I felt like even if my secrets were revealed, I'd still be safe. Devon would protect me. Although it was more than that too. I was a tad possessive with things that I saw as mine, and somewhere in the intervening few weeks, I started seeing Devon as mine. While Devon didn't want anyone to have me, the feeling was mutual. This whole time, deep down, I knew as long as I sat on his lap, no other girl could take him.

”Wh-”Devon stopped and then swallowed before continuing. ”What do you want?”

My mind was buzzing, these new thoughts driving all the anger into a corner as I started to come to a thorough realization of my own thoughts and desires. I wanted to survive. I wanted experience. But I always wanted happiness too.

”You… I just want you.”

”Then why?”

”I wanted you to follow me.” I answered, ”To meet me in a place where we didn't have to follow the rules.”

It wasn't a lie, even if it was only a small part of the truth.

”I-I can't… I can't fight this… I think I'm in lo-”

I put a finger on his lips, stopping him from saying the thing I couldn't hear. ”Just… tonight, let it just be you and me. Please? I just want you, only you.”

Devon stayed silent for a moment, and after a bit, he nodded. He released his grip, and I rotated around so that I could face him. Slowly, delicately our faces moved to each other and my lips pressed against his. His lips were incredibly soft, and my entire body seemed to tingle at his touch. His hands started to touch my body, and sparks seemed to jump from his fingers, causing my body to shiver in ways I didn't recall experiencing before.

We continued to kiss, and his lips moved to my neck, slightly sucking there, and while this could be considered vanilla compared to the things I've done in the past, it aroused me more than any of that. My heart seemed to be beating a mile a minute, my breath was quickening, and my fingers only worked for Devon.

”Devon…” I moaned as he sucked my neck, ”I want you inside me.”

Devon kissed me on the lips as we fiddled with his pants, working to free his cock. ”I'm yours, Princess Cornelia.”

I froze, my hands having only just managed to get their way into his pants. The realization struck me like a bolt, and I stood there, my lips only a few inches from Devon, him looking at me with eyes of love. Cornelia. That's right.

My hand gripped around his cock, now hard, and as my fingers moved up and down it slightly, I leaned forward and put my lips next to Devon's ear. ”I'm sorry.”

As Devon shot me a confused look, I activated Rock a Bye. It worked on the first go, and suddenly Devon rolled back as his eyes closed. I closed my eyes, the urge to cry suddenly overtaking me. I let out a sob, but after a quick breath and a switch to Solo Player, I got my emotions back under control. I pulled my hand out of his pants and stood up.

”I'm sorry, Devon,” I said in a voice quiet enough that no one awake could hear. ”I'm not the Princess you think I am. We're just from two different worlds. Trust me, this is for the best.”

Fortunately, there was no one in our particular corner to see what happened. I waved over a servant who came with a bow.

”My lover drank a bit too much, and he's fallen asleep. Can you please send him back to the castle?”

Part of it was fear he'd wake up while I was in the middle of doing what I was about to do. The other was my own hypocrisy. I didn't want to risk some girl coming in and taking advantage of him in his unconscious state. It was common for the servants to bring home unconscious nobles, and a second later two strong looking men came in and carried him out the entrance.

I let out a sigh, pushing the pain from that event deep down, and letting my seductress nature reassert itself. For the first time in what felt like forever, I had become the person from back home, Aria the college student, a scared girl who just wanted to be loved. That wasn't what I needed to survive this world. I was Aria the Seductress, a woman pretending to be a noble as she leveled and grew stronger.

I pulled open the curtain and marched into a world of sex.