Chapter 40: The Morning After

I struggled to reach into the pocket of my skirt. The handcuffs were so heavy! I felt around the left side, then the right.

“Hey… how is it gone? I remember I still had it in my pocket when I got off the horse.”

“Ah… forget it. It probably fell out of the pocket.”

[What am I supposed to do now? So boring…] I stared at the runes on the iron plates lining the dungeon walls.

[I’ll try to memorize them. Even if I don’t know how to pronounce them, maybe I’ll use them someday.] So I sat in the chair and began carefully memorizing each strange rune, tracing them with my finger as I went.

“Hehe, maybe if I keep drawing, I’ll end up working magic,” I thought smugly.

But a whole night passed, and I fell asleep memorizing without any magic happening.

The next morning, I woke up with a burning heat all over my body. My clothes were soaked through, sweat pouring down. My heart was racing, and my legs were clenched together involuntarily.

“This feeling again… f*ck!”

My body kept trembling, as if I’d fallen into a pit of insects. A subtle sensation kept stimulating my brain, and my body became sensitive.

“I… I want…” Images of serving the demon filled my mind.

“No, no, no! What am I thinking!”

[Hah… hah…] I kept gasping. The heat of my body kept stirring up those disgusting memories, but my body craved that thing.

“Damn it!” I felt sick at the thought, and tried to suppress it.

I gritted my teeth and clenched my fists, trying to push it down.

[It’s worse than yesterday,] I thought despairingly.

I hated that thing so much I wanted to kill myself, but my body just craved it. “f*ck! f*ck! f*ck!”

If my hands and feet weren’t chained, I really didn’t know what I might do.

“I really want… ahhh, no, no, what am I thinking!” Shame, pain, and irritation made me burst into tears.

“Ahh, why am I suffering like this! I don’t want this! No! I don’t want to be like this! Damn it!”

I gasped heavily, my body curling up almost into a ball.

I was scared. I realized that there really is a fate worse than death in this world. Was I going to be like this forever? Every day like a girl who took an aphrodisiac?

[Ahhhh!] I screamed in anger, sweat still pouring down.

I wanted to lift my hand to wipe the sweat, but the iron rings on my wrists were too heavy, so I gave up.

[This state really… f*ck… demon!] I cursed bitterly.

I endured this indescribable pain for about five minutes before it gradually subsided.

[Huff… huff…] I collapsed in the chair, panting, and my body began to calm down.

“Ahh, what kind of mess is this…” I felt dizzy.

“This damn curse!”

I didn’t know if these two consecutive ‘episodes’ counted as a real curse, but to me, they were already a curse.

[Huff… huff…] I was still panting. [Heh, is this place completely unattended? I was screaming so loud… huff… and no one came?] I had been thinking that after screaming, they might just execute me directly, but I didn’t expect no one to come.

Even though I was calmer now, I still didn’t know how to deal with the rest of my life.

I had thought that after leaving the demon city, everything would be fine. I just had to follow the general, ask for some money, find a guild, then awaken and get some magic.

Live happily in this other world. I didn’t need a harem, didn’t need to be awesome, didn’t even need a cheat power. As long as I could live a peaceful life…

But what the hell is this!

Who gets transported and ends up a s*ave! Then upgraded to a s*x s*ave, and finally left with lasting aftereffects! And now I’m like a succubus every single day!

Was I reborn this cute just to be used by others?! Huh?!

[Ahhhh! Damn it!] I was in despair. I wanted to die again. Even if death was painful, I didn’t want to live like this…

[Ahh… might as well die…] I sat in the chair, head drooping, numb for over a minute. Then I suddenly noticed that my stomach wasn’t hungry. “How long has it been? Why aren’t I hungry…”

Just then, I heard the sound of a door bolt sliding. Then that bastard prime minister appeared before me.

But the general wasn’t there. “Ah… is this the end? Heh, is it finally over?”

But the old prime minister didn’t do anything to me. He just led me by my chain like a dog, taking me to a magnificent hall. Then I was thrown into the center of the hall.

I looked around the incredibly splendid hall. On a few steps, a big golden chair sat a red-haired old uncle who looked about forty-something, wearing a crown. I guessed this was the king.

My god, they brought me straight before the king. How confident are they?

Beside the king stood four people, two of whom I recognized: the general and Yi Qin.

On both sides of the king’s hall stood a dozen more, including the prime minister.

“Uh… this is beautiful! So what should I do? Oh right, should I greet the king?”

I tried to stand up and bow, but the chains were too heavy. I couldn’t get up.

“Ahh, whatever. If I die, I die.” I sat right in front of the hall, looking weary.

“Minister Kong, is this the Nocturnal child you mentioned?” The king spoke from above.

“Indeed, Your Majesty thinks so.” Kong Yingcai stepped forward and bowed.

“Is that so? So you ‘think’ so?” The emperor’s tone seemed unsatisfied with the prime minister. “In that case, since there’s nothing else today, Yingcai, you may withdraw. Leave the matter of the Nocturnal to my three children to discuss. They will make the final judgment. I will just listen in, also as a test for them. Hmm? Where is Qiaolu?”

Hearing the king’s words, the prime minister shot a defiant glance at the general and turned to leave.

“Hey, I feel like I’m some kind of case. Why are they discussing me?”

“And what’s this ‘test’ about?”

“Anyway, they say whatever, and I just listen.” I thought to myself.

“Your Majesty, the Princess… she went to the Western Military Camp again,” General Cloud said, his tone awkward.

King: “Hohoho, go summon her quickly.” Then a minister left to carry out the order.

Even though the general was awkward, the king seemed very happy.

“Who is this Princess Qiaolu? Why does she go to the military camp?”

“Must be pretty strong?”

“Let’s begin, then. Let me see how you judge,” the old king laughed heartily.

“Then please, eldest brother, go first.” A handsome young man with red hair, wearing a clean white robe, cupped his hands toward a huge, muscular man beside him.

“Uh… this? Eldest brother? A bodybuilder?”

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