Chapter 4: The Abandoned Prince Heals the Empress
The Empress of the Dragoon Empire, now completely nude, was truly beautiful.
I don’t know any other woman who so perfectly embodies the word “goddess” besides this Empress.
What was most remarkable was her height, which easily seemed to exceed two meters.
I didn’t used to have a thing for tall women, but frankly, I think I’m about to awaken to it.
The fact that her breasts were also large to match her height was an especially wonderful point.
Perhaps being tall is a characteristic of Dragonkin?
Rosemary-san is also close to two meters tall, so it’s a possibility.
“Reichel-dono? I’d like you to begin the treatment for my mother, Her Majesty the Empress, quickly…”
“Ah, y-yes. I’ll start right away.”
I reached out my hands toward the Empress’s body.
Let me say this first: what I’m about to do isn’t anything lewd.
It’s purely a medical procedure.
Because a curse circulates throughout the entire body like a poison, to treat it, I need to touch her all over, from one end of her body to the other.
“First, from the feet…”
Feet, thighs, waist, breas—chest, arms…
Little by little, I used “Complete Regeneration” to remove the curse festering within her body.
There was nothing difficult about it.
“All that’s left is…”
I touched the Empress’s cheeks, cupping them with both hands.
And then, the very next moment after I had removed all of the curse with “Complete Regeneration.”
“Ah, um…”
“…”
“G-Good morning?”
The Empress’s eyes opened, her golden pupils staring straight at me.
Our gazes met, and it was awkward.
Just when I thought that, the Empress did something neither I nor Rosemary-san had anticipated.
She grabbed my arm and pulled me forcefully towards her.
And then, my head was buried in her breasts, which were even larger than the giant watermelons sold at supermarkets in summer.
I struggled, unable to breathe, and our gazes met as I looked up from her cleavage.
“You’re the one who awakened me, boy?”
“Ah, um, yes.”
“I thank you, boy. This may be an odd question, but do you have a woman you fancy, or a fiancée?”
“Eh? N-No, I don’t have anyone right now, but…”
I answered the Empress’s all-too-sudden and incomprehensible question honestly.
Then, the Empress, without even a twitch of her cool expression, gently stroked my head and said.
“Then I shall take you, boy, as my husband.”
“…Eh?”
“M-Mother?! W-What are you saying?!”
“Oh my. Rosemary, you were here. I’m sorry to have worried you. Mother is about to spend some sweet time with her husband, so please excuse yourself for a bit.”
“There are way too many things to call out here!! Reichel-dono, why aren’t you resisting?!”
Well, you know?
Even if there’s a bit of a height difference, if a beautiful, goddess-like older sister figure tells you to “become my husband,” of course you wouldn’t resist.
Besides, Empress-san smells incredibly nice, like a soft, wonderful fragrance!!
Thinking about it calmly, Rosemary-san is apparently the seventh princess, which means this beautiful older sister figure has given birth to seven children.
Somehow, it feels like I’m about to open a new door.
While I was thinking such things, Empress-san continued to stroke my head, her expression still unchanged as she spoke.
“Your name is Reichel, boy, is it not? What a lovely name. I am Alkalion, Empress of the Holy Dragoon Empire.”
“What are you introducing yourselves for?! Reichel-dono, get away from Mother for a moment!!”
Rosemary-san forcibly pulled me away as I was being embraced by Empress-san, Alkalion.
Aah, I wanted to bury my face in those breasts for just a little longer…
It’s a bit regrettable, but Rosemary-san’s eyes are scary, so I’ll stop messing around here.
“Mother, what’s gotten into you all of a sudden?! Surely there are other things to say?! And moreover, a joke like making Reichel-dono your husband is—”
“Rosemary. Mother has never uttered a joke in her entire life. I am serious about taking the boy as my husband, and it is a decided matter.”
“A-At least tell me the process that led you to that conclusion!!”
“…Yes, I suppose so…”
Ah, yeah, those people exist.
The type who figures everything out in their own head, so from an outsider’s perspective, their actions seem completely out of the blue.
It seems Alkalion is that type of person.
“…I was in darkness for a very long time.”
“Mother?”
“No matter how far I walked, it was dark. I couldn’t see anything. Couldn’t hear anything. I had resigned myself to the fact that my long life might finally be coming to an end. It was at that moment.”
Alkalion said, looking at me.
“A dazzling light pierced the darkness. When I headed straight towards the light, I awoke like this. And when I opened my eyes, this boy was here.”
“I see.”
I didn’t quite get it, but Rosemary-san seemed to understand somehow.
Alkalion pulled me into an embrace again and started petting my head like crazy.
Oof, being hugged and having my head patted by a beautiful older sister figure… I think this is the ultimate ‘best & awesome’ experience.
And then, Alkalion laid it all out.
“Well, to put it bluntly, I fell in love with you at first sight, boy. I’m all like, ‘Love you, love you, totally smitten, head-over-heels, lovey-dovey, kissy-kissy!'”
“Mother, please don’t say that with such a straight face!!”
She has a deadpan expression and gives off a somewhat cold and ruthless impression, but could Alkalion actually be a rather amusing person?
“Rosemary, are you opposed to Mother taking the boy as her husband?”
“O-Opposed is not the word, but you two have only just met, haven’t you?! That sort of thing should come after you’ve gotten to know each other better…”
“I see, there is some truth to that.”
Alkalion nodded once, and Rosemary-san looked relieved.
I was a little disappointed.
“Boy.”
“Ah, yes. What is it?”
“I am the devoted and doting type. I have had seven husbands, but that is in the past; I am a widow now. From now on, I swear to love only you, boy. Also, I will provide for you from now on, so you are to always stay by my side.”
“Eh? Ah, um, eh?”
“And so, for the boy to get to know Mother better, we shall make a child starting now. Rosemary, you are to leave the room.”
“Mother?!”
She’s really trying hard to sleep with me…
Well, I mean, being desired by an exquisite beauty might be the greatest honor a man could ask for, but…
And, at that moment.
“…Hmph.”
Silently, Alkalion began to stare intently at Rosemary-san.
Alkalion’s golden eyes were glowing.
“…I see, so that’s how it is. Indeed, I was too hasty.”
“Eh? Ah, i-is that so? If you understand, then that’s goo—”
“To think that Rosemary also fell for the boy after he saved her from a dangerous situation—”
“Waaah!! Waaah!! Reichel-dono!! I shall guide you to a guest room!! You are Her Majesty’s savior!! We will provide you with the utmost hospitality!!”
Rosemary-san shouted at the top of her lungs, grabbed me by the scruff of my neck, and dragged me right out of Alkalion’s room.
At that time, I faintly heard Alkalion’s muttered soliloquy.
“It pains me to steal the gentleman my cute daughter admires. No, perhaps sharing the boy between the two of us is also an option? Hmm, I will need to change the law…”
Alkalion’s expression still didn’t twitch in the slightest, but her eyes were serious.
Then again, is it true that Rosemary-san also admires me?
To be liked by both mother and daughter… it seems I was quite the sinful man.
And so, after various things happened, I ended up receiving the highest level of hospitality in the Holy Dragoon Empire as Empress Alkalion’s guest.
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Afterword
A Trivial Little Story
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