Chapter 155 – Episode 154. An Ant Is a Group of Ants (1)
Summary of the first part: Astrid (not Asti) and Leopold had very hot sex.
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Last night’s experience made a big difference for Astrid as well.
Although she did not appear to have changed much on the outside,
For the first time in my life, I did what someone told me to do, of course,
It was enough to make a small crack in Astrid’s psychology that she felt a subtle pleasure while entrusting her body to someone and being treated as she liked and being treated like a ‘possession’.
It was such a welcomed morning.
Astrid groaned lightly at the morning sun shining through the window with the curtains drawn, then opened her eyes.
Even after opening my eyes, I couldn’t recognize the current situation for a long time, so it took me a while to blink my eyes and understand where I was and what the situation was.
And meanwhile, Leopold entered the bedroom with two cups of tea.
“Sleep well, Astrid.”
To Leopold, who still had a soft smile on his face, Astrid responded with a shy smile.
“Duck, thank you. Did His Highness sleep peacefully?”
“Um, I didn’t sleep well.”
“Yes?”
Of course, I thought the answer that I slept well would come back, but that wasn’t the case.
Astrid was quite taken aback as she hadn’t expected the answer that she hadn’t slept well.
“Astrid, I thought you had better change your sleeping habits. I didn’t know you kicked the futon often.”
Leopold handed the teacup he had brought in to Astrid.
The light brown tea still had an astringent aroma,
Tea in this empire is all like that, so Astrid accepted the cup without thinking.
“I am… Do you sleep with the futon rolled up?”
“Okay. It must have been hot, so I kicked off the blanket from time to time… I couldn’t sleep well.”
The kicking of the covers and Leopold’s inability to sleep.
What is the correlation between these two?
It was unknown, so Astrid thought to herself what it had to do with it.
But even if you think about it, it’s something you can’t figure out.
“Look up, Astrid.”
“Stomach… ?”
Leopold pointed his finger at the ceiling.
The ceiling was covered with mirrors, and even now, Leopold, who was pointing upward, and Astrid, who was looking up at him with his head raised, were still reflected.
And now, Astrid was naked, covering herself only with a blanket.
“Ah.”
Only then did I understand.
“You understand? Seeing your tossing and tossing body reflected in the mirror, I wonder if I could have slept properly. When I look sideways, I can see Astrid’s naked body, and when I lie down straight, I see your reflection in the mirror so naked.”
But isn’t there another option?
It wouldn’t be a problem if I lay down with my back turned to Astrid.
“That’s why I’m going to sleep with my back turned on you.”
Leopold is big, he cleared his throat.
As if he was ashamed of something, Leopold coughed loudly and loudly.
“… If I lay on my back and sleep, I think I’ll think I hated you.”
“Puff.”
Astrid, who was about to take a sip of her tea, coughed as if she had heard her.
There is a degree to which people are cute.
Leopold, who said that he could not turn over and sleep looking at him because he would look distant from him if he turned over to sleep, and he could not lie down right away.
Doesn’t it have to be cute enough?
“Okay. Your Highness, then, is why my body was so attractive.”
“… I can’t say no.”
“You have been very honest.”
“It’s because it’s a specification that we don’t talk needlessly and then cross paths again.”
“That’s a requirement for me too.”
Laughter comes out of nowhere.
If we had just met and talked to each other, we would not have been around for such a long time.
Because of the time wasted like that, the two of them had been saying things like that without even thinking about hating each other.
“It seems that the inner compatibility is also good.”
“That’s a bit embarrassing to say that.”
“I’ve been hearing about how important inner compatibility is. No matter how good the hair is, if the inner compatibility is not good, it is like an incense burner with one leg missing. Anyway, Asti, you and I seem to like Keumseul… Huh?”
“… Swing. I’m glad that’s the case.”
“Ah. I called you Asti.”
“Yes, what… I’m glad you had a good night. Yes.”
Then, Asti gently caressed my belly.
No matter how much I did last night, I still have something like a dull pleasure in my lower abdomen.
For some reason, Asti was annoyed by the exhilarating pleasure whenever he touched her.
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“But this isn’t the time to just play around.”
“Isn’t it the start of nagging as soon as Asti comes out? Well, it doesn’t matter. After all, I’m not just playing around.”
Leopold, wearing a gown, handed out some papers to Asti.
“What is this?”
“We have already found Astein’s location.”
“Already?”
Asti rounds her eyes.
It’s been days since Astein ran away, she’s been less than a week.
It was quite surprising that he had already found the traces of where Astain was.
“What are you so surprised about? You probably don’t know how many ravens there are in this empire.”
Night crow.
It was a slang word meaning an intelligence unit directly under the imperial family.
‘… Have I ever heard of this?’
For some reason, Asti remembered what the word raven meant.
I’ve never heard of it, and I’m sure this is the first time I’ve heard of it, but I know what it means.
“They say they’re going north.”
“You already knew that, right?”
“Yeah, I knew. She also knew that they were headed for Grand Duchy of Miterien. Now, the whereabouts have been identified, and it is said that they are still tracking them. Maybe… I guess he might be trying to contact the northern barbarians.”
“A northern barbarian?”
“Okay.”
Leopold accepted the documents Asti presented.
The few papers were not original.
Originally, it was a document that could only be read by those who knew it because it was covered with codes that were only used in the imperial family.
It was also a document that Leopold, who had woken up early in the morning and couldn’t sleep at all, wanted to show to Astrid as well.
“From our side, the ravens are still on the hunt. I don’t know what scheme he’s plotting, or what he’s trying to do by contacting the barbarians… “
The papers Leopold was holding burst into flames.
The flames that started from the place where the fingers touched soon grew larger and disappeared only after swallowing all the papers.
Only a few pieces of black ash were scattered on the floor.
“It will make you regret being alive. He could never let the man who dared to threaten the empire and harm the peace of the imperial family live.”
“You should. We can’t let someone who tried to threaten the empire live.”
“Yes?”
Leopold finally looked back at Asti and smiled.
That smile was so charming that Asti naturally felt her face blush.
“I guess I’ll have to wait for a while until the second report comes. That’s right.”
“… Hey, why are you taking off your gown… ?”
“You know, Asti.”
“Oh?!”
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“You know what? What do I know why you guys are here?”
“I don’t know how you went through the academy without even noticing that much.”
Emily sighed at her Eranya, who was staring at her darling with her sullen face.
Finding the location wasn’t difficult at all, but when I actually came here, these were not people I could communicate with.
“Then why do you guys want to join the chase team?”
“You don’t have to tell me all that.”
It was to somehow get rid of the traitor label that would soon be attached to Akhemilla.
If you can’t remove it, it’s to make it stick as small as possible.
It was a bit ambiguous to say so openly.
“No, if you’re going to propose to do something together, you don’t have to tell me your purpose.”
“I told you the purpose. Astain, to catch and punish that traitor.”
“You don’t need a lot of people to catch him? Hey Berassien. Say something too.”
“Isn’t it fun when there are a lot of people?”
“Is fun the problem now?”
Mobility decreases when there are too many people.
It was natural.
Not only Leopold and Astrid, who had already gone ahead, but also Erania and Veracien, who remained waiting for the contract to end.
In fact, this was enough.
There was no need for more people, and even more would not be of much help.
Here are Akemilla, Emily, Violet, and Ashley.
There was no need to join four more like this.
“You will still need it.”
“Why? Give me a reasonable reason.”
“There are no wizards here. I heard that Astain uses witchcraft. Do you have any cards worth countering on it?”
“That’s it, Berashien here… “
Astein can use magic, but for magic, you have to separate the body and head before using it.
Besides, Vera Shien is here too, so maybe she can use her magic too —
“It’s a bit difficult for me to attack Astain directly.”
“… Eh?”
Erania looked at Berathien with a blank expression.
Until now, I had been cooperating with Astain’s pursuit, but now I can’t attack.
“You, this demon, have finally revealed their original purpose… !”
“Uh, no. Not like that. Besides, no matter how much she was on the same side as me, to directly attack Astain, isn’t that a bit out of conscience?”
“Did you even have a conscience?”
“Oh, my conscience is a pretty equilateral triangle, as if it were perfectly drawn.”
“You’re talking nonsense, really… “
