1. Please Divorce Me
…There exists a gap between us that can’t be bridged.
In the white hall of a castle, gorgeously dressed ladies danced gracefully, their hems fluttering.
That night, I’d be attending my first ball in the Kingdom of Freesia.
A year ago, we won the war against the Kingdom of Killua, our long-time nemesis. As per the peace treaty, we held a party to celebrate the new year of the kingdom, which had acquired many tributes and territory, solidifying its status as a powerful nation.
“Diana, may I ask for your hand?”
Under the sparkling chandelier, Rudolph, the crown prince and my husband, respectfully asked me to a dance.
The picture-perfect blond, blue-eyed nobleman gave off an untouchable vibe due to his overly striking features. Furthermore, in the last war, he served as the commander-in-chief of the army of the Kingdom of Freesia. After all, he was the brave knight and the best sword master in the entire kingdom.
Yet, when the so-called Cold Beauty gazed at me, his gaze was melting sweet.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
I also gazed at my beloved, with whom I’d been married for three months, and walked towards the center of the hall.
As the lords and ladies withdrew to make a path for us, they gasped in admiration at the sight of the handsome crown prince and his wife.
Nevertheless…
“—That ill-bred Witch of Killua.”
“She acts so high and mighty despite being a tribute.”
“Look at the color of her eyes… How ominous.”
“I feel sorry for His Highness…”
They deliberately muttered those insults so that only I could hear them.
…Well, I can see why they would insult the princess of the enemy country. It’s only been three months, after all.
Furthermore, while all the people of the Kingdom of Freesia had light pigmentation, golden or light brown hair, along with blue or amber eye colors, I had black hair and red eyes.
Since I grew up sheltered in the castle, my skin was pale white, which only added to the creepiness.
The fact that I was touted as a beautiful princess in my homeland also became a subject of ridicule here.
I wonder if the people of Killua can’t tell the difference between beauty and ugliness?
Worrying is of no use, though.
I took a deep breath.
“Diana?”
Rudolph asked with concern.
“It’s nothing.” I smiled.
No matter what others had to say, meeting Rudolph was sort of a miracle.
“Let’s dance, Your Highness.”
As Rudolph and I held hands in the center of the hall, the court musician played music.
His emerald eyes were staring at me, while his hand was holding my waist firmly. As we danced, our bodies would inevitably brush against each other from time to time, and that alone was enough to make me tingle.
I grasped his hand.
“Diana, it’s still early. You are so naughty.”
Rudolph chucked, stepping closer to rub my aching secret spot with his muscular thigh.
“Your Highness, stop teasing me…”
If those who criticized me found out that we were doing such obscene things in public, I’d probably be executed on the spot as a witch.
…Not even I foresaw this kind of development.
I was the princess of the defeated country, while Rudolph was the crown prince of the victorious one. Our marriage was supposed to be purely political in nature. However, our physical compatibility was extremely good.
I consider it a blessing.
In this world, some relationships did start from physical relationships.
In a marriage of convenience, the completion of the first night was an absolute must. Our very first consummation took place with people from both countries watching from behind a screen.
At that time, Rudolph and I had just gotten married, and our feelings for each other were either indifference at best, or hatred at worst.
In the suspenseful night, devoid of any romantic atmosphere, I descended fully into depravity.
Since then, we’d become addicted to pleasure, and there was almost no day that he didn’t visit my bedchamber.
…In fact, my back was still hurting from how intense last night was.
“—Your Highness?”
That question brought me back to reality. I got distracted, but I was still at the ball, having an exchange with the aristocrats.
Thanks to Rudolph openly loving me, even though I was a princess of the enemy country, I was able to socialize with the people of Freesia in public.
However, now that he was surrounded by his close aides and other knights, I couldn’t afford to be careless.
Regardless of anything, it hadn’t been long since they had clashed against the army of my homeland, the Kingdom of Killua. Since the lives of their colleagues were taken by the soldiers of Killua, the criticism towards me was unsurprisingly harsh.
“As rumored, Her Highness is truly enchanting. Is that how you manage to hog the crown prince all to yourself?”
The gentleman, who was said to be the ace of the Order of Knights, politely said a backhanded compliment to me.
Translation: “This whore! Know your place and let His Highness marry the young lady of his own kingdom!”
I was fully aware that the majority of the public opinion wanted Rudolph to have a concubine and make her child his heir.
Of course, I also understood why they didn’t want the successor to the throne to be tainted with the blood of the enemy, so I had been secretly taking contraceptive pills without telling Rudolph.
Before I knew it, the number of knights had increased and I was completely surrounded.
Deep down, I was worried that they were about to unleash their grudge from the war on me, but as I was smiling innocently, “Hehe?” Rudolph came to me with resounding footsteps.
“Diana, there you are.”
My upper arm hurt from being grabbed so tightly…
Although Rudolph was smiling, he was clearly angry.
“Your Highness.”
I wanted to excuse myself, but he took me into the antechamber without another word.
In the room set up for the royal family to rest, there was only a sofa and a table.
Rudolph threw himself on the sofa, staring at me who was still standing, before sighing.
“That’s why I told you not to wear it…”
“Your Highness?”
He pulled me and held me in his arms.
“I told you against wearing this dress because it suits you too much.”
But you were the one who gave me this dress.
Rudolph did indeed come to pick me up after I finished changing, and told me to get changed. However, my maid and I desperately persisted.
With my black hair and red eyes, there weren’t really any colors that suited me. As such, the simple dark green dress, which was stunning yet not too flashy, was perfect. The dress really brought out the dignity of the crown princess, and the modesty of a former princess of the enemy’s country.
But when I tried to explain that to him, he didn’t seem to listen at all. Rudolph snaked his index finger into my cleavage.
“It’s as if your breasts are fully exposed. They were basically salivating at you.”
“Huh?”
Salivating? Like, salve? Or a slave?
I was still not proficient at this country’s language.
I’m unsure, but… This is the dress you gave me, and the neckline is pretty standard?
To begin with, my breasts were modest-sized. Although, they were certainly getting bigger than before due to all the fondling.
“Here, I’ll take it off.”
“Your Highness—uh…”
Still feeling displeased, Rudolph pulled the neckline of my dress down, exposing my breasts, and started groping them.
I couldn’t see his face because he was nestling on my chest.
“Your Highness?”
When he looked up, I felt a slight twinge of pain.
“I’ve marked you.”
While licking his lips, he proudly showed off the place he’d marked.
“I can’t go back like this!”
I protested while covering my bare chest.
A former princess of an enemy country went back to the ball with a hickey on her chest…
When I was about to cry, Rudolph gave me a devilish grin.
“You are still thinking about going back? As if I will let you.”
He lightly remarked while pushing me down onto the sofa.
“Ah… aah—… I, I’m about to cum, R-Rudolph…”
Even though we had some foreplay, my insides melted and constricted around him. Rudolph groaned in pain as he looked down at me, who was lying on my back on the sofa. He was thrusting hard inside me, grinding against my sticky inner walls.
“Diana… Diana… Damn, really, being inside you is—… Ugh, I can’t—”
He pulled her waist closer, ramming into her with the ferocity of a beast.
“Aah—! Mmn, no, oh… Your Highness… Aah...”
Unable to do anything but accept the tremendous pleasure he gave me, I was reduced into a breathless mess, clenching around him over and over again.
“I told you, don’t approach men carelessly… It seems that you still lack awareness… Diana—I love you, I love you… I love you…”
Grunting, he came inside me. As his simmering liquid flowed inside me, I circled my arms around his neck, feeling on cloud nine. My sweat was dripping, tickling me.
“Your Highness.”
When I looked up at him, he smiled and kissed me.
“What a spoiled girl you are.”
In the end, we didn’t return to the ball.
Unfortunately, after experiencing pleasure almost every day, it soon became something that I couldn’t live without.
At the dinner table, I’d swoon over his eyes. When he was clad in formal attire, I’d passionately gaze at him. Unless he touched me, the overwhelming desire would never subside.
Rudolph being Rudolph, he’d go along with my wishes as much as I wanted.
We’d make love everywhere. Under the shade of a tree in the garden of the royal palace. In a horse-drawn carriage on the way back from an inspection tour. In a tent for rest at a hunting tournament. In a mansion of a nobleman we were invited to…
When Rudolph happened to see me having tea with the wives of high-ranking officials in the garden of the royal palace, he summoned me to his office even though I was in the middle of a tea party.
“You were the one who seduced me. You look too ravishing.”
He chuckled, teasing my private parts with only his tongue.
“—Aah… Your… Highness—! Aah! I-I can’t… Uuh… T-too intense… I’m going to—!”
I was seated on his desk, with the neckline pulled down to my chest. I was gasping so much to the point that I was almost breathless.
He knelt under the skirt of my dress, assailing me endlessly. My breasts, which had been sucked relentlessly, were drenched with his saliva. I twisted around, but his strong arms secured me in place.
“No matter where you are, you’re always so captivating.”
His searing tongue licked the edge of my folds, making a squelching noise as it probed inside. When he bit the plump, ripe bud, my mind went blank.
Shuddering, I pleaded to him.
He answered my request with a devious smile.
“It can’t be helped.”
He devoured me, making sure that the wanton noises echoed inside his office.
“Diana, Diana, you are the only one for me… I love you…”
Rudolph whispered his love to me, who was branded as a witch in this country.
I think it’s impossible for me not to fall for him.
One day, Rudolph, who was extremely busy after the Minister of Finance was replaced, didn’t come to my bedchamber for several days.
I was lonely, so I decided to pay him a visit. Since he was working all night, I should at least say good night to him.
When his aides saw me in my nightgown, shock was palpable in their faces.
Rudolph took me to the bed to hide me from sight.
“You are so naughty. Who gave you the impression that it was acceptable to walk around in this manner, especially when other men are present?”
He laughed.
“I didn’t know anyone else was there. Also, I was wearing a gown.”
“Can something as flimsy as this even be considered a gown?”
As he spoke, he brushed the gown off my shoulders and onto the floor with both hands. Sitting on the bed, he placed me on his lap. Then, he told me to move on my own.
“Since you were the one who provoked me, it’s the least you can do.”
His impeccable smile only served to pressure me even more.
I know it, he’s annoyed. Isn’t he being mean?
At the same time, his expression was so tantalizing, I wanted to do as he said.
I freed his swollen member from his trouser, before lifting the hem of my nightwear. After rubbing his lust against my soaked cunt, I slowly took him in.
“Uh…”
I couldn’t make a noise because there were people in the next room. As I let the pleasure leaked through my breath, I wrapped my arms around his neck, before bouncing up and down while steadying myself on his shoulder.
“Diana… You are so sexy…”
He also rocked his hips and teased my nipples over the thin fabric.
“So erotic…”
The crimson satin nightwear was a gift from him.
“You look gorgeous.”
He praised me, pulling down both of my shoulder straps, and my breasts were in full display.
Rudolph fondled my breasts, slowly kneading them.
“…Hm—”
I twitched and shuddered.
“Hey, move properly.”
Yet, he slammed upwards, not allowing me to catch a break.
“Haa…”
It felt so good, I almost couldn’t keep my voice down. Yet, as if it wasn’t the slightest bit of his concern, he whispered sweetly.
“Just put it where it feels good.”
I already knew what it felt like to be at his mercy. I moved my hips up and down his hot shaft, heat rising from my own body.
“Mm…”
“Does it feel good? Say my name, Diana.”
“Rudolph… Rudolph…”
I shook my hips vigorously, accompanied by a splotching noise.
“Diana, look at me.”
“Ah—… Ru… dolph…”
When I tearfully stared at him, glazed emerald eyes looked back at me.
“My Diana, you are so adorable, I want to lock you up… Away from other’s prying eyes…”
As my breasts rubbed against his sweaty body, his shaft went in and out of my pussy, my insides tightening around him.
“Mmh—!”
I was brought to climax just like that, and when I surrendered all my weight on his body, my vision spun, and I soon found myself lying flat on top of the velvety bed.
“You’re doing great, but you weren’t anywhere near loud enough. How are you going to let those in the next room know who you belong to? Diana, you’re not allowed to leave your bedroom in your nightgown ever again.”
He spoke as he penetrated her from the front, then behind, then from the side.
“Ah—! Your… Highness… What about… your work—? Mmm…!”
“—! After this… No, one more round, and then I’ll go back to it…”
He laughed as he thrusted into me so deeply, his tip kissed the entrance to my womb.
His expression made my heart flutter, and I blushed. He smiled happily, kissing me deeply.
That night, he came inside me four times.
…Anyway, we were too inconsiderate.
A year had passed since we got married.
That day was the day of the tea party hosted by the queen. It was an annual event that took place at least twice a month, and it was also one of the few social gatherings I participated in.
There were two women who’d always attend the queen’s tea party without fail. The Marchioness of Luminois and the Countess of Idea, who were powerful in the social world. No matter how friendly they tried to come off, they were still the candidates for the crown prince’s concubines. As such, they harbored endless hostility towards me.
Smiling ear-to-ear, the young lady who attended for the first time told me about the most popular romance story in the kingdom. I later got my hands on the book, and the story was certainly engrossing. However, what stood out to me was the depiction of the antagonist. A malicious witch who practiced sorcery to seduce the prince. She had black hair and red eyes.
The ladies were harassing me in every way possible. Lately, I’d even been looking forward to see what kind of sarcasm awaited me.
Rudolph’s mother was the princess of the Kingdom of Dunn across the ocean. Unlike me, who hailed from a defeated country, she was a consort who came into marriage with much fanfare, bringing with her a huge dowry and the latest weapons of the time.
The queen was kind to me, but her entourage made me aware of her true feelings.
Her manner of speaking, along with how she carried herself were all graceful, yet not without meaning.
When the queen picked up the cup and saucer, Marchioness of Luminois interjected.
“I heard that His Highness hasn’t been attending the training sessions of the Knights as of late.”
On top of his work, Rudolph had attended to my needs every night, so he barely had any time to catch a break.
—Obviously, I couldn’t just say that, so I merely smiled.
When the queen placed down her cup and reached for the pastries, Countess Idea muttered on the side.
“The civil officials are troubled because His Highness suddenly vanished in the middle of work!”
…As soon as Rudolph spotted me, he pulled me into the shadows, raining kisses on me, which would often lead to something else.
Okay, maybe he didn’t lack any breaks.
I explained, “His Highness always works until late at night.”
But the ladies soon murmured, picking apart my answer.
“…His Highness sure is devoted to Lady Diana.”
Just as I was trying to maintain a smile, another lady chirped in.
“His Highness, who was famous for being sharp-witted, is now being called a simpleton behind his back. Don’t you feel bad for His Highness.”
A young lady with tearful eyes made a startling statement.
“Lady Anne—no, Annabella, aren’t your words too harsh?”
I was so taken aback that I misspoke her name.
‘Annabella, the daughter of Count Aegis.’
I’d engraved that name into my memory.
Prepare yourself—!
Huuuh—? A simpleton? Did you just make fun of His Highness Rudolph?
I gritted my teeth. I was so angry that I forgot how to breathe.
I didn’t remember the conversation after that.
At the end, when the queen handed me the usual medicine, I couldn’t get those questioning eyes out of my head.
When I asked my maid, Karin, about the baffling statement that the young lady made, she told me with tears of frustration in her eyes.
Karin was a dependable girl who came to this country with me.
Apparently, here’s everyone’s assessment about me:
—A witch who was trying to bring the crown prince to his knees and conquer this kingdom.
I was also touted as the Nation-Toppling Villainess.
…Well, I pretty much expected this, but the problem here is His Highness Rudolph!
He was now known as a foolish crown prince who was deceived by the enemy’s princess.
Really? You’d call your own prince a simpleton?
I was amazed at the loyalty of this country’s aristocrats.
To begin with, even though he was a prince, he was also a sword master and a commander. He also dabbled in most of the political affairs. He was incredibly talented, so much so that I didn’t think his homeland would’ve won if not for him.
Yet, they called him a ‘simpleton.’
I didn’t care if they insult me.
It’s already infuriating enough when they badmouthed my homeland.
However, I couldn’t stand Rudolph being dragged through the mud because of me.
He was the only person in this kingdom who could save me.
After gulping down the contraceptive pill handed to me by the queen, I ordered Karin to pack up and drove the carriage to the monastery at the northernmost tip of the kingdom.
The queen easily granted permission for me to leave.
I sent him a letter.
‘Please divorce me.’
Translator’s Note:
My god, this smut is 7 chapter-long. YOU GUYS ARE EATING GOOD!111 RUDOLPH IS SO FRIGGIN FIRE!!11
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