22. Pook.

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“Woah, woah….”

Lush thickets in the garden.

Deep within it, there is a pond.

The knights were staring intently at the boat in the center of the pond, which was drifting away.

“Your Majesty…and the Queen Consort….”

Theodora was among them, having been sparring with the knights in this scenic spot.

Of course, Theodora’s skills were only at the level of a regular knight, so it wasn’t a 1-on-10 type of sparring, but rather a tournament-style pairing.

Theodora was unfortunately eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Seeing that she couldn’t easily gain an advantage even among the regular knights, it was clear that there was a big difference between her and Aran’s wives.

But still, she didn’t despair, but rather burned with determination.

“H-He’s amazing, Your Majesty.”

“Ugh….why in a place like that….”

The knights were staring with flushed faces and sparkling eyes, making her feel unnecessarily self-conscious.

If they were going to do it, they should do it in their room…

Seriously! Why! In a place like that! Are they doing that!

The knights were watching the two men and women intently, while also keeping an eye on Theodora.

It wasn’t unusual for a man and woman to be together, but sex outdoors, especially in a garden ‘famous as a knight’s training ground’? That’s a pretty unique scene.

Besides, is Aran that amazing?

Unlike other men, he completely dominated the woman.

He climbed on top of the disheveled Iliana and pounded her like a beast, so it was perhaps natural that the knights couldn’t take their eyes off them.

Jureuk…

“I, I wish I could be treated like that too…whoops!”

She muttered without realizing it, then quickly covered her mouth and glanced at Theodora.

How dare she say such a thing in front of the Queen Consort. And the other party is the King.

Fortunately, Theodora was concentrating so hard that she didn’t hear her.

‘Phew, that’s a relief….’

The knight breathed a sigh of relief.

Pook pook!

Jjilkkeok jjilkkeok!

The lewd sounds of flesh echoed all the way here, along with the moans of Iliana and Aran. The cringe-worthy role-playing lines that occasionally came from their lips also rang out blatantly.

They probably don’t even realize it themselves.

“Oh…over there too….”

Looking now, it wasn’t just them.

Countless eyes were peeking at the two of them from the area surrounding the pond.

Well, it would be stupid not to know when they’re doing it so openly and the lewd sounds are echoing so loudly.

-Haaahng! Master-nim…! More…more, please pound me!! Ahhng…!

-Hehehe. You’re so lewd! Iliana!

-Kyaaang~!

“….”

Why is the embarrassment her share?

Theodora quietly turned her back.

She didn’t want to see any more.

“Shall we…continue sparring?”

“Huh? Oh…su…sure.”

The knights looked back and forth between Theodora and the center of the pond with regret, then finally got up and followed her.

Charang!

Kwagwang!

Following that, there were intense sounds of steel as swords clashed and the earth shook as it burst, but Aran and Iliana, who were focused on their ecstasy, didn’t hear or notice anything.

* * *

Several hours later.

Theodora, who had finished sparring, entered the bathhouse attached to the palace.

She could have easily washed with a Clean Badge, but bathing has its own pleasures, so she visited the bathhouse to relieve her tired body after sparring.

“Ah.”

A figure was visible beyond the hazy steam.

The gloriously named Iliana!

It’s glorious because she created such a big topic.

Even now, the knights are buzzing about Aran and Iliana’s affair.

There were at least 200 knights who witnessed it at the time….

‘Sigh….’

She sighed deeply and then approached and put her feet in the tub.

“Hmm…. Princess Consort.”

Iliana, who discovered her, looked delighted.

As if she was glad because she was feeling lonely by herself.

“Are you still calling me that? Please just call me Theodora like you used to.”

“I will.”

Theodora smiled gently and buried herself deep in the water.

The moderately hot water relieved the fatigue in her whole body and made her feel good.

Suddenly, she looked at Iliana.

She remembered the embarrassing sex from earlier.

Bold sex outdoors, in a garden where knights are training and sparring everywhere!

The two even did role-playing, stimulating the eyes and ears of those who watched.

‘To think that she would say the words ‘Master-nim’….’

The shock she felt when she heard Iliana’s words cannot be expressed.

‘Do the other wives also do such role-playing?’

It was embarrassing, but it seemed like it would be nice to do it secretly as a couple.

For example, she is the king and Aran is the servant or something….

‘Oh my, how lewd…!’

Her face turned as red as a tomato and she covered her cheeks with both hands.

“Why are you doing that?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

She quickly glossed over it and returned to her usual expression.

‘Come to think of it, isn’t this the perfect situation to tease her?’

A wicked thought suddenly occurred to her.

She didn’t know what her intentions were for having outdoor sex, but if she had known that it was a hot spot for knights, she would never have done it.

What if she told her that hundreds of knights were watching them?

She smiled.

It was a very elegant and beautiful smile.

“More importantly, did you have a good date with His Majesty?”

“Well, you know….”

“Hehe. I see.”

“….?”

Iliana suddenly had a bad feeling.

It was a conversation that wasn’t much different from usual, and there was nothing particularly special about it, but she had a bad feeling.

For some reason, the back of her neck felt cold and Theodora’s beautiful smile felt like the smile of a devil.

‘Could it be…no way….’

The worst possible situation she could think of.

If someone had witnessed her hot memories with Aran, she wouldn’t be able to lift her face for a while.

Even though she was open about sex, she was embarrassed to reveal her relationship outdoors.

Moreover, if it was in the beginning, it might not have been so bad, but as they passed the middle and entered the later stages, the two of them were completely immersed and spouted all sorts of role-playing and cringe-worthy lines, so if anyone heard them, a dark history that would last for the next hundred years would be created.

She quickly changed the subject in case something happened.

“I heard you were sparring with the knights, are you making any progress?”

“Hmm….I don’t have anything to show for it yet. If I had known this would happen, I should have ridden the ‘ferry’ with you.”

“!!”

Ferry!

99% of what Iliana and Aran did on the ferry was sexual, and 50% of that was enough to become a dark history.

Her eyes, which were usually unshakable, trembled violently.

“W-Where…from where…did you…see…it?”

Theodora put her hand on Iliana’s shoulder.

Hot water droplets dripped down.

“From ‘Aran, I will have everything of yours.’ It was just during a short break. I watched it with the knights, saying ‘Oh my, oh my.'”

Iliana covered her ears and submerged.

Since that scene was almost the beginning, it naturally meant that she had seen the rest of it as well.

Even the knights!

“Ah. It was really amazing. The knights praised you so much.”

“Bubbling (S, stop…).”

“Especially the part where you said ‘I will be your boatman’….”

“Uwaaaaaaah!!”

Iliana screamed and stood up. A large spray of water rose, burying Theodora’s words.

“……was really a masterpiece. But you’re being too loud.”

“Ugh….a mistake. To leave behind such a dark history…!”

“I know, right. It might spread throughout the palace by tomorrow.”

Iliana quietly submerged with eyes that seemed to have lost the will to live.

The bubbling breath that rose seemed to symbolize her disappointment.

‘I should have been a little more careful…no, I should have at least looked around…I was too excited…!’

“But don’t worry too much. What’s wrong with doing it as a couple? I just didn’t expect you to do it so openly outdoors.”

She peeked out with only her face showing.

“I didn’t do it openly. It was a secluded place!”

“If you moan like that, people will come looking for you even if you’re in a secluded place.”

“…W, was I heard?”

“It shook the heavens and the earth. And it wasn’t a secluded place to begin with.”

“Ugh….”

She stood up abruptly, tormented.

“I feel like my skills are falling behind. I need to fill them through secluded training.”

Theodora grabbed her.

“Where are you going….the work is almost over, and you’ll be returning to your home country in a few more days.”

“Then I’ll have to do secluded training when I get back.”

“Are you sure you’ll be okay? The other women will be sharing His Majesty.”

“….Th, then maybe in a year….”

“What’s the point of that….”

“Kugh…this is all your fault!”

She was pointing her finger and ranting wildly, unlike her usual self, and her eyes were spinning.

She must be in great shock.

“Y, you should have come with me, then this wouldn’t have happened!”

“Well, maybe.”

Sex outdoors? Absolutely not.

“Ah, by the way, there were about 200 knights who watched it with me at the time. By tomorrow…no, by tonight, the rumors will spread like wildfire….Kyaaak! Unnie!”

In the end, Iliana fainted.