Reason

As the tie was pulled to the side, the chest part of the dress shirt, stretched to its limit, became more clearly exposed.

Because I was in a position to look down slightly at Kaikilia from behind, not only did the volume of her chest appear even more immense, but the precarious sight, as if the buttons would burst open at any moment, further enhanced its destructive power.

The silhouette of black lingerie, visible through the pure white dress shirt, also wildly stimulated the lust of anyone who saw it.

‘This… I’m supposed to take off?’

Due to the immense shock, my mind, which had momentarily stopped thinking, slowly began to turn.

Since the situation had escalated to this point, I had no choice but to admit that Kaikilia’s interest in me was far from the usual kind of interest.

Although this was a world where women’s clothing generally went crazy, it wasn’t a world where even moral concepts were reversed as if everyone was hypnotized.

Even if they wore revealing clothes, they were reluctant to expose intimate parts, and naturally, they had the common sense to feel uncomfortable with gazes that overtly stared at their bodies.

Although that reluctance to expose intimate parts was a preposterous concept where they would walk around with their breasts or genitals fully exposed even without underwear, yet only feel shame if someone directly lifted their clothes.

Anyway, the core point was this: even in a world plastered with mods, both men and women had normal moral concepts.

Therefore, the Emperor also wouldn’t have rubbed her butt against my crotch without any meaning, or ordered me to unbutton her chest while practically hugging her from behind.

‘…So, her interest was *that* kind?’

At this point, it would be stranger not to realize what Kaikilia was aiming for with me. Because it would be similar to Rije or the Popes who had committed similar actions before.

What on earth did I do for her to try the same thing as those three? That was the question.

Rije and the Popes at least had a minimal justification for having romantic feelings for me. Rije because I was a man who perfectly matched her ideal type, and the Popes because I saved their lives.

But I had no memory of doing anything for the Emperor.

“Why aren’t you moving quickly?”

Prompted by Kaikilia, I emerged from my thoughts and reluctantly reached for the first button.

As my thumb and index finger unfastened the button near her neck, the stiff collar loosened slightly. The white skin near her neck was exposed.

The soft sensation of her armpit was transmitted to my arm. This was because my forearms were each placed between Kaikilia’s armpits. If I were to turn my arms horizontally from here, it would simply be a back hug.

Every time my forearm brushed against her armpit, Kaikilia’s flinching reactions were clearly conveyed. It was natural, as our bodies were pressed tightly together.

‘Now, the second one.’

I grasped the second button with my fingers. Even as I unfastened the button, the lower part of my palm pressed firmly against her chest. Then, her chest bounced elastically, returning the rebound.

‘If I react here, it’s over.’

I desperately tried to calm my lower body as much as possible.

Since Kaikilia’s butt was pressed directly against my lower body, the moment I showed a reaction down there, she would immediately notice it. I didn’t particularly want to imagine what would happen after that.

Looking at Kaikilia’s current actions, it was clear she was aiming for such a reaction from me, but since the person in front of me was *her*, it felt a bit awkward to openly surrender to desire.

If someone else were to overtly tempt me like this, it might be different, but Kaikilia, of all people, felt burdensome. Because I couldn’t predict her true intentions at all.

The next process also proceeded smoothly. The third button was unfastened, and her chest was exposed to a level similar to when she wore her usual uniform. I paused my hand here for a moment.

Although I placed my hand on the fourth button, if I unfastened this, her chest would be completely exposed. Lingerie that couldn’t even cover half of her breasts, and breasts enveloped by underwear of that size.

“……Do I have to unfasten the next button too, Your Majesty?”

“You are asking the obvious. Continue until I command you to stop.”

Even to my cautious question, Kaikilia’s attitude was unyielding.

Through the gap in her half-unbuttoned dress shirt, I could see a bit of her breast flesh peeking out above her underwear. Perhaps her underwear was one size too small, as her breast flesh was pressed by the underwear, forming an elegant curve.

With trembling hands, I grasped the fourth button located near her solar plexus. *Pop*, the button came undone with surprising ease. The dress shirt opened even wider to the side, and her ample breasts and lingerie were revealed without reservation.

“That’s enough now.”

Just as I was about to reach for the fifth button, with those words, Kaikilia’s body slipped out of my embrace. The warmth and softness I felt on my lower body disappeared. My lost hand briefly flailed in the air.

Kaikilia, who had walked a few steps forward, turned her body.

Her coat was only removed up to her waist, dangling around her two elbows, and her dress shirt, with four buttons undone, could not perform its function as clothing at all.

Between the lapels of her dress shirt, her breasts, enveloped in black lingerie, were prominently positioned. They were quite large even when seen through her uniform, but upon direct confirmation, they were far more immense.

As if she had truly made up her mind, every single one of her gestures was captivating.

“Do you understand why I called you here?”

Her true intentions were predictable. Even when she was sitting on the throne in the central hall and burying my nose in her crotch, I was still uncertain, but after what just happened, I could now be certain.

But what answer I should give was still ambiguous. Predicting her intentions and answering them were separate matters. I couldn’t just blurt out something crazy like, “Are you trying to screw me?”

Because Kaikilia was the kind of person who wouldn’t find it strange to do anything after hearing that.

“……”

In the end, the action I chose was silence. This might not be the perfect answer, but it was hard to find a better course of action than this. Even if it wasn’t the best, it would be a decent second-best.

Above all, unless silence was taken as an affirmation and I was forced to answer or specifically urged, I had also received advice to simply shut my mouth rather than rashly give a wrong answer.

For reference, the source of that advice was Aurora.

“That’s right. It’s natural that you don’t know. I haven’t given you any explanation yet, so how could you have grasped my intentions?”

As if the choice I made was the correct answer, Kaikilia continued speaking nonchalantly. Then, she walked step by step towards me, grabbed my shoulders, and gently pushed me backward.

Even with that light movement, I stumbled backward and was pushed, my hamstrings caught on something, and I lost my balance, falling backward onto my butt. A soft sensation was felt on my thighs and butt.

It was Kaikilia’s bed. I was sitting on the edge of the bed. Kaikilia, who had pushed me, then climbed directly onto my thighs.

With her calves against the bed, and her knees bent, she spread her legs to both sides, half-enveloping my body with her thighs. Kaikilia’s butt came into contact with my thighs.

My suit pants, which were already clinging to my body, were stretched taut as if they would burst at any moment, but there was no sign of them tearing. Her slender hands grasped my shoulders.

Right in front of my face, her ample breasts, enveloped only by black lingerie, were thrust forward. Kaikilia’s unique, milky scent of skin permeated my nostrils.

“It is not fitting for me to speak indirectly, so I will speak plainly. I am fond of you. I have been interested since I first saw you, and now it has become uncontrollable.”

Since it was something I had already guessed, I opened my mouth, maintaining my composure without surprise.

“Does that mean you have taken a liking to me as a woman, Your Majesty?”

“Even I do not know that. Therefore, shouldn’t I test whether this feeling I hold is the heart of a woman in love, or the heart of a monarch seeking to recruit a good subject?”

This time, I couldn’t help but be a little surprised. I had never expected such words to come so openly from Kaikilia’s mouth.

Her golden pupils calmly turned towards me. This time, I didn’t avert my gaze either. Before things went according to her words, there was something I needed to do first.

“For what reason, Your Majesty?”

“What?”

On the face that was looking at me, a hint of surprise appeared.

“I still haven’t found the reason why Your Majesty bestows such overwhelming interest upon me. What about me pleased you?”

“What an incredibly audacious question. I said I was fond of you, and you dare ask for the reason?”

Since things had come to this, I decided to be a little more assertive. Since the Emperor herself said she was fond of me, it would probably be fine even if I slightly disregarded etiquette.

Surely, in a situation like this, she wouldn’t summon a holy sword and try to cut off my head, claiming I was acting insolently.

In fact, my patience was slowly reaching its limit as well. My lower body was gradually beginning to twitch. Kaikilia would have noticed that long ago.

But more than that, I was curious about why the Emperor was doing this to me. I wondered if there was something I had missed. What exactly about me made her notice me? Knowing that was the top priority.

‘I need to know that beforehand to prepare for what comes next.’

“Very well. I have already confessed my feelings, so what reason would I have not to tell you the cause?”

Kaikilia’s body drew even closer.

“You must have heard my past story from Minerva.”

“……?”

I paused for a moment when Minerva’s name was mentioned.

It was definitely a conversation I had only with Minerva, so it was a mystery how Kaikilia knew what was discussed in that situation. And what that had to do with the question I asked.

“Answer me. What was the reason I massacred all the other imperial family members?”