Chapter 548 – #114_Love And War
#548
1.
The moment the issue with Siwoo became not just a matter of emotions between a man and a woman but a kind of contest, Luelle was filled with fighting spirit.
A true monarch never backs down from any struggle, nor do they ever lose.
Wouldn’t she have no choice but to seduce him with all her might and receive his ardent courtship?
But there are rules here.
Seeing Siwoo, who had challenged her to a duel as if it were nothing, Luelle naturally had a kind of unspoken rule forced upon her.
That was to never show her hand first.
If Luelle were to suddenly approach Siwoo naked or flirt with him in a sticky voice, it would be like saying, ‘This maiden has lost. Please, devour this lowly concubine.’
She had to make Siwoo come at her through subtle seduction, so-called fox-like behavior.
She had been caught off guard before because she had no experience, but this was the second time, so she wouldn’t be easily taken in.
Also, she would make him suffer until he cried tears and snot, begging her to let him hold her just once, for the crime of daring to play such a despicable trick as the Minister of Internal Affairs.
What is the best way to make a man fall head over heels?
It is to show skin that is whiter than milk and smoother than pearls.
In fact, when she showed her chest to Siwoo before, his reaction was dramatic.
‘Isn’t that just a vulgar come-on?’ some might ask.
But that is a foolish question from an ignorant person who only knows one thing and not two.
Even if you show the same bare skin, the feeling is completely different depending on the place and situation.
For example, what if the place to show bare skin is a sauna?
“A sauna?”
“That’s right. Have you already forgotten? I showed you that Akula’s bathroom also has an excellent dry sauna.”
“Oh, um….”
Luelle hid a full smile at his expression, which looked as troubled as she had expected.
He must be flustered.
Shin Siwoo, who was completely captivated by Luelle’s charm, was trying to take the lead.
He must be waiting for her to ask him first, unable to endure the self-imposed restraint of keeping his distance from Luelle with bone-grinding patience.
But here, she was suggesting a mixed-gender sauna as if she knew nothing.
He would have no reason to refuse, but it would also put a huge overload on his patience, which was already at its limit.
As expected, he asked with a wry smile.
“I don’t mind… but are you okay with it, Your Majesty?”
“What do you mean? In Finland, the home of dry saunas, it’s nothing for close men and women to enjoy a sauna together.”
“Really?”
“Are you saying you’re suddenly embarrassed to show your bare skin?”
“…Yes, well, it’s a little embarrassing.”
Shin Siwoo, who was actually more excited than anyone else, was putting on an act so clumsy that he would have been fooled if he didn’t know the truth.
Judging by his current behavior, it seemed like he wasn’t particularly keen, but he was going along with Luelle.
“Well, you are an Easterner, and Easterners have Confucian culture as their tradition, right? Something about men and women not sitting together after the age of seven.”
“You know about Confucianism?”
“I read the Book of Rites during my apprenticeship as a witch. But when in Rome, do as the Romans do, right? If you’ve come to Akula, you must follow the culture of the Nukelavi Kingdom.”
Siwoo still looked uncomfortable.
“Even so… don’t you have something like a swimsuit? It would be more comfortable for both of us if we wore that.”
He even tried to back out.
Was it that hard to control himself after seeing her naked body?
Luelle chuckled and generously granted his request.
She believed that a piece of cloth like a bikini wouldn’t be able to hide all of her charm.
“Very well. Mine is in the sauna, so you go to the deck officer and get a swimsuit for men.”
“Now?”
“Yes, now.”
Luelle watched his back as he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was glad.
As soon as Siwoo left, Luelle immediately began searching the cabin.
Granting his request to at least wear a swimsuit was also part of her plan.
Gathering information about the opponent was also an important part of war.
She had shaken off Siwoo like a 007 agent who cleverly diverted the enemy’s attention.
Luelle immediately rummaged through his few belongings.
First, the cigarettes, lighter, ashtray, fountain pen, ink, paper, a few magic books from the library, and spare clothes and underwear that Luelle had provided.
In fact, he had almost nothing with him when he was captured on Akula, but Luelle felt joy and excitement just by carrying out a meticulous operation as if she were a movie protagonist.
“Pa-ba pa-bam, pa-ba-bam pa-ra-ba-ra-bam….”
Luelle hummed the melody of the James Bond theme song and picked up a strand of hair that was on his pillow.
“Hmm, a suspicious hair. Huh…?”
Luelle, who was rummaging through the shelves and built-in closet, found something completely out of place.
A bag that looked like a tool box had popped out of the closet.
“I don’t remember giving him this….”
Siwoo always asked for permission when he needed to take something.
Even though he could easily sneak it out if he were a storekeeper, the fact that he always asked for permission was one of the things Luelle appreciated about him.
“This is…! Evidence of embezzlement and breach of trust!”
Luelle was like a kitten that would chase a laser pointer to the ends of the earth.
She immediately showed deep interest in another unexpected source of amusement, her eyes shining.
At the same time, she was deeply curious about what kind of item it was that he had hidden without permission.
-Click
Luelle easily unlocked the lock and checked the contents.
“Huh?”
Luelle, who had completed her learning through the civilization of pornography, recognized the identity of the 13-piece adult toy set after about a minute of contemplation.
It was clearly the same kind of item as the props that appeared in pornography.
Nevertheless, the reason she didn’t immediately recognize the contents was because, in Luelle’s eyes, the shapes and types were so maniacal that they could have been mistaken for torture devices.
-Thud!
“……”
Luelle immediately closed the bag with trembling eyes and calmed her startled heart.
“Y-yes, my guess was right….”
She had never seen such things before, so he must have stolen them from the newly acquired spoils of war.
The reason why he kept such heinous items in his room was obvious.
Shin Siwoo was a man with the ferocity of a beast, unlike his smooth and seemingly clueless appearance.
If Luelle had asked him with a pitiful voice tonight, he would have immediately tried to violate her with these terrifying devices.
Luelle felt a chill run down her spine at the sight of him trying to fulfill his desires by freely using even the diplomatic technique of making the one who bows their head first make an implicit concession.
2.
Luelle had introduced her to it before, but this was the second time she had actually come to the bathroom.
The sauna in Akula’s bathroom was a traditional dry sauna.
The indoor temperature, heated by aspen firewood, was a whopping 80 degrees Celsius.
Because of the high temperature, the sauna floor and chairs were made of wood with low thermal conductivity to prevent burns.
Since it was a sauna inside a submarine, it wasn’t very large.
In the middle of the sauna, which could be filled with four people, there was a pile of heated stones like a coal stove, and you could adjust the humidity inside by sprinkling water on them.
“But what’s going on….”
Siwoo was slightly flustered by Luelle’s sudden proposal, like a bolt out of the blue.
For a moment, he wondered if she had some kind of ulterior motive.
For example, wasn’t she trying to subtly seduce him by naturally being together in revealing clothes?
“That’s ridiculous, that’s ridiculous.”
He soon shook off his suspicion.
It seemed like he had caught a case of the axe disease because he was doing well these days.
Luelle had not mentioned anything about their relationship since last night, and she didn’t seem to care.
It was as he expected.
Since she had finished her first experience with a violent and unpleasant memory, sex must have been an unpleasant experience for her, and Siwoo even felt a little sorry about it.
Moreover, wasn’t Luelle the type whose interests changed quickly?
Now that Luelle wanted a relationship…
Even if she did, she would have ordered him to serve her boldly, not make such a roundabout proposal.
“The Queen is coming!”
Anyway, after receiving the sudden proposal and changing his clothes, and looking around the sauna in advance, Luelle, who had also changed her clothes, came in.
A slender waist and a surprisingly voluptuous figure.
She was wearing a dark green bikini that clearly revealed it.
Objectively speaking, the bikini itself was quite old-fashioned.
You could tell at a glance that it was quite old.
But as they say, the completion of fashion is the face and body, and Luelle was wearing the bikini attractively.
“What is that?”
Siwoo asked, looking at the wooden bucket in her arms and the bundle of fresh green leaves inside.
The way she was holding it looked like a flower pot.
“This is a vasta. It’s birch, and you use it to pat your body like this during a sauna.”
Luelle patted her body with the bundle of birch branches, demonstrating it herself.
She explained that the good ingredients and fragrance would come out of the leaves that had become soft in the high temperature, making her feel refreshed.
“Come in. We can talk inside.”
Siwoo, carrying the basket and a bucket of water, followed Luelle into the sauna.
Thus began the mixed-gender sauna for the two of them.
