## Chapter 192 – 192. A Corner of the Shop
#192. A Corner of the Shop
Silence settled between the woman and me.
Even amidst the quiet, her gaze never left me. It was the kind of look one might give to a curious creature under observation.
Just then, my eyes met hers from beneath her hood.
Her eyes, filled with an unidentifiable curiosity, were red.
‘…A noble?’
Even the glimpse of her hair was pink.
Red eyes and pink hair—based on my experience, this woman was definitely a noble.
[Use Unicorn’s Gaze on target?]
[Y/N]
I didn’t want to get tangled up with a high-ranking noble, so I used the skill thinking I’d just find out her name.
[Y]
But the result that appeared before me far exceeded my expectations.
[Elisabeth Francesca Nivia
Status: Virgin]
I’d never heard the name before, but it felt familiar.
An inexplicable sense of déjà vu washed over me as Amelia’s face flashed through my mind.
‘Amelia Claris Orsia…’
When I first met Amelia, I’d guessed her identity from her last name.
The woman before me was Elisabeth Francesca Nivia.
And the place I was in now was the Nivia Kingdom.
‘…’
Now I think I knew who the woman in front of me was.
Not just an ordinary noble, not even a high-ranking one.
Someone of even higher status—a member of the Nivia Kingdom’s royal family.
‘…Is this for real?’
The back of my head felt numb.
Meeting a princess in a dingy back alley shop, far from the noble district—was that even possible?
What an unbelievable coincidence.
“Talking back… I guess you’re not quite right in the head…”
The princess muttered to herself in front of me.
It wasn’t anger at a commoner making jokes at her expense, but more like an observation born of amusement.
“Hey.”
After muttering to herself for a while with her head down, the princess turned her attention to me.
“How long are you planning to hold my hand?”
“Ah.”
Only then did I release her hand.
As much as I wanted the book, it wasn’t worth arguing with a princess over.
Besides, on closer inspection, it wasn’t a magic tome but more like a guidebook.
“For a commoner, you’re awfully forward about flirting with a lady.”
Flirting? Just for putting my hand on the back of her hand? Unbelievable.
“…My apologies. It seems we were reaching for the same book.”
But now that I knew she was royalty, I had to avoid escalating things with a pointless argument.
Just in case, I heightened my senses and scanned the surroundings, but I didn’t detect any signs of guards.
Nor was there a servant waiting outside the shop.
That meant the princess had come to this out-of-the-way shop alone.
‘…Is she crazy?’
Even though it was the capital, this world’s sense of morality was stuck in the Middle Ages.
Naturally, the security outside the main streets was abysmal.
In the cities I’d traveled so far, bloodstains in the back alleys were commonplace, and in the worst places, unidentified corpses were left to rot.
In other words, whether you were royalty or nobility, wandering around alone made you an easy target for crimes like human trafficking.
Was this overconfidence, or just plain recklessness?
‘There are better shops in the noble district—why come all the way here?’
Suddenly, the title of the book I’d been eyeing came to mind.
[The Magic to Get Better at Sex]
The purpose was obvious to anyone.
If a princess, not even a noblewoman, bought a book like that in a shop in the noble district?
It wouldn’t be surprising if rumors spread throughout the capital within a week.
‘Well… when I was young, my friends and I used to watch porn behind the nuns’ backs.’
Anyway, the best course of action now was to avoid getting involved with this woman.
“Hmm… how strange.”
But the princess seemed displeased with my reaction, and she crossed her arms and stared at me.
Once again, I saw her red eyes from beneath her hood.
“You were acting like a wild colt just a moment ago, but suddenly your attitude has changed?”
Her eyes held a mix of emotions.
The most noticeable were curiosity and suspicion.
“Are you not a noble?”
At that moment, I was certain.
“I apologize for my rudeness in being slow to recognize you, but if you would be so kind as to forgive me this once, I will never forget your kindness for generations to come.”
It was clear that if I stayed here, I’d be caught up in something troublesome.
I took a step back to get away as quickly as possible.
“You want to be forgiven?”
Her voice, cold and subdued, echoed in my ear.
But the corners of her mouth, visible beneath her hood, were curved into a faint smile.
“Then read the title of this book.”
“…Pardon?”
“Read it.”
It was an order.
To me, it felt like a small act of revenge against a commoner who dared to talk back to a princess.
‘…Why is today so unlucky?’
I swallowed the sigh that threatened to escape.
I didn’t want to indulge in such childish games, but I couldn’t ignore her either.
I calmly composed myself.
Dealing with a woman like her was simple.
Either cater to her every whim or ignore her completely.
The obvious choice here was the former.
If I chose the latter with a princess, the knights might come after me.
“…The Magic to Get Better at Sex.”
It was hard to criticize, since I was the one saying it, but was it really okay for a princess to be interested in a book like that?
The title was so direct it didn’t fit with this world’s love of euphemisms.
“I believe you may have chosen the wrong book…”
I picked a book from the shelf and held it out. It was titled “The Magic to Bloom Flowers.”
“Isn’t this the book you were originally looking for?”
She’d been caught trying to buy a scandalous book by a complete stranger.
As a princess, that wasn’t a situation she’d welcome.
I thought it was a reasonable response, but her reaction was not what I expected.
“No?”
“…?”
As if she felt no shame, the princess smiled and picked up the book.
“I came to buy this.”
“…”
“And you just had to catch me?”
I felt a sense of unease at the princess’s somewhat excited tone.
“This will go with me to the grave…”
“Who says? I have no intention of forgiving your rudeness. Besides, what about the shame you’ve caused me? I might never get married!”
Her red eyes, hidden beneath her hood, gleamed mischievously.
Like a child who’d found an interesting toy.
“…What can I do to earn your forgiveness?”
I wanted to knock her out and run, but she was a princess, not just any noble.
Even if I hid my identity with magic, it wouldn’t solve the problem.
Surely there was a mage in the royal palace more skilled than me.
If such a mage were to track me down on the princess’s orders, it would only be a matter of time before I was caught.
Even if it was a pain, the best thing to do now was to appease her.
“Follow me.”
I followed her smile, which only made me feel uneasy, deeper into the shop.
***
I knew from the start she wouldn’t be normal.
It was already absurd for a woman who was a princess to stroll through a commoner’s district just to buy a dirty book.
“Take it off.”
“Pardon?”
“Your pants. Take them off.”
But I didn’t expect this.
“…Are you out of your mind?”
I asked seriously.
Unless she was completely insane, there was no way a princess would give such an order to a complete stranger.
“How amusing.”
But my reaction seemed to please her, and the smile on the princess’s face deepened.
“Okay, maybe it’s embarrassing for a guy to take his pants off.”
“What are you tal-“
“Shh.”
The princess closed the distance in an instant and whispered in my ear.
“Don’t raise your voice. What if the shop owner wakes up?”
“…”
Then maybe you shouldn’t be doing this?
When I gave her a dumbfounded look, the princess chuckled.
“You see, I’ve been interested in sexual things since I was little. Maybe it’s my parents’ influence.”
“…”
Was that something a princess should be saying?
“You commoners wouldn’t understand, but noble society is incredibly strict. Not only is chastity important, but even at my debutante ball, I had to dance with my family. I’ve never even had a proper conversation with the sons of other families. The only men around me are the knights who guard me from afar.”
“…So you came down to the commoner district in secret to buy a dirty book?”
“What else could I do? If I asked a maid, it would obviously get back to my father.”
Well, it seemed to me that it would be much better for a princess to buy a dirty book in secret without guards than to have her father find out.
I swallowed the hollow laugh that threatened to escape.
“What makes you think I’m just some random guy off the street?”
“Don’t worry about that. I don’t do this with just anyone. Why would I be crazy enough to do that?”
She seemed crazy enough to me.
“That look again. So disrespectful.”
The princess pointed at me and laughed gleefully.
“I just want to see the real thing, so please cooperate. Well, you can refuse if you really don’t want to.”
“I refuse-“
“But I’ll keep what happened today in my heart forever, you know? I’m very vindictive, so I might have to tell my father with tears in my eyes.”
“Is that a threat?”
“That depends on your attitude, doesn’t it?”
“Sigh…”
“Huh? Did you just sigh?”
The princess was so amused and intrigued by my every reaction that I was starting to get a headache.
‘…Should I just run?’
I felt bad for the other three, but if I left the capital quickly, I could escape the pursuit.
Then I could end the matching and prepare for the future.
But honestly, I didn’t want to.
Preparing for the future was a pain.
I already had so much to think about, and I didn’t want to add anything else to the list.
‘Wait a minute. Did I even need to worry about this in the first place?’
After all, the other party was a princess who’d never even held a man’s hand.
If I just played along, she’d get tired and go back on her own.
Just in case, I cast a silence spell.
“Just give up and be a good boy…”
“Understood.”
“…Huh?”
I unbuckled my belt and lowered my pants.
When I was left in just my underwear, the princess seemed a little flustered and her words noticeably decreased.
I could feel her eyes focused on my crotch.
‘This princess is wild.’
Well, even if they didn’t show it, I’d heard that women had just as strong a sex drive as men.
Even Iris, who was shy and innocent at first, had become more and more assertive recently.
Anyway, I’d already come this far.
Thwack.
There was no more holding back.
As soon as I lowered my underwear, my cock was exposed.
Even I had to admit it was an impressive size.
“…Gulp.”
Just then, I heard the sound of someone swallowing hard.
Sure enough, the princess had her head bowed so low that I couldn’t even see her lower face, and she was staring intently at my cock.
Like a teenage boy seeing porn for the first time.
“Wow…”
It seemed like it was really the first time she’d seen a real cock, and she couldn’t stop exclaiming in amazement.
By the way, she seemed to be getting closer and closer.
“…But it didn’t look like this in the books?”
“Pardon?”
“I heard it was supposed to stand straight up like a tree, but why are you so limp? Do you have some kind of disease-“
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Who was she trying to castrate?
“That’s a phenomenon called an erection that occurs when a man is aroused.”
“Erection…?”
“It usually shrinks like this. That way, it doesn’t interfere with daily life.”
I was the one saying it, but I felt a little awkward.
I never thought I’d be giving sex education to a princess.
“Shrinks? But it’s big now?”
“Sizes vary from person to person. This is small for me.”
It was already big, but my cock had gotten even bigger when I awakened.
It was one of my prides.
Anyway, about five minutes passed like that.
“Are we done now?”
I was about to put my clothes on because I couldn’t stay like this any longer.
Thud!
“…I want to see it.”
“Pardon?”
The princess grabbed my wrist.
“I want to see it erect.”
“…”
Was this woman crazy?
She’d forgotten her identity as a princess and was making ridiculous demands.
“…That’s going to be difficult.”
“Why?”
“Are you really asking?”
I gestured as if to tell her to look around.
“An erection is a physiological phenomenon that occurs when you’re aroused. But how can I get aroused in a place like this?”
“You’re not getting aroused with me in front of you?”
The princess tilted her head as if she really didn’t understand.
Unbelievable.
Was she just overconfident, or full of herself?
“No, I’m not. In the first place, wouldn’t getting aroused by a woman who’s hiding under a hood mean I have no self-control?”
“Hmm…”
Fortunately, the princess hesitated at the irrefutable logic.
“So please stop…”
“Wait!”
I tried to put on my clothes, but the princess stopped me again.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, I raised my head to say something.
Flap.
“…?”
My eyes met the princess’s.
Of course, we’d met eyes from time to time, but this time was different.
The princess’s hood had fallen off.
Her red eyes and pink hair, clearly visible even in the dark shop, were exposed.
I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by the sight of her hair, which reached down to her shoulder blades, fluttering in the air.
Her status as a princess was no mere decoration; her beauty was reminiscent of a fairy.
Her eyes were a little fierce, but I couldn’t help but be drawn to her.
“Still not aroused?”
