## Chapter 33 – No Hiding Your Roots #5
“Just the two of us again, huh?”
Charlotte’s voice, piercing his ear, sent a shiver down Number 25’s spine.
Just a few days ago, the innocent Number 25 had become aware of what could happen when a man and woman in their prime were left alone together.
And Number 25 thought Charlotte was sending him that signal now.
If Charlotte wanted it, he would simply comply.
No, that was just an excuse now.
Number 25 found himself slowly loosening his tie.
Not influenced by anyone, but a choice made by Number 25 himself, slowly succumbing to pleasure.
Charlotte’s face was filled with joy, but contrary to Number 25’s expectations, she grabbed his wrist, stopping him from taking off his shirt.
Number 25 stared at Charlotte with a puzzled expression, and her sweet, melodious voice flowed out again.
“Now you can’t even control yourself and you’re taking off your clothes? You’ve become such a bad boy.”
Number 25, his face flushed, avoided Charlotte’s gaze.
“It’s all because of you, Charlotte…”
Charlotte grabbed Number 25’s chin, forcing him to look at her again, and then made a humming sound.
“Are you blaming me now? You enjoyed it too, didn’t you?”
“That’s true, but…”
Charlotte, who was putting Number 25’s half-removed shirt back on properly, opened her mouth with a serious voice.
“I appreciate you wanting to please me, but even I wouldn’t do it in this situation. You’re not properly prepared either, are you?”
Hearing Charlotte’s words, Number 25 belatedly realized something.
Perhaps influenced by seeing Orca and Aser arguing, he wasn’t fully erect.
He was quite embarrassed because he had never had any functional issues before.
His manhood was the only thing that allowed him, who had nothing, to become a valuable person. Losing it would mean his existence would be denied, and furthermore, it could mean being kicked out of this castle.
As Number 25 panicked, Charlotte quietly approached from behind and wrapped her arms around him.
“Will this help you calm down a bit?”
The sound of her heart beating at a steady rhythm, and her irregular breathing, could be heard clearly right behind him.
The sweet scent that numbed his nose was a bonus.
As Charlotte said, the negative thoughts gradually subsided, and his mind was becoming more at ease.
He felt like he could understand how a child felt in their parents’ arms.
Number 25 closed his eyes tightly and felt the warmth Charlotte was giving him.
As if signaling the end of the brief moment of peace, her hand slowly began to move downwards.
Her hand, which had touched his genitals, his navel, his neck, and his cheek once each, finally reached Number 25’s broken horn.
Charlotte carefully examined Number 25’s horn, which she felt every time she stroked his head.
Number 25 felt in his heart that Charlotte would never hurt his body again, but the fear that had been actually engraved on his body once was not so easily forgotten.
Every time Charlotte’s slender hand touched the broken horn, Number 25 flinched.
Charlotte, watching him, asked in a slightly subdued voice, as if reminiscing about that time.
“Did it hurt a lot?”
To say it didn’t hurt would be a lie. He had actually screamed so desperately in front of Charlotte back then.
Instead of telling a white lie to spare Charlotte’s feelings, Number 25 nodded honestly.
Charlotte pressed her body even closer. Her emotions were being conveyed from her body, which was more closely pressed against him than before.
“It’s your fault. You made my heart hurt.”
Charlotte’s actions that day were undoubtedly her fault, but as time passed, Number 25 was also thinking differently.
It was also true that he had hurt Charlotte, who had been kind to him until now, just by listening to Aser’s words.
Number 25 held Charlotte’s hand tightly and opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry…. I won’t do that again.”
Charlotte wore a satisfied smile and gently stroked Number 25’s head.
“Yeah, you shouldn’t do that again.”
After holding Number 25 in her arms and stroking his head for a while, Charlotte realized that the sensation of the horn on her hand was different from usual, and began to examine it closely.
Soon, Charlotte, who noticed the change, asked Number 25.
“Isn’t your horn growing back?”
“Huh?”
Number 25 slowly raised his hand to his head, half in doubt at Charlotte’s words.
As she said, a new horn was slowly growing from the cut surface.
‘This can’t be happening?’
Number 25 may not have known much about the world, but he could confidently say that he knew more about his horn than anyone else. It had been broken so many times, and it had regenerated as much as it had been broken.
What he told Aser before was not a lie. A wound like this would take at least 5 months, or even a year, to heal.
Charlotte, who had no way of knowing such circumstances, smiled brightly and sincerely congratulated him.
“That’s great, isn’t it?”
As she said, it was definitely a good thing, but an unwashed discomfort remained in one corner of his heart.
Something he didn’t know was happening to his body.
That feeling couldn’t be described as refreshing, even as a figure of speech.
Charlotte, who was groping Number 25’s small body, was able to find other changes besides the regeneration of the horn.
His body, which had been skin and bones when he first came to the castle, was gradually gaining weight, and even a slight amount of muscle was beginning to show on the surface.
It didn’t make sense that such a change had come to Number 25, who only exercised by having sex on the bed. If such changes were possible just by eating well and sleeping well, people wouldn’t bother exercising separately.
Charlotte tilted her head in confusion.
‘Is he already building muscle this fast?’
Even the ogre, the fastest-growing race Charlotte knew, had never shown such rapid growth.
Charlotte, who thought that this was also the power of the dragon race, was once again able to glimpse Number 25’s potential.
Number 25, who was being touched by Charlotte here and there, said in a small voice with a reddish face.
“Um… if you touch me like that…”
The doubts Charlotte had just harbored disappeared like bubbles at Number 25’s cute reaction. Charlotte couldn’t resist seeing this. Charlotte smiled slyly and asked, putting more strength into the hand that was touching Number 25.
“What happens when I touch you like this?”
Number 25’s penis had already regained its function, and it was stiff enough to be seen even through his pants. Charlotte’s hand, which had been touching Number 25’s horn, was now near his penis, but she asked Number 25’s intentions while touching around his navel and thighs.
“Huh? Do you like me touching you here?”
Strangely enough, Charlotte didn’t directly touch his penis. She was just enjoying watching Number 25 groan in thirst that wasn’t being quenched. Eventually, Number 25 turned his head and looked at Charlotte with a desperate voice.
“A little lower than there…”
Charlotte could have listened to him since Number 25 had gone this far, but for some reason, Charlotte refused his request in a firm tone.
It was completely different from her usual proactive self, wanting to be intimate with Number 25.
“I’m sorry, but not today.”
“Why? Maybe I…”
Before Number 25 could say anything unnecessary, Charlotte cut him off.
“It’s not because I don’t like you. It’s just that I feel a little uneasy on the days I meet the Demon King or Orca. So, let’s do it a lot later, not today, okay?”
He nodded for now, but his disappointed feelings seemed to be showing on his face. Charlotte, who had come from behind Number 25 to in front of him, knelt down slightly and met his eyes.
“Making such a pitiful face…. Did you want to do it that badly with me?”
Number 25 nodded his head quickly two or three times without hesitation. Charlotte raised the corners of her mouth slightly and made a voice mixed with laughter.
“Really, I can’t help it….”
Charlotte, who got up from her seat, lifted her skirt and took off her underwear, as she had done once before.
At the same time as she took off her underwear, the lewd scent of a woman began to spread inside the reception room.
In response, a transparent thread that stretched long under her vulva sparkled in the sunlight.
That wasn’t the end of it. She unbuttoned her top and took off her bra as well.
Charlotte, who had taken off all her underwear, handed Number 25 the black underwear she had just been wearing, exposing her breasts.
“Be satisfied with this today. I’m going to do it a lot later until you tell me to stop, so be prepared.”
After finishing speaking, Charlotte got up from her seat, tidied up her clothes, and was about to leave the reception room.
Number 25 asked Charlotte, who was about to leave, from behind.
“Um, what about… the cleaning?”
This was a task that Aser had directly ordered. Even Charlotte couldn’t just gloss over it.
Of course, the true meaning of the question was Number 25’s desire to spend a little more time with Charlotte.
Charlotte answered nonchalantly, whether she really didn’t know or whether she wanted to tease Number 25 on purpose.
“Isn’t cleaning something that can be done by another maid? It’s not a particularly difficult task. You should rest in your room until I call you separately.”
Leaving only those short words, Charlotte left without even giving Number 25 a glance.
Number 25, who was left alone in the reception room, could only stare blankly at the underwear that Charlotte had given him.
He wondered for a moment if Charlotte was tired of him now, or if she didn’t like him anymore, because Charlotte’s appearance was clearly different from usual, but he soon dismissed that thought as he looked at the underwear, which was as lewdly wet as usual.
