Chapter 33 – (2) Roman’s Past
“Honey, how on earth did this happen…?”
Isabella looked at Lloyd with an expression full of embarrassment, but his expression was stern.
“Honey, I have never had a lust-crazed bitch like you as my wife. Knights, arrest that bitch immediately and check on Lord Lionheart’s condition.”
The knights approached, removed Isabella’s body, and forcibly dragged her away.
“… You.! It’s what you told me to do!!”
“Now that you’re lying, you should also include insulting the emperor.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“What about Lord Lionheart?”
“You’re okay.”
“That’s a good thing.”
The corners of Lloyd and Lionheart’s mouths were slightly raised, but no knight noticed it.
When Isabella was taken away and all the knights left, Lloyd spoke in a low voice.
“Son, come out now.”
“…!!!”
Roman was surprised to hear his father’s voice calling her. He came in front of Lloyd with a stern attitude. Roman was in a hurry to put on his pants, but Lloyd laughed as if it was ridiculous.
“It looks like you masturbated. Now that I think about it, given your age, it must have been a while since you were interested in women.”
“… Yes.”
“There is nothing shameful about that. Straighten her shoulders. Aren’t you the crown prince of Aman who will take over your father’s place?”
“That’s right.”
At that moment, Lloyd grabbed Roman’s shoulder with her immense strength.
“For you, a woman like that is nothing more than entertainment. Since ancient times, a truly strong man must dominate women. That is the path you must take in the future.”
“. Mother…”
“Who is your mother? Are you talking about the dirty bitch who was taken away just now?”
“. No. There was no such person.”
“Yes, you are finally saying the right thing. I will give you a woman within a few days. You can control her yourself.”
“I understand.”
When Roman was told that he was dropping the woman off, his lower abdomen was already starting to swell once again.
Lloyd burst out laughing, as if he liked that look.
“Go and see.”
“Yes.”
Not long after Roman returned, something huge happened inside Aman. Roman couldn’t even imagine who this job would bring to him.
***
Until that happened, Roman had abandoned the magic books she was always obsessed with and was reading a book filled with twisted sexual desires.
Sarak.
I heard the sound of pages turning. Roman’s eyes were fixed on the text and illustrations in the book.
“It is located below the vagina… There are cases where it is only used for purity.”
The more I looked, the more mysterious it became, something I had never experienced before. The books secretly taken from the central library were old and had diverse contents.
Moreover, for him, who knew almost nothing about the relationship between men and women, it became a conduit for infinitely expanding new knowledge. As if reading a magic book, Roman was immersed in the contents of the book. Gradually, little by little, I developed a twisted sexual desire.
And something that shook Aman’s society finally happened.
For a long time, the Goddess Aethena Church, which was the state religion of Aman, was stripped of its status as the state religion on charges of apostasy and leading a rebellion, and all religious members of the Goddess Aethena Church were arrested on charges of heresy.
Of course, the highest-ranking priest resisted, saying that it couldn’t happen, but after finally resisting, the highest-ranking priest was killed, and a movement to erase the so-called traces of Goddess Aethena took place.
In the process, numerous temples dedicated to the goddess Aethena were destroyed, and the priests who guarded her temples officially went missing.
And among the priests, those who held high status had been taken to the basement of the imperial palace.
“Walk quickly!”
These people were dragged in one after another, dressed in priestly uniforms that looked like rags. There were a variety of people, from men to women, but most of them were women.
Because it was a religion that worshiped a goddess, there were many goddesses.
A group of people clattering along, wearing shackles with chains attached to their arms and legs. The guards brandished their whips and shouted in threatening voices.
“They are a group of weightlifters. Instead of giving them any credit, they take them in and interrogate them all.”
The priests who had been performing rituals for the goddess until yesterday were feeling at a loss, but they tried to comfort themselves by thinking that there must be a misunderstanding and entered the basement of the imperial palace one by one.
Roman, who had been reading a book, had also come outside when he heard the noise of dozens of people walking in.
“…!? Why are the priests here?”
As he looked around in surprise, his eyes widened when he saw that among the priests being brought in was a priest from the temple he often visited.
His father, Lloyd, came up next to Roman, who was standing there without knowing why, with a happy smile on his face. As soon as he came up behind Roman, he put his hand on his shoulder and pointed to the priests being dragged in.
“Look, son. They are dirty apostates. The only thing left for apostates is interrogation by the guards and execution.”
“. Father, but those people belong to Goddess Aethena…”
At that moment, Roman saw his father’s eyes glaring at him. He was looking at himself with the same eyes that looked at his mother, or rather, the person who had been taken away not long ago.
“. No. They are dirty apostates who need to be punished.”
Only then did Lloyd smile happily.
“Yes, that is what an emperor who will lead Aman should look like in the future. Rebel forces must be trampled to the point where they can never rise again.”
Roman nodded.
“So, don’t leave the interrogation of a priest to you.”
“Yes.?”
“Why do you think you can’t do it? But you should be able to do that lightly. Moreover, it seems like he’s interested in taming women these days.”
“How did your father do that.?”
“There is nothing that happens in Aman that I do not know. That is the emperor.”
Of course, it was because of the surveillance eyes that Lloyd had installed everywhere, but Roman didn’t know that fact yet. I just thought that his father was doing a thorough background check.
“Do you see it? It’s the goddess of the temple near the imperial palace. Doesn’t it look familiar?”
At Lloyd’s fingertips was a priest with yellow hair and black eyes. It was a face Roman was familiar with.
The priest’s name was Lilia, and she was one of the few women who always treated Roman kindly without hesitation even after knowing his identity.
‘Whether you are the crown prince or not, you are just the same life under Goddess Aethena.’
Those words are still vivid in my memory.
The fact that he could interrogate her himself made her disillusioned, feeling a sense of immorality rather than disgust. However, Roman’s body was that honest.
He was filled with the desire to strip off Lilia’s body right now, explore every nook and cranny of her, and make her feel shame.
Before I knew it, my lower abdomen was honestly swollen.
“Just wait. The guard will be ready and take you there soon.”
“Yes.”
Roman immediately opened the door hidden between the pillars of the imperial palace and headed to the basement. It was the place where his mother was taken.
Of course, when he visited there again, his mother was not there. She was just neatly organized.
As a child, he happened to follow his father. But at that time, I didn’t know exactly what kind of place this was.
I just looked at my father smiling and saw him smiling, so I thought it was a good place.
In his current opinion, this was a good enough place. The basement was full of things I had only seen in books.
“Is this a triangular wooden horse? Is this where the chains are tied?”
A space designed solely to bring pain and shame to women. That place was the basement of the imperial palace. It is safe to say that this is where Lloyd created and experimented with Isabella.
“This place… Is really heaven.”
While Roman could not contain his admiration, a loud noise was heard from outside.
“Don’t do this. Aethena won’t sit idly by.”
“Shut up! You renegade bitch! Follow me quietly.”
“Aaaaah!”
A woman is dragged in with an eye patch on her face and a priest’s uniform that is torn enough to resemble her underwear.
It was Lilia.
“Finally…”
The woman that Roman so desperately wanted to destroy and capture.
Although she didn’t know it at the time, she was the woman who made her feel love for the first time.
“Where are you taking me!”
When Lilia realized that she was being dragged somewhere while being touched by violent men, she instinctively freaked out and screamed. It was a natural instinct for her as a woman.
Roman quietly gestured, and her guards threw her fuse on the floor and disappeared.
Lilia, who was thrown out in an instant, twitched her body and became wary of her surroundings. Her eyes were covered, so she couldn’t see, but she seemed to sense that something bad was going to happen to her.
“… Are you there? If you are, please say something…”
“Priest Lilia. Nice to meet you.”
It was Lilia who was startled by the sudden voice.
