Looking back, Schuden was about to kiss Valia but they ended up having a long conversation similar to the one they had before. Once he realized what they had been doing, he wanted to kiss her once. Valia’s pink lips looked pretty soft, but so was the feeling of her body through her thin robe.
He thought there would be no meaning in marriage. But, now that he was lying on the bed with his bride, he felt a little different.
It was evening. A mellow atmosphere. His hand, firm yet soft, gripped Valia’s chin. Schuden lowered his head towards her. Then, he kissed her.
His cold lips opened a warm gap. His soft flesh invaded her mouth as it was. His tongue traced her well-groomed teeth and touched the soft flesh inside her mouth. It was just a light kiss, curious and eager to explore the insides of her mouth. It was the first time Valia had experienced something like that. Her body was trembling, and she was at a loss at where to put her hands on.
Did Valia react like that because it was a kiss that foretold lovemaking? Schuden could guess just by looking at her red ears, he wondered if she would have a different reaction were it to be an ordinary kiss.
Schuden slightly lifted up Valia’s chin. He supported Valia’s head, laid it on the pillow, and positioned her properly on the bed. Their lower body parts were in close contact. Although their bare skins did not come into contact right away, it was still an embarrassing position. But that was not the end.
Schuden grabbed Valia’s leg and gave it a kiss.
‘…Is this how people usually do it? Kissing all over the body?’
Valia could not figure it out nor did she even dare to ask. However, what made Valia more nervous than the kiss was none other than the glare in Schuden’s eyes. It felt weird from time to time, but after the kiss, his gaze felt deeper still.
Schuden slowly scanned her body with his decadent eyes.
Valia wondered if it was possible to keep her cheeks from turning red. She put her hands over her face. No, she was about to cover her face had Schuden not grabbed her wrist. With Valia’s wrists in both hands, Schuden bent down again for another kiss.
“Hnh…”
While in the middle of their kiss, Schuden suddenly raised his head. Their kiss this time did not last as long as before, but it was just more intense. Valia opened her eyes, feeling unsatisfied before freezing just like that.
Schuden took off his gown. Valia’s face turned red in an instant, she did not even dare to take a closer look at him. She immediately avoided his gaze.
She was so embarrassed that her heart was about to burst. Schuden’s naked body passed by like an afterimage.
It was her first time seeing such a nice male body. His perfectly positioned muscles, his broad shoulders, and his arms and legs that stretched flawlessly─all of it looked strong and rock hard.
The same went for his tight abs and thighs. He had some scars on his body, but it had faded so much that it was hard to see.
Would I be crazy if I say that even the scars look good on him?
Valia had a small thought; she wanted to see his body again. But as she did not have the courage to actually do it, she refrained from doing so. It was so embarrassing that she could not express it in words.
Her face was burning up to her earlobes and her shoulders were shivering. Schuden’s lips were already going downward.
Schuden’s wet lips passed through her chin and slowly swept down her neckline. He lightly bit her collarbone, the slight sting of pain made Valia let out a quiet groan.
Her loosely tied gown had already fallen down. Schuden quietly looked down at Valia. At first glance, he thought that she had an elegant body. Her chest, her slender waist, and her pelvis that drew a soft curve captivated his eyes.
His lips dug through her silk gown, causing Valia to be a little embarrassed. It was her first time revealing her naked body, her heart beat faster than usual.
Schuden devoured Valia’s breast in one bite.
“Hmph…”
It was the first time in their lives to have felt such sensations. His soft, hot tongue licked and rolled her nipple. And in the midst of that, Valia felt a strange feeling. Her nipples quickly got hard and her other chest was groped in Schuden’s hand. Her moan-like breathing gradually dispersed.
She thought it would be okay if she avoided Schuden’s relaxed and drowsy eyes, but she was wrong. The erotic, sloppy sound mixed with saliva touched her ears.
Schuden knew that Valia’s body was slowly heating up. But he also knew that this was not enough.
He was not lying when he said that she was his first, but Schuden was a knowledgeable man. He had learned and stuck in his head how to carry out the nuptial night, how to hug a woman. Though he was not very happy while learning it, rather, Schuden was not very happy with everything he had to learn in the House of Garth.
Even now, what Schuden was educated about was only a rough outline. The initiative to fill in between the void was completely based on his instincts. If Valia had known, she would have had a sullen look and asked him why he was so good even though this was the first time for both of them. But Schuden was good at doing things that concerned his body. He was not just superior in physical conditions.
What could he do? He could not pretend that he was bad at it when he was actually born with it.
Schuden raised his head slightly. Her moaning, breathing, and her chest going up and down felt tempting.
To put it straight, it was extremely tempting.
Unlike Valia who was slowly arousing, Schuden was already prepared. But as she had no mind for it, it seemed that his bride had not noticed.
Schuden went down. Every time he kissed her flat stomach, it smelled good. As Valia had previously taken a bath in water with floating petals, a sweet scent seeped into his nose.
And finally, her lady part.
Flustered at his lips relentlessly going in the direction of her vagina, Valia put her thighs together. She was so nervous that she could feel the tightness of her skin.
“You don’t need to be nervous, Valia.”
Schuden’s voice was much less clear than before.
“I don’t mean to hurt you.”
An unhidden desire was buried to the extent that Valia’s eyelashes trembled. Schuden was not scary. Maybe because of the consideration he had shown that came from his love play that was smeared everywhere. Maybe because she would be the one who will have had Schuden’s first, just like how he will also be the man who will have remembered Valia’s first.
“Valia.”
“…”
Valia’s body relaxed a little. That was it. She did not say anything, but consent was still consent. Schuden smiled a little at her reaction, although Valia did not get to see him.
“Ah, hng!”
The sense that she felt at the moment was unfamiliar. Valia unknowingly moved her thighs, before being tightly grabbed by Schuden with both of his hands. That was the moment when Valia realized his strength. Schuden once again licked the soft flesh.
“Hmm…!
Just as there was a particularly sensitive part on the outer body, the same could be said for the interior. It was not hard to find out because of Valia’s honest response. Every time his tongue brushed her clitoris, she clenched her thighs together. Schuden searched for Valia’s erogenous zone and rolled it with the tip of his tongue. And like a little fingernail, the small area quickly swelled up. A tingling pleasure spread all over her body. Valia could not come to her senses because the heat seemed to be gathering from her head to her toe.
“Ah!”
At some point, she trembled with her body still shaking. It was a weak orgasm, but at the same time, Valia’s insides were helplessly wet. When Schuden’s tongue touched the entrance, her body flinched. However, there was a limit to the depth that could be penetrated with his tongue. Instead of caressing her even further with his tongue, he slowly pushed his finger in.
“Uhn… Hmm…”
The finger digging through her labia was definitely a feeling she had never felt before. The sensation might be unfamiliar to Valia, but her hot body was well aware of what was happening. Her inner wall was wet with arousal. While moving slowly, Schuden’s finger drew a circle to widen the road. But Valia felt it was rather insufficient, she wanted a stronger stimulation.
Her insides flinched.
Schuden, who had been paying attention to her whole body since the moment he kissed her, noticed the change easily. If he could, he would like to dig into her right away. It was the first time for his whole body to be so aroused to the point where it heated up. His bashful bride had no idea that Schuden’s eyes were dripping with lust. It was a given. She avoided his gaze every time they made eye contact.
Schuden slowly pulled out his finger. There was vaginal discharge fluid on his firm hand. The silvery-gray eyes blankly observed along his arm. Then, she panicked.
“Hmm…”
“Hmm?”
“…Why are you putting your finger on your mouth?”
Schuden put his smeared finger at the tip of his tongue.
It’s smeared all over.
Schuden asked back.
“What’s the problem? I’ve already put my mouth at the source”
Valia’s face turned red. Schuden contemplated whether he should tell her that the fluid tasted bitter, but he quit his thought. He did not want Valia to faint after being embarrassed. Instead, he kissed her cheek and forehead. He thought that her insides were very hot but her face was hotter than that.
While closing her eyes in the middle of her kiss with Schuden, Valia saw a small glass bottle in his hand
‘…Huh?’
Valia tried to ask what it was on reflex but quickly shut herself up. For Schuden had opened the small bottle and put the slippery liquid on his fingers…
‘Gasp.’
She could not see until the end. Valia turned her head to the side, her cheeks that were slowly subsided turned red again. She asked in a slow voice.
“Hmm, what’s that? It looks like fragrant oil…”
It looked much more slippery and sticky than the general fragrant oil that Valia knew. Moreover, the area that Schuden applied it to was very unexpected—his long shaft.
“I’m using it to reduce the pain.”
“…The pain?”
“Yes. There are many couples who are nervous during their nuptial night.”
Even you right now.
It was a newlywed item that was usually prepared by the noble families of Gel. when someone was tense, not only would their body tighten up, but it would also dry out the inside. This was often the reason why women complained of excruciating pain during their first lovemaking. Schuden took the fragrant oil again and carried it to the inside of Valia’s thigh.
Valia flinched. It was strangely warm, slippery, and a little sticky, but it was not unpleasant. As Schuden said, it felt like it would relieve the pain…
‘…But is it really okay?’
Valia’s heart pounded, she was surprised. The place where she avoided looking at was beyond imagination. She did not expect it to be almost as big as her forearm nor did she expect it to rise like that. She did not see the exact size and she did not dare to double-check. All sorts of thoughts ran through Valia’s mind.
‘That’s going inside me?’
If it was smaller, she would have thought of it as possible.
‘But that weapon…?’
While Valia’s face turned red, Schuden grabbed her hips with one hand and grabbed his dick with the other. Valia’s slightly lifted leg naturally wrapped around Schuden’s waist. After positioning the entrance, he pushed it in slowly.
“Ah, hngh!”
It quickly hurt. He was too big and it was much too hard to break in. By comparison, his foreplay that made her body soft and heated up did not hurt at all! Valia breathed heavily. Her hands were suddenly holding Schuden’s arms one by one. She dug her nails into him but she could not afford to care.
“…Valia.”
Of course, the same goes for him.
“Loosen up…”
Schuden’s passionate voice was mixed in with a low moan. He had already guessed it to some extent while he was fingering her, but she was tighter than he thought. The inner wall that had wrapped his penis in did not easily make its way inside. Her hot and dense body had heavily squeezed Schuden.
What was flustering was that this tight sensation was breathtakingly captivating. Schuden slowly penetrated into Valia non-stop. The strain, the pain, it was a foreign sensation. Valia spread her legs wide, but it was no use in front of his overwhelming size. It was stinging so much inside that she felt like even her senses were about to disappear.
And finally, it was over. Schuden began to move back and forth slowly.
“Urgh! Hngh, urgh…”
A moan of pain erupted. The pain was greater than the pleasure. Having barely made its way in, when his penis pushed through her dense pussy, it felt like her body was being ripped in half. Tears quickly welled up in her silvery-gray eyes.
“Mmf, urgh…!”
Tears dripped down her cheeks. Schuden slowed his pace down a bit.
“Why are you crying? Does it really hurt?”
“Yes, urgh. It hurts…”
“Valia.”
The voice that comforted her and told her not to cry was sweet. But he was actually so aroused that his breathing became rough. The wrinkles on the inner wall of her vagina were stimulating Schuden’s phallus like crazy. Even though his movements were not one of skill, the rush of pleasure seemed to have enchanted his head.
He could tell instinctively that this pleasure had not even started yet. There was no way he would not know that there was more sweetness hidden in this white and soft body. He could even understand why there were so many people who went crazy for that.
But pushing oneself to continue as the sole participant who would be feeling pleasure would constitute as rape.
Schuden kissed Valia a few more times.
“Hngh…”
Fortunately, she seemed to like kissing him. Her tense body slowly relaxed. For some reason, Valia felt like a promise was made in that kiss. A promise that this man would not hurt her.
Schuden moved his waist again. The pressure filling her nether regions and the powerful movement in her inner wall were still the same. Perhaps it was because she was less nervous than before, but Valia did not shed any tears. Soon after, she began to feel a strange pleasure in the heavy pain.
“Hngh!”
Especially in one place.
Apart from being shy, Valia’s body reacted very honestly. Schuden could see that her body was on the sensitive side.
She let out her unfiltered moan when she was stimulated. She eased her fingernails off his firm forearms. Valia’s arms have been wrapped around Schuden’s neck for some time.
The intensity with which he stimulated her erogenous zone gradually increased. The less pain Valia felt meant less factors to consider in keeping them apart, which meant the more difficult it was for Schuden to control himself. His consciousness seemed to be flying away little by little. It was such a strange feeling.
The gasping sound that warmed up his ears, the soft, white chest that weighed down on his body, and the hard nipple. Even the two legs that kept slipping off from his waist felt like they were all seducing him. Not to mention the insides of her damp and humid vagina.
The desire to pour it all out had swallowed Schuden for a moment. He adjusted his position a bit. Every time he moved, his tightly engraved thigh muscles twitched. Schuden held Valia’s pelvis with both hands and moved. There was no time to breathe.
“Urgh! Ah, hgnh!”
Her fingers were numb with excitement. His huge penis pounded the inside of her wet pussy, going back and forth like a wild animal in heat. The sound of the bed squeaking filled the bedroom non-stop.
Every time Schuden penetrated, Valia had it hard and felt as if she was being pierced. It hurt, but even in the midst of the pain, a miserable sense of pleasure kept coming. She did not want to stop. She wanted to cling to him even while panting. She could not understand her own thoughts. The clumsy heat accumulated in her lower abdomen turned into a tingling sensation and seemed to paralyze her head.
All their nerves were focused on each other, they did not have time to think of anything else. Valia could not even guess whether this racing heartbeat was hers or Schuden’s. Sweat dripped from her forehead.
But he did not stop.
The narrow and wrinkled inner part was so dense that it was difficult to get to the end. Nevertheless, the fragrant oil served as a lubricant, and as a result, her body did not let go of Schuden and held on tightly when he somehow penetrated inside. It seemed that Valia’s love fluid was not the only thing that was coming out. Little by little, the inner soft flesh had been gaping out on his slippery penis. Perhaps he also had left a part of him inside her.
Valia was clinging to Schuden as if he was her everything in the world with a face full of tears.
“Ah, hngh…!”
Her moans were hot. The movements that were constantly tormenting Valia had faded slightly.
At last, a strong sense of ejaculation at the tip of his penis could be felt.
“Aaahh…”
When he shook Valia’s body a little more, for the first time in his life, Schuden came into a woman’s body. His hard cock throbbed like a firecracker. It was almost scary, his cum spurted out deep inside. The inner wall of her pussy was soaked in hot semen and did not let go of his manhood.
“Hngh…”
After having been wrapped around Schuden’s neck, Valia’s arms fell down. And after having been frantically held by him, her insides were brimming with heat. It was throbbing, as if it had been burned by fire. His penis had already been pulled out, and yet, she still felt a foreign sensation inside. Valia breathed heavily, her throat hurt a little from all the screaming.
Before she knew it, Valia closed her eyes.
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It was the next day.
Valia had woken up early.
The first thing she saw was an unfamiliar ceiling. The ceiling was much higher than Valia’s house and was made of a cream-colored marble, giving a warm and elegant feeling. She looked up blankly at the extinguished chandelier, then she shifted her gaze slightly to the side. The windows, which were slightly shorter than Valia’s height, were decorated with luxurious dark navy curtains.
It was late spring. Seeing through the gap in the curtains, it was still dark outside the window. It seemed like it was still dawn.
Schuden was sleeping next to her. She could not check his face because she faced her back at him. But she could tell from the low breathing she felt in her ear along with his body that was in contact with hers. Valia blinked her eyelids slowly. Waking up and getting a hold of oneself were separate issues. It was still early in the morning. Whatsmore, their act of love last night was excessively arduous, making it hard for her to get up quickly.
After a little while, her mind became clearer. Valia tried to move her arms. Little by little, energy returned to her limbs as if even her nerve cells had been asleep. Then, she stopped.
“…”
She belatedly realized the arm that was holding her. The muscular arm wrapped around Valia’s waist as if hugging a doll. She had never been hugged by anyone like this before.
‘Actually, everything was the first time for me…”
For example, yesterday’s kiss, the act of stripping off clothes, and their actions after that… After thinking that far, Valia hastily cut off her thoughts. Come to think of it, she was still naked. The moment she realized that, her cheeks became hot.
Valia wanted to get up and take her bath. The lower part of her abdomen felt stiff as if her muscles were cramped. And above all, she could not get used to the wet feeling at all. She eagerly remembered the warm bath that she had soaked in yesterday. She wanted to warm up in the hot water, the bath salt and nice fragrances enticed her to come hither.
‘…But I can’t get out.’
It would be a different case if they were separated. But they were so close and he was holding her in his arms. One mistake and she would disturb Schuden’s sleep. But it was uncomfortable to stay like this and she could not sleep anymore. Valia pondered on what to do. Then, she wriggled a little without realizing it.
Then, Schuden pulled back his arms.
Valia wondered if she woke him up. She blinked nervously. A still low, regular breathing could be heard in her ears. It seemed that he was tossing and turning in his sleep. Her never-before-seen luck was on her side this time.
Valia rejoiced silently and carefully got up. As the bed was a high-quality product, there was no creaking sound and it was so soft.
There was a white carpet under the bed. Valia found her indoor slippers lying quietly on the fluffy carpet and cautiously got up. On the floor was the silk robe that she wore the previous night, she did not even realize when it had been removed from her. Valia put on the robe and stealthily walked out. She opened the door without even looking back, because if she did, she had a feeling that Schuden would wake up.
The well-maintained door opened and closed smoothly without a sound. A maid was sitting on a chair by the door. She was nodding off in that position before sensing that someone was around and lifted her head. Then, she looked at Valia and jumped to her feet.
“Madam, are you awake already?”
Clearly, now was not the right time for nobles to wake up. The high society in the Gel Empire generally had evening parties. It was also customary for tea parties to be held in the late afternoon in between lunch and dinner. As a result of this, the time for nobles to wake up was naturally delayed to late in the morning. Valia also knew well about this.
“Is your bed uncomfortable? Shall I tell the general butler about this?”
The maid asked with a worried look on her face.
Valia shook her head.
“It’s fine. I just tend to sleep less.”
There were only a handful of days when Valia slept comfortably while working at the Imperial Palace. This was because there were cases where some hysterical Imperial families would beat their servants if they could not be found. Valia had never been slapped herself but she was terrified to see other ladies-in-waiting being scolded. Perhaps because of her habit at that time, she would wake up early in the morning if her bedding was changing.
“If your bedding is uncomfortable, please let me know anytime, madam.”
“Sure. I want to take a bath.”
“Your morning bath is always ready. Let’s go, madam.”
The maid kindly guided Valia. She was guided to the same bathroom where she had been washed just yesterday. Seeing that she was guided to the same place twice, it seemed that it was the private bathroom for the Marchioness. Gel’s noble couple shared one bedroom but had separate bathrooms.
“Madam, if your legs hurt a lot, would you like a massage?”
“…It’s fine. I want to be alone.”
“Yes, madam. I will be behind the partition, so call me if you need me.”
The maid quietly walked away. Valia, who had not changed her expression until then, quietly let out a sigh. She stripped off her gown. She tried hard to ignore the red marks on her neck, collarbone, and chest and put her gown aside.
‘This is embarrassing…’
The maid’s tone was polite and well-mannered but Valia was honestly a little embarrassed. She tried to walk as well as possible without making it obvious. But it seemed that her walking posture was strange. Valia checked how she walked in the mirror. She facepalmed, she wished she could just disappear into dust.
She thought to herself of how great the Imperial families in the palace were. The Imperial families’ sleep was treated as important enough to be recorded separately. In particular, on a nuptial night, the royal attendant and the chief lady-in-waiting will put an opaque cloth next to them and wait there. Compared to that, Schuden’s and Valia’s nuptial night was much better.
‘Yeah, this is good enough.’
Valia tapped her cheek as a sign that she should get a grip. She then moved her steps to the bathtub in front of her. As the maid said, the morning bath was always ready. Warm steam rising from the bathtub. It was the right temperature for her slightly cooled body temperature. When she dipped herself in the hot water, she felt slightly better. Valia leaned her back against the side of the bathtub.
There was a basket of petals left by the maid next to the bathtub. The luxurious bath with petals floating about was good, but now she just wanted to sit alone and organize her thoughts carefully. Valia floated the soft petals into the water without any meaning and was lost in her thoughts.
‘The second wedding.’
She kept thinking about that while sitting in front of the painter yesterday. But as outstanding artists will persistently capture the subject in front of them, Valia consciously eliminated any random thoughts. If she had even the slightest gloomy thought, it would have been captured in her portrait.
‘But it’s fine now.’
She was free to think whatever she wanted and make whatever expression.
[I, Schuden Garth, take Valia Dean to be my wedded wife, and this is my vow.]
A grand wedding. Schuden’s voice was still clear in her ears. She knew vaguely that there was something wrong with the wedding officiant. But there certainly existed the option to delay the wedding. So why did he conduct the second wedding?
Because of the attention from the nobles?
Because the honor of the Marquess would be tarnished if the wedding was ruined?
Valia shook her head.
‘I should not avoid it when I already know.’
She already knew the answer.
Because she did not know ‘yet’ that Schuden would love Yeri in the future.
Valia let out a long sigh. In fact, Schuden himself had never said he loved Yeri. However, he had never denied the rumors, he quarreled with the First Prince, and the Marchioness burst into tears at the imperial banquet in the past…
All circumstances pointed to only one fact, it could not be refuted. Valia tapped the marble wall silently. It was a habit that she used to practice in the Imperial Palace whenever she felt down. If it were a wooden wall, it would have been dented but since it was solid marble, she did not have to worry about that.
‘To be honest, it was too much.’
Schuden was not simply a handsome and young powerful man. It was not until she saw him within his boundaries that she realized it. Her husband casually played with a woman’s heart like a fiddle. Valia knew that she was slow to the sense of love. She had never experienced the typical first love. Although she admired the handsome knights in the Imperial Palace, she had never suffered from unrequited love.
It was definitely like that.
Even when she knew that he was a man who would love another woman—a woman chosen by God, her heart still beat fast for him. There would definitely be a problem on a later day. If she could, she wanted to go back to her past self who was contemplating over the letter of the temple princess selection and gave her a piece of advice.
‘I need to brace myself. He is no joke.’
But then again, it was useless to think so. After returning from the past, she had searched all kinds of libraries, but she could not find any information about people who returned to the past. Valia could only let out a sigh on her complicated mind. She paused while in the middle of her blowing the rose petals.
“…Wait a second.”
She remembered something she had forgotten for a moment.
[I will love only her throughout my life.]
Valia’s silvery-gray eyes widened in realization.
[If I break my vow, I will pay it back with my life.]
The petals soaked with water dropped down from Valia’s hand. She paid attention only to the vow itself and forgot about the details for a moment. She would like to ask herself how she could have forgotten something like that when only a day just passed.
‘He can’t love someone else…’
The moment she realized it, her breath stopped.
Looking back, Schuden was about to kiss Valia but they ended up having a long conversation similar to the one they had before. Once he realized what they had been doing, he wanted to kiss her once. Valia’s pink lips looked pretty soft, but so was the feeling of her body through her thin robe.
He thought there would be no meaning in marriage. But, now that he was lying on the bed with his bride, he felt a little different.
It was evening. A mellow atmosphere. His hand, firm yet soft, gripped Valia’s chin. Schuden lowered his head towards her. Then, he kissed her.
His cold lips opened a warm gap. His soft flesh invaded her mouth as it was. His tongue traced her well-groomed teeth and touched the soft flesh inside her mouth. It was just a light kiss, curious and eager to explore the insides of her mouth. It was the first time Valia had experienced something like that. Her body was trembling, and she was at a loss at where to put her hands on.
Did Valia react like that because it was a kiss that foretold lovemaking? Schuden could guess just by looking at her red ears, he wondered if she would have a different reaction were it to be an ordinary kiss.
Schuden slightly lifted up Valia’s chin. He supported Valia’s head, laid it on the pillow, and positioned her properly on the bed. Their lower body parts were in close contact. Although their bare skins did not come into contact right away, it was still an embarrassing position. But that was not the end.
Schuden grabbed Valia’s leg and gave it a kiss.
‘…Is this how people usually do it? Kissing all over the body?’
Valia could not figure it out nor did she even dare to ask. However, what made Valia more nervous than the kiss was none other than the glare in Schuden’s eyes. It felt weird from time to time, but after the kiss, his gaze felt deeper still.
Schuden slowly scanned her body with his decadent eyes.
Valia wondered if it was possible to keep her cheeks from turning red. She put her hands over her face. No, she was about to cover her face had Schuden not grabbed her wrist. With Valia’s wrists in both hands, Schuden bent down again for another kiss.
“Hnh…”
While in the middle of their kiss, Schuden suddenly raised his head. Their kiss this time did not last as long as before, but it was just more intense. Valia opened her eyes, feeling unsatisfied before freezing just like that.
Schuden took off his gown. Valia’s face turned red in an instant, she did not even dare to take a closer look at him. She immediately avoided his gaze.
She was so embarrassed that her heart was about to burst. Schuden’s naked body passed by like an afterimage.
It was her first time seeing such a nice male body. His perfectly positioned muscles, his broad shoulders, and his arms and legs that stretched flawlessly─all of it looked strong and rock hard.
The same went for his tight abs and thighs. He had some scars on his body, but it had faded so much that it was hard to see.
Would I be crazy if I say that even the scars look good on him?
Valia had a small thought; she wanted to see his body again. But as she did not have the courage to actually do it, she refrained from doing so. It was so embarrassing that she could not express it in words.
Her face was burning up to her earlobes and her shoulders were shivering. Schuden’s lips were already going downward.
Schuden’s wet lips passed through her chin and slowly swept down her neckline. He lightly bit her collarbone, the slight sting of pain made Valia let out a quiet groan.
Her loosely tied gown had already fallen down. Schuden quietly looked down at Valia. At first glance, he thought that she had an elegant body. Her chest, her slender waist, and her pelvis that drew a soft curve captivated his eyes.
His lips dug through her silk gown, causing Valia to be a little embarrassed. It was her first time revealing her naked body, her heart beat faster than usual.
Schuden devoured Valia’s breast in one bite.
“Hmph…”
It was the first time in their lives to have felt such sensations. His soft, hot tongue licked and rolled her nipple. And in the midst of that, Valia felt a strange feeling. Her nipples quickly got hard and her other chest was groped in Schuden’s hand. Her moan-like breathing gradually dispersed.
She thought it would be okay if she avoided Schuden’s relaxed and drowsy eyes, but she was wrong. The erotic, sloppy sound mixed with saliva touched her ears.
Schuden knew that Valia’s body was slowly heating up. But he also knew that this was not enough.
He was not lying when he said that she was his first, but Schuden was a knowledgeable man. He had learned and stuck in his head how to carry out the nuptial night, how to hug a woman. Though he was not very happy while learning it, rather, Schuden was not very happy with everything he had to learn in the House of Garth.
Even now, what Schuden was educated about was only a rough outline. The initiative to fill in between the void was completely based on his instincts. If Valia had known, she would have had a sullen look and asked him why he was so good even though this was the first time for both of them. But Schuden was good at doing things that concerned his body. He was not just superior in physical conditions.
What could he do? He could not pretend that he was bad at it when he was actually born with it.
Schuden raised his head slightly. Her moaning, breathing, and her chest going up and down felt tempting.
To put it straight, it was extremely tempting.
Unlike Valia who was slowly arousing, Schuden was already prepared. But as she had no mind for it, it seemed that his bride had not noticed.
Schuden went down. Every time he kissed her flat stomach, it smelled good. As Valia had previously taken a bath in water with floating petals, a sweet scent seeped into his nose.
And finally, her lady part.
Flustered at his lips relentlessly going in the direction of her vagina, Valia put her thighs together. She was so nervous that she could feel the tightness of her skin.
“You don’t need to be nervous, Valia.”
Schuden’s voice was much less clear than before.
“I don’t mean to hurt you.”
An unhidden desire was buried to the extent that Valia’s eyelashes trembled. Schuden was not scary. Maybe because of the consideration he had shown that came from his love play that was smeared everywhere. Maybe because she would be the one who will have had Schuden’s first, just like how he will also be the man who will have remembered Valia’s first.
“Valia.”
“…”
Valia’s body relaxed a little. That was it. She did not say anything, but consent was still consent. Schuden smiled a little at her reaction, although Valia did not get to see him.
“Ah, hng!”
The sense that she felt at the moment was unfamiliar. Valia unknowingly moved her thighs, before being tightly grabbed by Schuden with both of his hands. That was the moment when Valia realized his strength. Schuden once again licked the soft flesh.
“Hmm…!
Just as there was a particularly sensitive part on the outer body, the same could be said for the interior. It was not hard to find out because of Valia’s honest response. Every time his tongue brushed her clitoris, she clenched her thighs together. Schuden searched for Valia’s erogenous zone and rolled it with the tip of his tongue. And like a little fingernail, the small area quickly swelled up. A tingling pleasure spread all over her body. Valia could not come to her senses because the heat seemed to be gathering from her head to her toe.
“Ah!”
At some point, she trembled with her body still shaking. It was a weak orgasm, but at the same time, Valia’s insides were helplessly wet. When Schuden’s tongue touched the entrance, her body flinched. However, there was a limit to the depth that could be penetrated with his tongue. Instead of caressing her even further with his tongue, he slowly pushed his finger in.
“Uhn… Hmm…”
The finger digging through her labia was definitely a feeling she had never felt before. The sensation might be unfamiliar to Valia, but her hot body was well aware of what was happening. Her inner wall was wet with arousal. While moving slowly, Schuden’s finger drew a circle to widen the road. But Valia felt it was rather insufficient, she wanted a stronger stimulation.
Her insides flinched.
Schuden, who had been paying attention to her whole body since the moment he kissed her, noticed the change easily. If he could, he would like to dig into her right away. It was the first time for his whole body to be so aroused to the point where it heated up. His bashful bride had no idea that Schuden’s eyes were dripping with lust. It was a given. She avoided his gaze every time they made eye contact.
Schuden slowly pulled out his finger. There was vaginal discharge fluid on his firm hand. The silvery-gray eyes blankly observed along his arm. Then, she panicked.
“Hmm…”
“Hmm?”
“…Why are you putting your finger on your mouth?”
Schuden put his smeared finger at the tip of his tongue.
It’s smeared all over.
Schuden asked back.
“What’s the problem? I’ve already put my mouth at the source”
Valia’s face turned red. Schuden contemplated whether he should tell her that the fluid tasted bitter, but he quit his thought. He did not want Valia to faint after being embarrassed. Instead, he kissed her cheek and forehead. He thought that her insides were very hot but her face was hotter than that.
While closing her eyes in the middle of her kiss with Schuden, Valia saw a small glass bottle in his hand
‘…Huh?’
Valia tried to ask what it was on reflex but quickly shut herself up. For Schuden had opened the small bottle and put the slippery liquid on his fingers…
‘Gasp.’
She could not see until the end. Valia turned her head to the side, her cheeks that were slowly subsided turned red again. She asked in a slow voice.
“Hmm, what’s that? It looks like fragrant oil…”
It looked much more slippery and sticky than the general fragrant oil that Valia knew. Moreover, the area that Schuden applied it to was very unexpected—his long shaft.
“I’m using it to reduce the pain.”
“…The pain?”
“Yes. There are many couples who are nervous during their nuptial night.”
Even you right now.
It was a newlywed item that was usually prepared by the noble families of Gel. when someone was tense, not only would their body tighten up, but it would also dry out the inside. This was often the reason why women complained of excruciating pain during their first lovemaking. Schuden took the fragrant oil again and carried it to the inside of Valia’s thigh.
Valia flinched. It was strangely warm, slippery, and a little sticky, but it was not unpleasant. As Schuden said, it felt like it would relieve the pain…
‘…But is it really okay?’
Valia’s heart pounded, she was surprised. The place where she avoided looking at was beyond imagination. She did not expect it to be almost as big as her forearm nor did she expect it to rise like that. She did not see the exact size and she did not dare to double-check. All sorts of thoughts ran through Valia’s mind.
‘That’s going inside me?’
If it was smaller, she would have thought of it as possible.
‘But that weapon…?’
While Valia’s face turned red, Schuden grabbed her hips with one hand and grabbed his dick with the other. Valia’s slightly lifted leg naturally wrapped around Schuden’s waist. After positioning the entrance, he pushed it in slowly.
“Ah, hngh!”
It quickly hurt. He was too big and it was much too hard to break in. By comparison, his foreplay that made her body soft and heated up did not hurt at all! Valia breathed heavily. Her hands were suddenly holding Schuden’s arms one by one. She dug her nails into him but she could not afford to care.
“…Valia.”
Of course, the same goes for him.
“Loosen up…”
Schuden’s passionate voice was mixed in with a low moan. He had already guessed it to some extent while he was fingering her, but she was tighter than he thought. The inner wall that had wrapped his penis in did not easily make its way inside. Her hot and dense body had heavily squeezed Schuden.
What was flustering was that this tight sensation was breathtakingly captivating. Schuden slowly penetrated into Valia non-stop. The strain, the pain, it was a foreign sensation. Valia spread her legs wide, but it was no use in front of his overwhelming size. It was stinging so much inside that she felt like even her senses were about to disappear.
And finally, it was over. Schuden began to move back and forth slowly.
“Urgh! Hngh, urgh…”
A moan of pain erupted. The pain was greater than the pleasure. Having barely made its way in, when his penis pushed through her dense pussy, it felt like her body was being ripped in half. Tears quickly welled up in her silvery-gray eyes.
“Mmf, urgh…!”
Tears dripped down her cheeks. Schuden slowed his pace down a bit.
“Why are you crying? Does it really hurt?”
“Yes, urgh. It hurts…”
“Valia.”
The voice that comforted her and told her not to cry was sweet. But he was actually so aroused that his breathing became rough. The wrinkles on the inner wall of her vagina were stimulating Schuden’s phallus like crazy. Even though his movements were not one of skill, the rush of pleasure seemed to have enchanted his head.
He could tell instinctively that this pleasure had not even started yet. There was no way he would not know that there was more sweetness hidden in this white and soft body. He could even understand why there were so many people who went crazy for that.
But pushing oneself to continue as the sole participant who would be feeling pleasure would constitute as rape.
Schuden kissed Valia a few more times.
“Hngh…”
Fortunately, she seemed to like kissing him. Her tense body slowly relaxed. For some reason, Valia felt like a promise was made in that kiss. A promise that this man would not hurt her.
Schuden moved his waist again. The pressure filling her nether regions and the powerful movement in her inner wall were still the same. Perhaps it was because she was less nervous than before, but Valia did not shed any tears. Soon after, she began to feel a strange pleasure in the heavy pain.
“Hngh!”
Especially in one place.
Apart from being shy, Valia’s body reacted very honestly. Schuden could see that her body was on the sensitive side.
She let out her unfiltered moan when she was stimulated. She eased her fingernails off his firm forearms. Valia’s arms have been wrapped around Schuden’s neck for some time.
The intensity with which he stimulated her erogenous zone gradually increased. The less pain Valia felt meant less factors to consider in keeping them apart, which meant the more difficult it was for Schuden to control himself. His consciousness seemed to be flying away little by little. It was such a strange feeling.
The gasping sound that warmed up his ears, the soft, white chest that weighed down on his body, and the hard nipple. Even the two legs that kept slipping off from his waist felt like they were all seducing him. Not to mention the insides of her damp and humid vagina.
The desire to pour it all out had swallowed Schuden for a moment. He adjusted his position a bit. Every time he moved, his tightly engraved thigh muscles twitched. Schuden held Valia’s pelvis with both hands and moved. There was no time to breathe.
“Urgh! Ah, hgnh!”
Her fingers were numb with excitement. His huge penis pounded the inside of her wet pussy, going back and forth like a wild animal in heat. The sound of the bed squeaking filled the bedroom non-stop.
Every time Schuden penetrated, Valia had it hard and felt as if she was being pierced. It hurt, but even in the midst of the pain, a miserable sense of pleasure kept coming. She did not want to stop. She wanted to cling to him even while panting. She could not understand her own thoughts. The clumsy heat accumulated in her lower abdomen turned into a tingling sensation and seemed to paralyze her head.
All their nerves were focused on each other, they did not have time to think of anything else. Valia could not even guess whether this racing heartbeat was hers or Schuden’s. Sweat dripped from her forehead.
But he did not stop.
The narrow and wrinkled inner part was so dense that it was difficult to get to the end. Nevertheless, the fragrant oil served as a lubricant, and as a result, her body did not let go of Schuden and held on tightly when he somehow penetrated inside. It seemed that Valia’s love fluid was not the only thing that was coming out. Little by little, the inner soft flesh had been gaping out on his slippery penis. Perhaps he also had left a part of him inside her.
Valia was clinging to Schuden as if he was her everything in the world with a face full of tears.
“Ah, hngh…!”
Her moans were hot. The movements that were constantly tormenting Valia had faded slightly.
At last, a strong sense of ejaculation at the tip of his penis could be felt.
“Aaahh…”
When he shook Valia’s body a little more, for the first time in his life, Schuden came into a woman’s body. His hard cock throbbed like a firecracker. It was almost scary, his cum spurted out deep inside. The inner wall of her pussy was soaked in hot semen and did not let go of his manhood.
“Hngh…”
After having been wrapped around Schuden’s neck, Valia’s arms fell down. And after having been frantically held by him, her insides were brimming with heat. It was throbbing, as if it had been burned by fire. His penis had already been pulled out, and yet, she still felt a foreign sensation inside. Valia breathed heavily, her throat hurt a little from all the screaming.
Before she knew it, Valia closed her eyes.
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It was the next day.
Valia had woken up early.
The first thing she saw was an unfamiliar ceiling. The ceiling was much higher than Valia’s house and was made of a cream-colored marble, giving a warm and elegant feeling. She looked up blankly at the extinguished chandelier, then she shifted her gaze slightly to the side. The windows, which were slightly shorter than Valia’s height, were decorated with luxurious dark navy curtains.
It was late spring. Seeing through the gap in the curtains, it was still dark outside the window. It seemed like it was still dawn.
Schuden was sleeping next to her. She could not check his face because she faced her back at him. But she could tell from the low breathing she felt in her ear along with his body that was in contact with hers. Valia blinked her eyelids slowly. Waking up and getting a hold of oneself were separate issues. It was still early in the morning. Whatsmore, their act of love last night was excessively arduous, making it hard for her to get up quickly.
After a little while, her mind became clearer. Valia tried to move her arms. Little by little, energy returned to her limbs as if even her nerve cells had been asleep. Then, she stopped.
“…”
She belatedly realized the arm that was holding her. The muscular arm wrapped around Valia’s waist as if hugging a doll. She had never been hugged by anyone like this before.
‘Actually, everything was the first time for me…”
For example, yesterday’s kiss, the act of stripping off clothes, and their actions after that… After thinking that far, Valia hastily cut off her thoughts. Come to think of it, she was still naked. The moment she realized that, her cheeks became hot.
Valia wanted to get up and take her bath. The lower part of her abdomen felt stiff as if her muscles were cramped. And above all, she could not get used to the wet feeling at all. She eagerly remembered the warm bath that she had soaked in yesterday. She wanted to warm up in the hot water, the bath salt and nice fragrances enticed her to come hither.
‘…But I can’t get out.’
It would be a different case if they were separated. But they were so close and he was holding her in his arms. One mistake and she would disturb Schuden’s sleep. But it was uncomfortable to stay like this and she could not sleep anymore. Valia pondered on what to do. Then, she wriggled a little without realizing it.
Then, Schuden pulled back his arms.
Valia wondered if she woke him up. She blinked nervously. A still low, regular breathing could be heard in her ears. It seemed that he was tossing and turning in his sleep. Her never-before-seen luck was on her side this time.
Valia rejoiced silently and carefully got up. As the bed was a high-quality product, there was no creaking sound and it was so soft.
There was a white carpet under the bed. Valia found her indoor slippers lying quietly on the fluffy carpet and cautiously got up. On the floor was the silk robe that she wore the previous night, she did not even realize when it had been removed from her. Valia put on the robe and stealthily walked out. She opened the door without even looking back, because if she did, she had a feeling that Schuden would wake up.
The well-maintained door opened and closed smoothly without a sound. A maid was sitting on a chair by the door. She was nodding off in that position before sensing that someone was around and lifted her head. Then, she looked at Valia and jumped to her feet.
“Madam, are you awake already?”
Clearly, now was not the right time for nobles to wake up. The high society in the Gel Empire generally had evening parties. It was also customary for tea parties to be held in the late afternoon in between lunch and dinner. As a result of this, the time for nobles to wake up was naturally delayed to late in the morning. Valia also knew well about this.
“Is your bed uncomfortable? Shall I tell the general butler about this?”
The maid asked with a worried look on her face.
Valia shook her head.
“It’s fine. I just tend to sleep less.”
There were only a handful of days when Valia slept comfortably while working at the Imperial Palace. This was because there were cases where some hysterical Imperial families would beat their servants if they could not be found. Valia had never been slapped herself but she was terrified to see other ladies-in-waiting being scolded. Perhaps because of her habit at that time, she would wake up early in the morning if her bedding was changing.
“If your bedding is uncomfortable, please let me know anytime, madam.”
“Sure. I want to take a bath.”
“Your morning bath is always ready. Let’s go, madam.”
The maid kindly guided Valia. She was guided to the same bathroom where she had been washed just yesterday. Seeing that she was guided to the same place twice, it seemed that it was the private bathroom for the Marchioness. Gel’s noble couple shared one bedroom but had separate bathrooms.
“Madam, if your legs hurt a lot, would you like a massage?”
“…It’s fine. I want to be alone.”
“Yes, madam. I will be behind the partition, so call me if you need me.”
The maid quietly walked away. Valia, who had not changed her expression until then, quietly let out a sigh. She stripped off her gown. She tried hard to ignore the red marks on her neck, collarbone, and chest and put her gown aside.
‘This is embarrassing…’
The maid’s tone was polite and well-mannered but Valia was honestly a little embarrassed. She tried to walk as well as possible without making it obvious. But it seemed that her walking posture was strange. Valia checked how she walked in the mirror. She facepalmed, she wished she could just disappear into dust.
She thought to herself of how great the Imperial families in the palace were. The Imperial families’ sleep was treated as important enough to be recorded separately. In particular, on a nuptial night, the royal attendant and the chief lady-in-waiting will put an opaque cloth next to them and wait there. Compared to that, Schuden’s and Valia’s nuptial night was much better.
‘Yeah, this is good enough.’
Valia tapped her cheek as a sign that she should get a grip. She then moved her steps to the bathtub in front of her. As the maid said, the morning bath was always ready. Warm steam rising from the bathtub. It was the right temperature for her slightly cooled body temperature. When she dipped herself in the hot water, she felt slightly better. Valia leaned her back against the side of the bathtub.
There was a basket of petals left by the maid next to the bathtub. The luxurious bath with petals floating about was good, but now she just wanted to sit alone and organize her thoughts carefully. Valia floated the soft petals into the water without any meaning and was lost in her thoughts.
‘The second wedding.’
She kept thinking about that while sitting in front of the painter yesterday. But as outstanding artists will persistently capture the subject in front of them, Valia consciously eliminated any random thoughts. If she had even the slightest gloomy thought, it would have been captured in her portrait.
‘But it’s fine now.’
She was free to think whatever she wanted and make whatever expression.
[I, Schuden Garth, take Valia Dean to be my wedded wife, and this is my vow.]
A grand wedding. Schuden’s voice was still clear in her ears. She knew vaguely that there was something wrong with the wedding officiant. But there certainly existed the option to delay the wedding. So why did he conduct the second wedding?
Because of the attention from the nobles?
Because the honor of the Marquess would be tarnished if the wedding was ruined?
Valia shook her head.
‘I should not avoid it when I already know.’
She already knew the answer.
Because she did not know ‘yet’ that Schuden would love Yeri in the future.
Valia let out a long sigh. In fact, Schuden himself had never said he loved Yeri. However, he had never denied the rumors, he quarreled with the First Prince, and the Marchioness burst into tears at the imperial banquet in the past…
All circumstances pointed to only one fact, it could not be refuted. Valia tapped the marble wall silently. It was a habit that she used to practice in the Imperial Palace whenever she felt down. If it were a wooden wall, it would have been dented but since it was solid marble, she did not have to worry about that.
‘To be honest, it was too much.’
Schuden was not simply a handsome and young powerful man. It was not until she saw him within his boundaries that she realized it. Her husband casually played with a woman’s heart like a fiddle. Valia knew that she was slow to the sense of love. She had never experienced the typical first love. Although she admired the handsome knights in the Imperial Palace, she had never suffered from unrequited love.
It was definitely like that.
Even when she knew that he was a man who would love another woman—a woman chosen by God, her heart still beat fast for him. There would definitely be a problem on a later day. If she could, she wanted to go back to her past self who was contemplating over the letter of the temple princess selection and gave her a piece of advice.
‘I need to brace myself. He is no joke.’
But then again, it was useless to think so. After returning from the past, she had searched all kinds of libraries, but she could not find any information about people who returned to the past. Valia could only let out a sigh on her complicated mind. She paused while in the middle of her blowing the rose petals.
“…Wait a second.”
She remembered something she had forgotten for a moment.
[I will love only her throughout my life.]
Valia’s silvery-gray eyes widened in realization.
[If I break my vow, I will pay it back with my life.]
The petals soaked with water dropped down from Valia’s hand. She paid attention only to the vow itself and forgot about the details for a moment. She would like to ask herself how she could have forgotten something like that when only a day just passed.
‘He can’t love someone else…’
The moment she realized it, her breath stopped.
