“Kuk. Ugh.” Niall’s throat tightened. Even with one hand, he couldn’t escape. The large hand left a slight gap and firmly grabbed Niall’s throat, squeezing with force.
“Du…ke.” Niall grabbed the Duke’s arm and struggled, even as liquid continued to seep from the opening. The body, sensing impending death, finally emitted a faint pheromone. However, it was so weak that no one had noticed yet.
“Your Grace!” As the bones creaked from Niall’s throat, the knights and Majordomo rushed over. While they tried to free Niall from the Duke’s hand, Niall’s complexion turned pale, almost blue, and soon drops of blood dripped from his nose.
Niall moved his pupils to look at the Duke, who was trying to kill him. Soon, from his lips, a weak and faint sound calling the Duke with a frailness worse than the wind flowed out. Magnus…
“Niall!” Majordomo rushed in and caught Niall’s body. The Duke released his grip. Majordomo tried to pull Niall back, but Niall shook his head while coughing.
Though he had almost died, Niall knelt between the Duke’s legs again. Then, he grabbed the Duke’s genitalia and shook it.
‘I will help you.’ Unable to speak, Niall whispered with only his lips moving.
‘I will save you. Please let me save you.’
‘Accept me.’ The fragrance of flowers came to mind. It was a refreshing scent but so weak that it seemed as meaningless as wiping the sea with a handkerchief. Niall looked up at the Duke, pursing his lips. With sorrow, he explored the Duke’s invisible eyes with his gaze.
However, the sea stopped flowing in the face of that faint fragrance. Though faint, as Omega pheromones flowed towards the Duke, the fierceness gradually left his face.
Niall touched the Duke with his hand and stood up on his knees. Then, he brought his lips to the Duke’s lips. In an instant, as Omega pheromones reached the Duke, fierceness gradually faded from his face.
Niall stood up and looked down at the Duke, whose eyes were filled with vulnerability and confusion. The scent of flowers lingered in the air.
“Ah!” The Duke ejaculated. It was the first ejaculation caused by someone else.
The secret chamber fell into an eerie silence. Everyone gathered in this room was close aides of the Duke. They were well aware of the Duke’s condition and how he regarded contact with others.
Majordomo couldn’t believe it. He had seen how an Omega who forcibly approached the Duke was torn to death.
“Oh, Your Grace!”
At that moment, the Duke’s body went limp. Two knights quickly supported the Duke and took him to a long sofa.
Niall wiped away the Duke’s semen that splattered on his mouth and cheek, then brushed off his hands. Majordomo and the leader of the knights silently observed Niall.
“Now… is it done?”
Niall barely managed to speak, sounding as if he were an eighty-year-old. Even that was interrupted by several coughs.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“I’ll bring you some good medicine for your throat.”
“Thank… you.”
“And some ointment. The chafing on your throat seems severe.”
While Majordomo bustled around, the leader of the knights approached Niall with a peculiar gaze. Niall was still kneeling, and the leader extended her hand, signaling for Niall to shake hands and stand up.
Niall was taken aback and shook hands hesitantly. However, when the leader continued to offer her hand, Niall shook his head, indicating that it was dirty and inappropriate.
“It’s fine. It’s my lord’s, so it’s not dirty.”
And he extended his hand firmly again.
Unable to refuse any longer, Niall wiped his hands on his clothes several times before finally shaking hands with the leader of the knights and standing up. The leader, measuring Niall’s height with narrowed eyes, looked him up and down before saying,
“I am Elmiran Maedra. You can call me Elmiran.”
“I can’t do that.”
No matter how sore his throat was, he had to say those words. Niall clapped his hands. There was a clear class distinction between nobles, knights, and commoners. It was not allowed for commoners to ride horses or even call the names of nobles, just as they couldn’t wield a sword.
“There are too many knights here, and it would be difficult to distinguish if we don’t call names.”
“Then, if I call you ‘Dame’…”
“I don’t like that.”
Elmiran Maedra cut him off abruptly.
“Either call me by my name or don’t call me at all.”
“Elmiran… Dame.”
Niall reluctantly compromised. Elmiran nodded as if she had allowed that much. At that moment, Majordomo returned and handed Niall some medicine. After swallowing the powdered medicine with water, Niall felt a bit more comfortable in his throat. Only then did Niall relax, letting out a deep sigh as his shoulders slumped.
“That was quite courageous.”
“I just did what needed to be done.”
“No, it was truly courageous. If it were me, I’d rather charge alone into enemy territory than face the Duke one-on-one.”
Elmiran spoke as if what Niall had done was equivalent to confronting the enemy’s leader head-on. It wasn’t that intense, Niall thought, smiling.
“Shortly after setting out, the Duke’s condition started to deteriorate. Initially, it was insomnia… but after arriving here, his vision started to blur. Eventually, the Duke personally sent a messenger to bring you.”
Elmiran sighed deeply.
“If you had been a little later, I don’t know what would have happened. The Lagartons are already suspicious. If they think the Duke is absent, they will launch a full-scale attack. Originally, both we and the Lagartons are fighting for show, upholding our honor. They use the pretext of a holy war, and we claim to be protecting the holy land. In the end, there won’t be a full-scale battle as long as the Duke is present.”
“That means…”
Elmiran replied, putting on the helmet she had taken off.
“Yeah, if the Duke doesn’t continue to appear, they’ll go all out.”
The next day, the siege began.
The sacred fortress lacked a formidable defense system. The terrain was not treacherous, there were no gates, and the walls were not particularly high. It was a small piece of land with seemingly little value. However, it held symbolic significance as the birthplace of a sage, even if Niall, who did not believe in gods, couldn’t fathom it. For devout believers, it was a meaningful land.
The two empires had alternately possessed this land for centuries, presenting it as a gift with the queen’s dowry and reclaiming it. Niall observed the enemy soldiers surrounding the castle. They repeatedly tried to climb the walls with ladders, only to be hit by stones and fall.
The Lagarton soldiers surrounding the castle shouted, their content revolving around “Cowardly Duke, come out and face us!” and “The cowardly lord of the North, who fled from the fight because he’s afraid.” The problem was that the Northerners were easily swayed by such words.
“Where is our Duke? Why isn’t he coming out to command us?”
The reverence that the Northerners showed to the Duke was not the same as the respect given to the distant emperors. Originally, a king was a figure who stayed safely in the capital, issuing commands. However, the Duke of the North couldn’t afford that luxury. The Northern Duke had to be a living deity of war.
“The Northern army is like night and day when the Duke is present or not.”
Elmiran approached Niall and spoke. Elmiran’s eyes were fixed on the Northern army rushing towards the fortress.
“The lords are the same, and the knights too. Everyone is waiting for the Duke now.”
“Isn’t there any other leader in the North besides the Duke? Does he always have to be at the forefront?”
Unintentionally raising his voice, Niall consciously lowered it. He repeatedly clenched and relaxed his fist as if testing if his fingers were functioning properly. Watching Niall, Elmiran looked at him with a slightly puzzled expression.
“Yes, he always has to be at the forefront. Even if he doesn’t command the battlefield, he has to show himself. He was born for that purpose.”
“…”
“Farmers plant crops, cobblers work with leather, blacksmiths make knives.”
And the Northern Duke was born to wage war.
“…”
Niall’s fingers curled back into a fist. His chest felt tight.
“Let’s go.”
Elmiran nudged Niall’s back. “I need you.”
In the dimly lit chamber, with curtains drawn over the windows to create almost complete darkness, the Duke sat. When Majordomo gestured for Niall to come closer, Niall moved his steps slowly. The Duke’s chair looked sturdier than what Niall had seen yesterday, and the armrests were adorned with iron decorations, making it seem improbable for the Duke to crush it like yesterday.
As Niall stepped into the brightest circle of light, the Duke’s face became distinct. The deep blue iris followed the sound of Niall’s footsteps, the focus was sharp. However, it didn’t seem like the Duke recognized Niall. His eyes were scanning, evaluating. Friend or foe. The Duke’s face bore a look akin to an animal sizing up a human it saw for the first time.
Finally standing in front of the Duke, Niall felt a tension as if bound by a thick rope. Although the Duke had clearly improved since yesterday, he was far from being in perfect condition. There was something ominous in the water. It was as if there was something terrifying waiting to burst through the surface at any moment, casting shadows and pulsating like a creature about to erupt. It was precarious.
A bound creature.
Born as an Alpha, blessed, but turned into a curse.
The beautiful Emperor of the North.
“Duke.”
Niall called out to the Duke in a very tender voice. He wanted to help.
“It’s me. Niall is here.”
Nice triple icecream 😉 Thanks for chapters
🤔Thanks for the chapters.
merci beaucoup pour le chapitre.
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Thank for the chapter !
In the sentence : “since you’ve finally managed to sleep”, is it not rather “since he has finally managed to sleep” or “since you’ve finally managed to make him sleep? ” I thought he was talking about the duke ?
thank you for pointing it out, i have made the correction 🙂
I have never been so worried about whether or not an orgasm happened in my life 😫
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