âThatâs the woman I bought at a special price from the slave market in Nyrux.â
âWhat? You bought a woman? You?â
âYes, I had a hard time buying her. I paid four times more to get her.â
With that, Tamon laughed contentedly. He reached out boldly and lightly touched Roselynâs cheek as she was staring at them.
Tamon noticed Roselineâs eyes had become fierce for a moment, but he could only laugh.
She was a quick witted woman, and he trusted that she should be able to understand his words appropriately.
âTamon Krasis bought a girl. Why all of a sudden?â
A man, who until yesterday Theo thought was asexual or gay, bought a female slave.
Theo couldnât believe it.
Above all, Tamon was a man who was always skeptical about slavery. So it was hard to believe he bought a slave for himself.
Belatedly, Tamon answered.
ââŠbecause she looks like someone.â
âOh, yes.â
A sigh escaped the kingâs mouth.
Yes, the reason was convincing.
In fact, it was always Tamon who came into full conflict with Tanatos. It was an empire with the power of death, so Amor couldnât go to war recklessly, they had to continue establishing diplomatic relations.
The interests of many nations were intertwined, so Tamon, as the chief diplomat, always took the lead in clashing with them.
When asked to name the person who confronted him the most and annoyed him the most, the first person who would come up was the Empress of Tanatos, Roselyn V. Sunset.
An empress who did not follow the imperial family name.
She was wise, full of dignity, and strong.
However, it was very annoying and troublesome to keep such a person as an enemy. Theo knew very well that Tamon had gritted his teeth many times when he thought of her.
âOh, I see. Yes. Well, itâs not that Iâm not convinced. She does look like her. So where are you from?â
Theo asked suddenly, turning to Roselyn. Roselyn was staring at the two when she suddenly looked scared and asked Tamon.
[âŠâŠ Who is this person? Will he kick me out? How am I supposed to answer?]
*[ ] speaking in another language*
It was a foreign language that Roselyn spoke fluently.
It was not the official language of Amor and Tanatos, but the language of Hirusha, which was very far away.
How did she pick Hirusha, of all places?
Tamon forced himself not to laugh at Roselynâs wit.
Hirusha was the hometown of Theoâs mother, the former queen Galatea Roaman.
She married to Amor when she was very young, and Theo often heard stories about Hirusha from his mother.
Perhaps that was why Theo tended to be generous to the people of Hirusha.
Could it be that Roselyn had calculated this and spoke the language?
Tamon was once again impressed by Roselyn, but he couldnât help but wonder how far she knew.
Tamon looked deep into the purple eyes that were staring at him.
Did she know that her eyes were too proud and elegant to be a slaveâsâŠ
It was not the eyes of one who served her master, but the eyes of one who made her master kneel at her feet.
Tamon grinned and said in a heavy voice.
[This man is the king of this land. You have nothing to fear, my silver fox. And he knows that you have no home.]
Theo, who was listening to their conversation, opened his eyes in surprise.
âWhat? Youâre from Hirusha but were sold in Nyrux?â
âShe seems to be from there, yes. Her official language of Amor is not that good.â (Tamon)
âOh, why would a girl from Hirusha come to NyruxâŠ?â
Theo clicked his tongue and looked at Roselyn pitifully. Roselyn averted her gaze and made it look like she was scared.
âLook at this poor girl, she has nobody. Her hands and feet are covered in scars. It seems she had gone through a great deal of trouble.â
âWellâŠ.her limbs donât seem to be the problem. I donât know how much she suffered, but look at her neck and shoulders, itâs all red.â
Theo clicked his tongue at Tamon as he was unhappy with what Tamon did to the poor woman. Tamon made him acknowledge the important fact one more time.
âI would like to remind you again who brought the silver deerâs fur.â
âThe d*mn Tamon Krasis.â
Theo glared at Tamon with a nice but disapproving expression. He asked Roselyn in a voice softer than before.
[Where in Hirsha are you from?]
[âŠâŠ Raem. Iâm from Raem.]
[Raem? Iâm not sure where that is. Itâs not a city near the capital, is it?]
[Itâs a very small territory on the northeast side of Hirusha. We mainly herd sheep to eatâŠâŠâŠ.]
[Ah, I seeâŠ]
Roselynâs accent was so perfect that even the locals couldnât distinguish it, so the king didnât have any doubt about her tone.
The term âlinguistic geniusâ was indeed not wrong.
âRaem. Raem⊠hmm.â
Theo, who was pensive for a while, suddenly asked very naturally.
âWhat is your name, by the way?â
At that moment, Roselyn said in an unsure voice, biting her lower lip.
[Iâm sorry, Iâm still not very good at the official language, so I didnât understand what you said. If you could ask me again, please âŠ.]
Tamon breathed a low sigh of relief.
The wise and wicked king tested Roselyn again. Of course, this woman wasnât easy to fall into Theoâs cute trap.
Tamon was more surprised that she pretended to be foolish to deceive Theo, rather than easily identifying the trap he had sowed.
Heâd thought she wouldnât understand flexibility, but to be able to lie and look like thatâŠ
The slightly unsure voice was also something he couldnât imagine in her usual appearance.
Oh, the more he knew, the more amazing and interesting she was.
Theo casually asked again.
[What is your name?]
[Oh, my name isâŠâŠ]
Roselyn hesitated for a moment.
Then, after staring at Tamon, she slowly opened her mouth to answer.
[My name is AranrosiaâŠ..]
ââŠâ
[Iâm Aranrosia.]
That name Tamon gave her began to flow out of her lips.
Oh.
This woman.
Now that she received the name as her own and became the âseaâ.
Aranrosia.
It was an ancient language that Amor had forgottenâŠâŠ
It was âthe most beautiful sea.â
***
A storm passed by.
Roselyn collapsed, exhausted.
The body that Tamon had eaten all night was staggering like rusty armor, and the sudden appearance of the King of Amor seemed to make her feel faint.
âIâm tired.â
The day passed by so fast.
Maybe it was because she hadnât slept much, and she felt lightheaded. In the midst of it all, the conversation with the king of Amor and Tamon kept running through her mind.
The most memorable of them all wasâŠâŠ.
âI thought you were naturally asexualâŠâŠ..?â
âŠAsexual.
Roselynâs body, which was bullied all night, proved that it was not true. Not only Tamon wasnât asexual, but he was full of lust and passion.
A lustful pervert, a sexual deviant, a sexual predator. A monsterâŠ
The words that were used to describe the man last night came to her mind like a fountain.
How could such a man pretend to be asexual? Come to think of it, not a single line of information she gathered indicated that the man had ever been involved with a woman.
The incident where he insulted the Queen of Foucault and kicked her out was something Roselyn knew about.
The Queen of Foucault was an amazingly beautiful woman who made men feel lustful just by looking at her once. Roselyn couldnât believe Tamon refused such a woman.
The Tamon of last night and the Tamon in the story seemed to be two completely different men.
âYesterday happened might have been because of the mysterious power.â
Certainly he was not normal last night. Therefore, there was a great possibility that Tamon in his normal state was asexual, as King Amor had said earlier.
So yesterday, it could have been some sort of accident.
Roseline, who thought so and tried to relax, turned pale.
Come to think of it, Tamon embraced her every night when he brought her to Amor. His actions did not stop until she awoke to his kisses and fainted.
Was it just a âburstâ from last night to this morning?
No, it seemed he really wasnât asexual like rumors said.
âIt doesnât matter to meâŠâ
The man looked so distressed last night that she had no choice but to help.
Whether she liked it or not, he saved her life.
She was not saved by her own will, but now sheâs aliveâŠ
As long as she made up her mind not to die anymore, the fact that he had saved her was an indelible fact.
She only gave herself once or twice in return for what she received.
Roselyn quickly brushed away the thoughts that disturbed her mind and thought of another story.