Chapter 145 "I want to take you back to the North..."
I chuckled, speechless. "Are you kidding me?"
We haven't seen or been in touch for years, so what kind of friendship could there be? Me and him? And where do we even begin to talk about it?
His amber eyes flashed with an unusual light. "I often joke around and like to talk nonsense to women, but with you, I'm serious."
I burst out laughing, I really couldn't help it, "You're such a joker."
He didn't smile; he pursed his lips tightly and didn't utter a sound.
"Alright, enough with the jokes," I said with a smile. "Thank you for coming here now. I know it wasn't easy. Now we can talk about the alliance. As you can see, my capital city isn't large, but it has a good location. I plan to build a straight road connecting the land and water, and possibly a straight bridge over the lake. Of course, I know it will be very costly, but I will do my best to make this plan happen. Once completed, it will bring tremendous trade opportunities to the capital city, and I'm willing to offer you the most favorable tax rates."
He chuckled softly before speaking, "That's still a long way off, I really don't think it's worth it."
“We can discuss other agreements as well. Please come in and have a seat.” I smiled and opened the door a crack.
He walked in without any ceremony, and as Beatrice was about to follow, he smiled slightly, said, "Sorry!" and closed the door.
Then, to my astonishment, he took off his clothes one by one, revealing his broad, sexy upper body and wearing only a pair of white cotton trousers. He leaned back on my soft sofa and said, "Your room is too hot."
"You really don't consider yourself an outsider," I exclaimed.
“I will never be an outsider to you.” He smiled, his eyes narrowing like a cunning fox.
I picked up a stack of official documents from the table and placed them in front of him. “Perfect timing. I’ve been organizing some trade agreements for the capital city these past few days. Take a look and see which ones you find useful.”
These past few days I've been studying various official documents day and night, searching for allies and every opportunity to cooperate, hoping to find a glimmer of hope for the royal city.
I know I'm a complete novice when it comes to economics and politics, and there's a lot I don't understand, but I can only grit my teeth and keep going because I have no other options.
He didn't even glance at the documents, but looked at me with a grin and said, "Are you still angry with me? I left you in the freezing cold a few years ago."
“I’d almost forgotten,” I laughed. “It’s been so many years.”
“I only intended to ignore you for a short while, and once you’d suffered enough, I would personally bring you back.” He was still looking into my eyes. “But the night I was supposed to pick you up, you suddenly disappeared. I searched everywhere for you but couldn’t find you, and in my anger, I killed all those who were watching you. I even heard that you had escaped to a tailor shop on the northern border, so I went there, but I couldn’t find you there either. I was furious, so furious that I burned down the tailor shop, beat the tailor owner up, and drove him out of the North. I think you must be very angry with me, because you never returned to the North, nor did you send me any messages.”
“I’ve almost forgotten,” I emphasized. “Your Highness, I’m already married and have an illegitimate daughter. You deserve better.”
“Your queen is dead, and you are now a widow. You should consider remarrying.” He blinked and said, “As for your illegitimate daughter, I don’t care. I have an illegitimate child now.”
I laughed and said casually, "Didn't you say before that you didn't like illegitimate children, so you didn't have any?"
"Yes, but I'm frequently targeted for assassination now. If I die, I won't even have any descendants, so I had to have a few."
"Alright, just tell me what benefits you want, aside from romantic relationships." I was getting impatient with his beating around the bush and said directly, "My capital city urgently needs a breakout."
“Didn’t I tell you from the beginning?” he smiled beautifully, crossing his legs, “I only want you to be with me.”
“You know it’s impossible,” my voice turned cold, “it’s been impossible between us for a long time.”
“If you don’t agree, there’s no possibility of cooperation between us.” He was still smiling, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes. “I came here in person to show you my sincerity.”
“I have no doubt about your sincerity,” I sighed, “but there is truly no possibility of a romantic relationship between us anymore.”
“If you say ‘you’ again, I’ll strip you naked.” His voice suddenly turned cold.
I stood up. "Please reconsider. You can have this room."
As I walked towards the door, my hand had just touched the doorknob when he hugged me from behind.
He held me tightly, his lips pressed against my neck, "I want to take you back to the North, I want to marry you."
I paused for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Your jokes are getting funnier and funnier!"
Before I could finish speaking, I heard a hissing sound, and my robes ripped into pieces, fluttering down. I turned around in fright, clutching my chest where I had almost been exposed, "You... are you crazy?!"
“I told you, if you use the word ‘you’ again, I’ll strip you naked.” He looked at my lower body with great interest—I was only wearing underwear, and my two bare legs were exposed.
I was furious, my eyes blazing with anger—anyone would react like that if their clothes were stripped off.
But I didn't want to do evil to him. The capital still needed to be saved. I turned the doorknob, ready to escape, but he blocked the door even faster, staring intently at me. "Give me a blowjob, and I'll send you 10,000 troops."
"You're crazy!" I couldn't help but yell.
“I’m serious,” his voice became urgent and passionate, “just once, let me have a moment, and I’ll help you.”
"You're taking advantage of my misfortune!" I cursed.
"Yes, but if I don't take advantage of your misfortune, you won't give me oral sex."
He took out a military token and said, "I mean what I say, the 10,000 soldiers are yours."
With the fate of the capital hanging in the balance, I had no choice. I closed my eyes, bent down, and his trousers slipped down...
An hour later, I hastily fled into the study, almost getting "taken care of" by him. Even without physical intimacy, oral sex alone had him hooked. Again and again, he pinned me to the floor, kissing me passionately, touching my entire body, rubbing against me for a long time, almost succeeding. I slammed the study door shut, and I could almost hear his loud laughter coming from my room.
After a while, things seemed to quiet down, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Looking in the mirror, I saw that my long hair was a mess, my cheeks were flushed, my lips were swollen, and I was almost naked and covered in filth. It was obvious that something had happened.
I sighed, combed my long hair, and fell silent.
With the arrival of 10,000 troops, the strength of the royal city has indeed increased significantly, and the Western Kingdom's army that had been surrounding us has retreated several miles.
These 10,000 troops came by crossing the lake. Mamboya actually sent people to build several thousand rafts, which enabled his army to cross the lake smoothly.
“It was originally prepared for a new battle,” Manboa and I said as we stood on the top of the tower in the royal city, looking through our binoculars. “We are preparing for a war with the Kingdom of Achia. Achia is surrounded by the sea on all sides, so we need something to cross the sea.”
"Wouldn't it be too easy to cross the sea with a raft?" I asked.
“These 10,000 elite soldiers can all swim,” he put down his binoculars and smiled at me. “When recruiting soldiers, they are required to know how to swim. Those who don’t know how are required to learn in a short period of time.”
"Thank you for letting me use the sailor first," I said.
“I’m doing this willingly,” he blinked his long eyelashes. “If you really refuse, I’ll still lend it to you; otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to you in person.”
"Why?!" I asked him.
"I thought I would forget you too, but I haven't forgotten you in all these years." He suddenly grabbed my waist, and I frowned and tried to back away, but I couldn't break free.
“I won’t go with you,” I said. “God knows how many women you’ve slept with over the years, maybe a hundred or more. If you catch some disease and infect me, I’ll be the one who loses out.”
He laughed loudly, "Don't worry, I'm actually very picky. I don't accept women who aren't clean. Those promiscuous women, although they're exciting, have too many problems, so I generally don't accept them. Only those who have slept with my confidant first, and whose confidant hasn't had any problems after a month, are considered acceptable."
I was speechless for a long time after listening.
“There are quite a few people getting this kind of dirty disease nowadays,” he said, as if he had just remembered something, and added with emotion, “The severe cases involve ulceration all over the body, which is quite disgusting.”
I couldn't help but feel a chill. "Tell me honestly, have you ever done this before?"
“No serious ones,” he said honestly, “but I did have a minor one. Since then, I’ve never dared to do anything reckless again. I’ll also do a survey of the women I’m going to sleep with to make sure they’re completely fine before I go to bed with them.”
Seeing my mocking and disdainful expression, he immediately added, "Didn't Benoît and Artis get pregnant? Benoît's was very secretive, but I still found out. He broke up with his mistress because of it, and she had even received a lot of money from him. Artis had just recovered from an illness a few months ago and slept with a high-class socialite. After finding out he was pregnant, he simply got rid of her."
I don't know what my expression is like right now; I just stand there blankly.
“No man is any good,” he said, his face brushing against my long hair. “But actually, I’m pretty good. I’ve always been very loyal. I can’t forget you, my sister, my goddess.”
He always remembered the older sister from when he was seven years old; that was her, the one he had promised to marry.
With the arrival of the northern troops, the crisis in my capital has indeed been alleviated considerably.
The freezing rain season has arrived, and the temperature has plummeted, which has become an advantage for the armies of the North. The North only experiences winter, and its people are accustomed to the cold, making them particularly energetic in battle. Conversely, the people of the West are quite unaccustomed to the sudden drop in temperature.
In this situation, the northern army fought a battle with their own army, and with the command of Manberia, the western army was utterly defeated and forced to retreat several miles again.
This was a resounding victory, and the whole city celebrated.
Not only were the northern army provided with fine wine and meat, but the city's nobles also held a ball and revelry.
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