Beast’s Flower - Chapter 5

“Young lady’s name is Ariadne, right?”

 

Bioust asked the Baron’s daughter, who sent him a seductive look

 

He wasn’t really curious, it was just a greeting question.

 

“Yes, that is right, Your Highness.”

 

“It’s a very beautiful name.”

 

“I am grateful, Your Highness.”

 

The Baron looked at Ariadne, who spoke with a shy smile, proudly.

 

“Well, Your Highness the Crown Prince. This would make me look like a fool thus saying may be too shameful but…”

 

“Do speak, Baron”

 

“Actually, our Ariadne is a child who is rotting wastefully in this countryside. She is a well-known beauty in this area. We do not know how they heard of this rumor, but she has received a marriage proposal from noble young masters.”

 

Bioust refrained from saying that there was such a similar face one in ten houses in the capital. He also did not say that there’s a maid that worked in the Imperial Palace that has the same beauty as Ariadne.

 

“Yes, you must be very proud of your daughter.”

 

He just smiled and sipped more wine. When the Baron had said that he wanted his daughter to join their dinner, Bioust had already guessed that something like that would come out.

 

It’s much better than sneakily throwing the young lady in her underwear at the place where Bioust would be staying.

 

Whenever that happens, they would see him as the embodiment of their carnal desire, so he would have the urge to bite off all those impudent people.

 

“Yes, that’s right. So what I’m saying…”

 

It seemed like the Baron had something to say as he peered at him.

 

“I enjoy the meal, Baron.”

 

Bioust wiped his lips with the napkin on his side, and lastly, drank one glass of water.

 

There was no need for him to listen to more useless nonsense. Bioust then stood up from his seat.

 

“Yes?”

 

“I am still a little tired because I wandered through the forest in the rain yesterday. I’ll be in my room to get some rest.”

 

“Aah- yes, yes!”

 

The baron hurriedly responded to his words, and stood up from his seat.

 

“Ariadne, take the Crown Prince to his room.”

 

“It’s okay, Baron. I’m fine on my own. My attendant is waiting outside.”

 

“Aa- that’s what I’m saying. Your attendant looked tired, so I told them to go back and rest first.”

 

Bioust’s attendant, Suli, knew his dirty personality well. So there was no way he would go back and rest first. He must have enticed him with some flattering remarks.

 

If Suli daringly went back first without his master, Bioust, allowing it, he would be punished. Suli must have gotten tangled up in something that was enough for him to risk punishment.

 

And Bioust knew very well that something was money.

 

The quick-witted and nimble attendant of Bioust was a person who would gladly sell his soul for money. That’s why he was even more reliable.

 

It was because that clever attendant knew that no other cash cow was as reliable as the Crown Prince of the Empire.

 

“So, it would be better for Ariadne, who knows the mansion well, to accompany you, Your Highness. There are dark places in the mansion right now, I do not dare make the Crown Prince hold a lamp.”

 

“I also could not let the Baron’s precious esteemed daughter do such a thing.”

 

“Haha! No, Your Highness. Please don’t ignore my sincerity as you are my guest.”

 

“Then, let’s do just that.”

 

Bioust, who no longer wanted to be annoyed by the Baron’s haggling, said so as he looked at Ariadne.

 

And he made up his mind inside. If she would ever offer her body, he would bang her little head on the wall of the mansion under the premise of insulting the Crown Prince.

 

They should know that he was such a ferocious Crown Prince, so they should expect that he would annihilate the Baron after that. The appropriate reason was that he tried to assassinate the Crown Prince or something like that.

 

No one would be interested in the disappearance of a Baron in the countryside.

 

So he just hoped that the Baron’s esteemed daughter would only flirt with her eyes and won’t throw her body.

 

“Let’s go, Your Highness.”

 

Bioust silently followed Ariadne, who was in front holding a candlesticks.

 

At that moment,he thought of a very good idea. He was going to visit the cabin tomorrow. Holding a few candles.

 

I wonder what that hissing cat would say if I shoved her the thing that she needed. Whether she will stick out her chin for me to gently stroke, or she would just hiss at me.

 

“Oh my!”

 

Ariadne, who was walking ahead, suddenly yelled and stumbled. And like a well-crafted play, she was embraced by Bioust who was slightly standing behind her.

 

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I lost my footing.”

 

“Oh no, are you okay?”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

Even though she said she’s okay, Ariadne has no plan of removing her body from Bioust. Bioust scoffed at the obvious trick.

 

Maybe it’s because she’s a low-class noble that her ways were also low-class.

 

“I think it would be better if Young Lady would go back. I have already memorized the structure of the mansion,  and I know the way to my room from here.”

 

“N-no. Your Highness. I will take you there.”

 

“It’s really fine. Rather, it looks like I should take you to your room.”

 

“Yes? Then…”

 

When Bioust raised her slightly, she gently stood up. He could clearly see what she was thinking through her slightly red cheeks.

 

“Let’s go, Young lady, I will take you to your room.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

Ariadne shyly lowered her head, adn turned her body heading towards her room.

 

Ariadne’s eyes, as she glanced at the Biost, grew more and more passionate. There was lust in the eyes looking at Bioust’s face, his firm chest, and his firm abdomen.

 

And finally, once they reached Ariadne’s room, her face was red and hre breathing was rough.

 

“This is your room?”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

Dreaming of a sweet night with the Crown Prince, Ariadne gently opened the door to her room. Then she entered the room first, and took a step aside so that the Crown Prince could come in.

 

“Well then, have a good night.”

 

Ariadne, who had her head shyly lowered, could see the feet of the Crown Prince outside the door, and the door closing just like that.

 

“Y-your Highness?”

 

When Ariadne raised her head in bewilderment, the door was already closed.

 

“Your Highness, Crown Prince?”

 

There was already no one in the hallway when she hurriedly opened the door in bewilderment. Ariadne came out into the hallway and looked to his left and right, wondering if a person could disappear so quickly.

 

There was only dim light in the hallway, and the Crown Prince was nowhere to be seen.

 

“I can’t believe it…”

 

Ariadne muttered to herself in the empty hallway at the sight of the Crown Prince’s seamless disappearance.

 

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When he opened the door, he found the best room in the Baron’s mansion. Even though it was shabby compared to the rooms in the Imperial Palace.

 

The brightly lit candles and the wood burning in the cozy fireplace welcomed Bioust.

 

“Suli.”

 

When closed the door and called his attendant’s name, the attendant, who was making the fire, stood up.

 

“What, Crown Prince! Is the dinner over already?”

 

Biosut just stared at the Suli who was dramatically startled.

 

“I tried to warm up the room before the Crown Prince would come, so I promptly went back first. I never thought that the Crown Prince would finish your meal this quickly!”

 

“Suli, I had no idea that your dream was to become a member of a wandering troupe.”

 

Bioust slipped past Suli and unbuttoned his jacket.

 

“What are you talking about? When the Crown Prince becomes emperor, it is my grand dream to become a competent Imperial attendant who can take care of you with all my heart.”

 

“I don’t think excellent acting ability is an Imperial attendant’s virtue.”

 

Bioust threw the jacket he had taken off, but Suli quickly caught it.

 

“What acting, that…”

 

Suli, who was about to continue his glib talking, gulped at Bioust’s eyes staring at him indifferently, and swallowed back his words.

 

“Please spare me.”

 

Instead, it was that word that came out. At the words of the attendant, the Crown Prince smirked.

 

He was quick-witted, cunning, and didn’t just tremble in front of the Crown Prince. All of this was possible because of his greed for money and huge ambitions, because Suli was the third son of a baron in the countryside.

 

He liked the fact that Suli was moderately greedy, moderately ambitious, and moderately submissive.

 

He wasn’t, at least, a foolish man who thought he could deceive him.

 

“How much did you get?”

 

“500 shilling.”

 

“That’s all?”

 

The Crown Prince asked again while unbuttoning his shirt. It seemed like the Baron was quite stingy to only invest 500 shilling when aiming at someone whose position was Crown Prince.

 

“I was told they would give me an extra 500 shillings if it worked out, but there’s no way it would, so that’s gone.”

 

When Bioust took off his shirt, his sleek body appeared. His white skin without a single scar was like that of a noble, but his well-defined, fine muscles could be said to be the body of a knight commander.

 

As Bioust moved to remove his pants, the muscles in his forearm swelled with strength. Suli looked at him as if possessed, since he has a nice body even for a man.

 

“Do you also have a sodomy hobby?”

 

Seeing Suli stare at him, Bioust said that, and only then Suli raised his head as if waking up from a dream.

 

“Honestly, even though I don’t have one, I’m afraid I would develop such a hobby when I look at the Crown Prince.”

 

“I’ll have to change the attendant starting tomorrow.”

 

“Since I’m afraid, it will never happen.”

 

When Bioust took off even his underwear, Suli had to try not to look at him even more.

 

To be exact, his lower body.

Even as a man, his eyes were blinded unknowingly with Bioust’s large thing, and Suli used to sneak a peek at him without realizing, but he thought he shouldn’t do it today.

 

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