Chapter 60: 60. The Duke's Daughter Got Purely, Desperately Horny.

Ordinary knights had to endure grueling labor—whether they were bound to a house and guarding its territory, going off to war, or serving as escorts—and undergo bone-grinding training every day.

Then what about an "honorary knight," a title with nothing but the superficial word "honor" attached to it?

They were exempt from military service and conscription.

They faced no restrictions on where they could reside.

And they could freely use the name of the ducal house.

The moment one received it, they could slap the cheeks of the low-ranking nobles groveling below them, and those nobles would still have to smile pleasantly and thank them.

And this was not merely an honorary knighthood, but one granted by a ducal house... That said it all.

Whether he understood just how tremendous that authority was or not... Ryu-o merely blinked his large eyes.

Then sighs erupted from the nobles.

- An honorary knight! Of a ducal house!

- His age! How old did you say that man was?

- Twenty-two...

- Good heavens...

The whispering nobles broke into thunderous applause, their greedy eyes gleaming as they smacked their lips.

No matter how enormous the benefits he had received, he was still a young man who knew little of noble society.

He was under the protection of the ducal house, so they could not do anything foolish—but what if they could somehow forge a connection with him?

What if they could pair him off nicely with one of their daughters?

What if they introduced him to the taste of luxury?

No, even establishing the slightest acquaintance with him would be enormously profitable.

The nobles began assessing the cards in their hands.

The high noble houses glanced at their children, while the lower-ranking nobles agonized over whether they ought to empty out their family coffers.

Seeing their reactions, the duke's daughter curled up the corner of her mouth.

Exactly the reaction she wanted.

Wherever Jang Ryu-o went from now on, he would be treated with respect, and every one of his deeds would raise the prestige of the ducal house.

Yet despite everything going according to plan, a small discomfort rose within her.

"?"

She did not yet know what emotion it was...

But today, for some reason, the duke's daughter did not like the young ladies wearing lecherous expressions.

She simply, utterly, absolutely did not like them.

Still, she could not spoil the mood on such a fine day.

The duke's daughter extended her hand and declared,

"Let us celebrate the birth of a new hero! Everyone, enjoy the banquet to your heart's content!"

Clap clap clap clap clap!!!

Once the banquet began in earnest, the nobles stared at Ryu-o with burning eyes.

The duke's daughter whispered into the flustered Ryu-o's ear.

"Make a few simple connections. With the intention of using them all."

"I-Is that really all right?"

"Hah, being too soft is a problem as well. So long as you do not kill them, you can do whatever you like. Go on."

When Ryu-o looked at her with bright, sparkling eyes, a corner of the duke's daughter's heart was dyed warm.

"...?"

"Then I'll be going."

"...Yes."

An incomprehensible emotion. Her plan was proceeding steadily, so why?

"Hm... Another glass."

"Yes."

Seated in the place of honor, the duke's daughter sipped champagne as she looked down at the nobles.

It was a gesture indicating that she had no intention of socializing yet.

The young noblemen who had intended to court the duke's daughter could only bite their nails.

From her seat, the duke's daughter watched Ryu-o.

But then...

"Jang Ryu-o! Do you know what an honorary knight is? Huh? It is an incredible honor!!!"

"M-My lady... my arm..."

"What does it matter~? Between us! You do not know the nobles well, do you? I can introduce you to everyone!"

"Haha, then I'd appreciate that, my lady."

"Hehehe~♥"

Her wild younger sister clung to Ryu-o without a shred of dignity, pressing her body against him.

"...She is far too close."

The duke's daughter drained the champagne in her hand in one gulp, soothing the fire in her gut.

It seemed her younger sister needed another lesson in etiquette.

To approach a gentleman so freely. How vulgar.

"Another glass."

The duke's daughter downed champagne at a rapid pace.

Among the nobles, Ryu-o was accepting drinks with a troubled expression.

At the sight of Ryu-o's awkward smile, the duke's daughter's pace slowed again.

Sip.

"...?? Did they change the kind of champagne?"

The champagne should have been crisp and sparkling, leaving a sweet flavor in her mouth.

It was, naturally, the finest champagne worth dozens of gold coins per bottle, from a brand the duke's daughter had personally selected.

But today, for some reason...

"No, my lady. It was prepared exactly as you ordered. Is there perhaps a problem...?"

"...No."

It was simply sweeter today.

Thinking it was probably because she had not had it in a while, the duke's daughter let it go.

Then, as she admired that artistically valuable face, the duke's daughter's brow furrowed.

"Jang Ryu-o~ Isn't it too crowded here? Shall we go somewhere it can be just the two of us~? Hmm?"

Crack!

The duke's daughter rose from her seat and descended from the dais.

The nobles had been waiting for a chance to speak with her.

But as they approached the duke's daughter, they saw her ominous expression, turned around, and returned to where they had been.

The duke's daughter headed toward her younger sister with strangely quick steps.

Click! Click! Click!

"Oh, everyone! Jang Ryu-o and I—"

"Selena Ain Velatus."

At the full name she was occasionally called by, the Second Young Lady's hair stood on end.

"Eek! S-Sister..."

"Young. House. Head."

"Young House Head...? Wh-Why are you doing this...?"

The duke's daughter reminded herself that this was for Ryu-o, who needed to build connections.

"Come here."

"Y-Yes!"

Having retrieved her younger sister, the duke's daughter sat down and began sipping champagne once more.

The Second Young Lady looked dejected.

"Sniff..."

Feeling somewhat guilty, the duke's daughter held out champagne to her sister.

"...Here. You drink some too."

"Young House Head, you're strange today..."

"Tsk!"

"O-Okay..."

For some reason, the duke's daughter's mood began improving again.

Ryu-o was conversing well with the high-ranking nobles, and the banquet brimmed with lively energy and beautiful melodies.

From the host's perspective, things could not have been any better.

But then...

"Hello, sir?"

"Yes, and you are...?"

"I am Daisy Florinen, eldest daughter of the Viscount Florinen's House. Would you accept a drink from me?"

"Huh? Y-Yes, I'll gladly have it."

"!!!! And have you perhaps not yet had your first dance—"

"Sir! Would you accept a drink from me as well? I am the eldest daughter of Count Merdin's House—"

"Huh? Uh?"

The duke's daughter was mildly annoyed by the way Ryu-o kept readily accepting every drink offered to him.

He could at least turn them down indirectly... Tsk.

As Ryu-o's face grew increasingly red, the duke's daughter approached, worried he might make a "mistake."

Purely out of goodwill. With no ulterior motives.

"I am merely saving Jang Ryu-o because it is a perfectly rational and natural judgment that it is still too early for the dirty hands of those young ladies to touch him."

Amid the boisterous crowd, the duke's daughter called out to Jang Ryu-o.

"Jang Ryu-o."

Her commanding voice instantly silenced the commotion.

The people surrounding Ryu-o opened a path toward the duke's daughter.

Naturally, the two of them stood at the center of the crowd.

Extending her hand, the duke's daughter proposed,

"Will you give me the honor of the first dance?"

The surrounding nobles' mouths fell open as they blinked.

The duke's daughter was going to dance?

The duke's daughter who had not shown even the slightest interest upon seeing the Empire's most handsome men?

Was this consideration for her partner and the protagonist of the banquet?

Or could it be that the duke's daughter...

As though mocking everyone's silence, Ryu-o nodded, his face flushed.

"Yes, my lady."

When the two faced each other, the banquet's melody naturally changed.

The nobles took their positions with their respective partners, while those who had been aiming for the duke's daughter and Ryu-o were left like dogs chasing chickens.

The duke's daughter's body trembled slightly at the thrilling sensation brought on by all the gazes she normally never cared about.

Tremble...

"...?"

Unaware that it was a sense of superiority, the duke's daughter merely furrowed her brow.

Then Ryu-o whispered into her ear.

"My lady."

"Ugh..."

"?? Are you all right?"

"Speak..."

His hot breath, laced with the scent of champagne, gradually heightened the duke's daughter's intoxication.

"This is my first time dancing..."

"Just move in time with my feet..."

"Yes, thank you, my lady."

"Hoo... Haa, hoo!"

"My lady?"

Feeling a greater thrill than when she had succeeded in her first business venture, the duke's daughter gritted her teeth and forced her eyes wide open.

"Let us begin."

"Y-Your expression?"

"Hold my waist. Give me your hand as well."

"Yes."

Approaching slowly, the duke's daughter took hold of Ryu-o's rough hand.

A hand so bony and powerful that once it seized you, it seemed as if you would be unable to move an inch.

Ryu-o's thumb lightly grazed the duke's daughter's side before firmly gripping the muscles along her spine.

In that instant, a shudder ran from deep inside the cleft of the duke's daughter's ass all the way to the crown of her head.

"Kgh!"

"M-My lady?!?"

The duke's daughter's expression turned terrifying as she clenched her teeth.

More flustered than Ryu-o was the duke's daughter herself.

What in the world was this sensation?

For a moment, it nearly made the duke's daughter, who had never bowed her head in her life, shrink into herself.

Yet it was not unpleasant. It was the kind of sensation that made her want to feel it again...

Grit!

"Match... your feet... properly!"

"Yes!"

The duke's daughter barely managed to straighten out her tongue, which had nearly curled up pathetically.

The two stepped in time with the melody.

Their steps were awkward at first, but Ryu-o quickly adapted.

"Kghhh!"

"...Gasp."

Because the duke's daughter's eyes were far too terrifying.

Meanwhile, the duke's daughter was on the verge of losing her mind because of how tense Ryu-o's body was.

His hand was so huge and rough that it covered the entire upper curve of her waist.

And why did the hand clasping hers twitch so much? The faint pain made her fingers tingle.

Why were his abs so thick and defined? Every slight brush against them bothered her to death.

The pleasant scent emanating from Ryu-o's body. The scent she had smelled when he had run out naked.

That scent kept reminding the duke's daughter of Ryu-o's body.

With that strange, unidentifiable feeling, the duke's daughter ground her teeth and continued dancing.

She had simply become horny as hell, but how could she possibly know that when she had never felt this way before...?

Those born into high noble houses were taught emotional control from the start.

During puberty, she had worked out diligently with the healthy Crown Princess.

The duke's daughter had merely come into her sexuality late; though she had always been indifferent to everything, she naturally possessed sexual desire as a woman.

And since she had released that desire through work all this time, the result was...

Grit! Grind!

"Kgh! Hoo... Haa..."

"My lady, are you very exhausted—"

"The alcohol. It is the alcohol."

"Yes..."

As the space between her thighs tightened more and more, the duke's daughter tangled her steps for the first time in her life.

Stagger.

"?????"

For an instant, the duke's daughter's mind went blank at her own mistake.

"I made such a pathetic mistake?"

Anyone could make a mistake in life... but she was arrogant beyond measure.

Ryu-o caught the duke's daughter firmly and spun her around once.

Squeeze!

"Hngh...!"

She felt Ryu-o's embrace tightly enclosing her entire body...

"Are you all right?"

"..."

The music abruptly stopped, and vigorous applause erupted.

Clap clap clap clap clap clap!

"My lady?"

For the first time in her life, the duke's daughter had gone into heat.

It was something the duke's daughter did not know.

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