Little Tyrant Doesn’t Want to Meet with a Bad End

iting his freedom will infuriate him, but you believed that you could quell his fury by entrusting your body to him, especially once you bear his child.
He’s particularly weak toward those whom he cares for, and he treasures his family above all things else.”

“…”

As Lilian listened to the Witch Queen’s words, her eyes narrowed and her body began to tremble.
The darkness in her heart had started to expand swiftly at Artasia’s goading.
Seeing that, Artasia chuckled euphoniously.

“I previously thought that you could at least hold on for twenty years, but at this rate, I doubt that you can even last ten years before you’re ruined by this relationship and turn into a tyrant.

“You seek to destroy his everything, only so that you can entrust your everything to him.
What a spectacular coalescence of deep love and hatred! It’s so warped and dilemmatic that I can’t help but be intoxicated by it~ But again, they often say that sweetness is best savored with bitterness.
A passionate love trapped within a cesspool of hatred must be truly delectable…”

“Enough!” Lilian finally burst out.

She glared at Artasia with rage burning in her eyes, leaving the latter slightly taken aback.

“I guess you still can’t accept such a future yet.
Since that’s the case, isn’t it perfect if you could take this opportunity to vent your emotions while saving him?”

“…”

Lilian knew that Artasia’s enticement was dangerous, but those words were so alluring and convincing that she found herself unable to turn them down outright.
An intense war broke out in her mind as she gazed at the man in her arms.
Her breathing soon began to hasten, but she was still unable to make up her mind.

The Witch Queen frowned at that sight.
In the end, she decided to lay out her trump card.

“I’ll only say this once… This is his first time,” Artasia muttered with a sigh.

“!”

A jolt ran through Lilian’s body as she raised her head in shock.
Redness swiftly spread across her face and extended to the tips of her ears, but she couldn’t resist the urge to confirm it.

“A-are you certain?” asked Lilian.

“…”

The Witch Queen kept her silence as she had previously said she would, but Lilian’s eyes slowly enlarged.
She had been tempted.

“… I need to at least verify it,” murmured Lilian.

“What do you want to verify?” asked Artasia.

“… Even if it’s just a short moment, are you able to make him regain consciousness?”

“It’s not possible to make him fully regain consciousness, but I can rouse his subconscious mind.
What do you wish to do?”

“…”

Lilian didn’t answer the question.

Artasia looked at the furious blush on her face and spent a moment in thought before slowly nodding in realization.
With a casual wave of her hand, she constructed a convoluted ancient spell to temporarily rouse Roel’s subconscious mind.

There was a faint glow of mana, and Roel’s golden eyes slowly fluttered open.

“We don’t have much time.
Quickly ask anything you want to,” Artasia snorted impatiently.

Lilian looked at her with an uncomprehending frown.

Even though it was to awaken Roel, there was no denying that the Witch Queen had done her a favor yet again.
The first time might have been out of curiosity, but what about the second time? Was it just a coincidence, or was there some other reason behind it?

However, Artasia soon faded away after saying what she wanted to, and Lilian quickly shook her head to get rid of all excessive thoughts.
The only ones left in the room were Roel and her.
She looked at the semi-conscious Roel and finally voiced her question.

“Roel… do you like me?”

“Senior…”

“Don’t go to sleep yet! You have to answer this question no matter what!”

Lilian touched Roel’s cheek with her trembling hand, using their bloodline resonance to sustain Roel’s consciousness as long as she could while nervously awaiting his response.

Roel was in a semi-conscious state and could only make instinctive responses, but this meant that he was incapable of lying too.
Anything he said right now was bound to be his truest thought, and that was going to determine Lilian’s decision.

It was almost as if Goddess Sia had heard Lilian’s desperate prayers.
After a long moment of silence, Roel finally murmured a response with his faint consciousness.

“… I like you.”

“!”

Lilian felt goosebumps all over her body.
She even forgot how to breathe for a moment there.
Before she knew it, tears were already brimming in her eyes.

This was the first time she had received a confession from Roel.
Knowing that there couldn’t possibly be any falsehood behind those words, she was finally able to put down her final worry.

“… I like you too, Roel.
No, I love you.”

Lilian replied hoarsely before a relieved smile blossomed on her lips.
She began to undo the buttons on her clothes, revealing the beautiful curves of her fair body.

“There’s nothing for me to regret now,” she murmured.

Clothes fell to the ground in the dark room.
With increasingly hastened breathings, two bodies united into one.