TOPWL 230

“What are you doing? Not sucking it?”

It was a tone that didn’t even try to hide its vulgarity. Yudit quietly looked down at the lord’s thing beneath the robe.

“I did not come here for that.”

At Yudit’s words, the lord, who had been lying back with his eyes closed, frowned and opened them.

“Then why did you come?”

“You called me, so I came.”

The lord tilted his head as he looked Yudit up and down.

“You’re blond.”

He touched Yudit’s hair.

“I prefer it longer, but that’s fine. You can grow it out.”

“……”

“If you serve me well today, I’ll let you go, and everyone in the prison too.”

“We were never guilty to begin with.”

“Yes, yes. You can whisper that nonsense to me on the pillow later.”

The lord wasn’t listening to Yudit at all. He stroked Yudit’s smooth skin and smiled in satisfaction.

“Your skin’s soft.”

“Do not do this.”

“You even know how to tempt a man.”

Yudit’s resistance was fierce, but the lord seemed to find it all the more appealing. When Yudit tried to leave the bed, the lord suddenly grabbed his wrist.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

As the distance between them closed, Yudit caught the foul stench on the lord’s breath. The rotten mix of medicine, alcohol, and food made him grimace.

“Let go of me.”

“Acting high and mighty for someone who used to crawl in the back alleys.”

The lord forced Yudit down and pinned his wrists. The strength of a drunk man was greater than expected. Yudit was caught off guard. He had trained enough to escape whenever he wanted, but things weren’t going as he thought. The lord grabbed Yudit’s wrist and tied it to the rope attached to the bed’s headboard.

“Stay still. I do not hate your kind, you know.”

The lord smiled sinisterly as he kissed Yudit’s wrist.

“I prefer ones who pretend to be shy over those who throw themselves at me. Making them moan under me is much more fun. What about you?”

As he spoke, the lord pulled at the ribbon tied at the center of Yudit’s chest. The ribbon slid loose, and Yudit’s pale chest was revealed. The lord’s eyes changed when he saw it.

“I thought you had a strangely androgynous charm, but I didn’t expect you to be a man. Well, no matter.”

He stroked Yudit’s chest with a strange expression. Yudit’s whole body shuddered at the touch. The lord’s hand began moving down, then stopped. He tore open Yudit’s top completely. The sound of ripping fabric filled the room.

“So you’re an omega. And pregnant, too.”

From above, the lord’s flushed face and quickened breathing were disgusting to look at. Yudit didn’t hide his disgust and glared up at him. The lord smiled as if he understood.

“How arrogant.”

He said it while caressing Yudit’s stomach.

“Looks like it’s been about four months, maybe? I’ve never seen a male omega pregnant before, so I’m not sure.”

“Untie me right now.”

“Oh, no need to be angry. I’ll untie you soon. Getting worked up isn’t good for the baby, right? This isn’t the way.”

Muttering to himself, the lord suddenly stood up and opened a drawer. He took out a small vial containing two white pills, no bigger than a fingernail.

“A mother’s happiness makes the child happy too.”

The sight of the lord smiling as he spoke was grotesque.

“Stop it.”

When Yudit glared at him, the lord shrugged as if it was nothing.

“It’s nothing scary. Even ten prostitutes wouldn’t get their hands on a drug this pure. Once you take it, you’ll forget every worry in the world and feel happy.”

“You are completely insane.”

“You are so arrogant. Let’s see how long that lasts.”

The lord put one pill into his mouth, swallowed it with water, and stepped closer to Yudit.

“…Trash. Did you do this to others too?”

“Trash? I’m a very diligent lord. I never neglect my right of the first night.”

Yudit frowned. The right of the first night? Traditionally, it meant paying the lord money or grain upon marriage. But this man clearly used the term in a different way.

“Did you violate the people you’re supposed to protect?”

“Violate? It’s a lord’s privilege. A lowborn like you wouldn’t understand. Let me tell you a good story.”

As he said this , the lord stroked Yudit’s thigh.

“When I first became lord, I had to exercise my right of the first night. The bride was a brown-haired woman with freckles all over her face. Before we even started, she trembled and confessed she was pregnant. She begged me not to take her and to accept money instead because she had to be careful in the early stages. Suddenly that ugly face looked beautiful to me. So I took her. She resisted at first as if it meant something, then stopped saying anything at all. Later I noticed the sheets were wet, and when I looked, there was blood. That vivid red color!”

A glimmer of madness flashes through his eyes, seemingly under the drug’s effect. Yudit frowned at the disgusting tale, but the lord continued speaking.

“The blood soaking through the sheets looked just like a virgin’s. The despair on her face! I’ve never been ​unauthorized copy​that excited in my life. Since then, I started looking for pregnant women. The thought of lying with someone carrying another man’s seed was so exciting.”

“You sick bastard…”

Yudit said through clenched teeth.

“I prefer pregnant women, but I’ve always wanted to try a male omega. To find one who’s pregnant too, what luck. God must be on my side.”

The drug made the lord tremble and mumble to himself. Suddenly, he grabbed Yudit’s hair. He poured water into Yudit’s mouth and shoved a pill in after it.

“Come on, swallow it. Let’s have some fun tonight.”

“-!”

Yudit struggled as the lord covered his nose and mouth with rough hands, but it was useless. The lord only seemed to enjoy watching Yudit’s despair. The pill dissolved in the water, leaving a bitter taste on Yudit’s tongue. Then Yudit raised his leg and kicked the lord between the legs.

A loud sound echoed, followed by the sound of something rupturing. Freed from his restraints, Yudit spat out everything in his mouth and gasped for air.

“Khugh…”

The lord couldn’t even breathe and collapsed to the side. Yudit quickly untied himself, rolled the man off the bed, and stomped on his groin again.

The lord reached out to Yudit, begging for mercy, but he had no intention of forgiving him. He raised his foot ​stolen content​again and stomped down. The lord curled up to shield himself, but Yudit continued stepping on him.

“S-stop… I was wrong…”

Crying and sniffling, the lord started begging. Yudit took the dagger from the lord’s belt and used it to cut the rope, then tied the lord’s wrists with it. But the desperate man kept struggling, and the knots repeatedly slipped loose.

Just then, the lord opened his mouth wide, ready to scream. Yudit panicked, realizing too late that he should have gagged him first, but before he could move, a shadow fell across him.

“You should cover the mouth first in times like this.”

“…?”

Before Yudit could even turn around, someone kicked the lord’s jaw. The man’s body jerked like a fish out of water, then went limp. He wasn’t dead, just unconscious.

The newcomer used a strip of black cloth from his own body to gag the lord, then gestured for him to continue.

Yudit tightened his grip on the dagger and stared warily at the man. A breeze passed between them. The once-closed window now were wide open, curtains flapping in the wind. The man’s entire body was wrapped in black, so Yudit could only see his eyes and hear voice.

“Who are you?”

“My, shouldn’t you say thank you first?”

Yudit had sensed it earlier too, the voice sounded familiar. Deep, calm, with a hint of a smile. Eyes black with a faint stolen contentblue sheen. Yudit wondered if he was seeing things.

“That’s impossible.”

“What is?”

The man’s eyes curved as he asked, and Yudit suddenly felt like crying.

“It can’t be…”

His voice trembled pathetically. The strength left his hand, and the dagger slipped lower. Even as he told himself it couldn’t be, he continued harbored hope.

“Take off your mask.”

At Yudit’s command, the man obediently reached for his face covering. When he pulled it down, the high bridge of his nose and the chiseled line of his jaw came into view. Yudit’s hands trembled. The dagger slipped from his grasp and hit the floor.