Chapter 19

Translator: Yonnee

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Act 04

The manor’s maids were behaving strangely today.

Although they never really treated Agnes favorably before, their contemptuous eyes towards her had deepened.

Taking advantage of the head maid’s absence, they mocked Agnes with words that narrowly bordered on abusive language.

After dinner, following the head maid’s instructions, the maids bathed Agnes at the manor’s luxurious central bathroom.

After her bath, the maids handed her a plain silk slip dress and told her that she must wear it tonight.

For all the time she’d spent in the count’s manor, she had been wearing sacred robes as a sign of penance, and Agnes wondered if she would have to do that now even while she was sleeping.

When she returned to her room after putting on the slip, she felt the smell of perfume wafting all over her body, and her skin was also very soft.

‘But, by any chance…’

It suddenly occurred to her that Raon might come to her room tonight.

Agnes’s face quickly turned pale when she recalled the duties of the saintess that Veronica had told her about.

If Veronica had not mentioned it to her beforehand, she would have been helpless against the count tonight.

As she returned to her room, she saw that it was illuminated with only the subtle glow of scented candles.

Even the sweet fragrance that hovered on the tip of her nose made her feel strange.

Agnes then lay in bed, but she could not bring herself to sleep properly. She trembled in anxiety.

And finally, what she was fearing came true.

“C-Count…!”

None other than Raon had opened the door and entered the room.

Startled, Agnes sat up in bed.

However, when she remembered that she was wearing only a translucent silk negligee where her underwear could be seen clearly, she immediately pulled up the blanket and covered herself.

Unlike Agnes, who was wearing just a slip, Raon was wearing a long brown robe.

It was reminiscent of a monk’s robes, and it revealed Raon’s feelings towards what he must now do with Agnes.

He’s doing this only to follow the will of God, and as such, he shall shed all personal feelings.

The air surrounding them turned cold.

Shaking with nervousness, Agnes sharply noticed that Raon was now approaching the bed. She shouted in a hurry.

“D-Don’t come any closer!”

Hearing Agnes’s outburst, Raon’s steps halted for a moment.

However, he continued walking without any hesitation, and he soon reached the front of Agnes’s bed.

“I’m sure you’ve heard of your duty, Agnes.”

“I-I cannot comply with such a duty…!”

As Raon glanced down at her with an expressionless face, Agnes felt as if she couldn’t breathe.

She tried desperately to stay calm even though it felt like she was going mad.

The only thing she could think about was Veronica’s words: resist strongly against him. This was what kept her going.

“As the Almighty God has proclaimed, this, too, is my duty. Please do not resist the will of God.”

Exhaling, Raon leaned over the bed unemotionally.

At that moment…

SLAP—!

Agnes’s palm struck Raon’s cheek fiercely.

With how hard she had hit him, Raon’s cheek immediately turned bright red. Even so, he did not even budge from his position, as if he was made with stone.

“…C-Count…!”

Meanwhile, despite being the culprit to hitting Raon, Agnes was in a complete daze.

She did what she did as an unconscious defense mechanism, but how dare…! How dare she touch the body of a noble!

If Raon had been like any other noble, her head would have been separated from her shoulders right then and there.

All Raon did was to stare at Agnes with an expressionless face.

“…You will be allowed to return to your family— after you have fulfilled your duty.”

“T-That is impossible. I am a married woman, Your Lordship. I, I… I love my husband! I cannot carry the child of a man who is not my husband!”

“No one can dare to go against God’s will.”

“Hiicc, no, no! Aagh!”

Raon gripped Agnes’s shoulders cruelly and immediately laid her body back on the bed.

Then, he tore off the thin slip from her body easily.

In an instant, the woman’s fair skin was revealed.

Agnes’s gray eyes were completely stained with fear at the man’s coercive behavior.

“Please don’t do this!”

Now naked in front of a man who was not her husband, she instinctively kept her legs tight together and hurriedly covered her chest with both hands.

However, those hands were far too small to cover such abundant breasts.

On each of those plump, round breasts, a hint of pink could be seen through the gaps of her fingers, and it was enough to stimulate him so.

Raon stared at Agnes’s nude body for a moment.

He started to question how it was possible for a person’s body to be this smooth and pale.

Streams of moonlight squeezed in through the cracks of the boarded windows, illuminating her body beautifully.

As if possessed by an unknown force, Raon removed Agnes’s hands from her chest.

A small exclamation spilled through her lips.

It’s the first time that he’s seeing a woman’s breasts in real life. He never expected that the sight of them would be so captivating.

Even though she was only lying still, her breasts were enough to arrest him where he was for a long time.

Her nipples were eye-catching as they boasted of a lovely pink hue, and as they were exposed to the air, they stood wholly upright.

The woman’s breasts looked so soft to his eyes, and it felt to him as if she would taste ever so sweet if only he could take a bite.

Furthermore, just as the doctor mentioned, the woman’s secret place was completely bereft of any hair.

Thus, the woman’s nakedness felt even more obscene.

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