Princess Dan looked around after waking up from her three-day-long sleep. She stretched, feeling extremely refreshed. "I… fell asleep?"
She confusedly looked around for a few moments, and then her memory kicked in. "Ainesay…" After she murmured that name, her eyes widened for a second before she rushed to stand from the large bed. "W-Where is she? Ainesay! Ainesay!"
She was about to rush outside when a very small sound of water splashing reached her ears. Princess Dan froze, her hand stretched toward the pommel, and then turned around, walking quickly into the bathroom.
There, in the massive bathroom that looked more like a pond, she saw the figure of a woman bathing her body. The woman had her lush, long hair gathered in an updo, her beautiful nape and back completely revealed. When she entered, Princess Dan froze for a second while observing the beauty's display.
The woman in the water paused and then turned to look. Princess Dan felt an endless love surge from the bottom of her heart when she saw the confusion and caution in her golden eyes give way to familiarity and joy when she noticed her.
Yasenia, using a towel to hide the front of her body and further down below, smiled and waved gently.
"A-Ainesay…" Princess Dan walked forward, using her Mental Nourishing Speed to blur and lunge into the water and hug Yasenia. "Ah… I missed you so much."
Yasenia patted her back while internally analyzing the woman's mood. 'She is excited, her body trembling in pleasure from the hug, but… it's not that overwhelming and mind-melting pleasure…'
"Master, can this be considered as partial success?"
Lady First glanced at Princess Dan and nodded. "Indeed. Your charm has dissipated enough to become bearable for this mortal girl."
Princess Dan, feeling the soft curves of the dragon woman, used her legs and arms to hug her. Using a small trick, Yasenia prevented the woman from noticing her pregnant belly.
Tatyana, Ao Xianlan, and Lady First glanced toward the entrance of the bathroom. Yasenia also noticed, but she just continued acting as if she didn't know.
A second later…
BANG!
The bathroom door was kicked so hard it flew to the side, bouncing off the wall and ceiling before crashing on the other side.
Princess Dan's face twisted as she turned. "WHO DARES!?"
But when she noticed the man who entered, mimicking her expression and showing an even more terrifying one, Princess Dan's momentum faltered. "T-That… Cousin? Why did you enter the bathing room?"
"You…" Young Master Dan was about to explode and scream a thousand profanities at Princess Dan, but something stopped him. When he looked at Yasenia, he had been expecting her to look frightened. However, instead, she saw a hopeful and wronged expression. It was as if the hero in shiny armor that she needed took too long to rescue the fragile little self.
The demonic fire that was about to consume him from the "betrayal" of his "true love" was extinguished by more than half, replaced with boundless hatred for Princess Dan. A single look, and he "knew" what happened.
"Princess Dan." His voice, cold like a piece of polar ice, pierced Princess Dan's ears while carrying the man's strength. "Release Ainesay right this instant before I do something you'll regret."
He, who had come with the intent of violating Yasenia in front of Princess Dan to teach her a lesson, was quick to change objectives when he saw that Yasenia was just forced. After all, in Young Master Dan's eyes, Yasenia was a simple mortal. How could someone like her dare resist? If she did, it would be good if she were not deformed by the evil princess!
"Release Ainesay?" Princess Dan, who had been a bit timid at first for being 'discovered' by her previous love, quickly felt her obsession taking over. Her face became frosty as she glared at Young Master Dan while moving Yasenia behind her. "Who are you to order me, Cousin? Ainesay has become my personal maid, so of course, she will remain by my side. Be it today, tomorrow, a month later, or a thousand years later, Ainesay will stay by my side."
Young Master Dan's raging emotions were like an old fire that was suddenly fanned by pure fuel. "Your maid?"
Young Master Dan pieced all the puzzle pieces together, and his face became mocking and disgusted. "Who knew that the Princess of the empire actually liked women? I wonder how his majesty will react when he hears the news… especially when they are related to a personal maid of my state."
"What?" Princess Dan frowned. While she was pampered, surviving in the imperial family just from favor was nothing but a fairy tale. Naturally, Princess Dan had clashed with others and used schemes to get what she wanted from those of her same rank.
She was not stupid in the slightest, and hearing Young Master Dan's words, she quickly understood what happened. "You… You dared ask Daddy…"
Young Master Dan, seeing that Princess Dan caught up, smiled smugly. "That's right. Ainesay has become an official maid of the Prince Duke Dan's state. While you played house here, I got the documents delivered and approved by his majesty himself."
Princess Dan stood from the water with a loud splash, her face twisted with rage. "You are courting death! Ainesay is mine!"
Young Master Dan waved his hand, summoning a copy of the official documents, and threw them at Princess Dan. "Yours? I am sorry, but the one Ainesay loves is me."
Princess Dan extended her hand, burning the papers. "You? She loves you?" Dark and obsessive emotions rushed out, making her eyes swirl with touches of darkness. "Haha… Hahahaha…."
Young Master Dan frowned.
"How can she love you… when she has mixed bodies with me already?"
Young Master Dan stiffened, his eyes moving toward the shrinking Yasenia. When he looked at her, Yasenia showed aggravated tears as she looked at him reproachfully. This look was both an admission and a reproach of why he couldn't save her before it happened.
Something snapped in his mind at this moment.
His anger, though, was not directed at the "pitiful" Yasenia, but at the woman who dared cuckold him for the first time in his life. He snarled with hatred. "Leave my house… now!"
Princess Dan smiled widely, her eyes lusterless and half-crazy. "Your house?" She laughed, moving toward Yasenia and hugging the "mortal" woman between her arms possessively while planting a kiss on her forehead. "How can you call this your house… when it was given by our imperial grace? Here lived those Luan dogs, and your family so eagerly rushed to take over. We, of course, found your greed and eagerness pitiful, so we accepted it."
Feeling Yasenia tremble in her arms, Princess Dan thought that she was scared of Young Master Dan, so she whispered with a sticky and sweet voice. "Don't worry, Ainesay. You are mine and will forever be so."
Sadly for Princess Dan, while her overall authority was indeed higher, her personal strength was far behind Young Master Dan's.
The man flashed forward, and a palm strike struck Princess Dan's face squarely.
BOOM!
Yasenia acted her part, her body flying back and smashing against the wall. Then, while her towel covered her perfectly, she "fainted."
Ao Xianlan at the side clapped in awe. "Incredible. Sublime. Little Yasenia, you are truly something else."
Tatyana smiled. "Honestly, I have nothing to add. That was a perfect dual manipulation without using a single word."
Lady First nodded. "Good job. You even perfectly used the diminished charm to stir their emotions subtly instead of violently, which made the feelings feel more profound instead of maddening."
Yasenia answered through Spiritual Sense while her "unconscious" body was lifted by Young Master Dan and carried out of the bathroom. "Thank you~."
Meanwhile, Young Master Dan's cold and stormy expression didn't change as he carried Yasenia out. Seeing the peerless beauty who had fainted resting softly in his arms, his feelings quickly twisted. Soon, a desire to keep Yasenia like this forever started sprouting in his heart.
The "pure" love he previously felt transformed, becoming darker by the second. After all, carrying Yasenia's soft body was nothing but extreme emotional stimulation.
If he didn't have to rush to deal with the aftermath of slapping the Imperial Princess, he might've felt inclined to push Yasenia down right there and then.
The maids, meanwhile, didn't dare ask why Young Master Dan was carrying a naked Yasenia out of Princess Dan's room. First, they didn't dare meddle in the business of the imperial family. Secondly… Their eyes couldn't help but be stuck on the faintly revealed curves that the large towel couldn't hide.
Yasenia was settled in a room, and a pair of maids came to help her change into luxurious and noble clothes. Clearly, these were not clothes for maids, but more suitable for the noble mistress of the house.
Young Master Dan's intention in giving these clothes to her was more than clear.
At this moment, a scream echoed around the entire state. "DAN RULONG, YOU DARE STRIKE MY FACE!? I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER IN HELL!"
Young Master Dan, seated at his desk, snorted and answered with a murmur. "Try me, crazy woman. To think that she actually fell in love with my Ainesay. What a slut."
Meanwhile, the current head of the Prince Duke state, Dan Rulong's father, looked toward the direction of the scream with a puzzled expression. "What now? Did that boy reject another meeting with her? Even then… striking her face is a bit too much, no?"
By his side, a maid wearing skimpy clothes spoke seductively. "Lord Dan, let the children play. Didn't you require my… assistance?"
Lord Dan glanced at the gorgeous and voluptuous maid and smiled lecherously. "Perhaps… I wonder how good a job you will do to distract me from these matters?"
The maid laughed, purposely sending jiggles all across her body.
While Princess Dan stormed out of the Prince Duke's state, her face burning with vengeance and madness, Luan Feixue received information about it from the families that had allied with her.
"Three days, and Master made Young Master Dan strike Princess Dan in the face?" Luan Feixue shook her head with a regular sigh. "Master is on another level…"
Then, Feixue entered the room behind her. "Lord, it is time."
The Lord inside read the reports with an incredulous expression, and he then looked at Luan Feixue with a strange look. "You… don't you care about this friend of yours?"
Luan Feixue acted coldly, her eyes emotionless. "If it is to complete my revenge, I don't care if I have to burn my very soul in Abyssal Fires."
The Lord looked at Luan Feixue for a moment and internally sighed. 'Oh, Emperor Dan, Emperor Dan… Who knew that the little cub you failed to capture would return in the shape of a bloodthirsty, ruthless, and cunning wolf? You only have yourself to blame for what's about to happen to your empire.'