I Became the Master of the Empress

70 – Episode 70

Today, as always, I head to my mother-in-law’s room to have a meal with the royal family.

-Kkiik!

When I opened the door and entered, I saw my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and Theodora already gathered and gave them a quick hello.

“Did everyone sleep well?”

Theodora nods at me and Joey responds to my greeting.

“Did you sleep well, brother-in-law?”

“Yes, I slept well.”

With that said, I bow my head and say hello to my mother-in-law.

“Were you at peace last night?”

My mother-in-law responded to my words with a gentle smile.

“Yes, thanks to you, last night was peaceful too. “Hurry up and take a seat.”

After those words, I sat down, and the servants brought food.

Among them, what stands out.

You can see oysters neatly placed on the ice.

I feel puzzled as I look at the milky-colored oysters on their thick shells.

“This?”

Fresh oysters in hard shells are an expensive food loved by nobles.

Fresh oysters have to be caught and distributed without spoiling, so they are considered quite an expensive food and are rumored to be particularly good as an aphrodisiac.

Huh…? Isn’t it a bit excessive in the morning?

It’s usually eaten at banquets or special occasions, so it’s a bit difficult to eat for breakfast… But?

As the food here is quite expensive, I didn’t expect it to be served in the morning, so it felt a bit burdensome.

“Mom? “What kind of oyster is this?”

My mother-in-law said as she grabbed Joey’s wrist as he tried to pick up the oyster in front of me.

“Joe, this is for your brother-in-law.”

When I heard those words, I felt strange and looked at the food on the table closely.

Excluding me, the three people only had simple food such as simple bread, bacon, and eggs, but in front of me was a large bowl decorated with ice, lemon, and tangerines, and an oyster in the center.

At a glance, my face becomes pale at the thought that the food in front of me is only fancy.

Is this… That’s it?

I remember the last time I was called by my mother-in-law and scolded her.

Union with Theodora.

Of course, we are merging in words, but since we are not doing anything like that at night… You are saying it in a different way, right?

“Chi! Mom is too much!, I am also mom’s daughter.”

My mother-in-law comforts Joy who was sulking next to her.

“Joey, doesn’t your brother-in-law often skip meals because he is busy doing government work? Later, at lunch time, I will tell the kitchen to prepare oysters. “Don’t steal your brother-in-law’s food.”

Joey nods his head as if he feels good at those words.

“hehehe… Really?”

Hearing those words, my mother-in-law nods her head with a smile and glances at me.

When blue eyes meet mine.

“Well~ I told you to buy a lot of oysters recently because they are fresh, so don’t worry.”

Is this a coincidence…? It must have been a coincidence that our eyes met, right?

Although my mother-in-law is clearly smiling, I will go into the limestone cave without showing that I am getting goosebumps at the cold look in my mother-in-law’s eyes today.

“Oh, wait a moment.”

My mother-in-law urgently stops me.

“Chamberlain? Please bring the dragon heart.”

“Yes.”

As we watched the chamberlain disappear like that, we became as hard as stone.

-Gulp.

I don’t know who swallowed it, but the sound of swallowing is really loud.

Theodora blushes and Joey coughs as if he has a headache.

“Call!, Cough! Mom? Uh…Mom?”

The chamberlain dully brought me the dragon heart, leaving me perplexed.

Then, he puts a small glass next to my water cup and pours the red liquid from the crystal bottle.

Dragon Heart.

It is a liquor made from medicinal ingredients that are very good for stamina.

There is a legend that if you drink it, your heart will turn into a dragon heart and you will be able to hug women all night long.

Well, despite the rumors, it’s not an aphrodisiac, so there’s no such thing, right?

And…

“Please bring it, Chamberlain.”

The chamberlain brings something white and square with a cheese grinder and grinds it into powder and sprinkles it on the drinking glass.

I was puzzled by the white powder I saw for the first time, so I asked my mother-in-law.

“Mother-in-law… What is this?”

My mother-in-law smiles brightly at my words.

“That’s the horn of a unicorn. “It’s a treasure of our family.”

-Push!, Cough! Cough!

Joey, who was drinking milk, spits out milk and coughs, but that is not important now.

By any chance… Were those rumors true?

About 25 years ago.

A rumor circulated throughout the empire.

Rumor that a unicorn appeared at the ducal residence of Lombardy.

Even now, it is not a beauty that attracts people everywhere, but there is a rumor that a unicorn that fell in love with my mother-in-law during her prime came down from the sky, and when it tried to approach my mother-in-law, the Duke of Jans, who was present, killed it.

Isn’t a unicorn… An imaginary animal?

It is a world where demon kings and dragons exist, but the existence of unicorns raises many questions.

If that is the reason…

He is so invisible that the last sighting occurred hundreds of years ago…

No, because I recently appeared to my mother-in-law.

It is believed that they usually appear every few hundred years.

It doesn’t show itself that often, but whenever it does, there are a few things in common.

That is a pure beauty.

It doesn’t just appear to pure beauties.

Approximately once every hundred years, it appears to a woman so beautiful that it may or may not appear.

And…

A story about kidnapping a pure, century-old beauty.

Unicorns are not treated very well here because their behavior is similar to kidnapping, something that barbarians would do.

Anyway.

It is said that the unicorn horn is very good for men’s stamina.

According to legend, the first emperor ate the entire horn of a unicorn and impregnated the empress and all 32 of her concubines that day.

Should we call it the Viagra of the fantasy world?

Maybe that’s why Theodora lowers her head to hide her shame and her bright eyes shine.

No, you… Why are your eyes shining?

“Now, hurry up and eat.”

I said with an embarrassed face when my mother-in-law told me to eat quickly.

“Mother-in-law… I have to take care of official business soon, but drinking alcohol…”

My mother-in-law frowns at my words.

“This isn’t alcohol, it’s a tonic.”

“Yes?”

“So it’s okay to drink it.”

No… There’s too much alcohol in that for anyone to call it a tonic, right?

Although there is alcohol used as a tonic here… I think the unicorn horn is too much, right?

The words

Rose up in my throat, but I had a hard time swallowing them down again.

Let’s open our mouth to say something…

“I…”

“Son-in-law, are you really going to refuse a gift from an adult?”

I sigh inwardly as I see my mother-in-law glaring at me with her eyes wide open.

“I will accept it with utmost care.”

After saying that, I lift the glass and feel the aroma of the alcohol.

My nose tingles with an indescribably stimulating scent that combines a rich musk-like scent, a pleasant scent, and the scent of oak wood.

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Drink this…?

I’ve already said it and I don’t want to drink it, so I drink it all at once.

Ugh! What does this taste like?

The taste is delicious, but the taste of my esophagus burning makes my throat and my mouth burn.

“Call, crunch…”

When you feel like the alcohol you drank last time is stronger.

“Hurry up and eat some oysters.”

As my mother-in-law said, pour the sauce on the oysters and put them in your mouth to soothe your mouth.

Just like that… Breakfast begins.

***

That night.

“hehehehe… Today you two…”

Dragon heart and unicorn horn.

If a man eats these two things, he will be unable to control himself.

“Whoa… I never thought I would use the unicorn horn for my daughter.”

Once upon a time, when he was walking in the garden with his father, a unicorn suddenly appeared and ran towards him, and his father killed the unicorn on the spot.

He kept the unicorn horn and gave it to me as a dowry when I got married…

The unicorn horn that she and her husband used.

I had no idea that I would be using it for her daughter and her husband.

“Ha… If you make it this far, you’ll be sure, right?”

I don’t know anything else, but I am sure about the unicorn’s horn.

Memories of that time with her husband come to mind, and her face turns red.

How many times have you been in trouble because of your husband’s uncontrollable s*xual desire when he eats it?

When she thought about those days, she thought it was a good thing she was alive. Her husband tormented her so persistently and mercilessly that it was difficult for her to even walk the next day.

The effect is certain.

At that time, my face got hot at the memory, but then a thought came to mind and I frowned.

But… This is my first time with Terra…

“Whoa…”

Now that I think about it, I’m worried that she might have gone too far on Terra’s first night.

When she spent her first night, she cried from the pain of her flesh being torn.

I start to worry that Devian will go crazy with s*xual desire and treat Terra roughly, but I quickly shake my head.

No… You can’t do it like this…

I feel a little… No, a lot of pity towards Terra, but this is how she thinks of her son-in-law.

There seems to be no answer other than a prescription for extreme medication.

It has been more than two months since she got married.

How surprised was she to hear that she had not had her first night in the meantime?

In fact, the story of newlyweds avoiding marital relations is something she has never heard or seen before.

I can roughly guess the reason, but considering my son-in-law who refuses to have marital relations, I think this method is the best.

“Terra… Even if it hurts, just be patient…”

Because the fate of the empire depends on it… You can overcome it, right?

She lay down on the bed, trying to calm her anxious and excited mind.

Today, her empty space feels empty.

“Honey…”

I miss my husband.

I miss my husband so cruelly today, who left me alone.

It’s my plan, he’s already gone…

I force my eyes to close because I feel like tears will flow from my slightly heartbroken emotions.

Oh my… I should go to sleep now.

I barely fell asleep like that…

She dreamed of going on a picnic with a gray-haired boy who resembled Theodora and a gray-haired girl who resembled Devian.

***

-Srup… Srurk!

As I was writing on paper, I looked sideways at the clock.

I stretch while looking at the hour hand pointing to 5 am.

“Huh? “Is it already 5 am?”

I usually go to my room when I’m exhausted from work, but today, strangely, I don’t feel tired.

“hahahaha!, Aren’t you in a crazy mood today?”

This is not an empty remark, my condition is surprisingly good.

Usually, when I work this late, I feel like my head is cramping, but now I don’t even have that feeling.

It’s been 22 hours since I’ve been awake, but I’m surprised that I woke up feeling like I had a good night’s sleep, so I’m working all night.

“Hmm~ The investment fund has been resolved with this, Lulu~ Now shall we check the fertilizer business report?”

I quickly review the paper as I turn the next page, and the vitality I feel in my body brings a smile to my face.

“Is work going really well today?”

With my head spinning differently than usual and my physical condition feeling tight, I decided to burn myself down with all the work I had to do tonight.

When the morning sun comes through the window.

-Kkiik!

Someone roughly opens my door and comes in.