Wandering Through Vol. 3 Chapter 86 - Side Story 1

“You appear to be fully recovered now.”

 

The royal physician, who had come from the palace, said while wiping his sweat.

 

“…”

 

Leegwang gave no reply. He didn’t even fasten the clothes that had been undone to check his wounds, and the Grand Prince only stared at one corner of the room.

 

Past the dense, curtain-like screen hung in the corner, at the shadow of a woman.

 

The physician stole one more glance at the Grand Prince’s stomach, now only a long scar, and then packed his medicine chest. His head remained deeply bowed.

 

In truth, even if he raised his head, there was no way he could see the person behind that screen, which was so dense it was like a wall. 

 

But after seeing the Grand Prince’s gaze grow disturbingly fierce from just a slight turn of the head, the physician kept his eyes fixed on the floor, except when examining the Grand Prince’s wounds.

 

Even a tiger that had eaten several people wouldn’t have eyes like that.

 

The physician bowed to the Grand Prince and hurriedly left the room.

 

The Grand Prince still didn’t utter a single word, but that was actually better. 

 

Strictly speaking, the Grand Prince’s voice was pleasant to hear, but how should one put it—it simply didn’t sound human.

 

Having heard so many rumors, Ban had thought the Grand Prince was a man lacking in some way, but that wasn’t it. 

 

The Grand Prince wasn’t lacking—he was less than human, which was why he was called half.

 

It was strange, as if a wild beast or a ghost had taken on human form. He clearly had a handsome face, yet every time one saw him, it felt like facing a ghost, making the hairs on the back of one’s neck stand on end.

 

“Is your business concluded?”

 

“Yes, it is. Lady Shanggung.”

 

As the physician’s legs felt weak, and he lingered on the porch, pretending to put on his shoes, Lady Shanggung approached and offered him a bowl of sweet wine. 

 

The sweetness gave him some strength, and he stood up.

 

“I likely won’t need to come again. The Grand Prince’s wounds are now fully healed….”

 

The royal physician stopped speaking. 

 

From inside the door he had just exited, a small voice could be heard. The voice, which sounded like a soft, gentle whisper, was too clear and pretty to be the Grand Prince’s. 

 

And soon, as if to suppress that beautiful voice, the Grand Prince’s deep, heavy voice followed.

“…Please spread your legs a little. All this time…”

The physician cursed his own unnecessarily good hearing and coughed dryly. 

 

Then, before he could hear anything more embarrassing, he left the Grand Prince’s residence.

Thinking that the relationship between the Grand Prince and his former wife, whom he had reestablished in his inner quarters, was embarrassingly good.

Well, she was a woman he had brought back by resorting to all sorts of obstinacy with the Prince. 

 

Of course, it would be good.

It wasn’t even that long ago when the King, claiming he would fall ill from heartache because of the Grand Prince, had called for the physician in a frenzy.

Yet, appeasing the King’s tantrums was still better than facing the Grand Prince. The physician shuddered and quickly distanced himself from the Grand Prince’s residence.

 

💫

 

Leegwang grabbed the small head that was looking down at the scar remaining on his stomach. He pulled it toward him and kissed her. 

 

Yiseo’s cheeks flushed faintly as she sucked on his tongue, entering her mouth.

“Mmm….”

She let out a pleasurable moan and leaned her body into his embrace. 

 

However, the moment the Grand Prince’s hand touched Yiseo’s clothing string, Yiseo gently pulled her body back. 

 

The Grand Prince hooked Yiseo’s retreating waist and pulled her back into his embrace, asking,

“You’re all better now, aren’t you? Madam.”

The Grand Prince pulled Yiseo’s hand and made her touch his stomach. The raised, bumpy scar brushed against Yiseo’s palm. 

 

The touch of her hand on his bare skin easily aroused him.

“You said we couldn’t perform our conjugal duties because I was in pain, didn’t I? Now that I’m all better, please spread your legs a little. You have no idea how long I’ve been holding back, Madam.”

 

Having no idea that Yiseo’s damn vow not to share a bed with him until this wound healed would actually be kept.

 

He spent months holding Yiseo’s body, only playing with his hands.

 

At first, he let it slide because he liked the way Yiseo would get shy when they kissed or hugged without mixing their bodies, but later, even the sight of Yiseo’s fingertips made his body burn.

 

Once, he even tried to force her down like he used to. But then he saw the look in her eyes, once colored by concern and affection for him, fading into resignation…

 

In the end, Leegwang apologized to her that day, dressed her himself, held her in his arms, and put her to sleep.

 

That night, he realized he could no longer wield or violate Yiseo as he pleased. When he was forcing her to stay, it didn’t matter if he soaked her body in his semen all night long. 

 

Back then, the only choices were to have her or lose her.

 

Yiseo, who had nothing but thoughts of escape in her head. Her heart had already left, but he thought he’d at least try to keep her body, hoping that if by some miracle she got pregnant, she wouldn’t be able to run away.

 

That’s what he used to think, while freely indulging in Yiseo’s body back in those days.

 

But now that Yiseo had chosen to stay by his side of her own volition, he couldn’t act so recklessly.

 

Leegwang had now learned to recognize the face she made when she laughed because she was happy. He had learned the feel of her body relaxing into his embrace, rather than stiffening with tension at his touch.

 

He couldn’t go back to not knowing.

 

It wasn’t that his desire to tie her down and messily ravish her had disappeared, but Leegwang wasn’t foolish enough to reveal that desire and ruin what they had now.

 

So I endured, and finally, the end of that patience had come.

 

“…Isn’t it a bit much to do this during the day?”

 

However, Yiseo gently pushed away his hand, which was slipping under her skirt. 

 

Leegwang frowned unconsciously and replied.

 

“Has it only been a day or two that we’ve been doing this during the day?”

 

“Back then, wasn’t it because you, my lord, were tormenting me all day to punish me? If perhaps you wish to punish me now as well…”

 

At her expression, which darkened slightly, he shook his head.

 

“Why would I want to punish my wife?”

 

Frankly, he didn’t understand what Yiseo meant. Him not leaving Yiseo alone all day was purely an outlet for desire, not specifically a punishment.

 

But before he could say anything more, Yiseo blushed all the way to her neck and whispered softly.

 

“If so, then these matters… should we do them after the sun sets, like others do…”

 

He found himself nodding unconsciously. It felt unbearable, but he endured it because he liked the way Yiseo laughed as if it tickled every time he kissed her reddened cheeks and neck.

 

That night, in the darkened room, he untied Yiseo’s jeogori and slipped his hand under her skirt. 

 

The skin on the inside of her thighs, which he was touching after so long, made him lose his mind.

 

“Hah, hhhmm…”

 

Before he could even fully remove her clothes, he just loosened her waistband, took out his member, rubbed it against her thigh without even aligning it with her entrance, and came with a gush right between her legs.

 

His whole body trembled. He held Yiseo tightly for a moment, then moved his hand to the still-tied strings of her skirt. 

 

But Yiseo clasped his hand and whispered.

 

“Shouldn’t this be enough?”

 

Leegwang, who hadn’t even started, wondered what she was talking about and looked at Yiseo. 

 

Yiseo, her eyes drowsy as if tired from what little they had done, gave a faint smile.

 

“Since we can’t have a child anyway, there’s no need to put your seed inside me, right? Isn’t it enough just to be close like this and share our affection…”

 

Her eyes, which had been blinking sleepily, closed completely as her speech slowed. 

 

Leegwang couldn’t bring himself to wake her.

 

“…”

 

That night, too, Leegwang familiarly pulled up Yiseo’s skirt as she slept. 

 

The new tonic she had been taking seemed to suit her well, as she had recently fallen into the habit of sleeping very deeply.

 

Eating and sleeping well had even brought a faint flush to her face, which was always pale. Because of this, his desire grew increasingly, but until now, he had no way to relieve it. 

 

Except by groping her like this while Yiseo was asleep.

 

He would lick all over Yiseo’s body so as not to leave a mark, and when he simply couldn’t hold back anymore, he would lick her down there. 

 

It was a place he didn’t even look at carefully, and since it wasn’t easily visible to begin with, even if he used his mouth, it wouldn’t show.

 

Of course, he had to be careful not to wake her….

 

In the end, today too, after moistening every part of her body while looking down at Yiseo’s pale face, fast asleep, he spread her legs.

 

Even in the darkness, his sharp eyes were fixed between her legs.

 

As if bewitched, he spread her hole open. Through her lower hole, parted by his touch, her pink flesh was visible.

 

He was going mad with the desire to thrust himself inside there.

 

That was the only thought in his head. 

 

A pure desire, untainted by a single impurity.

 

Yiseo spoke as if his incessant violation of her had been a means to torment her, but that was incorrect. 

 

As a method of torturing a person, sexual affairs were not very effective.

 

 Leegwang could list more than ten ways that made a person far more miserable than that.

 

If a past version of him who remembered his previous lives had ever said such things while violating Yiseo, it must have been that bastard’s excuse.

 

It would have been him making excuses, pretending it was something meaningful after failing to restrain his desires and assaulting her.

 

Leegwang freely condemned his past self, whom he couldn’t even remember anyway, and pressed his lips to the small hole beneath Yiseo’s clitoris. 

 

As he inserted his tongue and felt her inner flesh immediately constrict, he couldn’t help but recall the moment he had thrust the flesh attached below his own into this very depth.

 

He couldn’t bear it anymore. He had to find a way.

 

Likewise, he no longer had the confidence to remain celibate.