"It's okay, you won't be lonely since your colleagues are here too."
If you listened carefully, you could hear flat, emotionless moaning.
"What on earth is that voice...? It might sound like Her Highness's voice, but it's a woman's voice?"
That's because Mercurius's gender was reversed, you see.
So Mer-chan is working.
"No way, am I going to be toyed with by a bunch of perverts...?! No, I won't! I'd rather die than be defiled!"
"No can do."
"Nooooooo!! Why does it have to be like this!! Me, of all people, the next queen!!"
Natalia, her arms seized by burly men in black suits, was dragged away to the work room.
I had no idea she had a tendency toward delusional fantasies too.
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"It has been my dream to take the Kukkoro female knight's first time!! My dream has come true, and I couldn't be happier!!"
"Stop it! Nooo, that filthy tongue is getting in... Ah, haaaah... Don't you dare show me such vulgar things! Only royal things are worthy of me... Seriously, that's not allowed, don't move back and forth so violently, kukk, dieeeee!!"
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"Phew..."
A middle-aged man with a glossy sheen on his face, who looked every bit the gentleman, came out of the room.
The man headed toward the manager of "Kachou," who I'd been talking with.
"Well, well, if it isn't the manager. How did you manage to procure such a rare specimen? I never dreamed my long-held dream would actually come true."
"Well, well, you seem to be quite satisfied."
"Indeed, I do hope she too will be quickly noticed by a fine gentleman and be able to leave this place. Well then, if you'll excuse me."
Well, it seems I've already been of use to someone right off the bat.
Not that I can actually leave, though.
In the end, that knight never even gave his name, and he didn't even remember me.
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"Princess Selene's dropped skill is[Awe]."
Sophia used[Reincarnation's Bond]to read Princess Selene's skills.
It seems strong enough, but somehow I don't think there'll be much chance to use it.
"I tried bringing it up casually, but she doesn't seem to have any memories from before her reincarnation. Senpai, how did you get your memories back?"
"Um... I think it was after my father declared my exile, wasn't it?"
"I see. Princess Selene's situation isn't quite... exile, though. Senpai, what should we do about Princess Selene? I don't think I can keep hiding her at my house forever."
"That's true. Being unable to go outside would be stressful and isn't good for her either. But if she goes out and gets spotted, there'd be all sorts of trouble. Apparently the king is looking for her, and if she's found, they'd probably say something like 'She's been abducted — execute the kidnappers!!'"
"Isn't there some good solution, Senpai?"
"There might be one, but it depends on her."
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I accidentally made an operation error and temporarily took down the main story.
Sorry if you got a weird notification.
(2025.6.15)
If the gender-switching aspect is a bit much for you, please just read it as Prince Mercurius of the First Prince working diligently in a male courtesan's quarters.
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