The Villainous Emperor Is My Pet? - Volume 1 Chapter 17
I was clutching my stomach and wondering if the emperor wanted me to die from hunger. Maybe he was punishing me for talking back to him. If I had chosen to be his concubine, would he feed me? But then, I wasn’t that kind of woman.
“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!” My stomach growled again.
The emperor opened his eyes and stared hard at me. I had no idea what to say. My IQ was dropping exponentially because of hunger.
As if my stomach had both mouth and eyes, it started growling in a different tune.
“Grr Grrrr Grr Grrrrrr!”
I was too hungry to be embarrassed. But he ignored me and dozed off again.
What a cruel man!
After what felt like an eternity, the carriage stopped.
The emperor pushed open the door and stepped outside the carriage. I wondered why we were stopping. Did we reach the city already?
He gave me a dark look. “Why is a slave not following her master?”
Only I know how I resisted the urge to kick his face.
“Follow me, ” He commanded, turning his back to me. He marched ahead. It was already dark. I wondered where we were headed..
I sighed and trailed behind him. There was an inn right ahead. Wild vines covered the old grey walls of the inn. There were a few horses drinking the water from wooden tubs. I looked around. On the other side of the road, I could only see flats under the full moon.
I couldn’t help but think that places like this only existed in fiction.
A few soldiers followed us while keeping a respectful distance. I ignored their whispers. They were afraid but ready to cut me in half if I did anything to them or their emperor. I shrugged. After being killed twice, I wasn’t afraid.
Maybe I was afraid a little bit.
I wasn’t the type of person who would do anything to survive. There were a few things that I would never ever accept. I didn’t have strong morals or pride.
The inn was lively with people with swords and other weapons despite the time. A young woman, dressed in a typical yellow dress with a cute apron, was serving the rowdy men. The innkeeper was an old man with a green afro and a thick moustache that was curved at the edges. It was so strange that I wanted to pull it.
The emperor had his head covered and shadow shrouded his face. He went straight to the empty middle seat. The soldiers took the seats at the corner. I didn’t want to sit with the emperor, but there weren’t any empty seat and the emperor was signally me to sit with him.
Could I digest a meal when he was there?
“Why can’t I?” I mumbled as I sat to his right. The distance between us was less than a metre. But I preferred sitting there. If we sat opposite each other, we would see each other’s face while we were eating.
“What would you like, Sire?” The cute waitress asked us.
“Whatever you have,” He answered in a low tone, turning his emotionless gaze toward me. His dark eyes looked disinterested but the corner of his lips was curled down. What was he upset about? I thought about the reasons. I could come up with a hundred reasons easily.
For example, I did verbally abused him a lot.
The waitress left me in an awkward silence that bored me to death. His eyes were fixed on me. If I was a slave, I didn’t have many options. How could I stop him from waging war? Where the hell was Aloisia?
Since Dante and Aloisia didn’t meet, it meant that they wouldn’t get married. The chances of me getting married to this crazy emperor were also slim. The main reason was that I would refuse such a marriage.
I wasn’t an idiot, but I aimed for love. After dating an arsehole for two years and finding out that he cheated on me in a worse way possible, I was a little afraid of relationsh.i.p.s. When I decided to date, I ended up coming to this book. At my age, I couldn’t be blindly optimistic either.
Love doesn’t happen to everyone. But companionship isn’t rare. If I couldn’t get love, it had to be a good companionship. Marriage of convenience wasn’t my thing. Why would I destroy my own happiness for someone else? Wasn’t dying better then?
As usual, I was thinking about unimportant things. Was I desperate? Was I lonely? Did I miss having s.e.x?
My ex-boyfriend’s face popped up in my head.
I resisted the urge to throw up. That arsehole! If I hadn’t gone to see a doctor, I would have never found out that he was cheating on me. I still can’t forget the look that the doctor gave me. She totally thought I was a player.
“Why aren’t you eating?” The emperor sounded displeased.
I looked at the man who was too beautiful for his own good. Actually, I had a thing for beautiful men. My ex-boyfriend was also too good looking and he was good in bed. I should have guessed how a ‘v.i.r.g.i.n’ could be good in bed. The liar had been getting experience behind my back.
“You are thinking about something random again.” The emperor scowled at me. “Is it about your bosoms again? Let me tell you. It was unintentional. I didn’t feel anything when I touched your flat wasteland.”
Flat… My ears twitched. Did he call me flat? I looked down at my chest. It wasn’t showing on my dress. I missed my C cups. But who was he to criticize my b.o.o.b.s? I had no idea why I kept my mouth shut. Honestly, I was starving and the scent of food was mouthwatering. So, I picked up a roasted chicken foot from the bowl and took a bite.
“If you eat plenty, your b.o.o.b.s will become bigger than my balls.”
I choked on the meat and slammed the table hard. The chicken feet flew in all directions and hit several heads at once. I ignored the silence that followed and drank water. My heart was beating fast. I peeked at Dante who was watching me calmly. B.o.o.b.s bigger than his balls? Was that a challenge?
“You insolent bitch!” A man roared in rage. He grabbed his bowl and tossed in my direction. Dante grabbed my arm and pulled me closer. The bowl missed the target.
The food fight started. In the uproar, I found myself under the table. Dante raised his hand and caught a flying chicken wing.
“Looking forward to the day,” He murmured when he handed it to me. I stared at him blankly. He added without hesitation, “The day your b.o.o.b.s are bigger than my balls.”
I had a sudden epiphany. This guy… this emperor might be evil for different reasons.