A Bird Among Serpants

1.8

The emperor walks into the room with a jar in hand, dismissing Percy with a hand wave and smirking, "How was your rest? After last night it must've been well."

I take a breath, a flash of regret flashing over me, "What did you do to him after you brought me in here?"

"Nothing that would happen to you if that's what you're asking. Even if you're an unwavering cunt around me, you're still very good at manipulation. If I do too much the castle will turn against me because of the seeds you've probably already planted."

He's overestimated me. Sure, the guards in the castle I have made an impression because of how I treated Percy and the maids think I'm attractive but that's about it. It's not nearly enough for him to face any consequences even if he were to have me tied and raped in the town square. Though, I guess it's good that he thinks that. It means that he'll not do anything too crazy unless he goes a bit crazy himself.

He sits next to me with a smile, showing me the jar, "Look."

I look inside hesitantly to see a mutated version of medigul. They latch on and eat the magic of any magic user they are put on. It is a cost-effective replacement for magic-remover spells if you have the resources to maintain one. Just looking at these things though, they don't look like the normal medigul that I would see at the palace. They seem strange to me. I don't even sense any magic on them.

He smiles at me quietly, "Admiring my work?"

"What are they?"

The emperor reaches a hand into the mixture and pulls one out motioning for me to lean closer. At first I don't, not knowing if it would be better to just let it happen or try to run while I still have the chance. I should've studied magic more in school. I know a lot of docile spells, but when it comes to defending or attacking I'm basically useless. I was trained to rule, not trained to fight. I see now why that is so detrimental however. I get dropped into a situation like this and am completely defenseless.

"Don't look so scared." He runs his hand through my hair and forcibly pulls me closer, dropping a thing on me as it begins crawling around my body, "As you've probably guessed these things don't feed on magic. Well, not magic overall."

I expect him to elaborate as the thing crawls over me, but he doesn't, resulting in myself being forced to ask, showcasing my anxious voice, "What does it feed on then?"

"Nervous? There's no need to be. I undid the brainwashing spell on that elf to see how long it would take for him to break. To my surprise, even after being left on for about 2 hours he never did. You should be fine after an hour or so, and I'll take you out before it breaks you."

I close my eyes, guess that brainwashing spell was pointless after all, "That doesn't answer the question, master."

" 'master'? You haven't called me that since I've been in here. You must be really scared. Since you asked so nicely, I'll tell you that the things feed on a specific type of magic called Alijins Magic. You may or may not have heard of it as not many have done research on the subject. It comes out of magic users when they feel any sexual feelings whatsoever. Because of that, the thing won't latch on immediately, but when I show it where," he slowly leans down and begins sucking on my nipple, the creature following and doing the same as the emperor smiles, "Feel good?"

I struggle softly against his grip on my wrists and glare up at him. I can handle one. It feels uncomfortable at most as this level. This only becomes a problem when there's more. All I have to do is convince him to fuck me the normal way and I can leave here without being forced to try these things out full force. He seems like the type to have an ego so this should be somewhat easy. The fact that he thinks what he said at the beginning means that I don't have to worry as much as well since he's scared to do anything of significance, "If you've been having a hard time getting it up then there's magic to fix that problem. I don't know any spells off of the top of my head, but it would take only a few minutes to research one."