Empress of Another World

Short Stories 1.3

On the white marble floor, Lucretius’ clothes scattered everywhere. Bina felt a bit embarrassed thinking what the maids and the servants would think when they cleaned this place tomorrow morning. However, it was only Bina who thought this way.

Lucretius thought it was normal for their private lives to be exposed to so many people. He grew up with everyone watching his every move, so he didn’t realize how strange it was to have the line between one’s public and personal lives blurred.

For Bina, who grew up in the 21st century Korea, it was hard to understand and accept this reality. She still often felt embarrassed. For example, whenever the maids came into her bedroom to find Lucretius and Bina in bed together… Just like this situation, Bina felt mortified at what they might imagine.

Bina lowered herself into the warm water so only her head was visible from outside. She could hear water splashing nearby, indicating he was entering the tub. When she turned around, she could see his magnificent naked self with his golden hair shining beautifully. His hair was already wet after exposing himself from the cold-water tub.

He had been in the water for only a few seconds, but he already looked amazing.

It was believed that Maram’s water had beautifying power.

‘I guess it works even better on already good-looking people.’

She felt a little bit annoyed.

Bina had been using the hot spring water from Maram for the past four years, as they delivered it to the castle for her personal use. It had improved her skin greatly with long-term use, but Lucretius had to dunk himself only once and it made him look so much better than her already!

It wasn’t fair. Although she felt angry, she also openly enjoyed the beautiful man’s body. His scars didn’t surprise or sadden her anymore. They only made his gorgeous body look more masculine.

Besides, there hadn’t been an assassination attempt on Lucretius in a very long time. They were safe. However, even then, Lucretius was never lazy about his training. This was why his body remained toned and chiseled like that of a statue.

Even his bones were the image of perfection and his muscles were mouth-watering.

Bina decided that she had to make sure her daughter Beatrice use the hot spring water from early on. Beatrice was already a beautiful child, thanks to her father, and with diligent care, she would grow up to be the most gorgeous princess in Cransian history!

Lucretius approached his wife with a smile. In his hand was the crystal glass Bina dropped in the water. He handed it back to her as Bina commented, “If I knew you would be here tonight, I would have told them to prepare two glasses.”

Lucretius grinned. “I didn’t know I would be able to get here this fast. Tomorrow morning was the earliest I expected.”

“So you really rode here through the night too?”

“Umm… Sort of?”

Lucretius looked casual but his ears flinched subtly.

Bina knew him well enough to know that this meant he was lying.

A very small lie.

Spending four years with him has taught her little things about him. If he knew, he would have fixed this habit, but she didn’t tell him. Knowing these things about him made her feel secretly happy.

Lucretius continued to lie smoothly.

“I did sleep at night. We dropped by at different inns every night and made sure I rested. I’m not so stupid that I would ride a horse when I am tired or sleepy. I wouldn’t want to fall off the horse, right?”