My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 44: The Sick Kiss And Hatred(1)

Chapter 44: The Sick Kiss And Hatred(1)

[Warning: Non-con Kiss]

"This is the third prince. He had been to all the tea parties with me. I thought he might be tired of the taste of tea by now, haha!"

The emperor introduced the man to them and talked about him very proudly. For a fact, Felix knew this third prince was favoured by the emperor due to some internal family issues. But he never got to know that reason though. However, many people expected this third prince to become the next emperor seeing how the emperor trusted him and the third prince got involved in a lot of political matters.

As for Felix, he personally admire his skills and intelligence. He couldn’t deny this guy had the aura to become an emperor. But as a person, Felix would never want him to become an emperor in a place he lives as he knows he would take advantage of his position to achieve his personal needs. It was not very royal and an emperor should always care about his people first.

Which Felix never thought he would ever see from this man.

However, at the same time, again, even though they were the same age, this third prince knew more things than him of course. And, he was cunning, so Felix needed to be careful not to fall for his tactics again.

Like the last time...or the first time they met...Around a year or two ago.

Felix could remember it was at their emporer’s 21st birthday ball.

They had guests from different empires and the third prince attended on behalf of their empire with two more people.

While all the nobles were invited to the birthday ball, only those who were qualified would get the chance to join the huge dinner party at night where all their respected foreign guests would participate and talk.

Felix was also invited to that dinner.

He remembered he was not an ounce interested in balls or those big feasts though.

He was whining inside to go home and get some sleep. And, before that dinner, he was after Anne and then sent her home first who also came with him as she was also invited to join the ball.

Felix enjoyed his dinner in silence before going to the balcony to get some fresh air. It was too loud. The glass hitting sounds, laughs and all different languages mixed as people talked, he felt quite suffocated.

So he expected to be free from that mess until the feast ended so he could finally go home. But to his surprise, there was a pretty young lady who also seemed to have come there for the same reason.

She looked at Felix in surprise and took a step back before trying to greet him, but still flustered by his sudden appearance. Felix simply bowed his head to respect the lady not knowing where she was from or what language she spoke as she was definitely foreign guest.

Maybe she was a princess from some country...

After Felix positioned himself quite away from her, he looked outside and took some deep breaths. It wasn’t loud anymore and he felt cooled off.

However, soon, that lady again approached him.

He could say she was trying to talk to him but flustered. It seemed like...she had taken a liking to him.

Maybe...or she was just an anxious person...

Felix calmly watched the girl, not wanting to scare her. He didn’t want trouble scaring off a foreign princess.

"I- a-am s-so-orry! I c-can’t s-sp-peak y-yoir l-ang-uage w-,well..."

She tried to talk to him in his language to which she stuttered a lot. If they were both lucky, Felix could have a good conversation with her if her language was something he had learned before. He knew quite a few languages.

"Where are you from miss?"

"Ah! I a-am f-from North Archen."

"Then, is this what you talk?"

Felix talked in the language he had learned as what North Archen people use.

The girl immediately smiled brightly before nodding.

Felix wasn’t interested in talking with anyone really. But maybe he lost his mind for a moment seeing her uncomfortable and trying so hard to talk to him. He wanted to make her feel better, that’s it. He didn’t really want to engage in conversation. Especially with a woman.

"You are really good, sir Felix!"

She said in her language and stared at Felix for some time.

Felix felt quite awkward but he didn’t really show it or tried to confront her.

"Sir Felix, You are handsome, talented but look lonely here. May I know if this gentleman is not engaged?"

Felix doesn’t like to talk about it, but for whatever the reason he felt he must answer her.

"No miss."

Felix said and watched her eyes seemingly red, glow as her excitement grew.

’I didn’t notice it before. Right, red eyes...Those are from the North Archen Empire...’

Felix only realised it just now. Very few people have this red eye colour. Those are only from the North Archen Empire’s royal family.

Felix saw the lady was about to get close to him and ask something more. But before that, a male voice disturbed them.

A young man came close to them and he seemed to have a smirk that made Felix feel like he was looking down on them. But who cares anyway... However, he also had that beautiful red eye colour.

Which meant he was also from the same empire as her, and could be siblings.

"Wherever you go, you always flirt with others. Right! Since your mother is a whore, I guess you also can’t stop being like her!"

Felix was quite stunned as he realised they were having a fight that involved their personal lives in front of him. As soon as he saw the lady’s smiley face suddenly becoming cold and stared down at the other man, Felix decided he had enough fresh air. He wasn’t interested in others’ tea.

Just as he was about to leave, the lady grabbed his arm and looked at him, but her face still looked cold.

"Where are you going? We are not done talking."

She said to him but Felix was kind of losing his patience as he didn’t want to get involved in an unwanted mess.

Felix sighed and held the lady’s hand, taking it away from him.

"I am sorry miss. But I should go back. It’s getting windy here."

Felix immediately left. Even though he didn’t look at the two behind him, he could sense both of them looking at him.

After that, he didn’t know what happened, but he didn’t see that lady anywhere again. As night passed, a lot of people got drunk and fell asleep right on the spot. It was quite the mess but everyone enjoyed their time.

While Felix was dozing off about something, he felt someone tap on his shoulder and saw it was that lady again.

She didn’t seem drunk and looked all bubbly and cheerful again.

"I am sorry you had to witness such a thing. But, what about a toast! It was my pleasure to meet you, sir. You were really nice. And I am proud that you speak our language."

She talked for a long time before pouring wine into his and her glass from the bottle in front of Felix. Then, Felix also cooperated as he saw the girl looked very excited to hit her glass with his.

He drank the wine in one gulp and saw the lady leaving after thanking him.

’She looked fierce before. But her red eyes are pretty even then.’

Felix honestly thought they looked really pretty. The red colour...they look like the red roses Anne grew in the garden. And they shined like diamonds sometimes.

’Agh...Did I get drunk? I only drank two glasses though.’

Felix felt his cheeks burning. He felt heavy and could feel the alcohol smell coming from breath. He didn’t think anything was wrong and decided he would leave.

He wished his greeting to their emperor and left the dining room but only to get blocked by that young lady in the hallway, out to the ballroom where the exit was.

"Can we have a talk, sir?"

Felix wanted to go home. Nothing else. So he apologised before trying to hurry off. However, the lady grabbed his arm and protested.

"Come with me to my room, okay? I have a lot of things to know from you."

She leaned in and put her hands around Felix’s neck, trying to hug him. But he pushed her away and tried to walk away.

Then, suddenly, he was grabbed again by his arm. However, this time, the hand was big and the grip was very tight to the point Felix almost let out a hiss in pain.

Before he could process what was happening, he was pulled to somewhere, he hit someone’s body. Felix felt it was a man’s firm chest and tried to get away. But, he felt weak all over, his body just leaning onto the wide body. He felt very drunk and powerless.

He tried to open his eyes but his eyelids felt heavy. Before he closed his eyes shut, he felt the fingers digging into his cheeks and something warm touching his lips. And, someone’s breath. He knew someone kissed him as it got hard to breath and something was inside his mouth. He couldn’t move away either. Just locked tight in that person’s grip. And it was definitely a man.

Felix tried to protest but the other party was stronger and deepened the kiss even more.

By that time, Felix was angry, confused and felt really bad. The kissing. It made him sick as he had really bad trauma for a very long time. Anything related to inappropriate touches, he can’t shake off his fear.

He felt his body going limp but he put all his energy to look for the bastard. He saw the familiar face and smiling red eyes, and then he could see another blurred figure standing in front of them.

Slowly, his vision went dark, his hearing went silent.

’No...I have to stay awak-...’