8

My mentor Adivaris, expressed his satisfaction with a grin the next day.

"Mircea was very pleased and boasted to everyone that you are a wonderful lover... So applications from other girls have already been received for leisure with you. I'll draw up a schedule of your dates with the princesses in order and everything. Not every day, of course!"

Be that as it may, such claims outraged me:

"What? What other schedule? Should I? This is some kind of compulsion..."

His eyebrows shot up in surprise at my obstinacy.

"Didn't you like it? Judging by her comments, deep ecstasy ran through you."

"It was, but why do they insist on introducing me only to women? There are other interesting personalities..."

"Do you need men?"

"I mean… why aren't my needs taken into account... And in general, I want to communicate with Prince Eurol... don't I have the right, like a royal? Are we not on an equal footing?"

"Ow!" Adivaris rolled his eyes irritably. "Why are you all going crazy about him? It's annoying! I constantly receive requests to go on a date with him. As if there are no other graceful guys! When did you fall in love with him?"

"He visited me a couple of times..."

"A-ah... A couple of times? Well, don't expect reciprocal feelings from him... it's useless."

"Why? He seems sensual and I hope to seduce him!"

"You are so confident that you can do it?" Adivaris was taken aback and chuckled thoughtfully. "In very rare cases, someone succeeds... But then the poor seducer will endure so much abuse and beatings from Gedeon. Oh, I don't advise you to even think about it. He will hear your thoughts from a distance and come to you with threats. Do you need it?"

I remembered with a shudder how this impudent youth mercilessly struck me with lightning from his hand at our first meeting. It hurt so much that I lost consciousness. However, I was not going to give up...

In the following days, I had to fulfill my duties - entertaining the princesses, mostly listening to their endless chatter about all sorts of insignificant nonsense, rather than doing other pleasant things.

 They were interested in sex only superficially and each of them, spending only five minutes of intimacy, then worked on my hairdo and massaged my back, trying on clothes created for me... Well, in general, it's nice, of course... such care... but something is missing. Girls don't understand at all why men don't want to spend time with them.

And what does Eurol feel when spending his leisure time with Gedeon, if they both do not want to please the princesses anymore? I asked Adivaris about this.

"And how should I know?" My mentor rolled his eyes indignantly.

"Well, you're... a mentalist and clairvoyant, aren't you curious at all!" I meaningfully patted my tail on the floor. "What is so good about this black-winged one? Any special secrets?"

"I am the Ruler... And I have absolutely nothing to do but spy on other persons' bedrooms?"

"Well, if you are responsible for the mental health of royals, you simply must know who is good in this sense... It helps to create harmonious unions and all that! You yourself said how important this is for your Realm."

"Reasonable!" Adivaris agreed, his eyes flashing brightly. "And you really are in the right place. Public lover... You know, not every citizen is as interested in the intimate lives of others as you are. Actually, I know what's going on there... But it might upset you and make you even more jealous..."

"I already guess... and yet I demand a meeting with the prince, given that I suffered quite a bit from Gedeon's strike during the kidnapping... He owes me... so tell this arrogant owner."

"You see... I've been at odds with the Queen's husband for a long time. And he is not obliged to obey me according to his status."

"Is he stronger than you in magic?"

"I wouldn't say... I'm also many times older him. However, it is not customary for us to organize showdowns and duels, and recently this has been prohibited! Because if a battle between two magicians happens, it will be to the death. Sometimes it is impossible to resurrect due to injuries sustained. This is generally pointless... And most importantly, there is no particular reason to fight! Jealousy is frowned upon in our society... Send him a message yourself about your demands, and you will see that you will not get positive results."

I asked my servant to send a request to Gedeon for negotiations and, to my surprise, he quickly showed up in my chambers and sat down in the chair opposite with an imperial look, spreading his large black wings menacingly.

"Dear Prince Irsy... I don't see any particular reason to have complaints against me. I was carrying out an assignment to capture you and do not owe you anything. You are not a small fish, so a forceful technique to subdue you was quite appropriate."

"Why did your father order to kidnap me?"