PoV Duchess Beverly Greenwald
My face flushed with embarrassment at the audacity of that Bunny-kin bitch. The Silver haired slut actually had the audacity to put down such a bet. Even A rankers would not be able to deal with the pleasure of having sex for a month straight, let alone a B ranker. You would need to sleep at some point!
Then there was the thought of being with a woman and a damn beast. It was something that I was willing to do if I absolutely had to do it. The pull out of something like the Crown Princess and the fact that she had been with all the commoners of the Empire. It was sickening to think that she was being treated without her privilege.
Worse, the Emperor clearly favored the Crown Princess. She was attractive, and given the crown Princess role over her brother. Her brother was not much worse than she was, but the Crown Princess made her father happier, and she received his nomination as a result. It was a shame because the youngest was clearly the best to inherit the throne as well. The Cute little man was extremely feminine, though, and many mistook him for a girl. The boy did not mind it either, but he was sharp. Dangerously sharp.
The kid, though, was destined to be nothing but a footnote in history under his siblings, though. It was a shame, as I thought the Empire would thrive under him, but I was a newly risen Duchess without the resources the older nobility had, and that lack of connections also was what got me my current post.
But looking down at this Crystal, I knew I had to make the situation of the Crown Princess known. Without further contemplation, I began injecting my mana into the emergency communication crystal. A moment later, "Duchess, what is the Emergency?"
"Emperor, I have news related to your Daughter, the Crown Princess. The Beasts have discovered her among the riffraff of the army they captured. She seemed to be hiding in shame, not letting them know so that they could not use her as a hostage."
"MY DAUGHTER WAS WITHOUT HER NOBLE PRIVILEGE!" The Emperor's voice boomed, but he quickly calmed down the next moment. "What do they want?" He asked in a serious voice.
"They want to dictate the Neutral third party at first, but I also got us all D-ranked soldiers released, negotiated, which would significantly assist in the reestablishment of our army with an influx of weaker soldiers who are now veterans. They will no longer need to be blooded and will most likely be better candidates for training." I paused, "But, I also proposed a bet with them for the neutral third party, which, if we win, would release the B rankers potentially as well, with us being able to choose the neutral party. It seems almost dangerously win-win, but the bet they proposed was that I and their Supreme Commander duel in bed for a month. If she can last that long, then we lose; if she cannot stand my body for a month, they lose."
Silence took hold. "They agreed to that?"
"No, not yet, they think the terms are too one-sided, which is true. But the bet is what I think we will go with. There is no way a B ranked little bunny bitch will be able to handle me, an A ranked general for a month straight. No matter how high her sex drive is, she will lose."
"What are they stalling for?" The Emperor asked instead, and I froze, realizing that in my anger, I forgot this was yet another stall tactic. We were all about the bet and the bet would last a fucking month straight. It was a clear distraction, but one that would balance out a significant issue. It was a win-win right now, although that might change. It was like, give us time and your body for a month, where no terms could come into effect, and then we will meet at the negotiations table with the results.
"I have no idea, but something tells me this is the best way to move forward without them bullshitting us. A release of soldiers would allow our training camps and spies to start figuring out what went so wrong and ways to counter it," I replied.
"You need to get my daughter back. You have permission to take the bet as long as it is win-win for our side. It is becoming more and more clear that they want the war to continue for some reason. We must end it as soon as possible to regain our strength. The beasts are circling us, and the longer the Beast-kin sit on our border, ready to attack, the more likely the Kingdom of Chip might stop sending gold for protection."
"Understood, the Crystal is about to break, I will do my best to bring the Crown Princess back, Emperor."
"Duchess-" The Crystal broke, and the Emperor's voice cut off, although I knew it was just a normal goodbye, but I winced and sighed.
"FUCK!" I snapped tossing the crumbling crystal away and I wanted to ressurect the generals that fucked this all up and kill them myself again. The humiliation that I might have to spend a month with a beast sickened me.
I got up and got ready to call my advisors to think up our bottom line for the bet, no matter how humiliating it would be.