I cried out, forgetting my shame and crying out indiscriminately. The impact from his strikes was felt not only in the affected area but also in my anal and v*ginal openings. Each time his hand landed, my v*ginal opening contracted sharply.

Slap! Smack! Thud. Smack.

“Hng, ah. Haa!!”

As he increased his speed and forcefully struck my b*ttocks, my cries reverberated through the air. And with his final spank, my voice, which had been screaming uncontrollably, also came to a halt.

“Tell me. When you tried to run away, who was the one waiting to give you a sweet reward? Who in this imperial castle awaits your return?”

He gently grabbed my hair, tilting my head back. Then his lips made contact with my ear. The warmth brushed against my earlobe, sending a shiver down my spine.

I couldn’t answer due to the pain in my beaten b*ttocks. All that escaped my lips were uneven breaths. Hearing this, he bit into my ear.

“Haah…!”

As his teeth sank into the sensitive area, I screamed involuntarily. I felt as if he was testing my capability to vocalize in my debilitated state. Then, he licked the bitten spot with his tongue, gently caressing my b*ttocks.

“I found you quite to my liking, Hena. To tell you the truth, you failed the 58th palace entrance exam. It was me who allowed you to pass as an additional favor.”

My mind was hazy, making it difficult to hear his words clearly. I failed? An exam? The overwhelming sensation of my flesh swelling and contorting in his hands was all I could feel.

“A young girl in a difficult situation and a high authority man. I’ve been waiting for the day to break this relationship. As it turned out this way I was truly happ… no, sad.”

“A-Archduke…?”

It was only now that I vaguely understood why he had discovered me, a mere maid, at the scene of my execution and spared my life. I had been in that kind of relationship with the character?

As if apologizing for the recent intense act, he lightly tapped my reddened b*ttocks. The burning sensation on my skin added to the throbbing pain.

“To think you were plotting such things behind my back. The sense of betrayal is immense. So, regretfully, I must punish you further.”

It seemed that Karzan had harbored a grudge against the protagonist for quite a long time. When I realized this crucial fact, a rustling sound could be heard.

The sound of a four-layered tray in the study room. The clatter of tools mixed with the rolling sound of the iron wheel. The dull sound of metal and wood meeting made my skin crawl. Unable to lift my head while lying down, I couldn’t see what was happening.

“Don’t be afraid. These are special tools just for you.”

For me? A sense of foreboding sent my heart pounding in my chest.

Among various tools, he picked out a single metal sphere. Uniquely, the sphere was as big as a thumb knuckle, connected to a handle via a thin stem.

Taken aback, I turned to look and froze at the sight of the creepy tool. He then soothingly stroked my hair to ease the tension.

“Calm down. Don’t tremble. This cold metal ball will cool you down from the inside.”

As if his words had stirred me up even more, the inside of my heated a$s quivered.

“No…! If you insert that…!”

“Of course. I’ve no intention of cruelly shoving it in you all at once. That would be unlike me.”

He tilted my face and inserted the rod into my opened mouth. Whimpering and choking, the metal sphere passed my lips, rolling over my tongue and trespassing deep into me. Its glass-like smooth surface pushed into my throat, slightly nudging my uvula. Although I wailed and groaned, the Archduke only comforted me and continued the deep insertion.

Finally, when it reached the deepest part of my throat, the Archuke gently twirled it once. Gagging, I felt like regurgitating. Every time my throat spasmed, I could feel the solidity of the sphere pressing on my uvula, causing saliva to flood my mouth.

The Archduke pulled the tool out of my mouth with a satisfied smile. He then spread my heated b*ttocks with one hand and brought the moist sphere to my back hole. Startled, my clenched muscles spasmed at the foreign temperature. The sphere soon began to firmly press against my sensitive area.

“Ahh…!”

Something was widening the tightly shut back hole. As my soft, clenching skin unfolded under the alien sensation, my eyes flew wide open. My spreading hole easily gave way to the slippery sphere lubricated with my saliva.

The entity, not too big nor too small, smoothly glided inside my rectum due to its round and smooth surface. It gently roamed within me as if it were exploring for hidden treasure or touring through a labyrinth, all with a leisurely and delightful movement.

“It’s… cold. It feels weird. Take it…out.”

Though it had been steeped in my saliva, the metal still felt strangely cold in the open air. The cool metal sphere made its presence known, pressing against the inner walls of my b*ttocks here and there.

Thankfully, the thin metal rod beneath the sphere wasn’t very thick, not causing undue discomfort to my anus.

“Until I’ve thoroughly probed and searched inside you, I cannot remove it. If you refuse to reveal your backers, I have no choice but to delve into your body.”

With a tenderness as if he were crooning a lullaby, Karzan radiated calm. He continued to stimulate my back hole with the metal sphere, while his other hand kneaded my b*ttocks. With the simultaneous stimuli focusing on my lower body, I found myself dizzy with the sensations.

The metal sphere, now warm from my body heat, maintained its unyielding surface. It explored every nook and cranny of my insides like a robust deep-sea probe, clumsily pushing against the soft walls, and slightly tilting to expand the tender hole. It was a very peculiar and strange sensation.

“Ah, Archduke…”

Then suddenly, he started to piston the metal sphere. He pushed the sphere far inside and retracted it until it was half-exposed at my back hole. Each time the sphere presented itself, an unfamiliar expansion made my body shudder. But each time, the Archduke eased the discomfort with a consoling stroke on my b*ttocks.