Chapter 44

Though he appeared calm on the outside, the prince was actually tense. The half of his reason that remained screamed that this was madness.

'I know that.'

The prince had no interest in omegas and thus no sexual experience.

However, thanks to the sex education he had received since childhood, he knew how alpha intercourse proceeded.

In Hairak, alphas were taught to dominate and rule. This position was the same in intercourse.

No sex education material ever covered alphas using their anal openings.

It was a situation he had never even imagined for himself.

'But what can I do?'

The prince didn't want to hurt Helio. Even in this situation where his brain was already half-melted by the heat of pheromones.

So in fact, this situation could be called a strange result of the alpha's desire to covet the flesh before him combined with the gentle heart that didn't want to harm his knight.

However...

"...?"

The knight who had heard such explicit talk merely looked puzzled.

'Wh-what?'

Flustered by the innocent face that didn't match the situation, the prince soon realized what the problem was.

Helio's reaction was natural.

After all, everything Helio knew was what he had taught him. And the prince had never once taught this golden-eyed knight any sexual knowledge...

'Your Highness, why don't you leave Helio's education to someone else?'

Should he have listened to those words? The prince regretted it belatedly.

Seeing the noble prince not only keeping a commoner of unknown origin by his side but even acting as his teacher, those who couldn't stand it had suggested dividing the work.

Even the servants who washed the prince's hands and feet had blue blood flowing in their veins, so they weren't without aversion to a commoner, and a strange-looking simpleton man at that, but it was better than the prince teaching directly.

However, the prince had refused without hesitation. When he first received a real sword as a gift, he had even learned how to sharpen the blade because he disliked others' hands touching it. Such a prince would never entrust Helio to others' hands.

'Your Highness, please reconsider. You are one who rules over subordinates, not one who teaches them. Moreover, doesn't Helio know much less compared to others? If you entrust him to me, I will teach him what he ought to learn.'

At that time, the prince had dismissed it saying 'It's enough for Helio to know only what I teach him'...

And this was the result.

Staring at the innocent face that knew only what he had taught, lacking what he should have learned, the prince realized why his knight had offered to soothe a dominant alpha's rut without any fear.

Undoubtedly, Helio didn't properly know what a rut was.

Of course. The only being who could tell him about it locked himself away in this villa every time a rut came once a year.

This was clearly his own fault.

"Helio, did you talk about using yourself without even knowing how to have sex?"

Though his body was burning with heat, he couldn't help but laugh weakly at the absurdity of the situation.

Perhaps thinking the reason for his laughter was that he found him ridiculous, Helio didn't laugh along but set his expression firmly. With a solemn face that was hard to believe given that someone else's foot was on his groin, the knight pleaded:

"Then teach me. I will learn."

His seriousness was comparable to a warrior asking to be taught secret sword techniques... but in reality, what he wanted to learn was none other than the art of lovemaking.

The prince languidly blinked, taking in the other's appearance.

"Right... I should take responsibility."

It was he who had insisted on teaching Helio despite others' dissuasion. If Helio hadn't learned what he ought to have, it was all his responsibility.

The Second Prince was a person with such a strong sense of responsibility that he would feel wronged if called second in that regard. Therefore, he willingly accepted Helio's request.

He moved the foot he had placed on the groin once more. He felt a thick volume under the sole of his foot.

"First... start by making this stand."

"Make it stand... how do you mean?"

Though Helio had been a quick learner, reading in a week and defeating renowned knights with a sword after just a month of holding one, in this field alone he stumbled like a fool.

"How else would you make it stand? You have to touch it. Take it off."

Helio followed the order without hesitation. As he undid his belt and took off his pants, thigh muscles as firm as a wild horse's were revealed.

"The underwear too."

"Yes."

Even as he removed the last piece of cloth, Helio showed no sign of shame. After all, one cannot feel what one doesn't know.

'Do I have to teach that too?'

The prince suddenly recalled how much he hadn't taught Helio, but like other thoughts, it quickly evaporated.

The prince's heated gaze lingered on Helio's naked body. If the prince's body was like a well-made sculpture by an artist, Helio's body was the epitome of wildness.

His thick frame and tightly packed muscles gave off a sense of ferocity. Even more so because of the black scales covering his left side like armor.

The black scales covered from the left side of his face down to his thigh. It was a familiar sight to the prince, as they had bathed together after hunts or sparring sessions.

The prince had always thought Helio's body was impressive. But at this moment, it looked different.

Especially the important part.

'That... was it always that big?'

He had always thought it was large whenever he saw it, but facing it in this situation, the word that came to mind wasn't simply 'large' but 'enormous.'

'W-well, at least that's fortunate. There are no scales there...'

For a moment, his panicked brain ran a strange positive circuit.

However, even in such a moment, the prince's face remained utterly composed. It was a talent that could have made him an actor who left his name in history if he hadn't been born into royalty.

"What should I do now?"

"Grasp your genitals. Don't just hold them, stroke up and down. Yes, like that."

The prince's languid voice as he gave instructions exuded a sense of ease as if he had been through such situations countless times. In reality, even if someone told them he was an inexperienced virgin who didn't even masturbate except during ruts, no one would believe it.

Helio began stroking his genitals with a very serious expression, as if he were holding a sword for the first time. His large hand, calloused from training, mechanically stroked the veiny organ.

After watching for a moment, the prince carefully broached the subject.

"Helio, perhaps you..."

The prince hesitated and stopped mid-sentence, but finally couldn't hold back and asked.

"Do you... not usually get erect?"

Quite some time had passed, but the genitals remained in their initial state. They showed no reaction to Helio's touch.

Helio answered dejectedly.

"It does stand when I wake up in the morning. But it subsides as time passes... Is that a problem?"

Thinking he had failed to carry out the prince's order, Helio looked visibly deflated.

At least it seemed he wasn't completely impotent if it stood in the morning.

'If it doesn't stand, we can't put it in. Should I just put it in myself? He did say it was okay. Then there's no need to hold back, right?'

His gaze, which had been fixed on the naked body, moved to the thick neck. For some reason, his teeth itched.

Clank!

"Ah."

The prince came to his senses at the sound of metal clashing. It seemed he had unconsciously pulled at his wrists.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

"Yes..."

He answered, brushing off Helio's worried gaze. Helio didn't know, but just now the prince had tried to grab him and pin him down beneath himself.

Cold sweat ran down his spine. If his hands hadn't been tied...

But the prince felt he had reached the limit of his endurance. Both the heat that made his blood boil and his erection straining against his pants were painful. The light of reason in his black eyes flickered on and off like a candle in the wind.

"Hah. Helio, stop that and come here for a moment... Help me take off my clothes too. It's too hot..."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Helio readily approached and sat between the prince's legs. The knight began to assist with undressing skillfully.

"Ah."

While unbuttoning the shirt first, Helio let out a troubled sigh as he realized it would be impossible to remove the top due to the handcuffs binding both hands. He left all the shirt buttons undone for now and moved his hands to the lower garments.

His large hand lightly brushed the prince's thigh. Even that was too stimulating for the prince in his current state.

"Hngh."

Finally, a moan he couldn't suppress escaped his lips. At that sound, Helio's body stiffened.

And at that moment, the prince saw it. Helio's genitals, which had been hanging limply, twitched and began to swell.