The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Laetitia's Perspective)

I had become the Queen at the age of twenty-four after my brother's death. My age was very close to the King of Querencia who was just a few months older than me. So, since my childhood, I liked him. My liking towards him was based on the fact that he was more handsome than anyone I had ever seen.

But it was not just him that I liked. I just liked handsome men in general; perhaps I liked him more than other men, so I proposed to him. I knew I was being forceful, yet I did that. It was very embarrassing to remember, so if I could forget that part of my life, I would.

It must be because I was too young that I made that kind of choice.

I had seen the Queen of Querencia from afar at the banquet. I could not bring myself to go and greet her because I was jealous, seeing King Demetrius smiling at her and treating her as if she was something very precious to him.

Even after all those years, I could not stop liking him; it was definitely less than before.

When I saw Queen Blue today, I found her rather bold. She surely was not very confident, but she was pretending to be. She was doing a good job. I could not be able to realize it if I had not seen someone being at that point in life. My mother was just like her. She lacked confidence, but she tried to look very bold.

She confessed that she could not do it properly at first, but she improved eventually.

Other than being bold, she was very adorable as well, especially with the way she ate. I almost laughed when I saw her eating the cookies. It took her more than six bites to eat a single cookie. King Demetrius was observing her with a grin when she was eating as well. I could not blame him since I was doing the same.

Her fashion sense was amazing too. I liked the dress she was wearing. It was surely very uncomfortable, but stylish. Even the dress she wore at lunch was a style that I had never seen before, but it looked very beautiful.

I wanted to get to know her more, so I invited her to have tea with me in the afternoon. I thought she would not agree even if it was disrespectful since she was King Demetrius's wife and he was someone who did not care about manners much.

But miraculously, she agreed.

"Good evening, Queen of Querencia."

"Good evening, Queen of Lacuna."

She was wearing a black dress with a very revealing chest line. Her breasts were not too big, but the dress made them look bigger than their actual size. The dress was very fitting which matched her very well. She was too slender for her age; no wonder King Demetrius was pestering her to eat more.

"May I call you Queen Blue, since calling you 'Queen of Querencia' all the time is a bit uncomfortable. The Queen can do the same for me," I suggested.

"… Yes, certainly," she nodded.

"Please take a seat," I said. "My apologies for inviting you to a place that is rather far from the side palace. But I wanted to show it to Queen Blue."

"That is alright," she said. "And the garden is truly beautiful."

"Pour us tea," I told the maids and then looked at her again. I noticed that she was wearing a minimal amount of golden eye shadow. "I am glad Queen Blue likes it. My mother created this beautiful garden. I don't understand the beauty of these things much, but my mother had an eye for flowers."

"The previous Queen surely did an amazing job decorating the garden," she said and took a cookie.

I watched as she took very tiny bites and chewed as if she had too much food in her mouth.

'How cute!'

Actually, at the age of twenty, I realized another thing; I was attracted to both men and women. That was the reason I had both men and women in my harem though not everyone knew about it.

If I got the chance, I would like to spend a night with her. It was nothing unusual. Royals from different kingdoms did that if they both gave consent. I also wanted to see what it was like to sleep with a human.

Humans were weaker than werewolves. It was always more fun to dominate the weak ones in the bedroom. I envied King Demetrius because he experienced that.

My spies reported that the King and the Queen of Querencia spent every night in the same room. It meant they slept together almost every single night. It was impossible for a married man and woman to stay in the same room at night and not do anything.

I did not find many women who had an interest in women, so only two women were part of my harem. Queen Blue did not seem like she was interested in women. I still wanted to ask her, but I could not just ask a Queen that.

"The Queen's dress is very beautiful. It is made of rare gemstones and fabrics," I said. "May I ask if the Queen's personal tailor designed it?"

"The design is mine, but my tailor made it," she replied.

Usually, noble women liked to brag when someone complimented their looks. But she was more surprised than anything else. Was her behavior different because she was a human?

'Wait, is she like this with me because she thinks I hate her? She surely heard that I liked her husband. It's possible that she thinks I hate her because she is the person's wife who I liked.'

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"Queen Blue, have you ever thought of having a harem?" I asked.

"No. My husband and I swore to be faithful to each other and have no other lover ever," she replied. "But I wonder why everyone keeps asking me the same thing."

"That is because it is normal for Kings and Queens to have harems on their own," I said. "Perhaps you are saying it now because you have never seen the advantages of having a harem. One person is just never enough."

"It might be the case for Queen Laetitia. But for me, one person is more than enough. More than one person seems very chaotic to me which I do not prefer," she smiled slightly.

"It must be because Queen Blue is a human. I heard human rules are very different than werewolves."

"They are, but not all of them. Some humans also like polygamous relationships. But I personally do not want to involve myself with more than just one man."

"Then, in the human world, it is possible to like both men and women at the same time?" I asked excitedly.

"The Queen means bisexual?"

"Is that the term used for those people?"

"Yes," she nodded. "Bisexual people are not attracted to a particular gender; they like both men and women."

"Oh my, is that so?"

"Yes, that is right."

"Is it weird?"

"No… Why would it be weird?"

'Thank god, she doesn't think it's weird.'

"I see… I also do not find it weird. Most people do, so I wondered if the Queen thought that way too," I said.

"Of course not. It is not my place to judge someone based on their preference," she said. "I do not think I ever thought of it as anything abnormal. I just was always too busy to care about what I wanted to even think about these kinds of things."

After finishing our tea, we took a walk together in the garden. She seemed like she wanted to say something, but could not.

In the end, she did not ask me anything. Perhaps it was about her husband, King Demetrius. I also wanted to clear up the misunderstanding that I still liked her husband. I did like him, but it was not to the point of hating her for being his wife. But I could not find the right time to tell her that.

She seemed to be a very good and innocent person. Rather than hating her, I kind of pitied her for being King Demetrius's wife now. There was a time when I was jealous of her, but I could never hate her. Was it because she made adorable expressions frequently?

'Ugh, I could not tell her that! When am I even going to mention it?'

The meeting was going to take place in the evening. There was no way I could mention something like that in the meeting.

I was worried about the meeting too. I knew the subject of the meeting since it was obvious. King Demetrius also mentioned that he had an agreement deal with my brother.