Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Chapter 864: Confident

Chapter 864: Chapter 864: Confident

’Fine. I did fail in both in my past life so I won’t complain,’ Arabella concluded and nodded for Carla to continue.

"I will never dare say His Majesty is like this as well. However, they also said that men act like they want pure and innocent women. But in fact, after some time, they would get bored and want something else entirely."

Carla continued and said that the married ladies said being too pure and innocent would only work at first and actually worked against them in the long run.

They said that eventually, the men would look for fun and excitement.

Thus, even if Arabella was the most beautiful in Eliora, Ferdinand would get bored of her if she was too decent since men actually liked women who could give them fun and excitement at night.

Carla said that the married ladies said their role as the first wife was more like business partners than a spouse. Thus, they did not really mind it that they did not have to be the one doing the night duties as well.

And this was something they believed Arabella should learn to accept as well if she did not want to be hurt.

Or, if she wanted to keep Ferdinand for herself, she could step up her game by breaking out of her shell to ensure she was both his Empress and his wife.

As a princess of Lobelius and an Empress who lived to her forties in her past life, Arabella understood their point.

The married ladies Carla had tea with were speaking from experience after all.

Arabella was lucky Ferdinand was in love with her.

But if he was not and their circumstances were different, she may have also come to experience what the ladies talked about.

After all, being an Empress was not an easy task. She had a lot of work to do and she only excelled in it as much as she did now because of her past life.

Thinking about things realistically, sleeping with Ferdinand usually caused her to wake up late due to exhaustion.

If not for the existence of magic and the mana he gives her; her body would be even more tired than she usually does, which meant she would wake up much later.

If they were just normal people without magic and Ferdinand had the appetite he has, Arabella would end up always waking up late and exhausted.

But as an Empress, she must wake up early and do all her work and keep up appearances.

It would indeed be difficult to be a good Empress and a good wife if such was the case. Having someone do the other ’nightly duties’ would indeed be easier. Not to mention if they had children to raise as well.

If such was the case, it would indeed be easier to pick one duty and let someone else do the others.

Some of the ladies Carla chatted with had even preferred their husband having a concubine or two so they could have someone to delegate other tasks to instead of doing everything by themselves.

Especially in the case of nobility and royalty where marriage was indeed more like a business venture – a pooling of power and influence, than an act of love or affection.

And this was not the worst part.

Since the marriages were likely arranged, there were no feelings or loyalty at all.

Just comradeship for business partners who have a common goal in mind.

However, there are also those who fall in love with concubines or the pleasure they give, and they replace the capable first wives who had already accepted their role as business partners. They could get replaced even if the replacement was incapable of what they could do. This had caused chaos in noble households even as far as causing their ruin.

It was a cruel truth but Arabella had seen it a lot in her past life.

Carla indeed had a reason to be worried.

"Alright. I understand. I’ll wear this nightgown tonight. But don’t worry, Carla. I will not hand His Majesty to anyone else," Arabella confidently assured Carla.

Carla sighed in relief and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my best to support you. Please tell me if you ever need more."

"These are more than enough for now," Arabella quickly replied before Carla concluded she needed more of these. "And this might be the only time I wear one. Just think about it. I usually wear normal sleeping gowns. Do you recall what I looked like in the morning after Ferdinand slept in my room?"

"Y-yes, Your Majesty," Carla blushed.

Arabella usually had kiss marks on her body after sleeping with Ferdinand. Her maids were no stranger to it since they usually helped her bathe and get dressed.

How much more marks would she have if she actively provoked Ferdinand by wearing these things?

Still, Arabella needed to prove to Carla and Irene that they did not need to worry she might get replaced or that Ferdinand’s attention to her would wane any time soon.

Thus, tomorrow morning, they must see her covered in kiss marks and love bites once again.

Arabella did other preparations needed and headed to her study to do some work after.

When it was time to get changed, she headed to her room and her maids were already there to help her.

Carla and Irene who knew about her lingerie for the knight had mischievous and excited looks on their eyes.

It wasn’t time for it yet though. Arabella would get changed again after their date when it’s time to sleep.

As sunset drew near, Arabella and their date venue was ready. The food and drink were already there too and would remain warm thanks to magic.

While reading a book, Arabella waited for Ferdinand to arrive but he did not come even when the sun began to set.

Arabella took a break from her book and watched the sunset. It was breathtaking scenery she had missed the past few days when she was so busy with work.

She watched it alone but it was still invigorating to see it after a series of busy days.