The Immortal Skin Part 1

"Your Highness, Princess, please, don't do this!"

Long ago, in the formerly known Valerius Empire, a beautiful maiden, her hair disheveled, fled from the Duke's parlor.

"...."

Seeing this, Duke Luker stood before the room with a somber expression, seemingly steeling himself before opening the door.

"Oh, Luker, you're here!"

Inside the parlor, the then-princess Elizabeth was embracing a pretty maiden, kissing her while groping her.

"Everyone out. I need to speak with Her Highness alone."

Faced with such behavior, Luker ordered everyone present to withdraw, his expression remaining grim.

"Oh, how boring... Listen, little beauty, I'll have to spoil you next time. My fiancé seems jealous!"

In response, the princess released the maiden's hand in disappointment, and the girl ran out, her face flushed bright red.

(THUD!)

The Duke then closed the door from the inside before turning toward his fiancée, the "princess."

"Can’t you act like a princess?"

"Huh? I think I’m plenty princess-like!"

Upon hearing Luker’s complaint, the princess brusquely picked her nose as she replied.

"You don’t seem like it at all! Didn’t I teach you aristocratic etiquette?"

In response to her words and actions, the Duke retorted, exasperated.

"Ugh!"

Fed up with hearing the same lecture, the "princess" sighed.

"What a drag!"

She immediately stood up, performing a graceful curtsy to flash an impeccable smile that no one could resist; an angelic beauty.

"Your Grace, Duke! I have missed you so much these past few days!"

Then, Princess Elizabeth suddenly threw herself into the Duke’s arms, her large, tearful eyes looking up at Duke Luker.

"Ah, this— this...!"

At the sudden change, Duke Luker blushed with a nervous expression, despite knowing the truth.

"You love this stuff! Your penis is almost touching me!"

Mocking him, the princess rolled her eyes as she looked back at him.

"I told you not to say those things using Ellie's face!"

Reacting quickly, Luker stepped back a few paces, pushing Princess Elizabeth away and coughing a couple of times to hide his embarrassment.

"Sigh? I wonder who it was that cried and begged me to bring Princess Elizabeth back to life after she fell down the stairs."

Without allowing him to escape, the "princess" continued her pursuit.

"What a terrible fiancé! He can't even protect his fiancée!"

Using her face, she made a piteous expression, pouting with total sarcasm.

"I didn't know you would turn the princess into a skin suit!"

In his defense, the Duke protested.

"What? Are you not satisfied? Your request was to bring Princess Elizabeth back to life! And I even summoned a Demon Lady of Sin to achieve it. So look at me—I am identical to Princess Elizabeth!"

Contradicting his statement, Elizabeth twirled playfully, showing off her body.

"Look, now I am Princess Elizabeth, recognized as the most beautiful woman on the continent!"

Luker, watching the "princess" gloat in front of him, could only sigh in resignation.

"You seem to really like how you look now!"

Upon hearing that question, Elizabeth stopped her dancing and her appreciation of her own body.

"Of course! As a princess, I eat well, I dress well, I have plenty of money to spend, and countless beautiful maidens to flirt with. Besides, with this beautiful appearance, a kind smile can drive men crazy. This is the life of a god! Who wouldn't like it? Besides, you like this body too, don't you?"

In this manner, Elizabeth approached Duke Luker with a mischievous smile, touching his private parts with her delicate hand.

"You're quite aroused, aren't you?"

"Get away from me!"

But, suppressing his lust, Duke Luker pushed her back toward the chair.

"Careful now, this delicate body can't handle your shoving."

In response, Elizabeth snorted with resentment.

"You ought to be flayed! With Ellie's face, I can't even have a normal conversation with you!"

Trying to pull himself together, Duke Luker held his head, not daring to look at the princess's body.

"Oh! What a mess! Your Excellency, are you losing control of your 'weapon'? If you want to pounce on me right now, there’s no problem!"

Before, the Duke would have had no issue; however, the princess, once pure and charming, had turned into a completely lewd woman whom he could barely resist.

"Fine, take it off soon."

Seeing the Duke cough several times with his back turned to hide his biological impulses, Elizabeth mocked him, smiling mischievously.

"Oh! How dishonest!"

But, understanding she shouldn't overstep, she sighed and held out her hands.

(Zzzzt!)

Then, the silence of the room was broken by the sharp screech of a hidden fastener sliding down the nape of the neck, from which a figure in black began to emerge as it opened.

"All right."

Finally, as if shedding a piece of clothing, a wizard of repulsive appearance with thinning grey hair adorning his head appeared.

"Ugh! Has there been any strange activity in the palace lately?"

Once standing before the wizard, Duke Luker looked at him with disgust, treating him coldly.

"Your attitude is so different now!"

Being the victim of such treatment, the wizard couldn't help but complain.

"Let's get to the point first."

Unfazed, Luker continued with a frigid expression.

"What do you mean 'oh'? Fine! Everyone at the palace is busy with the Emperor's affairs. The old Emperor seems anxious to have a son. Honestly, the older he gets, the more restless he becomes."

The wizard—who had made a pact with the Demon Lady of Greed to gain power as her archbishop—replied, tired of it all.

"Has the Emperor noticed anything unusual about Ellie?"

Still dissatisfied and fearing any suspicion, Duke Luker proceeded with his interrogation.

"What can he do even if he notices? Elizabeth is his only heir. Even if he knows the princess has a 'problem,' he'll pretend not to know unless he wants to cede the throne to his distant relatives," the wizard replied with disdain.

"Then you should also be careful to keep a low profile; at least, don't leave any loose ends."

However, despite the wizard's nonchalance, the Duke kept his guard up, commanding with an unequivocal tone.

"For starters... if you hadn't 'accidentally' pushed the princess down the stairs, none of this would have happened!"

In protest, the unflappable wizard emphasized the mistake that haunted the Duke.

"Marrying the princess and becoming regent after the old Emperor dies... Wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Pressing further, the wizard continued using the very words Duke Luker used to say with presumption.

"It wasn't my intention! I couldn't lose Elizabeth. But suddenly she told me she liked someone! What was I supposed to do?"

Attempting to defend himself, Luker protested, remembering that day.

Back then, Elizabeth had found him and tried to break the engagement, claiming to have fallen in love with a young knight—something Luker could not accept.

Marrying the most beautiful woman in the Empire and becoming regent was Luker's ultimate dream. For that engagement, Luker had paid an unimaginable price, only to watch it dissolve before his eyes. That was why, enraged, Luker pushed Elizabeth, who fell down the stairs and died.

Only then did Luker realize the stupidity of his actions.

With Elizabeth's death, he was completely ineligible for the position of regent, so, with no other choice, he turned to the wizard for help.

Seeking a solution, the wizard used the knowledge from his research to summon a Demon Lady from another world by sacrificing Elizabeth's virgin heart; thus, he called upon the Demon Lady of Greed.

Once before her, the wizard submitted, becoming her archbishop in that world in exchange for fulfilling a request in which the Demon Lady imprisoned Elizabeth's soul within her own body to transform it into an immortal skin suit.

In this way, the wizard donned Elizabeth's skin, imitating her ever since.

"All right, all right, our contract is over. According to the agreement, I’m taking the skin."

Thus, once everything had been recalled, the wizard, seeing Luker lost in thought, decided that the deal made with the Duke had been paid after marrying him while posing as the "princess."

"No, no... The old Emperor hasn't died yet; you can't leave."

Luker protested, snapping out of his trance.

"So, do you want to renew the contract?"

In reaction to those words, the wizard asked with a malicious smile.

"What is the price?"

Understanding the potential danger, Luker asked cautiously. He knew that asking the wizard for help was extremely risky, as the price he demanded was usually steep.

The price to turn Elizabeth into a "skin" had been the corpses of seventeen high-ranking knights and the flayed skin of the princess herself.

To make matters worse, those knights—to satiate the wizard's magical curiosity—were later turned into undead, and this time the price would be no less.

"It's simple. The price is that, after you die, I will turn your corpse into an undead."

"Me?"

"Yes. The previous knights couldn't fight effectively without a leader. I need a commander for my undead."

After making his proposal, the wizard pointed at the Duke in a mocking manner.

"Think about it! Would you rather spend a glorious life as regent and then be trained as an undead by me, or be executed right now for the crime of murdering the princess?"

Upon hearing those words, the Duke, gritting his teeth without hesitation...

"I agree!"

... decided to accept.

If he could not rest in peace after death, then he chose to forfeit any chance of returning to heaven.

"Fine, let's sign the contract!"

With that, the wizard pulled out a magical contract, jointly guaranteed by angels and demons.

"The terms are a bit lengthy this time; let me read them slowly. The first clause is that during this period, Duke Luker must guarantee the safety of Princess Elizabeth and not cause her, directly or indirectly, any bleeding or wounds. If he violates this..."

"Fine, fine! I won't kill you after my purpose is fulfilled. Just hurry up and sign! You still have to return to the palace later!"

Impatiently, Duke Luker rushed the process, having no desire to hear the wizard explain the terms, and signed immediately.

"All right, the contract is established."

The wizard smiled and lifted Princess Elizabeth's skin, moving his obese body to put it on.

"Ugh! No matter how many times I see it, it's still disgusting!"

Witnessing the repulsive process, Duke Luker looked with loathing at the wizard as he stuffed himself into the princess's skin.

"Stop talking nonsense. Wait until I'm finished; I don't think you'll keep that attitude."

Thus, the wizard continued adjusting the position of the skin, muttering a dark incantation learned from the Demon Lady of Greed. This triggered a reaction in Princess Elizabeth's skin, which gradually shrank, regaining its original attractive figure, and the distorted features slowly returned to her beautiful face.

"Hehe... Do you still find me disgusting, Your Grace?"

After finishing the transformation, Princess Elizabeth, completely naked, nimbly positioned herself in front of Duke Luker.

"Look, this is the body of the most beautiful woman on the continent! No one should find this body repulsive, right? To call me disgusting... Your Grace is truly pathetic!"

Luker, falling victim to the beauty before him, suppressed his heartbeat and swallowed hard.

"Hurry up and get dressed."

With his heart racing, he commanded while trying to pull away.

"The most beautiful woman in the entire continent is naked in front of you. Don't you want to taste this body? Look, her nipples are already hard!"

But the "Princess," paying little mind to his reaction, proceeded to play with herself using her delicate hands.

"Mmm! They feel really good... don't you want to touch them?"

She continued to tempt Luker with the charms of her body, smiling maliciously.

"If Your Grace wishes, it wouldn't be impossible to put it inside my cunt!"

But despite the temptation, Duke Luker...

"No. At least not now."

... refused.

(SLAP!)

Immediately after, he slapped his own face to return to reality.

The wedding was in a few months, and Luker didn't want any problems to arise. If the wizard possessing the princess's body used it to blackmail him, it would be a major issue.

"You really don't understand romance. I've seduced you so much, and you can still resist... Do you have some kind of psychological problem?"

To the wizard controlling Elizabeth's body, such behavior was nothing more than boring; he quickly lost interest and began to dress with indifference.

"You should go back to the palace."

Luker, looking away from Elizabeth's figure, ordered as he started to leave.

"Are you really not going to try? You're rock hard down there."

Taking advantage of Luker's lowered head, Princess Elizabeth quickly approached him, placing her slender fingers on his crotch and gently stroking his penis.

"What are you doing?"

Startled, Luker was unable to react as he was hit by waves of pleasure from the handjob provided by the most beautiful woman on the continent.

"Seems you've changed your mind?"

Princess Elizabeth laughed mischievously; however, her face soon darkened.

"It's already gone soft. Did you come in your pants?"

Unable to deny the claim, Luker instantly pulled away.

"Fine, go ahead!"

He bid a hasty farewell.

"Ugh... how boring."

Elizabeth waved her hand until he was out of sight.

"Oh, by the way, I left you something; you're going to like it."

Just before vanishing from view, Elizabeth uttered a few parting words.

"...."

Only after Elizabeth had completely disappeared did Luker breathe a sigh of relief. Dealing with wizards was never easy; one false step and you fell into a trap.

"Damn it! Is this the gift that guy was talking about?"

Luker sat down wearily in a chair and touched something damp. Upon picking it up, he discovered it was a woman's underwear.

"Besides... does that mean Elizabeth was wearing nothing underneath just a moment ago?"

At that thought, Luker stared at the underwear, swallowed hard, and stuffed it into his coat.

"Your Highness, you have returned."

Elsewhere, a beautiful maiden was in the princess's room, giving a respectful bow.

"Mmm!"

To which Princess Elizabeth nodded softly, a faint smile on her lips.

"You will bathe with me in a moment!" she proclaimed with authority.

"Yes."

The maid gave an affirmative response, blushing slightly. She had heard stories regarding the princess's strange behavior lately, as she had apparently developed a taste for women.

"By the way, is the clothing I told you to fix finished?" the princess asked, stopping in her tracks as if remembering something.

"It is ready, and it is already in your wardrobe, but this kind of dress..."

The maid hesitated; after all, the dress the princess wanted was far too revealing, with much of the waist and back exposed, and the skirt was far too short.

"Perfect!"

The princess's reaction was one of enthusiasm, her eyes lighting up as she looked her up and down.

"Come with me to try on the dress."

"Do I have to put it on as well?"

"Of course! Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to have such a good figure?"

Saying those words, Princess Elizabeth groped the maid's chest with an expression of joy.

"Oh, Your Highness, please, don't joke like that!"

But the maid took a step back and covered her chest bashfully.

"What's the matter? We're all girls, what's wrong with touching each other?"

The princess pouted, leading the maid along with her toward the bathroom.

"Fine, come with me to change!"

With no one knowing the truth of the situation...