Please Grant Me the Permission

A Man Consumed by Beauty Mikhail Ophilenz, the most powerful man in the kingdom, a collector obsessed with beautiful things. And before him appears Oliver Enel—a boy who is not just beautiful but excessively so. The boy’s beauty was as practical as it was captivating. For instance, he could serve as a toy to distract the mad Princess Isabella, whose obsessive fixation on Mikhail had become a problem. “Do whatever you must to imitate me in front of the princess. Her taste? It’s simple—she only wants me.” But this plan hinged on one key condition: that Oliver was a real boy. Mikhail brushed his now-roughened cheek with his hand. Oliver’s clever little lie had managed to fool not only t...