Chapter 101 - 100 The Marquis Zelle Family
Morning, six days until the Duke's rebellion.
In the dining hall of the former viscount's estate, two girls remained even after everyone else had finished eating.
"You've got to chew well and savor it, Lumia!"
"Be grateful to the people who made this delicious food, Mula!"
The children watching this scene were whispering among themselves.
"Hey? Why are the big sisters eating so much?"
"It's just my intuition, but Mula-nee was a 'Gorilla Woman' until a little while ago, right? I bet she's aiming to become a 'Pig' this time. She likes animals, right?"
As the children laughed with a "Kahaha," Mula looked ready to cry. "Who's a 'Gorilla Woman'! Don't just go making stuff up! You don't even know how I feel..."
"Now, now. It's just kids talking."
Lumia patted her shoulder to comfort her.
The Head Chef, who had been watching, also called out to them.
"Young ladies. When a human has a goal, obstacles will always come. Beyond overcoming countless hardships, the glorious goal awaits! Right, everyone?"
The Head Chef was self-satisfied, thinking he'd said something good, but neither Mula, Lumia, nor any of the other cooks were listening.
"Damn it! You bastards, listen when someone's talking to you!"
He got angry at the cooks, but the cooks were gazing at the pool, which was practically a Nudist Beach.
"Head Chef... I'm in a bad way..."
"What is it? I don't get what you're saying."
Annoyed that his own story had been ignored, he asked for clarification anyway.
"All those gorgeous women are completely naked, right? And yet, my little guy doesn't react at all. Maybe I've got some kind of illness..."
Told this by a young cook, the Head Chef replied, "Now that you mention it, me too..."
"Actually, at that party the other day, I got hard seeing them in their clothes! Isn't it abnormal to not get hard when they're naked, but get hard when they're clothed?"
Then, voices from around them chimed in, "Same thing happened to me..."
"Perhaps we've all become so accustomed to the abnormal that things which aren't normal have become commonplace for us..."
The Head Chef concluded.
Meanwhile, at that poolside...
I was enjoying my harem, glancing sidelong at the beautiful women swimming naked.
And today too, for some reason, the boys were on the other side of the hedge, masturbating with their lower halves completely exposed.
"Why are they on the other side of the hedge?"
When I asked, wondering, they told me it was 'a rule Maruriru made.' What was that rule?
'We're letting you watch for free! If you pay, you can come over here! But it has to be money earned from honest work!'
And what's more, it's ten thousand G, an amount a child couldn't possibly earn.
(That's totally impossible!)
However, it seems the children are helping with the vegetable garden run by the Head Maid and Head Butler, receiving a small wage and saving up.
In front of those children, it was Maruriru and Amanda who were spreading their legs and provoking them.
"This is called the clitoris. It feels really good when you touch it! Do you want to watch Big Sister Amanda masturbate?"
"Y-yes, I want to watch..."
"What an honest, good boy! I'll show you!"
As she made wet, squelching sounds and let out sweet moans of "Ah... Aaahn...", the boys' cheeks flushed and they began stroking themselves with single-minded devotion.
"Oh no! The semen Teacher gave me is dripping out. What a waste!"
She scooped it up with her fingertip and licked it up, saying "Semen is delicious!" The boys released, but it didn't reach her.
"If you only watch Amanda, you'll miss Big Sister Maruriru squeezing her boobs and masturbating!"
This time they stared at Maruriru and released.
"So young! Now Big Sister Amanda is going to squeeze her boobs lewdly! Kyaa!"
"Oh! It finally reached me! Show me you can bukkake on me too! Come on! You want to bukkake on my face, right? Dirty Big Sister Maruriru's face!"
The boys seemed nearly empty, but they managed to shoot with sheer tenacity.
Amanda and Maruriru came back.
"Hey, you two! What are you doing!"
They were scolded by the crowd of women, but the two were unfazed.
"It's a little green, but not a bad taste!"
Amanda scooped up the semen that had been sprayed on her and licked it off.
"What is it, I wonder? I think of those kids as young males too. They're cute, sniffing out our female scent and trying so hard to mark us!"
Werri reacted to Maruriru's words.
"You two are truly instinct-driven types. But, I feel like I understand what Amanda and Maruriru are trying to say."
Everyone asked what exactly she meant by 'understand.'
"I think everyone would understand if they'd been held by old men or nasty customers. Clients looked down on us as prostitutes, and we've felt their 'contempt' or 'pity,' right?"
Then everyone chimed in. "Not always, but when they'd say things like 'You poor thing,' there were times I thought, 'Then just leave your money and go away!'" Another woman said, "There was this old geezer who couldn't even get it up, who said 'Don't give me that cheeky look, you whore!' and beat and kicked me."
"That's a terrible story..."
When I muttered this, everyone told me, "It's a path we've all walked."
"Teacher and the children don't have that. They don't despise us or pity us; they treat us purely as 'women.' That's why I think we want to be held by Teacher too. You think it's just the effect of the drug, don't you, Teacher?"
When Werri said that, I gave my honest thoughts. "I did think the drug's effect was significant. And besides, everyone is beautiful and cute. So I thought, if I'm good enough." Maruriru then said "I see!" with a happy look on her face.
"I get what Werri is trying to say! It means that while those old geezers have prejudices, Teacher and the kids don't have prejudices like 'dirty prostitute' or 'filthy woman'!"
Everyone was surprised that Maruriru was the one to sum it up.
"Oh, I see! That's the kind of thing that makes Teacher so kind!"
"That's why he holds all of us!"
To be precise, it's not 'all' of them.
There are about 120 former prostitutes, but I haven't held even half of them.
Moreover, a quarter aren't my type. Another quarter have healed bodies, but their hearts remain broken and they just sleep. And on top of that, even the maids have joined the fray.
(No matter how energetic and super-healthy I am, there are limits. Won't someone help me out?)
In the early afternoon, the maids Tia and Creacher, who had been virgins, came over. They were girls whose purity I had taken.
These maids always wore knives attached to something like a garter belt. Before getting into my bed, both of them dropped those knives on the floor.
"You did that last time too. Does it have a meaning?"
"This act of removing it signifies, 'I offer my body and soul to you.' That's what the Head Maid taught us."
Tia told me shyly.
When I asked why there were so many beautiful maids here, Creacher told me, "The previous lord selected cute girls, and those who were trained by the Head Maid and Head Butler and passed became maids."
I stripped both of them naked and laid them on the bed. I had them perform an awkward double fellatio, then held Tia first.
"With me... am I making you feel good, Lord Shivans?"
"Of course! Can I finish inside?"
"I am Lord Shivans's maid! I respect and adore you!"
After she performed Cleaning Fellatio, I held Creacher.
"To me, Lord Shivans is a god! Please let me bear your divine child!"
It's starting to sound like some dubious religion...
In the evening, I returned to the White Castle for the first time in a while.
Today, I had dinner with Sarna, Emina, and their families. As we drank, their two older brothers, along with the younger brothers, were getting excited talking about women.
"I've figured it out recently! Good looks and a nice figure aren't everything. I was a virgin until now, so I made do with my little sister, but a truly good woman isn't about appearances!"
I thought Sarna's brother had drunk too much and lost his mind.
Then, Emina's brother spoke up, "That's wrong."
"You don't get it! I came here and lost my virginity! I've held many women, and I'm ashamed of myself for lusting after my piss-smelling little sister! A true beauty is a plump, voluptuous woman! What's good about an ugly one?"
"What you like is just fat chicks!"
As they started a pointless fight, Sarna and Emina kicked them upward, giving a Panty Flash in the process.
"I don't care if you let your virginity fester, but don't make fun of me!"
"Yeah! Who's piss-smelling, you perverted scumbags!"
And so, their sister complexes were cured, but it seems an Ugly Lover and a Fat Lover were born. By the way, I didn't do anything. Both sets of parents were sighing too.
(To think a savior god for me was in a place like this! I must not miss this chance!)
"I have a request for my big brothers-in-law!"
"What is it, little brother-in-law!"
I brought the two brothers, who were in high spirits, to a room.
There, I also called about thirty women. The women I hadn't held yet.
"Please choose the women you like!"
The two brothers chose without leaving any behind! This is what you call a WIN-WIN relationship!
I secretly cast 'Body Enhancement' on the brothers, made them drink a powerful tonic, and sent the chosen women to their respective rooms.
"Please take good care of them from now on!"
When I asked, the brothers looked happy too.
"Leave it to us!"
"Yeah! We'll do our best, brother-in-law!"
Surely, tonight will be paradise for both the brothers and the women. Probably...
Before that, I gathered both families to talk.
"Do you know what the biggest problem will be for the Knight Title to continue existing from now on?"
As we discussed, the fathers said things like, "Farming? Or maybe forestry?" or "Perhaps it's being so far from the Duke's territory?" So I said what I was thinking.
"I don't think what you're each saying is wrong, but both of your fiefs are 'marginal villages' to a dangerous degree."
In both territories, the only young people are Sarna's and Emina's brothers. When I said that in twenty years, they would likely be villages with no people left, they finally realized it.
"I'll do my best and have lots of Shivans's children!" Sarna said. "Me too! I'm lewder than Sarna, so I can have even more!" Emina added, and their mothers were appalled.
"To think it wasn't just our sons who were idiots, but our daughters too..."
"Even if you two had ten children each, it wouldn't solve anything!"
The mothers lamented.
As if they'd actually have ten...
So, without mentioning former bandits, former prostitutes, or orphans, I said, "We are accepting young immigrants. We're carving out a small hill between the two territories to build a mansion and relocate them there. Right now, even combining both territories' populations, there aren't even a hundred people. Also, we've built houses for both families. This area is flat land." They were delighted.
Former bandits without penises. The women from the brothel pregnant with my child. And then orphans, butlers, and maids—this will initially increase the population by more than ten times its current size.
That Night.
I held Sarna and Emina.
"You know... I hate period pain."
Sarna was being affectionate.
"Me too! I want it gone every year! I'd do anything!"
Emina also pressed her breasts against me.
After holding them until dawn for the first time in a while, I asked, "Surely, your periods won't come now, right, Emina?" She nodded, saying, "I want to believe that..." and they both fell asleep.
Morning, five days until the Duke's rebellion.
I arrived at the territory capital of Duke Schweitzer.
Because I had sent the villains of Viscount Goat's territory to the knight order, the Knight Commander thanked me, saying I had saved his honor, and invited me to a private room.
"So, Shivans... is there any chance of winning this battle?"
"Straight to the point, aren't you. In my opinion, there is not a one-in-ten-thousand chance of victory against the Imperial Army. They'll likely come with double our numbers, after all."
"I thought as much," he said, looking up at the sky.
"I don't want to let young people with futures ahead of them die in vain."
"Then I recommend letting them escape at an early stage. There is no other way. If they refuse to run, I think you should ask them, 'The history of the defeated is vilified by later generations, so you must become the storytellers.'"
I told him that no matter how bravely the knights fight, it's obvious that defeated knights will be called things like 'weak.' He gave a bitter smile and said, "You're right. But the territory, and even more so other territories, would be more dangerous, wouldn't they?" So I pointed west.
"I believe the neighboring Knight's Territory would shelter them."
"But isn't that a depopulated area? Isn't it a territory even the Duke ignores? Hm? Ah, so that's it! That's why it's good?"
He seemed to understand that it was perfect in terms of being out of sight.
Then, the Vice Commander called for him.
"Let's meet again, Shivans!"
"You take care too, Commander!"
After waving and seeing him off, I flew to the Salt Trading Company in the Imperial Capital.
(How are things?)
As I watched, thinking that, Sakura, Mito, and Plum were doing over-the-counter sales. Sakura was wearing a blouse with a deeply open chest and a tight mini-skirt. Female customers were also praising her good style and youthful appearance.
"Hey, proprietress? Tell me your secret for looking younger! How old are you now?"
"I'm already past thirty. Well... perhaps it's the sauna my husband recommended, and him always telling me to stay beautiful?"
When people were surprised she was older than them, Sakura looked proud.
"Hey, hey? Even past thirty, does your husband still... seek you out at night?"
"Ufufu. I'll leave that to everyone's imagination!"
Everyone made a face that said, 'They're doing it.'
The young proprietress, Mito, was surrounded by a crowd of men.
Mito was wearing an outfit that suggested No Bra. It was a V-neck that showed her cleavage, but it was a short, belly-baring top. Not just her cleavage, but about half of her chest was visible. Between her necklace and her cleavage, a chain that one could imagine was connected by her nipples swayed.
She was hugely popular with the pervy old men, dodging their nighttime invitations with a smile.
"No, you mustn't! I love my husband! Are you curious about how this chain works? Ufufu. This is a gift from my husband!"
Perhaps it was my imagination, but her nipples seemed to be visibly outlined, so she was being stared at intently.
Plum, on her part, was wearing an off-shoulder mini dress that fit quite snugly and was erotic. It had a see-through feel in places, and the top half of her chest was exposed, making it look like her nipples might be visible.
Of course, old men were there, but a large crowd of young women also swarmed her, bombarding her with questions.
"Hey, hey? The head proprietress has gotten much younger, but Mito-san and Plum-san have too, right? What's the secret? Tell me secretly!"
"There's the effect of the sauna and lotion, but maybe the most important thing is being loved by my husband?"
When they squealed with excitement, Plum said, "Since I'm answering questions, buy our products too! We're selling not just salt lately, but sugar and other seasonings as well!" Then a customer who bought something asked a question.
"What's lotion?"
"Hey? Where did you buy that outfit and those shoes?"
"Where should I go for this sauna?"
"All three of you have such beautiful legs, but originally... didn't you have any hair?"
To the customers who had bought something, Plum said, "It's all thanks to my husband, but some of the items are also sold at the hospital shop." The women exclaimed, "I can't stay here!" and hurried off towards the hospital.
(This is bad!)
Thinking the shop might be in serious trouble, I rushed to the hospital, where Praha was also busy.
"I'll handle restocking, so please take care of the displays."
"Understood."
Just when I thought it was finally over, Fran and the others were waiting at the hospital.
"We have something to discuss."
"Then let's go to my room."
The discussion was about marriage.
"Marquis Zelle and his son, Awan-san, still haven't been found, but it seems my father wants to marry me off quickly..."
As she said this sadly and took off her clothes, Lime and Lina also undressed this time. "It seems we are to be sent to the Louvre Trading Company as Awan's concubines as well. Master, are you okay with us being held by someone like Awan?" Lime asked while skillfully performing fellatio.
"There's no way that's okay. However, I will have you marry Awan in form only, but that just means having Awan take care of the three of you. Don't worry."
The three were confused, wondering what that meant.
"Even if you say not to worry..." Lina said anxiously. So I said, "Marquis Zelle, was it? He and his idiot son are alive, but right now, they're being turned into homosexuals at a male brothel. Well, after being trained by Bar Mama for three weeks, both of them will probably end up with bodies that can only love men, right?" The three burst out laughing.
"Ufufu! Then please hold this Fran, and Lime and Lina too! The three of us will become pregnant and be Awan's wives in name only!"
For Fran, there was a possibility that she and her parents could have been killed. She had realized that the Louvre Trading Company was supposed to be taken over. Lime and Lina had probably been prepared to be sold off once Awan got tired of them. After holding the three of them, they looked at each other, and Fran muttered, "That bastard Awan, serves him right! I hope he sees hell," and kept sneering.
The three of them must have been imagining Marquis Zelle and Awan sucking men's cocks and getting their asses drilled.
"It truly serves them right! As expected of our Master!"
"Ufufu! We won't be used by those guys anymore!"
Lime and Lina also said this with dark sneers on their faces.
Just then, a secret letter from His Majesty arrived for me, summoning me.
(Anyway, he's probably planning to push another troublesome matter onto me...)
When I visited the palace in a gloomy mood, he was waiting with a smiling face.
"Oh, Shivans! I've been waiting! I have a request for you!"
"If it is something within my power, anything."
I answered with a cool expression, though I felt somewhat anxious about what it might be this time...
"It's nothing. This matter isn't so difficult. Which number is that guy?"
When His Majesty asked the Grand Chamberlain, his close aide, the chamberlain asked, "Are you referring to the 32nd Prince Bruno?" What could a person like the 32nd prince, who didn't seem particularly important, have to do with anything?
His Majesty, perhaps finding it troublesome, had the Grand Chamberlain explain.
Apparently, they had made Bruno the Adventurer Guild Master. However, he didn't take it very seriously, and while it sounded good to say he'd made his wife Ruffle the acting Guild Master and left everything to her, the man himself seemed listless.
"His wife, Lady Ruffle, has encountered a problem since becoming the acting master. The young people currently registered with the Adventurer Guild have all become soldiers in the Imperial Army or the like, so she is complaining that requests cannot be fulfilled."
So, in short, they want me to do something about it...
(What a pain. If she's complaining to His Majesty, she must be a strong-willed woman. A noble-born woman who knows no fear, I guess? Wouldn't it be settled by just making her idiot son get his act together?)
After His Majesty left, I told the Grand Chamberlain to speak his True Feelings.
"In that case, wouldn't it be better to tell the son, not me?"
"Lord Bruno refused from the start, asking, 'Why must I do such a thing?' Moreover, even when His Majesty said, 'If you don't, I will reduce your status to commoner,' he seems to continue refusing. His Majesty also doesn't care much about Bruno."
When I thought, 'Why not just make him a commoner then?' the Grand Chamberlain shook his head.
"That is a situation Lady Ruffle wishes to avoid. She is a person who takes pride in being a noble and the daughter of a marquis family. You are aware that the head of her family, her father the Marquis Zelle, is missing. Her younger brother is imprisoned for rebellion. If Lady Ruffle were to become a commoner here, she likely believes that would be the end of the Marquis Zelle family."
"In any case, I can't imagine a future for the Zelle family. Well, since it's a request from His Majesty, I'll go to the Adventurer Guild."
I vanished with Instant Movement and headed for the Adventurer Guild.
Taking the letter from His Majesty addressed to Bruno, I headed to the Guild Master's office, where a woman named Ruffle seemed to be handling things. She read the letter and sighed.
"Honestly! His Majesty, sending only one child like this, what on earth is he thinking? Even if a kid like this came, he doesn't look like he'd be any help!"
"Then don't rely on others! That's quite a conceited thought for a noble young lady who can't do anything herself. I'll be taking my leave."
As she started shrieking, I said, "If you take away the title of marquis's daughter from you, what's left? At most, that face and body? And even that face and body will lose demand with age, right? Bruno isn't even holding you anymore, is he?" She became hysterical.
(Seems I hit the bullseye...)
So I used Intimidation to silence her and talk.
"Calm down, Ruffle. Your brother committed rebellion against His Majesty. Your father Zelle couldn't pay and is missing. Your idiot husband Bruno doesn't obey His Majesty's orders, so you thought things would be bad for you as they are. Reluctantly, you took this job in your husband's place, but the situation is hopeless, isn't it? If I'm wrong, it would be better for you to clearly say so."
"You're right... My brother, my father, my husband—all of them are nothing but fools..."
However, she lamented that upon taking up the post at the Adventurer Guild, there were no capable people available.
"The excellent adventurers left one after another, aiming to become knights or soldiers in the Imperial Army. As for male adventurers, only old men and brats remain! Your name was Shivans, wasn't it? Do you know of a bandit group called the 'Black Rabbit'?"
When I said I didn't, she looked triumphant and explained.
A village north of the Imperial Capital suffered near-total destruction. After that, fairly large merchant houses in the northern part of the capital were attacked one after another, and many people died. The only things the military and the Military Police know are that 'the O-kashira has a large bruise' and 'all members have a Black Rabbit tattoo.'
"Both the military and the Military Police are unreliable, so many merchant houses have submitted requests to this guild! I don't want to miss this chance... yet Bruno does nothing! And the only one who came is you, Shivans... What can you possibly do! His Majesty isn't thinking at all!"
On the verge of tears, she started shrieking hysterically again. At that, I used Instant Movement to snatch Ruffle's bra and panties. She fell silent, perhaps sensing something was off.
"Good grief... You're already a hysterical old lady. With such unsexy bra and panties, Bruno will be even less inclined to hold you, won't he?"
She noticed her bra and panties were gone, and when she realized they were in my hand, she got angry.
"Y-you're the one provoking me! And I'm not an old lady! I just turned twenty-five! Give them back!"
I continued talking without returning them.
"I'll capture the Black Rabbit by the end of tonight. You insulted not just me, but His Majesty. Not just No Bra No Panties, you'll have to perform a dogeza completely naked—but would His Majesty forgive you with just that? For lèse-majesté, both you and the Marquis Zelle family might be finished, you know?"
Then she laughed scornfully.
"By the end of tonight? Are you stupid? Fine! I'll do a naked dogeza or whatever you want! But if you can't do it, you'll die. Is that acceptable?"
"Of course! You'll do anything too, right?"
She nodded with a smile at my question.