Chapter 109 - 108: The New Adventurer Guild
"Wait, Shivans... Nire is sleeping, you know?"
It was the second-floor office, but the receptionist Nire was lying injured on the sofa, asleep.
Even as she said this, she opened the front of her blouse herself, removed her bra, and took off her panties too.
When she opened her legs slightly, her wet pussy was visible. As I stared intently, it gradually grew wetter, and love juices trickled down her thigh. Nire, who had woken up, seemed troubled yet curious, and was observing through half-closed eyes.
(Whoa... The Guild Master is coming onto Lord Shivans dressed like that!)
She watched with a pounding heart.
"Then I have to beg for it!"
"O-Oh, already♡ Let Ruffle suck Shivans's cock♡"
Making sucking sounds, sticking out her tongue as if savoring something delicious, Nire grew excited watching Ruffle devour it completely.
(Huh? This is the rumored fellatio thing? The Guild Master is holding it in her mouth and licking it so deliciously while masturbating. A man's thing gets that big? The Guild Master is licking it with such a lewd face, and she's even holding it in her mouth.)
Nire was a virgin, but she at least masturbated.
She wanted to touch herself too, but for now, she endured.
"I'm going to come in Ruffle's mouth!"
She nodded repeatedly, swallowed it all, and licked meticulously.
(The Guild Master is Bruno's wife, right? Even though she's a married woman? She licks a cock covered in semen? And she looks so happy having her breasts groped. How nice! To be done by a handsome man like Lord Shivans. But now I can finally get up. Though my panties are probably in an incredible state too. I have to make sure he doesn't notice.)
"Nnn..."
"Oh? It seems Nire has woken up!"
Apparently, she had become able to get up.
"Thank you very much for the treatment. But what on earth happened for things to turn out like this?"
Why had she suffered such an ordeal?
She was frightened, not understanding at all.
When I explained why a man named Rasetsu had come here and rampaged, she protested, "I... I don't think of myself as a country bumpkin! Please believe me, Guild Master!"
"Of course. He'll come to apologize later. Also, I don't intend to pry into your private life, but your boyfriend, the third son of a viscount..."
As Ruffle started to say this, Nire said with hate-filled eyes, "That bastard...! He's not my boyfriend, he's my enemy!"
"Oh! May I ask what you mean by that?"
"Yes... It's a bit long, but will you listen?"
Originally, she said, she too was born and raised in a small rural town. Due to a recession, Nire came to the imperial capital with her companions to look for work. Blessed with good looks, Nire was able to find employment here. However, her childhood friend was in trouble, unable to find a job.
'Then why not become an adventurer? I work there as a receptionist!'
'Got it! Thank you, Nire!'
However, her childhood friend, who had no other adventurer friends, couldn't join any team and was doing solo activities at H-Rank.
Many adventurers witnessed Nire encouraging him every time.
Then, one day,
a man named Toguro, the third son of a viscount, called out to her childhood friend Feen.
'We're D-Rank. If you'd like, why not join our team?'
The good-natured childhood friend joined the team without any suspicion. Then, a report came that, for some reason, her childhood friend had participated in the war during this civil war and died in battle. As if to add to the shock, Toguro appeared and showed her Feen's IOU.
"Your childhood friend was in debt to me. 500,000 G! And it's written here, isn't it? If he can't pay, Nire will pay! If you can't pay, become my woman!"
He pressed her forcefully, but Nire refused.
'He and I are childhood friends, we aren't married, and we aren't even lovers! Besides, it's strange that he would be in debt!'
So, when she said she would appeal to the military police, he backed down for the moment, but from then on, at every opportunity, he would say, "Nire is my girlfriend!" she said, crying.
Ruffle gently hugged her and said, "It must have been hard. Dear? Please escort her to her room. Toguro and company might still be nearby," so I walked her home.
Her apartment was close, but she walked while looking around nervously, almost like a suspicious person. When I laughed, Nire sulked.
"Because before, I was followed and it was scary," she said, so I replied, "I'll protect you. This time it was definitely dangerous. If treatment had been delayed, Nire might have died. But I'm glad you were saved! Because if Nire had died, Ruffle would be sad."
While talking like that, we arrived at her room. When I tried to leave, she said, "At least have some tea," so I was allowed inside. Since it was summer, I didn't want hot tea, so I conjured ice with magic and offered some to Nire.
"Whoa! Amazing! As expected of someone the Guild Master calls a genius mage!"
She clapped her hands, and just when I thought she finally smiled, she said with a serious expression, "I don't want to lie, so I'll be honest. I saw it. The relationship between Lord Shivans and the Guild Master. But I won't tell anyone!" She said it with such a serious face that I laughed.
"W-What's so funny!"
"Don't get mad! Because everyone except you already knows about us."
She was so shocked it was almost audible. So, I told her that Nire's senior receptionist was having sex with an accounting staff member, and her colleague was having sex with a young 15-year-old male adventurer, and she turned bright red.
"I want you not to think of Ruffle as an indecent woman. She's a noble, and she was married off to Bruno without knowing anything about him. If she displeased him, she was not only subjected to violence but also endured daily verbal abuse for about ten years."
To the surprised Nire, I asked, "If you were forced to marry Toguro and treated like a tool, how would you feel? Could you still think badly of Ruffle?" She shook her head vigorously.
"Marry Toguro...? Me...? No, no, no! Absolutely not! I'd rather die! If that happened, I'd die!"
I explained that Ruffle had also been enduring with those feelings all along.
"So that's how it was... I still have no experience with men..."
"I think that's fine. That devoted feeling of yours, Nire! I like it!"
At my words, she said, "Y-You're just flattering me! You say that to everyone, don't you?" and became embarrassed.
"Well, someone like me... it's not unreasonable if you can't believe it. After all, I'm involved with Ruffle..."
When I said this sadly, she replied, "N-No, that's not true! If a handsome, tall, cool, strong, and kind person like Lord Shivans said something like that, any girl would be shaken! If you carelessly say things like that, everyone will get the wrong idea, you know? It would have been good if Feen had been strong and cool like Lord Shivans."
(Wait. If he died in this war, he was probably in the front-line army. If so, there's a high possibility he was some kind of criminal.)
"This Feen is your childhood friend? It might sound cold, but if he wasn't your lover, I think it's better to forget him quickly and find a new lover."
But Nire shook her head.
"I can't believe he would borrow money from a guy like that! And a war, of all things! There must be some reason!"
Probably so. I think so too, but...
"You said there was no love or affection. Why are you so fixated?"
"That's true. But if I hadn't invited him to become an adventurer, he might have never met someone like Toguro and could have lived a happier life. That's what I can't help thinking."
She probably feels a sense of responsibility, or rather, guilt.
"Sometimes the truth is very cruel. Can you accept it, no matter the result?"
"I hate lies. I can't believe what Toguro said is the truth! I suspect that Toguro killed him, not the war!"
I see. That's one way to look at it... It might be interesting to investigate.
"Are you willing to investigate a dead man? So to speak, it's like digging up a grave. Do you want to know even if it means selling your soul to a devil? You might not necessarily get the result you hope for. Even so, do you want to know the truth?"
She firmly believed that Toguro was exploiting her childhood friend's death.
"I have nothing to offer as payment... Take my soul or anything!"
When Nire made her resolve, I whispered, 'Contract Ritual,' and said I would kiss her. "If it's Lord Shivans, I'm fine with it. It's my first kiss, by the way," she said, accepting shyly.
'Do you swear to entrust and devote your body and soul to the contractor?'
'Yes. I offer everything to Lord Shivans.'
Thus, I put her to sleep with 'Sleep' and placed a vibe slime inside her pussy. Since it wriggles near the vaginal entrance, her hymen should be fine. (Have a good dream,) I thought as I left the room.
I immediately went to the military police and investigated Feen from Nire's memories, and I discovered something astonishing.
The seemingly serious Feen had completely changed.
He had used drugs and raped women. Of course, he was also an addict, and even if he hadn't died in the war, it was thought he would have become a wreck within a year either way.
Next, when I captured Toguro and company and read all the information from their thoughts, it turned out the story about lending money was true, and he had sold Nire out, saying, 'That woman won't even let you do her, so I'll hand her over to you, Big Brother.' With that, he had been financed with money to buy drugs.
(In the first place, they used Feen and introduced him to a drug dealer. Once they got women hooked on drugs, Toguro and company were supposed to reap the benefits. However, Feen unexpectedly became greedy and went on a rampage. Unable to control him, he alone was caught and sent to war. Was that the outcome...?)
So, I went to 'Justice Company' and met with the President. What I had prepared was an IOU.
The lender was the President, and the borrower was Toguro. The amount was 20 million G, and it was a deed with a written clause stating that the viscount territory would be offered as collateral.
"What do you intend to do with this?"
"I'll hand it to His Majesty and have him act as a debt collector."
The President burst out laughing.
"Indeed! We couldn't possibly collect from a viscount family. So that's where His Majesty comes in!"
His tone had become that of the President.
"Also, what I'd like to ask of you, President..."
I explained the situation, mixing in my own conjectures, and his underworld face gradually returned. Then, when I handed over a thoughtography sketch of one of the dealers' faces, he muttered, "This guy is small fry."
"To think they'd sell drugs in my own backyard... they're making light of me. Oi! First, capture this guy! Then make him spill everything about his superiors and associates!"
So, I handed over ten bottles of truth serum, and after explaining, the President gave them to his subordinates and issued orders.
"Torture comes later. Make him drink this and spill everything he knows!"
"I'm counting on you, then!"
"Leave this to us!"
Thus, I went to His Majesty's place. I told a story about how the President of Justice Company, whom we had asked to handle security at our hospital, was troubled because he couldn't collect a debt and had consulted me.
Then, His Majesty, with a pleased look on his face, grinned and called the First Imperial Prince, handing him the deed.
"If it were you, how would you use this? Try it!"
"I would use it straightforwardly. If they pay the 20 million, that's fine; if they can't pay, we can simply confiscate their territory."
Then His Majesty muttered, "Still much to learn," and sneered. I'll leave the rest to His Majesty.
(This viscount family... the second son was Ralph, and the fourth son's wife was Naron. Well, even if they're ruined, it won't affect those two much. If they're in trouble, I'll help them out.)
The next day.
I read all of Toguro and company's thoughts.
Especially matters related to Feen. It seems all five of them are in serious trouble.
I returned to the Adventurer Guild. Nire wasn't at the reception desk; they were repairing the reception that Rasetsu and the construction workers had broken.
"Shivans, Big Brother!"
"I'm younger than you, right?"
"That's not the issue! It's a matter of feeling! Big Brother... I did something bad to Nire-san. I want to apologize, but she said her injuries haven't healed yet..."
That can't be right.
But I was curious, so I decided to check on her. When I went in front of her room, I heard a voice, so I looked with clairvoyance and saw she seemed to be masturbating.
(She's completely fine! But it's my fault.)
I knocked and announced, "It's Shivans," and she panicked, "J-Just a moment, please!"
When I was invited into the room, there was a strong smell of lewdness, but she didn't seem to notice it herself.
"So, what brings you today?"
"Has your desire to know the truth changed?"
"Of course not."
Since she said that clearly, I took her to the military police. First, I had her hear information about Feen from the military police.
She was told about how he hung out and played with Toguro and company, became a drug addict himself, and used drugs to trap quite a large number of women, doing things akin to rape. "To think Feen was doing such things..." she said, shocked.
Then, she also heard from Toguro and company that they introduced him to a drug dealer, that he got involved himself, and that when he was in debt, he said he would sell Nire. She panicked.
"That's not the Feen I know! It's all nonsense! I don't believe it!"
She was distraught, so I put her in a separate room to calm down.
"Well then, Nire. I'll let you talk to Feen directly."
"Huh?"
She was surprised when I said she would talk to the dead, but I was just showing her known information in a dream.
'Feen! Everything I've heard so far is a lie, right? I regret inviting you to become an adventurer! You were quiet and withdrawn since childhood. I wish I had looked for a different job for you...'
'Hah? What do you know about me? How much do you know about me? Do you know why I came to the imperial capital with you guys? I just wanted to fuck you. But you even refused to kiss me! Do you know how hurt I was? You always talked down to me! It pisses me off!'
Hearing that, she began to think that might be true. Feen's father had said, 'This kid is just a blockhead without Nire,' and Feen's mother had said, 'Nire-chan! Please take care of this child.'
(We're the same age, but I definitely thought of him like a younger brother.)
'I'm sorry, Feen. But why drugs?'
'I wanted to fuck you. But when I came to the capital, I met the delinquents I had admired! Even if I hadn't become an adventurer, I would have met people like them sooner or later. And I wanted money and women! There are plenty of women better than Nire here, and with drugs, it was easy to do them!'
Seeing Feen's satisfied smile, she felt that the Feen she didn't know was there.
'Are you satisfied holding women better than me? Making so many women unhappy!'
'Hah! You're stuck-up to the end! Live cleanly your whole life and die a virgin, you ugly country bumpkin!'
Slowly reaching out her hand, "Wait! The conversation isn't—" Nire started to say, and then she returned to reality.
The dream I showed her had Feen saying exactly the words he had complained about to Toguro and company. I showed her such a dream, but Nire had a surprisingly refreshed expression.
"How is it? Do you regret knowing the truth?"
"Yes! It was a shock. But for 18 years, I never knew his true feelings. It's better than parting ways without knowing!"
When I said that was good then, she shouted toward the sky, "If you wanted to hold me, you should have become a good man like Lord Shivans! I'll make you regret calling me ugly!" Then, with a refreshed face, she said, "Let's go home!" and took my hand.
We returned to Nire's room, and I said, "Your injuries probably haven't healed yet, so rest well." I cast 'Sleep' on her, put her to sleep, and placed a vibe slime inside her too. Since she seems to be in love with me, I'll probably be able to do various things with her soon.
So, I left the room, went to the Adventurer Guild, and talked to Ruffle.
"Right now, the number of young men is decreasing. At this rate, the Adventurer Guild will slowly decline. So, we should make it a place where women can thrive."
I suggested increasing female staff, giving them cute uniforms, and first creating an environment where women can work easily. To teach from childhood that adventurers are wonderful, we would also provide a place to train the body, and I said we should have the military cooperate too. "Wonderful!" she said, hugging me.
Of course, I decided to completely renovate the Adventurer Guild building and its interior atmosphere. I got permission from His Majesty, built the Adventurer Guild building next to the military, and made it so the military facilities could be used as they were.
I created the building with earth magic, and with the help of the military engineer unit, a building more impressive than the barracks was constructed. Since the selling point is the concept of a "Guild Where Women Thrive," I also built a women-only dormitory and a daycare center combined with a nursery school to make child-rearing easier.
For the interior work, I called in the people who had helped me before and had them do the work. I made flower beds along the roads and surrounding areas, planted flowers, and arranged it so that some kind of flower would bloom all year round.
I installed many outdoor lights using fluorescent flowers, making brightness and safety a selling point. Thinking that if people became familiar with the military and the Adventurer Guild from childhood, they might willingly join in the future, I asked Gary for his cooperation, and he jumped at the idea immediately.
For the townspeople who are in trouble because they can't easily consult the military or military police, we advertise, 'Please consult the Adventurer Guild. Consultation is free.' It's like a neighborhood handyman service, so to speak. When the Adventurer Guild staff receive a consultation, they judge whether they can handle it themselves. Depending on the case, cooperation with the Administrative Bureau, the military, or the military police may be necessary.
Ruffle, who had been working with me, said, "As expected of my husband! I'm falling for you more and more!" and kissed me.