Chapter 113 - 112 The Resistance
When I arrived at the Adventurer Guild, it was abuzz with talk of the six who had died.
Rami, Mizera, and Lovely seemed to have come looking for someone, but the person they sought didn't appear to be there.
"Looking for a lover or something?"
"The guys from our team."
Rami told me, but she seemed amused by the puzzled look on my face.
"What is it, Shivans-kun? Come on, tell your big sister?"
"Well, you and Mizera were kidnapped by those six, right? If they were your teammates and lovers, then all the more reason you'd have to save them..."
Then Lovely whispered happily, "Oh my? You slipped it into a big sister who has a boyfriend, didn't you?" So I asked, "Speaking of which, are you using contraception?" and they laughed.
"I'm an adventurer, you know? There's no way I would, right?"
Is that a laughing matter? Is that the common sense in this country?
As I was thinking about such things, I was called by the Guild Master.
When I was shown into the reception room, she bowed her head and said, "First, let me offer my thanks." I asked, "Thanks for what?" and she replied, "For improving the flow of information in this guild."
(She means the six...)
I guessed she couldn't say it openly, which is why she called me here. Then she asked, "How much do you know about this country?" I answered honestly, "Almost nothing."
The Guild Master began by talking about the capital.
Half of the capital's land belongs to the Upper-Class Citizens, and Downtown is apparently for the Lower-Class Citizens. And the Slums are for the Lowest-Class Citizens, she said.
"I'm from the Lowest-Class Citizens myself. Despised as the lowest of the low, I made it here on my own strength alone. Taking advantage of the fact that we can't defy the Upper-Class, I've been forced to swallow many a bitter pill..."
It's a country founded on the idea of abolishing the aristocracy, but she says it's become worse than the aristocracy. The Upper-Class Citizens living in the high-class residential area are probably about 1 in 1000.
"The Military Police are unreliable too. This country is secretly controlled from behind the scenes by the brothers Shoko and Joyu."
"This is the first time I've heard those names."
"It's surprising you came to this country and don't know those names. As I thought, you really are from the East Empire."
Then she told me just how harsh the environment surrounding this country is.
"This country was sustained by trade with the three great powers."
Now, there are no routes leading to the East Empire and the Garuga Kingdom. She informed me that trade with the Kingdom of Rhodesia is also impossible because soldiers who fled the war have turned into bandits and are occupying the border.
"Also, regarding the past of Shoko and Joyu that I know of..."
Originally, Shoko traveled around small rural villages.
He presented himself as a religious figure, but what he actually did was a badger game to gain followers. The method was for a seductive woman to approach a man and lure him to the church. When they were alone, she would sit next to him, wearing clothes that almost revealed her thighs and nipples, and ask, "Do you have any worries?" while showing her breasts to recruit him.
When the man, panting, tried to assault her, she would resist, saying, "I have a husband."
"Come on, it's fine! Let me do you!"
At the moment of the assault, a tough-looking man playing the husband would appear.
"You're a criminal. Shall I make it so you can't live in this village anymore?"
Threatened and cornered all at once, the man would become unable to think and turn submissive.
Meanwhile, for the women, they would have them form relationships with handsome men, then threaten them, turning the village into Shoko's followers. And then those followers would use the same methods to gain more followers. If someone absolutely refused to become a follower, they would kill them as an example and steal their money and valuables, gradually expanding their influence.
With the money Shoko earned, Joyu ran drugs, finance, and the female flesh trade. The older brother used his followers, and the younger brother used people from the underworld to destroy opposing forces. That's how they apparently achieved rapid growth in the blink of an eye.
(That's got nothing to do with religion anymore! What kind of god is that?)
"Now, the wicked brothers have watchers everywhere. In every organization, there are subordinates of Shoko and Joyu. Probably in this guild as well. Be careful."
"Where are these brothers?"
She then told me about the country's political structure.
There is a council of 30 Elders among the Upper-Class Citizens, and every five years a National Lord is selected, but anyone Shoko and Joyu dislike cannot become one.
"In other words, it's almost certain those two are inside the National Lord's mansion."
"I see. That's very informative."
When I bowed my head, she told me, "First of all, even for you, meeting those two would be difficult. There's a river between the high-class residential area and Downtown, which serves as a moat. The perimeter also has walls like a fortress, so you normally can't enter. You'd need some kind of permission. If I had to say, the only place you might be able to enter is a location that combines a giant Casino and a brothel. However, it's a members-only establishment."
"Then, allow me to offer a small token of thanks for the information."
What I took out were the deeds to five houses.
They were convenient houses close to the Adventurer Guild. I drew a simple map and floor plan on the spot and handed them to the Guild Master.
"You don't need to pay rent to me. Please let the guild manage them. From what you said earlier, if there are many people from the slums, I thought they would be happy if you made the rent cheap."
"Of course! Everyone will be delighted!"
As soon as the public recruitment started, everyone rushed in.
"I know this house! It's a beautiful house!"
"It even has a bath! I absolutely want to live there!"
"This place is great! There are shops nearby and it's close to the guild!"
Then, when the Guild Master announced that the monthly rent would be 500 G per room, they started clamoring that it would be 250 G if two people shared.
"However, anyone who dirties the room, drinks and fights, or causes a disturbance will be evicted immediately! Understand that before you apply!"
Applications flooded in because it was cheap and clean.
Since some people weren't here today, it seems there will be a lottery in two days.
"Shivans-kun! Are you done with your business?"
Rami called out to me, and behind her were three men with gloomy faces.
"Yes. Who are those three?"
"We're a six-person team called 'Amadeus.' Though we're only D-Rank."
Mizera told me, but they're on the same team? Are they boyfriends? They seem awfully gloomy for that. The leader is called Mozart?
"Hey? Aren't you and Lovely going to join the public recruitment?"
A woman called out to them from behind.
"Yes! We've already found a new place to live, Ange-nee-san!"
"Oh! You're that guy? The A-Rank man who came from the East Empire! You really are good-looking!"
Saying that, she shook my hand. Apparently, she leads a team called 'Phalaenopsis' and introduced herself as Angelina.
"I'm a B-Rank adventurer, despite how I look! You asked Lovely something weird, didn't you?"
She's a rather pushy person.
It's a five-person team with a wildness that suits the name 'Amazones' far more than 'Phalaenopsis'.
"Now, now, nee-san! That story can wait. Today, I have something to discuss with these guys!"
"Right, right. Don't kill them, okay?"
I had no idea what the discussion was about. It seems related to the fact that the three men behind her had turned pale.
We left the Adventurer Guild, and I used Instant Movement to invite the six to my room. I asked, "Would you like some tea?" but the atmosphere didn't seem right for that. When I tried to seat the six on the sofa, Lovely said, "You guys sit here!" and made them sit formally on the floor.
Then Rami began speaking in an angry tone.
"Figaro! I know you sold us out to those six!"
"But... I couldn't defy those guys. It couldn't be helped, right?"
It turned out it wasn't Mozart, apparently.
"Couldn't be helped? You knew List and the others were going to use drugs on us, didn't you? If Shivans-kun hadn't saved us, what would have become of us? Did you know?"
"So you're saying we should have defied those guys and died instead?"
He's getting defiant... What should I do?
Then Lovely giggled.
"You sold us for 10,000 G, didn't you, Franz? Hand over that money!"
"We don't have it anymore! We already spent it..."
"Huh... Tell us what you spent it on!"
"Prostitutes! Don't act like you're my wife!"
Lovely grabbed Franz by the collar and punched him.
(Whoa... To get caught up in chaos like this...)
So I reluctantly stepped in to stop it.
"Um... if you're going to fight, could you please take it outside?"
My words calmed them down a little.
So I decided to hear the full story of what had happened up until now.
The six of them were orphans who grew up in the Slum District. They became adventurers, which had been their dream since childhood, at the age of 15.
But when they came here, they were despised as 'Lowest-Class Citizens' and oppressed, yet the six of them somehow managed to survive by working together.
"Lately, we got tired of sleeping with Rami and the others, and the Upper-Class people told us 'sell them or we'll kill you,' so we were scared..."
Rami looked like she wanted to punch Figaro, but she seemed to hold it in with great effort.
"And besides... no matter how hard we try, we can't seem to rise above D-Rank!"
List said this in a tone of anguish.
"When we heard 10,000, we wanted the money. Besides, if you're going to sleep with someone, city women are better, don't you think?"
List... don't you feel any killing intent?
"We went out of our way to pay 10,000 for you, you know? You should be grateful there were such peculiar people willing to buy you. Don't you think so, Lovely?"
Lovely just snapped something with a 'CRACK.'
Deciding I shouldn't let the three men talk any further, I put them to sleep with 'Sleep.' Rami and the others were saying in voices full of anger, "What shall we do with these three?"
Then Lovely said, "I've thought of a good plan!" and whispered with Rami and Mizera. When they finished their consultation, the three of them grinned at me.
"Hey, Shivans-kun! Can you do to those three what you did to the six?"
"I can, but those three are your childhood friends, right?"
"What do you think of childhood friends who sell people for a mere 10,000 G?"
When Mizera said that, I couldn't argue back. Then Lovely whispered sweetly, "Creampies... feel so good! Don't you want to release a lot inside your big sisters?" and made me fondle her breasts.
"Hey, Shivans-kun? We should just make those guys slaves for life! Even if you leave this land, we can just make them support your children!"
Mizera also tempted me, taking out her breasts and making me fondle them.
"Hey, Shivans-kun? Don't you want to shoot out your semen, spurting and spurting, into our upper mouths and our lower mouths? We've had drugs used on us, so our bodies have become incredibly lewd, you know?"
And so, the three men were stripped naked, crucified on the wall in my room, and fitted with chastity belts.
"Can these be easily removed?"
"It's impossible for anyone but me, Rami. They're the same as the Collar of Subjugation."
Hearing that, they rejoiced, and Mizera made this suggestion.
"I have a good idea! They should just wear those chastity belts for life! That way they won't waste money either!"
"Indeed! As long as they can pee, there's No Problem!"
Lovely agreed, and the play finally began.
First, on the bed, Rami embraced me and kissed me.
"If we're doing this, I'll hold you like a lover!"
"My heart's pounding!"
When I ran my tongue along her neck and ears, she began to let out pained voices as if feeling it. When I caressed her back and chest with a touching touch, Rami let out moans.
"Nooo♡ Shivans♡ Don't make Rami naughty in front of her ex-boyfriend♡"
As her sweet voice came out, the three who had woken up started shouting, "It hurts!"
"Shall I show my ex-boyfriend my smooth, naughty pussy?"
"Nooo♡ Shivans's hand is touching my hairless pussy♡ It's making naughty sounds♡"
The three kept shouting "It hurts!" the whole time.
And when I performed Cunnilingus, she began to writhe lewdly.
"My hairless pussy♡ Shivans is licking it♡ Ahhn♡ He's putting his tongue inside, sucking my clit♡ I couldn't cum with my ex-boyfriend, but I'm already cumming♡"
She seriously came, convulsing violently.
"This time, I'll make Shivans-kun feel good♡ I'm going to lick my new boyfriend's cock in front of my ex-boyfriend♡ I'm better at it than the other two♡"
"Don't lie!"
They were both complained to simultaneously, but she continued without minding.
When my cock got big, she immediately had me insert it.
"I think I'm going to cum for the first time♡ I never came internally with my ex-boyfriend♡ Hey♡ You can release it♡ I want my boyfriend's baby♡" When she said that so cutely, I ended up releasing.
Then Rami turned her butt towards the three men and showed them.
"Look at Rami's hole♡ It got filled up so much♡"
Saying that, she performed Cleaning Fellatio while spreading it open to show them. The three men writhed in agony, their cocks bloodied, and they fainted.
"Hey! Wake up! It's my turn next!"
The three men were already dripping nosebleeds.
Mizera slapped them with smacking sounds, trying to wake them, but they didn't get up. Having no choice, I laid them on the floor, placed Slave Marks on them, and set it so they would obey everything Rami and the others said without resistance.
After That, when Mizera gave me a Titty Fuck Fellatio, I said, "Your fluffy breasts feel super good!" and she happily said, "This is the first time I've ever done this to a man!" When I held her like a lover, she cried tears of joy.
Lovely's vaginal interior was exquisite.
"If you squeeze my cock that tight, I'm going to cum soon!"
"I... I'm not doing anything like that..."
But she was moaning intensely beneath me.
"My insides are being packed tight by that big thing♡ Being thrust deep, I'm going crazy♡ So this is what it means to be made a woman♡"
She clung to me with tears of joy.
After holding the three of them Until Morning, they were exhausted, but Lovely asked a strange question.
"Shivans-kun, your magic can restrain people, right? Can you restrain Franz's face in that weird state?"
"I've never tried something like that... Ah, I did it!"
It was a pitiful face, but Lovely and the others burst out laughing.
Then, they made the sleeping men strike strange poses and cast 'Bind' on them as they were, leaving them frozen in place.
While eating breakfast, we talked about Roxanne.
"She had drugs used on her by the same kind of scumbags as us?"
"That's so pitiful. We'll help too if there's anything we can do!"
"Yeah! I hope her eyesight returns! As expected of Shivans-kun! I respect you for being able to use even healing magic!"
Rami, Mizera, and Lovely said they would lend me their strength, so when I told them my true objective, they were surprised.
(Well, I figured they'd think it's reckless.)
Then, the men woke up, still with their strange expressions and strange poses.
"My body feels weird?"
"I can't get up..."
"Your face... what's with it?"
They laughed at each other, but gradually realizing it wasn't a laughing matter, the three men finally shouted, "Help!" I released them and sent them back to their own homes.
After seeing off Rami, Mizera, and Lovely with kisses, I used 'Presence Concealment' and 'Concealment' to set about crushing Shoko and Joyu's financial resources.
(Right! I'll use that technique from earlier!)
When I visited a fairly large illicit moneylender, there were about 20 men inside. Some were eating and chatting, while others in the back room were gambling through the night.
(I'll stop these guys' movements and make them like a still image.)
They died mid-meal with smiles on their faces, died with faces enjoying gambling, died with faces of frustration. Then, only the money, valuables, and documents vanished, and I left the rest as it was and departed.
Other illicit moneylenders, hideouts dealing in drugs, and such were all dead in a still-image state one after another.
From evening until late night, gambling dens and brothels also became still-image corpses with their money and valuables gone. However, I let the people who had been forcibly captured and the women who had been sold into prostitution escape.
Then, as I read the thoughts of several executives, I learned that the drug cultivation and manufacturing plant was in the Mountain Depths about 30 kilometers northwest of the capital.
I sent Hawk flying, and looking from the sky, it had an extremely strict security system.
(I'll send all these guys flying to the border of the Kingdom of Rhodesia!)
If I make them fight bandits and thieves, it'll be killing two birds with one stone.
It was tough on Hawk, but I had him fly towards the Kingdom of Rhodesia's border. I put the people who were Guard Soldiers to sleep with 'Sleep.' Then, I used Instant Movement to transport the people who had been forced to work on the farm, along with money and food, to the lands they wanted to return to.
Hawk arrived near the border just before dawn, but I relocated the Guard Soldiers' building and set up a magic circle there. The Guard Soldiers had Slave Marks placed on them by me and were ordered to "annihilate the bandits and thieves," so when they woke up in the remote mountains of the border, they would devote themselves to battle.
I burned the now-empty farm and buildings completely with 'Flare,' and afterwards, I used Spirit Magic to grow thick vegetation, so the road completely disappeared as well.
(With this, the drug supply source is gone!)
I returned home and decided to sleep deeply for the first time in a while.
The Next Morning
The city was in an uproar over the still-image incident.
Until the day before, the talk had been dominated by the six who died of frostbite and the disappearance of their families. Rami, Mizera, and Lovely returned and told me about the state of the city, saying it had become a bizarre story that blew the previous one away in one go.
"You three have nice outfits! They really suit you!"
I was making pancakes in the kitchen.
As the three of them rejoiced, Rami asked, "What are you making, Shivans-kun? It smells incredibly good!"
"Would you like some, if you don't mind? Do you like sweet things?"
"Ufu! Of course I love them!"
Mizera answered happily.
"Shivans-kun is truly amazing! Not just magic, but you can even cook! I respect you! Living in such a nice house, wearing pretty and cute clothes, and eating delicious food! It's like we've become Upper-Class Citizens!"
Lovely was excited, and Rami agreed.
"When we went to the Adventurer Guild earlier, we were super popular!"
"Though it makes me wonder what the heck was going on before..."
Mizera sulked a little, so I poured honey syrup over a cooked pancake and fed it to her. She said, "Delicious!" and her mood improved, leaving the other two exasperated.
After the meal was finished and cleaned up, I searched for and found red dots. To draw them in as allies, I first threatened them, then won them over.
While giving them alcohol and feeding them delicious food, I said, "Your misfortune is the fault of Shoko and Joyu," steering them to voice their complaints and dissatisfaction.
When I asked, "Do you think this country is fine as it is?" they complained, "There's no way it's fine! The National Lord and the Elders too! They just do whatever those shady bastards called Shoko and Joyu say!" and the people around them clamored, "Yeah, yeah!"
"They're terrible people! They were using you all for pocket change, after all."
Saying it was a small amount, I pressed silver coins into everyone's hands and said, "Buy something delicious for your wife and children," and they thanked me.
It wasn't my money to begin with, so I was scattering it around. Rather, I had intended to return it.
(Besides, it seems they had pent-up feelings from being unable to defy Shoko and Joyu.)
I gave them a push on the back.
When I went to the Adventurer Guild, the Thugs who had first picked a fight with me were there.
"Shivans-aniki!"
"I'm not your big brother, you know? No matter how you look at it, I'm younger than you, right?"
My question was ignored, and they started saying, "It was you who did those six, right, aniki! I'll follow you for life!" So I gave these guys alcohol too and asked them a favor.
It was about the three men from 'Amadeus.'
"You guys train Figaro, List, and Franz!"
"Those guys were spineless bastards who sold their own girlfriends, right?"
So I also scattered silver coins to the Thugs and said, "Protect Rami, Mizera, and Lovely," and they agreed, saying, "With pleasure!"
I gathered the guild Staff who were red dots and said, "I know you are subordinates of Shoko and Joyu." They were surprised and tried to draw their weapons.
"Calm down. Are you really okay being henchmen for guys like that? Can you live with your heads held high before your families like that? Don't you feel any guilt?"
"We do! But the enemy is too powerful... with just the likes of us..."
So again, I scattered silver coins and said, "Now is not yet the time. But something will happen soon. When it does, your true worth will be tested. Until then, use that money to do something for your families!" and they thanked me.
When it had gotten a little dark, I was in front of the giant Casino.
(I crushed the small moneylenders in Downtown, the drug hideouts, the brothels, and the gambling dens, but as long as this place remains, the people's fear won't disappear. And these fortress walls too.)
I used 'Presence Concealment' and 'Concealment' to infiltrate the giant Casino.
It was to set up a certain mechanism.
(I'll make you regret connecting the fortress walls and this Casino!)
When I returned home, the three of them were waiting, starving.
"There's a Cook on the first floor, isn't there?"
"What? We want your cooking, Shivans-kun!"
The other two agreed with Rami's words.
I cooked rice, and the side dish was stir-fried pork belly and vegetables, simply seasoned with salt and pepper. When I served it, the three said, "Delicious! Seconds!"
"I'm not your maid, you know?"
"It's fine! In return, a naughty maid will serve you thoroughly in bed at night!"
When Mizera said that while showing off her see-through Underwear, my lower half perked right up.
"C-Come to think of it, what about Roxanne?"
"She woke up a little while ago! She was moved, saying she could see! As expected of the Great Sorcerer-sama, she said!"
We finished eating and got in the bath together. Then, the three came to bed wearing super lewd, see-through outfits—should I call them battle costumes?
"The drugs haven't worn off yet, so I can't sleep♡"
"How is it? This Underwear? You love naughty big sisters, don't you? I know you do♡"
"We're not letting you sleep tonight either♡"
I want to shout, "Don't blame everything on the drugs!" but when the three of them spread their legs wide, love juice was overflowing from their wet, hairless pussies. Faced with such sweet temptation, I'm a No Good man who immediately rides on.