Chapter 130 - 128: Calming Down
The seven women hadn't realized it, but just one of them being embraced once took a considerable amount of time. A day and a half had passed by the time I finished embracing all seven.
(They must all be pretty hungry by now.)
I decided to use Presence Concealment and Concealment to observe them.
When I called them for the breakfast buffet, thinking I wasn't there, all seven of them ate with an appetite reminiscent of growing children.
"I think I've fallen in love with Senior! I'm sure I can't love any other man now!" Misuzu started things off, and while munching away, Arina said, "Senior was seriously a god! I've fallen for him!"
"It seems we're all rivals! I'm not the only one who doesn't want to let go of a senior who knows we have these defiled bodies and still loves us."
When Rinora said that, everyone nodded.
"But, as we are now, we're not good enough for him..."
To Valentina's words, Ekaterina agreed, "That's true. Just saying you're confident in your boobs isn't enough to become Senior's woman..."
"And I was laughed at by the artisan old man for not having any knowledge..."
When Marfa said that, Kira lamented, "As for me, I'm short, my body is frail, and I'm a merchant's daughter. I have no redeeming qualities at all..."
That's when I appeared.
"That's not true, Kira. From now on, as companions sharing a secret, I'll talk to Frank about this. Is that alright?"
The seven nodded with happy faces.
"Listen while you eat. I heard you saying you have no redeeming qualities, so I have a suggestion. It's..."
What I suggested was swimming.The reason being that their physical strength had declined from being confined.
So I listed the benefits of swimming.
1. A beautiful, toned body2. High calorie consumption rate3. Relaxation effect from buoyancy4. Reduction of depressive symptoms and improvement of depressed states5. Less likely to catch colds
The women who heard this were brimming with curiosity.
"You all are still in a missing state. So, the period I can train you is only one week, but for those who seriously want to be trained..."
As I started to say it, "We'll do it!" the seven answered simultaneously.I was hesitating whether or not to use Talent Bloom on the seven who wanted to show me their good sides.
(I have no idea what talents will bloom. This is a kind of gamble, but I want to believe that as they are now, they'll be fine.)
With a feeling like praying, I took the gamble.I cast Body Enhancement and Talent Bloom on the seven, had them wear competitive swimsuits, and assigned seven Instructors to them.
The seven would be thoroughly trained from early morning until it got dark at night, but they were tackling it positively and seemed to be enjoying themselves, so I also expected they would improve quickly.
(Now then... let's go to the Klaus family's place for the first time in a while.)
Aqua was right in the middle of menstrual cramps.When she saw me, Aqua sat up with a happy face.
"For the past few years, I've hardly had my period at all! When it comes after so long, it hurts and feels heavy."
She said that and laughed.I cast Heal and put her to sleep with Sleep, and she fell asleep with a blissful face.
I left the room, went down the stairs, and headed to the kitchen, where the maids called out to me.
"Shivans-sama! Are you making something again today?"
"It's faster to make it than to explain it verbally, right?"
It was to make vanilla ice cream and cake.At the Klaus house, there were abundant ingredients and of course stock, but thinking I'd have them let me make extra, I promptly started making them.
"Delicious!!"
When I served it not only to the maids but also to the butlers, they wore expressions of bliss and praised it highly.
"What are you all doing?"
"Ma-Madam...!"
Marino appeared, and I ended up having to make excuses.
"I'm sorry, Madam. I unreasonably asked to borrow the kitchen, saying I wanted to make stock for you, Madam. I asked them to sample the results."
"Is that so? If Shivans-kun says so, I'll believe it. Prepare tea and cake for me too! Would Shivans-kun like to join me?"
"I would be delighted to join you!"
For the first time in a while, I was invited to Madam's room.After Madam left, the maids and butlers were doing dogeza behind me.
"It's fine. Please raise your heads!"
"We will never betray Shivans-sama for our entire lives!"
"We too! Embrace us anytime!"
It seemed I could build a good relationship with the butlers and maids for a while. So, I received the tea and cake and headed to Madam's room.
"We're sorry for everything!"
The butlers and maids were doing dogeza again.When I knocked and entered Madam's room, Madam was changing into loungewear. So I decided to ask about Madam's recent situation.
"Hey, Shivans-kun? Do you remember when we first met?"
"Of course! There's no way I could forget! If it weren't for that meeting, I wouldn't be here. I'm grateful!"
She waved her hand with a wry smile.
"That's not it. If I hadn't met you, I would have been dead by now. Because you predicted I would die in five years, right?"
"That's right. Madam, to be honest, I thought you wouldn't last five years."
"I'm the one who's grateful! Shivans-kun!"
When she recrossed her legs, I saw her plump thighs and couldn't help but stare intently.
"Lately, I've been jumping rope, hiking in the mountains, and swimming. It's all thanks to you, Shivans-kun, that I've become younger! What do you think? Am I still beautiful in Shivans-kun's eyes?"
Saying that, she lifted her hem all the way up to her thighs to show me.
"Huh? Yes... you're very beautiful!"
"Ufufu! Even if it's flattery, I'm happy!"
This time, when she leaned forward, her large breasts swayed heavily. Surely, she had removed her bra somewhere and was trying to seduce me. I could almost see her nipples.
(As expected, I can't compete with Madam's mature sex appeal...)
When I sat next to her, she made me touch her thighs. Marino touched my crotch, turned a bewitching face towards me and smiled, making the face of a woman.
When I forcibly rolled up her top, her nipples were already hard, so when I toyed with her nipples on her large breasts with my fingers, she began to leak seductive sighs.
When I took off her panties, they were soaking wet.
"No... don't look..."
"Hey? I want to see Marino masturbate!"
"From the morning... that's..."
"Even if you say that, it's overflowing a lot from deep inside."
Marino was weak to being whispered in her ear.She timidly reached out her hand and touched her wet place.
"How is it? You're happy to be watched, right?"
"That's not... true..."
The movement of her fingers became more sensual, and the wet sounds grew louder, squelching.
"It feels good to be watched by me, doesn't it, Marino? You're so sexy, trembling and shivering like that! Are you about to cum? Tell me?"
"Being watched by Shivans... I'm... already... Hii!"
She arched her body back and had an intense orgasm.
After enjoying the afterglow for a while, she then leaned over me, took off my clothes, and kissed me passionately as we embraced. The feeling of her breasts against my chest and her wet pussy against my cock felt good.
And the sweet scent emanating from Marino urged my erection.
"Getting this big with me as your partner! How cute!"
So, I sat Marino down at the foot of the bed and made her kneel.
"You don't know... how much I've been wanting this, do you?"
It was Marino whom I had made fall as a woman. Just thinking that she was drooling, burying her face in my crotch, and serving me using her hands, mouth, and tongue made me feel like I was about to cum.
In the end, I released into Marino's mouth, but she licked it all up cleanly.
"What will you do? Shall we end it here? Today is a dangerous day. A day when it's very easy to get pregnant. If you release inside me raw, I might end up pregnant♡"
When I held her head down and made her hold it in her mouth again, she obediently complied. Rather, as if she desired it.
And then, before being embraced, she said she wanted to confirm something.
"Shivans, do you love me, even a little?"
"Of course I love you!"
When I said that, she said "I'm happy" and welcomed me.
"What about you, Marino?"
"Honestly! You're making me say it? If I didn't love you, I wouldn't have given birth to that child!"
Apparently, the child she gave birth to this time was mine.
"Then, will you give birth to one more for me?"
"Fine! But love me a lot!"
Marino, crying and clinging to me, was adorable.We had sex many times until noon, and I released inside Marino.
I left the Klaus house and returned to the Academy to check on things.
Aristo had fallen into a pinch.He was surrounded by students, being denounced and weakened, but I decided to observe the situation.
"Aristo-sama! You had a relationship with the kidnapped students, didn't you!? Don't you feel sorry for them? Why aren't you trying to look for them?"
"Shivans is out looking for them now! What if there was a physical relationship? It might not just be me, right?"
Many female students reacted against those words.
"You said you saved them from the men who were shaved bald and then demanded their bodies, right?"
"That's right! Say the names of the girls who were kidnapped! You don't remember them again, do you?"
"In our case, you used marriage as bait and didn't even remember our names!"
"Anyway, are you going to run away again soon and ask the Devil for help?"
Second-year and third-year girls were blaming Aristo.
The 33 bald men were also complaining, "How dirty! You threatened them by saying you saved them from us, right? If you did them because of that, then shave your own head bald too!"
"I-I didn't threaten them! The girls themselves..."
"What do you mean 'themselves'? You're nothing but lies! You damn rapist!"
"It's the truth! Believe me!"
Amidst the storm of criticism, Aristo was fleeing in confusion. As I was watching, thinking he was in a real predicament, it seemed Kate and Aria weren't going to help.
Kate said, "It seems he casually slept with them because they were merchants' daughters? Well, he probably never thought it would come to this." Aria also sighed and said, "It seems Father-in-law Windam told him to just do them, refusing no one who comes. It means they're a worthless parent and child, two of a kind..."
(What will Aristo do? I wonder about him being persuaded by the irresponsible Windam and getting into that mindset. He's become disliked in a different category than me. Maybe it's about time I rescue Aristo...)
He fled into the Student Council Room, but was cornered.As usual, he was shrinking under the storm of criticism from many men and women.
"I might not be able to get it up anymore..."
"I heard that last year too. Are you stupid?"
Coldly told off by Aria, Aristo was depressed. I'll teach the students who had barged into the Student Council Room shouting why I was called a Devil!
"You there, complaining to Aristo-sama! Is the story you were just talking about true?"
"I-It's not a lie! Everyone's saying it! Right?"
The people around him nodded when he sought their agreement.
"Hou! Then, you who just nodded! When, who, and with whom did you have that conversation? Tell me their names!"
"S-Some guy I don't know!"
"Some guy you don't know? What basis is there to say that a story from some guy you don't know is true, and Aristo-sama's story is a lie?"
He panicked, but I wouldn't let him escape.
"Then, as proof that you haven't framed anyone, go find that person and bring them here! Right now! If you can't, I'll hang you completely naked from the rooftop as a liar! I remember the faces of everyone who nodded along too!"
He turned pale and tried to run away, but I had circled around and caught him before he knew it. He confessed that he had jumped on the bandwagon of the commotion to punish the popular Aristo.
"The crime of you bastards trying to frame Aristo-sama by lying is severe!"
"F-Forgive me... it was just a passing thought, framing him, that's..."
Threatened by me, he was already crying, wetting himself, and doing dogeza.The other people who had gathered also began to get scared.
"Are all of you so righteous that you can condemn Aristo-sama?"
When I coldly declared that, one woman stepped forward and said, "I haven't done anything wrong! At least I'm not a criminal like that person!" pointing at Aristo.
"Then, I shall thoroughly investigate you. What will happen if even one thing comes up? Why am I called a Devil? You'll learn it firsthand, is that alright?"
Naturally, I'm famous for being merciless even towards women. When she realized that a fate of being stripped naked and hung from the rooftop awaited her, she cried out "Nooo!" in fear and ran away.
"You 33 bald men. If you hadn't caused problems in the first place, this problem wouldn't have occurred. Before blaming Aristo-sama, did any of you search for the seven?"
They looked at each other; not a single one had searched.The tide turned at once, and the 33 men began to be attacked by those around them.
"Is that clear, everyone? Everyone has flaws and makes mistakes. Aren't you arbitrarily expecting things from Aristo-sama just because he's the grandson of the Grand Duke family, and then pushing those expectations onto him? Even Aristo-sama makes mistakes. He's human, after all. Of course, when the seven women are rescued, he will naturally apologize as well. He should have at least that much magnanimity. Right, Aristo-sama?"
"O-Of course, Shivans!"
Just when I thought this was settled, one female student said, "The seven still haven't been found! What if they're dead!? Do you think apologizing will make it okay?" Other women also jumped on board, saying, "That's right! You, who protected this criminal, are equally guilty."
Ignoring the female students, I spoke to Aristo.
"Aristo-sama. I will definitely rescue the seven who were kidnapped safely!"
"Please, Shivans! I can only rely on you, my best friend..."
He clung to me, and it felt a bit like BL, but...
Then, the woman who had complained earlier was still there, so I caught her and interrogated her.
"All you do is blame others, but what efforts have you made to save them? Using the excuse that you can't leave the Academy, making no effort at all, just blaming others and acting self-important? Did you go around asking the friends who were with the seven students until just before, or investigate places they might have gone?"
"Why do I have to go that far!? Is it wrong to just worry?"
I shook my head and laughed.
"Then, wouldn't it be fine to just quietly shut yourself in your room and keep worrying? You're not going to do anything for the seven anyway, right? Despite that, don't you think it's questionable to complain to Aristo-sama?"
The other female students who had been watching this also giggled, saying things like, "She's right. You just wanted to stand out and cause a stir, right?" or "Blowing off stress? Or are you complaining because Aristo-sama didn't pay attention to you?" and the woman fled.
Finally, the commotion at the Academy was calming down.Kate quietly stood beside me.
"Was I able to be of some help to the Student Council President?"
"Of course. The first-years will have served as a good lesson!"
She smiled, saying that probably no one would come to the Student Council Room for a while.
Around that time, at the Palace...
A certain parent and child were having a fight. Though, it was more like the son was being beaten one-sidedly.
"Woryaa!"
"Agyaa!"
That parent and child were Klaus and Windam.
"You bastard! What did you tell Aristo!?"
"But she was a merchant's daughter, right? If you save her, you get thanked. What's wrong with that? I just said if you can do her, then do her! What part of that is wrong, Father?"
At the Academy, everyone remembered that Aristo had caused a woman trouble just like last year. It became quite a big problem, and this year a separate kidnapping incident occurred. That had even been in the newspaper.
"This time, Aristo assaulted the women he saved from the villains! Isn't this just like skimming off the top from the bandits! The mastermind is you! Windam!"
"Agyaa! Forgive me, Father! I just gave a little advice..."
"Don't make excuses! That's exactly why you go and catch diseases!"
Windam received sneers and derisive laughter from the people around him.
I slipped out of the Academy and returned to the White Castle.
The seven were receiving special training in a different pool, and they were diligently making efforts to become able to swim well until the Fluorescent Flowers lit up.
(It seems they're working hard, single-mindedly wanting to be acknowledged by me.)
So, I promptly didn't forget to appreciate and praise them.
"For the first day, I think everyone shows good promise."
I took the seven, who looked happy, back to the White Castle for a fun dinner time. But Misuzu had a gloomy face, so I wondered what was wrong and asked.
"What do they think of us at the Academy right now? By those kinds of men..."
"Don't be silly, Misuzu! If you're still saying such negative things, Senior will come to dislike you, you know?"
Told off by Rinora, Misuzu had a startled expression.
"If you trace it back to the root, it's from Aristo-senpai, right? I was embraced by that person twice, but actually, I feel like he didn't even remember my name."
"Arina too? When I saw him at the Academy and called out 'Aristo-senpai,' he asked 'Who?' with a straight face."
When Valentina said it was a shock, Ekaterina also seemed to have had a similar experience.
"I also handed him a memo with my name and we arranged to meet, but he looked at the memo and said, 'I wonder who Ekaterina is?' while looking around. I wanted to say I was right in front of him..."
When Marfa and Kira also confessed that he hadn't remembered their faces or names, they got excited talking about how Aristo was actually an idiot.
"I was always anxious that I was the only one whose face and name he didn't remember, but Aristo-senpai was just that kind of weak-minded person! I'm glad!"
I wanted to retort to Kira, "What exactly are you glad about?"
When I entered the bath, Marfa came over.She seemed somehow attached to me.
"I used to have an older brother figure. Though he wasn't my real Big Brother."
When she was about 10 years old, her first love was apparently an older boy in the neighborhood. I wondered if he resembled me, but she said, "His face and height are completely different, but whenever he realized I wasn't there, he always came looking for me! When I said I was being bullied, he would come and help me!"
I understood that he was probably a hero-like person.
The boyish and slender Marfa continued to talk happily about her past with a smile. It seems she also overlapped him with Aristo when she had her first experience, but...
"What is that Big Brother doing now?"
"He said he'd become an Adventurer with me... I wonder why he disappeared from in front of me, Big Brother..."
Remembering, she was on the verge of tears.
"It was so long ago... but when Senior saved me, I remembered Big Brother. Even though you're completely different, right? I'm no longer the me that Big Brother knew..."
She was regretting being drugged and violated by many men, but when I said, "It's not Marfa's fault. Don't let it bother you!" she clung to me and cried, saying "Thank you, Big Brother."
It seemed she was overlapping me with her Big Brother.
(More than that, the Aristo problem... I hope it doesn't get bigger.)
I felt a slight unease.