Chapter 61 - Chapter 61: Saya and Lara
The next morning
When I introduced Torenoa and Magira, it seemed Aria and Kate already knew them. Though, by "knew," it was apparently just that they were among the eight women who came to the dungeon and they'd exchanged a few words. The four of them quickly warmed up and started talking.
"Wow! Torenoa, you were drawn to Shivans's strength?"
"Well, my fiancé passed away. I admire that strength of his!"
As Aria and Torenoa were having that conversation, Kate, biting at the word "fiancé," pressed her, "Who was it? Tell me!"
She seemed reluctant to say, but with the three of them relentlessly asking, she finally confessed it was Ipu, the son of Viscount Pisam. As the three laughed, saying how tragic that was, she said, "That's why I didn't want to say... But I was told that if we entered this academy and liked each other, we should marry immediately, so in a way, I'm relieved."
(Yesterday, my impression of her was a bit rough around the edges. Short hair, petite, but her chest is bigger than anyone else's...)
"I've met Shivans-kun at another place too, you know?"
She was angry that I didn't remember at all. She said she was the girl who acted as a nurse at the fort during the war, and when Markun tried to touch her breasts, she chased him out. When I said, "From back then? I was desperate with healing, so..." Magira chimed in, "I was there too."
Both of them had apparently been strictly ordered by their fathers to "sell yourself to the nobility!" and get close to a man with a status higher than a fiancé. But on that battlefield, it wasn't the time for that. The two spoke nostalgically about how they almost died.
And Magira, though a year younger, apologized to Kate. She confessed that Abby, the son of Count Jester, had been her fiancé, if only in name, and apologized, saying he had done terrible things to Kate.
"It's fine. It's all in the past now... And besides, Magira, you did nothing wrong!"
Magira is the oldest, but she doesn't seem to want honorifics like -san or -senpai attached to her name. Apparently, she's sensitive about her age. That Magira had been constantly bothered by the amount of money I invested yesterday.
"Isn't it strange for a viscount family to have that much financial power? Is there some secret? Like a mine or something?"
Laughing, I denied it, saying, "There is a rock salt mine, but money doesn't grow there." When I said, "How do I make a profit? The hint is within the town," Magira was brimming with curiosity.
Magira seems to like money. However, she laments that she has less physical stamina than anyone. So the four of them cooperated: early morning at the market, morning swimming to train their bodies, afternoon inspecting the town's shopping district and asking the merchants various questions. In the evening, I suggested they study since I would help, and all four were enthusiastic.
Then Aria secretly told me that she alone couldn't handle me at night, her body wouldn't hold up, so please wait until Kate recovers.
"W-Well, for now, I feel refreshed after last night! My sexual frustration is resolved too!"
I decided to move on eradicating the fraudulent pharmacists. For the time being, when I filed a complaint with the Pharmacist Guild, the Guild Master responded with a mocking, contemptuous attitude, saying, "Well, the state hasn't set an upper limit on prices, you see. Effectiveness? Who knows?"
"I hear you're selling medicines of unknown effectiveness for 500,000 G or 1,000,000 G?"
"Hmph! Brat! If you're going to interfere with business, get lost! Whether it works or not depends on the person... depends on luck, right?"
Since he sneered at me, I gave him food poisoning.
"Y-You bastard... What did you do?"
Seeing him writhing in agony, I burst out laughing and told him, "With medicine that depends on luck, if you don't heal quickly, you'll die, you know? You don't have time to complain to me, do you?" He cried, "P-Please help me! I'll return all the money..."
"How many people have died because of you until now? Apologize to the dead as you die!"
Starting with the Guild Master, one after another, the corrupt pharmacists fell critically ill. All of them, writhing in pain, cried, saying, "The devil... has come..." They prayed to the gods and drank the luck-dependent medicine, but there was no way it would get better. They themselves knew that best of all.
"Can't do bad things... To think, in the end, I have to end my own life with medicine."
Some pharmacists, in too much agony, tried to take poison themselves. This quickly became the talk of the town.
"Did you hear? That pharmacy was a fraud after all, huh?"
"Yeah! Apparently, the Guild Master's own medicine didn't work, so he sent someone to buy from another pharmacist! What a laughingstock!"
In just one full day, the corrupt pharmacists were driven out of business. People with guilty consciences fled in fear, thinking it might be their turn tomorrow. So, I asked His Majesty and Klaus to lend me three people to the Imperial Research Institute, and they readily agreed, but the trouble was the selection. There were too many candidates.
"You three can't all leave your posts, right?"
The three called the Quack Doctor Trio volunteered. Other young researchers rushed in, saying, "The territory of the author who wrote this bible book? I want to go!" So, I took one from the Trio and four young ones, having two work the day shift and one the night shift, operating on a 24-hour system.
"Please set the cost of medicine, examination, and surgery fees all at a flat rate of 1,000 G, with a maximum of 3,000 G."
I had them live in a newly built, clean hospital via instant movement. The first floor for examination rooms, surgery, and hospitalization. The second floor is a residence, but for men only. The third floor I left as rooms for women, for when nurses and such are hired.
That Night
A Rhodesian pirate ship was trying to pass through our territory.
"Be careful from here on out. There are tons of pirate-hunting ships out there! We're disguised as a merchant ship, so I think we'll be fine. Got it?"
When the captain said that and turned around, his subordinates were gone. Timidly, he called out, "Where did you go?" and, holding a light, tried to search for them.
"You are to head to the port immediately."
A slave mark was placed on him, and the captain replied, "Yes."
I decided to interrogate the captain who arrived at the port.
"Where were you planning to go?"
"We were scheduled to meet up with our comrades at an island along the way, hand over the two in the ship's hold, and receive the drugs. We were then to take the drugs and head to the neighboring Duchy of Walujava."
Drugs? Where are they selling them? Thinking that, I continued the interrogation, and he said two girls were hidden below in the ship's hold. His comrades were to anchor their large ship at the neighboring Count Gran's port, transfer to small boats, use the newly built waterway, and head west from near the imperial capital to deliver the goods to Viscount Bakuchi.
"Oh? When was that supposed to happen?"
"We were scheduled to arrive at the island today, but they'll depart even if we don't come, so they'll arrive at the neighboring port tomorrow night."
Apparently, tomorrow night they'll anchor a large ship at Gran's port, go up the river between our territory and Gran Territory, and head to Viscount Bakuchi the morning of the day after tomorrow.
When I opened the hidden door below the ship's hold, a foul smell wafted out. There, two gagged girls were lying limp. I cast 'Clean' and 'Heal' on them, saying, "I've come to save you! It's alright now," and when I made them drink a nutritional drink, they burst into tears.
They hadn't even been allowed to use the toilet, and were somehow kept alive with just bread and water given twice a day.
"Are you our new master?"
One of the girls asked. Apparently, they had slave collars on. They had even been carefully branded with a slave mark on their backs, so I erased it with 'Delete' and removed the collars.
"You're free now. I'll take you home."
"You saved us, so please, let us introduce ourselves first!"
The two told me they were 15-year-old twins.
"I am the older sister, Saya!"
"I am the younger sister, Lara! Pleased to meet you! New master!"
"I have no intention of becoming your master."
For some reason, they were disappointed. Do they think they'll be sold again?
So, to avoid misunderstanding, I said, "I'll send you home," but they shook their heads. Then, Saya began to explain their circumstances.
"We are the daughters of a merchant dealing in marine products. One day, bandits broke in and took everything! Our parents and older brother were killed, and finally, they set fire to the house..."
Saying that much, she burst into tears.
The sisters were captured and sold to a slave trader. That slave trader apparently sold them to pirates. "We no longer have a home to return to," the younger sister Lara said sadly. So, when I asked them to help at this hospital, both hesitated, saying they had no experience.
"To survive from now on, you have to challenge various things. Are you really fine staying as you are? Don't you want to avenge your family?"
At my words, the sisters burned with passion, "We want revenge!" They seemed to already know the bandit group.
'Salvator the Demon God'
It's a famous bandit group that even the king has trouble with, and their numbers are apparently large. I told them that I am the lord here and will definitely pursue that bandit group, but for now, since the sisters are also being pursued by pirates, I want to hide them while they learn work here. They thanked me politely.
The older sister Saya said, "Not only did you save us, but you also freed us from slavery. Thank you, Master!" and the younger sister Lara also pleaded, "We sisters pledge our loyalty to you, Master! We will surely have our revenge one day!"
"I can't promise when Salvator the Demon God will be destroyed. For now, I will annihilate the pirate band that kidnapped you."
They were overwhelmed by my word "annihilate."
To protect them, this young lord declared he would destroy the pirates. And they had a premonition that, true to his word, the pirates would be destroyed.
I reported the matter of Viscount Bakuchi to His Majesty and Klaus.
"What! Drugs, you say! So what will you do?"
The viscount will likely summon yakuza and deal with the pirate band. I'll blow up the place with explosives and annihilate both the pirate band and the yakuza. When I said, "We'll let all members of the viscount's family survive, but if we strip his title and confiscate his assets and mansion, the yakuza will likely dispose of the viscount's family on their own, won't they?" His Majesty grinned and said, "So without dirtying our own hands, the villains will have an internal conflict?" I nodded.
Klaus immediately moved the army. He dispatched two regiments to the Viscount Bakuchi household and ordered, "Surround the area until the deal is done. Don't get caught in the explosion!"
The Next Day, Evening
A large ship docked at Gran's port. That ship was undoubtedly the one carrying the pirate boss. Disguised as a merchant ship, they were unloading cargo onto small boats. The five small boats left the port and entered the river.
"Boss! Why doesn't the big boss deal in women?"
"Are you stupid? How much do you think the deal is worth with these five boats?"
When the underling said he didn't know, the boss laughed.
"It's 300 million! Even if you gathered a thousand women, it wouldn't reach 300 million. You need lookouts and food too, right? This is way better!"
They were laughing uproariously, but by tomorrow morning, not even their corpses are scheduled to remain. In the meantime, I'll capture the boss, take his memories with 'Delete', and make him work in the mine. I've also captured the other crew members, but Gran was pleased when I handed them over along with the ship.
The boss had 20 evil-natured lovers, so I placed slave marks on them, erased their memories with 'Delete', and handed them over to the brothels and sex cabarets in our port town. They were delighted, saying, "Thank you very much!!"
The Next Morning
Boxes of drugs were being carried one after another into a large warehouse adjacent to the river. There were 20 pirates, the viscount and 5 subordinates, and about 30 yakuza.
Then, an elderly yakuza called out to the viscount.
"Viscount-sama. Even with a warehouse, buying for 300 million and selling to us for 400 million. Isn't that a bit too much of a rip-off?"
"Isn't it fine, Boss! You're going to sell it for more than triple that, right? My profit is nothing in comparison!"
Then, the pirates, perhaps from lack of sleep, became irritated and said, "Once you've checked the contents, please pay up. No funny business." When they showed the contents, the yakuza checked all the boxes.
"No mistake!"
The viscount paid 300 million to the pirates, and the yakuza boss paid 400 million to the viscount. It was the moment he was about to hand over the key.
"It's awfully dusty today..."
It was the moment the boss received the warehouse key.
"KABOOOOM!!"
The warehouse was blown away by a dust explosion, and the boats on the river were also smashed to pieces. For some reason, only the viscount was unharmed, while the others were reduced to fragments, making it impossible to tell who was who.
I had rescued the viscount, but he was in a panic, saying, "W-What happened...?" and was paralyzed with fear. The nobles and family of the viscountcy were all captured by Imperial Army soldiers and thrown out with only the clothes on their backs.
His wife's family also cut ties with him. His married daughter was also divorced and returned, but she didn't understand what was going on. And later, their names were listed in detail in the morning newspaper as 'drug criminals' of the empire.
"Dear... drugs? How could you do such a thing!"
When attacked by his wife, his daughter also attacked him, saying, "This is the worst! The reason I was divorced... was because of you, Father!"
Then, a gentleman appeared in a carriage and stepped down.
"You seem to be in trouble, with nowhere to go? You seem to have your circumstances, but I won't ask. Please, come this way. Come with us."
Lured by the gentleman's sweet words, they all followed. And then, the men met violent deaths, and the women were stripped naked, collared, and made into sex slaves.
Learning of this, His Majesty muttered, "The end of villains is a sad one, Klaus."
"Sooner or later, that was their fate, Your Majesty."
There was no time to be sentimental. Internal affairs officers and clerks bustled about, saying the Viscount Bakuchi territory must be restored as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the four—Aria, Kate, Magira, and Torenoa—changed into their uniforms from early morning, went to the market, listened to various people, and confirmed things with their own eyes. After that, they changed into competitive swimsuits, ran on the sandy beach, learned to swim, and when finished, climbed stairs with sandbags on their backs.
After lunch, to verify what they heard at the morning market, they visited farms, fishing grounds, shops, and artisans to listen to their stories. Depending on the situation, they also went to government offices to get corroboration. They compiled reports, rewriting them while revising many times.
After finishing dinner, they gathered at my place.
"You're all bad at calculations, right? Starting today, we'll do the abacus!"
Starting with addition, I made something like a drill, and they practiced while moving their fingers, beginning with simple single digits. After about two hours, they couldn't concentrate anymore, so I had them take a bath and rest slowly.
Aria asked, "What is Shivans doing?" so I answered, "Helping people and exterminating pirates." Kate said, "Doing reckless things again..."
When Magira asked, "You student council members get along well, don't you?" and they nodded, Torenoa asked curiously, "Aristo-sama is also on the student council, right? Why doesn't he participate?"
Seeing Aria with a strained smile, Magira tugged on Torenoa's sleeve.
"My fiancé too, but your fiancé also likes women, right? Read between the lines!"
When she whispered that, Torenoa said, "Ah!" as if she understood. Then, Torenoa asked me if I didn't like women.
"It's not that just anyone will do. At the very least, I'm not fond of men."
She looked relieved at that answer. Apparently, I had been suspected of being a homo. When I asked why she would think that, she whispered in my ear, "There are quite a lot of men who want to grope my breasts, but Shivans-kun doesn't... And there are men who say Shivans-kun is good too..."
I'd like to exterminate such homos, but I gave up since I didn't know who or where they were. I reported, or rather told, Kate and Aria what I did every day.
"Today, I took down the corrupt pharmacists and asked His Majesty for new pharmacists. One of them is from the Quack Doctor Trio that Aria knows too."
They didn't seem very interested, but the two were amused to know where I was and what I was doing. Two days later, when I announced, "I'm giving everyone a day off! You can rest your bodies, or go fishing, sea bathing, or to the aquarium. From now on, I'll give you one day off a week!" not only the students but also the teachers were delighted.
Aria and the others continued their life of early morning market, morning training at the sea, afternoon inspections, and abacus after dinner.
And then the morning of the day off came. At breakfast, Aria was playing with her nipples from the morning, but Aristo didn't notice and was talking with other girls with a smile, so she put her hand in her skirt, pinched her clit, and spread her legs. When I put my hand in her clothes, unnoticed by everyone, she was wearing an open bra.
Today was a holiday, and she probably wanted Aristo to notice, but unfortunately, he seemed to have no eyes for her at all. While massaging her breasts, I said, "As Aria's best friend, shall I go give Aristo some advice?" She said, "Be my lover today! I'll come to your room later!"
As soon as I returned to my room, Aria came.
"Did you get sexually frustrated already?"
"Even though your lover came to see you! That's a terrible thing to say!"
I understood that people get angry when you hit the nail on the head. Despite her anger, she immediately got completely naked, got into bed, and said, "Let me suck it!" Just as she started sucking my cock, someone knocked violently on the door.
"Shivans, I'm coming in! Have you seen Aria?"
I can't exactly say she's under the futon right now, naked, sucking my cock.
"What is it? I can tell her if I see her?"
"N-No... it's fine. Sorry to bother you!"
For the time being, I had her finish me once with fellatio, in Aria's mouth. When Aria got dressed and went to find Aristo, I could hear him saying, "Lend me some money." Apparently, he didn't have money to play around with other women.
"For something like that, you should ask Klaus-sama or Windam-sama!"
"I can't ask them, that's why I'm asking you, Aria! Why don't you understand?"
I think Aristo is amazing for demanding money from his wife to play with other women... but since it looked like it would turn into a fight, I said, "I'll provide it," and he asked for 1,000,000 G.
"Of course, I'll pay it back when the training camp is over!"
"Understood."
When I handed over one gold coin, he disappeared with the women.
Feeling sorry for Aria, I gave her a cute, natural hairstyle with a wet look. I also changed her hair color, shaped her eyebrows, and did her makeup. I polished her nails for a slightly flashy impression. For clothes, I dressed her in a mini skirt one-piece to create an erotic-cute feel. I had her wear high heels, and she linked arms with me and went out into the town.
"People will know it's you, Aria, by your voice, so whisper!"
"Yeah! I know! Today, I'm your lover!"
We went out into the town, went to the aquarium, and spent time like lovers. When we went to a shop to look at clothes, I called out to Aristo, who was being forced by a girl to buy her clothes, saying, "Buy me this!"
"Hey! This is rare. Shivans is with a cute girl?"
"I think she's surely overwhelmed to be praised by you, Aristo-sama?"
Far from being overwhelmed, she was about to burst out laughing, but on the other hand, she probably felt a complex mix of sadness, wondering if he didn't even recognize his own wife. At a café in town, we were called a tall, slender handsome man and a petite but stylish beauty. As we had tea at the café, drawing the attention of the townspeople, Aria didn't seem entirely displeased as she gathered the gazes of the men.
After that, I used instant movement to go to a small, deserted hill. Moved by the beautiful scenery, Aria wept. A sudden gust of wind blew, and after memorizing the sight of her crying "Kyaa!" and holding down the front of her skirt, I turned it into a single painting. She seemed to like it, seeing her own cute, shy, natural appearance.
Staring at the painting, she happily said, "Thank you," and kissed me. When she said, "Hold me," I used instant movement to go to the room.
"Today, hold me senseless!"
Aria was excited as I put lewd underwear and restraints on her.
"I'm... being made to wear such a naughty outfit... I'm going to be subjected to even lewder, more indecent things, aren't I?"
When she spread her legs more than 180 degrees, love juice dripped steadily from her pussy, and she pleaded, "Please, I want it soon..."
When I was about to come, she clung to me tightly, saying, "Because I love you... cum inside me!"
When it was over, we kissed, and when she finished changing, she said, "F-From here on, we're best friends! Lovers are only in bed!" and went home.