Chapter 86 - 86: The East Empire in Turmoil
All the hospitals in the imperial capital were covered with "Cold Protection" and "Insulation," making them comfortable year-round without heat or cold.
The shop on the first floor sold women's clothing, underwear, swimsuits, sanitary products, childcare supplies, lotion, soap, and more.
Knowing that the sewing techniques of this country couldn't produce these, they sold quite well even at high prices.
They sold so well that the shop was moved to the entrance, allowing general customers to visit as well.
In the garden, a sandbox, a slide, swings, and other things were built so that the children of single mothers could play, and it gained a good reputation in the neighborhood.
It was like a combined daycare center and nursery school, and grandmothers who loved children and were languishing in the slums were hired to look after them.
A nursing room and a relaxation room were built on the first floor.
Women with worries or those seeking healing were soothed by soft, warm-colored lights and a music box playing in the room.
Since there was something like incense, I granted it "Heal" to help them relax.
At the daycare center, the picture books I made became popular with the children, and they began to study words.
The cafeteria hired people with cooking skills, and they were undergoing special training while looking at the recipes I created.
I told the staff working here that they could use everything for free, and they were overjoyed.
"Meals and rent are free?! We even get clothes and underwear provided for free? You're amazing! If you get fired this time, I'll kill you!"
Everyone thought that Marco's wife would seriously kill him if she missed out on this benefit.
It seemed Marco had come here fleeing after making a move on the shop owner's woman, and then making a move on a dangerous guy's woman.
His wife was named Maron, 21 years old. Her child was two years old and had just started to be weaned.
"That's not all! You cheated on me with countless women in between, and just the other day, you haven't forgotten that I was beaten and nearly raped by the boyfriend of the woman you assaulted, have you?"
Maron lamented, wanting a divorce.
Marco was looked at by the women with eyes one would reserve for trash.
"I see. So you've been doing such terrible things to your wife all this time? You don't need to worry. I won't fire you. It's because your wife and child are pitiful. I'm called a renowned doctor, but conversely, I'm also quite skilled at breaking things. Would you like to be experimented on with your own body?"
At my words, Marco shook his head, terrified. His wife Maron clapped her hands in delight and clung to me, and when I secretly kissed her, she looked happy.
Marco was the typical type who forgets the heat once it passes his throat, so I secretly placed a Slave Mark on him, making it so he would suffer the moment he harbored any wicked thoughts.
After that, a 19-year-old woman named Apricot came to my office.
I had her working in the administrative office, handling accounting. This single mother was diligently studying the abacus.
"Thank you for picking me up. I was thinking about dying. My husband was named Gapper, and he was handsome and very kind. I was doing things like a prostitute at a bar, but he said he didn't mind and said, 'Let's be together,' and I was so happy!"
It seemed she had been deceived by a common trick.
"The reason he paid well was because he was borrowing money from a dangerous place, and I found that out when he ran away and the debt collectors came to me. He said his job was 'a merchant at a trading company,' but that was a complete lie. When I realized I had been deceived, I was already pregnant with his child."
"That must have been hard. But it's okay now. By the way, what brings you here today? Did you come all this way just to thank me?"
She shook her head, opened her front, and said, "My milk production is poor," so I had her come closer and massaged her breasts. She undressed herself, pressed her large breasts against me, and said, "Please suck a lot!"
"Please give me your milk too, Doctor!"
Saying that, she took off her panties, performed fellatio, straddled me, and shook her hips.
"It's been so long since I've had sex! And your cock, Doctor, feels incredibly good! I'm not using contraception, but if you don't want to get me pregnant, please push me away. If your compliments about me being beautiful aren't a lie, please cum inside me!"
When I asked if it was okay if it happened, she said, "I want to get pregnant with your child, Doctor!" so I came inside her without holding back. Of course, when I had her do cleaning fellatio, she said, "Just occasionally is fine, so please embrace me!" then changed clothes and left.
When I went outside, Maron was there playing with her child in the sandbox.
When she spotted me, she spread her legs so that the purple lace panties under her short skirt were visible.
"Mama has something to talk about with the Doctor. Go play with your friends."
Saying that, she entrusted her child to another teacher, went behind the building, squatted in front of me, shifted her panties so her pussy was visible, and performed fellatio.
"After this, embrace me in your room! Because when I have sex with you, Doctor, I can't help but make noise."
Whenever she had time, Maron had become a woman who wanted me to embrace her.
Saying, "Since my husband has been doing whatever he wants all this time," she came to me asking, "I want you to embrace me!"
(She's let it slip to those around her that she likes it here. She probably calculates that even if her husband leaves, she and her child can remain here.)
"I only have you, Doctor, so I'm cute, right!"
"You're incredibly lewd, aren't you, Maron?"
"It's your fault, Doctor! Originally, my husband is quick and finishes right away..."
When I came inside her as if it were the most natural thing, she said, "If I get pregnant, I'll have to have excuse sex... How depressing..." so I said, "It's fine. I'll manage that somehow," and she happily performed cleaning fellatio.
When I went to meet the Boss of the imperial capital's underworld, he laughed and said, "I can't refuse a request from Shivans-sama." It seemed he had profited considerably from this recent turmoil.
I handed over many wanted posters with facial sketches.
"This guy is called Gapper, a guy who uses women for his own gain. Let me know if you catch him. Give the one who catches him a reward of 100,000 G. This is a commission for you, Boss."
When I handed over 1,000,000 G, he immediately distributed the wanted posters to his executives and ordered them, "Bring him in alive if possible."
The man in that facial sketch was the man who had been Apricot's husband.
The imperial capital had been under a going-out ban for a long time, and everyone was accumulating stress.
Of course, since movement within the capital was allowed, the men were visiting brothels every night.
Sion, Iara, and Tanny complained to Celia, who had become beautiful after being embraced by me, saying, "Even though we're on the same team, we're the only ones with nothing!" When the troubled Celia came to consult me, I took Sion and the others to Aqua, and they were stunned. All three of them were covered in scars. So I cast "Heal" and "Revive" on them and cleaned them up with hair removal cream.
Then, Sion, though slender, turned out looking like a fair-skinned, refined beauty.
Iara became a tanned, flashy gal type.
Tanny became a gentle young lady type, and the gap with her huge breasts was incredible.
When I made the reluctant three change into swimsuits and go to the pool, despite their reluctance, they got completely hooked. They frolicked wildly on the water slide and trampoline. When they went to the food stalls and were praised by the shopkeepers and customers, "Shivans-sama's older sisters?! They're super beautiful!" the three of them didn't seem entirely displeased.
'Shivans-sama is handsome too, but the three older sisters are different types, yet I admire them!'
'If I had such beautiful older sisters, I wouldn't be able to get married!'
'You! You have no intention of marrying me, do you!'
'It's just a figure of speech! Forgive me! Agyaaa—!'
Seeing that, the three burst into laughter, and I made the mistake of saying, "If I had older sisters, I wonder if it would have felt like this? I don't have any older sisters."
Having been embraced by me, lost their virginity, and learned the pleasures of a woman, these three were a little unhinged. Iara and Tanny were one year older than Sion, but all three were completely absorbed in a perverted world of a sibling relationship.
"Hey, Shi-kun, you like Sion-neechan the most, right? You've always said she's the cutest even though her chest is small, haven't you? You want to cum a lot inside Neechan's pussy today too, right? You've been saying since you were a child that you'd get Neechan pregnant! Neechan will give birth for you!"
I wondered since when that had become the established backstory...
"That's wrong! Shivans, you like licking my pussy, don't you? You want to cum from Iara-neechan's fellatio, right? But no! Don't put your finger in my ass today! I'm going to make you cum in the cowgirl position and get pregnant!"
Thinking this was a set-up, when I grabbed Iara's big ass and inserted a finger into her anus while she was shaking her hips, she squirted spectacularly with a gush. After she thoroughly finished cleaning fellatio, Tanny spread her legs wide and beckoned me.
"Shi-chan, you like Tanny-neechan's boobs, which are bigger than anyone else's, right? Bury your face more in Neechan's boobs!"
She hugged me, calling me cute, and even did a titty fuck fellatio, sandwiching my cock between her breasts. When I ejaculated, she grabbed my cock, pressed it against her own pussy, and said, "Give Shi-chan's cock to Neechan's lewd hairless pussy! It's a no-no if you spill your semen outside. Say, 'Please give birth to my baby,' like you always do! Neechan will grant any wish of Shi-chan's!"
I'd heard that if you remain a virgin past 30, you become a wizard, but to think that if you remain a virgin past 20, you become a brocon... This other world is terrifying.
One day, evening.
I was meeting with His Majesty the Emperor.
It was as a so-called "gardener" existence. It was a place where only His Majesty appeared.
"How was it? Tell me the unvarnished truth."
"Both the army heading north and the army heading west seemed to be in a sightseeing mood. They are still missing. Stopping at villages and towns along the way, they mercilessly requisitioned daughters and married women, stole food, and behaved worse than bandits. Voices cursing Your Majesty can be heard everywhere."
His Majesty clenched his hands tightly, his fists trembling in frustration.
It had been discovered that the majority of the adventurers who infiltrated the palace and were already cut down and killed were the sons of nobles. Moreover, many were the second sons or younger of the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, and bureaucrats.
"Father... please cover this up again! It was just a momentary lapse!"
It turned out that they had been making their crimes disappear like this all the time.
"The national budget has vanished, and you think a 'momentary lapse' will suffice!"
His Majesty seemed about to explode with rage.
So, when I asked if I could offer one opinion, he nodded.
"Both the military and the government are suffering from the harmful effects of relying on idiot nobles. This is Your Majesty's mistake. You should have appointed talented individuals regardless of status, as I've been saying. Your decision was too late."
"What you say is painful to hear. However, I, who did not heed those words, am the most at fault. This time, I shall do something that will surprise you."
When I said I had more to say, he made a bitter face and asked, "What is it?"
"Let's disband the knight orders. There is a method that will force even them to accept it. What do you think? Lend me your ear..."
His Majesty listened and said, "Interesting! Prepare it immediately! Can it be done in one week?" When I nodded, he said, "I'll have it advertised right away!" and was enthusiastic.
The first place I headed was the military. When I showed His Majesty's written order, I was told, "P-Please! Come through!"
"Where is the training ground?"
"This way! I shall guide you!"
The soldier leader who gave his name as Gary said he was 40 years old.
He lamented that because he was of commoner birth, he couldn't rise any further in rank.
"I-I'm sorry... for complaining..."
"It's quite alright. Please guide me to the general's location later as well."
He looked puzzled as to why, but there were several training grounds. When I found a place that seemed capable of holding spectators and freely remodeled it with earth magic, Gary nearly collapsed in shock. I dug down the grounds and raised the surroundings. I erected pillars at the four corners and set up an "Instant Death Prevention" barrier.
"Y-You can work well in such darkness?"
"This is still bright. Compared to the darkness of hell... you know."
Hearing my words, he gave a strained smile and guided me to the general's room.
When I went to the building where the general was, I was stopped by a guard soldier.
"You! What time do you think it is? His Excellency is already about to retire for the night."
I showed His Majesty's written order and said, "So you refuse an imperial command. Tomorrow, General Cooper and you shall be summoned to the palace for treason!" and started to leave, when he said, "P-Please wait! Immediately! I will guide you to His Excellency immediately!" and opened the door, rushing up the stairs.
"Your Excellency! It's an imperial command! I'm opening the door!"
I could hear him frolicking with a woman on the bed in the back. After a while, he came out with a displeased look.
"What business do you have at this hour!"
"This is an imperial command from His Majesty. Prepare the training grounds within one week. His Majesty is aware that you are not doing your job as a general. If you do not complete this within one week, you will not only lose your position as general, but your head will be displayed alongside those idiot nobles. He is also already aware that you bring women here and neglect your work. If you don't want to die, work without sleeping. Consider this your last chance."
To the guard soldiers behind him and Gary, I added with intimidation, "If you fail to report that this man is slacking off again, His Majesty's eyes will punish you as well. Understood?" The guard soldiers and Gary replied, "Ha!" and nearly wet themselves.
Cooper's subordinates panicked, realizing they were being watched by His Majesty's Shadow Unit.
"We'll be punished because of the general? That's not worth it..."
"That bastard... let's make him work!"
Gary felt that his position relative to the general had reversed.
"General. I will dispose of the woman here. Please begin the preparations now. After all, it is His Majesty's imperial command!"
The guard soldiers also treated him like a criminal, urging him, "Come on! Hurry up!"
When I returned to the inn, Leila had recovered and been discharged from the hospital.
It seemed the time had finally come to embrace Leila, Miki, and Maya.
"Are you really okay?"
"Thanks to you, Shivans-sama! I'm completely better!"
But when it came time to actually be embraced, she was trembling.
Leila was usually feared, but since it was her first time, she looked nervous and was already drenched in sweat.
"Don't look at my face so much... it's embarrassing..."
She hid her face with her hands and trembled.
"Can you tell it's in? Does it hurt?"
"Yeah! It's okay... My pussy is making squelching sounds too, can you tell I'm feeling it so much? Ah! It feels good! So sex was this wonderful."
She clung to me tightly and began shaking her hips with abandon.
"Ah... There... That's good... Move more... It's getting bigger inside me... Cum your semen inside me! Please!"
Miki's large breasts swayed, and her nipples were sensitive.
"Just having my nipples sucked... I'm cumming!"
Maya squirted many times from cunnilingus.
"If sex is this good... I should have had you embrace me sooner... I feel like I missed out."
Then, the big-sisterly Leila began to lecture.
"You're a girl, you know. It's not just anyone who will do!"
"There were a lot of unhappy people even among adventurers, huh... Sorry."
Thus, the three of them held hands and rejoiced that they had been embraced by me.
The next morning.
I went to the Garuga Kingdom and entered Berry's room, where the four of them were waiting completely naked. However, they all looked gloomy, so I asked why.
I knew Berry, Pia, and Suteen were adventurers, but it seemed their boyfriends were on the same team. Originally, the three of them were a team, but three handsome guys apparently joined them, saying, "Be my girlfriend!"
"It was good until about a year ago..." Berry said, and Pia added, "It was good until then! Our rank went up too!" Suteen nodded.
"Now, they're just freeloaders living off our money. And it seems they have quite a few other women, so they said we were just cash cows. And then, saying they had nothing left to sell, they sold us to the army."
Suteen also seemed to believe, though without proof, that they had been sold to the army. Tangerine, who was Berry's cousin, was said to be a married woman, but she denied it.
"That guy wasn't even a lover. He was just a drunk who barged in on his own. The other day, when I saw his face for the first time in a while, he said, 'Who are you?' He didn't even remember my name or face. So I handed him over to the military police, saying he was a thief."
There was even a rumor that he died in the military police jail. So that's why she came here, she told me with a laugh.
Then, an auntie who was well-informed even in the slums came and said, "Berry, your boyfriends, all three of them, are in big trouble! They were sold to a slave trader for making a move on a dangerous guy's woman! Don't you need to save them?"
The three of them clapped their hands in delight.
But then, 20 yakuza-like men came barging in, saying, "The women who belong to Hazel and the others are here, right? The women named Berry, Pia, and Suteen!"
"Oho! What a fine collection of top-quality goods!"
It was the moment they tried to pounce. I kicked that guy up, making him writhe in agony, and the remaining 19 men boiled with rage.
"My, my. What dirty shoes. Did you think you'd be forgiven for entering with your shoes on?"
When I advanced on them, mixing intimidation and bloodlust, they collapsed, whimpering, "Hiii..."
"Hey? Did you think you could lay a hand on my woman and return alive? Or were you confident that you'd be fine?"
I took out a knife and stabbed the legs of the cowering men repeatedly as I questioned them, but they all screamed and cried.
"Bring the person who ordered you to kidnap my woman here. If he doesn't come within five minutes, the 19 people here will bleed too much and die."
I let only one go unharmed.
Then I said to the 19, "You wanted to know what happens if you cause trouble for me or the people here, right? I'll teach you!" and they wet themselves.
When I hung the 19 of them naked from the third floor, the yakuza came rushing back.
"Boss! This way!"
This time they brought about 40 people, but when all of them had their limbs bent the wrong way and collapsed unconscious on the roadside, the slum residents immediately began stripping them of their belongings.
I tracked down the boss from their memories and arrived at the boss's place.
"Who the hell are you... Do you know where this is?"
"You're the one who should ask: whose woman did you try to lay a hand on? She's my woman, you know? Naturally, you're prepared to die, right?"
When he asked what happened to his guards and subordinates, I showed him the scenery outside the window. There, a hellish landscape spread out, with the boss's subordinates collapsed and covered in blood.
"I-I didn't know... Forgive me! Guh!"
"Don't think 'I didn't know' will cut it! From now on, if my woman sheds even a single tear or anything unfortunate happens, I'll kill everyone here. Even if you're not involved. You attacked based on a misunderstanding too, so don't complain!"
I took all the luxurious furniture, furnishings, and valuables that were at the boss's place.
I returned, forgave the 19, and healed the 40 lying outside a little so they could talk.
"Remember the faces of the women here. If anything at all happens to them, you'll suffer even worse next time," I said, and one of them, on the verge of tears, replied, "But it might not be us, right?"
"What are you saying! You attacked based on a misunderstanding! Even if it's other guys, I'll blame you and kill you all. If you don't like that, protect them forever!"
Hearing that, the yakuza nodded, trembling, and fled. Berry and the others clung to me, crying, and said, "Embrace us to death! Right now, I want to be embraced until I go mad!"
Berry and the others' ex-boyfriends were surrounded by the fleeing yakuza and the boss, trembling in fear.
"You bastards tricked us good! Making us fight a monster like that! We won't sell you to a slave trader! You bastards will work until you die!"
The boss ordered his subordinates to make the three ex-boyfriends do hard labor during the day and work as male prostitutes at night.
When I returned to the imperial capital of the East Empire, it was in an uproar.
One reason was His Majesty's "Noble Dismantling."
It was announced that parents of noble children who caused problems were being demanded: for a Duke, 10 billion per person.
Marquises and Margraves, 5 billion. Counts, 3 billion. Viscounts, 2 billion. Barons, 1 billion.
Baronets, 500 million. Knight Titles, 300 million. Quasi-Knight Titles, 100 million. Cabinet ministers and bureaucrats were being further investigated and demanded additional penalty fees.
[If you do not pay, you will be treated as rebels. This country is my country. If nobles arbitrarily impose heavy taxes, it will be considered rebellion.]
In other words, he was telling them not to tax the people to raise the funds.
Everyone was made to understand that dissolution was the fundamental premise, and they were utterly distressed.
Rumors flew that His Majesty's spies had been dispatched everywhere. Rumors circulated that even if they paid, they would be demoted. The capital was abuzz with this talk.
"They attacked the palace. It can't be helped."
"But... won't there be a rebellion?"
Half the populace was amused, and the other half was anxious that a civil war would break out. And the other announcement was the declaration that the "Imperial Guard Knights" would be formed.
[Conditions: Swear loyalty to His Majesty. Excel in martial prowess.]
With just these two points, status, gender, and age were completely irrelevant. The exam was in one week, a simple matter of fighting active knights at the military training ground and winning.
[Stranger], [Jupiter], [Moon Beauty], and [White Tiger] naturally said they wanted to take it. Alba showed reluctance.
"We're already being held up as it is... Please think about my situation a little!"
Thinking there would be no problem if we could just return to Roast Town, I said, "Then, Alba-san, please prepare to return. I will take you back," and he hurriedly prepared. Then, along with the carriage, we arrived at Smith Trading Company.
"Ah! That's right! I sold the weapons and armor!"
When I received 100 million, I met with Smith-san. There, when I told him that the nobles were in dire straits, he laughed as if amused.
"His Excellency the Margrave is finished too. His son has been captured, so he'll likely be billed 10 billion. He might even approach you with a sweet deal, asking for a loan, perhaps?"
He laughed heartily and said, "I'm sure he'll beg for a 10 billion loan at a good interest rate. But I will absolutely not board a sinking ship."
Smith whispered to his head clerk, saying he would spread the word to the various trading companies.