episode_0460

-Charruk.

“Release, come quickly.”

“Okay, wait a minute! Ah, I’m not mentally ready yet… !”

“Come out quickly. It’s what you’ve always done.”

“Can’t you at least wear underwear?! Oh, or at least panties… .”

“It would have been better if you had just followed me. I saw Lilith try to kill me, so I should respond to this, right?”

Ethan shows me the back of his neck that still has a red stripe on it, along with those words.

The bleeding had stopped, but the thought of the wound, which could have been dangerous if the blade had gone in even a little deeper, sent a chill down my spine once again.

“Oh, I see… .”

I had done something wrong to him, so I had no choice but to follow him. After all, that was my fate as someone who had lost to Ethan.

Although I was completely naked, even after losing all my underwear, I was fortunate that I didn’t lose all my clothes.

“It would be nice if you took off that headdress too.”

“… This is not right.”

“Is that more important than underwear? I never thought you’d choose that when I asked you to choose between panties and that.”

“… … .”

… I somehow didn’t feel like taking off my headdress.

I don’t know why, but I just felt like this was more important than underwear.

Eventually, all the clothes on my body were taken off, leaving only a headdress on my head, and I had no choice but to be led out of the room by his hand.

-Bam!

“Huh, huheuup… !”

A view of the Blackwood corridor that I saw for the first time in a long time.

I felt a strange sense of discomfort as I entered the hallway with my gaze lowered by more than half than usual.

“If Release follows the walk quietly, I’ll finish it in one lap. I’ll just go around the four-story hallway of the mansion and come back here.”

“… Is that so?”

“Of course, if you don’t obey, you’ll be punished. You probably know what kind of punishment it is because you’ve experienced it so far. If you want to be punished, you don’t have to deliberately disobey.”

“… Don’t worry, that won’t happen.”

“You don’t have to be so scared. Release, I don’t like punishments that you really hate.”

… If you don’t truly hate it, then you won’t be punished, right?

I slowly walked down the hallway, harboring a slight doubt about Ethan’s words.

The thought of crawling naked on all fours across the top floor of Blackwood Manor made my heart race with depravity.

“Huh, huh… .”

“Are you excited already, Lilith?”

“… Huh, I wasn’t excited.”

“Even if you’re excited, hold on for a bit. I’ll take you to the ‘bathroom’ at the end.”

“… I, really, Master Harold… .”

“You said you were at the Academy right now. The only ones who can come up to the 4th floor are Isabel and Katarina, so don’t worry. And I don’t want my father to see me like this.”

“… I don’t really want to show it to Isabelle and Katarina either.”

… Judging from the fact that he doesn’t want to show it to Harold, it seems he is aware that he is acting like a fool.

Ethan, holding the chain at an appropriate length, walked in step with me. I followed him slowly, keeping pace with his strides.

If the distance between me and Ethan increases and the chain becomes taut or if we move too quickly and the chain makes a rustling sound, that’s called a ‘punishment’, so for now, I just need to be very careful about that part.

-Thump, thump.

“… … .”

-Just a little, just a little.

“Huh, huh… .”

With each step I took, an indescribable emotion surged up my spine.

Fear, dread, excitement, heart palpitations, shame, humiliation, confusion… and a little bit of lust.

It may seem strange that I feel sexual desire in this situation, but honestly, it was inevitable. Originally, when people felt a life-threatening crisis, they felt sexual desire because they wanted to leave behind descendants.

… Yes. This is a sexual desire that is born out of a need for survival. It is definitely not a sexual desire that is born out of excitement from things like this naked leash walk.

-Gulp.

‘Ah, shit… .’

I felt a warm liquid flowing down between my thighs. I wish it was sweat, but of course it wasn’t.

The only good thing was that I was crawling slightly behind Ethan, so he didn’t catch me doing this.

If I had walked ahead of Ethan, there was no way he would have noticed the liquid flowing between my thighs.

“Release.”

“… Yes, Master Ethan.”

“Are you going to keep answering so stiffly? I already know that Lilith’s true nature is not like that. React a little more honestly. It’s okay if you get angry and swear like before.”

“… I appreciate your consideration, but I’m more comfortable here, so please don’t worry about it.”

“If that’s convenient, why did you suddenly start speaking informally to me earlier?”

“… It’s just a flexible way of speaking depending on the situation, Ethan.”

“… … Yeah. I still don’t like it.”

Ethan threatened me in a slightly low voice, as if he didn’t like something about my answer.

As I was walking quietly, trying my best not to show any sign of fear, the chain on my necklace shook once.

-Clang!

“… … !”

“There’s a sound, Release.”

“… … Yes?”

“I told you not to make a sound like the chains are dragging. But now that I’m making a sound like this, I’m going to get punished, right?”

“Yes, yes?!”

No, what the hell is this?

I was dumbfounded by Ethan’s claim that I should be the one punishing him, when all he did was shake the chain in his hand and make a sound, regardless of me.

“Where is that nonsense!”

“Forced?”

“I, I’m not saying that it’s my fault! It’s unfair to punish me for this, Master Ethan!”

“Release I feel bad because I didn’t like your answer, so it’s your fault.”

“Where on earth did such arbitrary words come from… .”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden? Isn’t Lilith better at doing whatever she wants than I am?”

“… … Yes?”

“You really put up with it a lot. Even when Lilith acted selfishly, I thought there was a reason for everything in the end. But the result was Lilith suddenly leaving without saying a word to me. Do you, Lilith, have the right to say that I acted selfishly?”

“… … .”

Shit. That’s not what I did.

Well, based on the circumstances, I think it was probably me who did it, but I don’t remember.

I felt wronged by Ethan accusing me of something I didn’t do, but I didn’t think any more resistance would work.

… In the first place, I didn’t have the courage to make a fuss because I thought that someone other than Ethan might find out about this ridiculous nonsense.

I don’t know about Isabel or Katarina, but I definitely didn’t want to be caught by any other servants, especially male servants.

“Okay, it’s time to get punished.”

“… … .”

-Thump thump, thump thump.

Looking at how they’ve set the mood like this, it definitely won’t be an easy punishment.

But since you said you wouldn’t do a punishment that I truly hate… surely you’re not going to make me do something really weird?

Maybe this time he would ask me to have anal sex with him. I could feel that he had the will to put his finger in my asshole at least once, if given the chance.

‘If he really asks me to put it in his butt, how should I respond…?’

At that moment, I was extremely nervous, wondering if I could really refuse Ethan’s punishment in this situation.

I felt the sensation of the headdress on my head being taken away and something else placed on top.

“Okay, release. This is the punishment.”

“… Master Ethan?”

“It suits you well. Cat ear maid headband.”

“… … .”

“No matter what, there’s no way I would punish you so mercilessly, Lilith. I just changed the headdress because I was bored. Is this okay?”

“… Yes, it’s okay.”

I touched the headband and it was definitely a headdress with two cat ears.

Actually, it was nonsense in the first place that he was the one who raised his voice and blamed me and punished me. I knew that Ethan wasn’t that kind of person.

‘It’s fortunate that I didn’t make any strange demands, but…’

… I don’t know what this suffocating feeling that is blooming in my chest along with a sense of relief is that is confusing me so much.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

About 25 minutes had passed since Ethan’s naked leash walk began.

The fourth floor of the Blackwood Manor consists of a square-shaped hallway. The doors on the outside of the hallway contain rooms for various purposes, including Ethan and I’s room, while the doors on the inside lead to the central rooftop of the fourth floor.

Ethan walked leisurely, taking about ten minutes to walk down each side of the square hallway, so naturally my pace had to match his.

‘It’s a little over halfway through now… . Sigh… .’

I was anxious and worried that someone might come up from downstairs, but thankfully that didn’t happen. Ethan didn’t seem to do anything strange either, except when he changed my hairband earlier.

We did have some casual conversations like when we went to the academy together, but honestly, it was impossible for a casual conversation to last long in this situation.

And more than anything else, the reason I couldn’t concentrate on the conversation was because of the physiological needs that had been building up in my lower body since a while ago.

‘I need to go to the bathroom…’

Maybe it was because I drank too much water this morning, or maybe it was because I was nervous about walking around naked.

The physiological need felt from below was slowly reaching its limit. If there was even a little more delay, something really bad would happen.

‘Walk faster, you little Ethan…’

I walk with as much patience as I can, holding back the urge that feels like it’s going to burst out from below.

At about a quarter of the way through the walking route, Ethan suddenly stopped walking and looked back at me.

“Release.”

“… Hmph, yes… . Uh, Master Ethan… .”

“You look a little tired. Are you going to the bathroom?”

“… … .”

“I’m not moving from here until you tell me honestly.”

…fuck.

This kid definitely knew and did this.

Unlike me, who has no memory, this guy Ethan must have taken me on ‘walks’ like this several times.

Since it wasn’t an atmosphere where anyone would believe him even if I denied it, I just nodded quietly and agreed with what he said for the time being.

“Yes, Master Ethan.”

“It’s almost time for that. Should I stop by the bathroom for a bit, Release?”

“Please, Lord Ethan.”

I asked for Ethan’s permission, and although this situation itself was a bit awkward, it was a lot better than just peeing in the hallway.

I thought it was a good opportunity since the 4th floor bathroom was nearby, so I agreed to his words, but I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed again by Ethan’s actions that followed immediately.

“Excuse me, Lord Ethan… ?”

“Then, before we finish our walk, let’s stop by the ‘restroom’.”

“This, this isn’t a bathroom… . Ugh, aaah?!”

The place Ethan dragged me to, saying he would take me to the ‘bathroom’, was not the bathroom on the fourth floor, but the door leading to the central rooftop of Blackwood Manor.