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I said I would go with the Queen.

This was a reasonable conclusion that reflected absolutely no selfishness, but…they looked at me as if they were asking me to explain the reason.

“Okay, first of all, you can’t do Kuzunoha.”

It is true that Kuzunoha has helped us a lot, but it is difficult to see her as a representative of the human side that is currently conducting the alliance. And if we are to use the crystal ball in case of an unexpected situation like before, Kuzunoha must remain here and operate the ball.

“I see. But next time…”

“Then Hyunho, why can’t you be my older sister?”

One of the criteria for choosing who to go with me was strength. There were many other people in the village, but according to Mayhen, he and the queen were the strongest, so I had a hard time deciding between the two.

“The original plan was to go out with Mayhen. If you keep in contact with me, you can take one of them.”

The reason is that if something goes wrong, a battle might break out. If it’s Meihen, I can move around without any problems even if I’m carrying a baggage. Also, I can help in close combat, even if it’s not much help.

However, since the Queen is a sorceress, if I get close enough to fight her, my fighting power will decrease drastically. On the other hand, if I fight her at the distance she wants, there is nothing I can do.

But now, the story is different because of this necklace.

“This necklace increases the radius of activity, so I think it would be more helpful to go with the Queen in battle. Queen, how many meters can this chain extend?”

“10m in the old version. If we research a little more, 15m might be possible.”

15m. That should be a reasonable distance for the Queen to cast her spell and for me to guard the surrounding area. If you consider the combination, it would be better to have one magician mixed in rather than two swordsmen.

Now, it’s no different from reality, but since this is a game world, it may be more effective to match the combination rather than just two tests.

Even I think it’s a well-made excuse for something made on the spot. Mayhen nodded, convinced by my explanation. Did you get it?

‘I’m sorry, sis. I did it because I was embarrassed.’

A reasonable conclusion? Well, maybe around 30% of it is due to the reasons mentioned above, so it’s not a complete lie.

But the real reason is that I’m embarrassed. I can guarantee that if I go out with Mayhen, she’ll always carry me. A warrior who proposes an alliance while being held in a maid’s arms? Oh, sir… Absolutely not.

Well, the problem is solved since I decided to go with the Queen. Was the upset stomach due to stress? I feel much better now that the problem is solved.

‘The food is delicious.’

***

After dinner, I headed to the study with the Queen. The room where I barked so hard. It’s not a bad memory.

In my daily routine, I would practice first, and then I would do other things. In this castle, the phrase “being pressed for time” doesn’t make sense, so if I had to skip practice like this… it would definitely require physical strength.

While I sat in my chair waiting, the Queen was rummaging through a large box leaning against the wall of her office.

Tools were slightly visible outside the box. Various black tools. A whip that had been used before, a leather outfit with a high degree of exposure, etc.

Ah, I see… Then I can understand why Mayhen readily gave up her time. She must have thought this was more important. And actually, um, it does use a lot of stamina.

“You’re right. Before we go in, let’s change our titles. Didn’t I tell you to call me Lina before? ”

Was it like that? Even if I try to recall, I don’t remember saying anything other than ‘woof’ and ‘woof woof’…

“Let’s change that title. Normally, just call me Lina. You can call me Lina. But when we start doing that, let’s use honorifics.”

“In the first place, warrior, there’s no need for you to be respectful to me, right? Well… I’m not asking you to be too close to Meihen, but it’s true that we’re going to have to work together for the revival of humanity in the future…”

Your Majesty, that is, Lina, said to me as she continued to rummage through the box.

After that, I had to make a distinction between playing and normal times while talking nonsense… I gave various reasons, but in the end, I wanted to be friends. It was cute how her ears turned red because she was embarrassed. I understand what Mayhen means when she says she’s shy. It’s just that her speech is a bit authoritative.

Of course, since I spent most of my time with Mayhen, I didn’t have much time to talk to Lina. Before, Lina would avoid me… Ah, since that day, Lina’s attitude toward me has gotten a little better. We’ve been talking a little more, too.

“Mayhen is too strict with luggage. She wasn’t like that when she was little… Ah, I found it. Take this.”

“Oh, yeah.”

What Lina threw was a cleaning tool. Suddenly?

“I can’t do it on the desk, so I’ll have to do it on the floor. So I have to clean up the mess first, right?”

“No, I’m fine…”

Rather than being too clean, it might be better to be a little dirty… But Lina frowned and started cleaning without saying anything. I can’t just stand there and do nothing when the Queen herself is cleaning.

We cleaned the floor and moved hazards such as glass on desks to a safe place where there was no risk of falling.

“This is fine. It’s comfortable.”

“Right? Come here. The luggage is big. I’ll pack it again and put it in.”

Lina took the cleaning supplies from me and started organizing them next to the boxes they were in. Cleaning… It didn’t seem like something befitting a queen, but Lina looked very familiar.

“Is cleaning your hobby? You look familiar.”

“Ah, I’ve been cleaning regularly since I was little.”

After finishing cleaning up, Lina took out the black objects from the large box and calmly confessed her past.

“I was originally 12 years old. Until then, I couldn’t have imagined that I would become a king.”

It is said that before the age of 12, Lina was treated as a person who barely existed in the royal family.

The only person I’m close with is Mayhen. I had teachers to at least educate me, but they were all people who didn’t care about anything other than education.

“The only person I had was Mayhen-nee. And Mayhen-nee wasn’t a maid back then, so I had to do everything on my own. Cleaning was just one of them.”

It is said that he admired Mayhen, who could do everything on her own.

After Mayhen proved his abilities and was appointed as a full-fledged knight, I thought we would never meet again…

“It was three years later when I saw Mayhen again, the youngest knight ever. For some reason, when I was 15, all the people above me suddenly died. So I, who didn’t even know if they existed or not, was called in as someone who inherited royal blood.”

“Oh, uh…”

Is this a sad story? I’ve never felt comforted before…

It’s better than not doing it at all, even if it’s awkward – I thought, as I reached out my hand, I heard a click – the sound of something locking near my wrist.

“There’s no need for consolation. I have no good feelings toward my dead family. Rather, it’s a good thing that Mayhen is taking care of me.”

Lina spoke to me as she tightened the filled handcuffs.

“Let’s talk about that depressing story later. Now is the time to check the tools.”

“Oh, is that so? Then first, can you tell me what I have in my hand?”

It definitely felt like I was in a gloomy mood just a moment ago. Am I mistaken? Maybe he’s sensing my discomfort and doing this.

But, um… after hearing the story just now, I’m a little hesitant to ask you to play… and I’m worried that I might be ruining a considerate person.

***

“This is a humblr. It’s something that you put in a man’s vagina and send to the back of his thigh.”

“I’m sure I won’t be able to get up and crawl around if I wear this. Hmm… isn’t this hole too small?”

“Is that so? If so, hold off.”

The next thing he showed me after the handcuffs was a tool to force me to crawl. However, the hole was too narrow to use directly, so it seemed like blood wouldn’t flow through it.

We were just checking out what tools the two of us would use.

When I looked at the tools Lina had lined up on her desk, I couldn’t help but think, ‘She really prepared hard.’

The handcuffs that were put on my arms earlier weren’t just any handcuffs. They were cross handcuffs that bound both arms. In addition, there were handcuffs, thumb handcuffs, and arm binders that weren’t handcuffs but bound the entire arm. I could feel that this world was very wide.

“And this, back then, the whip was brought for combat. When I looked it up, I found that it was used for this purpose separately.”

“This is… Wow, is this rabbit fur?”

There were many swinging tools, such as a whip with a strong handle and several rabbit hairs divided into several branches, called a plugger, and a wooden paddle covered with leather.

“I asked you to make it yourself with soft rabbit fur, just in case it hurts too much. I’ll tell you a review later, so tell me when you’re done.”

“Wait a minute, you asked me to make it myself? And you even told me where you were going to use it?”

“…? Ah, don’t worry. I just asked for something for the warrior. ”

No, is there any situation where you would use something like this other than for sexual purposes? If I were to say that… For some reason, the eyes of the villagers were strange before.

The tools felt very luxurious, but they were all custom-made by hand. Come to think of it, there was no way these tools would be in the castle. I closed my eyes tightly as I thought about stopping by the workshop later.

“Then, let’s leave the tools at this point and move on to the clothing.”

“Okay, that took longer than I thought.”

We started matching outfits with each other.

The original costume… was too burdensome for Lina, so she compromised by modifying the combat uniform she originally wore and wearing leather boots and gloves.

“Ugh, ahem…”

“What, why are you laughing?”

“No. Warrior, when I summoned you, I never imagined you would do something like this.”

It’s funny. I never thought I would do something like this. It wasn’t the situation. Also, I didn’t know I had this tendency. Or is it a tendency that’s developed?

“So, warrior. Does it suit you?”

“Yeah. Really.”

Seriously, the uniform type suits a body type like Lina better than someone with a voluptuous figure like Mayhen or Cecil. I’m not saying Lina has small breasts, but… I think a moderate chest looks better in bringing out the style of the clothes.

Honestly, my heart races when I see her wearing leather boots and gloves and holding a whip. There’s no one else I can ask to do this kind of thing but Lina.

Last time, when I was tied up and asked Kuzunoha and Kinto to sell me. Honestly, I was really excited at that time. It was like that just hearing it, but what if I experienced it myself? But I can’t ask just anyone.

If Mayhen did it, it would be truly violent, and I can’t ask the demons to do it. At least Friday and Saturday would suit me… But when I think about how I teased them later, I don’t want to ask them again.

The minimum requirement for doing something like this is that the person who takes on the role of the master must be a person of common sense. Shouldn’t he be someone who can control himself so that he doesn’t get too excited and cross the line?

Well, in this castle, there are other sensible people besides Lina, Cecil’s mom and older sister, but she’s too kind, so I feel bad asking her to do something like this. And she doesn’t look like she’d fit with a whip at all.

In reality, appearance is important, apart from being shy.

In that respect, no one is better suited to this role than Lina, who has slightly upturned cat-like eyes and an appearance that might bring back school traumas for some.

“…There’s something about that look that makes me feel uncomfortable.”

“No, I was actually admiring how pretty it was.”

Lina doesn’t know much about this side, but neither do I. It’s also good that we can gradually get to know each other. It’s ideal to have a relationship where we take care of each other.

Oh? Now that I think about it, of all the relationships I’ve had here, this one seems the most normal…

I suddenly feel my eyes get wet as I realize that the most normal relationship is being handcuffed and wearing a blindfold.

While waiting for orders on her knees, Lina began to speak hesitantly.

“Well, that’s it. There’s one problem.”

“What?”

“No, stop barking. And take off the blindfold.”

Ahem, I thought it had already started, but I guess not.

I took off the blindfold, roughly untied the handcuffs, and approached Lina. What could be the problem?

“I was busy studying the tools, so I didn’t have time to make a plan on how to proceed. I just made a rough draft in a hurry… Can you help me?”

“Draft? Let me take a look.”

The paper Lina was holding had a simple story and illustrations drawn on it.

It seems to be about being captured by an enemy country and being tortured to tell secrets… something like that.

“Yeah, but I don’t know how to torture you. Can you help me?”

“…Write what you want to happen to me with your own hands?”

Lina nodded and handed me a pen and paper.

I quietly accepted it and personally wrote down the event I wanted. Then I handed it back to him after writing down some details.

“How about this?”

“Aha… Then, should I step on this part?”

“Uh… maybe? If there’s something awkward while playing, you can change it on the spot… Oh, and here. ”

We began to polish the content, taking turns holding our pens in such a friendly manner. Lina also seemed to become interested in the middle of it, and she began to write with her eyes shining.

But this is… I’m secretly embarrassed and excited.

Is this what it’s like to be pen pals with a friend? I feel so good because it brings back memories I never had back in my school days.