Broken Wings (2)

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<Side : Francesca Wing>

『Martyr’s Month – Day 1 (Lunch)』

The black aura swirling in the Church. The Incubus that had spread uncontrollably. Before I could even recover from the shock that the Territory was in the hands of Elaine and her companions from the start, Elaine dragged me to the Lord’s mansion.

Despite my position as Garrison Commander, I was caught up in Elaine’s recklessness and forcibly dragged along. There was the option of running away, but I had already kicked that away myself, so I was slightly resigned.

[We’ve arrived. Francesca… no. From here on, I’ll call you Ranche. You can call me Samson. That’s how it’s decided.]

“Be quiet… I’m not in the mood to talk.”

[Heh heh♥ Were you shocked by that black vortex earlier? I felt joy and pleasure when I saw it. This is why you can’t even associate with Inferior Species.]

I ignored Elaine, who scoffed and told me to call her by a different name, and an indescribable emotion welled up at the familiar scenery of the mansion.

The only things that ‘Francesca’ and ‘Garrison Commander Francis’ had in common were green hair and being of the Avian race. If at least the gender was the same, there would have been room for suspicion, but ‘Garrison Commander Francis’ had been active as a man, so even that was not easy.

“Haa…”

“Excuse me… are you Samson and Ranche? The other applicants and the Elders are waiting in the training grounds. I’ll guide you there.”

[I knew we were late. Ranche, let’s hurry.]

Whose fault is it that we’re late… Elaine followed the maid with a nonchalant expression. I sighed deeply and followed the maid’s guidance to the training grounds behind the mansion.

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The training grounds were usually used for the Lord or my training, but in this case, as the situation was special, it seemed that the evaluation of the applicants would be held in this place.

There were a total of eight Elders. In front of each of them, the people they had brought were lined up.

We stood in front of the Elder who had been turned into an Incubus by Elaine. But the aura of the Incubus was not the only one. There were at least three… could they have been taken over in that short amount of time!?

[It seems you’ve done quite well. You can feel it too, right? The number has increased since earlier♥]

“No way… I can’t believe it.”

I didn’t even have the courage to turn around because of the obscene aura I felt, and I was trembling slightly. At that moment, the door connecting the training grounds and the mansion opened, and a woman with short, bobbed hair and a whip walked in.

I could never forget that face, that person’s name. She flicked her chestnut hair and indifferently passed by where I was standing, and stood in the center of the training grounds.

Anidiat Silverlight. The Lord’s wife, a renowned tamer. And… my master, my contractor.

“Stop the chatter. Haa… Is everyone here now? Two applicants per Aide, it’s like you all planned this.”

However, she didn’t recognize ‘Francis Wing’ in my current form, and she gave a warning in a nonchalant tone. Besides, she usually came with ‘me’… that is, ‘Garrison Commander Francis’, but today she came alone. What on earth is she planning…!

“Haha, don’t say that, Madam. All of the applicants are reliable and skilled people that we have carefully selected.”

“Hahaha. You’re quite the comedian. You gathered such skilled people in less than a day? Stop with the sweet talk that even a dog wouldn’t believe.”

Annie didn’t back down from the Elder’s words and immediately retorted, glaring with sharp eyes and carefully examining the applicants lined up.

“Haa… Judging by appearances, you only brought people who seem to have no problem using their bodies. Especially… that huge brown-skinned woman in the middle. Are you really human? My Sixth Sense is warning me… you seem like a really dangerous one.”

[How could that be, Madam? I’m just a very ordinary woman♥]

Ordinary my ass… How can she call herself a woman when she has that huge Dick, and she’s not even human… Elaine nonchalantly brushed off Annie’s remark with a sly smile.

Annie, squinting her eyes and pointing at Elaine, suspected Elaine from the start based on her Sixth Sense.

Annie’s Sixth Sense had never been wrong before. What Annie warned about based on her Sixth Sense always happened, and based on those experiences, she had safely overcome countless dangers.

It was like a divine prophecy, but Annie dismissed it as a beast’s survival instinct and nonchalantly moved on. But that was… the moment it was shining.

Furthermore, I hope you recognize me… ‘Francis’, who has changed. Annie…

“You talk a good game. You’re rude and not loyal at all, you’d make a great Garrison Commander. Right, Elder?”

[Hahaha. If you keep scolding them like that, even the loyalty they have will run away, Madam.]

Elaine’s retort was brushed off like a slippery eel by the Incubus-turned-Aide. Tired of that, Annie sighed and sat down on a chair brought by the maids and began to scan through various documents.

“Seriously… their backgrounds are all clear. Someone’s from a famous adventurer’s guild in the kingdom, an academy graduate… there’s even someone from the empire? Wow… you’re resourceful. Where did you get such talented people so quickly, our Aides.”

Annie looked over the applicants’ identities as she flipped through the papers. Originally, that was my job. Annie was in charge of the final review… but she was handling the work alone as if it was very familiar without me.

After looking at the papers a few times, she threw the documents far away and snapped the whip on the ground, saying.

“The data is flawless to the point of being creepy, and their bodies are so good that there’s no need for a physical fitness test… Haaaaaa… Okay, everyone passes. The maids will guide you to the Garrison Commander’s quarters. Get out of here quickly.”

Annie announced that everyone had passed without even conducting the physical fitness test that was essential for Garrison Commanders, and waved her hand to dismiss them. At that remark, I and the other applicants buzzed, and the Elders seemed flustered.

It was inevitable… Judging from the situation so far, the Elders were trying to plant spies to extract information from the Garrison or cause internal strife, and there was no way Annie wouldn’t have noticed that.

Therefore, the Elders, who were ready to open their mouths at any time, were flustered in preparation for a stricter examination or investigation of the Garrison Commander applicants.

The answer to that was replaced by Annie’s next remark.

“Let’s be honest. You’re all spies that your Aides have planted, right? We also have our own karma, so we can’t back down, and I won’t even tell you to get along with the existing soldiers. Well, I didn’t have any intention of getting along from the start… but I’ll warn you. Leave your confidence that you can break through the Garrison under my command with your petty skills here.”

Annie warned, glaring at each of the applicants and the Elders behind them. It was a stern warning to the spies, and an ultimatum that if they acted up any more, she would bite.

“Well… I’ll work you so hard that you won’t even think about being a spy. Keep that in mind. As long as you’re human… you better not even think about escaping from my eyes, ears, and teeth. I’m quite wild… then get out of here. It’s disgusting to even look at your faces.”

With those words, Annie left the training grounds leisurely.

After hearing Annie’s declaration, I could see the shoulders of the applicants, who had been maintaining a blank expression, drooping. At that moment… Annie, passing by me, whispered.

‘You there… you stay behind for a moment. I have something to talk about.’

Startled for a moment, Annie was already gone from the training grounds, and the maids had taken her place, guiding the applicants to the Garrison Commander’s quarters. Eventually, the Elders all left, and only I and Elaine were left in the training grounds. The maids didn’t even touch us or talk to us, as if they had been told in advance.

[Do you have any idea why she told you to stay behind, Ranche?]

“You heard that already?”

[Our apostles have good senses. We can hear even whispers as clearly as if they were right next to us.]

In fact, Elaine had been guided by the maids, but she said she would go with me and stayed in this place, and someone came back into the training grounds after a brief argument.

“An uninvited guest is still here.”

Annie, walking in with the same appearance as before, glanced at Elaine and made an unpleasant expression, and stood in front of me. Annie, looking at me up and down carefully, had a subtle expression on her face.

“I’ll get straight to the point. Are you really of the Avian race?”

I was relieved to see Annie’s usual calm and collected demeanor. And I was looking forward to it. The reason why she chose to call me… was it because she recognized me? Although my appearance has changed… did she recognize me with that Sixth Sense?

“Y-Yes, yes! I’m of the Avian race from the Empire. My name is Fran…”

[This child’s name is Ranche… Madam, do you have any business with my younger sister?]

Just as I was about to start a conversation, Elaine put her hand on my shoulder and naturally intervened. At the same time, she put her other hand around my waist and pulled me towards her… Ugh♡♥ Elaine… you smell so good up close…

“Of the Avian race from the Empire… I saw it in the old man’s detailed information. It’s true. Could there be another Avian race that I didn’t know about… Anyway, you said your name was Ranche?”

“Y-Yes… R-Ranche, Madam…!]

Annie lightly ignored Elaine’s words and looked straight at me. The more she did, the more my heart fluttered, and expectations and hope welled up in my heart.

The spark of hope is ignited…! The sign that I can finally be freed from this vulgar bondage is beginning to appear…! Ah♡♥ My Dick, my Dick is getting hot♡♥ Please, Annie… save me♡♥ Find me… find me♡♥

“That’s good. We have one of the Avian race on our side too. That’s why I’m asking… do you know the legend passed down among the Avian race?”

“Of course. The wings of the Avian race transcend illusions, the eyes of the Avian race see what is invisible… and, and…”

[The legend that those who see the end of the Avian race’s journey can find what they have lost… is that what you mean, Madam?]

“Oh my. You’re a very rude newbie. You’ve been interrupting since earlier, did your employer teach you to interrupt when someone is talking?”

[No. It just seemed to me that you were bullying my younger sister. I was just trying to take the fangs for her♥]

E-Elaine…!? What are you doing now. If you had waited a little longer, Annie would have… me…!

“Is that so? Then you… what’s your name? You’re from the Empire too. Let’s hear that great and brave name of yours.”

[My name is Samson. A wanderer who drifted in from the Empire with my cute younger sister, Ranche. Is that a satisfactory answer?]

“Samson… not a name suitable for a woman. Well, with a pretty face and a body as big as a monster, that name suits you… did your parents give it to you?”

[I don’t have parents.]

A moment of silence. It was Annie who opened her mouth again.

“………So what. If you say you don’t have parents, do you think I’m going to correct your name because it’s good? If you’re thinking of using your deceased parents as a shield to get cheap sympathy, wake up, Samson.”

[Heh heh♥ You’re quite bold, Madam. You seem like you’ll have quite a few enemies with that level of conversation.]

“I don’t think I’ve fallen so low that I’m being told about my level of conversation by a mere soldier… Anyway, that’s why I didn’t want to use external personnel… Francis said such a thing… Haa…”

At that moment, Annie called out my name… that is, the name I used when I was active as a man. However, she seemed very uncomfortable when she called that name.

Moreover, Francis, I’m here, what did you say? Could it be that Elaine did something again…? If I think about it, I should have suspected it from the start. If it was a position to select new Garrison Commanders, not only Annie but I should have attended.

But Annie consistently took an attitude as if it didn’t matter that I wasn’t at this scene. That means… I haven’t disappeared, and I’m active as usual? It sounds strange, but there was no other way to explain this sense of incongruity.

‘Garrison Commander Francis’ was with Annie from the start… and because he lost her trust because of ‘that thing’ she said earlier, he couldn’t attend this Garrison Commander support scene…?

“Anyway, the conversation keeps going off track. Ranche, are you listening to me?”

“Y-Yes! I-I’m listening, Madam.”

Annie sighed and hesitated for a while before finally speaking. I, who was concentrating on an impossible possibility, but a hypothesis that became more plausible the more I guessed, was barely able to answer.

However, what came out of Annie’s mouth was the next remark…

“Hoo… I’ll get straight to the point. Won’t you sign a contract with me? I’ll give you a generous reward. I think I’ll have to let Francis go now. I guess it’s time to pluck his wings again.”

“…………Excuse me?”

“My Sixth Sense is warning me. That Francis is strange. I’m saying this because he’s not here… but it’s more serious than any Sixth Sense warning I’ve ever felt in my life. If he wasn’t my close aide, I would have immediately excluded him.”

W-What does that mean, Annie…? You, you’re going to get rid of Francis now…

“To be honest, I’m looking for my lost younger brother. My precious younger brother who was switched with a fairy when he was young… I’ve tried all sorts of methods to find that child… I’ve tried everything I can, but I can’t find him. So now I’ve decided to rely on legends and folktales.”

“M-Madam……?]

Annie, telling the same story as when she contracted with me, asked for a contract once again. I couldn’t believe it even though I was hearing it right in front of me… Francis is no longer needed? Sign a new contract? I, I must have misheard? I have to…!

If I didn’t mishear… what was I doing… betraying my tribe and becoming Francis…? Why were Victoria and the tribesmen deprived of their freedom…?

“I know it’s a sudden request. But I hope you’ll reconsider it positively. The position of the Lord’s wife is not just a facade. If possible, I can give you all the wealth and honor. If you agree… I’m willing to give you the position of Garrison Commander…”

“T-That can’t be…!?”

It shouldn’t be… Annie’s every word was bringing me closer and closer to the truth. Then… does that mean I was just a tool…

–Flap…! Thud…!

At the moment when I was groaning, desperately denying Annie’s words, emerald wings gently descended from the sky. The wings, which shone brilliantly to those who saw them, looked truly beautiful. Unlike the wings of someone who was ugly and defiled…

“Ah…”

“Hmm… Francis, you’re here. Did you finish all the work I entrusted to you?”

[Yes, Annie. I have just finished the personnel placement and accommodation assignment for the new Garrison Commanders and have returned.]

‘I’ am here, but ‘another me’ appeared. The fake naturally spoke to Annie, and Annie… frowned slightly and received the fake’s report.

“You’ve moved all your luggage too, right?”

[Yes. I have moved all of my luggage from the mansion to the Garrison Commander’s quarters.]

“Okay. Good job. It’s a shame to part ways, but you’ll be able to return in a little while. If you’re done, go ahead first. I have some business left with these people… Ah, that’s right. When you get back, put these two back together in the accommodation assignment.”

[I will do so. Then I will return to the quarters now. Annie.]

Did I speak in that tone, did I act like that…? The fake me, who only spoke stiff words like a Doll, went up into the sky again. Such impressions were only temporary.

Move my luggage… to the Garrison Commander’s quarters? I repeated it several times, wondering if I had misheard, but the conversation I had already heard echoed as if mocking me.

“Originally, I was going to separate you two and the new Garrison Commanders in the accommodation, but take this as a kind of sincerity. Know how special I think you are too. I hope you make a decision as soon as possible… I’ll excuse myself. If you don’t want to be suspected, go back to the quarters quickly.”

“Annie………]

I reach out to Annie as she leaves the training grounds, but the door closes, and I’m enveloped in silence. An endlessly heavy, terribly cold silence.

If Elaine moved my things to the guard barracks to distance me from herself because of the ‘fake me’ she created, I would understand. But changing the contract… that alone is hard to accept, that’s the reality I’m facing.

If she knew I was a fake… shouldn’t finding me be her top priority? Not finding a replacement contractor… I’m not some Discarded piece… I didn’t become a traitor to be a Discarded piece…

[You seem quite heartbroken. Francesca♥]

“……”

[Are you so broken that you can’t even respond? If you want, I could Fellatio your Dick♥ As a change of pace♥]

“Shut up…”

[Hmm…?]

“Shut up…!!!! Dick, Dick, Dick…! My head is ringing and I’m dizzy… and you’re spouting such vulgar words! You don’t understand people’s feelings at all… Hngh, hngh…]

No… I can’t show her my weakness… I can’t hold back the tears… Please, someone tell me that everything Annie said was a lie. Tell me this isn’t real…

[Let me say one thing to Francesca, who will become our sister… it’s best not to trust that bitch too much. No matter how much she adorns herself with strong perfume and expensive luxuries, she can’t hide the look of a beast in her eyes. And beasts reject the weakest members of the pack. That’s the law of nature and the way of survival.]

“That’s a lie…”

[No. This is reality. A cruel and brutal reality. The ugliest thing a beast in a human mask can do. They’ll cast aside their comrades at any time to pursue their own interests. In the end, she’s the same as those Elders she used to criticize so much.]

“Th-that’s a lie…”

[But our Goddess is different♥ She would never betray us♥ The most lewd and obscene Goddess brings us infinite pleasure and Depravity with her magnificent Dick and bursting Large breasts♥ The only one who can save this world from betrayal and ugliness. You are worthy to become her child♥]

“……………………”

Stroking me as I sat there, I simply listened to Elaine’s words, praising the Goddess while speaking the truth. But why… the more I listened to Elaine’s praise, the more a sense of elation surged from deep within me… and this feeling of my Dick getting hot… Ah♥

Elaine and I returned to the barracks after going into an alley on the way, where Elaine diligently Fellatio my Dick, causing me to Ejaculation about five times.

My gloomy mood all day… was relieved by a few cheap Fellatios… Still, still… it felt good. I guess that’s okay♥

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