Ch.28Execution (3)

“I will make your body mine.”

A sentence uttered plainly.

I told the girl.

That in exchange for protecting her weakness, she should help me.

The girl’s expression freezes momentarily.

“What, what did you just say…?”

“There are many things the young lady will do for me.”

I continued with a slight smile.

“We’ll have many things to think about together… just the two of us.”

Emilia was a capable person.

Her grades and abilities were excellent, and she was particularly good at reading the atmosphere.

Quick with calculations, she was also skilled at reading situations.

In the original story, she appeared as a villain extra, but it would be a waste of talent to discard her.

‘She could be useful in many ways.’

She also had hidden connections here and there.

Her written grades were also top-tier, so wouldn’t it be perfect to have her handle assignments when I’m feeling lazy?

The thought alone is delightful.

“Hehe.”

A smile naturally spreads across my face.

As I sit there grinning, suddenly the girl begins to sob.

Miserably.

“Ugh, hic…”

What’s this?

Why is she suddenly crying?

Is she unhappy with the terms of the deal?

No, I’m saving her life in exchange. Isn’t being my errand girl until graduation a fair trade?

“Why are you crying so sorrowfully?”

I ask in confusion.

“Isn’t this quite a favorable deal?”

“……”

“All you need to do is try your best to satisfy me. Then I’ll protect your weakness in return.”

“How can I trust someone like you…?”

“You’ll have to trust me.”

You’re not in a position to be picky right now.

If I say just one word, you’ll be expelled and have to say goodbye to this world.

This girl is too suspicious.

A sigh escapes me out of frustration.

It seemed I needed to make her understand reality a bit more.

***

“I will make your body mine.”

Emilia couldn’t help but freeze in that moment.

A feeling like her breath had turned cold.

She trembled involuntarily.

It was an instinctive manifestation of anxiety.

“What, what did you just say…?”

She must have heard wrong.

Perhaps because she had been crying all night, her consciousness wasn’t fully intact.

The girl asked with false hope.

But.

“There are many things the young lady will do for me.”

Even that hope shattered futilely.

“We’ll have many things to think about together… just the two of us.”

“Ah.”

Her heart sank.

It felt as if the pulse connecting her life had stopped.

Her blue eyes were tinged with despair.

Weakness, conditions, and price.

The golden snake was staring at the villainess with a lewd gaze. Flicking its poisoned tongue.

Emilia realized.

The boy wanted her body.

‘Sex slave.’

A word that suddenly came to mind.

Though she wanted to deny the reality, his gaze was too explicit to ignore.

His narrow eyes contained a unique ominousness.

“Hehe.”

His empty laughter was terrifying.

Her breathing became irregular.

The girl had to bite her lip hard to keep from crying.

Emilia had always devoted herself only to academics.

Though she had trained through the night, she had never shown any interest in relationships between men and women.

Because of this, her confusion was doubled.

Fear of the unknown.

The color drained from her face, leaving it pale.

‘Why on earth.’

Why was this happening?

The villainess couldn’t fully form the question. Because she knew it was all her own doing.

Regret manifested as a sigh.

‘I shouldn’t have challenged him to a duel.’

She had desperately wanted the top position.

She thought that if she could reach that shining place, she could show the elders of her family.

So she had acted hastily.

The man who had given off such a pathetic impression.

She never dreamed he would be so strong.

Perhaps it was arrogance.

In the end, she was humiliated in front of numerous students, and now she was in danger of losing her purity.

“Ugh, hic…”

Tears fall.

She doesn’t want to cry.

She doesn’t want to be weak.

Even if she was walking a thorny path, she wanted to be dignified for the sake of survival.

But.

“Why are you crying so sorrowfully?”

“Hic…”

The tears wouldn’t stop.

As she sat there crying pathetically, she heard his whisper again.

“Isn’t this quite a favorable deal?”

“……”

“All you need to do is try your best to satisfy me. Then I’ll protect your weakness in return.”

“How can I trust someone like you…?”

“You’ll have to trust me.”

The corners of his mouth curved dangerously.

The boy answered as if he had been waiting.

“If you want to protect your precious family.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Don’t you have a twin brother? In the same situation.”

A boy who entered Class A this term.

His name was Ruska Venati.

He was the last remaining family in Emilia’s life.

Part of why she was so desperate was her concern for her brother.

Because she had to protect him.

“Such a beloved blood relative… I wonder if the family elders will remain idle.”

The pointed assumption pierced her core.

The children had no one to rely on.

In this situation, if Emilia were to leave this world, it was obvious what they would do.

It would be the end.

“…From the beginning, I never had a choice.”

A voice murmuring quietly.

Her transparent blue eyes had lost their vitality, darkened with gloom.

“Ugh, haa… sniff.”

The situation forced her choice.

Reality chased her coldly.

The girl could only choose the last remaining path to avoid the worst outcome.

Even though the path before her was thorny.

“I understand.”

It was better than dying.

In the end, the villainess was manipulated by the cunning snake’s tongue.

Emilia lowered her eyes.

“I’ll follow your words.”

Pitifully.

The tears that sparkled momentarily contained a sadistic beauty.

“Hey.”

“Hmm?”

“I… I have no experience in that area. Please understand if I’m clumsy.”

“That’s fine.”

A slick answer returned.

“I think it might be enjoyable to gradually corrupt a young lady who knows nothing.”

“…It’s a bit scary.”

“Oh, there’s no need to be afraid.”

The boy reached out lightly.

His approaching fingertips gently held the villainess’s chin.

Following his guiding force, she raised her head, and her gaze met his narrowed eyes.

Emilia’s breath stopped momentarily.

“I’ll be gentle with you.”

Vile person.

What light fills your pupils as you look at me?

Surely they must be gleaming with desire.

“Ah.”

The boy’s face draws closer.

Is he starting already?

A little.

She was scared.

“……”

She closes her eyelids.

With her vision blocked, it was somewhat better.

Of course, the trembling didn’t disappear.

Thump thump thump thump…!

Her heart pounds as if it might burst.

The wretched pulse consumes the girl’s world completely.

Eventually.

“…!”

Something touches her lips and then pulls away.

It carries a warm temperature.

Emilia instinctively judged it to be lips.

Her eyes squeeze shut even tighter.

The boy, as if unsatisfied, pressed his lips against hers a few more times.

But he wasn’t rough.

‘This is strange.’

She felt like she was heating up.

Her breathing became irregular.

To maintain her consciousness that was hazily loosening, the girl had to clench her fists tightly.

It continued for a while.

‘It’s not… painful or distressing as I worried.’

The sensation of being gently colored.

That was her impression of her stolen first kiss.

***

Meanwhile.

“I think it might be enjoyable to gradually corrupt a young lady who knows nothing.”

= Meaning he’ll help her learn step by step if she’s not familiar.

“Oh, there’s no need to be afraid.”

= Truly meaning don’t be afraid.

“I’ll be gentle with you.”

= Meaning he won’t be too harsh, so don’t worry.

The boy actually had no such thoughts.

His expression showed confusion.

‘Why is she closing her eyes while I’m wiping her lips?’

He was simply trying to wipe away the blood from her tightly bitten lips.

But suddenly she became serious.

Now she trembles every time his finger touches her lips.

‘Maybe she’s had a hard life… she doesn’t seem to be doing well.’

That was it.

What the girl thought were lips was actually just his finger.

They completely misunderstood each other.

‘Anyway, I’ve gained a friend. I should tell her to get along with Lezia.’

The misunderstanding deepens.

***

And so the tumultuous duel event came to an end.

We each kept our promises.

Following the winner’s will, the [Execution] was indefinitely postponed.

And Emilia diligently followed by my side, fulfilling her role as a secret friend.

The conclusion was.

“Ta-da~!”

I gained a new friend.

“Y-young master? What is this suddenly…?”

“What have you done this time?”

Lezia standing with a stiff expression, Irene leaning on one leg with indifference.

Their reactions betrayed their bewilderment, even if they didn’t show it.

Regardless.

I introduce someone to the two of them.

“This is an acquaintance I’ve recently become close with.”

“…Hmph.”

None other than Emilia.

The villain lady standing silently in place. A cold light swirls in her blue eyes.

She exudes the high-pressure atmosphere unique to high nobility.

“V-Venati young lady…?!”

“It’s that girl from before. The one who was rude to you.”

An unexpected appearance.

Especially Lezia, who had trauma from the villainess, showed a startled reaction.

I smile to reassure them.

“Come now~ She won’t bite.”

“Y-yes…?”

“We had a sincere conversation a few days ago. We seemed to understand each other, so we decided to be friends.”

You don’t need to be afraid.

With those words.

I naturally stroked Emilia’s head a few times.

It was an expression that she wasn’t dangerous.

“…!?”

“Huh.”

Both the pilot and the fox were simultaneously shocked.

The action of casually treating a duchess’s daughter this way.

Moreover, even Emilia didn’t respond with anger but rather docilely accepted it, which doubled their shock.

The fox asked as if in disbelief.

“What kind of blackmail did you use?”

“As I said. A sincere conversation.”

“Yeah right.”

“Oh my… you don’t believe me?”

“Nine out of ten things you say are lies. Believing you would be naive.”

“Everyone tells lies.”

“Not as much as you do.”

A few light exchanges.

Even during this, I continued to play with her blue hair.

“……”

It was an uncomfortable situation for the villainess.

At first, there was tension around her eyes, but now she was clenching her fists as if they might break.

Emilia finally couldn’t bear it.

Slap-!

She roughly knocked away the hand resting on her head.

What sparkled in her blue pupils was anger.

“You two. Don’t misunderstand.”

The cold gaze was directed at none other than the two girls.

Perhaps she couldn’t rebel against me.

With her back subtly turned to me, she was being autocratic to the innocent children.

“A commoner who doesn’t know her place, a vulgar beastkin maid… I have no intention of associating with such low-class individuals.”

Even once broken, a villainess was still a villainess.

Vanity that burned her heart red.

Though she had knelt before me, she wouldn’t be submissive to others.

Her unique arrogance spread.

Emilia glanced slightly in my direction.

It was a look asking me to allow this much pride.

“I may have agreed to give my body to you… but that doesn’t mean I’ve dedicated my heart as well.”

“That’s correct.”

“…I will never give you my heart.”

“As you wish.”

So she became an ally as promised, but she can’t fully trust me?

Well, I did act quite suspiciously.

From her perspective, being suspicious is a natural progression.

It’s a bit disappointing that she won’t give her heart (trust).

But I’ll be satisfied with this for now.

There’s plenty of time ahead.

I can work on winning her over slowly.

“However.”

There were parts I couldn’t compromise on either.

“I would appreciate it if you would be careful with your words and actions toward these two from now on.”

Irene, and Lezia.

I might tolerate it with other students, but I can’t stand sharpness directed at my people.

I deliberately put on a chilling smile.

“They are rather precious connections to me. In fact, I was almost angry just now.”

“……”

“Surely you don’t want to incur my wrath?”

“…I’ll be careful.”

Emilia eventually nods.

Where did her previous lofty demeanor go? She seemed to shrink instantly.

The villainess murmured toward the two girls.

“I think I got too excited… I apologize.”

“Uh, y-yes? N-no! There’s no need for the young lady to apologize…!”

“No. I’m sorry.”

She even apologized on her own.

It seems she was truly afraid of me.

Even Lezia, who had been stiff at first, seemed to relax as she saw the deflated villainess.

I watched the scene with satisfaction.

“Hehe.”

As I was nodding like that.

“…?”

There was a gaze piercing my cheek from the side.

Turning my head at the stinging sensation, there was the fox with eyes steeped in contempt.

“You said you didn’t do anything.”

Though she always had a cold impression, it wasn’t like this before.

Why is she suddenly acting this way?

“Offering her body? What exactly did you do to make her say such things?”

A chill emanated coldly.

After pausing for a moment in that state, the fox soon furrowed her brow and condemned me.

“…Beast.”

It was a sincere criticism.

For a while, I couldn’t understand the fox’s reaction and could only display a question mark.

No.

Why are you acting like this toward me again?

***

Anyway.

A week passed.

As I was living each day following the gradually familiar routine.

“Miss Irene?”

“The children. It’s been over a month since I’ve seen them. I want to show my face.”

“Hehe, you seem worried.”

“Well… I can’t deny it.”

“I understand. They must be important to you, Miss Irene.”

Irene made a request.

She wanted to see the foxes I had left with “safe people.”

I gladly accepted.

“I was thinking of stopping by anyway.”

It’s been a while since I’ve seen them.

I wonder if they’ve been doing well.

‘Astro.’

The rulers of the city that doesn’t cry.

Thinking of a few faces that came to mind, I stood up.

Well then.

Shall we go meet our members?