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Chapter 5 – Degradation

“Ah…” A sigh automatically escaped my lips.

It was highly probable that Alisa was well-aware of the rumors about Ruan Friuli. Her father wouldn’t want her getting entangled with me, so he must have given her strict warnings. I had overlooked something very important. I should have anticipated this kind of situation.

‘Idiot.’ Blaming myself inwardly, I regained my composure and set out to persuade her once more. I couldn’t give up just because the chances were low, could I?

“I understand your thoughts, Alisa. Of course, you’d dislike me if you heard the rumors. But let’s consider this calmly. This is an unavoidable situation, isn’t it? If we don’t have sex, we’ll be subjected to a terrible curse. Are you really okay with that?”

To compel someone to make a choice, it’s best to remind them of the losses incurred by not acting, rather than by acting. No matter how much you dislike me, you wouldn’t want to make all your efforts to date count for nothing, would you? No human being would say yes to such a question.

However, my expectations were once again off the mark.

“How can I believe that?”

“…Are you saying you don’t believe me?”

“Yes. I heard that Young Master-nim always uses all sorts of lies and tricks when he messes with maids. Aren’t you just making up a story to assault me right now?”

“I swear to heavens, it’s not.”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t believe you even if you say that.”

I barely managed to suppress the swear words welling up.

[15:38] Fifteen minutes. Enough time to ejaculate. But is it enough time to persuade? No. Then what should I do? Should I just plead without any strategy? Will that really work? Is there no other way?

My mind was in a turmoil. I was so cornered that all sorts of extreme thoughts came to mind. For example, the idea of raping her before more time passed and her strength recovered, given she must be exhausted from dealing with the drug addict. Normally, I would have firmly dismissed such an idea, but the urgency of the situation made me waver.

In the meantime, Alisa moved.

“I’ll be leaving now. I’ll contact the guards to handle the body, so Young Master-nim, you can go now. Goodbye.”

Her back receded as if she had no lingering regrets. On the contrary, her footsteps were vigorous, as if she wanted to get away from me as quickly as possible.

“W-wait a minute! We’re not done talking yet!”

I frantically rushed forward and extended my hand.

Just as my hand was about to reach her shoulder, Alisa’s body spun around. My hand cut through empty air.

“What is it? I thought we were already done talking.”

“Done? Nothing is done. My words are not lies. We truly will be cursed. Please, I beg you. Just have sex with me once. I will take this secret to my grave. And not only that, I’ll grant you any wish you desire. What do you say?”

It felt unfair and infuriating to have to humble myself in a situation where I was unilaterally conned, but there was nothing I could do. The moment Alisa turned her back on me here, I would be in a state worse than death. Even if things somehow worked out and I returned to Earth, it was clear that I wouldn’t be able to exact revenge with stats worse than a child’s.

Alisa, who had curled the corner of her lips as if amused by my attitude, quickly reverted her expression to normal.

“Are you telling me to allow my body for a price? I am not a prostitute.”

“That’s not what I meant. I was just trying to show my sincerity.”

“Is that so? I’m sorry, but I refuse. If you’re so desperate for sex, why don’t you find a prostitute? I heard there are many pretty women in high-class taverns.”

“I’m telling you, I don’t just want to have sex! It has to be Alisa!”

This woman doesn’t understand at all. No, perhaps she has no intention of understanding. To her, I am just a scoundrel who tells lies, swayed by his petty sexual desires. Nothing I say gets through to her. Even my current struggles will probably be used as a joke by Alisa later.

‘That’s too cruel.’ One person’s misfortune is another’s happiness. Fury surged within me at the thought that my suffering would become a mere joke to Alisa. I never imagined I’d experience the feelings I had in the courtroom again so soon. Alisa’s face overlapped with the woman I saw in the courtroom.

At the same time, Alisa’s mouth opened.

“Why are you so obsessed? Surely, you didn’t orchestrate what just happened, did you, Young Master-nim?”

“…What did you say?”

“I’m sorry if it’s not true. But honestly, it’s understandable to be suspicious. The rumors about the Young Master-nim are no joke. Please try to understand my position too.”

It was so absurd that I didn’t even feel like resisting.

‘Understand me?’ She doesn’t try to understand me, so why does she only ask me for understanding? Does she not realize how hurtful her words are? Or does she simply not care if someone like me gets hurt?

The rage I felt in the courtroom slowly consumed me from my feet upwards. A tiny flame ignited in my chest.

‘What did I do wrong?’ Why on earth is the world giving me such trials? Fate was strangely forcing me into one single choice. From the moment I woke up in this world until now, I felt as if every process was playing out in someone’s hands. That someone, of course, would be the one who brought me to this world and gave me strange skills.

‘Is this really the only way?’ Alisa Bretes. I wasn’t the type to pick a ‘favorite,’ but I grew quite fond of her while playing the game. I liked everything about her: her dazzling appearance and slender figure, her proud yet affectionate, strong yet fragile personality, and even her performance in the game.

That’s why I actively recruited her into my party and enjoyed playing her personal story. I liked her that much. However, the Alisa standing before me now was completely different from the one I had seen in the game. The Alisa I imagined didn’t exist. Instead, she was like that woman who projected her aimless hatred onto me and framed me. Because the Alisa in front of me saw the scoundrel Ruan Friuli, not me, who had tried to save her from danger.

Therefore, I too will now abandon useless attachments.

‘I don’t care anymore.’ I did nothing wrong. It’s your fault. This world is wrong. Even if my actions hurt someone, I no longer want to care. I will become the kind of person who inflicts pain. I will surrender to fate. If the world forces me to become a rapist, I will gladly become one. I will be reborn as a rapist who cannot empathize with others’ suffering, who habitually uses violence, and who mercilessly tramples on dignity. And so, my brilliant soul fell into the swamp of degradation, dyed black as pitch.

‘I am a rapist.’ Raising my head, I slowly walked over and picked up the drug addict’s longsword. As I approached Alisa, she recoiled.

“What are you doing? Don’t come any closer.”

“I’ll rape you.”

“Wh-what did you say?”

“If you won’t willingly keep your promise, I’ll force you to. Don’t blame me.”

“What in the…!”

As I raised my sword and pointed it at her, Alisa, flustered, drew her rapier. Her face was stained with disgust.

“So you finally show your true colors, do you? Did you think I was easy to defeat just because I’m tired? You can’t beat me.”

“We’ll see about that.”

“Are you truly intent on fighting? Do as you please. I don’t care.”

“Good. I can violate you without guilt.”

I immediately rushed at Alisa. My strength, increased sevenfold, granted me incomparable speed and power.

[14:43] I’ll finish this within five minutes.

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[9:35] Thud! With a piercing impact to my solar plexus, I clutched my abdomen and fell to my knees.

“Gasp! Cough!”

“Are you surrendering now? To think you challenged me with such meager skill. How disappointing.”

My entire body screamed in pain. For the five minutes since the fight began, all I had done was diligently slash through the air and get hit by Alisa’s scabbard. Bruises were a given, and blood flowed from wounds caused by being scraped across the floor.

I endured the twisting pain in my guts and raised my head. Then, contrary to her words of disappointment, I saw Alisa’s face, subtly flushed.

‘Just as I expected.’ The reason Alisa honed her sword skills. While her innate talent was a key factor, a significant part of it was that it was the only means to satisfy her desires. After all, it was through swordsmanship that she, who had been persecuted by her family, first made the family’s heir kneel. ‘She can never forget the thrill of that moment.’ That’s how her personality was explained in the game. The drug addict was insignificant without his sword skills, but I was the eldest son of the Marquisate of Friuli, the only family allowed to maintain a private army apart from the Emperor.

Making such a person kneel granted her an immense sense of superiority. And because of that, she would let her guard down.

“How pathetic. For the eldest son of a Marquisate to show such a disgraceful display. There was a reason you were compared to Young Lady Isis Friuli.”

“…Shut up.”

“Why? Are you perhaps feeling inferior? Are you jealous of your sister, who is renowned at Solias Academy?”

Alisa was intentionally provoking me now. She hoped I would get back up and challenge her again, that this enjoyment would continue.

‘I waited for this moment.’ I pretended to rub my abdomen, fumbling with the smoke bomb I had tucked into my inner sleeve. It was something I had accidentally found earlier when I was beaten by Alisa and thrown onto the drug addict’s corpse. Thanks to it, I almost had to undergo a thorough stomach pump, but as long as the result was good, it was fine.

I slowly raised my body. Alisa’s expression brightened slightly at my seemingly unyielding stance. I’m sorry, but I have no intention of fighting fairly. If I have to fight, it won’t be a battle of sword against sword, but sword against scabbard.

“I knelt… for momentum!”

Boom! By shouting, I drew her gaze to my face, then threw the smoke bomb, making it explode.

“Ack! Cough! Cough!” Startled by the sudden smoke, Alisa coughed and stepped back. At that moment, I moved forward instead. Bursting through the smoke, I quickly unzipped my pants with my hands. When I even took off my underwear, my formidable dick revealed itself.

“Cough! Is this a surprise attack? Do you think this will work— Gaaaah!” Alisa, who had been laughing triumphantly at me approaching from beyond the smoke, shrieked at the sight of a dick for the very first time in her life. She covered her face with her hands, then peeked at my dick through the gaps in her fingers.

She was completely defenseless.

‘Good. Just as I expected.’ It’s a given that a pure heroine would be flustered upon seeing an unfamiliar dick. Pushing away the renewed wave of guilt, I slammed a shoulder tackle into Alisa.

Whump!

“Gah!”

Even if she had superior strength, she couldn’t resist when both her hands were incapacitated. Alisa easily fell to the floor. I slid in behind her, hooking a rear naked choke.

Squeeze! My dick, in turn, poked her butt.