Chapter 498 – Holy Sword and Witch (1)

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I grabbed Rebecca’s arm and took off her mask.

“You…”

“Put this down. Are you going into heat in broad daylight? No matter how much I talked about being a sex slave, it was so reckless,”

“Even if you say it with that face, it’s not very persuasive.”

“What do you mean by my face?!”

“Are you really going to pretend you don’t know?”

Rebecca’s face was completely relaxed.

The corner of his mouth turned up like a fool, completely different from his usual attitude of acting as if his hard face was his proud identity.

There was a reason why I was wearing an odd mask. She knew that she couldn’t control her facial expressions either.

Even now, the corners of his mouth are twitching, as if he’s trying to control his expression somehow, but it doesn’t seem to be of much use.

“This, this…”

Attempts to cover her face were useless as both her hands were held tightly to me. In the end, all Rebecca could do was avoid her gaze and mumble.

“The side effects of the skill are clear… Yes. Eugene, what are you doing to my body?”

“…”

Was this guy like this? You’re really just saying it literally.

“Do you think that makes sense…”

“Ugh…!”

Rebecca blushed her face. Even if she thought to herself, what she said was ridiculous.

Rebecca avoided eye contact and then growled lowly when she saw my face.

“… What are you laughing at? “Is my appearance so funny?”

“That’s true, but I think it’s kind of cute.”

Seeing a subject who always had a stern face on his face become relaxed like an idiot, hmm. What should I say? Okay. Honestly, it’s cute.

“!!!!”

Rebecca jerked her head to the side and her body trembled.

“What, what, sexual harassment…!”

“Where did you learn that word?”

I want to take a picture of this stupid yet cute face. I want to preserve it forever.  Sometimes, whenever Rebecca messes up, I want to take it out and shove it in her face!

On the one hand, I feel puzzled.

How did this guy become so broken?

After briefly recalling my memories, I was shocked.

“Did you like hearing such embarrassing things?”

“No, no, no! “Never, absolutely not!”

Rebecca desperately denied it, but her strong denial soon turned into a strong affirmation.

It’s a big deal. It’s not the time to be like this, but I want to joke around. When you show weakness like this, sadism creeps in.

“Wow…!”

I held Rebecca’s hands together and pushed her against the wall.

“This, this, this…”

Rebecca writhed and writhed her body, but could not get free. To be precise, she didn’t seem to have much intention of doing so.

“Let go of this!”

“If you can get out, get out. Actually, you don’t hate it either, right?”

“This is profit…!”

“Do you like the term ‘soul mate’ that much? It didn’t seem like it, but you also have quite girlish tastes. If you like it, will I continue to call you that?”

“…!!!”

Rebecca puffed her mouth like a goldfish. She continues to moan without even realizing it.

“Ah, ah…”

“What do you think?”

“Ouch… Profit!”

Rebecca squeezed her eyes shut and answered in a way I could never have expected.

“Wow!”

Headbutt!

Rebecca literally rammed her head into me.

At the same time, a very unpleasant feeling came over me. It feels like something precious has been ripped out of me, like cold water pouring down the back of my neck…

-Tiring!

[“Crusader’s Performance (SS)” Is activated.

[Status abnormality: “Sage Time” Has been canceled.

“Excuse me!”

-Tap, thud.

“I ran away!”

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I left the mansion.

It would have been fun to continue arguing with Rebecca, but I couldn’t drag on forever. I was also afraid of what kind of disaster would happen if other kids saw me like that.

The good news was that everyone had their own things to do and were busy preparing.

Lennie and Yuri said they were going to church. Ariel said she had something to do at the Magic Tower. Rebecca guards her mansion and prepares for Nini El when she becomes a succubus, and Nini El…

Niniel needs to train his mind. I don’t know if not having dirty thoughts can be considered training.

However, in some ways, it could be said that Niniel had the highest level of difficulty.

You shouldn’t think about sex. If I had heard that, I would have thought about it all day. It may be possible if you have no experience at all. But Niniel recognized that pleasure.

Isn’t it is not easy, but almost self-denial?

Well, that’s why I got into that mess with Rebecca.

Until Ariel creates equipment that can nullify the succubus’ wide-area estrus, or at least issue a warning, Rebecca must take full charge of Niniel.

Wait around Niniel, and if you feel something different from usual, use Sage Time.

I feel really sorry for Niniel. Every time she gets excited, she gets wise man time.

“…!”

Suddenly a terrible thought occurred to me.

If she gets wise-cracking every time she thinks about sex, isn’t she learning a conditioned reflex? Wouldn’t it be like Pavlov’s dogs losing their sexual desires?

“…”

Shouldn’t she just get rid of everything and go back to her mansion? If Ninielle loses her sex drive, will she be even more unhappy?

‘It’s definitely something you would do.’

“!”

A voice rang in her head. It has been a long time since a holy sword appeared.

“You’re alive!”

‘…’

There was no answer. You can’t see it, but you can feel the atmosphere. The Holy Sword seemed quite dissatisfied.

“What’s wrong?”

‘I’m sick of this now.’

The Holy Sword began to taunt in earnest.

‘The goddess always said next time, next time, but there is no such thing. They are always dragged around and made to do work. ‘I just tell them to endure it all the time!’

“What do you mean?”

‘I don’t know!’

Contrary to the saying that they did not know, the image of the Holy Sword was conveyed.

“…”

How should I express this?

The Holy Sword was working.

Helping to intercept huge meteorites flying from space.

To be more specific, it was quite a boring job, draining energy while staring blankly at the universe.

“…”

That goddess. I thought I was using up some kind of surplus resource, but it wasn’t like that, I was just physically exploiting a minor, right?!

Of course, the Holy Sword cannot set the standard of being a minor. He wasn’t even a human to begin with, so if you count his age in human terms, wouldn’t he be hundreds of years old?

“Uh, um. It must have been a lot of trouble.”

The Holy Sword glared at me. I didn’t actually see it, but that’s how I felt.

‘It’s okay. Anyway, you are no help either.’

“Why are you saying that?”

‘I don’t know!’

With those words, the Holy Sword cut off her connection.

“Uhm…”

Have I been too indifferent to the Holy Sword?

She honestly wasn’t without excuses.

No matter what I tried to do with the holy sword, that guy ran away first, and the reason he couldn’t come to the front was not because I had left him alone, but because of the goddess’s call.

But when she found out that the Holy Sword had suffered thanks to her goddess, she couldn’t say anything about it.

In the end, that’s the problem with the Holy Sword. That she is literally subordinate to the goddess.

In the first place, the goddess used divine power as a battery when making AI weapons, so it is natural, but…

In any case, there is only one way to prevent the Holy Sword from being dragged by the goddess against its will. Independence from her Goddess. But does that make sense? Is it possible?

“Hmm…”

As she walked down the street holding her head that felt like it was going to explode, she arrived at the guild.

The guild was busy as usual. No, it actually feels like the population density is higher than usual.

However, the atmosphere was not very good. The staff at the reception desk looked like civil servants suffering from a flood of complaints, and there was some loud noise coming from the dungeon entrance.

But what about Rize?

The counter in charge of Rize was completely closed.

No, if you do this, what are you going to do with me?

I was in a daze, and then asked the receptionist who was working at the window next to me.

“Hey, where is this person named Rize who was here…”

“Hey!”

Before I could finish speaking, the adventurer standing at the next window intervened.

“Can’t you see the line behind here now?”

“… No, I’m not trying to register, I’m just trying to ask where the staff member is…”

“Do you think it makes sense to intervene like that, one by one, only doing what you want? People here look stupid.”

“Ah! You!”

The employee standing at the next window saw me and stood up as if surprised.

This is a very intentional action. It felt like I was trying to break up an argument between me and the adventurer next to me.

“Wait a moment, I’ll call Rize!”

“… Thank you.”

I walked away from the window, and before long, Rize was almost running towards me to greet me.

“Eugene! Welcome. This way!”

Rize led me to a corner room with a sign saying no entry except for authorized personnel.

As soon as I entered the room, I asked about what had just happened.

“What’s going on in the guild? The atmosphere is very harsh.”

Rize sighed.

“It’s nothing special… No, it’s probably nothing special. “The guards are currently controlling the number of people entering the dungeon.”

“Controlling access?”

“Yes. They say it’s for safety reasons and that they have to take risks, but in the end, it’s territorial… Ah, this isn’t the time to talk about this.”

Rize raised her head.

“Eugene. You really did a great job. Thank you as a member of the guild. And, shamelessly, could you please wait here a little longer? Milia will be arriving soon. “She has a story to share with him.”

“Milia…?”

Who was that?

“Don’t you remember? You were a former executive of the Lamia Clan.”

That’s right, there was a woman like that. She and the guild jointly asked me to investigate the arena.

I got straight to the point.

“What happened to her? Looking at the communication we received, it seems like something is not going well.”

“…”

Rize smiled embarrassedly.

“We are doing our best to welcome you as a guest. However, I think you are not satisfied with the reception, and the negotiations are not going well.”

“…”

That’s quite a twist. I wonder if anyone is listening, or if this is just how guild members speak.

Rize brought her face close to me and whispered.

“We won’t be able to serve guests for a long time. If the arena side finds out that the owner is out for too long, they will definitely take action.”

“…!”

Rize’s words had implications.

That’s right. The power of the arena was not just that woman. She will definitely take action to get her owner back.

It was clear that his whereabouts would be found and that he would find out that he had gone to the mansion. In that case, it is inevitable that they also go to the mansion.

“Wait a minute. Then isn’t it time for me to be like this? You guys are really trying to use us as bait?!”

“Well, it’s not like that!”

Rize desperately shook her head.

“Of course, we are also very concerned about Eugene’s safety. I haven’t told Eugene, but there are clan members around him who are collaborating with us.”

“…”

Is it true? Even if it was true, it was not trustworthy at all.

At worst, an adventurer is a handyman, and at best a monster expert.

Those people stand guard?

“… Do you have any skills?”

Rize stuck out her breasts with confidence.

“Of course. Eugene is now an important asset to us. “We are not foolish enough to recklessly put such people in danger.”

“…”

“… And to be honest, how great of a person would it be to send someone from the arena?”

I guess so. Even if the arena’s brains are great, and they come up with grandiose schemes, the limbs will end up being ordinary employees.

Otherwise, the incompetence of not knowing anything when the laboratory in the dungeon was destroyed and the sabotage of the bribed guild staff cannot be explained.

“… Well, okay. So how long does that person named Milia have to wait?”

“He will be here soon! I would like to have another conversation with him and our guests. Eugene, I’m sure you can do it.”

“…”

Rize doesn’t seem to have any intention of giving a direct explanation. It seemed like the main point could only be brought out when that woman named Millia came.

With a sigh, I sat down on the chairs randomly lined up in the room.

“Great. “Is that all I have to do?”

“Oh, there’s more to it than that.”

Rize took something out of her pocket and held it out.

“There was a letter from the witch.”

“… Shouldn’t you give me this one first?”

“Hehe.”

Rize smiled shyly.