Nothing Short of a Brute
Nothing Short of a Brute
The Hero, her name was Kylon.
Although I didn't know the personal details of the possessor, what I could immediately tell was that she was a woman, and at the same time, a crazy lesbian.
If she had been a man, when I told her that I was a man and had possessed this body, there was a high chance that her interest would have cooled, and she would have left me alone.
However, what shattered that hope was her true nature.
Perhaps because she was originally a woman, her aversion to men was less, and she showed no hesitation. Rather, being an aggressive lesbian, even after possessing a male body, she only felt a slight discomfort that the body was a bit different, showing no sign of reluctance.
It was absurd.
I had to rack my brain to figure out how to persuade that Hero, Kylon, who was curling up the corners of her mouth, saying it wasn't bad since she could now 'fuck' a woman.
It was already unfair enough that I was dragged into a place like this against my will, but now I'm suddenly a woman, and I'm supposed to be 'fucked' by a woman who became a man? That's ridiculous.
I absolutely wanted to prevent that, so I furrowed my brow and stepped back.
「Do you know? They say if a Saintess loses her virginity, she loses her powers.」
And at the same time, I carefully brought up what I had heard from the King.
Come to think of it, the Saintess held such an important position that she should have been recruited as a companion first.
However, in the adult game, despite being the first companion to recruit, her capture order was the very last.
At first glance, it might seem funny, but it increasingly became clear that a rational inference could be made: the Saintess's power must not be lost in the early to mid-stages.
The order of recruiting companions, the capture order, and what I had heard from the King.
After combining those pieces of information, I carefully mumbled, and Kylon hummed, furrowed her brow, then let out a deep sigh and started walking again.
That large body, which had stopped, subtly approached me.
「I think I can clear it without a healer, I've cleared it once before.」
The situation I thought I had avoided returned as a threat, and I let out a groan, thinking, 'At this rate, I'm really going to get jumped as soon as we meet.'
「Hey...! You think it's okay to just do that when we're not even at the beginning of the story yet?!」
「...Honestly, it's not a game anymore, it's half-reality, isn't it?」
I groaned involuntarily, wondering if she really had nothing but sex on her mind.
If it had been a woman's body, it might have just ended with some rubbing, but the body that bitch had entered was Kylon's body.
The sheer realization that she possessed a massive body, a 'weapon' capable of conquering heroines in the game, filled me with fear.
So I desperately racked my brain, trying to figure out how to stop that Hero, who was charging at me like a runaway truck with broken brakes.
She seemed to have some experience, having cleared it once, as she said it might be fine without a healer, and her eyes gleamed, ready to pounce on this body.
She didn't stop even when I asked if she shouldn't touch me before the story began, so I carefully furrowed my brow, wondering what exactly would make her stop.
「What, what do I have to do for you not to touch me?」
Thinking that, and utterly unable to figure it out, I finally asked.
Then, stopping in front of me, she stared down at me, then opened her mouth as if puzzled, as if curious.
「...Why do you hate it so much? I even like rubbing against women.」
「That's just between women, men really hate rubbing against each other, you know?」
「Aren't you a woman now?」
「My mind is a man's. You should 'fuck' another woman instead...」
At her words, implying that since she was like that, I shouldn't be any different, I was dumbfounded, but thinking it best not to provoke her right now, I said weakly.
Right now, I had no physical strength, so the fact that I couldn't resist if caught was a huge flaw.
For me, who had to cling to that Hero, that crazy lesbian, to reach an ending, it was a somewhat dangerous path.
However, if I didn't follow the Hero, I could be recaptured by the King and reduced to the status of a lab rat, experimented on and tortured every time, so I wanted to avoid any path I considered a minefield as much as possible.
As I stared at her with a look of dislike, the Hero Kylon groaned 'Hmm,' then slumped her shoulders.
「Ugh, fuck. Veronica is my Favorite Character, why did I have to possess her...?」
She spewed out curses like that, then scratched her head vigorously and grumbled.
More than that, she said she came from the same place as me, but seeing her so unhinged, I lowered my eyes, thinking she might be a bitch driven mad by adult games.
「Then go to the Convent for a while. I need to bring Flora first.」
Unsure if the Convent was a good option right now, I pondered for a moment, then carefully voiced my opinion about the other heroine.
「But isn't Flora a possessor like us too?」
「...She could be, but they can't all be men like you, can they?」
At that, Kylon's expression seemed to crumple slightly.
It seemed to imply that her statement about it being okay even if the 'inside' was a man didn't necessarily mean it was always good.
Should I feel a little relieved? Or should I be a little nervous because I'm her Favorite Character, Veronica?
For now, what was important was Kylon's Favorability Score.
「Uh, um. I'll follow you too.」
One might ask what 'favorability score' has to do with this, as I wasn't trying to seduce a game character or heroine, but for me right now, it was the most crucial thing.
If a certain level of favorability accumulated between people, they wouldn't force someone to do something they disliked.
If there were no possessors among Flora, Linda, and Agnes, whom we would meet in the future, then I would be the only one in this world who could truly understand and acknowledge the Hero, a fellow possessor.
In that case, she wouldn't forcibly 'pounce' on me, her sole understanding companion and someone in the same predicament.
「Whatever.」
Kylon's voice, indicating she didn't care, came out at my words, and she turned and led the way.
And I simply followed her footsteps.
As I carefully followed behind Kylon, the clanking sound of the Hero's armor reached my ears, along with her muttering voice.
「But in the game, they almost forcibly put an order to the capture strategy, if there were no system issues, I could just 'condition' them all at once... No, wait. They're picky bitches.」
At Kylon's remark, which made me wonder if she was agonizing over the capture strategy or over 'fucking' women, and which was her priority, I thought, 'There's truly no other brute like this.'
「Honestly, it's a shame I could only 'fuck' Veronica once in the game.」
「......」
She's saying that for me to hear, isn't she?
I clamped my mouth shut at the loud voice coming from the Hero and simply followed behind her.
Although the nun's habit, open at the sides, felt a bit uncomfortable, it didn't hinder my walking at all for the moment.
Click, clack.
As I followed behind Kylon in elegant shoes, she soon spoke to me.
It wasn't the muttering she had been doing earlier.
「...I'll call you Veronica, okay? We need to get used to it in front of other people anyway.」
「Oh, I'll just call you Kylon too.」
「What are you talking about? You should call me Hero-nim.」
It was a bit unreasonable.
However, thinking about it, since I hadn't played the game, I had no way of knowing the in-game scripts or the characters' speech patterns, so following her words was the most correct judgment. With that thought, I simply shut my mouth.
「Well, I'll try my best in front of others.」
I didn't really know the speech patterns of the Saintess in this game.
However, I knew the speech patterns of Saintesses in adult games to some extent, so I could imitate them somewhat.
The game hadn't started yet.
Yet, I was simply following behind the Hero, who was already trying to gather heroines.
I also felt relieved that I had managed to stop Kylon from immediately trying to 'pounce' on my body.
It wasn't my business if other bitches got 'fucked'. All that mattered was that my body wasn't 'pounced' on by a man.
It was unfortunate that Veronica was the Hero's Favorite Character, but I could recall that the fact that her capture order was the very last, and the characteristics of this body, Veronica herself, were acting as a blessing in disguise.
And what followed was her voice.
「By the way, don't you have any abilities? I, as the Hero, have some abilities.」
「...What ability?」
「Inventory.」
Ah. I was jealous of that.
Isn't it an ability that means you don't need a separate bag?
Above all, its biggest advantage was that you could hide the contents of your bag and deceive others' eyes.
So, even if she carried SM items, she wouldn't incur disgust from others, or anything like that.
Even if not for that, it was a convenient ability that eliminated all the hassle of organizing items when moving around normally, and the effort of having to pack and carry a bag.
If Kylon, a possessor, had the Inventory ability, wouldn't I have it too? With that thought, I stretched out my hand and mumbled.
「Hmm, do I have it too? Inventory.」
But nothing appeared, and Kylon, reacting to my voice, turned her head and glanced at me.
Since the Inventory was originally invisible to others, Kylon also stared intently, as if trying to figure it out from my reaction.
「Did it work?」
「No...」
I didn't have the Inventory ability.
It seemed to be a protagonist-exclusive ability.
As I slumped my shoulders and adjusted my veil properly again, Kylon opened her mouth as if something had just occurred to her.
「Come to think of it, you were hanging by your neck earlier.」
「Uh, yeah.」
「The King did that, right?」
「...Yeah.」
As she started talking about when I was rescued, I could feel my mood instantly souring.
My complexion, which I could tell was darkening even without a mirror, grew steadily darker.
But Kylon, who had started walking again, simply moved forward without even looking at my face.
「So, were you almost dead? Or did you die and then wake up?」
「Ah, that. I died and then woke up.」
Kylon and I could still be considered allies, companions.
Even if there was a slightly scary aspect that she might try to 'fuck' me at any time, for me, there was no other way to find a chance to reach an ending and perhaps escape this world.
First of all, I, who knew nothing about the game, had to ask Kylon if I had any questions, so there was nothing to do but tell her honestly.
When I said that, she listened to my words, groaned 'Hmm,' then nodded her head.
「In the game, I didn't know because the other three besides the Saintess were support characters anyway, but so there was a setting like that.」
「You didn't know either?」
「I only cleared it once too.」
This is quite a mess.
Amidst my expression of awkwardness, Kylon, who had somehow left the hidden Convent and was approaching the Royal Capital, sternly instructed me as if admonishing me.
「Hey, start using the Saintess's speech pattern now, okay? I'm going to use the Hero's speech pattern too.」
「Oh? Ah, yeah.」
So I quickly nodded and followed behind her.
It seemed like it was time to meet someone else again.