Chapter 22
Chapter 22
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 22
Chapter Title: Charging
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The steamy heat of the hot bath was one of my favorite things.
Not only did it melt away fatigue, but it was perfect for closing my eyes and calmly sorting through my thoughts.
And it even left my body clean, so there wasn't any reason to dislike it.
The grandest lord's mansion in Wonderland Fentanyl territory.
In this opulent bathhouse where everything screamed luxury, what was I doing right now? Facing Ellis, who was barely covering her naked body with a towel.
"Master...? May I come in?"
She was already inside the bathhouse, yet she asked me that. This time, it seemed like she was checking if she could join me in the same hot tub.
There was no reason to refuse if she was just going to warm up her body and leave. But...
"Tohihi..."
What can I say? Her flushed face was brimming with personal motives, making me hesitate to respond.
But let's not forget. I was the one holding the reins.
"Ellis."
"Yes, Master."
"We're in a fake engagement. Going all the way to sex doesn't fit the purpose."
"But Master..."
Ellis tilted her head.
"If your stigma isn't charged, Elbalom is doomed, right?"
...Did I not have the upper hand? Maybe not.
"I'm coming in...?"
With the towel wrapped around her, Ellis cautiously slipped her body into the hot water.
Her body had so many graceful curves that even the simple act of immersing herself felt sensual.
"Hm."
It wasn't an unappealing sight, but I still had a lot on my mind.
Once she was in the hot tub, Ellis fixed her gaze on me intently.
Our distance shrank bit by bit. Ellis slyly pressed herself against me.
"Master... What are you worrying about so much? We have no choice if we want to charge the stigma, right?"
"True enough."
"I'm doing this to save my own skin in the long run. You need to be at full power so I can survive down here too, don't I? It's a sense of duty. Pure duty."
Did I not feel that sense of duty? Of course I did.
The problem was that she didn't look like she felt it at all. Anyone would think the same seeing her slightly melted expression.
"And we have to keep up the engagement act going forward, right? Doing it for real would add authenticity, wouldn't it...?"
Ellis lifted her hips slightly and straddled my thigh like it was a chair.
Her naked lower body transmitted a soft sensation, while the weight of her ass and thighs pressed down on my lap with substantial pressure.
'How did it come to this?'
The name might imply I commanded her climax, but I never told her to develop feelings for me.
Yet this girl had twisted it however she pleased.
I'd wondered who would end up responsible for such an irredeemable villainess, and it turned out to be me. Life was truly mysterious.
I wasn't a smoker, but I could kind of understand why smokers craved cigarettes now.
"M-Master... You're being so proactive..."
"?"
When I snapped back to reality, my hand was gripping something elastic. Ellis had guided my hand and was forcing me to grope her breast.
"Haaang... Treating a virgin's body so roughly like this..."
"Yeah, right, virgin my ass."
A virgin acting like this? Were modern virgins all like her, or was Ellis just making other virgins look bad?
Probably the latter.
"Ha-eut, ha-eu-eut..."
Even as she did it, Ellis rubbed her breast against my hand, reveling in it fully.
Fine. I had to charge the stigma anyway.
And if she wanted it too, wasn't this mutually beneficial?
I finally made my decision.
"Get off."
As I stood up, I yanked her hair upward sharply.
"Hyaaat!" Ellis yelped as she was forced to her feet.
"Hya, hyaat! Master? P-Punishment?!"
It was trembling from joy, not fear.
I'd mentioned punishment, but to her, it was basically a reward.
Yeah, I'd known it since she got excited from the spanking.
But then—
Bzzz—
A tingling, strange sensation on my forearm.
It was a first for me, and I'd never been taught what it was, but I instinctively understood.
My brain recognized it immediately, as if I'd always known.
'...The stigma is charging?'
-Sex doesn't necessarily require penetration!
"...I see."
So as long as I satisfied her lust, that alone could charge the stigma.
'I can use this well.'
Judging by Ellis's past behavior, she clearly had masochistic tendencies. She got aroused from being abused.
"...Yeah, it's punishment."
I continued the verbal abuse.
"Me, sleeping with you? You have no idea of your place. Think just because we're 'engaged' you're my equal?"
"N-No! I serve you as Master!"
"Exactly. The fact that you can even serve me as Master is arrogant. How do you not get that?"
The edge of the bath was fairly high.
I slammed Ellis's head down against it, and she gripped it to hold on.
Naturally, this left her presenting her ass to me, upper body bent forward.
"Kyaaat! M-M-Master...! S-Scary!"
Even as she said that, Ellis arched her back straight and lifted her ass slightly.
Her intent was so obvious that I felt a surge of annoyance.
"I'll teach you your place. I'm going to subjugate other noble ladies from now on, and you'll be the most useless one among them. By then, tossing you away like trash wouldn't be weird at all, right?"
"D-Don't discard meee...!"
Excited, Ellis's hips twitched.
I decided to push further. The stigma was reacting pleasurably.
"Then tell me yourself. What use are you?"
"I have magical talent!"
"Don't need it. You think the other ladies don't?"
Smack—!
"Hag-eut?!"
I slapped her ass full force with my palm. The sound of flesh on flesh echoed loudly through the bathhouse.
"See? You're completely useless. Better to just discard you."
"M-My body!"
"What?"
"My body is useful! I'm a virgin! I'll offer it only to you, Master!"
Come to think of it, yeah. I kept forgetting she was supposedly a virgin with every word she said.
How could someone with such a lewd body and attitude still be a virgin?
I took a moment to catch my breath and inspect Ellis.
Her bunny suit always struggled to contain those breasts—maybe "udders" was more fitting—and her smooth thighs.
It hit me anew: her body was plenty enough to make any man's heart race.
But the stigma still wasn't fully satisfied.
"You're not a virgin anymore."
"...Huh?"
Ellis's confusion didn't last. My finger plunged swiftly into her slit.
It was so easy to slide into her already slick folds.
Squelch. My finger pierced through a thin membrane in an instant.
"Ha, ha, ha-eu-eut?!"
She hadn't expected that; a bewildered moan escaped her.
She was already wet, and caught off guard, so there was little resistance.
Once it was in, the rest was easy.
"M-Master's something is inside me... Eek...?!"
"Shut up."
Ellis's inner walls clenched and sucked at my finger greedily.
I quickly traced the smooth, bumpy path inside her.
"Huu... Huuuung..."
Soon, her moans turned sweet.
Sensitivity unbelievable for a virgin. Maybe she was just born unfit for virginity.
"Maa... Masteeer..."
Ellis clamped down on my finger with her pussy and subtly bucked her hips.
I started moving my finger faster.
Feeling the stigma charging, I focused solely on driving her to ecstasy.
Her insides were hot and slippery. I was conquering it with just two fingers.
Squelching sounds grew intense—not from the bathwater, but her juices.
Ellis's moans escalated ridiculously.
"M-Maaaster! Flo... rian! Master! Hng, eut! Ah! Ahaat!"
I hadn't even teased her long, but her eyes were already glazing over dreamily.
The noble lady stained by drug crimes had long vanished from this world.
All that remained was a female rabbit panting lewdly, surrendered to pleasure.
"Haa, eut! Eut! Ue-eut!"
The rhythm of her moans quickened. I sped up my fingers too.
And finally, climax. The stigma filled completely at the same time.
"Hiuuuk?! W-What's haaappeningggg?!"
Her body convulsed like she'd been shocked, letting out a near-suffocating cry.
She'd bitten her lip to hold back as much as she could, it seemed.
Squeeze. Her pussy gripped my fingers tight, announcing her peak again.
As she slumped limply, I finally withdrew my fingers—now that the stigma was full.
"Hek... Heeeek... Maa, Maaaster... The best... I'll be loyal foreverrr... Bunnyyy..."
Her insane sensitivity as a virgin made me wonder how many erogenous zones she'd develop later.
Anyway, that was enough for today.
Or so I thought, until a sudden curiosity struck.
'How far can the Restoration Stigma go?'
I gently rubbed her lower belly and pussy entrance, where she lay collapsed like a dry haystack.
The moment I willed the stigma to activate—
Flash!
My palm and her womb area glowed. Something had been restored.
"Huuung...? Master... What was that...?"
Instead of answering, I quietly slipped a finger back inside her.
Pop. The sensation of a thin something tearing.
"Whoa..."
Its performance was legit. I restored(?) it again anyway.
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Was what just happened "charging" or "bathing"?
Either way, Ellis was completely exhausted, so I let her sleep quietly. As I finished a warm cup of tea alone, the head maid approached me.
"Um, Florian sir."
"What."
"Cheshire Cat has regained consciousness... Tyr asked me to pass that along."
"Got it."
Time to go, then. I straightened my collar.