Chapter 141: Another Deal
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 141: Another Deal
One corner of the resting Renka’s mouth was turned up ever so slightly.
It seemed the soft bed and thick duvet were making her feel at peace.
I wasn’t sure if she had grown a little more accustomed to spending time with me, or if she was simply feeling comfortable lying in bed after expending so much mental energy.
She would focus on the TV, laughing quietly when a comedian told a funny joke, or fiddle with her phone, texting someone…
Renka spent her time like that, saying nothing even after the promised time had passed.
She was subtly slacking off, waiting for me to bring it up first.
I knew this perfectly well, but I deliberately pretended not to notice and let her rest for another thirty minutes.
Then, after a total of three hours had passed, I spoke to Renka.
“It’s time.”
“...Haaah...”
She immediately let out a deep sigh.
The thought of having to go back into the training cage after relaxing so comfortably seemed to make her future look bleak.
The humiliation was one thing, but it must be uncomfortable not being able to hold her body properly, right?
If it were just a little wider, a little taller, if the floor were just a bit softer, she might have been able to endure it. But it was a merciless cage with almost no consideration for comfort, so she was probably getting annoyed.
“Shall we get you back inside now?”
“I was good, wasn’t I…? Can’t you just let me go now…?”
“Strictly speaking, you weren’t good. You kept snapping at me.”
“Snapping at you…? That’s a harsh way to put it…”
“You think that’s harsh? What about you cursing at me? Was that not harsh?”
“……”
“Nothing to say, right? I’ll let you go earlier than planned, but we’re still a long way from that. Hurry up and get in.”
“……”
Renka stayed silent, turning her head away.
Getting out of bed, I stood tall in front of her as she sulked.
Then, I grabbed her wrist and pulled her up.
I could feel a heavy weight from Renka’s body as she was half-forced to her feet.
She had tensed her entire body, trying not to be pulled along.
To her, who was throwing a silent tantrum, I said,
“Don’t be like this. Get up.”
“I don’t want to… And who said you could touch my body? You touched me without permission, so I’m resting for another hour…”
I had been holding back my laughter for a while, but hearing Renka’s pouting made me burst out laughing.
Renka really is cute. It’s a different kind of cute from Chinami, which makes it refreshing.
“Don’t laugh…! It’s so annoying…!”
She’s adorable even when she’s huffing and puffing with a beet-red face.
Keep being like this from now on.
Still holding one of her wrists, I looked down at her with a stern gaze.
I’d given her enough carrots. Now it was time for the stick.
“Get up. Before I change my wish to something else.”
“Wh-what kind of rule is that…? You already used the wish…!”
“But you’re refusing to do it. Or should I just force you in and make you stay for five hours?”
“Do you know how scary you are right now? You’re like a psycho… Don’t act like a normal person outside… Other people need to know this side of you…”
“It’s enough that you know.”
“Th-this is illegal…!”
“It’s not illegal. We agreed on it with the wish that you’d do anything.”
“Still, I could report you for this…!”
“So, are you going to report me? I don’t mind, but get in first. You can report me after you’ve been in and come out.”
“……”
Did she finally realize that nothing she said would work on me anymore?
With a sigh that could have cracked the earth, Renka stood up and walked very slowly toward the cage.
As I opened the entrance, Renka squeezed her eyes shut.
She hesitated, clearly reluctant to go in, then shot me a glare before finally bending over.
After confirming that Renka was inside the cage, I locked the entrance with a padlock.
Then I placed a pillow in front of the cage, sat down on it, and simply stared at Renka. Intently.
“What are you doing…”
The gaze from outside the bars must have been incredibly burdensome, as Renka sat down at a distance from me.
She looked so pitiful, pulling her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.
“I just wanted to look at you.”
“You’re a real piece of trash…”
“Are you tired already?”
“My body was tired earlier. Now, feeling like I’m being bred and watched is mentally exhausting… It feels awful… Am I some kind of livestock…?”
“Do you want to get out? Should we end the wish here?”
“Y-you can do that?”
The light in Renka’s dying eyes instantly filled with hope.
With a bright smile, I tapped the bars of the cage with my finger.
“There’s one condition.”
“What is it…?”
“Just do a cosplay for me one time.”
Renka was dumbfounded.
The sudden mention of cosplay seemed to have caught her completely off guard.
She stared at me blankly with her mouth slightly agape, then, as if her senses were partially returning, she shook her head frantically.
Then she asked.
“You want me to cosplay…?”
“Yes.”
“L-like an anime character…?”
That’ll come later, when you’ve come to like me.
“I think it’s more of a mainstream cosplay than an anime character. So, will you accept?”
“No way… I’d rather you touch my chin more…”
It seems she thinks it’s better to just suffer through today and be done with it… How disappointing.
And here I was, planning something that could truly awaken the slave instincts latent within you.
“I’m bored of it, so I won’t.”
“B-bored of it…?”
“Just kidding. Let me add to my proposal. If you accept the offer, the wish ends. I’ll let you out right away and drive you home. The cosplay is just once, for thirty minutes, in this location. I’ll call you when I want, but it won’t be a sudden demand like today. I’ll fully consider your circumstances.”
“I said I’m not doing it…?”
“Keep listening. If you don’t accept… you’ll just have to stay in there for eight hours straight.”
“E-eight hours…? Eight hours means it’ll be the middle of the night! You said you’d let me go early!”
“It’s two o’clock now, right? I was originally going to let you go at midnight, but I moved it up by two hours.”
“Wh-what…? Two hours…!?”
Grind!
I could hear the sound of Renka grinding her teeth.
She seemed furious that after showing a somewhat obedient attitude, the time was only reduced by a mere two hours.
I looked at Renka with a nonchalant expression.
“I only took that much off considering you kept throwing a tantrum and even cursed at me. Do you have anything to say?”
“……”
“Besides, I let you rest on the bed for an extra thirty minutes. Someone who couldn’t put their phone down wouldn’t have been unaware of the promised time… You were deliberately not saying anything, weren’t you?”
“W-well, that’s true, but it’s more your fault for not saying anything…! Since you were quiet, I thought it was okay to rest more…!”
“Promises are meant to be kept.”
“A verbal promise can be broken at any time… You should have put it in writing.”
“Verbal promises are also valid.”
“There’s no proof…”
“You know we’re being incredibly childish right now, right? Don’t you think you and I are a good match?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. As if.”
Renka retorted to my playful question before continuing.
“Eight hours is too much. Cut it in half.”
“Don’t be unreasonable. I’m not listening to that anymore.”
“Then at least let me use my phone. And I’d like a blanket on the floor. I have to be here for a long time, I think you could at least provide that much comfort.”
“No.”
“Please.”
So you’ve decided to be shameless now? Cute.
I clicked my tongue at Renka and said,
“It seems pointless to talk any further. I’m going to step out for a bit now.”
“Y-you’re leaving…? Where?”
“I’m bored, so I’m thinking of going to see a movie.”
“What…? Don’t be ridiculous…! What about me? You’re just going to leave me here alone?”
“Yes. Isn’t it better for you if I’m not here?”
“W-well, that’s true, but what about the bathroom? You told me to tell you when I needed to go…! Are you saying I should just take care of it in here?”
“You can hold it until I get back. What would you like for dinner? I’ll grab some takeout on my way back.”
At my words, having stood up, turned off the TV, and even put on my coat, Renka flinched and grabbed the bars with both hands.
“Hey…! Are you really leaving?”
Her voice grew urgent and her body trembled. The thought of having to stay alone in the cage for several hours seemed to be putting immense psychological pressure on her.
Though I’d said it, I actually had no intention of leaving. I asked her in return,
“Then will you accept my offer?”
“...This was your plan all along, wasn’t it…!”
“I won’t deny it. But I don’t think it’s a bad deal for you either. You just have to invest thirty minutes.”
“The fact that something that was supposed to end today is being extended is a loss in itself…!”
“But it’s a gain in terms of time. You could just stop by for a bit after school on a weekday. I told you I’d work with your schedule, didn’t I?”
“What kind of cosplay are you trying to make me do? At least give me some information! If I just agree, who knows if you’ll make me do a nude cosplay!?”
“I believe I said it was mainstream. Was nude cosplay mainstream? I had no idea.”
“Grr…!”
She looks like she’s about to explode.
She’s so fun to rile up, it makes me want to keep teasing her.
Chuckling, I went back to the front of the cage and tapped the metal plate on top.
“I can’t give you the details, but it will be far less taxing, both mentally and physically, than being in this cage. And it’s absolutely not an outfit that exposes your breasts or genitals.”
Renka gulped at my blunt words.
Bending my knees, I squatted down to meet her gaze.
“What will you do?”
Renka looked down at the cage floor with a troubled expression.
And inwardly, I cheered.
The fact that she was contemplating it, even with only the barest hint of information about the cosplay, was proof that Renka was slowly awakening to this side of her tastes.
Of course, I could be mistaken, but it was undoubtedly a positive reaction.
“You said you had something to do today, didn’t you? Isn’t that what you said on the phone last time?”
At those words, as if remembering something she had forgotten, Renka flinched and lifted her head.
She looked at me with complicated eyes.
“...Is it really just thirty minutes?”
She had finally decided to accept my deal.
“Yes. Thirty minutes.”
“And you’ll discuss the date and time with me…?”
“That’s right. I’ll be very accommodating.”
“...You said it wouldn’t be anything extreme, right…?”
“If you think it’s extreme, you’re welcome to beat me up on the spot and report me. You can be the judge.”
Did my confident tone do the trick?
The look on Renka’s face softened slightly.
After mumbling to herself for another short moment, as if weighing her options, she let out a long sigh through her nose and opened her mouth.
“Fine… I accept.”
The moment I heard her answer, I immediately unlocked the padlock.
After Renka came out and stood up, I apologized.
“You went through a lot today… I’m sorry.”
“Whatever… Why are you acting all nice now?”
“I also wanted to say thank you for indulging my fetish.”
“F-fetish…? Are you insane… for real…?”
“Should I take you home?”
“...Drop me off at Tokyo Station…”
From Tokyo Station, Akihabara is just two stops away on the light blue line.
It seems she named this station on purpose because she didn’t want me to know she was going there… I can see right through her.
“Are you going in that outfit? Won’t you stand out?”
“I have a coat, so it’s fine… No, I don’t think that’s any of your business.”
“That’s a hurtful thing to say.”
“There’s no need to be polite anymore, is there?”
“I suppose you’re right. Get dressed. Let’s go.”
Renka listlessly replied, “Okay,” and began to put on her coat.
Today’s harvest wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t bad either.
If I’d been a little greedier, I could have gained more, but it was right to stop before Renka’s defiance grew any stronger.
Especially since I achieved my goal of being able to continue our master-servant relationship by getting a chance to make a request that, while not as powerful as the wish, was comparable to it… I shouldn’t have any regrets.