Chapter 73
Chapter 73
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 73
Chapter Title: How to Steal the Protagonist's Woman
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"...What is this? Where the hell am I?"
His name was Lorian.
The man who had led the plot to rape Lena.
The place he found himself in was a battlefield strewn with corpses.
The bodies ranged from humans to demons of all kinds.
"Sh-shit... Is, is there no one here!?"
He hadn't gone to war, thanks to his position as a successor.
But because of that, his successor seat had started to wobble precariously.
And so Lorian...
"Damn it, I was just about to expose the hero's scandals soon! Why the hell am I here?!"
He had planned to use some information he'd gotten by chance to solidify his position despite not joining the war.
The Hero has vanished.
But he was certain the war would be won.
"This is my chance... The Demon King doesn't look like much. If I announce it now, I can pin the blame for the war on them during the chaos... and my position will skyrocket... heh heh..."
The war had started on shaky pretenses to begin with.
He planned to shift the blame to the nobles who had led the charge and elevate his own status for staying out of it.
"Heh heh... Idiots. Blindly charging into war and fighting isn't the way. You gotta use your head... Huh? What's that...?"
As Lorian wandered looking for people, his eyes caught someone in ornate armor.
"What faction? Whatever, if I tell them who I am, they'll rescue me no problem."
As he approached, a distinctive figure came into view.
"...? Pink hair? Peron?"
Pink hair was a trait of the Peron family.
The knight, sensing his presence, turned toward him.
With her helmet off, long pink hair flowing as she shed tears.
"Lena de Peron?"
Even amid the corpses, she exuded grace and dignity.
The woman opened her mouth toward Lorian.
"...So it was you."
"...? You know me? Yes, I am from the Kingdom of Bethel..."
"You spread those vile rumors and got our soldiers killed."
"Wh-what?! I, I haven't announced it yet! N-no, that's not it!"
"...And after committing such cruelty, you even planned to assault me?"
"Th-that's not...!"
In this disjointed situation, Lorian could only soil himself at Lena de Peron's killing intent.
They were the only two left amid the field of cold meat chunks where man and monster mingled.
Lena de Peron aimed her long sword at Lorian and spoke.
"I'll make sure you never think of women again... for as much as our nation's soldiers suffered!!!"
"Arrrghhh!!"
Lena de Peron's sword tip thrust straight toward Lorian's groin.
"...What kind of psycho bastard is that?"
"Even the Demon King probably didn't know about him, nyang."
As I headed to the common room with Beatrice to greet the morning sun, I heard a few things from her.
The guy who was the successor to a marquis from Bethel Kingdom had gotten grandma's documents and spread them around.
Amazing.
Lena had stitched together the crumbling allied forces after the hero vanished.
But one man's greed had shattered that fragile trust beyond repair.
'Are the guys in Bethel all idiots like that...?'
'So Lena went through all this trouble helping those kinds of guys...'
The world Lena aimed for was one bright with humanity's future.
Yet humans like that were breaking her down.
I felt a bit sorry for her.
I stroked Beatrice's head and praised her.
"Thanks so much for helping today."
"Heh heh, can I have a hug then, nyang?"
"Oh! Sure!"
Beatrice hopped into my arms.
I should have been the one more grateful.
'She's so cute...'
The task I'd given her was simple.
Burn incense in the men's rooms and invade their dreams.
The men's dreams varied, but the outcome was the same.
XX getting endlessly mutilated down there.
Did it end after their groins got hacked up?
No.
The groin regenerated and got mutilated again in an endless loop.
Plus, strong sleeping pills prevented even accidental awakenings.
Beatrice's Dream Invasion was only level 1, but she excelled in stamina.
If she got booted out mid-mutilation, she'd dive right back in...
She did it all night without tiring.
For every man except the kid...
According to her, the finished ones were convulsing on their beds, leaking semen and piss everywhere.
Dream Invasion imprints so deeply that just being near Lena might make them piss themselves for a while.
Like when we spanked her ass—it felt that real.
And what I did was invade the women's dreams.
In theirs, I just watched from afar and summoned the men.
The men's consciousnesses were like "do whatever you want."
But once it started, even I got excited watching the gangrape.
Me, who hates rape concepts, even wanted in.
Even after leaving one dream for another, it kept going.
Once started, it looped infinitely even without me.
The pheromones blooming today probably helped.
Beds soaked in juices and piss, obliterating the incense scent.
'It was fucking awesome.'
'It has to work... For the kid's sake at least... heh heh.'
Now it all hinged on the final plan working.
"...Haa."
Lena sat on the edge of her bed as soon as she woke, gloomily greeting the morning sun.
After rubbing bodies with Seong Suho all day yesterday, she'd desperately hoped he'd come at night.
Not for sex—just being in his arms made her happy.
She'd cleaned up thoroughly before bed.
No sleeping pills needed; she fell asleep instantly.
But when Lena opened her eyes, brilliant morning sunlight greeted her.
The bright sun only deepened the disappointment of her dashed hopes.
"...Right. I should be grateful just for what he gave yesterday."
Lena smiled bitterly, dressed in her maid outfit, and opened the door—to find Berius standing there.
"L-Lady...!"
"...What is it?"
Lena felt a mix of relief seeing Berius.
If Suho had visited like yesterday, she'd have been annoyed, but now she was already depressed.
Berius wore a guilty expression as he spoke.
"I, I have something to tell you..."
"Yes, go ahead."
"Th-the key... That man stole it!"
"..."
Lena had already suspected.
That Seong Suho had used Berius's key to sneak into her room...
But that didn't matter anymore.
Ironic that she even felt grateful to Berius for that.
"Th-that guy sneaked into your room and did something weird!"
"I know."
"...Pardon? No, I mean, it wasn't me, it was that visitor this time!"
Berius mistook her understanding and kept babbling.
Explaining how the man invaded the lady's room and what he might do.
Lena listened quietly before speaking.
"I understand what you're saying."
"I-I'm sorry, milady... That guy threatened me weirdly... But I can't take it anymore!"
Lena cut him off and replied.
"I already know he visits my room. It's fine."
"...Pardon? Wh-what do you...?"
"I'm serving him to begin with. Attending him at night is only natural."
"Uh... M-milady... That... what...?"
Berius couldn't comprehend what he'd heard.
Lena leaned in and whispered a careful warning to Berius.
"Please refrain from visiting in the mornings, just in case he drops by."
"...Y-yes."
"Then."
Lena left the stunned Berius and headed to the common room.
..
..
On her way to the common room, Lena noticed something off from usual.
The male nobles' behavior.
They fled in terror the moment they saw her.
"...?"
Incomprehensible, but since they weren't bothering her for once, she felt relieved and continued on.
The common room she arrived at buzzed with noise from inside.
Lena covered one eye with her hand, enduring the headache.
"Haa... Are you all in your right minds?"
The women's voices from inside were ones she recognized.
They were pleading with Seong Suho about something obvious.
'...Guess I should go in.'
Knock, knock, knock.
Lena knocked lightly, and a man's voice came from inside.
"Come in."
When Lena opened the door, the maid-clad women were on their knees, begging Seong Suho desperately.
'...My god.'
Lena couldn't bear to watch their behavior.
But she judged it her duty to sort out the situation.
"What insolence is this?!"
"It, it's just..."
The women fidgeted in panic at Lena's shout.
But Seong Suho stopped her.
"Ah, it's fine."
"But..."
"Come to think of it, you were tired yesterday, right? Rest easy today."
"..."
Lena felt his consideration stab like a wound.
'...Today's the last day.'
She knew he was leaving tomorrow.
She'd planned to spend that final day with him, preparing to end her life.
But since it was his order, she decided to obey boldly.
"Understood."
"Yeah, rest well~"
"...Thank you."
Lena trudged back to her room with heavy steps.
'I hoped it'd work, but...'
The women who'd dreamed of gangrape all night came straight to me upon waking.
They started pleading desperately.
The manipulations in the dreams seemed to have a big effect.
'Just changed the setting a bit, and they thought it lasted months.'
Low magic resistance, low mental fortitude.
Perfect practice dummies.
Problem was they were only here.
These people were mentally weakened, making it easy.
After sending Lena off, I calmed the women.
"It was just a dream, right? No need to make such a fuss..."
"No! The men were definitely plotting something! And it turned on us..."
"...? Plotting what?"
"W-well..."
In their desperation, the women spilled all the men's schemes without hesitation.
I already knew, but played dumb.
"They're bad guys."
"R-right! To think they'd do that to Lady Lena..."
"We actually tried to stop them, but they threatened us..."
Lying through their teeth...
They'd ignored it knowing full well, but now that it was their turn, they ditched pride to cling.
But I couldn't be harsh here.
"Lena will be fine anyway."
"Pardon? Aren't you worried about Lady Lena?"
At my words, the women looked at me with eager, expectant faces, like hope had dawned.
Worried? Or hoping she suffers...?
But I shattered their expectations.
"I'm taking her with me, so no worries."
"..."
The women in the room stared desperately before bursting into wails.
"Pl-please take me too!"
"T-take me!"
"M-move! I'll do anything for real!!"
I chuckled at the sight.
"No, you don't even know where I'm going."
"A-anywhere's fine! Please!"
"No, you don't know where I'm headed... And right now, more than one or two is kinda..."
"Hic... I'll do anything! Please..."
"Calm down first..."
It took about 10 minutes to settle them.
'Good, this should be enough.'
Then I offered what I thought was a solution.
"So you don't want those guys... messing with you, right?"
"Yes! Please us too... sob..."
I pulled a wooden box from under the bed.
"...?"
Despite my sudden move, the noble girls watched carefully, not wanting to sour my mood.
I opened the box and showed them the contents.
They stared long and hard, then tilted their heads at me.
"...Underwear...?"