The Butler's Sacrifice and Amplification (1)
The Butler's Sacrifice and Amplification (1)
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-Creak.
A grotesque sound rang out. When I looked over, a crushed chunk of table was clenched in Rebecca's fist. Shit, the kind of power that turned a block of wood into toothpicks. That was fucking terrifying!
"Test it on me first."
Rebecca said that through gritted teeth.
"Y-You...!"
Reni protested from behind me.
"Y-You're not someone who needs amplification! You don't need it!"
Reni... she was trembling like a leaf, but she still said what she had to say. She'd called me an apostle of the Goddess and urged me to use my powers proactively, yet when the moment came, she raised one objection after another.
"Or don't tell me?! Were you after Yoo-jin from the very start?!"
"..."
No, I did not think that was it. Reni was about to start talking nonsense again. I needed to stop her quickly.
"Reni, that's a bit..."
"I have not wallowed in carnal desire the way you have."
"?!"
Rebecca cut me off and fired back at Reni.
"This is a city with many adventurers, so I am accustomed to such things happening frequently. Even so, as a member of the clergy, should you not exercise some restraint? Is it proper for a priestess to be so steeped in lust?"
"N-No... h-how..."
Th-This woman was backing her into a corner as if she'd seen it firsthand. Reni must have felt the same way I did, because her face drained of color.
"I could hear everything from the hallway."
"...!!!!!!"
She'd heard everything! How the hell... Right! Shit! I'd gotten careless and hadn't cast Silence! Reni started talking nonsense the moment she had it stuck in, so I forgot to do it! Damn it!
"Ha... so the two of you were enjoying yourselves like that again? Behind my back?"
"Ahem... um... N-No... there are some circumstances..."
"What circumstances?"
"No, it's not what you're thinking... it just sort of happened..."
"That's rich. Really."
Yuri was glaring at me with a face that said she was utterly fed up, and Reni had gone completely rigid at the accusation of wallowing in lust, her mouth just opening and closing soundlessly.
Mm. To be honest, Reni really wasn't normal. It wasn't as if she'd only jumped me once or twice while I was asleep. I had no idea how many times I'd been subjected to sleep sex. Objectively speaking, Reni was practically a sex offender...
"..."
"Hm?"
Reni was tugging at my elbow. She was making a teary face as if asking me to defend her. As if she'd never done any such thing!
"..."
"Hic..."
I ignored her. My conscience pricked me too sharply to defend something like that. Poor Reni. Everyone who met her ended up noticing her lewdness.
Anyway, that was one thing, but this butler was being seriously obnoxious.
I'd gone out of my way in every respect to try to save you all, and this was the treatment I got. The way she ran her mouth was extremely unpleasant.
"Rebecca, that's enough..."
Ariel, who seemed to be feeling pretty guilty herself, was glancing at me and trying to intervene. But Rebecca was still glaring at me as she kept talking.
"Lady Ariel. Have you forgotten Sivter? That man also showed only good will at first. Do you not remember how he acted as if he required nothing in return, then led you into a trap?"
"..."
Ariel furrowed her brow as though remembering something. Had that pig done that many things to her? Rebecca continued pressing her.
"And Lady Niniel has only just come of age and has no experience—how can you entrust her so recklessly to someone whose origins are completely unknown..."
...What?
"Hold on. Hold on a moment."
When I interrupted, Rebecca whipped her head around.
"What is it."
"What did you just say?"
"What do you mean."
This woman's sharp attitude was seriously grating, but I'd have to deal with that a bit later. More important than that was...
"Niniel... how old did you say she is?"
"...She has only just come of age."
"Then Ariel is also...?"
"Is that not obvious? They are twins."
Rebecca looked at me with eyes full of disdain, but because of something else, I couldn't say anything back.
"...So they were adults by elven standards? Around... two hundred years old?"
Rebecca ignored me.
"Lady Ariel, I now see this man is even lacking in common sense. We cannot entrust Lady Niniel to such an ignorant foreigner—"
"No, how old is she?"
"My sister and I are twenty years old."
"..."
Ariel's answer.
But what? Twenty years old?
She'd been talking like an old fossil from start to finish and she'd only just come of age? I looked around and saw that our girls were gaping with their mouths hanging open too. So I wasn't the only one floored. Thank goodness.
"Whoa... talking like you've lived hundreds of years when you're... twenty?"
"Tch..."
"She is younger than me?" Yuri muttered, and Ariel groaned.
For the first time, emotion surfaced on Ariel's expressionless face. She'd been aware her way of talking was ridiculous?! Thanks for saying it for me!
"Please watch your words and conduct."
Rebecca stepped in again. At this point, I was slowly getting angry too. No matter how overprotective she was, constantly picking fights over every little thing and hovering around like this—irritation couldn't help but creep up. And what did getting screwed over by Sivter have to do with treating me like this?
"I'm not planning to force anything on someone who doesn't want it. Let's ask the person herself."
I'd slipped into casual speech without realizing it. Maybe sensing my irritation, Ariel's expression grew a little cowed.
-Crunch.
The sound of molars being ground to dust again. Shit, every time this damn overprotective butler bitch had nothing to say, she threatened me with her whole body!
"Hoo... even if what you say is true, there is no knowing whether Lady Niniel's body could withstand it. She is in a state where even moving about is difficult."
"...So what?"
Rebecca glared at me as if she wanted to kill me.
"I shall test it myself. If your ability is real and you can cure Lady Niniel's illness..."
"Then?"
"...You may do with me as you please."
Didn’t you already belong to Ariel? Yet Ariel merely bit her lip.
Still, I didn't really need that. What was I supposed to do with someone as stiff and scary as you?
"What, you're saying you'll be my sex slave or something?"
"Yes."
"What?!" "Yoo-jin?!"
Rebecca answered immediately to the words I'd just tossed out. And our girls looked at me in horror. No, it was a joke...
But even if I wouldn't make her a sex slave, it seemed like I needed to teach her a bit of a lesson. Her attitude was just too awful.
"So, when?"
"Right now, if you wish."
...Bold as hell.
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"Yoo-jin. Th-This is just to verify your ability... that's all. Y-You mustn't do it as roughly as you usually do. Just... like what you did with me before... only enough for a low-level amplification..."
"You're telling me to just do a massage and stop?"
"Yes..."
Reni, blushing but still saying her piece. But that probably wasn't going to cut it.
Honestly, I felt a bit strange about it too. My relationship with Rebecca was barely even amicable, let alone affectionate. It was closer to hostility.
Sex when we were both pissed off at each other. I never thought I'd end up doing something like this.
"...Even so, stopping at that level won't be enough. I need to confirm Permanent Potential Amplification first, and demonstrate the release of Divine Power too."
"Ugh..."
That meant I had to have sex and come inside too. Reni must have understood that as well—she looked tearful, but there was also a hint of anger on her face.
"You look real excited."
Yuri stuck out her lower lip and gave me a sidelong glare.
"No, what are you saying? Didn't you see us fighting just now?"
"Hmph. I'm last in line, as always. Sure."
Yuri made a nasal sound as she rubbed at her eyes. Her eyes, fixed on one corner of the reception room, were slightly bloodshot.
Ugh... that hit hard. Reni was also glancing at Yuri, maybe aware that she'd cut in line. Come to think of it, I hadn't told Yuri about the amplification either, so it was only natural she'd feel left out.
"I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you for sure next time..."
"Hmmph... you talk a good game. Fine. Go."
Yuri pushed me away with slightly reddened eyes, then turned and went back to her room.
"Yoo-jin..."
Once Yuri disappeared, Reni threw herself into my arms,
"Th-This is just a test... so... y-you mustn't cross the line...!"
then muttered something in a gloomy voice and dashed off.
"..."
Don't cross the line. Well, maybe she meant something like don't give your heart away? Utterly ambiguous.
I took a deep breath, then went to the butler who was with the elf.
Ariel looked confused. Yeah. I was confused too. How had I ended up having danger-filled sex with an assassin butler? I could picture her punching a hole through me with a spear-hand strike in the middle of it.
But what was done was done. No helping it. I had to think positively.
Still, this woman was a beauty, looks-wise.
...
After sending Ariel upstairs as well, at last only Rebecca and I remained in the reception room.
"So. Where do we do this?"
"...Follow me."
Rebecca pushed me into an empty room in a corner of the mansion and locked the door.
The moment I heard the click, I flinched without meaning to. Reni always startled me with the sound of her locking the door; now I kind of understood how that felt.
"Hoo..."
Rebecca was glaring at me like she wanted me dead. Before long, she began stripping off her clothes one by one until she was in her underwear.
-Gulp.
Seeing Rebecca's body, I couldn't help but swallow hard.
The moment she undid the buttons of her shirt, her breasts burst out, so voluptuous they seemed about to tear through her underwear. Not as big as Reni's, but bigger than Yuri's.
And below that, firm abs and long, straight legs.
Her whole body gave off a slightly muscular impression, but it wasn't lumpy or bulging. A lean, solid look, like a hunting dog.
In that state, Rebecca let her arms hang limp and stared at me. As if she'd done her part and was now telling me to handle the rest myself.
...Infuriating in so many ways.
Until just a moment ago I hadn't had much motivation, but seeing her tight, lewd body and her half-hearted attitude, I could feel my desire slithering back up.
It seemed like I really did need to make this one wail.
I reached my hand toward Rebecca's chest.