Hypnotizing the Proud Roommate
**CHAPTER 16: The Hypnotic Surprise in the Dorm**
The... um... is it finally over? The bug seems like it's already gone, right?
Eh? No no, it's definitely still there.
Hiiit...!
Here, here, you need to grab it with your hands, so hold up your skirt a bit.
Uuuh... please take it off me right away. I’m terrified of that bug, you know. And class is about to start any minute...
I ignored the sniffling, nameless junior I’d made grab her skirt hem myself and shamelessly admired her sky-blue cotton panties. While I was staring at her thighs and the panties, I finally exhaled a cool breath right against her private area, then slipped out from beneath her skirt.
Seeing the sniffling junior’s face, I said calmly, “Uuu... the bug is gone now, right...?”
Yeah. It was a pretty big one. If I hadn’t been here, it probably would’ve been way harder.
Thank you. Really. Can I go now?
Eh? Ah. Wait a second, that’s the underwear she was sitting on. Doesn’t it feel bad? I’ll take care of it properly, so just take it off and go.
I... the underwear...?
Unlike the junior’s bewildered eyes, I reached out in front of her as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
After a moment of hesitation, the sniffling junior let out a little sob and slid her panties down onto my hand.
“I don’t want to give you my underwear... but I really hate that bug more...”
“Haha, I’ll take care of it just fine.”
The junior handed over the panties and darted off down the hallway, disappearing.
I held the sky-blue panties in my hand, brought them close to my nose, and inhaled the scent.
“Whew... that mixed scent of fabric softener and her body smell never gets old.”
Even to myself, this was a pretty twisted fetish, but it didn’t matter anymore. I shoved the junior’s panties into my pocket and started walking.
‘Hypnosis System open.’
Now I could open the system window just by thinking it—no more need to say it out loud. The transparent window floated in front of me and I smiled.
“Finally... another level up.”
Two weeks after I gained the Hypnosis ability, I was steadily climbing.
***
After becoming Maila’s Master in every possible sense, my life changed dramatically. Of course I was still being bullied, but at least I could ignore their nonsense without a care.
That’s how I started secretly having sex with Maila in the library, always using Hypnosis at maximum efficiency during the day to level up while corrupting nameless students. Since just casually hypnotizing them felt too boring, I was now accepting panties as gifts the way I did with the girl from earlier.
I’d just given her a Hypnosis to make her hate bugs, then told her a bug had crawled under her skirt. Thanks to that, I got to admire her fragrant panties for free and casually collected them as a present too.
So after about two weeks, I hit Level 5. My Hypnosis ability kept growing stronger no matter how quiet or painful the past bullying had been.
“Since it’s just eye contact now, does that mean I can cast Hypnosis even if we’re not physically touching?”
That was the new feature—Hypnosis just from looking at each other’s eyes. It was pretty useful.
With Maila, a mage who wasn’t exactly a fighter, she couldn’t stop me from moving, but if I were facing someone way stronger than me, they might sense something was off the moment I reached for them. Plus the increased compulsion level was handy too.
“It should work well on people with naturally strong mental fortitude or those who resist Hypnosis through special means.”
Among the useful bits of knowledge I’d gathered while Hypnotizing regular students, the difference in everyone’s mental strength was useful. Some obeyed a single command instantly, others required me to engrave every tiny detail. In that sense, higher compulsion was always helpful.
“Level’s up. Time to start for real.”
With the level improved, it was time to move properly.
“Elise, you damn bitch. Start with your roommate.”
As expected, the first target was my roommate.
***
Elise Vinette—daughter of Baron Vinette, famed wine producer—lived a far more diligent life than other academy students. While the rest of us slept in on weekends, Elise was already up the moment the sun rose, taking a quick shower and finishing her basic makeup.
That used to be what the maids did when I lived in the estate, but now she could do it perfectly on her own.
“Tsk. Still, the estate maids do it much better.”
Tsking at her makeup that somehow didn’t please her today, she stared at the mirror. Her light freckles and orange hair—childhood complexes she always covered with makeup—were now deliberately kept light since she started admiring and worshiping Chloe.
“Fufu... Lady Chloe.”
Imagining Lady Chloe looking down on her and giving commands made a smile spill across Elise’s face.
Today she had plans with her Master. Using magic tools to perfect her styling, Elise opened her closet and selected clothes she loved most—elegant designs. Although she was tempted by the dress that made her look beautiful, today’s destination was somewhere her Master needed to reach easily, so she chose the neatly pressed uniform instead.
“Well... there’s no telling what might happen.”
After changing completely, Elise turned to leave but stopped, turning her body to memorize the room’s interior. Ever since they started coming back from class, she’d felt someone had touched the room, and it was always the roommate Serina—though...
“Hah. There’s no way that plump idiot would do it.”
After Chloe’s commands dragged her reputation into the gutter and completely alienated her from the student community, that was out of the question. At first Serina had a half-decent appearance and decent grades, but thanks to Chloe and Elise’s scheming she was now the undisputed target of bullying on campus.
Bullied like that, Serina slowly grew timid and gloomy, and soon the bullying became routine. Of course, since her Master Chloe wanted her, the other students’ bullying was Elise’s responsibility to handle. Especially the knight-course boys who kept reaching for Serina, so Elise had to intervene using Chloe’s name.
“Hey... something’s changed lately...”
Serina’s usually listless appearance had changed a lot in the past week. Her timid personality and the black hair that hid her eyes were now neatly tied back. For some reason, it felt like her mind had been affected... Elise couldn’t quite understand why.
“Speaking of which, she’s been coming to the library a lot lately...”
She must have made a new friend. After the underwear-thief rumors spread, Elise found it weird she was trying to be friends with someone. She had to be someone normal—no way.
“Couldn’t be a guy, right?”
Since Chloe had declared she would take Serina, that declaration had to be upheld. There was no way Elise would let her toil away while someone else got to bully the girl.
Completely dropping one student into the gutter was easy, but what Chloe wanted was for Serina to surrender herself willingly to her own Master. Having a new pet for her beloved was deeply unpleasant, but there was nothing she could do.
She wondered if she should warn her, then stepped out of the room.
“It’s strangely quiet lately.”
In the past few days, Serina had started responding to bullying differently from before. While she used to stare with unfocused eyes, wishing the moment would pass quickly, now she looked at her as if watching her. A chill ran down Elise’s spine.
Feeling uneasy, she walked up to the closed roommate door and pushed it open without hesitation.
“Whew...”
Serina was lying face-down on the bed, sleeping soundly. And she was in underwear. More precisely, just panties—no bra.
“Tsk. Disappointing.”
Her Master was supposed to like something, but she wanted to keep this lowly commoner? Those breasts maybe? A wave of sticky jealousy rose, but sensing someone coming, Serina’s eyes opened.
“Hyaam... Eh? Miss Elise? What’s wrong?”
That calm reaction—something Elise had hated. The lowly commoner who used to tremble at just a glance was now calm as if nothing had happened in recent days. The sight displeased her, so Elise walked up and slapped her across the face.
Crack—
“The lowly commoner looks pathetic even while sleeping. From now on, don’t let me see you like that.”
Even she thought the order was ridiculous, but Elise didn’t care. She planned to use this chance to crush the spirit of the roommate who’d been looking so cheerful lately.
But Serina’s reaction was different from before. A subtle emotion sparked in the eyes Serina turned toward her—like a flame she couldn’t quite understand.
With unease mounting, Elise raised her hand again, only for Serina to grab her arm.
“Kyah! Let go!”
“Haa... Hypnosis begins.”
The moment she tried to resist, Serina’s voice echoed inside her brain and Elise’s consciousness cut off.