Before Fear (Part 5)
Before Fear (Part 5)
It was when Lancelot confronted Avaritia.
Pia could feel how powerful the Demon God before her eyes was.
Even if Lancelot protected her, there was no guarantee she would survive.
The sight of people dying at the hands of the demonkin right before her eyes.
The image of her family waiting for her back in her hometown.
These scenes flickered like illusions before Pia's eyes as she faced death.
The desire to return home alive shook her courage.
The grip of fear squeezed her heart, cold sweat dripped down, and her legs trembled.
But to protect her honor to the end, Pia chose to remain an Imperial Knight.
If she could be recognized as a splendid knight by Lancelot even in death, that would be enough.
As a result, she fell under Avaritia's mental attack and was killed by Lancelot's swift judgment.
——That was Pia's original fate.
Unlike in the game, there was one more vision that she saw now.
— You're no knight or anything now......!
Golden eyes distorted in pain, looking at her resentfully as she was helplessly raped by Pia.
'Melanie, I want to see Melanie just one more time, just one more time......!'
Right after she had recklessly acted out, she thought she would have no regrets even if she died.
It was nothing but the illusion of a still young and naive female knight.
There was no such thing as a life with no regrets even in death.
— It's too much for Pia~
— Do you think the honor of fighting alongside Lancelot-nim is given to just anyone?
The people who looked down on Pia, a knight of commoner origin.
— Promise me you'll hold onto that courage to even sacrifice your life for Lancelot until the very end.
Melanie, who was the first to affirm Pia's dreams.
She had brutally defiled that very Melanie with her own hands.
Melanie, covered in filthy liquid, cursed her.
'I don't want to die......!'
Pia yielded to the fear of death and turned her back.
She gave up on mustering the courage to sacrifice her life.
She gave up on remaining an honorable knight.
She wasn't some ideal knight.
She was merely a human easily swept away by desire.
Before a powerful enemy, she cowardly turned her back and fled.
That choice changed Pia's fate.
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"......I reported to the commander as the Goddess-nim instructed. That aside from the three of us, everyone died in battle, but Demon God Avaritia has been subjugated."
Pia had no choice but to report as Luxuria told her to.
Unless she wanted to be killed by the Demon Gods right away, that is.
"......I see."
In the tent where Pia was staying, Melanie quietly listened to her words.
Both of them avoided making eye contact, their gazes directed downward.
"We'll sleep here tonight...... and then leave the island to return to the mainland."
"......Yeah."
Thinking there was nothing more to say, Melanie rose from her seat.
"Eugh......! Melanie!"
Pia grabbed Melanie's arm.
But Melanie didn't look back.
"......Let go of this."
"Wh-why are you acting like this? Aren't you happy that I returned alive?"
"I......."
Melanie was confused.
It seemed like she should be happy that Pia survived.
But the changed narrative also made her own resolve meaningless.
She couldn't tell if Pia not dying was truly salvation.
The female knight survived but was tainted with dishonor.
She became a mere pawn in the game the Goddess was playing.
The splendid knight she had aspired to become was now forever out of reach.
So Melanie didn't know how to treat Pia.
"......So you want me to, what, laugh upon seeing the person who raped me return alive......?"
"Eugh......!"
"You ran away, didn't you......? The you I knew wasn't someone who would run away to survive. You said you'd even sacrifice your life to become a splendid knight."
"Th-that's true, but..."
"Everyone else fought to the end, but you ran away alone. Isn't that a grave sin for a knight?"
"......Shut up!"
"Agh?!"
Pia pounced on Melanie, knocking her down and climbing on top of her.
Though overpowered by strength and pinned down, Melanie opened her eyes sharply and glared at Pia.
"......Let go. I'll really use magic this time."
"......Go ahead. You won't be able to kill me in one shot. I'll immediately run out and announce that the Demon God isn't dead and that Melanie is collaborating with the Demon God."
"Tch......!"
Under Pia's threat, Melanie had no choice but to abandon the thought of using magic.
If she did such a thing, Luxuria and Avaritia would massacre everyone on this island.
"What do you want to say to me, Melanie? That I should have died there?"
"Th-that's not what I'm saying."
"What do you mean it's not? If I hadn't run away, I would have died, so that's exactly what you mean. So would you be satisfied if I died here?"
"Pia......!"
"Ah, but since Melanie is a henchman of the Demon God, you must have thought of me as an enemy from the start."
"I, I'm not doing this because I particularly like the Demon God either......!"
"That's right! The encouragement you gave me to risk my life must have been for that reason too! You wanted me to die!"
"Eugh......."
Faced with Pia's unreasonable accusations, Melanie couldn't actively refute them.
To cut to the chase, it was true that Melanie had wanted Pia to die.
Because even though she knew Pia would die, she thought she shouldn't arbitrarily change her story.
That guilt was still tightening around Melanie's heart.
"Haa......! Haa......!"
"......Pia."
Tears shed by Pia as she breathed heavily fell onto Melanie's cheek.
Pia was just as confused as Melanie.
She had committed the dishonorable act of turning her back on the battlefield.
On top of that, she had killed her superior.
She moved as the Demon Gods commanded.
To preserve her own life, she had now betrayed humanity.
She also needed to apologize for raping Melanie, but she couldn't.
Because she knew that Melanie was a henchman of the Demon God threatening humanity, and she felt an immense sense of betrayal.
"Melanie. You know. I don't know what circumstances you have, and you probably don't understand why I ran away either...... but one thing is clear."
"......What is it?"
"We're in a relationship where we can't affirm each other, where we shouldn't affirm each other. Right......?"
"......That's right."
"Anyway, we're all in the same boat now, having betrayed humanity, right? We have no choice but to be together in this relationship, right?"
"......."
"I, I know we can't help but deny each other like this, but it's true that I'm glad I got to meet you again, Melanie. Aren't you even a little bit happy to see me......?"
Melanie seemed to hesitate, wanting to say something, opening and closing her mouth several times.
Finally, as if making up her mind, she looked directly at Pia.
"What was the reason you ran away? Why did you choose to live even if it meant abandoning your honor?"
"......I wanted to see you again."
"Me? Why?"
"Th-that's...... I...... Melanie..."
"You wanted to fuck me one more time?"
"......Huh?"
Pia blinked in surprise at the unexpected words.
"I don't remember spending enough time with you for you to like me that much. There's nothing between us except fucking."
"Me, Melanie......?"
"Isn't that right? Among what I've given you, the only thing of value is this lewd body. You were disappointed that if you died, you wouldn't be able to violate me anymore, right?"
Melanie raised the corner of her mouth bitterly.
"Disgusting. You're really no knight or anything. I feel sick that you've been erect since earlier, poking my lower abdomen. If you want to do it, stop with the long-winded self-justification and just do it quickly."
"......Ah♥"
Pia looked at her own crotch and realized Melanie's words were true.
Though she hadn't been conscious of it, since she hadn't cum even once today, that monstrosity had naturally become rock hard.
"......I don't know the reason, but it seems Melanie doesn't want me to like you. But you don't want me to die either, nor do you want to push me away."
Thanks to Pia unexpectedly understanding her feelings accurately, Melanie's expression softened slightly.
Melanie wanted Pia to resent her.
She wanted Pia to think that her life was ruined because of Melanie, not that she survived thanks to Melanie.
Because originally, neither of them wanted this reunion.
She didn't want the story twisted by the Demon God's mischief to be seen as something beautiful.
"We'll keep denying each other like this, but stay together until the end...... I'll play along...... Haa......♥"
"Agh?!♡"
Pia smiled viciously and tore off all of her and Melanie's clothes.
Then she forcibly moved Melanie onto the bed.
"Kahak......?!♡"
Pia's slender fingers began to tighten around Melanie's neck.
"Take back those insults you hurled at me...... right now♥ Otherwise, tonight will be tough for you♥"
"Kehuk......♡ You coward, how dare you......!"
"Uun♥ Would you like to feel how fierce this cowardly knight's <sword> is?♥"
Tsubububububup!!!!♥♥♥♥
"Ohek♡ Kkeok♡ Heuk♡"
Pia's phallus plunged deep into the innermost part of her belly in one go.
Melanie's eyes became bloodshot, and her face turned much redder than simply flushed.
Struggling to breathe properly due to being choked, her internal organs were crushed, forcing what little oxygen remained to burst out of her mouth.
Melanie twisted her body, letting out vulgar and ridiculous moans.
"Haa......♥ This is it♥ This ecstatic feeling♥"
Melanie's cunt had been violated so many times that it had become like a rag, easily accommodating Pia's Extreme Male Genitalia.
However, the healthy female body destined to become a Hero still maintained enough elasticity to tightly grip even an oversized meat club.
Intoxicated by the melting sensation of a dick she thought she might never feel again, Pia trembled her pelvis with joy.
It was good that I survived after all♥
Pia adjusted her grip on Melanie's throat just enough to prevent her from passing out and positioned her hips for easier movement.
"Now then♥ Melanie♥ I'm going to move now?♥"
"Wa, wait♡ Ok♡ It hur——"
"Huuup!♥"
Peok!♥ Peok!♥ Peok!♥ Peok!♥
"——Ook?!♡ Kek?!♡ Kahak?!♡♡♡"