Rachel's Special Method
I’ve never experienced this kind of development that a polar bear would hate. As expected, it’s an event I’ve never gone through even once. After all, I’ve never done a single ttoek play. But somehow the situation ended up like this, and when I heard Cassandra was on the verge of going berserk, my heart started racing. Please. I have to stop the bad ending at all costs. I don’t want to die!!
Just as I was about to head back to my room to check on Rachel’s condition first, I stopped dead in my tracks.
“Asbel. What’s the rush?”
Cassandra was waiting for me at the entrance to my lodging, wearing a relaxed smile.
“Lady Cassandra! It’s already late. What brings you here……?”
“I came because I wanted to see you.”
The face of a woman who’s fallen in love for the first time really does have an enchanting charm. But to me right now, it’s nothing short of horror. She was waiting for me?
“W-well…… Shall we go somewhere else and have some tea?”
I glanced at the clock. It was already around 10 p.m. How long had she been waiting? My throat felt completely parched. Rachel was probably inside. I had no idea what kind of chemical reaction would happen if those two met. I had to get her away first.
“No. At this hour, what tea shop would even be open? I could ask the maids to prepare something, but they need rest too, don’t they? Let’s just go inside.”
“Ah…… That is……”
“I also have something to say to Lady Rachel.”
A direct hit. If she says it like that, there’s nothing I can do. While I stood there stammering, unable to figure out how to respond, Cassandra pointed at the doorknob.
“Would you open it for me?”
My instincts were screaming that I shouldn’t let her in. But what would happen if I didn’t? Wouldn’t that just provoke her and become the trigger for an explosion? Damn it!! Since I’ve never done heroine conquest before, my head feels like it’s on fire. Which choice is the correct one? Why am I, someone who’s never even two-timed, now agonizing over the same dilemma as a two-timer?!
“I-I understand.”
After much deliberation, I finally opened the door. The moment it swung open, Rachel, who had been waiting inside, threw herself into my arms.
“Asbel!!!”
She grinned happily as she hugged me. Cassandra was still smiling as she quietly stepped into the room, but I thought I heard the faint sound of teeth grinding.
I quickly pushed Rachel away.
“We have a guest, Rachel. Let’s talk later……”
“A guest? Huh? It’s that pretty lady!”
Rachel shouted as she looked at Cassandra. Lady Cassandra entered the room with the same unchanging smile.
“Lady Rachel Catel. It’s been a while. Shall we sit down first? I have something I’d like to say.”
“Okay! Sounds good!”
Everyone sat around the tea table. It was the most uncomfortable and painful moment in the world. I sat there sweating as I watched the two of them. Just as I was wondering how things would unfold—
“Asbel. I’ll be direct. Would you break up with Lady Rachel and go out with me instead?”
“Cough.”
Cassandra started by dropping a nuclear bomb.
“Break up with Asbel? Why?”
“Lady Catel. Since you probably won’t understand unless I’m honest, I’ll say it plainly. I love Asbel. I want to seriously date him.”
“Yeah! Because Asbel is cool!”
“And I’m a very jealous woman. It makes me extremely uncomfortable to see another woman by Asbel’s side. I want to have Asbel all to myself.”
“Lady Cassandra, that’s……”
“What do you think, Asbel?”
She asked calmly. What a…… shitty question. If I said I’d abandon Rachel, the Catel Marquisate would obviously cut ties with me. From their perspective, they’d see me as a traitor who stabbed them in the back despite everything they’d done for me. But if I chose Rachel instead……
Bad Ending <Nice Boat.> will occur!
Bad ending. Fuck. I don’t know what this “Nice Boat” is, but it looks dangerous just from the name. What the hell am I supposed to do? No matter which side I pick, it’s a bad ending. Should I just run away? Tell them both I won’t date either and break it off? No!…… What am I supposed to do!!!!!!
“I…… um……”
I’d never missed the community board this much before. If it were there, there’d be plenty of Asbel ttoek play experts who could help me pick the right choice!!! Just as I felt like someone wearing a bomb vest trying to decide whether to cut the red wire or the yellow wire—
“Asbel said he likes you! He even kissed you!”
Rachel suddenly blurted it out. Lady Cassandra’s smile deepened at those words.
“He really said that?”
“Yeah!”
“Then, Lady Rachel. Please break up with Asbel.”
“I don’t want to.”
“Does that mean you want to fight me?”
“No. I don’t want that either.”
Rachel started smiling brightly. It felt like looking at a well-trained, affectionate cat.
“Can’t we just share Asbel together? Why do you keep trying to make us break up?”
At those words, Cassandra stared at Rachel with a serious expression.
“I don’t want to share one man with you. I hate harems. My parents had a harem…… and there were a lot of problems.”
“I get it. Mom said something like this would happen.”
I kept my mouth tightly shut, feeling like I was walking on a blade’s edge, as I watched their conversation.
“Mom said that if women fight, the harem falls apart. So let’s not fight. Asbel looks troubled.”
At Rachel’s words, Cassandra looked at me intently.
“Please tell me your true feelings right now. I hate indecisive men the most. Asbel. Aren’t I much better than Lady Rachel?”
She wasn’t wrong. She had no intelligence issues, an extremely attractive appearance, and she was smart…… But that didn’t mean I could just abandon Rachel on the spot. Rachel and I had already gone too far. We weren’t married yet, but we were practically husband and wife. I couldn’t just throw her away because another woman had appeared.
“I understand it’s difficult because the Catel Marquisate is your guardian family. Cut ties without hesitation. The Zaiban County will become your guardian family instead. Though the Zaiban County’s title is lower, its reputation in magic has been built over a much longer time. And it’s far wealthier. They’ve accumulated a lot of assets by selling magical tools.”
She was actively promoting herself.
“The Zaiban County would be a much better choice. So…… please choose me, Asbel. I’ll do my best to become the woman you like. I can also help you a lot. So……”
It seemed like she’d mustered a lot of courage to say all that. Her face flushed red as she couldn’t continue.
“Asbel. Do you want to live with that woman? Then I hate it. Can’t we just live together like I said?”
Rachel was also against breaking up with me. It was a complete dilemma. I racked my brain until it felt like it would explode, but I couldn’t figure out the right answer at all. However, the dilemma didn’t last long. Because the answer was actually very simple.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t break up with Rachel.”
I couldn’t break up with Rachel. Lady Cassandra’s face was about to crumple in an instant, but I grabbed her hand tightly.
“And…… Lady Cassandra. I don’t want to break up with you either.”
And I couldn’t break up with Lady Cassandra either. Breaking up would lead to a bad ending. How could I break up when it would kill me? It was a truly trashy line. But even though it was a truly trashy line……
“So don’t fight and just both become mine!!!”
I had no choice but to shout that line. Rachel’s face brightened rapidly, while Lady Cassandra’s expression softened a little but still looked displeased.
“Are you telling me to join your harem?”
“That’s right! Lady Cassandra! I can’t give up Rachel, and I can’t give up you either, so what else am I supposed to do! Just both be in a relationship with me!!”
“I absolutely hate harems! Why can’t men just love one woman?!”
I wanted to be with just one woman too! I just wanted to live quietly and peacefully!! But how was I supposed to stop things from turning out like this!! Damn Peach Blossom. Why the hell does it create situations like this!!
“Do you know how often my many mothers fought over my father? I don’t want to live that kind of life! I want to have a relationship with just one person who loves me and spend a long time together as man and woman! Harems!! I absolutely hate the act of sharing one man with another woman!!”
Lady Cassandra raised her voice, but Rachel was still smiling brightly.
“Wives fighting! That’s because the main wife isn’t doing her job properly!”
“What did you say?”
“Mom said so. Normally, the main wife is supposed to manage the concubines well, but there are a lot of women who can’t do that, so fights break out. I won’t be like that!! I like you, Cassandra!”
“You want me to be a concubine?! I hate you! I wish you’d break up with Asbel!”
“I like you. Let’s not fight. Asbel looks troubled.”
Rachel approached Cassandra smoothly like a cat. Then she gently took her hand.
“I’ll do well. I’ll make sure you like me.”
Cassandra looked at Rachel in disbelief.
“You’re only good at smashing things, aren’t you? I hate people like that the most!”
It seemed Cassandra was genuinely trying to hurt Rachel with her words. But Rachel acted as if she didn’t care at all what Cassandra said. She looked at the fuming Cassandra with an expression that said she found her adorable.
“No! There’s something else I’m good at!”
“There’s no way an idiot like you who’s bad at everything except smashing things could be good at anything else…… Ugh?”
Rachel tightly gripped Cassandra’s hand. Maybe it was because my Arcane Neuron had awakened and my mana-sensing ability had become more sensitive, but I could tell what Rachel was doing.
“I could just see the sensitive parts of people’s bodies from the moment I was born.”
Rachel was a born combat species. In exchange for sacrificing intelligence, she possessed overwhelming combat senses and the ability to detect mana flow. Having sparred with her multiple times, I knew that well. But…… I never thought she could use that ability in this way.
“I also just knew how to stimulate those parts. I can make people feel pain, but I can also do this.”
“W-wait!! Where are you touching!! Stop!!!”
Following her hand, Rachel’s hand moved upward. A faint amount of mana was imbued in Rachel’s hand. Since her fighting style involved channeling mana into her hands, something like this was probably easy for her. Anyway—
“Ha, stop!! I told you to stop!! What the hell is this all of a sudden!!!…… Hyah!!”
Rachel slowly caressed Cassandra’s body with that hand.
“Ha, stop!! I told you to stop!!! You damn woman! You stupid woman!!!”
“I told you there’s something I’m good at. Let’s not fight. I don’t want to see Asbel looking depressed and struggling. Let’s get along.”
Her hand, moving up the arm, touched Cassandra’s armpit. Thigh. Cheek. Ear. Chest and stomach. She precisely targeted only the erogenous zones where human nerves were concentrated, pressing firmly while gently infusing mana into those areas, and Cassandra began making strange sounds.
“Hnn!!…… Ha, I told you to stop!! I told you to stop!! You idiot!!!……”
She tried to resist, but Cassandra was a mage to begin with. There was no way she could resist Rachel, who could lift a steel door that looked like it weighed over ten tons with her bare hands. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely erotic, and I watched the two of them with wide eyes, wondering what the hell was going on.
“Ah!!…… Hyah!!!…… W-what are you doing!!!!!…… M-my body has no strength!…… Hnn♥”
After massaging her here and there for about five minutes, Cassandra had gone completely limp, almost collapsing into Rachel’s arms. It was truly terrifying hand technique.
“Pretty.”
Heroine Rachel’s additional sexual preference has been unlocked!
Rachel gently stroked the almost melted Cassandra, then picked her up and laid her on the bed. Then she looked at me with the expression of a beast about to devour its prey.
“I’ll melt her down. Asbel.”
“Uh……”
“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you can build the harem you want. So……”
Rachel skillfully untied the ribbon of Cassandra’s school uniform with her lips.
“Just watch for a moment.”
“Y…… You stupid woman…… W-what are you trying to do to me.”
Cassandra could barely speak properly anymore. She was completely melted and undone, only able to look at Rachel with tear-filled eyes, panting pitifully.
“What do you think? Mom said so.”
Rachel smiled brightly.
“Sex is the best way to reconcile.”
“Eek.”
A gentle kiss followed. It took less than two minutes for it to turn into something storm-like and intense.