Episode 90
Now that I could fight at full strength, I at least wasn't being pushed back.
In other words, while I couldn't defeat Seoryeong Unni at full power, I at least wouldn't lose to her.
Meanwhile, the number of beastkin had noticeably decreased.
Somehow the situation was being resolved.
"But it seems you're getting tired. After fighting this long, it feels like your flames have weakened a bit. Or maybe it's just my imagination."
Maybe I'd just gotten used to being hit so much, but I felt like the gap between Seoryeong Unni and me was gradually narrowing.
I'd reached a level where I could properly exchange blows with her fists.
As I was holding her off appropriately, I heard voices.
"Mia, we're here! We'll help you!"
"Grab that bitch! Just grab her and wreck her! How much fire is she shooting anyway! I'm going to catch her and chain her up with a collar!"
"I can't take it anymore either! I'm going to extinguish all her flames and give her an education in bed today!"
...Both of them are really angry.
At this point, not getting caught might actually be for Seoryeong Unni's own good.
"Grab her and kill her! Just pull out all her tails!"
"Right! Pull out her tails and stick something else in there instead! I'm going to completely develop her backside while I have this chance!"
"...I hadn't thought of that."
Seems like there are some things they haven't agreed on.
Anyway, with the two of them joining, we began to overwhelmingly dominate.
With me handling close combat, Kyla handling buffs and debuffs, and Eri covering long range, even Seoryeong Unni couldn't do anything about it.
"Kyaaaah! Let...! Let me... go...!"
Eventually, Seoryeong Unni was quickly subdued.
No matter how strong she was, handling all three of us while exhausted was impossible.
"Hit her! Just step on her!"
"Tie her up and just... all her front, back, top, and bottom holes...!"
"If you're the Saintess, talk like one. Keep talking about holes this and that... Aren't you even embarrassed?"
At Eri's words, Kyla answered while restraining Seoryeong Unni.
"Embarrassed? What are you talking about. I've always descended to the lowest places to understand, going all the way into the abyss myself. It's only natural."
"...Is that right?"
"Doesn't seem like it to me either."
And I just now realized the way she's tying her up is a bit strange too.
No matter how I look at it, this is that thing.
She's tying her up with Tortoise Shell Bondage that particularly emphasizes the chest and highlights lewdness.
"Do you have to tie her up like this? I feel like I'm doing something really wrong."
"Can't you just tie her up normally?"
Even at our words, Kyla licked her lips and smiled.
"There's a fox that's good for the body and tastes delicious, and you want me to just let her go? I'm going to taste her as soon as I purify her. Since Aron isn't here... I should at least try something else."
After neatly tying her up with Tortoise Shell Bondage, Kyla lifted Seoryeong Unni with one hand.
Then with light footsteps, she headed toward the city.
"Tonight's dinner is a delicious fox."
I followed behind Kyla who walked as if she was going to devour Seoryeong Unni as soon as they arrived.
As we approached the castle, a knight came running.
"Saintess... nim?"
The knight looked at the beastkin tied in Tortoise Shell Bondage being carried with one hand, his flustered expression obvious.
Instead, Kyla spoke confidently.
"Speak comfortably. She's my spoils of war. So what did you want to ask?"
He glanced around several times, but only after I nodded from behind did the knight finally ask.
"What should we do with the other beastkin? Should we just kill them all?"
"No, tie them all up and gather them inside the castle. After I treat this fox, I'll treat the other beastkin too. I know everyone is angry, but we need every bit of combat power we can get, so please don't kill them and gather them instead."
Perhaps because it was the Saintess's request, the knight thought for a moment before nodding.
"Yes, I'll relay that."
The knight ran ahead first, and we entered the city a bit later.
The looks from people inside weren't exactly friendly, but no one expressed dissatisfaction with us.
Maybe it's natural since we're the ones who saved them in the first place.
After briefly handing Seoryeong Unni to me, Kyla emitted divine power.
Instantly, the atmosphere changed.
"Everyone, I know you're angry, but you need to endure it for now. A greater enemy is approaching. To defeat that enemy, we need these beastkin."
Speaking while emitting divine power like this definitely increases her credibility.
It's like each word inspires faith.
"Ooh... if the Saintess says so to that extent..."
"Yes, I'll definitely bring them without killing them! If it's the Saintess's word!"
"I believe!!!"
The effect is definite.
"At this level, doesn't she have some kind of brainwashing ability?"
Eri answered my muttering.
"It has a similar effect. When exposed to that light and warmth, people react more intensely to grateful things. Of course, it doesn't have negative effects like those strange heretics use."
"Somehow that perverted girl seems a bit reliable. Though a woman who ties up her companion like this shouldn't be reliable."
With those words, I looked at Seoryeong Unni in my hands.
As if thinking further resistance was meaningless, she hung limply and stared straight at me.
"Unni, come to your senses quickly. Otherwise you're in danger of being mercilessly touched by that slut pretending to be a Saintess."
Eri also nodded.
"If you're any later, you might really end up wearing a collar and taking naked walks outside. Or maybe getting divine power penis shoved into you repeatedly."
"...What kind of talk is that?"
Eri looked at the sky for a moment before letting out a deep sigh.
"Such things exist. Don't try to learn too much about it. It only leaves scars."
"...Okay."
Somehow it seems like there's still an abyss remaining in this Hero's party.
An abyss that probably shouldn't be known.
"I'm back. Should we go in for now?"
As soon as the protagonist of that abyss returned, she tossed Seoryeong Unni to her and I nodded.
"Let's go quickly. Actually, shouldn't we go in? You two want to just come along?"
"Hmm..."
As if noticing the changed atmosphere, Kyla smiled as if interested and grabbed my hand.
Unfortunately, I'd used all my aura, and Tiamat had recovered my mana, so I couldn't even resist and was dragged along by her.
"It's okay. I'll educate both the fox and the wolf."
"Uh, okay?"
I desperately resisted with all my strength, but it was meaningless.
Eventually I chose the drowning person strategy.
"I, I can't die alone... Come with me. Since I saved you too, you should come along too."
"Th-this isn't letting go?! W-wait! Let go, hey! Wait!"
Even Eri, who used all her strength, eventually had to be dragged along.
The four of us entered the room together, and inside, sticky, sobbing-like moans could be heard.
That day, the polar bears cried.
*
Somehow, after spending time that would be embarrassing to explain in detail, we came out.
There was a reason she described it as a dense snail.
Really... yeah...
Wrapping myself with a towel, I came out and glanced back.
Inside, Seoryeong Unni, who had regained her senses, was complaining to Kyla.
"I'm never going in together again."
From what I could gather, apparently while Aron handles one person, the other two often rub against each other.
No matter how amazing Aron is, he has good stamina but not three juniors.
I quickly put on clothes and knocked on the door.
"Come out soon. People are waiting in the square. How long are you going to keep touching each other in there?"
As soon as I said that, the door opened and tails wrapped around my body.
"...Thinking about it, Mia cried quite cutely too."
"Uh, okay?"
"How about crying a bit more under unni? Unni will teach you how to do it between beastkin too. I haven't shown you where feels good yet."
"Later. Yeah, let's do it later. Not now. Shouldn't we go out now? There are really many people waiting outside. The beastkin must be worried about when they'll be released too. Yeah, unni is really good but I, uh... this..."
As I answered frantically and took a step back, Seoryeong Unni laughed and released me.
The skin where her tail had been wrapped felt hot and flushed.
"Okay, then... let's do plenty with unni later. I'll develop your whole body with my tail."
This is really a big problem.
It's because I'm the most sensitive among them and can't even fight back.
I'm the sandbag everyone likes.
"Uh, okay... Should we get ready to go out quickly then?"
I quickly moved as far from the door as possible and watched the three walking out from the bathroom.
Are these really the same women who were crying so passionately just moments ago?
They look completely fine now.
The females who were rubbing against each other and crying seductively in the bathroom just moments ago had disappeared, and before my eyes stood three reliable unnies.
"It's been a while since we did it properly."
"Right. The three of us should be enough without Aron, right?"
"Of course. Besides, Mia joined us too. Since the Hero's party went to capture the Demon King, the other things should work out somehow."
The three came out looking neat and proper like I'd never seen before and moved their steps outside.
I'm curious if these are really the same people who were usually jealous and fawning over Aron.
"So the Beast King is heading toward the Empire, right?"
I asked Seoryeong Unni as we left the inn and headed down.
She nodded and answered.
"That's what he said right before I was defeated. That if we help them destroy the Empire, it will be over. So the real forces must be heading toward the imperial capital."
"But is conquering the Empire possible with just beastkin? Not to disrespect beastkin, but the power difference is objectively large."
Leaving everything else aside, just the Imperial Knight Order alone is full of monsters.
No matter how powerful the Beast King is, he wouldn't be able to break through if Rex is there, and the other knight captains are by no means weak either.
"Wouldn't there be traitors? The elves went over to the Cult of the End too. There must be traitors among the non-humans in the capital, or at least among the knight order."
"That seems most realistic."
"Otherwise, the elves would help the beastkin. If they think the queen and World Tree disappeared because of humans... that seems quite possible."
At Seoryeong Unni's question, Eri nodded.
"That's true. In a way, they killed both of the elves' spiritual parents. It wouldn't be strange for them to collectively turn against the Empire."
"Thinking like that, the Holy Kingdom could have been persuaded too. Those old folks didn't seem to be working properly anyway."
Now that I hear it, there's no place that's intact.
"What did everyone do to have no proper places left? Everyone's into corruption, betrayal, graft... I guess it's tough when you get old."
With that one comment, the atmosphere grew quiet and I immediately lowered my tail.
Because now being dragged to the bathroom is scarier than getting angry.
The polar bear needs to survive.
I need to survive too.
Yeah.