The Corruption
“Ah……” A sigh escaped my lips involuntarily.
If it was Alissa, she was highly likely to know the rumors about Luan Priulri. Her father probably wouldn’t want to get involved with me, so he must have warned her thoroughly. I had overlooked something crucial. I should have anticipated this possibility in advance.
‘Stupid bastard.’
After berating myself inwardly, I regained my composure and tried persuading her once more. I couldn’t just give up because the odds were low, could I?
“I understand how you feel, Alissa. If you’ve heard the rumors about me, it’s only natural you’d dislike me. But let’s think about this rationally. We’re in an unavoidable situation right now. If we don’t have sex, we’ll both be hit with a tremendous curse. Are you really okay with that?”
To force someone into making a choice, it was best to remind them of the losses they’d suffer by not doing it rather than doing it. No matter how much she hated me, she wouldn’t want all her efforts so far to go to waste, right? No human could say they were fine with that in the face of such a question.
But once again, my expectations were off the mark.
“How am I supposed to believe that?”
“…You mean you can’t trust me?”
“No. I’ve heard that you usually use all sorts of lies and tricks when you lay your hands on the maids. Aren’t you just making up a story right now to violate me?”
“I swear on the heavens, I’m not.”
“I’m sorry, but even if you do that, I still can’t believe you.”
I barely managed to swallow the curse that threatened to burst out.
[15:38]
Fifteen minutes. Enough time to ejaculate. But enough to persuade her? No.
Then what should I do? Just beg desperately? Would that even work? Was there no other way?
My head was spinning. Cornered as I was, all sorts of extreme thoughts flashed through my mind. For example, since she must be quite exhausted from dealing with the drug addict, what if I raped her before her stamina recovered? Normally, I would have firmly dismissed it as out of the question, but as the situation grew urgent, my resolve wavered.
In the meantime, Alissa moved.
“I’ll be going now. I’ll contact the guards to handle the body, so you should leave as well. Then, if you’ll excuse me.”
Her retreating back showed no hesitation. If anything, her steps were brisk, as if she wanted to get away from me as quickly as possible.
“W-wait a second! We’re not done talking yet!”
I rushed after her in a panic and reached out. Just as my hand was about to touch her shoulder, Alissa spun around. My hand sliced through empty air.
“What is it? I thought we were already finished.”
“Finished? Nothing’s finished. I’m not lying. You really will be cursed. Please, I’m begging you. Just have sex with me once. I’ll take this secret to my grave. Not only that, I’ll do anything you want in return. How about it?”
It was humiliating and infuriating to have to act so subservient after being unilaterally scammed, but I had no choice. The moment Alissa turned her back on me here, I would be as good as dead. Even if I somehow managed to return to Earth, with stats lower than a child’s, revenge would be impossible.
Watching my attitude, Alissa curled her lips in a mocking smile before quickly returning to her usual expression.
“You want me to offer my body in exchange for compensation? I’m not a prostitute.”
“That’s not what I meant. I was just trying to show my sincerity.”
“Is that so? I’m sorry, but I’ll have to decline. If you’re that desperate for sex, why not find a prostitute? I hear there are plenty of pretty women in high-end bars.”
“I’m telling you, it’s not just sex I want! It has to be you, Alissa!”
This woman didn’t understand at all. No, maybe she had no intention of understanding in the first place. To her, I was nothing more than a scoundrel driven by petty lust who lied at every turn. No matter what I said, it wouldn’t reach her. Even my current desperate struggle would probably just become fodder for her jokes someday.
‘That’s too cruel.’
Someone’s misfortune was someone else’s happiness. The thought that my suffering would be reduced to nothing more than a laughing matter for Alissa filled me with rage. I never imagined I would experience the same emotions I felt in the courtroom so soon again.
Alissa’s face overlapped with that woman I saw in the courtroom. At the same time, Alissa opened her mouth.
“Why are you so obsessed? Don’t tell me you orchestrated what just happened too?”
“…What?”
“If not, I’m sorry. But honestly, it’s suspicious enough. The rumors about you aren’t exactly tame, after all. Please understand my position as well.”
It was so absurd that I didn’t even feel like retorting.
‘Understand?’
She herself had no intention of understanding, so why was she demanding understanding only from me? Did she not realize how deeply her words wounded me? Or did she simply not care if someone like me got hurt?
The anger I felt in the courtroom slowly began to swallow me from the ground up. A small flame ignited in my chest.
‘What did I do wrong?’
Why did the world keep throwing these trials at me? Strangely enough, fate seemed to be forcing me into a single choice. From the moment I woke up in this world until now, everything felt like it was being played in someone’s hands. That someone was obviously the one who brought me to this world and gave me this strange skill.
‘Is this really the only way?’
Alissa Bretes. I wasn’t the type to pick favorites, but while playing the game, I had grown quite fond of her. Her dazzling appearance and slender figure, her proud yet kind and strong yet fragile personality, even her performance in the game—everything about her had appealed to me. That was why I actively used her in my party and enjoyed playing through her personal story. I liked her that much.
But the Alissa standing before me now was completely different from the one I had seen in the game. The Alissa I knew didn’t exist. Instead, she resembled that woman who had projected her misplaced hatred onto me and framed me. What Alissa saw wasn’t me, who had tried to save her from danger, but the scoundrel Luan Priulri.
So, I decided to let go of any pointless attachment.
‘I don’t care anymore.’
I didn’t do anything wrong. It’s your fault. This world is at fault. Even if my actions end up hurting someone, I don’t want to care anymore. I will become someone who inflicts pain. I will submit to fate. If the world demands that I become a rapist, then I will gladly become one. I will be reborn as a rapist who cannot empathize with others’ suffering, who wields violence freely, and who mercilessly tramples on their dignity.
Eventually, my once-brilliant soul fell into the swamp of corruption and was dyed pitch black.
‘I am a rapist.’
I raised my head and slowly walked over to pick up the drug addict’s longsword. As I approached Alissa, she backed away.
“What are you doing? Don’t come any closer.”
“I’m going to rape you.”
“W-what did you say?”
“If you won’t keep your promise willingly, I’ll make you keep it by force. Don’t blame me.”
“What the hell…!”
When I raised the sword and pointed it at her, Alissa, who had been flustered, drew her rapier. Her face was filled with disgust.
“So you’re finally showing your true colors? Did you think I was an easy target because I was tired? You can’t beat me.”
“We won’t know until we try.”
“So you’re really going to fight? Do as you please. I don’t care.”
“Good. Now I can violate you without any guilt.”
I charged straight at Alissa. My strength, boosted sevenfold, granted me speed and power incomparable to before.
[14:43]
I’ll finish this in five minutes.
*
[9:35]
Thud!
Struck in the solar plexus, I clutched my abdomen and dropped to my knees.
“Kuh! Cough!”
My entire body screamed in pain. In the five minutes since the fight began, all I had done was swing at empty air while getting beaten by Alissa’s scabbard. Bruises were the least of it—scrapes from hitting the ground bled freely. Enduring the gut-wrenching agony, I lifted my head.
Contrary to her words of disappointment, Alissa’s face was strangely flushed.
‘Just as I expected.’
The reason Alissa learned swordsmanship. While her innate talent played a major role, an even bigger factor was that it was the only means to satisfy her desires. It was through swordsmanship that she, oppressed by her family, first brought the family’s heir to his knees. She could never forget that pleasure. That was how the game described her personality.
The drug addict might have been nothing without his swordsmanship, but I was the eldest son of the Priulri Marquisate, the only family besides the emperor permitted to maintain a private army. Making someone like me kneel would give her an immense sense of superiority.
That was why she let her guard down.
“How pathetic. The eldest son of a marquis, reduced to such a disgraceful state. Now I understand why you’re compared to Lady Isis Priulri.”
“…Shut up.”
“Why? Don’t tell me you’re feeling inferior? Are you jealous of your sister, who’s making a name for herself at Solias Academy?”
Alissa was deliberately provoking me now. She wanted me to stand up and fight back, for this enjoyable moment to continue.
‘I’ve been waiting for this.’
While pretending to rub my abdomen, I fiddled with the smoke bomb hidden in my sleeve. I had discovered it by chance when Alissa knocked me into the drug addict’s corpse earlier. Thanks to that, I nearly had my stomach pumped, but as long as the result was good, it didn’t matter.
I slowly rose to my feet. Seeing that I hadn’t lost my will to fight, Alissa’s expression brightened slightly.
Sorry, but I had no intention of fighting fair and square. If I had to fight, it wouldn’t be sword against sword—it would be sword against scabbard.
“The reason I knelt… was to gain momentum!”
Bang!
After drawing her attention to my face with my shout, I threw the smoke bomb and detonated it.
“Ah! Cough! Cough!”
Startled by the sudden smoke, Alissa coughed and backed away. At that moment, I charged forward instead. Breaking through the smoke, I quickly undid my pants with one hand. When I pulled down my underwear as well, my erect cock revealed itself in all its glory.
“Cough! An ambush? You think something like this will work—Kyaaaaah!”
Seeing me emerge from the smoke, Alissa, who had been smirking triumphantly, let out a scream at the sight of a cock she was witnessing for the first time in her life. She covered her face with her hands but peeked at my cock through the gaps between her fingers.
She was in a state of perfect vulnerability.
‘Good. Just as expected.’
It was a universal truth that a pure heroine would panic at the sight of a stranger’s cock. Suppressing the sudden surge of guilt, I shoulder-tackled Alissa.
Thud!
“Kyaaah!”
No matter how inferior I was in strength, there was no way she could withstand me with both hands occupied. Alissa was easily knocked to the ground. I slid behind her and locked her in a rear naked choke.
Squeeze!
My cock naturally pressed against her ass.