Chapter 19: The Path of Trash (1)
Chapter 19: The Path of Trash (1)
Laura. Sex. Success.
The sex with Laura was truly the best.
I’ve had sex a few times now, but it made me realize why people specifically look for women with great bodies, pretty faces, and a good "fit"—the so-called "masterpieces."
A woman with 6-star potential.
As expected of the player’s avatar, she was quite literally a goddess of sex.
Walking sex personified.
If Laura truly cares for me, I feel like I could spend the rest of my life with this woman.
‘I can’t let her go.’
Even if she’s just a fish in my pond now, I can’t allow her to die due to neglect.
Furthermore, Laura has to enter the Infinite Labyrinth, which is essentially a battlefield.
The Infinite Labyrinth is crawling with all sorts of dangers, and "real-life situations" that never appeared in P.A.O. could occur.
For example.
The kind of horrific ravaging and gang rapes by goblins or orcs that you’d only see in those dark comics, or being impregnated and forced to spawn monster offspring by tentacle slimes.
Terrible things that would make me lose my mind if they happened to my woman might occur frequently.
It could happen to my woman, to my knight order.
Therefore.
If possible, I want to keep Laura in the safest place I can.
"...Whew."
In P.A.O., if the party was wiped out while clearing the labyrinth, it just ended as a failed attempt.
Your stamina would just bottom out, the "Clear Failed!" message would pop up, and that was it; the raid boss monsters didn't actually chew up and swallow my characters.
But this is reality.
It’s still hard to believe Laura gave herself to me, but the Infinite Labyrinth is a place where death lurks around every corner.
So.
‘I have to make sure Laura can fight safely.’
Laura.
Being the player’s avatar character, she possesses infinite potential for growth.
While other characters have limited paths, the protagonist alone can grow in any direction.
Swordsman, Spearman, Archer, Thief, Assassin, Mage, Alchemist, Magitech Scholar, Necromancer, and so on.
Unlike typical gacha games, this game allows the player to customize the protagonist's growth exactly to their liking.
Of course, there is a "default value" set by the game company.
A single sword.
A character who breaks through the Infinite Labyrinth with nothing but a sword.
I didn't notice it while I was playing the game, but thinking about it now, fighting with just a sword—not even a shield—is incredibly dangerous in reality.
In that case.
I need to change the character development method slightly.
I need to make something else suit Laura better than a sword.
And.
I will raise her into a woman tailored to my tastes and keep her with me for life.
She is worth it.
★ Setting.
★ Potential.
★ Ability.
★ Pussy.
★ Appearance.
☆ And something else not yet known.
She is certainly a woman worthy of 6 stars.
Although her current hexagonal stat parameters are quite low, Laura surely possesses the power to break through the limits of that hexagon where others would simply stop.
So.
I will raise this woman, currently sleeping exhausted beside me, into the captain of my knight order.
As a woman who will protect Fermaton and, one day, be willing to throw away her life for Fermaton’s sake.
"Uuung..."
She slowly began to open her eyes.
There’s usually nothing more unsightly than a human waking up with an exhausted face after sex, but Laura greeted the morning with me looking completely pristine.
"...Young Lord. Good... dawn."
"Indeed."
"You’re up early."
"I had some things to think about."
I turned away from the terrace and approached Laura.
She slowly sat up, keeping the blanket wrapped around her body.
The silhouette visible through the white sheets revealed her naked form perfectly.
The bunny girl outfit lay discarded pathetically on the floor; Laura was wearing nothing but the rabbit ears headband on her head.
...Was it the fifth ejaculation?
I had stripped her completely at some point during the sex, but in the end, I never took off the rabbit ears.
"Young Lord. I... look forward to being in your care."
"I should be the one saying that. You’re essentially the only woman in Fermaton I can call 'on my side.'"
"...Do you trust me?"
Laura looked up at me, her voice laced with anxiety.
"It’s a bit awkward for me to say this myself... but what if this is a honey trap?"
"Does a woman trying to pull off a honey trap ever admit it’s a honey trap?"
"It could be a honey trap where I admit it on purpose to deflect suspicion. You know, like a double bluff."
"Perhaps. But I trust you."
Because it’s Laura.
"To tell you the truth, I don't really have any other choice but to trust you anyway. In this prison called Fermaton, you’re the only one I can open my heart to and talk to."
Out of necessity.
"I had a gut feeling from the moment I first saw you. That I could trust you. My instincts are never wrong about these things. I might not be great at judging people in general, but once I get that 'This is it!' feeling, I can be certain."
Out of experience.
"And..."
"And?"
"You’re a good woman. Because..."
I sat on the edge of the bed and brushed Laura’s bangs aside.
"Even when you felt like you were going to faint, you used healing magic to restore your stamina and kept having sex just to please me. That mindset alone makes you a pass in my book."
"That was... just to show you that I can use healing magic too..."
"I don't care if your intentions were that calculating. In fact, it’s better. It confirmed that you can heal me when I’m in danger. For starters, you can definitely 'heal' this, can't you?"
I gestured toward my cock.
"...Already like this?"
"Men are naturally like this when they wake up. Especially since you’re right here next to me."
"...Then I suppose I have to take responsibility. Ah, is this also part of my 'job'?"
"Of course. As the knight captain, shouldn't you set an example for the knights who will join us later? It’s still early, so there’s plenty of time. Besides..."
I leaned closer to Laura.
"If I just ring the bell here, they’ll even bring us food."
"A bell?"
"It’s a magic tool. It just looks like a bell. Anyway, we only need to head out around noon. Basic cleaning needs to be done, after all. But before that..."
"Before that?"
"I should tell you one thing in advance: I have no intention of completely dropping the 'Trash Ruji' act."
After thinking it over.
I realized I can't just throw away the image I currently have.
"Up until now, I’ve built an image as a vicious Young Lord. I’ve made it so that no matter what I do, as long as it isn't a good deed, people will just say, 'That’s Ruji for you.'"
From now on, no matter what I do, the name "Ruji" will provide the justification.
All the evil deeds Ruji has committed until now will serve as a shield to cover my struggles to survive.
"So, I’m going to act much more recklessly than you might think. I mean I’ll keep playing the scoundrel until we see the end of the Infinite Labyrinth."
"H-How far are you going to take it?"
"Well. That depends on what you do."
I pulled Laura toward me by her shoulder.
"My image has changed now. It hasn't changed for the better, obviously, but the general consensus is that 'that bastard has definitely changed somehow.'"
I had completely shaved off that poodle-like hair.
I visited the Adventurer’s Guild and the Magic Tower, places I never used to go.
"Even if I introduce you as my knight captain right now, I’m going to make sure people don't misunderstand you. Using this."
I pressed down on Laura’s headband.
"You. You might even have to have sex with me in front of people."
"I-In front of people...?!"
"I don't mean I’m going to go to the plaza and have sex in the open. I have no intention of doing that to my woman."
Maybe if it were a woman who wasn't mine.
"I’m just going to make sure everyone in this castle recognizes that 'Laura is Ruji Fermaton’s woman.' No matter where I have sex with you, it will become a daily occurrence within this Fermaton Castle. It might be a bit rough, though."
"W-What exactly do you gain by going that far...?"
"The image of being part of Ruji Fermaton’s cock-sleeve collection."
It’s a vulgar and crude term, but that’s exactly what I’m aiming for.
"You might be called a whore. Just being in my knight order might get you insulted as 'that bitch who just spreads her legs for Ruji.' No, there will definitely be bastards who say exactly that, 100%. Think about it—if that bunny girl outfit you’re wearing is the uniform, do you think people will see you or the others as a normal knight order? Absolutely not."
They’ll just think of them as walking onaholes cosplaying as knights.
"I’m going to use the infamy Ruji Fermaton has built up. You might not know, but that’s who Ruji Fermaton is. I will use everything to survive. My infamy. And even the reputations of the knights... who trust and follow me."
"......Is it really that difficult for you?"
Laura gripped my hand with a pained expression.
"The more I hear you speak, Young Lord, the more I feel it. That feeling... of being so desperate."
"I am going to be murdered."
"...Pardon?"
"I found a record my father left before he died. I burned it without telling anyone, but I’ll tell only you. Don't repeat this."
I brought my face close to Laura’s ear.
"Apparently, there’s another Fermaton besides me. An illegitimate child."
"......!!"
A bombshell.
It was an action equivalent to revealing every card in my hand, but I trust Laura.
My stiff cock standing tall toward her is telling me so.
That this woman will not betray me.
"I trust you, Laura. So, please, keep me alive."
"...Young Lord."
Laura hugged me and patted my back.
"Since I won't be able to do this outside... I will at least do this for you here. Tell me whenever you want to be held. All I can do for now... is offer you my breasts to bury your face in."
"......Thank you."
Just those words are a comfort.
The fact that she’s actually doing it is even more of a comfort.
Is this what a goddess is?
"Then.... What should I do now? I’ll do anything you command."
"First.... Right. Let’s start with that."
The scoundrel dictator, Ruji Fermaton.
"Shall we start the morning off right by having you suck my dick?"