Chapter 195: The Mermaid Princess and the Perverted Prince (3)
Chapter 195: The Mermaid Princess and the Perverted Prince (3)
At that same time.
In the office of the Dream Factory, two women were busy exchanging information.
"Is this maid named Nero truly trustworthy?"
"For now, yes. We’ve gathered this much information, and the fact that she comes up clean means one of two things."
Yurdias and Charlotte were cross-referencing a woman's profile placed in the center of the table.
"Either this woman named Nero really came here purely to be a maid, or she’s such a master of manipulation that she can distort all our information gathering."
"The former would be better; the latter would be a terrifying prospect."
"Actually, I think the opposite," Charlotte said, clasping her hands together as if squeezing them. "If it’s the latter, it narrows down Nero’s true identity significantly."
She tightened her grip.
"How many women are there in the entire continent who can evade the information networks of both you and me—especially one claiming to be a mere maid?"
"...If she’s from the Kingdom or the Empire, is it really alright? What if she’s trying to steal the Young Lord’s information?"
"That’s why we’re going to put this on her."
Charlotte pointed to the collar around Yurdias’s neck.
"The Bitch Collar. Once the exclusive maid uniforms are finished and the Young Lord returns from the Infinite Labyrinth, he’ll put these on them immediately. On all the exclusive maids. Just like the one you’re wearing."
"Ah."
Yurdias touched her own Bitch Collar.
"I put this on myself."
"...What?"
"It was to show my will to offer my absolute loyalty to the Young Lord. After all, when he first recruited me, his biggest concern was 'betrayal.'"
Yurdias gave a bitter smile and took a light bite of a cookie.
"The Young Lord suffers from a distrust of people. He doesn't trust any men at all, and among women, he only trusts those he has had sex with. He expresses firm trust through a 'creampie.'"
"So a woman he’s creampied once is unconditionally on his side?"
"According to the Young Lord, he said there’s no way a woman who has tasted his dick would ever betray him."
"Ha."
Charlotte couldn't help but let out a hollow laugh.
"What if he gets stabbed in the back while thinking like that?"
"Are you planning to betray him?"
"...I do have one reason to be disgruntled."
Charlotte replied with a pout, even in the face of Yurdias’s sudden sharp aura.
"I’m the one who brought the Mythstone. But instead of giving it to me, or even to you for finding the information, he gave it to Ms. Serica."
"Wasn't that just to verify its performance?"
"And after the verification is over? Won't Ms. Serica just keep using it? Just like the Mythstone Miss Laura always carries."
"......."
She had brought the item known as a Mythstone.
She had shown that it could extract near-infinite Magic Stones and that it could be used as a weapon or equipment.
However, when it came time to actually utilize that Mythstone as equipment, the person chosen was the swordsman Serica, not Charlotte or Yurdias.
"There’s no real difference between Ms. Serica, you, or me. Why did he give it to her of all people?"
"Isn't it like giving wings to a tiger?"
"Does the Young Lord trust Serica that much? Like Miss Laura?"
"...Well, I don't know if he trusts her to that extent. I’m not a mind reader who can see into the Young Lord’s inner thoughts."
The Young Lord’s trust.
Just how much did he trust whom?
At the very least, the only woman one could say he trusted with absolute certainty was the Knight Captain, Laura.
"Just as I spent weeks wearing a dildo in my anus and a chastity belt to earn the Young Lord’s primary trust, everyone else likely has their own way of earning it."
"But the fact that it all involves sex is the same, isn't it?"
"Sex is not just sex, Miss Charlotte. From what I’ve heard, you haven't actually had proper penetrative sex with the Young Lord yet...?"
"......."
Charlotte’s face turned bright red.
"You knew?"
"I have ears."
"No, how did you find out? My information control was perfect."
"The Young Lord told me."
"Ugh, seriously."
Charlotte covered her face with her hands.
"...Was it, you know, a bit much?"
"No. I was envious."
"Envious? Of that?"
"Yes. I’ve received cunnilingus before, but stepping on the Young Lord’s cock with my feet while he’s restrained is a type of play that neither I nor Miss Laura have ever tried."
"......."
Should she be envious of the fact that Yurdias had received cunnilingus?
Or should she boast about having performed a footjob, something Yurdias hadn't done?
"Miss Charlotte, I’m sure you’ll be able to earn the Young Lord’s trust once you have sex with him."
One thing was certain: Charlotte had not yet had penetrative sex.
"Think about Countess Zenith. Isn't she essentially a spy for the Kingdom who entered Fermaton openly? After he raped her virginity, the Young Lord came to trust her enough to actively exchange information regarding business."
"A woman who knows the taste of his dick won't betray him."
"Yes. The proof is... this."
Yurdias toyed with her collar.
"He is a man who makes a woman want to wear something like this of her own accord. I can feel that the more we have sex, the more he trusts me. It’s reached the point where, when he’s in a good mood after drinking, if I ask him for anal sex, he’ll even lick my anus with his tongue..."
"What?!"
Charlotte recoiled in horror, her body twisting.
"He licks... where?!"
"He does anal sucking for me too."
"That... that’s so vulgar!!"
"It shows how much he cherishes me. I doubt even Captain Laura has had her anus sucked. Hehehe."
Though Yurdias’s confident behavior was absurd, Charlotte’s heart fluttered slightly at Ruji Fermaton’s unexpected side.
"...That man, he really does a lot of surprisingly kinky, perverted plays."
"It’s not just 'surprisingly.' It seems he’s performing those kinds of plays even with this new maid, Nero."
"What is it this time?"
"Hmm, expressionless sex?"
"......Is expressionless sex even possible? Against that dick?"
"Probably."
Yurdias pointed to her neck.
"I wonder if he’ll use this to have sex with her."
"Really, the more we talk... isn't he just a total pervert?"
"He is. And that’s why I can trust and follow him even more."
There was conviction in Yurdias’s voice.
"As long as I don't betray him with my pussy, he will continue to employ me as he does now. And in the future he envisions, I will surely have a place."
"......."
"Everyone who follows the Young Lord has a 'dream.' We are walking the path toward those dreams together. Well, isn't it natural to kiss and have sex along the way?"
"Ha."
Charlotte covered her face with her hands.
"...Then what are the dreams of the others? Even if I accept everyone else is like that, what is the dream of Serica, who received the Mythstone, that makes the Young Lord cherish her so much?"
"That is..."
Yurdias lowered her voice.
"There is only one thing Ms. Serica desires."
* * *
"Phew!"
With a satisfied smile, Serica sliced off the lure of another Angler Shark.
"Lewd Man! It’s another Angler Shark!"
[You seem excited.]
They hadn't found any mermaids yet, but Serica was venting her frustration over the lack of discovery by swinging her sword with gusto.
Slash!
Once again, a lure shaped like a mermaid's head was severed in an instant.
It spun through the air and crashed onto the ground far away; immediately, Serica swung her sword vertically, unleashing a shockwave.
Swish!
The sea parted momentarily, and the Angler Shark that had been trying to target Serica from beneath the surface was split in half and killed.
"Hoo."
Serica lightly rinsed her sword in the seawater and stepped out. Soon, something rushed toward the carcass of the dead Angler Shark, and bloody foam began to rise.
"This is great!"
[Is it that good?]
"It’s wonderful to be able to do this away from the eyes of others."
Serica licked her lips while swinging her sword around.
"...Ahem. My apologies, Lewd Man. I’m not usually this kind of person."
[It’s fine. I already know.]
The curse of the Infinite Labyrinth.
I fully understood the slight impulses that had taken hold of Serica.
In that sense, those Angler Sharks were the perfect monsters for her to vent those impulses on.
[How about leaving the ones below alone and only cutting the lures floating on the water?]
"That is extremely efficient."
"Ms. Serica. How does it... feel to cut them?"
"Compared to the real thing, it’s a bit lack—"
Serica shut her mouth.
"...It’s a secret."
"Of course. I’ll tell you a secret too. I’ve actually secretly sucked the Lewd Man’s dick while he was sleeping."
[Isn't that less of a secret and more of something I just let slide?]
"...Ahem."
Serica cleared her throat and turned her head away.
It seemed her battle impulse hadn't subsided yet, but it felt like a different kind of impulse was surging.
"The Labyrinth is truly a shame. If only I could descend here in my actual body, we could do it here too."
[Here? In such an open space?]
"No one comes here, do they? In a place like this."
[Right? It really is a shame.]
If only we could have sex in the Labyrinth.
I probably would have marked every floor from the 1st to the 20th as I went down.
[Later, when I go to the sea, whether it’s in the Infinite Labyrinth or on the surface, I’m going to create a Nude Beach.]
"A nude... what?"
[A beach where you can walk around naked without a swimsuit. We’ll keep everyone else out and just stay there ourselves.]
"Will it be like a sex room?"
[But on a beach.]
This was a fantasy world.
Wasn't it a world where you could enjoy things you couldn't in reality?
Of course, nude beaches exist in reality too, but unfortunately, I had never been to one myself.
So, to satisfy that regret, I would create a place where we could at least walk around in swimsuits.
And there...
"Oho, what’s this? Two pretty ladies in a place like this?"
[...What?]
I turned my head to see what was going on, and some guys who looked like they had nasty personalities were approaching, licking their lips.
"Talk about luck. Once we get rid of that armor, we can have a hot round with these two—"
"Lewd Man."
Serica’s lips curled into a smirk.
"Am I allowed to cut those?"