BAD ENDING: Northern Grand Duchess Sonya's New Life 4/5
BAD ENDING: Northern Grand Duchess Sonya's New Life 4/5
'Dalgkak.'
The 'thing' attached to the 'thing' known as Combat Unit 06 fell off.
At the exact same moment as the sound of the control device detaching from the bio-brain.
The final thread connecting Sonya's body and the master's system was severed.
The combat unit, stripped of its control device, still stood blankly in that very spot.
Now it was the master's turn.
"Combat Unit 06. 'Full Deactivation'."
The master's whisper.
The command word.
-Full Deactivation.
'Yes. Combat Unit 06 will be fully deactivated.'
That single phrase was the password that pressed the final switch sleeping deep within the combat unit's head.
Mueong...
A sensation as if being forcibly woken up from a state of deep sleep.
The comfortable and cozy world of the unconscious shattered into pieces, and...
Pieces that could be called the Northern Archduke's daughter Sonya. Chaotic fragments began to float up.
"...?"
As the fog cleared, her blurred vision gradually became clear.
As her brain's functions reactivated one by one, forgotten memories and self-awareness rushed in like a waterfall.
The rough land of the North where eternal snow falls.
She was the daughter of the Northern Archduke, Sonya.
A strong warrior. A proud female knight.
Yes, she was Sonya.
What happened? How did it come to this?
Like someone waking up after dozing off for a moment. Sonya vigorously blinked her blue eyes and looked around.
A place she had never seen before.
Walls made of a smooth silver metal material, neither brick nor wood.
Cold artificial lighting gleamed brightly from the ceiling as well.
Her intuition as a knight quickly derived the information that this place was a 'laboratory'.
Sonya's gaze naturally... fixed upon a figure sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, observing her with interest.
"Ah."
The moment their eyes met, the severed film of memories reconnected.
The strange outsider she met on the snowy mountain.
A magic tool that stored an immensely powerful paralysis magic.
The Mental Synchronization Device... and the past month.
Also... though embarrassing. Though truly shameful... even the shameful desires she had to hide because she was the proud daughter of the Northern Archduke.
While the sun rose and set thirty times, she had not existed as 'Sonya' in this place called a laboratory.
Not Sonya, but Combat Unit 06.
A supply unit recruited merely to replace Unit 05.
As her mind recalled the forgotten truth, her body reacted belatedly.
The alien sensation clinging tightly to her skin.
Blue latex was constricting every inch of her flesh.
The faint trace of the barcode engraved on her chest.
Every experience she underwent as a 'combat unit' for a month.
The devoted, submissive sensations she felt as a perfect tool existing solely for her master.
The memories mixed with her real-time physical senses, triggering terrible dizziness.
"How are you feeling? Young Lady Sonya-nim?"
"I... I'm fine..."
The scientist's gentle voice, seemingly worried about her.
Sonya could clearly feel the ecstasy and mockery hidden within it.
"I'm... really fine... Yes. Sonya is truly completely fine, so you don't need to worry about me."
She wanted to throw a punch, but for some reason, her body was trembling as if it wasn't fully her own yet.
The titles she had forgotten in her mind for so long—like 'Young Lady Sonya-nim' and 'Sonya, Daughter of the Northern Archduke'—hearing them made her dizziness grow even worse.
Two conflicting experiences engraved in her body and mind collided with each other, corroding her psyche.
"W-Waking up so suddenly like this... makes me... very... confused, you see..."
Sonya accurately understood the fact that she had 'awakened'.
Also. The reason why the word 'Master' did not come out of the mouth of Sonya, who was struggling to regain her composure.
The same went for her pupils that had returned to golden once again.
It was clear evidence that Combat Unit 06 had completely vanished.
"M-My brain... recognized your voice as a 'command'... and experienced a delay of 0.55 seconds... in processing it..."
"Hrm... Is that so? Interesting data."
Brain, command processing, 0.55 seconds.
Unfamiliar words coming out of Sonya's mouth.
The scientist nodded as if satisfied.
"Still, it is now time to wake up, Sonya-nim. Because the agreed-upon time has come to an end."
The scientist began to explain the 'truth' about what had happened over the past month.
"The one-month trial period we 'agreed' upon has ended."
Trial period...?
What does that mean? What do you mean?
"So I simply restored you to how you originally were. Don't you remember?"
"T-That's... right... isn't it?"
The moment she 'began' to hear the explanation, new memories began to take root in Sonya's head.
Yes, that was it.
'That's right. It was like that. I... I've only just remembered it now too.'
In truth, she had harbored fantasies for a long time of being brainwashed and becoming a perfect combat unit.
In the midst of that, she happened to meet the great scientist traveling through this world and confessed her secret desire to him.
For the sake of such a Sonya, her Master mercifully suggested trying it out for just one month first, since reality and fantasy could be different.
One month.
That was the maximum period of time the scientist, worried about side effects, generously granted to Sonya, who had begged to live as a combat unit for the rest of her life.
Though it was a verbal contract, now that she even remembered his warning out of concern for her...
The promise made with this person was truly the most trustworthy contract in the world.
She understood everything.
Even the fact that she felt somewhat regretful and empty because she had woken up midway was proof that the promise had been thoroughly kept.
"Uh... eueu..."
The entire schedule was over.
From the moment she recalled the facts, intense regret and a sense of loss surged like a tidal wave inside Sonya's heart.
The past month.
Though her concrete memories of how she was handled as a combat unit named 06 were faint, the vivid feeling that every single moment was overwhelmingly good remained distinct.
The happiness of obeying her master without thinking.
The satisfaction coming from absolute submission.
The sweet feeling of restraint from the glossy latex pressing tightly and constricting her entire body during that long time of unknown duration.
A combat unit existing solely to perform guard duty.
Memories of definitely being 'used' for other purposes as well.
The memories of her body, remaining only as tactile sensations, made Sonya's hand move.
Unconsciously, Sonya began to gently rub her fingers along the gap on her inner thigh where the latex dug in deeply.
This was the answer of the Northern Archduke's daughter, who decided to express herself through her body instead of words.
"I intended to ask if you were satisfied with the time spent as a brainwashed combat unit... but you seem to already be completed... no, you seem to know better than I do. Am I right?"
A voice cutting through the cool air of the lab.
A calm, soft reverberation like an expert appraising a rare antique.
The moment that voice reached Sonya's ears, Sonya's body trembled faintly.
The movement of her hand, which had been stroking her smooth inner thigh without her realizing it, came to a stop.
Sonya slowly raised her head and looked at the owner of the voice.
"Y-Yes..."
The voice that came out when she first opened her mouth was a whisper so faint it was barely audible.
However, she realized what this moment meant, and that every future ahead would be decided by her single answer.
'This... is the turning point that decides my fate!'
Sonya mustered all her remaining courage.
And she answered.
"It... it was truly... amazing! Far, far more than... what I had imagined! T-To be honest, I..."
Sonya barely managed to shove the confession threatening to burst out back down her throat.
For a very long time, directly contrary to her outward appearance as a strong and proud female knight.
'That's right. Because since who knows when, I had such a secret...'
Her private secret that she had longed to become a 'doll'—completely owned by someone, not even allowed to think, obeying only orders.
It was her most secret and embarrassing dream, one she could never confide to a single soul while carrying the heavy responsibility of being the daughter of the harsh North.
That confession rose to the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't bring herself to utter it out loud.
She felt she couldn't bear it if she confessed such perverted desires to this great Master... only to be rejected with a contemptuous gaze.
While Sonya hesitated, her lips merely twitching, the scientist led the conversation first.
He asked with a merciful smile, as if reading through every corner of Sonya's heart.
[Would you like me to recreate 'Combat Unit 06'? Permanently...]
[I mean... for the rest of your life.]
Sonya already fully understood what those words meant within her manipulated memories.
The scientist explained once more as if confirming.
[You remember what we promised each other, right?]
"A promise...?"
Dalgkak.
...She remembered just now.
She didn't know what it was about, but she definitely remembered.
"I mean the contents of the initial proposal I made before we started the one-month 'trial'."
"...?!"
She remembered.
She remembered what it was.
Now she even thought of the specific details.
The initial proposal.
To spend the rest of her life dedicating her entire self to living as a guard combat unit for only one person.
To surrender all her reason and will, serving the scientist as her lifelong 'Master'.
That was truly the ultimate proposal Sonya had longed for deep within.
Now... it was the moment for Sonya, who received the proposal, to answer.
"Y-Yes... Yes!"
She poured all her hidden, shameful desires into that shout of affirmation.
The cold air of the lab vibrated faintly at that energetic reply.
Nodding only briefly, Sonya dropped her eyes to the floor right after she finished speaking.
A posture her body had already remembered over the past month.
Sonya naturally bent her waist and slightly flexed her knees.
Withdrawing the gaze she had directed toward an equal, she placed herself in a lower position, expressing with her entire body the stance of 'the beggar'.
"If Master... wants to use me as your combat unit forever...♥"
Though her face turned bright red like a ripe fruit, a clear, bright smile bloomed on her expression without a shred of hesitation.
The scientist's expression as he looked at such a Sonya was more serious and solemn than ever.
"Are you sure that resolve is truly what you want?"
Not a hint of playfulness could be found in the scientist's voice.
He stood up from his chair and slowly approached the female warrior of the North, who was about to abandon everything and devote herself to him.
And he asked word by word, as if inscribing them into Sonya's soul.
-"Do you really want to permanently give up your identity as 'Sonya'? Are you okay with never being called by your name again?"
-"Can you truly say that this choice is of your own free will?"
-"Are you saying you want this body and mind to become entirely mine, obeying every command I give?"
-"Even after hearing the explanation of how the combat unit used previously was 'disposed' of?"
-"Please keep in mind. This path can never be reversed again. Think about it one last time to see if you are truly sincere, Young Lady Sonya-nim."
So all the more.
The Northern Archduke's daughter Sonya thought hard.