Cursed to the Brink: Brainwashing or Personality Excretion
A few minutes later.
"Guh, hee, gah-o, ihi, agahak!! Gak, ka, aaak!! Hwi-hei-i-euk!!! Heuk, heuk, heuk!"
"Grrraaaah…! Guh… er, ugh, er… er-er-er-er-er…… ergh…!!"
"────!! ────────?!?!!! ──────#$@%%^!!!?!!"
"Gagagagagagagagaga, gagagagagagagagagagagagagagaga!!!"
"Iiiiiiiiiiiik…… iiiiiiiiiiiik…… ku-iiik…!"
(I knew it would turn out like this.)
"What the hell kind of disaster is this…"
Perpena broke into a cold sweat at the sight of everyone crawling across the dirt floor. Most had collapsed after the first shot, but the ones who had gritted their teeth and charged ended up like this after two.
"This is hell… this is hell… This isn't the story I wrote."
"It wasn't?"
"I only wanted them to feel a little sense of crisis! But who told you to spam instant-kill moves like that~?!"
"They felt plenty. Was more really necessary?"
"Ugh~! Still~!"
True to the Ace unit, they had erected walls with earth magic, scattered smoke to hide their bodies, or suddenly teleported to aim for the neck. If not for Perpena, there would have been at least ten situations where I would have died instantly. Seriously.
Even I nearly died. Since Perpena handled defense, I kept firing kidney-stone curses while trembling inside and pretending to be calm. It wasn't a complete victory. From the middle onward, they started dodging as if it were natural, so I learned on the spot how to guide the projectiles like homing missiles.
Damn it, how are those women in heavy armor running around like horses? They flew, teleported, threw dirt in my eyes, and pulled every trick in the book. If that failed, they either endured like they were doing yoga, matched magic with curses, or threw their only weapon to knock the orb down, then rushed in bare-handed to strangle me.
'Did I overdo the fear factor with the kidney-stone curse?'
They had truly come to kill. When madwomen charge with their eyes rolled back, of course it's terrifying. If Perpena had fired the weaker curse she originally planned, the atmosphere might not have turned out this way.
Thanks to that, the mood between the knights who had charged ready to die and those who hadn't was starkly different. The latter clearly wore expressions that screamed, "We never heard about this!" and were begging for mercy.
"Give Nigilia back…!"
"Hiiik~?!"
That's why it's scary. That crazy Sigrid, even after seeing exactly what happened to her comrades, grabbed her double axes and charged anyway. I'm the type who feels fear toward the unknown, and she's exactly that kind of person.
"Commander Sigrid! It's dangerous!"
"P-please stop! Bow your head even now!"
"Something's clearly wrong with that thing!"
"─Shut up! You shameful wenches! Once I finish that thing off, I'll fix your manners first!!"
"Commander~!!"
By this point the surrounding knights had noticed the situation and were trying to stop her, but she paid them no mind. Did she have a trump card? In a world of magic, maybe a skill that could pierce Perpena's defense and slit my throat in one strike…
"No, she doesn't."
"Really~? What if you let your guard down and get your throat torn out? That really hurts, you know."
"The benefactor who shows weakness is quite likable~! Hehe, Sigrid is a woman blessed with the Iron Protection. Her specialty is taking hits and counterattacking; ordinary magic or blades bounce off her bare body, but she's weak against the benefactor. She knows that too, but her personality is just like that…"
"In short, she's an idiot who charges head-on?"
"Since surrendering won't change the fact that she'll be punished for causing trouble, it's even more so."
As Perpena said, Sigrid was walking straight toward me with her axes raised. She didn't teleport, didn't create ice to slide on, didn't explode something behind her to launch herself, and didn't even run particularly fast. Compared to the other knights I'd faced, she was very different.
Wasn't this more like what people usually imagine a knight to be? A knight who charges head-on with honor… The only flaw is her lesbian tendencies.
"The fact that she isn't running means she plans to endure with willpower."
"She's insane…"
I extended my index finger as a warning, but Sigrid's steps didn't stop. Of course, she showed no sign of dodging either.
"Try it if you dare! I won't go down easily! I swore to devote this body to rescuing Lady Nigilia! I will never, ever show the same disgrace as them!!"
One step… two steps… As if rewarding that bravery, I fired the Kidney Stone Curse.
—Bang!
"Ugh, ugh, uuuuugh, grrraaaah!?!! O, guh, ugh, o, agah~?! A, ha, uuuuuuugh!!!"
Her approaching steps halted and her entire crotch trembled back and forth. Her face turned blue. Of course it did. I'd experienced it myself—this wasn't something you could endure with willpower.
"J-just like thaaat, ooooh, j-just like thaaat~!!"
Her intonation and speech immediately collapsed, yet unlike the previous knights, she didn't fall right away.
"Whoa… crazy bitch…!"
The moment her feet moved again, I fired another Kidney Stone Curse.
—Bang!
"…………!!! ………?! ……ok, gr, hahiiiik!?!! Hi, huk, hoak! Gr, ha, iiiiiiiik!! Iik?! Iiiiiiiiiik!!!"
Her entire crotch twitched and twitched and twitched♡ If I wasn't mistaken, she was wetting herself from the excessive pain.
"No way…"
"Iiiiiiiiiik!! I, iik?! Iiiiiiiiiiiiiik!!!! Iiiik~!!"
She shouldn't have had the leeway to speak like a human anymore, yet she chewed her teeth, rolled her eyes back, and took one more step forward. She must have bitten down so hard that blood flowed from her gums, and veins stood out on her forehead. It was genuinely terrifying.
Was she really not going to stop? This hurts, you know? You know that too, right? Right now you probably want to grab your pussy and cry…
"Firing one more would be too heartless."
"Then I'll change the flavor and shoot something else."
"…Something else?"
So I curled my index finger, straightened it again, and fired a new curse this time.
—Bang!
"Huk, ha, haaa, haik!? Hiiiiiiiiik, iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!!! Iiiik?! Iiik!!"
Her feet stopped. Her crotch area trembled violently, and now her entire legs were shaking.
"What did you shoot this time?"
"The Ankle Ligament Strain Curse. When your ligaments are stretched, even taking a single step feels like you're going to die, right? I thought it would pair well with the kidney stones."
"Uwaa…"
Perpena reflexively grabbed her own crotch, and the female knights also turned pale. That made three stacked curses.
…She'd stop now, right? Please stop.
"Ni, jjiri, a, Ni, hiiii, iiiiiiiim… iiiiiiiiiiiik!!! Nigilia, Nigiliaaa, nuhiiiiiiiiiaaaaim~!!"
Whoa, she's still moving. Dragging her legs and weapon like a zombie.
"I would have given up long ago in that body. Even stubbornness has its limits."
"I would have given up on the first shot."
Both of us acknowledged her willpower. But if she kept moving, I had no choice. I fired again.
"Ugrrrooo?! O, o, o, ok!!"
This time with clear intent to completely subdue her.
Now, the Appendicitis Pain Curse.
"Gahaaaaaaah!!!! Huhaaaaaah!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!! Huaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!"
Just like I had back then, she broke into a cold sweat and finally grabbed her crotch and stomach with both hands. Since I'd gone right to the brink of bursting myself, I knew exactly how vivid that pain was.
"Hgyahaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!! Uhaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! Iiiik?! Ik, a, agh, ik, iiiiiiiiaaaah!!!!!"
Yet even as she clawed at the floor with her nails in that display of bravery, I fired the finishing curse out of respect.
"Testicle Pain Curse plus Tickling Curse."
"──Kuhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!!! H, go, ga, hohuiiik?! Huik, ga, sa, ve, me!! Sa, save, me! Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!! Huihaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!"
It was exactly the pain of getting hit in the balls. Every man has felt it at least once, so I'll omit the details. As a finisher, I added the tickling.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagk!!!! Ju, zuhuurgh!!! Nigilia Nihim!! Nigiliaaaa!!! Save me! Any, thing! Stop, zuhuurgh!!! Huhiik! Huik! Si, ra, si, reeeergh!!! Gr, gahaaaaak!!! Guhyaaaaaaaaak!!!!"
The pain of stretched ligaments, the pain of a ruptured appendix, the pain of being hit in the balls, plus tickling and double kidney stones on top—this was no longer pain a human could endure.
"Hiik, hik, hi, huiiiik! Hiik, hing, iugh, huhehiik~!! Huheaaak!! Huak! Huak! Huaaaaaaaaaak!!! Save meee!! Sa, ve meee, hoooook, hoooooohik!!! Huiiiik!!! Save meeeeee!!!! Hiik?! A-again?! O, oak, aaaaaak!! It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts!!! It huuurts~!! Ugigigigak?! Guhaagagak!!! Gagagagagagagagagagaga!?!?! Gagagak, ga, gagak, ga, ga, ga, gugigigigigigi?!!? Nuhiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!"
In the end, she let out a huge scream, cried, and rolled her eyes back, unable to withstand the tickling. The puddle of urine spilled on the floor looked pathetic and ridiculous, yet somehow aesthetically pleasing in its own way.
"What were you planning to do if you moved again?"
"Then I was thinking of shooting a Herniated Disc Curse. At that point, even catching something like a cold would make breathing incredibly difficult, don't you think?"
"You were born for this."
"Is it that much? Since it's coming from Perpena herself, I'm feeling a bit smug."
"No, seriously, it's terrifying."
Was it really to the point of saying that with such a serious face?
"Ah, Sigrid… I told you it would have been better if you'd stayed quiet…!"
Even Nigilia looked sympathetic at that disgraceful sight. It was only natural, seeing her knight commander who had been protecting her reduced to this state…
"L-Lord Roman! Lady Perpena!"
"Please calm your anger and listen to us!"
"We knew nothing about this incident! Truly!"
"To think Sigrid was planning something like this~?!"
"Th-that's why we came here because~!"
"That's right! We just came to watch! We were wondering what was going on!"
"No, not to watch! Rather, we were watching from the side in case Lord Roman got into danger~!"
"Yes, that's right! In any case, we're not involved in this!"
"So please forgive us…!"
With things having come to this, the rest surrendered completely. It wasn't just Sigrid crying—the entire training ground was in an uproar of screams, yet they groveled as if they themselves had been cursed. The ones who had charged first had genuinely worried about Nigilia deep in their hearts like Sigrid, but these ones felt like they'd been swept along by the largest faction and the atmosphere.
I liked groveling, but this was a bit much. The fallen ones had filled my pleasure gauge, but these ones felt downright ugly… Making fundamentally servile girls put on a disgraceful show wouldn't even create any gap…
"Perpena."
"Mm. No need to say it. I understand everything."
Since I'd already had the main course, maybe ask for this as dessert? Understanding my intent, she immediately took the lead.
"You shameless wenches! Thanks to you, the benefactor is disappointed after such a rare event! If you're going to disgrace yourselves anyway, you should have gone all the way instead of failing even at being clowns!!"
"…Eh? U-uh, benefactor?"
"L-Lady Maid Chief… We really…!"
"You lot are trash beneath even the ones crawling on the floor! If you want to live, strip naked right now and stand there bare! The same goes for the ones on the floor!! If you don't strip and stand properly, I'll kill you all!"
"Hiiii~?! Y-yes, understood!"
"We'll strip! Then you'll spare us, right?!"
"S-strip! The ones collapsed below too! Hurry!"
"Hii~?! Why is this happening!"
Following Perpena's scolding, I stopped the curses, and the female knights hurriedly removed their equipment. Perhaps because they had basic training, even standing roughly they formed neat rows, and it was surprisingly pleasing to look at. Especially the variety of pubic hair.
'Silver silver gold silver gold silver silver silver red silver gold gold silver silver silver silver black──'
Rows of naked bodies, diverse pubic hair, just as Perpena had said, focused on silver hair as close to white as possible. My eyes were treated. The colors were varied too—maybe I should examine them by color later.
"…………"
"Hu… huk…"
"Huu… ugh…?!"
"……! ……?! …Kuuuugh!"
Occasionally someone tried to cover their crotch, but when I wiggled my index finger, they hurriedly exposed themselves. It was amusing. They knew well what would happen if they displeased me. Even the ones who had stood up after the curse was lifted turned pale and didn't resist, so there wouldn't be any more fighting.
"Wh-what about… Sigrid…?"
"Your commander is an exception. With that combo, she won't be getting up for a while."
In the corner of the training ground where everyone stood naked, she lay collapsed with her equipment stripped off. Perpena showed no interest in that side and only reached out to the female knights.
"Then before I punish you, let me ask one thing. Knights of the Cornelius family, what is the name of your order?"
"Th-that would be the Valkyria Knights…"
"Valkyria… Valkyria…?"
"Valky──ah."
"Hiik~! These idiots?!"
Even without borrowing Perpena's power, I knew.
「「「「We're fucked.」」」」
Everyone present had the exact same thought.
"Hee, even after I gave you one last chance, that's your answer. Not even knowing the name of the order you've been indebted to for years—this already makes you traitors. Aaaah, no, calling you traitors is too generous. Even if spies from another family had infiltrated, they'd be better than you. To not even know your own affiliation—whoever hears this will laugh."
"Please forgive us!"
"We just misspoke for a moment-?!"
"─Too late."
Immediately after, following Perpena's upward hand gesture, a black wave rose.
"Hiiiiik?!?! Wh-what is this!"
"What now!! Uuuuuuup?!"
"W-wait, don't come up to my face──Mubuuuup?!!!"
"Ugo, a, ab, a, aoobobobup!!! Ubuuuuup!!!"
"Buho, o, o, obobub~?! Ubuuuuuup~!!"
A black viscous substance rose from the female knights' feet. The same ones used to train Nigilia last time covered their bodies and wrapped around their heads like latex masks.
"Ugh, o~?! A, o, ok, ooook, o, uuuuuuuk~♡"
"Gr, muhop♡ Man, do~♡ Uoooooo♡ Ok♡ Ok♡"
"Burururururu♡ Ubut♡ U, bu, uuuuuuuu~♡ Ubuuuuk♡"
Glug glug glug glug glug glug glug glug♡♡♡♡♡
「「「「Bugiiiiiiiiuuuuuuut♡♡♡♡♡♡」」」」
The masks writhed and made continuous poking sounds. They were also letting out sow-like noises… Just what was happening inside those masks…?
"Before I finish dealing with these idiots, I have a question for the benefactor too~!"
"…What is it?"
I tensed slightly since this happened right after she asked. Of course Perpena wouldn't harm me, but it was instinctive.
"It's nothing much."
As if to ease my tension, she raised her index finger, smiled seductively, and said one thing.
"Brainwashing or personality excretion—choose whichever you like~♡"
Ah, as expected. She really presented an appetizing choice.
"Brainwashing is good, but personality excretion is hard to pass up either…"
I crossed my arms and pondered for a moment. Brainwashing… or personality excretion… Both had their own advantages… Hmm……
"If it's too troubling, you can do it later."
"No, it's fine. I want to prepare before Sigrid wakes up."
"Meaning?"
"Yes, let's do it this way."
Soon a fun idea came to mind, and I suggested, "How about we play like this?"
Of course, Perpena's reaction was the same as always.
"Hehe, so that's your preference. Then I'll prepare it right away, so please enjoy to your heart's content, my dear benefactor~♡"
The kind goddess who would grant any wish of mine. And an evil god endlessly cruel to anyone but me. My beloved lady had created yet another new toy.