#22. Training
Pluto's Slave.
It refers to someone who has formed a Submission Oath with Pluto.
According to the Submission Oath, they must forcibly carry out their master's commands and cannot harm their master.
"Lift the curse and die! L-Let go of the Submission Oath!"
She must have thought I was dying.
Elena grabbed me by the collar and shook me while screaming.
The naked Yoo Dahui looked down at us with a dazed expression.
You could practically hear the gears turning in her head as she tried to figure out what was happening.
"Huh? He's fine?"
Elena realized something was off.
She let go of my collar and shot a glare at the masked woman.
"Dahui-nim…?"
A spine-chilling development.
Elena recognized the masked woman's identity in an instant.
It wasn't surprising that she knew, but I hadn't expected her to say it outright like that.
"Uh, uht…?!"
Yoo Dahui's face was filled with panic, as if she never expected to be recognized.
She backed away.
And then came the Blessing of Suicide.
With Yoo Dahui collapsing with a soft thud, this loop came to an end.
['Return by Death' has been activated.]
Elena handed over the equipment just like always.
Since she didn't remember the previous loop, her reaction was only natural.
But Yoo Dahui was different.
As a regressor, Yoo Dahui remembered every single previous loop.
Yoo Dahui looked at me.
Her eyes trembled anxiously.
"A-Aaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaah!"
"Dahui-nim!"
While gathering her equipment, Yoo Dahui let out a scream like she was having a seizure and ran away.
It wasn't a joke. She was serious.
Watching Yoo Dahui grow distant, Elysha and Elena could only stand there in a daze.
An awkward silence settled over us.
'Should I go look for her?'
I could find her if I wanted to.
A mere 2-Star player would be easy to track with Elena's help.
But did I really need to?
I didn't know exactly what had shocked her, but I figured she needed some time to herself.
Enough time to sort out her thoughts and face me again.
'Anyway, she really thought she wouldn't get caught, huh.'
Yoo Dahui's shamelessness knew no bounds.
She was even dumber than I'd thought.
Did Yoo Dahui feel the same way when she looked at me?
Suddenly, I felt embarrassed.
I took the lead ahead of the elves.
Since Yoo Dahui was gone, I planned to guide them myself.
"…Shall we get going?"
"Don't talk to me, black mage. You reek. I only played along because of Dahui. Don't think we're close now."
At my words, Elysha responded sharply.
Ever since I obtained black magic, Elysha had always acted this way.
Maybe because Yoo Dahui wasn't here, she was being openly hostile.
She wore a breast covering that revealed more than it hid, and a single scrap of cloth around her waist that would show everything if lifted even slightly.
She was extremely antagonistic toward black magic.
All while not knowing that the knight commander she was close with was my slave.
"Eloin? Elbaren? Let's go find Dahui without him."
The elves walked past me.
Elena followed behind Elysha while glancing back at me.
Her eyes held a strange trace of lingering attachment.
In that moment, something amusing came to mind.
If I got caught, it would be a huge problem, but who cares.
As long as I didn't get caught, it was fine.
As someone who wanted a harem, I couldn't let this opportunity slip by.
With Elena, who was skilled with mana, the chances of Yoo Dahui noticing were zero.
"Elena."
Elena, who had been following Elysha, flinched.
It was because I'd called her with a command infused in my voice.
"Elena, the commander? What's wrong? You can just ignore him. Let's just go by ourselves."
"Elena. Don't move."
Regardless of how she felt, her body obeyed my command.
When Elena stopped moving, Elysha looked at her with worried eyes.
"Elena, the commander?"
"Is there a place nearby where we can hide?"
Elena forced herself to ignore Elysha's call and spoke to me.
"Th-There is…."
"Guide us there. Ah, don't forget to knock the princess out and bring her along."
"N-No… Please, not that…."
"If the princess says she'll follow on her own, I'll let you skip knocking her out with your own hands."
Elena's eyes shook violently.
She probably couldn't bring herself to knock Elysha out with her own hands.
"Princess…."
Elena looked at Elysha pleadingly.
Meeting Elena's gaze, Elysha frowned and glared at me.
"As expected of a black mage. What did you do to Elena, the commander?"
"I didn't do anything. Yet."
"You piece of trash."
Elysha stopped walking.
Her body language said she would follow Elena.
"Guide us, Elena. Ah, those two friends of yours can come along if they want."
"You bastard…! You've finally shown your true colors!"
Eloin drew his sword and charged at me.
Mana-formed sword energy blazed around it.
I didn't take any defensive stance.
Because Elena was here.
"E-Elena-nim! Why are you protecting this guy?!"
Elena blocked Eloin's sword.
She did so while holding a brilliantly shining sword.
"Oh… So that's Elena's weapon? Looks badass. Can I touch it?"
"I'm sorry, Eloin."
Elena deflected the sword.
Eloin flew far away without even managing to scream.
"Kugh!"
"Eloin!"
Eloin, who had crashed into a tree, violently coughed up blood.
Elysha rushed over and helped him up.
"Elena, the commander… Why are you doing this…."
"I'm sorry, Princess Elysha. I can't help it…."
Elena muttered with a sorrowful look in her eyes.
I examined the information on the sword Elena had given me.
8★
Maybe it was because I was still a nobody.
The weapon information didn't appear.
The only thing I could tell was its name.
Elena approached me with heavy, powerless steps.
She grabbed my wrist, gritted her teeth, and glared at me.
"You're not planning to do anything strange to Princess Elysha, are you?!"
"No. I won't touch the princess."
Today, I was going to touch Elena.
I had no intention of laying a hand on Elysha.
But there was only one reason I was bringing Elysha along.
To fuck Elena right in front of her.
Elena guided us to a secluded spot.
Eloin and Elbaren had no choice but to follow me as well.
No presence could be felt in the forest.
It was because Elena was spreading her mana to keep other players away as we moved.
In a location where it seemed no one would come, there was a cave.
The gloomy atmosphere felt perfect for fucking.
I gave Elena an order.
"Take off your armor."
"What did you just say?"
At my command, Elysha screamed in protest.
I repeated myself.
"I said take off your armor."
"Elena, the commander! Don't listen to that guy. Why are you listening? Just cut him down in one strike…!"
Elysha stopped mid-sentence.
She seemed to realize there was a contradiction in her words.
If she could cut me down, she would have already done so.
The fact that she was following my orders instead of cutting me down meant she couldn't cut me down.
"Elena, the commander…? Why, why are you…?"
"Haa… Princess Elysha. Please listen carefully to what I have to say."
Elena muttered this and began removing her armor.
With clanking sounds, the armor came off piece by piece.
I'd heard that real armor wasn't this easy to remove.
As expected of fantasy.
While putting the removed armor into her inventory, Elena spoke.
"This black mage said he wouldn't touch the princess. I know how foolish it is to trust a black mage's words, but right now, we have no choice but to trust him."
"Elena, the commander…? Don't take it off. Why are you taking it off…!"
Under Elena's armor was a black bodysuit.
A short, two-piece bodysuit, with a pink switch tucked into the waistband of the bottom.
At a glance, it looked like she was wearing a sports bra and boyshorts.
Elena continued speaking, her ears flushed red and twitching.
"I have no choice but to take it off. I can't refuse his orders. I'm already too late. He's already taken my virginity and violated me. But the princess is different. The princess can offer her virginity as a gift to the one she loves."
"Ah, please don't. Elena, the commander! I don't want to live by someone else's sacrifice! I already threw away that kind of life when I was summoned to the Tower of Struggle!"
"If I can save the princess by using my defiled body…."
Elena lowered her bodysuit bottoms herself.
Her plump buttocks and firm thighs were revealed.
A transparent thread connected from her pussy stretched along the bodysuit before snapping.
The vibrator inserted in her anus couldn't withstand the weight of the switch and slipped out.
'What the hell?'
I had clearly only told her to take off her armor.
Why was this woman stripping everything off on her own?
Why was she exposing her naked body of her own accord?
"Elena…!"
Unable to bear the situation, Elysha reached out toward me.
Behind Elysha, several water spirits were summoned.
"Die!"
Even though she had seen Elena protect me earlier, Elysha acted on impulse.
It meant she was that angry.
A genuine anger, completely different from what happened with Yoo Dahui.
A pure rage, not one born from mutual deception.
Water streams shot from the water spirits flew toward me.
"Ugh…. Princess, you mustn't. If you provoke him…."
Elena easily blocked the attack.
From the attack the water spirits had fired, Elena became soaked.
Whether the water flowing from her pussy was her juices or actual water, there was no way to tell.
"You must never provoke the black mage. You have to follow what he says. Only then can we protect Princess Elysha's virginity…!"
"What meaning does a virginity protected by someone else's sacrifice have?! I don't want to live being protected anymore! Elena, you should fight against the black mage too!"
Elysha had no idea what kind of power the Submission Oath held.
"Eloin! Elbaren! Attack the black mage!"
At Elysha's shout, Eloin charged at me.
I wondered if I could actually win this.
With that thought, I decided to pick up a weapon myself and face Eloin.
At that moment.
"Kugh!"
Elena kicked Eloin away.
Eloin, sent flying by Elena, once again flew far into the distance.
This time, it was almost a home run, all the way outside the cave.
'?'
I had clearly been planning to face him myself, but something was seriously off.
Why was she butting in and sending him flying on her own?
Elena spoke calmly, as if trying to persuade Elysha.
"Princess. You mustn't rebel against the black mage. My body can't help but protect him. If something goes wrong, Princess Elysha could get hurt."
"Something like that can't possibly…."
"…Kuh!"
Elena moved in an instant and sent Elbaren flying.
Elbaren rolled across the dirt floor outside the cave.
He didn't move anymore, whether he had passed out or not.
Inside the cave, only the three of us remained: me, Elena, and Elysha.
"Elena. Why do you keep moving on your own without me even giving an order?"
"…Don't say such ridiculous things! You ordered me to send Eloin and Elbaren flying, didn't you?!"
"I didn't."
How unfortunate.
It would've been more fun if they were here.
Oh well.
"Well, one audience member, the princess, is plenty."
"Th-That's right…. One spectator, the princess, is more than enough…."
Elena, standing in front of me, muttered in a voice so small that no one else could hear.
* * *
There's a word called déjà vu.
Also known as a sense of familiarity.
It refers to the feeling that you've experienced a certain phenomenon before.
'Huh….'
While handing out the equipment, Elena felt that sensation.
The feeling grew stronger because Kim Jinwoo accepted it so naturally.
'This is strange.'
Normally, seeing Kim Jinwoo should make her feel disgusted.
After all, he was the man who had forcibly violated and tormented her just two days ago.
But.
'It's strange.'
When she looked at Kim Jinwoo, her lower body itched as if she had returned to those days when she couldn't even masturbate and had to suppress her sexual desire.
The urge to turn on the vibrator inserted in her anus welled up strongly.
"A-Aaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaah!"
When Yoo Dahui ran away and Kim Jinwoo revealed his true nature.
In that moment, Elena recalled a strange pleasure.
The foreign sensation of the cock that had forcibly pierced and roughly thrust into her tender pussy.
The heat of that cock, which felt so distant even though not even two days had passed, as if several days or more had gone by.
"Princess…."
Half sincerely, half acting, Elena joined in on Kim Jinwoo's play.
Because if he was serious, she already knew she couldn't protect Elysha anyway….