Chapter 115: Leia's Daily Life
Chapter 115: Leia's Daily Life
Guwon dragged Kyle by the scruff of his neck into the bathroom, immediately locking the door and surveying the room.
Good. Looks like there's no way out.
There was a window, but it was locked.
Then, Guwon gripped the guy's shoulders firmly with both hands.
No matter how low his level was, the guy's job was Assassin. I had no idea what he might try, so I had to be as careful as possible.
“Hey, kid.”
“Ahh… Leia… Why did I suddenly…”
His mental state seemed to have crumbled to dust; he just kept muttering nonsense to himself, even when I called out to him.
“Hey, can't you hear me?”
“Leia… Leia…”
“Alright. So you're going to keep ignoring me? I'll just tell Leia you refused to wash your hands, screaming that you could never wash the hand that touched her ass.”
“W-what?! Don't you frame me, you son of a bitch!”
What the hell. He can hear me just fine.
And look at the way he talks. His innocent act from before was just that—an act.
“See? You can hear me fine. So why were you ignoring me?”
“You… now that I think about it, you framed me with that weird accusation earlier, too! Don't tell me this is your doing as well!”
“You're the one framing people. Who are you trying to blame after you came in your pants just from trying to touch Leia's ass? I didn't even touch you then.”
“It's a frame-up! I didn't touch her!”
“Right. You came in your pants right before you could touch her. You premature bastard. Are you bragging about that right now?”
“Y-you…!”
The guy had nothing to say, his face turning beet red as he just seethed.
“More importantly, you little pervert. You and I need to have a talk.”
“I have nothing to say to you!”
“You'd be wise to get on my good side. Who do you think can repair your shattered image in Leia's eyes right now?”
“I-is that even possible?”
“Of course. I'm the clan master of the very clan Leia belongs to. Her trust in me is sky-high.”
“B-Big Bro! Please, clear up this misunderstanding! It's really a misunderstanding! I really didn't mean to, but suddenly there was this intense pleasure! I don't think I can go on living if Leia hates me!”
What a detestable bastard. Look how fast his attitude changed.
“Well, whether I clear up this misunderstanding depends on your attitude. First, I have a question.”
“Yes! Ask me anything!”
“What are you, really?”
At that moment, the guy's expression subtly hardened.
“W-what do you mean? I'm just an orphan who lives here…”
“Don't even think about fooling me. I told you. I'm a clan master. Do you take my experience for a joke? I've been through countless battles. I can grasp a person's history just by watching their movements. And you… you reek of death.”
Of course, that was a total lie.
Reek of death? Please. Right now, all he reeked of was the semen he'd shot in his pants.
“Hk!”
The guy seemed quite surprised, his eyes widening.
And then, he suddenly vanished.
I was staring right at him, but he disappeared in an instant, as if melting into the background.
But I wasn't particularly surprised.
I already knew he was an Assassin, after all. It's only natural for an Assassin to be able to use Stealth.
Besides, I was already prepared.
He may have vanished from sight, but the feeling of his shoulders in my hands didn't disappear.
He must have thought I'd panic if he suddenly disappeared, planning to use that opening to escape.
Unfortunately for him, I hadn't loosened my grip.
My level was already higher than his, and on top of that, my Strength stat is much higher than others at the same level. There was no way he could escape.
Still, not being able to see him is inconvenient.
I activated Saint's Touch in both my hands.
“Hieeeek!”
His Stealth immediately broke, and he collapsed to the floor.
“Oho. So it's Stealth, is it? I thought that reek of death was strong for a reason. So you're an Assassin. And a dangerous guy like you has been hanging around Leia?”
“Kuh! Th-this feeling! So it was you earlier!”
“That's right. It was me.”
“If Leia finds out about this…!”
“You're about to die. How would she find out?”
“W-what?!”
“Why so surprised? Did you really think I'd just let a dangerous assassin bastard like you keep tailing Leia?”
I said that, but honestly, I was still debating what to do.
It was obvious I had to get this guy away from Leia, but how?
I'd slaughtered monsters without a second thought until now, but it was true that I hesitated when it came to killing a person.
“W-wait a moment, please. Big Bro.”
He only calls me Big Bro when he's at a disadvantage.
“P-please, listen to my story. I am by no means staying by Leia's side with ill intentions.”
“Fine, I'll hear you out.”
I still hadn't decided how to deal with him, anyway.
“First, I must tell you about my past. I was originally an orphan from these slums. But I wasn't taken in by the orphanage here; I was picked up by a group of assassins. From a young age, I was thoroughly raised to be an assassin—a machine with no emotions, built only for killing. Until I had successfully completed several assassinations, I was nothing more than an emotionless machine. But one day, I failed a mission. My assassin group was counterattacked and wiped out. I miraculously escaped, but it was only a matter of time before I drew my last breath. That's when an angel appeared before my eyes. An angel by the name of Leia. She found me as she was passing by and saved my dying life. Then she left without asking a single question. That was the first time in my life I had ever experienced an emotion. The feeling I had then was a sensation that could never be put into words. So I made a decision. I would live only for her until the day I die. After that, I disguised my identity and slipped into this orphanage…”
“Too long.”
“Y-yes?”
“And cliché.”
“W-what do you mean…!”
The guy looked hurt, but what could I do?
It really was a painfully obvious story. How many similar tales did he think I'd seen in my previous world?
“Anyway, I have a few things I want to ask… First off, how old are you?”
“F-forty-three, Big Bro.”
“You're an old man! Isn't being forty-three with that face a total scam?”
“Th-this is a disguise. A skilled assassin can even change their appearance…”
“What? Then drop it… No, I'll do it.”
I cast Climax Restraint on him and activated Saint's Touch.
“Hwaaat! Wait! This is! Hiiik! Kuaaah!”
The guy was wracked with the agony of being unable to cum despite the intense pleasure washing over him.
But I didn't release Saint's Touch.
And the more he suffered, the more his appearance began to change.
His slender, childlike limbs grew thicker, and wrinkles began to spread across his face.
When he had completely transformed, he looked exactly like a middle-aged man.
His small build seemed to be natural, though; he was a short man. A Dwarf? Or maybe another small-statured race?
Anyway, that's not important. The fact that this guy is an old man means…
“So this perverted bastard has been clinging to our Leia all this time, pretending to be a kid?”
Maybe I should just kill him right here and nip this in the bud.
“S-spare me! Please, spare me!”
He must have read the killing intent in my eyes, because he began to beg desperately, even while squirming under the effect of Saint's Touch.
Alright. I've made my decision.
I immediately decided how to deal with him.
First, I released Saint's Touch and Climax Restraint.
“Hieeeeeek!”
“Fine. I'll let you live. But on one condition.”
“Huk… Heok… A-anything, just say it.”
“First, make me an Assassin.”
The method for acquiring a job was surprisingly simple. You just had to learn a related skill and then perform a job-related action once.
To be honest, I hadn't been thinking about becoming an Assassin when I dragged him here, but seeing his skills changed my mind.
It was an impulsive thought; I didn't know when I'd ever meet another Assassin to learn skills from, so it seemed best to grab the opportunity now.
Transformation and Stealth. It was perfect. Skills that stirred a man's soul.
With those skills, I could try all sorts of plays I couldn't before… Kehehe.
Wasn't I just about to kill him for doing perverted things with Transformation?
Well, that's life for you. When I do it, it's romance; when someone else does it, it's an affair.
“Y-yes…?”
The man looked at me with fearful eyes.
“What are you looking at? Afraid I'll become an Assassin and kill you? I don't need to go that far; killing someone like you is easy, you punk. For now, just teach me the basic skills.”
“Th-then…”
And so, an impromptu assassination lesson began.
It was the most basic method: erasing your presence and attempting a surprise attack.
“The most important thing is not to reveal your killing intent. That way, you make it so the opponent can't predict you at all, letting them drop their guard completely so you can attack in that opening.”
Erasing my killing intent…
Alright. Here I go.
I am thinking of nothing. Because I have no thoughts.
I relaxed my body, assumed a completely natural posture, and perfectly erased my killing intent.
Then, with a movement as fluid as flowing water, I brought my hand to the guy's genitals.
CRUNCH.
I felt a horrifying sensation in my hand, but perhaps because I had emptied my mind before acting, the mental damage to myself wasn't as bad as I'd expected.
“……Huh?”
“Hmm. So this is how you do it. Perfect. Right? You didn't notice a thing, did you?”
When I opened my status window, I saw that I had perfectly acquired the Assassin job.
So this counts as a job action for an Assassin, huh.
I didn't take his life, but maybe it's because I completely killed him as a man?
“Gyaaaaaaaah!”
Of course, the guy was in no condition to answer me.
He clutched his blood-soaked crotch and rolled around on the floor.
I kept my promise to spare his life, so I hadn't lied.
I took a potion from my inventory and poured it on his crotch.
It's a bit of a waste of money, but it can't be helped if it's for my image.
“Hey. That was an expensive potion, so you should be all healed. Stop faking it and get up.”
Of course, it's not like a detached penis would grow back.
I said, washing my hands.
Ugh. Even if it was over his pants, grabbing a penis that had just shot its load feels gross.
I hope the smell didn't stick to me.
“Guuhk… Guhk… Why… why would you do something so cruel…”
“What? You're the pervert who pretended to be a kid to grope our Leia's chest and ass. You should be grateful it only ended with this.”
“Guuhk… Guhk.”
The grown man was crying so sorrowfully that I actually started to feel a little bad.
No. I can't get soft. This was a fitting punishment.
“It's not much of a consolation, but I'll let you keep living here. Now hurry up and wash before I change my mind.”
The man started washing himself, sobbing all the while.
A short while later, Kyle and I returned to where the others were waiting.
Kyle, of course, was no longer in his transformed state.
“Guwon-ssi, you took a while… Oh? Who is this gentleman?”
This guy said Leia had saved him, but it seemed she didn't remember him.
Then again, with Leia's personality, she must have helped people on the street countless times. It's unlikely she'd remember every single one.
“This guy is Kyle.”
“Y-yes?!”
“He seemed suspicious, so I interrogated him a bit, and he confessed. Turns out he's an old man who transformed into a kid and has been acting like a pervert this whole time.”
“Ugh!”
Kyle looked at me as if he'd been betrayed.
I definitely said I'd let him keep living here, but I never said I'd restore his honor.
In fact, I'll completely trample his honor so that even the angelic Leia won't want to go near him.
“But who am I? I talked some sense into him and made sure he can never do something like that again.”
Since I pulled it out by the root.
I wonder if it's true that when a man loses his 'thing,' his testosterone plummets and he becomes more feminine.
“I-is that so…”
“But after hearing his story, his circumstances are a bit pitiful. He has nowhere else to go, so it seems he used his only skill, Transformation, to slip in here and live. He confessed that he groped Leia's chest and ass because he found her too charming.”
“What! That's not true!”
“What? Are you saying our Leia isn't charming?”
“No! Of course she's more charming than anyone else in this world!”
“And that's why you inadvertently committed such a perverted act, it seems.”
“Wai… that's not…!”
“No excuses.”
“You! You're the one who made me do it! You used that weird skill to make me cum suddenly…!”
“Looks like I'm getting famous. Did you hear somewhere that I'm a Saint? It's true that my Saint skills can make someone cum in an instant. But unfortunately for you, I can't do that to someone I'm not even touching.”
Heh. How sloppy.
I've never shown Saint's Wave to Sara or Leia.
“Lies!”
“Kyle… no, Kyle-ssi. It's true.”
Unable to watch any longer, Leia finally said a word.
At that, the man collapsed, an expression on his face as if the world had ended.
“It seems it's not easy for even a pervert to admit it in front of Leia. I guess a nice guy like me will have to be understanding. His attitude is like this now, but when I was talking to him earlier, he seemed very repentant. And it looks like he wants to keep living here and taking care of the children. What do you think?”
This is the best I can do for him.
What if she refuses? Well, that's not my problem.
If I ever catch him clinging to Leia anywhere else, it won't just end with him dying as a man next time.
“Ew… I don't want him here.”
Chris said, making an openly disgusted face.
I've been thinking this for a while, but you're really honest with yourself.
But our angelic Leia, as expected, did not react like Chris.
“Um, that's… something you'll have to discuss with the orphanage director…”
But she was still making a slightly displeased face.
Wow. Amazing. To think the angelic Leia could make a face like that. I think this is the first time I've seen it since we met.
Kyle. Do you finally understand how disgusting your perverted actions were?
“Th-then I'll go speak with the director right now.”
The man seemed to want to cling to the last shred of hope that he could keep living here, and he scurried away.
If he has to leave, his only legitimate means of seeing Leia will disappear completely, so of course he's desperate.
I really hope he gets rejected.
“Leia.”
“…Yes.”
“If he ends up staying here, let's make sure you always come with me from now on. I can't let you come alone to a place with a pervert like that. I'll protect you, no matter what.”
The guy doesn't have his 'thing' anymore, and now that his identity is revealed, Leia will be on her guard. Still, you always have to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
“Yes…. Guwon-ssi, thank you so much.”
Leia looked at Guwon with an expression of trust and gave him a gentle smile.
Kuh. I can hear the affection points rising.
It seems coming here today was worthwhile in many ways.