Chapter 417
Chapter 417
Looking at her face, my inner contrarian suddenly reared its head.
“But I refuse.”
By the time I came to my senses, I had already rejected Felicia’s proposal.
Even though I myself had thought it was an attractive offer.
“Huh? Darling?”
Felicia looked as though the thought of me refusing had never crossed her mind; the composure in her expression seemed to waver slightly.
“But what about saving the people? Weren’t you in a difficult position?”
I don’t know about that. It’ll work out somehow.
To be honest, I had no idea how it would work out.
Even Felicia, the most promiscuous woman I knew, had refused at first.
There was no way any woman would readily agree to film something like that.
But Felicia did say she would cover her face, and if another woman agreed to the same condition… wait.
The moment I had that thought, possibilities I hadn’t even considered before came flooding into my mind.
Why hadn’t I thought of this until now?
It was so obvious it made me wonder.
Right. If her face is covered, no one will know who she is.
Under that condition, there would probably be people willing to film the video.
There was no reason at all to be fixated on Felicia.
Until now, I had been subconsciously thinking that covering her face was impossible.
I’d been trapped by the fixed idea that you needed a mosaic to hide a face.
And since there was no way such technology existed in this world, I’d concluded that hiding her face was out of the question.
But thinking it over, that wasn’t true at all.
If need be, I could just have her wear a mask.
Why on earth couldn’t I think of that?
Of course, my preconceptions played a part, but I felt there was more to it.
Until I had this thought, it had felt as if accepting Felicia’s offer was my only option.
Was it because I was flustered when Felicia, who never expected me to refuse, rejected the idea at first?
Was it because I was swayed by Felicia’s silver tongue?
Both probably had some influence.
But even so, for my scope of thought to narrow this much was strange.
And then I remembered.
I had experienced this exact same thing once before.
A time when I acted as if it were my own will, but was in fact doing what someone else wanted.
Felicia had been the one I was with then, too.
No way… no way…
I could feel goosebumps rising on my skin.
What if Felicia’s charm wasn’t just an ability that made you want to have sex?
What if it was an ability to charm a target and make them act as she wished?
If so, Felicia’s consistently confident attitude made sense.
And her attempts to get me alone—was it because other people would interfere with putting me under her charm?
No. But I was desperately resisting the temptation of sex, wasn't I?
That means I was aware of the charm.
But until now, I hadn’t felt anything like… come to think of it, it was the same the first time I was charmed and had sex with her.
I had no awareness of being charmed at all.
I just had sex with her, thinking I had fallen for her provocations on my own.
Could that be it?
Unless you’re consciously aware of it beforehand, you don’t even feel that you’ve been charmed?
What kind of broken skill is that?
Well, I don’t know if it’s a skill or what.
“Darling?”
“You… No. It’s fine. In any case, I refuse your offer.”
Once I realized everything, I even started to feel a sense of fear toward Felicia.
Rather than interrogating her, I tried to get out of the situation first.
“…Oh my. What a shame. Has it worn off?”
And as I rejected her offer once more, Felicia spoke as if she had grasped the situation.
“…So you did do something, didn’t you?”
“Yes, that’s right. But you’re amazing. Most men don’t even realize it and just do as I say. As expected of God’s apostle.”
Felicia said it without a hint of apology.
“You…! How can you be so shameless?!”
“Oh? Shameless? You say that as if I did something wrong.”
“Are you saying you didn’t?!”
“Of course. A man who suddenly shows up, refuses to keep his promise, and suggests we film and release a sex video. All I did was make a man like that move a little more according to my will. I even said I’d film the video and help you release it to the public. Did I do something wrong? Aren’t you the one who did something wrong?”
Felicia, who had maintained a cutesy, affectionate attitude the whole time, spoke to me in a reproachful tone for the first time.
And hearing her words, I was left speechless.
Logically, I understood.
It wasn’t that Felicia was blameless, but I was the one who was in the wrong first.
But I had come dangerously close to being manipulated.
I couldn’t help but be emotionally angry.
“…Anyway, I’m refusing the offer. It’s not like I have to film it with you. I only brought it up because I was worried you’d be in trouble with your succession problem.”
“If you think so, then you should just accept my offer. I don’t see how it’s bad for you.”
“I refuse!”
At a glance, it was true that there was nothing bad in it for me.
The regular sex would be out of necessity, so my girls would have nothing to hold against me.
I could just think of it as being similar to what I did with Matilda.
But that last incident made me realize one thing for sure.
Just being alone with this girl was dangerous in itself.
“Haa… Why are you being so difficult? I really think it’s an offer with no downsides for you. Well, fine. Then at least keep your promise.”
“Wh-what?”
“The promise. The bet. I held back and didn’t even have sex until I met you, so I won, didn’t I?”
“You’re saying that even in a situation like this?!”
“Of course. It’s caused problems for my succession to the throne. Besides, I’ve held back for so long, I feel like I’m really about to go crazy.”
She really was amazing, in so many ways.
I’d thought it several times since we first met, but I truly thought it every time I saw her.
What is with this girl?
“I refu—!”
I was about to spit out a refusal, but I paused.
It absolutely wasn’t because of the threat Felicia made earlier.
The threat that if I refused the promise, she didn’t know what would happen to me, or to Diana.
Now that I was free from the charm, I could clearly see that it was nonsense.
Yes, it was true that they would have a justification to attack me, and if that happened, it might be true that Diana would ultimately face ruin.
But there was a fatal contradiction in her words.
It was the fact that it was all predicated on the fall of this kingdom.
Knowing that the kingdom would fall, would the queen really try to attack me? Just because I broke a little promise?
There was no way.
The fact that I thought her words made sense at the time must have meant I was already half-caught in Felicia’s charm.
And Leia was right next to me then, too.
I had been too focused on sex and had thought of her charm’s ability in too limited a way.
In any case, the reason I didn’t refuse outright despite thinking all this was for a different reason.
It was because I thought it might be better to just have sex with her once as promised and cut ties with nothing left hanging between us.
I had a feeling that if I just left, she would use it as an excuse to keep clinging to me.
After all, she was the kind of girl who, even after getting caught trying to control me with her charm, was shamelessly coming on to me for sex.
Could it be that I was thinking this way because I was charmed again?
I turned my back so Felicia was out of my sight and thought it over several times.
It was a dangerous technique that you wouldn’t even know you were under if you weren’t aware of it, but based on my experience so far, it seemed I could resist it as long as I was properly on guard.
Okay. I’m not in a charmed state.
“Fine. A promise is a promise. I’ll keep it.”
I felt bad for making Leia wait outside any longer, but if it was just once, it wouldn’t take that long.
If this could completely sever my connection with this girl, it was better to keep the promise.
“Oh my. What a relief. If you had tried to refuse this too, I was planning on really putting my mind to controlling you this time.”
Felicia said playfully, a charming smile on her face.
Don’t say such creepy things! This is no joke for me!
Maybe trying to have sex with her is a bad idea after all.
What if she tries to charm me again while we’re having sex… no. That’s unlikely.
The thought was so absurd that I immediately dismissed the possibility.
How could she do something like that while having sex with me?
Even for a succubus.
“Then get undressed.”
“Oh my. You’re in such a hurry, darling. Don’t be so impatient. Since we’re doing it anyway, let’s enjoy…”
“Get undressed now, get on the bed, and spread your legs.”
“Ngh… Haa… O-okay.”
When I spoke in a commanding tone, Felicia crossed her legs slightly and slowly headed for the bed.
Did she just moan?
Is she that excited about having sex already?
Felicia sat on the edge of the bed, perching her hips slightly, and began to slowly slip the dress she was wearing off her shoulders.
Every single movement was bewitching and oozed sex appeal, making me think that she was a succubus, through and through.
No. I can’t let myself get distracted.
She’s a dangerous creature.
I’ll just have sex with her once as promised, and that’ll be the end of it.
“Now… darling. Come to me, quickly.”
Without a hint of shame, Felicia stripped off all her underwear and lifted one leg, placing her foot on the edge of the bed.
With the toes of her other foot still touching the ground, she slowly spread her legs.
Unlike the sexy poses my girls sometimes showed unconsciously, it felt like Felicia knew exactly how to look sexy and was acting accordingly.
Well, she was certainly sexy.
Her cunt, already glistening and thoroughly wet, seemed to be tempting me.
Is it possible to get that wet just by thinking about having sex?
Is that also a succubus trait? Or is it the backlash from this sex-crazed girl having lived a life of abstinence until now?
Well, whatever. It doesn’t matter.
“Not like that. Who told you to spread your legs like that? Lie on the bed, grab your own legs, and spread them wide so I can fuck you properly.”
“Eek… Y-yes…”
You can’t be bewitched by that sexiness. With that mindset, I gave the order in a rougher tone than usual. Felicia’s face flushed as she slowly lay back on the bed.
Did she just use formal speech with me?
She’d certainly been cutesy, calling me ‘darling’ from the start, but she’d never used that kind of formal speech with me before.
Moreover, as she lay on the bed, grabbed her thighs, and spread her legs, her cunt was completely exposed, and a gush of clear, slick fluid trickled out.
Anyone could see she was even more excited than before.
Huh? Come to think of it, she let out a moan earlier, too.
Then and now. The common factor was that I had given her a command both times.
Once I realized that, I started to think that some of Felicia’s previous actions had also given off that kind of vibe.
Could she be…
This seemed worth checking out.
I circulated mana to my already hard member, deliberately making it go soft.
Why was it already hard, you ask? I couldn’t help it.
For one, her looks are top-tier.
And a girl like that was lying naked, her cunt dripping wet, looking at me with a seductive gaze while her legs were spread wide open.
As a man, there’s no way I wouldn’t get hard.
“Felicia. Get up.”
“Huh? What? What is it, darling?”
Since I had spoken as if I was about to fuck her right away, she must have found it strange that I was telling her to get up again. Felicia sat up with a puzzled expression.
I grabbed Felicia’s head with one hand and pulled her roughly toward me.
So that her face was pressed against my crotch.
“You’re the one who wants this, so you undress me yourself.”
When I spoke in a commanding tone again, I could feel Felicia’s body flinch and tremble from beyond her hands and my Dick.
I knew it. So that’s what it was.
“Hhng… Y-yeah…”
Perhaps it had slipped out unconsciously before, because Felicia didn’t use formal speech this time. But the command had clearly worked, as she slowly reached for my pants.