Chapter 447: A World First
Chapter 447: A World First
“Two men and three women. Yes. That’s about right. Good work, Silvia.”
Felicia nodded in satisfaction as she looked us over one by one.
…Huh? Two men?
I reflexively scanned our group.
First, there was Diana, the shortest of us all.
Then Leia, whose voluminous chest couldn’t be completely hidden even by the robe’s massively puffed-up shoulders.
Matilda, who was a little behind Leia but whose chest was still noticeably full.
And… right. Sara was a bit tall for a woman.
I didn’t know her exact height, but I’d guess she was in the low 170s [cm].
Dressed in this robe, she could easily pass for a slightly short man.
“……!”
As I was staring, Sara seemed to realize she was the one being counted as the second man.
She immediately bristled and was about to say something to Felicia, but I managed to stop her by raising my hand.
Calm down, Sara. This is just to fool other people.
“I really hate her…”
As if she understood my meaning, Sara swallowed the words she was about to say.
Instead, she just muttered in a voice so quiet only I could hear.
To soothe her, I gently patted the spot over her robe where the Apostle’s Seal was on her butt.
“Shall we go, then? Follow me.”
Felicia said, taking the lead.
The place she led us to was, as expected, a room with a large bed in the center.
Claiming she had urgent business to attend to, she dismissed all the servants. Only then were we finally able to take off our robes.
“I get that you’re doing this so no one knows the woman in the video is you, but honestly, is it really going to work? Wouldn’t anyone who knows us already have figured it out?”
“It’s fine. With things like this, you just have to make sure you don’t give them any definitive proof. Even if someone gets suspicious, we can just flatly deny it.”
Felicia spoke confidently, as if it were no big deal.
It was an attitude that showed no trace of the time she’d knelt before us, begging.
“So, Lady Diana. Is the device complete?”
“Hmph. No problem. Shall I install it right away?”
“Yes, please.”
Diana nodded and began taking various items out of a pouch tied to her waist.
It seemed the magical device she’d shown me before was just a tiny fraction of the whole thing.
After pulling a considerable number of parts from her Spatial Pouch, Diana began to assemble them one by one.
“M-More importantly, what about His Holiness the Pope? Princess, did you manage to persuade him?”
“Yes. There were a few conditions, but he graciously gave his permission,” Felicia replied to Matilda’s question in a relaxed voice.
“After all, it’s something the Goddess’s messenger is doing to help people. His Holiness seems to have understood it as the Goddess’s will.”
“So, what are the conditions?”
“Hmm… let’s see. The minor ones are just part of a deal between us and the church, so you don’t have to worry about them. But there is one thing you’ll need to pay attention to: you have to make sure your face isn’t visible when we film the video.”
You? So she was going to speak to me so casually even in front of Diana now.
Well, I did tell her to speak however she felt comfortable.
Sara shot her a displeased look but said nothing, as if she’d already half-given up, knowing this was just how Felicia was.
“Huh? Not just you, but me too?”
“Yes. It seems the plan is for both of us to cover our faces so no one knows who we are. Of course, you’ll be found out immediately since you have to provide verbal explanations. Still, it seems to be a necessary step to break the rule that clergy shouldn’t watch others have sex. The justification is that this is a simple educational video where the identities of the man and woman are unknown, and therefore, it can’t evoke any feelings. Isn’t that for the best? I was going to suggest you cover your face anyway.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Are you really asking because you don’t know? It’s obvious. For once, I agree with that woman.”
As I asked, Sara cut in from the side.
Come to think of it, Sara had said something similar before.
“There’s no guarantee that only men will be watching the video. Besides, even if a man watches it for educational purposes, there will likely be a female cleric watching alongside him. If people like that were to see your actions, Guwon, they would surely…”
Listening to Leia, I finally grasped the situation.
I see. All this time, I’d been thinking I was making Felicia take on the role of an AV actress.
But I was wrong. Unlike my original world, this world had complete equality between men and women when it came to sex.
In my world, men were even proud of sleeping with multiple women, while women who slept with multiple men were called sluts. But here, that kind of gender discrimination didn’t exist.
Basically, men and women were completely equal.
In fact, unlike my world, there were more women in high-ranking positions here.
Honestly, it was almost strange that it wasn’t a female-dominated society.
Then again, there were still expressions and ideas that strangely matched my old world, like being “manly” or “womanly.” Was it related to that?
Well, that didn’t matter right now.
The point I was trying to make was that it wasn’t just Felicia becoming an AV actress—I was becoming an AV actor, too.
And not an insignificant role like a male AV actor in my world, but one who would receive as much attention as a female AV actress.
“……”
Would women who watched the video really try to hit on me, hoping to sleep with me at least once?
I remembered hearing that was a common occurrence for female AV actresses in my world.
Frankly, from my perspective, that wasn’t a problem at all, but it wouldn’t be the same for my girls.
“Don’t tell me you didn’t realize what kind of situation you’d be in until now?!”
“S-Sara, please calm down. Guwon’s values are a little different from ours.”
“But Leia! Women who see the video are definitely going to throw themselves at Guwon… Maybe we should stop this, even now…”
“It’s alright. I trust Guwon.”
“I-I trust him too! I do, but… Guwon! You get it, right?!”
Sara started glaring at me with anxious eyes.
I chuckled at her expression and stroked her head.
It’s fine. It’s a situation I hadn’t quite anticipated, but it doesn’t change anything.
“I guess I’ll just have to cover my face and play dumb, saying it’s not me.”
“That’s the idea. I’ve already thought about how to spread the rumors. The man and woman in the video are both carefully selected adventurers. And they filmed the video after receiving Guwon’s guidance. The video is being produced and distributed under my full support.”
“Didn’t you say you could persuade the Queen just by getting a regular supply of my semen? You’re really trying to build up your own reputation with this video production.”
“Of course. We’re filming in the palace, after all. If I don’t do at least this much, I won’t be able to gloss over the reason we filmed here. And… I’m the one being filmed in the end, so I think I deserve that much credit.”
“Well, I guess you’re right. But in that case, wouldn’t it be better to actually get another woman to film it instead of you? I mean, assuming I’m irreplaceable.”
“But to film a video with you, she’d have to be a pretty high level, wouldn’t she? She’d need to be at a level where she’s currently conquering the 6th Floor just to endure it. Even I can’t just force people like that to film a video. So, I have no choice but to do it myself.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It is.”
For someone who had “no choice,” she had a remarkably cheerful smile.
Oh, well. It was better for me to just get this over with quickly rather than waste time trying to find another woman now.
“Hmph. All done. This should do, yes?”
While we were talking, Diana seemed to have finished installing the magical device.
The device was set up a little ways from the side of the bed, positioned to capture the entire bed.
How did I know?
Because an image was being projected onto the wall behind the device, like a projector, showing what it was currently filming.
“Ooh. You made it so we can check what’s being filmed directly. Nicely done.”
“Hmph! Of course. Who do you take me for?”
Diana puffed out her chest and spoke proudly.
“You didn’t make this, did you?”
“I was the one who gave the instructions and designed the magic formula!”
“I see. As expected of Diana. We’re on the same wavelength even without me having to say anything.”
Come to think of it, I hadn’t told Diana anything about how the recording device should be made.
Since Diana had said this was her first time making something like this, I should have given her proper instructions.
“Hmph. I know what you’re thinking even if you don’t say it.”
“As expected! Then it has editing functions and stuff, right?”
“…E-Editing?”
Hey, wait a minute. Why are you stammering now?
In a way, that’s the most important part.
No, it’s my fault for not telling her beforehand.
Please. Please tell me it’s possible.
If it’s not, then I’ll have to…
“I mean a function to delete a mistake and start filming again from that point.”
“W-Well, about that…”
“…It doesn’t have one.”
I’m screwed.
You mean I have to film the whole thing from start to finish in one long take without a single mistake?
“I-It’s fine! A function like that! I can add it right now! J-Just wait a moment!”
As I muttered in a despairing tone, Diana’s face turned red and she shouted hastily.
She seemed incredibly embarrassed that this happened after boasting about how she knew what I was thinking without me having to say a word.
Diana hurriedly rushed over to the device and began fiddling with it.
“Looks like this will take some time. Well then, you. Shall we get ready in the meantime? Silvia, you brought it, right?”
“Yes.”
Silvia nodded, and from the same pouch she’d taken the robes from, she now began to pull out a suit of armor.
How should I put it? It was the kind of armor that looked like it belonged to a veteran warrior.
It looked sturdy and well-made, but the worn and scuffed parts all over it gave it a sense of history.
“What’s this?”
“What do you think? It’s a disguise. We’ll start by wearing this. It even has a helmet, so we can cover our faces with it. Perfect, right?”
“You seem kind of excited.”
“Oh my. Not at all.”
Even as she said that, Felicia wore a smile that looked genuinely happy, not her usual seductive one.
Well, for a princess who was cooped up in the palace every day, she probably rarely got a chance to wear something like this.
Seeing her get excited over it made her seem like a normal princess, which was a little refreshing.
“Hehe. Then, shall we get ready? Silvia, help me.”
With those words, Felicia flung off the gorgeous dress she was wearing.
“You’re taking it all off?!”
This girl wasn’t even wearing any underwear!
“Oh my. Is there a problem? We’ll be naked soon enough anyway.”
“Well, yeah, but you…”
Nope, this girl was no normal princess.
Every time I start to see her in a slightly better light, she pulls something like this.
Even as I thought that, I found myself staring intently at Felicia’s body.
What? It’s a man’s instinct to look at a beautiful woman’s naked body. Is there a problem?
“And we need to do some other prep, too. Don’t you need to as well?”
“Other prep? What?”
“Hair. I’m talking about hair. If we don’t shave, won’t they recognize us by the color?”
Ah… she had a point.
The people of this world all had hair of various colors, so it was surprisingly easy to identify someone by their hair color alone.
And Felicia’s hair was a particularly rare pink-blonde—in fact, I’d never seen it on anyone else.
The color of her pubic hair was the same, of course. If that was visible, she’d be found out for sure.
“If you were going to be that careful, why didn’t you shave beforehand?”
“Oh my. My maids always bathe me. There’s no way I could shave so easily. Ahh, if I shave, I won’t be able to take a leisurely bath for a while. I guess I’ll have to wash with magic for the time being.”
Felicia muttered with a gloomy expression.
Seriously? If you were that upset about it, you should have just prepared another woman.