Anatomy of a Weaponized Woman

"Let's figure out the biological structure of a woman who's been turned into a weapon." * If I'd tried using any other shop, she would've actually stabbed me, so I had no choice. From now on, all orders would go through Aisha's trading company. Somehow, even with the hijab pulled over her head, I could still see that smug smile of hers. While I was at it, I also placed an order for the throwing weapons I'd skipped last time.

『With his skills, it'll be done in two days.』 『I'll ask Tam to deliver it straight to the classroom.』

With one trip, I'd taken care of everything I needed. For a punishment like house arrest, I'd spent the time quite productively. Now the question was how to use what time I had left…

『What will you do now?』

- What do you mean?

『You received the talisman. Weren't you planning to head straight to ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the exile zone and meet Lady Hazuki?』

- Part of me wants to interrogate her right away, but…

『But?』

- The area you guys live in is an hour round trip by carriage. I can't exactly go there while I'm under house arrest.

『You went all the way to the shopping district on your own, though?』

- I had an excuse for that—buying daily necessities. I acted all high and mighty about visiting a student earlier, but the truth is, I have zero intention of getting on the Principal's bad side. Principal Sekhmet is the kind of person whose mood swings are terrifying. I've seen her drop the smile twice already, and I don't want to see it a third time.

Miyazaki Hazuki. I'd meet her the day after my house arrest ended.

- In the meantime, there's something I want to do with you. Mind helping me out?

『With me?』

『Of course, my lord~! If it's your request, I'll do anything~!』

- Thanks. I'd actually decided on today's final task the moment I got put under house arrest. It was time to learn more about my Blessing. This was another problem that needed solving right now.

March 11th — Concordia Academy — Training Grounds

"Hup!!"

『Kyaaauu~♡』

I stepped into the training grounds and spent my time swinging the rapier with vigor. I'd barely used a rapier in my life, so I needed time to get used to it. Thanks to the house arrest I'd been given (?), I actually had the chance, so I felt more grateful than sad.

"Hut!"

『Uuut!』

"Hah!"

『Nyahk!』

"Haaah—!!"

『Uwooot~♡』

Thrust, pull, thrust, pull. I tried to recreate the techniques Elena had once shown me. I'd won the duel, but when it came to wielding a rapier, Elena was obviously on another level. So instead of leading the thrusts myself, I left the initiative to the weaponized her, asking for a demonstration once or twice and copying her form.

Of course, since I was learning directly from weaponized Elena, my progress was fast. I was picking it up easily too, but…

"Elena."

『Hau… haah… Yes, my lord~!』

"It's great that you're letting me use you as a weapon and all, but why the hell have you been moaning this whole time?"

『Ehehe~♡』

Yeah, that was the problem. Here I was, seriously trying to learn, and this sow-rapier had zero intention of holding back her true nature.

As expected, she was spraying suspicious liquid from the tip like crazy. After a few uses, the handle was overflowing with the stuff I didn't want to describe, so I'd been wiping it down periodically while training.

"Keep that up and I'll call you a sow right in front of your own people."

『Aaah, how could you! To be called such a humiliating name by my lord yet still devote myself as his wife—what a virtuous woman I must be!?』

"Virtuous my ass. I'm calling you a sow! Or what, if you like being humiliated that much, should I strip you naked and whip you!?"

『Now that you mention it, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠my lord, I heard you did something similar with a towel when you were with Selena? Really, you're such a beast. Well, it can't be helped… Accepting my husband's twisted tastes is part of being a wife! I'll gladly offer my body, so please humiliate me as much as you like!』

"You fucking—"

I tried threatening her to stop spraying that stinky stuff, but unfortunately, with Elena it only counted as a reward. I gave up and lowered the blade to the floor, fiddling with the handle.

『Hahut~!?』

『A, a, aaa…!』

Of course, Elena let out another moan. I had no choice but to pause training and return to the original reason we'd come to the training grounds.

"So, how does it feel?"

『W-what does?』

"What does it feel like when I touch you here?"

The part a man grabs first when turning a woman into a sword. The spot that takes the most gripping force. I squeezed and rubbed it.

『My lord, you really didn't know? That's my nape.』

Her answer was so shocking that my earlier actions felt meaningless. Startled, my grip on the handle loosened naturally.

"So I've been grabbing women by the neck and fighting this whole time?"

『You didn't know?』

"Not at all. You're the first weapon that's ever expressed herself this clearly—well, you and Selena."

『Still, it's your own Blessing. Haven't you experimented at least a little? Even if your family was small, you must've had servants?』

"Of course I tried. The problem was that everyone who got hit by my Blessing lost consciousness. After turning back human, they didn't remember a thing about what state they'd been in. So whenever I tried to experiment again, they'd all run away saying they were scared of becoming a sword… If I kept pushing, it would've caused real trouble, so at some point I just gave up."

『Aaah, I think I understand why they reacted that way. The answer's right here, isn't it?』

"Because they unconsciously felt the disgusting sensation of being forced into a sword and offering their neck to someone else?"

『Probably that. Even now, the feeling of offering my neck to you is making me dizzy. I know my neck has turned to steel so it's easier to endure, but it's still a vital point on a person. Your fingerprints, the warmth of your palm, how tightly you're gripping—it's all being felt through my neck.』

I raised my other hand and grabbed my own neck. I wanted to experience, even roughly, what Elena was feeling by applying pressure with the hand holding my neck.

『How is it?』

"It's scary. Does the view shake around like this too?"

『Thanks to your Blessing, there's some compensation, so it's not that bad. And since the blade is my body, I can instinctively tell what I can and can't ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠cut.』

"What does it feel like when you can't cut something?"

I looked around with the rapier and pointed the edge at the stone floor paving the training grounds. I had no intention of actually cutting or stabbing, but Elena trembled slightly, as if afraid of the collision.

『Have you ever tried breaking plywood with your fist?』

I had. Back when I was training martial arts with my father, I'd broken quite a few.

『Then what about breaking a rock with your bare fist?』

"I've done it with mana-infused fists, but…"

『You've never tried with bare hands, right? Because they'd break. When I face something I can't pierce, I feel the same terror as right before smashing a rock with a bare fist.』

It was an easy-to-understand analogy. When I wrapped mana around the rapier's body, the small trembling stopped and she stabilized. I tried scraping the floor in that state.

『Huhu.』

Despite being a rapier, the stone floor Elena had feared sliced apart like cutting melted butter with a knife.

"How's this?"

『It feels refreshing, and even cozy, like being wrapped in freshly laundered blankets.』

"So you can feel the satisfaction of cutting too."

『Yes, because I'm your weapon. Just like during training earlier, when you handle me skillfully, it makes me happy.』

Because it was a special weapon made through the Blessing, the feeling of cutting and thrusting was definitely different. Elena had feared colliding with the stone floor without mana, but it didn't seem like she'd break easily even if she hit it a few times.

『Any other questions?』

"Hold on. I had tons of questions during the experiments, but now that everything's coming out so smoothly, I've forgotten them all."

『Take your time looking ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠for them. I'm not going anywhere.』

Hmm. I thought for a moment, then this time touched the crossguard. The round guard between the blade and the handle. If the handle was the neck, then this spot was…?

『Kyaaang~♡』

Ah, as expected.

"It's the chest, right?"

『Yes! It's this sow's chest that my lord finds so adorable~!』

"No, that's not the kind of play this is. Please don't say stuff like that in public."

I glanced around, worried someone might be nearby. Fortunately, the training grounds were empty except for us. Though it looked like someone was in the spectator seats, the sunset made their face hard to see.

'Anyway, so this is what Elena's like in this state.'

Ornament at the end of the handle = head. Handle = neck. Crossguard = chest. Blade = legs. Once I divided it up like that, it became clear what kind of form the rapier had taken.

"Would it feel like this if I became a sword?"

This time I stood my whole body straight. Like expressing the number 1 with my entire body. Elena agreed.

『That's right. It feels like you're constantly standing perfectly upright with your whole body.』

"Does it feel tiring?"

『No, not at all. To put it in a metaphor, it's like returning to being a fetus and being wrapped in amniotic fluid—so comfortable that I want to stay like this forever.』

The metaphor was a bit much, but Elena seemed to be enjoying it.

"No wonder. Last time when Selena became a spear, I tickled the blade and she laughed like crazy."

『For Selena, it probably felt like the soles of her feet suddenly got tickled.』

When I tried the same on Elena, sure enough, she shook the blade, saying it was too ticklish. Thanks to that, many questions had been resolved.

『Huhu. Any more questions?』

"Last one. What's the criteria for retaining consciousness when weaponized? I've turned plenty of women into weapons, but you're the first ones where the will is this clearly present."

『Hmm. I don't know much about your Blessing, but from what I've heard, isn't it because the weapon's rank is high?』

Elena explained.

『You said the ranks or grades of weapons you've seen so far were only Normal, Rare, Epic, and Unique, right?』

"Yeah."

『Whether Epic or Unique is higher might depend on interpretation, but the Epic-ranked dagger you own can do less than we can. That naturally means Unique rank is the higher grade.』

"True. They can do more—like blooming aesthetic sense and spraying water as a personal skill…"

I agreed with Elena's opinion a hundred percent.

"Then what's the criteria for that rank?"

『Thinking about the women you've weaponized so far, they were mostly bandits or commoners. So maybe the strength or social status of the human used as material is reflected?』

"Hmm…"

The highest-ranked sword so far had been made from a wet nurse, and later I learned she was from a long-lived species. Maybe rare races got some kind of bonus.

『The more good women you obtain, the stronger you become. My lord, you were born with the fate of making women cry.』

"Right now, the only ones I've made cry are you two."

『Will you make us cry again tonight?』

"Depends. If the mood feels right when I see you?"

『You're too mean! You gave us sisters a taste of a man and then left us neglected until now…!』

I enjoyed her whining for me to give a definite answer, then stretched my back, thinking it was time to head back. I'd worked up a good sweat, so spending some quality time with this lustful princess in the shower wouldn't be bad either.

"Shall we head back?"

『Yes, my lord~!』

I didn't release the weaponization and swung her around, savoring the feel. The moment I turned my back, I realized someone had entered the training grounds from afar.

Of course, thinking it was just a customer or student using the place, I tried to ignore it.

『Huh?』

『That person is…』

But this side was different. Elena looked surprised at the person approaching from the other side.

"Why?"

『That blue hakama and fox mask…』

"What about it? It's just a regular shrine maiden."

Aside from the excessively short skirt, the outfit wasn't strange in this world. That made sense—gods existed here, so groups that exorcised ghosts or demons weren't uncommon. The Miyazaki family and the Agape Order were prime examples.

『No, she is a shrine maiden, but she's one I'm familiar with.』

"An acquaintance?"

『No. The connection is vague, but she's someone you should know about, my lord.』

The other side responded to Elena's words as well. The shrine maiden wearing the fox mask turned her head toward us.

「━━━━.」

If it wasn't my imagination, she was muttering something toward me. The previously pleasant air instantly sank, and a suspicious current rode the airflow back.

『That's right—it's our classmate, Lady Miyazaki Hazuki!』

The moment I heard the name, I flipped through my mental attendance book.

- Attendance number 5.

"Miyazaki Hazuki. Eldest daughter of the Miyazaki family, the highest-ranking shrine maiden who was the face of the exorcist group Kagurayama. One day she was said to be cursed by a god, suddenly removed from the family register, and confined to the academy?"

『That's right. She was a renowned figure, but suddenly lost her position and was thrown into our class as nothing more than a breeding sow, told to bear children instead. I heard that because of the curse, she attacks any man she sees, so she doesn't come out of the exile zone unless absolutely necessary.』

"Then why the hell is that dangerous girl here!?"

『Who knows. Aside from the curse, she's famous for having a gentle personality. On our first day stepping into the exile zone, I saw her from afar—she was tending flowers with a peaceful smile and waved at us with her hand.』

So that's what she meant by the connection being vague. But regardless of the gentle description, the atmosphere from that side was anything but mild.

「■■, ■■■■─!!!」

She pulled out a talisman from her robes, chanted an incomprehensible incantation, and showed clear hostility toward us.

"Am I the only one getting the feeling we're about to be attacked right now?"

『No. I feel the same. My lord, just in case, please don't listen to my explanation and prepare for what's about to happen!』

"I was already planning to!"

I drew the rapier. I'd left the dagger behind, so my only weapon was Elena.

Right after that—

「──I can't forgive you! I can't forgive you! I can't forgive you!」

「A man intruding on yuri—I'll never forgive it!」

「Filthy XY chromosome bastard, I'll kill you right here!!!」

The thick voice that suddenly rang out made my soul leave my body.