19. Sunset (9)
19. Sunset (9)
"Ta-da~ How is it, my dears? Feeling a little turned on?"
The knights couldn't tear their eyes away from the Succubus Queen's nipples.
And at the same moment she snapped her fingers—
-Puhak!
"Hiiik?!"
One knight's head instantly exploded.
Finally, the knight standing next to him dropped the sword he was holding.
"Oh my... How pitiful. If only our princess had begged quickly, he might have lived~"
That was clearly meant to sow discord.
Even without that reason, that cunning succubus would have killed countless others anyway.
But those consumed by fear lacked such resilience.
"Don't be fooled, clearly—"
""·········""
And these men, already seized by fear, were staring blankly at me.
Looking into their eyes, I had nothing to say that could help.
For a moment, I wondered—if Sir Evernoir and I had really begged naked as the succubus said, would these men have escaped far away and survived?
Of course, I denied it in my mind, but under the knights' relentless gaze that might end at any moment, strength began to drain from my body.
I was powerless.
I felt bitter resentment—both at my inability to save the knights and at the fact that I lacked the strength to even kill one Legion Commander before me.
"Already giving up? Tch, how boring."
"—Your Highness! Don't give up—!"
Chang!
"Kuhk!"
It was so cowardly.
Why were they looking at me like that?
As if this entire situation was my fault,
As if a comrade died because I lacked strength,
As if Mary defecting and that knight's head exploding were my responsibility.
It was my fault.
I didn't know, but at least the knights seemed to think so.
Then, without even fighting, were the princess and Sir Evernoir supposed to suffer such humiliation before them?
That couldn't be right.
Did they think I had no pride?
Did they think I felt no shame?
Was I supposed to sacrifice myself as a matter of course?
"·····Run away."
"Huh···?"
Of course I should sacrifice myself.
For them to live, I must die.
For me to live, they must die.
And they were forcing that sacrifice upon me.
Surely that succubus wouldn't kill me immediately.
She would undoubtedly humiliate me as much as possible before killing me.
Then the right thing was to endure as long as possible and then take my own life.
I couldn't face the Imperial Father, but this was my punishment for underestimating the Legion Commanders' power.
"Hmm? I have no intention of letting all of you live~."
The Succubus Queen extended her hand again, enveloped in purple energy.
"I'll hold them off here! Go!"
I wasn't about to just watch.
I immediately raised the Divine Sword and charged at the Succubus Queen.
Whoosh! Hung! Hwit-!
The Succubus Queen evaded all my sword strikes with agile movements.
I didn't land a single effective hit, but I gained one thing.
As expected, her violent movements to dodge my sword meant she couldn't explode the knights' heads.
"Y-your Highness·····."
"Kuhk, damn it···! I'm sorry!"
"Ah, but the Captain is still—"
This bought them time to escape.
I didn't know if the Succubus Queen could still explode their heads no matter how far they ran.
But since I let them flee, my job was done.
"Now we can fight fairly."
I continued pointing my sword toward the Succubus Queen.
I had no intention of giving up.
Of course, I didn't think I could defeat that succubus.
But my goal was to inflict as many wounds as possible to delay her from gathering that power.
Then surely I could delay the Demon King's resurrection.
"Hey, Princess? Sorry, but I'm not a direct combatant, okay? Could you not point that sword at me?"
The Succubus Queen began controlling the goblins again.
I couldn't ignore the number of goblins after all.
If only Sir Evernoir were here.
But Sir Evernoir was effectively incapacitated.
It seemed she couldn't bring herself to cut down her former comrade.
So I didn't expect Sir Evernoir's help.
If this sword could reach that succubus even once, I could inflict a wound she couldn't ignore.
"Now, boys. Quickly capture that princess!"
The Succubus Queen gave her command.
At that moment, about thirty goblins simultaneously charged toward me······—
—They didn't.
—Why?
"Or not?"
Simultaneously, I heard the Succubus Queen's voice behind me.
I tried to react quickly but—
Baaak!
"Keuhak-?!"
"Only I get to damage my property, got it?"
"Your Highness-!"
"Got her!"
"Kuhk! Mary! Let go!"
Dizziness washed over me.
The world spun.
Ah.
It wasn't the world spinning—I had fallen to the ground.
Clang-!
Thud.
I must have been struck in the head the moment I let my guard down.
"Get a hold of yourse—···!"
As I heard Sir Evernoir's voice shouting while looking this way, my consciousness faded to black.
But amidst it, the Succubus Queen's voice came through clearly.
"Sleep tight❤️"
—Biiii-
"········."
Thump.
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Throbbing—!
"·····Ugh."
Woken by extreme head pain that could rouse even a dead spirit, I opened my eyes without even remembering that I'd lost consciousness.
The moment I came to, I immediately reached out my arm.
I was just in combat, and my hand held a sword—
Charrureuk!
"Keuht····!"
—It wasn't there.
Instead, my hands were bound above me.
By iron chains leading to who knows where.
"Hello, Princess?"
Both hands were tied upward toward the sky.
The Divine Sword was carelessly discarded before me, treated like trash.
"I'm really looking forward to this, Princess. Aren't you?"
So it had come to this after all.
Still, looking around, I didn't see any bloodstains.
The remaining knights seemed to have fortunately escaped safely.
"Hey, can you not hear me?"
"·····Kill me."
"The first words after waking up are just that?"
As expected, she wouldn't kill me easily.
Well, after all that provocation, she'd probably want to torture me until she felt satisfied.
This was entirely my fault for underestimating the enemy.
I thought there would only be goblins—I didn't expect the Succubus Queen to appear so soon.
"M-mistreeess········"
"Hmm?"
Amidst this, a voice suddenly called for the Succubus Queen.
It was none other than Mary's voice.
"I, I succeeded in subduing the Captain, sooo·····"
"Ah, asking for your reward?"
Mary brought up the promise made earlier.
She said she'd kill or subdue Sir Evernoir, and that it would be okay even if she failed.
What was the reward again?
Something about the Succubus Queen personally tormenting her until she begged for death.
—Buuk! Buuk! Tseeik!
"Kya, kyaak?!"
At that moment.
The Succubus Queen violently tore off Mary's armor along with the clothes she was wearing.
When only two pieces of underwear remained on Mary's body,
"Hmm, you five goblins over there, as reward, rape this bitch until she dies."
"Wh-what? But Mistress said you'd personally—!"
"Why would I touch a filthy bitch like you? If I'm touching anyone, it should be playing with these two here❤️"
Ultimately, with Mary's despairing gaze, five goblins pounced on her.
What awaited Mary, contrary to the initial promise, were the disgusting, slobbering penises of five ugly goblins.
""Kihrureuk!""
"·····Ah."
"Now, then the annoying bitch is taken care of. Finally, it's time, ladies?"
When the Succubus Queen turned around, she saw Sir Evernoir and me in the same position—both with our hands bound in the air.
"·····I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, Your Highness."
"·······."
At Sir Evernoir's words, I couldn't bring myself to say anything.
That she had to experience this, that she had to end her life here—it was all my fault.
Yet Sir Evernoir apologized to me.
Hearing those words filled me with guilt.
"Hey, I'm getting a little angry that you're still not paying attention to me?"
The Succubus Queen approached us.
She extended her long nails to pierce our necks—
—She didn't.
Instead, lower.
Tzijijijik, Tszuzuzuk!
With a tearing sound, our clothes were ripped apart.
"Ah, ahaha! Hahahah! You were hiding this?"
The Succubus Queen let out a light laugh upon seeing the bandages wrapped around Sir Evernoir's chest.
This time, the Succubus Queen tore my clothes open to both sides and gently pulled me into an embrace.
Then she buried her face in my neck.
"Sniff sniff, Haaa-, virgin scent so good❤️"
Whoosh-!
"Ugh···."
At the Succubus Queen's actions, I felt truly ashamed.
I thought such shame was nothing special.
If captured during war, such processes would be inevitable.
But imagining it and actually experiencing it were completely different.
When shame dominated from the back of my neck to my lower back, I unconsciously struggled against the chains binding my hands.
Charrureuk! Charrureuk!
"Don't struggle so much."
The Succubus Queen pressed her body tightly against mine to restrain me.
Then eventually our stomachs touched.
Not as a metaphorical expression for intercourse, but literally—the Succubus Queen's stomach physically pressed against mine.
"Squeeeze❤️"
"Keuht!"
She wrapped her arms around my waist so tightly our breasts were crushed together.
It was so unpleasant that I wanted to escape this demon beast as quickly as possible.
The Succubus Queen whispered in my ear.
"Don't struggle so much, it makes tattooing difficult."
"·······What?"