31. Bloom (11)
31. Blooming (11)
"Then, returning to the capital should be our first priority."
"Indeed. However, the problem is······"
If we had to find an issue, it would be the members who were separated when we were captured by the Succubus Queen.
Depending on what path the members took, we might miss each other.
Returning to the capital would likely be the correct choice, but what if they made a different decision?
For example, regrouping and marching to rescue the captain and me.
Or perhaps, unwilling to bear the dishonor of failing to protect key figures, they might not return and instead linger near the capital.
"Everyone, enjoy your lunch!"
"Hmm."
"We'll eat gratefully."
Such worries were eventually pushed aside by the meal Baman brought.
Today's meal had more variety than usual.
Perhaps it was because we had given him a larger than usual amount of money.
After finishing the meal and resting for a while, Baman came with two cups.
"This is a nutritional supplement I made. Please drink it."
"Aren't you going to drink it?"
When I asked Baman back while holding the cup, he laughed as if he had expected the question and replied.
"I already drank it, so I'm fine. More importantly, please try it quickly and tell me how it tastes. If the effect is good, I might sell it to the villagers."
"Well, if that's the case······."
Since we were essentially freeloading, I could grant such a request anytime.
Captain Evernoir and I drank the contents of the cup without any suspicion.
Was it because it was a nutritional supplement?
There was indeed a slight bitter taste.
But thanks to the sweetness that balanced the bitterness, we could drink it all without any aversion.
"······The taste is, passable."
"Might I ask, what are its effects?"
I didn't know what kind of medicine it was or what it was good for, but drinking it at Baman's request meant we trusted him that much.
The response he gave was,
"Weell, uhm···, about that······haha."
With a response that seemed to delay answering, my eyes began to feel heavy.
"······?"
"······Ugh, suddenly so sleepy···? Ba, Baman, you······!"
······Thud.
"Whew, that was scary···."
As expected of Captain Evernoir-ssi.
Unlike the princess next to me, she held on for a few more seconds before falling asleep.
Normally, one would fall asleep collapsing like the princess did.
To think she could endure that much.
"Ha, haha!"
But even so, the two of them drank the medicine without any suspicion.
Not a single drop left, completely clean.
Thanks to that, an opportunity had arisen.
The chance to impregnate them and make them my wives!
According to the original plan, even if they regained consciousness, the anesthetic effect would prevent them from moving their limbs.
But after seeing Evernoir-ssi just now, I became a little worried.
What if trained people could endure or overcome the drug's effects? So I decided to take a little, just a very little, precaution.
I wanted to strip their clothes right now and impregnate them immediately, but there was a one-in-a-million chance an accident could happen.
"Hoo, hhuup!"
Moving the body of an unconscious person required much more effort than usual.
Baman suppressed his desires as much as possible and worked diligently.
And just when all the preparations were finally complete,
"······Uhm, uuuh."
Evernoir-ssi was already starting to show signs of waking up.
The knight order captain really did seem different from ordinary people.
-Squeak!
Baman tied Evernoir's wrists even tighter.
Then, when all preparations were complete, Baman slowly began to approach them.
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Zzzt.
'······Eek!'
A ripple formed on the calm surface of sleep.
A sudden, piercing pain in my head finally woke my slumbering consciousness.
And the moment I regained consciousness, I remembered what had happened before I lost consciousness.
I had clearly drunk the so-called nutritional supplement in the cup Baman handed me, succumbed to the wave of drowsiness, and fallen asleep.
After that, clearly-
Swish!
"······Hah!"
At that moment, a hand touching my stomach made my eyes fly open uncontrollably.
And before me, I witnessed Baman lifting my clothes.
"Wh, what are you doing···!"
"Ah, you're awake?"
Clearly, what Baman was doing now was trying to undress me.
But why was he acting so nonchalant?
For a moment, I thought I was being oversensitive.
But my arms wouldn't move no matter how I struggled, and I realized that wasn't the case.
"Eek?! U, untie this···!"
Normally, I would have torn apart these pathetic ropes with strength alone.
But for some reason, no strength would enter my arms and legs.
'Ah, that medicine···!'
It seemed that medicine contained more than just a sleeping agent.
As I couldn't even attempt to resist, Baman finally put his hand inside my clothes and began to undress me.
"Eek?! Ah, no! Stop, stop it···!"
Even with my cries, Baman did not stop.
He completely removed the skirt I was wearing and pushed my top up to my shoulders.
Then, the underwear I was wearing inside began to be fully exposed.
"Y, you! Stop here···, if you stop now, I'll guarantee your life·····!"
Faced with Baman's utterly unabashed actions, I changed my approach to persuasion.
"I, I'll get you gold coins when we return to the capital! What do you want···!"
But despite my persuasion, Baman finally stripped off my underwear.
"Hyeek?!"
"······Huh?"
And Baman was surprised.
He was just staring at the Crotch Tattoo engraved on my lower abdomen.
"Th, this is···?"
"Eek, d, don't look···."
Baman abruptly moved away from me.
Then he began to undress Captain Evernoir, who was lying next to me.
Under his unrestrained touching, the Captain also slowly opened her eyes and began to regain consciousness.
"Wh, what···!"
Even Captain Evernoir seemed quite shocked by this situation, starting to shout the moment she regained consciousness.
But Captain Evernoir also drank the same medicine as me.
Naturally, she lacked not only the strength to struggle but even the energy to shout.
And Captain Evernoir's clothes were also stripped off helplessly.
"Y, you, how dare you···! Ah, no!"
"···Huh, what is this·····."
"Kueek····!"
Finally, Baman also discovered Evernoir's secret.
The male genitalia asserting its presence on her lower body.
Seeing that thing, which should not exist on a woman, Baman also became quite flustered.
Evernoir tried to close her thighs from an inexplicable shame, but the tightly bound ropes prevented even an attempt to hide.
The only thing she could do was turn her head to avoid his gaze.
"As expected, I must take responsibility for both of you."
What on earth was he talking about?
Where did this conversation go so wrong?
Hearing Baman's words, that thought came to mind first.
When Baman approached me, he showed no intention of covering his own privates at all.
"D, don't come. Truly, do not cross a line from which there is no return···."
But would he stop just because I said this?
Perhaps this reaction was only exciting him more.
Baman finally picked up a strange bottle.
And after opening the cap, he gulped it down in one go.
"Hoo····! They say this is a stamina drug good for men. The merchant who sold it to me said it lasts all day."
Whether the drug's efficacy was that good or not, Baman's eyes changed instantly.
If until just now he was the Baman we knew, now he was like-
-Yes. Like a male beast.
And we, tied up here, were like vulnerable females.
"-After all, even if you leave, you have nowhere to return to."
"No, of course I have a place to-"
Baman said while stroking the Crotch Tattoo on my lower abdomen.
"-Hyeak?!"
"You were rejected by your family even after suffering something like this, right?"
Somehow, a serious misunderstanding had piled up.
It seemed he mistakenly thought that the Captain's male genitalia, the Crotch Tattoo, and my own Crotch Tattoo were engravings from being exiled from our families.
"Live with me. I can take responsibility for both of you!"
Then he finally began to confess.
I never expected to receive a confession.
Of course, I felt not even a slight stirring or wavering in my heart.
Baman confessed selfishly, and apparently assumed we would naturally accept.
No, this was closer to coercion to accept his confession.
And rightly so, because his next words were-
"So you can't leave, I'll absolutely impregnate you today!"
"Wh, what···!"
"Untie this immediately! Rather, do it to me! Just not the princess, please···!"
"Aah, don't worry, Evernoir-ssi. I'll definitely impregnate both of you, you'll bear my children, and the three of us will live happily together."
Baman was already beyond reason.
Or rather, he was twisted somewhere.
But even so, his words about impregnation didn't seem like a lie, as when his privates were placed on my lower abdomen, their heat and ferocity began to transmit.
"Ah, aah. Please·····."
Is it ending like this again?
Honestly, having my virginity taken and being gang-raped by goblins wasn't that shocking.
That was just an accident, merely the price for overstepping my bounds.
But this situation was different.
This was a human male I could communicate with, and even an imperial citizen.
The difference between demon beasts and people was far too great.
-Plunge!
"Hahyk?!"
"Huhuheut!"
"Ah, no! Do it to me instead···!"
Next to me, Captain Evernoir began shouting something, but honestly, it didn't reach my ears.
-Zzzzing.
Something.
Something felt like it was becoming irreversible, and it felt like it would be me, not Baman.
That sensation was too frightening.
If I just stayed still, it would be accepted as naturally as drinking water.
But for some reason, my instinct rejected that sensation.
Really, really, what should I do?
-Swish!
"Hahyt!?"
"Kueuk! It's so tight!"
-Zzzzing.
The Crotch Tattoo on my lower abdomen still glowed with a dark red light.
Without anyone noticing.
And that, no one realized.