I couldn’t continue my words, and the ‘contract’ didn’t press me further either.
All I did was sigh heavily, covering my face with both hands.
This is why I didn’t want to talk.
Just when everyone was pondering how to react, the pure voice of admiration burst from the girl’s lips.
“…Wow.”
Her round, golden eyes represented her feelings. It was the first sign of agitation I had ever seen.
“It’s really disgusting… How can you smell your sister’s scent like that? Are you a pervert? Dreaming of forbidden love or something?”
“…Shut up!”
Unable to contain my shame, my hand drew my sword like lightning.
The blade was aimed at the girl, yet her expression showed no sign of change.
Instead, she merely smiled as if it were exciting.
Grinding my teeth, I posed my question. Just as we had ‘contracted.’
“Tell me, as promised. Where is my sister? You wouldn’t say you don’t know….”
“Don’t rush me; I was going to tell you anyway.”
Yawning, the girl slowly rose to her feet.
I could feel the tension from my companions. After all, we had no idea how she would act.
It wasn’t strange to be on high alert.
“Your precious sister is, drumroll please…”
A mesmerizing and deadly smile appeared.
She gently placed her hands over her chest.
“Tada! Right here!”
Naturally, a stillness followed.
My face crumpled in agony. To think the price I paid for speaking the truth would be this.
Just before my patience reached its limit, my voice, full of anger, burst forth.
“What the hell…!”
Before I could finish my sentence, the girl was suddenly in front of me.
With a chillingly blue smile.
“It’s me, big brother.”
And then, a violent shock reverberated through my foot.
I instinctively tried to scream but swung my sword instead.
The strike, launched from a shattered stance, was incredibly fast, but the girl simply spun around with a bright smile as she stomped on my foot.
Her body nestled into my embrace.
Even then, I couldn’t muster any proper resistance. This was my first experience of this kind.
My body was refusing the commands of my brain.
Clumsily, the girl began to guide my stiffened hands.
“Hahahahaha! Really, you still don’t understand?”
Starting from my collarbone to her breast.
My fingers slid over the woman’s skin without friction. Until I finally felt a bouncy texture, I couldn’t snap back to reality.
Regardless of my thoughts, she continued to guide my hands over her body.
“Look, starting from this chest, to the waist, to the hips… and then, to the butt you like.”
With every body part named, my hands moved down her form.
Starting from her butt, which I couldn’t hold tightly with one hand, to her thighs that boasted firmness yet softness.
Every time my hands forcibly wandered over her body, her breathing gradually grew heavier. Eventually, she was panting and tightening her thighs.
At this rate, I felt she was about to move my hand to her groin.
Hearing breaths so wet they could soak my eardrum, I somehow squeezed out a voice.
“Stop now…!”
“Haah, haah… you still don’t understand? Huh? No way that can be true?”
In her golden eyes burned a strange heat.
The mix of desire and obsession within her was so intense that it felt more like madness. I was momentarily at a loss for words.
In a voice that felt as if it were melting, she whispered.
“We came from the same womb, didn’t we?”
That was the moment.
A blue lightning bolt exploded, igniting my vision. The trajectory of the light was aimed directly at the girl with clear intent to kill.
“…Master!”
The girl merely tilted her back and easily dodged.
Only then did I regain the freedom of my body. I leaped desperately to create distance from her.
Gasping breaths echoed in my mind.
My head was spinning. Her voice felt as though it was tearing through the veins of my brain.
What was that?
It didn’t seem like the demeanor of someone speaking lies or scheming. It felt as if the intensity of her emotions was suffocating me.
That was when my companions, who had been waiting behind, gathered around me.
“I-an!”
“Master!”
“I-an, big brother!”
Calling out their respective titles, my comrades began to surround me protectively. As I stood there, still in shock with my thighs gripped, Yulen leaned in with an apologetic voice.
“I’m sorry, I-an… We wanted to move too, but our bodies wouldn’t listen for a moment.”
Was that really so?
I was wondering why no one was coming to my aid, and it seemed this was part of that girl’s ability.
Once again, all eyes turned toward her.
The girl, who had been leaning back, slowly straightened her posture. By then, her eyes were filled with a deep weariness.
“Ah, so noisy… Have you not received proper training?”
Senior Elsi was more excited than ever.
It was like seeing an ambiguous woman cling to a man she had a crush on. It would have been strange not to be angry.
Unable to contain her fury, Senior Elsi trembled, her fists shaking as she spat out a question.
“Hey, you! Who the hell are you?! Were you raised without any manners?! What kind of filthy girl learned to do this to someone else’s fiancé…!”
“…Me?”
And just as I thought the girl was smiling innocently.
Senior Elsi was sent flying into the air.
The expression “caught off guard” didn’t even begin to describe it. Neither I, Yulen, nor Celin could react fast enough.
Before long, a scarlet whip was wrapped around Senior Elsi’s waist.
The girl skillfully manipulated the magical whip.
Like a string around a spinning top, the magical line wrapped tightly around Senior Elsi and swiftly unraveled. Before I knew it, Senior Elsi was spinning helplessly in the air.
A powerful strike followed.
Bang, the scarlet wire brutally struck Senior Elsi’s body.
For her small frame, the force was more than she could handle. Senior Elsi could hardly let out a scream, repeatedly bouncing on the ground before being smashed into a corner.
Debris from the shattered rock rained down.
That strike could easily crush even a rock, sending chills down my spine.
Once I regained my senses, a cry of disbelief escaped my lips.
“Senior Elsi!”
The girl who had caused this devastating scene appeared unfazed. In fact, she was humming a tune.
“The greatest dog trainer of all time!”
“I-an, protect Senior Rainelle! We’re retreating!”
Yulen shouted at the top of her lungs, planting her feet firmly.
Her destination was the girl with the scarlet whip. While Senior Elsi and I were gathering ourselves, Yulen took the initiative to buy us time.
However, Yulen failed to reach her goal.
Bang! Yulen hurriedly raised her sword to block the incoming whip. The girl held another scarlet whip in her other hand.
It was a fighting style I’d seen before.
Miltram had employed a similar tactic when he possessed the Imperial Princess’s maid.
Though the power was worlds apart.
Unable to withstand the whip’s momentum, Yulen’s body was flung back like a rubber ball. A broken groan slipped from her lips.
“Gah!”
“…a Lady Virgin Saint who saves those misled by falsehoods…!”
In that sense, Celin’s judgment was swift.
The moment Yulen struck the ground, Celin had already followed. Using her shorter height to evade the whip, she closed in on the girl.
And then, with all her might, she brought her weapon down.
Boom! The sound of the air twisting resonated. The wind that burst forth wreaked havoc, swirling throughout the area.
Even more surreal.
Celin’s battle axe trembled violently. It needed to go lower, but what stopped it was the delicate hand of the girl.
No, it wasn’t bare. The scarlet whip was draped over that hand.
Before Celin could say a word in shock, the girl’s kick struck her side.
Using her stepping foot as a pivot, she turned her hips and delivered a clean hit.
Celin’s body crashed into the wall, tearing through the air. The shockwave explained the pain she endured.
“Merchant who buys the wishes of those without talent!”
I was left standing in place as I aimed for Senior Elsi.
Everyone had already suffered.
Anyone I sought to save would end up in danger too. The only thing I could do was grit my teeth and endure.
Gently, the girl walked toward me, bathed in pinkish light.
Her golden eyes shone with a brilliant light even in the dark. A mischievous smile blended with the crescent moon.
“Please, just call me ‘Greed’… or you can call me ‘Ria Percus’.”
Winking, the girl playfully added, “Especially for you, big brother.”
I became even more confused.
No, the truth was, I already knew. I had a theory piercing through my skull.
My sister was not just one.
In a whirlpool of fear, anxiety, and restlessness, I repeatedly moistened my dry lips with saliva.
No.
This shouldn’t be happening; it absolutely shouldn’t.
Finally, unable to endure, I blurted out a single word.
“…Ria?”
Upon that utterance, the girl smiled more brightly than ever.
“Correct! I’m Ria, who loves you more than anyone else!”
Her eyes, filled with hatred and resentment, sparkled as she declared, “…Not a fake, but your ‘real’ sister.”
At that moment, my mind went completely blank.
