Chapter 79: Timing

May 20th, 2023

Beta Reader: My_Own_Worst_NPC

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Alright, let’s seriously think about a countermeasure now. Let’s see what my options are…

1. Use the strength of my abdominal muscles to tip the countess off balance.

Out of the question. The difference in power is too obvious since the countess can use body enhancement magic. Not to mention the absurd difference in arm strength…

2.  Wait for a chance to escape.

I will get raped long before I get the chance to escape. At least that’s the feeling that I’ve got based on my encounter with Janice…

3. I’ll make bread by using my [Food Production] magic and choose her mouth as the designated place to make it appear.

The bread is the size of a fist, so she will surely be surprised and move her body away from me, then I’ll use the chance to throw the ball of light, become invisible and then escape. It might get discovered that I can use magic, and most likely I wouldn’t be able to live on this island ever again, but it’s still better than being forced to have sex with her.

If you want to do it with me, it’s better if you try to flirt like a normal person would do, you damn aristocrat. I would still probably refuse you, though.

Anyway, I’m able to keep my composure in situations like this because I still have cards to play. Now that I think about it, I could also use [Repair] on the heavy vase at the corner of the room and make it appear just above her head.

…

After taking such a long time, the countess finally finished unbuttoning my shirt and threw it wide open.

And then she suddenly grabbed my glass of wine and splashed it across my chest. I watched in disbelief as the red wine dripped all over me.

 Huh, what? Don’t tell me she’s going to…

Watching the countess’ next action made me forget to follow up on my plan with the bread. I had doubts of what she’s going to do, but…

…the countess then put her mouth on my wine-soaked chest and begin to noisily slurp on it.

…what an idiot.

This woman is a true, veritable, bona fide idiot…

…she just drank the wine that’s being served to me, the one she herself spiked with the sleeping pills…

*slurp* *sluurpp* “Haah, haah, haah…”

Alright, the sleeping pills should start working now…

*sluurpp* “haah, haah…”

Anytime now…

*slurp slurp*

Why isn’t it working yet…?!

*sluurpp* *SNORE*

Wow. It turns out she fell asleep while still sucking. That’s actually amazing, really.

Anyway, that was a close call indeed.

While it’s true that I’m saved by her idiocy, it’s such a shame that a woman like this is being tasked to escort an important treasure. But I understand that aristocracy is something that is passed down, which means there’s bound to be both good and bad people among them. [1]

I wanted to scribble on the countess’ face as punishment for her almost raping me, but I don’t think I would be satisfied with it. [2]

I looked around the room to see if I could find anything, but there was nothing that caught my eye. There was, however, another door on the opposite side of the living room, and it seemed to lead to a bedroom. I thought she might keep valuables in there, so I quickly snuck in and checked around, and sure enough, there it was.

The Staff of La Messeine that the countess was supposed to escort back to the mainland.  It was carefully stored in a magnificent treasure box wrapped in a purple silk cloth. It was also locked, but I was able to easily remove it by using [Repair].

Yeah, I’m going to steal this. Only for one night though.

It should be a good enough punishment for her to panic at the thought of losing the precious treasure that she’s supposed to escort back.

This is the punishment for sucking at my chest!

I took out the staff, thrilled at the prospect of getting back at her. Oh right, I can’t just take it like this, or I would be found out immediately. No way to do it but by using [Repair], I guess.

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Repair target: Staff of La Messeine

MP consumption: 62

Repair time: 1 minute

Description: A treasured staff that belonged to the great Marquis La Messeine II of the demon tribe. By using its power, a person can equip oneself with magical armor Eminence Rock.

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Magical armor Eminence Rock, huh. I don’t know what it is, but it has a spell written on it, so let’s give it a try.

I wonder if it could work on me?

「ΓΦΛΔΔΛΦΓ」

The moment I chanted the spell, a band of black light shot out from the staff and enveloped my body, and before I realized it I was wrapped in a tight-fitting dress. I say my body was wrapped up, but at least 37% of it was actually being exposed.

Whoa. This is just like the outfit that Revo Revo wore during the Hot Limit MV. [3]

“Amazing…”

I felt like I could do anything now, as if immense power was gushing forth from deep inside me. Let’s try testing it by lifting something heavy…

…as I looked around, I saw the countess sleeping comfortably. Looking at her like this, she could easily pass as being beautiful, though…

When I put my hands under her back and tried to lift her up, I found out that I could easily do it. It feels so light, as if I was only lifting some balloons!

Also, even though this outfit almost felt like see-through clothes, I could feel that its defensive capabilities were high. [4]

This is bad… I think I really got my hands on something amazing here…

After putting the countess back on the bed, I used another spell to cancel equipping the magical armor.

「ΔΛΦΓΓΦΛΔ」

Alright, let’s quickly get out of here for now.

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I’ve had a plan in mind for stealthily borrowing the Staff of La Messeine. Although I could just use [Repair] on it to make it out of existence for awhile, I need to further reinforce the impression that there’s no way I could be carrying it away.

So I took off my wine-soaked shirt. And then I pulled down my trousers and was just walking around in my underwear. This way, no matter if anyone saw me, no one would ever think that I was carrying anything, right?

And then I opened the exit door, while pretending to be crying.

Outside, in the hallway, there was the butler and the soldiers. Some of them were sitting in chairs. They were startled to see me, but they seemed to have guessed what had happened.

From their point of view, I must’ve seemed like a pitiful boy who was still in shock after being violated.

“…is it over already?”

“Uwaaahhh…!” *hics* *sob*

I quickly headed towards the exit without answering any questions while still pretending to cry, but  nobody stopped me at all.

About half of them looked at me with lecherous eyes, but the other half of them looked at me with pity.

One of the soldiers tore the curtains off the window and draped them over me. “You poor thing, please be careful on your way home.”

Even among rotten people, there are always kind people too; it’s not as if this world is only filled with bad people.

Anyway, I’m sure they would never suspect that I stole the Staff of La Messeine. Now let’s quickly go home so I can experiment more with it!

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As I ran through the back streets of the commercial district, the Wonder and Harry type golems joined me from behind. I had these guys standing by near the mansion, so they could quickly rush in when I yelled, as a last resort in worst case scenario.

In that scenario, I’d been planning to quickly flee toward Western Island, since it would mean that I’d be in an all-out confrontation with the Empire.

“Shirou!”

A voice came out from the darkness of the alley, which turned out to be Cecily.

“Shirou, you… Oh my god…!” Cecily was shocked when she saw me basically naked and draped in curtain.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine. I managed to successfully escape from that place.”

Mostly successful, though. I still got my chest sucked by that woman.

When I showed her a smile, Cecily became relieved.

“Did you come all the way here because you were worried about me?”

“Yeah. I saw Wonder standing by, so I was prepared to rush in with them in case of emergency.” [5]

“…thank you.”

Cecily’s consideration and feelings for me made me feel happy, but it also made me feel bad.

I knew that she liked me. I also knew that she was still feeling guilty over what happened because of Janice. But… I still couldn’t get over Sierra.

That’s why, even though I’ve been craving bodily contact and the warm feeling of someone’s skin, I’ve never been in the mood to do it with anyone. I know that I’ve always been terrible at initiating a relationship, but the reason right now is, whenever I tried to reach out to someone, the memory of Sierra always nudges at the back of my mind.

Even though I feel aroused whenever I see a woman, and even if I think about having sex with someone, I can’t help but replay in my mind the scene of the rocky hill in Western Island where Sierra and I’s bodies were entangled with each other.

And even now… still…

“Cecily… I’m truly sorry…”

“Don’t worry about it. I only did it because I felt like it.”

I wish you would stop talking like that… since it makes me feel more guilty…

Up until now, Cecily has never asked me for anything. Not even once. And it’s been that way since the first time I’d met her.

She’s reserved, hard-working, serious, and has never tried to touch me out of her own volition. Even though she’s beautiful, has a good style, and a great personality… I wonder why we never got into a relationship…

Even though she’s the person I’ve known for the longest time in this world, after Chris…

I guess, it’s just because the timing was terrible for us to be together… that’s all I can conclude. [6]

I guess that’s just the way it is.

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1 There’s bound to be both good people and bad people among higher ups, IMO.

2 Not a good idea too, I think, since making a doodle of a ***** on an aristocrat’s face might be considered as a capital offense.

3 He’s referring to T.M. Revolution music video Hot Limit. You might search ‘Hot Limit’ video if you want to know Shirou’s appearance when using Eminence Rock.

4 Well, if we go by MMORPG rules, usually the most revealing outfit (for females) has the highest stats.

5 D’aww

6 Dang. Our girl Cecily just got friendzoned. Ironically, I think if only she double-checked Janice body and made sure she’s dead, she would end up together with Shirou.

I mean, no Janice means Sierra didn’t need to come to help, and Shirou wouldn’t get his heart taken by Sierra by the time Cecily returns there.