107 – Rewards
“A new black blooded monster?”
“Yes, lord.”
“And he attacked you and distorted the gauntlet.”
“Yes.”
He closed his mouth for a moment and was lost in thought. First of all, the appearance of a new black-blooded monster was not very surprising.
There are hundreds of types of black blood monsters that I have memorized. It would not be surprising if a new subspecies appeared that did not fit into the hundreds.
Even the giant earthworm that attacked the carriage the other day was not included in the hundreds of species I had memorized.
What really surprised me was that the black blood monster attacked Serena and distorted her gauntlet, and Serena confirmed that she had been attacked.
If they were strong enough to follow Serena to some extent, the Royal Knights, Royal Magicians, and S-class adventurers would be unable to handle them.
If things take a turn for the worst, we might even have to mobilize Christine. Regardless of whether they get stronger or not, Christine’s divine power is not something that they dare to do anything about.
Serena and Charlotte would hate that.
“I’ll have to listen more closely. Tell me everything about what happened. From the beginning.”
At my words, Serena nodded and told me about what she had been through.
The explanation went on for quite some time.
Serena had the personality to convey exactly what she had to say, but it was because I had told her to explain everything that had happened, so she faithfully followed it and really explained everything.
“I have a rough idea of what happened. Good job explaining it, Serena.”
“No, lord. Even though you told me to tell you everything, I only conveyed a part of what I remembered, so I am very sorry for my shortcomings.”
Serena said and bowed her head. It was fortunate that I couldn’t see my expression shaking in real time because of that.
I just said it at a very long time for Serena, but there was something else left to convey? Did Serena speak like that?
Seeing me making a mysterious expression, Charlotte pursed her lips as if to mock Serena. Again, before the two of them had a fight, they hurriedly dried their eyes.
Fortunately, after reading the meaning in my eyes, Charlotte quietly kept her mouth shut.
This time it dried on time.
“Charlotte, can you use space isolation magic around here or do something to get rid of the eyes? I thought it might take longer than I thought.”
“It will be so, my dear.”
Charlotte snapped her fingers. In an instant, a hazy afterimage was overlaid around us. The landscape was distorted for a moment, then returned to normal.
Serena and Charlotte have turned it up like this, so I don’t think there will be any big guys snooping around, but in case someone comes to scout on the lord’s order and accidentally runs into them.
“It is done.”
“Yes, you did a good job too, Charlotte. Now let’s wrap up what Serena said.”
“What is there to organize? It must be exactly what she said.”
In an instant, a fishy smile appeared on Charlotte’s lips as she said those words. It was a smile that sent chills down the spine. How does this feel?
“Or, it’s because you don’t trust that woman. Since that woman couldn’t trust you, you’re probably trying to sort out what you just said and determine the truth from the lie. I can fully understand her feelings. Isn’t that a disqualification as a ruler? Not being able to even instill proper faith in the lord you serve is a really ugly bitch.”
“No, when did I—”
Serena raised her head like a thunderbolt at the unexpected provocation. There was a lot of life in the eyes staring at Charlotte.
“What did you just say?”
“Have you not heard? If so, I will tell you again and again. I am an idiot who cannot even instill proper faith in the lord I serve, and organizes what I have said and makes me distinguish between truth and lies. Is it done?”
“I couldn’t trust my lord? Don’t just say that it’s a trivial lie or that your mouth was pierced by a spoiled bitch. If the lord knew about the lies your bitch told, you wouldn’t know what he would think?”
After hearing Serena’s words, Charlotte also began to put life in her eyes. The atmosphere flowing between the two was unusual.
No, more than that, I already knew that Charlotte was cleverly mixing lies with me. Was that an act that would cause such a problem?
In contrast to me tilting my head, the atmosphere in front of me was getting more and more formidable.
Charlotte twitched her fingers as if she were going to cut Serena right away, and Serena, too, moved her right hand toward the World Eater wrapped around her waist, as if she was going to cut Charlotte right now.
“You should be able to bear the truth that Jim lied. If not, Jim himself will tear your mouth open.”
“If you can, do it. I’ll pluck out that filthy tongue that insulted me and my lord, and use it as a rope to hang you from a tree.”
“You’re babbling your mouth well at a subject that doesn’t even have the ability to do that.”
“Don’t be bluffing like that bitch. Do you think I can’t kill you?”
“Enough, both of you.”
As I stepped between Serena and Charlotte, the momentous atmosphere that was on the verge of bursting died down in an instant.
Serena bowed her head toward me with a calm expression that made it hard to believe that she had been pouring out bloody words just before, and Charlotte calmly closed her mouth as she closed the distance with me.
It’s like this even when I’m next to you I let out a small sigh inside. I don’t even know how many times I sigh after meeting these two.
It was like before, and it is like now. I don’t know why, but Charlotte kept messing with Serena.
Serena’s interruption as I was stroking my cheek must have been quite the heat.
When Serena saw Charlotte sticking to Serena and the judges were twisted, hearing such words over and over again, the lid couldn’t be opened.
“Come closer, both of you.”
“I see, lord.”
“I will do so, my dear.”
At my gesture, two people came closer.
Charlotte had already stuck close to me, so there was no distance left for her to come, and Serena quietly stood up and took the same posture as always.
Charlotte was for my left arm, and Serena was for my right arm.
He grabbed the two of them by the cheeks and pulled them tight. A soft yet soft texture was felt between the fingers, and the cheeks stretched elastically.
“I told you not to fight, I didn’t.”
“It’s done, Ju-kun.”
“Charlotte, you should answer too.”
“……I did.”
Unlike Serena, who was distorted at every word that came out of her mouth because of her stretched cheeks, Charlotte was still speaking straight, no matter what tricks she performed.
He pulled his cheek even harder. Serena and Charlotte’s bodies came all the way as I pulled them.
It was more like a reward than a punishment. In fact, the people whose cheeks were pulled were laughing.
As I wiggled the cheeks I held with my fingers, their heads staggered as my hand guided them.
The fact that they were moving their heads like this was proof that these two were enjoying the current situation.
“But why are you fighting? Huh? I’ve told you guys several times not to fight, do you want to keep doing this?”
“Zeuseung Hapneud, Zu-kun.”
“… I’ll try.”
“Stop trying. You know what I’m looking for.”
“The fluttering Tsuuji is fluttering—awesome?!”
Serena’s words were cut off there. It was because I put my index and middle fingers into Serena’s mouth and pressed down on her tongue.
The touch of his tongue, which was even softer than the flesh of his cheeks, and the damp liquid dripping on his skin wrapped around his fingers.
Surprised for a moment, Serena soon calmly shut her mouth and accepted my finger. Zbuopsboop, I heard Serena sucking my finger.
He closed his eyes completely, grabbed the remaining three fingers with his own hands, and wrung his tongue around.
Seeing Serena enjoying her fingers with a happy face, Charlotte gave a sullen look. I mean, why didn’t you do that to yourself?
I put strength into the hand that pulled Charlotte’s cheek, but this time the head didn’t come with it. It was an unspoken protest to do this or that.
“answer.”
“…”
As for what my words meant to answer, Charlotte would have noticed right away.
However, perhaps it was because of her pride, Charlotte was not easily giving me the answer I wanted.
I put more power into the hand that pulled my cheek. The white skin crumpled between my fingers and took on a pale flesh color.
“You must answer, Charlotte.”
“……So, I will, I will……”
After weighing the balance between my pride and my fingers, the answer I wanted came out from Charlotte’s mouth at intervals.
In his voice and expression, it was clear that he didn’t want to do this.
‘Is it difficult to promise not to fight with Serena?’
It didn’t make sense to me, but what can I do? It’s not like I have a way to read Charlotte’s mind.
It’s just that Charlotte reacts like that, so I have to say that.
Since he answered, in return, he put his index and middle fingers together like he did with Serena and held them out, and Charlotte snapped them into her mouth.
After confirming that the two had calmed down in an instant, Charlotte touched Serena’s heart and continued what had been interrupted.
“So, if I were to sum up what Serena said, this would be it? I was killing the black blood monsters as usual, but a black blood monster close to a humanoid appeared in the distance, and in a short moment as I slashed him and passed by, the gauntlet pierced through the mana wrapped around me. That he slightly distorted it. And he was obviously decapitated, but he sucked in the black blood scattered around and regenerated it, and he died completely only after blowing away the black blood and corpses around him?”
“Haljjak…… Yes, it’s chureup.
Serena nodded her head while sucking my finger.
Looking at Serena like that, I had only one thing to say.
“It’s nothing.”
