9 – Seduction?
“I’m going crazy, really.”
I let out a deep sigh and threw myself on the bed, and I was buried in the duvet that felt far short of the best, and the bedspreads that covered a bed large enough for five or six people to lie on comfortably.
When I first lay down, it was so soft that I couldn’t get used to it for a while and had to get up.
Not only that, but the canopy of the bed was drooping like a curtain of silk, which at first glance looked quite expensive.
It was unreasonable to calculate with my monetary sense how much money would have gone into this single bed. An ordinary person would probably be able to decorate an entire house.
The place Charlotte teleported me to was a room so extravagantly decorated that it deserves to be said that it was prepared in advance.
Golden glittering decorations were embroidered all over the room, and pots and jewels that looked expensive at first glance were scattered everywhere.
On a small round table near the bed, I could see two chairs and a tray of colorful fruits.
I tried one of the grapes, but it was so big and sweet that I doubted if this was really the grape I knew. I haven’t tried it, but probably other fruits are similar.
It seemed that he was not lying when he said that he would welcome me as a guest under his own name. However, my heart was not at all comfortable receiving such expensive treatment.
The reason was, of course, because of those three people who would have gathered together without me by now. I feel anxious when only two of the three get together, but since all three of them are in one place, telling me not to be anxious is abnormal.
Furthermore, the expression Charlotte made before teleporting me here seemed to me that she was deliberately sending me far away.
At least Christine’s ability will suppress Charlotte, so it won’t happen that this whole place is destroyed, but if Serena and Christine collide, that’s a headache situation as it is.
The moment Serena makes up her mind and fights with Christine, at least you have to be prepared for the entire castle to be blown away.
If it were two of them, even if they did not strengthen their bodies with divine power or mana, they had enough abilities to do so.
I was so worried that I thought about going outside and looking for it myself, but the door to the room wouldn’t open. For a moment, I wondered if Charlotte had misunderstood confinement as a treat.
I can’t see the person who pushed me here, so there’s nowhere to argue. So I just shut myself in my room and pass the time.
The room was plastered with the highest quality products, so it was a bit difficult to move one’s body carelessly.
Of course, even if I walk around here and break a thing or two, no, even if I set up a mess all over the room, Charlotte won’t blink an eye. Still, because people have a conscience.
As I was about to finish eating a bunch of grapes, a magic circle suddenly appeared in the middle of the room. It was a teleportation magic circle.
And soon after, a red-eyed beauty in a tight-fitting uniform walked out of the magic circle with long silver hair that reached her waist. Did you really lock the door and not open it?
“When I asked why the door wouldn’t open, it must have been because it was a decoration.”
“Were you a weak man who couldn’t open a door properly without me?
“……Why did you leave the door behind and enter by teleportation?”
I touched it, but couldn’t find it. He turned around while receiving a heavy incoming attack.
It’s true that Charlotte uses teleportation so often, that was a spell that was originally only possible to use when a number of wizards were gathered and poured mana as a group. It means that the value for money is the worst.
At least you have to be a royal wizard level to be able to use it alone, and even if it is possible to use it alone, even a trivial thing like Charlotte can be replaced with teleportation, or a freaky thing like choosing a few people from the center of the continent to the end of the continent and dragging them to you, of course. can not do it.
Usually, dozens of middle-class wizards gathered and poured mana into the magic circle in shifts for several hours, and only moving three or four wagons was the only way to move it.
Charlotte, who shoots it with a blank lance and has overwhelming transmission speed, is a monster.
“I ask you too. Why do you have to leave your teleportation magic behind and come through the door?”
“…”
I have nothing to say in reverse because I am so confident. After I had escaped, I sat blankly on the bed, and Charlotte smiled and sat down next to me.
“You have an absurd face. Didn’t I tell you, you show it all through your expression?”
“Of course. Put yourself in my shoes. How does that sound?”
“I haven’t finished the magic to change the soul yet. I’ll think about it once I finish it.”
Charlotte flicked her fingers and took some grapes from the tray into her hand. As the grapes burst in my mouth with a small sound, a faint grape scent wafted for a moment.
A wizard who teleports in and out of rooms and eats grapes with telekinesis. That’s not the original magic.
“Where are the other two? Serena and Christine?”
“Isn’t it too much? To leave me in front of me and ask about another woman’s safety. It’s a crime that deserves to die a thousand times.”
“You’re right here in front of my eyes. You’re perfectly fine. Is there any reason to be concerned?”
Perhaps she just said it, Charlotte shoved another grape into her mouth without much denial.
“The other two were kicked out.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you hear me on this street? I made it clear that I was kicked out.”
I blinked at the unexpected answer, and Charlotte calmly chewed the last grape before adding.
“Don’t make me say it many times. You’re the only one who said I’d welcome you in the name of Charlotte de Gargantua. There’s no reason to treat the other two.”
“You really kicked them out?”
“My lady, if you really thought I forced them out, I’ll strike you down. You know that she… women aren’t the type to listen to me. I just sent him back to his lodgings.”
He nodded his head in a small affirmation.
If not only Charlotte, a wizard who can change the map of the continent, but also Christine and Serena sincerely collide, at least the battlefield will have to be prepared to turn into a land of the dead where no grass can grow.
There was no way that talented people of that level could follow each other’s words.
Since I told Serena to join the Royal Knights, Serena is nominally following Charlotte, but Serena hates that fact.
As long as you don’t openly ignore the order, it’s a level that’s fortunate.
Serena is not even in front of nobles or knights, but is she following Charlotte’s orders? Even I couldn’t imagine.
“I don’t think the commander of the knights at least knew that he had done something absurd. To intercept something that should have come up to me. If other things were like that, it wouldn’t be enough even if the entire family was sentenced to death.”
“When did you notice?”
I expected Charlotte to notice. Serena must have been prepared too. It was just a question of when to notice.
“Everything that happens in this castle is within my grasp. The entire castle is my eyes and ears, so who dares to deceive me? I endured it because you were where the knight commander was heading.”
“And Christine? I don’t think she heard you.”
“That year…”
Ugh, Charlotte gnashed her teeth. The hand that was holding the blanket became stronger.
Contrary to how she tried to say that bitch just before, but corrected it to be a woman, to openly use such a title, it seemed like she was quite agitated. You let me out and what the hell happened.
“……That bitch left the castle on her own feet. She said she was collecting sacrifices for you again.”
It was unusual to see his fists shaking and his hair fluttering in strands.
When I put my hand on top of Charlotte’s, who seemed to be shaking the room at any moment, Charlotte flinched and quickly turned her palm over and put a pod on my hand.
“You’re quick to notice. I’ll praise you.”
“I’m doing it right next to you, so you can’t notice it.”
Because of Christine’s personality, she’s definitely more than capable of swearing or provoking Charlotte.
To Christine, Serena and Charlotte are just unbelievers and heretics who deserve to be torn limb from limb immediately, but because of me, it would be close to keeping them alive.
In particular, Charlotte was in a position where she had no choice but to put up with any provocations from Christine. From her point of view, with her extremely strong ego, it was safe to say that her relationship with Christine was the worst match.
I can’t use any magic, and at most I can only run away. It would be impossible to objectively accept that kind of self.
“It’s done. If it was for the purpose of comforting me, it worked. Now let’s move on to the next step.”
“No, what else are you asking me to do here?”
“Isn’t the women you took in contributing to the cause? Of course, you deserve the responsibility as well.”
Charlotte untied the pod and rose from the bed. At the same time as the sound of finger snapping, a luxurious wine bottle and two glasses appeared on the round table.
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Judging by the label, it was a wine from a brewery that did not sell to the common people at all and thoroughly targeted only the aristocrats.
That sales strategy worked quite successfully, and there were numerous aristocrats who wanted to buy it even at a price that sounded like billions of dollars.
“Before that, I need to change my clothes for a while.”
“To the clothes?”
“You can’t drink alcohol in these uncomfortable clothes, can you?”
At the same time, Charlotte tapped the insignia on her chest. The insignias, which were intricately tied here and there, swayed here and there whenever they were touched with a finger.
“How seriously are you going to drink…”
“I don’t wear this uniform because I like it. I just wear it because I have to show dignity.”
Majesty, okay. Why not just wear a long, old-fashioned dress? In my opinion, the clothes reveal the body as it is, so it’s closer to the other side than dignity.
Of course, that was just my point of view.
Other nobles might think that Charlotte in that uniform is more dignified, and above all, even if there are nobles who think similarly to me, it’s not unheard of for the family to be destroyed if they get caught with it.
And I agree with the part that I don’t wear it because I like it.
The size fits perfectly, so there is no extra space, the fabric is stiff, and accessories and insignia are piled up, so it must be uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Charlotte’s uniform top stirred, and the accessories began to disintegrate on their own. Soon after, the buttons were undone one by one, revealing the white flesh hidden under the uniform to the world.
“Are you going to change here?”
“That’s right? Why is that? Did you get aroused by seeing my bare skin?”
Charlotte’s chest swayed up and down at the reaction of the rocking, uniform top being completely removed.
It was a chest that felt like it matched exactly with a solid body without a single flab. The two hills in perfect balance were tightly wrapped in black underwear with lace running around them.
“Please change quickly.”
It’s been too long since I’ve lived to be excited to see something like that.
That doesn’t mean it’s impossible. It means that you are not excited by the appearance of barely changing clothes. In particular, Charlotte used to joke around like that whenever she had a chance, so she got used to it.
“Is that so, it’s a pity.”
Contrary to what he said, he didn’t look very sad. As if I knew I would come up with an answer like this.
The telekinesis that held Charlotte’s body in the air began to take off her bottoms this time. The underwear that covers the pelvis and female private parts was also black.
Beneath it, like the upper body, were the thighs and long calves showing off slender legs without any flab.
Charlotte, who teleported the completely stripped uniform top and bottom somewhere, snapped her fingers again, and in an instant, translucent black negligee covered her body.
Her armpits were completely exposed, and the hem of her negligee was barely above her pelvis, so her bare arms and legs were still visible.
Even the torso, which was covered with fabric, was so thin that the negligee’s silk was so thin that at first glance, it revealed the 11-character abs engraved on the abdomen below it and the black underwear that covered the secret parts.
“What the hell are you wearing…… no, you must have an idea. Yes, how can I understand you?”
“I have a mind, if anyone hears it, they’ll mistake me for planning and moving every action. These are my pajamas.”
Why are those pajamas? Before my question could be answered, a round table and chair flew between us at Charlotte’s gesture.
As if asking me to sit down, the distance slowly widened. As I calmly sat down on the chair, Charlotte, who was seated across from me, smiled and raised her glass. It was clear what the action meant.
“It’s alcohol… I don’t know if it’s necessary to drink. It’s the same for me, and it’s the same for you.”
Of course, I can’t get drunk because my super regeneration ability cures everything like alcohol, and Charlotte can clear the spirit of alcohol through healing magic if she wants.
I don’t know if I drink enough to lose my mind, but if Charlotte has a temperamental personality, that’s not it either.
“It’s not drinking alcohol. It’s drinking the atmosphere. You don’t seem to have feelings of romance.”
“I’m a person who has lived without romance. I’m really sorry about that.”
What is romance for a human who roams the entire continent to die? How many times have I gone through something I couldn’t see? I’ve come too far now to take care of that.
“Then I’ll take care of the romance, so you just have to hang out with me. You can do that much, can’t you?”
I nodded, and the wine bottle on the tray rose by itself, and the cork was pushed out with a lively sound. The faint scent of alcohol and the scent of grapes spread out.
Some well-trained people say that they can accurately guess the type of wine just by smell or color, but unfortunately I am not familiar with such high-end alcohol.
The bottle tilted slightly, and red wine with a subtle purple tint was poured into the glass. The important thing is that nothing comes out of the mouth of the bottle, but the wine is filling Charlotte and I’s glasses.
“You’re using a transfer door here…?”
“It’s a personal hobby.”
There must be a lot of wizards whose lifelong wish is to open the transfer door with their own power?
When Charlotte, who casually cut down all the wizards on the continent, put the bottle upright, the stem of the mysterious colored wine that flowed through the transfer door suddenly stopped.
The wine at the bottom of the glass sizzled as the glass moved.
Charlotte, who was resting her chin on the table, tilting the glass from side to side and shaking the liquid in it, suddenly raised her head.
When our eyes met, he looked at me, raised the corners of his mouth, and fluttered the fabric over his chest with his other hand. It was an act I couldn’t imagine wearing pajamas.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like you’ve made up your mind.
