Chapter 145 – Chapter 145. Voluntary Slavery
It wasn’t long before I sympathized with the expression of life in this fort as a vacation.
Fortresses are used not only for protection but also for housing purposes, and Atlantis, a mobile fortress, also boasts facilities that can be considered a kind of small city.
The residential area, as well as restaurants and entertainment facilities, are fully equipped.
If you need resources, you can secretly visit the island or collect them from the seabed and process them, and since it is a design that advocates a giant monster, stealth is also secured and safety can be guaranteed.
Nonetheless, if I had to address the issue…
Yes, no matter how convenient they are, those who are accustomed to land life will have difficulties adjusting for the time being.
“Uh, eh…”
As soon as I return to the room, I am greeted by Ymir stretched out on the bed.
Seeing her trembling while lying on her side, she seemed to be suffering from severe motion sickness.
“Ymir, are you okay?”
“Ah, ah, what. It’s okay, motion sickness is a bit severe, so… Woo-wook.”
Ymir covers my mouth and puts his head on the pillow. It even seemed pitiful that he was trying to somehow endure the feeling of vomiting that was rising up inside him.
The person in charge also recommended that you have a good time, but I don’t think it’s going to be easy to look around the fortress with Ymir.
“Is Heira okay?”
“Yeah, it’s okay.”
Still, Heira seems to have a tolerance for this.
It’s funny how the elf collapses from motion sickness, but… No, is that the same for the Archmage?
“Uh, uh, why did I get motion sickness at a time like this… Since I came to the sea, I wanted to have underwater sex with Dave at 20,000 leagues under the sea…”
“Even if you are fine, I have no intention of participating in such crazy things, you bastard.”
Damn, who the hell made him do this?
“Ymir, is motion sickness painful?”
Heira, who stays by Ymir’s side, doesn’t care about his awakening.
It was so admirable to see her expressing her concern for her with her pitiful face.
“It’s painful, but don’t worry too much. Unlike when you’re on land, the sea shakes a lot, so if you’re not used to it, you’ll get dizzy from the ringing in your head. Once you get used to it, you’ll recover right away.”
“Ymir knows a lot.”
“You should know a lot. If she doesn’t know anything, she can’t be a great wizard… Woo-wook.”
Yumir complains of her vomiting while holding her mouth as it is. Seeing that her complexion turned blue, it seemed that motion sickness was quite painful.
“Ah, this vomiting is getting worse… Is this morning sickness?”
“… Seeing you joke, you look fine.”
Anyway, seeing her take the opportunity to play pranks while sick, her temper doesn’t go anywhere.
There’s no point in playing around here for nothing.
With that thought, he turned his back and tried to leave her room, but Heira still kept Yumir by her side, her eyes shining brightly.
“Hey, Ymir. I have a lot of questions, but…”
“Oh wait, don’t shake it.”
“Why is the sea blue when you see it with your eyes? It was transparent when I held it in my hand, why?”
“I don’t know… Maybe it’s because of the blue sex.”
“Blue, what? What does that mean? Is the sea someone’s child?”
“Now, wait. Don’t shake…”
“Teach me. Teach me, Ymir.”
“Stop it, my head is ringing… Whoops!”
Hey, that coveted archmage isn’t even using the barrage of questions.
When I climb up later, I’ll leave it to Heira. I left the room with the last thought, and then prepared to return to the room assigned to me.
Celica is still asleep, and in Verdia’s case, she’s still in prison dealing with Bardos.
It would be nice for her to explore the fort alone, but since she was exhausted from the trip, she decided that it would be best for her to take a deep breath and relieve her fatigue.
That’s right, I returned to my room with that thought in mind…
“Have you been?”
When she arrived at my room, the one who greeted me was a woman who greeted me with an expressionless face.
A woman of the same age as Verdia, with a much more insensitive face than her, was sitting on her bed.
“The room has been tidied up in advance in preparation for your return.”
Darkan speaks in a blunt voice, something an attendant would say.
The rest of the attitude was so casual that I thought for a moment that I might have been mistaken.
Maybe Archen is standing behind me, I’m mistaken.
“… Darkan.”
“Do you want to eat later? Or from a bath?”
“Why are you waiting in my room?”
To even sit on the bed in a light outfit after disarming his unique armament.
Wouldn’t it be a situation that would have been misunderstood right away if the opponent wasn’t the 10 strongest players on the continent?
“Because I was ordered by my lord to escort Dave.”
Darkan answers the question right away.
However, compared to my free attitude, my doubts showed no sign of dissolving.
“… The escort wouldn’t have included chores.”
“That…”
Darkan couldn’t answer right away and blurted out his words.
After that, she lowered her gaze facing me and began to remain silent.
The answer came after some time had passed.
“I think you will need it…”
“Do you think you will need it?”
“Yeah, I think you might need it… I have personally organized it.”
Are you sure this is the correct answer?
The trembling in her gaze disappeared when she met mine again, but that would have been considered an incorrect answer from my point of view.
As an escort knight, she made her own judgment about the escort target, and she wasn’t even the one to be protected.
Wouldn’t it be much more unimaginable that Darkan would do such a thing?
“… Go back.”
As such, the first thing to do is to be wary.
As she poured out her innermost feelings, she noticed that her body, like wood and stone, was trembling very slightly.
“Go back… What do you mean by that?”
Are you taking off the pretense? Are you asking because you really don’t know?
… No, considering her past, it wouldn’t be strange if it was the latter.
But either way, I had no intention of keeping her by her side.
“Certainly, you are entrusted with protecting me. But isn’t this place, in a sense, a safer place than the human realm?”
“But just in case…”
“Are you distrustful of the place your lord chose to protect the warrior party?”
“…”
“… If your allegiance to your lord is true, just step back. I am only your lord’s negotiator, and I cannot be said to be an important person to you.”
Okay, if you said that much, I’ll back off.
No matter how secretly she heard some instructions from that son, as long as her public position was there, if she talked about her lord’s loyalty, she would have no choice but to resign as her vassal.
No matter how little emotion there was, even Verdia emphasized that loyalty was real, so obviously…
“How?”
Contrary to what she was so sure of, however, instead of stepping away from her seat, she put more weight on my body sitting on her bed.
It’s like driving a stake.
“How can I stay by Dave’s side?”
“… What?”
The moment when I made a blank expression without knowing it at the unexpected reaction.
As she looked down with him, she could see that her hands were tightly clasped on top of her knees as she knelt down.
Even when she showed her naked body, she showed an insensitive figure.
That they reacted emotionally to my remarks to go back.
“… Is there any reason why I shouldn’t send you back?”
Yeah, there was no way I could ignore it.
That Darkan is none other than that.
It was because the 10th generation showed a side of me that I had never seen before.
“As far as I know, you don’t have the personality to ask such a thing, nor the personality to take the initiative… But why do you want me to stay by your side, even doing things you wouldn’t normally do?”
“…”
“… Is it the right to remain silent?”
Maybe you don’t have the skills to explain. Or do you think it will pass if you just keep silent?
Either way, if she had her own goals, her current attitude was undesirable even in empty words.
The strength is first class, but the living technique is third class… That kind of evaluation seems appropriate.
“… Darkan.”
However, such a lax part was rather coming to me as a relief.
If you are sure that your opponent will not threaten you, this ignorant and resolute way is rather easy to deal with.
“Do you know what power I have?”
Coincidentally, I also have a lot of questions about this fortress or the Argentine guy.
I was thinking of cutting the line and avoiding it, but it was judged that a head-to-head match was the way to make this guy an informant.
“… Yes.”
“There are restrictions, but if the opportunity arises, it can suppress the spirits of strong people like you.”
Really, sincerely.
For whatever reason, if this guy wants to stay by my side, it’s something he can’t overlook on his own.
“I don’t know what you’re up to, but I can’t have an untrustworthy person around. If you want to stay by my side, no matter what I do in the future, you must not resist.”
The moment he raised his hand in front of her.
She must know what that means, having once had her spirit suppressed by me.
“Isn’t it okay to take this kind of safety measure?”
The moment when the control of the body is taken away regardless of one’s own will.
When I predicted something that a normal person would never welcome, she stared at my hand and quietly nodded her head in reply.
“Yes, it is fine.”
Answer without hesitation.
-Fuck!
The snap of the fingers that followed.
Along with that, my power spread throughout the room, and soon began to oppress her mind.
Of course, if you become a strong teenager, you will be able to resist like last time, but if you do not have hostility towards me, you will have to accept this power as it is.
“… From now on, as long as you do not violate your lord’s orders, you will obey everything I say. Do you understand what I mean?”
“Has confirmed.”
The moment when her ego was awakened, only her body was restrained.
So, in front of her who was completely subdued by her, me, her hand, she quietly pointed her finger at her and said.
“Okay, then first order.”
Gulp. Swallow saliva
“Take off everything you are wearing, and sit down on the bed.”
The moment when an ordinary person gave an order that would be considered unreasonable.
-Suddenly.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she moved her hand and carried out my instructions exactly.
Take off my clothes
He lays his body on the bed without hesitation.
