## Chapter 258 – Counterattack (9)
‘When will she be back…?
She says she’s okay… but is she really…?
Is something wrong…?’
Lost in thought, waiting for Vivian, I fidgeted with my tendrils, increasingly anxious.
Today was supposed to be the first operation for expanding the brothel, but Lanie returned with the Henias looking glum and tight-lipped.
And even though Lanie said Vivian would be back soon, I’ve been waiting and waiting, and she still hasn’t shown up.
Finally, unable to wait any longer, I was about to release all the Kernel Worms to find Vivian when…
“I’m… back…”
Along with the familiar vibrations of footsteps through the roots, a slightly tired voice reached me.
Only then did I send out my tendrils to greet Vivian, embracing her as she stumbled into the burrow through the tunnel, looking weary, late in the evening.
“Ah… ugh…!! I can walk…
You don’t have to go this far…”
Although Vivian protested and rejected my tendrils, would I really listen to her?
As a ‘male’ creature who always ignores instructions and causes trouble, I was attending to her with the utmost care, ensuring she didn’t have to move an inch if she was even slightly tired.
Is this what it feels like to be a king?
Embracing her with my tendrils and taking her where she needed to go, and in the bathroom, my tendrils automatically and gently scrubbed her naked body clean.
And until I laid her comfortably on the bed, my devoted service continued without ceasing.
The Henias watched Vivian being carried around in my tendrils with envious eyes, whispering among themselves like teenage girls.
“Eek!! Eek!! What do I do…!!
I’m so jealous of Vivian-nim…!!”
“Is she about to receive a royal favor…?!!
I want to be held like that too…♡”
Perhaps it was the excessive attention and the fact that she couldn’t walk on her own two feet, unlike usual, that caused it.
Vivian’s cheeks, wrapped in tendrils, flushed with a rosy hue like the evening sunset whenever she heard those envious voices.
Finally, I placed Vivian on the soft root mattress in her room, and she was finally released.
She seemed a little sad to be released at that moment, reaching out to hug one of my tendrils.
“It was a success… I did it.
Everyone did well…
And we got lucky…”
Vivian whispered to the tendril as if murmuring with joy, her sweet breath tickling the tip of the tendril.
‘You worked hard.
I heard you met a strong opponent?’
“Someone like me… could never be a match for them…
It just made it even clearer… that I’m still lacking…”
‘But you still did well and came back.
Vivian, you did a really good job.’
“Thank you… really…”
Although it was a little short due to fatigue, Vivian leaned her head against the tendril with a heartfelt word.
She soon began to feel the slippery sensation of a tendril carefully probing between her thighs.
“Ugh… ugh…♡
That’s nice… come here…
I’ll give you… lots of rewards… Ahh…!!”
Vivian smiled brightly, licked her lips, and gently spread her legs.
She writhed in pleasure until she eventually fell asleep from exhaustion.
“After all… for you…
I can do anything…♡”
Vivian’s bright smile gently spread across her face.
In any case, the two beings, celebrating the victorious night together, savored each other’s embrace, enjoying the repeated reunions.
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“Parlochino’s words are valid. Hmmm…
Now, anyone will try to take over the areas where the cartel’s influence has disappeared.
It’s only a matter of time… Ugh… Sooner or later, someone will move.
Hiss… We could eat the pie ourselves, but…
A pie that only tastes good and doesn’t fill you up… is worse than not eating it… Hah…”
The next morning.
After the commotion yesterday, I skipped the academy for the entire day, so there was no option to be late today.
“My sword!! Vivian-nim!!
Have you seen my sword?
I left it out yesterday…!!”
“Didn’t you wipe it down and leave it outside to dry?
So? Continue.”
While Lanie and Vivian were bustling about in the Queen’s Room, getting ready for school.
Aurora, who seemed to have already finished preparing, leaned against the door of the Queen’s Room, having placed her luggage beside her, and began to speak.
Even though Nemea was taking the place of clothing.
Aurora’s body, now covered in a flexible blue membrane instead of the usual uniform, and her slightly distorted face were clearly flushed with a red blush.
Looking at her, one could guess what was happening behind her, with the sticky, squelching sounds.
Even as she indulged in her hobby from the early morning, Vivian calmly told Lanie where her sword was and urged Aurora to continue speaking.
“Aurora, take it easy, or your bones will rot.”
“Yesss… Hiss…!!”
Aurora gave a lackluster answer, but Vivian knew that it was her way of enjoying herself.
With a light sigh, Vivian managed her expression and began to ask her another question.
“Anyway, what do you think is the most likely possibility right now?”
“As of now… Hmm… I’m not sure…?
I can’t guarantee anything right now… Ugh…
There are too many candidates to target the empty house…
Hiss… It’s hard to grasp the behavior of other cartels right now…”
In the meantime, even if they occupied the area and flaunted the fact, it wouldn’t immediately increase their actual income, and there were many things to prepare to start a new business.
Of course, there was the option of taking the empty areas by subduing the surrounding cartels, but the Swallow Faction still lacked human resources.
Even within their small area, there were quite a few subordinates working in businesses such as bars and brothels.
Among them, there weren’t many fighters who could be spared solely for combat.
At first, Vivian had thought about mobilizing the Henias from the burrow, but they were already busy enough with their work.
It would be better to gather them at Floras’ brothel and manage and protect them, rather than dispersing them haphazardly.
“So, we have to just watch for the time being?”
“I think we should do that for now…
So… that’s why… Ugh…
It’s presumptuous, but… I set a trap… Ugh…!!”
“A trap…?”
“That flamboyant personality… Ohohohot…
I don’t know if they can resist this…
Ahick…!! Hiss!! Hiss!! Haaaaaah…♡”
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“This place is declared as the territory of the Laratina Family!!
I assume no one has any complaints?”
“Suddenly? Isn’t your territory on the opposite side?”
“Anyway, Madam Laratina has taken over this area!!
Just so you know!!”
A group of people suddenly barged in.
The humans who had recently escaped the tyranny of the cartel were dumbfounded.
People knew that the Laratina Family wasn’t a cartel that committed reckless tyranny, so there wasn’t much commotion, but the fact that the large cartel had suddenly made a move was enough to fill people with questions.
To understand the reason, we had to go back to the story of the ‘trap’ that Aurora had mentioned.
The day of the bi-weekly interim report to Laratina.
Her elegant high-class brothel, the main branch of all brothels, Mademoiselle, was showing the sight of many guests gathering and a party of pleasure being held.
A quiet corridor on the upper floors, a little away from the glamorous scene.
In Laratina’s office, located there, a girl who was scheduled to visit for today’s report was sitting on a luxurious, fluffy sofa in front of a table piled high with approval documents.
“Is that true?”
“There… there seems to be such a rumor, Madam…
It’s been spreading among the boys recently…”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes…!! It’s not a lie…!!
I’ve heard them talking about it directly…!!
Maybe that’s why… we’ve had fewer customers recently…”
“Oh? That’s a big problem?
Then that’s enough for the report.
You can go back now.”
“Yes, Madam…!!”
Without even looking at the girl who stood up and bowed deeply, Laratina got up from the sofa and returned to her desk.
The dejected girl tiptoed quietly out of the office.
Left alone, Laratina sat back in her chair, tossed aside one of the documents on the table, and rested her chin in her hand, lost in thought.
“Floras… a newly famous brothel…?
I’ve never heard of it before…”
After a moment of thought, she picked up a small handbell that was placed in the corner of the table and rang it.
“Did you call, Madam?”
“Find out about a place called ‘Floras’.
And… we haven’t opened any branches recently, have we?
Prepare for a market survey as well.”
