Chapter 31 – Partner Swapping
The moment the cockpit closes, only two pilots, a male and a female, are left in the enclosed and cramped space.
The distance that each other’s bodies touch even if you stretch out your hands just a little.
Of course, in such a space, you have no choice but to know the other person’s body odor even if you are not aware of each other.
In that respect, while Karen’s body odor reminded me of a library with a calm feeling, Ceres’ body smell had a warm and soft scent that seemed to lower the tension in the other person.
It was a strange thing.
For some reason, women in this world had their own unique body odor. Should I say that I instinctively shed hormones that seem to attract men?
… There is definitely another pleasure with Karen.
It’s been a while since I’ve been with a woman other than Karen. Unlike other male pilots, Netoru was not the type to refrain from coupling with multiple women. To be honest, she rather enjoyed it.
Even if it was a woman like a sly vixen. From the standpoint of the opponent, this was a lot of fun in its own way.
But the problem is how to deal with this woman.
“Netoru, you’ve been getting along with Karen lately.”
Said Ceres, who was poised on top of her cockpit, revealing a voluptuous body that Karen couldn’t feel. Her well-groomed thighs shriveled as if to seduce men.
Eventually, as Ceres started to connect as the ship fitted into her cockpit, her mana flowed gently along the lines of her body. Netoru calmly looked at her from behind and replied.
“Since they are coupling partners, of course we have no choice but to become close.”
“… Is it simply a coupling partner?”
“Yes. Isn’t that usually the case?”
Because he is looking in front of her, he cannot see Ceres’ face. I don’t know what kind of expression she’s making, but it’s kind of displeased. As if I heard an answer I didn’t like from her.
… Ah. Is it because she was a knight by any chance?
Although Ceres is said to have been from the Order of Knights, she should not think of the noble and honorable knights commonly known to her.
That was only for men.
To the knights, female pilots were a tool. A living tool for them to play an active part on the battlefield and raise their honor. A mare in the form of a human, as if trained for knights.
That’s why the female pilot chosen as the knight’s coupling partner undergoes thorough training from her childhood. She said to thoroughly follow the male pilot’s orders. It was, in a way, close to her brainwashing.
So, there were two major tendencies of the female knights.
As a result of the training she has received since childhood, she is either obedient to male pilots, or rather rebellious as a reaction. Of course, of course, but the latter case was extremely rare.
Then, which case does Ceres belong to here?
There is nothing to worry about for a long time. She was, of course, a woman who belonged to the latter group. She should be called a woman, bearing a thorn in her tenderness.
But that doesn’t make Ceres a reason to be assigned to Unit 393. After all, what mattered to her knights was how excellent the coupling partner her own would-be mare was.
So, I don’t know what it is, but there must have been a big discord within the Knights.
‘If it’s enough to get kicked out of the Knights… What the hell did she do?’
The value of Ceres is by no means low enough that she was abandoned in a place like Unit 393 due to a lot of things.
Of course, female pilots who have been thoroughly trained for special purposes since childhood are better than pilots who entered institutions late and received training like other members of the unit.
Being a female female horse is a mare with a different kind of birth.
So, if you’re a normal commander, you can’t help but be coveted. Even if he was kicked out of the Knights for some ‘reason’.
Have you ever seriously hurt your coupling partner? The knight’s rank was clearly noble.
Its position and roots are different from those of ‘guru knights’ who, if they have talents, bring them from an early age and educate them. In the first place, the nobility of the Kingdom of Frangia had a poisonous side.
Anyway,
It wasn’t unusual for Ceres to hate Netoru if he caused some trouble in the Knights and was expelled. Because Netoru had a lot of bad rumors about his coupling partner.
If you look closely, their temperament is a little different, but in a way, it can be said that they are similar to those of knights in their tendency to treat their partners violently. So, if you have bad feelings for the knights, you will naturally have bad feelings for Netoru.
Before long, after the connection was over, Ceres could hear light breathing. Netoru, awakened by the sound, asked quietly.
“Ceres. Why did he come to Unit 393? If you’re expelled from the Knights, it must have been a big accident.”
“… “
Ceres moved his head slowly in the cockpit, without a slight movement or sound. Ceres, who had been staring at Netoru in such a strange silence, answered coldly.
“I don’t see any reason for me to tell you that.”
It was a voice that clearly drew a line, but Netoru didn’t mind and continued talking.
“Have you ever killed your coupling partner? Is that why you were kicked out because you were hated by the nobles?”
“… Now, let’s stop talking about unnecessary things and focus on coupling. Because this side is ready.”
He bluntly turns his head away and blatantly avoids answering.
Is this really the right answer?
Netoru twisted his mouth and stretched out his hand.
At that moment, a magic circle appeared on both sides of Ceres’ waist, and the control staff waiting in the cockpit floated in the air and became attached to the magic circle.
Now, when you squeeze this stick, the coupling starts.
However, I have no intention of making a coupling yet. There is a story that I want to stir up a little more.
Stories that cannot be asked except at this moment.
To be honest, the encounter between Netoru and Ceres was the worst. To be more precise, it should be said that he was involved in Ceres’ trick.
But thanks to that, I didn’t have to hide my thoughts and inner feelings like a boy or girl who hides their faces from each other. So Netoru took this opportunity to try to bring out a shady fact he had been hiding.
“Ceres. Why did you reject the coupling then?”
“… Ha. I must have said it clearly then.”
As if spitting out disgust at a man who persistently courted her, Ceres spoke in a cold voice.
“I have no intention of hooking up with someone like you.”
“Even though it’s a big help to the unit’s power?”
“… That’s such an arrogant word. Do you think I am worthy of you enough to have to change my existing partner?”
“Well, I don’t think I’m lying. At least I have the confidence to handle you better than that inexperienced kid named Takuya. To be honest, isn’t it true that I’m much better as a coupling partner?”
Netoru let out a mocking laugh.
And at that moment he felt the air around him freeze with a snap. Ceres turned his head again, and his face was colder than ever.
“…”
Her wide eyes had turned a sharp blue color, and hostility was evident in her bright purple eyes.
Soon, Ceres spoke in a cold voice that seemed to close her skin.
“… Takuya is my precious coupling partner. So he had better not speak out.”
“A valuable coupling partner…”
Why? Somehow I can’t stop laughing.
How on earth is he such a precious partner that he rejected the coupling? This only makes Karen look so funny.
If this is the case, obviously switching coupling partners is not an easy option. But if it’s strategically valuable, there’s nothing you can’t do.
So when Netoru came to Unit 393 for no reason, she wasn’t the first to notice Ceres.
Inexperience is lacking, mana nervous system is inexperienced,
Than a 17-year-old boy.
Netoru, who has been through all kinds of battlefields, is much more suitable as a coupling partner.
In order to deal with the female knight, a pilot with that level of skill was needed, and if a pilot with no ability squeezed the steering wheel, it would only have the opposite effect.
But even so, Ceres refused the coupling.
Why is that?
The more he thought about it, the more absurd he became, so Netoru spoke his honest thoughts openly and honestly.
“Why don’t you be honest, Ceres. A little boy named Takuya is not a valuable partner, but a ‘young’ pilot who is easy to handle.”
“… You. Now, what?”
Cracks are engraved on the ice-cold face. You’ve probably never heard a word so piercing.
Because she was a gentle, warm woman.
At least for her troops. So no one could doubt Ceres,
“Certainly, it would have been more satisfying both physically and mentally than when the knights were given control rods like in the past. What would a 17-year-old kid do?”
The mocking laughter disappeared. What vomited out of Netoru’s voice at that moment was close to contempt.
The woman in front of her was not as kind and gentle as her appearance.
She can be said to be timid in a way,
In a way she can be said to be insidious,
In a way, one might say she is cowardly.
“Is that why you handed me over to Karen? Because she doesn’t want to lose her comfort, she doesn’t want to go back to those days when she was in tatters like when she was in the Templars?”
I’m sorry Karen, but to be honest with you, Tohru, Karen was her next best thing.
Dyeing an immature pilot in her own colors is certainly fun, but even that fun needs to be suppressed in the face of a life-or-death battle.
What Netoru needs in battle is a mature woman. A partner who can generously accept her own skills.
Netoru held Ceres’ control arm.
Then, Ceres, who had been silent, could be seen flinching at him. The minute tremors running down her spine are very pitiful.
“How about being honest? You are a selfish woman Even if they pretend to take care of the kids on the outside, they are ugly on the inside.”
“… “
Ceres still had no answer.
However, at that moment, Netoru felt tremendous pressure.
As she squeezed her steering wheel, a huge amount of magic was draining through the interconnected magic passes. It was to the point where my body was unconsciously straining at how greedily I was scratching.
“… Indeed. Takuya can’t stand this much.”
Ceres’ body wasn’t trained for teenagers. It is a body developed to meet the standards of knights who have thoroughly trained to the limit.
So, of course, the amount of mana required is inevitably different.
As the basic output is high, the amount of magic attribute required is overwhelmingly large. Simply put, the higher the output, the worse the fuel economy.
Therefore, it would have been difficult for the young children to endure with the small magical capacity.
Before long, Ceres, who had moved her lips, spoke quietly.
“… You asked me on the first day. What kind of knights are you from?”
“It was.”
“I deliberately avoided answering at the time, but now I will tell you specifically. I belonged to the Knights of Saint Mishar.”
This is a rather surprising story.
Knights of Saint Mishar.
Although it is said that the royal family has gone through the revolutionary period, only a shell remains, but it was still the best power of the kingdom, which is called the sword of the royal family of Frangia.
Perhaps from the time he opened his eyes, Ceres’ life was bound by the Knights. It wasn’t another knight’s order, it was directly under the king’s family.
If you don’t have talent, a place where you are thrown away without hesitation. And living here is a place where all purity and rituals must be dedicated to the royal family.
I was educated in such a place, and at this point, I wonder how I can maintain such a rebellious personality.
“Nevertheless, you. Can you afford it?”
Is this a warning or a threat?
At Ceres’ question, Netoru laughed silently and firmly gripped the control stick. It’s like trying to do it if you can.
