Beatrice regained her senses in her bodyguard’s warm and gentle embrace, with Tabitha laying at their feet, naked, on the cold stone floor.
I really am a horrible person, Beatrice thought. After all here she was, resting, cared for by her bodyguard for whom she was quickly developing feelings she had not felt in decades in her past life. However, what made Beatrice feel horrible about herself was not the fact that they both left Tabitha on the floor, used and discarded, but rather it was the fact that Beatrice could not muster herself to console the used mage or make her feel as cared for as Ember did. Despite the fact that Beatrice knew first-hand how important it was, how safe and reassured it made her feel.
Beatrice thought herself to be better than that. Was it just because she enjoyed Ember’s slow caressing that much? Or was it because Tabitha explicitly wished to be treated like that and much worse? Did Tabitha get exactly what she wanted? Beatrice couldn’t bring herself to ask.
“We should take care of her,” Ember said, nodding toward the bound ninja girl, Olivia.
Beatrice’s eyes snapped wide open as if awoken from a trance. She had completely forgotten that the ninja girl was alive and conscious all this time. Even now Olivia was staring them down, quietly, sending death wished with her eyes, but not visibly taking any action toward escape.
“Don’t worry, I kept an eye on her so that she didn’t try anything stupid,” Ember explained when she felt the succubus tense up. “But you should get dressed. It’s about time we moved out of these tunnels before more trouble finds us.”
Getting dressed for Beatrice didn’t mean anything more than put on her light-blue bra and panties, and required only about as much time as it took to find where she discarded them during her sex craze.
“Aha!” Beatrice finally found what she was looking for, and while she put her only clothing on, she considered the exact meaning of Ember’s words. And that meaning was clear even before Ember clarified.
“The only logical choice is to kill her,” Ember said while toying with a small flame at the tip of her fingers. “We obviously can’t walk around the city in broad daylight with a bound prisoner on a leash, and letting her go is out of the question.”
Beatrice was conflicted. Obviously, the ninja girl had intended to kill both Beatrice and Ember for profit, possibly after letting her scumbag friends rape them, had they gotten the chance. And the others had already either paid with their lives or—in the case of Tabitha—submitted in both mind and body.
On top of that, this is supposed to be a wish-fulfillment world for me! Beatrice reminded herself. Why should I spare any thoughts toward anyone wishing me or my friends harm? Off with her head and be done with it, she tried to encourage herself.
The decision should have been that simple. But For the second time today, Beatrice had to come to terms with the fact that it’s not that simple of a choice when staring into the eyes of a living, breathing human being. Beatrice tried to imagine herself slitting the bound girl's throat. The thought churned the stomach. She couldn't kill a helpless prisoner. Even though she knew very well that the ninja girl would not be as kind if the situation had been reversed.
In self-defense? Maybe. But right now that would be cold-blooded murder. As revenge for something Olivia and her partners miserably failed to do. There has to be another way...
“Ah!” An idea popped into Beatrice’s head. “What if we act like she’s just one of our slaves? Surely, something like that shouldn’t be unheard of if the city is anything like I suspect it is—with nearly all its inhabitants a part of a sex guild. At least until we figure out what to do with her.”
“You’re just delaying the decision that has to be made now,” Ember pointed out. “And what you’re suggesting would only work if that girl played her part, which she has no reason to do. She can easily make a scene as soon as we’re in sight of the city guards.”
“Then why not hand her over to those very guards?”
“And tell them what? That this girl that we drag around like a slave, attacked us with four others, but we killed three of them and fucked the fourth one silly? Best case scenario we all get locked up together and waste precious time hoping for Lucarad to free us.”
"Bring her to Lucarad?” Beatrice suggested more timidly, discouraged at how easily her suggestions got shot down one after the other.
“We don’t know how long he’ll be with the king. It would be foolish to disturb any royalty with something like this and we must concentrate on awakening your powers as quickly as possible.”
Beatrice sighed and looked at the silent ninja girl.
Finally, Ember broke the silence with a suggestion, “If you’re that intent on keeping her alive, I suggest we cut off both her arms.”
Sigh what happened with all his regrets on the first chapter about being a goody two shoes and here now again he is thinking on behalf of someone who wanted to see her raped and killed ffs act like you wanted goddamnit
This was a tough part for me to figure out. The MC wished for a wish-fulfillment, regret-free life, but does that also mean executing helpless prisoners?
@YuujiEveryleaf Why not? Ember was fine with it? If it was the other way around and she was the prisoner , they would be fine with it as well? She has to accept the fact that she is not in her old world and shed the morals that constrain/binded her past existence, althans that is what she wished for when she said she had regrets in her past life.
Ember can teach how to dominate others as she already dominated Tabitha way better than MC did
There's a succubus power for this situation,I just can't remember it.
And first again yay!
Charm?
This might sound crazy but why not just kill her? She did try to kill is?
Cuz Beatrice isn't a murder hobo.
@ToasterForkerAnonymous and thus the dilemma. Do you execute someone who tried to kill you but failed miserably and now is at your mercy?
@YuujiEveryleaf Ofcourse, she is a demon now; not a morally righteous human. Infact a morally righteous human would even punish a group of 5 assasins trying to rape and kill you? The fact that MC even has a dillema about hurting/raping her is mindboggling to me
@WeezyF7 though there are plenty of instances of dubcon in this story, writing a "rape as punishment" is not something I'm quite comfortable with.
@YuujiEveryleaf Well thats strange, werent those 3 guys aiming to rape her? I mean if her bodyguard wasnt steong enough wouldnt she be raped? And didnt Marie and Ember already rape her using her own tail!? I mean she enjoyed it but she gave no consent beforehand in anyway
@WeezyF7 oh, of course, those guys were aiming to rape her. They failed, so I didn't have to write that.
As for Marie, like I said, there's plenty of dubcon in this story.
@YuujiEveryleaf Ah sorry i just looked up the meaning of dubcon, i fail to realize the difference between that and rape but doesnt matter. Im guessing so far people dubconned the MC , hopefully MC will do the same
@YuujiEveryleaf i am also not fond of rape as punishment but killing a murderer doesn't seem bad to me
@Gilgamesh_98 Yeah, I know. It was my personal irk at the time, that I wanted to do something else
@YuujiEveryleaf yea no problem. U da boss
@YuujiEveryleaf the "rape" in this scene wouldn't even be considered it. Seeing as it is more rape play than anything. It being a punishment also isn't correct as this is what the girl wanted from the start. If anything she's being rewarded for the "betraying" her team. The ninja is put in a very precarious predicament as if she proves to be too bothersome to keep alive, she'll likely find her head rolling. If she chooses to offer her body as exchange it's her own choice. The ol' " cake or death" question.
@ToasterForkerAnonymous Ah no. “Rape as punishment” I was talking about if MC raped the ninja as punishment for trying to kill her
@YuujiEveryleaf well now I just fell like an asshole for shoving my foot in my mouth. MB
@ToasterForkerAnonymous ?? it's fine, don't worry
@YuujiEveryleaf just out of curiosity and so I'll know what to expect. Would Beatrice ever consider killing someone or would she choose other options. Since u said she isn't a murderer I'd like to know what to expect
@Gilgamesh_98
Short answer - yes she would, yes she will. It’s more like, Beatrice won’t kill a prisoner in cold blood. I will end up making minor rewrites in some chapters.
@YuujiEveryleaf ok cool
@YuujiEveryleaf obviously yes..No second thoughts on that