Chapter 4: Welcome, Cat-Ears-san
I made up my mind. This feeling Iāve kept hidden in my heart⦠I have to tell Master.
Straightening my posture while still sitting beside him on the sofa, I gaze at my Master intently.
āMaster, I have a request.ā
I throw in my ultimate weaponāpuppy-dog eyes. Clinging to his chest, I look up at him with moist, glistening eyes and lean in closer.
Judging from the slight flinch in his expression, itās working perfectly. Time to push forward.
āA-Ah, what is it? Letās hear it.ā
My Master always spoils me in the end. I doubt heāll shoot me down harshly. Seizing the moment, I stare at him with tearful eyes and plead with all my might.
āPlease⦠Buy a new slave!!ā
Itās been three days since the nightmare of the gacha incident, and Iāve done my absolute best. I really, really did my best.
ButāIāve hit my limit.
How bad is it? Iāve barely been able to move from the bed for the past three days. Not even kidding.
Even now, my legs are trembling, and I canāt walk properly. Just crawling from the bed to the sofa took a tearful amount of effort.
At this rate, Iām going to die on top of himānot as a joke, but as a real crisis.
There are only two ways to fix this: he either finds a woman outside, or he buys a new slave.
But considering his personality, the former is pretty unlikely. Plus, getting involved with outside women would only complicate things.
That said, this world has only recently reached a level of civilization where the idea of ācleanlinessā is finally starting to take hold.
Which means, if he goes to a brothel, Iām in danger by association. STDs are terrifying. Even on modern Earth, with advanced medicine, theyāre a serious threatāso my concern is completely justified here.
That leaves the most direct and least troublesome option: purchasing a new slave.
If Master starts doting on a new slave, my burden will be lifted. Itās a win-win. Thatās why I mustered the courage to propose it.
āA slave⦠Why would I do that again?ā
Huh? He sounds a little grumpy⦠Odd, considering how he usually seems pretty enthusiastic about the whole harem idea.
āAt this rate, my body wonāt last. Iām not jokingāIāll die.ā
But I canāt back down now. My sensitive areas are in serious danger. Just because heās in a slightly bad mood doesnāt mean I can retreat.
This sadist doesnāt understand how terrifying his sex maniac skill really is.
He treats it like some kind of comedy routine, but itās honestly insane. Itās exactly what the name impliesābottomless stamina.
Just when I think itās finally over, heās ready for the next round. From the receiving end, itās a never-ending Requiem of suffering.
āI mean⦠I thought I was being pretty gentle. Itās really that bad?ā
āHow on earth was that gentle!? Look up the definition of āgentleā in a dictionaryāplease!ā
He makes me cry, scream, apologize, and doesnāt stop until I pass out. This bastard! Iām at the edgeāmentally and physically.
Even if my body could take it, my mind is going to snap. He seriously needs to understand the difference in stamina here.
Iām not one of those lewd elves from adult comics, you knowā¦
āIām not sleepingāIām blacking out! Fainting, literally! If you always knock me unconscious before I fall asleep, thatās not normal! Just yesterday, I was honestly prepared for the possibility I wouldnāt wake up today!ā
āAh⦠yeah, okay, well⦠I guess if Sora dies on me, thatād be bad⦠Iāll go check with the slave dealer laterā¦ā
āThank you! Really, thank you so much!ā
Tearful persuasion won him over in the end. Though reluctant, Master finally agreed.
He'll keep his promise, so for now, I can breathe a sigh of relief. Ahh⦠thank goodness. Looks like Iāll live to see another day.
āSo you're Shuuya-samaās number one slave, huh.ā
So, Master went out around noon to visit the slave trader. By early afternoon, he returned home with a new slave girlāone with cat ears.
From my point of view, sheās a precious⦠a potential comrade-in-suffering. So of course I greeted her with a warm smile.
But! The moment Master stepped back out to buy some daily necessities, leaving the cat-eared girl alone with me, she looked down at me with cold eyes and started acting like this.
She looks about fifteen. Her hair, ears, and tail are all a dark chestnut color, and her eyes are green.
Sheās more on the beautiful side than cute, and her chest has some serious firepower. Sheās at least a full head and a half taller than me. Compared to Master, sheās about half a head shorter⦠and no, donāt you dare start calculating anything.
When she was with Master, she seemed pretty timid and quietābut this is her true nature, huh? Looks like she was just wearing a cat mask⦠fitting, since sheās got actual cat ears. Not that Iām laughing.
Our Master is a perverted brute who uses my immature body for his nightly fun, but in spite of that, heās also fairly rich and good-looking, even by our standards.
Not to mention, heās a promising adventurer whose name is starting to get noticed in all sorts of places.
Word of him has even started spreading around this town, so Iām sure the cat-eared girlās heard plenty from the toad-like slave trader.
Like maybe⦠āIf you manage to become his number one slave, you can live like a noble ladyā or something along those lines.
Honestly, our lifestyle is pretty high up by commoner standards. It might even scrape the bottom rung of nobility.
āYou mustāve worked hard with that scrawny body, but from today on, Iām the one getting pampered!ā
She declared this while shaking her chest with pride, probably thinking my silence meant sheād won. Women are scary, arenāt they?
But Iām not shaken. By all means, go right ahead. Be my guest.
As long as I get fed and donāt starve, thatās good enough for me. And if sheās really as confident as she looks, maybe it is okay to let her handle the bedroom duty from now on.
Of course, I still need to lay some groundwork to make sure I donāt get tossed aside completely, but having someone else take over the hardest, most painful part? Thatās huge.
This worldās civilization level is kind of like Earthās late medieval to early modern era. Thanks to magic, itās not quite ancient history tier, though.
Even so, this house has heating, cooling, and even a refrigerator. And Master earns a pretty decent income.
Like I said earlier, itās not extravagant, but compared to ordinary folks, we get to eat hearty, high-quality meals every day.
If I got kicked out or sold off again now, I wouldnāt surviveāphysically or emotionally. If I want to live, I have to cling to Master. Laugh if you wantāIām a spoiled, useless elf now.
ahem Anyway, letās just let her handle tonightās service.
Master may be a degenerate perv, but heās not a bad person. And while his idea of ākindnessā is⦠off, itās not completely wrong. So I probably donāt need to worry about her safety.
I may still get summoned now and then, but a guyās bound to prefer someone with more curves than my pitiful body.
If, over time, Master starts choosing her over me more often, then the plan will be a success. I may have the heart of a boy, but Iāve never been okay with this nightly routine, just so weāre clear.
Getting used to something and wanting it are two very different things.
Thatās why Iām really counting on her. Iāll cheer her on wholeheartedly!
āDo your best, okay? Iām rooting for you!ā
āHuh? Uh, yeahāI mean, I will do my best! Not that I needed you to tell me that!ā
Wait⦠was that just my imagination, or�
"You both look great. Truly a feast for the eyes."
"Hehe."
"ā¦ā¦"
By evening, Master returned home with various items and clothes for the girl (her name turned out to be Lulu-chan).
Why are our maid uniforms matching? What kind of petty harassment is this? Is this some twisted plan to make us compare bust sizes and humiliate me?
Too bad for youāmy personality is male. Tactics like this donāt affect me in the slightest. Even if thereās an indecently bouncing pair of cat ears and boobs right next to me, it means nothing to me.
ā¦Goddammit.
Lulu-chan, dressed just like me, looked at my chest and gave me a smug little grin. I helped clean her up using the hot water we prepared, helped her get dressed, and then, as she tried to provoke me with her trembling little voice, I shoved her right into Master's room.
I brushed off the two pairs of hands trying to stop meāpretty forcefully, I might addāand told them plainly, "Well then, tonightās all yours!" With that, I wrapped up the dinner cleanup and household chores. Mission accomplished. Good job, me.
Now, time for bed⦠except, I donāt have one. My room still doesnāt have a bed. No matter how many times I say ājust let me sleep with you,ā he still wonāt buy me a personal bed.
Itās not even about the money at this point. One day Iāll convince him. But tonight, thereās nothing to be done.
Oh well, guess Iāll sleep on the sofa in my room. Itās reasonably soft, at least. And just not having that beast beside me makes it feel like I can sleep more peacefully than usual.
Sleeping alone for the first time in a while⦠Ahh, today and tomorrow are bound to be peaceful, calm days. Good night!
"NnyaaaaAAAAHH!? NyaānyAAAAAAHH!! H-Helpā! Heeelp meeeee!!"
ā¦Let me sleep, will you?
What the hell is that sadist doing in there? Wasnāt this her first time? Does he not understand what ātaking it easyā meansā¦?
I jolted upright and burst into Masterās bedroom. Lulu-chan went in there⦠probably about two hours ago?
As I flung open the door to the bedroomāfilled with increasingly frantic and wholly unbroadcastable soundsāI shouted:
"What are you doing to make her scream like that!? Are you okay!?"
"Whoa!? Wh-What theāoh, itās just Sora."
There I found Lulu-chan, in a state far beyond description. With tears brimming in her eyes, she looked straight at me as I burst in. Slowly, her trembling hand reached out toward me.
"H-Help⦠meeeā¦"
Uhhh⦠I mean, she was acting so confident earlier. I really wanted her to hold out a little longer.
But⦠she looks just like I did, back when no one helped me.
Leaving her like this would honestly hurt too much. And if she really got pushed all the way, no doubt sheād be utterly broken.
Ahh, if only I had the strength to turn my back on others.
"ā¦Gghhh⦠I-Itās the seniorās job to protect the newbie from the pervert boss, after all!"
"A-Auuh⦠Senpaaaiiiā¦"
"ā¦Why does it feel like Iām being painted as the villain hereā¦?"
To anyone with functioning eyes, you are obviously the villain, you goddamned Magical Excalibur!
Todayās the day I snap that thing in two!
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