Chapter 706: Beatrice’s Declaration
If we are leaving light, we don’t want to take too long on the way there or back. I had guests, Nord-san and others, and if I left too long, they would think I was irresponsible. As usual, we were going to take a horse-drawn carriage for our departure……but at the place where we left the carriage for the flight, the carpenters of the Blue Clan, including Elmo, had begun to build something new. ……What is this?
“What are you building?”
“Oh, it’s you. I was asked to do it by the White Clan Irina-sama”
Elmo shows us a drawing……or rather a little picture, that was spread out on one of the workbenches. It must have been drawn by Irina’s hand. It was a pen drawing with surprisingly firm strokes, depicting an oddly shaped hut-like structure.
“I was asked to make a prototype of something like a palanquin for transporting dragons to replace the horse-drawn carriage. I’ve been brainstorming with my fellow housekeepers and we just got the lumber in yesterday”
“They agreed to make one for me……”
“It’s still just a 『Try to make it』, though. I’ve never made a flying palanquin before, so I can’t say with confidence that I’m ready to let people ride in it. But the dragons at Misty Palace have agreed to help us test it, so we’re going to give it a try anyway”
“Thank you……”
“Oh, come on. I know you’ll be using it, but don’t be so embarrassed. It’s a request from White Clan Chief, and the reward is coming from Irina-sama, so it’s a proper job. And as you can see, it hasn’t even taken shape yet”
“T, Take your time. I’ll manage with the carriage for now”
I feel a bit reluctant to leave while they’re working, as it seems like I’m rushing them……but well, I guess there’s no point in being considerate. But Irina is a good handler in a strange way. I don’t know, she’s always been good with her hands. But in the end, the fact that the current carriages are not enough leads to the idea of a 「Flying Brothel」 and I wonder if it is too much to feel guilty about acting so fast only in such a place. I don’t think Elmo and his friends are aware of our intention of 「Having a vehicle that is more conducive to sex on the move」, right? Irina would not have been so open about it. ……Even at that, I feel uncomfortable because their smiles as they work happily seem to be a kind of knowing smirk.
“Hey, let’s get going”
“Are you sure you don’t want to wait until that one’s ready?”
Beatrice and Neia pull up their sleeves.
“No, we’re going in a regular carriage”
Elmo and the others notice my gaze and raise their hands lightly in the air, as if to say, go on, go on. I wonder how Beatrice and Neia look in their eyes. I wonder if I’m paying too much attention to them.
“I wonder what they think of you guys. ……I wonder if they think of you as 『Female slaves, so you’re probably going to get naked and copulate as soon as you fly away』.
I’m going to tell them that directly. The two of them each blushed a little.
“……W, Well, I guess that’s natural for female slaves……isn’t it?”
“Once again……it’s embarrassing to be bothered like that……isn’t it?”
Beatrice, who is reddening but commenting on her imagined treatment as a female slave, takes the position that it is natural and she doesn’t care, and Neia, who takes the position that she does care but keeps her comments light. It is a bit of a judgment call as to which one is in a more severe state as a female slave.
……No, well, I undressed them both when I got in the carriage, as I should have. I’m not busy until Kalwin.
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Maia grabs the carriage with me, Beatrice and Neia in it, and Emma follows behind, flying in the afternoon and arriving in Kalwin the next evening. We just had sex, fell asleep, had sex, ate, and had sex all the time in the carriage (no one was watching, so all three of us were naked most of the time in the end), but once again I admire the stamina of dragons that they have no problem flying all that time. That aside, neither Neia nor Beatrice could use any kind of magic to cover up, so when we arrived in Kalwin, Dianne greeted us first, but she frowned a little at the smell.
“……I know you’re not busy while you’re flying, but you smell like squid”
“……Excuse me”
“Wait a minute. It’s really bad to meet Duke and Brian like that”
As soon as we met again after a long time, Dianne worked hard to cover up our sex smell. I’m sorry…….
“……Beatrice is totally in this state after all”
“What?”
“No. I expected it, but I thought Andy was really good at taming wild horses”
Dianne smiled wryly as she wiped away Beatrice’s lewd scent.
“I wonder how many more there might be while I’m gone”
“…………”
“You increased……?”
“That……well, I guess I took them, to Polka, who were more of candidates”
“……Well, I hope Selenium isn’t mad. Too many women and you yourself won’t have time to do the work you love, you know?”
Dianne folds her arms and sighs. I’m really sorry. No, I don’t think it’s something I should be apologizing for.
“It’s been a while, Beatrice and Neia. ……You’ve both become even more beautiful”
Brian said this with a sincere tone. The audience chamber. High Priest Duke……the acting king, sat on the throne, and Brian stood next to him. The two of them are still not used to the position of king and prime minister, but it seems that Dianne and the bureaucrats of each country are making them play it out well under their guidance. Eventually, they plan to reverse their positions. High Priest Duke has no intention of changing his position as the acting king, and he intends to have Brian crowned as soon as his resolve is solidified. I think he has the dignity of a king. High Priest Duke. Anyway, when Brian says that the two of them have become 「More beautiful」, he doesn’t mean that they’ve become more beautiful because they know how to have sex, but because they’ve become more polished through Polka dancing. Thanks to giving up her hat, Neia has become less boyish and more feminine, but to be honest, Beatrice’s change is even more remarkable. Even when she was here, Beatrice was a crude warrior girl with no awareness of being a woman, and could only be described as a rough country vagrant in appearance. But after living in Polka, she had a cleanliness that would have made her look like an aristocrat. In fact, it is rare to find a town where bathing culture is as active as in Polka, and living there for a while not only took care of her old wounds and rough skin, but also made her hair, which used to be so wild and floppy, so supple and beautiful that she could comb it without resistance, which is a very big part of her feminine charm. As Linda-san said, it is true that a woman’s hair is her life. Even a rambunctious girl with perfectly coiffed hair is a woman who must be considered as a woman. Of course, in addition to this, her nutritional condition has improved considerably due to living in Polka, where food is plentiful, and her whole body has become more feminine and rounded. It’s not so much that she’s fat now, but the original Beatrice gave the impression of being a skinny dog. It’s partly due to her attitude, though.
“Polka’s a nice place. You should come here once, Brian”
Beatrice said a little proudly. But Brian smiled wryly and replied.
“I’m still learning. I’m too embarrassed to go out until I’ve mastered it. I’m learning a lot, and it’s making me realize how ignorant I really am”
“You make it sound like we’re the ones who should be embarrassed”
“I don’t know about this, but I’m sure you’ve been embarrassed in quite a few ways”
“……What a jerk”
Beatrice’s mouth agape, Brian and the acting king Duke laughed.
“I’m sure you had a good time out there. ……So, Beatrice. You now know more about the outside world than anyone else in Kalwin besides Neia. There are many positions in Kalwin that should be filled by someone with that kind of insight. It may be a bit much for a fifteen year old who has done nothing but wield swords, but I’m sure you’d be happy to work in the castle for the good of your homeland…….”
“Ah, I don’t think that’s quite possible”
“……Beatrice. Think about it for a moment. Anyway, this is about you as the king’s representative……as an official request from the country”
Duke is confused by Beatrice’s casual refusal to work at the castle. But Beatrice shakes her head.
“I’m sorry. ……I’m already a female slave”
“………….”
The air stopped, and for about 30 seconds neither Acting King Duke nor Brian moved an inch. Then, as if in accord, they both pointed at Beatrice and me in the same confused manner, 「A, ah, eh……yeah?」 and other indistinct noises, looking at each other in confusion. Dianne, who was standing behind me, sighed.
“I knew this was going to happen……”
“………….”
I’m sure it will be. I had kind of expected it.
“What are you going to do, Andy?”
“……Well, I’m……going to take Beatrice as my female slave now that she’s interested……”
“Interested!”
Brian finally says something that makes sense.
“A female slave……well, so, you mean, Beatrice……is treated like a livestock used only for making babies!?”
“……To put it simply”
“Even you have things you can and can’t do! After all, Beatrice is a hero!”
“I’m actually already a female slave……”
Neia declares timidly, blushing. They stop again with their mouths open. ……The eyes turn towards me like a screw.
“…………Hey!”
“What do you want to do with Kalwin!?”
“Emm…….”
What am I going to do? What am I going to say to cut through all this? ……I was thinking, but Dianne intervened.
“Everyone can choose how to live, have children with whom they like, and live their lives with love. It is the immediate goal of this country to realize such 『Natural Freedom』 in the outside world. But what is the point of not allowing them to do so?”
“But is it freedom to be a slave, or is it freedom to be treated like livestock for the sake of procreation!?”
Brian, who was originally a slave of sorts to the entire nation and therefore does not have the word slave in his Kalwin, but only the knowledge that it is a terrible word, does his best to try to refute the idea.
“…………”
Dianne was a little troubled. But Beatrice was proud.
“I’m going to have a lot of sex with this guy, I can’t help it!”
“…………”
Brian was so imposing that he lost sight of the words he should have said. In the first place, Kalwin has made sex too much of a poor culture and has not been able to construct a morality that allows him to properly preach against this kind of perverted desire. In Kalwin’s view, sex and procreation are things that you are forced to do at a certain point in your life, and it does not mean that you can live happily with a particular partner, and moreover, the child is forced to stay in a nursery and you do not care what happens to it afterwards. Of course, being tied up for the rest of one’s life can be defined as inhumane, but how can I point out the wrongness in the behavior of someone like Beatrice, who openly expresses her sexual desires and asks me for them in a dizzying way? The gap between common sense and the outside world and our remoteness to the insane world, a gap on two levels, made Brian look desperate. And the acting king Duke looks at a loss.
“……Even at a hundred steps, what are we to do if you give Beatrice to that side?”
“I’ll let Andy negotiate with the others to make up the difference. That would be fine. We’ll work out a deal with the dragon palace and I’ll be responsible for moving the immigration to Trot. That should be enough work for one Beatrice”
“Dianne”
“You’ve put up such a good fight. I’ll take at least one more for the spoils of war”
……The battle with Rainer is already a thing of the past for me, but for Dianne who’s still stuck here, it’s still the latest, I think. But Beatrice is a spoil. Spoil, huh.
“……We should have kept Herman, Brian”
“……No, emm, that’s not the point……”
“We have no choice but to give up. With Beatrice like that”
Beatrice clung to my arm tightly and stuck her tongue out at Brian and Duke. ……Brian, you were fond of Beatrice, weren’t you? I’m sorry. No, it’s really a little late now, but.