A Story of a Male Knight (Not a Female Knight) in a Chastity-Reversed World ~The Girls Are So Afraid of Being Disliked That a “Kukkoro” Scene Never Happens~ - 12-13

Chapter 12: The True Value of My Unique Magic

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A day had passed since my unique magic had activated.

“Ray-sama. Are you starting with running again today?”

“Yeah. I have to become stronger.”

I recalled what happened before time rewound.

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That place was called the World of Cherry Blossoms.

I was drained four or five times right there by the aroused girl. When I tried to escape during her breaks, I was caught and dragged back to a Japanese-style house, where I was drained again. When morning came, my arms and legs were bound, and I was confined. Every time she came, she did it again and again…

“I’m here again today~”

“…Let me out of here.”

“No~♡ You’re going to live here as my boyfriend forever♡”

“Ku… Just kill me…”

“I told you, that’s not happening. You should have defeated me. I even cheered you on with ‘Do your best!’ But it’s your fault for being so weak, you know?”

“Ku…”

“It’s okay. I’ll make sure you don’t die. I’ll make you happy—even if it means you’ll never leave this place. You’ll live here forever as my husband. I’ll keep tormenting you for the rest of your life.”

I heard a snap inside my heart, and my head drooped limply. I was broken by the girl and gradually fell into the depths of pleasure.

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If I had been strong back then, I wouldn’t have been kukkoro-ed. That was why I had to keep training.

“Ehh-ho, ehh-ho.”

As I ran, I thought things through. I had organized the information about the activation conditions of my unique magic yesterday. As a result, I concluded that it activated after I was kukkoro-ed.

When Elsa-san attacked me, it was a kind of kukkoro situation, but it didn’t activate then, nor did it activate immediately after the girl attacked me. It only activated after I truly thought from the bottom of my heart, “…ku, kill me.” Only once I genuinely felt that way, submitted, and fell into pleasure did it activate.

Surely, the magic only activated after I experienced true kukkoro in my heart and the event had concluded into a kukkoro situation. That was the ability of my unique magic. It was an extraordinary power, but its true value lay elsewhere.

“What!? 1.5 kilometers in six minutes!? Ray-sama, that’s amazing!?”

Before time rewound, my time during Mother’s test had also been six minutes. Yesterday, I found it odd that I didn’t feel very tired after running, so I tried other training like strength exercises. Despite my body not having grown yet, my performance was the same as before time rewound, both in muscle strength and cardio.

My body had reverted, but my memories and abilities were carried over. That was the true power of my unique magic. This power was incredible. I was clueless back then, but now I understood why the Mikado had praised my ability so highly.

But this magic was something only I could truly master. The memories of falling into pleasure remained. My current mind wasn’t succumbing to pleasure, so the current me hadn’t fallen to pleasure, but… The memories were still firmly in place. The memories could’ve easily turned into trauma, or left me trapped in fear. 

But I was fine. Why? Because it was a kink for me. For me, it felt more like, “Ah, I had a weird but nice dream~” so it didn’t bother me at all.

That said, it was just a silver lining—I had no desire to be kukkoro-ed. The fear and despair I felt were real, and I never wanted to experience them again. More than anything, I couldn’t let my own weakness and incompetence rob me of my future as a knight.

“Elsa-san. Please teach me swordsmanship strictly.”

I bowed my head. If things stayed as they were, I’d just be kukkoro-ed by that girl again in the future. I had to become stronger before that happened.

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Chapter 13: I Won’t Let It Happen Again

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Two weeks had passed as I continued my training to ensure I would never be kukkoro-ed again.

I had already been doing uncompromising training before, but this time it wasn’t something so soft—I pushed myself far beyond my limits with extreme training.

“R-Ray-sama, you’re amazing…”

I thrust my practice sword at Elsa-san’s throat.

“Splendid!! Genius!! Ray-sama, the ultra-handsome boy swordsman! You’re just too wonderful!!”

“You’re exaggerating~”

I said that, but inside I clenched my fist in a small victory pose at getting my first point with the sword. My growth rate was extraordinary. That wasn’t due only to my own efforts. It was the effect of my Unique Magic. Time had been rewound, and while my abilities carried over, the amount of growth possible had reset, so the improvement was incredible.

To use an analogy, it was like I had retained the abilities of a level 80 but had returned to level 1.

When I leveled up, the higher I went, the more experience I needed to advance. The amount of status I gained from leveling up had remained the same, and getting to level 20 had cost much less than pushing from 80 to 81. This allowed me to grow stronger faster.

In just that way, I was clearly growing. My strength already didn’t match my slender body, and it was the same for my technique. When I was taught how to grip the sword, I could instantly understand why it was done that way, and felt myself improving faster.

“Elsa-san, let’s go one more round, please.”

“Hauu… To think the day would come when a man would ask me for ‘one more time’… Ah, I could die happy…”

So Elsa-san said as we devoted ourselves to our sword training.

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Then, two weeks later, the day came for Mother to assess me.

“…Amazing. Your growth is unbelievable, Ray. Just how much training did you do to reach this level? No, that’s not it—this isn’t something sheer effort could achieve. It’s talent.”

Her reaction was completely different from last time. It was clear Mother now recognized my abilities. Until this day, I had trained relentlessly. While my Unique Magic played a big part, I had put in several times more effort than before as well.

Unlike last time, when I couldn’t lay a finger on her, I now had the confidence that I could truly compete against her.

“Ray. Then show me your swordsmanship. A knight’s life depends on their sword. If your fundamentals are lacking, all your other efforts will be wasted.”

Holding the practice sword Elsa-san prepared, I faced off against Mother, who also held a practice sword.

“Attack me with everything you have for three minutes. I will judge you.”

I took a deep breath and focused my mind. This time was different. I raised my sword with confidence.

“Your stance is good. Just like everything else, you’ve acquired considerable skill as a knight.”

Mother’s expression was also different from before—she wore the face of someone ready for a true match.

“Now, come!”

With Mother’s shout, silver flashes danced as sparks flew. Our blades clashed in a deadlock, but Mother’s strength won out, and I was pushed back to my original position. But I immediately readied my sword for the second exchange, closing the distance before Mother could fully reset her stance.

I feinted an overhead attack, then swept at her shins. Using my short height, I executed a quick low slash, but she leapt back to dodge. Remaining low, I circled behind her and aimed a strike at the back of her head.

“Well done, Ray. You disappeared from my view for a split second at that low angle.”

“I’m not done yet!”

I showed the preliminary motion for a thrust, and before she could aim her sword at me, she tried to evade by shifting her weight. But instead of thrusting, I circled around to her back. I tried to exploit the awkward moment as she adjusted her footwork, but with expert movement, she faced me again, blocking my surprise attack. I followed with a horizontal slash, but she ducked to avoid it, and when I tried to strike her head, she escaped with a backstep.

“Thirty seconds remaining!”

Elsa-san’s voice rang out. Unlike before, she was deeply engrossed in the match. That was proof of how much stronger I’d become. Feeling the reality of my growth, confidence welled up inside me.

I could do it. I was sure I could land a decisive blow.

“Here I come!”

“Come!”

I unleashed a relentless barrage of strikes, not even giving her time to breathe as I pressured Mother. Again and again, I changed up my attacks, switching techniques and targeting different spots to find an opening.

5 seconds… 4… 3… 2… 1…

“Time’s up!”

Elsa-san’s voice called out just as my sword grazed Mother’s neck. A brief silence fell. Then—

“Ray. I acknowledge you as a knight.”

Mother smiled as she said those words.

Last time, I needed the result of my Unique Magic before Mother acknowledged me as a knight. But this time, I didn’t need it at all.  I had grown strong—truly strong!

My efforts to avoid being kukkoro-ed had paid off, and I felt so happy I could burst into dance.

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“Uuu… It feels sooo good, ahhh~… Hah!?”

“R-Ray-sama!? Hah… Hah… Could you please say that line again!? Wait, what just happened!? Are you alright!?”

I looked frantically around, realizing I was back in the mansion’s garden. I had… I had been kukkoro-ed again.

—Three times left.

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