All the Heroines Who Showed Their Overwhelming Emotions on Me Have Mentally Broken Down and Gone Insane, so Now My Only Choice Is to Pamper Them Endlessly to Avoid Total Chaos — Sweets Work Best on Lovesick Heroines

Chapter 11: Threat

The first thing I felt upon regaining consciousness was a dull pain in my buttocks. I seemed to be sitting on a hard floor. My legs stretched out in front of me, and my back rested against the wall.

The moment I tried to move–

A clanking of metal rang out.

“Huh…”

When I lifted my eyelids, my vision slowly came into focus. Iron shackles clamped around both my wrists, connected to the wall by thick chains. The same kind of shackles bound both my ankles. The chains were only about a meter long, making it impossible to walk around.

Where was this… a cell?

The room was enclosed by concrete-like walls. A bare bulb hung from the ceiling, casting a dim glow. It was just like a dungeon.

And then,

“Are you awake, Aotori?”

About three meters away from me stood a chair. Yami Ayakura sat there, her legs elegantly crossed as always.

In the corner of the room, the woman called Anzu waited as well.

“S-Senior…”

My voice came out hoarse.

“Where is this place?”

“Rest assured. It is the basement of my mansion.”

The senior answered matter-of-factly.

“Private property, you see.”

“That does not reassure me at all!”

No one would hear me if I called for help…

At any rate, the current Yami Ayakura was dangerous. Up until now, her odd behavior had caused no direct harm, but this was no longer something to brush off as a joke.

“Senior! You told Tendo before, right!? That you were a gentleman!”

“I did.”

“This is not gentlemanly; it is insane! This is not funny at all!”

Kidnapping. It was a clear crime. Tendo’s stalking seemed cute by comparison.

I was genuinely scared. My body trembled.

But the senior’s expression did not change in the slightest at my frightened state.

“I was too lenient.”

She said it in a flat tone.

“I should have done this from the beginning.”

“Huh…?”

“With Tendo on top of it, and now even that shameless childhood friend to deal with… I can no longer afford to choose my methods.”

So that was why the kidnapping?

…She was mad. Completely unhinged.

“Please calm down! If this turns into a police matter, your life is over, Senior!”

“Is that a threat?”

“I am just stating the obvious!”

The senior let out a small laugh. It was refined, but her eyes did not smile.

“Who will report it? You are right here.”

“…………”

Indeed, at least for now, people would just think I skipped school. There would not be any fuss until nightfall.

“That said, we should contact the school. Anzu.”

“Yes, miss.”

“Contact the school that he will be absent. Use Aotori’s voice to convey it, and mention him as well.”

What did she mean by my voice…?

“Understood. What reason shall I give?”

“Anything, like a cold.”

“As you wish.”

The woman in the suit bowed and left. The iron door creaked shut behind her.

We were alone now. The dim bulb cast eerie shadows across the senior’s face.

“――――”

The senior made a face as if she had noticed something. She reached into the pocket of her uniform and pulled out a familiar smartphone case. It was my phone.

“When did you–!”

“I borrowed it in the car.”

The senior tapped the screen. It should have required a passcode…

“Uh, why can you operate it so normally?”

“As if I would not know Aotori’s password.”

There was no privacy at all.

“Oh my.”

The senior furrowed her brows as she looked at the screen.

“Messages from the two of them have already come in. And in massive quantities.”

From Tendo and Iori, probably…

After scrolling through, the senior spoke in a low voice.

“You are quite the heartthrob, Aotori.”

At that moment, the senior’s expression shifted to something terrifying for an instant.

“It makes me jealous.”

“Eek…”

The face of a woman driven mad by jealousy. She quickly returned to her cool demeanor, but that single moment stuck in my mind and would not leave.

“But now you can relax. I have blocked and deleted both of them.”

“What!?”

Blocking and deleting those two would definitely cause trouble later. But right now was not the time to worry about the future.

–She would kill me.

That was the atmosphere hanging in the air at this moment.

I had to do something quickly…

“Now the pests are gone.”

In the next instant, the senior hurled the phone to the floor.

“Eek…!”

Crash!

The screen shattered. Then, standing from her chair, the senior ground it under the heel of her loafer.

Crack! Crunch, crunch!

She stomped on it repeatedly until it was completely destroyed.

“Ah… my phone…”

“Rest assured.”

The senior shook off the fragments stuck to her sole as if brushing away dirt.

“I will present you with the latest model right away.”

“You! Do you think saying ‘rest assured’ makes everything okay!?”

“Rest assured.”

The senior smiled. It was a chillingly beautiful smile, pregnant with madness.

“I do not need forgiveness.”

“Huh?”

“What I demand from you is subservience.”

“S-Subservience…?”

It was a word one rarely heard in everyday life.

“You mean become your slave?”

“I want you to look only at me, love only me, and live only for me. That is all.”

No… I did not want a life like a pet dog.

“The other day, I said the quickest way was for you to give me an answer, but let me correct that.”

She came right up to me and crouched down to match my eye level.

“This was the quickest way.”

Her slender fingers stroked my cheek.

“Aotori. Become mine.”

Even if I tried to pull away, the chains got in the way. My back hit the wall, and I could retreat no further.

“If you agree to love me, I will release you immediately. It is simple, is it not?”

“N-No… I refuse…”

“That is not the answer I seek.”

The senior positioned her legs in a V shape and straddled my lower body as I sat with my legs extended. Her breath brushed my face at this close range.

“It will be fine. You will surely become unable to say anything but yes in no time.”

What did that mean? Was she going to train me or something?

The senior casually reached into the breast pocket of her uniform. It was her usual graceful motion, as if retrieving a handkerchief.

But what emerged was not a handkerchief.

“S-S-Se-Senior… That is…?”

A plastic object. With a click-click, a silver blade appeared.

Yami Ayakura pointed the tip of the utility knife at me.

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[Raimu Tendo]

Dependency: ★★☆☆☆

Danger Level: ☆☆☆☆☆

Menhera: ☆☆☆☆☆