As a Reward for Saving the World, I Was Reincarnated Into a World Where Girls Are Super Aggressive and Chastity Roles Are Reversed!! …Or So I Thought, Until It Turned Out to Be an Overbearing Yandere Harem of My Former Companions Who Loved Me Too Much - 27

Chapter 27: VS Astaroth

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“Now, let us begin. The pitiful former hero, still lost in delusion…And the two maidens whose love for him twisted their hearts into ugliness. Show me—let me savor as you reveal your true natures to each other, and drown in despair!”

““Wh-what…!?””

Behind Astaroth’s triumphant laughter, Celestia and Silvia looked at me with faces dyed in despair.

A barrier that makes it impossible to lie? Something that troublesome actually exists?

“This is the kind of unique magic that demons specialize in… If that Astaroth guy loses his composure, a crack should appear, but…”

“Our opponent is a true demon. He’s probably well-versed in situations like this…”

Seeing Silvia—the magic expert—grimace, I knew this was bad. The only silver lining was that no monsters were nearby. Having to guard the unconscious Isabella on top of everything else would’ve been too much.

“Fufufu, then let us begin… With the pure and righteous Saintess. Hero, you believe this Saintess to be a chaste maiden who serves God with piety, don’t you? But the reality is…”

“W-what… What are you saying…?”

Astaroth’s voice grew sticky and insidious, and at his words Celestia’s face turned deathly pale, as if she had just heard her death sentence.

“Night after night, she calls out your name while pleasuring herself—nothing more than a lust-soaked wench! Fantasizing about being embraced by your strong body, falling into jealousy just from you speaking with another woman, cursing that woman in envy… Ah, such an unseemly, disgraceful sight for a Saintess, wouldn’t you say!”

“N-no, that’s not true…! I would never do something so indecent… Ah, but… But I do get excited remembering Kazuki-sama’s sculpted chest, and I have wished to be ravished in those strong arms! I… I imagined your wonderful body and… And used it to satisfy myself…”

Celestia’s face turned scarlet as if boiling over, and though she tried desperately to deny it, the power of Astaroth’s magic was overwhelming. What spilled from her lips were nothing but confessions that only poured fuel onto the fire.

“Celestia…”

“Uu… I can’t go on living after this…”

She covered her face with both hands, hiding from me, and hung her head in humiliation. Sure, she was acting kind of lewd, but to think she had been doing that with me in mind…

“That’s unforgivable, Astaroth! To expose a maiden’s secrets like this… You’re the lowest of the low! I mean, yes, I knew she was a closet pervert saintess, but there was no need to say it in front of Kazuki!!”

“Could you not call me a closet pervert saintess in front of Kazuki-sama!!”

Silvia cried out in anger, but Astaroth sneered and turned his fangs on her instead.

“Oh dear, then next shall be the genius mage. You’re just as bad, aren’t you? Spouting ‘It’s not like I’m doing this for you’ while in truth every action you took was out of concern for the Hero. Hating yourself for being unable to be honest, yet every time he acted sweet toward another woman, you burned with jealous flames! And all the while flaunting yourself as his fiancée, trying to one-up the other women and drag him off to the Elven village! Your foul mouth hides nothing but the truth: you are simply a Hero-loving girl who cannot admit her feelings!”

“Wha…! Th-that’s…! B-but Kazuki promised he’d act as my fiancé, so he has to keep his word… Mhmm!! He’s kind even to someone foul-mouthed like me, and he trusts me. He even risks danger for my sake… He belongs to me!! Ugh, damn it, why is the truth spilling out!”

Silvia too turned beet red, clutching her head. The usual sharp, aloof attitude was nowhere to be seen—what remained was just one flustered maiden. Both of them stared at me with desperate expressions, terrified of being despised now that their secrets had been laid bare. But I…Seeing it all… I felt a deep, deep understanding.

“…I see. So that’s how it was.”

At my calm words, Celestia, Silvia, and even the voice of Astaroth all let out a dumbfounded sound.

“Eh?”

I smiled at the two girls drowning in despair and declared with absolute confidence:

“Hey, you two. This isn’t something you need to agonize over.”

“B-but Kazuki-sama! I… I indulged in indecent fantasies unbefitting of a saintess…”

“Me too…! If you think I’m some clingy woman who wants to monopolize you, then…!”

“So what? I’m telling you, I don’t mind.”

I responded with a baffled expression.

“This world is one of reversed chastity, isn’t it? Men are rare, and it’s natural for women to approach them aggressively. Even if you are a saintess, Celestia, isn’t it only natural to feel a little lust when looking at someone like me, a precious man? Honestly, I’m happy you’d get that excited over me, and that gap between your pure image and your lewd side just makes you even more attractive.”

“Eh…? Kazuki-sama… You don’t despise me for being indecent… You even call me attractive…?”

Tears spilled from Celestia’s eyes. She must have long avoided those feelings, rejecting them as dirty, because of her Saintly image. When I smiled at her to reassure her, she looked shocked at first, then clung to me in tears.

Back in my previous life, every guy did at least indulge themselves in self-pleasure, and girls knew it. In this reversed chastity world, it was only natural for women to do the same.

“And Silvia, the same goes for you. Being possessive of me as your fiancé is only natural! To protect a precious man… Of course your love has to be that heavy! Sure, your words can be harsh, but I know you worry about me, and I can feel your trust. In the world I lived in, there’s a word ‘tsundere’ that describes a cute girl like you. And I like that!!”

“M-my… My heavy feelings make you happy…? Even though I’ve said so many awful things, you forgive me… And even say you like me…?”

Silvia looked up at me, eyes trembling with disbelief. Sure, she had spread rumors, acted jealous, and been heavy at times, but this was a reversed chastity world. With men scarce, it was only natural. And besides, I had promised to act as her fiancé.

Her inability to be honest only proved she was thinking about me, and that simply made me happy. Yes. Judged by the standards of this world, nothing about their actions was strange. Rather, they were only natural reactions toward someone as rare as me.

“So neither of you have anything to be ashamed of. If anything, I’m glad I got to see these unique sides of you.”

The moment I laughed it off, silence fell over the space where Astaroth lurked.

“Wh-why…? Why are you not shaken…? Not in despair…? Having learned the ugly truths of the women you trusted, why do you embrace it!? Furthermore, what is this ‘reversed chastity world’ he speaks of…!?”

Astaroth’s panicked voice rang out. His plan had been undone at its very foundation, overturned by the god who had remade this world into a reversed chastity world. Unlike us, the demon had not been granted that divine blessing. Their sense of value was still stuck in the past. And then…

“I see the opening!”

“I’ll back you up!!”

That brief crack formed by his agitation—there was no way the battle-hardened pair would let it slip by.

“Kazuki-sama… You truly accept even my ugly desires with love…”

“That’s right… You’ve always been like that. You accept even the troublesome parts of me…!”

From Celestia’s body, golden holy light burst forth. Around Silvia, green ancient runes blazed with dazzling brilliance.

“For the crime of exposing our secrets… Even if God forgives you, I will not!!”

“I’ll make you wish you were dead, you bastard!”

Their voices rose together, and Celestia’s torrent of holy light fused with Silvia’s spell of exorcism, swelling into a colossal energy that shook the very space before exploding. Cracks splintered through the white void with a grinding sound.

“Impossible…! My ‘Room of Truth’… To be destroyed so easily…!”

With Astaroth’s final scream, the world shattered like glass, and our consciousnesses were drawn back into the great hall of the mansion. There, before us, stood Astaroth himself—frozen in shock at the collapse of his barrier.

“Now then, it’s time you got payback for all the trouble you’ve caused, you eavesdropping demon bastard!!”

The counterattack had finally begun.

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