(Chastity Reversed) I'm Sorry, My Lady. I Had Sex With Another Woman Again - Chapter 72: Four Heavenly Kings 'Louise'

“Wh-what is this…?”

One of the Four Heavenly Kings, Louise, was surprised.

She had come to request rescue assistance from the city to clean up after Eil’s blunder.

When she arrived at the port town of Rixaal, there was a sight before her eyes that she had never seen before.

It was ships—a massive fleet of ships.

Magic-powered vessels that required considerable expense to set sail. They lined up so densely they seemed to fill the entire harbor.

At the prow of the ships, flags of trading companies representing the port city, including the ‘Ebon Trading Company,’ were raised.

“…We will now begin the search! Navigate in your assigned directions and investigate traces of the missing students! Also, if found, rescue them! Now, go!”

At the signal of orders heard from far away, the massive number of ships that seemed ready to collide began their voyage.

Hearing this and witnessing it firsthand, the inner feelings of Four Heavenly King Louise were far from calm.

(Th-the search has already begun?! And on such a large scale?!)

For her, who was trying to rescue the students to clean up after Eil, the city’s movement wasn’t bad.

It was much better than having students die and later having it discovered that it was Eil’s fault.

—However, if the city took the lead in conducting the search, that would create its own problems.

(Th-this is bad. At this rate, I won’t be able to silence them, and the fact that they were saved under Four Heavenly King leadership will disappear…)

Louise’s scheme.

It was either to silence the students, or to manipulate information so that the fact they were attacked by Eil never happened.

Or, if Eil’s misdeeds couldn’t be hidden, at worst, she would use the fact that Louise, a Four Heavenly King, had rescued the students to appeal that the [Demon Lord’s Army excluding Eil] was still functioning normally.

In any case, these were goals that couldn’t be achieved unless Louise was involved in the rescue.

“Wh-who could have done such a thing?”

That’s exactly why the city’s large-scale search for the students made her expression bitter.

“…I’ll go meet with the city’s representative. It seems there are various things I need to discuss.”

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“I-I’ll call the representative immediately. Please wait a moment.”

“Yes, please do.”

The great merchant, Ebon.

I had learned about thirty minutes ago that this person was the central figure in the search.

I, Louise, had come to meet Ebon, passing through a palace-like great hall to arrive in front of the mansion where she was said to be.

From what I heard, Ebon owned multiple villas besides this place.

It made sense, given that she could command that many ships. Still, why she would do such a thing remained unclear.

There are various things I need to ask…

“Whew…”

Sitting on a bench placed in front of the mansion, I let out a big sigh alone.

…I’d been constantly moving lately.

Leading subordinates, chasing after Eil. Getting tossed by the great wave Eil had probably unleashed, nearly being shipwrecked. Even doing diving-like activities to save the students.

Honestly, I was exhausted.

To the point where I wanted to throw everything away and live in the countryside.

…But I couldn’t abandon my older sister, the Demon Lord. And I was worried about my niece Teresa, who was still sleeping.

And once I became a Four Heavenly King, I had to fulfill those duties.

“Whew…”

In the end, I had no choice but to do it.

I hadn’t been able to sleep properly lately.

Even so, I was the only one who could do it.

I cast those feelings into the sky with my breath.

“Um, are you alright?”

“…???”

Such a gentle voice called out to my right ear as I gazed at the sky.

“Could you possibly be someone cooperating with the search…?”

What? When I turned that way, there was—

“I-if you’d like, please use this!”

A man I’d never seen before, so beautiful, was holding out a fluffy towel toward me.

“Uh, eh…? Eh…!!!”

Into my field of vision—I, who had virtually no experience with men—a handsome man about my age, in his early twenties, entered. He was… very, very sexy.

He wore something like a bathrobe, a bathing garment. Through the loose gaps, his incredibly erotic nipples were slightly visible.

His body seemed to have just bathed, holding warmth. Even from a slight distance, his heat reached me.

Just thinking that this heat touching my skin was his made me tremble.

He thrust out the towel while gazing at me.

I unconsciously looked back and forth between his adorably cute face like a small animal and the nipples at his chest.

“Th-that is, you are…?”

“I was shipwrecked at sea a little while ago, and I’m being taken care of here now! Um, I saw that your hair was wet, so I thought at least this much…”

“Wet…? Ah…!”

When he told me, I noticed.

Perhaps because I’d been in the sea until just now, or because I’d been moving around in this heat—when I touched my hair, it was soaked enough to drip on my hand with sweat and seawater.

“S-so, if you’d like, please use this!”

“Th-thank you very much…”

He handed me the towel with gestures like a club manager.

To me—ugly, never popular, always getting flustered when talking to men—without showing any disgust, with a smile.

(Wh-what kind of person is this…?)

His outfit was like a male prostitute’s, yet his face suggested an innocent young man.

The gap between his sexy body and gentle expression. Being treated kindly by him, both erotic and pure, made my head spin.

He was a mysterious person.

I became curious about him.

“Um, about the shipwreck you mentioned—could you possibly also be related to the academy…?”

“Yes, I was on a ship when we were suddenly attacked, and when I came to, I was here.”

“I see…”

He was also a victim attacked by Eil. Seeing his face cloud over made my chest ache with guilt.

He had also drifted here to this town…

If I had been able to stop Eil, he might not have suffered.

Thinking about that made me feel sorry.

(…No, wait.)

At that moment, a certain thought occurred to me.

This kind man who gave a towel to wet me.

Why was he now dressed like a male prostitute…? I had a very bad feeling.

“Um, may I ask your name? And if you don’t mind… if you wouldn’t dislike it, I’d like to hear your story too.”

“Ah, yes! I’m Sim—”

“—Boichi-san, why are you here? ♪ I told you not to leave the mansion, didn’t I?”

Suddenly, as if interrupting the conversation between him and me, a woman’s voice called from the side.

When I turned that way, a black-haired ugly woman with subordinates was standing there. …Younger than I’d imagined, but she was probably Ebon.

“Ah, Owner. I’m sorry. This person’s hair was wet, so I thought at least a towel…”

“…There won’t be a next time. Now, please return quickly, Boichi-san.”

“Yes, sorr~y.”

Boichi.

That unfamiliar name seemed to be his.

The man called that bowed to both me and Ebon and returned to the mansion as if escaping.

“Ah…!”

For some reason, I became incredibly angry at this woman who had interrupted my conversation with Boichi-san.

“Are you Ebon…? Even though I, Louise, summoned you, you kept me waiting quite a while. Do you lack awareness as a citizen of the demon country?”

“…Well, well, Four Heavenly King Louise-sama. It’s our first meeting, I’m called Ebon. I was terribly rude. A woman came all soaked and dripping ♪ I thought she might be some vagrant. That’s why I was late. Sorry ♪”

Boichi-san walking toward the mansion.

Ebon standing to block that.

I glared hard at the face of the interloper who smiled with insolent politeness.

“—So, what exactly does Louise-sama want?”

“Well, there are various things I’d like you to tell me, various things…”