Help! My Overprotective S-Rank Master Who Loves Me Too Much Won't Let Me Go on Quests! - Chapter 27: Let\'s Hear Etenela\'s Story!

Chapter 27: Let’s Hear Etenela’s Story!

“Etenela-san! I’m being blinded by dark magic, and I’m not sure if that person is still here, but if they are, please run!”

“What are you saying…? Maybe you just haven’t realized it…? I was planning to deceive you and ambush—”

“The person holding me should be using both hands to restrain me, so they shouldn’t be able to move… so, please, run!”

I didn’t know what had happened… but I knew what I had to do now.

That was… to ensure Etenela-san’s safe escape from this place.

Since we had eaten together earlier, I thought my stamina would last a while. If I could somehow hold out here long enough, Aria-san and the others might return to the carriage nearby and notice the magical presence in this alley!

As I pondered this, the force restraining my arm from behind weakened slightly, so I seized the opportunity to grab the arm of the person restraining me and restrain their arms in turn.

And at the same time, the dark magic on me dissipated.

“The dark magic has lifted… Please be qui— huh?”

With the dark magic dispelled, I finally saw the person restraining me.

What immediately caught my eye were the black wings and two horns on her head… It was something I’d just recently seen… Where was… Right! It was that female officer from the Demon King’s Army!

…But why was she here…!?

…Though I was initially surprised seeing her from behind, upon closer thought, she might just be of the same species as that female officer from the Demon King’s Army.

While still restraining the woman’s arms, I checked her face.

“Huh?”

With long ears and a captivating beauty that seemed insanely captivating, her face… was the same as Etenela-san’s, whom I had just recently spent some time with… but the big difference this time was the two horns and black wings. So, this person was indeed the same as that female officer from the Demon King’s Army.

“…What’s going on? You’re Etenela-san, right?”

Etenela-san showed no signs of any panic despite being fully restrained, choosing to remain silent instead.

“Etenela-san, why would you do this?”

When I asked, Etenela-san looked up at the sky after a brief silence and spoke.

“At first, I thought I would deceive you and easily defeat you to keep you under my control… but when I saw you genuinely concerned about me… I don’t know, this feeling… It’s the first time I’m feeling something like this too, and I don’t really understand it, but I felt like I didn’t want to betray your kindness.”

Etenela-san continued, lowering her head.

“I won’t resist, so you can defeat me if you want. If you take me, you’ll gain money and popularity, right? Until now, I’ve felt irritated when humans defeated me, thinking they would have a good time… but if you can be happy by defeating me, then maybe it’s okay… It’s the first time I’ve felt this way… In the end, you’ve given me a lot of firsts.”

After hearing all of this, I couldn’t see Etenela-san as the female officer from the Demon King’s Army anymore.

Still restraining Etenela-san’s arms, I released her hands.

“Huh?”

To the bewildered Etenela-san, now freed from restraint, I conveyed.

“In the briefing for the Demon King’s Army officer subjugation quest, I heard that you were planning to attack the town… Is that true?”

“…It is.”

“Then, please don’t do such things anymore… I’m sure Etenela-san doesn’t really want to—”

“I can’t.”

…Can’t?

“Why not?”

“I’m a succubus, so I need to regularly take the magic or life force of human men to survive… I can survive for a while without human men if I take their life force, but because of the method, I can’t bring myself to take it from uninterested human men, so I’ve never done it before.”

The life force of human men and the method to take it…?

There were still many things I didn’t understand, but for now… after hearing her story, there was one thing I was sure of.

“Etenela-san, you don’t really want to attack the town, do you?”

“Yeah… but if I don’t, I won’t be able to survive, so even if you let me go, I’ll have to somehow obtain the magic of human men.”

“In that case, it’s simple… From now on, I’ll give you my magic.”

“Huh…!?”

Etenela-san, who had been calm during our conversation until now, was quite surprised by my proposal.

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