Vol 3 Chapter 28: The Nymphomaniac Known as the Virgin Slayer

…How did it come to this?

I could understand why the female knight and the archer, after fixing their clothes, were now sitting in seiza on the ground.

──But why am I sitting here in the same position?

“Um… everyone?”

“Be quiet.”

“Shut up.”

“Shin, let’s stay silent for now, okay?”

“…Yes.”

As soon as Lena returned to normal, I, along with the two nymphomaniacs, was made to kneel on the ground. The three girls stood above us, glaring down.

“So, first of all, you two nymphomaniacs. Who are you?”

“Ni… nymphomaniacs? That’s uncalled for──”

“──Sorry, but could you kindly just answer the question?”

It seemed Nina had the same impression as me. Honestly, anyone who saw them in that state would naturally assume they were either nymphomaniacs or exhibitionists.

As the female knight tried to argue back, Lena silenced her with soft yet overwhelming pressure in her tone.

“W-we’re part of a party called The Seekers of Sakura…”

“And how many are in your party?”

“J-just the two of us. I’m Chris, the knight, and…”

“I’m Lala, the archer~!”

Only now did I learn their names. Of course, I had no idea what their party name even referred to.

“So then, why did you two do that to Shin? Care to explain? Depending on your answer… well, I think you know what might happen.”

“Lena, your Fire Magic is leaking. You might want to tone it down!”

Despite her polite tone, Lena’s words carried terrifying intensity. Flames began flickering from her right hand, radiating a searing heat.

“Uh, well, you see… it’s kind of…”

“…You know, like… we were searching for a boy’s… um… first time?”

“Ohhh, I see. A boy’s first time… so, Shin’s first, huh…?”

The flames in Lena’s right hand flared even higher, like a bonfire being fed more wood.

“Lena! Calm down! I understand—I really do, but let’s put out the fire for now, okay?”

It was surprising—and a bit funny—to see Nina, who usually teased and toyed with everyone, now scrambling to de-escalate the situation.

When I let a small smile escape, Alice immediately shot me a sharp glare.

“Shin. Do you think this is someone else’s problem?”

“N-not at all, ma’am!”

Her sharp tone made me bow my head while still seated. Her piercing voice struck not only my body but my very soul.

Thanks to Nina’s intervention, Lena finally withdrew her magic. Nina then turned to Chris and Lala, speaking hurriedly.

“So? You saw an available virgin and decided to attack him? …Yeah, that’s 100% nympho behavior, isn’t it?”

“Uh, w-well, you see? Usually, people are really happy about it. Even though he was saying no, his body was clearly enjoying it…”

“…You two are habitual offenders? You’re complete perverts, aren’t you?”

Lala’s confession left Nina muttering in disbelief.

“N-no, no! You see, we’re more like… kind ladies fulfilling our noble duty of gently guiding young, innocent boys into adulthood! We dedicate ourselves to the healthy development of this town!”

“Haah… You know, proper ladies don’t go around assaulting men in public.”

Chris passionately defended herself, but Alice dismissed her with words laced with disdain and a scornful gaze.

I cursed myself for initially thinking they might be good people. It was clear now that they were nothing more than complete perverts.

“For now… shall we turn them over to the knights’ order?♪”

Lena announced this with a twisted smile that sent chills down my spine. Both nymphomaniacs flinched visibly.

“W-wait! Captain, please—anything but the knights’ order! Please don’t send us there!”

“If we’re caught again… this time, the captain will beat us to a pulp and throw us in jail for sure…”

“Huh? You two know someone in the knights’ order?”

Hearing them mention their captain, Nina latched onto the lead and pressed them for answers.

“Well, you see… we used to be in the knights’ order a few months ago.”

“But then the lord suddenly pressured the order to downsize, and because of that, we were dismissed… so we became adventurers~.”

The lord’s sudden change of heart a few months ago… and they lost their jobs because of it?

If their story was to be believed, these two might be indirect victims of Reia as well.

The knights’ order represents pride and dedication. For people once affiliated with such a noble organization to stoop to such indecent and immoral actions, perhaps they had been mentally cornered in some way.

“U-um… did Chris-san and Lala-san start doing things like this because of that incident?”

I timidly raised my hand and asked the two.

Thinking about it, it seemed unthinkable that such beautiful women would go around assaulting men while in a normal state of mind.

“…No, we’ve been doing this since our time in the knights’ order.”

“Yep, we’ve already ‘taken’ quite a few of the town’s boys~!”

…They were born perverts.

“The Reason We Were Dismissed? Well, It Was Convenient to Downsize the Order After Our Misconduct Was Discovered.”

“Right? Who would’ve thought we’d actually get caught~?”

They were hopelessly irredeemable perverts.

“These two…! Alright, I guess we can’t just let them roam free, can we?”

Just as we were reaching a unanimous decision to hand them over to the knights’ order…

“W-wait! That’s it! I’ve got some information about the lord—exactly what you were looking for! How about you let us off the hook in exchange for it?!”

Chris’s desperate plea brought us all to a halt.

It was exactly the kind of information we were dying to get our hands on, the kind we’d give anything for. And now they were offering to trade it for their freedom.

I couldn’t deny it was tempting, though my gut told me not to agree. One person, however, seized the opportunity.

“Fine. But if the information turns out to be trivial… you know what’ll happen, right?”

Alice’s piercing glare, emanating from her youthful face, was sharp enough to cut through steel.

I could tell she was wrestling with her sense of justice, but the bigger picture forced her to make a difficult decision.

Chris and Lala nodded vigorously in response.

“Alright, here’s what I know. First, about the strange things that have been happening around the lord recently—”

Chris and Lala, even after being dismissed, had apparently been investigating the lord’s affairs on their own.

Despite being perverts who preyed on innocent boys, it seemed they retained some sense of justice and were alarmed by the sudden changes in town.

“The first thing I saw was an unfamiliar, stunningly beautiful woman who frequently entered and left the lord’s manor—”

Chris described a silver-haired woman with an otherworldly beauty that even a self-proclaimed “virgin hunter” like her couldn’t help but admire.

She wore a jet-black dress, and her figure—larger bust than Lena’s, a slender waist, and full hips—was as seductive and divine as an angel painted on a masterpiece.

“…She sounds familiar,” Alice muttered under her breath, so softly no one else seemed to notice.

Lala, unaware of Alice’s murmur, continued her story.

“When I heard about it, I started observing the lord’s manor at night—y’know, since I’m an archer, my eyesight’s really good!”

Lala recounted what she saw: the mysterious woman engaging in carnal acts with the manor’s servants. Not just one or two, but many.

It was a depraved scene—she would seduce them, push them down, and seemingly extract something from their bodies in an intensely lewd and aggressive manner.

“And after they were… uh, done, all the men would stand up like puppets, nodding eerily at the woman. Creepy, right? I mean, forcing yourself on someone is awful, don’t you think~?”

Considering the source, it was hard not to roll my eyes at the hypocrisy. But regardless, it seemed that all the men in the manor had fallen prey to the silver-haired woman and were now utterly obedient to her.

“I also spoke to some of the maids who had been dismissed from the manor, but… unfortunately, all they knew was that the lord had been acting strange lately. They were suddenly fired without explanation. It’s tragic how fragile their livelihoods are.”

While the maids’ plight was indeed pitiful, it was difficult to muster any sympathy for Chris and Lala. Holding back my frustration, I focused on listening to the rest of their story.

“Some merchants were also seen being lured in by the silver-haired woman. They’d bring her jewels and other valuables and visit the manor multiple times.”

“And… that’s about all we’ve managed to uncover. Was that helpful?”

Chris spoke with a confident tone, but her teary eyes begged for mercy.

“Yes, you’ve provided valuable information. …As promised, we’ll let you off this time.”

“Thank goodness! We did it, Chris!”

Lala hugged her partner’s shoulder, and for a brief moment, the scene looked like a wholesome display of friendship. But considering their crimes, it was hard to feel anything but discomfort.

“Um, may I ask one more thing before you go?”

“What is it? Oh, wait—don’t tell me you want to continue where we left off~?”

“Oi.”

“Don’t push your luck.”

“Heh… I’ll kill you.”

“U-understood. So, uh, what do you want to know?”

Chris shrank under the icy glares of the three girls, which could rival the chill of ice magic itself.

“It’s about the lord’s daughter—Miss Mio.”

“The lord’s daughter…?”

“Huh? Uh, who’s that?”

My question seemed to confuse the two of them. Maybe I hadn’t explained it clearly enough?

“I’m talking about Mio Requille, the only daughter of Lord Ruflas Requille.”