Chapter 9: Brushing the Flower

Mineki Shian took only her own luggage to her room.

“Oh, hey, take my stuff to that room for me.”

Shiga Inui had been trying to get one of the other servants to carry his luggage, but.

(Hey…) or so he’d thought, but Mineki Shian was standing right behind him with a clenched fist.

After her knuckles raised several bumps on his head, Shiga Inui took his luggage to his own room.

“…Oh? Is it that time already?”

Shiga Inui checked the clock and figured it was about time.

He approached Mineki Shian, who was acting as the Moving Foreman.

“Shian-chan, it’s about time I go get Lady Abarabana.”

It was about time to go and pick up the angel.

Mineki Shian glanced around.

“I see. It’s that time already.”

Mineki Shian said, wiping her forehead.

As she spoke, she used part of her clothing to dab the sweat from her skin.

“Don’t you dare make any detours.”

She said to him.

At her words, Shiga Inui gave her a troubled look.

“I won’t. What do you take me for?”

(How offensive) he thought.

After all, Shiga Inui didn’t have the money to go goof off even if he wanted to.

That was because Mineki Shian held the purse strings.

So, even if he thought about making a detour, he couldn’t.

She stared at Shiga Inui’s face for a moment.

Realizing he was being watched, Shiga Inui put on the best “cool guy” face he ever had, but.

“Complete scumbag.”

She insulted him with a scowl.

As if it were only natural, Shiga Inui nodded without seeming to mind at all.

“…Can’t say I disagree.”

A brief confrontation.

To bring things to a swift end, Mineki Shian made a shooing motion with her wrist.

“Now, get a move on.”

A gesture that seemed to say that just standing there was a bigger waste of time.

In response, Shiga Inui gave a ready nod and started to leave, but.

“Forgot something… Shian-chan.”

“What is it now, you…?”

She looked at Shiga Inui, wondering what he wanted this time.

And then, he held his palm out toward Mineki Shian.

For a second, she had no idea what that was supposed to mean.

“What’s with the hand?”

In response to her question, Shiga Inui gave a dopey grin and said.

“Well… money. I don’t have any, so I was hoping to use public transport…”

“…What kind?”

“A taxi.”

“Are you an idiot?! Don’t use something so extravagant! Here, I’ll give you a thousand yen. Go take the train!!”

She sent Shiga Inui off with what felt like a kick to the rear.

And so, clutching the thousand-yen bill, Shiga Inui went to pick up Abarabana Tenri.

Using public transportation—the train—Shiga Inui went to pick up Abarabana Tenri.

Abarabana Tenri was being held in a private detention facility.

Neutral organizations existed in the center of the city.

An information agency, a proxy war administration bureau, and an arms dealership.

The private detention facility was one of these institutions.

He spoke to a staff member at the detention center and entered the facility.

After filling out some simple paperwork, he confirmed which detainee he was there for.

“Ah, this is the one.”

From the inmate roster an official brought over, Shiga Inui pointed out Abarabana Tenri.

A door was then opened.

He was told to proceed further inside.

The security was tight.

Shiga Inui headed into the detention center.

He proceeded down a hallway and waited in a meeting room.

In the center of the room was a partition.

From his side, the world beyond the partition was the world of the captive.

From the captive’s side, the world beyond the partition was the outside world.

(Plastic, huh? Looks like it’d be easy to get out of here.)

As he stared at the transparent wall, thinking just that, the door on the facility side opened, and Abarabana Tenri emerged.

Leaning on a cane, she turned her face to Shiga Inui and muttered a bitter remark.

“It’s you…!”

Her expression soured.

Shiga Inui leaned toward her.

And then, he brushed his fingertips against the collar fastened around her neck.

That collar was the symbol of a master-servant relationship.

There was a possibility that Abarabana Tenri might rebel against Shiga Inui.

Therefore, the collar was a means to restrict her freedom to a certain degree.

And this collar was a special model.

She shook her head from side to side, trying to escape the touch of Shiga Inui’s hand.

“Please stop.”

At her behavior, like that of a cat who has yet to warm up to anyone, a smile couldn’t help but bloom on Shiga Inui’s face.

“I like that. That rebellious spirit. How should I put it… it gets me excited.”

Seeing his vulgar expression, she showed her disgust.

“…You’re the lowest.”

She spat the words at him.

Her impression of Shiga Inui was the absolute worst.

She was a victim of Shiga Inui’s assault.

He had stolen her purity by force.

“I will never forgive you… I will absolutely make you pay for the grudge I bear over you shattering my innocence.”

But at her hate-filled voice, Shiga Inui just snorted.

“You’ve got a lot of nerve for someone talking to their Goshujin-sama. Let’s see how long that pride of yours lasts… heh heh.”

Shiga Inui grinned, delighted to see the loathing on Abarabana Tenri’s face.

This was, without a doubt, more sexually stimulating.

It made him want to attack a cheeky woman like this and have his way with her by force.

He could never trust people who were amicable and agreeable with him from the start.

He, too, had a difficult personality.

After completing the various procedures, the transfer of Abarabana Tenri was complete.

Shiga Inui left the detention center with Abarabana Tenri in tow.

Having finished the paperwork, Shiga Inui stretched lightly and let out a breath.

“Aah… finally done.”

Shiga Inui thought that he never wanted to do annoying paperwork again.

(I should’ve just brought Mineki along to do the paperwork… Ahh, what a mistake.)

Thinking that, Shiga Inui turned around and faced Abarabana Tenri.

“Alright then… for starters.”

Shiga Inui immediately held a hand out toward Abarabana Tenri.

In response, Abarabana Tenri asked what his hand meant.

“…What is it? This hand?”

Abarabana Tenri couldn’t comprehend what meaning Shiga Inui’s hand was supposed to hold.

“Are you telling me to offer a paw? That I should be like a dog wagging its tail for its master? How utterly shallow. You have no intelligence. It’s like something an uncivilized brute would do to humiliate an opponent, making them act like a dog. You truly are a shallow person.”

As she scoffed at him, Shiga Inui told her she was completely wrong.

“If that were true, you’d be one slow-witted dog.”

He insulted Abarabana Tenri.

To the slow-witted girl, Shiga Inui explained the meaning of his hand.

“Money. It’s for money. They took your wallet and stuff, right? You got it back when you came out, didn’t you? Your wallet is my wallet now. C’mon, hand it over.”

Shiga Inui was currently penniless.

So, he basically had to bum money off of someone.

When captives enter the facility, their belongings are held for them.

Now that she was out, her personal effects had been returned.

That’s why he was hitting her up for the wallet she was supposed to have.

“You really… you really are the lowest, aren’t you?! To snatch a wallet from a woman and not think anything of it?!”

Though she said it was unbelievable, Abarabana Tenri took her wallet from her pocket and handed it to Shiga Inui.

The moment he received it, Shiga Inui immediately checked its contents.

“One, two, three… haha! You’re carrying a hundred and twenty thousand yen? Well, look at the rich girl. I’ll be sure to put it to good use.”

When he tried to touch her head, Abarabana Tenri turned her face away, avoiding his hand.

“Technically, you are my superior in this master-servant relationship… but please do not touch me so familiarly. My body may be unable to refuse your commands… but I will oppose you with my words until the very end.”

“Oh, listen to you.”

He forcefully grabbed her cheek, his thumb tracing over Abarabana Tenri’s lovely, cherry-blossom-pink lips.

“I’m gonna make you moan so much you won’t even be able to curse me.”

“You’re the… lowest!”

Abarabana Tenri’s disgust was palpable.

He let go of her mouth, and Shiga Inui smacked her on the rear with his hand.

Kyaa!

She pressed her hands over her backside through her skirt.

“C’mon, let’s go. My treat. We’re taking the train back.”

“You’re absolutely the lowest… the lowest… the absolute lowest!”

Letting out a cute shriek, Abarabana Tenri glared at Shiga Inui, yelling “lowest” at him again and again.

Feeling a pleasant sensation from her disgust, Shiga Inui headed for the station.

“Here’s the train. Let’s get on.”

“Normally, it would be a car… A person of importance among sorcerers would never use transportation meant for civilians.”

Abarabana Tenri was basically always transported by private car.

However, Shiga Inui was not that important of a person.

“I’m just a former civilian who happens to have an amazing track record. Don’t need any of that.”

“To think… I lost to a man like this? That my body now belongs to an uncivilized brute with no pride and no bloodline…”

She wore an expression of agony, as if wanting to say how repulsive it was.

Shiga Inui saw her disgusted face and laughed scornfully.

“Then that means you, who lost to a barbarian, are even lower than that.”

Spouting the greatest insult he could, Shiga Inui and the others used the train to travel.

It seemed to overlap with the end of the school day; the train was packed with students and workers and had no empty seats.

“There are so many people… This is why I hate places like this.”

The inside of the train was getting packed tighter and tighter.

Shiga Inui glanced around and said.

“It’s standing room only. Oh, there’s a priority seat.”

Since Abarabana Tenri’s legs were weak, Shiga Inui gestured with his eyes, asking if she wanted to use the priority seat.

“What is the meaning of this? You should offer it to an elderly person, not me. I have no need for it.”

Abarabana Tenri turned away as if to say, “Don’t insult me.”

“Hmph…”

That rebellious attitude stimulated Shiga Inui’s sadistic side.

Both Abarabana Tenri and Shiga Inui held onto hand straps.

It was about a 15-minute train ride to Mineki Shian’s house.

He thought he’d kill the time on his phone since he was bored, but as it happened, there was a beautiful girl named Abarabana Tenri right next to him.

“…Haha.”

He decided to mess with her to kill time.

“Eh…? Ah? Nya?!”

He touched her body through her clothes.

Feeling something strange, Abarabana Tenri was instantly certain that Shiga Inui was touching her and glared at him, narrowing her eyes.

“What… do you think you’re doing?!”

Abarabana Tenri’s face flushed red with shame.

Seeing her like that made Shiga Inui want to tease her more, and he began to molest her body even further.

“Nothing. Just messing with you, that’s all.”

Shiga Inui said it with a perfectly calm attitude.

While the train was moving, he took full advantage of the rocking to grope her.

“Ngh, ah, ahh… mmmph…”

A high-pitched voice escaped her lips.

Shiga Inui’s hands didn’t slow; they accelerated.

The thrill of possibly being seen by someone, and the pleasure she was receiving from his fingertips.

“W-Wait… If I… scream… right here, it’s all over for you, you know?”

“Go on and try it… If you do, I’ll strip you naked and make it public play.”

“Ngh! You really are the lowest!”

She had no choice but to endure it.

Until Shiga Inui was satisfied, she held on desperately to the hand strap, continuing to bear the pleasure.

His fingers pulled away. A sweet nectar clung to Shiga Inui’s fingertips.

“Ahh, what a mess…”

Had she used a spell to try and fight back?

Shiga Inui brought the nectar clinging to his fingers up to her mouth and shoved them inside.

“Mmph! Gck…”

“You made the mess, so you clean it up.”

Shiga Inui’s fingers grew wet with her saliva.

While all this was happening, the train arrived at their destination.

“Time already? That was surprisingly quick…”

“Ngh, ch… mmm.”

Abarabana Tenri licked his fingertips clean.

Shiga Inui pulled his hand from her mouth.

“Oi, let’s go.”

“You… you treat people like tools to the very end!”

After having his fun using Abarabana Tenri to his heart’s content, Shiga Inui got off the train.

Their destination was Mineki’s mansion… or not.

The train had been moving in the opposite direction.

He had gotten on knowing that all along.