Chapter 49: The Bratty Girl, Alisha la Aeras 2

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“Hey, hey, Onii-san. Is it really okay for you to come on a date with me~?”

“There are some pretty dangerous dates out there.”

“But this is no different from a walk, right? Or are we going somewhere we’ll have to fight with everything we’ve got? If that’s the case… kyah, Onii-san, how bold~♡”

As she said that, Alisha poked at my chest with her finger.

Damn it, this woman!! She was crazy!! There was no doubt she was a total pervert! The way she chose her words was already perverted! You couldn’t say things like that without knowing exactly what you were doing! This was completely different from when I forcefully twisted Marianne’s or Carla’s words into delusions! Stay alert, all you dark personalities in my head!

“Hey, hey, who’s your number one, Onii-san?”

“I’ve been asked that a lot lately, but it’s no one in particular.”

“Ehh~? Come on, stop joking. It’s a hot topic back in the village, you know? They’re saying there’s a human guy who keeps all the big sisters around him.”

If I were the one keeping them around, how great that would be.

In reality, I was the one leeching off them. If anything, it was more accurate to say I was the one being kept. I was working hard in life as everyone’s slave and shield. The money I contributed to the household was minimal. They all held back because my equipment cost so much… I was pathetic! I couldn’t even properly pay rent. I was pathetic!

But when I tried to force the issue and pay more, they all stopped me together… Ugh… As a man, I was really useless. Someday, I wanted to become a big enough man to support them all.

“At the very least, it’s not me.”

“Hmmm… even with all those women around you, you’re not being chosen? How pitiful~♡”

You—you, you, you, you!!

That was going too far… I knew that already! I knew no one was choosing me! I knew no one would fall for a masochistic virgin who got off showing his asshole to a priest! But at least let me dream! I met them first! I was the one who met them before anyone else! And yet some guy I didn’t even know showed up in my dreams!

The sadness, the anguish, the frustration… The humiliation as a man… All of it surged over me and turned into pleasure… 

Someone please do something about this hopeless brain of mine!

Hah… hah… damn this woman…! She kept hitting me right where it hurt…! Every single part I treated as unpleasant in my own delusions, she exposed them all…! Unforgivable…! I wouldn’t forgive this…!

“Ahh, I wonder if right now Astraea-nee-san and Alicia-nee-san are meeting some guy they don’t even know. If it’s not you, Onii-san, then that’s how it goes, right~? So pitiful~♡ A lonely, miserable Onii-san, how pitiful~♡”

GAAAAAAAH!! My brain! My brain is breaking!! Stop it! Stop bringing in other men besides me! Am I really that bad!? Sure, I started out as a country bumpkin, but I’ve made an effort with my appearance! I don’t lose when it comes to manliness either!

What’s wrong with meeeeeee!! Uwaaaaaah! Uuuuuugh♡!

『It’s your face.』

That was too cruel, Marianne!!!

…Phew.

“That might be true. But as long as everyone’s happy, that’s enough for me.”

That was the truth. If I were the kind of man who could make them all happy or the kind who didn’t care about their happiness, I’d probably have tried to make a move on someone in the party by now. But I couldn’t think that way.

The masochism was just a kink. I still considered myself a normal person. As a man raised by my master, I didn’t want to behave rudely, and I didn’t want to do anything that would trouble others.

I guess I just didn’t want to be hated. I didn’t want to deliberately ruin our relationships. Even if I were hated, or even if every woman I met first ended up with some unknown man, I would endure it, but I didn’t want to actively seek that route out. I just happened to have a masochistic kink.

“Ehh, you’re definitely lying. At least say something like, ‘They’re all mine.’”

“They’re all stronger than me though…?”

“…Ah… well… you’re so wimpy♡”

Ggggghhh!! Uuuugh… uuuugh♡…

Marianne, emergency assembly! Gather all the dark personalities! At this rate I’m going to fall for this girl!!

『Gross…』

Don’t abandon me! Just think about it! A girl who insults me in reality, when I get turned on by insulting myself in my fantasies, just appeared in front of me!? This is fate! I want to marry her already! Make fun of me every day and order me around however you like!

『…Creep.』

Ahh, the treasured family blade!

Yes, this was it. Thanks to Marianne, I regained my composure.

Thank you, Marianne. You really are the best woman.

『I’m not happy at all.』

“Wimp, wimp♡ While all the girls around you get taken by stronger men, you just stand there like an idiot♡”

“Guh…”

“You can’t even talk back after being told all that♡ You know it’s true, that they’re all already being taken♡”

Damn it, damn this woman! She’s saying whatever she wants!

I couldn’t argue back…

It felt too good being insulted by a girl to argue back…! And with the added cuckold fantasies, my head felt like it was going to break! 

Ah, this is bad, it feels good♡! My brain’s going to break!

“Kufufu~♡ But don’t worry. I’ll take you instead, Onii-san♡”

“…!?”

“I’ll give you three meals a day♡ A nice fluffy bed♡ Heating included♡”

Those were such great conditions that, three years ago, I might have wavered…!

As expected of the elf princess. The current me could endure it, but more than three years ago, I might not have been able to refuse!

『Uhh…』

“But in exchange~~… maybe I’ll make you my pet♡”

“Wha—…”

H-hyaaahhhh!! A p-pet!? Is that really okay!? Food, clothing, and shelter included—and I’d be a pet!? Sorry, Marianne. I might be done for. With conditions like a dream, my masochistic side would swell and swell until it swallowed up the man named Finn Debyura. I… lost to myself.

『You were hopeless to begin with, and your head’s messed up.』

Nngh~ what sharpness! Dark Marianne is amazing! She slices through my heart like butter! That sensation of pain and pleasure rising at the same time is exquisite as always~.

“So~? Since you’re so pitiful, Onii-san, I’ll take you, okay?”

Guh…!

Right now, I stood at a crossroads in my life.

What should I do?

If everyone else were taken, and only the cheeky Alisha remained. But she was the one and only person in this world who spoke as if she understood all my fetishes. Her brilliance rivaled even Dark Marianne. If I let this chance slip by, would there even be a next time? The very next moment, she might bring some guy I didn’t know and say, “I don’t need you anymore, Onii-san♡ Die♡,” and it wouldn’t even be strange!

Think, think…! I couldn’t just throw this away… I couldn’t! What should I do? Tell me, Dark Marianne…!

『Do whatever you like.』

I was abandoned!?

『Fnin-san and I will be together no matter what』

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I see… yeah. 

Marianne and I would always be together. We swore it again when we became a Gold-rank party. The four of us would stay together until death parted us.

“Sorry, but I refuse.”

“…Huh?”

“I refuse, Alisha. Sure, I have no backbone, I’m leeching off others, my reputation’s bad, I’m disliked by people in the same profession, I’m the guild’s dog and the royal family’s dog, but…”

“I didn’t say all that~…”

“Even so, I’ve been with them this whole time. There’s no way I’d take a different path now.”

In the end, that was what it came down to. My masochistic kink and my desire to lose my virginity were secondary to me. Dawn was my place. Nothing more, nothing less.

“…Hmmm. I see.”

“Well, if I ever get thrown away, it wouldn’t be so bad to have you pick me up.”

“Ahaha, I’m joking! There’s no way you’d get thrown away, Onii-san! Did you get anxious? So cute~♡”

A joke…? Hey, this isn’t a joke at all. If I ever get thrown away, I’ll absolutely have you pick me up. Alisha… I’ll lick your shoes, lick your feet, lick between your toes and become your pet. Be prepared.

『I’ll kill you before you embarrass yourself.』

W-wait, what!? My second life!

『Finn-san’s life belongs to me.』

Eh, scary… Why did you suddenly say something so dark? Do you want to talk about it?

『…………』

You’ve gotten good at that lately, Dark Marianne! Stop with the scary silence! If it’s just plain scary, I can’t even get excited!

“You look big and strong, but your heart’s so insecure~♡ How pitiful…”

“Ah, we’re almost there, so cut it out.”

“Oh, okay. …Eh?”

Alisha looked at me with a somehow dissatisfied expression.

What? There was no way I’d mess around near the Tainted Zones. Before anything else, I was an adventurer—even before I had masochistic kink. That part, I took seriously. Otherwise, there was no way a meat shield like me could have become a Gold-rank adventurer.

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