Save the Starving Frontier! The “Buyer” of the Reversed Chastity World - 20

Chapter 20: Let’s Go Back to the Commoners’ District!

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“At last, the time has come for me to lose my virginity…!”

I was drained dry. Just as I expected, the Margrave could use Heal too. She even buffed herself with stamina enhancement and went at it nonstop all night. When morning came and she appeared before the knight order, the Margrave looked radiant, her complexion glowing.

“Now there is no need to worry about an heir for the Margrave’s house! You are the first man to be stirred to action before my chest! And if that man happens to be the messenger of heaven, then our house’s standing is all the stronger!”

“Congratulations, Margrave.”

Commander Sharon knelt in attendance.

Ah, so she had been discouraged because of her big boobs. It was one thing to make a woman wet by force and another thing entirely to make a man hard by force. There was a difference. A man could not be compelled by force, and the Margrave’s breasts had been the very thing that caused her to stumble before intercourse.

So in this world, big breasts meant a woman could not even have children.

“That said, I can’t just ignore Etna or Aisha.”

“Of course. Stealing from the side would not befit the dignity of a lord. Do as you like. As for me, it is enough so long as I can bear a child of my own blood.”

So she didn’t insist on exclusivity. Well, she seemed busy enough as it was. In some places in the old world, there had been that vile custom of a lord taking a woman’s first night by force—the so-called droit du seigneur. Here, or at least for this Margrave, that would have been considered shameful.

Good thing the Margrave was a proper noble.

“It may not happen in just one try. I will likely need to ask you to do it with me again. May I contact you through the knight order?”

“No problem. If anything, the bigger issue is whether I’ll be attacked by those female knights who were getting excited outside the room.”

They had been peeking in one after another. Well, we were doing it in the knight’s barracks. We couldn’t really complain here. That said, it felt like the whole knight order had been watching us going at it. 

A celibate army of female knights, and a lord who was unpopular despite her beauty. Women had it rough in this world. There were only so many ways to force a man to get hard, after all.

“If you have the means to, please give them your company. Knight-baron is among the lowest of noble ranks. Many of them have no marriage prospects. Surely they too long to bear children.”

“…Do it in moderation so I don’t die, please.”

The knight order’s officers were nobles too, but only the lower four of the six noble ranks existed here: count, viscount, baron, and knight-baron. The reason was simple: the highest rank in this frontier domain was Margrave—count class. As lord of a frontier, the Margrave held more authority than a regular count, but above her still stood dukes and marquises.

If higher-ranking nobles lived in her domain, it would undermine her rule. So dukes and marquises stayed in the royal capital or on their own estates, never submitting to another noble outside the royal family. That meant I had now received both protection and official endorsement from the highest authority in this frontier land.

“Well then, let’s head back to the commoners’ district. If we leave Etna’s house empty for two days, someone might move in.”

“No way, my house!? Let’s hurry back already!”

Aisha had also been apart from her mother for two nights. Hunting sometimes kept her away from home that long, but still, her mother’s health wasn’t at the best. We were worried about her and there was always the chance she hadn’t received food supplies.

“So that’s the plan. Our base will be in the commoners’ district. Open the city gate for us.”

“But sending you without an escort is… Commander Sharon. Accompany them as their guard. Appoint the vice-captain as acting commander, and see that you protect the Heaven Messenger.”

“Yes, my lady! As you command!”

The Margrave assigned me a personal guard. It looked like I’d be with Commander Sharon for a while. Other knights seemed jealous, but Sharon herself looked perfectly fine with the idea of living in the commoners’ district. In fact, her face seemed livelier than ever.

She is hoping for a chance, isn’t she?

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Escorted by the knight order, I finally returned to the commoners’ district. When we reached the main street in the east quarter, the residents who had been worried for me came out to greet me.

“Welcome back! The nobles didn’t do anything to you, did they?”

“No, they treated me well. I’m fine.”

Well, “treated me well” meaning the Margrave treated me very well, but still. At least I had left the supplies behind, so they would be fine. I also told them that if they needed more, they could come fetch it in the commoners’ district. As nobles, their payment could always be settled with water magic.

After passing that message along, I had the other knights return to the noble quarter. It might have looked difficult with just Commander Sharon as guard, but Aisha insisted on continuing to protect me, so there was no problem. Etna and Pirika were also brimming with determination to defend me.

“But Kaito-nii, is it really okay for you to not live in the noble quarter?”

“The noble quarter has money and power, so they’ll manage one way or another. But over here, they’ve got nothing if I don’t resupply them. How long will it take for the next crops to grow?”

In truth, with the harvest wiped out, the next crops wouldn’t come until the following year. Even with double-cropping, it would take half a year for them to regain their footing.  With more mouths to feed in the commoners’ district, I had to make sure enough food was distributed to keep them alive.

Nobles? They could come fetch it themselves. After all, I had the Margrave’s seal of approval. I had already given them everything they wanted, so the least they could do in return was grant me my freedom.

“Come on, let’s head home. Etna’s place is my home too, after all.”

“Home… Yeah, that’s right, Kaito-nii’s home is my home too! Ehehe…”

Etna clung to my arm. I couldn’t stand to make her sad. Maybe it was because she and her sister were the first people I met after coming to this world.

Well, no harm in having many close companions. This world was polygamous by default—or rather, men were shared here. It wasn’t a harem though. It was more like men were being treated like a breeding stock here. Everyone was desperate to find a partner they could be with.

There were men in the noble quarter too, so they would manage. What I really wondered was whether this world had slavery.

It was lucky I had gotten the Margrave’s endorsement before being exposed to that threat. The residents had been too busy with famine to think of such things anyway. But if I had gone into the noble quarter without a knight escort, being forced into slavery wouldn’t have been out of the question.

“It exists. Of course it does. That is why I had you come to the knights’ barracks instead of the noble quarter.”

When I confirmed with Commander Sharon, she said it plainly. That had been a close call.

Since arriving in this world, I’d really been living on the edge. But with a cheat ability like this, using it recklessly only made that inevitable. Still… Things had worked out for the best somehow. And that was good enough for me.

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