Chapter 8: The Villain Scion Whose TS Wore Off
Following Soulie, the Brilliant Rose Legion rushed to the scene.
Soulie on top of the execution stand, me below it. She looks down at me with scornful eyes.
"I wondered who it was, but isn't it Norn-san? And even Lusitania-san. The fact that you are here means you two were apostates after all. My diagnosis was not mistaken."
You set us up yourself, and now you treat us like criminals... There are few trash women with such good looks as her.
"Let me ask you one thing, why are you interfering! Wasn't Inarsha-san a precious person to you? And yet..."
"That is obvious. She refused to become mine. She said Lusitania and you were more important than me. Then the answer is clear. I won't hand her over to you. I will separate Inarsha-san's head and torso, turn her into a taxidermy, and keep her by my side forever. How about that? Frustrating, isn't it?"
She's insane...
"It's because of those crazy thoughts that Inarsha-san didn't look your way. Even if you weren't Soeurs, Inarsha-san thought of you as a best friend. And yet you are the lowest kind of woman who tried to steal everything from Inarsha-san!!"
"Say whatever you like. It is already decided."
Soulie tries to move in front of the rope holding up the guillotine's thick blade. Roxanne and the others rushed there.
"Blue Rose Legion , secure Inarsha-sama!"
"Roxanne-san! Don't!"
"Why! Norn-san!"
"If you save Inarsha-san now, even you all will be made into apostates. Leave this to me! I want you to prioritize evacuating the citizens so they don't get involved."
"Roxanne, it is as Norn says. I do not want to involve you all..."
Inarsha seemed to understand my intention, but will Roxanne accept it?
"...Understood. Please take care of Inarsha-sama."
"Thank you, Roxanne-san."
Receiving mine and Inarsha's words, Roxanne shouted instructions to the Blue Rose Legion. With this, on the surface, they have the pretext that they were handling the evacuation of the populace without aiding us.
I don't want to see an organization get dragged into a personal love-hate drama and invite further tragedy. My relief was short-lived; Soulie cut the guillotine rope.
The 【General Purpose Staff Metrics】 that was easiest to use isn't in my hands. But with my current stamina, I can use this.
"Smash, Snake Sword Galianus!!"
I pulled the Snake Sword Galianus from my 【Item Box】 and went straight for the falling guillotine blade with the blade-chain.
"Too slow!"
"It's fine! I'll make it!"
While drawing it, I cast a 【Strength Enhancement】 buff.
Claa————ng♪
The thick plate blade was deflected by the blade-chain of the snake sword and flew towards Soulie.
"Something like this!!!!"
Soulie deflected the thick blade with her halberd, and it fell to the ground with a heavy thud.
Without pausing, I sent a present of the blade-chain to Soulie who was on the stand.
"Something like this!"
Soulie parried the snake sword's blade-chain with her halberd, but it's too early to relax!
Soulie, who tries to pierce me in charge form, is completely unguarded in the back.
"Return!"
Since the back of an Elon female holy knight is nearly bare skin, her defense power there is equivalent to zero.
I dodged the spearhead and grabbed the shaft of Soulie's halberd with my left hand.
"Kuh! Aiming from behind, how cowardly."
Even if her personality is trash, she is a Holy Knight. Soulie realized my intention, but checkmate. I aimed so the tip of the snake sword could pierce Soulie's heart from behind at any moment.
"That ominous sword and that phantasmagoric sword style... As I suspected, it seems certain that you are an agent of the Villance family of Accorcen."
Even Soulie grasps the Villance family sword style; Inarsha would naturally know.
With this, everything ends.
"If you value Soulie-san's life, throw away your weapons."
Thinking that, I called for the surrender of the Brilliant Rose Legion, the executioner, and the guards.
"Oh my? Do you intend to have won with that?"
"Eh?"
Dukun... (Heart throb)
Does palpitating breathlessness refer to this?
Suddenly, strength drained from my whole body, and my knee hit the ground. It was because I rampaged freely while the curse was still on me. But I thought there was no way to save Inarsha unless I did so.
The hand grabbing the halberd shaft slipped off without Soulie even needing to shake it off, and the floating snake sword's blade-chain fell to the ground with a plop. It was so heavy I could barely grip the hilt, let alone think of swinging it.
Running out of energy at such a critical moment, this is seriously pathetic!
Soulie pointed the halberd's tip at my face and jumped down from the execution stand. Raising the halberd, Soulie aimed at my neck.
The figures of Elise and Elsinore reflected faintly in my eyes. It might be a hallucination born of desire, but anyway, I have to buy time...
"Hey, let me ask one thing at the end. If you kill me, will you let Inarsha-san live?"
"No. It is obvious that Inarsha-san will not become mine even if I kill you and Lusitania-san. There is no choice but to kill her to make her mine alone. Ah, and also, unfortunately, I do not need your head. After exposing it, I shall feed it to stray dogs."
"Well obviously. Who would fall in love with a piece of trash yandere like you?"
"Wha!?"
Soulie is surprised, but so am I!
Because the Nord-tongue exploded out while in Norn's form...
"That filthy language... I shall erase you from this world right now!!"
giving into her anger, Soulie swung the halberd's battle axe down towards my neck.
Hyun! Just when the wind-cutting sound was heard, a high-pitched Clang of metal clashing echoed.
"I will not let you. I will eliminate anyone, no matter who they are, if they lay a hand on my Master."
Elise struck her rod, decorated with a circle and jewels, against Soulie's halberd.
"Ufufu, Elise-san. You certainly possess exceptional strength for a Saint. But, I shall shatter the fairy tale that a Saint can rival a Holy Knight!"
"Norn-sama. Please leave this to me. Elsinore-san will dispel the curse."
"Thank you, Elise."
Elsinore came with unsteady steps and tried to wake me up, but I was too heavy, and it seemed impossible... Knowing her, she must have desperately investigated the curse's circuit.
"Lusitania! You help too. Right now, I'd even borrow the hand of a big cat (Nukotto)."
"Un!"
Protecting us, Lusitania is blocking the incoming attacks with 【Sacred Shield Aegis】. Even though her buffs should have run out long ago...
"The magic circle to dispel the curse will be complete in just a little more. Can you defend, Lusitania?"
"It's tough, but, s-somehow... Kuh! Elise!!"
"Uuh! I am... sorry..."
Elise was pushed back by Soulie and the others, slamming her back into Lusitania's 【Sacred Shield】. Although Elise is unrivaled against demons, being full of benevolence, she probably has a limiter on when fighting fellow Elon believers.
"I wondered what you were sneaking around for... Even Elsinore-san is siding with the apostate. Then it can't be helped. I shall send everyone together to Founder Elon! Friends, are you ready?"
Soulie gathered the Brilliant Rose Legion and was attempting to perform a Multi-Chant Magic Orchestra.
Shit! No matter how much Holy Magic resistance Elise and the others have, if they take a Multi-Chant Magic Orchestra's 【Holy Genocide】...
【Earth Mother Goddess Yuruha, let him do his best for heaven, for earth, for people...】
Elsinore also began the dispel chant, but it doesn't look like it will finish yet.
【Holy Genocide!!】
I stood in front of Elise and the others and took the holy magic with my entire body.
"Norn-sama!!"
"Norn!!"
Inarsha is screaming from the guillotine.
"Noooooooooooorn!!"
My body was wrapped in pure white light.
"【Grant him the sword to sever the grudge received from the wicked!】, please make it in time!!"
Elsinore raised a grievous cry.
Where is this?
Did I die?
A strange place where there are only perspective lines in a pure white space...
Elsinore was swinging a hand chop down on Norn's body lying on the floor.
Then, who is the 'me' watching?
"Norn-sama... no, Nord-sama!"
"Norn..."
"You are not a person who would end in a place like this."
Elise, Lusitania, and Inarsha, waiting by the side, had tears overflowing in their eyes.
Ah, a man who makes girls cry is the lowest.
The only time it's allowed is to make them cry out at night...
I was completely unaware, but something like crystal covered Norn's body. Everyone put their hands over Elsinore's hand and tried to break the crystal, but it wouldn't budge.
It's my body; leaving it to others is impossible!
I touched Elsinore and the others' hands and pushed in together with the image of penetrating deep into the crystal.
Parin!! The crystal shattered, and fragments flew off.
Suddenly, a magic circle appeared and began to glow in seven fluorescent colors.
【Curse Intercept】
Hah!?
It feels like I reincarnated again. The surging power was unmistakably Nord's body.
"Kukuku... Hahaha! Rejoice, you bastards. It is the return of the Hero! To the wise who bow to my military might, I shall grant gold, status, and people. But! Fools who resist will taste the suffering of misery for all eternity."
I, Norn, who was going "I have no powerrrr," made a complete recovery as if the face of the red-bean bun hero had been swapped out. When I noticed, I was in my familiar black uniform.
Suddenly, an impact ran through my back. When I shifted my gaze behind, Elise was hugging me.
"Stop it, we are right in the middle of a battle."
Elise shedding large drops of tears.
"I am happy... that Nord-sama has returned. I thought you might never return to Nord-sama again..."
"Use it. You don't have to return it... I'll give it to you."
If I were to wipe Elise's tears here, her affection rating would go up too much, and it could become a terrible situation. I gave the handkerchief I took out of my pocket to Elise.
"Nord-sama... I will serve you for my entire life. And I will make this handkerchief a family heirloom."
It might have had the opposite effect...
—Don't screw arou—abibu!!
As if trying to steal my specialty (ohako), a Holy Knight of the Brilliant Rose Legion ill-manneredly slashed at me during the conversation, so I held out my hand, and she ran into my palm on her own, bleeding a massive nosebleed.
【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】, 【Dark Wave】
Since it might kill them if it's too strong, I suppressed the Holy Knights jumping at me with the weakest dark magic.
"So Soulie ran away... Fast runner, that one."
—That is the Black Hero...
—Too strong...
—If captured, we'll be raped until pregnant!
—Hii!?
—Kuh, kill meeee!
The reputational damage is too severe...
Setting aside Nord in «Rising Hero», I haven't impregnated anyone yet. Non-consensual sex is out of the question. I admit to creampie-ing due to force majeure though...
"Don't you bastards understand yet! You were thrown away by that woman. If you understand, surrender immediately. Otherwise, I'll rape each and every one of you and knock you up!"
—Ah, but he... is a Duke's son, right?
—Plus, he'll be Regent in the future. Isn't that too good a catch?
—And he's handsome!
Stop it... It's too graphic for young female knights to talk like students at an all-girls school hunting for men.
"Hmph."
After Soulie fled, I destroyed the neck pillory connecting Inarsha with the Snake Sword Galianus. After cracking her neck, Inarsha stared at me intently.
"Nord Villance! So you were Norn after all."
"Kukuku, that's right! I was deceiving you the whole time. You fell for it hook, line, and sinker; it was so ridiculous I couldn't help it."
Since I returned to Nord's form, I revealed the truth to Inarsha without hiding anything.
She'll probably say something like "You tricked me! Nord!!" and because I betrayed her, the affection she held for me will drop to zero... no, deeper than the Mariana Trench. Well, the Mariana Trench doesn't exist in this world, but...
"Ah, certainly I was completely deceived. However, I was not deceived by you. I was deceived by Ellis and the rumors. I understood after spending time with you as Norn. That the man called Nord Villance is merely playing the villain."
"What are you saying! Norn transformed only to entrap you."
"Then why did you save me?"
Inarsha stares at me with ice-blue eyes. As if she would immediately see through even a single word of lie...
"That is..."
When I was at a loss for an answer, Elise cut in.
"That's right! Nord-sama is the exact opposite of the rumors. In truth, he is kinder than the sea is deep, but he dares to act like a villain. He uses strong language, but in every corner of those words, he makes us feel deep affection."
No, Elise... you were listing quibbles over me and Inarsha so much earlier, right?
If you expose that, won't my affection rating go up?
Then won't rivals increase? Let's think about the consequences a bit more, Elise.
Even though I admonished Elise in my heart, it didn't reach her one millimeter, and she eloquently preached my charm to Inarsha.
"Basically, originally, Kain is at fault. He is jealous of Nord-sama's success and spreads bad rumors about him. It's a terrible story!"
"Ah! That disgusting man!"
"Inarsha-san knows him too!"
"Know him or not, I am naturally a misandrist, but I hate that man doubly so. Just looking at him makes my skin crawl. So I don't even want him in my vision."
"I understand, I understand!"
Poor Kain. To be spoken of so terribly by the two heroines he was originally supposed to be united with...
But in the days I spent as Norn, I learned something too. Interacting with Kain as a girl was too gross; I thought it was absolutely impossible. Is it better just to be a topic of conversation for two beautiful girls? While I was thinking that, Inarsha took a bold action.
"I want to believe Elise rather than the surrounding rumors. If she says you are a wonderful person, then there is no mistake. Besides, the days I spent with Norn are an undeniable truth. Even if the gender changes, the bond we nurtured is unmistakable. Your essential nature has not changed at all."
Far from being hated, Inarsha's reaction was the complete opposite. I was answered with a serious face by Inarsha and received a hot embrace.
"P-Please separate! Because he is my Master!"
"Master implies master and employee; isn't the master free to associate with whomever he pleases? Or does Elise intend to interfere with her precious Master's love life?"
"Inarsha-san has not been certified as a lover by Nord-sama yet!"
"Mu! What about Elise?"
"I am the maid who processes Nord-sama's sexual desire!"
I'm the one going "Mu!" here!
Nord aside, I have never asked Elise to process my sexual desire even once!
"Elise, won't you tell me later what kind of things you do?"
"Yes... I don't mind that, but..."
Don't ask! Don't tell! Don't come for night crawling!
While the two were engaging in a fruitless argument, Elsinore staggered over to me.
"Phew, due to the bizarrely complex magic circuit of a curse by a demon factor holder added to a Hero's bloodline, the analysis took time, but it was quite a challenging puzzle that entertained me."
Elsinore looked somewhat satisfied despite having deep bags under her eyes. It was exactly the face of an MMO gamer who achieved mission complete.
"However... a curse laid that strongly has a considerable recoil on the curser."
Elsinore put her index finger and thumb to her chin with a dubious face. Since I reincarnated into Nord, there must be tons of people who would curse me. More importantly, even though we are just friends through Elise, I wanted to convey my gratitude to her for doing her best for me.
"Did you revive me?"
"Y-Yeah..."
Elsinore was pushed back by the spirit of the revived me, falling on her butt and trembling.
"Hold out your hand. Otherwise..."
"...U-Understood. I have no intention of defying you."
Due to the correction force, I took not just Nord-speech but Nord-action.
Chu. I kissed the back of Elsinore's hand.
Bon! Elsinore's face turned bright red, and steam rose from her head.
"Kished by a m-m-man..."
"Oh no! Elsinore broke!"
Lusitania cast healing magic, but if that could heal it, we wouldn't struggle. What a sinful man! Nord is!!
"It's unfair to only kiss Elsinore!"
"That's right! Nord-sama, quickly, a kiss here on my..."
Inarsha and Elise, stop closing your eyes and looking like you want a kiss!
"You lewd fools! I merely showed my gratitude to Elsinore as a gentleman."
—Sanctmaiden Guest House.
Since I cannot enter Sanctmaiden with a male body, I was spending time at the guest house near Sanctmaiden. The atmosphere was like a hotel without employees, a place where you take care of your own personal needs.
That said, Elise comes and does everything from meals to bed-making and cleaning, but as for sexual desire processing... I politely decline every time.
Shortly after moving to the guest house, I was summoned by Inarsha to the playroom. On the shelves of the playroom, in addition to books, there were board games like Sugoroku and card games like Trump cards. It's a perfect room for killing time.
"Calling me to a place like this, what is your intention?"
"I thought I would verify for myself if you are really the bad man the rumors say."
Inarsha was staring at me. With both elbows on the table, clasping her hands.
"If I get serious, someone like you would get pregnant with ten brats just from a kiss. Before that happens, leave quickl..."
Inarsha, who was facing me, sat next to me and kissed my cheek.
"What are you doing!?"
Her movement was so bold yet natural that my response lagged behind. Even though I had long returned from being Norn, a high-pitched voice came out like a young lady kissed by a playboy prince.
"I hear rumors that you float your name with numerous women, but to get flustered by a mere kiss, you are surprisingly innocent."
"Don't provoke me! I'm only keeping my hands off you because of Elise's friendship. If you mock me any further, I will rape you!"
"I want to know. The true heart of you, who was Norn. I loved you when you were Norn. This is the first time in my life I've felt like this."
"What happens to Lusitania? You missed that woman so much you couldn't help it. Am I wrong?"
"She is not a lover. If anything, she is a younger sister. It is not the relationship you imagine."
Inarsha pushes onto me aggressively, taking a position where I am on the bottom and she is on top on the sofa.
"I want you to teach me. What a man is. In my life, let alone dating a man, I have never held hands with anyone but my father. With other men, my skin crawls when they get this close, yet for some reason, with you, far from crawling, sweet nectar leaks out. It must be proof that my body still recognizes you as Norn."
Sweet nectar, don't tell me...
Inarsha throws off her coat, lifts the hem of her babydoll, and shows me her panties. The fabric of the panties seemed faintly wet. That's not all; holding her bra-less underboob with both hands through the babydoll, she says things like "Please help yourself."
Come to think of it, Nine used to pomu-pomu and suck on her large breasts with her small hands.
""Even though you looked at me so much when you were Norn, why do you avert your eyes now..."
"Your suffering isn't in your heart or your chest, but in your crotch, isn't it? You are seeking a male, dripping lewd nectar... Am I wrong?"
"Exactly. It was the same when I was with Norn. My womb is telling me that Norn and Nord are the same person."
Where are you learning this from...
"I understand what you want to say, so for now, put it away..."
Perhaps regaining her composure at my words, Inarsha lowered her hem, corrected her posture, and sat next to me. Sitting side by side like this brought back memories of spending time with her at Sanctmaiden.
Sitting on the edge of the bed together, she used to set my hair in place of me, who was unaccustomed to it.
It seemed that relationship remained as friendship that didn't change even after my TS (Gender Swap) wore off.
"I was ordered by Ellis to assassinate you. But from a certain point, I began to doubt. By the time I vaguely realized Norn's true identity, it was already too late. Because my head was dyed completely in the color of Norn..."
I was surprised by the fact I was learning for the first time.
So she was torn between her mission even after realizing Norn was almost certainly me... Thinking that she was grilled by Ellis because she didn't kill me even after that happened, I can't treat her coldly. I can't possibly.
"Even when you were overconfident in your own power and fell into a predicament in an unsightly manner, Norn never ridiculed me and always followed up. That is why I was able to fight to my heart's content."
Even though Inarsha publicly professed to hate men so much, she held my hand, stared straight into my eyes, and conveyed her gratitude.
"That's not all. You reunited me with Lusitania, whom I wanted to see for so long. Bound by doctrine... no, by Ellis, I couldn't do anything for her. I was a waterfowl with a string around its neck. Driven out only to catch fish. But Nord, you are different. You are a hawk flying freely in the sky."
Considering her fighting style, Inarsha is enough of a bird of prey herself, but it would be boorish to retort here. being praised so much that even Hans's sycophancy would pale in comparison, I felt itchy all over my body.
"That's right. It was just as Elise said after all. You say dangerous things like you'll rape or impregnate young ladies with your words, but in reality, you are a gentleman itself. Elise laments that even when she goes for a night crawl to you, she is sent back remaining pure. I wish you would reflect more on your own actions..."
She's even talking about that!?
So Elise and Meina-san were the same type of human. Hopeless girls who expose their true feelings to those they trust. That is also the cute part about them, though...
"If a man takes actions like risking his life to protect a woman he doesn't even like, most women would burn with passion for you... even a misandrist like me."
(Wrong! I'm just acting to avoid death flags!)
Even if I wanted to scream that, the correction force made my chest tight, and it ended with my mouth just opening and closing.
Inarsha's eyes are becoming moist; it's reached the point where if she closes her eyes, she'll demand a kiss!
I must change the flow...
"No need for thanks. Unfortunately, I am not troubled for women. If you have time to worry about me, cherish Lusitania. If you have time to regret not doing anything, strive to restore her tarnished honor and dignity. Do not mistake your priorities. Besides, my curse has just been lifted. I'm not used to it and I'm sleepy. Do not summon me except for urgent business."
" Regarding the restoration of Lusitania's honor, there is something I want to consult with you. Will you listen?"
"Say it quickly. If it's just that much, I'll listen until you are satisfied."
"Thank you. I am grateful for your generous heart."
It is probably around the time that the Brilliant Rose Legion and Holy Knights other than those from Sanctmaiden are receiving orders to capture Inarsha. Now that we have recaptured Lusitania, there are no shackles on Inarsha, and she won't fall behind anyone.
"I thought of something interesting. Lend me your ear a little."
In that case, I want to restore Inarsha's own family name as well. So I came up with a good method and conveyed it to her.
【Inarsha's Perspective】 (Papal Office)
"I am Inarsha Clazit. I have come to meet Ellis."
—Inarsha!? Coming here nonchalantly alone!?
—Stop the traitor!
—Fugyah!
"I will eliminate anyone who gets in my way. Only those with resolve should come at me. Otherwise, suck your thumbs and watch, or flee home in shame."
I grabbed the face of the knight standing in my way and smashed the back of his head against the wall.
"What is going on!"
Hearing the screams, Ellis showed her face. It was the chance I had hoped for, so I held out a certain object.
"Look at this!"
I grabbed black hair from a small box and thrust it out in front of Ellis and the others.
"Is that the head of the Black Hero Nord!?"
Nord had offered his own head as a souvenir for me to be reinstated as a Holy Knight of the Elon Theocracy again. devising several stratagems and deriving the best method. It was the moment I thought I couldn't match the man named Nord.
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