By the little boat.
Merlin held Alice in his arms and, with absolutely zero manners, tossed her straight onto the boat.
Alice landed hard, pain shooting through her butt. She frowned slightly, cursing Merlin in her heart for having no gentlemanly manners at all.
“My beautiful lady, let’s hurry up and get down to business, hehe~”
Merlin rubbed his chin, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes. He looked downright shady.
If you asked what a flower‑picking thief looked like—
It would definitely be someone with Merlin’s face.
Alice’s expression turned panicked, her face going pale. She kept scrambling backward until she hit the stern. With nowhere left to go, she started to tremble.
What should I do?
Is he really going to violate me here?
I never thought my first time would be in a place like this...
Alice’s cheeks flushed red. She crossed her arms tightly over her chest, her little heart jumping into her throat.
“Stay away from me! I’ll never give in!”
Merlin saw her biting her lip, stubborn and defiant, and couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “That’s not up to you. Whatever I tell you to do, you have to do. Otherwise, don’t blame me if I use force and throw you into the sea to feed the sharks~”
Alice’s breath caught for a moment, her panic deepening.
She turned to look at the scarlet sea. Packs of man‑eating sharks were tearing apart the sailors’ corpses.
In her injured state, if she was thrown into the water, she’d be dead for sure.
Alice’s face grew even uglier. Compared to being eaten alive by sharks, she’d rather take up her sword and cut her own throat.
“Y‑You… what the hell do you want!”
“You really don’t know what I want?” Merlin said. “Enough nonsense. I can’t hold it in anymore, hehe~” He rubbed his hands together, excitement surging at the thought of finally leaving the Death Swamp.
For Merlin, who had never really traveled far, the outside world was full of temptation.
Alice was scared out of her wits, nerves close to snapping. In her head, this was about to turn into a Demon King x Heroine AV, with her as the female lead.
For someone as proud as her, this was unbearable, a humiliation and defilement of her very soul.
Alice drew her rapier. This time she didn’t aim at Merlin, but pressed the blade straight against her own neck, tears glimmering in her eyes as she threatened:
“If you dare touch me, I’ll kill myself right here!”
“Don’t think just because you’re stronger you can insult me however you want!”
“I’d rather die than let a pervert like you have his way!”
Hey, hey, hey!
How did it turn into this?
Do I really look that much like a toy boy turned flower‑picking thief?
What on earth is going on in this girl’s head!
How did such a dumb ditz become a Hero!?
Her predecessors, all those Heroes from past generations, must be hanging their heads in shame by now!
Merlin’s face darkened. He really didn’t feel like explaining anything. When someone’s head is full of dirty thoughts, everything they see turns dirty.
He suddenly kicked the oar at his feet. It flew up and smacked Alice right on the forehead, making her drop the rapier in her hand.
Merlin had no intention of letting this hard‑won manual labor force die here. He still needed Alice to row with all her strength so they could get out of this hellhole. Once they reached the land of Great Britain, whether she lived or died had nothing to do with him.
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…” Alice covered her reddening forehead, eyes turning red with anger. “If you’re gonna violate me, just do it already! What’s with the rough treatment!? Guys like you will never get a girlfriend!”
Merlin felt a stab in his little heart, like she’d pierced his pride.
Yeah…
Ever since I came to this other world, I really haven’t had a girlfriend.
I clearly have the looks of a toy boy, so why is there no woman around me except my little sister?
He thought of his sister’s yandere words at their parting and suddenly saw the light.
The fact that I don’t have a girlfriend is obviously Lilith’s fault!
Merlin felt this was ridiculously embarrassing, so he cleared his throat to cover it up and said,
“What the hell do you know?”
“I’m gonna train until I’m thirty…”
“And become a Great Magus, you hear!”
