“Not bad, not bad. You may be a total perverted, submissive wimp, but your thighs are still so soft~”
“Mmm…”
The little girl lay on Lonis’s lap, wearing a mocking expression. Lonis’s cheeks had turned bright red.
As a boy, he’d never gotten to rest his head in a girl’s lap. And now, when he finally got his first lap pillow, he was the one giving it to someone else.
The feel of Elucia’s hair brushing against her thighs tickled Lonis, and she couldn’t help wanting to squirm.
But the little girl immediately barked at her in a stern voice:
“Lonis, don’t move!”
“Mmm…”
“Mm, these white stockings feel so nice. And they smell so good… Mm, my ears are a little itchy. You can scratch them for me as a reward, okay?”
“Huh?”
“Hurry up! Or do you want to be punished?!”
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So, although she really didn’t want to, Lonis had no choice but to follow the little girl’s orders and give her an ear massage.
But the longer she massaged Elucia’s ears, the more ashamed and regretful Lonis felt…
All of this should’ve been mine!
I should’ve been the one lying on the silver-haired girl’s lap, enjoying a lap pillow from my partner!
I should’ve been the one throwing my weight around and ordering the silver-haired girl to do all kinds of things!
I should’ve been the one pressing the little toy’s button and enjoying the sight of Elucia blushing!
So why had everything been turned upside down?
The huge gap between her hopes and reality made Lonis’s eyes grow misty. She looked like she was about to cry.
And the little Gothic girl?
She was so lazy she wouldn’t even open her eyes. She just said happily:
“Mm, not bad. You pass this time.”
“Huh…?”
“As a reward, you can be my pillow tonight and sleep with me. You should feel incredibly honored, Lonis, right?” (As she spoke, she raised the remote.)
“Mmm… Mmm!”
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And so Lonis had no choice but to lie straight on a patch of rock and go to sleep, posture perfectly proper.
Lonis wasn’t sure whether Elucia had activated something or whether it was just exhaustion, but the silver-haired girl couldn’t move a muscle.
As for Elucia, she used her own boobs as a pillow and clambered right on top of Lonis.
“Huh?!”
“Slave maid, don’t resist. If you make a fuss and wake me up, I’ll put a little toy like a ball gag over your mouth.”
“Mmph!”
The black-haired little girl wasn’t heavy, but having part of her body used as a pillow still filled Lonis with shame.
And after she’d been so worried about Elucia’s safety…
After she’d been ready to do everything in her power to find her!
Yet this girl treated her like a toy and didn’t see her as a person at all.
…
A strange feeling of being abandoned left Lonis dejected. The black-haired little girl was already resting against her chest with her eyes closed:
“So warm, so comfy…”
“Huh?”
“Good night, Lonis~”
…
Just like that, Elucia soon fell asleep.
Seeing the little girl sleeping so peacefully, Lonis found that, even though she’d been angry just moments ago, she couldn’t stay mad anymore.
When it came down to it, Elucia seemed to have drawn the monsters away to protect her…
And she’d turned into a little girl because she’d run out of energy or something, right?
Lonis didn’t know what Elucia had gone through. Maybe she’d fought a hard battle. Maybe she’d barely escaped with her life.
So what if this black-haired girl was a bit of a sadist?
So what if this black-haired little girl didn’t look the way she’d hoped?
She was still Lonis’s partner.
And the only person Lonis could rely on in this world—the only person she could trust.
(Mm… That’s enough for today. I’m sleepy too…)
Lost in complicated thoughts,
Lonis slowly drifted off to sleep…
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Who knew how much time had passed?
Lonis felt herself slowly slip into a dream.
The sun shone brightly in the dream, and a gentle breeze swept across the lush green meadow.
Back then, she seemed to still be a boy. He wore armor and carried a battle blade. He’d been on his way to do something—oh, right. Become a Hero and drive off the slimes threatening the farmland.
Normally, he wouldn’t have deigned to take on a quest like that.
After all, slimes were far too weak to be worthy opponents.
And yet…
“What? You can’t afford to hire an adventurer?”
“Y-yes… All I can offer as a reward is cheese…”
Having no reward was discouraging, but he was the Hero who would save the world, after all.
As the Hero, he had to do what others couldn’t… even if there was no reward!
So he nodded and answered the villager with complete confidence:
“Don’t worry. Leave it to me.”
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Lonis didn’t know why she’d had a dream like that.
Maybe she missed that overpowered-hero kind of life?
With the slightest movement of her hand, she could draw admiring looks from everyone around her. That feeling really was so nice~
Unlike now…
“Lonis, if you wake up an hour later than your master, you’ll be punished.”
“Huh?”
“And do you always sleep so indecently? Looks like I’ll have to train you, or you’ll never learn how a girl should behave.”
“Uh!”
Only then did Lonis notice that she was lying flat on the bed like a boy… Her skirt had ridden up, exposing the white panties underneath.
“Mmm, mmph!”
A rush of embarrassment washed over Lonis, and she quickly pressed her legs together.
But she soon realized something was wrong.
Hadn’t she fallen asleep on the rocks last night? Why was she in a bed now?
“Stop looking around. We’ve already used a teleportation device to leave the upper hall.”
Elucia was still in her little-girl form. Even standing beside the bed, only her little head could be seen above it:
“We’re now a thousand miles away, in the Dragonbone Mountains… But this isn’t a safe place~”
“Huh?”
“So listen carefully. If you go wandering off like you did before, I won’t be able to protect you. The cruel bone dragons will drag you back to their lair, tear out your tendons, and flay you alive!”
“The bone dragons’ lair?”
“And even then, you won’t die. New skin will grow over your body, and they’ll tear out your tendons and flay you all over again… They’ll realize you’re perfect livestock, lock you in a pitch-black cage, and torment you forever!”
“Waaah!!!!”
Lonis wasn’t a coward, but Elucia’s description was just too horrifying.
The silver-haired girl had already suffered through perverted torment once. She absolutely didn’t want to go through it a second time.
Compared to that, even though Elucia bullied her too, she practically seemed like an “angel.”
“Mm, good. Now, so you don’t get lost—and to make it clear that I’m your master—you’re going to wear this collar.”
“A collar?”
Lonis stared blankly at the collar Elucia held out to her.
The collar looked like a delicate work of art. It was decorated with all kinds of lace and wrapped with ribbons that gave it a very girlish look.
But its clasp was locked with a little padlock, which meant Lonis definitely wouldn’t be able to take it off without a key.
And to top it off, a metal chain—a mark of servitude—was fastened to the collar.
If she put that on…
She’d look exactly like a pet kept by Elucia.
