Chapter 56: While the Royal Palace is in an Uproar

While both the royal palace and the rear palace were in chaos, I stayed shut up in my room, sitting quietly. With nothing else to do, I naturally started reminiscing about everything that had happened since I came to this world. What came to mind were all the erotic events that would have been impossible in my previous life. Those mental signals traveled straight down to my lower half, and what was supposed to get hard, got hard.

A young body really is something else. Just using my own hand and the images in my head was enough to take care of it. Thanks to having learned "Purification," all I had to do was use the cloth draped over a drink nearby to catch what came out. It had really become convenient.

Using Cass as material, Countess Rosette as material, Lily as material, and even Linda and Miss Marin—who I hadn’t gotten that far with yet—as material, I managed a full five shots and still had plenty left in the tank.

But since my mind is that of a 30-year-old, I thought I really should stop at some point. I’d heard somewhere that doing it too much could hinder growth, so I figured I should probably hold back.

With nothing else to do, I went out onto the roof from my room and moved around up there for some light exercise. Down in the palace gardens, they were probably preparing the Knight Order’s reinforcement unit. A large number of people were carrying and gathering supplies. The sun had already passed its peak and was beginning to tilt (around 3 PM by Japanese standards), so there was no way they’d depart today. They’d probably leave tomorrow morning before sunrise, once it got bright.

I’d heard that multiple knight companies come together to form a knight order. I wondered how many companies were sent with the previous subjugation force, and how many would be sent this time. Did this country not have a standing army? Was the Knight Order serving as the military instead? Maybe the Knight Order was the only permanent force, and in times of war they’d conscript farmers to become soldiers?

Since the Crown Prince himself had gone with the first subjugation force, who would command this next one? Probably someone of similar high status. I had time to think about it, but no one was going to tell me. Cass probably didn’t know the details either. Lily, on the other hand, felt like she might.

I scanned the knights below, wondering if I could spot Miss Marin, but from up here they were just rice-grain-sized heads. There was no way I could tell. All I could do was hope she wouldn’t have to go somewhere so dangerous.

"Lord Robby."

I turned around at the voice and saw Lily. She had climbed onto the roof still wearing her maid uniform.

"You weren’t in your room, so I came straight up here."

Lily’s face was stiff. She wasn’t wearing her usual slightly sarcastic smile; her expression was completely devoid of emotion. What happened? Even with all the turmoil in the palace, I didn’t think it would affect Lily this much.

"Lord Robby, Stevie will not be coming tonight. Or rather, considering her mental state, I don’t think it would be possible."

"What’s wrong? Did something happen to Stevie?"

"Stevie’s older brother... has passed away. He was serving close to His Highness the Crown Prince and apparently died together with him."

"Eh!? Is that true? Are you sure? I heard he was participating in the subjugation force, but he was in a place like that?"

"Yes. Everyone thought that nothing dangerous would happen around His Highness the Crown Prince, but it seems the unthinkable occurred. It’s truly unfortunate... Poor thing."

"I see... So how is Stevie doing?"

"She’s been summoned to the Knight Order headquarters. Family members of the deceased can apparently go to the site if they wish. I don’t know what Stevie will choose to do. ℴ

If she doesn’t go, she probably won’t be able to see her brother’s face. His Highness the Crown Prince’s body will be transported back with preservation magic, but lower-ranking soldiers like Stevie’s brother will likely either be buried on site or cremated, with only the bones brought back."

"I see... But even if she could see his face, if he was killed by a magic beast, wouldn’t it be in terrible condition?"

"It might be. In battles between humans, the wounds would be limited to certain areas, but with magic beasts...? It depends on what kind of beast it was."

"What kinds of magic beasts are there?"

"I don’t know much either, but I’ve heard of wolf-type, lion-type, and eagle-type magic beasts. They’re larger than normal animals and have grown more intelligent. I’ve also heard there are dragon-like ones, but I don’t know if any appeared this time."

"Are there no humanoid magic beasts? Like goblins or orcs?"

"What are those?"

"Never mind if you don’t know."

"Lord Robby, where did you learn such knowledge? Hey, why do you know things like that? Hey, hey, tell me! I won’t tell anyone else, so please tell only me!"

She grabbed my arm and shook it vigorously, but there was no way I could tell her, so I stayed silent. Lily then sniffed the air with her nose and said,

"Oh? I smell that scent, Lord Robby. Did you do it by yourself? Even after releasing so much inside me last night, you still did it again? Your sex drive is terrifying! One person alone can’t possibly keep up with you. Last night I thought I was going to break... How frightening. A terrifying ten-year-old..."

She muttered the last part under her breath.

Just how good is Lily’s nose? There was a senior at my old company born in the Year of the Dog who had a sharp sense of smell. Maybe Lily was born in the Year of the Dog too?

It couldn’t be helped that I masturbated, okay? Just thinking a little and it gets hard immediately. In my previous life as a middle schooler, I used to jerk off whenever I had free time. Back then I didn’t know any girls, so I had to handle everything with fantasies, and there were limits to those fantasies—there were times at school, club activities, and cram school where I couldn’t fantasize. But now that I have so much free time, my hand naturally goes downward. Seriously.

"I shouldn’t ask this, but... if you still have some left, would you like to let it out? Lord Robby?"

Lily pulled down the front of her uniform with her fingers, opening it to show me from the base of her breasts to the middle, tempting me.

In that situation, there was only one thing I could say:

"Please."

Lily smiled and said, "Geez, it can’t be helped, can it?" while her face clearly broke into a grin. Well, it’s a win-win situation.