Chapter 4
“So, Ian, from now on, please fuck as many of the women in the ‘Female Gallery’ as possible!”
“....”
The Female Gallery, huh.
No wonder its name was obscured as '■■ Gallery'; I suppose it really was that blatant.
As I briefly tried to escape reality, Lady Ellis continued.
“Actually, I know that too! You want to fuck me more than the other women, don't you, Ian!”
“...Absolutely not.”
“Heeheehee! You don't have to hide it! From the moment you first saw me, there was intense lust in your eyes, Ian! Ah! Look! Even now, your gaze keeps drifting toward my breasts!”
“....”
Hearing her say that with such a bright smile, I genuinely wanted to die of shame.
“Unfortunately, I can't accept your feelings... Please don't get the wrong idea! I genuinely want to be fucked by you too, Ian! I've even made a list of the positions I want to try! But right now, the difference in our ranks is so vast that rather than having sex, your life would be in danger just from touching my body!”
At Lady Ellis's words, I quietly nodded.
I had nearly wet myself just from looking into her eyes; what would happen if even my fingertips touched her?
I didn't even want to imagine it.
“In the end, to have sex with me, Ian, you need to build up fate power and raise your rank... But realistically, it's impossible to accumulate that much fate power during a human's short life!”
Lady Ellis, who had crossed both hands to form an X, continued with a bright smile.
“B! U! T! As I said, Ian possesses the incredible ability to steal the fate power of women he's had sex with and make it his own! Eek! Isn't that amazing? It's as if the world chose you as its mate!”
I wasn't exactly sure what fate power was, but the idea of stealing it bothered me.
“Lady Ellis... What happens to someone whose fate power is stolen?”
“They lose the destiny they were born with! Usually, in such cases, they get swept along by the person nearby who has the greatest fate power... So they might become a little obsessed with you, Ian!”
I didn't care if they became obsessed with me.
I had intended to take full responsibility for everyone I slept with.
But I had no desire to ruin someone else's destiny with my own hands.
‘More importantly... what will happen to Ibelin?’
I had already had sex with Ibelin.
If what Lady Ellis said was true, hadn't I ruined Ibelin's destiny without even knowing it?
“I can tell what you're thinking from your face. You're kind, Ian. I like that about you too, but... don't worry too much! Destiny sounds nice when you put it that way, but in truth, it's far more often something terrible.”
After saying that, Lady Ellis closed her eyes and clasped her hands as if in prayer.
“If someone lived their whole life according to the course of fate, they could be falsely accused and executed.”
Behind Lady Ellis, I saw a guillotine blade falling.
“Someone who struggled desperately to escape their fate might ultimately have their soul devoured by a demon.”
I saw a blood-soaked dress pierced by spears and swords, and a village engulfed in flames.
“And someone else, unable to endure their own powerlessness, might take their own life, while yet another might be consumed by hatred and stain the empire with blood.”
I saw someone crying amid a black vial and corpses stretching to the horizon.
“In the end, do you really think it's right for innocent children to meet endings like those simply because it's their destiny? I don't! I can't accept it!”
For the first time, Ellis's face hardened and she shouted; until then, her smile had never disappeared.
“...But this is only my opinion. I can't force it on you, Ian. The choice is yours. So choose.”
Ellis held out her right hand, spread two fingers, and slowly approached me.
“Will you turn a blind eye to those children meeting terribly cruel and unhappy ends under fate's guidance, and wait for the world to be destroyed someday?”
Having come close enough that I could feel her breath, Ellis whispered in a voice sweet enough to melt my brain.
“Or... will you pour out your desires to the beautiful females in the gallery to your heart's content, make me yours as well, and save the world?”
It was a truly blasphemous thing to say, but Ellis now felt more like a demon tempting humans than a goddess.
“...I'll do my best.”
“Good!! That's just like the man I chose! Then let's work hard to save your world, Ian!”
“Understood... But, Lady Ellis.”
“Yes, Ian!”
“There aren't any men in the gallery... right?”
Someone might ask whether gender matters when the world is ending, but it matters to me.
Of course, I didn't want the world to end either.
But I was almost equally unwilling to have sex with a man.
“Heeheehee! You're underestimating me, Ian! What did I say the gallery was called?”
“...The Female Gallery.”
“That's right! It's the Female Gallery! Other than you, Ian, only females can access the gallery! Besides, your ability only works on the opposite sex!”
At the assurance that there were no men, I let out a sigh of relief.
“That's a relief. Then how many women would I have to sleep with... before I could sleep with you, Lady Ellis?”
“Even I, Ellis, don't know that!”
“...Huh?”
“How much fate power you steal each time you have sex depends on you, Ian! So please fuck as many women as possible, so you won't fall short!! In particular, every user of the ‘Female Gallery’ is an exceptional female selected by strict standards, so it would be best if you fucked every one of them!!”
“....”
Even when I'd only skimmed through the gallery, it had seemed to contain several hundred users. Was she telling me to sleep with every one of them?
‘No... More importantly.’
Somehow, I'd ended up having sex with Ibelin, but I had absolutely no experience with romance.
Thinking of the formidable names I'd seen in the gallery, I wasn't even sure I could bring myself to speak to them.
Just then, Lady Ellis clapped her hands and said,
“Oh, right! Have you checked your blessing, Ian?”
“My blessing?”
“Yes! I know better than anyone that you're an attractive man, Ian, but dealing with several females at once won't be easy! So I poured all my remaining power into blessing you! A notification window should have appeared, shouldn't it?”
“Ah!”
What had happened here was so shocking that I'd briefly forgotten, but I had definitely seen a notification window appear just before coming here.
▶[Sex Status has been unlocked!!]
▶[You can now view the Sex Status of gallery users with whom you've had a sexual relationship!!]
‘A blessing into which the goddess poured all her remaining power...’
Wondering just how incredible the ability could be, I used Sex Status.
[Sex Status]
Name: Ibelin Marigold
Title: ChildhoodFriendRape■, Pro Female Gallery User, Talented Mage
Sexual Preferences: Childhood Friend LV MAX, Sleep Sex LV3, True Love LV3, Masturbation Addiction LV2, Multiple Orgasms LV1...
Mating Count: 1 ▶ Click to see details!
Vaginal Sex: 1
Anal Sex: 0
Oral Sex: 0
Masturbation Count: 1274 > 1275
Maximum Orgasms in One Day: 16
Last Masturbation Material: First Sex with Ian
“Ah! Looks like Ibelin was masturbating just now! Her masturbation count went up by one!”
“....”
My head spun at this blessing, which felt nothing like what I had imagined.
“Lady Ellis... I'm sorry, but is this all?”
“Of course not! The real thing comes after this! Scroll down.”
Of course.
She had poured all the goddess's remaining power into it; there was no way this was all.
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Ibelin Walkthrough: A classic, straight-laced tsundere childhood friend who can't be honest! She always snaps at you to hide her embarrassment, but she truly loves you, Ian! She's also extremely jealous, so she'll get incredibly angry if you get close to another woman, but... she can't resist pleasure once it's been imprinted on her body!! Before she can stab you, fuck her roughly first and make the power dynamic clear!
Tip: After rough sex, whisper that you love her more than anything in the world while giving her a deep kiss—that's the key!
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“How is it! Amazing, right? This walkthrough was created by the artificial spirits after analyzing every bit of information about you and Ibelin! If you just follow the advice, you'll be able to train... I mean, conquer the females in no time!”
“....”
I realized it with certainty.
It's because I get my hopes up that I end up betrayed.
I resolved never to rely on Lady Ellis's blessings again.
“Yes, it's amazing... But shouldn't Sex Status be something you can view before having sex for it to be useful?”
The act of having sex was already the problem, so what use was an ability that could only be used after having sex?
“Heeheehee, Ian. I, Ellis, swear on the goddess's name that Sex Status will be a great help to you. And
‘sexual relationship’
doesn't necessarily mean sex♪”
“Then...”
Just as I was about to ask what she meant in detail, Ellis brought a finger to just short of touching my lips and said,
“It's such a shame, but your time here is up, Ian. We'll continue our unfinished conversation next time.”
“...Understood.”
I had no choice but to back down in the face of Lady Ellis's gentle but unmistakable refusal.
“Heehee... Thank you for understanding. I, Ellis, had such... such a wonderful time meeting you today, Ian!”
“...I had a good time too.”
“Yes! I hope next time we'll be able to go a little further, Ian! Then! May you be blessed in the name of the Goddess of Love and Training!”
Fwoooosh─
And with that bright light, Ian returned to reality...
“Haa...”
Left alone, Ellis let out a short sigh.
“I used more power than I expected. I'll have to be careful from now on.”
Ellis shook her head and snapped her fingers, causing the sky to part like a curtain and reveal what had been hidden within.
Tap tap tap─
There, women whose appearances were perfectly identical, like identical twins, were tirelessly moving their fingers.
“No. 45, Magical Girl Urara Episode 215 upload complete. Requesting upvotes.”
“Confirmed. Three... two... one... The required upvotes for a featured post have been reached.”
“No. 72, the user with the nickname ‘ChildhoodFriendRape’ is running a pure-love astroturfing campaign in the gallery. Their output is stronger than usual. Requesting permission to use a VPN.”
“VPN authorization denied. High probability of a backfire. Instead, Nos. 6, 16, and 52, whose reputations in the gallery are usually good, will provide support in the comments under their fixed usernames.”
“No. 6 confirmed.”
“No. 16 confirmed.”
“No. 52 confirmed.”
Their official designation was
‘Humanoid Artificial Spirits for Large-Scale Gallery Control
’ .
In short, they were artificial spirits Ellis had created, and their main duties were...
[Breaking) The Queen Bee's birthday party is up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!][8]
[Good night, frens... See you tomorrow...][4]
[All grad students are psychos][6]
[This one's cute, right? ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Don't downvote ㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴ][3]
[The persecution of anonymous users has gone too far... The answer is war][0]
writing concept posts designed to pique gallery users' interest, or
ㄴ[What's with this childhood-friend pure love crap, seriously? Are they really that clueless about what gets people off? For childhood friends, NTR loser masturbation is the standard.]
ㄴ[Typical pure-love freak: aiming for the main-wife position and not even managing to become a concubine.]
ㄴ[Pure love is a crime, kekeke ^^]
manipulating public opinion and altering common sense through comments.
“No. 1, give me the briefing.”
When Ellis, who had come inside, called No. 1, the artificial spirit wearing a yellow badge on her chest opened her mouth.
“Yes. The gallery's average post rate is holding at 18 per minute, and 75% of users are currently online. As for notable developments, ‘ChildhoodFriendRape■’ appears to be attempting repeated pure-love astroturfing and spamming, perhaps because of the excitement of a first experience, but it is being handled.”
“Good. They'll be going wild for a while, so keep monitoring the situation.”
“Confirmed.”
As No. 1 gave a slight bow and returned to her station, Ellis clutched the breast Ian's gaze had touched and whispered.
“Heehee... Then, I'll be waiting. Ian♥”