Chapter 32
“Gilliam Everchess got drunk and beat someone to death!?”
Roderick shouted, overcome with joy.
Gilliam had killed someone!
No one could have been happier to hear that than Roderick.
“Hahaha!! That delinquent finally went and caused a huge incident!!”
Gilliam was the young master of House Everchess.
No matter how much of a disgrace he was to the family, if they brought the power and influence of the ducal house to bear, they could probably cover up the killing of one innocent person.
But.
What if Crown Prince Roderick cried out for ‘justice’ and ‘a full investigation’ from the other side?
“Kwahahahaha!! I knew he'd bring about his own downfall in no time, even if I did nothing!!”
Roderick flung the entire ‘Everchess Downfall Plan’ on his desk into the trash.
Judging by all the ink on it, he'd clearly put a lot of effort into the plan, but.
And he'd used a lot of paper, too.
Anyway, Roderick had just been sitting back and waiting for his enemy's downfall.
“Find out the facts at once! Dig up every last detail of Everchess's ‘outrageous acts’ so we can expose him!”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
“We will surely bring down Your Highness's greatest enemy—urk!”
“Everchess is no enemy of mine!”
“M-my apologies, Your Highness!”
The cadets of the Crown Prince faction scattered.
And several hours later.
“Your Highness!”
Roderick, who'd been leisurely savoring the feeling of victory (so leisurely that he'd been biting his nails), sprang to his feet.
“Well? What happened? Was the victim, as expected, a good and innocent family man!?”
“H-he was apparently a villain who ruled the back alleys…?”
“….”
“And apparently he was the one who picked a fight with Gilliam's companions first and swung at a woman's face first. Everchess just hit him once in self-defense, and the man fell awkwardly and died.”
“….”
“There were plenty of witnesses, too. They can all testify to exactly what I just said—agh!!!”
The male student who'd been chattering away flew backward.
“Damn it…!!! That's not what I meant! I need Everchess's misdeeds, so what am I supposed to do with self-defense!? Make him out to be a man who, despite being part of the underworld, lived an upright life!”
“W-well… he looks like this.”
Another cadet held out a photograph of the victim.
“….”
“…Honestly, that's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?”
Even Roderick had to admit it was a bit of a stretch.
His face practically screamed, ‘I'm a bastard.’ He had the classic nouveau riche look, and what was with those golden brass knuckles on his hand?
No matter how much they tried to turn public opinion against him and frame him, what could they even do with this?
“Ghh….”
A sound escaped between Roderick's lips.
One female cadet quickly caught on.
“Hehe! Even His Highness the Crown Prince finds this situation funny—”
“Aaaaaaaargh!!!!!”
Condemnatory looks rained down on the female cadet, who'd been quick on the uptake but had read the room all wrong.
——————
“Understood, Young Master Everchess. Thank you for your cooperation.”
“I should be thanking you for your hard work.”
The police withdrew.
‘Phew. That ended well.’
Some formal procedures remained, but in practice, I'd already been cleared of all charges.
No matter who the other man was, getting this outcome after killing someone in a public place was the best I could've hoped for.
But.
Still.
‘…It's a shame about the bunny-girl outfits.’
Yeah.
To be honest, I wanted to see it too.
Lucy’s enormous breasts, practically spilling out of a bunny-girl outfit.
‘I thought Maron might wear one, too….’
If both Maron and Lucy wore bunny-girl outfits.
Hmm.
Just imagining it was enough to make my lower half react.
‘I wonder if they both got home safely by now.’
They'd insisted on staying until the very end, but with their schedules tomorrow, I insisted even more strongly that they go home first.
As a result.
Now that everything was over and it was late at night, only two people remained at Le Lapin.
Me, and Yuru Lapin, the owner of this place.
“…Young Master Everchess.”
Lapin bowed deeply to me.
Her long white hair flowed over her shoulders.
“I'm late in thanking you. I sincerely appreciate you saving me from that ruffian's violence.”
“It's all right. You don't have to be so flustered.”
“No…! If you hadn't helped me….”
Her voice grew a little choked.
She must've been scared.
“As a reward, I'll do anything I can for you…!!”
Maron had been like that when she apologized to me before, too.
Was ‘I'll do anything’ the default apology in this world? Maybe in a romance-fantasy world, people couldn't ask too much of each other?
“Even if you say anything, there's nothing I particularly want right now—”
【A sudden quest has appeared!】
〈The Rabbit's Dream〉
Objective: Make Yuru Lapin wear a bunny-girl outfit
Reward: 2000 Praise Points
Time limit: 10 minutes
‘….’
Nice timing, huh?
‘Make her wear a bunny-girl outfit.’
Hmm.
But wouldn't that be okay?
I don't know for sure, but this woman seemed starved for someone to look at her lustfully.
‘And I need to earn 6000 points by the end of today.’
Big Knuckle Orum had barged in out of nowhere, ruining my plan to enjoy dinner and wring points out of Maron and Lucy.
I currently had 3100 points.
I was 2900 short of my target.
But if I could get 2000 from this one quest, I had to do it.
“Yuru Lapin.”
When I met Lapin's red eyes and called her by name, her petite frame gave a little tremble.
“You'll do anything I ask?”
“…Yes. Money, or whatever else… I'll do it all for you.”
It hadn't even occurred to Lapin that he might demand her body.
Objectively speaking, she was a pretty woman.
But.
‘My breasts are small.’
This place, full of bunny girls, was her dream.
But there was another desire left in Lapin's heart.
To become a bunny girl herself.
However.
Her breasts were too small for her to wear a bunny-girl outfit.
She'd tried one on a few times. Alone. In secret.
But it didn't suit her.
So after that, instead of becoming a bunny girl herself, Lapin focused on creating a place where she could support bunny girls.
If.
Gilliam had been good at reading the room, he would've noticed these feelings in Lapin.
And he would've carefully analyzed her and coaxed her into wearing a bunny-girl outfit.
But Gilliam…
“Then please wear a bunny-girl outfit.”
“…Pardon?”
He just said it outright.
“You said you'd do anything. Please wear a bunny-girl outfit for me.”
“M-me? You want me to wear a bunny-girl outfit?”
“Yes. I want to see you wearing one.”
“Ah, you mean you want your companions to wear them. Then I'll give you the outfits for free—”
“Yuru Lapin, I said I want to see you wearing a bunny-girl outfit.”
“…?”
Lapin pointed at herself.
“You really mean me?”
“Yes.”
“It won't suit me if I wear one, will it?”
“I don't think that's true.”
Looking her straight in the eyes.
With eyes the color of sweet honey.
“I want to see you in a bunny-girl outfit.”
“…!!”
Lapin's heart pounded.
Tears welled in her eyes.
“…Yes.”
A whisper she barely managed to squeeze out.
A voice full of joy.
“I'll go change right now!!”
.
.
.
“U-um…!!”
“Is something wrong?”
“It's a little embarrassing, so please wait just a moment!”
Time limit: 30 seconds
“Please come out quickly.”
“Just a moment…! A little longer!”
Time limit: 10 seconds
“I'm sorry, I'm coming in!”
“W-wait, I'm not ready—Eek!?”
“Uuugh…! You're so mean! I told you to wait a moment!”
【Sudden Quest:〈The Rabbit's Dream〉Complete!】
【2000 Praise Points awarded as a reward (remaining:5100)】
“….”
“Y-Young Master? What's wrong?”
Dark clouds began gathering in Lapin's heart.
As expected.
It looked disappointing now that he was seeing it for real, didn't it?
It didn't suit her at all, did it?
“…It suits you.”
“…!”
“It's pretty, and sexy.”
Only then did Yuru Lapin realize.
That the gaze Gilliam was turning on her was full of desire.
“Ah…♡”
A man was looking at me with lustful eyes.
And that man was so handsome, too.
【The target experiences the greatest pleasure of her life】
<Praise Points: +1000(5100→6100)>
‘?’
Gilliam was bewildered.
‘Why did I suddenly get this many?’
Anyway, he'd successfully reached his target of 6000 points, so.
‘Shop.’
【Shop】
<Category: Greatswords>
- Sword Cyclone (3-star): 6000 points
【Spend 6000 points to acquire <Sword Cyclone>?】
【Yes/No】
‘All right. Buying this means my preparations are finally complete.’
Bassis incense that neutralized paralysis poison.
An item from Lucy's alchemist acquaintance that could imbue a weapon with the fire attribute.
The 4-star greatsword <Waterfall Slash>.
And the 3-star skill <Sword Cyclone>.
“Heh….”
A satisfied expression appeared on Gilliam's face.
That sight.
“….”
“….”
Maron and Lucy were secretly watching from outside the window.
The two women simultaneously looked down at their own breasts.
‘Liam likes small breasts…? I don't think that's it, though.’
‘He definitely complimented my breasts, saying they were big and alluring….’
Their gazes crossed.
‘That's strange. She's plenty big, too.’
‘Weird. She's even bigger than me.’
Then was it not the bunny-girl outfit that mattered?
They thought back again.
Gilliam had made Lapin wear a bunny-girl outfit.
Then he'd barged in even though she asked for time to prepare, making her embarrassed.
Then he complimented her by calling her sexy.
And when Lapin made the look of a completely conquered woman, he looked satisfied.
“!”
“!!”
The two women shuddered.
Because they'd realized.
‘Is Liam's hobby the act of making women submit to him!?’
‘Boy… you weren't just a bad man; you actively went around doing bad things.’
Good heavens.
How could he be so wicked?
What an enemy of women!
If that's the case!
‘I have to stay even closer to him so there won't be any more victims from now on!’
‘To keep other poor women from suffering, I have no choice but to be even more proactive about going around with the boy!’