The Heroines All Want to Kill Me

"Use me? What does that mean? And the Absolute Obedience Magic... This is simply ridiculous..."

"...Get down." I gave the order to Serena, who was panicking and speaking rapidly, in a cold voice.

"Yes." As soon as the words were out, Serena naturally got down on the ground and continued talking. "You can't brainwash me. Even if you're as smart as you are, and maybe even pretending to be stupid, that's still..."

"...Pause everything." And just like that, Serena froze in place, maintaining the posture of speaking.

"Kania, I'm really sorry. Can I ask you a favor?"

"...What is it?" In that situation, I leaned close to Kania, who was standing quietly beside me, and started to whisper.

"Ah, what!?" Kania showed a surprised expression, then blushed and shouted out.

"Uh... Is this request too much? I'm sorry, then I'll think of something else..." Seeing her reaction, I thought this method really wouldn't work and was about to quickly find another way...

"...I'm willing."

"Hmm?" Kania suddenly raised her head, with a determined expression. I slightly frowned and asked.

"Kania, this isn't a compulsion or an order. If you're not willing, you can just say so..."

"This is my own will." Kania still had a red face, but her tone was firm. "I'm willing to do anything for the Young Master."

"...Thank you, Kania." After thanking her, just as I was about to turn my gaze to Serena, Kania asked with a worried look.

"But... Can we really deceive Miss Serena?"

"...We can." I answered Kania briefly and added, looking at her confused expression. "...Anyway, we can."

After saying this, I gave an order to Serena, who had been looking at us with a blank gaze, again.

"...From now on, stop taking the orders I give for granted."

"Understood."

"Then, let's continue the previous topic."

"Impossible..." The moment I finished giving the order, she was about to continue her previous words, but suddenly realized that she was talking while lying on the ground and showed a blank expression.

"Why, did you say it's impossible?"

"Ah, how could this be? Why..." I laughed at her heartily and then began to tell. "You've been following my orders since you were very young. Because I cast the 'Absolute Obedience Magic' on you from then on."

"No... This can't be... How could it be..."

"Wanna hear an even more shocking truth?" Seeing Serena fall into chaos, I walked closer to her, looked directly into her eyes, and whispered. "...The reason you love me is that I once ordered you to love me."

As soon as I said this, Serena's expression froze instantly.

"Thanks to you, you've always been very useful to me, Serena."

"No... That's not true... This can't be..." Hearing my next words, Serena started shaking her head violently in denial, while I ignored her reaction and reached out my hand to Kania, who was sitting on the edge of the bed at some point.

"Now... What are you two... doing?" When I pounced on Kania, pinned her on the bed, held her hand, and looked at her with loving eyes, Serena watched us, trembling, and murmured.

"Please... Please don't deceive me anymore. You can never deceive me..."

"...Mwah." But when I continued to look at Kania with a loving expression and kissed her, Serena was immediately left speechless.

"S - stop. Please stop..."

"Um..."

"Stop... I told you to stop!!" Serena stared at us for a long time, murmured in a distraught voice, and finally couldn't hold back her anger and shouted out.

"What, you're still here?"

"This can't be... You clearly weren't sincere before? Why... Why are you serious this time..." Hearing her shout, I moved away from Kania a little, wiped the saliva connecting our lips with my sleeve, and asked. Serena started to tremble all over and murmured.

"H - how could this be... You shouldn't be like this..."

- Slap!!

Serena hurriedly walked towards me, but after I slapped her across the face, I pointed to the exit and said. "...Go back to your room and wait for the next instruction. Don't do anything unnecessary."

"Yes."

After saying this, I looked at Kania with loving eyes again and started to kiss her. Serena, who had been watching all this silently, a tear rolled down from her eyes, and she staggered out of the room.

[Serena Luna Moonlight's Current Emotions: Love / Sorrow / Confusion / Chaos / Doubt]

"...This is crazy." I gently moved away from Kania and used the "Mind Reading" skill on her. Seeing the result that emerged in front of me, I lowered my head and murmured. "What on earth... is so good about someone like me... Why, even after being treated like that, do you still love me..."

Because she was uncertain about everything, I thought the effect would be somewhat reduced... But even so, I thought it would be enough to hurt her feelings. But it turned out I was wrong. Although I erased the "worry" emotion that shouldn't exist in the "system trial" from her, I couldn't erase the "love" emotion. Even when I was affectionate with other women in front of her, even when I spoke harshly to her and even hit her, Serena Luna Moonlight still loved me.

"You, Young Master..."

"Ah, I'm sorry...Kania." I was immersed in endless guilt and sighed. At this time, Kania, who had been snuggling in my arms, quietly averted her eyes and muttered something. I immediately sat up on the bed.

"...What's the result?" Kania tried to put on a calm expression, but her cheeks were flushed. Seeing my pained look, she carefully asked.

"Although the worry was erased, the love couldn't be erased..." Hearing my answer with another sigh, Kania showed a complex and subtle expression and said softly. "...Miss Serena really has deep feelings for you."

Hearing this, I quietly closed my eyes and fell into thought.

"...However, we've finally overcome a difficult situation." The purpose of this action was to make Serena completely break with me. If the target wasn't Serena, this kind of hateful thing would be a piece of cake for me. But precisely because the target was Serena, the difficulty multiplied several times. I loved Serena deeply and cherished her. Even if I slandered her and humiliated her, she, who had already seen through my true feelings, wouldn't change her mind. So, I came up with a plan. This plan was to use Kania, one of the "main heroines". Precisely because of this, Serena was shocked by my attitude that was completely different from before. Her worry about me disappeared, replaced by confusion, embarrassment, and sorrow. But still, she loved me. If she continued to love me, she might soon worry about me again. In that case, she wouldn't be safe in the system's trial. Moreover, the "Curse of Slavery" would continue to torment her.

'So, from now on...'

"Young Master, I have a question."

"...Huh?" I was trying to endure the pain in my heart and draw a conclusion when Kania, who had been sitting quietly beside me, suddenly spoke up.

"...Young Master, do you love Miss Serena?" Kania asked with the calm expression she had when working. I stared at her, let out a deep sigh, and answered, "If I said I didn't, it would definitely be a lie."

After I said this with a bitter smile, Kania slightly frowned and took over my words.

"...When we were young, Miss Serena once warned me that you were her first love and told me not to have any ideas about you."

"Really?"

"Is it the same for you, Young Master?" Kania tilted her head and asked. I tried to avoid her gaze and said in a low voice.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"...I just felt that at a time like this, I should say something."

"Why this of all things?"

"Sorry." I chuckled again and asked. Kania lowered her head to answer. I made a "It's okay" gesture to her, then lay down on the bed, stared blankly at the ceiling for a while, and secretly glanced at Kania and said, "Kania, although this request is very shameless..."

"Please feel free to say it. You are completely entitled to make requests of me." Kania responded in a firm tone before I could finish speaking. I looked at her, with a hint of guilt on my face, and then began to tell the decision that I hadn't been able to say before.

"Kania, I'm really sorry...But I think I may have to continue doing this in the future."

"...What?" Hearing this, Kania, who had a calm expression, slightly distorted her expression.

"I'm sorry, what I mean is...Serena's constant 'love' emotion is a big problem...Moreover, we don't know how long her current confusion and chaos will last..." Because of her reaction, I felt a strong sense of guilt and started to explain incoherently. "...So, to make Serena stop worrying about me and at the same time eliminate her love for me, continuously showing an indifferent attitude in front of her may be the best way..."

"I'll cooperate." I rambled on for a while until Kania held my hand, smiled, and answered. Then I stopped talking and stare at her quietly.

"...If you're not careful, you'll also be threatened by Serena. Even so, do you still want to do this?"

"I'm also very strong."

"Even if you'll also feel the guilt I'm carrying now?" Seeing me ask with a worried look, she chuckled, and then answered in a calm tone. "I'm an evil dark mage. Something like guilt means nothing to me."

"...Thank you, Kania." I didn't want to ask more, because it would be disrespectful to Kania, who had made a difficult decision for me. So I thanked her briefly, then plopped down on the bed and murmured. "After everything is over, how should I apologize to Serena? No, in the end, can I really apologize?"

Hearing this, Kania closed her eyes tightly, thought for a moment, then slowly opened her eyes and carefully threw a question at me.

"Young Master, I know this question may be disrespectful...But I want to ask something." She became uncharacteristically nervous, even swallowed her saliva. I realized it might be something important and nodded seriously.

"Just now, you...made intimate moves on me to shake Miss Serena's heart."

"...That's true." After I answered calmly, Kania continued to ask in a low voice.

"If even Miss Serena, who can usually see through your fake flirting, was shaken..."

"..."

"Uh... That..." But she trailed off halfway, lowered her head, then blushed and whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito. "...Thank you for cherishing me so much."

I stared at her blankly for a while, tried to stay calm, and said to her. "I also... Thank you."

The dormitory fell into silence for a while.

"T - then I have to go deal with my work." A moment later, Kania, who broke the silence, was uncharacteristically flustered and hurriedly left my room.

"Sigh..." Looking at Kania's back, thinking it was time to rest, I gently closed my eyes...

"...Damn it." For some reason, the image of Serena's face with a tear rolling down it kept lingering in front of my eyes. I couldn't help but curse and sat up from the bed.

"To me, they're all precious people I want to protect no matter what..." I recalled the experiences of the five heroines, each of them different, yet all having been hurt because of me. I sighed and walked to the window, staring outside in a daze.

"...If I keep hurting them like this, even if everything is over, I'm afraid I won't be forgiven." Ironically, the sun was shining brightly outside the window, illuminating the whole world.

- Knock - knock

"...Who is it?" I was staring out of the window in a daze when suddenly someone knocked on my door.

"Hello." A moment later, Irina, neatly dressed, pushed the door open and entered. "I'm here to do my slave work."

"Sigh..." I was already upset because of the heroines who had been hurt because of me, and now seeing Irina, who had become a slave because of me, come in, it made me even more annoyed.

'...I originally wanted to share my magic power with her.' The reason I made a "Death Oath" with her was to be able to pass on my complete magic power to her justifiably. But I unexpectedly defeated her, and as a result, I had to take her in as a direct - subordinate slave and order her around. Thanks to these rumors, now it's being spread outside that Irina, a magic genius who entered the school as the top student, has become Frey's sex slave, and a noble mage has bowed her head to dirty power. These rumors, which make me furious just by hearing them, have spread far and wide. If I feel so angry just by hearing them, how humiliated and angry must Irina, the person involved, be? For her, who is competitive, has high moral character, and has extremely high self - esteem, this is undoubtedly unbearable. You know, in the last timeline, there were quite a few nobles who suffered a lot after humiliating her.

"...Did you rest well during this time? You look in good spirits. You seem to have had a great time while I was away?" But today, I still had to do something mean to such an Irina. Even though my heart was in turmoil, even though I was extremely reluctant, I had no choice.

"During this time, I've been cleaning Lord Frey's dormitory without a single day off. Because I'm Lord Frey's exclusive slave."

"Really? You've worked hard. Then come here." I looked at Irina, who spoke in a calm tone, with a sly expression and gently patted the edge of the bed.

"...Okay." Irina seemed to understand my intention. First, she closed her eyes tightly, then slowly walked towards me.

"Come... How does it feel? Does your shoulder feel a little more relaxed?"

"...." I gently kneaded her shoulders.

"...This side seems really stiff?"

"Really?"

"Yeah, so... This should be better, right?" As I said this, I secretly put my arm around her.

"....""...Huh?" But something felt off. Usually, Irina would immediately wriggle and resist, but at this moment, she was quietly accepting my touch.

"...Hey, what are you doing?"

"..." No, she wasn't just quietly accepting; she was carefully groping around on me. What on earth was going on?

"At a time like this... Shouldn't you resist? Resist..." Finally, I couldn't stand Irina's touch anymore, broke free from her, and pretended to be calm as I poked her cheek.

"...I'm sorry." At this time, she, who had been silent all along, suddenly looked directly at me and said, "I thought about it for three months and felt that this kind of behavior is more suitable for the identity of an exclusive slave."

I stared at her, distorted my expression, lifted her chin with my hand, and said coldly. "I already have so many obedient women around me that I'm tired of looking at them."

"Y - yes... Is that so...?"

"So you have to resist me... Only then is there value in destroying you."

"...I understand." Although she answered like this, she still stared straight at me.

"Ha... What a buzzkill. Forget it, that's it for today..." Sensing that something was wrong with Irina, I moved away from her with a cold face, pointed to the ground, and prepared to leave...

"Cough! Cough!" Suddenly, I felt a dull pain in my chest, couldn't help pounding on my chest, and started to cough violently.

"...Are you okay?"

"Just leave me alone and go clean." Irina frowned and walked towards me. I waved my hand at her irritably.

"...." However, Irina stared at the corner of my mouth with sharp eyes. I quickly wiped the corner of my mouth with my hand and found that it was stained with bright red blood.

"...What are you doing? Hurry up and clean it up." I stared blankly for a while, then silently put my hand behind my back and gave an order to Irina.

"Lord Frey, I have a question for you."

"What?" But instead of going to clean, Irina suddenly threw a question at me.

"...When is your birthday?"

"Me? It's in two weeks."

"I see, then perhaps..."

"Shut up and go clean." Feeling a bit like I was being interrogated for some reason, I interrupted her and walked silently towards the bathroom in the room.

"Ah, I brought some saplings to put in the dormitory... Which one do you think is better?" But this time, Irina stopped me and took out a few small saplings and handed them over. I pushed her away and answered coldly.

"...Just put them wherever." After saying this, I walked into the bathroom, locked the door, and finally couldn't help coughing.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!!" It seems I have to prepare a handkerchief with automatic cleaning function as soon as possible.

.....

At the same time, inside the Imperial Magic Tower.

"...What on earth is this principle?"

"I just did it and it worked." The Tower Master stared at Greyna in disbelief as she turned various magic crystals, mithril, and adamantine into powder with just a flick of her finger.

"I've long known that the magic power you possess is unprecedented..." When the Tower Master saw the protective shield he had built with all his might shatter with a crisp sound, he murmured with a look of amazement. "The magic power and abilities you possess... are simply a 'Miracle'..."

- Rumble!!!

"My goodness!!" The Tower Master had been staring intently at this child who was evidently going to completely overturn the existing magic system for quite a while. All of a sudden, a white owl swooped in through the window and started pecking at his head frantically. Panicked, he hastily snatched the wooden staff beside him.

"Growl growl!!" Sensing the situation, the clever owl promptly spat out a letter from its beak and then soared out of the window.

"Ugh..." The Tower Master looked at the owl in a daze. Subsequently, he carefully unfolded the saliva - soaked letter.

- Proceed as planned

Only this single sentence was written on the letter, standing there all alone.

"Hah..." The Tower Master glared at the brief content with irritation. Then, he tossed the letter to Greyna, tore it to pieces, let out a heavy sigh, and muttered in a low voice, "...Damn guy."