Ch 280: Are you a Good Girl?

"…playing with fire, and I am about to give up on trying to keep them from going after you! You and your organization are going to…"

Paper Noise exchanged an irritated glance with the woman who had just entered the room and ended the call before the incensed Witch of the Void could finish delivering her threat.

"She is more insistent that we expected." frowned Shirona as she sat beside her.

"She is. Yukari is still keeping an eye on Avrora?"

"Yes. She won't wake up until the ritual is over. A small mercy."

"Do not get attached to her, Shirona." warned Paper Noise.

"Yes. I know, and I haven't changed my mind about it. So, why did that girl say?"

"Same as before, she claimed that we are only hours away from Jinah and her companions going on the war path." shrugged Paper Noise.

She and Shirona both rolled their eyes. They had led the Lion King Organization for years and knew how the game was played. Jinah and her friends might huff and puff, but it was all a bluff. They wouldn't dare make an enemy of the government.

Their easy acceptance of their Observers and the reports from Yukina and Reina made clear that Jinah and the others were fundamentally good and upright people, aware of the importance of keeping a good relationship with the authorities and instinctively deferring to them, and willing to compromise when needed. They wouldn't dare make the whole government their enemy.

"And our girls? Do they confirm?"

"They confirm that Jinah and company are angry about it and urged us to return Avrora as well, but Jinah, Nagisa and the others are just mopping around and sending them the occasional glare, followed by apologies as they know they are not involved in this. If they were going to act, they would already have done so and tried to evade our Observers."

"Maybe we should tell them why we are doing this, at least. It may calm them down a little."

"And tell that we lied about returning her? No, in this case, a token of apology after the fact will be better than asking for their permission. Besides, Aside from Nagisa, they have met Avrora for barely a day. They can't have formed a strong emotional attachment to her so quickly. They'll get over it, with our girls' help."

Shirona nodded and took some of the papers from the pile and started reading. Leading a government organization, even a relatively confidential one, implied a lot of paperwork, and Paper Noise would be swamped on short order without help.

"I received confirmation from Major Azama earlier. They are on schedule." said Paper Noise.

"Good." nodded Shirona. "Two more days, and two headaches will be settled."

…

Natsuki hurried with grading her students' latest test. She might be more than a teacher and regularly deal with much more important matters, but there was little she could do about those right now, and if she demanded from her students that they didn't miss any test or homework no matter how valid the excuse, she should also hold herself to the same standard.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh…."

She glanced to the side where Astarte was crouching in front of a fan, opening her mouth wide as she enjoyed the air blowing on her face. Natsuki smiled fondly at the sight of the adorable homunculus.

If only life could be that simple for everyone…

Someone knocked on the door.

"Enter." said Natsuki, and Tiné Chelc entered.

"Good afternoon, Natsuki-sensei." said Tiné with a respectful nod, dressed in the academy's school uniform.

"Good afternoon, Tiné." replied Natsuki with a small smile, regretting for an instant that all the troublemakers were not like Tiné, deliberate, thoughtful and invariably polite and referring to her properly. Then she sighed.

"If you came for news about Avrora, I am sorry, but the Lion King Organization is stone-walling me. Please give me a bit more time. I am trying to get the Island's administrators involved. They have contacts at higher levels of the government."

"We are aware that you did your best effort, Natsuki-sensei." nodded Tiné. "Jinah has put one of her Shadow Soldiers in Astarte's shadow, just in case she needs protection, and she listened by linking her senses to him."

Astarte stopped her fun with the fan to look at her shadow and probed it with a finger several times, as is she expected it to sink in it.

"I see." frowned Natsuki. Yet another ability they hadn't told her about. How much more were those girls hiding? "Is there another of those in mine as well?"

"I do not think so, Natsuki-sensei. Your tendency to teleport around would have made it difficult, and Jinah isn't worried about your own safety. Nor does she particularly want to keep tabs on you, except in those… extreme circumstances. Anyway, I came to inform you, Natsuki-sensei."

"Since the Lion King Organization has rejected all attempts to settle things peacefully, we are taking action. Jinah and the others have already left Itogami Island. Only Saika and I are remaining behind to protect La Folia, Kanon and Asagi."

"What are they going to do?" asked Natsuki in a tight voice and wondering if she should try to warn the Lion King Organization.

"Their first step, that already should have started, is to secure the loyalty of the five Observers."

"…You mean making them your slaves?" asked Natsuki with a flat tone, and Tiné hesitated for a second before nodding.

"It was only a matter of time, really, although I am sure my friends would have preferred to be less forceful about it. We are fond of them, and so we wish to offer them the perks that come with being an Agent of the Gods, but for this to happen, teaching them to enjoy sexual submission is a necessary step."

"I do not see how. This sounds more like an excuse."

"Did Jinah mention the name Noah to you, Natsuki-sensei?"

"No. Who is he?"

Tiné spent a minute explaining Noah role, and how his power-sharing ability worked.

"…I see." finally said Natsuki when Tiné was done.

"Please do not worry too much about them, Natsuki-sensei. Yukina, Reina and the others only have a long, happy and fulfilling life to look forward to."

"How can I not worry when I know the kind of things they may be enduring right now?"

"We use special methods to nurture in our recruits a liking for those kinds of activities. For having experienced those myself, I can assure you that they are very effective, and their reluctance will last at most a few days. Besides, according to one of our sources, we are actually going to save Yukina and Reina by severing their relationship with the Lion King Organization."

"What do you mean?"

"The silver spears that the Lion King Organization have given them, named 'Schneewalzer', can emit what you call 'Divine Vibrations' to disrupt and destroy magic phenomenon like vampires' familiars or magic formations."

"I am aware of what they do." impatiently nodded Natsuki.

"But are you also aware that repeated exposure to those Divine Vibrations will eventually cause Yukina and Reina to undergo some kind of false transcendence very similar to the Faux Angel transformation Kensei Kaname tried to do?" asked Tiné, and Natsuki leaned forward with a frown.

"…I wasn't. How reliable is that information?"

"Not absolutely reliable, but near enough that we take it into account in our decisions. The same source told us that Aya's daughter would soon come to Itogami Island to try to free her mother from the prison you guard."

"Aya doesn't have a daughter." frowned Natsuki.

"That isn't what Aya said when we asked her about it. She confirmed she had set this into motion before being imprisoned."

Natsuki nodded, then sighed heavily. "…I can't stop Jinah and the others anyway. They are out of my reach."

"You can't." confirmed Tiné. "The time dilation effect inside our Sanctuary prevents any electronic communications, and even I do not know where they are. Jinah asked Beru, a Shadow Soldier able to fly at supersonic speed, to carry it out of the island and find a secluded place. They are probably somewhere deep in a forest."

"…and your next step?" asked Natsuki, not sure she really wanted to know. What happened outside of Itogami Island wasn't her responsibility, but she might still be blamed for their actions and for failing to keep them in the Island, however impossible the task was.

"We haven't decided yet. It will depend on the Lion King Organization's leadership, and if we can retrieve Avrora unharmed. Hopefully, this will end with them only losing five agents and our goodwill."

"I will have to tell them soon that Jinah and the others have disappeared. Or they will think of me as an accomplice."

"This is fine with us." nodded Tiné. "The awareness that we are coming for them may even make them rethink whatever they plan to do with Avrora. Now if you will excuse me, Natsuki-sensei, I do not want to leave Kanon and La Folia alone for too long."

Natsuki nodded, and made a heavy sigh as she watched Tiné close the door behind her.

…

Zana Lashka walked down one of the imperial palace's hallways, a thin folder in hand. Her knee-long blonde hair gathered in a thick braid swayed behind her, and her golden eyes were unusually serious.

She was dressed in her favorite outfit, a black top with white trims that was little more than a sports bra, a wine-red skirt, black shoulder-length gloves and stockings, and white sneakers.

The skirt was very short, and her midriff was completely exposed, but no one without a death wish would dare utter a word of protest about the fashion sense of the 72th Queen, the Golden Lioness of the Warlord's Empire.

The Warlord himself would only raise an amused eyebrow while Zana settled the matter herself. With her fists.

She nodded to the two guards by the door before opening it without knocking.

The Warlord was sitting in front of a large TV, gamepad in hand, playing a fighting game.

He glanced at her for a second as she entered, then returned his attention to the screen, and Zana waited beside him. The news she brought were important, but not so urgent that waiting a minute would change anything.

The Warlord won his round, then turned off the game console and smiled at her.

"Something interesting happening, Zana?"

"You could say that. I heard a few things from our agents in Itogami Island, and somewhere else."

Zana opened her folder and took from it a few photos, depicting a group of young women on an airport's runway, with an warship of the Aldegyr kingdom in the background.

"Oh? This is princess La Folia. The lass seems to be doing well." nodded Ki Juranbarada. The First Progenitor had golden brown eyes and shoulder-length dark gray eyes he gathered in a shot ponytail just under his neck. He was fit and well-built, without being bulky.

"I assume the purple-haired one is this Jinah who refused my summon and killed Vatler?" asked Ki without any trace of animosity in this tone.

"That is what I was told, yes." nodded Zana. "But there are a few more people of interest in those photos."

"…The Fourth Progenitor? And that other white-haired girl La Folia was hugging?"

"Her name is Kanon Rihavein, also known as Kanon Kanase, La Folia's long-lost aunt and Queen Polifonia's younger sister. It seems she is the reason for Princess La Folia traveling to Itogami Island. But I am mostly interested in the blonde girl beside Nagisa Akatsuki."

"Twins? Or a close relative?"

"According to our source in the Island's administration, she is Avrora Florestina." revealed Zana, and Ki froze for an instant before looking more closely.

"…Are you sure? Avrora doesn't look like this."

"The same source reported that Jinah and her companions extracted Avrora's soul from Nagisa's body and gave her an artificial body to inhabit, modeled after Nagisa's. There is also the other blonde girl. Do you recognize her?"

"…Isn't that lass the Priestess of Cain?" frowned the Warlord as he looked up from the picture.

"It is her, yes." nodded Zana.

"That is a lot of important people gathering in the same spot for an unofficial visit. There is no way this is a coincidence. They are plotting something big and using this reunion as a cover."

"All hope isn't lost yet, we'll make a politician out of you!" praised Zana with a laugh as she sat beside him and squeezed his shoulder.

"Do not wish ill of me, woman." chuckled Ki. Both were warriors first and rulers second, and they shared a certain amount of disdain for politicians.

"There's something else. The Chaos Zone must have its own agents in Itogami. Giada is letting Tartarus Lapse off their leashes."

The Warlord frowned. He knew little about Tartarus Lapse's motivations, but the group of magic terrorists had certainly proved effective, causing the destruction of the Iresia demon sector in Western Europe.

One peculiarity about them was that, unlike run-of-the-mill human-supremacist groups who were very vocal about their goals, Tartarus Lapse didn't seek acknowledgment from the public, and had never, as far as he knew, even advertised their existence. They had simply infiltrated Iresia, then used two large-scale rituals. The first had cut off Iresia from the rest of France. Chaos spread as Tartarus Laspe also destroyed the main food reserves. The second ritual destroyed Iresia a few weeks later.

And then, they disappeared quietly. But the Imperial Intelligence Service had identified some of their members and found them in the Chaos Empire where they seemed to be living. They hadn't been able to find out the exact relationship between The Chaos Bride and Tartarus Lapse, but they knew there was one.

"Are you sure?"

"We intercepted an encrypted communication from Giada's palace to them." shrugged Zana. "We aren't going to be able to decrypt it, but it was a short one, and one hour later, Dekatos and another identified member were spotted at the airport, in the queue for a flight to Itogami. They are likely going to use several separate flights or ships to gather at the Island."

"I wonder if we should warn them…" mused Ki as he made a show of scratching his chin.

"You're not wondering at all." grinned Zana. "You're going to let them deal with those terrorists, both as a test and as payback for killing Vatler and for poaching your hostages."

"That's right. And you just gave me an idea." smiled Ki.

He pressed a button on the side, and a guard entered the room.

"Give me the number for the Aldegyr royal palace. Do not give them prior warning. I want to catch them unprepared."

"Yes, Warlord!" nodded the guard as she left.

Minutes later, he returned with the requested number, and Ki manipulated a remote. The large screen who had just minutes ago served to play a video game was now displaying the stiff face of a butler.

"Hello. I want to speak with King Lucas." said Ki with a pleasant smile, but his tone make clear his request better be processed quickly and favorably.

"I am deeply sorry, Warlord. You call is quite unexpected, and His Majesty is currently out of the Palace. Should I ask the Queen to take you call?"

"Yes, please do." nodded Ki.

"Please wait an instant."

The screen went black for two minutes before Queen Polifonia appeared, displaying a polite smile, but Ki could see a bit of stress in the corners of her eyes.

"Hi, Ki, Zana. Your call is quite a surprise, so please forgive my husband's absence. We planned to contact you later today to express our sympathy and condolences for Lord Vatler's passing."

"Hello, Polifonia. Sorry for catching you by surprise like this. And thank you, although I do not really mind Vatler being gone. I do not think he minds, either. But I have some concerns about something related to this event, and I am hoping you can shed some light on it. I hear your eldest daughter traveled to Itogami Island."

"Yes." nodded Polifonia. "We finally found a credible lead to my little sister's location, so La Folia rushed over there, and we found her at last."

"That is what I heard, and you have my congratulations on reuniting with her." smiled Ki.

"Thank you."

"Now, I would like to know why I have a picture of La Folia and Jinah Sung hanging around with the Priestess of Cain, the Fourth Progenitor, and Avrora Florestina."

Polifonia's eyes narrowed as she understood why Ki was making this call, and she took a few seconds to answer.

"…I am aware that Miss Jinah met with Nagisa Akatsuki on the first day of their arrival to Itogami Island, and they became friends. I wouldn't be able to tell you anything about the Priestess of Cain, however. I am barely aware that she exists. As you know, matters related to the Progenitors and Cain aren't much of our concern here is the Aldegyr Kingdom, so we haven't paid her much attention."

"I can understand that." nodded Ki.

"I would suggest contacting Jinah Sung herself if you have concerns about it. Maybe I could call her for permission to share her number with you?"

"I have something else in mind." smiled the Warlord. "You see, I already invited her, but she turned me down."

"Oh. Not something you are used too, I am certain." said Polifonia, and Ki chuckled.

"That is right. Although I am more amused than angry. I like people who have guts. But at the same time, I would like an opportunity to recover the five girls she took with this ill-advised bet. I won't try to steal them back by force, of course. A bet is a bet. But maybe we can come to an agreement during the Empire's anniversary gala in three weeks. And in order to convince this lass to attend the gala, I want to give her a reason to come."

"What kind of incentive?"

"Your twin daughters, Pascalia and Londe, if I remember their names correctly. I think it is time they spent a few weeks in the Empire. We have plenty of sightseeing sites and noble ladies their age who would like to make connections with them."

"That is…" hesitated Polifonia.

"You aren't going to make it necessary for Zana to visit the Aldegyr Kingdom, right?" cut in Ki with a soft voice, and a smile that expressed his willingness to take what he wanted by force.

"…I won't. But I am coming with them." declared Polifonia, her eyes daring him to object.

"…That's not a bad idea. I know Zana enjoyed her last time with you." replied Ki with an appreciative nod.

"I look forward to having tea with you again, and I will personally escort you and the girls during your visit." smiled Zana.

"Very well. You can expect us tomorrow morning, and I will contact Miss Jinah to inform her of this… development."

"I appreciate it, Polifonia. And to thank you for your understanding, I will give you some advice. You may want to ask your eldest and your sister to get out of Itogami as soon as possible. If they wait, they might become unable to."

"…Have you heard of anything happening over there?" asked Polifonia with narrowed eyes.

"Something like that. The Empire isn't involved, but we hear things. Have a good day, Polifonia, and I look forward to seeing you and the girls tomorrow." smiled

"Thank you for the warning, Warlord. See you tomorrow." nodded Polifonia, and Ki cut the connection.

"She's going to warn Jinah and her group." shrugged Zana.

"Of course. But it would have been a pity if she lost her sister so soon after finding her. Besides, I'm fond of La Folia. She has guts, that girl."

"Yes, I like her too. Have you decided on who gets the lands Vatler ruled?"

"…Probably Aradahl. He already has a lot on his plate, but his loyalty and competence are undisputable."

"Yes, he would be a good choice."

…

Akeno watched with a smile, and a little bit of envy, the other occupant of her bedroom.

She was about to stand from her armchair and play with CC again when her phone pinged. It was a message from Noah, asking if she was available for a chat. A file was attached to it.

Curious, Akeno opened the file, seeing a bunch of mecha drawings, with a few notes.

Mecha 1.

Perk: dimensional armor covering most of its body. Will destroy anything on contact. Immune to any and all attacks where covered by the armor. Can extend the armor to its aerial transport when docked with it.

How to kill: Avoid close combat. Destroy its aerial drones to blind it. The soles of its feet, as well as a small spot on its body for receiving the drones' data (likely somewhere on its back) aren't covered by the dimensional armor.

Mecha 2:

Perk: Allows its pilot to see into the future, possibly several hours in advance.

How to kill: An enhanced pilot with reduced reaction time will largely negate its precognition advantage. Look out for the auto-cannons and blades on the arms, and expect to be ambushed.

Mecha 3:

Perk: Can duplicate itself endlessly using Quantum shenanigans.

How to kill: Individually weak. Must destroy all of them near simultaneously.

Mecha 4:

Perk: 20 nimble drones armed with rapid-fire lasers beams.

How to kill: Try to kill it before it kills you. Gang up on it if possible. Killing the drones while evading should be doable, but difficult.

And on and on. Akeno stopped perusing the list and called Noah on a video call.

"Noah, my dear Master. What's this thing you just sent me?"

"Hi, Akeno. You look great." smiled Noah, and Akeno smiled as she glanced down at the black latex leggings, latex bustier and bolero jacket she was wearing.  "And sorry to bother you this late in the evening. How are you doing?".

"Ufufu, I am doing great. And I have something nice to show you." chuckled Akeno, before turning the smartphone to give Noah a good view of CC.

The green-haired witch was in the center of the room, in a strict strappado. Her feet, clad in white leather knee-high ballet boots, were spread a meter from each other by a steel bar whose ends ended with round steel shackles.

Her waist was compressed by a white leather corset keeping her back straight, and her rear passage was occupied by a rather large vibrating plug, currently turned off.

CC's hands had been balled into fists by thin white adhesive tape, and her arms encased into a white leather armbinder, laced as tight as it would go and keeping her elbows firmly pressed together. The ring at the end of the armbinder had been tied with a chain to a beam of the ceiling, forcing CC to bend forward at a sharp angle.

A thick, rigid posture collar, made of white leather and steel, kept CC's head tilted back. She would be looking straight at Akeno, if not for the white leather blindfold covering her eyes, secured by a harness of thin white leather straps. A removeable dildo gag was also connected to the harness, reducing her speech to lustful moans and groans. A pair of headphones hid the noise-cancelling plugs in her ears.

And while she was now mostly silent, she had been moaning and groaning a lot just a few minutes ago. CC had been (quite deliberately, Akeno was sure) a Bad Girl before and had spent the last few hours in this position, skipping dinner.

Akeno had mercilessly punished her by teasing her to the brink of orgasm, only to stop and let her cool down, then begin again after a few minutes. Except for the last cycle, where CC laid there, untouched for almost half an hour, her body still a red-hot mass of lust without release in sight.

Akeno wanted CC to wonder if she had been left alone for the night, and it had worked as CC had made pitiful whines, longing for an orgasm, then gradually quieted down. CC was now conserving her strength to endure the stressful position for as long as necessary.

"Very nice indeed. I look forward to the day we can reunite, even if I do not doubt hundreds of new girls at once will be… pretty intimidating."

"It will do you some good, and it's not like you didn't make your bed." grinned Akeno, turning the smartphone back to her.

"Yeah, sure. So, about that list. Lilith and Athena paid us a visit for a few requests, and a warning. This is the warning. They told us in advance about a timeline you guys will eventually be sent to, because some of those mechas are just cheats, and they estimated it would be unfair to make you face them unaware. Since I know about this timeline, I made this list of the mechas you will likely face, and I want everyone in Chaldea to memorize it."

"Thank you." nodded Akeno. "If I didn't know about that one's dimensional armor, and I tried to kick it open or something…"

"Exactly. And now for the request. The Gods do not disapprove of you and your girls showing off your godly powers to lay down the law, like you did when stopping the war in your current timeline, and they do not intend to restrict your freedom of action. But, because that have seen this play out many, many times already, they find it somewhat boring. They will find it more interesting if you at least tried to more or less stick to the timelines' settings whenever practical."

"…You mean like creating the Hakens and fighting Knightmares with Knightmares?"

"Yes. And to encourage this, they asked us to build a monstruous engine of death and destruction weighting a quarter of a million tons."

"A quarter of a million tons?" gasped Akeno, her eyes wide.

" Yes. Because that world had many war machines within that weight range. Super-tanks so massively armored that they made nuclear weapons obsolete, and the power balance between the local nations is now about who has the most of them. And they have gotten very creative with trying to get an advantage over the others. As an example, there is one who get unlimited projectiles for its giant railgun by collecting salt from seawater and processing is in some strange way to make shells out or it. Since Erin is a technomancer, she's the lead designer, and she is spending her time with Tabane and the other geniuses to build it."

"Now that I think about it, Da Vinci did mention a collaboration with them, but I thought they were speaking about something for the local JDSF and didn't press for details… And you guys are building it because it's just too big for us to create it like Da Vinci did the Hakens."

"Bingo. You win one day with me as soon as we can meet again." grinned Noah.

"Didn't you promise me a week with you already? Don't tell me you forgot!" fake-pouted Akeno, puffing her cheeks.

"I didn't. I promised you a week, but we the new Sanctuary, we can turn it into a month, subjective. Anyway, aside from that Giga-tank Erin and the others are building, we will also make for you girls a big spaceship, armed to the teeth, and the teeth armored to hell. And possibly escorts if we have time. It is to be used by you girls for at least two different timelines, including the one where those mechas are."

"Sounds interesting. I want to view Earth from space." smiled Akeno.

"Me too. Although we're soon reaching the point where we won't need a ship to do just that."

"I see. I promise you I'll try to make it more interesting for the Gods, as long as it doesn't go against my morals."

"Thank you. And aside from the pleasure of seeing you and telling you about this, I also had another reason to call you. I have a request of my own. There are two specific Heroic Spirits I would like you or the others to summon and subjugate before the end of the Grand Quest… No, make it three."

"Pretty girls?" grinned Akeno.

"Yeah, but that isn't the only reason for the first two. I am not exactly lacking pretty girls now. You know that Okita's skill with the sword is something to behold, right?"

"Yes. I saw her briefly in Chaldea." nodded Akeno. "She's a monster. Even Scathach had a hard time when they sparred. Okita almost eked out a draw. Against Scathach!"

"Yes. When it comes to pure swordsmanship, Okita is one of the Big Three."

"I see. You want the other two." nodded Akeno. "Who are they? Wait, one of them has to be Musashi, right?"

"Yes, Miyamoto Musashi. She's a woman in the Fate world. And the other is Suzuka Gozen. She's a youkai with wolf's ears and a tail. I would like to be able to train with all three of them before I am sent to the world cluster. I could revive them myself, but they would cost me a lot of Yin points, and I am trying to save up for Ddraig and Albion."

"I understand." nodded Akeno. "And the third one?"

"Her name is Kurohime, and she's a Saber, so she should be skilled as well. I just like her appearance. Imagine Tsubaki Shinra with a katana."

Akeno nodded, thinking about her fellow Queen and rival in Sona's peerage. "I'll ask Type: Moon soon. Regarding CC, Shirley and the others, we are currently training them to become bondage maids with a latex kink, and we take their natural inclinations into account, like this closet masochist over there, but we can change if you have different roles in mind for them."

"It sounds just fine." smiled Noah. "and I will leave you to it, since it seems I interrupted your fun with CC. I love you, Akeno. Take care."

"Love you, Noah."

"Ah, I almost forgot, expect a call from your mom, your cousin, Koneko-chan and Rias sometime tomorrow as well. It's been a while, and I know they would love the opportunity to borrow my phone."

"I would love to see them as well. Thank you, Noah." replied Akeno with a fond smile as the call ended.

Akeno returned to study the list, committing it to memory. One of them in particular, a large black and red one, possessed the perks of several of the others, including that troublesome dimensional armor. That fact alone screamed "last boss", and Noah confirmed in its notes.

Once done, Akeno stood. She moved slowly, so as to not alert CC by creating a flow of air or making the floor vibrate under her pleaser boots, and crouched behind CC.

She took a round paint brush, and a small bottle of a clear liquid that Sayoko called an "Accelerant", something she said was frequently used as a disciplining tool in Britannian households.

Akeno simply thought of it as the liquid equivalent of supercharged itching powder.

She had tried it once, out of curiosity. It produced an intense, nearly intolerable itching for a good twenty minutes before gradually losing its potency over the next four or five hours.

Akeno smiled as she opened the bottle, dipped the brush into the accelerant, and coated the bound girl's clit with it.

"Mphm!" jumped CC, as much as she bonds would allow, which wasn't much.

Akeno dipped the brush again, parted CC's pink pussy lips, and coated their inside as well.

"Mphis!" whined CC, trying to shake her head in a panic. The accelerant didn't have time to take effect after only a few seconds of application, and she would at most feel the area heating up, but she knew. It wasn't the first time she had experienced the effect of that chemical.

Akeno straightened and put the brush and bottle back into her inventory, and took from it a leather paddle.

She was about to deliver the first strike, when she hesitated. Something was… off. It tugged at the edge of her consciousness, and she couldn't place her finger on it, but there was something… Did she forget something important?

She searched her memory, not finding anything in particular, then focused on her senses, trying to find something she might have missed. And when she paid particular attention to her perception of electrical fields, she finally found it.

It took all of her self-control not to whip her head toward the door and glare at the keyhole. She vaguely could feel someone crouching behind it, as well as the stronger electrical source of a small electronic device held against the keyhole, likely a smartphone.

Akeno took her own smartphone and typed a short message to Sayoko. She then, not glancing even once toward the door, moved to one side of the room and opened a cabinet, making the noises the peeper would expect.

Now confident that she was out of sight from anyone looking through the door's keyhole, she quickly drew Stop runes on her boots to smother the sounds of her walking, stealthily crept closer to the door, and suddenly opened it, grabbing the wrist of the hand who had held a smartphone's camera against the keyhole and pulling the person inside with a jerk.

The culprit, a blonde, late-teen that Akeno had never seen before, yelped in surprise as she sprawled on the floor and turned toward her, her butt on the floor.

"And what do we have here?" asked Akeno as she took the smartphone that the girl had dropped. She stopped the recording and deleted it. Thankfully, it wasn't a live streaming.

"This is mine! Don't get your filthy hands on my stuff, you pervert!" growled the girl as she stood.

Akeno took a good look at her. She seemed to be around sixteen, had red eyes, long blonde hair tied into twin tails by red ribbons, and an attractive face. She wore a school uniform of Ashford Academy. She also seemed to be weighting her chances of attacking Akeno and getting away with it.

"Who are you? Has no one ever told you it was very rude to peep at other people like this?"

"Like you can talk about rudeness after the way you're torturing this poor woman! I am going to expose you! I won't ever let you do this to Nunnally!"

"Uh?" blinked Akeno, surprised by the name dropping.

"Mpmhiph! Mphai phi mphum, mphis!" begged CC, oblivious of what was happening around her.

Someone knocked at the door, and without diverting her eyes from the girl, Akeno opened it.

"Mistress Akeno, you asked for… Miss Alice?" exclaimed Sayoko, astonished, as she entered the room.

"Sayoko! Look at what this pervert is doing! We need to call the police immediately!"

"I found her peeping on my session with CC through the door's keyhole." shrugged Akeno with a glance at Sayoko, before turning back to Alice.

"And what do you think cops would do?" asked Akeno with a soft chuckle. "Try to arrest me, of all people? They'd have more luck trying to arrest Brittania's new Empress."

"Ahem. Mistress Akeno, this is Alice Bergstern, Mistress Nunnally's closest friend." sighed Sayoko. "How did you even enter the building, Miss Alice?"

"…I once borrowed Nunnally's emergency key and had a copy made, just in case." admitted Alice.

"You are incredible, Miss Alice." lamented Sayoko with a sigh. "Intruding in the clubhouse to spy on people."

"It is that damn woman's fault!" shouted Alice, angrily pointing at Akeno. "She's trying to take Nunnally away! I won't stand for it!"

"And, instead of going straight to Mistress Nunnally's room to try to talk her out of it, you entered this particular floor because…?" asked Sayoko, and Alice's face flushed red.

"I wanted to gather some blackmail material to get this woman to back off. And I certainly found something big!" exclaimed Alice before switching her attention to Akeno. "You stay far away from Nunnally, you hear? If you don't, I will make sure everyone knows you're a pervert who enjoys tying up women and torturing them."

"…Sayoko, you know that girl far better than I do. Should I force her to sign a contract to ensure she doesn't tell anyone about what she has seen?"

Sayoko glanced for a second at the still begging CC. Then back at Alice. After a few seconds, she smiled.

"Mistress Akeno, I have a suggestion. If Miss Alice is so insistent in not getting separated from Mistress Nunnally, why not grant her that wish, however spoiled she may act at the moment? Mistress Nunnally would be very happy if she didn't have to part with Miss Alice."

"I have no objection about that, but what about her family?"

"Miss Alice doesn't have any close relatives. Her parents passed away in a car accident shortly after paying her tuition for the full four years."

"What am I, a sack of potatoes?" exclaimed Alice, angry that they were talking about her as if she wasn't present.

Akeno's phone pinged, and she took it, read the message, and smiled at Sayoko.

"A message from Chaldea. They have located the Demonic Pillar, deep in the Amazonian forest."

"Understood, Mistress Akeno." smiled Sayoko. "I will prepare for our departure. And you, Miss Alice, will be coming with me. As of today, you are a Maid Apprentice under my tutelage. After your training reach a satisfying standard, I will assign you to Mistress's Nunnally's personal care. And the first thing to do is to correct your brash behavior. I fear you won't be able to sit comfortably tomorrow."

Sayoko looked at Akeno for confirmation, and Akeno nodded, sealing Alice's fate.

'B-But… Wait, at least give me back my phone! And I don't agree with becoming a…"

Sayoko, keeping a firm grip on Alice's right arm, dragged her out of the room and closed the door behind them.

Akeno shrugged. From what Sayoko had told her of the way Servants were trained in Britannia, Alice, having reached puberty but not yet an adult, would have to learn to live with a chastity belt (without inserts or vibrators), and would be disciplined with a spanking by hand for minor infractions, and a light paddling for major ones. She wouldn't experience anything sexual before reaching adulthood.

She discarded Alice from her thoughts and watched CC, who was quite desperate for someone, anyone, to touch her and use her and scratch that terrible itch.

Akeno reached for her head and removed the headphones and ear plugs, then the sizable penis gag, but let the harness and blindfold in place.

"Please, please let me cum." begged CC as soon as she could.

"Only Good Girls get to cum, CC." smiled Akeno, gently rubbing CC's head. "Can you convince me that you are a Good Girl?"

"Yes, Mistress Akeno." said CC, using the form of address Sayoko had drilled into her.

"I wonder. Your behavior is… barely passable. You frequently lapse back into being a Bad Girl, like how you didn't properly swallow earlier. Still, those lapses can be tolerated, as long as you properly submit to your punishment afterwards… What is not acceptable, is something else... Who to you belong to, CC?"

"…I belong to Master Noah." said CC, and she quivered lustfully as Akeno lightly ran a finger around her clitoris.

"Indeed. You are his property. Your body bears his mark. Every night, you dream of him using you, claiming you… So who are you, CC? Are you a Good Girl who submits to her bonds, and to her Master's Will? A Good Girl who would never even dream of depriving her Master of one of his treasured possessions?"

"Or are you a witch who wishes to die?"

This was the first time since CC's training started that Akeno asked her this question, and CC knew the significance of the answer she would give. She took a deep breath, and declared with a surprisingly solemn voice, as if she was taking an oath.

"I am a Good Girl. I am Master Noah's possession, His to control, to punish, and to mold. I am his maid, his slave, his pet, his toy. I will do anything he wants, be anything he wants, for eternity."

"…That is an excellent answer, CC. You truly are a Good Girl after all." purred Akeno as she took Corruption from her inventory. "And Good Girls get rewarded. We will make this Mark on your body permanent tonight."