Kapitel 96: #95 New Pets
I carried Suzuka out of my tent and then tied her to one bigger tree.
Now only to wait for her to wake up. Anyway, Suzuka might be slightly impulsive but she definitely isn't stupid. This time she was just careless and of course, I helped her to be careless. She will definitely try something once she wakes up.
"Taeko, once she wakes up, ignore everything she says, no matter what it is. You mustn't show her any kind of reaction." I said in a low voice just in case.
"I understand." Taeko nodded with her stoic expression and only then I realized how stupid I was to expect Taeko react impulsively to Suzuka's words.
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"Mm" Roughly after 15 minutes, Suzuka finally regained her consciousness and opened her eyes just to see me crouching down to match her level since she was sitting on the ground while being tied to the tree.
"Hello Suzuka, it looks like circumstances changed a bit" I said with closed eyes and a small smile.
"Oh, I see...Are you perhaps into bondage, Akashi?" Suzuka exclaimed with flushed cheeks when she found herself bound by the ropes.
"Who knows, there are many people with many fetishes. But this is not about me, we are here to talk about you, Suzuka." I said with a thoughtful expression before looking at her with a smile.
"Me?! I am glad you show some interest in me, I will be more than glad to answer all of your questions!" She said while looking at me with an obsessed smile but I noticed her occasionally glancing at Taeko who was completely hidden underneath her cloak. She was standing some distance away from us while leaning her back against the tree, she was giving us some space to talk but she was still able to hear Suzuka's words.
Unfortunately for Suzuka, Taeko didn't react a bit, she didn't even flinch.
"Hmm, we will see about that. First of all, tell me why a woman like yourself needs to sneak into a man's tent and sexually assault him?" I asked with a serious expression.
"A woman like myself...I like sound of that, thank you for the compliment. As for the reason why...I didn't intend to sexually assault you but you looked too inviting so I couldn't help myself. You also looked like you didn't mind it so I simply went with the flow." She said and then licked her lips while looking at me and I just smiled at her.
"But that's not what you want to know, right? You want to know why I am here." She said with a confident smile.
"And will you tell me that information?" I asked with a gentle smile.
"Hmm, no." A thoughtful expression appeared on her face for a while before she rejected with a wide smile.
"And why? Aren't we friends?" I asked her with a confused expression.
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'Because this is a good opportunity to get tortured by your own hands, Akashi. I have fantasized not a few times about it already.' Suzuka thought with a naughty smile and flushed cheeks but she clearly couldn't say it aloud because she knew Akashi. He wouldn't do anything she wanted to.
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"Because it is a secret and I, of course, am loyal to the Empire!" She said dramatically, trying to look vulnerable while playing to be strong.
"You just want to be tortured by me, right?" I asked with a deadpan face.
"W-Wha?! Of course not!" She was surprised how easily I saw through her but she still tried to deny it.
"...Please stop, Suzuka. I know you quite a lot and I also know that you are quite smart despite being impulsive." I said with a serious face.
"*sigh* I guess I really screwed up this time, heh. At least I can be glad that you know so much about me." She released a disappointed sigh before saying with a smile.
"Suzuka, just tell me why you are here and I will let you go. I have no interest in causing you pain because I know that you will only enjoy it. It would be better to just kill you rather than torture you." I said with a tired expression.
"How can you say such things after telling me that we are friends?! Anyway, I am pretty sure you already know why I am here. I am here to discover who is your companion and your reason for being here." Suzuka noticed that I was losing interest in this playful conversation so she decided to switch to her more serious side.
"...That was fairly easy, haven't you said something about being loyal?" I asked her with a small smile.
"I am loyal to the Empire and you are also someone of high authority plus lying to you won't help me a bit." She replied while shrugging her shoulders.
"Fair enough, I will answer your doubts. She is someone trained by my family and as for why she is hiding her appearance...We are in the territory that could be said to be hostile to Empire, if I will need to send some assassins here later, I would be glad if they weren't already known by the locals. As for my reason for being here...I am scouting and also looking around how is this city actually flourishing. Is this enough?" I explained and then asked her if that's enough for her while getting ready to unbind her.
"Good enough I guess but how can I be sure that you aren't lying?" Suzuka asked with a smile while rubbing her wrist.
"You can't and I don't care, for all I care, you can go back and tell others that I am here to start a revolt against Empire but I guess it would be much better to go directly to Rebels instead of this smaller organization." I said with a bored expression.
"Hmm, that's a good offer but I will have to refuse. As you said, we are friends. And I have seen you slay numerous Rebels so there is not even a shred of doubt in my mind that you are trying to cooperate with them. But that doesn't mean that we can't continue where we previously left, right~?" Suzuka said and slowly approached me while warily looking at Taeko who has yet to say a word or move an inch.
"Nice try Suzuka. How about you find someone else? You should be grateful that I will let you leave after disturbing my sleep." I stopped her with my hand and said with a calm expression.
"I am more than ready to bear consequences...Plus weren't you into it? You can now try it with reversed positions" Suzuka said while looking at my lower part of the body before she looked up with a teasing smile.
"Believe me, you are not ready to bear any consequences. No matter how masochistic your personality is, I would make sure to make you afraid of pain in the end. Now go before I will change my mind." I said and shooed her away.
"Mmm, that sounds very dangerous but also kinky, unfortunately, it looks like I really should go back now that I failed with my original goal. Still, at least I acquired a good story to tell Mez, I bet she will be fuming in jealousy, hehe" Suzuka replied while getting ready to leave.
"She will at most smack you for fooling around while having a different mission...Well, enjoy it as much as you can. But please don't do that ever again or it will truly be the last thing you will ever do in your life. I don't like ra. pe, no matter what gender." I reminded her with narrowed eyes.
"Yeah, at least I know one more thing about you, Akashi...Bye!" She said with a playful smile and then she glanced at Taeko before finally leaving us.
"Was it really alright to let her go?" After Suzuka left, Taeko finally spoke out.
"Not like we had much choice. If we killed her then others would know it was us. We could still point it to Rebel's doing but we would still be prime suspects since she was sent to spy on us. And she also didn't mean anything bad so I don't have any problem with letting her go." I explained while looking at the location where Suzuka disappeared to.
"Anyway, I am glad that you didn't react to any of her provocations." I said with a smile while redirecting my gaze at Taeko.
"Provocations?" Taeko muttered with a clueless expression while tilting her head to the side.
...Whatever.
---Back at Bolic's mansion---
"Hm, Suzuka? Why are you back so quickly?" Mez asked with a surprised expression and folded arms when she saw Suzuka return.
"Hehe, I screwed up a bit..." Suzuka replied with a silly smile while scratching back of her head and then she proceeded to tell what had happened.
"What the fuck were you thinking?!" Mez immediately shouted with an angry expression but it was apparent that there was a bit of jealousy in her voice until she remembered the part where Suzuka had a sharp blade touching her neck.
"You didn't screw up by being found out by his companion but by even going inside his tent! What were you even planning to do after you would have your fun?! I will go next time...you are too impulsive." Mez said with an upset expression and folded arms while glaring down at Suzuka.
"You are saying that just because you didn't get a chance to do it~ Anyway, he let me go without even caring about me or trouble I could bring him so I guess he isn't here to form any kind of cooperation with the enemy." Suzuka replied with a teasing tone before she turned to her more serious side.
"True...but he could still be acting but I guess there is a very small chance that he would join enemy...Considering his character." Mez muttered with a thoughtful expression while holding her chin and occasionally sending a few glares at Suzuka.
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We spent the next few days outside of the town since it would be hard to sell anything discreetly right after being discovered by them. After a few days, I started visiting the town, looking for wealthy merchants who could afford such jewelry but I didn't push my luck and usually sold only 1 or 2 things at most before heading back to our camp. We were also occasionally changing the locations of our camp.
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GOLD: 21.423
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The time we spent outside of the town, inside the wildness also helped me in leveling my Beastmaster class.
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Beastmaster (Lv. 6) 10/320 NXP
[You are now able to control up to 250 lesser Beasts.]
[You are now able to control up to 3 common Beasts.]
Class: Blade Master (Lv. 7; +13 Str, +13 Agi, +6 Const) 264/640 XP
Special Class: Fire Incarnate (+30 Cha, +25 Int, +10 Const, +5 Str, +5 Agi) 7/100 DP
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I also tamed 2 more common Beasts but they were nothing special as Kiyomi. One of them was Python-like Danger Beast focused on agility and poison and another was Gorilla type focused on strength. This time I didn't tame them by completing and request because they had nothing that they wanted from me. Therefore I simply made a bet with them that if they lost a fight to my Beast, they would become my followers while if they won, I would make them much stronger. Of course, they weren't as smart as Kiyomi so they instantly accepted once they saw that they will be fighting Kiyomi. Unfortunately, despite being in the same strength category, they still lost to Kiyomi's wits. Of course, ever since she has become part of my crew, she also grew slightly stronger, most likely due to the effects of the class.
Anyway, watching their entire fight reminded me of pokemon. In the end, the Python-like Danger Beast with a violet color and black stripes over its entire body was named Orochi while Gorrila type Danger beast with unusual dark black fur with a few red strange markings over its face was named Isuku.
When I decided to look around the town for the first time, I overheard a conversation of a few locals that today will be the day when The Lord will be giving out speech to others. Hearing so, I couldn't help but attend since he was also part of the reason why I came here.
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