The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 403: Calm Before The Storm.

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POV: Third person

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~Some time ago~

"Back off, beasts, back off! I have hostages and I won’t hesitate to use them!"

With those words, the situation became highly tense.

"..."

Silence filled the room, but it was only the calm before the storm.

A storm so dangerous it could cost a life, and that was precisely why the one standing there did not hesitate to use everything available, pursuing only a single goal...

To survive.

Every second of silence only increased the pressure, and a sense of inevitability began to overwhelm the person fighting desperately for survival.

"H-hey!!, I said freeze! Don’t you care about these hostages? Come on—beg for mercy."

The voice rose again, forcing confidence where there was clearly none.

"Help me~!"

"Y-yes... haah... help."

"..."

The captor used the hostages and even made them beg, though the way both voices sounded was unsettling; the first was strangely lax, while the second was heavy and labored with breath.

Yes, there were two hostages—but knowing how devious the presence standing ahead was, the person could not afford to lower their guard for even a second.

Doing so would mean death.

They held their ground, even as a chill ran down their back and their legs trembled. There was no choice.

They had to stand firm, had to make their point—because faltering now would mean falling for good.

"I can explain!, I didn’t violate anyone’s integrity. Everything was genuinely consensual, with all processes transparent and without ulterior motives."

"Don’t believe her, Elena. Look at the state she left her in."

"Yes, don’t worry, Miss Silvia. I’ll make sure to ’correct’ my lady properly."

"Hey, stop! I said. Let me explain. Don’t you care what will happen to Selene and Alice?"

Yes, it was Seraphina, she was standing against one of the corners of the room; in her arms were Alice and Selene, and she was holding both of them lightly by the neck.

Seraphina looked intently and cautiously ahead, where the rest of the room’s inhabitants were.

Her attention was mainly on the two a few meters in front of her: and even more focused on Elena, who was holding a heavy mallet in her hands, ready to attack.

She was very attentive to Elena’s quick movements and every little action.

And they had reason to be. Elena was just looking for an opportunity. She thought Seraphina was very clever to corner herself and take hostages, but for Elena, that would only increase her "correctness" when she managed to get to her.

"Hey, don’t drag my sister into this nonsense you got yourself into!"

Another person who had been watching until now joined in against Seraphina, clearly angry. One of the hostages was her beloved twin sister.

It was Eira.

"Tsk! Stay out of this, don’t make this situation more difficult."

"That’s nonsense, Elena. Just hit her and get it over with. Do you really think she would do anything to Selene and Alice?"

Eira said as if the situation were meaningless nonsense.

"Yes, that’s right. That pervert would never dare. She’s just showing off. I’ll tie her up with a spell and you take care of the rest."

Silvia immediately backed her up, even proposing a plan of action.

"Tsk! Traitor. I thought you were my friend. Wait, Elena! I don’t recommend you act recklessly. Maybe they’re right, and I won’t do anything to them now... but that’s only for now. If you don’t let me explain, later I’ll do a triple combo, Prime, Badragon, double, with those two."

"Grrr! You bastard! Don’t you dare do that to my sister!"

The situation changed in the face of the threat.

"Uh? What’s wrong, Elena? Why do you seem to be hesitating? What does she mean?"

Silvia was confused by this change, she didn’t understand.

"Miss Silvia. The situation has become a little delicate. This is serious. My lady, seriously, it could harm Miss Selene and Alice."

"Is it really bad? Is that why Alice’s legs are shaking? Now that I look at her face, it’s very red... is she really holding her neck tightly? But why does she look happy?"

"Hahaha~. If you’re curious, why don’t you look me in the eye and find out for yourself, you traitor, two-faced, tsundere, cow-breasted virgin whose breasts will start to sag when you turn forty because you can’t get a boyfriend."

"Calamites!"

"I said stop! Do you want to kill us all, Eira! Subdue her, or Selene will suffer."

"~Hee~ sagging breasts... ahem!. No, don’t involve me. Rather, if you go that far, it’s because you really have something to defend yourself with, right?"

"Exactly, Eira. I’m glad you’re reasonable, unlike those two irrational beast—"

"눈_눈"

"Hiii! No, I didn’t say anything! But yes, let me explain and then you can make a verdict."

"...I understand. I think I jumped to conclusions, although it was completely justified given your aberrant and uncontrolled daily behavior. But I hope you understand that lying will only be counterproductive."

"Yes, as Elena says, you won’t get out of this with a little lie."

"Good! Because I won’t lie, hmmm... I guess the hostages and threats are no longer necessary. Sorry, girls; I’ll make it up to you later with whatever you want."

Seraphina, seeing that she was finally able to stand her ground and open up to dialogue, released her two supposed hostages.

One seemed a little disappointed, but when she heard what she said, she cheered up again...

"Big sister, I... what you said before..."

Alice immediately made her request and whispered to Seraphina, as if so that the others wouldn’t hear.

Seraphina made a slightly complicated face; then she seemed to quickly negotiate something and held up two fingers. Alice, seeing this, hesitated for a moment but finally nodded.

The negotiation was over.

"I want... with salmon and then..."

On the other hand, Selene was next and also quickly began to whisper what she wanted to Seraphina.

Seraphina listened, although her face seemed to take on a peculiar expression.

"hmm, Selene, where did you learn that?"

"I thought of it myself... is that not allowed?"

"Really? You’ve been developing a strange fetish lately. This seems like an extension of that, and actually, where I come from, there was something similar. It’s funny that you thought of it. Okay, I’ll do it, but on the condition that I get to do the same thing to you later, okay?"

"Yep."

"Hey! Stop wasting time and explain why you did that to Lyz and why she’s in that state."

Silvia, who seemed unable to take it anymore, looked angrily at Seraphina as she pointed to Eirlys not far away.

She was lying on the bed; her body was shaking a little, her eyes were open but not focused on anything, and there was even a little saliva coming out of the corner of her mouth.

She was a mess, not to mention that her shirt was unbuttoned. It was obvious what had happened and why Elena and Silvia had resorted to violence.

Their conclusion was irrefutable, since when they arrived at the room, they saw Seraphina with her hand inside Eirlys’ shirt and Cordelia frozen like a statue not far away.

It seemed that it was an oversight that only those three, although it was only for a few minutes, were left alone in the room.

"Look, there’s an explanation for everything, and in fact, first of all, I have to clarify that it was Lyz’s own request."

"Lyz would never ask for something like that, you’re just—"

"Wait, Miss Silvia, let her finish."

"Huh? Y-yes... if you say so, Elena."

"Okay, here’s the thing: I was originally talking to Cordelia, having a deep discussion. Well, it was me talking and her responding curtly from time to time. Anyway, since the topic was about things like inverted nipples, breasts, and so on, one thing led to another, and she ended up agreeing to let me massage her breasts."

"Hey! You’re avoiding the point. This is about Liz!"

"Damn it, Silvia, let me talk. Why do you get like this when it comes to Lyz? Well, anyway, unfortunately, as always, she got stiff, but I didn’t waste the opportunity and did it anyway. Just then Lyz arrived. Unfortunately, just before I could prove anything... Anyway, I told her what I was doing and all the benefits of my breast massage, and she willingly asked me to give her one, so I did."

"Yes, you definitely deserve a beating."

"What? Why? Didn’t you hear what I said? It was completely consensual. You’re being too irrational, Silvia. Even Elena seems to be convinced. If you keep this up, you’ll be single for life."

"I swear I’ll throw a ball of magma at you later. Besides, I don’t believe that Lyz would just let me massage her breasts for that reason alone."

"Hey, you let me massage them for much less—"

"Calamites."

"—Okay, I won’t talk about that. Stop conjuring... Well, I didn’t expect her to agree either. It seems that when I said it helped with growth, relaxation, and even beauty enhancement, she shyly agreed."

"Your massages can do that!? You said that wasn’t possible."

Instead of Silvia, it was Eira who spoke, questioning Seraphina.

"Wrong! I said I didn’t have the ability to do it, and I meant mental ability. I mean, why the hell would I make your flat chest grow? That won’t happen, not to you, not to Cordelia, not to Aurora. The world needs balance."

"Grrr."

"I would never let you touch my breasts."

Eira responded angrily, and Aurora, who had remained on the sidelines until now, spoke indignantly at being suddenly involved.

"Tsk! Your tsundere attitude doesn’t affect me, Aurora. It will eventually pass. The day will come when I will savor that flat chest."

"Stop looking at me like that... ugh! Don’t involve me and continue with what you were saying."

"Oh, of course, ah! And just to be clear, it’s not that I committed that great tragedy with Lyz; I didn’t do that to her. That state of flatness is something I must preserve."

"What!? So you tricked her? You lured her in with lies so you could fondle her breasts?"

"Hold on there, Silvia. I may not actually use my techniques that way, but I don’t lie. Everything I said is true. My massage relaxes even small breasts. That will make her feel relieved and happy. A happy woman is more beautiful."

"What about the growth!? You just confessed that you didn’t do it."

"Yes, well, that’s an unavoidable side effect. Take Eira, for example: she used to be completely flat, with nothing there, and since she started dating I-Chris, they’ve grown a little. /_\ Unfortunately... I bet Chris fondles them all the time."

"Y-y-y-you, idiot!! o(≧口≦)o"

"( ﹁ ﹁ ) ~→..."

"What are you looking at me for! Don’t listen to what that idiot says!."

Silvia, who was still not convinced—perhaps because she was in judgment mode—looked at Eira to corroborate; her gaze was clearly skeptical, until Eira looked at her angrily and very surprised, making her realize her mistake.

"I-I’m sorry, b-but I really don’t see the difference and..."

"What! Cow tits? You want to fight? Let’s take this outside!"

"I-I didn’t mean to—"

"Hue~ provoking Eira, heuhue~, you deserve it for betraying me. But I understand you, using Eira as an example wasn’t the best idea, since the change isn’t very noticeable."

"You son of a—"

"Selene, subdue her."

"Yep!!"

"Hmmhgmhm hmhmp."

Eira, who seemed about to utter some unethical words about Seraphina, was subdued by Selene.

It was part of a plan to correct bad behavior; they, Selene, and Leyla were implementing it.

"Well, if you’re not convinced, here’s a clearer example: she’s right here, look at Elena."

"눈_눈"

"Elena...? Why her? Ah! So that’s why... I always thought there was something strange."

"Right? I didn’t understand at first either, but then I figured it out. They’re much bigger, aren’t they?"

"So you weren’t just making it up to caress Lys and leave her in that state, and then... well, you know?"

"Nope. I was just doing what she asked me to do; it’s just that she seemed extremely sensitive. In fact, she’s very sensitive in the chest area. I really didn’t have any bad intentions; I just wanted to improve my opinion of myself, and I focused so much on that that I started doing it directly, but I was focused on the massage, I swear. Even I don’t understand how she ended up like that."

"눈_눈, it seems that my lady is not lying, although I don’t understand my lady’s suspicious signaling to that part of my body, and the fact that Miss Silvia was convinced by it. I can assume that the discussion is over; if so, it’s better not to waste any more time, it’s time to go to class."

"Oh, good! And about Lyz, I think a spell of clarity could... Ah, damn it, we should have done that from the start."

As Elena said, it was time to go to the academy, and after sorting out Lys’s confused state, she confirmed what Seraphina said and was acquitted of all charges and doubts.