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"Hey, Houkiâ"
"Hm? Oh, Kiyono. What is it?"
Today was a makeup holiday for the seaside school. With the seaside school over and summer vacation just around the corner, the female students in the dorms seemed a little giddy. In particular, there were many girls who had carelessly unbuttoned their shirts or were skipping around in short skirts, which made for some nice eye candy. The reason all the girls at this academy were of such high quality, both in looks and intelligence, was because Tabane Shinonono had set the IS core compatibility to be higher for cultured beauties in an attempt to make our hero, Ichika Orimura, into a "look at me, I'm so cool" type of protagonist. Of course, almost all of those beautiful girls ended up becoming offerings to me, not to Ichika.
And so, I called out to the only beautiful girl at this academy I hadn't laid a hand on yet, Houki Shinonono, Tabane's sister. Even the usually dignified Houki, in the spirit of a summer holiday, was wearing a cute, demure white dress and had her black ponytail swaying in the breeze.
(Not yet... the main course is yet to come...)
Houki's lovely appearance was a picture to behold, and seeing such a beautiful girl smiling brightly at me, I was tempted to pin her down right then and there, but I held back.
"...Kiyono?"
"Ah, yeah. Do you have a moment? ...It's about Ichika... I have something to tell you."
"About Ichika?"
In reality, I already knew from information Tabane had given me that Houki had nothing important to do today. What a naughty sister, to so easily sell out her own sibling. I'll make both of them cry out for mercy together someday.
"I'm so glad. I'm happy to be alone with you, Houki."
"Wh-What!?"
"Heh heh, come on, follow me."
I enjoyed Houki's cute reaction and, while watching her fluttering skirt, led her to an arena that I had cleared of people.
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"..."
Ichika lay sprawled out in his dirty room, dazed. He had been confined to his room after the incident at the seaside school, and this time, passing in vain, forced Ichika to confront his feelings of inferiority.
"Kiyono-sama is a wonderful person who, unlike some, always accomplishes what he says he will 'protect.'"
"No, I can't! â„ I'm cumming! â„ I'm cumming from someone other than Ichika! â„"
"Ichika's 'protection' is just a flimsy 'protection' for the sake of showing off."
"I don't recognize you as the instructor's brother."
"Damn it...!!"
The world's first male IS pilot, the brother of Chifuyu Orimura. Ichika's reality was no match for the name he had to carry, and he fell into a state of self-loathing, for what felt like the hundredth time today, not only failing to meet his sister's expectations but also tarnishing her name. The words of the girls around Kiyono echoed in his head.
"Why can't you be like Kiyono, even though you're both male students?"
"Ugh...!"
Then, the words his sister had said to him at the seaside school pierced him. Being compared to Kiyono, who, unlike him, didn't even have a personal IS, and the disappointment in her voice, tore Ichika's heart to shreds. It wasn't as if he had done nothing; he had tried his best, but he couldn't even hold a candle to Kiyono, who seemed to have done nothing. All the beautiful girls around him had gladly gone to Kiyono on their own accord. And at the seaside school, while Ichika was unconscious after his defeat, his childhood friend, Houki Shinonono, who had not yet abandoned him, had taken off her IS suit for that very Kiyono.
"I'm sure she's being treated with care. Kiyono-sama is very kind to women."
"No...! Houki is... Houki wouldn't...!!"
Remembering Cecilia's mocking words to him at the time, Ichika argued against them in his empty room, as if trying to convince himself. But Houki had exposed herself to the womanizing Kiyono. It was impossible that nothing had happened. Yet, Ichika, filled with a desperate hope, denied it and tried to convince himself. If Houki, too, were taken by Kiyono, he felt he would no longer be able to maintain his sanity. He decided to believe in his childhood friend, who had been by his side when they were young and who he believed still trusted him.
And just then, as if anticipating that he would be thinking only of Houki, his greatest weapon and partner, Byakushiki, which was attached to his wrist, automatically detected a communication and transmitted the audio.
"Zz... zzz...!" "Stop it, no...!" "Kyaa!"
"Houki!?"
The sound Byakushiki transmitted was the scream of his childhood friend, whom he had just been thinking about. The urgent situation was apparent from the other end of the communication.
"No, no...! Why!? Kiyono...!?"
"Houki!! And Kiyono!?"
Houki's panicked voice conveyed that something terrible was happening. And the name she uttered was that of the worst man for Ichika, Kiyono.
"Nooo! Not like this, in the arena!!"
"Houki!? Houki!! Hey!! Houki!!"
"Zzz... zzzz... zzzzzzz..."
"Houki!! Houki!! Damn it!"
Ichika desperately called out to Houki on the other end, but the communication was mercilessly cut. The fact that the communication came through in the first place might have been a coincidence, as there was no further response.
(At this rate, Houki is... in danger from Kiyono...!)
Anxiety consumed Ichika. Houki was in danger. All thoughts of his confinement vanished from his mind, which was now filled with the sole purpose of saving Houki.
"I'm coming now, Houki!!"
From the contents of the communication, he knew Houki was in one of the arenas. Ichika kicked open the door to his room and burst out at full speed.
"...Yes, yes, as expected of my I-kunâȘ You went to Houki-chan. Now, as for the rest..."
Ichika, his vision narrowed by panic, failed to notice the presence that had been watching his room.
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"No! Please, reconsider, it's not too late!"
"Heh heh heh, no way. Besides, even if you say that, you'll be obedient soon enough."
"Why, Kiyono... stop it!"
Houki's scream echoed through the unnaturally empty arena, which was devoid of any students practicing on a holiday. Houki, pinned down by me, looked at me with a bewildered, tear-filled gaze. Her cute, demure white dress was ripped to shreds, revealing the smooth skin beneath. The white dress, in stark contrast to the violent atmosphere, being torn, combined with her current expression, created a very sensual sight that excited my sadistic side.
"Sniff, Kiyono... why are you... doing this after you helped us so much..."
Houki asked me in a scared voice. Well, I suppose it's not surprising that she'd be scared when a man who had been so kind to her suddenly changed and attacked her.
"Hm? This is for your own good, Houki. I mean, I saw a good, sexy woman like you so obsessed with a guy like that, your childhood friend or whatever, and I thought it was wrong. So, I thought I'd be kind and make you my concubine."
Houki grabbed the torn fabric of her dress, covered her chest, and backed away. I decided to share a brilliant idea with her.
"Th-That's not... You were so kind until now...!"
"Houki, you know, don't you? How much Ichika has messed up. And how great I am, how much I've accomplished."
"Ugh, th-that's true...! But...!"
"And at the seaside school, he put you in such danger, didn't he? A pathetic guy like that can't protect you. I thought you'd eventually understand, but since you haven't after all this, I thought I'd make you understand with your body. I'm so much better than Ichika!"
"No! Ichika is... Ichika isn't like that...! Help, help me, Ichika!!"
Despite the situation and everything that had happened, Houki was still calling out for Ichika's help. I guess that's what they call 'love is blind.' It must be because the modification I madeâ[Houki Shinonono has feelings for Ichika Orimura but will not have sexual intercourse with him]âis working so well. My ultimate modification ability is truly something.
"So, I'm going to train you to be my personal female slaveâȘ If Ichika is the hero you believe him to be, he'll come running now and defeat me. So, this is the final bet: which of us is more worthy of being your man."
"A b-bet...!?"
"That's right. If Ichika comes to save you dramatically before you're defiled and defeats me, then he's the ultimate hero who can protect you, just as you believe, and I lose. But if he doesn't... I'll take your virginity, and you'll be mine foreverâȘ How's that? Easy to understand, right? Heh heh heh."
"Ugh, Kiyono...! I believed in you, too...! Kurenai Tabane!!"
With my true nature revealed and me attacking her out of lust, Houki finally made up her mind and deployed her IS to confront me.
"That's right, you'll have to resist and buy time until Ichika might come."
The latest model, personally made by Tabane Shinonono, turned its blade on me. In response, I deployed one of the academy's training ISs to face her. It was a matchup I couldn't possibly win, me with no favoritism or special treatment, against her, with a plain training IS. Or so it would seem.
"Heh, since you're going to be my woman, I'll beat you up gently without hurting you too much."
"Ugh, Kiyono...! Aaaaaah!!"
The brilliant crimson machine charged at me with terrifying speed. Without my modification ability, it would be a fearsome attack. But I used my modification ability without hesitation to dodge Houki's attacks and chip away at her shield energy. Houki, who had failed to inflict damage and had taken a counterattack, began attacking me recklessly. It looked to me like she was trying to shake off her fear and confusion. I skillfully dodged an attack that made good use of her machine's performance difference and once again only shaved off her shield. I was careful to only chip away at the energy, torturing her without a scratch on Houki's soft skin. With each counterattack she took, Houki's expression became more panicked, and she tried to use feints, or to wait for a counterattack instead of attacking herself, and other creative tactics. Each time, I laughed at her efforts, not ending the fight in a single blow, but instead gently cornering her in a way that showed our difference in skill, in a way that didn't even seem like a real fight. One by one, her desperate countermeasures were crushed, and the energy protecting her from the villain was slowly depleted. Houki's eyes darted around, and cold sweat broke out. I gave a gentle smile to the terrified Houki.
"A... aaaaaaah!! Help me, Ichika!! K-Kenran Butou!!"
Houki screamed when she saw my face. My usual killer smile, which worked on any woman, didn't seem to work on Houki. A shame. But I was the one who modified it to be that way, of course. In response to Houki's voice, the Kurenai Tabane glowed faintly, and its unique ability was activated.
(Oops, I forgot. That machine amplifies its energy, right?)
The energy I had painstakingly chipped away would recover, and I'd have to chip it away again. With a simple thought of [Recovery Nullification], I effortlessly neutralized Houki's last lifeline, the pinnacle of Tabane Shinonono's technology.
"Wh-What!? H-How!? H-hic!"
Her unique ability was canceled, and as the confused Houki stared, I slowly and deliberately walked towards her.
"Ah..."
Her last trump card sealed, Houki's legs gave out, and she sank to the ground, looking up at me with tears streaming down her face.
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to resist?"
"No, don't..."
"If you don't resist, I'll take away the rest of your energy, and I'll take your first kiss and your virginity in Ichika's place. Is that okay?"
"Noo, Ichikaa..."
To avoid scaring Houki too much, I lightly swung my blade. It was blocked halfway by an invisible energy shield. I sawed the blade back and forth like a saw, slowly chipping away at the shield. Houki could only watch as the energy slowly dwindled.
"Ah, the energy is almost gone. Here, ten, five, three, two, one... and zero."
The Kurenai Tabane's energy was completely depleted, and it quietly went into standby mode. Only Houki, in her torn dress, was left, staring blankly.
"Ah..."
"Energy depletion, huh."
Houki had lost her IS and was in a desperate situation. But, there was a certain someone who would always come running to save a girl in such a pinch.
"Houki-iiiii!!"
(He came right on schedule~! Heh heh heh!!)
Just at the moment of the heroine's peril, a pure white machine burst into the arena.
"Ichika...? Ichika!!"
It was the very moment Houki was about to fall prey to my overwhelming wickedness. Ichika Orimura, the man Houki had believed in, had burst into the arena.
"Houki!! Are you alright!?"
"Ichika...!"
Houki, who had been under confinement and had no way of knowing about her danger, was relieved and cried tears of joy that her childhood friend had arrived just in the nick of time. Ichika, too, was relieved that he had made it in time for Houki's crisis.
(Heh heh heh, but you don't know that it was all according to my plan!)
The two of them were unaware that this miraculous rescue was all a part of my grand design. To deliver the final blow to Ichika, I decided to present him with the ultimate despair. For this, I had Tabane, whom I had already taken advantage of, betray her sister and set up this situation. It was all a tribute prepared by the cheat scientist, Tabane Shinonono, as a pledge of her loyalty to meâthe fact that the arena was empty on a holiday, the fact that Ichika learned of Houki's crisis just in the nick of time, the fact that I had an IS ready when Houki resisted, and the fact that Ichika was able to reach the correct arena out of many at the last minute.
"Wait for me, Houki. Kiyono!! How dare you do this to Houki...!"
Ichika glared at me with a look of pure rage, his eyes filled with a murderous intent.
"Hey now, I did it because I was thinking of Houki."
"What did you say...?"
"Houki likes you, a crybaby, a weakling, a pathetic guy who drags his sister down, so as her classmate and as a man, I couldn't just stand by. So, I thought I'd take her as my woman and make her scream for me."
"You... you bastard!!"
Before I could finish speaking, Ichika charged at me. He must have been frustrated because I hit a nerve.
(But, impatient men aren't popular. I, on the other hand, endured for three months without putting my dick in Houki.)
Charging in mindlessly is useless. I'll send that pathetic Ichika-kun to his final resting place. I'll prepare a show for Ichika alone, a show where he's completely defeated and his beloved childhood friend is taken right in front of him.
(To see Ichika's face of despair, I'll torture him until Tabane's preparations are complete.)
I faced the charging Ichika. The slow-motion Ichika in my ability approached me, and just as he was about to charge, he tried to surprise me by summoning a sword and thrusting it at me.
(I see~, so he's learned and thought things through, knowing he can't win by just charging in~)
I thought he was a monkey who couldn't learn, but he seems to have grown a little. His plan is to end it in one blow before the difference in our abilities becomes apparent. A well-thought-out plan.
(Well, it's useless thoughâȘ)
I let Ichika's desperate plan play out, giving him hope right up until the last second, then I dodged and punched him.
"Ugh!"
"Ichika!!"
(Heh heh heh~! You get what you deserve!)
Punching that scumbag Ichika never gets old. The pleasure of easily crushing the hope of Ichika's well-thought-out plan to protect Houki was so great that I couldn't stop smirking.
"Too bad~âȘ Is it over already? If you give up and give Houki to me, you won't have to suffer anymore."
"Don't be ridiculous!! Houki isn't an object!!"
As expected of a protagonist. He won't break just from this, will he? It wouldn't be fun otherwise. Ichika, taking my provocation, chose not to approach recklessly and instead tried a tactic of toying with me using his machine's speed. I looked down at him as if I were looking at a fly.
(Even so, with Ichika being so cautious, he won't attack like this.)
What I want to see is Ichika losing all hope and being completely devastated. So, I'll deliberately create an opening for Ichika, who is trying so hard to find one (in vain).
"Ugh, he's fast!"
I pretended to be flustered by Ichika's speed and deliberately created an opening. Ichika took the bait and went on the offensive.
"Kiyonoooo!!"
"...Don't call me by my name so familiarly, you weakling."
"Gah!"
I dodged his blade just before it hit and delivered a kick instead. Ichika flew back pitifully and somehow managed to recover in the air. How delightful it was to torment and mock someone who had always looked down on me with a cheat ability. After that, Ichika bravely continued to challenge me, desperately trying to find an opening for a counterattack, but he was no match for my modification ability, and the remaining energy on his machine was almost gone, a perfect game for me. Houki's expression, watching Ichika, also darkened.
"Haah... haah...!"
"Come on! Do your best! Houki's about to get raped!"
"Ugh! Damn it!!"
He's a protagonist for not giving up even after all this. He's a good one for entertaining me to the end. But he's nowhere near the despair I've experienced. I grabbed the head of the unyielding Ichika and slammed him into the ground.
"Gah!!"
"Keep going, keep going! Houki's lips and womb are on the line!"
"Not... yet..."
He really is a protagonist for entertaining me to the end. But he's nowhere near the despair I've experienced.
"K-Kiyono!!"
Ichika's energy was down to one hit, and I was laughing as I looked down at his battered form. Then, from behind me, I heard Houki's voice, calling not for Ichika, but for me.
"Please, stop... I'll become your woman... So, please, no more...!"
"HĆ... Houki...!"
(Mmm, sacrificing yourself to protect Ichika, what wonderful love.)
I was moved by Houki's unexpected proposal. She had such deep affection for him.
(This makes me want to rewrite all that love to be mine even more!)
It's worth it for having held back for three months without defiling her. I have to steal Houki and brand an indelible defeat on Ichika.
"Houki! No...! I'll...!"
"Ichika! It's enough...!"
(What a love story. It makes my skin crawl!)
It's so touching how they care for each other. But I hate Ichika's empty words like that.
"It must be painful for you, so I think I'll end it now."
"O-o-o-o-o-h!!"
"What!?"
Just as I was about to deliver the final blow to the prostrate Ichika, thinking that Tabane's preparations must be complete, Ichika's IS suddenly began to glow brightly.
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"I'll become your woman... So, please, no more...!"
Houki offered herself to Kiyono to protect me.
"Houki! No...! I'll...!"
"Ichika! It's enough...!"
(Damn it...! I decided I would protect Houki, and yet...! I'm so powerless...!)
Not only did I fail to protect Houki, but she was now protecting me and being used by that scum. I couldn't bear the frustration.
(I want power!! I want the power to protect Houki...!!)
Having been trampled by Kiyono and unable to protect Houki, I craved power. At that moment, Byakushiki began to glow, and my consciousness faded.
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"Where am I...?"
When I came to, I was in a pure white world. I wasn't wearing my IS, and neither Kiyono nor Houki was there. It was just a white world.
"Do you desire power?"
"Whoa!!"
Startled by the voice from behind me, I turned around to see a frail-looking girl in a white dress and a silent female knight who gave off an aura similar to Chifuyu's sister.
"W-Who are you...?"
"Do you desire power?"
"..."
The girl, without introducing herself, and the knight, who stood silently, asked me the same question.
"Yes. I want the power to protect the people I care about!"
I answered the girl's question without hesitation. I wanted the power to protect Houki from Kiyono.
"...Understood. Then, wake up."
The girl whispered to me with a slightly sad look on her face. The world was filled with white, and I woke up.
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"What!?"
Ichika's battered IS started to glow, and when I opened my dazzled eyes, Ichika was standing there, clad in a different IS with a huge thruster and a left arm.
"...This is... the power to protect Houki..."
"Ichika...?"
Ichika, who had stood up, checked the appearance of his new IS and then smiled at Houki.
"It's alright, Houki. I'll protect you!"
"Ichika...!!"
Ichika declared with a powerful voice to reassure Houki and then glared at me.
"I'll defeat you!!"
(Did his IS evolve at this timing!?)
To awaken and achieve a miraculous comeback victory at a moment of absolute despair. How convenient. This was something even I hadn't predicted. This level of protagonist power is almost refreshing.
"Here I come!! This is my... power to protect those I care about!!"
"Ugh!!"
Ichika's IS thrusters began to charge, and he attacked me with a speed far beyond what he had before.
"Well, it's useless even if you've evolved."
I stopped time and neutralized the charging Ichika. I turned around and saw Houki looking somewhat relieved. I leisurely circled behind Ichika and scoffed.
"A last-minute awakening and a miraculous comeback victory, huh. Too bad for you."
To plunge the triumphant Ichika with his new power into the depths of despair, I threw a punch.