Orange Town Square.
The orange-haired girl standing before me - Nami - glared at me with a look of caution and an expectation that she couldn't hide in her eyes.
Behind her, the pirate group led by "Clown" Buggy, who had been chasing her just moments ago, was being tossed like trash by Alvida alone.
"So what? You still can't believe in my power?"
Nami bites her lip in response to my question.
With this man's power, perhaps she could even reach that fishman, Arlong, the symbol of despair. Such an irresistible hope was eating away at her heart.
I saw through her wavering heart and said one decisive word.
"Is that sadness in your eyes... money? Or perhaps something deeper, a despair for power? Either way, I'll pay for it all. In return, give your all to me."
Those words were the final trigger.
"...I understand."
Eventually, she looked up as if she had made up her mind.
"I'll board your ship and I'll be your best navigator. In return, you have to promise me that you'll put my worries away!"
There was still a brave light in her eyes that said, "I'm going to make full use of this man."
I enjoyed the cheeky cat's behavior from the bottom of my heart. Just imagining that light gradually becoming clouded with despair and pleasure made me incredibly excited.
"The deal is done."
I smiled and led her to our ship, the Miss Love Duck.
What she doesn't know yet is that this step will take her into a cage of pleasure from which there is no turning back.
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The voyage on the Miss Love Duck began.
Nami, who began working as a navigator, quickly noticed something strange about the ship and was troubled every day.
First of all, the crew consisted of only four people: Eros, Makino, Alvida, and herself. All of the women seemed to be Eros's mistresses.
"Well, Eros-kun, there's nothing you can do about it ♡"
Makino indulges in erotic pleasure on the deck in the middle of the day. The scene is perverse and somehow unreal.
And at his feet, Alvida was serving Eros in absolute submission. From the depths of the cabin, the voices of her being harshly "adjusted" could be heard, along with the contrasting moans of pleasure.
Nami's sense of ethics slowly but surely became numb in this distorted harem world.
But the most puzzling thing was that Eros never made a move on her.
Even though he is making out with other women day and night.
(What's wrong with that guy? Does that mean he's not interested in me?)
It was a kind of humiliation, but also a relief.
But her body was beginning to betray that relief.
Ever since I got on this ship, I've been feeling a bit unwell.
He has trouble falling asleep at night, and his body feels hot for no apparent reason. In particular, when he thinks of Eros, he feels a commotion deep in his chest and a strange heat in his lower abdomen.
She had no idea that the minute amounts of pheromones I was giving off, which normal people couldn't detect, were unconsciously putting her body into a state of arousal.
"Hey, Nami. How are you reading the ocean currents here?"
I stood next to her as she spread out the nautical chart and placed my hand on her shoulder.
"Yaah...!"
Nami's body jumped wildly.
"Wh-what's the matter? Don't touch me so suddenly!"
"Shut up."
Ignoring her protests, I didn't loosen my grip on her shoulders. I traced the nautical chart with my fingertips. My fingers, pretending to be coincident, repeatedly touched her hand, her arm.
Each time, I use a tiny amount of my "Horu Horu" ability to gradually increase her body's sensitivity without her even noticing.
"What is this feeling... When he touches me, my heart starts beating really fast..."
Nami looked down to hide her blushing face and could only be confused by the changes in her body.
Her body was steadily being prepared to receive my pleasure. The sweet poison was slowly but surely spreading throughout her body.
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That night, Nami was tossing and turning in her bed in her room.
Ever since boarding this ship, I've had trouble falling asleep. The pheromones keep my body hot and my mind restless.
(What is this, I really can't concentrate...!)
Even when I try to think about tomorrow's route, all that comes to mind is the feeling of Eros' fingers touching me that day and his low voice.
That was when it happened.
A faint voice came from the other side of the wall - probably from Eros's cabin.
At first, I thought she was speaking, but it quickly changed into the sweet, sorrowful moans of a woman.
"Hmm... Hehe... Eros-kun, no... Not in that spot...♡"
It was Makino's voice.
The tone was that of a gentle older sister, but the heat in the voice and the intermittent wet sounds of water made Nami wonder what was going on there.
Nami quickly covered her ears with both hands.
(I don't want to hear it...! Something like this...!)
However, the voice that came from just a wall between her fingers vibrated mercilessly against her eardrums.
"Ah, ahh! Alvida-san is watching too...♡ Eros-kun's is amazing...mmmm...!"
(Alvida too...?! All three of us in that room...?!)
Nami's mind went blank with confusion.
I can't believe it. I can't understand it. Alvida, who seemed so proud, and Makino, who I thought was just a kind person, have both become mere females in front of that man.
I felt nauseous with disgust.
But at the same time, her body was reacting honestly and helplessly.
Sensitivity heightened during the day. A body tingling with pheromones. And two kinds of voices of "pleasure" can be heard from the other side of the wall.
"Ahhh! Lord Eros...! Treat me more like a tool...!"
Alvida's moans of humiliation and submission.
"Hehe...♡ Eros-kun, you're good... Big sister, I'm going to come again..."
Makino's sweet, cooing voice melted with love.
These two sounds directly stimulated Nami's brain, making her vividly imagine the unknown world of "pleasure" that she had yet to discover.
(Stop it... Stop it...!)
No matter how much she tried to resist it in her mind, her body honestly grew hot, and she felt a sharp ache in the center of her lower abdomen, gradually becoming wet.
"...Uh, uh..."
Nami gripped the sheets tightly. She was going to go crazy if she continued like this. She had to calm this throbbing somehow.
Her fingers, as if of no will of their own, slowly reach between her thighs.
(No…! What am I doing…!)
Reason put up a final resistance, but the sound of an especially loud, climaxing voice coming from the other side of the wall snapped that thread of reason.
His fingers touched the hot, hard spot through his damp underwear.
"...Hi...!"
My body jumped in shock. Just from being touched, a surge of pleasure ran up my spine. My heightened sensitivity had reached an abnormal level.
Nami, with tears in her eyes, slowly and timidly begins to rub the spot.
With the sound of her moans in the background, she imagines a man embracing another woman and soothes her body. There is no greater humiliation. There is no greater immorality.
"Mmm... ugh... ah..."
I bite my lip tightly to keep from making a sound.
However, as his fingers moved faster, a suppressed, childish moan began to escape from her mouth, different from Makino and Alvida's.
And then, a few minutes later.
"Mmmmm!!"
Nami's body convulsed violently. She experienced the first waves of intense orgasm in her life. Her mind went blank, and her thoughts melted away. She buried her face in the sheets, letting out voiceless sobs, and could only tremble as hot droplets of semen spurted from her body.
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The next morning, as she faced the nautical chart with dark circles under her eyes, Eros spoke to her as if it were nothing, as if he had no idea what had happened the night before.
"Nami, this is our next destination. Set course for this island."
He pointed to a place on the nautical chart, where the gentle name "Syrup Village" was written.
Nami couldn't look Eros in the face.
I felt like he could see right through everything.
I felt like they knew the "crime" I committed last night.
She still doesn't know that it was all part of his plan.
And that her own mind had stepped deeper and deeper into the cage of pleasure, so deep that there was no turning back.