"Well? Do you believe now that you're in for a mortal peril?"
"I believe it, I believe it! Master Clara's fortune-telling skills are as divine as an Aeon—no, no, even more impressive than an Aeon!"
On the snowfields of Belobog, Clara stood with her hands on her hips, looking down at Sparkle, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, and let out a cold laugh.
"My, my, our unruly Boss Sparkle has learned how to flatter? Is it because the weather turned cold, the rain stopped, or perhaps some company went bankrupt?"
"Not at all, not at all. Boss Sparkle doesn't flatter just anyone." After being whacked into submission by Clara, our Boss Sparkle had lost all her former defiance and arrogance.
"But who are you? You are my most, most, most, most, most respected Big Sister Clara. How could you possibly be compared to ordinary people?"
Listening to Sparkle's relentless stream of flattery, Clara shot her a somewhat disgusted look.
"I much preferred your earlier unruly self. Could you please change back?"
"Sister Clara, you're joking. How could I dare act unruly in front of you?" By now, completely docile like a lamb, Sparkle didn't dare say anything that might provoke Clara.
Recalling her last encounter with tickle torture, Sparkle felt a shiver of fear run through her.
"Really? Then I'd like to ask you something." Hearing this, Clara crouched down and gently hooked a finger under Sparkle's chin.
"What did you mean by that thought you had earlier…"
"'That little black-haired, flat-chested loli'?"
"Clara is soooo curious~"
Sparkle: …
Wait, how do you know something I just casually thought to myself?!
As if reading Sparkle's mind, Clara smiled sweetly.
"Anything can lie, but Memories don't."
"In front of the Memories, you're practically naked, you know~"
Sparkle: …
"So then, could you please tell me?"
"What does 'little black-haired, flat-chested loli' mean?"
"Little Clara is really, really curious~"
"…"
Clara's voice was exceedingly sweet, but to Sparkle's ears right now, it was no different from a demon's whisper.
"I… I was wrong…"
Sparkle forced a smile and shrank back slightly, clearly frightened.
"Huh?" Clara sounded genuinely puzzled by Sparkle's apology.
"Sister Sparkle, why are you apologizing?"
"Did Little Clara do something wrong?"
"N-no… I was wrong…"
"Huh? Sister Sparkle, what did you do wrong? Why are you apologizing to me?" Watching Sparkle's reaction, Clara placed a finger on her lips, pretending to know nothing at all, acting every bit like an innocent, naive, and pure little girl.
Under normal circumstances, Sparkle might have found Clara utterly adorable like this.
But in the current situation, Sparkle couldn't connect 'adorable' with Clara at all.
Right now, in Sparkle's eyes, Clara was the very image of a demon.
"…"
Seeing Clara's act, Sparkle didn't know what to say, so she simply shut her mouth and remained silent.
Fortunately, Sparkle had made the wisest choice, because no matter what she said, Clara would have played dumb and innocent, thoroughly shattering Sparkle's psychological defenses, and then…
Heh heh heh~ Heh heh heh~
But since Sparkle had chosen correctly, Clara decided not to push her further.
Clara dropped the innocent act and slowly stood up.
"Alright then. We're both Masked Fools, so I won't be too hard on you."
Then, she walked behind Sparkle and gently placed her hands on Sparkle's shoulders.
Leaning close to Sparkle's ear, she whispered softly,
"See this snowfield?"
"Take off all your clothes, kneel down, apologize once."
"Then run a full circle covering a thousand miles around, and I'll forgive you. How does that sound?"
Sparkle: …
"C-could we change it to something else…?"
"Not a chance~" Clara chuckled.
"If you won't take them off, I can help you~"
Clara untied the ropes binding Sparkle and then simply stood there, watching her calmly.
"…"
Freed from her restraints, Sparkle slowly got to her feet but made no move, just staring wide-eyed at Clara.
"Not taking them off, huh?" Clara sneered, seeing Sparkle's inaction.
"If you won't, then I'll do it for you."
Clara gave Sparkle no time to prepare and immediately reached out to start stripping off Sparkle's clothes.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Seeing this, Sparkle panicked instantly.
She struggled frantically, but how could our weak, pitiful, and helpless Boss Sparkle possibly be a match for Clara?
Soon, Sparkle was powerless to resist and could only watch as Clara began to undress her.
Tears welled up in the corners of Sparkle's eyes…
"Hmph, it would've been easier if you'd just behaved." Seeing Sparkle had finally stopped resisting, Clara snorted coldly.
But just as Clara was about to yank off all of Sparkle's clothes in one go, a sudden voice interrupted her… 'spellcasting'.
"You two… what are you… doing…?"
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T/N: Kidnapped
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