Revisions made on 12/30/H27.
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For the sake of Swan Hilda, a cheat existence, I decided to save the “Sacrificial Princess” on the altar, leaving behind the corpse of the slain Frog God.
First, I removed her blindfold…
“I know this girl,” Ly said, reporting with evident surprise.
“Then who is she?”
“Her name, if I recall correctly, is Kirika Turyuka Kamiyar. Though born of a concubine, she is truly a Princess of the Kamiyar Holy Nation.”
Ly, who had wide connections in high society, revealed the identity of the “Sacrificial Princess.”
I was surprised that the “Sacrificial Princess” was a princess of the Kamiyar Holy Nation, and I recalled from the recent battle that the Frog God possessed exceptional power for an Earth God.
Then, I untied the cursed cords binding Princess Kirika’s arms and removed her shackles.
Furthermore, after painstakingly dispelling the “Curse Seal” that prevented her from speaking, I also released the “Mental Magic” that had been stealing her consciousness, as a finishing touch.
Witnessing my skill in dispelling the series of magical seals, they looked at me with eyes full of respect.
“Hal-sama, you are wonderful…”
“Mm.”
After a while, Princess Kirika awoke safely.
“Where is this? Why am I alive?”
Princess Kirika muttered to herself.
“Who are you people?”
Then, she asked, seemingly recognizing us around her.
“We’re an Adventurer Party called ‘Princess Harem.'”
First, I stated our party name as our introduction.
“We were doing slime extermination nearby, but we got lost and ended up at this altar.”
Princess Kirika’s gaze was fixed on me.
“And then we were plunged into a battle with the Earth God here, but we managed to win.”
I explained the events that had transpired.
“Don’t say absurd things! ‘Lord Jiuyu’ is immensely powerful! He is not someone an ordinary adventurer could possibly do anything to!!”
Princess Kirika became enraged, unwilling to believe my explanation.
So, I showed her the corpse of the Frog God, apparently named “Lord Jiuyu,” and she was speechless.
“Are you convinced? Now, please introduce yourself.”
I urged the girl who had been the Sacrificial Princess to introduce herself.
“My name is Kirika Turyuka Kamiyar. I am 15 years old.”
Princess Kirika began to introduce herself with her chest puffed out, but her voice gradually became smaller.
“I am the fifth princess of the Kamiyar Holy Nation, but there’s a reason for this…”
It seemed this princess also had something of a backstory.
When I inquired about the reason she had initially obscured, it turned out that Princess Kirika’s mother, despite being a peerless beauty, was a woman of low status from the Eastern Nations.
Furthermore, Princess Kirika had also awakened special abilities, making her unusable as a pawn for political marriage. As a result, she had been kept in a state of near house arrest in a detached palace, essentially wasting away.
And, according to the original plan, she was soon to be sent to a convent to live her life as a poor nun.
Incidentally, she had only recently awakened her special abilities and had, for a time, made her debut in high society.
It was around that time that she had met Princess Ly.
“I am of concubine birth, and I can use strange magic.”
“Specifically?”
I asked about this strange magic she mentioned, staring intently at Princess Kirika.
“I am friends with magical beasts!”
Princess Kirika claimed to be friends with magical beasts that do not typically form bonds with humans, but was it true?
I wondered if she meant the “Beast Tamers” who could control magical beasts. To be sure, I asked her to demonstrate. A summoning circle appeared in the air due to Princess Kirika’s magic, and a unicorn, said to only bond with maidens, was summoned.
She explained that she had become friends with this unicorn when it wandered into the detached palace where she was confined, and they had formed a summoned beast contract.
Incidentally, the unicorn was a special companion for Princess Kirika, and she said her remaining summoned beasts were merely small fry, palm-sized.
According to her own words, it was probably because she had been a princess and lacked the freedom to go out, which was unavoidable.
“Summoners” are even rarer than “Beast Tamers.”
However, in the Kamiyar Holy Nation, which blindly worshiped its own gods, Princess Kirika, with her unique talent, was condemned as an heretic.
“So, Princess Kirika, who survived, will return to the detached palace?”
I asked Princess Kirika about her future plans.
“As the ‘Sacrificial Princess’ offered to ‘Lord Jiuyu,’ I cannot possibly return now…”
Princess Kirika looked down, recalling her circumstances.
“Oh, that’s right!”
As if a brilliant idea struck her, Princess Kirika looked up, her eyes filled with anticipation.
“Won’t you take me into your Adventurer Party?”
Princess Kirika pleaded with me, her eyes glistening like a stray cat.
“That is something Master Hal, who is my Master, will decide,” Elise explained, making eye contact with me.
“Princess Kirika, these women who are members of my ‘Princess Harem’ are my personal slaves. Do you have the resolve to become my slave?”
I responded to Elise’s eye contact and asked Princess Kirika.
“What… to fall into slavery…”
Princess Kirika pondered, but she had no other choice…
“…Very well. I will become your slave.”
Kirika made a difficult choice.
“I understand Kirika’s resolve well.”
I decided to accept Kirika’s choice.
“Then, would you please undress here?”
I gave Kirika, who had become my slave, my first command.
“What are you saying!?”
Kirika glared at me with contempt.
“Kirika, this is a trial that we who are here have also gone through,” Ly, who was behind me, added.
“Through this initiation rite, we will confirm if there are any abnormalities with Kirika’s body,” Elise continued with a plausible reason.
Thus, persuaded by the beautiful girls of similar age, Kirika steeled herself.
Kirika’s appearance was about the same height as Mai’s. Her hair was a bluish-black, straight, and grew to the middle of her back, tied with a scarlet ribbon at the ends.
Her facial features also leaned towards the Eastern Nations, closely resembling mine and Mai’s. Her eye color was distinctive: rich crimson.
Kirika returned to the altar and untied the pure white obi that held her white robes together.
Silhouetted against the dark night, illuminated by the bonfires lit at the four corners, Kirika was almost ethereal.
As the untied obi fell onto the cloth laid out, her collarbone and the cleavage of her breasts were gradually revealed through the gaps in her white robes.
“When I undressed myself, I felt a despair as if the world was ending, but a beautiful girl undressing is truly beautiful…” Ly commented, having seemingly found a strange switch.
Then – *swish* – with the sound of fabric rustling, her white robes flowed down, leaving Kirika completely naked, without even underwear.
And Kirika, illuminated by the bonfires, was beautiful.
Kirika’s breasts were smaller, though not as small as Mai’s. The flickering flames cast shadows that moved, adding to her mystique.
Moving my gaze further down, she was a beautiful girl with a slender waist, a cute navel, the curve of her lower abdomen, and long, elegantly extended legs. However, her ankles, which had been in shackles, were discolored and looked painful, so I immediately cast “Healing Magic” to soothe them.
“Kirika, thank you. I have confirmed that there are no flaws in your body.”
As I stated the results of the “Quality Check,” Kirika relaxed, her body’s tension easing. It seemed she had been under extreme stress due to being in an abnormal state.
“Now, I will perform the slave contract. Please put on your clothes and come here.”
Kirika quickly tried to put on her white robes in response to my new request.
“Hal-sama, those clothes will stand out when we return to the post town. Shall I lend you some clothes?” Elise then made a suggestion regarding Kirika’s attire. Elise produced a complete set of Mai’s underwear and spare adventurer clothes, as their builds were similar.
After changing, Kirika knelt before me, and the “Curse Seal” of “Slave Contract Magic” was branded onto her body, making her my slave.
That night, we camped beside the altar. The corpse of the Frog God apparently acted as a deterrent to magical beasts, and nothing happened until dawn.
For breakfast, we had hard black bread, cheese, and milk, which were easy to store for long periods – the kind of meal a girl entrusted to an “uncle” living in the mountains might eat, but no one complained.
Additionally, there were delicacies from mountains and seas offered as tributes around the altar, but no one touched them.
“Well then, let’s return to Dorsen.”
As I gave the order to depart, Kirika looked back at the altar and shed tears.
“Kirika, what’s wrong?”
“From the moment I was brought to this place as the ‘Sacrificial Princess,’ I was prepared…”
A single tear traced a path down Kirika’s cheek.
“When my freedom was taken and I was blindfolded, I thought it was the last thing I would see in this life, and I was so sad… *sob*… *sob*…”
Eventually, Kirika was sobbing uncontrollably.
“Hal-sama, it’s okay now. Let’s go…”
It seemed Kirika had severed her lingering ties to the Kamiyar Holy Nation and urged us to depart.
On our way back, guided by Kirika, who had “familiarity with the area,” we easily returned to the post town of Dorsen.
The “familiarity with the area” was a bit of a stretch, as Kirika herself was royalty and under house arrest in a detached palace, so she wasn’t familiar with geography. However, her small summoned beasts, which I had underestimated as weak, pointed the way to the post town of Dorsen.
Frankly, Kirika’s summoned beasts were unlikely to be of much use in combat in their current state.
Nevertheless, “Summoners” are rare, and with her skills honed, Kirika would undoubtedly play an active role as the “Shield” or “Spear” of “Princess Harem.”
Thus, we gained a powerful “tank” for the future.
《Note》
The next episode is a compilation of episode 5, which was previously posted in segments.
There are no changes to the content, so those who read the segmented posts may skip this.
