When I woke up again, I was greeted by an intense flowery smell that seemed to disturb my senses. As I tried moving around, I found that I was bounded from the top of my collarbone to my very own ankles. Even my legs were bounded to my thighs. There was no way for me to move at all.
The slightest movement would dig into my skin and feel as though it were getting tighter. It was a binding technique that I had never seen before. This rope was strong and had a slight stretchiness to itself.
It seemed impossible to break free...
If that were not all, the sickly sweet scent drove my senses crazy and made my body hot.
"How is it?" a familiar voice asked.
I looked up from my gaze and saw long black hair dangling before my eyes.
"...Kaya Ouchi?"
There were three male students standing behind her. One of them had black hair as well. Kaya Ouchi went beside me and picked up the glasses and handed it to the male behind her.
This room was no longer the clocktower. It was now in a completely different room and was lying on top of a white bed.
"Correct!" she said in an annoyingly high pitched voice.
"...Why...this?"
My throat felt as though it was burning. Was I forced to take something? Poison?
"It seems to be working faster than normal. It must be because you have such an lewd body," she said as she suddenly groped my chest.
Why would another girl grope me?
Even though she was a girl, I suddenly felt my body become electrified.
"...What did you give me?" I asked.
"I gave you an aphrodisiac," she said as she let go of me.
"...Why?" I asked.
"I hate you for having Prince Erik's heart!"
I did not even look one way towards Prince Erik ever since returning to school.
"You are crazy..."
"That's right...I am crazy. I fell for the perfect man with the most perfect looks and perfect position. However, he refuses to look at anyone else but you. As expected of the villainess..."
"Villainess? What do you know of me?"
"I know everything about you...This world is part of an online novel from my world."
"Novel?"
Her eyes soon became dreamy.
"In that novel, I am the heroine who steals away your fiancé Prince Erik from your evil clutches while the other male protagonists Gavin Lord, Randall Maddox, Channing Wells, and Dolton Grass are all trying to win my favor because they are all in love with me."
This girl is delusional...
"This world is a novel, you say?"
"After Prince Erik begins paying attention to me, you begin bullying me by destroying my clothes and spreading nasty rumors. Despite that, Prince Erik comes to my rescue!"
"...I see."
I felt my body slowly cooling down.
This woman is just a lunatic.
"In one of the events, you take me to this abandoned shed in an attempt to have me defiled by several men. However, Prince Erik saves me from that horrid fate and we share our first night here!" she said as she squeezed her own cheeks. "The incident would get you expelled and later you would come for vengeance a year after our wedding, only to be beheaded after attempting to hurt royalty."
These events...only I would know of the assassination event. The details were strange, but that was definitely around the time Kaya Ouchi tried to take vengeance.
"...What do you intend to do with me?" I asked her.
She grinned widely as she pressed her fingers to her lips.
"I will have you defiled by these gentlemen," she said with a wide smile.
A cold shiver travelled down my spine.
"You won't get away with this!"
"I already have when I brought you all the way here. Prince Erik is away on business in the capital on the mainland for three days. You will be here enjoying yourself hidden away from everyone else...Do your best to get pregnant while you do," she said as she ripped my shirt open.
"Stop!" I screamed as I squirmed under my bindings.
"If you ever feel lonely, I will bring your friends here as well," she said as she chuckled.
"Do not touch a single hair on either of them...I will make you pay!"
"How cute...It is a bit unfair that your face will remain beautiful no matter how angry you are...I almost want to cut it up," she said as she lifted up my chin.
"We should save her face at least for the slave traders. No one will think of Lady Arielle as a Duke's daughter once we are done with her," one of the men said.
"That's right," Kaya Ouchi said as she released my chin.
She pushed me onto the bed.
"Can we get started?" one of the men asked.
"Are you a virgin, Arielle?" Kaya Ouchi asked. "It will hurt a bit then...Let's have our Garett lookalike go first. I want to make sure that her womanhood is taken from her before I leave you all to it."
Kaya Ouchi got a blue bottle and shoved it down my throat.
"I am being so kind by giving you another dose. When these men touch you, it will feel even better," she said with a joyful expression.
The male with glasses approached me with his shirt off and removed his glasses.
This must be it...
I did not remain a virgin until death in my first life. The pain I received from my first time was rather awful, but it was with the person I loved the most. I never even thought that I could ever be held by someone else for my first time again.
"Don't worry...I am good," the man before me said as he spread my legs.
"Stop it," I whimpered as I turned my head away to avoid reality.
"You can just think of me as the person you love the most," he whispered in my ears.
Garett...
"Lady Arielle!" Dolton Grass screamed as he body slammed the man towering over me.
"My arm is broken!" one of the men screamed.
"Dolton?"
He suddenly fell over and held his side.
Kaya Ouchi had stabbed him with a knife.
"My dear Dolton...You klutz! You fell onto my knife!" Kaya Ouchi said as she smirked.
The men started to leave.
"Hey! Come back and finish the job!" Kaya Ouchi screamed at the men.
"My arm is broken! I am obviously leaving now!" one of the men said.
Kaya Ouchi clicked her tongue. She grabbed Dolton by his hair and threw him to the ground before running saws and locking the door.
Now, we are both trapped here...
"Are you alright, Dolton?" I asked as I rolled to my side.
"...I'm fine," he said as he sat up.
It is a deep wound...There is no way he is fine.
I pulled my handkerchief from my breast pocket with my teeth.
"Use this to dress the wound," I ordered.
"...Thank you."
He ripped up his shirt and placed my handkerchief over his wound.
"It must be difficult for you to move," he said as he tried breaking the rope. He failed entirely. "Why is this so strong? My apologies...we need something sharp to cut it."
"...Dolton, I have a small blade between my chest," I said to much of my embarrassment. "I was going to use it against that man before you got here..."
Dolton groaned in pain.
"You are just full of surprises..."
"...Could you reach inside and take it?"
His face became reddened.
"Pardon!"
"It was a blade that I kept hidden in case I needed it. When you surprised me, the blade went deeper down. If you could just reach it for my sake...The bonding is very uncomfortable..."
"Y-Your bosom..."
"You can just think of them as lumps of meat!" I said.
I said such a strange thing...If we do not die from hyperthermia, I will be sure to die from embarrassment.
"Ah..."
Even Dolton is speechless...
Should I beg after all? This person is a Knight...Men like him have stricter morals than the average man.
"Please...I'm desperate."
I heard him swallow for some reason before he bowed his head towards me.
"If you will excuse my rudeness..."
I gulped as I closed my eyes. Even though Dolton saved me, I felt nervous about him reaching his hand towards me. I opened my eyes slightly and felt the insertion of his cool fingers between my chest.
"...Cold."
"I'm sorry!" he said as he pulled his hand back.
"Continue..."
It was getting more difficult to breathe around the ropes over my chest. I felt my breath getting deeper and faster. It seemed like Dolton's breath was getting faster as well. I guess he was in a lot of pain from his wound.
"I can't find it..."
"A little lower..." I instructed him.
His fingers suddenly touched the hilt of the hidden dagger.
"I think I found it..."
"That's it...I have it sheathed, so if you could grab the whole thing without accidentally unsheathing it."
"Th-That would mean putting my whole hand in..."
"It's a rather sharp...I would not want to get cut by my own dagger, unless it is truly necessary..."
"I will try..." he said as he used his entire hand to pull out the dagger.
I flinched slightly from his rigid hands.
He finally pulled it out.
"Ow..."
"My apologies!"
"The sheath accidentally scratched me...It is not your fault."
Dolton quickly released the binding over my chest and arms. I was able to release my hands by myself and cut the binding over my legs.
There were rope burns all over my body. I quickly found my panties and put them on. I then went to Dolton and quickly tended to his injuries.
"This is a deplorable situation," Dolton said. "I'm sorry for not being more useful."
I tried smiling.
"You saved my chastity...That is more than I could ever ask for," I said as I finish tying up his bandages.
He touched my cheek gently with his right hand.
"Was I able to save you this time?" Dolton asked with a smile.
This time?
"...Dolton, what do you mean by that?" I asked him.
He suddenly got on one knee and placed his fist on the ground as he bowed his head towards me.
"My Queen..."
It had been so long since I was called that. Out of shock, I covered up my mouth with both hands.
I was not the only one who returned to the past.