After deliberating on what I should do to fix the matter with Rose where she wasn't even looking me in the eye, or rather she was avoiding me like a plague, I came to a conclusion that like one of those strategies, I had been taught by Granny… just pester her even more.
I finally made up my mind. Since she already hated me, it can't get any worse from here.
I took a long breath and thought that I should go for the bad boy attitude. Annoying a girl into liking me. I read about this once in a book too… better try then sit still...
"Rose, if you stand at the corner so much, I might just push you to the wall and do the things you actually don't want.." since Miss Rin and my gramps were asking me to do something, so I said the worst thing I could do in this situation.
Being a bad boy was better, it was actually way easier.. Also I had much training in being a villain in the empire, so I thought this suited me best then acting like a saint, not that I ever acted like one, if I remember correctly…
I never acted like a saint. Anyway, since sometimes being a bad boy makes it easier, let's follow this shortcut route.
"Hmph! I dare you to do such things in my own home." Rose, who looked like I was joking, said with absolute confidence….
Rin grabbed her forehead and gramps walked out the room silently…. I guess he didn't want to stay and embarrass the girl even more. Also he probably didn't want to see his grandson using his granny's teachings.
"Rose, you do know? He took the empire's princess at her own castle…. That too from the emperor's own subordinates…" hearing that from Rin, Rose looked a bit confused
"B-but ma'am… You wouldn't let that man just take me like that would you? Or-or even my comrades! Even if I can't win against his strength, I can ask for help!" Rose looked so naïve saying that even Rin looked like it was a hard hit to her head…. Her daughter was as naïve as those heroes in the fantasy story…
in the first place, in the human lands I was in a position of power that no one even compared to, not only had I the backing of a strong family, I was loaded with money that can turn the whole human land's structure from night to day. and after actually being involved with every princess of the human lands, there were only rulers as in, King Claude and Over lord Lilith above me. even then they wouldn't openly challenge me.... and in this place Rose asked her lord to turn on me and help her out. it was already a impossible request but she whole heartedly believed her mother like Lord.
alright even if Rin were to help her.... in the first place, Rin and her subordinated were the one who were pushing Rose to me, and still Rose believed her mother like Lord to help her, her naivety was... quite something...
"My dear, I like the way you hold your comrades in high respect, still sometimes, you will have to let some wrong pass, like this time." as Rin said so she looked sideways…. yup, Rin just threw her daughters faith away like it was a used tissue...
I got up from my seat and moved towards Rose, she looked like a mouse in the corner trapped by a cat.
"M-ma'am.. . Help me please!" Rose knew my strength first hand, so of course as good as a fighter she was, she could only ask for help. And Rin looked sideways.
She was completely betraying her naïve daughter… I guess she wanted Rose to taste reality a bit more. Also she definitely hated the Idea of Rose going to a noble society. At this point, Rin was happy to throw Rose at me tied up if she had to.
"I-if you do this with me, I assure you, your reputation would fall! So go back!" Rose said, taking a last stand grasping her sword with shaky hands. Still I moved on. what's this thrill that I get when I get to play the bad guy?
[May since you actually are one?]
"Look, I only wanna talk okay? If you are so untrusting of me, ask Miss Rin to stay there too."
"S-so… You wanna defile me in front of my mother?"
"Wh-what? I don't do those things okay!?" Rose might have a dirty mind in there…. But those were certainly not to my taste...well… I did have a forbidden fantasy of having a mother daughter duo on the bed…
[so even if you don't want to you still would like too eh? you really are a bad guy.]
Still I am too afraid to try that. More like I can't imagine how that can even happen. Some fantasies were always to remain a fantasy. and Amanori just taking her chance to get me down over her comments.
Since I was close enough, Rose swung the sword at full force at me. Still, I could easily evade it but not evading the sword. I caught it by hand, surprisingly, it was strong enough to actually make a wound and drops of blood dropped on the ground. Rose looked at that and froze up. She probably thought I would have dodged it…
With such an opening, I took a hold of her in a princess style like I did to her the first time we went on a mission. Since she was frozen stiff it was easy.
Still suddenly getting her feet off the ground broke her from that and she started flinging her hands and legs like a baby.
"Stop! Don't you have a heart? I am a knight and a respectable one at that! Let me go!"
Not stopping, I started to leave the room.
"Say Miss Rin, where's my room?"
"It's down the hall in the furthest back, the maid standing outside can help you." Rin replied seeping tea…. She was completely ignoring Rose's pleading eyes… she did look like she was in pain…. Maybe having honest eyes on you was hurting for her… not to mention, Rose had eyes that made you want to do anything she asked for. they were just that lovely.
I quickly got out while Rose cried calling… "Motheeeeer!" sadly there was no response. The world was a cruel place… sometimes a mothers consideration might feel like a curse… in times like these you really should go with the flow, just like back at the Edge of the world, I had endured taking a bath with granny day after day…
It was very disturbing to see a grown woman looking that much affected by little boys… it wasn't sexual pleasure.. No, it was just a fun time my granny spent as a pure hobby… no matter how depraved she looked while doing it.
"This way Sir Rekka, please follow me." The maid was a beautiful woman who looked to be in her mid 20s. She had a peaceful air about her. Also she had a thick head of long black hair like mine. It flowed behind her to her waist length. Seeing her looking this composed in the face of Rose looking all hot and bothered… man.. They were looking completely opposite to one another.
"Carla! Why are you helping this degenerate!?" Rose looked like she couldn't take the betrayal at face value, so she asked to be sure. by now tears were dripping from her eyes constantly as we moved on, so her face was quite wet.
"Mistress, it is rude to call your man that, I am just helping you with your life problems." The maid walked ahead saying so and I followed her. The mansion wasn't really crowded but it still had many staff and all were women. Probably because of Rin's own preference.
everyone bowed as they saw us off. the staff looked happy that I was dragging Rose to her room. I think they all don't want Rose to go off to Stein... just how much do these people hate nobles?
"What are you gonna do to me?" Rose, who had already asked for help from all the people who had gone past us, looked like she resigned herself to her fate. well her tears still constantly flowed her, for a knight she really was one who could cry a lot.
Really each one of those people be them knights or maids or just officials they all gave Rose blessings for finally finding a man… she must have made the people worry over her future for always avoiding men like the plague.
"At first, I was only going to ask why you hate me so much."
"Th-then now?" she asked me with some hope, as if I may not do anything to her after all.
"Of course, what do you think I will do?"
"I-I think… y-you will take advantage of the situation and d-defile me.." well her thoughts still took the worst that could happen.
"Is that the worst you could think?" I asked, looking at her.
"Y-yes.."
"Whatever you are thinking, I am going to do 10 times worse things than that now." I said, showing an innocent smile…. I think it was not innocent to her though, since she had turned pale.
Since the time I had been to the empire this had awakened in me, whenever I would see a girl struggle this much, I felt compelled to try and mess with her, of course this habit very rarely acted up since most girls I approach never deny me to this degree… I guess seeing a girl this helpless was a turn on for me…
"Sir Rekka, please don't tease our Mistress too much." Carla looked behind with a wry smile..
"Sorry about that, I couldn't help it." I kissed Rose on the cheek while saying so.
"Y-you! We are not even in the rooM!"
"I know, so look forward to what's gonna happen when we get there."
"whaaaaaa!" Rose cried like that until we got to my room and Carla bid us good night. She did say that she would like to arrange dinner but I said that I will ask when it's time.
...…..
"Say, I thought we had a good chemistry going on, so what happened to make you hate me so much?" I asked Rose as I held her down on the bed. She had a nice scent on her. And I could hear her heart beating as fast as a steam engine.
"Of course I hate you! You had enough princesses but then you go and take another from the empire too! I even heard you forced her to do lewd things.. Not to mention meeting the saint, then I heard you even….. Did.. all that with… everyone." she looked flustered at the end but that could be called .... I know that there was more to it than just this much… moreover, didn't she know very detailed info about my progress with the others?
"....."
"You even killed countless people, why did you do that? If you were strong, you should have protected the weak, just like you did in Stein….. Merciless…. Display of strength… I hate that." it was cruel…
I knew that not all humans here liked what I had done… but they could hardly complain. Nobody besides me had taken a step to fix the empire.
"I did that since I was mad. The Empire had it coming. if not me, then someone else would have done it eventually."
"How can I love a man who did those things because he was mad. Don't you know that with power comes responsibility?" She certainly said a line from a famous movie but it was right.
"They were scum…. Lowest in the world…. If you think saving them was a responsibility, then I would have preferred to even save the monsters out there, at least they hurt you straight up and not in disguise." hearing me, Rose looked a bit shocked. It was a simple argument.
"Do what you want to do but I didn't like the way you did things." Was she saying that I could have my way? This girl was stubborn to the core… since she couldn't prove her point, she is stubbornly holding her ground.
But I can't help but feel her body shivering after making that statement… she was afraid alright… this girl hated men even more than Leila it seemed.
Looking over those details and following the teachings where until a girl doesn't scream your ears off with protest you should go on. I went on with the flirting.
"Rose, did you grow?" Since I removed her armor, just like the first time I saw her, she was wearing a short dress under it, still I feel like her chest looked a bit bigger….
"How can you ask that so shamelessly!?" she looked flustered but that extreme hateful attitude was gone… maybe letting her honest thoughts out was good.
"I don't think it is shameful though, I asked many girls that question you know? I think you are the one with the dirty mind." I designed many girls maid outfit back home, so took measure to make them to their size, and there were times when talk about chest sizes came up...
"Wh-what! I am not!"
"Hmm hmm, don't worry. You don't have to act in front of me, no matter how dirty your mind is, I will always love you."
"Nnnnnnnn!! I am not the dirty one! Who is holding me down on the bed? Not to mention removed my armor and now is ogling at me?!" she was right I did all that…. As she tried to hit my chest looking even more annoyed, I got closer to her.
"You should have just told me that you wanted to Strip and seduce me while removing your armor…. Geez I really missed a good chance…" I said that to her ear.
"What? Y-you think that….. I would like to do that?" I think she started to think about the situation where she took off her armor and clothes while trying to seduce me….
".... you just fantasized about it didn't you?" I let her go and sat up on the bed. She was probably going to shout at me again but letting her go made her a bit surprised. I was teasing... The moment I was closest to her I let her go. Just where did these degenerate ideas come from?
(Long ago Melinda had whispered to Rekka all the things she was not able to teach him while he was awake, in times like these his unconscious intuition helped themselves by using those sermons that he got in his sleep. Only Melinda knew just how many nights it took to complete that course.)
"Are you letting me go?" Rose said looking hopeful…
"Yeah… you are too much. I lost my interest for now…. Besides, I am hungry…. Guess I should ask for our dinner. Carla, are you there?" Since this world's maids were psychic I called her from the room. Soon enough she came in.
"Yes sir?" as Carla came in, Rose quickly huddled in a blanket hiding her half naked body.
"We would like to have dinner." Since the room already had a round table, it was perfect for 2 people. Hearing me Carla tried to go out when Rose asked her to stop.
"Carla, bring at least 10 people's worth of food, his body needs more food than normal people." I was a bit surprised really, still since she said that on her own, she must not totally hate me?
Carla, as professional as she was, nodded and left the room without a word. She never reacted to Rose's half naked state at all...
"You had a change of heart?" I asked Rose since she was nice to me for the first time I was here.
"Certainly not. I am going to get you full and drunk, so you get sleepy and don't do anything lewd to me."
"Th-that.."
"Ha ha ha…. What do you think! I may be weaker than you but I certainly know your weakness."
"Are you an Idiot?" I asked in bewilderment….
"What? Why?"
"Because after hearing your plan, I can just eat and drink enough to not get sleepy." As I said so in a deadpan voice, Rose looked like she just realized she had told me her whole plan….. I wonder,
The 1st impression I had of her was a hot headed girl in the lords meeting but now she looks more like a sheltered knight who is too naïve for her own good. I am thinking that if I say "I won't do anything bad like killing people if you love me" She might just love me for that promise….
"It was obviously a joke! I was joking!"
"Yeah, I guess…" Seeing that sorry display got me to realize the kind of girl Rose was. She certainly was vigilant, but seeing a guy that she could trust, I believe she gets ditzy and idiotic to even think straight, probably since she has no immunity to guys… although this quirk of her is cute in it's own way. It seems that no matter how many girls you meet everyone is different.