Dungeon Game Chapter 39

-39- Contract

The following morning.

I'm eating breakfast in the place where my cla.s.smates who don't have their own room are sleeping together. Sitting before my eyes was not my cute girlfriend, but the unsightly Sagara.

The lovely Hiiragi-san received an invitation from the girls and is eating together with our cla.s.smates over there. Because there's completely no beauty in it, I naturally let out a sigh.

「Mukou-s.h.i.+, it's rude to sigh while looking at me.」

「Hahaha, Sagarkun, your joke is also harsh. If I compare eating with a cute girl and eating with a filthy man, my mood will naturally sink.」

「Well, that's right. Aren't you going to challenge the dungeon today?」

「It's off today. How about you, Sagarkun?」

「I will rest. Except for Natsume-kun's group, everyone seems to be taking a rest.」

While moving his hands and mouth as he eats, he fires out words the moment he swallows and his mouth becomes empty.

「I met Nagaoksan earlier and she was quite angry, did something happen?」

Sagara, who is eating the ration like sucking on a tube, speaks without minding that there is still food in his mouth.

「She was ignored by Natsume-kun.」

「That's reaping what she sow, right?」

Dekoko is in the wrong. Most of the time, she's in the wrong. He probably learned the hard way during the previous cla.s.s meeting. I heard that Wazuka disappeared to the dungeon earlier this morning.

It seems a little funny that I can imagine three people moving sneakily while everyone is sleeping.

Thanks to that, without being loudly waken up this morning, I was able to comfortably wake up this today. Moreover, being able to see Dekoko's sour look is really satisfying.

「I heard that Maizuru-s.h.i.+ transferred to Mukou-s.h.i.+'s group. If only you could die gathering beautiful girls.」

「It's not enough. Recognition is not enough. Saying that I'm contented as a luggage carrier because I'm the most useless in regards to fights is mentally harsh as a man.」

「That's lame. But I'm still envious. It's comfortable after all. You should be careful not to collect too much hate and get stabbed in the back.」

「Yeah. Now that you mention it, I haven't seen Miyazu, but do you know where that guy disappeared to?」

I can't find that man who lost a finger anywhere. I thought that he might be also in the room of Minami who was their gofer, but Minami is eating nearby.

Being aware of what Sagara said, I did not find him who bears a grudge towards me even though I tried searching.

「It's probable, but he shouldn't be in the dungeon, right? Yesterday, he's already nowhere to be seen when we came back.」

「Hmm, that's right.」

I don't know if I should be relieved or anxious. If I displayed a one-sided violence to that extent, I feel like even a rebellious spirit won't sprout. But there's a saying that too much of anything is bad, so I think that Maizuru cutting his finger off was going too far.

In the end, that group seems to have broken up because Maizuru left.

Minami, Kizugawa, Funai, these three people joined the other groups. Last night, I hear that a discussion was made about where they will join. Maizuru joined us so we were not called out.

It was decided that Minami, Kizugawa, and Funai will join the group of Kazue-chan, Tsuzuki, and Dekoko respectively.

What's interesting is Minami had it, but the metal bat that Miyazu used was a.s.signed to Tsuzuki's group. I can't imagine him simply giving up that weapon, so I guessed that he might have quarreled with the gofer, Minami.

Even after finis.h.i.+ng our meals, we continue to talk aimlessly. There is no information that I'm curious about. However, whichever group it is, it seemed that my and Wazuka's group are considerably different.

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I knock on the door several times with my fist.

A knocking sound was heard and then I saw a change in the image plate.

The lovely caricature, different from the person herself, gets up from a lying position and repeats arm movements that I don't understand very well. She is probably dressing up. When I look at it carefully, this plate seems to very much violate privacy.

When the image that started walking with small steps stopped, the door opened. A smile full of malice is on a hateful face.

「Morning.」

「Good morning, Maizuru-san.」

「Morning, both of you are early. Yuuko-chan was sleeping just until now. Why are we even standing around and talking? Come in my room, come in.」

The room we were invited to is constructed similarly to mine. If there's something that's different, this room was filled with a slightly sweet fragrance.

Maizuru who is smiling disgustingly started the conversation.

「I wonder how much did Fus.h.i.+min say?」

「I have not told anything to Hibari.」

Looking at Hiiragi-san who shook her head and answered, Maizuru is watching like it's interesting. What on earth did they talk about? In this place, it's only me who doesn't know.

Maizuru looked at me with a serious face that seems formal.

「Hibarin, make a contract with me.」

When I heard contract, I was immediately reminded of Opelgua.

「Contract?」

Towards my pondering words, Maizuru spoke with a face that seems to be having fun.

「A contract that I will become your slave.」

For a moment, I could not understand the words that my cla.s.smate said and examined the person beside me by reflex to confirm.

My girlfriend is showing joy on her face. She is waiting for what kind of decision I will make, choose, and change. That's my guess.

She opened her mouth without the intention to hide her s.a.d.i.s.tic desire.

「What would you do?」

Without even explaining the circ.u.mstances, she just asks me a question with just two answers.

When I was thinking about what to do, I couldn't help but turn my sights toward the person concerned.

Maizuru Yuuko is giving me the creeps.

The person right now, without her makeup, looks more beautiful and refined than usual. I feel dissonance to her hair dyed brown and also discomfort to her gestures. It's distorted somewhere and not right.

There's no way I like her. I despise everything about her and she behaves selfishly. Even if I could toy wither her as much I like as a slave, I don't want to be involved with her.

「There's no need. I don't like Maizuru-san. Rather, it's because I hate her.」

When I express my true feelings, Hiiragi-san deepened her smile.

「Please make a contract with Maizuru-san. Hold on to the power over her life and death after she becomes a slave and put her under control. Since it is possible to give her death when she betrays you, I can trust her to some extent.」

「It's all right if Hiiragi-san makes the contract, right?」

「You know what I mean, right?」

I know what she wants.

It's similar at the time Heidi. She feels pleasure when I suffer. She wants to see it. It's what she wants.

I think that it's really stupid. Even so, because I fell in love, I had no choice but to agree even if it twists my heart.

「Why did Maizuru-san want to be a slave? 」

In the first place, I heard that this negotiation was proposed by Maizuru. Doubt naturally comes to mind.

「Me? I wonder if it's because it's needed to satisfy my desire. Since there's no problem because my interests match with Fus.h.i.+min, Hibarin does not need to worry about it.」

She sneers with a detestable face. With the same joking tone as usual, she hums to herself as if hiding her real intention.

A shallow though immediately comes to mind, but I already a.s.sumed that beforehand.

「You intended to get information after enslaving me, right? It's regrettable, but I don't care very much about life anymore. Didn't I say that I got what I wanted? Therefore, just because Hibarin can have power over my life and death by means of a contract, I don't need to listen to that order. So don't misunderstand that.」

I don't know if the words that Maizuru is saying are true or a bluff. There was no doubt that her character is a bit broken. I will have a slave that I can't deal with freely. However, I don't think if I can call that a slave.

The wicked woman ridicules, the lover enjoys.

Without explaining neither circ.u.mstances nor reasons, due to the work of the two who conspired with each other, it ended up with me acquiring a slave.