Chapter 43 Dragon Knight Fafnir’s Golden Armor and the Black Shine Sheep’s Perverse Victory
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Fafnir Gunitahayes—that’s the name of the girl who was the tragic, comical, wise, and clumsy Heroine in the Albion Empire arc of Maidens x Cross-dressing. She’s the one wearing the miniskirt golden armor, flashing her panties all over the battlefield in such an e-h-h-h-h-y (perverse) way that she grabbed the hearts of countless gentlemen users. That’s how popular she was—they even sold dozens of types of merchandise, including a life-size love doll and mouse pads, you know? Even in my past life, I only bought the most expensive life-size love doll, no big deal. To think I could actually get a hold of such a popular character’s panties now… isn’t this Albion Empire journey off to an amazing start, wouldn’t you say?
I’m getting off track, though. Her entire family is being held hostage by the Albion Empire’s Senate. If she resists them, her whole clan will lose their heads. Isn’t the Albion Empire terrifyingly awful? And since she absolutely can’t go against the Senate, Fafnir-san has been sent out to countless battlefields, piling up one military feat after another to climb the ranks. Before long, she was called the Albion Empire’s greatest military asset. Then, inside the game, me and my Elder Brother made a huge mess, and a full-scale war broke out between the Regain Kingdom and the Albion Empire. The way the now-adult Alexia, one of the Regain Kingdom’s greatest forces, and Fafnir-san, the Albion Empire’s greatest force, met on a chaotic battlefield, fought, and then fell in love? It had all the drama of a soap opera, but I guess I can recall that later when I’m bored.
”Sacred Artifact (general term for powerful items)—the ‘Golden Armor (Gold Hunt)’. That saves me the trouble of searching for it. Sacred Artifact activate: Shadow Curtain (Kage Danmaku)” I announced, giving her a smug look.
”That feeling… what have you done inside the Lindworm Territory, boy?” Fafnir demanded, her voice tight with suspicion.
I’d cast a thin curtain of shadow inside the Lindworm Territory, and outside, I placed a barrier magic of presence suppression and perception jamming so no one could enter the territory. Now I can focus on Fafnir-san’s capture event without a worry.
”It’d be a pain if the ‘Five Violet Dragons’ came poking around, too. All those strong people like Fafnir-san, ya know? My business is only with the Imperial Capital. Well, if the Albion Empire falls into my hands during that process, I’ll just give the Albion Empire as a present to Yulize-chan and you Five Violet Dragon guys.” I declared casually.
”…I don’t understand a single thing you’re saying. You, a small child, are going to take the Albion Empire? What are you talking about?” Fafnir questioned, sounding completely bewildered.
”Hmm? That’s easy. I’m saying I’ll take down the Albion Imperial Capital in less than a week. I’ll defeat the Senate people who carry out the bad governance that Fafnir-san and all the other Dragonkin people hate so much. It’s about time we fought, though. The death match for the Lindworm Territory… Sacred Artifact release: ‘Black Shine Sheep (Kokuyō Hitsuji)’—Phantom Lizard (Gen’ei Tokage)” I stated, giving her a challenging grin.
“Baaaaaaah!!” A strange cry resonated.
I changed the shape of the ‘Black Shine Sheep’ into shadow. This gives the ‘Black Shine Sheep’ an unparalleled attack speed.
”That black-gray monster is taking the shape of a dragon? …Golden Dragon Arts—Landslide Sword (Lands Rido)” Fafnir growled.
”Is that Fafnir Gunitahayes’s earth attribute power? …Nice.” I complimented.
That’s the Five-Element Technique that each of the Albion Empire’s famous Five Violet Dragons possesses. I seem to recall Fafnir-san being an Earth user among the five elements, right? The soil around her swelled up and turned a golden color, changing into hundreds of rapier-like shapes that deflected every one of the Phantom Lizard attacks I sent out.
”My Golden Activation is being chipped away? …Is that monster the boy is using responsible? What is that thing anyway? How could a creature with such a strange shape exist in this world…” Fafnir murmured to herself, concern coloring her voice.
”Been stuck on the battlefield too much, haven’t you, Fafnir-san? Don’t know much about Sacred Artifacts? Tsk-tsk, that won’t do! Those Senate people are going to take advantage of you!” I scolded playfully.
”You scoundrel! Golden Dragon Arts—Ground Collapse (Gurando Kurosu)!” Fafnir roared, her patience gone.
”Whoa there! Looks like you won’t just show me your panties for free like Yorn-chan, huh? Afterimage Dragonfly (Zan’ei Kagerō)” I joked, using a speed ability.
The entire Lindworm Territory began to shake. Of course, this is Fafnir-san, one of the Heroines with special Dragonkin blood. The very ground of the Albion Empire was erupting skyward toward the Lindworm like a geyser, surging toward me like a landslide. Faced with such a supernatural attack, I chose to take shelter in Fafnir-san’s shadow.
”GōbuGōbuGōbuGōbu?!!” A noise of surprise echoed.
”What are you doing, buddy? Couldn’t you have started this after we had retreated? Says Captain Gōbu, candidate!” A subordinate yelled in a rough, commoner’s tone.
”Gogagi?” “Gugigi!!” “H-Help! We’re gonna be buried alive!” Other Goblins cried out in panic.
Oops! I forgot to retrieve Gōbu-kun and his friends, along with the war spoils, because I was having too much fun fighting Fafnir-san. I performed an All-Around Teleportation.
”Gōbu! GōbuGōbuGogogo?!” Gōbu sputtered.
”Huh? We’re gonna dig through the dirt and escape into an underground empire? Is that what the Captain says? Snap out of it, Captain Gōbu! You’re losing it!” The subordinate worried.
”Wait, Fafnir Marshal! We’re still here as prisoners!” A captured soldier shouted.
”It’s Lin Hyde, the Vice-General! This will take us down too!” Another cried.
”I know! Golden Dragon Arts—Mother Earth!” Fafnir roared, her focus split.
”Is that Marshal Fafnir’s protection barrier magic?” One asked.
”T-Thank goodness, we’re saved,” the other sighed.
”Of course. I wouldn’t just cut people off like the Senate does… But to escape an indiscriminate all-directional attack, and to use the opening created by my large-scale attack to let those terrorists sent from Shubelt escape…” Fafnir gritted out, disappointment clear in her voice.
…She saved her two remaining subordinates while launching a large-scale attack. Fafnir-san was already powerful in the game, but her years of fighting the Demon Lord’s fierce army in the Shubelt expedition must have granted her truly unparalleled strength… But how will she deal with an attack she can’t see with her eyes, I wonder?
”You two, would you please explain to me what happened here? Why are the thirty thousand Albion Empire soldiers reduced to just two…” Fafnir began to question them, her military side taking over.
Sacred Artifact release: ‘Black Shine Sheep (Kokuyō Hitsuji)’—Ash Black Wind Demon (Haikoku Fūma)” I whispered.
Shlurn—! Shlurn-shlurn-shlurn—! A strange, slithering sound cut the air.
”What?! My shadow is… inside my armor… Ahahahah!! …S-Stop it, you idiot! Don’t touch me there! ¹ It tickles so bad!” Fafnir shrieked in utter shock and embarrassment.
”Marshal Fafnir! What’s wrong with you?” One soldier cried out.
”We don’t know what happened, either! We just found ourselves tied up as prisoners… Wait, Marshal Fafnir?! Are you okay?” The other stammered in confusion.
If a regular attack won’t work, I’ll just attack her with black shadow tentacles. I won’t stop the tickle attack until she takes off her armor, because she’ll be ticklish in all sorts of places!
”Sh-Hahahaha!! S-Stop it! Stop! Not even Yulize-sama has ever tickled me there!” Fafnir screamed.
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(Boundary Mountain Range between Seyfried Territory and Lindworm Territory)
”Gōbu?” A goblin subordinate called.
”Huh? The terrain’s changed, Captain Gōbu… Could this be the Candidate’s power, too? And look, all the war spoils we stole from the Albion Empire soldiers are piled up like a mountain!” The subordinate exclaimed.
”GōbuGōbu!! Gōbuu!” Gōbu grunted.
”Oh, is that so? What, we’re going back to Shubelt? What about the spoils? Should we sell them off in the North?” The subordinate asked.
”Gōbu… GōbuGōbuGōbu bu” Gōbu replied.
”Hmm-hmm, got it. We’re taking it all to the Candidate’s hideout and making those idiotic three sisters pay the full cost for this expedition? Hehehe, Captain Gōbu, you’re quite the villain yourself, aren’t ya?” The subordinate chuckled.
”Gōbu bu… GōbuGōbuu!” Gōbu responded proudly.
”Well, I am the right-hand man of my buddy, so that makes sense, right? Heheheheheheh!” The subordinate agreed.
”Gōbu!! GōbuGōbuGōbuGōbuu!!!” Gōbu celebrated.
”Alright, everyone of the New Demon Lord’s Army! Let’s head back to the New Demon Lord’s land… to Shubelt! Any monsters who want to buy souvenirs, you can grab ’em at the underground town/street on the way back!” The subordinate cheered.
“Oooohhh!!” The army roared.
And just like that, Gōbu-kun’s strange friends, who came on an expedition through the Seyfried Territory, quietly returned to whatever-Shubelt the Demon Lord of the Northwest rules. I wonder why Gōbu-kun and his friends weren’t killed or even wounded? It’s usually a complete wipeout when you go up against the Albion Empire’s elite forces. Maybe Gōbu-kun’s friends are actually pretty strong, surprisingly enough?
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(Epicenter of the Lindworm Territory Crustal Shift)
”Ahahahaha!! …I’m going to laugh myself to death… I’m going to…” Fafnir gasped in between bursts of laughter.
(Then surrender quickly. If you join me, I’ll let you meet Alexia, your destined person.) I thought to her inside her mind.
”You… you were inside my shadow?” Fafnir asked, her voice ragged.
(Heeh! That’s amazing. You actually noticed? I was using multiple layers of presence suppression to make sure you couldn’t tell.) I admitted, impressed.
”…I underestimated you, thinking you were just a boy. Therefore, I’m putting aside all gentleness and designating this boy as a Special Annihilation Target. Prepare for elimination… Yulize-sama, please forgive me for changing the shape of your homeland… Golden Dragon Arts—Dragon-Human Hymn (Fafnir) Gold Dragonewt (Gunitahayes)!” Fafnir shouted, steel entering her voice.
What’s this? Did the tickling from the tentacles suddenly stop working? This means…
(…Shadow Stitch Black Leak) I cast quickly.
”Vanish, invader (boy). Golden Dragon Arts—Crustal Shift (Mantle)… Caaaaaaaaaah!!” Fafnir screamed.
What?! I was right to escape from her shadow! Because if the ground cracked open and lava spewed out, even I would get burned.
”That… that form is?! No way?!” Ebrit, the captured soldier, gasped.
”W-What is it, Ebrit-san? Why are you making such a scared face just looking at Marshal Fafnir’s appearance?” His comrade asked.
”…That form of Marshal Fafnir’s is the very one she took when she defeated Baal, one of the Demon Lord Candidates who once resided in the Demonkin’s dwelling of Shubelt in the Northwest!” Ebrit informed them, his voice trembling.
The captured Albion Empire soldiers were listening in and gathering information, huh?
”Heh, so that’s Fafnir-san’s serious form. So cute and wonderful!” I clapped my hands in praise, floating far above the Lindworm Territory.
‘The presence… is above. His agility is greater than mine. Then I will wipe him out through this process of natural selection. Golden Dragon Arts—Spiral Dragon Vein (Supairaru Dragons Vein)’ Fafnir’s voice echoed.
The entire landscape of the Lindworm Territory’s Navia Plains began to shift… All the earth’s energy lines were unnaturally surging by the power of the Dragon-Human Fafnir, who controls the very environment, and this chaotic surge attacked the wicked young lord, Shin Seyfried.
”Aren’t you being a bit too reckless in someone else’s house (the Lindworm Territory)? That Loli-hag will be the one getting mad at me, ya know? I wish you’d stop. Well, I’ll just fix it all up with recovery magic later, but still—Sacred Artifact release: ‘Black Shine Sheep (Great Disaster)’” I sighed.
Fafnir-san, in her half-human, half-dragon form… I saw it a few times in the game, and she looks really strong. To counter Fafnir-san’s large-scale destruction, my action was to create a single black box using the power of the Sacred Artifact ‘Black Shine Sheep’…
”I’m just going to store you away, Fafnir-san. You can reflect on destroying the environment too much inside this box of darkness… Gray Box Dark Night (Haibako An’ya)” I told her.
”?! …What is this black box?! …Kyaaaaaa?!” Fafnir cried out in horror.
Giii… Bang!! The sound of the box closing reverberated.
‘Gyaaaaaaah!!! Help me… Nooo!! The cute sheep are tickling my whole body so nicely… S-S-S-Stop ittt!!’ Fafnir’s muffled scream could be heard.
“Meeeh! Meeh! Meeh! Meeh! Meeh! Meeh!” The sheep sounds echoed.
‘Stop ittt!! It’s tickling meee!! Caaaaaaaaah!!’ Fafnir continued to shriek.
”Don’t worry, Fafnir-san… The Black Shine Sheep guys are gentlemen and technicians. They’ll keep tickling you even more nicely than before!” I reassured her.
Fafnir-san’s adorable screaming and the voices of the cute sheep boys echoing from inside the Gray Box Dark Night were really exciting to hear!.
”Well then. I’ll be taking possession (temporary) of the Lindworm Territory. I’ll return it to Yulize-chan after everything’s done, though…” I mused, approaching the Gray Box Dark Night containing Fafnir-san…
‘Golden Dragon Arts… Activation… Golden Dragon (Fafnir)…’ A faint sound emerged.
”Huh? You can still move, Fafnir-san?” I asked, surprised.
‘Ruoohh!! You bastard!! How dare you destroy my chastity!! ² I won’t show you any mercy now… Ooooohhh!!’ A mighty roar came from the box.
Fafnir-san, who emerged from the Gray Box Dark Night by her own power, was now completely transformed into a Golden Dragon! She began to shoot out a massive number of golden spears from her two wings.
”…Heh! You still had that much strength left. Guess I should get a little bit serious, too… Sacred Artifact Reverse: ‘Black Shine Sheep Disaster (Kokuyō Sangeki)’” I conceded.
[Meeehhh… Meeehhh… Meeehhh… We will slay the Master’s enemy] A mechanical voice announced.
A mysterious figure wearing a black hood, a sheep skull mask, and holding a large scythe suddenly appeared between me and Fafnir-san.
‘Ruoohh!! …?! What are you… Who are you? …Where did you come from…’ The Golden Dragon demanded.
”This is the end, Golden Dragon Fafnir… From here on, it’s going to be a one-sided… my… team’s… turn…” I taunted.
With a sound of something being sliced—Zashun!—Fafnir-san’s massive body was flung away somewhere.
‘…Stop… Not like this… Not liiiike thiiiis!!’ Fafnir’s dying cry loudly echoed throughout the Lindworm Territory. She’s so desperate even though no one is around, huh?
”I haven’t wasted these three years, Fafnir… I’ve been diligently practicing every day so I could take on the Albion Empire’s greatest military force. When you wake up, let’s talk about the future of the Albion Empire.” I decided. And just like that, I secured the Albion Empire’s Lindworm Territory and successfully completed the full capture of the Heroine, Fafnir Gunitahayes.
”Next, I need to head to that place, don’t I, Red-kun…” I whispered to myself.
* * *
(A Few Hours Later)
”Faff! Faff! Snap out of it, Fafnir!” A familiar voice urged.
”…Huh? Where am I… What happened?” Fafnir mumbled.
”Oh, thank goodness you woke up! Faff, Shin-kun is so mean, you know? When I told him not to bully Fafnir anymore, he pulled both of my cheeks!” Yulize complained.
”Yulize-sama? …Why are you here?” Fafnir asked.
”Because Yulize-chan was throwing a tantrum! Because of that, I could only put a Pleasure Crest on Fafnir-san’s Reverse Scale (the Dragon’s Weak Spot)!” I grumbled, slightly annoyed.
”Just how much do you want Faff to be yours (Possessive), Shin-kun?” Yulize questioned with a slight frown.
”…Yulize-sama. What’s going on? And that boy…” Fafnir looked between us.
”Yes, Faff! Let’s head to the Imperial Capital together in a few days. To save this Albion Empire!” Yulize stated.
”…Y-Yes, I understand. Everything as Yulize-sama commands? …Wait, save the Albion Empire? …With this pervert boy?” Fafnir stammered in disbelief.
Fafnir-san looked at me with a contemptuous gaze and an utterly baffled expression. Why would she make a face like that at an innocent soul like me? How mean, right?
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Summary:
The villainous young lord Shin Seyfried escalates his imperial conquest by taking on Dragon Knight Fafnir Gunitahayes, a top-tier Heroine bound by tragic duty. After strategically setting up a shadow barrier over the Lindworm Territory, Shin uses his unique Sacred Artifact, the Black Shine Sheep, to deploy a perverse tickle attack—a phantom lizard made of shadow tentacles—that exploits Fafnir’s hidden vulnerability inside her golden armor (Golden Hunt). Though Fafnir unleashes her ultimate Golden Dragon Arts and transforms into her terrifying Dragonewt form, Shin counters with a Gray Box Dark Night to trap her, then uses the reversed power of the Black Shine Sheep to finish the fight and secure the territory. Fafnir, the greatest military asset, is left humiliated but alive.
In a behind-the-scenes turn, the scene ends with Yulize appearing to smooth things over, immediately recruiting the defeated Fafnir to join their cause to save the Albion Empire, a plot beat that sets up the next major RPG story event involving the Imperial Capital.
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T/L:
¹ The term here, Kusuguttai, means “ticklish.” Shin’s method of attack is highly perverse, deliberately targeting Fafnir’s hidden and most vulnerable areas inside her armor with shadow tentacles. ↩
² The term “chastity” is used here in a hyperbolic and slightly comical way to describe the complete violation of her personal space and dignity by Shin’s perverse tickle attack. ↩
Notes:
• Albion Empire – A nation to the east of Regain where dragonkind is revered as divine. It is currently locked in ‘bloody, territorial chaos’ with the new Demon King’s forces in Schwert.
• Lin – Alt’s mentor, described as the ‘Great Hero who sealed the ancient dragon, Albion, who resides in the Dragon Country.’ He is suggested as someone who might possess knowledge of a cure for the dragon race’s strange disease.
• Yorn – A maid who is easily delighted by Genkaku mushrooms (implied hallucinogenic). She informed Shin of the banquet.
• Mars – The stern General Affairs Officer of the Student Council who maintains discipline, corrects the president’s informal speech, and manages administrative duties.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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