Volume 2 Chapter 42 Strip Chess II
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”N-No… that’s a lie”
By the cheerful crackling of the fireplace, Christy leaned forward to look closely at the chessboard.
(Did I lose…?)
She realized her king was in check and had nowhere to escape.
By the time she understood it was too late, she was left with no choice but to flee.
Again.
Once more, she was beaten up without being able to do anything.
”…!”
Christy tightly hugged her ample chest wrapped in her nightgown.
On the nearby sofa were several of Christy’s discarded winter clothes.
At first, she pretended to be strong, saying, “I-I just thought the room was a bit hot!” but she quickly found herself stripped back to her nightgown.
(What a mess…)
Her pride shattered, and she felt like her mind was regressing to a childlike state.
Christy glared at the man across from her, who was swirling his wine glass with teary eyes.
”Ugh…”
”So, are you not taking off? Or are you giving up?”
Kian sat casually in the same shirt and pants he wore when the game started, with his legs crossed.
At first, he said, “Well, I’m not very confident in chess,” but with each time he beat Christy, he became more arrogant, now acting like he owned the room.
”I’ll have a refill of wine, thank you.”
”Wait a minute!”
”Huh?”
”…It’s cheating!”
Christy’s face turned red with anger.
”You cheated, didn’t you!”
”I understand poker cheating, but isn’t cheating in chess impossible?”
”Well, you should use some magic that I don’t know!”
”Hah…”
”Anyway, it’s strange that I’m getting beaten up like this!”
As Christy shouted and pointed at the chessboard, Kian sighed softly and said, “Let me explain,” and began to rewind the positions of the pieces on the board.
Christy’s eyes widened.
”Huh? What? You remember all the moves we made!?”
”Don’t you remember? If you were aware of the board, it would naturally stick in your mind.”
”That won’t leave any marks on my mind! Are you crazy!?”
”This scene made the situation clear. You took a pawn here, but your evaluation of the position became the worst it had ever been. …you should have done it like this. You should have made the knight jump and control this square. With this, I can’t advance my queen. Do you understand? And then──”
”……”
Kian kept pointing out Christy’s moves in detail, correcting her by saying, “You should have done this.”
Hearing this, she slowly realized that losing 8 times in a row was not just bad luck, but a matter of skill.
”Y-You said you weren’t good at chess!”
”I’m not good at it. I would always lose to my brother about 4 to 6 times when we played.”
”Are you saying I’m worse than your brother!?”
”I’m not mocking you. I think Ms. Christy was quite strong. Nice fight.”
”Don’t make fun of me!”
Christy slammed her hand on the table, her temples bulging with anger.
But Kian still looked relaxed as ever.
”So, what will you do now? It seems you have no more clothes to take off.”
”I have more! A nightgown!”
”Even though we made a magic contract, it feels wrong to take a woman’s clothes off.”
”……!”
She get angry, but since she has already signed the contract, she’s forced to do something.
If she does not obey the contract, she will be cursed.
(This isn’t how it should be…)
Grind your teeth.
Christy should have been in a position to use the magic contract to do this and that, but instead she was bound by the contract and ended up being at its mercy.
This sounds like the story of a foolish magician who made a failed pact with the devil.
Christy felt humiliated and rose from her chair.
Then she glares at Kian as if to curse her, and grabs the fabric of her nightgown.
”…”
The thing covering her chest is a light blue chemise.
Her precious lower abdomen is only protected by light blue drawers.
(It’s humiliating.)
Christy shook her shoulders and sat back down.
In the magic contract, the game won’t end until one of them is naked, so the hellish chess match will not finish until Kian loses 3 more times or Christy loses 2 times.
Now that she thought about it, she felt like punching the version of herself from 4 hours ago who casually suggested playing strip chess.
”Shall we take a break? It’s almost 4 o’clock.”
”Huh? You want me to stay like this?”
”Are you cold?”
”I’m not cold, but it’s embarrassing.”
”I think you have a beautiful body and there’s no need to be embarrassed.”
”…! Do you even know what you’re saying?”
”Of course. I’m saying that Ms. Christy is charming.”
”~~~!”
”You like the color blue, don’t you?”
”What does that matter!”
”It really suits Ms. Christy’s black hair.”
”…!”
She couldn’t feel anything but embarrassment anymore.
Just wearing a chemise and drawers was already mortifying, and now Kian was here complimenting her.
Even though she was already 19.
She had long outgrown the age of being a child.
Christy could only hunch her shoulders and look down like a young girl.
(No, I won’t lose! I absolutely won’t let that happen!)
”I’ll set up the pieces! You have 3 pieces left and I have 2. No matter what, this will be decided in 4 games or less!”
”I’m surprised. You’re not trying to break the contract.”
”That’s too shameful!”
”If you’re embarrassed, you can just give up in the next 2 games and it will end.”
”Are you kidding? My pride won’t allow that. I’ll play seriously until the end.”
”You have some spirit. But it’s tough for me.”
”Are you sleepy?”
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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