Chapter 115 The Duke’s Daughter and… ①
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Th-thank you for today, Kento-dono, noja. The fact that the talks went so smoothly is all thanks to you moving the Wives Association¹, noja. Soon—no, tomorrow—I shall visit to offer my thanks properly, noja. As the only daughter of Duke Badcage, Tina shall surely repay this debt, noja!”
At the end of the social gathering, as the bigwigs boarded their carriages one by one to leave the Badcage Marquis² estate, Lady Tina spoke with an unusual amount of excitement. To be blunt, I had only acted for the sake of my own shop and told her as much, but in the end, I was pushed into accepting her gratitude.
So, while I knew she would visit the shop again, I didn’t expect her to pull a carriage right up to the entrance of the back-alley street and march in so boldly…. I heard later that quite a few people witnessed the scene.
”Tina Badcage has arrived to repay her debt, noja!”
”Ah—yeah. Welcome,” Kento said.
Unlike before, Lady Tina didn’t hide her face. She swung her expensive-looking coat, silver hair fluttering, and opened her red eyes wide as she spoke. Her perfectly groomed appearance at the social party was beautiful, but this innocent look really suits her better.
”Oh, what is that you are making, noja!?”
”It’s a staff. Just a staff,” Kento replied.
Lady Tina seemed filled with curiosity as she peered at the staff I had been tinkering with. It was the one I started a while back, made of cheap materials but covered in dense magic circuits.
Truthfully, there are plenty of other things I should be making, but whenever I hit a wall with product manufacturing, working on this somehow gets me back in the groove, so I can’t quit.
”Hoh, Kento-dono makes staves as well, noja~”
”Well, it’s more like a hobby.”
”Umu… then it was the right choice to give up on gifting you our ancestral staff as thanks, noja.”
”Wait, don’t try to give me something that sounds that important. I’d be too terrified to accept it, you know…?”
”Is that so? My vassals also begged me to stop, so I abandoned the idea, noja…”
Fine play, vassals. I wouldn’t know what to do with a staff passed down through generations of a Duke’s house. I’d probably end up spending all my money just buying a safe to store it in. Tania or Satsuki might be able to use it well, but regifting a present would be in poor taste.
”It would have been best if I could have prepared the Samon Mushrooms³ I heard about, but the season has already passed, and everyone is busy hunting the ‘Fire Rat’⁴ this year…. To think the root cause was the mismanagement of the Badcage territory, I am truly sorry, noja…”
Lady Tina spoke with a pained expression. It seems the reason domestic Samon Mushrooms aren’t available is that the people who made a living hunting them in the Badcage territory have been drafted to collect ‘Fire Rat Pelts.’
”Well, don’t worry about it. It was just bad timing, not your fault. Tell you what, if you could just give us priority next year, that’d make me happy. Let’s call it even with that.”
”Umu, of course, noja! However, to have only that as a substitute for thanks would be a disgrace to the Badcage name. So, I have been thinking, noja…”
She trailed off there, fidgeting and glancing at me repeatedly. Now, this might sound a bit conceited, but since I’ve gained a lot of wives(?) recently, I recognize this kind of reaction….
I’m very happy and grateful, but if it’s what I think it is, isn’t she trying to give me something just as dangerous as that ancestral staff!?
”That, um… noja…. I heard that Kento-dono is looking for a ‘test subject’ for magic tools, noja…”
The young lady of the Duke’s house said this while her face turned beet red. She poked her index fingers together in front of her chest, twirling them around. The sight was so incredibly endearing that I wanted to pull her into a hug right then and there….
”Um, I really appreciate the offer, but I can’t exactly use the daughter of a Duke as a test subject…. It’d be bad if something happened, and even before that, wouldn’t the Duke kill me…?”
”It would not be a problem, noja. As I said before, our house is almost certainly set to be dissolved. As for what Father might say… we can just keep it a secret, noja! Is that… no good, noja…?”
Don’t give me those puppy-dog eyes while saying such terrifying things…! Whether this young lady is doing it unconsciously or on purpose, she is way too good at stoking a man’s protective instincts…! But I can’t lose here…!
”No, I mean, didn’t you say you weren’t going to produce an heir, following Her Majesty’s example…?”
”Hmm? Of course, noja. That is precisely why there will be no complications, right? I will strictly take my contraceptives, and I am fine with just a physical relationship, noja…”
I. Said. Stop. Playing. On. My. Protective. Instincts…! Don’t smile so fragrantly while saying “I want to be a woman of convenience, noja!” I writhed inwardly, trying to find words to persuade her, but my heart was pounding so hard I couldn’t think straight.
”Ah! B-but, I do not mean immediately, noja. I am sorry, but it seems preparation will take a little time, so you can think about it slowly, noja.”
”Prep…aration?” Kento asked.
”U-umu. That, well… the Hymen Piercing Set⁵ I purchased the other day… I was too terrified to use it yet, noja…. But! By the next time I come, I will have properly opened the hole for Kento-dono’s sake, so please do not worry, noja!”
How many people could possibly blame the choice I made then? If it’s something that was going to be thrown away anyway, is it so wrong for me to pick it up? No, sorry! Please don’t throw stones!
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And so, I brought Lady Tina Duke Badcage into the ‘Laboratory.’ Eh? No one stopped me, but is this really okay!? Even Satsuki, the court mage, only told me, “Keep the extreme stuff in moderation, okay?”
”U-um, should I, sh-should I take off my clothes, noja…?”
”Eh? A-ah…” Kento stammered.
I was so shaken that my own reply was suspicious. However, Lady Tina didn’t seem to mind; blushing, she smoothly shed her expensive clothing. What appeared was provocative black lingerie that even a prostitute would hesitate to wear. It was clearly a ‘special occasion’ set. My heart skipped a beat.
”Based on that reaction, it seems I made the right choice, noja…. I-I am glad I found the courage, noja…”
”Eh…?”
”The maids, noja… they said I should wear this today and prepared this underwear for me, noja…”
Maids, that was a nice play, but seriously…! At the very least, the maids are going to find out about today. If the maids know, the vassals will know. If the vassals know, then next….
I decided to embrace the “Whatever happens, happens!” spirit and prepared myself to go and prostrate myself in the Badcage territory eventually. If prostrating isn’t enough, I’ll cry to Her Majesty and beg for my life on my hands and knees….
”Ah—well, sit here.”
”U-umu! I am in your care, noja…!”
As I sat cross-legged and patted my lap to call her over, Lady Tina approached timidly and sat down lightly. Whoa…. How should I put it, she smells incredibly high-class…. It’s probably the scent of soap using plenty of fragrances. She really did come fully prepared….
In my arms was a soft, warm body. Terrifyingly lustrous silver hair. A faint scent of sweat mixed with the high-class aroma. Naturally, my own Ddo-Buddy⁶ became hard.
”K-Kento-dono…! That, something hard is… a-against my butt, noja…!”
”Yeah, well, it might be uncomfortable to sit on, but bear with it. It’s a physiological phenomenon, and we’re going to do it, right?”
”Hya-hyai…!” Tina squeaked.
I hugged her from behind as she curled up, her voice flipping. I kissed her bare shoulder—she was becoming even more tense. Her shoulder was smooth, without a single blemish.
”Ah, ah…!”
Ignoring her confusion, I moved my hand to the front and stroked her belly. I was surprised. To put it simply, the texture was too good. It was squishy, and even though she was thin, it was so plump—I could touch this forever. It rivaled the women in my shop who constantly applied beauty lotions.
Thinking it might be the same, I reached for her thighs. There, too, was soft skin with a texture that didn’t feel human. My fingers felt like they could sink forever into the fresh fat, yet the firmness pushed back with the sensation of the underlying muscle.
When I stroked them, they were so smooth it felt like I could play curling on her thighs. Or perhaps like warm, soft porcelain. Yeah, even I know that’s a stupid comparison…. I stroked them respectfully, as if handling fragile items, yet I couldn’t stop.
”Fwah…! K-Kento-dono, if you touch me that much, I-I will go crazy, noja…!”
”Hm, sorry, sorry. It was just an impulse…”
”D-did it please you, noja…?”
”Of course…” Kento said.
At my reply, Lady Tina smiled bashfully. It felt like I was doing something very wrong, but it’s a bit late for that after seeing her in her vest. Still, I asked her one more time.
”Are you really sure?”
”U-umu. I do not mind, so please, d-discipline me however it is easiest for Kento-dono to use me, noja.”
”…Where did a young lady learn words like that?”
”W-was it no good, noja…? Well, the maids said that if I said this, men would be hooked instantly…”
”……”
”Ah…♡”
At the increased pressure of my power stick beneath her seat, Lady Tina let out a voice that carried a hint of heat….
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Summary:
Lady Tina visits Kento’s shop to express her gratitude for his help at the social party. She reveals that her family territory is in decline due to the drafting of mushroom hunters for monster pelt collection. To repay her debt, she offers herself as a ‘test subject’ for Kento’s adult magic tools. Despite Kento’s hesitation regarding her noble status, her persistence and provocative preparation lead him to take her to his laboratory. The chapter ends as they begin an intimate encounter, with Tina wearing lingerie suggested by her maids.
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Character Insight:
Tina demonstrates a mixture of noble responsibility and extreme personal naivety. Her willingness to offer her virginity and herself as a ‘test subject’ stems from a deep sense of duty to repay a favor, but it’s heavily influenced (and perhaps sabotaged) by her maids’ questionable advice. Kento, while initially trying to be the voice of reason, ultimately gives in to his desires, rationalizing that Tina’s circumstances make her ‘available’ to him, showing a shift from his usual cautious shopkeeper persona to a more opportunistic one.
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Behind the Scene:
The ‘noja’ speech pattern used by Tina is a classic ‘loli-baba’ or ‘ancient noble’ trope in Japanese media, intended to sound both dignified and cute. The mention of ‘Wives Association’ (Wives’ Association) refers to Kento’s previous networking with influential women in the capital to secure Tina’s social standing.
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Notes:
• Kento – The owner of the magic tool shop ‘Harvest,’ which discretely sells adult goods. He’s a former overworked, ordinary salaryman from modern Japan who was suddenly transported (isekai’d) to this fantasy world. He has dark hair and an unremarkable appearance, typically wearing a plain, slightly suspicious-looking shop owner’s clothes looks like Kazuma Satou from certain series. He has a minimal amount of magic power, enough to craft his specialty items.
• Tina Badcage – Silver-haired, red-eyed woman with a very formal, old-fashioned way of speaking, often ending sentences with ‘no ja’. She is the only daughter of the Duke Badcage, tasked with guarding the North for the Canaria Royal Family. She is described as a beauty. Her inexperience suggests a slender build, and her dress is likely formal and aristocratic, though not explicitly stated.
• Satsuki – A talented Court Mage who was forced to analyze the shop’s adult magic tools. Miranda’s granddaughter. Now she’s the new worker at Harvest, a development she finds both humiliating and surprisingly fulfilling due to the rapid progress in her research under Kento’s guidance. Has long black hair, palace mage robe, and staff.
• Tania – An Elf adventurer who, despite her race’s reputation for low sex drive, is secretly quite passionate. She initially seemed ‘wasted’ (emotionally dry) to her friend Raika, but was easily introduced to the pleasure-items sold at ‘Harvest.’ She is easily embarrassed and attempts to maintain a dignified facade, despite her recent, frequent purchases. She wears practical but light armor over a simple cloth tunic and short pants, highlighting her grace and agility. Her primary relationship is one of friendly senior-junior with Raika.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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