I pointed to one room and entered the room on my own with Aina, Wendy and Shiro.
“Wendy, go get me a clean cloth and some bandages” (Itsuki)
“Master-sama? What do you intend to do?” (Wendy)
“Just hurry up, please” (Itsuki)
Unfortunately, I can't let Wendy know in advance.
This would be the only way to destroy the evidence.
“Shiro” (Itsuki)
“Hm” (Shiro)
I talk to Shiro quietly.
“Can you scrape off the skin here?” (Itsuki)
“I can. But I couldn't do it” (Shiro)
“I'll prevent the bleeding somehow. Still no good?” (Itsuki)
“.......... Nope” (Shiro)
“Please, Shiro. I can only ask Shiro, and I need to do it here today” (Itsuki)
There was no evidence of assault.
I have to prove that today here in the Adventurer's Guild, when everyone is gathered together.
“Impossible. When it's a partial loss, you can't heal it with a recovery potion (medium). You can't do it all at once and heal it all at once” (Shiro)
“Well, then, do it slowly” (Itsuki)
“If I'm going to slowly strip the flesh off. I don't think Lord could endure that” (Shiro)
“As long as I apply a recovery potion, I'll be fine” (Itsuki)
“........but it will hurt all the time. Recovery potions can heal it, but it will still hurt” (Shiro)
“Even so, okay? Please” (Itsuki)
“......... Okay” (Shiro)
Sorry.
I'm an awful person for making Shiro look so sad.
But this is the one thing I can only ask Shiro to do.
“Aina” (Itsuki)
“Lord, what am I supposed to do?” (Aina)
“Aina, you do know how to do fire magic, right? Then could you get Shiro's knife hot enough?” (Itsuki)
“? All right. When you're done, can I cry on you too?” (Aina) (T/N: there is no word in front of first “?” in original source so don’t point out on this line)
“Wa wa. Fine. Do as you please” (Itsuki)
With that, she let out fire magic and heated Shiro's knife to a high temperature.
But I'm glad the bruises are only in my armpit.
If it's in the middle or something like that, I'd be hesitant to do it, but if it's in the armpit, it's still easy to scrape off.
It would be unthinkable in a world where there aren't any recovery potions or magic to shave off a part of a person's body....
“Lord, what are you going to do, by the way?” (Aina)
“No, I just thought I'd scrape the evidence off. I'm sorry, Shiro, but can I borrow that sheath? I'll get you a new one” (Itsuki)
“I don't mind” (Shiro)
“I see, sorry if it got my teeth marks” (Itsuki)
“Hmm! Lord, I'm sorry if it hurt” (Shiro)
“It going to hurt so it can't be helped. I'm biting the sheath, so go all out” (Itsuki)
Then I took Shiro's knife sheath in my mouth and gritted my teeth.
The scattered cloth acted as a cushion, and it wasn't too bad to chew on.
“Hm! I will start” (Shiro)
Juuuuuuuuuu!!!
“Ohhh!!!” (Itsuki)
“Lord” (Aina)
“Shiro!? What the hell are you doing!!?” (Wendy)
“Lord, I'll finish it soon!” (Shiro)
“Stop it right now! Shiro!” (Wendy)
“Ohhhhhhh!!!!” (Itsuki)
I let my free hand stop Wendy and take the cloth she brought with her.
It’s fine. It’s fine. It’s fine. It’s going to be fine.
I can still go on. It's still okay. It hurts, but it's not painful. So there is no problem.
Don't lose consciousness, myself, I'll be dead for real if I pass out here.
The recovery potion is continuously applied over the skin that is gradually being burned away.
I keep wiping up the blood flowing out with the cloth I received from Wendy and pouring the recovery potion on top of it, but Aina takes the potion from my trembling hand and keeps pouring it on me instead.
The sensation of skin burning, blood flooding and flesh being scraped away hurts to the point of fainting.
But Dr. 〇J, the famous surgeon genius, cut himself open without anesthesia.
I'm lucky enough to have the recovery potion.
I'm not going to listen to that one as fiction or anything like that.
And if it's just a cut, it should heal with a recovery potion.
With this I can destroy the evidence.
As long as there are no bruises or letters to prove it, this should make it lighter than forced labor.
Or rather, it has to be.
“Master-sama! Stop Shiro!” (Wendy)
“Lord, I know that hurts. I'll finish it in a moment!” (Shiro)
“Yeah, hang in there, Shiro” (Aina)
It hurts. It hurts like crazy.
There are probably plenty of ways to get rid of bruises quickly other than this way.
Even if it was hopeless, I could have been cured if I took the recovery potion again.
A light touch of a burnt knife might have been enough.
But I don't have the courage to do it again if I try to do it halfway and fail.
By nature, I'm a timid, pain-sensitive man.
I can say to Yashisu that he's done this much, so I can ask him to do something about it.
Even Shiro has been pushing herself too hard.
And Wendy, I'm sorry about this. I have made you worry.
Thank you, Aina. Thank to your help, this pain is a lot less than it would have been without you.
You're more worried about Renge and Solte than yourself.
But it's all right now.
With this, I can properly protect on my precious ones.
“It’s done” (Shiro)
“Master-sama!” (Wendy)
“It's okay......” (Itsuki)
With that, I took my mouth away from the sheath and lay down on the ground and took a gulp of the recovery potion (medium).
The recovery potion is handy because it works whether it's poured directly on the wound or drunk.
The scars seemed to work somehow as Aina wiped up the blood with a clean cloth and slowly applied the recovery potion.
Clean, I wouldn't say, but this doesn't leave a bruise.
Self-sacrifice doesn't seem like a good fit for me, but somehow, some kind of weird engine fired me up to do this.
But let's hope this is the only time it happens.
Honestly, I don't want to go through that again.
“Lord, I'm sorry” (Shiro)
“Don't cry, Shiro. It's okay. Sorry about this” (Itsuki)
Shiro looked like a painful face the whole time when it was hurting me.
You don't want to do this. Sorry about that. But thank you.
“Hmm-Hmm. It's an order from Lord after all” (Shiro)
Really, thank you.
I got a good girl.
I raise my body and hug Shiro tightly.
Wendy silently began to bandage my wound with a bandage dipped in the recovery potion.
She seems angry, well, rightly so....
“Are you upset about this? Right?” (Itsuki)
“Why did you have to go to all this trouble, Master-sama....” (Wendy)
“Sorry. This is all I could think of” (Itsuki)
“Drinking the recovery potion (large) could have cured it, maybe you should have used a higher potion....” (Wendy)
“Oh...... I didn't think of that because I don't have one” (Itsuki)
“Why did you send me out?” (Wendy)
“I thought Wendy would try to stop it” (Itsuki)
“Of course! I will not stand by and watch Master-sama get hurt!” (Wendy)
“Well, but don't blame Shiro, okay?” (Itsuki)
“No! Shiro is also being Shiro. Why did you do such a thing to hurt Master!” (Wendy)
“......” (Shiro)
“Shiro is just doing what I asked for. Huh?” (Itsuki)
“Even so! Still, you should have stopped it!” (Wendy)
Oh, I could not endure her tantrum.
“Wendy, calm down a bit” (Itsuki)
“There is no way I'm going to calm down, hmmm!” (Wendy)
Literally I cover her mouth with my mouth.
She's lost her cool now.
Calm down with this for now.
When I slowly let go of my mouth, Wendy quickly silent.
“Please. I may not be able to defeat Demon Lord or monsters like Hayato, but at least I want to able to help the people I like around me. For that, I just asked forcefully Shiro to do it” (Itsuki)
“Hmm.... But I'm reflecting on it. I'm not eating meat today......” (Shiro)
It's probably a top-level reflection in Shiro's own way.
Even though I bought so much delicious looking meat, she's great for enduring to eat it.
But today is fine.
Eat as much as you like.
“Woh, woh woh! I won't let this fool me!” (Wendy)
“I knew it was not good enough, right? Do you want to do more?” (Itsuki)
“More. I won't forgive you if you don't do a lot more!” (Wendy)
“Well, I guess I need to do it a lot” (Itsuki)
I kiss Wendy again.
Then I continue to kiss Wendy lightly over and over again.
It carried on until Wendy was satisfied.
“...... Lord, I need a hug from you because I'm crying too......” (Aina)
“Hmm, you missed the timing entirely” (Shiro)
“Shiro-dono.... I'm always an outcast, do you not like me?” (Aina)
“It doesn't. Lord likes boobs. Aina has the second biggest boobs after Wendy's” (Shiro)
“Oh, boobs, breasts... maybe I should press them on him too” (Aina)
“Shiro hate big boobs. But I pity you so much that I'll give you some advice. When Lord get pushed to the point where boobs are crushed, his face loosens up. So, I recommend it” (Shiro)
“I appreciate the advice from Shiro-dono. I'm going to try it next time” (Aina)
“Hmm. If you hold back, you'll lose. It's all about being aggressive” (Shiro)
“Hah, hah, Master. You mustn't push yourself anymore. I don't want to, okay?” (Wendy)
“Yeah, I know. Sorry for making you worry?” (Itsuki)
“That's enough. You've done so much for me” (Wendy)
Finally, I gave her a hug and a touchy kiss and Wendy wobbled down with a poofy smile.
“....so, at the moment I'm facing a major defeat.” (Aina)
“Hmm, Shiro is going after Wendy, too. Aina, hang in there” (Shiro)
“Understood. I'll try to be more aggressive next time, though this time around. Maybe next time I should take the breastplate off and come see him...” (Aina)
“What are you talking about?” (Itsuki)
She said something about the breastplate and how aggressive it was.
“Oh, that's right. Want to cry on me?” (Itsuki)
Remembering what I promised Aina earlier, I spread my arms out.
Something like that.
“No, I'm not in the mood for that kind of thing anymore, right!” (Aina)
It looked like Shiro jumped as hard as she could on the back of Aina's head and smacked her, but I wonder if it was my imagination.
“That's no good. Take every chance you get. And on top of that, create your own opportunities” (Shiro)
“Oh, okay. I understand! Lord!” (Aina)
“Oh, sure” (Itsuki)
I don't know what Shiro and Aina are talking about, but Aina goes out of her way to remove her armor and then walks towards me with her arms outstretched.
But that face, no matter how I look at it, seems to be different from Solte, who is crying, and seems to be breathing hard and fired up.
“Lord, I'm coming!” (Aina)
“Ah, sure” (Itsuki)
“By the way, are you done making potions yet?” (Yashisu)
Just before Aina hugged me, I turned around to be approached by Yashisu from behind.
In the process, I pass Aina and make her fall down with a flourish....
“Aina, are you okay!!?” (Itsuki)
“...... Lord, I think that was a bit much for you... even though I try to put my courage into it” (Aina)
“Yeah, now that's a crying face. Okay, okay.....” (Itsuki)
“Ummmー my lord......” (Aina)
“Ah, yes, yes. I'm sorry. I'm sorry about that one...” (Itsuki)
“Well. I wonder how you’re doing ......” (Yashisu)
Oh well.
It's an unfortunate accident, or maybe it's just bad timing.
Yeah. Aina, you're hugging me very strongly.
The pain in my arm is stronger than the puffiness on my chest, please loosen up....
“Oh, Yashisu. I hope you don't have a problem with this, right?” (Itsuki)
I took off the bandage that Wendy had wrapped around me and showed it to him, revealing the bruise that was there at the time.
Then, although there were some scratches, the bruises were almost completely gone.
Ugh, I'm glad I put the recovery potion on the bandages too.
Sheesh. I forgot to put away the cloth that wiped the blood, and for a moment I saw that Yashisu had turned his attention to that.
And then he gave one big sigh.
“...don't overdo it” (Yashisu)
“They both told me that.... If I could, I'd like to do it once and for all, too” (Itsuki)
“This time, too, it's not your fault, so if you can't keep your head clear of the situation, you'll die a quick death......” (Yashisu)
“I don't want to do that, but if the two of them were to go through the same thing, I wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing” (Itsuki)
If Shiro and Wendy were to be put to death or forced labor, that is.
If that happens, I'm willing to turn the world against me.
These girls are the ones I'm determined to protect with my life.
Well, this time it is because of Solte's praise-worthy attitude and Renge's thighs.
Something like that.
“Huh, so let's everyone see that belly of yours, shall we? Because the more witnesses the better” (Yashisu)
“Sure, sure. Then let’s go” (Itsuki)
“Also, you'd better hide that cloth. They'll wonder what the hell you've done” (Yashisu)
“Yeah, I'll put it away in Magic Space” (Itsuki) (T/N: Magic Space = Storage Space.)
Maybe I can use it to make Solte see and do what I say.
If she try to get too cocky, I'm going to put her down and show her this.
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