When I got home from school and stepped into my room, as usual, Lili was floating around reading manga.
âPut it back on the shelf when youâre finishedâ
âEhh âŠâŠ Iâll get my servant to do it later, Devi.â
âI pity the servant who gets called out, only to put the manga away.â
I looked at the pile of manga on the floor and dropped my shoulders.
âSo, the reason why youâre late todayâŠâŠis because you got tangled up with that black gal again, Devi?â
ââŠ.. well, yeah.â
On my way home today, I bought a crepe and gave it to Fujiwara-san. Itâs a [thank you] from me, for the bento she made.
The suspect repeatedly made unintelligible statements such as [Fuâmin treats me to food, so it must be delicious], and appears to have no understanding of the importance of 600 yen to a male student without a part-time job. It appears that she does not understand the importance of money at all.
I let out a small sigh and looked up.
âSo, howâs Masaki-chan going?â
âOh, you want to start right away, Devi?ăSheâs ready to go, Devi. I stripped her bare and Iâd rolled her inside the room, Devi. The pins are still in, so you donât have to worry about her waking up.â
ââŠ.. thatâs a big help.â
Last night, I half-impulsively locked up Masakiâchan. I left her alone last night because of Ryoko, but today I will start brainwashing her.
I called the door and stepped into the dark room with Lili.
I turned on the light and the image of Masaki-chan lying naked in the corner of the room jumped into my eyes, and my heart jumped involuntarily.
âAnd sheâs got big tits, Devi. Sheâs probably the same height and chest circumference as me, Deviâ
âThatâs a bit of a stretch, isnât it?â
I believe she was in the 140cm range in height, but 140cm around the chest is too much of an exaggeration.
âAlso, thanks to the corruption of Ryoko, there are many more functions you can use, Devi. You might want to try them out now that youâve had a chance!â
âFor now, I guess what I could use right now is ăInterior Constructionă. So, letâs change the walls to a log cabin style and the floor to wooden planks andâŠ.. guide the story with the setting of being locked up in a cabin somewhere. AndâŠ.yeah, whatâs the ăFurnitureă that can be installed now that the ăFurniture Installationă level has been raised?â
âFurniture that costs roughly up to 30,000 yen at the home centre, Devi.â
âHome centreâŠ.â
Why do these people, even though they are devils, show a little bit of lifestyle every now and then?
âWell, never mind. Anyway, Iâll set up a bed and a chest in the corner of the room, and, Lili, can you prepare some food?â
âOkay Devi, what food, Devi?â
âAnything.â
âWell, Iâll have that chest full of mozukuâŠâŠâ
(types of edible seaweed)
âThatâs scary! Sweetbreads, sweetbreads will do!â
If I open a drawer and thereâs a tidal wave of ămozukuăin it, itâs nothing but a horror story.
No. âŠâŠ If I think about it, you could say that ămozukuă is devilish.
âWhen FumiFumi is ready, Iâll pull the pin, Devi.â
âAa, Iâll be out of my clothes in a minute.â
âFufu, this is FumiFumiâs first training plan. But itâs a situation that Lili hasnât had much experience in, so Iâm a little unsure of what to expect,Devi.â
âWell, I guess weâll just have to be flexible..â
âThen letâs get started,Devi!!â
ĂĂĂ
âWhatâs going on âŠâŠ?â
At first I thought Iâd gone blind, thatâs what I thought.
Because when I opened my eyes, I couldnât see anything. It was pitch black. I thought I was dreaming.
âWhat kind of dream is it that makes you go blindâŠ..?â
But, you know, as my fluffy head became clearer, I knew it wasnât. The feel of where I was sleeping. Because it was totally different from my own bed.
Once I realised that, it was all a big mess..
âEh, W-w-what! EhâŠâŠEhhhâŠ..â
The cushions are firmer than my bed and the sheets smell brand new. I flap my hands and search around, but my favourite stuffed animals are nowhere to be found.
âW-where am I? T-this isnât my room!â
I look around in a panic, but itâs still pitch black and I canât see a thing.
I desperately tried to reach out my hand, but my hand hit the wall.
The left side of the bed is a wall, the opposite of my room. I knew it wasnât my room!
The walls feel like smooth, polished wood on the tips of my fingers. The logs are stacked on top of each other. [ âŠâŠEr, what was it? A log cabinâlike? .]
As I recall, I donât remember anything unusual happening since I went to bed last night. I went to bed, woke up and I was already somewhere else. I have no idea whatâs going on anymore.
âMaybeâŠ..I was kidnapped while I was sleeping!â
I think the reason I immediately came up with that idea was because of Misuzuâchan.
I folded my arms without thinking, and I was likeââ
âEeâŠ? Kyaaaaaaaah!â
I realised something definitive and let out a grand scream.
I was naked, bare-ass naked. I was wearing nothing.
Many people donât wear a bra when they sleep, but in my case I am afraid of losing shape because of my size, so I use a non-wire bra. I canât find it. I canât find it anywhere. Itâs not just bras. I have no shorts, no pyjamas. Iâm wearing a total lack of clothes. [ Ponponda.Ponponda,Ponponda ]. I donât understand. Iâm too confused. Calm down. Calm down, me!
(I assumed itâs an sfx, Masaki is touching her body)
Letâs think calmly. But even if I try to think, there are no clues. Practically no clues. The information needed to understand the situation is completely missing.
âWhewâŠâŠI donât get it.â
Almost at the same time as I was searching for an answer, I suddenly heard something move on the other side of the darkness. I clamped my mouth shut and backed away in a panic towards the wall.
âWha-what, whoâs there?â
I heard a gurgling sound in my throat. ThenâŠ
âW-whoa!? W-w-what is happening here!?â
A boyâs voice echoes from the other side of the darkness. In terms of atmosphere, he seemed just as confused as I was.
âItâs dark!? Scary! Itâs too narrow, no, itâs not too narrow. Itâs wide. Where is this place âŠâŠAm I naked? Speaking of which, I donât thinkâŠâŠ has a habit of undressing while sleeping! I donât have that habit!â
âWhat are you blabbering on and by yourself?â
There is too much confusion.
Itâs a strange thing, people instantly become calm when they see someone more confused than they are.
Picking up information from every word, he and I were in almost the same situation. And above all, his voice sounded familiar.
âKijima-kun?â
ââŠâŠE, that voice is Masaki-chan, hmm? Could it be that Iâve been kidnapped by Masaki-chan?â
âI wonât!â
I couldnât help but raise my voice.
âI just woke up and found myself here, and I donât know whatâs going onâ
âAâAa, I see.â
As soon as I said that, I felt Kijima-kun moving, so I raised my voice in a panic.
âDonât come here! Donât come this way!â
âAa, yeahâŠ..I thought you didnât like me, but when you tell me not to come, I feel rather depressedâŠ..â
âNo, thatâs not it! I didnât mean that!â
âYou didnât mean that?â
âYou seeâŠâŠ Iâm also nakedâŠâŠ.â
From beyond the darkness came the sound of Kijima-kun gasp.
âI-Iâm sorry! I-I get it! Iâll stay away! I will never come near you!â
I couldnât help but laugh a little at his panicked appearance.
I have no idea what the situation is, but I was honestly relieved that Kijima-kun was here.
If I had been on my own, I might have been in tears by now.
âHey, Kijima-kunâŠ..is it possible that weâve been kidnapped?â
âI donât know, butâŠ.it seems thatâs the only way to think of it.â
âBut, but my houseâŠ.father, heâs just a civil servant. I canât pay a ransom.â
âItâs the same at my place. My father is just a salarymanâŠâ
It was strange to be talking in the dark to someone I couldnât see, but when the conversation stopped and it became quiet, I instantly felt uneasy.
âSo whereâŠare we, anyway?â
âIâm not sure, but it seemed like they put us in a car. The road was rough, like a mountain roadâŠâŠâ
âI seeâŠâŠâ
If Kijima-kun is right, this is a log cabin in the mountains somewhere. Maybe itâs the kind of place where even if I shout, the people around me wonât hear my voice.
When I was thinking about this, Kijima-kun said.
âLetâs look for a light or a way out. Iâll look for this side, Masaki-chan, that side, please.â
ĂĂĂ
âKijima-kun, have you found anything?â
âNothing yet. Thatâs strange, thereâs no entrances or exitsâŠ.â
I reply appropriately, sitting by the wall.
It is midnight now, but considering the time of pinning, Masakiâs sensory time is probably just before noon. We reversed Masakiâs sensory time from day to night so that I can go to school normally during the day and proceed with her brainwashing and training.
She must be getting hungry by now, too. Shall I pretend to have found some pastries and give them to her?
As you can see, the ăMasaki Haneda Brainwashing Programmeă got off to a good start.
This brainwashing programme was created not by Lili, but by myself from scratch. Thatâs why there are a lot of parts that are left to chance, and a lot of acting ability is required. I practised a lot too.
The general framework of this programme is as follows.
Confine Masaki in a dark room. This is the same as with Misuzu Kurosawa. But this time, she was not the only one locked up. A boy from her class, Fumio Kijima, is with her.
A boy who is serious in his own way, who likes her and is kind to her. Yes, I am the only one she can rely on in this situation.
A girl and a boy in a dark room. And they are both naked. Put them in such extreme conditions and they will fall in love sooner or later.
Masaki is the heroine, and Iâm the partner.
And when I make her fall in love with me so thoroughly that she canât stay awayââIâll throw her away.
It would traumatise her so intensely that she never wanted to go near a man again.
Even I know that itâs a revenge thing. But I have to make her regret deceiving me. I have to make her feel the pain and sorrow of being betrayed by someone she loves.