“I should be lying in the Duke’s Mansion right now, nursing my wounds while reading some dirty little books. No, that’s not right… I’m having the Maid look for a beautiful girl who can agree to roll around in bed with the Princess on my behalf! Hiss… still not right. I remember the last thing I did was pray to the Goddess Statue that can see fate…”
“But… where is this?”
Like having been drugged, Lin Nuo’s mind was a mess, his legs weak like an ox that had plowed all night.
He tried with all his might to even lift the luxurious silk duvet that was covering his head, but failed.
The only thing he could manage was to open his eyelids a narrow slit.
In the sealed, opulent room, a corset, dress, and thin stockings were scattered across the floor, clearly showing the traces of a recent romantic encounter.
Several hemp ropes still warm to the touch extended from beneath the silk duvet, adding a layer of ambiguous madness to the chaotic scene in this closed space…
‘Wait! Why were these ropes tied around me?’
Lin Nuo’s breathing tightened slightly.
He struggled to lift his head and saw a belt pressed against his neck.
Judging by its size, the owner of the belt must have an extremely slender waist.
But the position of the belt and the prominent red mark it left…
It looked as if someone had just fastened the belt tightly around his neck and pulled it so hard it left a mark.
“Oh my, even when you’re so tired you fainted in my arms, you’re still dreaming about the Princess and the Goddess Statue outside?”
“Did the Goddess ever tell you, Noble Young Master, that you’re destined to drown in my love?”
A soft voice suddenly appeared.
Behind a sheer, ice-blue curtain, a figure with exquisite curves paused in the act of elegantly gathering the discarded clothes from the floor.
Those straight, flawless legs, whiter than frost and snow, began to sway closer to him.
The girl’s delicate toes hooked the hemp rope by the bed while one slender hand reached beyond the curtain to precisely pinch Lin Nuo’s chin, her cool fingertips teasingly caressing his skin.
The sheer curtain was pushed aside by her snow-white arm, revealing glimpses of her smooth pale skin and slender waistline, radiating a charm that made one’s blood race.
“Dear Noble Young Master, the last time you passed out on my shoulder, you already used the ‘playing dumb’ trick.”
“You even asked me what part of you I liked, hoping I would change my preference. But I love every part of you. No matter which version of you, I just can’t help but devour you completely~”
Lin Nuo took a deep breath but didn’t reply.
“Let me see how to ‘discipline’ Noble Young Master today. These things always make me so excited.”
“Forcing the Noble Young Master to raise his neck, tightening my black belt until you can’t breathe, watching you roll your eyes, making a ‘peace’ sign with both hands—hmm, we’ve done that one.”
A chill, like a sudden breeze, blew in.
Something lifted the duvet behind and slipped inside, then the temperature shot up instantly.
The girl’s tone was clearly delighted: “Noble Young Master was really charming like this last night.”
“The unhealthy books Noble Young Master likes to read mention that you can tie your hands behind your back, bending your body into a ‘C’ shape. This easily controls all the joints where your strength can explode, so you can’t resist or struggle effectively.”
“The things Noble Young Master likes to read always bring new surprises to our sweet little world. But sadly, we’ve done that one too.”
Her gentle breath tickled like feathers, teasing his ear until it tingled.
“Fortunately, the big adventure I invented is perfect for two people. Hmm, that’s it. I’ve written what I want Noble Young Master to do to me into the questions. Answer correctly and you get a reward; fail, and I’ll have to punish you mercilessly…”
Huu~
Lin Nuo felt a cold chill down his back.
The silk duvet was suddenly whipped aside by the girl clinging to him.
“Within three seconds, use the characters ‘Young Master’ ‘Out’ ‘Master’ ‘I’ ‘Please’ in any order to make a smooth sentence and say it to me…”
“Ah~”
“I almost forgot I’ve used this question before… ‘Please let the Noble Young Master who does not belong in this room out.’ Hmph, Noble Young Master guessing the answer in less than two seconds is quite impressive.”
The girl’s increasingly teasing tone brought a bad feeling, and the coldness crept up Lin Nuo’s neck like creeping vines.
With a softened laugh, a slender white finger waved before his eyes:
“But no, that’s not the answer I want.”
Suddenly, Lin Nuo was flipped over from lying face down.
His eyes could finally take in more than just the slightly damp silk sheets.
Following the smooth, porcelain-like long legs upward, over the soft, undulating curves.
Just before his barely opened eyelids closed, he caught sight of the girl’s half-profile—her cruel yet joyful expression and sparkling pupils filled with love.
“The Maid and the Princess… actually, I heard everything you said, Noble Young Master. Why is your mind still filled with them? I don’t understand. I love you so much…”
“Even if Noble Young Master doesn’t know that their love for you isn’t one ten-thousandth of mine, even if going out to provoke those scheming women is the only thing I forbid…”
“Then why, every time I get rejected, do you always make me pack up my things and leave?”
“Don’t you know my ‘things’ include you?”
“I counted. It takes three whole trunks just to pack you up.”
***
“Fuck!”
The first thing Lin Nuo did upon opening his eyes was to touch his neck.
No belt.
Though still lying in bed, there were no hemp ropes tied on him, and no imposing beautiful girl attempting to sit astride him.
Only warm sunlight poured through an arched window carved with exquisite mountain flowers and angel statues, casting dappled light on the luxurious white marble floor.
The chaotic memories began to clear here.
Several familiar figures in Maid uniforms gathered around.
“You’re finally awake. Noble Young Master is truly lucky. Even the Duke would find it difficult to gain the Time Goddess’s favor.”
“It seems she foresaw something extraordinary. Did Noble Young Master get annoyed by my blessing prayers? You just rolled your eyes at me several times.”
The Clemence family’s holy Priestess, XÄ«, looked at him with puzzlement.
“What fate did Noble Young Master foresee?”
On the continent of Sallydor, different gods can show their unique Divine Rights to favored followers through statues.
The Time Goddess, to whom Lin Nuo had prayed, sometimes grants the petitioner visions of possible futures.
“The last time, a Maid foresaw she’d be assaulted by a girl. After that, she wouldn’t go near any other Maids and took up feeding cats and dogs instead. Turns out one of the cats was a Beastkin. One day, while she was asleep, the cat turned into a Catgirl, and in the end…”
“Then, a few years ago, a craftsman foresaw a girl holding his Forging Hammer. He thought his hammer was a Sacred Elf and slept holding it every night. But one day, when he turned over in his sleep…”
“He had no choice but to beg a Mage to turn him into a girl. Only then did he realize the girl in the vision was exactly like his new self. She’s still holding the hammer every day, unable to recover.”
“So it depends on how you interpret the Time Goddess’s prophecy, Noble Young Master. But your face looks awful! Could it be… Catgirl-related?”
“Nonsense! Noble Young Master would never be so passive!”
Facing the curious and expectant looks of the Maids, Lin Nuo’s mouth twitched wildly: “…Of course not, even if it’s true.”
How else was he supposed to answer?
Admit that he was so passive he could only be swayed by beautiful girls until he fainted?
That was no better than getting taken by a Catgirl!
Lin Nuo touched his neck again, the lingering choking sensation from the belt’s tight grip still seeming to haunt him.
He felt like crying and laughing at the same time.
Was this the treatment for a male villain transmigrated into a yuri novel?
Though from childhood he had sworn to crush the locals and quietly become the noble Noble Young Master Lin Nuo Kleiman of another world, working diligently for years to maintain the arrogant villain persona assigned to him…
He still couldn’t escape the fate the dog author gave him—the sickly beautiful girl who tied him up to play clear-cut switch games until he passed out?
What