It was too late for Ainola to regret it now.
She struggled desperately, trying to break the handcuffs.
Unfortunately, these cuffs were forged from the highest-grade magic crystal.
Not even Ainola, and certainly not Anderson, could break free from these restraints.
“All dressed now, are you?”
Anderson couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from twitching upward. Now that he could punish this trash princess, he felt much more at ease.
“What… what are you going to do?”
Ainola was scared.
She immediately put on a pitiful expression, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face as she whimpered.
“I… I’m not eighteen yet… Anderson… that kind of thing is illegal!”
Even though Anderson was currently ‘disarmed,’ Ainola didn’t want to be turned into a ‘Drinking Vessel Maiden’ either!
So she could only try to see if she could bluff her way out of this.
But Anderson couldn’t hold back his words.
“You were wearing nothing just now, and I didn’t do anything to you. Now that you’ve put clothes on, why are you scared?”
“Because some perverts like to have sex with clothes on.”
This one sentence from Ainola made Anderson’s cheek twitch uncontrollably.
While sobbing, Ainola kept glancing at Anderson.
She was trying to find a weakness, an opening to escape.
“And you only gave me clothes, you didn’t give me any underwear.”
As she said this, Ainola clamped her skirt tightly, as if afraid Anderson would pry her legs apart.
As for Anderson, hearing Ainola’s question, he fell silent.
Oh right…
He’d only given her clothes just now. It seemed he hadn’t given her any bras or underwear.
“So hurry up and unlock my handcuffs. At least… at least let me put on some underwear,” Ainola sobbed.
“You can’t possibly expect me to go back with you completely bare, can you?”
Ainola did have a point.
“But I refuse.”
In fact, Anderson didn’t have the key to these handcuffs, just as Ainola didn’t have the antidote on her.
So helping Ainola remove the cuffs was impossible.
As for her being ‘bare’ issue…
Anderson took out Ainola’s underwear and, under her shocked gaze, crouched down and said.
“Lift your leg a bit, please.”
“Lift your sister!”
Ainola had always thought Anderson was an upright and selfless knight. Seeing him today… ‘upright’ her foot!
She couldn’t even keep up her pretense anymore, wishing she could kick Anderson right in the face.
Seeing Ainola was completely uncooperative, Anderson thought for a moment and decided it was better to just force it.
“My apologies.”
He held down Ainola’s little foot, turned his head to the side, and then, rather clumsily, began to pull the underwear bit by bit up under Ainola’s skirt.
Of course, Ainola didn’t cooperate during this.
But her struggles were so feeble, utterly useless except for possibly exciting someone.
Provided Anderson could get excited.
“There.”
After everything was done, Anderson clapped his hands and turned his head back.
By now, Ainola’s eyes looked completely dead.
In just a few short days, she had experienced being groped, being seen completely naked, and now having someone put her underwear on for her.
This series of misfortunes made Ainola only regret why she had been soft-hearted back then.
“Really, I should have just fed you a whole bottle of poison and been done with you.”
Ainola’s tone was completely flat, as if she’d been broken.
She didn’t want to think about anything now, murmuring.
“Just end it all. Hurry up. I’m tired.”
“Well… no need to be so pessimistic. If you give me the antidote, I’ll definitely let you go.”
Anderson shrugged, looking at Ainola’s state, but his hands showed no mercy as he directly hoisted the handcuffed girl onto his back.
Anderson didn’t take the main road but went through the alleyways, carrying Ainola back to the mansion as if he were abducting a commoner girl.
After placing Ainola on the bed, Anderson said.
“Get some rest first. There’s plenty of time. Whenever you give me the antidote, I’ll let you go.”
Using threats or bribes wasn’t really necessary for Anderson.
Just keeping Ainola locked up here for a while, she’d eventually crack.
At worst, he could just read her memories. Magic was a very convenient thing.
After Anderson locked the door from the outside, Ainola sat up on the bed.
Looking at the opulent bedroom decor, she said indignantly.
“Damn it, you rich bastard! You’re already this wealthy, why did you have to steal my crystal? My pathetic little kingdom isn’t even as rich as a single province of the Glory Empire!”
“Alright, alright, don’t be angry,” Spark’s voice sounded now.
After manifesting her form, she said, “Look on the bright side. At least you haven’t lost your virginity, right?”
In fact, if Anderson hadn’t been ‘disarmed’ back then, he might have really pushed Ainola down on the spot.
That scene earlier wasn’t just a ‘near miss’; it was like shoveling gunpowder straight into a cannon’s barrel. Even Ainola felt no man could resist that kind of temptation.
“Guh…”
Just thinking about being seen completely naked made Ainola let out a sound of frustration.
“I’ll remember this grudge, Anderson. You just wait.”
To this, Spark said helplessly.
“Given your current situation, I think it would actually be a good thing if you just gave him the antidote.”
“Why?”
Ainola was a bit slow on the uptake. Spark patiently explained.
“If you give him the antidote, while there’s a risk of you being turned into a ‘Cream Puff,’ Anderson should at least spare your life. After that, you can just figure out a new way to try again later.”
“…”
What Spark said made sense. But there was one major problem right now.
Ainola scratched her head awkwardly and said.
“Actually, to tell the truth… I’ve forgotten how to make the antidote.”
“Huh?”
Spark was stunned.
She asked incredulously.
“Then why did you say you had an antidote back then?”
“The formula for the antidote definitely exists! But I left it in the basement back at my old home.”
When the Glory Empire plundered the royal palace back then, Ainola had hidden everything in a basement room within the palace.
She had lived there for a while too, only returning to the surface when she ran out of food and drink.
Because there were so many things, Ainola only took a portion with her when she left. The rest she left behind there.
Naturally, that included the antidote formula.
After all, from the very beginning, Ainola had come to assassinate him with an ‘all or nothing’ attitude.
She definitely hadn’t prepared any antidote.
After hearing Ainola’s explanation, Spark spread her hands and said.
“Well then~ If you can’t produce the antidote, you’ll just have to stay here handcuffed. I don’t think you can break these Magic Handcuffs.”
Seeing that even Spark had no solution, Ainola grew even more anxious.
Even though Anderson currently lacked the ‘ability to commit the crime,’ if she stayed here long enough, she felt it was only a matter of time before she’d be turned into a ‘Drinking Vessel Maiden.’
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