"Kazuma, Dust, since you two have such great teamwork, you can take this one too."
Kōichi said coldly. Then he put strength into his arm and sent her flying in a perfect arc.
"Take this, you idiot Goddess!"
"Waaahhhhh!"
With Aqua's scream, she slammed down spread-eagle right onto Kazuma and Dust's stomachs.
"Guh!" Kazuma nearly threw up his dinner.
"What the hell?! Did the Orcs break in?! Help!"
Dust let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.
Kōichi dusted off his hands, shut the door behind him, and even thoughtfully cast a "Lock" spell on it from the outside.
He returned to Room 3, looked at the massive hole in the wall, and casually dragged a cabinet over to block it.
The room finally sank back into dead silence.
Wiz lay sprawled on the bed, her body frail and half-transparent as she gasped for breath.
Darkness, meanwhile, was staring fixedly at Kōichi with eyes full of worship, awe, and a fervent plea to hurry up and ravage her.
"...Phew." Kōichi sat back down on the edge of the bed, looked at Darkness, and gave her a standard sadistic smile that made her whole body shudder. "All right, Darkness. Now no one can disturb us. You said just now that even if I crossed this wall, you'd only cry and accept it, right?"
"!!" Darkness let out a blissful whimper and buried her face straight into the pillow.
The room once again fell into an eerie, heavy silence. Only the moonlight flowed soundlessly over the disheveled bed.
Wiz had now completely lost consciousness. Her half-transparent body flickered in and out under the moonlight, occasionally letting out a faint murmur that sounded like some ancient distress signal.
In the next room, Aqua's crying and shouting, blocked off by Kōichi's "Lock" spell, had turned into a rhythmic muffled thumping, almost like background noise meant to lull someone to sleep.
Kōichi sat on the edge of the bed, watching Darkness curled up under the covers with only her watery eyes showing as she stared at him.
The sadistic soul inside him was swelling at an unprecedented speed.
(Since you're always enjoying fantasies about being treated roughly by a scumbag team leader like me... then if I actually acted on it, what kind of face would you make?)
The corners of Kōichi's mouth lifted slightly, forming an aggressive smile that made Darkness hold her breath.
He slowly reached out, inch by inch, and took hold of the Wall of Sighs between them, the two long pillows that symbolized the last line of morality.
"Darkness, you said that as long as I crossed this wall, you'd cry and accept it, right?"
Kōichi kept his voice low, giving it a magnetic chill that sent shivers down the spine.
"!!" Darkness's body jolted, and those already outrageous curves heaved sharply beneath her silk nightgown.
Kōichi swept his hand out and sent the two pillows flying off the bed.
"The defense line is gone."
Kōichi stepped over that invisible boundary and leaned forward, casting his shadow over Darkness.
The two of them were close enough to catch each other's faint scent. Darkness carried a strange blend of cool metal and soft femininity.
"...K-Kōichi... y-you really crossed over..."
Darkness's voice shook so badly it was barely coherent.
All those bold declarations she usually tossed around, telling him to ravage her or treat her like a slave, seemed to freeze in her throat in that instant.
Those eyes of hers, usually filled with anticipation, were now actually clouded with a timid mist.
Kōichi extended one finger and gently lifted Darkness's chin, forcing her to look him in the eye.
"What's wrong? Where did all that confidence go? Haven't you always wanted a sadistic Adventurer like me to do whatever I wanted to you in a late-night inn?" Kōichi felt the shocking heat of her skin beneath his finger. "Now Wiz is unconscious, and Aqua is locked away. No one can save you. So, as payment for all the teasing you've done to me, where should I start enjoying this prize?"
"Ngh... hah...!" Darkness let out a short, breathy gasp. Her fingers clutched the edge of the blanket so tightly they had gone pale, and her whole body was like a bow drawn to its limit, ready to snap at any moment. "That... that merciless look... that tone, like you're picking out goods... K-Kōichi... you really are... the worst... haah..."
Even as she said that, Kōichi could clearly feel Darkness shrinking deeper into the blanket. It was the instinctive retreat of a living creature faced with a predator.
(Just as I thought. This woman is a loudmouth pervert. Once things get serious, she's purer than anyone.)
Kōichi maliciously moved one step further, nearly pressing his whole body over Darkness as his warm breath brushed against her neck.
"Since you're looking forward to it so much, let's start by stripping away your pride." Kōichi leaned close to her ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear. "Listen carefully, Darkness. From now on, you're not allowed to close your eyes, beg for mercy, or make that disgusting excited face. I want you to experience every second of what comes next while fully conscious, as an ordinary woman. If you dare pass out, I'll draw a poster of you like this and plaster it all over the Axel Adventurers Guild."
"!! D-draw it as a poster?! Plaster it all over the Guild?!"
Darkness's pupils suddenly widened. This level of public execution clearly exceeded even the limits of her fantasies.
Her breathing grew utterly erratic, and tears finally spilled from her eyes. They were tears mixed with extreme shame, fear, and some indescribable pleasure.
"...T-too sadistic... Kōichi... you devil... ngh... p-please, at least be gentle..."
Just as Kōichi was about to further test the limits of this Crusader, a miserable cough suddenly came from the other end of the bed.
"Cough, cough... um... Kōichi-san... I'm very sorry to interrupt your punishment time... but I really do seem to be disappearing... Could you perhaps share a little life force with me... or anything evil will do..."
Wiz's half-transparent hand weakly clutched the hem of Kōichi's clothes, and her pitiful expression instantly turned the room's sadistic atmosphere unbearably awkward.