Chapter 798: What Are They Doing To Him?
We ended up bringing Bracca back to the mansion.
It wasn't even my idea to bring him back but instead, it was the collective decision made by the other three.
I was thinking of just bringing the guy directly to the King and let her handle him. But Lisa immediately asked me to let her bring him back to the mansion to 'have a little more fun with him'.
I assumed that she wanted to cuck him a bit more before we let him go so I just shrugged and went along with it.
But when we went back to the mansion, the three of them took him away with Katsuki following them as well while leaving me behind.
Err… Ok? I guess maybe they were going to prepare him or something so I just went ahead to train with my Shadow Guards.
When I went to the training room, I was quite surprised to see that it was completely empty.
That's odd… I'm pretty sure that there was a training scheduled today so where is everyone?
Before I closed the door though, I suddenly heard a scream coming from outside the training room.
The heck?
I went outside to look around but I wasn't sure where exactly the scream came from.
What the hell was that?
"Katsuki?" I called out.
"Yes Mistress?" My Inugami maid asked, appearing out of nowhere.
I wasn't even surprised and just asked her, "What was that scream just now?"
She tilted her head slightly at me, "Which scream, Mistress?"
"Umm… The scream that happened just literally a few seconds ago?"
She hesitated for a moment, "I'm afraid I'm not sure what caused that scream, Mistress… Shall I go take a look?"
I considered it for a moment but then realised that it might be one of the servants torturing a prisoner or something which I don't really want to know about.
Thus, I shook my head, "It's fine… I do want to know where the other servants are though? I thought they would be training with me today."
She bowed, "I'm afraid they were tasked to do something else today, Mistress. Thus, they would not be joining you."
"Aww… What about Odeta and the others?"
Katsuki hesitated again, "I'm not sure about them, Mistress. Shall I ask them to come?"
"Hmm… That won't be necessary. I guess they might be tired after following me to deal with that guy today so I'll just do some training on my own. Tha--"
"AHHHHHHHH!!! NO, PLEASE!!!"
Another scream interrupted me and I turned in the direction of the scream.
Unfortunately, it seemed like it came from somewhere further away so I couldn't see the source of it. But I could at least tell that the person screaming sounded like a male.
I turned to look at Katsuki who was frowning in the direction of the scream.
"Should I be worried?" I asked.
She turned to me and her expression quickly returned to a neutral one, "You do not have to worry, Mistress."
Mmm… If she says so…
I know she wouldn't lie to me so I can just take her word for it.
But what I know she meant was that I did not need to worry about the scream itself as it would not affect me, but I was still curious about what's causing it…
"Could you go and check and make sure that it's really nothing, Katsuki? I'll just be here training with my Shadow Guards."
She bowed, "Of course, Mistress." Content from m-vl|em|p,yr
Just as she turned away, I called out Eins, Zwei and Drei before quickly making Drei transform into me while I transformed into her.
"Take them with you as well, Katsuki, just in case," I told her before making Drei close the door so that Katsuki couldn't tell it was me, who is now acting as Drei, that told her that.
She turned back around and looked at us.
Hmm… She seemed to be staring hard at Eins for some reason…
Oh wait, I think I remember her doing that as well when she first saw my Shadow Guards.
If I'm not wrong, she was concerned that I might replace her with them, right?
I guess even now, she still hasn't gotten over it despite me reassuring her that something like that wouldn't happen.
The good thing is that it doesn't look like she resents them but more like she's… Cautious of them? That's what I'm getting from her gaze at least.
I was a little worried that she might have seen through my disguise but she turned around after letting out a rare sigh.
"Follow me."
She then disappeared from view and I realised she had literally just used her higher Dexterity to run off.
Eh? How are we even supposed to follow her like that?
"Master, follow us."
I jerked slightly in surprise at the sudden voice and I realised it was Eins that spoke.
Oh… You could see where she went?
"Yes, Master. This way."
Eins and Zwei then started running down the corridor which prompted me to run after them as well.
But seriously, how did they manage to see Katsuki's movements when I couldn't?
"Because we do not only rely on our eyes to see, Master."
What does that even mean?
"It means we do not only use our eyes to see, Master."
Thank you for repeating that but it doesn't exactly explain what you mean… You know what? Nevermind.
I followed them as they ran through the corridor, somehow managing to track Katsuki even though her figure was nowhere to be found.
We eventually came to a part of the mansion that I remembered it led to the interrogation training rooms where the servants would train in interrogation techniques that also included torture and also withstanding said torture.
Huh… I knew someone was being tortured for those screams.
Eins and Zwei slowed down and I found Katsuki standing in front of a metal door as though she was waiting for us.
When she saw us, she only tilted her head slightly in acknowledgement before she opened the door to head inside, leaving the door open for us to enter.
Just as I was about to step inside, the same scream I heard from earlier echoed from within.
"AHHHHHHH!!! NOOOOO!!!"
Huh… What's going on in there?
I stepped inside after Eins with Zwei taking up the rear, the three of us arranging ourselves in a row just beside the door.
Now I finally saw the source of the scream.
It was Bracca who had been tied up and hung upside down by his balls while what seemed like almost all the servants in the mansion were surrounding him with torture tools.
At the moment, he was being used as a punching bag by several of the servants and even Odeta who didn't seem like she was even holding back.
The only reason why he wasn't dead was because there were mages behind constantly healing him.
What the hell?
"Oh, hello Katsuki! Glad you joined us in the end! What are they doing here though?"
I had to limit myself to only move my eyes since my Shadow Guards were standing at attention and a movement from me would immediately reveal that I wasn't a Shadow Summon.
But I still managed to see that the speaker was Lisa who was… Err… Why is she wearing a dominatrix outfit now? Heck, she even had a domino mask on and a whip in her hands.
"Mistress told me to bring them along. She believes that there might be trouble because of the screaming."
"Ah, sorry, sorry~ We forgot to close the door just now and this guy screams really loud. Wanna have a go?"
Katsuki shook her head, "I shall watch for now."
"Heeeeh~ Suit yourself. Hey, hey! It's my turn, my turn!"
I watched as Lisa approached Bracca while cracking her whip.
The poor guy was practically begging for mercy at this point but then he stopped when he saw Lisa.
"Pro… Professor Lisa! You've come to save me! I knew it! That bitch Aster is some evil bitch who started this cult to--"
Lisa didn't even respond to him and simply cracked her whip to strike him across the mouth.
Damn… To be able to hit him right there at that distance… She must have had practice…
Then I remembered that she was actually a sadist before she met me…
Bracca looked at Lisa in shock, clearly unable to believe that the person he had a crush on had just whipped him in the mouth.
Lisa smirked, "Words cannot convey how much I really want to hurt you for spreading all those false rumours about my beloved. That's why I shall convey it through my whip instead. I do hope you're ready for this… Oh who am I kidding? I don't care either way~"
She cracked her whip again, this time catching him across the side of his cheek.
That seemed to be the signal for several other maids to also start whipping him from all around the poor guy as well with several whips cracking on various parts of his body.
Damn… I didn't know they do stuff like this down here…
Should I be worried?