“Ah, it must be so much fun taming a feisty girl like you. But fear not! You’re a virgin, aren’t you? Let’s save that for Ren, too. The only thing I’ll be teaching you is pleasure♪”
“Mmh-mmf?”
The more Shou babbled, the more uneasy and scared Mia began to feel. What was he saying? What was he going to do to her now that she was tied up? Mia watched him, her face tight with trepidation, as he opened a cabinet, its door creaking, and crossed his arms over his chest, creasing his brow in thought.
“Let’s start with a love egg, I guess? And then we’ll probably need an electric toothbrush. A rope, and… I have no experience dealing with children, so I’m a bit lost. How far should I go? I wonder if it’d be all right to use a dildo if I pick the smallest one. How much can I insert without popping your cherry? I gotta be careful,” Shou muttered under his breath.
Mia couldn’t understand a word of what he was saying, none, zero, nada, zilch. Eventually, Shou mumbled, “all right,” as if he decided on a course of action, and started pulling out a number of different items from the bowels of his cabinet. There was something pink and roundish, something looking like a wand, a bunch of red rope, something of a weird shape that had a switch on its side, and a mysterious contraption that had something suspiciously resembling electric wires attached to it.
“Mmph?!”
Mia had no idea what the purpose of all the items being pull out was, but that last one with the wires looked particularly ominous, especially when it sparked with Shou’s fiddling. The giggling that accompanied his setup was nerve-racking. It was probably due to it looking like it was created for the sole purpose of applying electrical current to people. A smile spread over Shou’s face upon seeing Mia’s horrified expression. How could he manage such a beatific smile while holding such a horrendous thing?
“Don’t worry, I won’t be using that. I just took it out because it was in the way and I have some fond memories using it with…hmm my last guest you could say.”
“Mmh-mmph!”
“Ah, you wanna know what it’s for? Well, it’s for applying electrical current which passes through these wires as you saw. But it feels nothing like an electric shock! It’s more of this sort of buzzing sensation. Although you can up the power, only special guests enjoy that kind of attention.”
As if purposefully trying to strike even more fear into Mia’s already wildly beating heart, Crow Ranger Yellow touched the two ends of the strange contraption that looked like clothespins, connected respectively to a red and a blue wire, to her body. The thing looked so much like a torture device that Mia shook her head frantically upon feeling the metal on her skin, a silent cry stuck in her throat.
After Shou put the mystery machine away, he hauled up some other suspicious thing, holding it in both hands, and deposited it on a nearby table. He then flashed a grin at her. “Okay, I’ll tie you up now!”
“HRMRM?!”
“I could do this without tying you up; handcuffs are more than enough, especially for a first-timer. But this is supposed to be punishment, so… It might hurt a little, but you’ll have to bear with me, okay?” Shou pulled the rope taut between his hands, giggling.
Mia’s terror reached its peak. I’m so scared, I’m so scared! This person is scary! Just at that moment, Bam! the door into the room smashed open with great force. When Mia’s eyes darted there automatically to see what happened, she saw Ren standing in the doorframe. He panted heavily, his shoulders raising and falling with each ragged breath he took. He probably ran all the way there at full speed. Large beads of sweat trickled down from his temples.
“Tsk.” Shou grumbled with a look of disappointment on his features. “Oh well. I guess you made it just in time. Wow, your stamina sure is amazing!”
“You…seriously mean to tell me…that this is what ‘made it just in time’ is supposed to look like?!”
“But you did! I haven’t even tied her up, or used a love egg on her yet. Just some really tame moans and screams, I haven’t even gotten to the pleasurable moments. Her hymen’s still intact, too!”
“Ugh, don’t say ‘hymen’! Were you going to tell me ‘oops, you were too late’ if you had already broken it or what?!”
Shou cocked his head to the side, and cutely at that, fiddling with the rope. “I didn’t touch her ass, either?”
“I’m not into that!”
“Oh? Well, your loss!” Shou mumbled under his breath to himself, detaching the chains dangling from the ceiling and removing the handcuffs from Mia. Finally, he carefully untied the knot that fastened the mouth gag. “Well, our time together has hereby run out! Wasn’t it so very nice of Ren to swoop in and save you, Mia?”
“…uh, haa…”
There was nothing covering Mia’s mouth now, but she wasn’t in any condition to use magic. It had been a tremendously terrifying ordeal. She had felt a horror she had never experienced before. Ren approached her with worry in his eyes and gently rubbed her back. At his touch, the accumulated tension within Mia snapped, and she hurled herself into his chest, holding tightly on to Ren.
“Whoa, huh?!”
“Sniff… Sniff, I was so scared, s-so sc…ared…”
Had she ever clung to him this willingly before? She must’ve been traumatized by whatever she experienced under Shou’s ministrations. Ren thought it was no wonder; being pushed into a room full of things that look like they belong in a torture chamber, having a mouth gag stuffed between her lips and her wrists bound, rope and various torture devices she had never seen before being dangled right before her very eyes. To an inexperienced girl who didn’t know a thing about the peculiar fetishes of the world, this must’ve been the very epitome of terror. Ren, holding Mia tenderly in his arms and soothingly carding his hands through her hair, shot Shou an accusing look.
“Hey, why did you have to bully her so bad?”
“Eh? This can hardly be called bullying. I’d much rather you recognized my goodwill in laying the groundwork for your future enjoyment,” Shou said with perfect sincerity, without any hint of ill intentions in his voice, at which Ren could only sigh. “Besides, it’s not like I would go out of my way for just anyone. She did ruin a perfectly good set of clothes, and dragged me through the sky without warning.”
Having calmed down a bit, Mia raised her head, still trembling slightly. Her eyes were wide and sparkling, from both residual fear and relief she experienced at Ren’s embrace, her cheeks flushed a pretty shade of crimson. …It was a dangerous face that could send a man’s heart into overdrive. A crease appeared between Ren’s brows.
“R-Ren, what is this room? That bed, that uncomfortable-looking chair, why do they have so many belts attached to them? Why is there a chair hanging above the bed? …What could this room possibly be for?”
“Ugh, do I really have to explain this? Um, so, you see…” Ren trailed off, scratching his head, uncertain as to how exactly he should put this.
Shou cut ahead, stating casually, “It’s just an S&M discipline room. I had to look for an apartment complex with soundproof rooms in order to make it. Do you know how much trouble that was?”
“Es-en-em? Discipline?”
Ren facepalmed, seeing Mia’s face blanch with fear at Shou uttering a bunch of incomprehensible words again. Ren sent a deadly glare the other man’s way, indicating for him to quit aggravating the situation further for the time being, and opened his mouth, speaking gently and choosing his words carefully to make it as accessible as possible.
“Hmm, how do I put this…? This room is for certain types of men and women using the facilities and tools that you see here to fulfill certain fetishes. Hurting women and men I guess, is a major part of it. Shou gets off on this; it’s sort of like his hobby.”
“Hurting women is his hobby?!”
“Hey, you got it all wrong! I am only helping them awaken to a new way of experiencing pleasure. And while it’s true that the focus of my efforts are women, it’s not like anyone will do. Only after careful selection do I make my move! I don’t usually waste my time with pure doms or sadists, not unless they have enough submissive or machoism tendencies mixed in—”
“Gaah! You keep your mouth shut! Anyway, there you have it. So, the bottom line is, give up on Shou. Trust me on this one; just leave him to his own oddities.”
While Ren was speaking, Mia turned around warily within the safety of his arms to take a furtive glance back. Noticing her eyes on him, Shou let a charming smile bloom on his face and raised a finger.
“Hehe, you’re free to come and pick a fight with me again. This time, I played nice and contacted Ren in advance, but I won’t do that next time. …There will be no mercy. But if you liked being picked on by me, hit me up whenever!” Shou purred, a corner of his mouth twisting and arching up in a sinister smirk. “Besides, I only play with willing partners, at least they have to be willing at the start.” Shou giggled as he snatched up the gag Ren had tossed aside and mumbled something about calling the lovely cleaner over for some fun and games.
Instantly, Mia’s shoulders quivered, and she gripped Ren’s clothes tighter. It didn’t matter that she was the Supreme Ruler of Evil and Shou was her enemy; the man was a menace, pure and simple. At the very least, Mia’s instincts were crystal clear on the matter—going up against Shou was out of the question. At least until she was a little older…