Appeasement strategy

After I confirmed the details of the meeting with Maria I took a shower. I certainly needed it after this madness.

Feeling fresh again, I made my way over to the training hall to meet Sylphid.

She really likes that place, doesn't she?

Grabbing some food for appeasement that Maria had expertly prepared, I set out.

The fighters dorm looked pretty empty when I visited it two days ago but now it was positively abandoned. A part of me couldn’t help but feel somewhat nostalgic as I wandered through it’s empty halls.

Little surprising, I found Valkyrie and Sylphid sparring at the training hall just like last time. They really where diligent when it comes to exercise. For a brief moment I felt guilty about how I spend my day.

Sylphid just evaded a vicious straight from Valkyrie when she spotted me. For a brief moment she just stared, no glared at me.

She looked...angry?

Then, without warning, she charged towards me.

“Princeeeeeeeeeeessss!!!!”

“Eeeeek!”

I considered making a very quick retreat but before I could even do that, Sylphid leaped in the air, landed on top of me and pushed me to the ground.

“Did you let two of Snakeys slaves go?”, Sylphid asked calmly.

“W-what? Uh...Oh! That..uhh....yes?”

Sylphid stared down at me in utter shock and disbelief. “What is wrong with you? That goes against everything the Free Cities stand for!”

“W-Well, excuse me…”

“You are a menace to our society”, Sylphid grimly determined. “That’s all the more reason I got to enslave you. Letting you walk around free is way too dangerous! You need to be locked up in a skintight bodysuits with a dick window until you are properly reeducated!”

“I think I said it already…”, Valkyrie grabbed Sylphid by the scruff of her neck and pulled her off me. “But to try to not take Sylphid’s tasteless jokes too seriously.”

And just like that Sylphid was back to grinning mischievously. “Eheheh...alright, alright. I was joking. Mostly. Kinda. Sorta. Still, Freeing two hotties like that? Dickmove, princess.”

I coughed once and slowly got back up on my feet again, cracking my aching muscles in the process. “Would you mind going back to calling me Handsome?”

“But you make such an adorable princess! Hey, Valk help me out here! Tell me I'm right, aren't I? He’s soooo cute in a dress! He needs to wear it all time! It is now illegal for him to wear anything else! Tell him!”

This was going swimmingly.

The strongest Galmon was not moved. “I will tell you that you shouldn't tease him like this. This whole nonsense today was quite shameful.”

Tell me about it.

But Sylphid only grinned. “You know, Valk, not gonna lie, you looked kinda hot in that prince getup as well. If I'm getting both of you I'm sooo gonna make you play crossdress up!”

Both Valkyrie and I sighed in unison.

So, how should I approach this? Cassandra suggested to improvise and with how hyper Sylphid currently is it probably would be unwise to push the matter of our match right away.

Instead, I opted for a bit of smalltalk to break the ice. “So uhh..nice weather today huh?”

“Not as nice as YOU in a dress!”

“D-did you already had dinner? The meat they serve at the roof restaurant is quite delicious.”

“Not as delicious as YOUR meat in me!”

I looked despairingly at Valkyrie but the Galmon seemed just as much at a loss. How does she deal with this sexual deviant on a daily basis?

I desperately tried to find a conversation topic that wouldn’t immediately turn sexual. “Oh! Uhh..umm, that fight with Black Cuckoo”, I carefully stated. “What exactly was that?”

“Ah, you saw that?”, Sylphid grinned and bashfully rubbed her cheek. “That’s a little move of mine I call bloodlust. Well, I guess it’s less a move and more a state of being. I dispel all unnecessary thoughts and focus all my energy into killing my opponent. Not a fan of it because it’s super hard to control. And you know, the whole killing thing.”

That was about as much as I already surmised. Getting Sylphid to trigger that “bloodlust” would be one way to make it out of the tournament.

“It is a magnificent skill. I hope Sylphid will show it to me, should we met in battle”, Valkyrie added. “She refuses to do so in training.”

“No way, Valk! I need to get you to surrender! I can’t use Bloodlust on you! I would kill you.”

“Will you?” Valkyrie was smiling but there was a certain eager edge to it. “In that case, I suppose I will have **** but to **** your hand. Perhaps if I offer to become your **** should you succeed in killing me?”

“Oh you are on Miss strongest Galmon! I am going to rip out your guts and play jump rope with them!”

“Splendid! Then I shall respond in kind!”

Ugh.

Well, I got Sylphid off the sex topic, but this wasn’t much better. The aura these two are exuding was way too intense. I could basically taste their battle lust. Maybe I should just silently make my exit and try again tomorrow?

“Oh, Handsome, sorry for ignoring you like that!”, Sylphid clapped her hands together. “I actually have something extremely important to ask of you!”

Here it comes. Her “payment”. I steeled myself and nodded.

“I need you to drop your pants right now!”

…

“Is that my uh...repayment to you?”

“Absolutely not! This is...uh..Mary’s request! Remember Mary? The cute girl with the guns? Wears striped panties. Anyways, she demanded that you drops your pants right now. You wouldn’t want to not pay her back for helping you, right? She risked her life, you know!”

...is this what it feels to get scammed?

...

...I need to appease Sylphid. If that is all it takes this is a small price to pay. Feeling a blush creeping up, I slowly unbuckled my pants and let them drop to the ground.

Sylphid said not a single word. Instead she crouched down in front of me and started intently at my crotch from way too close. As for Valkyrie, the Galmon simply watched me with a somewhat curious look on her face.

I still had my boxer-shorts on, so compared to the ordeal in the morning this should be nothing. But despite that, this felt very embarrassing.

Then Sylphid suddenly extended her arms and pulled my shorts down.

“W-WHAT THE HELL!”

“I knew it!”, Sylphid squealed in excitement. “They totally shaved you down there! Oh wow, that looks so...wooooooooo! I totally have you keep that up! You definitely lost your hair below the neck privilege, mister! And no more shorts! I put you on a strict panties diet. What do you think, Handsome?”

To be frank, I wasn’t sure what to think right now. I don’t think I even had the capacity to think.

“No, no, don’t say anything just yet!”, Sylphid stood up again once she had her fill from crotch watching. “I get it, but don’t worry. I won’t demand you to just surrender to me. That would be suuuuper lame! Although also a bit hot, but mostly lame! Anyways! I really thought long and hard about this whole repayment thing and I had the most awesomest idea ever! You’re gonna love this!”

Did she had too much sugar or something? This was ridiculous even for Sylphid’s standards. The girl was so hyper I was worried she might hyperventilate. Valkyrie was no help. The strongest Galmon averted her eyes with a strong case of second hand embarrassment.

Sylphid cleared her throat once, twice, thrice for emphasis. “Tomorrow, in our fight, we two are doing a…” she stopped here, probably for a dramatic pause as she stretched a finger high into the air

“ SPEEEEEECIAAAAAAAAAAAL CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTLE! Tadaa!” She made a gun firing noise.

…

These noises that came out of Sylphid’s mouth right now almost resembled something called words.

“Can you repeat that?”

Sylphid nodded eagerly. “A cum battle, Silly! The goal won't be to kill or **** but make each other surrender just through cum! Great, right?”

“I tried to stop her”, Valkyrie sighed loudly.

What was I even suppose to reply to that? I used this opportunity to silently pull my shorts and pants back up to gain at least some time to form a response but...

“Oh! And one more important thing”, Sylphid enthusiastically continued. “Whoever ends up as **** can't be released. So, no doing something lame like just sending your **** away. If you beat me or I beat you. That's gonna be a done deal. I’m talking FOREVER!”

I mean, I was expecting Sylphid to never release me, but why does she demand the same from me?

Sylphid grinned and scratched her cheek again. “It sounds kinda fun, you know? Being a ****. Doing whatever someone else wants. So, if there is somebody worthy out there who actually beat me, I want to devote my entire being to that person. That’s not really that weird, right?”

Yes, yes it is.

“She even made me promise to not intervene”, Valkyrie sighed once more. “If you end up Sylphid’s master you can do whatever you want with her, no matter how depraved. Of course, the opposite holds true as well.”

Great. Lovely.

“So, that’s gonna happen”, Sylphid nodded very proudly. “I really got the idea when I saw how you handled little Snakey. Super hot by the way. I think I will be a bigger challenge, but because of it I know you have it in you. You have a fair shot at beating me.”

…

This throws all my dropping out plans into the trash!

Do I just try to convince Sylphid regardless? She looks really, really certain about this, though. But maybe if I explain things calmly and reasonably…

Granted, it was certainly true that Sylphid just provided me with a potential shot at victory. There was absolutely zero chance I beat her in a straight up fight but this, whatever it actually is, might be possible.

But that would mean staying in the tournament. Either as a combatant or a ****. It would put me and the girls at a tremendous risk.

I have to convince Sylphid but taking a single look at her over eager face made it clear that this will be very, very difficult to accomplish.

I will have to tread carefully here.