That’s very nice for Mari, but we are still kinda held at gunpoint

These fucking, insane bitches.

“Release my mistress at once!”, Ria demanded, her voice as harsh and uncompromising as always.

Yeah fat chance of Sylphid doing that. Knowing her she will go down fists blazing and take about half of us with us. I winced, as the pain assaulted me once more. Getting punched by Sylphid isn’t something you just stomach.

Feena seemed to be in even worse shape. Guess that is to be expected going up against a Valkyrie.

But neither of us looked half as bad as Ojou right now. Wow, she’s a fucking mess. Is that piss? Hah, she’s gotten soft. Wish I could enjoy this. Unfortunately, I can’t. If I rile Ojou up now I wouldn’t put it past her to get us all killed. Yeah, you just stay catatonic for a while.

Knowing Sylphid, she won’t harm Ojou. But the same can’t be said for angry Fisti and that trigger happy gunslinger looks like she is more then happy to put a bullet between her eyes yesterday.

On our sides things didn’t look much better. Our troops looked ready to lay into them at any time. Hostage be damned.

Bunch of murderous psychos, the whole lot of them.

I had to play my cards very carefully here.

“Ria”, I started. “Mind if I hold the negotiations?”

The head maid scowled at me. Well, no surprise there, we never saw eye to eye even back when she still served Don.

But she was also smart enough to realize when it was time to relent. “Mistress must be returned to us safe and sound”, she demanded. “I will not accept anything less.”

Yeah sure, no pressure there.

I scratched my head, put my bow down and stepped forward. “Oi, Sylphid. You think we can walk away from this without any more corpses?”

“Is this another barny ploy, slaver?”, Fisti angrily growled. Seriously, must be fucking exhausting to always be this enraged. “We won’t fall for it!”

“Permission to take her behind the barn”, the gunslinger threatened, cocking her revolvers at me.

“Down, Fisti, Mary”, Sylphid commanded and the angry little doggies stopped barking. “Whatcha proposing, Cass?”

I glanced at Ojou. “How about we all just walk away and forget this ever happened?”

As expected, everyone in this fucking cave lost their shit at my suggestion.

For Sylphid and her bunch of merry girls that would mean letting a villain go unpunished and for the Sama Syndicate it would mean allowing this disrespect to go unanswered.

It was woefully out of the question.

“We can’t do that!”, Feena screamed. “We must fight! For the honor of our family! Even if half of us die! Even if Ojou-sama herself perishes! That is a price we are willing to pay!”

“Mistress’s life will not be put in jeopardy!”, Ria quickly and very predictably objected.

“What other way is there?”, Feena argued passionately. “Sylphid and her friends are prepared to fight to the **** for their twisted justice. Even if it means that this **** will only come after brutal ****. Of course, after fulfilling our final duty the rest of us will all follow Mistress to the afterlife. There is no other way. We will all die here together!”

It was like everyone just had a bucket of ice cold water dumped into their face. None of our boys are fanatical enough to value honor more then their own life. That’s the one thing I like about them.

I have to hand it to her, Feena is still capable of playing her role expertly. As expected of the greatest deceiver. Time for me to pick up the ball.

“Is that true, Sylphid?”, I asked. “Some of these guys have families you know. Is there really no other way?”

“Really?”, Fisti gasped.

I nodded and pointed in a random direction. “Steve over there just recently got a baby daughter. And the mother died in childbirth. You want to make little Sue an orphan that bad?”

“Good lord”, Mary muttered.

“Well, I mean… hmmm...” Sylphid scrunched up her face. “It’s not that I love killing and stuff butthat girl”, she gestured towards Ojou who still had yet to properly recover from her trauma induced trigger. “Screwed me out of a lot of hot girls. At the very least I need compensation for that.”

Oh, for fucks sake. But wait, I can work this to my advantage.

“Fine”, I began, making a show of being very **** about it. “In that case, I offer myself up. If that is what it takes to prevent further bloodshed, I will become your ****.”

“That is not your call”, Ria snapped. “You are the property of Mistress.”

I had to resist the urge to slap the dumbass maid. “I’m afraid it is a sacrifice we need to make”, I urged. “Above all else Ojou-sama’s safety should be paramount.”

In truth, I much rather become Sylphid’s ****. Hell, everything is better then staying here.

“Like we even want ya back!”, Fisti spat. “Ya can stay with the rest of yer gangster friends, ya scabby traitor!”

I swear, this is like negotiating with a bunch of screaming toddlers.

But thankfully one of them was of a horny sort. I could tell that Sylphid was entertaining the idea of getting me.

“Tempting”, Sylphid said with a smirk as she fiddled around with Ojou-samas body. “But I’m still horny. So I want more.”

Nevermind, Sylphid is the screamiest of the toddlers.

“You there, sexy maid”, Sylphid exclaimed with a straight face. “I want you to strip and masturbate.”

She

was

actually

serious.

Even Fisti and the crazy gun chick looked at Sylphid as if she had lost her marbles. Not to mention Ria who might just flat out order an **** any second now. Feena gave me a bit of a helpless look as well. Shit, are you kidding me? I have no intention of dying here, you horny bitch!

“...do it, Ria.”

That voice came from none other then Ojou. It seems she had finally recovered enough to speak.

Ria lowered her head. “As you wish, my Mistress.”

No further justification was needed The headmaid immediately started to strip out of her maid dress.

Some of the guys gulped. Ria was about ten years my senior, but for someone in her mid thirties her body had held up remarkably well. There was not a hint of sagging in her tits and of course as expected she kept her body in perfect shape.

That was except for the many scars that adorned her body. They where more profound then my own. That cunt really had a go at her.

Sylphid didn’t seem to like that. “Is that your doing?”, she asked Ojou.

“No”, Ria answered right away. “Mistress saved me.” She stretched out her arms and displayed her body without a hint of shame. “Is this to your satisfaction? In that case I will…”

“No.” I never thought I seen the day but Sylphid was actually a bit taken aback by a naked body. “This is enough”, she replied rather sheepishly. “We accept the truce.”

And with that, I saved the day.

I need a fucking drink.