An evening of worry

The devil opened her toothy mouth and took a large bite from her apple before finally adressing me.

“Don't wanna.”

I could only groan. “But you helped me out before! I really need that time! Please! Don’t you want to **** me again?”

Femto merely shrugged and continued eating her apple. “Not really? Pretty much got my fix already. Unless you want to offer up your soul, Sir? In that case, sure! Step right up! Knock yourself out in Femto void land as long as possible!”

That was obviously not an option!

“Then I believe we have nothing further to discuss, Sir.” Femto throw the apple core towards Uni who happily gulped it down. “If you excuse me then. Unlike certain people I have a job.”

And just like that she vanished into her void.

Shit.

ShitShitShitShitShitShit!

I was in a mild panic

With negotiations having broken down I was rather desperately trying to find a way, any way to somehow getting strong enough to take Sylphid on.

Winning was out of the question but I just needed to close to gap so that Sylphid was **** to activate that bloodlust of hers.

I needed something. Some advantage! Is there anything that would give me the edge? Anything!

“My Lord! You ill need the help of such a devil!”, Sanakia proclaimed proudly. “Here, just wear my armor in battle. It will protect you from any blow.”

That thing falls apart with one hit!

Ignoring my cute but useless Sexy-Knight I addressed the girl getting wasted at the table. “Cassandra. What about your poison? Can I use that?”

All I got from Cassandra was her “you are a fucking moronic dumbshit, daddy” look.

“That’s not gonna work, Mari.” Fisti informed me. “Ya have seen Lady Sylphid crush that ninja, right? She can handle that slaver’s poison without breaking a sweat!”

I mean Fisti was right but did she have to grin widely while telling me this?

“Then the bombs. What about your bombs?”

This time I got a response which was Cassandra laughing loudly into my face. Thanks. Very helpful.

“What if Mari crushes balls?”

...Aiju, I love you. But for fucks sake.

…

Hold on.

Sylphid can’t really make me cum without...no, I’m not seriously considering this, right?

I mean, given the **** I endured I probably could take the pain, but...

“You can stop freaking out, Daddy. Wouldn’t make a damn difference.” Cassandra thankfully stated. “Sylphid doesn’t need your dick to give you an orgasm.”

R-right. W-Well, that is just too bad, Aiju!

I patted Aiju’s head who meowed displeased and went back to eating dinner.

As my options continued to dwindle, Fisti desperately tried to not break out in a victory dance.

...Maybe if I deliver her naked, bound and gagged to Sylphid I can appease her? I throw Cassandra in as a bonus too.

“Maria! Any success on your part?”

But predictably my maid only shook her head with an apologetic smile. “I am afraid the Lady Sylphid still refuses any attempt at contact. Of course I will continue to try, but..”

Arggghhhh!!!!

I was clutching my head in abject despair when I noticed my salvation.

Beatrice had her eyes closed and was clearly deep in thought, which was pretty impressive given her bondaged state.”Hmmm...maybe…yes...that could work.”

Yes! I don’t like to rely on the bratty ex-witch, but I could really use one of her insane plans right now.

“Tricked and wicked, of course”, she was contemplating. “An intricate plan of skulduggery and subterfuge, only capable of being pulled of by the greatest of minds.”

Yes?

Finally, she gave a determined nod and smirked confidently. “That pesky Sylphid will be a vexing master. But considering my superior intellect, I am sure I can manipulate her into doing my bidding.”

…

“Not a bad idea.” Cassandra rubbed her chin. “Sylphid’s always horny as fuck, gotta exploit that. And if the Valkyrie makes the finals we can beg her to try and free us.”

Beatrice nodded pleased that. “Good catch, Cass. That means we need to ensure that Valkyrie WILL make the finals and perhaps we can also exhaust Sylphid before the fight…hm, yes it all comes together! Cackle Cackle! As expected of me! Operation Speed Limit is shaping up to be a resounding success!”

...

Don’t act as if I have already loooost!

As I nearly lost my mind I heard a soft, all too familiar hiss. “What a miserable showing, foolish Mari Beta! Your humiliating display of incompetence offends our eyes!”

“Hebi-san. Not now.”

But the annoyed snake-girl merely scoffed at my despair. “You are not worthy of our grace, Mari Beta. But rejoice, for we have a solvent for that nettlesome human girl.”

Sure! Why not! Everyone else had a go! Lets all gather around and listen to what mental aberration my former bully has conjured up.

Hebi-san gave a sharp nod. “Listen up, and do it well, fool. We will hypnotize you. Then we will **** you to defeat your opponent. Be grateful, Mari Beta. You will win this battle by submitting to us, fu fu fu.”

Of course. Of course it was something stupid like that.

“A-absolutely not!”, Sanakia cut in. Literally, she draw her sword and slashed between us. “I will never allow myself to let you hypnotize, my Lord. Again!”

“I'm against it as well”, nodded Fisti. “Yer hypno stuff is too dangerous.”

“You just want him to lose against Sylphid”, Cassandra accurately pointed out.

“I...I do not!”

“What drivel”, Beatrice said with a smirk that was way too smug for someone in bondage. “Of course I considered this avenue already. Hebi-san's simply aren't that strong. If we had the crimson vampire Camilla then maybe, but all we get out of your so called hypnotizing skills is a drooling zombie. Which admittedly isn’t that far from regular Mari, but alas...”

“How dare you!”, Hebi-san hissed. “Our power is beyond your understanding, foolish flat chested human!”

Beatrice cackled. “The only thing beyond my understanding is the height of your utter stupidity, snake-brain.”

I’m finished.

Might as well fling myself at Sylphid’s feet and beg her to show mercy. Maybe if I do she wont fuck me with her biggest dildo.

“Hold on! Hold the phone! Super genius speaking!”

...Who’s that?

Oh, Hebi-san’s snake. Right. Who else is left? Uni didn’t get a turn yet.

“You humans just don't get it, do you? I bet you feel really smart because you managed to enslave us! Hah! Yeah, right! You are just a bunch of bumbling baboons! You have not the slightest inkling what...gggaaark!”

Cassandra was considerate enough to grab the snake. “Get to the point.”

“Y-yes! Fine! So, you see. Hebi and me...we ACTUALLY have TWO ways of hypnosis! One, is the regular, using Hebi-san's cute eyes and the second method that one is MOI!”

“Yes, we established that.”

Gilbert continued. “So! Hebi-san, her hypnosis does indeed work as an average trance. Sluggish, slow. But my hypnosis is different! Very different! Extremely different! You can even call it a completely different ballgame! That’s how different it is!”

“Get.to.the.point.” Cassandra squeezed.

“Yes, yes, yes! So, ever heard about a little thing called latent power? It’s the thing your body is capable but your mind refuses you to do. I am able to wake that! Just let me hypnotize you and you got it! Instant power up! Trainers hate this one weird trick!”

This sounds like a scam. Naturally everyone was skeptic.

“It's true!” Gilbert assured. “Just yesterday, when I made the sister do the ass dance...”

“Kill him”, demanded Beatrice and Sanakia readied her sword.

“Hiii! Hear me out, Sis! You weren’t hypnotized back then right?”

Beatrice grumbled annoyed. “I suppose not.” A faint flush crept up her face. “I felt...determined. As if not only had to do this stupid thing but that I wanted to.”

Gilbert grinned widely. “Yeeeeees. Yeeeeeees! Such is the power of I, the mighty Lord Gilbert!”

“So, it's just like the Obesity spell”, Sanakia surmised.

“You poor fools!”, Gilbert laughed. “This so called Obedience spell has all sorts of hampering mechanism build into it! Not me though! If I give you an order you will carry it out even if your body disintegrates by doing so. Gyahahahahaha!”

“Ok. Can we eat snake now?”, asked Aiju.

Sheesh.

I can’t believe letting the psycho snake hypnotize me is the best option.

But I’m really at the end of my rope here.