These girls will be the dead of me

“Your performance was most admirable, Master Beta!”, Maria gushed as she handed me a fresh pair of normal looking pants. “Our preliminary readings show that you have pulled ahead in the popularity poll and overtaken even Minerva!”

“Great”, I replied grumpily and busied myself with getting dressed. I didn’t even mind that Maria was watching, she has seen every single inch of my body this morning anyways.

“After the surprise reveal of our new line of Amber Princess related merchandise, the Rasheul **** Tournament shares are currently trading at a 5,25% increase since market open. You have added over 50 Million Gold coins in valuation!”

“Will I see any of that money?” Maria’s face said it all. I sighed. “You know, I would have really appreciated it if you didn’t let the girls strip me.”

Predictably Maria smiled apologetically at that. “My apologies, Master Beta. But your slaves were very worried about you. Refusing their consideration would have felt very cruel.”

I’m sure that was exactly their intention. These blasted girls. I should dress them all up in that stupid princess dress! At least Beatrice was considerate enough to punish herself for me. I ordered her to keep the bondage on for the rest of the day and kicked her out of the room before I did something I would regret. After that it still took one lengthy shower before I could safely say that the emotional multiplier nonsense had lost its effect.

...

Look, I get it. The girls where worried about me. I just wish they were capable of showing that in a non psychopathic way.

“Where are the girls now?”

“I believe they are currently in the process of taking a bath in the hot springs. Would you like to watch them?” She gestured towards the magic vision.

Good to know there were cameras in there. And no, I’m not going to spy on them!

“With this we are good, right?”, I decided to ask Maria instead. “I will be able to drop out of the tournament without issue?”

Maria smiled. “Of course, Master Beta. As long as you participate in the match tomorrow you will have fulfilled your contractual obligations. Incidentally, your semi final match will take place at ten in the morning. You will face off against the Lady Sylphid.”

Right. I screwed up and didn’t get Valkyrie. It’s nice that I got the tournament officials off my back but this situation was certainly not ideal. I will just have to talk with Sylphid and convince her to not turn me into a ****. Yeah, that sure is easier said then done but for now I told Maria to set up a meeting with Sylphid and send the maid on her way.

A glance to the clock revealed that it was just shortly before lunch. Good. Plenty of time left. Should I show the girls that I am ok? I wasn’t exactly looking forward to facing them after they all saw me in that ridiculous outfit, but it’s not like I can just hide in here forever.

Taking another deep breath I stepped outside only to be greeted by my seven girls.

...

Buah!

I suppose I should have lead with the fact that every single one of them was butt naked!

Before I could even comment on the mass of nudity in front of me, the girls dropped to their hands and knees and lowered their heads.

“We are sorry!”x5

“Hmpf, perhaps we made a slight miscalculation”

“Uni!”

W-what?

“Just listen: We got ya, ya got trough some pretty embarrassing stuff today and we should have supported ya more. We all care about ya, even if some of us have more trouble showing it then others.” Fisti looked up on me with a slight blush on her face.

“I am extremely repentant and apologize for my actions”, Cassandra stated in a monotone and very insincere tone.

“Shouldn't have looked at dick, sorry.” Aiju's ears dropped even further.

“Please take my sword and cleave it straight trough my chest, for I have failed you, my Lord!” The way Sanakia trembled made it clear that there are some other feelings then shame at play here.

“W-W-We…” That was not the case with Hebi-san who was trembling in shame and sheer humiliation. Uni was gently cuddling against her.

As for Beatrice, the girl was the only one who wore something, as in that weird rope that bound her. She simply kept her head silently down to the ground in a pose of utter submission.

…

Oh wow.

I probably shouldn't be, but I was genuinely moved by this gesture. Even if it was simply a ploy to escape punishment, they still all got to the trouble of humbling themselves in front of me to such a degree.

“Girls...” I started. “You really...”

“And to show you just how repentant we are!” Beatrice lifted her head and looked at me with a very big grin. “You get to humiliate the crap out of one of us!”

Of course.

It couldn't just be a sincere gesture. That would have been too normal.

I took a deep breath as I massaged the bridge of my nose. “Aren’t you humiliated enough for today?” That rope bound her in a really lewd way. Why was I having the sneaking suspicion that Beatrice was the one who came up with the naked apology idea?

“We get it! You are an expert at making a fool out of yourself but you suck at humiliating others.” Beatrice let out a long sigh. “How pitiful.”

Don’t speak so haughty with your tiny tits shamelessly exposed.

“That's why I designed a buddy system. You choose which of us you want to see humiliated and that girl will get bullied by another girl. You can just sit back, relax and enjoy the show. I call this Operation Absolute Perfection.”

Absolute insanity more like.

“W-We will not accept no for an answer. S-Should you choose us, we will show you the full d-dignity of y-y-your...Q-Q-Q-Queeeeeeeeeeee…..!”

I quickly lifted Hebi-san up to her feet before her brain short circuited.

“Yeah, this is probably a bit much for the snakegirl”, Cassandra smirked amused. “Feel free to choose me instead. I know absolutely no shame.” She demonstratively spread her lower lips in front of me.

Looks like the girls have decided how I get to spend my free day.

Again.

“As delightful as that offer sounds”, I started. “You might recall that I will have to talk with Sylphid today? Like, kinda urgently?”

“That will not be an issue.” Maria, who was neither naked nor kneeling politely joined us. “Lady Sylphid inquired about your state of health and would be pleased to meet you in the fighters dorm training hall at seven this evening. I took the liberty to accept.”

Oh? There again?

My maid nodded. “She also wished to collect her dues for her services rendered. Her exact words were: This is gonna be sooooo awesome! Eeeeeeeeeeeeek! Make sure Handsome is properly recovered by then, hot maid!”

WELL, AIN’T THAT SWELL?

See?”, Beatrice gave me a cocky grin. “You have plenty of time until then.”

I groaned. “Time that would be better spend devising a way on how to convince Sylphid.”

“Nah, Daddy, the witch brat is right for once.” Cassandra coolly regarded me and then elaborated. “Remember how I convinced Sylphid to back down when that stuff with Ojou happened?”

“Ya barely did anything”, Fist grumbled.

The Huntress ignored that. “I didn’t do that by coming up with some grand master plan. Try that and Sylphid’s gonna eat you alive.”

“What do you suggest?” Would be nice if there was an easy way to handle Sylphid, but I severely doubt that.

“Improvise.”

“Improvise”, I repeated blankly. “That’s your advice?”

Cassandra shrugged. “We have no idea what she will demand from you. Not much we can do without that information, no?”

Right. There was that as well.

“Sylphid wants to be entertained. So, entertain here. You are at your best when you make snap decisions, Daddy.”

While Cassandra was explaining this absolute lunacy, Beatrice happily nodded along. “Which means it is of the utmost importance to have you calm and relaxed. Should you show up by Sylphid all nervous and stuttering, well, as Cass so nicely put it...”

“will eat Mari”, Aiju finished.

So the plan this time around is to have no plan. I draw another deep breath. Did the girls actually have a point here?

Well.

It was true that I was utterly humiliated today and I couldn’t deny that it would feel very cathartic to see one of the girls have to go through something similar. And it doesn’t look like I had anything better to do.

Depending on who I pick it might even be fun.

And it was certainly also true that I had no idea how to even begin to convince Sylphid. Maybe I will get some inspiration on how to do this during...this.

“Fine”, I stated. “I play along.”

(Authors note: This second Free Day event will build upon the first that happened on Day 5. So, if you choose Beatrice here, the story will assume you picked Beatrice the first time around, etc. It is as such recommended that you read that specific date first before continuing with Hebi-san being the obvious exception.)