Though I say this, my religious sect was only recently created so we don't have a precedent on what to do during times like this. What kind of punishment is given in your village during times like this?"
"I-, if you do anything weird to us, Tou-chan and Jii-chan won't stay quiet, nya. Even in the Great Forest we're two of the best warriors after all, nya! Ah…"
It seems that Rinia has recalled it. That Gyes and Gustav are my acquaintances. Then I remember. The Great Forest's 『Punishment』.
"Gyes-san? Ahh, I've remembered. I was given false charges by him. I was said to have done something indecent to Holy Beast-sama, and was stripped naked, had cold water splashed all over me, and spent a week in jail. I see, so shall we do something like that for you two as well?"
By the way, I'm not in the least resentful about that incident. However, that's how these girls seemed to have interpreted it. The two of them are speechless and have become horribly pale. As expected, to that race, that punishment amounted to a terrible torture.
"N-, no, I'll do whatever you want so just spare me from that nya."
"You can do like whatever you want to Rinia's body so please have mercy on just me nano!"
"Right nya, you can do whatever you want to me s-… Uehhh!?"
Even when the two of them are begging they're doing a manzai routine. They sure aren't reflecting enough. Especially the dog.
"Your Dorudia tribe was really cruel when this happened to your esteemed Holy Beast-sama, you know? Whenever something happened they'd suspect me and pile false charges on me. Compared to that, your crimes are the truth, through and through."
"I'm begging you, please forgive me… I didn't know it was such an important doll…!"
"Indeed, that does seem to be the case."
"I like won't do it a second time…"
What 'second time'? Like you'd be able to do it a second time. Things that are broken will never come back, you know. Do these guys understand how it feels for a person to have their precious things broken in front of them? Even now I remember that moment. When my younger brother destroyed my laptop with a bat. I don't have any intention of getting angry about that all over again though. All I remember is the despair and emotions I felt at the time. They're emotions I had when my only emotional support was broken into pieces!
"I'll apologise nya, I'll even show you my belly nya…"
"That's right, though it's embarassing I'll like bear with it too nano."
Show her belly? Ahh, it's the Beast Race's dogeza that Gyes did, huh? Even if I see that kind of insincere dogeza, I won't be able to calm down.
"If you want to be forgiven then fix this doll!"
R O X Y, R O X Y!
"Right, even Shishou can't mend it!"
Zanoba condemns the two of them.
But Zanoba, it's not like I can't fix it you know. You've got all the parts here, and the most important part, the cane is untouched. I've gotten more skilled at this than I was when I made this. Without any marks, beautifully…
Mn?
That's right. I can fix it. I can fix it, huh! It's not like it'll never come back.
They've apologised too. The two of them are repenting. I feel like it's fine even if I forgive them. Or more like, this is a crime, isn't it? If this comes to light, on the contrary we'll be the one in trouble, huh. For example if this scene was seen by a certain spear-wielding baldy…
No! That's not the problem! The problem is that these two easily broke what someone else held precious! But if I let them off easy here, they'll definitely do this again! I have to carve reflection into their bodies! In the name of the Roxy Faith!
Speaking of which, since I've calmed down a bit, I'm reminded of some rather more esoteric punishments.
"Zanoba, do you have any ideas?"
"Let's have them suffer what the doll did."
Zanoba's eyes were extremely ruthless. It seems that he's still angry. It's natural; it happened before his eyes after all.
If I said 'shall we?' he probably would leave them in the same state as the Roxy doll. They'd be broken into little pieces by his hands. He'd do it. This man would do it. The Neck-Ripping Prince is in good health.
"No, Zanoba. Killing them is probably going too far. I don't like killing people."
"In that case let's sell them to a slave merchant. Though it's forbidden to sell those of the Dorudia clan, if I remember correctly there's an Asura noble family that finds the Beast Race irresistible. The daughters of the Dorudia clan's chiefs… If they could make someone like that into a slave, even if it was breaking the law they'd buy them."
Zanoba was wild-eyed. Having said that, selling them as slaves is also probably going too far. It might end up as a war with the Beast Race.
"That Asura family is currently on the verge of being wiped out, so it'd probably be difficult."
I wonder what's happened with the Boreas family. Not a lot of information reaches up here in the north. Just that it's in quite a severe condition and it might only be a matter of time before the family is wiped out.
"Listen up, Zanoba. Even if they're like this, they're princesses. If we don't use a method that doesn't cause too many problems, this matter will come back to bite us."
"As expected of Shishou; even when blood is rushing through your head, to still be thinking about how to protect yourself is…"
"Be silent."
Mmmmn. What should I do? At this rate I won't be able to feel better. It might be good to just continue looking at this lovely sight. Though this isn't really my hobby, these two are counted as bishoujo as well.
No, no, in the first place this might have become a problem the moment we kidnapped them. It'd be better not to hold them captive for too long a time.
These two seem to be reflecting as well. I can fix the doll. I'd really like to get this over with on the spot, but…
Mmmn.