The first thing Bernadette saw when she woke up was the looks from the vulgar-looking men.
「Looks like you’ve finally woken up, Sister-chan.」
The leader came up and out from among the men.
His height was tall but since he looked weaker than the surrounding men, he was probably something like an employer.
Stretched out with both hands and feet bound, Bernadette looked up so as to glare at that man.
「……This is the worst awakening that I’ve ever had up until now.」
「Well, good for you.」
The man that showed a nasty smile put out some kind of signal with his hand.
When he did, a jangling noise sounded, Bernadette’s arms slowly raised, and she became suspended in midair.
「I can’t really say that this is a very good hobby.」
Several men started to smirk from Bernadette’s anguished expression from the rope eating into her hands and from how she tried to firmly conduct herself.
「っ……The ones that kidnapped the Centaurs and the people of this town were you people, right!?」
An unpleasant feeling like bugs crawling ran down her spine from the men’s eyes. The men’s glaring eyes didn’t see her as a single human being, but as a woman meant to be an outlet for their lust. Having experienced being exposed to those kinds of eyes many times, Bernadette felt that it would be a poor plan to keep silent and asked that to buy some time.
「That’s correct. We can make a profit from Beastmen brats after all.」
「! ……The reason you kidnapped those pure children was……for money? ……Do you people not have the thing called shame!?」
Enraged by the man’s words, Bernadette, the glint in her eyes becoming sharp, shouted as if to roar.
「Doing something like this……I’m sure you people will never be forgiven. ……No, as an agent of divine punishment, I, will not allow this!!」
The words of blame that Bernadette threw out. The men’s attitude changed from those words. The faces that expressed smirking smiles hardened, and next, anger appeared.
That was natural. Being told this by someone whose hands and feet were bound, unable to do anything, and who was in a low standpoint, probably anyone would think 「She’s getting cocky」.
The men then looked like they were going to attack her at any moment but,
「You scumbags……Don’t be getting excited.」
they kept silent from a single man’s words.
「This woman, is my guest.」
It was the man who was wearing a black robe since the beginning, the magician that defeated Bernadette.
The men that were the kidnappers all meekly obeyed this man who gave off a bloodlust that prickled the skin.
「……What’s the reason for why you abducted me?」
「Kukaka……Don’t lose your temper like that. I didn’t have any thought of anything like taking and eating you. I’m just having you take the role of bait for a bit.」
When the male magician took out a large staff that was about his height from inside his robe, he pushed that up against Bernadette’s abdomen, and slowly moved it upwards.
From her naval, pushing up her breasts, the place it finally arrived at was her head.
「It’s the first reunion after three years. It’ll be a touching reunion, don’t cha think?」
Inside the robe, the pair of eyes that were a deeper, darkish crimson than the color of blood were gazing at someone that wasn’t Bernadette.