Taeko glanced down, but her view was blocked by her own breasts.
Eiji cleared his throat and said, "That's a natural reaction for a man."
"...?"
A question mark appeared above Taeko's head. It took her a few seconds to realize what reaction Eiji was referring to.
Her face flushed.
This guy...!
He's getting an erection!
The thing poking her stomach was his penis!
"Y-You pervert! Let me go!"
"It's your fault, Taeko. You have a look that tempts men. You have to take responsibility."
Eiji said without a shred of shame.
"It's my fault, and you want me to take responsibility!? Eiji, you..." Taeko's eyes widened. The man in front of her was even more shameless than she'd thought.
However, before she could protest any further. Eiji hugged her tighter, and of course, the hard object pressing against her stomach felt all the more distinct. But putting that aside, what surprised Taeko even more was—
"Mmm!"
Eiji kissed her lips.
Her first kiss had been taken from her! The man also opened his mouth, using his tongue, and kissed her passionately.
"Mm...! Nn... Mm...!"
Muffled moans escaped Taeko's lips; she widened her eyes, and her pupils shifted slightly upward.
That expression made Eiji even more aroused, and his tongue's movements grew wilder. Don't get the wrong idea—he wasn't kissing Taeko forcefully just because he was a pervert.
[Does that mean you're a pervert too, host?]
Ignore what Miss System says.
It was to make Taeko lose her hostility toward him and increase her affection for him. He had no other choice but to use the reward he'd just received from the system.
He used the Spirit Sealing Pact!
Just like the protagonist Shido, who kissed the female spirits attacking him to tame them. He did the same thing to Taeko.
"Mmm..."
Taeko's resistance quickly weakened until it vanished; she even moved her tongue and enjoyed the kiss they were sharing.
*Clang!*
The sword in her hand fell to the ground.
Even though Eiji had let go of her hand, Taeko didn't push him away. Instead, she embraced him, her fingers clutching his clothes.
She was confused; she still remembered that Eiji was the target she was supposed to kill, but the kiss they shared made her give in to her own passion.
[Taeko +3]
[Taeko +2]
[Taeko +3]
..
..
The seed of love that had been planted in her heart since their first meeting at the mixed-gender bathhouse has now grown, making her fall even more in love with him.
She's fallen in love with Eiji!
'I'm sorry, Master, I couldn't resist!'
Taeko apologized to Babara in her heart; she had let her down by falling in love with her target.
While kissing, she also let the man squeeze her butt. Instead of feeling disgusted, she was happy and aroused.
After all this, Eiji still thinks he's not a hentai protagonist. He really wasn't one of them, okay?
[Hehehe!]
Leme laughed; she was very happy with what her king had done.
15 minutes later.
"Hah... Hah... Eiji..." Taeko was gasping for breath; she stared at the handsome face of the man in front of her with a complex expression.
She no longer wanted to kill him, but she was at a loss as to what to do next.
As he continued to hold Taeko's curvaceous body close, Eiji smiled. "Taeko, it seems you've realized you've wronged your future husband."
"F-Future husband? Eiji, please stop teasing me... I'm an assassin hired to kill you and your friends."
"I have a suggestion about that. How about I hire you, and from now on, you work for me. Of course, that means you'll also become one of my women."
Eiji didn't try to hide the fact that he had many women. Thanks to the harem halo trope, Taeko didn't think it was strange.
Even though the man in front of her still looked like a bastard.
She didn't hate him.
And his suggestion was surprising.
"This… I don't mind, but I doubt my master would agree." Taeko didn't realize that the kiss earlier had elevated Eiji to the highest place in her heart.
Eiji stroked Taeko's waist, making her moan softly. Speaking of Taeko's master, Babara, she wasn't a problem for him.
"Taeko, I'm just hiring you. Ah, and maybe your junior later on, too."
He had no plans to let Chelsea go. He admitted it—unlike the protagonists who wouldn't admit they wanted certain women and just waited for them to throw themselves at him.
"As for your master? Depending on whether she's willing to give in or not, I'll let her go. If not..."
Taeko felt that Eiji was a bad person. But as an assassin, she herself wasn't a good person. She asked nervously, "If not, what?"
"Taeko, would you kill your master for me?" Eiji asked casually.
"...!"
[Host, you're being too blunt.]
'Miss System, I'm testing how effective my new ability is. Of course, I'm still not a hentai protagonist. The protagonist of Date A Live does more or less the same thing with those female spirits.'
[...]
For some reason, her host is adamant that he isn't a hentai protagonist with the ability to brainwash women.
Still, comparing one bad thing to another doesn't make either of them any better, okay?
"I..." Taeko was hesitant at first, but when she saw Eiji's incredibly charming smile. Compared to a master, she'd rather choose the man she liked. "I'll do it."
Eiji now understood just how manipulative the protagonist, Shido, was. In his previous life, he hadn't realized that he was, to some extent, brainwashing those women. But since he always did it because he was forced by the situation, he still came across as a good protagonist.
In other words, he's a good protagonist, too!
Miss System: I doubt that.
Leme: Our king is the Harem King!
Hearing Taeko's answer, Eiji was satisfied. He stopped hugging her and simply held her shoulders with both hands.
"Your answer makes me like you even more, Taeko."
Taeko felt embarrassed, but the corners of her lips turned up even higher. Even so, what Eiji said next was beyond her expectations.
"By the way… Before we leave here, could you give me a little help down here?" Eiji glanced at the large bulge in his pants.
"Huh?" Taeko's eyes widened once again. Her cheeks flushed again, "Eiji, you want me to…"
"Yes. For now, just use your mouth. I don't mind."
You didn't even ask if I minded or not!
Not only that, but he didn't even say whether she knew what to do or not.
Taeko grumbled to herself. But love is blind; under Eiji's guidance, she knelt down and undid his belt.
A moment later.
"Slurp... Slurp..."
The most talented assassin ever trained by the Oarburgh Clan was now willingly licking a man's penis.
Taeko stroked Eiji's large penis with her hand and licked it. Her saliva was coating every inch of that thick shaft.
It's also so long that Taeko has to move her head up and down just to lick it.
Eiji held Taeko's head and stroked her dark gray hair, a look of pleasure on his handsome face.
"Taeko, put my penis in your mouth."
"Okay... Haaaa–umm!"
Like a good wife, Taeko opened her mouth wide and took Eiji's penis into her mouth.
Slowly, she pushed the shaft deep into her throat. Thanks to her excellent body control as an assassin, she didn't feel the urge to gag.
*Plop! Plop! Plop!*
The sound of flesh slapping and Taeko's muffled moans echoed through the abandoned building.
Eiji was fucking Taeko's mouth.
Taeko wore a lewd expression; she seemed to be enjoying what she was doing to him, and massaged his balls with one hand in the process.
Skillfully, she also managed to swallow the semen Eiji released into her mouth without letting any drip onto the floor.
Taeko was addicted to the strawberry-like taste of Eiji's semen. It took them more than half an hour to get out of that place.
...
Babara never expected that the cabbage she had tended for years had been tasted by Eiji.
She would surely be shocked.
But right now, she's out of town. And he was heading toward the spot where Najasho, Guy, and Green were camping.
From Chelsea, she had located them and planned to kill them with her own hands.
"Hm? Why is an old woman hiking up the mountain alone?" asked Green, who was standing not far from the tent.
From where he stood, he could see Babara walking toward them in the distance. However, he didn't suspect her identity and thought she was just an ordinary old woman.
"Maybe she wants to pick some medicinal plants?" Guy took a guess.
Only Najasho frowned and stared at Babara warily. "Everyone, get ready to fight. That old woman is no ordinary person."
Green and Guy were taken aback for a moment.
They didn't doubt what Najasho said because he wouldn't be joking.
"Hoh, you have keen eyes." Babara stopped ten meters away from the three people who had taken up their fighting stances.
She looked at Najasho with amusement.
"Are you one of the assassins hired by the Revolutionary Army?" Najasho asked hesitantly.
"You guessed right, young man. What's the matter? Are you doubting my abilities because of my appearance? Don't underestimate this old woman—she can kill you and your friends all by herself."
Babara said this not just because she was arrogant; she was truly confident in her power.
"!!!"
At that moment, Najasho, Green, and Guy could feel a thick, murderous aura erupting from the old woman in front of them.
Their bodies tensed.
In the original work, this happened as well. They couldn't defeat Babara before Gozuki came to their aid. However, Gozuki is already dead in this life.
So, who will help them?
Eiji didn't know.
Or rather, he didn't bother coming to their location to help. He was more concerned about the women in his group.
One of them.
In the corner of a roadside stall, Akame stood calmly. Her focus was on the several large skewers of grilled meat in her hand. It wasn't as delicious as Eiji's grilled meat, but she was still eating heartily.
While her mouth was busy chewing, her sharp red eyes caught the subtle movements of the market crowd. Three men in hooded robes kept watching her from a distance.
*Gulp!*
Akame swallowed her last piece of meat, wiped her lips, then stood up. Patting her full stomach, she strolled out of the stall, deliberately turning into a narrow, dark, and deserted alley between the old buildings.
As soon as her feet stepped into the quiet alley, three silhouettes darted down from the rooftops, blocking Akame's exit. Their sharp weapons glinted in the shadows.
"Young lady… You look unusual. You're one of the Empire's assassins, aren't you? Your head is worth a fortune to the Revolutionary Army." One of the assassins said.
His words sounded like a provocation to the future's strongest assassin.
Akame didn't respond to the provocation. Her expression was as flat as a board, and as cold as ice. Her hand slowly dropped, gripping the hilt of a katana that had now become her primary weapon. It wasn't the Murasame, but the Shingu: Kiriichimonji. A legendary sword with a terrifying ability—any wound it inflicts can never be healed, causing its victims to slowly bleed to death.
By the way, Shingu is an artifact created by the Emperor in a previous era. They are very similar to Teigu because they possess special abilities based on the Danger Beasts used to create them.
However, Shingu's power is inferior to that of Teigu. Even so, in the right hands—especially Akame's— One of those weapons is truly terrifying.
"Targets confirmed." Akame said softly, her voice almost like a whisper in the wind. "Eliminate them."
"!!!"
Before the assassins could even realize what was happening, Akame's body had already shot forward like a red bolt of lightning. The first assassin swung his dagger in a panic, but Akame nimbly twisted her body to dodge the attack, then countered with a precise horizontal slash.
*Slash!*
The edge of the Kiriichimonji blade sliced across the first assassin's chest. The cut was shallow, but the Shingu's ability took effect immediately. Fresh blood gushed ceaselessly from the wound, refusing to clot or close. The man immediately collapsed to the ground, crawling in a pool of his own blood while groaning in pain.
"W-What the hell is that sword?! Hurry up and kill him!" The second assassin shouted. He began to panic as he watched his comrade die within seconds.
The two remaining assassins charged at Akame simultaneously from the front and back. Akame leaped backward, planting her foot against the alley wall to slide back down at double speed. The katana in her hand danced among the shadows of the buildings on either side, leaving a trail of beautiful yet deadly silver flashes.
*Slash! Slash!*
Two clean slashes landed on the necks and arms of her two enemies. Just like the first victim, the wounds continued to gush blood profusely. In the blink of an eye, total panic swept over the remaining assassins as they realized they were going to die.
In less than a minute, the narrow alley fell silent once more. The three hired assassins now lay motionless on the ground, dead from blood loss due to the wounds inflicted by Kiriichimonji.
Akame flicked her sword to the side, wiping the remaining blood from the katana's blade with a single elegant motion, then sheathed it with a *click*.
Casually, she walked out of the alley and returned to the main street. She planned to reunite with Eiji and report that she had successfully eliminated the three targets.
He'll definitely praise her, right? And rub her head again?
"Akame, you're here."
Hearing that familiar voice, Akame was a little startled and turned her head to the side, only to see Eiji.
He wasn't alone; there was also a woman whose figure was every bit as striking as Cornelia's standing beside him.
"Eiji? And this woman is..."
Akame's red eyes fixed on Taeko.
Taeko felt a little awkward because of the things she and Eiji had done before.
"Oh, this is Taeko. From now on, she'll be joining our group. She's an assassin I hired." Eiji placed one hand on Taeko's shoulder and introduced her.
[It wasn't just for money—I also hired Taeko with my love.]
Many heroines in other worlds rolled their eyes.
"Oh… I see." Akame didn't say much.
If it were Cornelia or Tsukushi, they might ask about Taeko's loyalty.
Is she trustworthy?
And Eiji would reply, "Don't worry." Taeko's loyalty to him is beyond doubt; she has also sealed it with a Master-Servant contract.
Don't underestimate the power of love!
[...]
Miss System was speechless.
Soon, Akame told Eiji that she had successfully lured their enemies and killed them.
They were three men whose bodies now lay in an alley not far from there.
"Good job, Akame." Eiji didn't just praise the young woman with black hair and red eyes.
As if knowing what she wanted, he stroked her head again.
"Hmm…"
Akame narrowed her eyes; she really did look just like a cat at that moment. Eiji wasn't just her leader—he was also her owner.
Taeko looked at Akame with a strange expression. The woman looked to be about her age, but she was able to defeat three assassins who had originally been working with her all by herself.
She might not be any weaker than her.
Even so, in front of Eiji, she acted like a pet cat! However, there was one thing that made Taeko curious.
"Is Akame also one of Eiji's women?"
Come to think of it, she hadn't even asked how many women that man had.
A few moments later, Eiji finally joined Poney, Cornelia, and Tsukushi, who seemed to have bought quite a lot of things.
Akame was the only one who spent her money solely on buying lots of food.
Eiji also told the other women about Taeko's identity. They also got to know her. Just like in the original work, if it weren't for the fact that they were enemies, Cornelia and Taeko would have easily become close.
"Taeko, since Eiji trusts you, I'll trust you too. From now on, let's be friends."
"Mhm, thank you, Cornelia. Let's be friends."
Taeko was pleased with the friendly attitude Cornelia showed toward her. She didn't know what Akame might be thinking; even though Poney and Tsukushi were also friendly, they didn't make her feel as happy as Cornelia did.
The corners of Eiji's mouth curled up even higher. He could imagine Cornelia and Taeko sleeping with him.
"Ahem!" He almost laughed and pretended to cough before saying, "To prove her loyalty to me, Taeko has also told me what one of her juniors and her master are planning. We have to go to Najasho and the others' location right away. They might be in trouble."
On the surface, Eiji pretended to care about the safety of Najasho and the two other young men in their group.
However, he deliberately stalled before using his teleportation ability to move them all to a certain mountain.