Chapter 1
Prologue
My alarm began to ring.
Without getting up, I fumbled around near my pillow to turn it off.
My eyelids were heavy from yesterday's late-night gaming session. I lay there, lost in thought.
I felt something on my stomach. It was a soft, warm weight.
Huh? What? I opened my eyes.
Good morning, Lord Kyohei.
Straddling me was a slave elf, clad in lingerie adorned with frilly lace.
This was Ino. It was a long story, but she was originally a non-player character, or NPC, from my game.
As a slave, she also wore a collar meant for restraint.
As an elf, her long, pointed ears peeked out from her silky, golden hair.
Her age was a mystery. When asked, she would only evade the question.
Elves are a long-lived species. Our sense of age differs from humans.
Visually, she appeared to be in her mid-twenties, essentially an adult woman. I was still a growing high schooler, so she was also noticeably taller than me.
And this morning, I woke up to her straddling me.
Lord Kyohei—that's me, Kyohei Nezu—froze up.
What are you doing?
Ino sadly lowered her ears and responded with a disheartened look.
Ino is such a poor slave.
Her downcast expression was fragile. It made a man want to protect her.
I have always been mindful to be ready for whatever my lord desires, even wearing my finest lingerie every day.
The sensation of her butt and thighs rubbing against me, along with the swaying of her breasts accompanied by the dangling chain from her collar, well, she claimed all of her belonged to me. It drove me absolutely wild, but . . .
Despite this, my lord does not desire me!
Yeah, I guess not.
I nodded with a dispassionate gaze at her painful lament. Despite her daily advances, I kept our relationship from crossing that line.
Boys at my lord's age are lustful creatures. Anything from a girl's underwear to the smooth surface of a wooden desk can set them off!
Could you not talk about people as if they're sex-crazed beasts? You owe an apology to me and every other guy my age!
Right now, inside your loins, an overwhelming sexual desire must be stirring furiously. It must be so hard for my lord. Yet he still will not embrace me. Am I less than a piece of wood?
I've never had this much trouble with a piece of wood, so in that sense, you kind of are.
Oh, I knew it! I am indeed a bad slave. But the other day, I finally realized something.
What?
No matter how poor a slave I am, whenever my lord wakes up, he is always ready for battle.
Ino cast a sultry glance toward the vicinity of my groin.
Now I can service you regardless of your will! Using the secret techniques passed down from the elf village, I shall unleash that pent-up sexual desire like a cataclysmic eruption! Let me begin!
I told you, it's not like that! And your forcefulness is terrifying! There's no way I’m letting you do that!
I pushed her away and got up as she tried to pull off my blanket.
She rolled off the bed.
Oh, my.
These exchanges left me exhausted every single time.
When Ino was quiet, she was really beautiful, sexy, sophisticated, obedient, hardworking, just the best. But she was so out of touch with the world. She was so opinionated, pushy, reckless, and stupid that all her good points were overshadowed. So I didn't feel the desire to cross that line. Or rather, I wouldn't.
Oh, crap. I’m gonna be late for school.
I didn't have time for this. I needed to get ready.
As I was about to leave my room, Ino hurriedly changed into her slave outfit.
Oh, rest assured, my lord. I have already devised a plan.
What is it?
If your school were gone, you wouldn’t need to worry about time.
Despite her living out of the game world for a while, she and I still had conversations that didn't quite mesh. "If my school was gone." Yeah, right.
Feeling slightly uneasy, I washed my face and brushed my teeth.
I turned on the TV to check the news and what I saw made me freeze and drop the toothbrush from my mouth.
It was an aerial shot from a helicopter; apparently a live broadcast. An intense report from a female reporter was in progress.
Originally, this place was Kawagoe West High School, but you're not going to believe this! The entire school building has been swallowed up by a strange plant!
It was a very strange plant indeed.
It covered the school building like ivy over a house, with each vine as thick as a tug-of-war rope and writhing like a snake. It even had mouths like Venus flytraps, snapping open and closed like hungry hatchlings.
It looked exactly like a monster straight out of a game. In fact, I recognized this monster. It was a venomous plant known as a man-eating tree
And I just so happened to know someone capable of summoning in-game monsters into the real world.
Hey, just asking, but did you do this?
Yes. Last night, I planted a man-eating tree sapling.
Far from showing any remorse, she had a smug look on her face.
Several students and teachers who approached out of curiosity have reportedly been eaten, causing a stir at the scene. It might be a new species of carnivorous plant!
Nooooo, there are victims? What have you done?
Yes. They will be noble sacrifices to promote the growth of the man-eating tree. These nameless background characters have served a greater purpose for my lord. They must be crying tears of joy while they soak in digestive fluids.
Oh, they're definitely crying, alright! I told you to stop treating real people like background characters! And what do you mean they served their purpose for me? What are you even talking about?
What is my lord so worried about? Was he not grumbling last night while playing his game about not wanting to go to school tomorrow? In fact, he said, and forgive my insolence for quoting him directly, "I kinda wish it'd just go away."
Her words made me think back for a moment.
It was true that I made a few thoughtless remarks last night.
It is my duty as my lord's slave to arrange his life so that he may live according to his wishes. Any place he dislikes, any person he does not want to meet, I will eliminate them all to repay my debt.
I can't take this anymore.
I collapsed to my knees.
She misunderstood everything at a fundamental level, and this so-called debt she wanted to repay was never once to my benefit. Instead, it only led to trouble.
This isn't what I imagined. The slave elf Ino I pictured wasn't like this.
What? Is that so? Then, I request my lord tell me his ideal at once! This lowly slave can become any woman her lord desires!
Oh, yeah? Then I wish you were two-dimensional. I want you to go back inside the game.