Master, you have a visitor.

　The living room of the mansion, I didn't feel like relaxing and was wondering if I could somehow get past the Erika-Kaori coalition, when the maid came in.

'A guest?　I'm in the middle of a situation where I can't keep my hands off--
We have someone here who was here the other day.
It's time to move on, yeah. Send him in.
I'm sorry, sir.

　The maid bowed reverently and walked out of the living room.

　Watch out, you almost made things worse.
　The companion of the one who came the other day - probably Erica's maid of honor, Eleni.
　If you don't see Eleni from the other side at this moment in time, the situation will definitely get worse.

　That's already as obvious as drinking a Coke would make you burp.

　However, what does this "it's so commonplace that you'll burp if you drink Coke" mean?
　First of all, what is Coke?　I've taken it for granted since I was a kid because it exists as an idiom, but I've never seen a drink called Coke, ever.

　Hmmm, I guess.
　It's similar to the word for things like Dorayaki and mayonnaise that were found in the ruins before.
　It could be a drink made in the old days.

　While I was wondering about the idiom, our maid showed me into the living room.

'Hello here,'

　It was Erica's handmaiden, Eleni, after all.
　It's a bit comforting to see her looking more frightened than ever with her little animal chick.

''Well, are you the only one who came?''
'Ha, yes. I have a letter for you, Miss Erica.
'Erica's letter?　Why?　What's wrong with him?
Yes, I'm going to recite Erica's words.

　Eleni said, standing tall with her bishops and aligning her heels now, "Salute! I felt like I was about to do a
　And -.

'I really want to beat my darling and get my darling, so until then, I'm going to cut my darling off - so...'
Oh, well...

　I don't know if that "darling refusal" really means anything, but it showed me how serious Erica is about it.
　It's not just Erica who turns down the things she holds most dear before doing anything, but normal people do it too.
　Some say it's only as effective as a wish list, while others say it's extremely effective.

　The fact that Erika came to it was................................a little, no, not quite good.

''........maybe Kaori too?''
'Ha, yes!　The Demon King also said he's going to 'cut off my nephew energy' until he wins.
I've never heard of that energy before.
Hi!

　I mean, it's pretty bad, very bad.
　Even Kaori is going to "cut me off"?

　Kaori is pretty much living in the groove.
　That's the type of person for whom this kind of "abstinence" system definitely works.

　In fact, Kaori's "nephew energy abstinence" felt so bad that I felt like I might as well go see Kaori right now.

'Oh, um.'
Yeah.
Here, take this.

　Eleni held out the letter to me, looking more and more frightened as she said this.

'Oh, bad, bad,'

　I apologized to Eleni.
　The moment I lunged at Kaori's "nephew energy cut off" she screamed and got smaller.
　She's a little animal chick to begin with, and she tends to be frightened, so it's not really a good idea to scare her out loud.

　I - not very funny - made a smile and got the letter.
　I cut the seal, which is made with the markings of the Kalamba Kingdom, open it and take it out inside.

　Inside was a document recommending surrender.

　The official terminology, the official typeface, the official signature that I had done a while back.

　A formal document with those things in it.

　If you surrender, we won't do you wrong, but if you resist, we won't condone it.
　This was spelled out in the old-fashioned style of writing.

　Erica is seriously trying to get here - or maybe she's trying to get at me.

　I sighed and put the letter back in the envelope.

'Thanks, I read it. Um, for Erica - I mean, what's going on?

　I was about to ask for a message in reply when I noticed that Eleni was extremely surprised.

　Her eyes widened more than twice their normal size and her mouth opened wide and popped open.

'What's the matter,'
Why isn't it working?
It doesn't work - wait a minute, did you put something in this thing?

　The envelope I was holding normally, a moment later, I replaced it with my thumb and forefinger to pick it up.

It's the curse of the. I asked the immortal saint of the Holy Church to put a curse on me.
'You're scary, boy!　And that's why you were so scared earlier!

　It wasn't because I shouted out, but because he was going to curse me - a fright that came from an assassin's tension, so to speak!

　I looked at the envelope.
　Indeed, there was a faint magical curse-like thing left behind.
　I didn't notice it, but it's a permanent curse.

I didn't notice it because I usually resist...
Ehhh....
I mean, what kind of curse was that?
It's a curse that will stop you from getting f*cked by a woman for the rest of your life.
Oh, my God!　Come straight to life, please, for God's sake!

　It's a curse that would be better to die.

But if you die, you're invincible. Yes, I will live forever in Erica.
Oh, yes.

　He gave me a very convincing reason.
　I mean, he's cool enough to know that.

　I looked at Eleni.
　I didn't just stare at her, I looked at her as if she were a person.

　So far, I've always thought of her as Erica's handmaiden - a pet that she kept.
　She was always terrified, and she was always following Erica's orders.
　Even when we first met, he was trying to blow himself up on Erica's orders.

　So I thought she was just going to follow Erika's orders but I guess I was wrong.

　At least now Erica wouldn't give her this kind of order.

'Why did you do this - Erica's orders?

　I thought for a moment and dared to ask in a way that would make Eleni angry.

'No, I'm not!'

　Sure enough, she denied it strongly.
　It's the strongest denial I've ever heard, a denial so strong that it reveals a full-body anger.

''If it was Erica-sama, I'd make you push me down when I came to deliver the letter.
What?
'Heroes love color, and Erica-sama likes it that way!
Oh ... right?

　For the second time today, I'm convinced.
　The reason I got to know Erika in the first place was because of her harem.

　She's going to offer up her entire harem to me, so I'm pretty sure she likes that type of thing.

"Wow, that's just my opinion.

　After the arguments relating to Erica were finished, Eleni returned to her original, perhaps frightened, tone of voice.

'Oh, you don't deserve Erica-sama. If you're no good as a man, Erica-sama will naturally grow cold. So I thought........
I see.

　Well, considering what's going on with Erika right now, that curse it's not the best, but it's a fairly effective move.
　It depends on how the curse is applied, but a curse on a male functioning takes a long time to discover, and it takes a long time to get rid of it.

　In the meantime, I guess waiting for Erica to loosely cool down - that was the picture Eleni had drawn.

I get it.
-Oh!

　Eleni freaked out, squeezed her eyes shut, and shrugged a little.

　It's a natural reaction.
　It's not life-threatening, but this is essentially the same as an assassination.

　The treatment of a failed assassin is a fixed price.
　Eleni knows this and is cringing.

''Like I said before, you need to take better care of yourself.
What?
That's what you're doing now, isn't it?　I'm doing this because I'm prepared to die for it.
It's...
'You're a smart, good woman and you should stop this kind of outburst and take care of yourself. It's too wasteful.
-Oh!

　Boom!

Huh?　What was that sound?

　I heard a strange sound.
　It was a sound that sounded very ominous (...).

　Suddenly, Eleni's expression caught my eye.

".........
Why are you blushing?

　I asked timidly.

"Oh, no, I'm not blushing, you're not blushing!
All right, all right, all right. Just calm down.
No.

　Saying it as if it were a throwaway line, Eleni ran away like a de-rabbit.

　I was taken aback by her unexpected agility, and I was left in a state of dismay and left her in a daze.

　In the living room after she was gone, I.

'Well, well. I'm not blushing, and there's no point in that, right?'

　And I tried to forget about what I just saw.

'Mmmm ... I saw it, Hermes.
Wow!　Hey, sis, how long have you been there?

　Before I knew it, my sister appeared, looking at me with a grin on her face.
　I figured out what she was going to say.

'Wait, wait, wait, sis, that thing--'
He likes you, doesn't he?
Guffaw!

　I felt like I could really be the one to put it into words.
　So I was forced to look away, even though I was forced to look away - and my sister made it clear to me that I was going to have to put it into words.

　I crumpled to the ground, crestfallen.