I'd like to leave it alone if I could, but that's not going to happen.
　I was going down the stairs to the basement in the Knight's Barracks. This is a facility that didn't exist initially and was added later. After descending the spiral staircase, there was a thick door at the front of the passageway, and in the small room next to it were two knights on duty.
　One was working on some paperwork at his desk and the other was doing push-ups behind him.
　If I thought I saw that face somewhere, it was two of the four subhumans I saw at the Survival Initiation Test.
　The young man writing the paperwork is a young man from Wardog, and the woman doing the push-ups is a lioness. Their names were Dingo and Ashley, as I recall.

'Huh, this is Your Majesty!
What, Your Majesty?
Oh, come on. Just let it go.

　A young man with a dog's head stood up and a lion-eared beastly woman with lion ears who had been doing push-ups fell to the ground in surprise.
　He made her stop trying to get a salute and pointed to the door of the next dungeon.

'I'll go in, but may I?'
'Ha!　Here's the key!

　Dingo hands me a large key that was hanging on the wall. He thanks them both and uses the key to open the thick iron door.
　Beyond the door was a dungeon. There was an arch-shaped depth on either side of the passage, and in front of it was, of course, a sturdy iron grate fitted in front of it. The top of the iron grate is covered with imprinted magic, and there are wards as strong as my prisons.
　In one of its secluded dungeons, "She" was lying down.
　Inside the dungeon was a bed made of stone with a tatami mat on top and a futon laid on top of it. On a hollow shelf next to the bed, a cup containing magic stones that served as a candle was placed, glowing in the water that had been poured into it. Next to it is a folded pair of glasses.
　At the back is a shower room and a toilet, shielded by a curtain. It's a luxurious prison. That makes it almost impossible to escape, though. The magical defensive wall makes it impossible for you to escape even if you cut through the bars or dig through the stone walls.
　And in the corner of the room was a purple golem trapped in an icicle. My [Eternal Coffin] won't melt unless I release it.

''Hey, are you sleeping?''
"Hmmm........I'm not asleep.......that voice!　To-ya!

　With a gulp, Luna flips off the blanket and raises her upper body. Her hair is mussed, but her blood color looks good.

'You're in good spirits for someone who's been bumped in for a few days.
Buuuuut. You're so mean to me, Toyan, locking me in here!
You say this place, but it's not exactly a three-course meal, decent shower and toilet, is it?

　You don't want your toilet to be a pot or something. I thought you were enjoying the luxury of prison life in comparison. But there's nothing in it for you.
　Oh well. Anyway, I'll cut to the chase.

"Now, you're responsible for the attack on the castle and the attempted assassination of the royal family...
'We attacked, but royalty... oh, you mean we tried to kill Toyan?

　Luna puts on her glasses that were on the shelf while Kyoton is still wearing them.

''It's not just me, but also Morobane Sis and Karina Sis. Just in case you're my relative, you're royalty and.......
It!　Those messy, strong sisters, Toyan's sisters!

　Luna leaps up, and wham!　I took an involuntary step back as he grabbed the bars and came at me.

I'm sure you'll be able to find it. The other one is my cousin's sister.
That's great!　They didn't hit me at all, and Viola got hit in no time at all!　Those sisters would easily kill me!

　Luna wiggles her body with glittering eyes and crossed fingers. Her breathing is ragged. A pervert. Yeah, he was a pervert.

"Well I've always wanted to ask you, do you want to die?
'I guess so. I'd like to die if I could. I don't know. I used to not want to die like that, but it's weird. I was told by Nia-ching before that the more she uses Viola's power, the more it breaks her, and then Viola will kill me. And then Viola will kill me.

　This guy ... did he understand that he was being poisoned by the mind?
　And on top of that, this guy did such a messed up thing, hoping that Viola would kill him someday, while Viola's curse was eating away at his spirit?

It's mostly Touyan's fault. I thought Toyan was capable of killing me, but he's such a louse. You lazy bastard.
No unprovoked slurs, please.
Dying is very scary, isn't it? That happened to me many, many times. Every time I did that, a lot of things would slip out of my head, and before I knew it, the feeling was higher than the fear. I was cut and cut, stabbed and stabbed back. It felt good to be in pain. It makes me feel like I'm alive.

　Hurt is the only thing that makes you feel alive. And each time you do, your mind collapses and you get closer to death. There is no redemption at all. Crom Ranches, who created the Crown, gave Golem unparalleled power with the Master's 'price'.
　In a sense, it's a contract with the devil. To gain power, something important is taken away from you. In Lunar's case, it could be said to be the price of life, but even if the body continues to live, it's meaningless if the spirit dies.
　Moreover, it's coming with an automatic ability. Even if Luna doesn't want to use her crown ability, if Luna is injured and her body is damaged, Viola's crown ability will regenerate her and take away the cost of her life without mercy. The master doesn't have the authority to use it. This is almost a fraud.

''So, I guess I'd be happy if Toyan would kill me. Oh, but do you want to kill more with that sister?　Hmmm, I'm torn.
I don't think so. I'm not going to kill you at the moment.

　I heard from Bastet and the others, and it sounds like they protected the Holy Tree for a change. But that doesn't mean I can't pretend the crime didn't happen. You will receive a certain amount of punishment.

''Eh?　You've come this far?　That's why I'm a child.
You shut up for a second.

　This guy doesn't know anything about delicacy!
　
　Normally, it would be the destruction of the golems, but Viola is a golem with 'super regeneration'. It's difficult to do that. Using my divine power, it might not be impossible, but........

"You, if I said I would make Viola disappear completely, would you accept that?　That way you won't go crazy anymore, okay?
Viola?　Well, I don't like it. You know, Viola's not a bad girl. She's nice to me. She used to bring me food when she was hungry, and she used to carry me around when I needed to sleep. I don't think Viola wanted to be born that way, either. All the people at fault are the ones who made her that way.

　Don't worry. That guy is in a world 5,000 years ago, and the White Crown Albus' outburst has robbed him of all the memories he's cultivated over the years as 'compensation'. After all this time, it seems as if he's getting his comeuppance.
　If destroying Viola isn't good enough, then it's another move.
　I'm going to transfer to the dungeons using 【teleportation】 that uses divine power. Normally this is a defensive wall that also plays transference magic, but I can't get through. It's become substandard in many ways. Well, is that from before?

''Ugh!

　Ignoring Luna, who is surprised by my sudden appearance in the prison, I approach Viola's trapped ice pillar in the corner.
　When I released half of the [Eternal Coffin], the ice melted away in a flash, revealing Viola with only her shoulders and top exposed.

''Gi.''

　Viola is trying to get out of the ice, but if she can't move her arms and legs, she won't be able to do anything about it.

'Viola. I'm going to take the 'crown' away from you. No hard feelings, okay?　They say you have the power to create misery.

　I grab Viola's head and analyze it with [Analyze]. I don't understand the details of the mechanism, but the flow of power is something I can understand. And the magic power path, the path that leads to Luna. This power can be said to be Viola itself, so it can't be erased. And if it is.

[Cracking]

　Non-attribute revision magic [Cracking]. Originally, it's a magic that revises the effects of artifacts.
　However, it's not possible to change a magic staff that produces fireballs to produce lightning. However, it's easy to make the fireball 'smaller' or make it 'not come out'.
　All I did was interfere with Viola's crown ability, freeze that ability, and put together a slightly different system.

'Now Viola isn't a 'crown' anymore. It's just a high performing golem.
Oh no...
You're kidding. Here, stab me with this.

　I take out a needle from 【Storage】 and hand it to Luna. Luna grabbed that needle with her trembling hands, and she took off her glasses without hesitation and put the tip of the needle into her eyeball──.

''Ta-tah!　Look out!　Where are you trying to stab me, you idiot!
'What?　The eyes?
Finger!

　It's horrible. I'm scared, so I take the needle back and I stab a little bit into that white fingertip. Immediately, a red ball of blood appears on Luna's fingertip. I wipe it off with my finger, but when I put some effort into it, the blood seeps out again. The wound has not healed.

''It's not healing........ Really?''
'Ask Viola to 'get well'. That'll cure you.'
'What?　Well, Viola, can you fix this?
"Gi

　Magic power flows from Viola to Luna through the magic power pathway 《path》. The crown ability 'Super Rebirth' can't be used, but the golem skills originally possessed by the golems of the ancient plane 《Legacy》 can be used. In other words, a mere 'regeneration' with a reduced rank.
　Even a small wound pricked by a needle would be easily healed.

''What does this mean...?''
'Viola can heal your wounds, which means you're now a normal golem. She can't heal a fatal wound, though.

　He could heal a simple wound, but I don't think he could heal a wound that would kill him instantly. If they put a hole in my stomach, this time Luna will die.

'And you will be punished as well. [Bind, O Darkness, punish this man, Guilty Carth]

　We can't let her go scot-free against Luna, either. The 'curse' to inflict that punishment was now placed on her.

Now you will no longer derive pleasure from pain.
What?
"In return ... 'Thank you, Luna, for protecting the Holy Tree from the mutants.'
'Phew!　What!　What was that?　I'm creeped out!

　Luna shakes her body with a bruise, her face flushed, and she holds herself in her arms. Hmmm........this might be weird enough.......

'You derive pleasure from words and feelings of gratitude from others. That's your punishment.

　In a sense, you could say I've returned to normal, or you could say I've made things abnormal. The kind of pleasure one gets is different for each person, and there are things in there that others can't measure.
　What we feel pleasure in is different for each person, but this is a curse that forces us to feel gratitude from others.
　Normally, we are happy when we are appreciated by others. The desire for approval is fulfilled, and it makes us feel that others need us and that we are recognized.
　Luna got such pleasure from this kind of pleasure.

'Hey, hey, Toyan!　Again!　Say 'thank you' one more time!
Great. "Thank you.
........Huh?
'It's not good enough to be thankful without feeling it.
'Well....'

　He left Luna frowning and released Viola's restraints.

'I don't know how to get people to thank me. Who am I supposed to kill?
Why the hell are we going in that direction?　Why don't you just help and assist someone in need like you normally would!

　No. I don't want things to go in a weird direction. It would be pointless if I were to become an assassin and kill people all over the place just to get the client's thanks.
　Let's curse him so that he can't kill additional people. That's not the case when it's self-defense, though.
　This guy hasn't had many people thank him for it, so he can't even come up with simple things to do. I guess I need to give him a quick heads up.
　I took Luna and Viola and transitioned with [Gate] to the school in Brunhild.
　The children in the school grounds notice us.

''Ah, Heka!''
It's true. Heh.

　Yay!　And everyone comes running up to me. The kids are curious about the purple golems they've never seen before.

'Hey, to-ya!　Where is it, here!
It's a new school in our country. Today is the day we're going to build the flowerbeds.

　From the back school building, Sakura's mother, Fiana, the principal here, and her escort, Ket-Si's Nyantalo, appeared.

'Nyanya?　The King's Meow.
Oh, Your Majesty?　What's going on?

　Quickly, they both come towards us. They had what looked like military gloves and a small shovel in their hands. It looks like they are going to make a flower bed now.

''I brought one of my helpers with me. I've brought my companion, Golem, with me.
'Oh dear, that was all the way. Thank you.
Huh!

　Luna trembles at Fiana's casual words of thanks and clings to me.

'What's wrong?'
Oh, no. This guy's name is Luna. He's very shy. Don't worry about him.
'I see. It's nice to see you today, Luna.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.

　Luna responds with a rough breath. Are you okay? Maybe your body isn't used to it yet, so you're overreacting.

Hey, young lady, the shovel is over here. Come with me.
Yeah.
'What?　No, wait...!

　Luna was dragged away by the little girls and taken away.
　Viola followed after her, as if she was impatient.
　If you use soil magic, you can make a flowerbed in seconds, but according to Fianna, 'working hard together to make something' is part of your education, so let's not be tactless.
　Well, maybe I can help.




　A few hours later, a flower bed surrounded by bricks was completed in a corner of the school. It's a messy job made by the kids, but it's a pretty good job.

It's finally done!
"Gi

　At first, Luna and the others, who were full of bewilderment and helped as they were told, soon joined the hard-working children in building the flower beds. They seemed to be smiling heartily.
　A girl with a dirt stained face came up to Luna and said, "Thank you, Onee-chan!

''Thank you, Onee-chan!''
Woo-hoo!

　Luna reacts with a bleep as the girl says the words I instructed her to say.

'Mo, can you say that again?'
Thank you, lady!
Oh, shit...!
Are you okay, woman?

　The girl nodded her head at Luna, who stirred her body and writhed in agony.

'Thank you too, Viola,'
"Gi

　Luna, who walked inward with her back to the girl who even thanked Viola for her words of gratitude, clung to me.

''Toyan, this is bad........ It feels so good. It makes me shiver. It's better than having your eyes gouged out, or having a spear go through your chest. Oh my God, I think I'm going to pee my pants.
"Do you feel 'alive'?
That's amazing. I've never done that before. I can't get used to this. Oh, my God. That's terrible.

　Well, it's a punishment and a 'curse'. And for all the awfulness of it, you're smiling as hard as you can. His breathing is hard, his eyes are white, he is drooling, and his smile is a bit drawn out.
　I guess the waves of pleasure are a little too strong after all. Just as I thought that, Fiana came over here with her children in tow.

''Yes, everyone. Let's send a few words of thanks to His Majesty and Luna-san for helping us today.
Oh, no, Fiana, now...!
''Heh, Luna-onee-chan, thank you for today!''

　The children say thanks in chorus. It's the kind of truly heartfelt and genuine words you might have because you're a child.... And that's for several people.

　Uhii........!

　Luna slumped into place with an inarticulate voice.
　She grabbed my arm as I rushed over to her, and her face as she looked up at me had an expression filled with indescribable amusement, as if she was laughing or crying.

''Toyan......... Moooooooooooooooooooooo. I'm going to pee. I'm going to pee. There's no way I could take this shit. I've lost my mind... Oh my God...!

　Luna murmurs in a whisper as her body jiggles. Oh no. My eyes are awful. I'm at my wits' end. Was the opponent a bit too pure? I should have chosen a lighter, more appreciative partner in the beginning.

"Excuse me, are you okay?
I'm fine. You must be a bit tired. Kye, that's enough for today!　See you all soon!

　I told Fiana-san that, and with a wave of my hand, I returned to the original dungeon with Luna and Viola by [teleportation].

''Viola, I've taken care of the rest!
"Gee!

　I leave the purple golems in charge of the rest of the dungeon. I thought I heard a gush of water coming from behind me, but it must have been my imagination. It's just my imagination, I'm sure.
　At any rate, Luna has been punished, so it's probably safe to let her go.
　........I'd like to think it's okay.