It Seems the Demon King Has Returned to a World Where Gender Roles Are Reversed - Chapter 40

 Chapter 40 :

Forced to bend over the desk, Karen flailed her arms in a desperate struggle.

Ragna looked down at her with a mocking sneer. The reason was simple: Geass magic.

On Karen’s tongue was the Geass magic circle that Ragna had placed on her back when he was at the lumberyard.

Through this Geass magic, Ragna had bound Karen, making it impossible for her to attack him.

If Karen tried to harm Ragna, she would experience excruciating pain, as if her tongue were being ripped out by the roots.

Thanks to this, Ragna could maintain his relaxed demeanor.

And Karen was well aware of this fact.

She couldn’t attack Ragna.

But that didn’t mean she could just sit idly by and do nothing.

She had to find a way.

Karen’s hand swept across the desk, scattering the objects on it in all directions. A loud crash echoed through the room.

“Tch.”

Ragna clicked his tongue lightly at the sight. It was obvious what Karen was trying to do: cause a commotion to draw attention.

If she succeeded in attracting others, Ragna could simply stop his actions and claim it was just a mess. That wouldn’t violate the Geass restriction of “not harming Ragna.”

But Ragna wasn’t about to let that happen.

“Such a cheap trick…”

Muttering with a sneer, a strange incantation flowed from Ragna’s lips. A purple mist began to seep from his hand.

“…!”

Realizing what it was, Karen twisted her head, desperately trying not to inhale it.

But the purple mist, as if alive, burrowed into her nostrils, invading her body.

The purple mist was none other than a weakening spell.

A magic that drained the strength from those it affected.

“Hah… ha!”

Caught in the spell’s influence, Karen gasped and collapsed limply.

“Now you’re finally behaving.”

“Ugh, ngh… What the hell are you trying to do?!”

“What do you think? In a situation like this, isn’t it obvious what a man and woman would do?”

With that, Ragna unbuckled the belt around Karen’s waist as she lay slumped over the desk. He began pulling down her tights.

“S-Stop it!”

Karen’s desperate cry rang out.

But Ragna didn’t stop.

With a rustle, her tights came off, exposing her buttocks.

“Hmm, not bad at all.”

Ragna kneaded her exposed flesh, muttering as if appraising her.

Humiliated, Karen’s face flushed red as she shouted, “You bastard! Are you resorting to this filthy act again?!”

“Hmm, it was too dark to see properly last time, but the color here isn’t bad either. I guess nobles do eat and live differently from commoners, huh?”

“Stop it!”

Karen’s frantic cries continued, but Ragna ignored them, raising his fingers. He began toying with the sensitive area beneath her undergarments.

“Hngh—!”

Karen trembled, letting out a moan as a ticklish sensation coursed through her lower body. Ragna’s voice whispered in her ear.

“Don’t misunderstand, Karen Steiner.”

“…?”

“I’m not doing this because I want to have you.”

“W-What nonsense are you spouting?! You’re defiling me like this and saying that?!”

Before, he had groped her body without permission, even violating her anus.

Now, bent over the desk with her lower half exposed, she was being fondled. To claim this wasn’t driven by lust?

But—

“I can see exactly what you’re thinking. But as I said, I’m not doing this because I want you. This act… yes, this is punishment.”

“…Punishment?”

“Yes, didn’t I say? You claimed you’d take responsibility for anything involving Seria. But what happened after all your big talk? Didn’t Seria end up causing trouble?”

“T-That’s—!”

“Of course, Seria bears some fault for leaving the academy without permission. But the root cause of this mess lies with you. It’s your fault.”

“That’s not true! I was only teaching Seria for her own good! It’s not my fault!”

“Turning a blind eye to the results?!”

“Ahh! A-Ahh!”

With a shout, Ragna’s fingers probed deeper into her sensitive area. The sudden intrusion of a foreign object made Karen let out a sharp scream.

A place never touched, never permitted to be touched by another.

Feeling the convulsing grip of her inner walls around his fingers, Ragna continued to berate her.

“You did it for Seria’s sake, so there’s no fault? Is that something a former White Knight would say?!”

“Ahh, ah…”

“Trying to dodge responsibility like that? That doesn’t sound like someone who always screamed about serving the nation!”

“Ugh! Aah!”

Ragna’s fingers dug deeper, piercing through her resistance. Her body arched like a bow, pain resonating from deep within before pleasure could even register.

In a normal state, she might have gritted her teeth and endured the pain.

But weakened by the spell, she had no strength left to resist the force overwhelming her lower body.

“…Admit it, Karen.”

“…?”

“It’s all your fault. Your misjudgment led things to this point.”

“Ngh, I… I didn’t…”

“I told you, didn’t I? Or what, was all that talk about loyalty to your country just an act? Was it all just for your own satisfaction?”

“No, that’s not true! It’s not!”

“Then admit it. Admit the mistake you made, the error that brought things to this state. If your loyalty isn’t a lie, that is!”

“Ngh!”

At Ragna’s shout, Karen clenched her teeth, trembling. As she continued to resist, Ragna’s fingers moved forcefully within her, and he looked down at her with a smile.

In truth, Ragna’s words were nothing but twisted nonsense.

The situation itself was exaggerated with lies.

Seria’s issue was indeed serious.

But there was still a chance to fix it.

In a normal state, Karen would likely have realized this and acted.

But Ragna had stripped her of that clarity. By accusing her of causing Seria’s actions through her flawed teaching methods, he made her hesitate, unable to act.

“Ugh… ngh…”

The final blow targeted the core of her being.

Her patriotism for Shreid, almost like a religious devotion.

For reasons unknown, her loyalty to Shreid was unshakable, something that could never be questioned or tainted.

Ragna exploited that.

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Karen’s primary reason for leaving the White Knights was Ragna himself.

A boy who claimed amnesia yet wielded dangerously powerful magic.

And he could control golems. There was no way she could let someone like him roam free in the capital, the heart of Shreid.

But she couldn’t tell anyone.

Because of the Geass spell Ragna had placed on her.

It prevented her from revealing his true nature to others. As such, she couldn’t entrust his surveillance to anyone else. After much deliberation, Karen made the drastic decision to leave the White Knights.

She weighed the benefits she could bring to Shreid by remaining a White Knight against the risks of letting Ragna loose in the capital.

But, as mentioned, she couldn’t explain the real reason.

So, she used Seria as an excuse.

Training a promising talent to become the next White Knight.

It was the perfect pretext for Karen.

But Seria wasn’t just an excuse.

Karen genuinely believed Seria had the potential to rise to the rank of White Knight alongside her. Seria’s talent was undeniable.

Swordsmanship could be honed through effort.

While talent helped, a certain level could be reached through hard work.

But controlling golems and managing mana wasn’t something effort alone could achieve.

The ability to allocate mana to a golem and the total mana capacity required to operate one those were talents one had to be born with.

And Seria was born with the best of those talents.

Her ability to pilot a longsword-class golem right after enrolling was proof.

So, Karen had no doubts about Seria.

She believed awakening that talent as quickly as possible and raising her as a White Knight was her duty to the nation.

That’s why her training became so intense. She even resorted to the Steiner family’s harsh, coercive methods, which she wouldn’t normally use.

But Karen wasn’t worried. After all, there were healing mages who could treat any injuries.

With a healing mage’s touch, even severe wounds could heal in two or three days. So, Karen thought there was no issue.

But she had overlooked something critical.

Healing magic only mended physical wounds.

It couldn’t heal the mind.

While Seria might have appeared fine on the surface, her mind was deteriorating.

Even the Steiner family’s harsh methods weren’t meant to be sustained for long. They knew that excessive, relentless training could break someone, turning them into a shell. But Karen didn’t understand this.

Having reached such a high level herself before ever teaching others, and possessing an ironclad mental fortitude, she couldn’t comprehend it.

As a result, she made a mistake.

A truly egregious mistake.

“Ugh…”

She wanted to look away.

She wanted to scream that it was nonsense.

But Ragna’s words kept piercing her heart. As he said, she had failed. And the root cause was none other than herself.

For an ordinary person, it might be easy to ignore and move on.

But she couldn’t.

Her pride as the eldest daughter of the Steiner family and her honor as a knight prevented her from turning away.

With a contorted expression, she opened her mouth.

“…I understand.”

In a voice that seemed wrung from her very core, she said, “I was wrong.”

“…Yes, it’s all your fault.”

A calm acknowledgment.

Then, with a swift motion, Ragna stripped off the last of her undergarments. Karen’s shoulders trembled.

Grabbing her hair and pressing her down, Ragna whispered in her ear.

“But don’t worry.”

“…?”

“I’ll take responsibility for your mistake. Be grateful. This will absolve you.”

“…!?”

What did that mean? Before she could process it, something invaded her sensitive area.

“Argh!”

She thought it was his fingers again, but something was different. It wasn’t fingers. The foreign object writhing inside her pulsed as if alive. Could it be…?

“Argh, aaahhh—!”

Unable to withstand the sensation, Karen screamed. Looking at her, Ragna gave a sly smile.

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