As I finished my plate of soup while being watched with a very ominous smile, Lise took my hand and helped me up, telling me that it was time to go to the reception room.
"What about other people?"
"Do your own thing. You're the last one. We woke up a long time ago."
Well, it wouldn't have been strange at all if everyone else had woken up earlier. After all, I was the only one who passed out after drinking so much yesterday.
But it was quite surprising that Aurora was fine. Even if the knight commanders were all very strong people, Aurora must have been just an ordinary person, but she was fine even after drinking the same amount as me.
I walked with my mind full of questions and arrived at the reception room. Lize opened the door forcefully. Inside, there was Aurora sitting on the sofa in an elegant posture, sipping tea.
"...?"
Wearing a dress that is called the new city Missi look.
There was no need to look at it wrong. It was the same dress I had worn at the banquet yesterday. It clung to my body, exposed my chest and armpits, and still had no underwear line.
As I was trying to sort out my complicated mind, wondering what on earth was going on, Aurora opened her mouth with a slight smile.
"I woke up later than I thought. The sun was high in the sky. Was it too intense last night?"
"...what?"
Those words made my mind stop as if I had been hit in the head with a hammer, but I soon realized that it was a joke when I saw the smile on his face.
As I expected, Aurora soon put the teacup down on a small saucer with the comment that it was just a joke.
I was led by Lize's hand to sit on the sofa opposite Aurora. The person who had made me sit here sat right next to me as if it was natural. Aurora twitched her eyebrows for a moment when she saw that.
Well, I figured it was because Lize had done this to me more than once or twice. And what was important right now wasn't the fact that Lize was clinging to me.
"Why are you wearing those clothes, my lord?"
"hmm?"
Aurora lowered her head and looked down at her attire.
A chest that is so revealing that you can even see the side of your chest and your lower chest. A waist that clings to your body so tightly that it reveals your belly button line. A pelvis that clearly shows that you are not wearing any underwear.
No matter how I looked at it, it was the dress I wore to the banquet yesterday.
"That's the dress you wore yesterday. Didn't the banquet end a while ago?"
"… … I was wondering what you were talking about, but it seems like you're making a big mistake. I need to learn a little more about clothes."
Aurora chuckled.
"The dresses I've worn so far were just random ones I pulled out of my closet. This one, along with the banquet dress, was custom-made. I couldn't just wear the clothes that pig bought, right? They were a bit too plain for a lord to show his dignity. I appreciate that you noticed that I had my dress made, but your taste is a little lacking."
'… … What did I just hear?'
I had to desperately control my expression so that the emotions I was feeling at that moment would not show on my face. In my opinion, the dresses I had worn so far were much more suitable for the lord's dignity and style.
That's just a sex appeal dress designed by modders to please the onlookers.
But Aurora felt the opposite. She truly thought that the dress, which was so racy that it could easily cause her nipples to pop out, was a dress of dignity and majesty.
'I think I know the general reason why he does that.'
In the game, Aurora becomes the lord and after some time passes, her clothes change. I was glad that her old clothes were still intact, but it seems that I was the one who messed with them.
The reason why the banquet dress is the same as the new city Miss Look one-piece dress is simply the result of the modeling reuse.
"Oh, you're really awake?"
"It's just like Iris said. How did you know?"
"It's a feeling."
As I was looking at Aurora, who was twisting her legs this way and that in a seductive way, wondering what she thought of my gaze, the door opened and the rest of the knight commanders came in one after another.
Instead of the see-through one-piece dress with garter belt and lingerie like yesterday, she was wearing her usual white sleeveless top and dolphin pants in the color of her hair.
'Yeah, that's better.'
I felt a sense of relief at the fact that I had something to look at, as I saw the sleeveless top and dolphin pants again, and that I looked like a fairy. The combination I wore at the banquet hall was really hard to resist in many ways.
As soon as six people gathered, the quiet living room became noisy. To be exact, it was because Lise and Claudia were talking loudly.
If those two were gone and only Aurora, Erica, and Iris were left, there wouldn't be much difference between four and two.
"Well then, shall we end our small talk here?"
The noisy atmosphere changed 180 degrees with Aurora's words.
The space where the sound had disappeared was filled with gazes. Five pairs of eyes were focused solely on me. It was a slightly eerie sight.
"… …Why do you all have such expressions?"
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"I wonder how much of what happened yesterday you remember? But it seems like you don't remember everything. At best, maybe halfway through?"
"...."
I couldn't respond to what Lize said. In fact, the film cut off halfway through.
In fact, it was highly likely that Lize had already noticed that I didn't have much memory of last night by the time I answered her question with a question.
It's because his actions are so childish, but his actual abilities are not inferior to those of other knight commanders.
"Well, in the end, we didn't really get anything out of it."
"...?"
An unexpected word came out of Iris' mouth. I had blacked out, and they couldn't find anything? Did they not just black out, but also completely fall asleep?
"I guess it's half our fault and half Lize's fault."
"Half of it is Lize's fault?"
I pushed Lize away from my arm, who was clinging to me, and asked, "What on earth did she do?"
The five of them couldn't find a clear solution.
The newbie had kept his mouth shut so tightly, and if he were to drink more, it would obviously mean he would not break down but would just pass out and fall asleep.
Even now, he was in a precarious state, as if he might fall asleep. Judging from the way he was periodically swaying, it seemed like he could fall asleep at any time if he tried.
Ultimately, this meant that I had to find a way to get him to open his mouth without giving him more alcohol or putting him to sleep, but it wasn't easy to come up with such a way.
"That's quite unexpected, Lize."
"Huh? What?"
Iris stared blankly at Lize and Aurora, who were taking up one seat on each side of the new recruits and touching various parts of their faces as if trying to satisfy their selfish desires, before blurting out a word.
"I thought you wouldn't miss this moment. I thought you'd tell the new recruit to use a beauty trick."
Although he was usually a rookie who could withstand Lize's temptations well, this time was different.
From the moment he thought she was drunk, he started staring at Lize's chest openly, and he also glanced at the other knight commanders and Aurora's dresses.
I let it go because I didn't feel bad about being looked at that way by a newbie. If another man had looked at me in the same way, a bump the size of my head would have formed on my forehead.
Or maybe a bone is broken somewhere.
Given that situation, it was perhaps natural to think that Lize would seduce the newbie with her body as usual.
Of course, as soon as there is any sign of that happening, Erica and Iris will stop it.
"Oh, that?"
Lize straightened her shoulders confidently. The girl next to her, Aurora, had eyes that seemed to be wondering what she was going to say next.
"There's no sense of betrayal. There's no sense of betrayal. If I were to seduce a new recruit now, of course he'd fall for it. But what good would that do? That's not what I want."
Iris tilted her head. Seeing that, Lize continued her explanation, saying, "She doesn't know anything."
"What I want is a man who was weaker than me at first but had outstanding potential, but then suddenly grew up and overwhelmed me in every way and trampled me down. The sense of depravity that comes from that difference is important. The moment when the newbie realizes that I, who seemed strong enough to handle everything in the world at first, was nothing more than a female. Do you understand?"
"...."
"...."
"...."
"...."
"...."
Silence fell over the banquet hall.
It was such a shocking confession of taste that not only Iris, who had asked the question, but also Aurora, who was right next to her, and Erica and Claudia, who had been seriously discussing what method to use to get the newbie to open her mouth, were frozen in place.
"But you can't do that when you're drunk. You lose your sense of morality, and only your instincts remain. So of course you have to take a step back. You have to wait for the perfect moment."
"Reese, you really… … ."
Iris muttered as if it was absurd. I had heard a little about the fact that Lize had a slightly peculiar taste, but I never imagined it would be so certain.
"Are you in your right mind, Sister? You should just keep that to yourself. Why do we need to know what kind of personality you have? What crime did we commit when we heard it right in front of our eyes?"
Erica was spewing out her complaints at a rapid rate. Her face was genuinely dumbfounded. It was understandable, since she had just watched her sister reveal her sexual preferences right in front of her.
"Didn't Iris ask you?"
"I never thought you would reveal all your tastes like that. Don't you think it's too much to blame me for this situation?"
"So what?"
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Lize smiled broadly and poked the newbie's cheek with her finger. The rest of the people just looked at her with eyes filled with all sorts of complicated emotions.
"Why should I know what kind of walls my colleague has?"
Claudia muttered softly. It was something everyone here could agree on.
"...."
"...?"
Iris blushed and trembled as she tried to speak. She looked around. Erica, Claudia, and Aurora had similar reactions.
Only Lize was acting normal.
"No, what happened while I was sleeping?"
"… … I don't want to remember."
'What on earth has he been doing?'
Except for Lize, everyone else reacted like that, so it was clear that something had been done, but since Iris didn't seem to have any intention of saying anything, I had no way of knowing.
"Ahem, big. Anyway, while time was wasted, you ended up falling asleep, and naturally, the chance to reveal the secret flew away. All I could guess was that you knew much more than we thought."
Iris added with a cough. She seemed to think she had failed at that, but in fact, it was quite an achievement on its own.
The fact that I know much more now. And that there is something I am hiding. If you realize those two things, you are halfway there.
"But that's all we have to do. If it's something you're so stubborn about, it would be rude for us to pursue it further."
"okay?"
"Instead, can I ask you one more thing?"
Iris's expression became serious. I also felt like she was going to ask me something, so I tense up my body. After a little pause, Iris opened her mouth.
"The secrets you are keeping, are they ones you can tell us someday?"
"Of course. It will definitely happen."
As soon as I heard Iris' question, I nodded reflexively. I didn't have to think about the answer or do anything else. I didn't know exactly when it would happen, but it was definitely going to happen.
"I see. That's fine."
Iris slightly raised the corners of her lips at my answer. Aurora, Erica, and Claudia also seemed to be satisfied with my answer.
"Wait a minute, I still have something to say."
Lize suddenly interrupted. I looked at Lize to see what she was trying to say.
"We thought about it after I brought you to your room yesterday. Even if I forgot your name, I can't keep calling you a rookie, right?"
Now that I think about it, that's what happened.
After I answered that I forgot my name because of the curse, I was constantly called a newbie without a proper name. I got so used to it that I just let it go.
"That's true. So?"
"You still don't remember the name?"
I nodded. I didn't want to use the name I used before I was baptized. I felt uncomfortable because they called me by my Korean name here.
"We have something in mind. What do you think?"
Judging from the way they said "we," it seemed like they had all thought of a name together. Since it seemed like there was nothing to lose by hearing it, I quietly waited for Lize's next words.
"Delta. It means 'change' in old Gore. Since you are bringing change to us, isn't that a perfect name?"
'delta?'
For some reason, it was a name that made me think of something walking around in a diving suit and holding a drill in an underwater city somewhere deep in the ocean.