"Where am I? What's going to happen to me? Randy, help me…"
To understand how Elize got here, we need to rewind a little—to when Randy first placed the commission with Schaale.
One night, Elize had been sleeping peacefully at home when she was spirited away to a completely unfamiliar room without ever realizing it.
Locked inside that large chamber, she found several other young girls already there.
Burly men stood guard, watching them closely.
Before long, a stern-looking older man in a white coat strode in.
He stood before each girl in turn, chanting some kind of magic.
Finally, it was Elize's turn.
"…Medical Check! Good—you pass too. Oh, everyone passes! Well, you girls are in luck—your lifespans just got a little longer! Ha ha ha!"
"What does that mean?"
"Hey, you lot—absolutely do not lay a hand on them! They're offerings for that person!"
The man in the white coat ignored Elize's question entirely and warned the guards emphatically.
The burly men nodded with solemn expressions.
They all knew anyone who tried something here would meet a miserable end, so not a single one of them harbored so much as a lecherous thought.
And contrary to Elize's fear that the men might assault them, they treated the girls with complete gentlemanly courtesy.
They were served healthy, well-balanced meals and given instructions to do light exercise within the large room.
However, they were never, under any circumstances, allowed to leave.
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Before long, they were told to leave the room and move to a different building.
Elize and the others were led to a chamber lined with luxurious furnishings.
"Leticia, we've brought them as requested."
"Hmm. Shall we begin, then? There is nothing for you girls to be afraid of."
Before them stood a noblewoman who appeared to be around fifty, draped in a brilliant red dress.
Her features still hinted at the beauty she must have once possessed—but her eyes burned with a predatory gleam.
Elize felt an indescribable dread, sensing what was about to happen.
"Now then, you girls shall offer your blood to me. In return, I shall return to the age of twenty and reclaim my beauty. Consider it an honor—commoners like you get to serve me. That's about the only value you have, after all."
"Offer our blood? What does that mean? Are we… going to die?"
The merciless words that poured from the noblewoman's mouth were born of the rigid class hierarchy unique to this other world, and Elize recoiled in fear.
"It won't hurt a bit. My [Iron Maiden] draws your blood, yes—but the process produces intense pleasure. You'll meet the end of your lives experiencing the ultimate climax at the very pinnacle of ecstasy. I'm being quite kind, wouldn't you say?"
"No! No, I don't want that! I don't want to!"
The girl beside Elize thrashed wildly, but she was quickly restrained.
"Then let us begin—become my sustenance, [Iron Maiden]!"
" [Reverse] —I made it in time!"
Almost simultaneously with Leticia activating her skill, a boy who materialized out of thin air activated his own.
An iron doll appeared before Leticia. Red lines ran down from its eyes.
Soon the front of the doll split open, and red blood was drawn from Elize and the others into the pitch-black void within.
"Who are you⁉ How did you even get in here— What is this?! I… I can't breathe…!"
In the blink of an eye, the noblewoman's body withered.
Her golden hair turned white in an instant, and her face crumpled into a mass of wrinkles.
After the iron doll vanished, all that remained was a hideous old woman on the verge of death.
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Skills: [Reverse], [Divine Eye], [Sword God], [Fist God], [Spear God], [Scorching Magic], [Ice Magic], [Clear Gale Magic], [Rock-Iron Magic], [Holy Magic], [Dark Magic], [Space-Time Magic], [Thunder God Sword], [Phantom Thief Gentleman], [Ninja Master], [Seeker of Truth], [Uncanny Strength and Supernatural Power], [Swift Runner], [Pain Dulling], [Complete Status Abnormality Resistance], [Dark Spirit's Protection], [Super Intuition], [Heaven's Gate], [Contracted One of the Abyss], [Magic Hand], [Treasure Search], [Temptation], [Incitement], [Tel-Esmesmerism], [Eloquence], [Lucky], [Growth Speed ×10], [Growth Limit Breakthrough]
Rank: Orichalcum