Chapter 134: Ideal Life Partner
[The person the bottle points to is...]
[Melusine!]
"Huh huh, it's me?"
Melusine widened her beautiful eyes in slight surprise.
Eikou let out a sigh of relief; deep down, he felt this was indeed a perfect start.
As mentioned earlier, this game was absolutely fair — these girls were perfectly capable of shooting themselves in the foot.
"Truth or Dare?" Eikou asked.
"Truth~"
Melusine drew a Truth card from his hand.
"No matter what kind of truth it is, I'm more than happy to tell you~"
"How romantic," Eikou said helplessly, "you almost made me forget this is a punishment game."
This Naughty Dragon — even at a time like this, she wouldn't miss a chance to flirt with him… did she really see herself as some kind of charming, flirtatious Lancelot?
"Hm hm~"
Melusine glanced at the Truth card she had drawn.
[Who do you most hope to marry?]
"Ohya, that's quite a profound question…"
She muttered softly, sneaking a quick glance at Eikou.
"!"
Eikou was also startled when he saw the content of the card.
Damn it, from the very start she'd drawn a landmine aimed right at him!
If she answered "I want to marry Eikou" here and now, then in Tomoe Gozen's eyes, it would surely count as yet another charge of improper male-female relations.
Not only would it add to his list of offenses, but Tomoe Gozen's opinion of him would also drop even further.
He thought that as long as it wasn't his turn in Truth or Dare, he'd be fine — but letting these infatuated girls answer the Truth questions could still cause major trouble!
Melusine placed her hand on the lie detector.
She calmly replied:
"I have no intention of marrying anyone."
Beep beep.
The lie detector lit up green — she wasn't lying.
Huh?
Eikou froze, thinking he'd misheard.
Melusine, who usually clung to him and openly expressed her affection, didn't want to marry him? Were all those sweet words from before fake?
No, probably not.
The love philosophy of an immortal race wasn't something ordinary humans could measure by normal standards. She simply wanted to remain Eikou's lover forever, without needing the worldly definition of marriage to bind their relationship.
In fact, taking it further… if Eikou were to become someone else's husband, perhaps the "Lancelot" side of her would actually find that more exciting?
"Hehe…"
At that moment, their eyes met briefly.
Melusine's golden eyes, full of teasing amusement, made him understand immediately.
Right — to her, it didn't matter who Eikou married, as long as she could still have him.
The man that even Queen Morgan couldn't bear to enjoy herself, the marriage candidate carefully cultivated by Queen Scathach… she really seemed to take great pleasure in this whole cuckolding thing.
She truly was a lustful dragon — even Lancelot wasn't this extreme!
Eikou suddenly felt a chill prickling down his spine.
This kind of play was way beyond normal limits! Why couldn't they just love someone normally? Why did they have to indulge in so many twisted fetishes? Did that really bring happiness? Shouldn't guilt feel stronger than pleasure?!
As a pure-love warrior, he truly couldn't understand.
"My turn's over, let's start the next round!"
Melusine said cheerfully.
"Unbelievable, my luck is supposed to be A+, yet I'm the first one to get hit."
"No worries," Eikou replied, "my luck's still A, but look at me — has my life ever been peaceful? Who knows, maybe the next round will actually hit me."
[The bottle begins spinning again.]
[Everyone performs a luck check.]
The dice rolled all at once.
Eikou looked at his result.
[Your luck roll is D — the lowest.]
[The bottle points to you.]
[You must perform a round of Truth or Dare.]
No way — it really came true?!
"Little brother, draw one quick — Truth or Dare?" Jeanne White asked excitedly.
"I'm not your little brother…" he said. "I'll pick Truth."
Truth and Dare were probably equally dangerous anyway.
Who knew what kind of embarrassing tasks the Dare cards might hold?
Before probing the limits of these cards, it was safer to stick with Truth.
Eikou drew a Truth card from the deck.
[Describe your ideal life partner. Among the people present here, is there anyone who fits that description?]
"Ideal life partner, huh…"
Eikou thought for a moment, then looked down at the words on the card.
This question wasn't so bad — a bit embarrassing, sure, but much more reasonable than he had expected.
He placed his hand on the lie detector.
"My ideal life partner should be a girl whose status is about equal to mine. I hope she's very beautiful, but more importantly, she must have an interesting soul — someone willing to experience new things with me, who'll move forward together with me no matter what hardships we face, someone who can accept each other's flaws. Ideally, she'd be a little tsundere; it's fine if she has a lot of shortcomings — those unguarded, imperfect traits might actually feel very girlish. I'd like to be with a girl like that."
Hearing that, Jeanne Alter's face turned slightly red.
He had described it so clearly it was almost like naming her outright. With his hand still on the lie detector, Eikou decided there was no point in hiding it and went on straightforwardly:
"There is indeed someone here who fits my ideal type, and that person is Jeanne Al—"
Before he could finish, his foot under the table was suddenly kicked hard.
Eikou froze, looking toward the source of the kick — Marie Alter, sitting opposite him.
The mature, queenly woman of France was gazing at him with seductive, hungry eyes.
She bit her soft, luscious lower lip in frustration at her own unfulfilled desire, and with a slender finger, she tugged down her collar — revealing a breathtaking, voluptuous sight.
The deep valley between the two full, round peaks was clearly visible.
So… so big!
Eikou's heartbeat suddenly quickened.
Zap!
The lie detector shocked him hard.
"???"
Oh no, his heart rate must've spiked so much that the lie detector mistook it for lying!
Marie Alter, you vile woman, using this kind of cheap trick to take me down?!
"..."
The air grew awkwardly heavy.
Jeanne Alter's expression instantly darkened.
"Hehe, what a naughty boy…"
Marie Alter gave a dazzlingly seductive smile, her ten slender fingers lightly intertwining.
"Stop lying already. Compared to those immature girls, what you really like are older sisters with mature bodies, right? After all, every time you're near me, you always sneak glances at my chest…"
"No, I don't look at your chest that often…" Eikou hurriedly protested.
Zap!
Another shock.
In his panic, he forgot to take his hand off the lie detector — and got zapped again!
Alright, fine — that one was a lie!
"So that's it, my little brother likes big-breasted onee-sans…"
Jeanne White, sitting to his left, smiled cheerfully. She deliberately pressed her soft, plump body against his arm, the bouncy sensation of her chest rubbing against him as if rewarding his "honesty."
"Lying is bad, you must be a good boy for your sister, okay?"
"I didn't mean it like that — and you're not my sister either!"
Eikou's face flushed bright red as he shouted back.
[Affection from Jeanne Alter decreases↓↓↓]
[Affection from Marie Alter increases↑↑↑]
[Affection from Jeanne d'Arc increases sharply↑↑↑↑↑]
[You were caught lying. Drink one bottle of Water of Life and perform an Endurance check!]
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