Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 12 Chapter 2 (section)

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The clock was ticking close to eleven at night.
At the Toujou house, the preparations for the master-servant contract taking place that evening were finished.
—As such, when Basara gets home, it’s time for the moment of truth.
Among those—one of the main players for tonight, Celis Reinhardt, was waiting for that moment to start in the room given to her to use on the second floor.
They’ll tell her when Basara’s gets home and Mio and the other girls finish getting him ready.
Next, Mio and one of the other girls would call her over, then she would go down to the living room—after that, she would face Basara and they’ll instantly start with the master-servant contract.
The next knock on her door would determine her fate.
Even though that’s how it was,
“…”
Celis was sitting on her bed with her hands on her thighs, curled tight.
—Her resolve, already made, letting her real feelings sit in the depths of her heart.
But at the moment, her heart still wavered.
With that,
“…Reinhardt, are you alright?”
Looking straight at her, suddenly a soft voice asked Celis that from right by her side. When Celis looked at her, she could see a cute girl who was also sitting on the bed right by her.
—It’s the girl who also wanted the master-servant contract together with Celis this evening.
The half vampire Tachibana Nanao.
But—how Nanao looks is completely different from Celis sitting there in her everyday casual clothes.
Her womanly body is dyed lewdly, wearing a sensual bustier and garter belt.
There are fine details in places, with lace intricately worked into it, Nanao’s chest and butt was transparent in places—so that those important places could be seen faintly through the clothes.
It was far more lewd than simply being naked, and Nanao willingly dressed that way.
The form of master-servant contract that Nanao would make with Basara is one that will be based on succubus magic—and like Yuki’s time, they picked the same scenario regarding the kiss not happening with the master-servant mark.
However,
“Are you… really okay with this?”
Still undecided Celis, launched the question at Nanao.
They will be tying this master-servant contract using the power of Maria, who by now had already tied the master-servant vow with Basara and whose succubus power exceeded even her mother Sheila, famed as a legendary succubus in her own right.
As such—the curse’s arousal power, shall it arouse, will be to a degree that’s never seen before in history.
With that in mind—Nanao will most definitely turn into Basara’s sex slave.
Understanding the meaning of that question, Nanao met with Celis’ gaze.
“…Yeah”
With her cheeks red, she nodded with a happy smile on her face.
“You see, I… I have always been running away all this time. Afraid of being targeted,I keep hiding that I’m half vampire and even my own sex isn’t fixed because of it. Most likely, I’ve not only been lying to those around me but also to myself”
However, Nanao said while looking up.
At the end of that gaze, was her thoughts regarding her most precious person.
“See, Toujou-kun… he accepted all of me despite that, telling me that it’s all okay. That we will always be friends despite everything. Probably, that’s the first time I realized my feelings for Toujou-kun”
“But, Basara is…”
Before she could finish those words,
“Yeah… Toujou-kun has Naruse-san and the other girls, and even a secret relationship with Hasegawa-sensei. I have been told that to a certain extent. But, even so, I’m alright with that”
After all, Nanao said.
“Just like Naruse-san and the other girls, just like Hasegawa-sensei too—Toujou-kun is the only one for me”
Tachibana Nanao worded the changes in her feelings once more.
“Soon after I began to develop feelings for Toujou-kun, during the student council committee for the sports festival, I extended an invitation to Toujou-kun and Hasegawa-sensei. At that time, my sex wasn’t determined yet but, coincidentally it was a period where I was a girl.”
Moreover,
“After dinner, the student council played the “kings game”, and I went to the bathroom together with Toujou-kun, I took off all the male clothes I was wearing and had to wear female ones”
“All of your clothes…”
“Yeah… It was a cross-dressing thing, but panties and bra were included”
Celis looked on shocked at Nanao’s embarrassing confession.
“And then we returned and Toujou-kun had to kiss me”
“Wait… a kiss for a game?”
“Seems like it was a game for adults and it often happens but we didn’t go that far and it wasn’t determined where he should kiss me. It didn’t have to be on the lips, so on my hand was fine, or if you were brave on the cheek was good as well”
“It didn’t have to be on the lips”
“—Toujou-kun kissed my nape”
Tachibana Nanao said in remembrance, as she touched her name.
“Probably, Toujou-kun didn’t think much of it. I myself didn’t think much of it at the time”
But.
“A vampire’s trait is—when they want to make someone their subordinate, they would suck that person’s blood from their nape. And then at the same time then, my blood… It gets imbued by magic. In short, it’s a bit like a master-servant contract with vampires. And then—even though I’m a half-blood, I’m still a vampire”
“Since I don’t do any vampiric actions, being kissed by Toujou-kun on my nape was a powerful memory… Ever since that night, to me, Toujou-kun has always been someone I could never forget”
But.
“Toujou-kun already had Naruse-san, Hasegawa-sensei and the other girls. I felt like there’s no way I could stand up next to such amazing people… For him to even be liked by this half-baked me, I felt like I was even troubling Toujou-kun. Therefore I put a lid on my feelings, using my magic eyes on myself, so that I didn’t end up liking Toujou-kun like that”
Nanao said, looking a bit upset.
“…”
Celis looked at Nanao with a dark expression.
—Tachibana Nanao understood that expression.
Before she used her own magic eyes on herself—it’s the same face she always made as she looked into the mirror.
…So it’s just like Naruse-san said, huh…
At that time afterschool, they peeped on Basara and Yuki having sex in the empty classroom—Kurumi had said.
There’s a lesson they had to teach Celis no matter what.
Paralyzed at seeing the extremely lewd scene in front of them, she couldn’t really think much about it at the time, but later on Mio had told her the meaning behind those words.
Celis was suppressing her true feelings all while proposing the master-servant contract with Basara.
It’s something Nanao had once done—and it’s something she knew she shouldn’t have done.
That’s why they had to teach Celis.
“But Reinhardt… My feelings for Toujou-kun aren’t something that can be suppressed by my magic eyes. No matter how beautiful Naruse-san, Hasegawa-san and the other girls are, no matter how much I might trouble Toujou-kun… Despite all that, I still like Toujou-kun”
As such.
“Even if you may be able to fool your own surface consciousness, you can never fool yourself on a deeper level… So this body of mine, holding deep down my feelings for Toujou-kun, remains one of a girl”
Since then, Nanao said.
“At the end of the third term… I accidentally got into an aroused state due to my magic eyes and was helped by Toujou-kun. And then Toujou-kun, he properly confronted me… Even though Kajiura-senpai got dragged into it, Hasegawa-sensei still joined in to help”
And then.
“After that… Hasegawa sensei had revealed the truth behind what I had done, and nevertheless, Toujou-kun accepted my feelings.”
Therefore, Nanao announced.
“I’m now—not going to lie about my feelings anymore.”
And then Nanao explored a lewd action beyond all descriptions.
Following the instructions of Hasegawa, who by that point was already Basara’s sex slave. Nanao lewdly serviced Basara—desiring to be wrecked by him.
They didn’t cross that final line but it was to the point Basara’s penis had slipped inside her panties, rubbing against her womanly entrance—and it was then Nanao was fully reborn as a woman.
“And then after the end of spring break, going on to second year… After Toujou-kun joined the student council. I was told by him, about the fight with this amazing person called Shiba Kyoichi, and the master-servant vow with Naruse-san and the other girls, as well as all the uncertainties that might happen down the line.”
And one of those uncertainties was how Basara’s enemy might target Nanao.
But,
“Hearing that, I instantly asked him. If he and the girls are alright with it… I want to tie the master-servant contract with him too”
When Basara went to the demon realm, all Nanao could do was watch him go quietly.
At that time, she was still hiding her true form—that of a half vampire, from Mio and the other girls.
—But Basara, having returned from the demon realm had a different feel about him.
He had an unbelievable life and death battle, that much was instantly obvious.
…But
The Basara who Nanao met after a long time during the entrance ceremony after spring break, was even more drastically different.
On one hand he’s so much more attractive—on the other, there’s a dark and cold feel to him. It’s without a doubt he had emerged victorious over an unimaginable life and death battle again, and for the sake of winning that, he had lost something in the process.
Unable to hold her feelings for Basara—Without really thinking, Nanao had serviced him lewdly in a supermarket bathroom.
Nanao couldn’t give anything more to Basara.
Therefore, together with Basara’s current situation, and also hearing about the master-servant contract and the latter master-servant vow, Nanao instantly wanted to have the same with Basara.
—She didn’t want to be left behind anymore than this.
With that—it’s not only Basara who accepted her feelings, but also Mio and the other girls.
Nanao, with the vampire’s blood flowing through her body is one which is easily targeted by the hero clan—particularly by the Vatican and the heroes in America. If perhaps on the path to forming the alliance; the Vatican or America might possibly become aware of Nanao; they might even take the opportunity to make an attack through her—from a political standpoint, it would be difficult for Basara to repel such an attack.
Therefore, in order to protect Nanao, the girls allowed Basara to form a master-servant contract with her.
The Nanao’s existence could still become a shackle in terms of the alliance.
—So for Nanao to be of use to Basara, they must hurry and get to the master-servant vow stage.
Even though there’s a gap in fighting power—through the master-servant vow, Basara and the other girls had reached a different dimension of power. So just a master-servant contract has no real reason now, and how far it will go with a master-servant vow is still incalculable.
…But.
According to Hasegawa, as Nanao has vampire blood flowing through her, there’s a possibility of unlocking an even higher level of power should they reach a master-servant vow.
If it all goes well, it might even have the potential to reach the current level of Mio and the other girls… When said like that, there’s no other choice but to bet on that possibility.
Therefore, they chose the method that helped Basara reach the level of phenomenon of master-servant vow, using Maria’s—the succubus magic, to tie the master-servant contract.
And then, with Nanao’s confessions,
“…”
Celis continued to be silent, with her gaze shifting away.
Looking at her from the side, one could see her eyes tremble—Therefore, Nanao was sure now.
…As I suspected, you’re lost aren’t you Celis-san?
Different from Nanao who decided to tie the master-servant contract with Basara using the succubus magic like Mio and the other girls, Celis had said that she will use her own magic.
—Celis’ super serious nature, is something that Nanao had already noticed in the past month and a half she’s known Celis for.
Therefore, when she first heard of Celis’ master-servant contract, she understood that Celis would resist using the succubus magic for the contract, and Nanao herself didn’t plan to inject any of her opinions into it.
…But
A master-servant contract—whether in a bad way or a good way, it would change your life.
Celis decided to tie the master-servant contract so that she doesn’t drag Basara’s group down, a reason similar to Nanao herself.
…Besides.
Having met at school now, as well as working on student-council activities together, Nanao had gotten to interact with Celis many times—and that’s why she realized.
The way Celis looks at Basara, it’s the same as her own, as well as Mio and the other girls.
—Of course, that much isn’t enough to say that she should tie the master-servant contract using the succubus magic like the other girls.
To strengthen a master-servant contract, a deeper sense of submission must be felt towards their master Basara.
As such, tying the master-servant contract with the succubus magic would eventually end with them falling into being sex slaves like Mio and the other girls, and thinking about it normally, this wouldn’t be acceptable to the serious Celis.
As a single girl who likes Basara—surely she would want an intimate relationship with him.
That’s a natural way to feel.
…But.
Basara has Mio and the other girls. To Basara, they’re what’s most important to him.
It’s because they all understood that the girls had given up on having Basara all to themselves.
…No, that’s not quite right.
They didn’t give up. All of them have something they can’t give up on.
Living by Basara’s side—being able to lay with him, that future.
Therefore Mio and the other girls, they all naturally sought a way they could live by Basara’s side.
—Nanao had once thought of pulling herself away from those girls.
But she couldn’t do it. It was impossible.
…After all.
Tachibana Nanao as it is, already has no one else she wants to be with but Basara.
There were so many times she felt like Basara would go far away—with Mio and the other girls.
During those times she felt miserable, and it felt strange.
Once, she thought of forgetting it all.
…But
Even though Nanao was the one who recklessly pulled her hand away, Basara held on to her tight.
She kept thinking that Basara is going far away without seeing it from his perspective… While Basara is there, looking at her in a place where she could reach.
That’s why now—Tachibana Nanao can be here.
Like Mio and the other girls, living with Basara.
Standing at the threshold of that future.
…If perhaps.
If perhaps Celis could give up on Basara as a love interest—to give up on the person she would wish to give her life to entirely, then tying the master-servant contract using her own magic is fine.
But—if it’s like what Mio and the others say, Celis is just lying to her own feelings.
If like Nanao once did, she would continue to push away her feelings for whatever reason.
It’s a mistake to tie the master-servant contract with Basara in this way.
To Celis herself—and to Basara and Nanao and the other girls as well.
Therefore,
“Having met Toujou-kun, being able to spend time with him, I feel like I’ve truly found life. I wish to tie the master-servant contract using succubus magic with him, from the bottom of my heart”
Tachibana Nanao announced to the girl in front of her.
And then, with her eyes gazing straight into Celis, she asked,
“Celis-san…. What do you actually want to do?”