Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 6 Chapter 3

Always Wanted to Confess to You

Part 1

Nonaka Kurumi has a good affinity with spirits since she was young.

Five years before the tragedy attacked the 《 Village 》, while her older sister Yuki learned sword skills one after another increasing her abilities as a MultisaberZenoukatakenshi , Kurumi bloomed her talent as a Element MasterSpirit Magician. Right now, among the Element Master Spirit Magician in the 《 Village 》, her skill developed to the extent that she could fight with one or two.

However──Kurumi couldn't use her ability well right now. The place that usually serves as a channel for the spirits to lend their power would not open that easily. It's because… they have come to the Demon Realm.

Wildart is a city which served as stronghold of the Moderates faction. In the past, this city was declared as the strongest, ruled by the Demon King Predecessor Wilbert for generations, a luxurious royal castle and bustling castle downtown. Surrounded by the rich nature of the forest Oldora, Nonaka Kurumi right now, was at the middle of the Fost River which flowed nearby Wildart Castle.

"───"

As Kurumi stood still in the riverbank as rocks and gravels roll, she reached her left palm which materialized the spirit gauntlet to reach the water surface of the river, her consciousness was concentrated and the channel for sprits was opened.

Simultaneously, in the Soul Purity Arts that Kurumi pushed out in her left hand, ──a magic circle unfolded in the thin air, disturbing the flow of water in the river. A vortex began to gradually occur and grew to a size of a meter, and the water rolled up to the sky. As small droplets fell down, Kurumi raised her concentration once more, and the water that shot up gradually formed a certain divine beast.

A dragon.

"……OOoo～!"

From the top of a huge rock nearby, a little succubus companion who followed her altogether raised a voice of admiration ── she's Naruse Maria. In front of what Maria is seeing right now,

"───"

Kurumi unexpectedly made a severe expression── At once, the shape of the water which curled upwards lost control, the dragon's shape turned for worse, and the large quantity of water fell down the surface of the river like a waterfall in the sky.

“Isn't that amazing Kurumi-san? Today, compared to yesterday, you're able to use it up to this extent.”

"……this isn't that good at all."

To Maria who claps her hands in admiration, Kurumi said with a frown.

──What Kurumi called for was a spirit of a water attribute. Usually, Undine and Nereids, and various spirits such as Apsaras lend their powers to Kurumi.

But due to the Demon Realm’s influence, Kurumi at present wasn't able to open a channel with spirits well. She should be able to produce an even bigger water dragon right now if it isn't true, and should make them soar into the sky just as it is──but the results ended up to a degree that even a small size is not possible to maintain.

Even as she appealed to a spirit like usual, their voice and reactions felt very distant. Perhaps Kurumi today can only take out half of her powers in comparison to when she's in the human world.

As Maria gave a bitter smile, she jumped off from the top of the rock and closed the distance to Kurumi. Then,

"Well, since training is going to end soon, let's have lunch. The maid in the kitchen had made us sandwiches."

As she says so, Maria opened a rather big basket held in her hands and showed it to Kurumi. With meat and vegetables in the inside, the sandwich also has jam-packed various ingredients such as eggs tightly. As expected of a dish from an entrusted maid serving at a castle indeed, it seemed so delicious even by only looking.

“This amount, isn’t it a little too much to eat for only two people…?”

“Because Kurumi didn’t eat a proper meal this morning, this is just right as it is”

“………”

To the words of Maria, Kurumi went silent. She’s right──Kurumi had hardly eaten her breakfast. Though once she took a seat in the dining room, she started to eat, and left the seat in a hurry.

Kurumi having such behavior is a thing that cannot be permitted. To Kurumi who fell silent, in a rag woven of hemp materials, Maria takes a seat, laid her back to the grass of the dry riverbed and asks,

“…Are you still angry about Basara-san and Zest-san’s Master and Servant Contract?”

She’s right──Kurumi this morning, was told by Basara that he and Zest made a Master and Servant contract.

Of course, before coming to the Demon Realm, as he declared “It’s necessary to protect Zest, so a Master and Servant contract should be made”, is really the kind of what the gentle Basara does. Kurumi thought so and agreed upon. However, when she was made hear it happened ──As for Kurumi, she knew that she herself admitted to have a Master and Servant Contract with Zest due to her condition. As for that,

…I can’t believe it, to think that even sis or Mio to say nothing…

Mio, being targeted by Zolgear, to even have a connection to the one that murdered her adoptive parents cruelly──She was so to speak was the sole enemy for Mio and Basara. As for Basara and Zest who was a subordinate of such a man to enter a Master and Servant Contract, even if real understanding is shown by their mouths, Kurumi thought that those intentions will never be accepted no matter what.

However──Yuki and Mio after a brief silence, approved the contract of Basara. Kurumi cried “What!?” immediately, and stood up from her chair,

…But.

Kurumi wasn’t able to say anything more than that. Because in the past, there was also no doubt that she had become an enemy of Basara before. Therefore, since Yuki and Mio which has not betrayed Basara accepted it, Kurumi had no choice to object.

──Still, everybody seemed to have understood Kurumi’s feelings. Basara and Zest whom are to blame remained silent for granted, and for sure, the three people: Yuki, Mio and Maria also understood Kurumi’s and Basara’s feelings, so they didn’t say anything. However, unable to bear the eyes which turned to her right now──as she came to her senses Kurumi runs out of the dining room, and walked along the hallway alone. Then, Kurumi asked Noel the housemaid who passed each other by chance on the hallway whether there or not is there a river nearby, and told her this place.

──There was a reason why Nonaka Kurumi wanted to come to the river.

Before the tragedy that happened five years ago, when Basara was still in the 《 Village 》of the Hero Clan──Kurumi had often gone out to play in a nearby river with Basara and Yuki. Fishing together, swimming together, the get along well just like true siblings. As Kurumi being younger, she always loved Basara and Yuki, and piled up many wonderful memories with the two people.

One time, those memories──due to the tragedy five years ago, she thought that it was lost completely.

After the sad reunion five years after, they had fought one time──still, Basara remained unchanged from the old days, and valued Kurumi as it is. Therefore, even though it’s her mission that she came to live under the same roof as them, she was really happy. Even little by little, she thought that that she could go back to the old days from the bottom of her heart. She actually wanted to come to this river together with everyone. While remembering the childhood with Basara and Yuki and their past relationships, in addition to Mio and Maria, she wanted to make a new memory here. And then──if desired, Kurumi don’t even mind even if Zest was there.

…However, she making a Master and Servant Contract with Basara is a different story.

She heard the story that Zest has a power of an S class. By making a Master-Servant Contract with Basara, she becomes stronger than before, and thus finds herself useful to Basara, raising his power.

…still.

Nonaka Kurumi thought──she doesn’t want to lose to Zest.

Therefore when Kurumi visited here alone, she began her training in order to manage the darkness element that she got from Lucia even a little. Maria followed behind a little later. And as for Maria, as she finished arranging the sandwich and side dishes on the seat,

“Anyway, let’s have lunch first. The brain doesn’t act properly when hungry, and I think that’s not good in various ways.”

She said so and beckoned her. Therefore,

“………Un”

As Nonaka Kurumi nodded, she sat down next to Maria and began to eat the food on that day.

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The sandwich which the housemaid had maid was delicious.

Though they thought that the amount in the basket was too many to fill in two people, partly due to the fact of almost pulling out in the morning, she was able to eat it up with Maria in no time. Even if feeling depressed, if the stomach is filled with something good, a person can get well in a little while.

Was the state of Kurumi perceived? Maria says with a smile.

“Hey, have you had your meal properly?” “……Un. Thank you.”

As soon as Kurumi finishes eating, Maria pours a drink to a cup from a portable jug,

“Here, Kurumi-san. “ “Thank you……”

As she received it, the tea in the cup raised a warm steam. As she sipped it, filled with warmth a faint sweet fragrance gets away from the mouth and reaches her nose, Kurumi relaxed her body naturally. Then,

“──Did it settle you down a little?”

Maria said with gentle eyes.

“Because Kurumi-san is a Element Master Spirit Magician… if you use magic in that condition even if you are a part of the Hero Clan in an irritated state, do you think that spirits in the Demon Realm would turn cautious and wouldn’t answer?”

“I wasn’t particularly irritated…”

When Kurumi tells in a sulky way, Maria who gives a bitter smile,

“I know that you’re bothered with Basara-san and Zest-san… You could relax with a delicious meal and a cup of tea. It is more deserving rather than wasting yourself feel depressed.”

“……un”

Maria was certainly right… to establish an emotional bond with the spirits of the Demon Realm, if you don’t believe it first, it doesn’t start. If you focused on how she materialized her spirit gauntlet and fitted in the slot, for spirits of highly compatible attributes it was duller than usual.

…However.

Even though things appear this way, it has still become better. Yesterday, when they have only just arrived in the Demon Realm, elements completely become corrupted due to the evil influence, and she wasn’t able to feel spirits from within.

So Kurumi, reaching to the point of using magic to this degree, was because a dark element which made contacts with the spirits of the Demon Realm made easier was given to her by that woman.

“…What do you think about her, that Maria’s older sister?”

Kurumi said, while looking at the element of the dark color that fitted into the slot.

“To me, to give such a thing… and even getting along well with her, I’m thankful. However, isn’t she the adjutant of Ramses who dislike Mio?”

“it is so… that merciless Lucia ane-sama, to be on good terms with me and even give me a special treatment, it’s difficult just to think about it.”

Hmm, while thinking, Maria

“Possibly, she may have taken a liking to Kurumi personally, don’t you think?”

“How… I, what part did your sister took a liking in particular?”

“Oh my ── then don’t you have any ideas?”

“There is no way, right?”

As Kurumi replies with an immediate answer,

“……Hmm, is that so?”

Maria uttered in a casual tone,

“──then I’ll tell you”

As she says so, Kurumi was pushed down on her seat.

“Wai- Maria…?”

As she uttered and cried in surprise, Kurumi’s clothes were unbuttoned and the front was opened up all the way by Maria’ experienced hands. Furthermore, as Maria reached out her hands and took off the hook of Kurumi’s skirt,

“I heard it. Kurumi-san…in the office of Lucia ane-sama yesterday”

“!────”

Startled and gasping for breath, even the hook and also the zipper are opened in that small opportunity, the skirt of Kurumi was dragged down.

“Wa-Wait...that…is not it……!”

Though Kurumi tries to stop desperately while turning red, before the physical strength of Maria who is a power type, resisting this level is futile. Then,

“I, until now, has been cooperating so that Kurumi-san could catch up to Yuki-san and Mio-san. Nevertheless, having considered Basara-san in front of Lucia Ane-sama while I don’t know… In addition the cause that happened, I hear that it’s because of you stealing glances at Basara-san, don’t you think?”

As Maria says so, Kurumi’s jacket was stripped off together with the brassiere,

Yaa……I, idiot!”

As Kurumi tries to cover her chest with both hands in a hurry, Maria bound both of her arms with her tail, and Kurumi was made to raise both hands on top of her head. And, the good things that the both hands were blocking, while Maria unclothes socks and shoes of Kurumi one by one slowly,

“Fufu, Kurumi-san is such a bad person…… in the bath last night, did you say such things at all?”

“but, tha-that’s because…”

Without regards to hesitating what she wants to say, Maria continues unclothing Kurumi──and then,

“Aah……”

Kurumi raised a voice that seemed to faint at last.

With her upper body naked, she has been left with only her panties. To this which exposed the skin under the blue sky reddened in shyness, Maria looks down with eyes that seemed to have ignited her succubus instinct, and takes off her own clothes too. Then, as she ended up only in her panties similar to Kurumi,

“As for Kurumi being liked by Lucia ane-sama, it’s a delightful thing as a friend. There is no need to hide anything. Really now…… still, for me, there is no need to be reserved in that sort of thing.”

Maria made a small laugh.

“──Now I have to punish you for this”

As soon as she said so, she began prying open her both legs.

“No……Maria……”

Though Kurumi tried to refuse desperately, she isn’t in a state to resist as both of her hands were bound up. As she entwined her legs around, Kurumi’s modest chest was rubbed lasciviously by Maria’s own chest──just now,

“ah, Aaahh……AaaaaAaahh♥”

Kurumi leaked a sweet cry. As for the touches of love of the succubus Maria, the pleasure brought is unbelievable. Additionally, Kurumi, to the whisper of the devil called Maria to catch up to Mio and Yuki, indecent things have been done to her in almost every day by Maria in the Toujou house.

Of course, the body of Kurumi completely remembers the taste of that pleasure──though she didn’t enter a Master and Servant Contract in particular, her body has made sensitive almost the same as Mio and Yuki recently.

“Yaaah……I, such thing……, outside……”

Though ashamed, her body trembles helplessly in sweet sensations running through her whole body. Then,

“It’s all right…… I’ll make Kurumi-san a woman of Basara’s liking who doesn’t lose to Mio-sama and Yuki-san”

As she said so, Maria licked her cheeks this time.

“Ah ──…”

I can be a woman that Basara would come to like ── as she thinks so, the Maria’s unreasonableness is accepted, and As Kurumi becomes weak to pleasure,

“Fufufu…… other than Basara-san, who in the world is it that Kurumi likes? I’ll make you remember properly”

Maria, while expressing a sadistic smile, put her lips near her left side quietly.

And then ── the next moment, her weakest place was breathed with all her might,

“! ──FUaaaaaaaaahhhnn ♥”

Nonaka Kurumi, reaching her peak under the blue sky, raised a flirtatious voice as her body trembled in delight.

Part 2

Doing an exciting act outside, Maria was more intense than usual.

Caressing Kurumi’s body dearly until she’s completely unable to stand up, she continued giving pleasures of a woman badly until Maria is satisfied. Therefore, it has not become just a simple training anymore ──afterwards, having taken a break till the sun sets, the two people returned to the Wildart Castle.

And now, heading for the bathroom, Kurumi stepped her foot inside. She couldn’t return for the reason of having a smell of a woman, though she washed it at the river with Maria, her body had become a little chilly by that cause.

If she catches cold with this, she herself will become an even more burden to everyone.

She wants to avoid such pitiable situation,

……Besides.

Because she has taken such an attitude on that breakfast, it is still difficult to face everyone.

Especially ── Basara and Zest, as she doesn’t know how she should receive them.

Though she couldn’t keep on running away forever, she wants to delay it a little more… and Kurumi parted with Maria at the hallway, she takes off her clothes in the dressing room, went full bare, and set foot in a large indoor bath.

Then, Kurumi, though yo can say that it’s still early for dinner, found that there was a figure of someone who came ahead of her in the wash place.

It was Yuki and Mio.

“Ah……”

When Kurumi raised her voice in awareness, the two people who has been washing their bodies noticed her. To Kurumi who had an awkward expression in a moment, Yuki and Mio looked at each other, and expressed a gentle expression at once.

“Welcome back Kurumi…”

“Maria seems to have gone there, did that child cause trouble to you?”

They say so, and began to smile. It was an expression which doesn’t mind what Kurumi has done in the morning at all ── for this reason, as Kurumi approaches at the bottom of Yuki and Mio apologetically,

“…Both of you, I’m sorry for this morning.”

She spoke words of apology while bowing her head.

“Although the elder sisters had agreed upon the contract of Basara……Of all things, I, in such behavior”

And Kurumi, looking at the girl with wouldn’t be gentler than herself with pure intentions.

“And on how Mio… after all that things with Zolgear, still accepted it.”

“There isn’t anything for Kurumi-chan to apologize. I also, am a little surprised at myself… After talking about it by Basara beforehand, my feelings to tell you the truth are too complicated understand even for myself after all. (!)

As Mio gave a wry but gentle smile,

“Hey, sit here.”

She moved the bath chair and placed it down next to them.

The space between Mio and Yuki had become available. However, Kurumi couldn’t sit down on that chair. Between these two people… it was the same seat as the dining room this morning. Kurumi became emotional, as it was the place which she ran away from. Therefore,

“…………”

As Kurumi stood there, Yuki pulled her hand to that place gently.

Therefore, when Kurumi sits down slowly as having got the permission,

“Kurumi…… your body is a little cold”

Noticing her body temperature, Yuki said so, and Kurumi nodded deeply.

“… It is because I entered to the river outside a little while ago”

“Then, step in the bathtub early to get warm……we’ll continue the talk over there”

As Kurumi nodded again in the suggestion of Mio, she washed down her body in hot water.

And then── Kurumi went the bathtub with Yuki, sandwiched by the two people, she submerged in the hot water. Wrapped up in tender warmth, relieving the tension in their body, it relaxed them a bit.

……Ah.

To each hands that were feeling the stone bottom, Mio and Yuki’s hands overlapped gently.

“──About Basara and Zest, there is a reason that I permitted it”

Making an introduction, Mio on the left said,

“As for the contract of those two having permitted by me, it was all thanks to Yuki and Kurumi-chan.”

“… elder sister and I?”

“That’s right. Yuki and Kurumi-chan, don’t you guys fought against me and Maria first? But now, we are living together. Though it was all thanks to Basara’s assistance, it is really dangerous if you think about it, no matter what Basara says to you two, aren’t we taking advantage of him overlooking us?”

However,

“Yuki and Kurumi-chan didn’t do such a thing…… because you believed that Maria and I won’t ever harm Basara, right?”

“Well that’s……”

To her who hesitated to voice her affirmation, Mio makes a smile and,

“I, am also the same, right? Without opposing Basara, Yuki and Kurumi admitted us as friends, and therefore I also thought you as such too.”

And,

“While meeting Zest again in the Demon Realm… she now, revealing that she won’t ever intend to harm us, I thought that it can be possible to approach her the same way as Kurumi-chan, don’t you think? And while working as the housemaid and Sheera-san’s bodyguard, still, when you see her who is looking at Basara with eyes which seems to be in pain…… I see my former self overlapping her.”

“Mio’s former self……?”

“Yes… After father and mother were murdered by Zolgear, there have been various circumstances. There was a time that I couldn’t put my trust on anyone aside from Maria──above all, a man in particular.”

Mio, saying with a face as if remembering something unpleasant, abruptly making a gentle expression,

“However… to us who approached and deceived him from the start, Basara was still gentle. After knowing our circumstances, he chased us all the way to help us after. At that time, still, Yuki advised Basara not to be involved with me anymore, but…”

However, with Mio.

“Still, Basara said that that he will protect me… and the thing with Yuki who is still an important childhood friend, though that doesn’t mean he did forgot what happened five years ago, if the Hero clan who protects this world can’t protect me, it will be his duty.”

That’s what I thought…at that time.

“if it’s Basara and Jin-san, I believe that they are reliable. Such thing as Zolgear, our trusted lawyer, the men in town, there are no such man as them. Like a true family… like Onii-chan, they are people who think of me importantly.”

Therefore,

“Thinking about it, it was so wonderful that I cried.”

To the expression that Mio showed,

“──────”

As for Kurumi, the feelings of the girl named Naruse Mio towards Basara was understood once more. As for that profile that she had gazed ever since she was young──Yuki too was the same when she yearned for Basara.

“For Zest which was entrusted to the Moderates, Sheera’s existence, probably, was just like Maria’s case for me, I think. And, as I encountered Basara, and having needed that fellow, Zest met Basara too, and like that──he was needed. Yuki and Kurumi-chan too, even though we had met through in various ways, Basara and I altogether accepted you all in the end. And, Basara, with the same feelings at that time when he helped me, was trying to help Zest.”

Therefore,

“Then as for this, I have to accept Zest…Or so I think.”

“Even she is the subordinate of the enemy who murdered your parents?”

As Kurumi asked, Mio nods with a “yes” and,

“But supposed that…If Zest was the one who killed my parents, I would not forgive her. But she’s not… As for opposing us, was only in accordance with Zolgear who is her creator and as his subordinate. Then, it is the same as with Maria being threatened on the pretext of Sheera-san. And, Zolgear who was the main culprit for all of this was no more. Being on good terms with each other all of a sudden may be difficult, but by understanding each other little by little, I think we can.”

It was the statement that made them accept the Master and Servant Contract of Basara and Zest from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore,

“…elder sister?”

While Kuruki looks back towards the opposite direction asks,

“My thoughts, it haven’t changed ever since five years ago.”

Yuki said in a smooth tone.

“Even this time, I’ll still follow Basara ── and for that I became stronger.”

And,

“Basara right now, in the same way as that time when he protected me five years ago, has been desperately protecting everybody… My mission is to protect his side and support him. If their thoughts are the same as I, they may be accepted as a companion separately. But if it’s the opposite──”

Suddenly, Yuki stared with cold eyes,

“──if there is an existence which seriously tries to hurt Basara, who ever that is, I won’t forgive them. Even it is Zest…or even Mio and Maria” Mio who heard it leaked a wry smile. But rather than being disgusted, it was a bitter smile that feels a certain kind of hope.

──However, Kurumi wasn’t able to smile. Instead, she asked in a soft voice.

“………Even me?”

“………As I said. I would not permit any existence to seriously hurt Basara.”

Therefore, the hand which was held in the hot water was clenched. Then, gently embracing her,

“Elder sister……”

Kurumi in which her waist was held in, looked up at Yuki before her eyes with a little surprise,

“Until now, and also from now on──I know best that such behavior is impossible for Kurumi. When coming with Takashi and Shiba before, even though you said that you hate him so much, you didn’t seriously try to kill Basara till the end”

Yuki smiled, and gently pat her head. From there, Mio,

“…You know, after Kurumi-chan left this morning, Did Maria go to Kurumi’s place by the river afterwards to have lunch later on?”

“? Un…”

Saying in a significant tone, Kurumi nodded to her question,

“That, you see, if someone were to take Kurumi back, she should be the most suitable… well, this was because Maria volunteered for the position.”

To this extent, the lunchbox was brought intentionally. As for being worried about her she understood it, but,

“Maria… she has a reason she did it in such a way.”

After coming to the river──Maria also had a similar feeling that was close to Kurumi.

For her worries, she was grateful, though she had been pushed down forcibly at the end, she certainly thought that she would intend to leave it unsettled for pleasure as always, but,

“…then, perhaps, even now…?”

In the Toujou Household, well, Maria had often entwined with Kurumi in various ways ── could it be that, were she doing that on purpose for the sake of Kurumi? As Kurumi yearned for gratitude to Maria,

“But, Maria’s just like that, losing her calm more than usual, a fellow who has been trying to chase behind Kurumi-chan immediately. Though Kurumi-chan couldn’t understand the Master and Servant Contract with Zest at once and left, that person said “I must explain it to her properly” with a straight face.”

Mio’s voice said with a smile.

“Eh……?”

To Kurumi who asked again in reflex,

“Well, we saying such things had gotten an adverse effect… and thus Maria went. And then…”

Fufu, Mio laughed,

“Therefore, we were able to leave Kurumi-chan as it is. When Maria asked the housemaid for a box lunch, until she went to Kurumi-chan’s place as soon it was ready. It took her some time, but…... right now the current Kurumi-chan, under the influence that just came to the Demon Realm, your original powers couldn’t be taken out. It is for something to do in the meantime”

Therefore,

“Even though you didn’t call out, so as not to see if there isn’t any danger, Maria came out without notice. As I say so, there was a guy who chased after Kurumi immediately──did you not notice?”

“...Basara, to me?”

“Yes. By the way, the maid who prepared the lunchbox which Maria took… Who do you think it is?”

“──────”

To the implied words of Mio, Kurumi doesn’t have any words either. And,

Kurumi… as you come out from here, to those two”

“………Un”

To the question urged by Yuki, Kurumi nodded obediently.

I’ll apologize to the two people properly, and give them my gratitude──she thought strongly in her heart.

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