Broken Possessors of Infinite Regression Academy

“Mira. I’m seriously asking you, but would you rather spank my butt?”

“Hnya… Cool…”

“This is a bit embarrassing… Ugh…”

“Leona, I’m telling you to look to the side. There’s a mass magic. I don’t know if it’s a punishment or an appeal.”

“Mmm, I don’t mind. Any punishment given by the child is gladly accepted…”

I returned to the bedroom and grilled the other four people who were relaxing on the sofa, including Erestika. At first, they all denied it, claiming they knew nothing.

However, when I focused on Priscilla and got her to confess, the others couldn’t hold out for long. Erestika was next, quickly catching on to the situation, and Laura was the last to cave.

Leona and Latina hesitated, but when Erestika joined my side, they quietly slipped in as well. The only one left was Laura, and her expression was quite amusing.

Kang Yuna was unsure, but she had indeed made a deal with Nika. In celebration of my birthday, Nika had allowed her to take me away for 30 minutes.

In exchange, they had been given pheromones so that they could join in the fun later. It was obvious that I would have refused if they had made such a proposal during the banquet.

While these five people had prevented the others from panicking when I disappeared with Nika, it was also true that none of this would have happened if they hadn’t allowed it in the first place, so it was hard to say they were entirely to thank.

Of course, Nika had her reasons. She had originally planned to appear after conquering the demon world and surprise me, but she couldn’t ignore my birthday, so she had chosen a compromise.

That compromise involved taking me away for 30 minutes during the banquet and absorbing my energy, and the reason she was given the demonic sword was a bit strange.

“Are you holding it steady?”

“Yeah, yeah. Don’t worry, Mira. Nowadays, even phones have good cameras, you know?”

“You don’t have to worry. I’m putting my heart and soul into filming it.”

Rosalia and Elysier were diligently filming the two of them with their smartphones.

The two of them were excitedly filming the scene. Even Elysier, who usually kept her cool, seemed to be caught up in the excitement.

I had to think of a punishment, but I wasn’t sure what would be effective. I decided to make them stand with their hands raised.

Hitting them was out of the question, as it would be actual violence. And if I just touched them lightly, it would only please them. If I hit them hard, it would be real violence.

This way, they would feel ashamed, but it wasn’t violence, and it wouldn’t hurt their feelings. Rosalia and Elysier deserved to be teased for their actions.

‘……It doesn’t seem to be working on two of them.’

Priscilla was dozing off, yawning and rubbing her eyes as she stood with her hands raised, clearly exhausted. As for Erestika, I couldn’t tell if she was being punished or seducing me.

With her arms raised above her head and wearing a sleeveless outfit, her clean armpits and the two massive orbs beneath them were on full display.

The memory of what we had done in the armpits, possibly due to the pheromones, was vivid in my mind, and my gaze was instinctively drawn to her.

“……”

Erestika seemed to be aware of it, as she slightly turned her head and gave me a coy smile, bending her elbows to create a pose that was either a punishment or a seduction.

“Okay! Look here! Click!”

“Hmm, hwit…”

“That’s right. That’s the pose. The embarrassed pose.”

“You know exactly why you’re being punished, don’t you, Laura?”

While the punishment didn’t seem to be working on two of them, it was definitely effective on Laura, who had been the one to propose the concrete details of Nika’s suggestion.

I told them to stand like that for 30 minutes and then went out to the garden to get some fresh air. It was just before noon. The banquet would resume around lunchtime, so I wanted to clear my head before then.

The maids scurrying around the garden greeted me diligently, even though they were busy. I didn’t want to disturb them, so I went to a quieter part of the garden where I wouldn’t need to pass by them.

“Ibrante?”

“Oh, employer!”

There, I unexpectedly ran into Ibrante. She was carrying a large box and smiled brightly as she put it down.

“What brings you to this place… Oh, I guess it’s not employer anymore, is it?”

“It doesn’t matter. Call me whatever you like.”

“It’s been a while, Mira oppa.”

“Yeah. It’s been a while. How have you been?”

“I’m doing well. Even if I just ate the food scraps here, I’d still be doing better than before.”

“……That won’t happen.”

“You’re right. It’s not enough to say I’m doing well. In that tiny shack, how many of us were crammed in there? You know, Mira oppa. But now we each have our own rooms, we get three meals a day, the quality of the food is amazing, I don’t have to hear my siblings’ stomachs rumbling, I don’t have to put out buckets when the rainwater leaks through the roof, and I don’t have to shiver in the winter breeze that comes in through the cracks in the planks―”

“Hey, hey, that’s enough! Stop there!”

Ibrante quickly covered her sister’s mouth. When her sister quieted down, she bowed to me apologetically.

“I’m sorry, Mira-nim. She gets carried away sometimes. We should be working harder, but…”

“It’s fine. It’s nice to see that you’re doing well.”

The younger sister mumbled that she was so competent that she didn’t need to work harder, but Io ignored her.

“Is the work manageable?”

“Yes. Being a merchant guild’s bodyguard isn’t that difficult, so it’s a bit concerning that we’re getting paid so much for such easy work.”

“It’s a fair price for your skills, so don’t worry. So, how’s your sister doing?”

“She’s improving by leaps and bounds. Diana has praised her several times for being a good learner. I think she’s found her calling, as she seems to enjoy looking at numbers and doing paperwork. Diana even said that when the guild grows larger, she’ll give her a separate branch to manage directly.”

As I spoke, I noticed that her speech pattern was starting to resemble Diana’s. If you changed the polite speech to casual, it would be about 0.7 Diana Crate.

“That’s great. Keep learning hard― Wait, Diana?”

Something about the way I said it felt odd.

“At first, I called her Diana-nim, but when I asked her age, she said we didn’t have much of an age gap, so she told me to call her ‘unni’ instead. I’ve been calling her ‘unni’ ever since.”

‘We don’t have much of an age gap?’

In Earth years, they would be about 12 years apart. She had no conscience at all.

“Well, anyway. I’m glad to hear that you’re doing well.”

“It’s all thanks to you, Mira-nim. Oh, right! It’s not much, but… here, happy birthday. Martini and I pooled our salaries to get this custom-made gift for you.”

“I’m 55 and she’s 45.”

My younger sister proudly raised her chin. I smiled and opened the wrapping paper.

“Gloves?”

Inside was a pair of black leather gloves.

“Yes. You tend to wield your sword with your bare hands, so… I thought it would feel weird if you developed calluses. I asked your employer for your size, so they should fit perfectly. Well, if you already have something better, you don’t have to use them…”

I had received gloves with various enchantments as birthday gifts, including one from the Emperor. However, I had thanked her and stored it away in the warehouse with the other gifts, as I didn’t feel the need for them.

I put on the gloves and flexed my fingers. They fit perfectly.

“They fit perfectly. Thank you, I’ll make good use of them.”

“Really? Thank you.”

The two of them beamed.

I took off the gloves and put them in my pocket. They seemed to be preparing to leave soon. That’s when my gaze fell on the box that had been placed next to me earlier. It was a sizable box, large enough to cover half of Io’s upper body.

“What’s that? It looks pretty heavy.”

“Oh, this? Well, um… it’s…”

It was just a casual question, but Ibrante’s obvious discomfort and hesitation in answering piqued my curiosity. It wouldn’t be normal for her to react like this if it was an ordinary item.

And there was no reason for Ibrante and Martini to be exchanging such glances if it was a normal item.

“It’s just a delivery. A request from the employer.”

“A request from the big sister? Why didn’t you get the younger ones to do it and instead do it yourself?”

“I’m a merchant guild bodyguard, so I can do simple deliveries, right…?”

Ibrante avoided eye contact and trailed off. Her behavior was clearly suspicious.

I approached the box, but the two of them blocked my way. Ibrante looked visibly flustered, while Martini bit her lip and looked dismayed.

“I’ll just take a look and put it back the way it was.”

“No! If we get fired, do you want to take responsibility?!”

“If you get fired, I’ll double your salary and rehire you myself, so don’t worry.”

“Really?! Sis, don’t fall for it! For people like us, our credibility is the most important thing!”

Martini, who sounded just like Diana, pushed me away, flailing her arms and legs. Of course, it was a futile struggle.

I could have pretended to be pushed back, but my curiosity was greater. It was a delivery especially entrusted to Ibrante, a highly skilled bodyguard,  from Dianaand it had to be delivered to a secluded place like this.

I easily overpowered the two of them and approached the box. Martini shouted, “If you open it, I’ll cry! I’ll really cry!” but I ignored her and opened the box carefully, trying to keep it as intact as possible.

“……”

I quietly closed the box after seeing that it was filled with erotic novels, enough to fill half of a person’s upper body.

“……”

“……”

Ibrante and Martini, who had not expected this type of item, stared blankly at the box.

“What did Diana say when she gave this to you?”

“She just said it was a very important item and that I must not let anyone open it before it reaches its destination…”

“Who is it for?”

“Kang Yuna.”

I couldn’t believe my ears.

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“So, how are the erotic novels of this world? Are they interesting?”

“Huh?! What are you talking about?! Hey, do I look like someone who would read that kind of stuff from Diana?!”

“I never said you did.”

“Oh.”