I Became a Gallery Manager in Another World

──Smack!

“Kkeuheeek!!!♥”

“….?”

Before I realized it, I had already punched Laplace in the lower abdomen.

“Kkeuuh!… Guk..!♥… Ha… Hoooh!… Huek…!♥”

Please don’t misunderstand.

It was not like I had anger management issues or anything.

In fact, I was closer to a pacifist who avoided fights whenever possible.

Proof of that was how a part of my mind was still worried about the Empire’s peace even now!

Up until now, things had flowed naturally, but looking back, the Empire’s future seemed bleak.

The princess in front of me was an extreme masochist with a desire for destruction, the saintess candidate carried the blood of the succubus, Redrose’s heiress suffered from pregnancy addiction, and the head of the Blackdahlia family was a hyper-sensitive virgin who climaxed over 100 times a day.

…And above all, the future Emperor’s husband had an NTS kink.

‘At the very least, that NTS thing…’

NTS, also known as Netorase.

It was a fetish where someone enjoyed watching their lover taken by another man.

Honestly, I couldn’t understand it.

To be frank, I felt like I would have a seizure if my lover even touched another man’s hand, let alone got taken.

And you might think it was hypocritical of me to say that when I was building a harem…

But honestly, it was hypocritical!

‘Yeah. I’m trash!’

I was beyond the point of making excuses like “I’m doing this to save the world.”

Not that it had no influence at all, but at least it wasn’t my top priority anymore.

The main reason I was building a harem now was simply because I loved everyone too much.

Crunch-

“Kkeuheeek…!!♥… I-I’m sorry..! … Gukhe..! Please forgive me♥… I-Ian..!♥”

Of course, Laplace, whose head I was currently stomping on, was also one of the people I loved.

It might seem strange to others, but just like the saying, ‘There are as many forms of love as there are people in the world,’ this was how Laplace and I expressed our affection.

“Stand up straight, Laplace.”

“Ha…!.. Hoooh..! Guk… Yes… Yes, Ian..”

“Why did you introduce me as a gigolo?”

“T-That’s because… I couldn’t think of any other way to introduce you naturally… A-And I thought introducing you as a gigolo would make my sister accept it more easily.”

“She accepted it just from that?”

I frowned and asked.

“There are plenty of professional gigolos who are much better than me.”

Even with Laplace’s recommendation, I couldn’t understand why she would choose me, someone with little reputation as a gigolo.

“T-That’s… because… Terrace saw… a picture of Ian… and strongly recommended you… T-That’s why my sister accepted it as well…”

“She saw a picture? When was that taken?”

“Oh! T-That… I provided… the one I had… Kkeuheeek!!”

“Stop whining and get up. Or do you want to get hit again?”

“Hueh!.. Hueh!.. I-I’ll get up.. S-So… Please… don’t hit me…♥”

Glance─

Laplace said that while looking up at me with teary eyes.

If I were to translate her behavior, it would be something like this:

「I’m still not satisfied, so please hit me more.」

Smack─!

“Kkeuheeek!?!♥♥”

“Did I just hear backtalk from my footstool?”

“Ha… Haek♥… Yes… Yes… I-I’m sorry♥ Ah!… Gukhe♥… I… I’m such a stupid… footstool…♥ I’m sorry♥… Please… Don’t mind me… A-And use me…♥ Like a… punching bag…♥ Break me as you please…♥”

“Alright. Let’s work well together, okay?”

“Kkeuk…!.. Y-Yes… Yes…♥ Hehe…♥”

“Now let me ask again. Why me, of all people?”

“T-That’s because Ian is an orphan…”

“….”

Something felt off.

It was as if I had slightly lost control.

Somehow, I fe;t like I had been getting played by Laplace for a while now.

Of course, it was true that I was an orphan, but couldn’t she have phrased it a bit more delicately?

‘Or is she saying this because she wants to get hit more?’

Considering Laplace’s ‘destruction desire,’ it was entirely possible that she was using this kind of language because she wanted to be punished.

“Explain properly. What does me being an orphan have to do with this?”

“T-That’s because… if Ian were to ever spread the fact that you had relations with my sister… they think it would be easy to silence you.”

“….”

“Of course… The royal family has also investigated you and discovered your close ties with the Marigold family, but… They believe that if the time ever came to remove you, the Marigold family wouldn’t be able to withstand the pressure from the royal family.”

After hearing her explanation, I understood why the royal family had chosen me.

‘So they picked me because they thought there’d be no complications.’

Certainly, the Marigold family wasn’t a house to be trifled with, but it couldn’t be compared to the royal family.

Logically speaking, no one would start a fight with the royal family over a mere orphan.

But…

The current heads of the Marigold family, Evelyn’s parents, were not people bound by ordinary logic.

They truly raised me as if I were their own son.

And though I felt guilty about it and never said it aloud, I also considered them like my parents.

‘…This is starting to piss me off.’

If they had just left it at ‘he’s an orphan, so it’ll be easy to deal with,’ I might have been able to shrug it off with a sigh.

But threatening the Marigold family? That wasn’t something I could let slide.

“…Hick!… O-Of course, it’s because my sister doesn’t understand Ian’s greatness! But… I-I know… So please, have mercy…”

“Mercy? From people who plan to use me and discard me once I’m no longer useful?”

“Kkeu… Kkeuk!!… It’s not guaranteed they’ll remove you!!… F-First, they’ll give Ian significant compensation and try to silence you. B-But if Ian isn’t satisfied or tries to blackmail them…”

“Hey.”

I pressed two fingers into a spot just above Laplace’s navel.

No need for much strength.

Laplace’s body had already been thoroughly trained by me.

Press─

“Shut up and come.”

“Kkeuheeek?!!♥♥”

Psshh—

At my command, Laplace’s body straightened out as if stretched, her face turning into a foolish expression.

“…Haek♥… Hahik..!♥.. I… Ian…!♥”

It seemed like Laplace was satisfied, but I had no intention of stopping.

Up until now, whenever Laplace did something to be scolded for, I’d act like ‘I’m really mad!’ and throw in a technique, to which Laplace would respond with ‘Oogooog!!♥’ like she was enjoying it…

But this time, I was genuinely trying to give her a ‘punishment.’

Squeeze—

“Come. Come. Come…”

“Heeek!!♥…Oook!?♥…Hikkuk!!…♥♥…Ah♥…No…!♥!…Kkeuheeek!♥…No..♥I-I kept going!♥Kkeuheeek!!♥…♥…Hikkuk!?! Oh… I’m…I’m dying♥… Kkeuk… Ohoooohh–!!♥♥”

Laplace let out beast-like groans, leaking juices filled with the scent of a female in the midst of continuous climaxes.

“Ah…! Haaa… No♥… I… I kept coming…I can’t…♥ Breathe properly♥… Kkeuk… I… I feel like… I’m going to die!!♥… Kkeuk!… P-Please♥… Ian… Kkeuk..♥… Please.. Heuek!… Ah!♥”

“So what?”

As Laplace pleaded desperately, struggling to endure the climaxes, I struck her lower abdomen where her womb was.

Thud—

“Ha… Hahk!♥… N-No..! Kkooot!♥… Kkoohk!♥”

“I told you to shut up and go. Don’t resist arrogantly.”

“Kkeuh!… Hee!.♥.. Yes… Yes… I-I’m… I’m sorry.♥… Kkeuk..!.. I’ll… I’ll come…♥ Kkeuk… I’ll come again♥… Kkeuk♥… Ah.. Ah!♥!.. I’ll come, I’ll come♥.. Kkeuk!♥… I came when you hit my womb♥.. Hueeek!!♥♥”

Drool—

As if rebounding from enduring the climax, Laplace’s body jolted up before collapsing to the floor, a stream of blood trickling out of her nose.

Squeeze—

“Hey… Do you think I’m an idiot?”

I grabbed Laplace by her hair as she lay sprawled on the floor and spoke.

“Kkeuk…♥He… Hee?♥… No… I never… ever thought that♥… I-I really never… thought that!!… Kkeuk..!”

I wasn’t doing this to Laplace just to vent my anger 100%.

As I said at the beginning, I was a pacifist.

‘But… I have no choice!!’

In a place like the imperial palace, where they could erase me without a trace, Laplace was the only one who could help me.

“…You provoked me on purpose because you wanted to be punished, didn’t you?”

Of course, I trusted Laplace.

Just as Laplace was a precious existence to me, I must be a precious existence to her as well.

If I asked Laplace to choose between her family and me, she would surely choose me.

But…

Because her opponent was her family, I couldn’t guarantee that there wouldn’t be a moment of hesitation.

‘That slight hesitation could become a huge risk.’

And just as there was a saying that distance weakened bonds, I hadn’t been able to build ‘true trust’ with Laplace for a while. So now, I intended to firmly build that ‘true trust’ and eliminate any hesitation.

Drag—Drag—

“Auhik!!… Ah… Kkeuh!… I-Ian… Eut… Kkeuk…!! Ah… It hurts!… Kkeuk…”

As I dragged her by her hair, Laplace seemed to realize that something was wrong, and her eyes began to fill with ‘true trust.’

“You’re so damn noisy. What? Did you think the imperial family would let me go?”

Slash—!

I tossed Laplace onto the bed as if discarding her, then roughly stripped off her clothes, which were soaked in sweat and fluids.

“Please♥… Kkeuk…♥… F-Forgive me♥”

“Since it seems like you’ve forgotten, let me remind you what our relationship is.”

“Hik!.. Hiiiik!!… N-No..!.. No!…!…No, I didn’t forget!!…I… I am… Ian’s… personal… f-footstool khek…ke…kehuk!♥… I… Ian… I was wrong♥… Kkeuk!..♥P-Please forgive me!♥…Kkeuk…!♥… Khek..!♥…Kkehaaauet!!♥…. Hehe!!♥…Hehe!!Kek!♥…Ke…Kkeuk!♥”

I climbed on top of Laplace’s body and began choking her as I spoke.

“Let’s die once.”

“؁؁؁؁!?!!♥♥”

Crunch──

As I tightened my grip around her neck, Laplace released her fluids.