Chapter 33 : Cry All You Want, No One’s Coming

“Add a little of this, then a little of that…”
“Hmm… it feels like something is still missing…”

“Right… one more thing is missing.”

A rustling sound made Schiller open his eyes.

“My head hurts.”

Schiller shook his head, trying to dispel the drowsiness that came with the pain.

“Where am I?”

He tried to recall the sequence of events.

“I remember, I failed to drug Sheryl.”

“She didn’t faint at all! She was pretending.”

“Then I lost my memory halfway through running.”

The lingering pain on his head, and the cold sweat, made him subconsciously try to cover his forehead.

Bang!

A loud noise.

His wrist was blocked by some heavy object. Schiller’s struggling movements suddenly stopped.

“! What’s going on?!”

He looked at his side in panic.

He was lying on the bed in a spread-eagle position, his wrists and ankles firmly held by thick iron rings. The only thing he could move was his unrestrained upper body.

“Could it be a thief who broke into the Viscount’s manor?”

“I wonder if Sheryl is okay!”

At this moment, the only thing he could move was his mouth.

“Someone! Someone save me!”

Crying for help, the only thing he could do was cry for help desperately.

“Schiller, you’re awake?”

A familiar voice sounded above his head.

“Lil! Great! You’re okay! Quick! Save me! A thief tied me up!”

Schiller sat up, looking at Sheryl with hopeful eyes. She was dressed in a gorgeous gown, standing elegantly by the bed.

“Schiller…” Sheryl showed a gentle expression. “Just stay here, don’t go anywhere, okay?”

Hearing these words, Schiller’s mind finally cleared.

There was no thief at all. The one who had done this to him was Sheryl!

And she had to pick a time when both Celia and Aileen were away!

“Confinement… confinement play!” He swallowed.

Then, gathering his strength, he let out the loudest scream of his life.

“Help! Aileen! Celia! Your master is in big trouble!!”

Sheryl just showed a mischievous smile, gently stroking Schiller’s hair.

“Heh heh, go ahead and scream. No one will come to save you even if you scream your throat raw.”

‘Shouldn’t he be the one saying that?’

“Lil! How could you do such a thing?!”

“Let me go, okay?”

“Hey, can we still reconcile at this point?”

Compared to the shame of being kidnapped, Schiller was more eager to get out of this situation quickly. He intended to use all his skills to beg Sheryl for mercy.

After all, lowering her favorability was the goal, not the means. He first had to ensure his own safety.

In this environment, the feeling of having his life in someone else’s hands was really not good.

“But, Schiller was the one who was going to make a move on me. This is just self-defense~”

“…”

‘Come to think of it, that seems to be true.’

But, Sheryl tying him up meant… she intended to punish him, right?

In other words, her favorability had decreased?

Although the process seemed wrong, if the result was right, then hurray.

“But, it’s okay. Schiller was just deceived by that woman. Schiller is not at fault.”

“Huh?”

Schiller showed a puzzled expression:

“Wh-what are you talking about? How could I be deceived?”

“I, Schiller, have never been deceived by a woman since I was born!”

“Heh heh, Schiller is so naive, so naive. That woman, she must have been planning to make a move on you.”

“But, Schiller definitely didn’t want that, right? He must have been coerced by her, controlled, brainwashed…”

“Yes, brainwashed.”

Sheryl’s eyes gradually became vacant. She seemed to be muttering something dangerous to herself.

The coldest and the hottest woman—Sheryl.

Schiller saw a dangerous signal in her.

“Heh heh, don’t be afraid. I’ll help Schiller undo the brainwashing. The book says that you just need to use a strong stimulus to cover up the previous imprint.”

“Uh, may I be so bold as to ask what book that is?”

Schiller cautiously chose his words to avoid provoking her.

“This one.” She showed him a book with a gold-stamped cover.

How a Girl with Strong Control Issues Can Capture a Steel-Willed Straight Man

“Throw that book away quickly! How can you read such a dirty book! Dirty, Sheryl is so dirty!”

Her face instantly turned bright red, and her vacant eyes regained some clarity.

“Hmph! Aren’t you also secretly reading? What How to Capture a Tsundere Young Lady for Steel-Willed Straight Men? If you want to talk to me, just come over directly!”

“I, I also really want to talk to Schiller! But you kept ignoring me.”

“Hey, I won’t say the opposite of what I mean anymore.”

Cold sweat broke out on Schiller’s back. ‘How did Sheryl know what book he was reading?’

‘That’s probably…’

‘No, it’s better not to think about it.’

Although Sheryl was angry, her tone held a hint of imperceptible shyness.

‘There’s a chance! I should just let her release me!’

“I, I also really want to talk to Lil, that’s why I asked Aileen…”

“Ah.”

‘I seem to have dug my own grave.’

“That woman, it’s that woman again!” Her eyes darkened again. This time, she no longer hesitated, gently leaning in and whispering into Schiller’s ear.

“Heh heh, I can’t listen to you anymore. What I want to hear is the heart of ‘my’ Schiller. I have to save you from the brainwashing.”

She hugged Schiller tightly. Her slender figure, carrying a girlish fragrance, made every cell in Schiller’s body scream.

“Phew~” a warm breath, carrying a mischievous air, blew on Schiller’s sensitive ear.

“!”

Then, a voice that seemed to melt his brain whispered deep in his mind.

“I haven’t been with you as long as Celia, nor can I stay by your side at all times like Aileen…”

“But…”

“But what?”

“But, compared to them, aren’t we family? I, I tried to imagine a scene where Schiller left me… ah, what a fantasy worse than death, so hateful.”

The girl’s voice was tinged with tears.

“That woman, not only wants to take you away, but also wants to take away my family…”

“I only have Schiller, I have nothing else!”

As she spoke, the temperature in the room plummeted.

“Unforgivable!”

“Schiller must only look at me, no one else is needed.”

‘Not good, Schiller remembered this scene.’

When Sheryl’s favorability was too high, her exclusive jealousy scene would be triggered.

If not handled properly, it would directly lead to the confinement bad ending.

Players would see how Sheryl transformed from a tsundere into a yandere.

“Did I just walk straight into this step?!”

But the development of the relationship between the protagonist and Sheryl should have been a long and drawn-out process.

Counting the first time, this was only the third time he and she had pulled and tugged!

Schiller swallowed. He might have underestimated the importance of the word “family” in Sheryl’s heart.

“No, that shouldn’t be right!”

Now, he could already imagine what Sheryl’s so-called stimulus was.

Sheryl’s cheeks were slightly flushed. She placed her hand on the buttons of her clothes. In her eyes, besides the bottomless darkness, there was also a controlling desire that was about to overflow.

“I, I want to have everything of you.”

‘No, not again…’ Schiller desperately recalled the terrifying experience of that night, his body trembling uncontrollably.

“I only want to watch this kind of plot, not experience it myself!”

“Celia! Help!”

“Aileen, help!”

“Ophelia! You just wait!!! I will definitely…”