Chapter 33 - An Invitation to the Royal Banquet

And just like that, I became closely intimate with Instructor Whip too, expanding my roster of pussies I could creampie whenever I pleased.

"Your ability will cause massive chaos if you casually spread word of it. For the time being, it would be best to keep it hidden and evaluate things carefully." 

"Which is why I'm asking: aren't you the only one here who's actually suffering from a sex addiction?" 

"Sao-kun, you must absolutely never use your skill indiscriminately either. It is vital that we keep the number of patients addicted to your sex down to a bare minimum for now."

Well, making myself famous with an ability like this would probably cause all sorts of complications for me too, so I wanted to keep it a secret as far as possible.

"By the way, Sao." 

"Yes?" 

"Regarding this mouth of mine..."

Saying that, Instructor Whip opened her mouth wide and let out her long, syrupy tongue.

"Wouldn't you like to drive your cock straight inside this mouth? Back in my student days, it was highly acclaimed as a semen toilet, you know ❤️❤️" 

"Instructor Whip, as I thought, you really did have some kind of heavy past when you were younger, didn't you...?"

I felt like there was a darkness there that one shouldn't peer into. That was a separate issue, however; I was still going to have her suck my dick.

Slurp❤️❤️ Sucking, slurping, squelching❤️❤️ ...Cock tastes delicious❤️❤️

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After that, the time around me flowed relatively peacefully.

Truthfully, I wanted to head off to practical field training at the next dungeon right away, but perhaps because we had gone a bit too far in the town of Singroom, a large number of alternative host towns started to shrink back.

Apparently, if we went on a rampage to that extent, it would disrupt the market and inflict economic damage upon the town.

Consequently, for a while after returning to school, we focused exclusively on our academics. Lady Staff and Bloom studied lordship to prepare for their futures. Meanwhile, myself, Big Sis, and More accompanied them as bodyguards, or found spare time to polish our combat capabilities through mock battles.

Naturally, we engaged in sex every single day.

As we repeated this routine, the days rolled past and about a month slipped away. That was when it arrived...

The end of the year.

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"...There is so very little left of this year, isn't there—"

Lady Staff uttered a stereotypical phrase that sounded like something I had heard in my previous world.

"The school has entered winter break as well, so things are remarkably tranquil. Lady Bloom, what are your plans for the New Year holidays?" 

"I'll be returning to my parents' estate at the start of the year to pay my respects. But I think I'll stay in the royal capital until the absolute last minute. There are things I want to do, you see." 

"By 'things you want to do,' do you perhaps mean sex with Sao?" 

"Please, refrain from spelling out every single detail, hehehe..." 

"Ohohohohoho..."

Since we had completely taken to hanging out together as a dungeon exploration party lately, today we were once again relaxing contentedly alongside Bloom and her servant companion, More.

Ordinarily, the rule dictated that myself, Big Sis, and More should stand upright behind our respective ladies as attendants, but Lady Staff and Bloom weren't the type of people to care about such trivialities, so we were all gathered around the table in harmony.

Still, when it came to the end of the year, I had an impression that it was supposed to be appropriately hectic.

The final month of the year is called Shiwasu (the month of running priests), and the meaning behind it is that it's so busy even the masters have to run. Or something along those lines.

In my previous world, there were fun events at the end of the year like Christmas and year-end parties, but... How did things work around here? Up until last year, I had spent the turn of the year at my parents' rural home, so I was still entirely unacquainted with the customs of the city.

"It appears banquets are occasionally held to deliver the final greetings of the year. Though that is a matter entirely unrelated to us for now." 

"We're still students, after all. We don't possess the right to attend formal social gatherings." 

"We leave all of that entirely to our parents. Had my father been present here, I might have attended as a companion, but I cannot go around acting like the representative of the household while bypassing the head of the family." 

"It's the same for my house. We hold zero interest in socializing, dedicating our efforts instead to the management of our territory. I believe such a posture is precisely how a lord ought to be." 

"I quite agree. Which makes me all the less inclined to show my face at a banquet or any such event."

The young lady sipped her tea. The moment her cup went empty, I poured the next round right away. As an attendant, I had to show at least that much consideration.

"Oh my, Sao. If you force me to drink this much, I shall find myself needing the toilet quite soon. Or perhaps, you simply wish to witness the sight of me taking a piss?" 

"That sounds wonderful! Let us four line up right here and take a piss all at once, then show Sao while we do it!"

Big Sis, please don't latch onto things like that. My sister really is a thoroughly hopeless, erotic woman.

While I was thinking that idling away the time like this was perfectly fine precisely because it was the end of the year...

"What is the meaning of this slack atmosphere?"

With the grand entrance of Instructor Whip, the atmosphere shifted slightly.

"Just because there is very little left of the year does not mean you may idle about. As students, every single day is a learning experience. The end-of-year and New Year holidays are no exception." 

"Instructor Whip! why don't you join us in taking a piss too?!" 

"What on earth are you talking about?"

The fact that Instructor Whip also held a relationship with me had long since become common knowledge among this group.

"Ufufu, Teacher looks like the type who would let out a torrent-like stream of piss, doesn't she? I would quite love for us all to watch it and make her feel thoroughly embarrassed." 

"I ask again, what on earth are you talking about?"

Both Big Sis and the young lady were drastically upgrading their pervert traits, which was honestly terrifying. Deciding that she couldn't be bothered to deal with this, Instructor Whip unilaterally bent the topic to her own will.

"I have a question for you all. Do you have plans for the end of the year?" 

"Do you comprehend the absolute sinfulness of asking for someone's schedule before revealing your actual business?"

'Are you free tomorrow? If you're free, let's go hang out,' etc. What are you supposed to do if you don't actually want to go hang out?!

"I intend to return to my hometown for the New Year, but up until then, I am quite free." 

"You mustn't, My Lady! That response plays exactly into the opponent's strategy!" 

"Even if you say so, doing absolutely nothing isn't good for one's mental health... That is it! Why don't the people present here host an event together?!"

Meaning?

"The five of us here are comrades who have worked hard together throughout this past year. To reward everyone for their service, hosting a modest little party at my estate sounds thoroughly delightful!" 

"Sounds good. Whose house shall we use as the venue?"

Once Bloom, the great young lady of our team, agreed, it became a settled matter.

"At my estate, of course! I would quite love to let Nana, Nini, Mumu, Meme, and Momo join in on the fun as well!"

The names the young lady had just listed belonged to the porter girls we had brought back with us from the town of Singroom. Currently, they were working energetically as maids employed at the upper mansion funded by the Lord of Zelisar.

Perhaps because they had suffered through hardships, they were quick learners, earning a highly favorable reputation even from the veteran maids instructing them. Naturally, they could also function as porters, so I wanted to bring them along the next time we had practical dungeon training, but...

Furthermore, they were also being used as daily meat toilets whenever there was time for sex.

If they participated in the party as well, it would surely be incredibly fun. Yeah, my heart was actually starting to flutter a bit!

"You may not. Cancel those plans immediately." 

"What is the meaning of this?!"

To ask for the schedule, and then force a compulsory cancellation if there were plans... Talk about a brute-force approach!

"At the end of the year, the year-end  Royal Banquet will be held at the palace." 

"Royal banquet?"

What's that?

"It is a feast held as a regular tradition at the closing of the year, an event meant to mutually reward everyone for their hard work over the past year and welcome the next."

A year-end party?

"Because it is hosted by the royal family, it is held within the palace. Every year, renowned dignitaries, men of letters, and heroes pay a visit. Being able to attend the Year-End Royal Banquet is proof that one has broken into the upper echelons of this country. It is the pinnacle of status." 

"Even if that is the case, it is a matter entirely unrelated to us."

Exactly. We literally just finished discussing how 'we can't attend social gatherings in our capacity as students.'

"No, it is related. You all shall be attending the Year-End Royal Banquet." 

"Why?!" 

"As a matter of regular custom, there is a designated roster slot at the Year-End Royal Banquet to invite a few students who have achieved exceptionally excellent grades from our school. As a result of a discussion held among the faculty just a short while ago, it was decided that we would send you all this year." 

"But why us?!"

We're still first-year students, you know?! Shouldn't that sort of thing normally be reserved for the students in the highest graduation year?!

"Our school is a royal academy, after all. We hold an obligation to report our daily achievements to the founder. The formal banquet is a stage perfectly suited for that purpose." 

"Will Her Majesty the Queen be attending the Year-End Royal Banquet as well?" 

"She will. It is hosted by the palace, after all."

Yay, we get to meet the Queen! A handshake with the Queen at the palace banquet!

...Is that how it's supposed to go?

"...I have made my decision. Let us move forward the date of my return home."

As expected of Lady Staff. Her attitude of executing a retreat without a single shred of hesitation was entirely too resolute. I shall follow My Lady for the rest of my life!

"Since I wish to see my father at the earliest possible moment, I shall be returning home ahead of schedule. Please be so kind as to convey that I am unable to attend the banquet." 

"We'll go with the exact same vibe over here—"

Bloom jumped onto the bandwagon as well.

"No, no, wait a moment." 

"But to receive an audience with the Queen without a single word of notice to my father would cause entirely too many complications. I am well aware of my station as a lord's daughter."

Instructor Whip attempted to change her mind, but the young lady remained absolutely unshaken. As expected of Lady Staff, she was thoroughly dependable.

"Besides, if it is a matter of custom, it is precisely the highest-grade students who ought to attend as a custom. For us lower-class students to step ahead of them and attend... No thank you. I have no desire to be made an object of hatred."

Following up, Bloom joined the fray, hammering home a thoroughly logical argument.

"My own capability, which draws attention no matter where I am, truly is a troublesome thing. Still, carelessly establishing a connection with the palace and getting dragged into central political strife is something I absolutely cannot stomach. Be a good teacher and find a clever way to pass the honor along to the upperclassmen." 

"However, your wishes cannot be granted."

Why not?

"Because summoning you to the banquet is the explicit, personal will of Her Majesty the Queen herself." 

"Huh?!" 

"It appears you have failed to fully grasp the sheer magnitude of what you have pulled off. Despite being first-year students on a free seminar, you broke through the training dungeon at the absolute fastest speed, secured a provisional license, and went so far as to launch an expedition to a general dungeon, conquering that on the very first day as well while returning with six months' worth of high-grade materials." 

"No, well, we split that over two days, though..." 

"The details do not matter. Under normal circumstances, even upperclassmen take several months just to clear the training dungeon, only a selected few tens of percent ever head out on an expedition to a general dungeon, and how many years it takes to conquer it..."

To have completed all of that within a matter of days—were we an exception among exceptions?

"The sheer brilliance of it spread so wide as a rumor that it finally reached the ears of Her Majesty the Queen herself. And she has developed an interest. 'If there are students that magnificent, I should quite like to meet them. Summon them to the banquet,' she said...!"

It was a personal nomination straight from Her Majesty the Queen...?! We got called out directly.

"A direct order from Her Majesty the Queen—as nobles, you should well understand just how absolute that is." 

""Ugh...?!""

Even the smooth-talking Lady Staff and Bloom were utterly incapable of talking back to that.

"Because it is an irregular occurrence, a separate roster slot has been established aside from the traditional invitation slots, and you shall be attending through that. The excellent highest-grade students of this year will also be participating properly, so there is absolutely no need for you to trouble your minds over it." 

"Every single escape route has been thoroughly blocked?!"

At that point, it was a flow where we had no choice but to participate in this so-called Year-End Royal Banquet, no matter how much we struggled. If we didn't participate, would it count as defying a royal command?

"................It cannot be helped, then—"

Lady Staff let out a sigh that sounded heavily concentrated with carbon dioxide.

"If that is how things stand, I have no choice but to shoulder the honor of my own territory! Sao, Calibur, attend to me! I want you to support me from the absolute closest proximity!" 

""With pleasure!!""

Just as the year was wrapping up, a thoroughly outrageous piece of trouble had come flying straight into our laps. Will we be able to weather this blatantly troublesome event without any major mishaps?

"Now then, since the discussion has been settled..."

Instructor Whip began to strip off her skirt and panties. Why?

"You wish to see the sight of me taking a piss, do you not? I do not particularly dislike that brand of humiliation, so I shall gladly show it to you as much as you like." 

"In that case, let us all line up and leak together, and have Sao watch us while we urinate!"

Naturally, it didn't stop at merely watching them urinate; we plunged straight into a harem sex session with every single schoolmate and teacher present in the room. The preparations for the royal banquet made remarkably little progress.

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