For the poll about QB's initial allure, "designs" and "PLOT" won with 19v-40% and 17v-36%, followed by "variety in gals" with 9v-19% and finally "plot" with 2v-4%.
Heh, so HJ did nail what they set out to do, wouldn't ya fellows say? "All according to keikaku", as I hear :3
Next poll, with the arrival of Tartairi in WT, here's a funky Tartarus poll~
Now things are not looking up for Leina, can she step up and face the music?
Enjoy!
“Optimistic, aren’t we?”
Like a flower swaying in the wind, Airi dodged each and every strike by a hair’s breadth.
“Dear me, wasting so much energy on all these wide swings does you no favors.”
And with calmness to spare, Airi thrust out her weapon.
“There won’t be anything left for me to savor if you keep that up.”
The scythe barely grazed Leina’s side.
“I’m not your meal!!”
Ready for another assault, the warrior then noticed her body felt oddly light.
She could hear leather snapping… and then a moment later, the sound of heavy iron hitting the stone pavement beneath her.
“Eh?”
Leina’s breasts jiggled, suddenly freed from their confinement. Looking down, she could see the armor that was supposed to be protecting her lying on the floor.
“Enjoy your service.”
The maid flashed a complacent smile.
She hadn’t aimed for Leina’s body at all with that previous thrust… but at the straps holding her breastplate together.
“And after losing your shield, you’ve now lost your armor.”
“Kuh…”
The Vance girl’s face burned a bright red. Not only had she lost the armor holding back her abundant chest but the breechcloth covering her waist as well.
“Seeing such a beauty in this sort of state, is it not wonderful?”
Airi giggled.
“Countless people must be watching through the crystal balls right now, are they not? Yes, I’m quite certain of it.”
Protective gear on both her arms and legs along with a tiny strip of black cloth barely covering her privates were all Leina had to count on now.
“Would you like to give up?”
Scythe in hand, Airi pressed her opponent to surrender.
“Not a chance.”
The blonde took up her sword, foregoing even an attempt at covering her plump body. Still surrounding Airi, her lesser spirits shouted in joy.
“If you allow shame to dull your blade, then that only proves you to be a poor swordswoman... and I’ve worked much too hard to let something like that stop me.”
That said, it was likely that very shame itself which had her cheeks so red.
“Come, we’re far from done here.”
Still madly blushing, Leina pointed her sword to the wraith.
“I’ll make you regret ever looking down on me.”
***
“Magnificent, Miss Leina…”
Tomoe could only hang her head in shame. Comparing Leina to how she’d reacted during their battle with Airi in the public baths only made the priestess realize the depths of her own immaturity.
“Staking your fighting spirit in the Queen’s Blade does teach you a lot.”
The foreigner bower her head to Leina’s courage.
***
“Oooh, bet the audience must be going nuts.”
Echidna expressed her admiration at Leina’s decision to keep fighting by clapping.
“You think so you, don’t you, kid?”
“Yeah… seeing them like this live, they’re really something else…”
“Oh hoh~, I knew it, you’ve got a thing for big tits too, huh?”
“N-No, I meant…”
Fio stammered, embarrassed he was caught being distracted by the blonde’s nude body rather than being worried about her.
“Well, not that it matters to me.”
Dropping the comedy act, Echidna quickly changed her tune.
“Take a good look at her, tell me, you feel anything?”
“W-Well, I am a guy, so yeah, of course I do.”
“That’s not what I meant, boy.”
He caught a serious look in her eye as she said that.
One he was all too familiar with; he’d seen it on Leina, Tomoe and sometimes even Airi.
It was the look of a fighter, the look of someone involved in the Queen’s Blade.
“That girl, Leina, she’s a noble kid born to a well-off family. Sheltered and painstakingly raised to act like a beautiful princess, like some flower or butterfly.”
As Echidna began telling him about Leina’s origins, he recalled getting a similar impression of her earlier that day.
“Of course, exposing yourself would normally be unthinkable to folk like that. Exposure on that level basically meant a one way ticket to forced marriage with whoever saw her.”
“Woah…”
“So for a noble lady like her to put her entire body on the spot fighting for your sake, kid… If you’re a real man, you’d better start thinking of a way not to let her down. Don’t think you can get away with running forever.”
“But, what can I do…?”
Over Echidna’s back, the boy continued watching the two.
***
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