Volume 3, Chapter 12 – Punishment from Adoptive Mother

Volume 3, Chapter 12 - Punishment from Adoptive Mother

Translator: Aoi

Kotoka had already left by the time Nanako returned.

On the other hand, Shiu returned along with Nanako.

“Master!” Shiu jumped into Lily’s arms immediately, “Thank goodness that you returned alive, Master! I never believed the nonsense everyone was talking about. It really is you, Master, even the scent of your bosom is the same...”

“Ahem!” Nanako coughed in a displeased tone.

Before Lily left, she had instructed Shiu to stay put in Kamakura, so even though Shiu felt worried about her, she could only ask the ninja organizations within Kamakura about the latest information regarding Lily and return back at noon. She spent the nights at Sakiko’s place during these days as she would often get worried about the danger Lily was in whenever she was alone.

“Where’s my mother?” Nanako actually had a lot of things to tell Kotoka which related to her origin.

Lily ignored Shiu who had buried her face into her breasts and answered Nanako, “Madam Kotoka received a report that some matter needs to be handled in Port Izu, so she left for there first.”

“Is that so?” Nanako experienced an indescribable feeling after hearing this. She had also survived a calamity yet Kotoka’s utter indifference towards it made her wonder if Kotoka didn’t care about it because she wasn’t her own child.

“Nanako, Instructor Sakiko told me to remain in the dojo for the time being and wait for Lord Kamakura to deal with the matter regarding Nagasaki Takaki. That old man must’ve definitely gone to complain to Lord Kamakura,” Lily stated.

“Mhm. I’ll accompany you at home then, Sis,” Nanako continued, “How long are you planning to hug Sister Lily’s bosom now, Shiu?”

Nothing happened over the next few days, so Lily spent the time training at home obediently while Nanako either trained within the mirror space or along with Lily.

Lily told Shiu about the relationship between Nanako and Sakura, as well as some of the secrets regarding the mirror, but she felt that it wasn’t the right time to bring Shiu’s soul into the mirror space.

Lily also used all the magatama fragments she had obtained from Dijon and Genja to increase her strength greatly and had now become a 6th-Stage Awakened.

She also retrieved the gold, iron seal and Lady Shizuka’s armor that she had left with Sakiko. Most of these could be stored within the mirror space, so they were clearly of extraordinary value.

As for the normal treasures that didn’t possess any special qualities, Lily told Shiu to call for a trader and exchanged them for a few dozen gold coins which she deposited within the mirror space.

And on the 5th day, Lord Kamakura had finally passed judgment on Lily for the massacre during the training excursion as well as the matter of her hitting an Inspector.

The one who had arrived to read the punishment decree was the bald youth at Lord Kamakura’s side, “Kagami Lily, you shall be fined a year worth of wages and are to hereby undergo punishment from Madam Ashikaga Makoto, who shall act in accordance with the laws and principles of Kamakura and issue a suitable punishment for the matter.”

“Do you accept this punishment, Kagami Lily?” The youth inquired.

“I do,” Lily knelt towards the decree that Lord Kamakura had passed down and replied in an honest tone.

“However, I’m perplexed about one thing.”

“Feel free to inquire about it.”

“I have a wage?”

“...Since you were appointed as a lord by Lord Kamakura personally, you naturally have a wage. Incidentally, your annual wage is 200 kan.”

A fine of 200 kan?

Lily didn’t really lack this bit of money.

On the next day, dressed in red, Lily made for Ashikaga Makoto’s residence to undergo the punishment.

Since Lord Kamakura had already ordered Ashikaga Makoto to punish Lily, his intentions were pretty clear. Just as Kotoka had said, this was equivalent to settling the matter without actually dealing with it.

Lord Kamakura naturally knew about the relationship between Lily and the Ashikaga clan, but it was hard for Nagasaki and the others to object to his decision as he had stated that only Ashikaga possessed the ability to subdue Lily currently within Kamakura City and that sending anyone else would only worsen the situation beyond repair.

In short, this was what he meant—If I don’t send Ashikaga Makoto, do I send you instead? Can you even punish Lily?

The other three members of the Furinkazan are all too far away from the city as well.

After arriving at the Ashikaga Hall and entering the quiet courtyard, Lily was led to a room within the inner courtyard by a maid.

For some reason, Lily began to feel nervous at this moment.

Ashikaga Makoto’s room was dimly illuminated by lamps and she was dressed in white garments with a yellow folding screen behind her.

“Mother Makoto,” Lily knelt courteously.

“It’s good that you were able to return to Heian safely, Lily. Kiyoshi isn’t present in the house today, so it’s just us two, mother and daughter here,” Ashikaga Makoto stated.

“Oh... I see...” Lily felt that the mood wasn’t as relaxed as she had imagined it would be.

“You’re in serious trouble this time, Lily. You actually knocked out Lord Nagasaki Takaki. Do you know that you are currently the center of the focus of the Taira clan as well as the prominent clans whose children were killed by monsters during the excursion?”

“Mother Makoto, you must be already aware of the whole story by now. That abominable Nagasaki Takaki colluded with Tokugawa and his lackeys to harm me by using this matter as an excuse. How could I have allowed them to dishonor me? If I see someone like that Nagasaki again in the future, I’ll definitely kick them for sure! Hmph!” Lily stated honestly. After all, Madam Makoto was someone on her side as well.

“Oh my! I never thought you were actually so vicious, Lily. However, how could I not know about their crafty schemes? Don’t worry. As your mother, I’m on your side, Lily,” Ashikaga Makoto stated gently.

Hearing the word, ‘mother,’ made Lily feel some warmth in this dark world where she dithered all alone.

“Hehe. To punish you, why else.”

Makoto then grabbed Lily’s foot and lifted it up, exposing her rarely seen pink bottom of her foot, which made Lily blush harder.

Lily then felt an intense tickly feeling from the bottom of her foot. It seemed like Makoto was using some kind of feather to tickle the bottom of Lily’s foot.

“Kyah! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!” Lily felt like crying after being played to such an embarrassing extent and couldn’t hold back from laughing hard. Although Lily really hated laughing like this, she was unable to control it.

“Stop! Mother Makoto! Please stop it... Hahahahahaha!”

“I... can’t take it anymore... Hahahaha!”

Makoto simply ignored Lily’s pleas and continued with the ticking. She switched to the other foot when she was done with one of them and after that, she grabbed both of them together and tickled them back and forth using the feather.

“Mo... Hahaha... Mother Makoto... I... can’t take it anymore...”

“Do you know your mistake now?”

“Hahaha. I do, Mother Makoto. Please spare me now... I know my mistake... Hahahahahaha!”

Lily really couldn’t bear the tickling and began to squirm with a flushed face. As she was deprived of her sight, her sense of touch was further enhanced, so she was forced to plead for forgiveness repeatedly after acknowledging her mistake.

“Call me mother!”

“Eh? That’s...”

“Are you unwilling? It seems like you need more punishment then!”

“Hahahaha... d-don’t... Mother... Please spare me, Mother...” Lily felt unbearably ashamed when said ‘Mother.’

“It’s good that you know it now, but you talk too much, my dear daughter, so can you keep your mouth shut?”

“Eh?”

Makoto pushed Lily’s head forwards gently and her lips touched a soft rounded item.

“This is... Mmf...” Lily opened her mouth to speak, but she was forced to swallow that item as Makoto was pushing her head forward.

The item possessed a sweetness to it along with the flexibility of a gelatinous matter.

“This is a gummy candy from Kansai that’s specially used to punish girls. The girls of Kansai value their figures greatly, so they are unwilling to eat candies for the fear of getting fat. Thus, candies created in such a shape are fed to them forcefully as punishment. You are not allowed to bite it and can only suck it slowly, got it?”

Saying so, Makoto continued tickling the bottoms of Lily’s feet while guiding Lily’s head to suck that candy in and out of her mouth slowly. Lily found the tickling unbearable, but her mouth was choked full of the candy stick, so she could only issue ambiguous muffled breaths. Her face burned red hot from the embarrassment as she found it hard to prevent her saliva from flowing down her choked mouth and this almost made her break into tears. The simultaneous punishment from the front and back really left Lily at the mercy of Makoto’s hands and made her truly experience the depths of her adoptive mother’s authority and ferocity for the first time ever.

Power Ranking:

—Mortal World—

Samurai (Middle-Stage and Late-Stage Samurai approximately rank as a 1st-Stage Awakened)

Early to Middle Stage Sword Master (2nd-Stage Awakened)

Late-Stage Sword Master (3rd-Stage Awakened)

Early-Stage Sword Saint (4th-Stage Awakened)

Middle-Stage Sword Saint (5th-Stage Awakened)

Late-Stage Sword Saint (6th-Stage Awakened)

* Representative Individuals—Hojo Dijon (Pre-Demonization), Taira no Hachiro.

Transcendent Sword Saint (7th-Stage Awakened)

* Above the Sword Saint level yet under the level of the Furinkazan.

* Representative Individuals—Demonized Hojo Dijon, Yuki Mayumi, Blade Maiden Shimizu.

—Heavenly Gate Ascension Path—

Awakened

Spirit Jade

Permanence

Throne

Big Dipper

Celestial