Vol 2: National Development – Chapter 4: ‘Punishment’ R-18

Vol 2: National Development – Chapter 4: ‘Punishment’ R-18

"Ah! Come on Bryn, I can walk!" Yuki screamed in protest at the treatment she was receiving.

Bryn, however, just ignores her plea and slams open Yuki's office door. Pulling the girl outside by the back of her neck, Bryn leads her out to a car Erika's prepared, much to the stun gazes of the scientists in the Mansion of Wisdom.

"Oh right! Bryn slow down for a bit!" Spotting Einstein and Mobius in a corner watching them, Yuki quickly tosses the blueprints she just drew to the bespectacled woman. "Einstein! Help me take a look at these!"

"A-Alright!" Einstein hastily catch the briefcase Yuki threw right before she disappear through the main door. Heaving a sigh that she now has more work to do, Einstein turns to Mobius who is next to her, asking in confusion.

"What the hell just happened?"

Shrugging, Mobius answers with a finger on her chin.

"From what I can see, it seems like the Marshal's guardian didn't take too kindly of her working till this late of an hour."

"So... We should forget what we just see?" Einstein asked the question that's on everybody's mind after witnessing that.

"Positive."

"Yeah... I think that will be for the best." Einstein concurred.

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After moving out of the Mansion, Bryn leads Yuki to her quarter in the Obsidian Castle. Inside, her family is waiting for her with varying expressions on the King's size bed.

There, Ningyo, of course, is sleeping peacefully in a corner while being covered by a wine-colored blanket. Elysia is laying face first on the bed, groaning audibly in pain while Yggdra is just patting her back, coaxing: "There, there." Lu is just giggling at Elysia's expense while Hel spares them a single glance before diving back into reading a book.

The ones still conscious turn to look at Bryn and Yuki when the former pushes open the door.

Lu greets them first.

"Heya~ Finally here I see! It's like what, almost midnight so you're in trouble, little girl."

Hel closes her book, glancing at Yuki with reproach in her eyes.

"Yuki, just how many times do I have to address this workaholic attitude of yours? If not for your works being of the utmost importance, I would have grounded you long ago, young lady."

Yggdra speaks up with a chuckle.

"It's fine girls, she is still young. Would you rather see her running around on the battlefield than this? Her sacrificing some of her time now in paperwork will only serve to prevent her from going to the frontline in the future. Come on Elysia, gets up and greet our girlfriend."

Elysia, however, only creaks out a short.

"I can't!"

"My, oh my~ I sure didn't train you that hard now, did I?" Yggdra then poke around Elysia's back, teasing her.

In response to that, Elysia struggles for a bit before finally managing to turn her face sideways. Resentfully looking at the Mother Goddess, now her sister and master, Elysia says.

"You're Devil, no, saying that would be comparing you to Lu. You're even worse than that!"

Yggdra on the other hand grins at that.

"I will take that as a compliment."

Clapping her hands together, Hel levitates Yuki from Lu's slimy hands, not wanting her daughter to fall any further than this, at least not yet.

"Alright, that's enough! Lu, I let you punish her because I thought I can trust you not to go overboard. Yet, look at our daughter! She's unresponsive right now!"

Being direct with the look of reprimands from both Hel and Bryn, Lu raises her hands in protest.

"In my defense, I'm not guilty if I'm the one being tempted by our daughter!"

"Are you serious?!" Bryn facepalmed, an action that should have been mimicked by Hel had she not carried Yuki right now.

"That's it! You will sleep alone tonight! Girls, let's go to the bathroom and help Yuki wash up. This unrepentance Devil can sleep in a corner for all I care."

"No! Wai-!" Lu's about to run off together with them but the combined glare of Hel and Bryn is too much. That and Yuki suddenly says in a teary voice. "Mama... you bully."

Defeated, the Devil slumps back on the bed, right next to her sleeping youngest, Ningyo. The others then help carry Yuki to the bathroom, leaving the Devil behind.

Turning to look at the innocent sleeping face of Ningyo, Lu complains to no one in particular.

"It's not my fault if you're so easy to bully in bed!"

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The Morning of the next day, I am now sitting in my office in the Mansion of Wisdom with my lower back aching.

Yesterday was so... ARGH! I don't even know how to describe it! It's one thing to be punished lewdly but it's another thing for it to happen in front of the rest of my lovers! Elysia was fantasizing about me in the bathroom because of that for crying out loud! And she's supposed to be a chaste high elf! Even Yggdra is having that look of wanting to bully me like the times before in my first life!

Planting my head down on the table, I wonder just what was wrong with me finding it enjoyable. Am I that much of a little spoon, letting others dominate our sex life? Wait... Is that supposed to be a question a 15-year-old girl should be asking!?

MOTHER DAMN IT ALL!

I am this close to flipping my table if not for the door to my office being knocked on. Fixing my appearance, I then say. "Come in!"

The person that steps in is an Einstein with an obvious lack of sleep in her countenance.

"Good morning, Marshal." The woman was about to say something when she is forced to fix her unruly strands of red and blue hair.

"I would have said the same to you if not for your lack of sleep." I said with a raised eyebrow. This girl seriously needs to stop working late into the night.

I thought that but I'm also of the same work mindset. Pot meets kettles.

Einstein shrugs. "Don't sweat the small details. Here, I've revised the blueprints for that MBT platform of yours. And the mana engines too."

Einstein then lay down the revised blueprints on a nearby workstation. She then explains as I come closer.

"Major changes being the chassis's power plant and the Gepard's armament. There was the concern of the vehicle running out of mana in hostile territory, thus being unable to be resupplied by a friendly unit. Hence, I've added a mana condenser and more batteries to the chassis. When the engine runs out of power, the condenser will take ambient mana in the atmosphere to repower it. Of course, recharging using the condenser takes a longer time than just swapping the batteries out but having this is better than no alternative.

As for the Gepard, though the design is very promising, the unit won't be able to carry enough ammo for it to effectively engage hostile air presence in high-intensity combat. Hence, I've swapped out the Gatling-style cannon and replaced it with a 57mm L/77 cannon. The cannon has a rate of fire of 60 to 120 rounds/minute, depending on the target you want to engage, and an ammo stowage of 250 rounds. With inspiration from your design, I've created the draft for its APFSDS and high-explosive with variable-time fuze. The effective engagement range is 4.5km and the muzzle velocity for the HE shell is 1000m/s. For our doctrine, this would be a much better design."

Checking the blueprints for myself, I nod at a job well done. "As expected of the brain of a mechanical genius! You've filled in the gaps that I've missed. Though I guess that you're not done, judging from the turret design the Gepard is capable of standalone operation.

"That's right." Einstein nods, showing me another blueprint. "I've been influenced by your design of modularity and upgradability. So I harbored a stray thought last night to make the Gepard's turret capable of being placed anywhere and everywhere! The whole turret is self-contain that, without the aid of external radar or range director from a bigger machine, can combat air threats just as effectively as it's placed on a mobile platform!"

With a grin on my face, I finish it for her. "Meaning, I can place the Gepard on a ship or a static bunker and have it blast away at any threat! This cut a lot of needs to develop further anti-air equipment in our arsenal!"

"If you put it on anything bigger than a Leopard hull, you can have it fitted with the 30mm Gatling of yours too. I figure if you put it on a battleship, it can house enough ammo to fire all day and night."

With a glint in my eyes, I exclaim. "That's a great idea!" Unable to contain my glee, I hug the taller woman, causing her to sputter in shock.

Ignoring the blushing Einstein, I giggle with a mad obsession hidden by my face being buried under Einstein's chest. You can never have too much dakka on a battleship!