"Hah!"

"Guh...!?"

"Whoa...!"

Shiori immediately lashed out with her rapier. The two men at the front couldn’t keep up with her lightning-fast movements and were sent flying.

The others froze in shock.

"Hey, wait—!?"

"Tch... What the—!? Gah!?"

"Hmph... Haa...!"

Seizing the opening, Shiori struck two more men, hurling them backward.

"Whoa!?"

"This is way beyond what we expected!"

"This is bad...!"

"Go for it, Shiori...!" I cheered from inside the barrier.

For a moment, I believed she could win. The men had lost all their earlier composure.

But they weren’t about to go down without a fight.

"There’s no way we can take her head-on!"

"Fine! Switch to the backup plan! Now!"

"Huh...!? What is this...!?"

One of the men hurled something at Shiori. She dodged it instantly, but the object exploded on impact, scattering a thick cloud of yellow powder everywhere.

I was safe inside the barrier, but the powder spread so widely that even the attackers were partially caught in it. Shiori couldn’t avoid it completely.

"Huh...!? Uhh... my body...?"

"Shiori-san...!?"

Her rapier slipped from her fingers and clattered to the ground. She swayed unsteadily, then dropped to her knees.

The men grinned with nasty, triumphant smiles.

"Heh heh... That was a specially made paralyzing powder. It only works on women. We made sure it wouldn’t affect us."

"When we heard the bodyguard was a beautiful woman who had repelled every previous attack, we decided to prepare this just in case. Looks like it paid off."

"If we’d underestimated her, we would’ve been wiped out."

"Still... for such a beauty to be this strong is impressive."

"Ugh... ah..."

"Th-that can’t be...!"

Shiori glared at them in frustration as the men slowly closed in.

"Now then... get up."

"S-Stop..."

"Shiori-san...!"

"Heh heh, if you don’t like it, shake us off with the same strength as before."

"Look at her now... kinda cute when she’s like this, isn’t she?"

One man grabbed Shiori from behind in a headlock and forced her to stand. The others leered at her with vulgar, lust-filled eyes.

"Hehehe... Now that I’m seeing her up close, she’s seriously gorgeous. I’m in love."

"And this body... what an incredible figure."

"A woman like you should’ve been some noble’s wife, not a bodyguard. Well, from now on you’ll be all of ours."

"More like our shared sex slave. Hahaha!"

"Ugh... uhh..."

They held her chin, forcing her to show her beautiful face while their hands roamed greedily over her body—squeezing her large breasts, stroking her thighs, and tracing her slender waist.

"Ah... let go... don’t touch me... stop..."

"Oi! Don’t touch Shiori! Get your filthy hands off her!"

"Heh heh, no chance."

"You just sit there and watch as we turn this beauty into a proper woman."

No matter how loudly I shouted and pounded on the barrier, the men ignored me completely.

"Nice... these tits are huge and feel amazing."

"Her ass is perfect too."

"Such a slender waist... Hehe."

"Uhh... ah... mmm..."

"Stop it! Let go of Shiori! Don’t touch her anymore!"

They continued groping every inch of her body. My chest burned with anger and helplessness.

"Hehehe, this is great..."

"Alright, let’s strip her."

"Yeah! Come on!"

"I’m ripping these off!"

"Ah...! No, no...! Stop, please stop...!"

"S-Stop it...!"

They pulled out knives and began slicing through her clothes. Shiori tried to resist, but her paralyzed body wouldn’t obey. Piece by piece, her outfit was torn away until she was left standing in only her black underwear.

"Wow...! This is insane!"

"Sexy underwear too... Heh heh."

"Her body is perfect..."

"Uhh... ahh..."

"Shiori-san... ugh..."

The men stared at her exposed figure with raw lust. Shiori’s face flushed deep red with shame and frustration.

Tears welled up in my eyes from the overwhelming sense of anger and powerlessness.

"What’s wrong, kid? You crying?"

"You get to watch a beauty like this. You should be grateful."

"Or do you wanna be the one to humiliate her yourself? That’d be pretty twisted."

"Haha... I get it."

"You’re in love with this beautiful woman, aren’t you?"

"Ah...! Ahh..."

My face burned at their mocking words.

"If a woman this gorgeous was by your side 24/7, of course you’d fall for her."

"Heh heh, then we’ll give you a front-row seat. Watch as the woman you like gets thoroughly violated and broken down into nothing but a female animal."

"If it hurts that much, maybe you’ll even awaken to a cuckold fetish! Hahaha!"

"Hahaha! Exactly!"

"Ugh... ughhhhh...!"

Tears streamed down my face as they laughed at me.

Then, suddenly—

"Ah...! Haa... haaah...!"

"What!? She can still move!?"

"The paralyzing powder—!?"

Shiori let out a sharp cry. She broke free from their grasp, snatched her rapier from the ground, and moved.

Despite swaying slightly, her strikes were sharp and precise.

"...! Ahh!"

"What...!? W-What!?"

"Whoa—!?"

"Stop— Guwaaah!?"

Caught completely off guard, the men were helpless. One after another, they fell before Shiori’s blade.