The man thrashed and struggled, attempting to free himself without using enough force to actually hurt the powerful women surrounding him.

It was nearly impossible.

Their grips were like iron, their bodies radiating strength and barely-contained lust.

[Tsk! This is all Sakura-sama’s fault!] he thought bitterly, sweat dripping down his temple. [Suddenly declaring she wanted to spend more time here and dragging me along!]

It was none other than the second escort of the Beast Queen, a man named Tensei;

A wolf-eared, red-golden-haired Chad with dark raven wings sprouting from his back and striking golden eyes that seemed to glow with their own inner light.

A warrior of considerable skill and power, he had accompanied his queen to Verdant Spire for diplomatic purposes.

After arranging transportation with the Phoenix, fully expecting Sakura to hop in and depart, Sakura had instead wandered off somewhere with Queen Elara and Queen Titania, leaving Tensei standing alone and confused at the departure point.

Only for Princess Lily to approach him and deliver the unexpected news in her soft and melodic voice;

"Sorry to inform you of this change in plans, Tensei-san, but it seems Onee-sama no longer wishes to leave today. She has decided to spend some more days here in Verdant Spire, and she did not specify how long her extended stay might last. I hope this does not cause you too much inconvenience."

Tensei did not think much of the situation at that moment, because he assumed he could simply leave.

"Ah, I see. Well, if that is the case, then I will just find my way out of the village and return to my duties—"

"Haha, surely you do not intend to vacate this place and leave your queen to her own devices, unprotected in a foreign state, yes?" Lily smiled cutely at him, her small head tilting to one side with an expression of innocent curiosity.

Though her words carried a clear implication that leaving would be considered improper and would attract consequences.

[Leave her to her own devices?! She is far stronger than five copies of me on my very best day! I am not the one who protects her — I am the one who needs her protection, in fact!] Tensei yelled inside the privacy of his mind, his thoughts racing with frustration and a growing sense of dread.

Since two days ago, he had been receiving strange and intense stares from the residents of the village wherever he walked.

Of course, the reason for all this unwanted attention was obvious: he was the second only man in the entire place.

The first man — Benjamin — was mostly under the protection of the most powerful women in the village, and was their close lover.

Tensei, on the other hand, had no such protection.

He had been attacked just last night by a group of rogue perverts who had cornered him near the edge of the village, their intentions written clearly on their flushed faces and in their grasping hands.

But he had managed to escape from that encounter by using his wings to fly away into the dark sky, leaving his assailants cursing and shouting below him.

However, this morning, his luck had run out entirely.

He was ambushed in the wooden house that had been prepared for him as temporary accommodation.

The door burst open before he could react, and several determined Amazon women had piled on top of him, pinning his limbs and his wings to the floor, ready to do whatever they pleased with his helpless body.

"S... Sir Benjamin is so divine and powerful that we must not lay our unworthy hands on him casually," one drooling Amazon started explaining, her saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth as she spoke, her eyes unfocused with lust. "Not to speak of the fact that Her Highness would have our heads if we even attempted to drag such a man into our beds without proper ceremony and permission. You will have to suffice for now, Mr. Visitor."

"P-Please wait just a moment! You must think more clearly about what you are doing!" Tensei yelled at them, struggling against their grip with all his might, but unable to break free from their coordinated hold on his body. "I believe that you must only be in a state of heat—"

"All of that is even more reason to defy your body, is it not?" One of the women holding his head in place giggled directly into his ear, her hot breath sending shivers down his spine. "If we are in heat, then we need release. If we need release, then you are the only available source."

Fact: Tensei has a small but deeply ingrained case of PTSD when it comes to sexually aggressive women, because a certain bunny boss of his had violently assailed him and taken his first time from the very first moment they met.

The memory of that encounter still haunted him, and colored his interactions with women who showed too much interest.

[Tsk! It appears these women absolutely refuse to back down from their intentions, no matter how much I try to reason with them. Stem! I need your help urgently!]

{....}

[For goodness sake, Stem, please wake up and pay attention!]

{Hm?! Oh... I see... Mas... ter is in... trouble.}

[I cannot escape from their grip without taking a limb or two with me! But the girls are far too strong for me to simply shrug off! Their Amazon strength is no joke at all!]

{...}

[Are you even listening to me, or have you drifted off into one of your mental futon again?!]

{Hm?! Oh... I see... Mas... ter is in... trouble.}

[Ahhhh, you are as useless and unreliable as always! Fine, I will have to solve this problem myself...! Ah, I just had an impressive and potentially brilliant idea!

[Instead of fighting their strength with my own, I shall appeal to their inner sympathy and their hidden softness! That might work where force has failed, no?]

{Hm?! Oh... I see... [Imaginary yawn] Mas... ter is in... trouble.}

And so Tensei decided to go the innocent, vulnerable boy route, hoping that pity and guilt would accomplish what resistance failed to.

"Uhm... Excuse me, everyone, there is something sad and personal that I feel I must tell you about... before any of you proceed further," he frowned deeply, his golden eyes nearly welling up with tears of distress. "To all of you, this encounter would only be a way to quench a momentary and fleeting scraping desire to copulate, something you would forget about in a few days or weeks.

"However, I need you to understand that I am but a (self proclaimed) pure and untouched virgin, having never laid with a woman in my life. And if you take that from me by force, it will surely traumatize me for years to come and—"

"He is cute, did you hear how he speaks? Like a baby bird asking its mother not to push it out of the nest!" One girl snapped excitedly, her eyes gleaming with even greater interest.

"Indeed. Sir Benjamin was already disvirgined by Lady Sara before anyone even had a turn with him in the first mating ritual," another woman whispered to her companion, nodding her head knowingly. "So we never got to experience the joy of being someone’s first. But this one... this one is still fresh and pure."

"I say we rip his innocence away from him without any further delay. This is Elyndor, after all, not some gentle fairy tale land where virtue is rewarded and preserved. The innocent die quickly in this world. We are being good to him, in fact, by preparing him for the harsh realities of existence. He should be thanking us, not begging us to stop."

[...]

{Oops... it app...ears that Mas... ter’s attempt to... appeal to th...eir sym...pathy has only made the situation... worse. They seem... more excited now than... they were be...fore Master opened his... mouth.}

"Gyahhh!! Get off of me, all of you!!" Tensei yelled in pure panic as the group of women began to pile on him with renewed enthusiasm and coordination.

Their hands grabbed at his clothing and wings with equal urgency, trying hard, and somehow succeeding, to tear his robe apart...

Something that was supposedly indestructible armor, woven with magical threads and reinforced with protective enchantments.

{...Fine... I suppose... I cannot leave my Master in such a dire position... I shall intervene, only this once... I will create a temporary magic boosting zone around this area, flooding the immediate space with gathered magical energy. This will enable Master to quickly do something useful and escape.}

[Hurray! You finally spoke a full sentence without pausing for an unreasonable amount of time! That is the fastest you have talked in centuries! I was beginning to think you had forgotten how to communicate properly!]

Fact: Tensei has a portal creation ability, one that allows him to tear holes in the fabric of space and step through to another location entirely.

Provided he has enough magical energy and concentration to perform the complex spatial calculations required for safe and accurate travel.