SP – Children’s Conflict: Part 1
「It’s time. Wake up.」
I snap out of my pleasant nap from a whack to the head.
Along with the awakening, my body gradually regains its senses.
The spot I slept on is hard and wet with a disgusting sliminess.
My nose is assaulted by the stench of excrement and grime, while my ears pick up distant cries, yelling, and the grating of metal.
Cobblestone……is this a dungeon?
The reason my head hurts is due to being kicked earlier.
When I raise my head, I see an irritated man with a stubble.
「Hurry and get up. If you keep zoning out, you won’t be getting dinner again.」
My collar is grabbed and I am forcibly made to stand up.
No, my upper half is naked so I don’t have a collar.
What he grabbed was the leather strap around my neck.
Looking around, there are others who have similar straps walking with a grim expression on their faces.
「Fumu, slaves?」
I brush the man’s hand away and lay back on my side.
Leah and Nonna sometimes come to my bedroom in tears after crying from a nightmare about their past circumstances.
Conversely, because I didn’t care much about my time as a slave, I don’t get nightmares, rather about the only regret I have is killing the woman with heavy makeup during my escape and not being able to impregnate her.
「With that said, those days were pretty horrible. Some parts of my heart might still be thinking about it.」
If I go back to sleep, I’ll probably wake up from this dream.
This morning, Leah said something about trying to make special cookies for the first time.
If they’re a success, I’ll eat them with Celia, if not I’ll dump them in Irijina’s stomach.
As I’m thinking of such things, I feel my body float.
「Why are you going back to sleep!? Are you making fun of me!?」
My face is slapped, my stomach is kicked, and my hair is grabbed before my head is slammed into the ground.
Blood rises to my head before I can speculate why this dream is so persistent.
I was about to pull the man’s leg and throw him down, but――
（I’m scared, I’m scared, I don’t like pain.）
Suddenly, my body shudders and I become unable to move.
「What was that?」
I end up getting kicked in the back and added to the line of slaves.
Thus began my life as a slave, but there were several things I realized.
「Carry that stone!」
「Your nail flipped and you can’t hold the shovel? Then hold it with your mouth and continue working!」
First, is that this place……is not the underground arena, but a normal pioneer village and the work we are made to do involves cultivating the land or cutting trees. During my time as a slave, this kind of job didn’t exist nor do I remember doing this.
「Hey you, is that all you can carry!? Carry twice that amount!」
「There’s only so much I can do. Look at my skinny arms and legs.」
I check my body as my backtalk gets me beaten.
I am around 10 years old, my height is approximately 130 cm, and my body, likely due to a lack of nutrients, is small, flimsy, and unable to exert much strength.
Of course, I’m several levels more feeble than when I was in my teen years swinging a sword underground and my face is irritatingly androgynous.
「……it’s like hell even though the war finally ended.」
「It can’t be avoided. This is former Yuguria territory……the king also doesn’t care about this place.」
「The king has fun with gorgeous people everyday, we’re no better than insects……」
According to the ones making us work, the timeline before this happened to me hasn’t changed.
The defeat of South Yuguria and the reclamation of Elektra from the Federation lead up to the current day.
Where we are is the annihilated southern region……a place where even large-scale illegal activities go unnoticed.
「Still, the governor did well. Pretending to use the restoration funds provided by the kingdom to hire workers, but actually gathering orphans at a low price to do the same work. The work is actually progressing so there is no chance anyone will find out.」
「Hey now, don’t speak ill of the governor. It’s because of him that we get paid highly just to sit around and chat. Our only ‘work’ is kicking around brats and acting like workers during inspections.」
That seems to be the situation.
I want to ask that damn Adolph what he’s doing, but it’s not like the work isn’t being completed and he’s not planning a rebellion.
As much as the orphans cry and as much as the governor is getting fat, if they don’t affect the kingdom negatively or positively, he won’t know.
In any case, this kind of vivid and realistic situation can’t be a dream.
Somehow, I’m actually here in person.
「Are you eavesdropping!? You want to get whipped!?」
Before I can yell back, my shoulders cower with fright.
Obviously, I wouldn’t normally be afraid of this kind of guy.
Which means, it’s this body that is afraid.
I haven’t been turned into a young slave, I’ve possessed the body of a young slave boy.
When I focus really hard, I can somewhat see the depths of the boy’s heart.
「You’re shrinking too much. You need to come up higher or we can’t even converse!」
「What are you shouting about――」
I click my tongue at the approaching man.
「Don’t react to every little thing I whisper. I’m working like you told me to, leave me alone and enjoy your booze or whatever.」
The man snaps and is about to raise his whip.
「What are you playing around for!?」
A gruff voice shouts at the man.
「Geh, it’s the supervisor!」
This supervisor who appears out of nowhere is a muscular man one size smaller than the real me.
「Save the tormenting for later. We’re already running behind schedule as it is because of the rain the day before. If we miss the deadline, someone will get sent from the kingdom to do an inspection.」
「Y-yes sir. Sorry sir……」
The man puts away the whip and urges me to go back to work.
However, my eyes don’t leave the supervisor――or to be more precise, the supervisor’s side.
「Oh you’re so kind, it’s so lovely.」
Clinging to the supervisor’s thick arm is a girl who compliments him in a coaxing voice.
She looks to be around 14 or 15 years old, wearing an outfit that a prostitute would wear that exposes much of her thighs and breasts, and is fawning all over the supervisor.
「Of course I am. I’m a kind man……to those who obey me.」
The supervisor sticks his hand into the girl’s cleavage and roughly fondles her partially-developed boobs.
For a split second, I see her wince, but she quickly puts on an ingratiating expression.
「Ufun, I’m always obedient to you. So please don’t break me like Misha and treat me with care.」
She says, allowing the man’s hand to crawl up her crotch and flirtatiously begging for a kiss, while at the same time hiding her fear behind her mask. She must be hoping to survive by doing that.
I coincidentally make eye contact with her.
For some reason, my heart clenches.
「What the hell are you looking at!?」
She walks directly at me and kicks me in the face.
Then she tramples on my head after I’ve fallen.
「Hahaha! Take a look at that, some perverted brat is getting stomped on!」
The supervisor laughs, followed by the other guards.
Getting my head stepped on is undoubtedly quite humiliating, though I’m mysteriously not upset.
One reason that might be the case is because the person doing it is a girl around the same age as Anastasia, but more importantly, I can tell that she’s acting violent with me to get away from the supervisor’s grasp, even if it’s for a short time.
I think to myself what I should do.
This body isn’t mine.
Then, shouldn’t this boy solve everything himself?
「Gue, guh……but-」
Girls watching shiver, wonder if they’re going to be next.
「Horny kid! How dare you look at me with those dirty eyes! Who do you think I belong to!? And you also……err……have a lustful face! Umm……I bet you were a lecherous man in your previous life!」
The girl stomps on me repeatedly.
She isn’t getting touched by the supervisor as this is continuing. Perhaps she is putting on a grand display to desperately improve the supervisor’s mood. It’s all so she won’t end up like her predecessor.
I mentally call out to the person in the heart of this body.
I don’t get a response.
Fine, then I’ll act on my own.
There is no reason for someone like me, who rebelled against my superiors and the king, to be used by such a small fry.
I pretend to get kicked hard and roll on the ground.
My left hand grabs a pebble and my right hand closes around a broken wooden stake.
I will strike the next time I get kicked.
While pretending to fly in the direction of the supervisor, I’ll throw the pebble at a guard and plunge the stake into the supervisor’s neck or chest.
Despite this frail body, I should be able to kill him now when he least expects it.
I roll on my back and wait for the next attack.
The girl, with an angry expression, raises her leg, revealing black skimpy underwear probably matching that man’s tastes.
Again, my heart tightens.
「This pervy kid――!」
Relief washes over her face as she finds an excuse to keep going and she brings her foot down on my groin.
That’s when I realized it.
「W-what’s with this size……」
I could tell the moment she stepped on me.
Even for a child, the size of my dick was too small. It’s barely 15 cm.
「I can’t do anything with that tiny thing……」
Strength escapes my arms and I let go of both the pebble and the stake.
Eventually, the girl’s atrocity ends and she returns to the supervisor’s side.
A different girl comes to help up my ragged body.
「Are you alright!? That Cufah, just because the supervisor took a liking to her for being a little prettier, she’s using it to do whatever she wants. I’m sure, he’ll soon get bored of her anyways and throw her away, and when that happens, you can laugh at her.」
「Well, I better hurry then.」
For some reason, my body can move a little better than before.
That night, I slowly woke up in the pitch black darkness.
I groan as I clutch my crotch.
It wasn’t loud enough to echo, but loud enough for the guard to hear.
「What’s wrong, you noisy――oh, it’s you? Getting kicked that much, it’s no surprise that it hurts. Did your balls get crushed or something?」
I grab the guard’s hand, which he extended out of scorn rather than concern, and stab him in the throat with a shard of metal hidden in the single piece of clothing, my underwear.
「――gah! ……gh! Hh……」
I screw the shard in the spot where his vocal cords are, and twist my hand over and over to tear his trachea.
The man’s hoarse cry of agony fades into the darkness without reaching anyone.
「Fumu. My body moved without any problems this time.」
I retrieve the keys from the man’s body, unlock the cage, take his sword, and cut the collar and fetters attached to me.
Then, I reach into my underwear again and take out multiple rags drenched in oil.
「It’s sad that this thing is so small that I can hide so much stuff inside.」
My ears pick up incoming footsteps and I immediately lay low to the ground.
In my original body, I’d almost certainly be discovered, but I can pull it off now.
「Now then.」
If I challenge them head-on, this body will be scared stiff, plus I have no chance of winning with such a small dick.
I grab a torch from the wall and grin.
The alarm resounds.
「Fire!! Fire!!」
「The material storage is on fire! There’s fire coming from the brats’ cages too!」
「That’s not all! Everything from the barracks and the watchtowers are burning! There’s fire everywhere!」
「What happened!? Was it an attack? Was it an accident!? Either way, extinguish the fire――!」
I stand on top of the hill, watching the chaos before my eyes, and toss away the lit torch.
Well, that’s what happens when I’m allowed to run freely setting fire to a village unprepared for enemy attacks.
The kids from the dungeon have also been gathered atop the hill.
「A fire……wait, what are you all doing outside!? Don’t tell me you’re behind――gyu.」
One of the guards notices the children, but before he could yell, I whack him in the head from behind and thrust a sword into his head.
「Stay there.」
I tell the escaped children before running off.
Flabbergasted at the scene in front of them, none of them object.
Where I’m headed is the building the supervisor is in.
I saw him go there with Cufah in the evening.
I wait by the entrance for them, but no one comes out.
「……how strange.」
Could they be sleeping?
I open the door to check, thinking that the fire will spread here soon if they don’t wake up.
「Uoooh! I can’t get enough of this body! I can’t get enough of girls this age!」
「Ow! It hurts! You’re breaking me! Be a little more gentle……eeeek!」
The supervisor is really ramming his hips hard against Cufah.
He’s practically bumping into her like he’s tackling her.
He hasn’t noticed the commotion because of how immersed in his own world he is.
Cufah is screaming from the rough sex and also hasn’t realized the commotion or my presence.
A considerable amount of blood stains the sheets, removing any doubts that she is still a virgin, but he still must have been quite violent.
I can’t fight him head-on.
I’m at a disadvantage in a child’s body, plus I can’t do anything about my body cowering on reflex.
Therefore, I need to ambush him, and finish him off before it becomes a fight like I did with the guard.
「What the hell are you――a fire!?」
However, the speed at which I pounced was slower than expected and the supervisor spotted me.
My body is instantly paralyzed with fear.
Man, I really wish I didn’t stop moving here.
「Y-you are……」
My eyes meet with Cufah, whose crotch has been defiled by the lust of a man.
At that moment, I feel a surge of power rise from my lower half.
「Oooooh!!」
My body seems to propel itself forward, cutting off the supervisor’s arm, fingers and all, and I then proceed to push him down and stab my sword into his chest.
I stab him a second time, a third time, a fourth time……eventually, the supervisor coughs out blood and goes limp.
「That was close.」
The cowering as soon as I am confronted is the most troublesome aspect of this body.
I yell internally to the owner of the body to muster up more courage, but I don’t get any response.
「Now I can……」
I repeatedly swing my sword down on the supervisor’s neck.
「Wai-!? H-hiiiih!? Abhbhbh……」
I’m weak, so I can’t do it in one strike, however, I somehow sever his neck successfully.
It just so happens that several guards rush in.
「Bad news, supervisor――uwaah!」
I grab the freshly disconnected head and slowly turn around.
「Unfortunately, the supervisor can’t talk anymore. I’ll listen to what you have to say instead.」
A wide grin forms on my face.
The fire in the background and the accumulating smoke creates a creepier atmosphere.
I laugh. It is a maniacal laugh that echoes.
「D-demon……」
「We can deal with the brat at any time……that’s right, we can do it at any time! Let’s report this to the governor first!」
The guards scream and stumble away.
「Fuu. I’m glad my bluff worked.」
I might have tore something with that lost move.
Fighting another person would be impossible for me.
「Woah, you’ll burn if you stay here.」
I throw away the supervisor’s head and carry the unconscious Cufah.
Outside, the guards are running for their own safety, allowing the once-oppressed children to greet us with cheers.
「You did it……you chased them out! I don’t have to continue living in fear of their whips!」
「No more mean things will happen……I don’t have to worry if the next day will come when the sun sets……」
「The food storehouse is undamaged! We can eat meat from now on!」
Girls and boys alike hug each other and rejoice.
Seeing them shed tears of happiness, I can’t help thinking that it was worth tearing a muscle.
「From now on, we’ll work and build this place for ourselves, all of us will protect this place and won’t let any mean adults steal from us!」
「We’ll decide our own rules! As long as we have that kid who released us, we will surely be fine!」
Oh, you’re going to get me hyped too by saying that.
「We don’t need the supervisor who made us suffer or the governor who only sees us as money-making tools!」
That’s right, we don’t need them.
「Those guys in the kingdom are probably in-cahoots with them and turning a blind eye! Those mean people……we don’t need them!」
Yeah, we don’t need mean people.
「We don’t need the king or the governor! We――are independent!」
「Yeah, independent!」
My shout is followed by a collective cheer.
And I am instantly brought back to reality.
「Now wait just a second. I was going with the flow.」
「There are swords and spears left in the armory!」
「Let’s fix the moat and fences! It’s for our own protection, the pain is nothing!」
「We’ll gather fruits and other edible items in the woods! Boys, come with us, we might see rabbits!」
The children spring into action with determination.
「Wait, listen to me, hey.」
「A different supervisor should be doing the same thing in the nearby mine! Let’s wait until night and set them on fire!」
「Yeah! We have weapons and more numbers. It’s not scary if we all cooperate!」
My voice is drowned out by the cheerful hope-filled statements.
The flag that hung in the center of the village is pulled down and lit aflame.
「……what am I doing rebelling against myself?」
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――A Few Days Later.
One hundred children joined together in the village.
A pioneer village in another location was brought down.
Even if the guards were wary of the slaves and orphans potentially rampaging, they didn’t expect armed groups in the hundreds, furthermore they weren’t trained soldiers.
As a result, they didn’t try to fight and simply ran away.
「That brings the total to 1,500 people……that’s an incredible number.」
It must be due to the effects of an extended period of war and conflict……that all these people were gathered from the territories of the Federation and the Empire.
While the governor is at fault for enslaving the poor children, Goldonia should also be held responsible for allowing this many orphans to go missing.
「It means the king is incompetent after all.」
Those around me nod.
「Who are you calling incompetent!?」
「「「Eeeh!?」」」
This matter is complicated so let’s not think about it.
For now, we should focus on the more important things at hand.
「The most troubling thing is……」
I glance at the smiling girl beside me.
She appears to be 18, making her the oldest of the group, meaning her body is already that of an adult’s.
Not only that, when I wiped the dirt off her face, she had a gorgeous face that gave off a more mature feel than her age.
Moreover, when she went to change from tattered clothes to cleaner ones, since there isn’t much fabric around, the clothes she changed into are too small for her body. In other words, she is exposing a lot of skin.
「Ehe, what’s wrong?」
Her eyes are dreamy and I could easily take her to bed if I wished.
And I’d normally pick her up, carry her to the bedroom and impregnate her.
However, the only desire I get when looking at her is a sense of admiration of how pretty she is.
Conversely……
「Um, um! Wild strawberries. We picked a lot of them!」
Something in the depths of my chest tightens at the sight of this obviously immature girl.
I want to scold this body for being a pervert, but considering his age, it should be natural.
「This is all annoying. I want to go back.」
「Um……」
A reserved voice quiets the lively atmosphere.
It was Cufah, wondering what the commotion was.
Everyone stares at her with hostility.
Older girls who once beamed happily spit at her, and seeing that, my body cowers.
Everyone is wearing a single worn-out cloth, while she is the only one wearing fancy clothes, which has actually gotten rather dirty.
Something was thrown at her and her hair is also a mess.
I don’t blame them for the cold reception.
What was done to me must have also been done to the rest of them.
To her, it must feel like a bed of thorns pricking her from all angles.
「Let’s go somewhere else.」
I tug on Cufah’s sleeve and leave my seat.
「T-thank you……very much.」
「I don’t mind.」
Cufah softly grabs onto my arm, brings her face close and whispers “protect me” in my ear.
My heart clenches painfully and the beating becomes almost deafening in my head.
My body automatically starts skipping.
What an easy-to-understand reaction.
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