Chivalry of a Dark Knight [Batman x Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry]

CH12: An Inspiration (prt 2)

Over an hour went by and Stella found herself becoming more engrossed in the game's story than she thought she would. She would spend her time chatting up Issei and learning about his backstory but occasionally would encounter Burai as well. She'd just choose whatever negative response she could but for some reason Burai responded in a positive manner and slowly began to open up to her.

Apparently, Burai came from an orthodox feudal family and grew up with a chip on his shoulder due to rumors about his illegitimate birth and a traumatic past. There were scenes of him that garnered some sympathy from Stella.

She guessed that maybe Burai wasn't as bad as Bruce.

Then she reached a point in the game where Burai suddenly visited her character's room in the middle of the night. A few texts of dialogue later and things took an unexpected turn.

"Listen, Princess. I know I come off as cold and heartless but it's not like I don't feel anything. On the contrary, I feel EVERYTHING." Burai suddenly said with emotion.

"Eh?"

Stella was well aware that these were fictional characters but that fact that Bruce's image and voice was saying these things was throwing her mind off balance.

Dramatic piano and violin music swelled up as the Bruce look-alike began to pour out his feelings.

"The truth is that I'm scared. I'm scared of anyone getting too close to me because I don't want them to get hurt! So I built a wall around my heart!"

"Wait. What's going on?"

"But ever since I met you...bit by bit, I felt that wall crumble..."

The music reached its epic orchestral crescendo followed by a CG image of Burai embracing the female protagonist.

"Dammit! Do I need to spell it out!? I LOVE YOU,...my Baka Princess."

Stella's jaw dropped as her face became red.

"What the hell!? How did I get locked on Burai's route!?" she balked.

She growled in frustration that all her work to fulfill her Ikki-related fantasies ended up being for nothing.

"Grr! I guess I'll start over. How do you go back?" Stella asked as she tried pressing some of the control buttons.

Unfortunately, she triggered the game 'message skip function' and text flew by as the CG images changed rapidly.

"Wait! It's going too fast!" she called out as she frantically pressed buttons all over controller.

Doing so made her select option boxes that went by too fast for her to read. When she finally got the game to play at normal speed, she was treated to a CG image of Burai taking off his shirt and exposing his well drawn body.

"Forgive me, Princess. I'm a ravenous beast and I can't hold back!" the character said.

"WHA!? H-SCENE!?" Stella exclaimed. "No! Stop! This isn't what I wanted!"

But it was too late. Stella's eyes widened and the redness on her face deepened as erotic image after erotic image played out in front of her. Her mind was sent into an awkward tizzy over the fact that the person depicted in these scenes happen to look like Bruce.

"You're mine at last, Princess! NNGH! YOU FEEL SO GOOD!" the Bruce-like voice sounded out.

"NO! NO! NO! ARGH! Stupid game! I don't want to be with Burai! I want to be with Issei!"

"Who's Burai and Issei?" asked Ikki behind her.

"GAAAAH!"

With a panicked scream, Stella jumped forward and slammed the laptop screen shut and then turned to see Ikki standing by the door.