Story: Hamefura C+S

 

Raphael had a history with Dark Magic. Let's not go into detail right now, it's pretty depressing. What mattered here and now was this - he knew about magic that affected the mind. This was not a spell he'd heard of before, but he had to admit its effects were insidious.




The intention was clear enough. It had been designed by a pervert to turn someone else into a pervert through gradual, yet obvious brainwashing. Taking advantage of humanity's tendency to avoid that which hurts while seeking out that which pleases. There is a sense to this - if something hurts it is because it is usually bad for you, and of course you can infer what that means about things that are usually pleasurable. This is not a universal truth, of course. Too many sweets can be bad for you, but the experience of eating them is pleasant.




By making use of that it can make even the most stalwart, strong willed person wear down over time. They stop even being able to think about not being a pervert. They embrace what they are now, and indulge in lewd acts, receiving pleasure from the acts themselves and the spell at the same time. Further reinforcing it. Even if you break the spell, the brainwashing will be hard to shake off.




Well, Raphael was currently not in the mood to deal with this nonsense. He couldn't stop Mary directly as it would be interfering in something perverted, therefore he felt too much pain to do anything to stop it. On the other hand, assisting her and covering for her misdeeds was assisting something perverted, therefore he was feeling good. But that was also annoying him a bit. Which meant he had to think a bit outside the box here to deal with the dilemma.




So what should he do? Why, the answer was obvious after a little bit of thought. If he couldn't ruin Mary's fun directly, he could do it <i>indirectly</i> by making good use of perversion to advance his own desires. Yes, that was a completely logical chain of thought to go down. To start with, here was Katarina's brother Keith, no doubt looking for her at this very moment.




A perfect start.




"Hello Keith!" Raphael called out. "Ah, if you're looking for Katarina, I'm afraid she was busy with Sophia and Nicole right now."




"Huh? Those two?" Keith blinked. Not even saying hello at first. He took on a thoughtful look. "Well, if both of them are there at the same time, there shouldn't be an issue..." Still, he was going to check in on them, as a good little brother would. "Thank you Raphael."




But before he could leave, Raphael grabbed his sleeve. No, no. That isn't dirty enough. Nor did it interfere in Mary's planning. Therefore...




"By the way, I overheard Mary saying something strange," Raphael said with a big smile on his face. "She was talking about going out bikini shopping with Katarina this weekend. Something for just the girls."




"Is that so...?" Keith muttered to himself thoughtfully. "I see, that sneaky - She's the real threat here after all!"




That still wasn't dirty, and so Raphael pushed it a bit further. Something that was certain to keep Mary busy in the near future, for certain! "She was saying something about wanting to be particularly daring, but I don't quite know what that means exactly. He tilted his head and put on an innocent expression. "Something about a slingshot? I don't get what that has to do with a bikini, though...?"




Keith turned bright red. "S-Slingshot... bikini?!" he yelped. "Mary! What depravity are you pulling my sister into this time?!"




And then he was off. Ooooh, that was the good shit. He'd managed to send Keith on a wild goose chase after Mary, worried that she was going to corrupt Katarina with something perverse and devious like a slingshot bikini! That was a good start, but Raphael wasn't done yet. He'd need more than that. Much, much more!




So next, he tracked down Alan. Best to avoid Gerald for the time being. He's too canny. He'd see through any effort of manipulation. There's a reason the others all had an alliance against him, because otherwise? He'd probably win! Anyway, he soon found Alan sitting in a tree branch staring up at the sky.




"Hi Alan!" he called from the ground. "Katarina was looking for you. She was wanting to show off a new exercise she'd worked out."




"A new exercise...?" Alan called back. "That girl? Are you sure?"




"Certainly!" Raphael chirped happily, rocking on his heels. "She was even wearing a form fitting leotard when I saw her."




Aha, there we go... Got his attention now. Alan might not have the same awareness of his attraction to Katarina as the others, but it was still there. His attention had been grabbed. He hopped out of the tree with little difficulty and strolled off.




"Guess I'd better find her," he grumbled, through Raphael could tell he was actually a bit excited. "Don't want her pulling a muscle."




Raphael had to bite his lip really hard, hard enough to draw blood, to keep himself from making a lewd remark. It was hard. So very, very hard. But he managed, he persevered. This was proving to be quite enjoyable. Sending Katarina's paramours after her like this, with promises of lewdness if they found her! Yes, it was truly delightful!




Like this, he could do it. He could interfere in Mary's plans while doing perverted things. Let's see, who else was there...? Oh! Was that Maria over there? He waved across the courtyard to get her attention - and then for some reason her face completely dropped. Hrm?




"Raphael, are you...?" Maria asked, and then he remembered. This pretty creature was, in truth, capable of Light magic. Which meant she could sense Dark magic. Which meant she likely sensed the influence on him. She hurried towards him, and he thought 'maybe she'll cure me of this spell'.




Which prompted an immediate pain response! Ah! If she got rid of this spell, it would limit his tendency to do perverted things! This was bad! This was very, very bad! What should he do?! How should he respond in a situation like this?! He'd planned to bring Maria into this as well by spinning her a yarn about Katarina wanting to eat food off Maria's body, but that wouldn't work anymore! Not now that she'd noticed the spell on him! He was trapped, cornered... and with little other alternative than to render her unconscious before she could do anything at all to him.