Castlevania: Tammy Nook's Reign - A Brief Rest
#7 of Castlevania: Tammy Nook's Reign
Anon takes a moment to talk with the villagers he rescued so far, while Tammy talks to Cherry about Charlise's recent failure to defeat Anon.
"Ow! H-Hey, that hurts" Anon said, wincing as Lucky bandaged arm, while Chai was disinfecting his scraped knees with some disinfecting alcohol.
"Hold still Anon! You're hurting yourself even more" Chai chastised him.
"You weren't hurt this bad the last time I saw you. What happened?" Lucky asked him.
"Well... Let's just say that Charlise was more than I could handle at that time" Anon explained to them.
"That explains why she's been quiet the whole time. Can you tell us what she did?" Lucky asked her.
"Uh... Well I'm not going into more details. But she has been the subject of bullying by the other villagers, and I think I'm partly responsible for not addressing it, making her negative emotions manifest into her possessions. She actually stopped herself before she could hurt me any further, so I think she handled the possession better than I could credit her for" Anon said, not wanting to place any sort of blame on her.
"I'm sorry to hear that... But don't blame yourself Anon, we're just as much to blame for not doing enough to help her out. We could have done more in the long run. I just wish we could have done that sooner" Chai chimed in.
Charlise was in the other room, feeling guilty about what she had done in her possessed form. When she had been possessed, she felt like she could do anything, she was strong, she could beat anybody who would dare bully her again, and claim the mayor for herself... But all she ended up doing was hurting him the most.
She would have asked Tortimer for advice, if only he wasn't sleeping on the couch, maybe he would have imparted any words of advice.
"All done Anon! Now you just have to rest for a bit, rrr-owch!" Lucky barked, holding onto his arm.
"Yeah... But I can't afford to do that now" Anon tried to say.
"Anon... Please, I saw how badly bruised you were. You think it's easy for us to watch you go through this alone? Flap flap" Chai said seriously.
"Well what else am I supposed to do? Rest while everyone is possessed? I don't even know what they're doing to Isabelle!" Anon tried to reason with them.
"... I'm sorry" Charlise entered the room, surprising the three of them.
"Charlise... I... You're up..." Anon said, feeling a bit guilty about his little outburst.
"I know, I understand if you hate me. I'm the reason that you're hurt right now. So please forgive me, urgh..." Charlise said, feeling guilty about what she had done to him.
"No no Charlise it's alright. I'm just glad that you're alright. Really, I mean it. I'm just frustrated that all this is happening because of me. I can't even save anyone without hurting them. Just like I did with you" Anon said, finally admitting what he was feeling to all of them.
"Anon... We don't blame you for what happened. You're trying to fix the problem, and... If it means anything, you saved me, and I'm grateful for it. You even made me feel good about myself, even for a few minutes..." Charlise said, not sure what to say as she didn't know what exactly to say, but wanted to make him feel better.
Anon petted her head, smiling as he realized that his efforts weren't for naught.
"Thanks Charlise, I guess I did. I'm just worried about the others" Anon explained to her.
"So... Can you rest? Even if it's for a few minutes?" Charlise asked him.
"... Well how can I refuse the request of my villagers? Alright, I'll stay for a few minutes" Anon obliged their requests.
The three villagers hugged him, making Anon blush at all the cleavage currently pressing up against him. Although he would take this rather than the rough fucking that he had been receiving from the formerly possessed villagers.
Still, it was nice, getting to spend some time with his friends, he just hoped things would go back to normal after all this.
...
"Charlise has failed, lady Nook" Cherry informed Tammy, who was facing away from her and looking down at the village, specifically the house that Anon was staying in with all the other villagers.
"I can see that... The bandit chief had always been emotionally vulnerable, and she let herself be her own weakness... No matter. You can handle it, can't you?" Tammy ordered her minion.
"Yes mistress, he will become our slave, I won't let him get past me" Cherry promised her.
"Good, after all, with your powers, he can't possibly escape, even if he does manage to defeat you~" Tammy sinisterly laughed.
"Yes, my lusty poison will be his own undoing" Cherry said, before she swiftly disappeared into the shadows, her pointy, cupid-like tail swishing in the air.
"You may have tried to save me back then. But you will have to accept the way things are about to be. What things should be" Tammy mused, watching longingly at Anon as he cuddled with his friends.