Maid homunculus

When we opened the door to the bedroom where the maid homunculus was waiting, we found a black-haired, red-eyed maid in the middle of stripping off her uniform.

"I have been awaiting you, Mast— Oh my, a new girl. And she's all tied up. Are you requesting a threesome today? No wait, a foursome with some SM play?"

"Hey! Quit sayin' weird stuff, nya! If ya value this guy's life, surrender nya!!"

The maid looked our way and tilted her head, still half-undressed. Misha stomped forward, shoving Kaoru out in front like a human shield.

"R-Rena. I've been captured. Please surrender quietly."

"Oh no! Master! How terrible, Master has been taken hostage! Understood. I will not surrender…"

The maid homunculus calmly stood up and smoothly straightened her disheveled uniform.

She raised both hands, palms up, and waggled them back and forth.

"Alriight, just stay nice and calm… Hm? Did ya just say ya won't surrender, nya?"

"I did. I'm more of an S, you see. I prefer being the one doing the tying."

"… H-Hey, ya don't care what happens to her, nya!?"

"No no no, please surrender, Rena! Are you saying you don't care what happens to me!?"

"It's fine. Master won't die from merely dying a normal death. Even if reduced to dice-sized pieces, totally fine, no problem — yes, thanks to alchemy!!"

Ba-ching! The maid homunculus struck a pose, thumb raised high, and winked. She's unexpectedly playful, this one.

"So you really won't surrender no matter what?"

"? Was Master actually captured to begin with? With that rope riddled with cuts?"

"Karina, she saw through it! Let's do this!"

"Alright, time for the brute force approach. This is my moment to shine!"

In the end, it was just a half-baked plan. Kaoru's little act of playing hostage was seen through in an instant.

"Don't move! Freeze!"

I locked the maid homunculus's body in place with Spatial Fixation. She shouldn't be able to bend so much as a single joint — or so I thought.

"My my, how naive."

Then suddenly the maid was behind me. I leaped forward on pure reflex to put distance between us. My Spatial Magic doesn't work on her!? She's really that strong!?

"That was Spatial Magic, wasn't it? Don't worry, countermeasures are in place — yes, thanks to alchemy!!"

Once again, ba-ching! The maid homunculus winked. Damn it, why are you so relaxed!? … Wait, Kaoru? How long are you going to stay all tied up like that?

"… Hey, wait, this won't come off!"

"Ah, the rope was all frayed, so I tied her up proper with the intact parts, nya."

"Were you not listening to the plan, you stupid cat!?"

"Huh? Shouldn't ya be able to just rip through somethin' like this normally, nya?"

"This cat's a musclehead too!? Are you two some kind of musclehead duo!?"

How rude. Don't lump me in with Misha. I sliced through Kaoru's rope with Spatial Magic.

"Rena! I'm ordering you to let yourself be taken in quietly! Listen to your master for once in your life! You're a maid, aren't you!?"

"Master. I'm afraid I cannot comply with that request. Because I am an S, you see. Surely you've learned that well enough in bed, Master?"

"Urgh…"

"That aside, Spatial Magic. So that means you must be the guest I've heard about."

The maid's lips curled into a crescent-moon grin.