Reborn in a Dating Sim: Life as a Mob is hard in an Equestria Girl’s Dating Game! Book 2

Reborn in a Dating Sim:

Life as a Mob is hard in an Equestria Girl’s Dating Game!

Book 2

Chapter Interlude

Delicate Touch made her way into the manor where Silver Tongue was waiting. She had gone after Silver because she knew that he was the easiest one of the love interests to get in the game. The fact that she had been reborn here made her unbelievably happy. Her old life hadn’t been horrible, but she was always out of the spotlight. Her brother in her other life had been the golden child. Nothing he did was wrong, everything he did was always better than her. Anything she wanted for herself he would either get first, or he’d take it from her.

Her parents always excused his behavior. They constantly told her that he was gifted, special, and that while they were sorry that felt the way she did they believed that he deserved his happiness too. So, she decided to do the one thing that she knew her brother wouldn’t do. She not only went to college, but she went with the determination of finding a life partner. In that regard she found soon to be husband. Like her he was someone that had been shoved to the back. His sister had done the same to him multiple times, and over the years he’d quietly learned to accept that.

They met, clicked, and soon she was dating him. She was determined to not let her brother spoil it. She was determined to not allow him to ruin this chance at happiness, and so she was determined to simply not go back home. As luck would have it her plans of not returning home were shattered. She’d gone with her husband to his home, which was surprisingly close to their college, to meet his parents. She found that they were wonderful people, and of course his sister was exactly like her brother.

She was over the top, she was flaunting how much better she was, and she attempted to seduce Delicate Touch a number of times. She felt desired, sexy, and even a little enthralled, but she had resisted. She wanted to be with her soon to be husband. She wanted him to know that she could depend on her. And when it was obvious that she wasn’t going to slink off with his sister she got bored, said something similar to “Whatever” and left. After meeting his family her soon to be husband asked her why she was so adamant about not having him meet her family.

Realizing that it had been a test, one that she passed with flying colors, she nodded, “Okay,” she replied, “But please, don’t let him get to you.”

The warning had been simple, but she hoped that he understood exactly what it meant. Her brother was the kind who would forever do anything to destroy whatever it was that she had. If he couldn’t have it he wanted it gone. Her parents would likely brush away the behavior, claim that he was special, and tell her that she needed to get over it. She hadn’t been home in nearly three years since leaving for college, and her parents had barely acknowledged her absence. There had been a halfhearted birthday text, a Christmas text, and a New Years text every year, but that was it. No real calls, no interaction, nothing that would qualify as parents being parents. They hadn’t seen her off, and they didn’t visit. She had texted her dad, the one person who at least attempted to treat her and her brother fairly, and let him know that she was coming home for a short visit. She had let him know that she wanted to introduce someone to him.

The trip home had been a cheap flight, which she was thankful for the discount airline that offered the reasonable rates, and then a ride share to her parent’s home. She expected to see her brother. She expected to see his annoying self there, but instead she saw another girl. She was stunning, her body looked perfectly sculpted, and she couldn’t deny that her face was familiar. That’s when she realized that it was her brother.

“Sissy!” the girl shouted, “Oh, I just had to let you know, but I wanted it to be a surprise. So, I transitioned, and I am so much better! I always knew that I was a woman, and damn, I do being a woman way better that you. I mean, do you know how much I pull on a daily basis? Girl, I’ve never gotten so lucky before. Oh, who’s this?”

She stood there for a moment, stunned, before she shook her head, “That’s my fiancé. We’re planning on getting married out of college,” she replied, her voice sounding uncertain, “When did this happen?”

The other woman smiled at her, “Oh, about two years ago. I realized that I just wanted to be a girl because I was always supposed to be one. It has been so much better. And yes, I am fully a girl. I got the final surgery a couple of months ago. I’m all healed up, and I’m ready to break it in. I mean, sure I found that I’m a bit a butt slut, but hey, I want to try this out too. I’ve heard that the feeling is amazing.”

She shook as she stood there, “I know that we’ve never really gotten along before, and I know that you do mean spirited things all of the time, but please, please, don’t fuck this up for me.”

That was the beginning of the end. She came onto her fiancé, and like herself he resisted. She didn’t stop after a few attempts though. There was countless flirts, dozens of other things, and finally there was sneaking into the room with them both. Her mother was excusing the behavior, her father was trying to put a stop to it. When it didn’t work her new sister seemed to take the hint, pouted, and left them alone. She had never felt so happy, so proud, so relieved. It wasn’t until toward the end of their trip that the incident happened.

Her fiancé was going to go down to the nearby bakery and get them some doughnuts for the morning. It was his wanting to be nice, and there was a crash from outside. She ran downstairs to see him pinned between a tree and her parents' car. Her new sister behind the wheel, and the look of psychotic determination on her new sister’s face said it all. Her mother ran out, screamed, her father shouted, and she called the police. What happened from there was easy enough. Her mother tried to claim that it wasn’t her new sister behind the wheel, but instead it was her. Her father told the truth, her new sister cracked and told them that it was her, that she’d been out a friend’s home, had a little too much fun, and came back a little too tipsy. That it was a horrible mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.

She was taken in, her mother screamed at her for letting her baby take the fall, and then disowned her. She explained that she should have just given her new sister her fiancé since it was obvious that she wanted him. The last thing she would remember was her mother taking a knife from the kitchen, running at her, and the pain of the knife as it entered her chest. She realized that her fiancé had passed the test, but that they wouldn’t ever be together again.

So, when she woke up here, in this world, reborn in a game she played so much, she was determined to become the golden child. She would make sure that her parents always loved her, that there would never be a reason for her to be stabbed to death, and that whoever she loved would be safe to be with her. Her choice of Silver Tongue had been because his part of the story was easier to accomplish. She did what was needed, got him to fall for her, and from there she simply began living the good life.

Her being born here did mean that a few things had changed. For example her sister was supposed to be an only child. Instead she had been born along with her. For all she knew this was the only difference in this world. At least, it should have been the only difference in this world. She’d seen Diamond Tiara earlier, and she knew it was Diamond Tiara. She’d played the first game, and the second game, but she had believed that after winning the first game Diamond Tiara was humiliated, forced to marry far below her station, and forced to move out onto the border area with some perverted old baron that wanted her.

To see her here meant that things had certainly become far different. Somehow, that guy that was with her likely was tied up with it. She wasn’t sure how he could be, but it was the only thing that really made sense to her. He had to be the reason for things being so different. The how’s and why’s of it didn’t really seem to match up. Plus, there was that beast woman that was with him. She was acting like one of them. She wasn’t acting like a servant, and she wasn’t pretending to be subservient. Instead she was acting like she belonged right there with them.

That was another thing that was weird. The two enforcers for the council of six had already left. Thankfully Silver Tongue had stopped by to see her, and in doing so he had saw them grilling her on where her sister was. Even though he wasn’t one of the members himself he was the son of one, and that was enough for them to acknowledge him, leave, and allow him to take her home with him. She could see that he wasn’t taking the fact that they were grilling her well. Still, her new role she was the one in control of the relationship. It wasn’t a partnership. It wasn’t equal, no, she was leading the relationship, ensuring that no others were able to hurt them.

Silver Tongue was too meek to be forceful, and that was another reason why she chose him. She wanted someone that would listen to her, “Delicate, would you mind to tell me what was going on there?”

She sat across from him in the car, and she breathed out, “My sister starting trouble again,” she replied, as if it were the simplest answer in the world, “She is attempting to spread propaganda about the council of six, and of course you know how that is viewed. Someone on the council, most likely Rough Gem took offence to it. My guess is that they wanted to take her somewhere and deal with her. I know that your father would never do that, but with Rough Gem there’s really no telling,” she stated, “I know that you’re going to say that isn’t the case, but there have been far too many missing commoner girls that were connected to his family for there to not be a connection.”

Silver Tongue tisked and leaned back, “What Rough does, or doesn’t do, is not the issue here,” he replied as he looked toward the window, “Delicate, we cannot have your sister unsettling the commoners. Granted, we could easily thwart any rebellion that happens. It wouldn’t be difficult. A mere wave of our hand would be enough, but I don’t want to see it come to that. Not to mention the commoners are our primary workforce. We cannot simply use the Ancient Dragon’s power for everything. We still need production, we still need factories, and we still need workers.”

She watched as he shook his head, “Unsettling them could cause strikes, and it could cause them to view themselves as equals to the council and families of the council. While I absolutely agree that every single commoner’s life is valuable, their value is far less than that of any member of the council, or their families,” he stated before he turned back toward her, “Or their fiancées. So, we need to figure out a way of keeping your sister from acting out again until after our marriage. At that time, and not before, I will have the sufficient pull to ensure her and your safety. As it was, I was worried that the enforcers would simply steamroll past me.”

She looked up at him, and she knew that he was being honest. That was the other thing she liked about him. Silver Tongue was so much like her fiancé in her past life in that he was so honest. Unfortunately that was where the similarities ended. Her fiancé in her past life was a bit more decisive, a bit more confident. It was his trauma that caused it, and she knew that, but it made him someone that she loved being around. Silver Tongue was a nice enough guy, but he was indecisive, calm, and never really pushy.

She had little to no doubts that she could hold out having sex with him for the rest of his natural life and he would simply take it. He wouldn’t act out on it, and he wouldn’t be hurt by it. That was just who he was. Well, no, there was a chance that he would be hurt by it, but then if she got what she wanted she wasn’t sure that there was really a cause for alarm. Maybe her new life had skewed her view of things a little. Maybe, but she wasn’t so sure of that.

“I don’t know if there is a way to keep her from acting out,” she replied, “Sea Breeze has always been a rather free spirit. I believe that her actions are pretty much on par with how she normally is. I can comment on it, and I can certainly remind her that she comes from a former council house herself, but I doubt that she will listen. In truth my sister’s will is her own, and it is not my responsibility to ensure that she denies that will.”

“No one is asking you to make her deny her will, but I am asking you to help her curb it,” he replied, “I want to keep both of you safe. You have a habit of jumping in and protecting her. Which is a mark of a wonderful sister, and I believe the making of a wonderful mother. Your sister is fiery, outspoken, and unruly. Those are the makings of a fine speaker, perhaps even speaker of the court of commons, but she needs to learn temperance. Until she does she is a danger to the both of you.”

Delicate Touch seemed to consider his words. She leaned back, and honestly she knew that he was saying something that was meant to protect her. Silver Tongue was a good sort, and he was caring, but ultimately he was boring as they came. That wasn’t fair, and she knew it. It wasn’t fair that she wanted to be attracted to the more dangerous guys. The guys that seemed to absolutely adore someone, give them everything, and then turn into a monster the next minute. It was so far removed from how she had been in her previous life, but even then she had a small thing for the bad boys around her.

She had bonded with her fiancé in her past life due to their shared trauma. They had accepted and loved one another because of how much they meant to one another. That wasn’t the case with Silver Tongue. He was just the safe choice. There was a part of her that hated herself for feeling like that. The truth was that everyone deserved someone that was absolutely crazy about them. Everyone deserved someone that wanted to be with them, that wanted to show them how much they loved them, that wanted to grow old with them.

She wasn’t that for him, and she knew it. She knew that she wasn’t going to be that for him. Not without actually feeling what she knew she needed to feel for him. Instead, she went along with it because it was simply the path of least resistance. Besides, if she went along with it then there was really nothing to worry about. Silver Tongue would forgive her for pretty much anything. His pull with his family’s name could keep her, and Sea Breeze, out of trouble, and she she could live a life of ease.

It wasn’t the best thing to do to him, but it was a better option than allowing things to go pear shaped, and she knew that. She’d managed to build herself a peaceful life, and it was a life that was full of everything she could ever want. She would never have to worry, never have to lift a finger if she didn’t want to. The one fly in the ointment, other than Silver Tongue being so completely boring, was that Sea Breeze was so determined to show the unfairness of the Council of Six.

She had been like this in the game, and of course depending on who the player chose as the love interest that person helped her bring true equality and peace to the Ancient Dragon Empire. Of course, that was after a massive battle, and that was something that she didn’t want to see happen. She was determined to find a way to keep the battle from happening, to keep the empire from falling in on itself, and keep everyone in the same status quo. There wasn’t really a reason to change anything.

Sure, the commoners, which technically she could be considered one, were sometimes little more than slaves. There were times that some of the commoner women went missing, and usually it was directed toward a single house. Nothing was ever said, or done, and their families were left to grieve, but then again it wasn’t that big of a deal. It was maybe five or six women from the ages of fifteen to twenty-two that would go missing. All of them shared similar characteristics, and those made them stand out as almost the same person.

She didn’t say a word because it wasn’t Silver Tongue. She knew who it was, and she knew it from some of the lore of the game. Of course she didn’t try to one hundred percent the game. She had gone after the perfect ending, the mid ending, and the bad ending. All of which were different levels of strange. The good ending, as she recalled, had the heroine marrying Burnt Oak. The son of the second member of the Council of Six. He was a decent sort, although a little bit possessive. So, naturally, she tried to get her sister interested in him.

She didn’t like him, and she didn’t say why. All she knew was that she was skittish around him. Almost as if she was afraid of him. But that wasn’t right. It wasn’t Burnt Oak that was capturing the girls. It was supposed to be Smart Bet. Smart, according to the game, was Burnt’s older brother, and he was a deviant. The lore of the game had him going after girls that were similar to Sea Breeze, but not quite her.

Burnt was supposed to stand up to him, denounce him, have his father disinherit him, and of course have the blessing of the Ancient Dragon cast from him. He couldn’t use the Ancient Dragon magic, and he couldn’t fix the problems that he had caused. It left him alone, deprived, and unwelcomed in the entire Empire. It was exactly what he deserved. Instead the way her sister acted it was almost like Burnt Oak was doing those things, but that would be insane.

“Delicate, did you hear me?”

She looked back at Silver Tongue and sighed, “I’m sorry, I was distracted,” she confessed, “What is it?”

He shook his head, “I said that we should have your sister move in with us. Another girl has gone missing. Sweet Kisses talked about it in the library today. I fear that if she is left alone that whoever is doing this will eventually get to her. I don’t want to see that happen to my future sister-in-law.”

She looked at him, “Sweet Kisses?” she asked, her voice keeping even, “The daughter of the head of the Council of Six heard that another commoner went missing? I’m surprised that she cares.”

He looked hurt, and she felt bad for doing that, “I’m sorry Silver, I really am,” she replied, “I didn’t mean to sound so biting, but Sweet doesn’t really seem to care about much else other than her family, her father, and herself. It’s hard for me to think of her as someone that actively cares about the commoners that live around us. I suppose that there is a side of her that I just don’t know, but honestly, I feel that she’s a little too self absorbed.”

He gave her a soft smile, “Delicate, Sweet Kisses is an old friend, and one that you do not need to worry over. I love you, and no one else,” he replied softly, “But she is a very caring person. If you would take the time to actually get to know her, I believe that you would discover this. In truth, I believe that two of you might become very good friends. I would certainly hope so. I will not be cutting her from my life, and I will not forsake you, so the only option is for the two of you to at least be polite to each other.”

She looked at him for a moment, “You wouldn’t cut her from your life, even if I asked you to?” she asked, “I mean, I doubt that I would do that. After all, that would be horribly mean of me, but you still wouldn’t do that huh?”

He looked at her, “Darling Delicate, I do not abandon friends. I do not leave them behind, just because I love you, I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I want to build a future that benefits all of the empire does not mean that I abandon my friends. Sweet Kisses is one of the my first friends, and she will remain a dear friend to me no matter what happens.”

It was one of the first times that he’d stood his ground, and honestly Delicate found it a little enticing. She liked seeing this more assertive side of him. She grinned at him, and moved closer, “I’m glad to know that you are willing to tell me your boundaries, so, why don’t we reward such good behavior?”

She kissed him, not caring that the driver could see them, not caring that the windows were clear. She was going to see just how far she could take this wonderful experience with him, and perhaps it would be a new kink that she could unlock in him. She felt his hands move to the small of her back, and she leaned forward untying the back of her top. It fell forward, and then down. She felt him hesitate for a moment. It was only for a moment before he shifted, helped her out of her clothes, and she realized that he was fine with this.

For the next ten minutes they treated the world around them to a show in the back of their car.