Part 1
When we were done with unpacking our things back at our new home, we
decided to Warp back to Veil for a bit. Unlike in Quratar, when we arrived in
Veil's Adventurers Guild and left it, it was already sunset, meaning that Veil
is apparently further to the east, causing the slight differences with the time.
We checked the time and then set our sights on Veil's Labyrinth. Normally I
would never do something as crazy as going to the Labyrinth during the night
hours, but this time was a little different. Since I aquired a new weapon for
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myself, then I had to take it for a test drive to see how it was going to
perform. I am talking about my newly-bought wand of course.
「We're here, master. How would you like to proceed from now on?」
Now that we have returned to the Veil Labyrinth's third floor, I can leave the
navigation through it to Roxanne. With her and her keen sense of smell that
allows her to detect monsters and their location we can pick our targets
depending on what we need at the current moment, and we can perform the
experiment with the wand relatively quickly. But before that, I performed a
Character Reset and swapped Warp for Durandal.
Warp is a convenient Bonus Spell, but it is not very cost-effective. A trip
from Quratar to Veil's Adventurers Guild and then to Veil's Labyrinth took
quite a large chunk of my MP out, so I had no choice but to use Durandal to
absorb it back before it drops to the red zone and fills my head with
debilitatingly dark thoughts.
「Then, first thing's first, take us to some monster that is not a Kobold. It
doesn't matter which.」
「As you wish, master.」
For a next few encounters, Roxanne was guiding me towards the groups of
Needlewoods and Green Caterpillars and I killed all of them until I have
regained all of the MP I have expended to get us here. With that out of the
way, it was finally time to test my wand and cane!
The next enemy that appeared before us was a Lv.3 Green Caterpillar. Great!
Just the enemy I was looking for! Back on the second floor taking out those
guys took me four shots of Fireball (later reduced to 3 shots after a Level
Up). In other words, the ones that appear here, their stronger variants, should
be able to endure more than that. Here it goes: the first shot!
I held the wand towards the Green Caterpillar in front of me…
(Fireball!)
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And launched my first spell. It didn't kill it, so I launched another one, and
then another one, which caused the Green Caterpillar to hunch its back as if it
wanted to do a Rush attack, which got me on high alert and all ready to
dodge, but before there was any need for me to do that, the flames did all the
work for me, killing it. So when using a wand, the number of spells required
to kill an enemy dwelling on the third floor is three. Yes, right now fighting
enemies with magic is definitely more viable option than using the Copper
Sword, since spells are both stronger and faster than that piece of crap.
Next, I tried to use the Wooden Cane by firing a Fireball at the Lv.3
Needlewood that we happened across next. Much to my surprise, killing one
Needlewood with it took more shots than when I killed the same kind of
monster with a Wooden Wand, which lead me to the inevitable conclusion
that out of the two of them, wands are giving a much stronger boost to the
user's magic power than canes, but then, what purpose do the canes serve in
this world? Is there something that I still don't know about them? Ugh, I
should have asked the clerk back at the weapons shop about it. That way I
wouldn't have to spend money on something that I am probably not going to
use, eve if it meat losing the 30% Discount due to not buying multiple items
at once. Now that I think about it, I should have gone and bought a rod
instead of a cane, since rods are probably the strongest out of all three types
ow weapons used to cast magic, but on the other hand, they were much more
expensive than wands and canes…
Now that I have a wand and know that it is stronger than a cane, should I just
keep it and use it to fight mobsters from now on? With a wand as my main
weapon, I can defeat the enemies from the third floor with three spells
without letting them get close to me, meaning that there will be no risk of me
or Roxanne getting hurt, which is why I became interested in fighting with
magic in the first place. Of course, it would be nice to have a stronger
weapon that could make it possible for me to defeat enemies even faster, but
do I really need something like that at the current moment, all the more so
when I concluded that I have to save as much money as possible by not
spending them on needless things? Nah, for the time being, three-shotting
enemies is more than enough for me.
As long as I continue to level up the Mage Job, then MP and magic power
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should not be a problem either, since both those stats increase with the Level
Ups. After realizing how big the difference in attack power between the
Copper Sword, Wooden Cane and Wooden Wand is, I concluded that since
the numbers of the Copper Sword pale in comparison to the other two, there's
no reason for me to use it as a primary weapon at all.
「It's exactly as you said, Roxanne. Wands and canes do increase the strength
of my spells. Without them, defeating that monster would have taken four
shots instead of three. Thank you.」
「I just shared what I knew, and you were the one to utilize that knowledge in
practice in an amazing way! As expected of you, master!」
「Each and every one of your advice has proven to be incredibly helpful so
far, so I hope you will continue to guide me from here onward.」
「Yes, of course! Thank you very much!」
And with that compliment for Roxanne, I hearby declare the test run of
wands and canes to be successfully concluded! Now that our business here
was done for the day, we Warped back to the Adventurer's Guild and walked
back to the inn on foot from there. That way, the reserves of my MP won't go
down as fast so soon after I recovered all of it.
「One night in the two-people room, with dinner. After the meal, I would like
you to deliver two basins with hot water and a lantern to our room.」
「Right away.」
We went back to the Veil Pavilion and rented a room for the night. If
everything goes well, this should be the last night we will be spending in this
place. For a moment I considered telling that to the owner behind the
reception counter, but ultimately decided to stay silent for the time being. It's
not like him knowing that we won't be staying here any longer would change
anything in the log run, since I'm sure he has other clients besides us who
stay here at the regular basis. Also, if he knew that this was supposed to be
our last night here, there is always a possibility that he might have tried to
add something shady to our food, or maybe try and steal from us at the last
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possible moment. The thing is, since I do not have Durandal with me right
now and all of my money and other belongings are either safely stored in my
Item Box or back at our new house in Quratar, that means that I don't have
anything of value on me right now, so even if he tried that, he would find
nothing of value to take away from me. Nothing except… except…
Roxanne… He might try to steal Roxanne from me, since he saw how much
of a hottie she is! (TL Note: Sigh I swear to God, what the hell is wrong
with the Japanese and their NTR fetish. Feels like Rent a Girlfriend all
over again.)
No! I am not having that! Over my dead body! I should be silent and not say
anything about this being our last night here after all. Safety first. Yup. It is in
my and Roxanne's best interest that I keep silent and speak not even a single
word about it to the owner.
Part 2
「Here you go.」
I received the key to our room given to me by the owner without saying
anything back to him. I want to trust this guy since he hasn't done anything to
screw me over for as long as I have been staying at his inn, but now my
concerns started getting the better of me. And that's why I will inform him
about not going back here tomorrow when we will be after the meal and
ready to leave.
We entered the room that has been assigned to us, and I sat down on the bed,
staring at the ceiling, contemplating our current situation, which is rather
moving now that I actually thought about it some more. After all, this is
going to be our last night we are going to be spending in this inn.
This was the place where I was staying after Picker-san, the merchant from
the Somara village recommended it to me as a relatively cheap and reliable
lodging. This place then became my base of operations when I was
desperately running around like a headless chicken trying to scrabble enough
money to buy Roxanne and make her my own personal slave. This was also
the place where I brought her to when I finally succeeded at gaining enough
funds, and we even had our first night here.
As I sat there, reflecting on all the events of a not-so-distant past, Roxanne
sat next to me on the bed without saying a single word, staring at the walls
and the ceiling in silence just like me.
When she came here with me for the first time, she was all tense and nervous,
most likely because she did not know what she should be expecting from me.
But that was back then. Now, she is much more relaxed around me and her
movements are much more natural, and not because I ordered her to do so.
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Well, initially I did order her to ease up a little and be more trusting of me,
but that was only at the beginning. Now that she gradually warmed up to me
after seeing for herself that I am not a bad guy, there is no more caution in
her movements and mannerisms, which means that she must have decided to
completely put her trust in me. I am both glad and relieved that this is what
she decided to do, because I would feel sorry for her if she kept forcing
herself to act politely around me.
Right now, the trust between us is on such level that I could even push her
down and she wouldn't even speak a word of protest. I'm glad she is so
proactive, but at the same time, a part of me is feeling a little guilty. God, I
want to have my way with her right now! I want to do it with her so badly,
but we still have not eaten dinner or performed the daily maintenance of our
equipment, so we have no choice but to wait until after that. That's right, we
just have to do some preserving and cleaning, eat dinner, and the we can
jump right to the good stuff.
Maybe it was because I was anticipating it more than usual today, but the
conservation of our weapons and armor went by in a flash, just like dinner.
Before I even realized it, we were already on the way back to our room,
waiting for the lantern and the basins with hot water to be delivered to us.
「The water is ready, master.」
Yes, this the moment I have been waiting for!
「Then…」
[Well, then…]
「Won't you allow me to wash your body for you?」
「I will wash your body for now, master!」
I wanted to tell Roxanne to take off her clothes as soon as possible so I could
start feasting my eyes of her wonderful breasts, but I was swiftly cut off from
my plans by her innocent request. I was looking forward to being the one to
initiate the things today and that's why I have put up with my urges for so
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long, only to be denied ushering in them at the very last moment. Ah well,
it's not like I've been blue-balled, so waiting for a few more moments is not a
problem for me. Without letting Roxanne know about the inner turmoil of my
mind, I did like she asked and took off all my clothes. She wiped my body
with gentle movements, and when she was done, I returned the favor to her
by doing exactly the same.
I wetted the towel in hot water and proceeded to wash every nook and cranny
of her amazing body, moving my hands skillfully through all of the strategic
areas of her backside. Then, I turned the attention of my hands from her back
to the front, wiping and cleaning her noble and beautiful sacred peaks in their
entirety. Carefully, politely, delicately. I touched them and kneaded them in
my hands as if they were the world's most valuable treasures, not leaving a
speck of them unattended. Once, twice, three times, many times, over and
over again. I played with them to my heart's content without getting bored of
it, until I was thoroughly satisfied, and then I made sure that Roxanne would
be satisfied as well. After all, this was a celebration of our last night in the
Veil Pavilion, so we might as well go a little wild. Though to be honest, I
don't know if calling this a celebration is even right. After all, it doesn't feel
like we have been here for that long, but that may be because life with
Roxanne by my side has been so fulfilling.
The next morning, we have decided to go to the Veil's Labyrinth while it was
still dark outside. We had some quick breakfast first, and after finishing the
preparations, we were ready to be on our way. Next, I connected this room in
the in with our new home in Quratar with Warp, with myself acting like a
bucket bridge that was half-in and half-out into the wall in order not to use
too much MP travelling back and forth between those two locations. A
magnificent display of smart and ingenious thinking, if I do say so myself.
That way, I can move our luggage through the Warp Portal simply by
sweeping it behind me with my upper half that was in the room of the inn in
Veil to my lower half that was in Quratar. The only downside to that method
was that apparently I cannot move objects that are too large, like furniture, by
using it, so I will have to think about a way to circumvent that next time
when I will get the chance. For the time being, I tested if moving a backpack
filled to the brim with items would be okay, and it seems that we could move
through the Warp portals while carrying that much with us on our backs
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without any problems. That way even someone like me, who does not have
all that much strength in the arms department, can easily do it. I was a little
worried about the case that contained Roxanne's clothing, including her maid
uniform, but apparently that much was still considered OK by whatever
system was governing the warping mechanics, because I managed to drag it
through the portal to the other side without any difficulties.
However, one problem was still remaining in regards to our moving process.
Carrying our luggage while the portal was continuously connecting two
separate places seemed to consume more of my MP than moving in the
regular way was doing it, so if I keep the connection up, I'm going to run out
of MP sooner rather than later. Thankfully we didn't have that much luggage
that required transportation, so I managed to get it done before my reserves
dropped to the dangerously low levels. When the amount of my MP is
reduced below certain level, its deficiency ends up affecting my mentality in
a negative way, flooding my head with an unstoppable torrent of negative
thoughts that are getting more dangerous the less MP I have, and that is
something that's definitely bad. I have experienced that dreadful sensation
enough times already to clearly know that I never want to go through
something like that ever again. And that is why I have to make even bigger
effort than before to properly manage my MP pool.
When I finally moved all of our things, I stood in the middle of our room in
the Veil Pavilion, knowing that this might be the last time I'm gazing at those
familiar walls and simple furnishings.
「I know we should be going, but will it be strange of me to say that I almost
feel reluctant to leave this place?」
Part 3
「I feel exactly the same as you, master. This is the room where you first
made love to me, but I hope that in the future I can continue to give you my
affection and receive yours in return, this time in our new home. Lots and lots
more of it.」
Roxanne, that cheesy line just now was just too cute!
Finally, we looked over the room to see if there was anything we might have
left behind, and then we just stood there, side by side. If Roxanne was willing
to go that far saying such things, I had to muster all of my strength and
willpower not to push her down then and there, resulting only to petting her
doggy ears. She doesn't know this because she never refused any of the
moves I was making on her, but since she was the one who took my V-Card
away from me, I literally am crazy for her. Thanks to her, I am no longer a
sad, loser virgin I once was, but that is exactly why I have to control myself
and don't forget that I never would have met a girl as wonderful as her if it
was not for Alan the Slave Merchant and his willingness to wait up until I
will gather enough money. Now that I think about it, I feel like a dumb idiot
for thinking that he and Roxanne were conspiring to get rid of me.
Carrying the empty backpacks on our backs, we left the room and closed the
door behind us.
「We ended up staying a few more nights than we originally intended,but now
all of our luggage has been moved out .」
I gave the room key back to the man behind the counter in the lobby.
「I see. Thank you.」
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「I should be thanking you for taking care of us for so long. You even
supplied us with a lantern since it was growing so dark…」
「A lantern, huh? Well, you did pay for it along with the meal and water, so
that's not that big of a deal now, is it? 」
His expression didn't even change that much even after I explicitly
mentioned yesterday. I guess that makes those 10 Nars I paid for that lantern
the money well spent. If I knew it will bring me the peace of mind, I would
gladly pay even more…. But I do have to say that him not caring about us all
that much makes me feel kinda lonely.
No Michio, don't. Stop with those sappy negative thoughts. This matter is too
insignificant to be giving it any serious thought whatsoever. This guy is an
Innkeeper, so he has probably seen people like us all the time, and that is why
he thinks nothing of such goodbyes now. So, as I already said, don't think
about it. Besides, I am pretty sure that me getting emotional over such a
trifling matter must be the result of me losing MP in the process of
transporting our luggage from Veil to Quratar through the Warp Gate over an
over again. Yeah, that has to be it, so let's just leave it at that and not dwell
on it more than we need to.
After saying goodbye to the Innkeeper and the Veil Pavilion, we made our
way to the Veil Labyrinth so that I could use the monsters in there to regain
as much MP as possible. And after we were finished with that…
「Well then, I think that should be enough MP Recovery for the time being, so
let's go back to Quratar. The question is, what do we want to do there?
Should we go straight back home, or maybe we should swing by the
Quratar's Adventurer's Guild?」
「Hmm… well, I think it would be best if we went to the Adventurer's Guild.
Out of all the daily necessities we have to buy, we have yet to procure
cleaning tools and supplies, so we might as well get some right away.」
When I asked her, Roxanne gave me a swift and concrete answer.
「I see. That definitely makes sense. Okay, let's do that. Any other things you
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would like to do?」
「Let's see… if we are not going to the Labyrinth anymore, then it would be
good if I could spend the rest of the day searching for various tools and then
doing some light cleaning around the house. If we manage to get a hold of
everything I have in mind today, then I could spent the next few days
cleaning and beautifying the rest of the house, but if we don't than that's
okay as well, since we are not in a hurry. Whatever the case with it will be,
just relax and leave it all to me, master.」
「Oh come, on, you know I can't just dump all of that work on you. Let me
help with it too.」
「Nope. No can do. You are my master, master, so obviously you should not
trouble yourself with that kind of work, so you can leave it all to me, since
this is my job as your servant!」
Is it just me, or does Roxanne seems to be deriving a strange sense of pride
from the fact that she is the one responsible for all of the cleaning duties in
our relationship? Well, if she is so insistent on doing the cleaning herself,
then I guess that is what I should allow her to do, and while she keeps herself
busy with cleaning, I can take care of other things that would need doing
around the house. Dividing all of the chores in such a way will be greatly
beneficial to us, because no matter how much work we will have, we will be
able to finish it much sooner that way, meaning that we will have more time
for ourselves in turn.
We went to Quratar's Adventurer's Guild, sold our excess items there and
then promptly left. As we were making our way through the city, I noticed
that most of the shops here were already opened, meaning that their business
hours must be starting quite early, but in turn they are probably not opened
for as longas I would have liked. Yeah, that's probably it. It might not be the
best thing to draw comparisons with, but even the brothel in the slums of Veil
was not opened well into the night, chasing all of their customers out well
before midnight (according to my rough estimation).
When we arrived at the general store, we spend quite some time there as
Roxanne was insistent on choosing only the best tools – such as brooms,
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towels, etc. – possible, so I was once again relegated to only giving my
opinion on the products she ended up choosing. As I was browsing through
the store's wares, I noticed that apparently this world does not have its own
equivalent of cleaning agents of any kind, so I guess the best things we can
do to "clean" our house up would be to dust the floors and then wash
everything up with a wet towel without using any kind of soap. When we
bought everything we needed there, we went back to the Adventurer's Guild
and used its wall to Warp back to our new home.
Also, just a quick side note, but now that I think about it, if I was still back in
my old world and saw somebody holding a bunch of brooms and cleaning
supplies while they were going through some dark portal that appeared on the
nearby wall seemingly out of nowhere, I would have either thought that such
a person is a complete wackjob, or started questioning my own sanity and the
well-being of my eyes, that's how unusual that would be to me. But now,
seeing as I am the one doing that very thing I just described, I don't see
anything strange about it, since to the current me, such extravagant behavior
is right there on the list of things that Adventurers do. Yes, my current
demeanor and appearance are not at all different from the other Adventurers
around me. Since I will be using Warp (masked as a Field Walker or
Dungeon Walker so that nobody would catch on that I have such an OP
Movement Magic Skill) practically every day to move around between our
home and the Labyrinth, having other people see me as just another
Adventurer is not only not a problem, but a rather preferable result, if I were
to be completely honest.
I mean, there is just one concern that I might have, but it is a very minor,
insignificant one: our landlady that we are renting the house from: Honesta.
A very small part of me cannot stop thinking about what would happen if she
saw me using Warp? She saw my Intelligence Card, and it states that I am an
Explorer, and Explorers should not have the access to such Movement Magic.
So if she ever saw me using it, would she be upset? Would she look down on
me, thinking (and rightfully so) that I have deceived her in order to keep my
real Job and abilities hidden? Well, since I plan on using Warp mainly inside
of the Quratar's Adventurers Guild or in the back alleyways, I should be in
the clear as long as anyone won't see me by sheer coincidence.
Part 4
Also, even if Honesta happened to see me using it one day, as long as it will
be far in the future, at the point where I managed to become a legitimate
Adventurer, then me having those Movement Magic Skills would not be
cheating, even if I cheated my way into obtaining them.
Anyway, with our current batch of shopping done, we went through the Warp
portal and drop it off at home again, only to come back the way we came a
minute later so that w could shop for other things and then bring them home
without delay. We went back and forth between the Adventurers Guild and
our new home at the edge of Quratar for a number of times, each time
bringing something different back with us: kitchenware, cleaning tools,
various daily necessities, buckets for collecting water and jugs meant
exclusively for drinking water… you name it, we got it.
「Phew, we actually bought quite a lot of stuff, but is that everything? We
didn't forget about anything, did we?」
「No, I think we should have everything we needed for the time being. With
that said, now I will be off to bring water from the river.」
The water meant for cleaning the dirty clothes, general cleaning purposes and
toileting is supposed to be kept in a tub, the one meant for drinking is to be
stored in a water tank, and there is also the toilet contraption and its separate
water container, so if Roxanne wanted to bring enough water to last us for all
of those purposes, then she would have to make a number of trips back and
forth, which is going to be hellishly inconvenient for her. Thankfully, with
me and my amazing magic, there won't be a need for us to waste so much
time on this mundane task.
「Wait, Roxanne, wait. Easy on the throttle there. You don't have to go for the
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water.」
「I don't have to? How so?」
Hoo boi, it is exactly as I have expected. Roxanne totally misunderstood my
intention when it comes to the water and the ways of procuring it.
「Roxanne, there is no need for you to bother yourself with getting water on
your own. I can create it using my Water Magic, remember? And since I can
do it, there is no need for us to go to the well at all.」
「Really? That's good to hear, but… are you really sure about that, master? I
heard that generating enough water for usage in the household chore is quite
a… chore in and out of itself?」
「Oh, I am sure that normally it would be a ginormous pain in the ass, but
with you by my side, even that should be no problem at all.」
「Uhm… as long as you're fine with me, master, then I guess I don't have to
worry about it. Above anything else, I want to be of as much use to you as I
possibly can.」
「That's great to hear. And also, likewise.」
「So, what would you like to do now, master?」
「I was thinking of going to the Veil's Labyrinth for a bit again since I have
used so much MP today.」
I said while brandishing Durandal.
「Is that okay with you?」
「Yes, of course.」
Now that I have established so many connections for teleportation with
Warp, we can jump straight to the Labyrinth without the need to go to its
entrance on foot every single time, which is very convenient for us. Less
walking means more time we can spent hunting monsters and exploring, and
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that will always be good.
「Okay, now that we're here, let's look for some monsters that would make an
easy prey so that I can get back all of that MP I expended.」
Admittedly, that Warp we did just now made me feel a little sick, so slaying
some monsters would definitely be welcomed right now. Anything to prevent
myself from being flooded by negative emotions again.
「Right, I am all right with that, of course, but… but could you give me my
equipment, master?」
「Ah, that? Do not worry about it. We are only going to hunt a few monsters
this time, just enough for me to replenish my MP reserves, so there won't be
any need for you to step onto the fray…」
「That is absolutely out of the question! Even though you are saying that we
are only going to kill a few monsters, we are still in the Labyrinth, a place
where anything can happen at any given time, so you always have to be ready
for anything! On that account, my equipment, please!」
Oh wow, look at her getting all angry with me all of a sudden.
「O-Okay, got it. Here you go.」
Somewhat bewildered by Roxanne's outburst, I handed the Scimitar, as well
as the Leather Breastplate, Helmet and Gloves to her. I really don't
understand what's gotten into her now. I thought it was already firmly
established that we are stronger than the monsters on the Labyrinth's 3rd
floor, so in my honest opinion there would be absolutely no harm in Roxanne
sitting this round of monster slaying out, but if she is so insistent on doing it
anyway, it will be better for me to just go along with her request, even though
I find it to be annoying.
That being said, I cannot deny that Roxanne and her keen sense of smell are
pretty convenient to have around, because with her, we found the necessary
amount of monsters needed to restore my MP rather quickly, making his
particular excursion to the Labyrinth an extremely short one. Although, I
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cannot stop myself from thinking that going all the way to Veil's Labyrinth
just so that I could replenish my lost MP feels more than a little inefficient.
After returning back home, we took all of the jugs we bought earlier into the
room with the drain so that I could fill them all up with water. I then used
Water Wall and waited until the water I created in this way would naturally
fall into the jugs so that it could be safely stored.
「Roxanne, move them closer to one another, please. While we are at it,
maybe we should add a few buckets as well?」
I said when the first Water Wall run out of its time and the water fell down,
splashing a lot of itself around without going into the jugs. So yeah, now we
know that using this method we can store water in containers and that they
are sturdy enough to withstand the weight of the falling water when the
Water Wall dissipates, but now it would be good if we could do something
about all the water that splashes around them without landing in the buckets
and jugs, therefore ending up being wasted as a result.
Since I am able to use my MP freely, at the very least I don't have to worry
about the delays between the consecutive usage of Water Magic, so maybe I
should try casting Water Wall, or perhaps Water Ball directly into the desired
containers, but I don't know if that would be such a great idea. We know for
a fact that the jugs, and probably buckets as well will withstand the magic
when its applied to them from the outside, but using the magic directly inside
of them would probably cause them to break due to all of the excessive force.
Not to mention that I have to look out for my MP consumption, because if I
end up using too many spells then we will have to make another trip to the
Labyrinth so that I could get my MP back, and that would be straight up
counterproductive, what with all of the preparations of the equipment if
Roxanne kept on insisting on assisting me and all.
「Is that enough water for the time being?」
「Yes, it is more than enough. I will use this water to clean then.」
After using Water Wall several more times to give Roxanne enough water to
fill all of the jugs and buckets, Roxanne stood up and carried the bucket,
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which was only about 75% filled away with her.
「Alright, so while you're busy cleaning, then maybe I will go to the
Labyrinth here in Quratar to get the admission fee business over with. Sounds
like a plan?」
「Yes, of course. Have a safe trip, master.」
With Roxanne on the cleaning duty, I made all of the preparations and then
set up another Warp portal on the house's wall. Contrary to the Labyrinth of
Veil, I won't have to use up as much my MP to Warp to Quratar's Labyrinth.
Since it is right in the city's center I guess I could technically go there by
foot, but now that I have awakened to the wonders of Warping, I don't think
getting back into the habit of going somewhere by using my own two feet is
going to be that easy.
Part 5
Emerging back in the main hall of the Adventurers Guild building, I promptly
left it and made my way towards the rotary in the city's center. The Labyrinth
and its surroundings seemed like they were as busy as they were yesterday. I
wonder if it is always like this or maybe it's only like that now because
something happened? I think the time is around noon right now, but the
queue in front of the Knight's guardhouse did not seem to be getting any
smaller, so it would seem that this place is always crowded, no matter the
time of day. The air was filled with the sound of the exchanges they were
having with the Knights responsible for handling the admission fees, and they
were all going more or less like that:
「Admission for six people please!」
「That will be six silver coins.」
「Admission for five people please!」
「That will be five silver coins.」
Aside from them, there were also Knights who were selling maps of the
Quratar's Labyrinth while marketing their products in a rather aggressive
fashion:
「Over here! How about a copy of the map of Quratar's Labyrinth?!」
So not only do they handle the Labyrinth admission fees, but they also sell
the maps of the Labyrinth's floors? Who would have thought that the
Knightly orders can run so many businesses aside from keeping the peace in
the cities? Out of sheer curiosity I decided to give one of those maps a look,
so I leaned closer to where the Knight who was advertising them was
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standing, and all in all I have to say that they were rather nicely done.
The table in front of the Knight who was advertising the maps of the
Labyrinth was lined up with a multitude of brown pieces of paper that had a
drawing of a simple map of the floors and the arrows showing the way drawn
on them. It… it really was a simple map. Like, really simple.
「Quratar's Labyrinth's map sold over here! Come an get yourself a copy
while you can! The price is 20 Nars for the map of each floor, with a 1000
Nars discount if you decide to buy them all in a single booklet! 20 000 Nars
for the bound book version drawn on a high-quality parchment!」
Wow, talk about having a lot of different options to choose from. If I wanted
to buy something like that for myself then the obvious choice would be the
bound book version on a high-quality parchment, but for the time being
20 000 Nars for something like that is just way too expensive, especially now
that I have told myself that I need to limit the amount of needless spending as
much as possible if I want to stabilize my financial situation. The obvious
cheaper option would be to be buying them floor by floor, but that way I
won't know how many I would need, so the booklet seems like the best cost efficient option, but it naturally comes with a drawback: since the booklet is
nothing more than the cheap parchment maps combined, the question is if
they are going to get more tattered and used up with time, because if there is
something I definitely won't be needing, it would be a map booklet made
from cheap paper that would get destroyed one day simply because it has
been used one too many times. So looking at it from that particular angle,
even the booklet might be useless in the long haul. Then again, judging how
fast I tend to grow up and get levels with my 20x EXP Earned and 1/20th
EXP Required to Level Up, buying a booklet might not be too much of a
waste, or at least not as much as it would be if I settled for the maps of each
individual floor.
Okay, so buying a booklet it is then.
「Admission for one person and this booklet here, please.」
「Let's see… that will be eleven silver coins.」
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「Here you go.」
I got the necessary amount of money and handed it to the Knight at one of the
stands. Obviously, since he was not a merchant, then my 30% discount didn't
work, meaning that I had little choice but to pay that price in full.
Now that I have gotten my hands on the booklet with the maps of the floors
of this Labyrinth, I might as well do some exploring while I'm still here,
since it would probably look very suspicious if I ended up buying both the
maps and paying the admission fee without even setting a foot inside of the
Labyrinth proper. Thankfully, since I have my Warp that I can use to teleport
myself to the Labyrinth from our house, I won't have to pay the admission
fee each and every time Roxanne and I would like to come here. For me, it's
pay once and then don't pay at all. Talk about a cheat that works to my
advantage! The only thing I have to worry about right now is to make sure
that I use the map booklet in such a way that will guarantee that it won't get
immediately destroyed or ruined any more then it actually has to.
When the Knight received the coins from me, he began to count it one by one
with shaky hands and worried expression. He looked pretty old for a Knight,
and yet he had to handle the purchases and the counting of the money, which
must be pretty difficult for someone who does not possess the Calculate Skill.
The entire procedure took a few minutes, but when the guy was finally done I
was handed my map booklet, along with another piece of worn-out paper
with something written on it. I'm guessing that this is supposed to be an
admission ticket? I simply placed them both in my backpack and then I made
way towards the entrance to the Labyrinth.
At the entrance some distance ahead of me, there were two Knights and an
Explorer. My guess was that he must be the guide hired by the other two to
show them around. Not gonna lie, this looks pretty strange to me that the
Explorers would be offering their guiding services here , especially since the
Guild's building is literally around the corner. After a few more steps, they
stopped in front of another pair of Knights, who then asked them something
that I couldn't hear very clearly, but since they showed them the brown
pieces of parchment, then I guess this must be the checkpoint where you have
to show your admission ticket so that you could be allowed into the Labyrinth
proper. Armed with that new piece of knowledge, I did the same thing that
they did when I approached the Knights, and after they allowed me to go
through without any major issues, I proceeded to go inside the Labyrinth
through a short corridor filled with complete darkness.
When I finally emerged on the other side in the entrance room, the Party that
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was ahead of me was nowhere to be seen. Could they have gone on ahead so
fast? No, they probably went straight to a different floor. As for the entrance
room itself, and the Labyrinth as a whole in general, then it would seem that
the general layout is more or less the same as the one in Veil's Labyrinth, but
there were some differences that could be seen from the get go, like the
design of the decorations painted on the walls. Other than that, the entrance
hall looked pretty much the same.
Perhaps the most important difference between Quratar's Labyrinth and
Veil's Labyrinth is that Quratar's Labyrinth has much more people inside of
it, whereas the one in Veil looked like it was practically deserted most of the
time, because we have never stumbled on other Parties while we were
exploring inside of it. And here? Everywhere I went, I saw groups of people.
There is so much of the that I began to wonder if it is really possible to hunt
monsters effectively under such circumstances? I tried going a little bit
deeper to see if the traffic situation was going to be any better, but
unfortunately, it was just the same as near the entrance: a fuckton of people
around literally every corner, in every last corridor.
Okay, for now I should not worry about this too much, since I didn't come
here today for that. Right now, I should focus on finding myself a nice,
secluded location that is going to be outside of the view of as many people as
possible so I could set up a Warp portal. Going around a number of corridors,
I think I found myself a one that was far enough from the main route of the
first floor to not be worried about any Parties coming here, but the one that
was close enough to it that Roxanne and I should not get lost when we start
coming here regularly. Okay, it's now or never. Part 6
(Warp!)
Remember Michio, you're not doing anything that is against the rules. Your
Intelligence Card says that you are an Explorer, and there is nothing wrong
with an Explorer using Dungeon Walker (because that's how it should look
to anyone who would happen to catch a glimpse of me) to move around the
Labyrinth. So whatever you're doing, make sure to stay calm and act as
naturally as possible.
With such thoughts filling my head, I went through the Warp portal and
emerged in our house on the other side.
「Roxanne, I'm back.」
「Ah! Welcome back, master!」
When Roxanne noticed my arrival, she immediately stopped wiping the floor,
stood up and bowed to me respectfully. Her posture as she was doing so was
flawless as always. The only thing that could possibly make that greeting
even better would be her wearing her maid uniform. But I guess that would
be asking too much of her, since these clothes looked like they were pretty
expensive, and there's just no way she would use them during common
household chores. But now that I think about it… the way she did it and how
she didn't even make a single needless move… there's no way she learned to
do that without someone teaching her how to do it.
「Roxanne, the way you greeted me just now… was that something that you
have been taught back when you were still in the custody of Alan-san's Slave
Shop?」
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Initially I thought that maybe the time she spent in the Slave Merchant's shop
might not be a pleasant memory to her, but if our one-time gig as Alan-san's
bodyguards is to serve as an indication, then it does not seem like she found it
all that bad, at least when the people there and the clothes that she had to
wear were concerned. These information might prove crucial if I ever wanted
to go back there to buy myself a new slave.
「Yes, that's right. Uhm… was it… weird of me to do it?」
「Not at all. It was great.」
So my guess that she learned that kind of greeting at the Slave Merchant's
shop was a correct one after all. Instead of getting into that matter further, I
moved closer to her and gently stroked her dog ears.
「Thank you very much. Uhm, master? Isn't it about time for the furniture we
ordered to arrive?」
Even though she had to realize what I was trying to do by stroking her ears,
Roxanne quickly changed the topic before the things got the chance to get
more heated up. I can't say that I liked that, but I'm not going to be pushy or
forceful on her.
「Hmm, I think it is. Back at the shop they said that the delivery was going to
be made around noon, right? In that case it really should be about time.」
And, as if they were just waiting for my cue, we heard the sound of knocking
on our door.
「Delivery service here! Please come and collect your purchased items!」
Well wouldn't you know, it's the deliverymen with our furniture. When I
walked out to the front of the house to check the order, I saw that everything
we ordered was delivered by two carriages drawn by horses. Wow, did we
really order that much? It surely didn't look like it when we were doing the
shopping yesterday, but maybe that's not the issue of the quantity of items,
but rather how big they are? Anyway…
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「Are there any documents I have to sign?」
「No, now that we have delivered your purchased items, there is no need for
that. So, where do you want us to place them?」
「If it's alright, then just go and place them all inside the house in the main
hall.」
「Are you really sure about that? We can carry them all to specific rooms if
you want.」
「Thank you for your consideration, but we will manage.」
It's great that they also offer to carry the purchased items wherever the client
wants them to, but I think it would be better to only have them carry it all to
the main hall, just to be on the safe side. It's not like I have something against
those guys, but I would rather not have strangers walk around my newly
rented house. That was a common sense back on earth, and I think that
applying it in this world as well won't hurt me in the slightest, even though
having so many pieces of furniture in a single room might make it somewhat
difficult to move around it. If I didn't have Warp or using it inside of the
house would not be possible, then this could have been a serious problem, but
as things stand, I think Roxanne and I will manage just fine if all we have to
do is to simply carry of all of the bought furniture to its respective rooms.
From the looks of it we will have to carry the cupboards and the closet
together, but the mattresses for the bed can be taken separately. The biggest
thing from among all of them is definitely going to be the table, but since the
kitchen is located here on the ground floor then I think it will be more then
enough if we carry it to the room next to it.
「Well then, before we do anything else, I think it would be good to lightly
wash all of these.」
「Right. We will do it with every piece of furniture, but for the time being
let's start with the chairs and the table so that we can assemble everything
needed for the dining room. After that, let's move them to the room next to
the kitchen.」
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「All right.」
Now that the delivery guys left and we stayed alone once again, we
proceeded to move with the work: Roxanne was in charge of cleaning the
newly-delivered furniture and I was setting them up all around the house.
When it was the table's turn to be moved, Roxanne helped me move it to the
dining room. Now that the table and the chairs have been taken care of,
plenty of room has been freed in the otherwise cramped room. When that part
of the chores was done, Roxanne wiped the closet and the cupboards with a
wet cloth to remove the dust that has stuck to it. My plan for them was that I
wanted to have either the cupboards or the closet to go upstairs to the second
floor. I think that the closet would be the better choice of the two, because we
could place it in our bedroom or the room right next to it, meaning that we
would have a convenient place where we could keep all of our clothes. At
least that was my initial plan, but…
「Man, that thing sure is heavy.」
When we tried to carry the closet upstairs, it immediately became apparent
that it was too heavy for just the two of us to carry. Now I'm really starting to
regret not letting those guys from the delivery service carry it there for us.
「In that case, maybe it would be best if the cupboards were to be in the
kitchen and the closet in the room next to it, tucked in the corner where it
won't take as much space?」
「Yeah, I think that will be the best possible thing to do.」
Now that we actually proceeded with the work, the first floor has finally
started to look like an actual home where people can live. When it comes to
the second floor, then we are going to do just like we agreed and make the
biggest room there, the one with the fireplace, into our personal bedroom. In
two trips up and down the stairs, we carried the bed's frame and the
mattresses up to the second floor. We got lucky that instead of being one
giant one they were actually two separate ones, because otherwise we might
have had a distinctly difficult time with moving them as well. We placed the
frame in our bedrooms and then smacked the mattresses on top of it. For the
time being, this was the only piece of furniture in the bedroom which was
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otherwise left exactly how we saw it when we first came here: no carpets, no
other pieces of furniture, no wallpapers, nothing. Admittedly, it looks pretty
terrible, but given the time I believe we will do something about it. However,
now that the arrangement of furniture is done, I think it is high time for
something else entirely.
「How about we…check if the bed is working exactly as it should? What do
you say to that, Roxanne?」
Part 7
Making my proposition, I lightly hugged Roxanne from behind after I briefly
played with her tail.
「U-Uhm, y-yes… I… I think it would be best if we did that… mhnn!」
As soon as Roxanne agreed to my suggestion, I closed her mouth with my
own. I then gently slid my tongue into her mouth to meet hers, and since she
did not resist any of my actions, this has to mean that she was perfectly okay
with whatever I wanted to do to her because she knew that I would not hurt
her.
Like that, we laid on the bed in order to check its functionality. As expected,
the feeling of sinking into a really soft mattress was truly, absolutely the best.
After a period of only sleeping in a hard mattress, it felt amazing to be
embraced by the one so soft that I legitimately thought I was going to sink
into it. That is one of those feelings that you won't realize how much you
missed them until you actually get it taken away from you. And of course,
sharing that sensation with Roxanne was absolutely the best. I hope that this
bed will see lots of action and her sweet moaning voice in the near future.
After we finished checking the beds usability (and we were very thorough in
our investigation, you can take my word on that) we went out into the city in
order to by the ingredients for dinner.
「It might be a little late to ask that, but what kind of food are you good at
making, Roxanne?」
「I don't want to sound like I am bragging, but I am quite good at making potau-feu (TL Note: Literally "Pot on the Fire" in French, is a French stew
of boiled beef and vegatables, widely regarded as the quintessence of
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French family quisine), so if you would be kind enough to trust me on this, I
would be more than happy to make it tonight.」
Pot-au-feu, huh? I don't know what language is that from, but it sounds like
something that will leave you feeling stuffed, and judging by the ingredients
we have bought: beef and various vegetables, I am guessing that it will have
something to do with combining all of those into a single dish.
「If you are so confident then I will leave it all to you.」
「Thank you very much. It would be even better if we had a bouquet garni
(TL Note: "garnished bouquet" in French, a bundle of herbs usually tied
together with string and mainly used to prepare soup, stock, casseroles
and various stews. On a side note, this is supposed to be a world different
to ours, so how in the hell Roxanne knows French cooking terms. Ahh,
sweet suspension of disbelief) but I guess we can do without it for now.」
「Bouquet garni?」
Another term that I am not familiar with, but if she needs it for pot-au-feu,
then it probably is something that goes well with it? Maybe she's talking
about herbs to spice it up?
「Yes. It is great for spicing up any kind of stew, so when we finally start
cultivating our own herbs in the garden, obtaining them will not be a problem
anymore!」
Man, she really is fired up about making today's dinner, isn't she?
「So we need to buy meat and vegetables, but is that all we need to make
dinner today? 」
「Yes, that should be all… but if I may speak honestly, then I have to ask: are
you really fine with having meat for dinner, master? Wouldn't something
lighter be more to your liking?」
「Yeah. As long as it's something prepared by you, then I am fine with
whatever.」
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「Understood. In that case, since we don't have any herbs that we can use,
then I think it would be best if we bought salted or smoked beef rather than
simply getting the raw one. That way we could eat it right away after boiling
or grilling it.」
It's great that there are so many ways to prepare and preserve meat. Back in
Japan things like beef or lamb were treated like a delicacy that could not be
eaten on a daily basis unless you had a wallet that was literally bulging with
money, but in this new world meat is one of the essential ingredients of pretty
much every meal, so I couldn't imagine not being able to eat it now that I
have gotten so used to it.
With all of that in mind, we bought the necessary ingredients in accordance
with Roxanne's advice and then we went back home. And when we were
preparing dinner, the what ensued between us was a following conversation:
「You know Roxanne, when I went inside Quratar's Labyrinth I noticed that
there were many more people there than in Veil's Labyrinth, but I could not
figure out why would that be at the time. Do you have any idea about that?
What are they all searching for?」
Roxanne stopped cutting the vegetables for a moment to think before she
answered me.
「Well, Quratar's Labyrinth is more crowded than the others because it is a
pretty popular place, and obtaining the map that will show you how to move
around every floor is relatively easy, since anyone can buy themselves a copy
al long as they have enough money, the same way as you did with that
booklet you brought back, master. Since there are so many people as a result,
the risk of happening upon a Trap Room where you can be ambushed by
monsters is significantly smaller. Now, if there are many people wandering
the halls of the Labyrinth on a daily basis, the natural consequence of that
would be that the monsters are defeated at an accelerated rate, and the more
of them are defeated, the more Magic Crystals and Skill Crystals will drop
from them. Treasure chests also seem to be popping up there more often than
not, so even though you normally have to pay each time you want to go there,
then with just a bit of luck the potential benefits of a single expedition far
outweight the demerits, making it a worthy investment.」
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I understand that Magic Crystals are crystals made from the crystalized
magical energy that makes up the bodies of monsters, so when many people
defeat many monsters, it would stand to reason that there would be many
Magic Crystals just lying around, but what about those Skill Crystals? That is
a completely new term for me, so I wonder if the same logic that's behind
/Magic Crystals and their origin can be applied to Skill Crystals as well?
Also, that does not explain why there would be more treasure chests in
Quratar's Labyrinth than they are in Veil's Labyrinth. Actually, I have yet to
see any treasure chest spawn there, even though we have spent so much time
hunting monsters in there.
「Okay, now I get why there would be so many Crystals in Labyrinths, but
what about treasure chests? Why do they pop up so often?」
「Because it is said that the contents of the treasure chests are actually the
equipment and weapons worn by the Adventurers who were unfortunate
enough to be defeated by the monsters roaming the Labyrinths.」
Ugh, why did she had to be so blunt about this matter in particular?
Anyway, that sound all kinds of terrible in my opinion, but it also makes a lot
of sense. After all, I never saw any actual corpse while going through the first
three floors of the Veil's Labyrinth. Now I know that it was because the
Labyrinths themselves are taking care of the bodies that litter them by turning
them into treasure chests because even though they are said to be living
organisms, they apparently cannot digest human bodies in any other way.
That would also explain why there is always something inside of them, and
why the contents might differ in both the quantity and the quality of the
goods inside of them. But then… in games I never thought about it, because
the equipment from the treasure chests is always treated as something brand
new that is randomly generated by the game's code, but to think hat the
reality is that by claiming the contents of the treasure chests you are actually
reusing somebody else's stuff… that's pretty grim in its own right. So the
more people enter the Labyrinth, the bigger the chances that a lot of them are
going to be defeated by monsters, and when they die, they get processed into
a treasure chests so that their weapons and armor could be used by other
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people, who are drawn to the Labyrinths by the promise of finding valuable
loot inside them. Talk about a twisted microcosm of life.
Part 8
Labyrinths are clever little bastards, aren't they.
「Okay, that takes care of that one matter, but if there will always be so many
people there, then how are we supposed to hunt monsters effectively? I only
been there once, but from what I saw the number of Adventurers was so high
that if I threw a stone in any random direction it would probably end up
hitting someone anyway.」
「It's true that the Labyrinth of Quratar is a pretty popular place with a lot of
traffic, but as we will advance to the higher floors, the number of
Adventurers per floor should be gradually decreasing, because the first floors
are usually filled with beginners who want get a feel of the Labyrinth and
amass experience before they move on to higher floors. Also, the number of
people should decrease even more if we decided to go there late at night,
because the common sense dictates that Labyrinths should generally be
avoided after dark if you value your life.」
「I-Is that so? Got it then. Thank you for the information.」
「N-Not at all, master! It was my pleasure!」
You only have one life, after all, so it's obvious that people will do anything
they can in order to preserve it. But… going to the Labyrinth in the middle of
the night, huh? I admit that it is a tempting prospect, but if it really is as
dangerous as Roxanne says it is, then maybe it will be better not to push my
luck with it? Or maybe… maybe I could try using my Warp to find myself a
Labyrinth at ten other side of this world so that I could Warp between them
anytime it would be getting dark in order to go back to the Labyrinth where
there is still daytime? That would be great if I could pull something absurd
like that off, but on the other hand it might be impossible for the current me
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to do, since I only have so much MP on me, and the further the warping
distance, the more MP is consumed to travel. And if Warp would be no good
for such an excursion, then I highly doubt that Field Walker, Warp's inferior
version, would do any better.
Later Roxanne also told me that the Labyrinth in Quratar is the one that has
supposedly existed in this country for the longest time, and that presently it is
still unknown exactly how many floors it has because no one was able to
reach the top floor and defeat its Floor Boss as of yet. This makes me
wonder: how big it is, and how powerful the Floor Boss of the last floor is
going to be if the rue is that monsters and Floor Bosses are supposed to be
getting progressively stronger with each consecutive floor?
Generally it is said that once a Labyrinth has grown to reach fifty floors, it
opens its gates and invites people in to explore it, only to consume those who
will die by the monster's hands during the exploration process, making the
Labyrinth grow even bigger as it digests them and turns them into treasure
chests. According to the official records, the highest floor reached in the
Quratar's Labyrinth is the 91st one, and that feat worthy of legend was
achieved by none other than the Party of this country's first emperor.
However, since no one was able to repeat this achievement in any other
Labyrinths, it has been established that a Party can be considered a top-class
one if it is able to reach the Labyrinth's 80th floor and come back to tell the
tale.
Although there are some rules pertaining to what monsters can appear at
which floors, the exact species differ between each Labyrinth. In the case of
Qurtar's Labyrinth it is as follows: the first floor is occupied by Kobolds, the
second floor is the domain of Naïve Olives, and on the third one the Spy
Spiders reside. I already know from Veil Labyrinth's third floor that Kobolds
are noob-friendly monsters suitable for those who have only just began their
adventure with going to the Labyrinths, so the same must be true for those
two other species of monsters. Because of how easy it is to access the first
few floors without spending hours or even days to prepare for it, Quratar's
Labyrinth has grown to be a popular tour destination for those who want to
gain levels relatively easily.
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Roxanne has educated me about all those things while we were preparing
dinner. It was an awful lot of information, especially for someone like me
who does not have the biggest attention span and the capability for learning,
but she managed to boil it all down into a digestable form that even I could
understand. She would definitely made a good teacher if she ever decided to
look for a normal, non-adventuring job.
The end result of our joint cooking effort was pot-au-feu prepared by
Roxanne and fried meat fried by yours truly. For the first meal that I prepared
(partially) with my own hands in this world, I have to say that the taste…
well, it was not mind-blowingly great, but it also wasn't totally inedible
either.
「Hmm… perhaps we should have added some spices and seasonings after
all?」
「You think so as well?」
Ideally it would be best if we could boil the pot-au-feu some more, but since
this world only has fire and it will probably be centuries before the gas and
electric stoves will be introduced here, then such thought will have to remain
nothing more but distant dreams and pleasant memories of how convenient
my previous life was in certain aspects. Unfortunately, with the level of
technology where it is necessary to stand next to the cooked dish for the
entire process in order not to burn it we pretty much have to stay in home and
cannot do any other things, like go shopping or to the Labyrinth for a quick
monster hunting session. Damn, at times like these I realize how good it
would be to also have a microwave in here.
Perhaps in this world eating delicious food is a privilege reserved only for the
wealthiest of nobles who can afford to have an army of dedicated cooks and
chefs at their every beck and call? And I am sure that this world does not
have anything like a solid dashi stock or powdered miso soup, so cooking a
strictly Japanese meal is also probably out of the question.
*Sigh* It cannot be helped since it was my first attempt at cooking something
for myself in a new world, but now I know that I have to work on my ability
to prepare not only fried meat, but also all kinds of different foods as well
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without using modern methods. Next time we will be out to do some
shopping we also definitely have to make it a priority to look for some
legitimate spices and seasonings, because if I had to choose between eating
food that was not season at all and the one that is seasoned, then of course I
will choose the seasoned one.
After we ate dinner, we had to wait until it was sunset before the water that
we were going to use to wash ourselves was boiled properly. In the dim light
where it was hard to see anything farther than my outstretched hand's reach, I
offered to wipe Roxanne's body for her, and as usual, she accepted my
proposal without any resistance.
「Don't we have any candles in here somewhere? They sure would be handy
right about now, it's so dark that I can barely see anything.」
「We don't have any candles, and even if we did, we don't have a candlestick
where we could put them.」
Note to self: for situations such as these, candles, candlesticks and candle
holders are an absolute necessity. Right now, when Roxanne's naked body is
in front of me I would like nothing more than to feast my eyes on it, but
without a proper source of light I can't see her beautiful skin and seductive
curves all that well
「Damn, we really should have bought that candle stick today when we had
the chance.」
「Y-Yes, Master, I… I agree. I'm sorry. Candles… haaah… candles aren't
cheap, so I thought… huaahhh… that there was no need to buy them just yet
because… because we might not need the just yet… kyaaah…」
Well, at the very least I can enjoy the sweet elasticity of Roxanne's chest
without relying on my vision all that much. Ahh, that wonderful feeling of
solid weight in the palms of my hands is really out of this world. It's like her
breasts are literally spilling out from between my fingers because they are
unable to fully contain them. Whenever I try to wipe them with the wet
towel, their softness and smoothness pushed back against the fabric, as if it
was telling not to use anything other than my bare hands in order to take care
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of them. You know what, I take back what I said. Maybe this darkness that
surrounds us now is not a curse, but actually a blessing in disguise.