Part 9
Is that so? I would have never guessed that from Sherry's reaction just now. I
thought that this ban on slaves carrying weapons with them is probably a
countermeasure against the slaves killing innocent people, but both Roxanne
and Sherry do not look like someone who could commit such an atrocity, but
if that is what the law dictates, then there is nothing that we can do about it.
After that bit of shopping was done, we moved on to buy a pair of socks and
pumpkin pants at the clothing shop and a backpack, a small wooden tub and a
wooden toothpick at the general store. We also bought some ingredients for
the meals in the following days, and then we were on the way back home, by
which I mean that we went back to the Adventurer's Guild where I have
created a Warp portal on the wall and went through it with absolute
confidence, believing that we were not doing anything out of the ordinary.
And when we were back home. . .
「Okay, I am going to take care of preparing the bath, so I would like you
girls to take care of dinner like we agreed beforehand, okay?」
「Understood, master!」
「Should I not help you with that task, master?」
Sherry asked me.
「I appreciate the gesture, but I will be fine on my own. It might sound
simple, but the process of filling the entire bathtub up is longer and more
complicated than it might initially seem. Also, I do not want either of you to
burn yourself with hot water by accident.」
Well, it would certainly be better if I could ask them to move the hot water
into the bathtub for me, but as I just said, I really do not want to make them
do it if there is any risk of them burning themselves by accident. Not to
mention that as the tub gets filled, the overall temperature of the bathroom
rises, making it more difficult to breathe and turning the simple act of filling
the tub into quite an ordeal. As long as they can get in the bath with me when
I will finish preparing it, it is going to be more than enough for me. And since
I am the only member of my Party who can use magic, then I feel like this is
my responsibility and mine alone.
Leaving Sherry with Roxanne as they were making the preparations to make
dinner, I headed for the bathroom to get the process of filling it going right
away. I will not lie: preparing a bath by using magic has turned out to be
more of a hassle than I have initially expected it to be, but when I think about
the incredible experience that is going to be waiting for me when I finally be
done with preparing it, every fiber of my body is telling me that this is all
going to be so worth it! And that is why I do not mind suffering for a bit
myself now if it means that I will get to enjoy myself like never before later.
That is how every good guy like me should aspire to be.
「Miss Roxanne, is that amount of food going to be correct? Is master really
going to eat so much?」
Even though my Level has increased and I could fill more of the bathtub with
a single MP bar, it was still running low at a very fast pace, so it was high
time to go recover it before it drops to the critically low zone, and while I was
making my way to the living room to prepare a Warp portal to the Labyrinth,
my ears caught Sherry asking Roxanne such questions as they were in the
kitchen in the middle of making dinner for us. Is there some sort of problem
with the amount of food? Are Dwarves perhaps especially big eaters and no
one informed me about it?
「Let me check real quick. . . . . . . . . . . . . hmm, this amount of food should
be just right, but there is no need to hold yourself back, Sherry. If you want to
add more of it, then feel free to do so.」
「Really? Master eats so much for a single meal?」
「Ah, so that is what it was about? In that case, do not worry. The meal we are
making now is not just for master. It is for all three of us.」
「Eh? All three of us? Are we really allowed to eat the same thing that master
is going to eat?」
Again with such issues? I do not want to sound overly rude, but this is
starting to sound really pitiful.
「Yes, we are allowed to do it, because that is what master wishes.」
「But. . . . . . . . . . but there is so much good meat in here! And also, when we
were buying bread, I could not help but notice that we ended up taking only
the loaves that were of the highest quality. I thought that since we are slaves
that we are not going to get any, and that we would only eat the leftovers left
after master's meal.
What did Sherry say just now? She lowered her voice so much that I could
not hear her words clearly, so with nothing better to do, I knocked on the wall
a few times to interrupt them and get their attention.
「Roxanne, can I ask for the usual thing, please?」
「Ah, is it that time already? Then of course, master.」
Roxanne sprinted over to my side, and I handed the Leather Mittens and her
Leather Shield to her, and placed the Leather Helmet directly onto her
head.Of course, before I placed the helmet on her head, I did not forget to
gently stroke her doggy ears.
「Master, thank you for giving us an opportunity to eat such a delicious
meal.」
Sherry came and bowed to me as if it was something that I did. It should be
the other way around, right? I should be the one thanking you for letting me
eat delicious food, because how it turns out depends entirely on your cooking
skills, you know? Also, since we are about to go recover my MP, then I
might as well ask her this one thing that I wanted to bring up.
「By the way, Sherry, Roxanne and I are going to go to the Labyrinth for a
little bit, and I was wondering if you would maybe like to go with us?」
「To the Labyrinth? Right now?」
「Yeah, because I have to replenish the reserves of my magic power so that I
could finish filling the bathtub. If you decide to go with us, it is more than
likely that you will not be fighting together with us this time, but you are
more than welcome to watch us so that you could get yourself accustomed to
our way of fighting. But if you do not want to go because you want to stay
and keep an eye on the cooking, then that is perfectly fine with us as well.
You do not have to come simply because I am telling you to. Just say the
word, and we will respect your decision.」
For a moment Sherry looks as if she was deep in thought, and then she said:
「We have only just started to prepare the ingredients and did not put anything
on fire just yet, so I think it should be fine for me to go together with you. Or
rather, that I something that I want to do, so please, master, let me
accompany you on your trip to the Labyrinth!」
「All right then, as you wish.」
Since Sherry decided that she is going to be coming along with us as well, I
took out a pair of Leather Mittens and a Leather Helmet and gave them both
to her. But when I was putting the helmet on her head and making
adjustments to it. . .
「Hmm, how should I put it. . . somehow, this is truly amazing.」
「What is, master?」
「Oh, nothing. Just talking to myself, that's all.」
Sherry's hair is very thick. I bet that even if she was not wearing a Leather
Helmet, then just her hair alone would be enough to absorb the impact of
some of the blows aimed at her head.
「I was simply thinking that you hair is unusually thick for a girl.」
Yeah, hair like that is definitely strange, just like I thought when I first saw
her back at the Slave Shop.
Part 10
「Oh? You were wondering about that, master? This is not just my own
feature, but a peculiarity that all of the Dwarven women share.」
「Is that so?」
「Yes. Dwarven men have beards all over their faces, hence their
characteristic looks that the entire race is famous for. On the other hand,
Dwarven women do not have beards at all, but as a tradeoff the hair on our
heads can grow quite long and it is somewhat rougher in comparison to the
hair of the women of other races.」
「I see.」
Yeah, Sherry's hair were definitely rougher to the touch than Roxanne's hair,
but not in a bad or unpleasant way. How should I say it. . . comparing their
hair would be like comparing the fur of a dog with that of a cat. Technically
they are both the same, but when you get down on it, each of the two has
subtle differences to it that makes them both their own thing. For example,
Roxanne's hair did not react in any kind of way when I placed the Leather
Helmet on her head, but when I did the same to Sherry, moving the helmet
around caused her hair in their entirety to move around. If I stuck a brush in
it, I wonder if it would get stuck or rather slowly sank into it like any other
normal brush would do?
「That being said, I always gather them to the side and try to cut it regularly,
but they do not always want to listen to me, no matter how hard I try to
stylize them the way I want to.」
That is most definitely a cute thing to say, but if I were in Sherry's boots I
would have really tried to watch what I say. If her words just now were heard
by someone bold or having trouble with hair loss, she would have become the
number one enemy of all the hairless people around the world in an instant.
「All right, everyone ready? Then let us be on our way.」
I finished putting on my new equipment and Durandal as well, and then we
were off to our MP Recovery destination: the fifth floor of the Vale's
Labyrinth.
「Okay now. Roxanne, use your nose to guide us towards the groups of
enemies that all consist of the enemies of the same type.」
「As you wish, master!」
We came here to the Vale Labyrinth's fifth floor because the monsters here
are still weak enough for me to kill them with a single blow from Durandal,
which makes it a perfect place to restore my MP and earn a somewhat good
amount of EXP at the same time. While being here, we can slowly accustom
Sherry to our way of fighting without throwing her into the deep waters of
the seventh floors right off the bat. Also, there is one more benefit to us being
here: no one can deny that being able to kill monsters with a single blow is
pretty cool, right? And since it is cool, then I want to use that chance to show
off as many of my good points to our newest Party member whenever I can.
Being adored by a beautiful girl for your fighting prowess and incredible
swordsmanship is the best thing ever after all, and now I have not only
Roxanne, but also Sherry to impress and earn myself some brownie points
with them.
「Ah. . . uhm, this place here is. . . ?」
「About that. We are currently on the fifth floor of the Labyrinth in Vale.」
「Master, a group of identical monsters should be right nearby in that
direction.」
「Good. Lead the way then.」
「Roger.」
Roxanne points in the direction of where the monsters that I wanted her to
track were supposed to be, all the while Sherry kept on looking confused,
most likely because I have yet to tell her that unlike Field Walker, Warp also
enables us to teleport ourselves directly into the Labyrinth's without having
to go through their entrances each and every time.
「By the way, I have heard that some of the Wolfkin are capable of detecting
monsters just by their smell alone. Are you capable of this feat, Miss
Roxanne?」
「Yes. While it is not as perfect and accurate as I would have liked, I can
detect nearby monsters just fine to be of use to master's needs.」
「Wow, really? That is amazing!!! (TL Note: Finally someone uses that
word to describe someone other than the MC)」
Crap, looks like Roxanne was able to show off her own coolness before I was
able to do it, so if I try to act all cool now, it might be seen as me just ripping
her off. Well, there is nothing that can be done about it now, so I should just
stop worrying about it and focus on the task at hand. . . but I cannot deny that
it stings, even if just for a little bit.
「Here we are. The monsters you wanted me to find are straight ahead,
master.」
Thanks to Roxanne's excellent sense of smell, locating the first group of
monsters: Cheap Sheep only took us a short while. These will be perfect
targets to fulfill both goals of our trip here.
「Oh, we really found them rather fast. So fast. You are so incredible, Miss
Roxanne. . .」
「You ready to do this, Roxanne?」
「Ready whenever you are, master!」
「Then let us go!」
Now, Sherry, make sure to watch closely so that you could burn the image
that you are about to see into your eyes and learn as much as you can from
what you are about to see. Even though you are only a Lv.10 Explorer, now
that you have the two of us, a duo of experienced Labyrinth dwellers, with
you, there will be nothing for you to worry about. Sooner or later you would
have probably decided to go to the Labyrinth on your own to make for a
living, and it would have quickly showed you that going to the higher floors
on your own would be impossible without reliable companions by your side,
trust me on this one. I know what I am saying, because when I first started
going to the Labyrinths myself, I was exactly like that. Before I met
Roxanne, I thought that just because I have OP stats and weapon there will be
nothing that I will be unable to handle by myself until I was proven wrong in
the worst way possible. After that one Trap Room incident, I knew that going
to the Labyrinths solo is going to be the death of me sooner or later, and that
is what prompted me to start searching for Party members. That plus my fear
of being I this new and strange world all alone. Before, I would have been
afraid of fighting more than one enemy at a time, but now that I know that I
have a reliable backup with me, I feel like groups of enemies will not be a
problem no matter how many of them we are going to be facing. What I am
trying to say is that I am grateful to Roxanne for going to the Labyrinths with
me and risking her life in order to help me, and I want Sherry to see the
power of the bond that has been forged between the two of us after hours
upon hours upon hours of this dungeon crawling.
「Roxanne, I am going to take care of the ones on the left, so you make sure to
deal with the ones on the right, okay?」
「On it, master!」
The two of us went towards the enemies side by side, breaking apart only
when the Cheap Sheep were already withing the melee range of our weapons.
The first Cheap Sheep that I have chosen to deal with charged towards me
with its horns facing me, but I dodged it and brought Durandal's blade down
on its neck, causing the Cheap Sheep who sheepishly thought that it can take
me on to fall down
Sherry, behold my amazing way of controlling the sword with the absolute
minimum of the movements required for the first Cheap Sheep to be cut in
half like a log of rotten wood and disappear with a puff of green smoke.
Cool. My appearance right now has to be so cool that it might actually be too
cool for my own good! It is a good thing that we do not have mirrors in here,
because I would have surely ended up falling for my own coolness if I saw it
right now!
Part
11
At the same time on my right side, Roxanne was dodging the attacks of the
other Cheap Sheep that engaged her in combat and she was alternating
between dodges and counterattacks of her Scimitar. She was doing great, but
because of the difference in the strength of our weapons, she could not have
possibly hoped to defeat her opponent with a single strike as I did.
That is right. Are you watching me, Sherry? Are you registering my swift
sword arts in all of their magnificence with your beautiful eyes? Behold my
magnificence and be stunned speechless as the second Cheap Sheep that I
was fighting got cleaved in half and disappeared into oblivion while leaving
its Drop Item behind.
「Wow. I cannot believe this! That was so amazing!!!」
I know, right? My magnificent performance just now was so cool that it
cannot be described as anything other than amazing, right? So come on,
Sherry. Praise me more! Shower me with more compliments!
「How did you manage to avoid all of the monsters attacks like it was nothing
like that?! Are you some kind of evasion genius, Miss Roxanne?!」
What the hell, Sherry?! You were supposed to be looking at me and the
amazing display of my prowess with my sword, not at Roxanne and her
godly dodging skills, goddamn it!!!
I mean, okay, to be perfectly fair, Roxanne's ability to dodge literally
everything that comes her way is more than just a little amazing, so I guess
there is no point in holding it against Sherry that she was so enraptured with
Roxanne's movements that her eyes were glued to her the entire time.
Because come on, this is Roxanne we are talking about here.
「I am happy to hear such wonderful words of praise, Sherry, but that was
nothing all that special. Actually, with enough practice and training, I am sure
that you could have done something like that as well. The exact process
differs slightly from monster to monster, but as a general rule, once you
observe the monsters for long enough to learn all of its patterns of
movements and attacks, dodging all of them will be nothing more than just a
matter of timing your dodges properly. In case of those Cheap Sheep we just
fought, the right moment would be when they are moving their heads with a
*fuuuu*, and that is a signal for you that you should be moving your body
away with a *haaaaa* and then. . . 」
Even though she did not ask for it, Roxanne began giving Sherry a lecture in
regards to how a perfect evasive manuevers should have been performed. I do
not know why she keeps on being so enthusiastic about making everyone
around her learn to do the same thing that she is doing, because I myself
should have been a good indicator that not everyone has the aptitude to be as
skillful of an artful dodger as she is, but apparently that did nothing to
dissuade her from her goal of spreading the glory of the dodges even further.
Personally, I stopped trying to mimic her way of evading enemies after a few
tries because no matter how hard I tried, I could not replicate any of the
movements and motions she was talking about, but who knows, maybe as a
fellow girl, Sherry will be able to understand her instructions from beginning
and use them to. . . . uh-huh, okay, nevermind what I just said.
After listening to Roxanne's ramblings for a few minutes without any pause,
Sherry looked at me with a look that was clearly saying: 「I do not
understand what in the hell is she going on about.」. Sherry, look. I definitely
understand how you are feeling, but please, do not look to me for help with
deciphering what Roxanne is saying, because I have no clue aboit it either!
「Okay, now that this group of monsters is done for, maybe we should get
going and move on to the next one? The criteria are the same as before, by
the way.」
「Ah, yes, right this way, master.」
Since it did not look like Roxanne was about to stop monologuing anytime
soon, I decided that it would be better if I gave Sherry a helping hand that
would drag her out from the barrage of explanations that she obviously did
not want to interrupt thinking that it would be rude towards Roxanne.
However, her reaction explained to me the one thing that I was not all that
sure about up until now: Roxanne's ability to perform such skillful dodges
each and every time definitely is something that can be considered as
abnormal. Up until now I always considered that everyone can do what
Roxanne does if they have high enough combat ad gymnastic prowess, but
apparently that was not the case at all, which made me feel kind of glad,
because that means that Roxanne is the odd one here, and not that something
is clearly wrong with me. Good. That is very good to know indeed.
The looks that I exchanged with Sherry after that could have been translated
as a following conversation:
「See? I have been partnered with someone like that all this time」
「That must have been pretty rough, huh?」
Ahh, it is so good to know that on top of being an intellectual type, Sherry is
also a person who sticks to the good old common sense in her daily life. A
typically normal girl. My companion in normalcy.
「? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?」
Roxanne looked at the both of us with a lot of question marks popping up
above her head. Understandable, since she could not possibly grasp the
gravity of the non-verbal conversation that we were having with each other
just now, but that is not really all that important right now. What really
matters now is that Sherry and I have reached a universal understanding over
this particular matter, meaning that our feelings have become one.
After that, we hunted for a few more groups of monsters until my MP has
been fully recovered.
「Okay, that should be enough for now. Shall we go back home for the time
being?」
「Yes, whenever you are ready, master.」
「Yes, let us!」
With the approval from both Sherry and Roxanne, there was little else for me
to do but to summon a Warp portal on the wall in the entrance room of the
Vale's Labyrinth's fifth floor so that we could all go straight back home.
「I will let you guys know when we will have to do it again, so please be
ready should the need for that arises, okay?」
After informing the two of them that we might have to do it again, I wanted
to go straight to the bathroom to resume the process of filling the bathtub, but
I was stopped by Sherry, who obviously looked as if she wanted to ask me
about something else, but was too shy to actually go through with it.
「Uhm. . . well. . . 」
「Yes? What is it, Sherry? If you want to ask me about something, then do not
hesitate to do so.」
「T-Then. . . Is Warp the kind of Movement Magic that allows you to go
straight inside of the Labyrinth from anywhere outside of it?!」
Oh my, how her attitude has changed in about a split second. She might be
more level-leaded and reasonable than Roxanne is, but when it comes to the
things that pick her curiosity, it looks like she can be just as hopeless as
Roxanne is with the explanations of her dodging techniques. Right now, her
eyes are both shining with the kind of light that only those belonging to the
intellectual faction can produce. However, since she is rather short, the
impact of it was somewhat lessened, and she looked cute rather than anything
else just now. If anyone else saw her just now, they would have definitely
taken her for a curious kid, and not someone who is going to be coming along
to the Labyrinths to defeat monsters with us.
「T-That's right. That is basically how it is.」
「Ehh? So you really can use magic without speaking the spells chants? But,
how can such a thing even be possible?」
「How can such a thing be possible? W-Well, that is pretty mysterious, I will
give you that.」
Speaking of which, now that I think about it, I have been only using magic
without their chants (or while pretending to be doing so in order to fool
everyone around me). I have been mainly doing that while in the
Adventurer's Guild to make it look like I was using Field Walker while in
reality I was casting Warp, but it was all thanks to my Chant Omission Bonus
Skill.
Part
12
If I did not have that Bonus Skill equipped, it is more than likely that I would
have to use chants to cast spells, same like all of the people around me.
「This is really bugging me after all. I just cannot think of any possible
explanation for how such a thing as casting spells without using their chants
first could be possible.」
「Master is simply capable of using magic without invoking their chants.」
「Is that so? Really?! That is it?」
「Y-Yeah, that is more or less how it is.」
I think that with Roxanne's gentle help, we managed to satiate Sherry's rather
wild curiosity.
「It does not sound very convincing, if I were to be honest. . . but since even
the person who uses the spells without their chants does not understand how
he is able to do such a thing, then I guess there is nothing that we can do to
pursue this matter further, is there?」
「I truly do not know why that is. Sorry that I cannot be of any help in this
matter.」
Man am I glad that she understands that there is no reason to be dwelling on
this subject any further if the person who uses the spells without their chants
does not understand how exactly does it work. Sherry might be a smart
person, but a truly intelligent one is able to understand and accept that there
are just some things in this world that are simply not worth the trouble of
questioning and trying to uncover how they work. Even back on earth, the
scientists were unable to determine how are humans able to breathe or move
their limbs around without consciously controlling both of those processes, so
asking me why I am able to use spells without having to use their chants
would be pretty much the same as asking the fish how is it that they cannot
drown even though they spend their entire lives submerged in the water
without having to go to the surface to replenish their supply of air at regular
intervals. Fish cannot drown in the sea because they cannot drown in the sea,
and birds can fly in the sky because they can fly in the sky. These are the
established truths of the world that no one dares to call into question because
of how obvious these truths are.
For a few more minutes, Sherry continued to mumble things such as 「But
why?」 or 「How is it possible?」to herself. Looks like the scholarly types are
all the same no matter the world you end up in. They all simply cannot help
themselves to let go of a particular subject once their interest has been picked,
but it does not matter all that much now. As long as she does not decide to
pry her nose where it does not belong, I think it will be perfectly fine to allow
her to have her own thoughts and dilemmas that she could ponder about in
her free time as a kind of a mental exercise.
「By the way, I saw that you were able to defeat the monsters we you were
fighting with just a single blow, so you must be pretty strong, master.」
「Well, something like that is a given after you aquire enough levels and
naturally get stronger.」
So even though she noticed how amazing it was of me to be able to defeat the
monsters on the fifth floor of Vale's Labyrinth with a single blow, she did not
look all that impressed by it, or at least not as impressed as she was with
Roxanne's ability to dodge every attack that was coming her way. Maybe it
was because she deduced that since I needed to buy myself a second slave, I
am not as strong as I would have liked, meaning strong enough to kill
monsters effortlessly and make money in the Labyrinths with just Roxanne
and myself? Then again, you probably did not need to be overly smart to
deduce something like that, because a simple logic was enough to arrive at
such a conclusion, and it was that conclusion that even made me consider
buying a second slave so fast after obtaining my first slave.
「Uh-huh. May I ask what level you currently are?」
「Sure. Right now my Explorer level is thirty three.」
That being said, I think that the pace of my levelling-up has somewhat
decreased, even if only for a little bit. It will probably get even more difficult
to gain more levels as time goes on and my levels increase even further.
「Huh?!!」
When I answered Sherry's question, Roxanne seemed to be so shocked to
learn what level I was right now that she let out a small shout.
「What is it, Roxanne? Did I say something to startle you?」
「N-No, it is not like that. I am simply surprised that master's level is so high!
I thought that master was still at Explorer Lv.20!」
「Oh, yeah, I was, way back then.」
By the way, Roxanne should have also gone up more than ten levels since we
last checked them together.
「Way back then, you say?」
「Yeah, because we are growing in strength regularly every day.」
「Growing in strength, you say?! Regularly, you say?!!」
That was the only possible way for me to explain it, because let us face it: if I
were to openly tell her that we are gaining experience for our Jobs about
hundred more times than the rest of the people around us, I think the pure
shock of that information would be enough to knock her out cold on the spot,
so for now, just the knowledge that she has also grown at the pace similar to
mine should be more than enough for her.
But then. . .
「Gaining so much levels in your Job in such a relatively short time is already
impressive in and out of itself, but to be able to kill monsters from the fifth
floor of the Labyrinths with but a single strike. . . no. Perhaps it is not a
matter of levels, but perhaps the weapon that you are using? If that was the
case then it would not be tha strange, since I did hear that there are amazing
swords and other kinds of weapons in this world that would definitely enable
their wielders to perform amazing feats like that.」
Drat, at this rate, Sherry is going to see through me completely. She really is
too smart for her own good. Right now, she way eyeing my Durandal so
intently as if it was a suspect in a murder case.
「Keep the matters of our levels and my sword a secret, okay? Now, if you
will excuse me, I am going to continue preparing the bath.」
「「Y-Yes, of course!」」
For the time being, I chose to evacuate myself to the bathroom before Sherry
could start grilling me about even more things that I either did not know
about or did not wish to talk about at the moment. When I glanced back at
her, she was still holding her hand against her chin and was nodding her head
with a deadly serious look on her face.
For a good while I was able to continue filling the bathtub without being
distracted by anything else. . .
「Master, master! We are terribly sorry to disturb you, but could we ask you
to light this on fire for us?」
. . . . . until Roxanne and Sherry came to the bathroom to request something
of me. Thankfully it looked like it was not about a further pursuit of the
matters that we discussed before like I was afraid of. But even if the did come
here with that in mind, I would not be able to tell them anything other than
what I already disclosed to them, because I literally do not know anything
more myself. Instead, it looked like they wanted me to become a Firestarter,
because Roxanne came closer to me and handed me something that looked
like a tree branch that was split into multiple strands near one of its ends. Is
this what is used to start small fires in this world, like the ones needed to
cook something?
But. . . a fire, huh? Is fire not closely related to the process of smithing? Or
rather, is a necessary component to get this process started in the first place?
「Sherry, have you ever started a fire by yourself?」
Since the topic of fire came up so naturally, I might as well ask her that.
Usually, blacksmithing requires fire in order to get the blacksmithing forge
started, so I thought that fire might be one if the things needed in order to
obtain the Master Smith Job, especially since in this world where there are no
matches, gasoline or other modern substances used to lighting up a fire,
setting it up by oneself might actually be considered to be quite an
achievement without using magic like my Fireball. Would it not be nice if
Sherry got it started all by herself and the *snap* Master Smith Job
unlocked?
Part
13
「Yes, I have. Is there some sort of problem?」
「Nah, I was simply curious, that is all.」
However, she just affirmed that this lead was not the right one, but it was
worth a shot anyway. I thought that maybe one of the conditions needed to
obtain the Blacksmith Job would be to start a fire by yourself, but apparently
I was mistaken.
In that case, maybe she should try melting some metal by placing it in a
really hot flame? Yeah, that would definitely be more Master Smithy. . .
Huh? Uhm, Roxanne, why are you looking at me with that incredibly
disappointed expression on your face? Could. . . could it be that you are
angry and jealous that I asked Sherry if she could light up a fire, but did not
do the same with you? No, Roxanne, it is not what you are thinking! I am not
playing favorites! This is all just a big misunderstanding, you hear me?! A
misunderstanding!!! Hurry, water! I have to pour a crapton of water on that
fire before it gets out of control!
「If Roxanne needs fire, I will always be happy to light one for you whenever
you will need me to do it.」
Taking the split tree branch that Roxanne was holding in her hand, I lit it up
and handed it over to her without a second of delay.
「Yes, of course, my master.」
Roxanne nodded with a smile that clearly had something malicious behind its
usual sweet appearance.
I do not know if that follow-up was an okay one or not, but as long as she
understands that I will always be there for her whenever she needs me, then I
guess that is all fine and good.
Also, I not know why, but somehow I am starting to feel really tired now,
even though I have not been continuing my work of filling the bathtub for
that long.
「Wow, you can really use Attack Magic, and without a chant at that!」
Ah, that was a nice reaction. Keep it up, Sherry. Your cute surprised face is
going to be a nice healing agent after that little bit of yandere shenanigans
from Roxanne.
After that, we went to the Labyrinth several times in order to fill the bathtub
with enough water so that all three of us could take a bath. And by 「we」I
mean 「Roxanne and I」because this time Sherry volunteered to stay behind so
that she could watch the fire in the kitchen for us while the food was being
cooked, which actually worked to our advantage, because with just the two of
us, we could safely go to the seventh floor of the Labyrinth in Quratar
without worrying about her getting hurt by accident.
「Why are you going to the Labyrinth so many times when you are preparing
a bath?」
Sherry asked us that question at some point.
「Because the process of preparing a bath can be tiring and mentally draining,
so this is a kind of a stress relief.」
But Roxanne gave a strange answer. Stress relief? Really? Just how hard does
that girl think that preparing a bath is? Because I can definitely agree that it is
tiring and takes a lot of time, but personally I would never have called it
mentally draining to the point where I would feel that the only way for me to
do something with the accumulated stress would be to go to the Labyrinth
and kill the monsters in there. That would sim0ly be counterproductive and
needlessly risky. But. . . does that mean that Roxanne thought of it like that?
Well, in that case, maybe I should have a talk with her about it sometime
soon? But for the time being, let me correct what she just said to Sherry so as
to avoid creating an even deeper misunderstanding.
「Actually, I have to go to the Labyrinths at regular intervals to recover MP if
I want to avoid completely running out of it while filling the bathtub with
water. Without it, I would not be able to fill even half of the bathtub.」
「Recover MP, you say? Does your sword have a MP Recovery Skill?」
「Not exactly. It has MP Absorption.」
「MP Absorption. . . . . . . . . . . 」
Sherry muttered to herself as she continued to stare at Durandal as if she
wanted to pierce through it with her eyes.
「Do you know something about MP Absorption Skill? And if so, could you
tell me more about it?」
「Certainly. MP Absorption Skill is created by infusing a weapon with the
Skill Crystals from two different monsters: Kobold Skill Crystal and
Scissoresque Carnivorous Plant Skill Crystal. It is a very rare and valuable
Skill to have.」
As expected of a Dwarf. It would seem that Sherry knows a lot about how
Master Smith's Skills and the things that are related to it work, even though
she is not a Master Smith herself. Yet.
「Do you know what kind of Skill does the Slow Rabbit's Skill Crystal
have?」
「If memory serves me correctly, then Rabbit Skill Crystals that come from
Slow Rabbits should give you the Skill 「Chant Delay」.」
「Well now, what do you know? That might actually be a pretty handy Skill to
have. Thank you for the information, Sherry.」
All the info Sherry is giving us about Skills is great, especially since neither I
nor Roxanne knew about something so specific, but there is a small problem
with it: all that knowledge will be useless if we will not get more Skill
Crystals. We know that technically they are classified as a rare drop, but I
wonder if there is some way of increasing the drop odds of Skill Crystals
specifically, and not rare items in general, or if there is some of checking
what can be dropped from the enemy you are about to face, because that
would certainly save us a lot of trouble if we could determine if it would even
be profitable for us to engage in a particular battle or not.
「Please, do not think anything of it, master. It is my duty as your slave to
serve you with advice to the best of my ability.」
「Yeah, I know, but I would feel bad if I did not thank you for it properly.
Incidentally, since we are still on the topic of Skill Crystals and what they do,
could you tell me in what way does the Skill 「Chant Delay」 differs from the
other similar Skill, 「Chant Interruption」? Because, to be honest, they do not
sound all that different to me, not going just by their names, at least.」TY
「Chant Interruption」is another Skill that is attached to Durandal, and I am
pretty sure that it is not the same as 「Chant Delay」. So the question is: how
are these two Skills differ from one another, and which one is the better one
of the two?
「「Chant Interruption」 is a Skill that causes the casting of any given Skill to
be stopped midway, meaning that the caster has no choice but to start
chanting from the beginning if they want to cast the Skill they wanted to use
properly, while 「Chant Delay」simply causes the Skill's chant to take longer
than usual to complete.」
「So the 「Chant Delay」means that the Skill is only delayed, and the 「Chant
Interruption」 is basically a forced cancellation of it?」
I asked, still not really understanding the difference, even after Sherry
explained it to me in so much detail.
「Then in that case, is 「Chant Interruption」 not a better option between the
two?」
Roxanne cuts in, voicing one of my most crucial concerns in this matter.
Looks like she still does not understand what the deal with those two is as
well.
「Generally, that would have been the case, but that is not always the best
solution. For instance, suppose that all six members of the Party would
surround a monster that was about to use its Skill. In such a scenario, if all
Party members were to continue hitting the monster with the weapons that
have the effect of 「Chant Delay」 added onto them, it would have been
possible for them to continue hitting the monster and delaying the activation
of its Skill, delaying it so much that the monster would have been defeated
before it could fully recite the chant for its Skill. Also, while they are in the
middle of reciting the chants for their Skills, monsters are forced to stay
completely still, causing them to be vulnerable to attacks without any way of
defending themselves.」
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14
If the amount of chant delaying effects on attacks is going to be greater than
the monster's casting speed, then the casting of its Skill is really never going
to be completed. So it can be treated as a kind of a saturation attack.
And even if the damage done by each chant delaying attack is small, this
drawback could always be offset by the sheer number of attacks, even if
quantity over quality might be seen by some people as a cheap tactic, I say
that as long as it gets the job done, everything goes.
「Come to think of it, the Skill-using monsters that we have fought thus far
really could not move when they were using Skills.」
The Green Caterpillar and the Beep Sheep shared that characteristic. Also,
both of these monster types were trying to unleash their Skills at us only
when they were sure that there was enough distance between us as to not
allow us to attack them during the chanting process.
「Then that would really mean that 「Chant Delay」 is a much better option
between these two Skills, right?」
Pondering everything she just heard, Roxanne arrived at such a conclusion.
Thinking about it that way, that would really be the case. If the monsters
really cannot perform any other action for as long as the chanting process is
ongoing, and we know that they cannot because we have seen this more than
our fair share of times already, then keeping it locked indefinitely in the
chanting action would be the best possible choice for making the combat
infinitely easier, which translates into making our fights that much safer. On
the other hand, since 「Chant Interruption」breaks the process of the Skill's
activation completely, then it does not mean that the monster that got
interrupted is necessarily going to go back to chanting the Skill's incantation
again. For all we know, when monsters will learn that we can interrupt their
chants, they might as well opt for a normal attack instead of trying something
that might as well end in failure for a second time. When compared to this,
「Chant Delay」that is going to prevent the Skill-using monster from making
any other attacks because it is going to be locked in a still-ongoing action of
casting the Skill is truly a more practical, more desirable option. If we keep
delaying the monster's chanting, it might be possible to render it completely
unavailable of doing anything other than continuing the chanting, like
attacking, dodging or even walking. Yeah, the more I think about it, the
stronger that Skill seems to be!
「Of course, not everything is as perfect with it as it might seem at first
glance. Usually, there is more than one monster that a Party has to fight,
especially on the higher floors of the Labyrinths, and oftentimes, monsters
can simply choose to stop their incantations on their own. Not to mention that
the decision to have all of the members of your Party equip the weapons with
「Chant Delay」Skill embedded into them is a kind of a big one, as well as the
one that might turn out to be more harmful rather than helpful in the long run,
because having the entire Party specialize in one specific aspect of combat or
Skill limits the Party's options and eliminates of the greatest strengths that a
Party can possibly have: diversity and versatility, and makes it more
succeptible to random or unforeseen circumstances that no one had the means
of predicting. All in all, using 「Chant Delay」is a good strategy to be used
against the Floor Bosses on the lower floors of the Labyrinths, while on the
higher floors, 「Chant Interruption」, which can force even a Floor Boss to
stop chanting the Skill incantation and force it do start doing it all over again
from the very beginning is extremely more valuable.
「I see. So while 「Chant Delay」can have its fair share of uses, 「Chant
Interruption」is a lot more useful in the overall sense.」
Roxanne nodded her head, accepting that her initial assessment that put
「Chant Delay」above 「Chant Interruption」was too hastely made. Now that
we have that difference sorted out for us, we can make some plans and
adjustemnts to incorporate what we just learned into our overall set of
strategies. Since Labyrinths can be quite big and expansive, I think it is safe
to state that we are still in the lower floors area of it, meaning that it should
be safe for us to experiment around with the 「Chant Delay」Skill Crystal if
we ever mange to get our hands on one of them. It also helps that so far,
Floor Boss encounters only have one Floor Boss in them, but I do not know if
that trend is going to stay the same or change the higher into the Labyrinths
we will go.
「How can we create 「Chant Interruption」 Skill Crystal?」
「It can be done by fusing a monster Skill Crystal together with a Kobold
Skill Crystal. In master's case, it would be a fusion of Slow Rabbit Skill
Crystal and Kobold Skill Crystal that would result in the creation of 「Chant
Interruption」Skill Crystal.」
「Oh, that is another thing that I wanted to ask you about. You mentioned the
Kobold Skill Crystal before as well. Why is that? Does using this specific
monster's Skill Crystal helps improving the resulting Skill Crystal in some
way? If so, then I had no idea that such a bland, weak monster can actually be
so useful.」
「Yes, you are actually right in stating that, master. Just as you have guessed,
Kobold Skill Crystals are a little bit more special when compared to the other
Skill Crystals, in a sense that when they are fused with them, they have the
unique ability to strengthen the resulting Skill Crystal's effect, and in rarer
cases they can even modify it to a certain extent.」
「So we cannot just fuse Slow Rabbit Skill Crystal with any other random
Skill Crystal to get our hands on the 「Chant Interruption」chant interruption
Skill Crystal?」
「Yes, that is right. In order to create that Skill Crystal, you need the Kobold
Skill Crystal specifically.」
「And there are no exceptions?」
「No, I am afraid that there are no exceptions.」
「Well, in that case I guess it really was a stroke of luck that we managed to
get our hands on that Slow Rabbit Skill Crystal this morning, right,
Roxanne?」
「Oh yes, most definitely.」
We glanced at each other and exachanged nods and a thumbs up. I never
would have expected that the Kobolds, monsters that are commonly referred
to as the weakest ones among the bestiary of this world would have a
surprisingly handy usage like that. I guess that makes sense of why some
Adventurers go out of their way to hunt them despite their inability to provide
any kind of decent Drop Items or EXP after being killed. I also thought of
them as little more than and the equivalent of annoying insects, but
apparently there was much more to them than meets the eye, as was the case
with many of the things that I have encountered during my stay here thus far.
「The question now is: is it really worth it to keep killing Kobolds and grind
them and hope that one of them is going to drop its Skill Crystal sooner or
later?」
「About that, master. That is most certainly a valid concern, but also the one
that you do not have to worry about all that much, because there is a simple
remedy for that, because the auctions organized by the Quratar's Merchants
Guild are always a valid option to try.」
「Auctions organized by the Merchants Guild here in Quratar? What is
usually auctioned there?」
「Skill Crystals and the equipment that comes together with Skills already
imbued into it, among other things. But since you are living here, then I am
sure that you already knew about it, so my words were more like a refresher
rather than anything meaningful, right?」
「Yes, of course.」
Of course. . . . . . that this is my first time hearing about something like that.
「. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you know about that, Roxanne?」
「Uhm. . . not personally, but I am sure that I probably heard rumors about it
somewhere before. . . . probably.」
In other words, Roxanne had no idea that something so convenient was being
organized in this city.
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And if Roxanne did not know about it, that any smart person would be able to
put two and two together, realizing that if she did not know about it, then
there would be no way for me to know about it as well.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . and that is exactly what Sherry did, because she was looking at Roxanne
and myself with the eyes that were clearly saying something along the lines
of 「Really now? Seriously?」.
「Uhm. . . . . . . I come from a country located far, far away to the east, so the
customs we had there and the way things are working here in this country
differ significantly in quite a few aspects, so I will gladly welcome any piece
of knowledge that you would be willing to share with me.
「*Sigh. . . * Okay, I understand.」
Damn, there is no way that the good impression that I managed to score with
her throughout the day did not take a real plummet towards the ground just
now. But I cannot help it in any shape, way or form, because if I do not know
something then I do not know something, even though I just lied that I did
because I thought it was going to make me sound more cool in Sherry's eyes,
which ended up backfiring horribly.
「So about those Kobold Skill Crystals. . . . you think we would be able to
buy them if we went to one of the auctions?」
「I guess so. . . . . . . but doing that now would be pointless, unless you have
some connections with someone who has a Master Smith Job?」
You are my Master Smith connection, my dear Sherry. But for the time
being, it would be best for me to keep quiet about it in order to not make her
even more suspicious of us than she already might be.
「I see. Thank you for your explanations, Sherry. They are really easy to
understand even for someone like me. As you probably guessed, neither
Roxanne nor I knew anything about it, so having someone like you around,
someone who is smart and does not hesitate to share her knowledge with
others is really quite useful to us.
「No, you do not have to thank me, master. What I am telling you is not really
anything that groundbreaking, just something that those who live in the
empire consider to be common knowledge.」
「I know, but even so, we appreciate your help. It might sound a bit
presumptuous coming from me, but do continue to support us in the future,
all right?」
「Y-Yes, of course! Thank you very much for putting so much of your trust in
me!」
Now that I finished complimenting Sherry, I went to the Labyrinth for
another time. While in there, I made sure to praise Roxanne for how useful
she was as a preventive method against her getting jealous that I praised
Sherry more than her today. *Phew. . . * now that I have bought sherry and
the ranks of my Party have grown, there is a lot more things that I have to
consider and look out for now, huh? I never would have expected that sharing
my life with just two more people is going to be so tiring not only on my
body, but on my psyche as well. In any case, Roxanne was the first slave that
I bought for myself, and the one who has supported me with everything that
she could ever since our paths have become intertwined, so I have to make
sure not to neglect her or make her feel sad in any way. What kind of master
would I be if I allowed something like that to happen, a horrible one, that is
who I would be.
After finishing another round of recovering MP in the Labyrinth, We came
back home and I finished preparing the bath. As a finishing touch I have
thrown some lemons into the water and that was it, so I left the bathroom.
「Thank you for your hard work today, master. The dinner is ready now.」
Roxanne informed me after handing me a towel so that I could wipe the
sweat off of my forehead.
「Thank you. Let us go and eat now.」
When we arrived in the dining room, the dished were already lined up on the
table. Judging from the position of the plates, Sherry seemed to have put her
own right next to Roxanne's this time. And as for the dish before my eyes. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
「*Sniff* *Sniff* It smells incredible.」
「Thank you for your kind words, master. Since this is the first dish that I am
preparing for you as your slave, I wanted it to be something that would
represent the culinary culture of my race, and so, I have prepared a traditional
Dwarven soup, Borscht. (TL Note: So, Borscht is considered to be a
typical Dwarven cuisine, huh? Does that mean that Dwarves in general
are going t be modeled after Russians, or other inhabitants of Cental and
Eastern Europe, since this is where Borscht originally comes from? I
guess we shall see one day) I hope you will find it to your liking.」
Those were the words that Sherry greeted me with.
The soup that was in the pot that was on the table definitely looked like the
genuine Borscht, or at least something that was very similar to it, but I
wonder if it was really called Borscht, or was this another case of the game
mechanics with the Brahim language translating the untranslatable words to
their equivalents from my world that my mind would be able to comprehend
without much issues? Anyway, let's check this thing out real quick before I
have myself a seat. Red color? Check. The typical aroma of the beet boiled in
hot water with various spices? Check. Yup, for all intents and purposes, this
soup really looks like Borscht (TL Note: God damn, the urge to just start
writing it as Barszcz as we call it in Poland is really strong in me right
now), but I wonder how is it going to be taste wise. Also, this is going to be
my first time tasing a cuisine other than that what I was eating at the Vale
Pavilion and later the things that Roxanne and I were making together, so I
guess you could say that I was really curious to see for myself exactly what
does the Dwarven cuisine have to offer in comparison to all those other
dishes I have eaten. Will it taste better, or perhaps worse? Is it going to be
more exotic, or perhaps something more along the lines of standards of your
typical European cooking? That being said, I did not taste all that much
cooking that was not purely Japanese when I was still there, so I really do not
know what kind of sensations I should be expecting.
As I was thinking about how this Borscht was going to taste like, Roxanne sat
down at the seat that was across from me at the other side of the table.
Hm?
「Roxanne, are you really fine sitting there?」
Now that Sherry has joined our ranks and all three of us are going to eat at
the same dinner table every day, I really think that it would not hurt us to
spread out a bit to ensure that we will be using the table in its entirety, since it
was too big for just wo people anyway.
「Yes, master, I am fine with it. After all, this is the best seat possible.」
Is this about that whole 「I am my master's first slave, therefore the place in
front of him belongs to me」schtick? I am not so sure, and I do not know if I
want to be digging into it more than I should.
「All right, if you say so. Sherry, you sit down as well.」
「Eh? Are you serious, master? Am I really allowed to sit down and eat
together with you?」
Again with this disbelief that she is allowed to eat at the same table as
Roxanne and I? I do not know if this is the mentality of all the slaves or
something that is being taught to them when they become the property of the
Slave Shops, but I am not going to treat them as some sub-category of human
beings.
「Sure you are. Unless you explicitly want to eat your meal while standing, in
which case, go right ahead. If that is what you want, I am not going to stop
you.」
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16
「Sherry, I believe we have talked about this during the previous meal
already, but master is not the kind of person who would ever order his slaves
not to eat the same kind of food as him. He is a person who enjoys the
company of others during his meals, so please, have a seat next to me and
join us so that we could eat this meal together.」
Roxanne said so, finally causing Sherry to sit down. Was she really expecting
me to order her not to eat the same kind of food we were going to eat just
now and only make do with the leftovers while eating them off the floor?
Now that really makes me wonder if this is a matter of preference, or perhaps
something else entirely?
Well, whatever I guess. As long as Sherry will not complain and is going to
obediently sit down to eat with us, there will be no causes for any kinds of
interventions on my end.
Taking my mind off of such things, I took a healthy serving of Sherry's
Borscht from the pot in the center of the table and poured it into my own
plate. And as for that comes next, uhm. . .
According to what Roxanne has taught me about this world, distributing soup
to all who are sitting at the dining table is one of the responsibilities of the
head of the household, or in other words, the responsibility that falls onto my
shoulders since I am both the leader of our Party and the master of both
Sherry and Roxanne. While a bit atypical from the normal familial structure, I
guess those are reasons enough for me to consider myself the head of the
household, and I am sure that neither of the girls are going to raise any kinds
of complaints against this. After all, Aside form that one argument we had
about the matter of my will and setting Roxanne free in the case of my
untimely death, she never questioned any of my other decisions so far, and
whenever we were going out into the town, she was always either walking
right by my side or just half a step behind me, as if she was following some
kind of slave etiquette. Is there even such a thing to begin with? I have no
idea, so maybe I should try asking her about that some other time when we
are not going to be occupied by other, more important matters. But let us get
down to the soup distribution business. If I remember the other things that
Roxanne was telling me about correctly, then after the head of the household
pours the soup for himself, the next person who should receive the serving
should the one who was responsible for the making of the soup in the first
place, which would mean that this next person should be Sherry. . . . .
*SHIVER! ! !* *SHIVER! ! !*
「. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !!!」
What the hell was that just now? This intense pressure and malicious air, as if
someone was glaring at me with the evil intentions that could not have been
more clear even if they tried. . . . . do not tell me. . . . . .
Yes! Roxanne was the one who emanated this malicious air. She was still
smiling of course, but the way she was keeping her eyes closed and the ever
so slight way that the corners of her lips were trembling as if she was doing
all withing her power to stop herself from grimacing in displeasure. . . . . . . .
. oh yeah, there is no mistaking it. She is definitely jealous! Jealous of me
giving the serving of the soup to Sherry instead of her in the first place!
Okay, all right, I get it, I get it! See, Roxanne, I am giving the first serving of
the soup to you on the double, so please, stop glaring so much daggers at me
already!
「H-Here you go, Roxanne.」
「Oh, You are giving me the first serving of the soup? That is so thoughtful of
you. Thank you very much, master.」
Rather than me being thoughtful, it is more like I have been intimidated into
doing so, but let us not dwell on that for too long, because that is simply not
worth it. I just anted to uphold the proper etiquette by giving Sherry, the chef
who made the Borscht, the first serving of her own dish, that is it, nothing
more to it. Besides, since this is supposed to be a Dwarven dish, she is
probably the one who is looking forward to eating it the most. So now that
Roxanne has been served her own portion, maybe I can finally give it to her
as well?
「Here is your serving, Sherry.」
「Thank you very much, master.」
Finally, I managed to give Sherry the soup as well.
I wonder if this dish is going to be similar to the bread and stir-fried
vegetables that Roxanne prepared for me when we first moved here, or is it
going to be something altogether different, with its own unique taste to it?
「Well then, let us dig right in.」
I placed the spoon filled with Borscht in my mouth and swallowed it.
Mmm. . . . . . . . .
The first thing that comes into my mind is that it has a rustic flavor, but it is
the good kind of rustic. The ingredients are all cut into large pieces, which
really gives this soup a feel of a countryside dish to it. Although personally, I
would not have mind it if she were to cut the veggies into smaller pieces to
make them a little easier to swallow. But nevertheless. . . .
「it is delicious.」
「Thank you.」
And just like that, we all proceeded to eat the Borscht while enjoying it
greatly.
「Ahh, that sure tasted great. By the way, there is something that I was
wondering for a while now. Wolfkin have the unique Beast Warrior Job, and
Dwarves have their Master Smith, which got me thinking: is there a specific
Job that only Humans can have?」
Sherry knows a lot, so she is definitely going to know the answer to that
question. The person who ran the Vale Pavillion also said that his Job, the
Innkeeper was a Job specific to his race, so it would be pretty strange if
Humans did not have a Job that would be available to them and them alone.
If it were to be like that, then it would definitely be unnatural and, well. . .
kinda racist, if I were to be honest. Maybe Hero is a Job reserved only for
humans. . . yeah, right, that would be too much of a preferential treatment
now, would t not?
「! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Oh, uhm. . . that is. . . . well. . . 」
「Eh?! S-So master really is interested in those kinds of things?!」
Both of them had a strange reaction. Did I say something weird without
really meaning to?
「I mean, do not get me wrong, master! Being loved by you is definitely a
good thing, and I. . . and I enjoy it immensely. . . . 」
「I. . . I think so as well. . . . and I have been prepared that for something like
that to come up sooner or later. . . . ]
Okay, what are they saying now? I only asked them if Humans have a
Human-specific Job, but as soon as I said that, they both started to freak out.
「Ladies? What are you going on about?」
「Human seem to be a race with an abnormally high, nigh-insatiable sex
drive, so. . . .」
Sherry began her explanations, but honestly, I do not know if I like where she
is going with this.
Even animals have homosexuality, rape, non-reproductive sex, family killing,
and infanticide, but they do all of these things because they are being driven
by their instincts. Humans, on the other hand, are the only known race that
can do all of those things simply to feel the pleasure coming from them.
Animals can live according to their instincts, but humans have evolved and
adapted to use their brains to make decisions, rather than relying solely on
their instincts. We became more flexible, but in the process of doing that, we
lost the breaks on our desires.
「So. . . ?」
「So since that seems to be a defining feature of the Human race, their racespecific Job. . . is Sex Maniac.」
Human-specific Job. . . . is a Sex Maniac? Because of their nigh-insatiable
sex drive?
Yeah, that. . . that is definitely very human like.