Chapter 239 Have a Drink
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 239
Chapter Title: Have a Drink
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Jeong Yoo-shin opened his eyes.
It was still the shelter, but the location was different. It was a little further inside the hollow where he had first encountered the ogre.
'Did I lose consciousness for a moment because my magic and mental strength were at their limit?'
He didn't know if it was because of the effect of the [Revenger] imprint or it was thanks to his party members using a recovery potion on him, but his condition had improved.
He sat up and looked around.
The unfamiliar explorers and his party members were gathered around the golden coffin, looking at him.
Karin, who was sitting right next to him, gently held Jeong Yoo-shin's hand.
"Skar, are you feeling better?"
"I'm fine. What about the others?"
"We're all fine. Except for a few who were eaten by the ogre."
A middle-aged human with a bushy beard said.
Was that so?
In any case, it seemed that no other monsters had attacked besides the ogre.
Just as he was thinking that it was fortunate…
Suddenly, Kenneth opened his mouth.
"Skar, I have something to confess."
Jeong Yoo-shin turned his head and looked at Kenneth.
A sudden confession.
What in the world did he want to say?
"What is it?"
"I like children."
"..."
Kenneth's tone was different from usual.
Jeong Yoo-shin realized what Kenneth's confession was.
The Children Love imprint also had a shadow.
Just like the Grandma Love imprint.
Jeong Yoo-shin's expression contorted.
"Why are you telling me this now?"
"I realized it when you left the cave to save Armin. That you were sincere with your party members. I wanted to show you my sincerity as well."
"Are you saying you didn't trust me until then?"
"..."
How absurd.
Jeong Yoo-shin stood up and kicked Kenneth in the chest.
Thud!
Kenneth clutched his chest and rolled on the ground.
"If you were going to hide it, you should have hidden it to the end. You're telling me this now?! You son of a bitch."
Jeong Yoo-shin spat out a curse and took a step toward Kenneth, but the explorers and his party members clung to him.
"C-Calm down!"
"Skar!"
Jeong Yoo-shin pushed the people away with an annoyed face.
"Let go of me. Ah, I'm going crazy. Kenneth, if you don't want to die, speak honestly. By any chance, the children..."
Kenneth immediately shook his head.
"No. None of our clan members have ever harmed children. Because we want children to be happy rather than in pain."
Jeong Yoo-shin glared at Kenneth for a long time and then let out a deep sigh.
"Hoo. Kenneth, just die."
At that moment…
The man with the bushy beard interjected.
"Skar, isn't a Children Love imprint something you can overlook?"
What was this now?
Jeong Yoo-shin turned his head.
The bearded man. Looking closely, he was one of the explorers who had been watching the fight with the ogre.
"What did you say?"
"You saved my life, so I should be honest too."
The bearded man cleared his throat once and then continued.
"Ahem! I have a Married Woman's Anus Lover imprint."
"..."
A cold silence passed.
Karin quickly covered Armin's ears.
The bearded man's eyes twinkled like stars.
"The dark wrinkles of a plump married woman's butt are so good. My heart pounds, and I feel alive. But! I do not succumb to such illicit temptations."
The man continued.
"Because a person is not a being who succumbs to an imprint, but someone who must overcome and conquer it. I’ve no basis for it, but I believe this elf has overcome the temptations so far."
Jeong Yoo-shin stared blankly at the bearded man and then turned his head away.
'To think that the person I saved is a married woman's anus lover.'
A deep sense of post-nut-like clarity washed over him, and he wanted to collapse on the spot.
Then he looked at Kenneth again.
"..."
In fact, Kenneth's eyes were similar to Einhorfer's.
The dwarf blacksmith, Einhorfer, who had a stamina-draining and hand tremor imprint.
He was reminded of his precious friend who refused to succumb despite the curse of the imprint.
Having made up his mind, Jeong Yoo-shin slowly opened his mouth.
"Kenneth, you can live."
"Right."
The bearded man nodded and agreed.
Jeong Yoo-shin glared at the bearded man.
"You sit there and think long and hard. About whether you're a person who deserves to live or not. A married woman's butt lover. You're like the darkness of the labyrinth."
"..."
Jeong Yoo-shin turned his head and looked at Kenneth.
"Kenneth, from now on, report to me. The orphanage's financial situation, the people who work there, and the names of all the children who stay there."
"Got it."
"Skar, are we going back?"
He nodded at Karin's question.
"We should. It seems like everyone isn’t in their right mind right now."
Jeong Yoo-shin looked around at his party members.
Armin was looking down and muttering something.
Kenneth's iron bow was dented.
Karin's equipment was also damaged. Of course, his own too.
Moreover, there was one more problem.
'I think I've become too vulnerable to the madness.'
He didn't know what was happening to his mind.
Jeong Yoo-shin stood up and put on his sword and equipment.
"Let's go. There's nothing to be gained by staying here any longer."
"What about the ogre corpse outside?"
One of the explorers asked Jeong Yoo-shin.
"We'll just take the hide and tendons. I don't think it will all fit in my subspace."
The bearded man interjected again.
"Skar, we'll help you. Think of it as a reward for saving our lives."
Jeong Yoo-shin nodded.
"Alright. While you're dismantling it, take your share too."
"Is that alright?"
"It's fine."
Jeong Yoo-shin sat at the cave entrance and watched as the explorers gathered around the ogre corpse and got to work.
During the dismantling, the explorers had flustered expressions.
"T-The hide isn't cutting well."
"Even if it's an ogre, still… Isn't it too tough? By any chance, is this ogre a special individual?"
"It could be. It was too strong. Although we were also careless."
Then they looked at the barbarian who was sitting and resting at the entrance.
The barbarian who was looking up at the plateau sky with a somewhat dazed face.
Although he was covered in sweat and blood, his handsome face made quite a picture.
"He swung a broken greatsword, tore this thick hide, and cut off its head?"
Someone muttered.
"That's not what's important. He fought with his eyes closed, didn't he? Honestly, does that even make sense? I still feel like I just dreamed it up."
"Do you think the people at the Explorer's Guild will believe us if we tell them?"
An explorer thought for a moment and then shook his head.
"Who would believe it?"
"First, let's just get the work done quickly."
The explorers stopped talking and resumed their work next to the ogre corpse.
A moment later.
The explorers who had finished all the work shouldered their luggage and approached Jeong Yoo-shin.
"Here you go."
Jeong Yoo-shin summoned the golden coffin, put the ogre's by-products in it, and stood up.
"Let's go."
Jeong Yoo-shin led the party members and explorers to the 17th-floor transfer stone.
Hwoooong.
A red portal and a blue portal were created.
"We'll go first."
"See you in the city."
"Thank you for saving us."
The explorers each gave their thanks and entered the blue portal.
Jeong Yoo-shin looked around at his party members.
Their expressions were tired and weary, but they were all safe.
He was satisfied with that fact alone.
If you're alive, there's always another chance.
Jeong Yoo-shin smiled slightly and stepped forward.
Flash!
He landed on the ground with a sense of floating.
At the same time, he felt an intense sense of liberation.
'Did I get another imprint?'
He looked around and waited for a moment, and his party members began to come out onto the magic circle one by one.
Armin, Kenneth, and Karin.
Just as Jeong Yoo-shin was about to open his mouth…
Armin's body was engulfed in light.
"W-Woah!!!"
With a flash, Armin disappeared, leaving only his clothes behind.
What?
Jeong Yoo-shin looked at Armin's robe with surprised eyes.
From there, something wriggled inside the robe and Armin's popped out.
"W-What is this?"
Armin crawled out of the robe.
Immediately, Jeong Yoo-shin's jaw dropped.
"W-What the?"
An unbelievable sight came into his view.
Armin's body had changed to that of a puppy with fluffy white fur and a short tail.
But…
His head was still the same cute pretty boy's face.
Armin had a dazed expression, as if he couldn't believe his own body.
"W-What in the world is this imprint?"
Karin saw that and laughed.
"Armin, you're somehow cute and funny... huh?"
At that moment…
Karin's body was also engulfed in light.
Flash!
Karin also disappeared.
Jeong Yoo-shin hurriedly ran to where Karin had been.
Among the leather armor, shirt, and various equipment…
A young wolf beast-person girl was sitting inside blankly while wearing a huge leopard-print bra on her head.
"Hue?"
"...!"
Jeong Yoo-shin couldn't close his mouth.
Because Karin, who had always been confident and had a voluptuous body, had become a little girl.
The little Karin, while wearing a huge bra on her head, looked down at her own body.
"W-What is this? U...ui."
Jeong Yoo-shin looked at Kenneth.
Kenneth shrugged.
"It seems like I didn't get any imprint."
"Just turn your head."
"..."
Jeong Yoo-shin took out the emergency blanket from his backpack and covered Karin's body.
Since Karin had become so young that even her underwear size wouldn't fit anymore, she was practically naked right now.
"S-Skar."
Karin tearfully hugged Jeong Yoo-shin.
"Calm down. First, that. What was it? Ah."
Jeong Yoo-shin, his mind gone blank, stuttered.
"Huk?! T-This isn’t the time for this! Eru, we have to check on Eru!"
Armin, who had come to his senses, tried to run with his short legs.
Jeong Yoo-shin quickly moved his other arm and grabbed Armin's body.
Armin, held in the air, flapped his short legs.
"S-Skar-hyungnim? We have to go now! Eru is...!"
"We have to stop by the exchange office first. And report the request."
Jeong Yoo-shin shoved Karin and Armin's clothes into his backpack and walked out of the magic circle. A priest greeted him with a bitter smile.
"Explorer-nim, you've worked hard."
"Don't mention it."
Jeong Yoo-shin headed to the exchange office in front of the labyrinth magic circle with Kenneth.
The exchange office receptionist's expression was one of barely holding back their laughter at Armin's cute appearance.
"I-I've confirmed 10 bottles of Mountain Troll's blood. Including the ogre's hide and tendons, it's 12 gold coins. Ah! And you can take the Stone Wolf to the monster dismantler shop. We'll buy it there after deducting the dismantling cost."
Jeong Yoo-shin thought for a moment and then shook his head.
"I'll take care of the Stone Wolf myself."
"Yes. I understand. You've worked hard, Explorer-nim."
He left the exchange office and headed for the Southern District.
The gazes of the people in the street were focused on Jeong Yoo-shin and his party members.
Of course.
Karin, who had become a girl, was one thing.
But Armin's strange appearance was hard to take one's eyes off of.
As they got closer to the inn, he put down the struggling Armin.
"Eru!"
Armin moved his small body quickly and ran to the inn.
Jeong Yoo-shin handed 6 gold coins to Kenneth.
Whatever this sinister elf's thoughts were, a promise was a promise.
He couldn't give him a disadvantage in the distribution of rewards.
"Kenneth, don't forget my words. Behave yourself."
"Got it. Skar, thank you."
Kenneth bowed his head deeply in gratitude and left.
Karin, who was in his arms, perked her ears with a flushed face.
"S-Skar? Put me down too."
Jeong Yoo-shin looked down at Karin.
Her skin, which had always been flawless, was now smooth.
Her eyes were softer, and her pupils were large.
A cute snaggletooth protruded from between her moist lips.
Jeong Yoo-shin stroked Karin's hair.
"When we get to the inn."
"U...un."
Karin, as if embarrassed, blushed and ducked her head low.
When Jeong Yoo-shin opened the inn door, Armin squeezed through the gap and slipped in.
"Eru!"
Eru, who was wearing a maid's uniform and sitting at a table, raised his head.
"Skar-nim, you're back?"
"Was everything alright here?"
"Yes."
"Eru!"
Eru swept his short hair behind his ear and looked around. He kept hearing Armin's voice, but there was no one around.
"I'm here!"
"Eh? A-Armin-nim?"
Armin was at his feet.
Armin’s body had changed to be similar to a puppy's, and only his face was normal.
Armin's eyes lit up as he rushed at the flustered Eru.
"Eru, show me your panties!"
"Eh? L-Let go of me!"
"Mumu-mung!!!"
Armin clung to Eru's skirt.
Jeong Yoo-shin chuckled while watching the bickering Armin and Eru.
Armin stepped back and then quickly stuck his head under the skirt.
"Huk?! A bulge?"
Armin's eyes widened and he staggered back. As if he couldn't accept reality, tears formed in his round pupils.
"E-Eru? Were you really a boy?! M-My pure love...!"
Jeong Yoo-shin sat at the table and smiled widely.
"You're alive, aren't you? Have a drink."
Armin trembled, then lay flat on the floor and flailed.
"T-This is a lie! Guwaaaaang!!!"
On an autumn day, just before winter.
The voice of a boy who had woken up from a dream echoed in the inn.
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T/N - Damn, Armin’s imprint is brutal. But I see you author. Since Armin is such a dog for Eru, he got turned into a cute dog by the labyrinth. That’s some dark humor right there. And then he confirms that Eru really is a boy… I can only say, better confirm first before comitting 😅
Also, I think that the fact that Kenneth is running the orphanage without any major incidents is a testament to his discipline and self-control despite having an imprint that turns him into a pedo. So he deserves the benefit of the doubt. And the MC isn’t really one to talk considering he barely has a handle on his corruption and incubus imprints.