The Slime Massage

Thwack! Baron Virgo slapped Meari across the cheek. Meari bowed her head calmly, while the Baron huffed and puffed, shouting, "A slime, you say! What kind of nonsense is that!!"

Meari realized instantly that she had made a slip of the tongue. Having lived in the Legion of Wrath since birth, she didn't fully grasp the fundamental disgust humans harbored toward monsters. "......Please, hear me out for a moment."

But a crisis is merely an opportunity in disguise. Though her cheek burned, Meari decided to push forward with confidence. "Calling her a 'slime daughter' is merely a figure of speech. I sincerely apologize for not softening the expression for your ears, Baron."

At Meari's earnest tone, the Baron's expression shifted strangely. "What kind of arrogant attitude is that! You just said ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠you do such things with a, a monster...!"

"I am not doing 'such things' with a monster. I am simply utilizing a slime. To put it in softer terms... you could call it a 'slime massage'."

At Meari's bold statement, the Baron's expression began to waver. He had been furious at first, but because Meari didn't even blink, he started to look doubtful. 'I have to show him.' Who would be a suitable person? Meari held back tears and decided to set up a scapegoat.

"Please, wait a moment." Meari asked the Baron for a brief indulgence and called for Gei, who was waiting upstairs. There was no time to explain the situation, and Gei, summoned by Meari, had to improvise on the spot.

"Sir Gei. Meari here called it a 'slime daughter' to me. Should I just let this slide? Don't you think this is a matter worthy of immediate execution for the crime of insulting a noble?"

"......If one listens only to the literal expression, it certainly sounds that way." Gei vaguely affirmed the Baron's words while glancing at Meari. His brain began to spin furiously, and he quickly came up with a solution.

"Ahem, ahem. ...A slime is more like Meari's familiar. A summoned beast, a type of spirit, if you will."

"A... spirit?"

"That is correct. As a water spirit in the form of a slime, Meari enjoys various effects through the power of that spirit. I... am currently borrowing it to enjoy those effects myself."

"Hmm...." The Baron looked back and forth between Gei and Meari for a long time. However, neither of them seemed to be lying.

"Very well. Then where is this spirit? And why on earth did you call it a slime daughter?"

"The spirit is attached to my body, and its form happens to look like a slime. Meari?"

"Excuse me for a moment. Could you come out for a second, Line?"

Meari placed her hand on Gei's back and smoothed it upward. A squelching sound began to emanate from within Gei's body, and a red, amorphous object poked its head out from behind Gei's back.

"A monster...?!"

"It is not a monster. It is like a younger sister to me." Meari hugged Line, who had emerged, and glared at the Baron. The Baron, intimidated by Meari's brazen attitude, actually shrank back.

"But no matter how I look at it, isn't that a slime?"

"Baron, do ordinary slimes have human forms like this?" Meari gently set Line down on the floor. Line, who was the height of a small child, was certainly not human, but she had a human shape. The Baron tilted his head with a complicated expression.

"Although I am not well-versed in magic, I didn't think water spirits took this form...?"

"That is why it is a 'familiar'."

"......It's complicated. I apologize, Meari. I was rude."

"Not at all. It was my slip of the tongue. Please forgive me."

Seeing her treat Line with such affection, Baron Virgo took a step back. However, he still hadn't fully cast aside his suspicions. "Ahem, so what exactly is this 'slime daughter' business? What on earth were you trying to do to me with that slime...? Familiar?"

"Like this." Meari threw off her outer garment. The white shirt she wore under her suit was stretched to the point of bursting, and Baron Virgo and Gei blushed simultaneously.

"I will excuse myself. I shall guard the door, so please let me know if you need anything." Gei scurried out, and Baron Virgo gulped at Meari's overwhelming volume. She seemed several times larger than himself; with a bit of exaggeration, it looked as if she had two heads attached to her chest.

"I will show you." Rustle, rustle. Meari stripped off her shirt and undergarments entirely and lay face down on the bed. Baron Virgo couldn't help but catch his breath at the sight of her side-boob pressed beneath her armpit.

"Line." Squelch, squelch. Line climbed onto the bed and onto Meari's back. Then, very naturally, she began to massage Meari, pressing down firmly on her back with her hands.

"Uh...?"

"I apologize for the... vulgar expression. But there was no other way to describe it."

"......C-cough." The Baron fanned his flushed face with his hand to cool the heat. It was a posture that went beyond vulgar and was downright lewd, but since he had come here for that very reason, it was awkward to complain.

"......Haa." Meari let out a breathless sigh as she received the massage from Lime. As she buried her face, seemingly relieved of her fatigue, Baron Virgo felt a strange throbbing in his loins.

"It feels just like being handled by a monster."

"It is merely a misunderstanding caused by the appearance of my familiar, hnnng. Line's massage is, haa, quite pleasant." Meari, her face flushed, patted the spot next to her on the bed.

"Would you like to join us?"

"...If it doesn't truly feel good, you will be in for a world of trouble."

"As much as you like."

Baron Virgo, still half-doubting, began to take off his coat. Though he felt shy about lying down next to Meari with only his upper body bare, he naturally snuggled up close to her.

"Meari. I'm sorry. When you said 'slime daughter,' I thought you meant you were using a slime as a phallus to penetrate inside."

"......Oh, surely not." Meari's voice trembled, but thanks to Line's massage, she managed to suppress her true feelings.

That's exactly what it is.

"Hnnng." Meari clamped her mouth shut at the touch of Baron Virgo's hand as it moved over her buttocks.

Currently, Gremory and Ryun were each one level away from being able to evolve. Ryun, Lv.69. Gremory, Lv.74. Ryun would be able to evolve upon reaching level 70, and Gremory would hit her cap at level 75. It meant she had grown as much as a witch could, but Gremory, true to her nature, had a devious look in her eyes as she plotted something.

"Master, does that mean I can evolve once I gain just one more level?!"

"Yes. And it won't be just any evolution."

I had been waiting for this for a long time, and now that the opportunity had arrived, I couldn't just let it slide. According to the system, Ryun's virginity was still intact, so she could easily evolve into a 4-star High Elf. The problem was Gremory. Despite having a growth limit of 4 stars, she kept insisting that she could reincarnate if she just gained one more level, so I demanded an explanation.

"Just get me to level 75 first. Then I'll give you my virginity right away. Okay?"

"I don't know what you're planning, but we'll see."

"Do you think I'd joke about something like that?"

Gremory retorted, asserting her innocence. And as proof of that innocence, she pulled out a single jewel.

"Ta-da!"

"A Reincarnation Crystal?"

"Do you have one too? Just so there's no misunderstanding, I've had this for a long time."

"......How?"

I hadn't easily imagined that Gremory had something stashed away. Because when I defeated her before, I had intended to strip every resource from Gremory's dungeon, even taking every single piece of her underwear. 'If I'd known, I would have squeezed her harder.' But how could Gremory possess such a precious Reincarnation Crystal?

"Heh, I hid it deep in a place you couldn't see."

"What, did you stash it inside your rectum? That's ridiculous..."

"......."

Gremory's face turned as red as her hair. I snatched the Reincarnation Crystal from her hand and rolled it gently over the campfire. The flames licked my hand, but an Orc's skin doesn't crisp up that easily.

"What are you doing?!"

"Sterilizing it."

"Am I dirty?!"

"No, I was just joking, I didn't know it was actually in there."

While smugglers sometimes hide things internally to avoid customs, only to have them removed via surgery in extreme cases, shoving it up her backside was a bit much.

"But it's strange. It's not like I haven't poked your rear end before."

Even when my massive member, which was easily 20cm long, had entered to the root, I hadn't felt anything. And yet, she hid a marble-sized bead in there?

"What kind of trick did you use?"

Gremory grinned and patted her stomach. "I had the Skatology wrap around it and pushed it even further inside."

"You really are something else."

It was a detail that showed just how much Gremory had treasured that Reincarnation Crystal. 'I was going to use it whenever I found the right moment. It worked.' I had one myself, but I hadn't felt the situation was right to use it, so I just kept it.

'The conditions are too strict.'

An item that can only be used after hitting the level cap. If the quantity wasn't high, it was only efficient to use it for 4->5 star or 5->6 star evolutions to pursue efficiency. But if the conditions weren't met, it was all for nothing.

"Gremory, you can't use this. You're a dungeon lord."

"That's true. Until now."

Gremory stood up with a determined expression. Her serious gaze made both Ryun and me tense up.

"I want to quit being a dungeon lord."

"...Well, I can guess what that means."

The relationship I'd built with Gremory, the fact that she had handed over the Reincarnation Crystal she cherished like her own life, and the psychological change brought about by facing a powerful enemy like the Halpas Legion. Putting all those situations together, the true meaning of Gremory's words was simple.

"You want to reincarnate after becoming my subordinate?"

"Yes. If you want, you can give me the name Gremory again... or you can just use me as a 5-star witch."

"Well, considering the right person for the right job, it's only natural to give you back the name Gremory... You thought it through well."

I approached Gremory and hugged her tightly. I hadn't realized it when fighting her ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠as an enemy or thinking of her as a senior, but now that I held her, Gremory's frame was quite small.

"Alright. Let's raid the sub-dungeons three times, dump all the magic stones into you, and go straight for reincarnation."

"...You know the experience points required right before evolution are no joke, right?"

"Who cares. The Great Witch Gremory is offering her virginity."

If we scraped together the remaining magic stones from the stocking sales and the ones collected from the Vapula sub-dungeon, we might be able to evolve both—or at least one of them.

"Fortunately, we keep getting intermediate magic stones, don't we? Hehehe."

I held up the intermediate magic stones I had stashed in my pocket. As monsters with quite strong specs, the Fire Lions dropped intermediate magic stones every time we caught them.

'At this spec, it'd be hard for anyone but an executive-level to catch them.'

Their average level seemed to hover between 45 and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠55. I was amazed at how incredible Luna's holy power was to have wiped out such Fire Lions in one go.

"Then let's go catch the boss. It'll probably be... Vapula again. Let's go."

The break, spent tearing into lion meat, was over, and there was now a reason we absolutely had to catch the boss to secure the magic stones. I took the lead and threw open the iron doors of the boss room.

"Gasp."

I was startled to see the sub-dungeon boss waiting for me in the middle of the room.

"Damn it, I should have realized when the male lions didn't have manes."

To think they were hairless lions.

"Aaaaaaah!!" The Lion began firing beams from its eyes from the very start.