Beginning of Adventure!
The Start of the Adventure!
The potion Dina handed me....
It was none other than a Futanari potion.
"...What."
I stared at Dina with a blank expression.
"...What are you doing?"
Dina waved her hand, as if asking why I wasn't taking it immediately.
Somehow, her eyes gleamed as if this whole situation was perfectly natural.
"Go on, have a good time with Pai."
...Am I the strange one?
So, right now... she's telling me to screw Pai?
In that instant, I instinctively slapped away my hand that was reaching for the potion.
"Uh, um, right now, there's no real need...."
I almost went along with it naturally.
Personally, I don't feel like doing it right now. There's no special reason; I just don't want to.
No, I'm not some abnormal person who just has sex anytime, anywhere to begin with....
Moreover, Dina's expression, so openly testing me like this, made any willingness to act disappear.
Well, it's not really for me to say, with my Corruption level already at 3....
Anyway, I'm not the kind of person who has sex just because someone tells me to!
"Oh? How strange. Normally, you'd just snatch it and drink it right away.... Ah, my apologies."
Dina, realizing something, made a sound of realization and put the potion back.
"M-m-my apologies.... I forgot you had amnesia...."
Dina lowered her head deeply, her voice trailing off.
"W-w-well...!! It's your fault too! You had a history of constantly groping Pai's chest, after all!"
"...Hmm."
She was probably referring to the game's settings, but actually... it applies to me now too....
I naturally avoided Dina's gaze.
"Ah, anyway. Getting back to the main point, you must use this Futanari potion to unseal the Great Fairy's Spring...."
CRASH!
"...?"
It was then.
Just before Dina could finish her sentence, a crashing sound from beside us pierced our eardrums.
"Ugh... Uwaaaahk!!"
"P-Pai...?"
The culprit of the noise was Pai.
Perhaps because her brainwashing had worn off, she was causing a ruckus everywhere.
"Oh, dear...! H-hurry and take off your mask! Pai is escaping!"
...Right. Strictly speaking, 'escaping' would be the accurate term.
"Hey! Stop right there!!"
And so, I hastily took off my mask.
—CRASH-BANG-THUMP.
Pai, caught by Dina, fell with a loud clatter, and the situation was temporarily resolved.
* * *
Spirits and Witches.
And the Great Fairy's Spring.
These three categories are intimately intertwined.
Spirits help witches, and witches help the Great Fairy.
The Great Fairy, in turn, shares her power with the spirits, and within this cycle, a small society is formed.
If money is the driving force that sustains human society, then their world has magic power.
...However, recently, the Great Fairy was murdered.
The culprits were the Demon Race.
Humans deal with the Demon Race.
However, the Great Fairy's death wasn't a significant problem for humans.
The only ones for whom it was a problem were the spirits.
Spirits who could not receive magic power from the Great Fairy grew weaker and weaker, and to survive, they made contracts with witches.
...But there's a reason why witches are called witches.
In an inherently one-sided relationship between superior and subordinate, spirits were bound to be exploited.
That's why Dina, the Water Spirit, made a contract with the Witch of Brainwashing, who at least had a relatively good reputation (?), but....
"...And then you lost your memory."
Spirits must receive a sufficient supply of magic power every month.
Otherwise, they die.
But there's only one week left....
"Oh, dear...."
"H-huh...! Harin! We need to help them, don't we?"
Pai abruptly poked her head out and gave me a pitiful look.
...I still can't get used to her exaggerated, cartoon-like gestures.
"T-then, what should I do?"
"It's very simple! It doesn't matter which village it is, just unseal the village's Spring with your magic power!"
Ding~
And sure enough, as soon as Dina finished speaking, the Status Window popped up as if it had been waiting.
——
[ Main Story ]
* Unseal the Village Spring!
Please unseal the Spring for the spirits!
Completion Condition: Purify all sealed Springs.
Time Limit: None.
Reward: Individual Warp Point.
Hint: Get help from Dina!
(Hint display can be changed in settings.)
——
"We... made a contract. We have to keep our promises, don't we...? Right?"
"...Right."
"Y-you'll grant it, right? Right?"
Dina clasped her hands together and pleaded desperately.
She was so desperate that her strange, aristocratic way of speaking had completely vanished.
"Ah, alright. Don't worry."
Anyway, if I don't follow the story, it'll be a Bad Ending, so I don't really have a choice either.
"Hmph. Thank you...! Ah, no... I thank you! There's no witch like you in the world!"
Dina put her hands on her hips and resumed her arrogant posture.
At the same time, perhaps from excitement, her body slightly bubbled within.
"Then! Let us depart immediately without delay! Wait a moment!"
Soon, she smiled brightly and ran off to the workshop.
"Oh, we're leaving right away? Then I'll just a moment...."
As Dina entered the workshop, Pai, who was beside her, also began to move.
"If the Spring is unsealed, I'll finally be freed from this small pond...."
A moment later.
Dina, appearing wrapped in a black hoodie, muttered softly.
We are currently looking at the ceiling. After all, this is the inside of a pond.
To get out, we need to go through the ceiling. In other words, we need Dina's help.
Dina extended a Tentacle from her body and lifted Pai and me outside.
Splash.
"Ugh?!"
"...Ugh."
Pai and I emerged from the pond.
Completely drenched in water, that is.
'I should have brought a pair of pants....'
My groin, which was already cool, now felt a chill.
Slurp.
Dina appeared next.
She slid out of the pond and onto the surface of the water.
"...Why are you looking at me like that? Let us move along."
Following Dina, who was leading the way, we began to walk.
"The closest village from here is... End-of-the-Line Village, I suppose."
Dina muttered to herself.
Just then, Pai poked my side.
"Um... Harin? Isn't End-of-the-Line Village the one we came from?"
"...Huh?"
"I mean, we escaped from there, so why are we going back?"
Oh, so that place is called End-of-the-Line Village.
...No, wait.
"Um, Dina? I think we should go to a different village instead of there."
"...? The closest village is End-of-the-Line Village. So, we should unseal that village first and then...."
"No, that's not it...."
I explained the whole situation to Dina.
"...What?! Is that what you meant by 'being discovered'?! An entire village occupied?! You really just...!!"
"Ugh."
She grabbed my shoulders and shook me wildly.
"Haa... Since you lost your memory, there's nothing for it. If the Royal Family finds out, it's definitely execution...."
Execution...?
"In that case, we shall change our destination. We must head towards Mushroom Village. Follow me at once."
She quickly returned to a calm expression and set off.
By the way, she said Mushroom Village.
'...Am I the only one who thinks that's strange?'
The name itself feels like it's revealing something obvious.
Poke-poke.
"Um... Harin?"
Just then, Pai poked my side again.
"Just in case you're wondering. From now on, if we encounter monsters, combat might begin. Things like goblins or man-eating plants."
"...Combat?"
Pai looked at me with a rather serious expression.
"Yeah. But don't worry! There aren't many monsters that can actually kill you anyway. It's not like they gain anything good from killing a witch, you know."
The Doctor-nim definitely said there was no death in this game.
No, could death even be implemented if they wanted to in the first place?
"Harin! Listen carefully to me! The combat I'm about to explain is super~! Important!"
Pai snapped her fingers and leaned her face close.
"First, there are two ways to fight. One is, obviously, just fighting, and the other is...."
"The other is...?"
Pai whispered softly into my ear.
"...Giving yourself to them♡"
"...What did you say?"
With that, Pai subtly cast a lewd smile my way.
"Actually~ the second method is faster. A witch's vaginal fluid contains immense magic power, you see."
"My vaginal fluid...?"
"Yeah. If you just give yourself to them once, even monsters will calm down. Of course... rumors might spread among them."
Could it be that my saliva and vaginal fluid were included when making potions for that very reason?
"...I don't want to."
But I don't want to. I don't want to give my body to something that isn't even human!
Even if I somehow endured Slimes and Tentacles, giving my body to something like a goblin is something my humanity won't allow.
Because, well, such things are just too... vulgar, and I dislike them.
"Eh? Really? I thought you'd like it."
"...?"
What do you take me for? It's natural not to want to give my body away.
"Well, just for reference, it doesn't mean anything for me. I'm an elf, after all. I'd just be subjected to it and that would be the end."
Pai added, as if it were nothing.
...Weren't elves traditionally known in fiction for having no libido?
And that's why their population is generally small in settings.
However, the elf before my eyes is clearly not such an ordinary elf.
Well, since she's a being created by Doctor Aerus-nim, there might have been a reinterpretation....
Perhaps because of the memory of being severely dealt with by Pai, she feels like a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment.
"...Everyone, quiet."
Dina, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped.
"Ah~ Now that I think about it, Dina is here! Then we should be able to defeat most monsters...."
"Pai! Be quiet!"
For some reason, Dina glared sharply at Pai.
"I sense the presence of a monster here. Everyone, prepare for combat—"
Swoosh—
THWUMP!
It was then.
"KIIIIIIK!!!"
With a spine-chilling cry, it surged from beneath the ground.
A monster, with a gigantic Flower Bud as its core and dozens of long Tentacles wrapped around it like a mane, blocked our path.
It was so enormous that every time it moved its bud, the surrounding trees swayed.
"Ughyaaaak!! Harin!!"
And Pai, shouting at me from behind.
She cast a silent, urging gaze at me.
So... I just have to give myself to it?
To *that*?
Me?
Something that big?
I froze solid on the spot.