The Hunter, the Goblins, and… (1)
The Hunter, the Goblins, and… (1)
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-Knock, knock.
-Thud!
I knocked on Yuri's door, but there was no answer. Only the sound of something tipping over kept coming from inside.
"..."
I glanced back at Reni, but she just gave me a look that said she had no idea either. Well, it wasn’t as if Reni had x-ray vision. How would this priest know what was going on in that room?
...Then again, how did she know about me getting my semen extracted at night back in Riverbridge?
"She's taking a while."
"Yeah. Lie down for a bit. You must be tired."
Reni smiled faintly and flopped onto the sofa where I'd slept the night before. She looked a little tired. Her untidy blonde hair glittered in the sunlight, and her chest rose and fell slowly with each languid breath.
...If this were an inn, I'd have made a complete mess of her by now.
-Bang!
Anyway, what the hell was that girl doing?
Yuri had caused an uproar by waking us at dawn, then left out a simple breakfast and told us to eat before barricading herself in her room. No matter how many times I called, she only told me to wait.
Now that everything she had hidden was exposed, she behaved as though she had nothing left to be embarrassed about. Was that what being naturally friendly looked like...?
-Thud!
"What are you doing!"
-Wait!
...It looked as though she would take a while longer. Fine.
"Reni. Lie face down for a second."
"...Huh?"
"Looks like it's gonna be a while before that one comes out. Wouldn't it be a good idea to apply a quick buff before then?"
"What?! Y-Yuri is here too! No way!"
Reni shrank her whole body down where she sat on the sofa. She even pulled her legs up to her chest like she was scared. What did I even do?
As I watched her in silence, a blush gradually bloomed across the blonde priest’s face, and even her breathing began to grow rougher.
...This priest now heard the word ‘buff’ and immediately assumed I meant sex. It wasn’t as though sex was the only way to apply one. How had things come to this...?
"Not that. I'm talking about a light buff. To loosen up your body, too."
"...Ngh..."
She instantly turned as red as a tomato. Admiring that face was nice, but right then I wanted to get my hands on your body as soon as possible.
"It's been a while since we did a light buff, right? It'll only take a moment."
Before we started having sex, it had just been massages the whole time, but now that we'd actually had sex, I found myself thinking that those times were good, too.
...I wanted to make money quickly and live a life where I spent eight hours a day fondling her and ten hours having sex. During the remaining six, I’d eat and sleep without even pulling out.
"N...no way..."
Even as she said that, Reni obediently lay face down on the sofa. See? Reni’s ‘no’ had become practically meaningless—more like an interjection or sound effect than an actual refusal.
First, I climbed onto the sofa, then knelt with Reni's body positioned between my thighs. Her waist wouldn't be able to bear my body weight, after all.
Then I placed my hands on Reni's neck and...
"Ah... nh..."
I activated Touch of Pleasure and Low-Frequency Massage at their lowest settings and slowly, gently stroked her. It was a shame I couldn't take her clothes off, but there was no helping it right now. I'd have to be satisfied with this much.
"Nnn... oooh..."
As I slowly kneaded the nape of Reni's neck, I went over what we had to do today.
First, the dungeon.
Yuri had said that strange goblins were going in and out of the dungeon. That they had a different form from ordinary goblins. That they were tall, had slightly lighter skin, and looked weird?
If the pattern was similar to Riverbridge, then there would be something transforming the goblins, and if so, there would be a magic stone serving as the medium for it.
But this girl wasn't a ranger and she wasn't an adventurer. She was just a hunter's daughter. Could someone like that really distinguish between ordinary goblins and strange goblins?
Of course, I'd never actually seen a goblin myself, either. But I did have the dungeon information window. Like this, just like the log from the Riverbridge dungeon.
[Dungeon #1152]
[Type: Undead / ???]
[Monster Status: ▼]
[Normal: 25]
[Rare: 01]
[Boss: 00]
[Irregular Entity: 01]
If something was happening in the goblin dungeon, it would probably appear under Rare or Irregular Entity.
...In the end, that meant I wouldn't know until I went there.
As I continued kneading her shoulders while thinking, Reni’s breathing gradually grew rougher.
"Nnn... ah..."
"How is it? Good?"
"Ih... ih feews goo'..."
Reni’s neck and shoulders had loosened nicely. But with breasts that large, she needed a little more. Carrying that weight around must have left her neck and shoulders stiff all the time.
This time, I turned on Recovery Sex and Vibration as well, and kept massaging her shoulders.
"Ahhk?! Th-this feels weird... Yoo-jin..."
"Just bear with it a little."
"Oooh..."
I pressed firmly into her shoulders, then traced my way straight down the line of her spine, passed over her shoulder blades and slipped down to her armpits,
"Ah, no! It tickles! Ahhk?! Hahht!"
I ignored Reni's words and played with her armpits for a while, then returned to her shoulders.
"Ah... ahhng... nh..."
Peacefully kneading Reni’s body made ideas seem to bubble up one after another. Come to think of it, a novelist had once said that inspiration came most easily while washing dishes.
"Aah... aoooh... nhht..."
For me, kneading Reni's body was my source of inspiration. In that case, I'd have to knead her a lot more going forward. For the sake of the future and this other world's peace, it was an absolutely necessary task.
"Y-Yoo-jin... the dungeon... we have to go to the dungeon... nht..."
Right. The dungeon. Even if something was happening there just as Yuri claimed, I still had one problem: I didn't know what it was. If only I could learn what was going on before entering... I felt as though an idea was about to come to me.
"Ah... no, not there... noo..."
"Stay still. I think I'm about to have a good idea."
"Ah... aah... aoooh..."
I ignored Reni's sobbing and opened the Status Window.
Let's see...
[Dimensional Shop]
[Enter a search term.]
There it was. Enter search term... would this work?
[Purchased Item: The laptop the author used.]
[Order Request: Since it's a used purchase, please make it a bit cheaper. Ah, and you don't need to format it, that's fine ^o^]
[Searching...]
-Ding!
[Holy Laptop (Setting Guide Included)]
[Price: 10,000 Golden Tickets]
[Would you like to purchase?]
[▶Yes / No]
...It was more surprising that the result appeared at all. But the purchase required Golden Tickets instead of points—and ten thousand of them. She clearly had no intention of letting me have it. Well, I had expected as much.
In that case, this time...
[Purchased Item: The smartphone the author used]
[Order Request: You do not need to log out of your Googel account lol]
-Ding!
[Stigmata-Marked Smartphone]
[Price: 1,000,000 Golden Tickets]
[Would you like to purchase?]
[▶Yes / No]
I was only joking around. The system had been heckling me less lately, and perhaps I'd grown a little bored. You know the type: seeing them makes your blood boil, but when they disappear, you strangely miss them. The Goddess was that kind of presence to me.
Now, next...
"Hoooh... hoooh..."
Reni's body was trembling. She'd propped her upper body up on her elbows, as if she could no longer stay lying face down.
"You okay?"
"N-now... stooop..."
Time to stop? Right. Before that, one last thing.
"Ahhk?! Mmph!"
I raised the output of 「Touch of Pleasure」 a little, then swept my hand all the way down the length of her lower back. Because if I ended it here, she'd definitely feel disappointed.
I heard a repeated thumping and looked back. Reni’s pointed toes were digging into the sofa, rubbing against it as though she wanted to force the pleasure out of her body.
...This was bad. Why were Reni’s feet so lewd?
"..."
I shook my head to chase away the lewd thoughts. It was genuinely dangerous. I had to end it here.
Still, judging from my experience so far, it wasn't yet at the point where she'd need a change of underwear.
"Heeeh... heeeuh..."
Reni had gone completely limp on the sofa. This priest was being dramatic again. I’d left Recovery Sex on the whole time, so physically she should be in perfect condition.
I left Reni as she was, pulled up a chair, and sat down beside her.
Well, Reni was Reni. The issue was the Point Shop. I had never imagined Golden Tickets could be used to buy items; I'd assumed they existed only for the gacha. The system really was that unhelpful. Some people would probably say discovering hidden functions was part of the fun.
...Anyway, this was a good thing.
This was an unexpected windfall. If I could use Golden Tickets as currency, then instead of receiving some bizarre trait such as 「Respect for All Tastes」, I might be able to use them for something I actually wanted.
Up until now, I'd thought I could only buy items and skills with points, but if I could buy skills with tickets...
-Thud!
The sound of something breaking was still coming from Yuri's room. What on earth was taking her so long to come out?
-Knock, knock.
"Hey, Ranger. Are you going to be much longer?"
"..."
"Hey! Hunter's daughter!"
The crashing and banging stopped, and the door flew open.
"Ah! For crying out loud!"
"What were you doing that took so..."
Yuri emerged looking utterly ridiculous.
"Haah..."
The sight made me sigh without thinking.
The skin-tight leather pants, the sleeveless top, and the harness—those were her usual getup, so I could understand that. But beyond that, she had all manner of things dangling from her body.
She had several throwing daggers tucked into sheaths on her thighs and boots, and glass bottles strapped around her waist...
"What's that on your waist?"
"Recovery potions!"
"..."
The harness was also covered in all sorts of small, unidentifiable tools. And the way they glittered...
"...Have you... actually ever used all that stuff you're wearing?"
"...Yeah! Of course! I'm totally used to it!"
"..."
...This girl. She was saying that while actively avoiding my eyes. I was starting to wonder if it was really okay to bring her along.
Yuri whipped her head around to avoid my gaze, then spotted Reni and unleashed a torrent of words, plainly desperate to change the subject.
"Reni, what are you doing over there? Did you sleep badly? Are my sleeping habits that terrible?"
"Ah, no... I'm fine... I slept well."
Reni sat up with a start. Her face was slightly flushed.
...It was fine, right? She had not noticed, had she? Some people heated up when they lay down and tried to sleep. Reni was simply that type!
"Now that I think about it, when I woke up for a moment in the night, I didn't see you..."
"Ah, I-I went to the bathroom!"
"Really? Hmm..."
Yuri looked back and forth between Reni and me, then furrowed her brow.
"You two didn't do something during the night, did you? You really aren't together?"
"Ah, I told you, no. I said that back then, too."
"Then why was there only one bed in the room that time?"
Kgh... This girl had a talent for turning the question back on me.
"...I told you. We're aspiring adventurers. We don't have a lot of money, either."
"Yeah? Hm-hmm..."
"..."
"Then maybe I have a chance too... perfect. Heehee."
After muttering something incomprehensible, Yuri went back into her room.
I barely managed to catch my breath and turned around,
"Ngh..."
Reni looked up at me with tears brimming in her eyes. I wished she would not look at me that way; it was only going to turn me on again. Her face had been flushed until moments ago, and now, with tears in her eyes, she looked as though she were begging for more...
"Y-Yoo-jin... am I... nothing to you...?"
That was what it was about?!
"No, that's not what I meant! If I'd answered like that, it would've been nothing less than admitting we did this-and-that during the night, wouldn't it?!"
"Ah..."
Reni’s face flushed again in an instant. You realized that too late! And what did she mean, ‘Ah’? This priest had completely forgotten that she had been the one to let the same thing slip in Emils!
-Bang!
"Let's head out!"
"...Right."
...I wanted to get there fast. The dungeon.
-Ping!
[The Holy Sword requests Divine Power replenishment.]
You haven't even done anything, so when the hell did you use up your battery?! What were you doing last night?!