The Wizard's Story (2)
The Wizard's Story (2)
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What could I say? Dinner alone without the girls felt a little lonely. And for some reason, it felt like that freckled waitress was giving me a look for no reason.
"All by yourself tonight?"
"Ah, yes..."
I didn't understand why she was asking. Wait, why was that woman smiling at me with her eyes? Did I look funny to her?!
I practically inhaled my dinner and retreated to my room.
...
Anyway, today was dangerous in a lot of ways. I'd felt the limits of Basic Swordsmanship all too clearly. They say rare monsters like that gorilla don't appear in beginner zones? Well, after running into an exception on the very first day, I couldn't bring myself to be sure of anything in dungeons anymore.
I'd have to talk to Lize again, but from her tone, it didn't seem like the gorilla itself was overwhelmingly strong. She was just surprised that a monster you don't normally see had strayed out of its territory and into the beginner zone.
If I kept running into monsters like that, it'd be seriously dangerous. I'd managed so far with tricks, but I'd hit my limit soon once I left this area.
I needed Intermediate-rank skills or higher, but... the problem was that buying skills like Intermediate Throwing or Intermediate Swordsmanship required a ton of points.
[Skill: Intermediate Swordsmanship]
[Price: 50000p]
[Would you like to purchase?]
[▶Yes / No]
Like this, on average, you needed points in the tens of thousands. And at the Advanced skill level, the number of digits would grow by one or two more, and getting anything beyond that was practically impossible.
Of course, that wasn't the only way.
From now on, if I trained by swinging a sword like a local, I would accumulate experience for the related skill... but the efficiency was terrible. The level a local could reach by training for one to three years was a Basic skill, and the level gained from about ten years of learning was an Intermediate skill.
In the end, while fifty thousand points seemed pretty high, compared to the locals, it was an incredibly simple way to learn. Meaning, ultimately, I had no choice but to buy it with points.
I averaged between 500 and 1000 points a day from sex. The threesome last time had earned me a whopping 2000 points, but that had been exceptional in several ways. I had not even received the payout because mutual recognition had not been established.
I needed... I needed a way to earn more points.
Was there anything?
"..."
Wait. What about this...
[Creepy Dog Persona (B): ▼]
[Description: Earns additional points during creepy play.]
[Current multiplier x 1.05]
A 1.05 multiplier was pretty decent. Besides, even though I'd glossed over it last time, I recalled a message saying this trait would strengthen the more I used it.
However, I didn't know how the judgment for this "creepiness" was applied. So I had to do creepy play.
Before, it had activated when I was messing with Reni while she slept... but what exactly was the standard for creepiness?
I had to think about creepiness, but sex skills were also a problem. Was there any way to get more sex skills I could use in combat? Nothing came to mind.
If sex martial arts actually existed, it'd be pretty convenient. As I'd confirmed when I got the Invisible Hand last time, the system seemed to accept even slightly forced skills as long as I provided a reference showing they already existed.
For now, what about strengthening the skills I already had?
For example, what if I slammed Touch of Pleasure into someone at ultra-high output? I didn't know how they would react. If it made them enter the Heat State and lose their minds, like an Aphrodisiac Slime, or stunned them, that would be ideal. But if it inflicted a status effect such as Berserk State (狂化) and made them rampage, it'd only become more dangerous. I could not use it carelessly.
Wait. Let's shift the thinking. What if, instead of turning them into berserkers, I could inflict exhaustion on them... Exhaustion. Exhaustion, huh.
"..."
I opened the Specialized Skill Proposal Form.
And then...
-Ding!
[Skill: Post-Nut Clarity]
[Type: Active]
[Effect: The target falls into mental and physical lassitude. In exchange, they can think somewhat more calmly.]
[Price: 50p]
[Would you like to purchase?]
[▶Yes / No]
...Good. Maybe because this was a skill related to sexual activity, it got accepted. An intelligence buff and a stamina debuff, huh. It was a bit funny, but it'd clearly be useful. I really didn't like the buff part, but if I used it on monsters, it was a penalty I could live with.
Normally, I tested skills on myself, but this one... I really didn't want to.
Alright, next...
-Ping!
[The Holy Sword requests Dream Sharing.]
Right. It'd been a while. I should go see the little brat.
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The Holy Sword was plopped down on the floor. She'd eaten so much candy her mouth was puffy and swollen.
"...Your teeth are gonna rot at this rate...."
...There was no way an artificial intelligence could get cavities. I didn't know why she had to be so unnecessarily well-made that she kept throwing me into confusion like this.
The Holy Sword was watching me nervously.
"C-can't I have more? I, I listened well, didn't I? I didn't bug you, right?"
...How long was this little brat going to keep groveling like this? All over some measly candy.
"Hey, if you want some, just ask. Why do you have to..."
"Can I?"
"Here."
I bought candy in bulk and piled it up to one side.
The Holy Sword came charging over in a flash. She immediately stuffed a piece in her mouth, her face melting into pure happiness. Looking at her like this, she was kind of cute. She was a pretty girl, after all.
The Holy Sword crammed this and that into her mouth until her cheeks were full, then suddenly turned to look at me as if something had just occurred to her.
"...Right. Come to think of it, you said you had something to teach me? When are you gonna do that?"
"..."
Right. I had to give you sex ed, too.
Hoo. I sighed. How was I supposed to educate this innocent thing...? Could she not connect to the internet like a real AI and deep-learn all of it on her own?
...Should I try it first?
[Purchased Item: Samseong PC]
[Order Request: Please connect 5G internet.]
[Searching...]
-Ding!
[Price: 5 Golden Tickets]
[Would you like to purchase?]
[▶Yes / No]
"..."
I'd searched for it without much thought, but it was cheaper than expected. When I'd tried to buy a smartphone before, the shop had spouted nonsense about it costing a million tickets.
Normally, electronic devices like this would be priced so outrageously that purchase was impossible, whether it asked for Golden Tickets or anything else. But at this price, it felt like I could actually buy it with a bit of effort. Why?
...Right. The Dimensional Shop's pricing depended on the item's impact on this world. Since this place was a virtual space, the judgment was more lenient, was that it?
"Whatcha doing?"
"Nothing. Hold on a sec."
Anyway, Golden Tickets. I couldn't buy it right now. Had to find another way. In that case... books?
"Can you read?"
"Yeah."
All right. Then let's start by searching...
[Purchased Item: Children's Sex Education Booklet]
[Order Request: Please choose one with lots of pictures.]
[Searching...]
-Ding!
[Age 10 Sex Ed Encyclopedia: Girl's Set]
[Body Guide for Girls]
[How Are Babies Born?]
Just these three books for now. Before teaching this clueless brat about sexual pleasure, I needed to teach her how babies were born.
"What's that?"
"From now on, you're going to study..."
"Study! No way!"
The Holy Sword shook her head. This reaction was practically a reflex.
"...Do you even know what studying is?"
"It's bad!"
...What was I going to do with this brat? True to being the creation of that half-baked Goddess, she'd gotten some distorted prejudice injected into her...
"...This isn't a study book, it's just a picture book."
I tried to soothe the Holy Sword like that, letting out a sigh, but she abruptly projected a screen and passed it to me.
"But hey, don't you have to go there?"
The door shook under heavy thuds. Someone was knocking. Had the girls returned?
-BAM BAM BAM BAM!
The door was going to break. Why in the world were they pounding on it like that?
"Okay, got it. This isn't a study book, it's a picture book. Read it while I'm gone. Send me back for now."
"'Kay."
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-BAM BAM BAM BAM!
Someone was banging on the door hard enough to break it. Who in the world would do something this rude?
"Yoo-jinnn!"
....Reni? Reni was doing this? What was going on?
"Huhk."
The moment I opened the door, a dark mass latched onto me. I immediately felt a soft, squishy mass and a distinctive herbal scent. And the smell of booze.
....The smell of booze?
"Hnngh... hnngh... Yoo-jinnn..."
Reni had treated alcohol like her mortal enemy after getting drunk that one time, so what in the world had happened?
"Aha, ahaha. H-hey?"
From behind Reni, Yuri poked her head in, laughing awkwardly.
"Did you get her drunk?"
"What, you think I forced her? What do you take me for?"
Yuri pouted her lips. No, you had been on the receiving end from Reni last time, so I'd thought maybe you took revenge today... but it didn't seem like it.
"Hmph. I was just helping her out 'cause she asked me to. She bought the thing but was trembling, saying she'd rather die than wear it, so I told her to have a drink to loosen up. Then she just started gulping it down on her own and ended up like this, okay?"
"..."
....I couldn't make heads or tails of what she was saying. There were way too many gaps in the context!
"Ah, whatever. It's not my night anyway, so you two have fun figuring it out. I'm leaving. Night?"
"Wha, huh?"
"Hnngh... hnngh..."
Reni was burying her head in my chest, breathing roughly. I'd thought it was a pitch-black lump, but now that I'd calmed down a bit, I saw she was wearing a cloak with a hood.
"R-Reni?"
"..Y-Yoo-jin... why, why are you always..."
"Huh?"
"Why are you always like thaaat...? A-am I... not enough? Hic..."
Reni kept whining like that and took off her cloak. Underneath it was...
W-whoa...
Under it was a pretty outrageous dress! Not quite as much as that crow witch, but still, it was a shocking dress that exposed quite a lot of her chest.
The Reni I knew didn't have clothes like this...
"..."
Reni. Had you been avoiding me to buy something like this? No wonder you'd been pinching me and throwing a fit every time I looked at an adventurer in bikini armor or a half-naked priestess or Lize's chest since this morning! You'd come dressed in this!
...But the way she was wearing it was a mess. Her hair was slightly disheveled, and her skin was flushed, probably from the alcohol. One strap of the dress had slipped down her shoulder, leaving her chest on the verge of being exposed.
"Pff...!"
A laugh escaped, and I hurriedly covered my mouth.
This wasn't intentional. It was literally that she couldn't control her body properly because of the alcohol and ended up looking like this. If that crow witch's decadence came from a place of familiarity, Reni's appearance was... ridiculous, like a kid wearing adult shoes.
But feeling aside... to appear in front of me looking like this. This was unforgivable...
"Y-Yoo-jin..."
"Yeah?"
"T-those people don't need amplification...! Wh-why do you keep... why do you keep looking... eut...!"
Reni's face was full of welling tears. Her jealousy was about to explode!
"Ah, no. I mean, as a man, it's just, my eyes just naturally get drawn that way..."
"Hnggk...!"
Reni ground her teeth. She clasped her hands together and tried to cast some kind of Holy Magic...
"Why... why won't it woooork..."
Maybe because she was drunk. She kept failing. What was she trying to do to me, acting like that?! After a few attempts, Reni seemed to give up on casting magic and shoved me onto the bed.
"N-now...! I'm... I'm going to....!"
Reni kept repeating herself like a broken speaker. You what? Couldn't you finish even one sentence? Had you gone to all this trouble—even wearing something like that—just to tell me not to look elsewhere?
"Here, come here."
"Yoo-jinnn..."
I met Reni's lips and immediately pushed my tongue in.
"Mmm... ahh..."
Reni immediately pressed herself tightly against me. Even drunk, she reacted honestly to this kind of thing.
I grabbed the shoulder strap of Reni's dress and started to pull it down...
"N-no, don't!"
"Huh?"
"Y-Yoo-jin, you always... s-since you like d-depraved things like this... j-just like this..."
As she said that, Reni smoothly pulled the shoulder strap back up. Did that mean she wasn't going to take it off?
"Okay, okay, got it."
Only then did Reni, satisfied, push her lips out against mine again. So today was a clothes-on day, was it? That was good too!
I pulled Reni's body closer.
Wait. Reni was a little drunk... so wouldn't now be a good chance to strengthen my Creepy Dog Persona a bit?