Chapter 16
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 16
Chapter Title: Search and Subjugation Request (8)
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Squirm squirm...
'Hmmm.'
Inside the temporary hideout cave.
"Wh-what? The monster suddenly stopped moving?"
"Yeah... Is it taking a quick dump or something?"
I had been about to strip off Piona's clothes and enjoy a sticky romp with her, reaching out my tentacles to tear them away, when I abruptly halted.
The reason was simple.
The moment I went to rip her top, a necklace hanging around her neck caught my eye.
'No doubt about it.'
Garto Brieu
One of the necklaces that appeared frequently in the previous game.
The necklace comes as a set. Break one, and the others shatter too, sending a signal to the rest. A mystical item.
The protagonist who founded the Lily Guild gave them to each of his heroines as a symbol of shared destiny.
At around ten million won per pair in our world's money, you had to grind hard early on to get them.
The in-game icon made it hard to tell what Garto Brieu looked like exactly, but I'd seen the illustration in the setting book, so I remembered it clearly.
'A blue gem embedded in the center, with floral patterns radiating out.'
The material resembles glass, and when broken, the faint blue light from the center fades.
'Close enough.'
It wasn't an exact match to the Garto Brieu in my memory, but it was similar enough.
Garto Brieu is so expensive that there are tons of knockoffs, per the lore. The originals are luxury items, while cheaper imitations flood the market under similar names.
This had to be one of those "Garto Brieu-style" necklaces.
I was certain it was the same as the one from the previous game because I'd spotted an identical design when I tore Amy's clothes earlier.
Back then, I wasn't sure. Amy's wasn't shattered, and it was glowing yellow from the center. But now, looking again, both hers and Piona's were cracked. The light in the center had died out.
'Piona must have broken hers, triggering the chain reaction.'
She'd snapped out of it and signaled that she was in danger. Garto Brieu sets don't have to be just pairs—you can link multiple necklaces if you want.
Probably three or more were connected. The moment Piona shattered hers, Amy's broke too, along with one belonging to a comrade far away.
'Dangerous.'
I'd planned to leisurely ravish Piona and Amy in peace, pumping their wombs full of pleasure fluid until they sank into ecstasy deep in this cave. But now I realized I didn't have time for that.
No matter how overflowing with lust my tentacle monster body was, survival came first.
I had to live first.
No time to leisurely fuck Piona and Amy right now.
They had comrades. And if those comrades got the signal from the Garto Brieu and came to rescue them?
They'd definitely bring someone stronger than Piona or Amy.
'At least three C-Class Adventurers.'
Three C-Class Adventurers on Piona or Amy's level? Manageable. But as I said before, they weren't fully up to C-Class standards anyway.
Even among the same rank, the strength gap can be huge.
There are plenty of C-Class Adventurers way stronger than Piona. And if a B-Class or A-Class showed up?
The thought alone was horrifying.
'Wait, but... something's off from the start. Piona and Amy coming to subjugate me? Doesn't that seem suspicious?'
A sudden realization hit me, and I wriggled my tentacles in deep thought.
They'd come to subjugate me because I'd killed one man and taken Elrine—two missing persons, basically.
Just a disappearance case from a tiny village.
'And they dispatch two C-Class Adventurers for that?'
That was weird right there.
This forest didn't look particularly dangerous to me, and I'd only been in this world a few days. If even I knew that, surely the Adventurer's Guild did too?
No.
For a case like that, at best you'd send one D-Class with two or three E-Class Adventurers.
Yet two C-Class Adventurers had plunged into the forest to hunt me down.
Which meant...
'Elrine or the man I killed was more important than he seemed.'
Or their family had serious pull.
The biggest red flag was Elrine's sister she'd mentioned. Maybe her sister was a big shot among adventurers, using her influence to recruit under generous terms.
If so, I'd be hunted by two groups.
Elrine's sister and whatever rescue team Piona and Amy's comrade called in.
'This is a headache.'
Turning into a tentacle monster was bad enough, and now that I'd finally settled in for some carefree fun, adventurers were already after me.
But the silver lining? My identity was still completely unknown.
For now, the adventurers chasing me probably just suspected some unknown powerful monster lurking in the woods.
So...
'I need to get out of this forest.'
Decision made.
Better to head as far away as possible.
For that, I needed a map—and conveniently, there were small pouches on Piona and Amy's belts.
Adventurers always carry maps. Not optional; essential.
I rummaged through Amy's pouch on the ground first.
'Got it.'
There it was. Well-worn from heavy use, but that didn't affect its utility.
I pulled out the map and unfolded it.
'This is exactly like the game.'
I marveled at it, twitching my basic tentacles.
Achieving the highest achievement score in the previous game wasn't just luck. You had to master every element, enjoy all the content—like a pervert rattling off every Easter egg, side story, and lore detail.
The full continent map from the game was etched in my mind, complete with regional notes.
And it matched perfectly with the one from Amy's pouch.
Proof this world was the game's continuation.
'Sure enough, Luis Village is on the outskirts of Hakapia territory.'
Explained why I hadn't heard of it.
Luis Village was a rural backwater in the farthest corner of the territory. Even with the whole map memorized, the game never mentioned podunk villages like this.
'So, next destination...'
Time to plan my next moves and behavior.
I needed a real lair, not a temporary one.
A place perfect for surviving as a tentacle monster and building strength.
Such a spot...
'Exists.'
I eyed one location on the map, tentacles twitching.
'This'll do.'
A bit risky, but it met every condition I had in mind.
Seeing the Garto Brieu and map confirmed this world was the game's timeline extended.
I didn't know the exact era, but the identical map meant the current time—me as a tentacle monster—was pretty close to the game's.
Better to move fast.
I wanted to drown that screaming Piona—who'd offered herself up instead of Amy—in pleasure right now, but the timing wasn't right.
Time to go.
Squirm squirm...
"Huh? The monster's moving again. Piona! Be careful, kyaa...!"
"Eek?"
I extended three basic tentacles, wrapping around Elrine, Piona, and Amy respectively.
Piona and Amy, motionless for over ten minutes, panicked at the sudden coils but quickly calmed, knowing resistance was futile.
I released the fixation fluid holding Amy and Elrine in place, then coiled the three with basic tentacles and settled them atop my main body like passengers.
For Amy, I'd considered sealing her mouth against surprise magic, but decided against it.
While deep in thought earlier, I'd overheard them talking.
Amy had asked Piona if she should prepare a spell, but Piona shut it down—said it'd get interrupted anyway, might just provoke the monster into killing them outright. Wise call.
If it was a mindless lust-beast, signaling via Garto Brieu while enduring captivity could buy survival odds as rescuers arrived.
"B-but what is it doing?"
"No idea. Maybe... trying to move?"
"Where to?"
"Beats me..."
Before leaving, I gave the cave one last sweep.
Only a few days, but it'd been comfy enough.
My tentacle body found the cave pleasant—no real discomfort.
Traces of debauchery and habitation remained, but no need to erase them.
Anyone could tell I'd been here; wiping them would just waste time.
They wouldn't vanish cleanly anyway—discovery was inevitable.
Just scatter the leaf bed outside to hide my intelligence.
The real issue was the tracking trail I'd leave moving out.
'Follow the valley.'
Solution found.
Per the game's lore: Forest tracks are easy to spot, but tracing along a valley's water skyrockets difficulty.
Solid.
Head down the valley far enough, then slip back into the forest toward my goal—zero trail left.
And my trail wouldn't just cut off at the valley.
During my days here, I'd hunted over the valley multiple times, so those old tracks would mislead pursuers as decoys.
Honestly, if this was the game's world, the human weapon squad I'd created—the Lily Guild—worried me a bit...
'Eh, I'll just power up to match them.'
That was the plan.
It'd take time, but start low-key and quiet.
Thoroughly train Elrine, Piona, and Amy into obedience through ravishing, level up by devouring various beasts.
Squirm squirm...
With my thoughts settled, I tidied up, wriggled my tentacles, and led Elrine, Piona, and Amy out of the cave.