Chapter 33
Chapter 33
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 33
Chapter Title: Whoa~☆ Discovered the Super-Slender Beauty Girl, Strongest in the Worldview!!!
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A massive galleon, straight out of a medieval fantasy tale, bobbed gently on the sea.
Its sails were torn, half-destroyed, giving it the eerie look of a ghost ship.
"Fucking huge ship, man. Could load it up with a thousand sows easy."
"You don't mean... you're not planning to stuff a thousand slaves in there, right?"
"Huh? I meant actual sows, not slave sows!"
"……."
has all sorts of dungeons.
Some are classic fantasy-style ones you enter through gates,
while others, like the ghost ship right in front of us, actually manifest in the real world.
The important thing was that somewhere on that ghost ship lay a legendary sword.
That's when a small motorboat approached us.
"Harin! Over here!!"
It was Kang Ju-hyuk.
To reach the ghost ship floating in the middle of the ocean, we needed a boat, and he'd gone ahead and rented one.
I hadn't told him to do it.
He really did it on his own...
"Hey. Kang Ju-hyuk."
"Yeah. Taeyang..."
"Don't talk to my bitch so casually."
"Sorry..."
"And from now on, use proper respect. We're not on the same level."
"Ah, got it..."
"Hey! You actually doing it? I was kidding! Hahaha!!"
"Haha..."
He flashed an awkward smile.
If you asked whether the protagonist was originally this much of a total loser...
Yeah, pretty much.
To take the route where Kim Taeyang steals all the heroines, the protagonist has to pick the wimpy choices.
But he seems even more pathetic than I remember...
Come to think of it, even after losing Cloé, this guy didn't do a damn thing about it?
In the game, there was at least an event where he confronted Kim Taeyang.
Well, there's no rule saying it'll follow the game to the end.
I'm the one who wrecked the original with constellation NTR anyway.
Some distortion is to be expected.
"You drive. We'll sit in the back."
"...Got it."
I sat in the back with Seol Harin, Pomi, and Bendy, enjoying the cool sea breeze on a little ocean cruise.
Pomi and Bendy weren't in their female forms.
Maintaining feminization for too long was a strain on their stamina.
We soon arrived at the ghost ship.
With our superhuman bodies, climbing aboard the massive galleon was no trouble.
True to dungeon form, a thick demonic energy enveloped us the moment we boarded.
Even though it was daytime, the whole world looked shrouded in darkness.
A chilling cold that raised goosebumps.
Creeking wooden decks.
The place reeked of musty, rotten corpses.
"Brr, spooky as hell."
"There's something that scares you?"
"Hey! I just meant the vibe! As if this body of mine would be scared of anything?!"
It's scary...!!!!!
Fucking terrifying!!!!!!
No way it isn't!!!!!!!
Whatever. Kang Ju-hyuk pulled out a piece of paper and read it.
It was a rough map of the ghost ship and our mission details.
"First... we need to head inside the hull. Expect around fifty low-grade monsters, all goblins or similar."
"Boring... Lead the way."
"Okay..."
Kang Ju-hyuk took the front.
We followed him into the ship's interior.
And at that moment.
Whoooooooosh─────!!!!
A powerful surge of demonic energy whipped around, shaking the entire ship.
"W-what is this?!"
"Woof! Grrrrr...!!"
"Bendy...?"
Even the constellations jumped in surprise at the vibration.
This was a type of dungeon phenomenon.
Dungeon Quake, which happens when a dungeon's rank rises.
Training dungeons are supposed to be cleared, safe ones...
But this one—the protagonist's spot in the main story.
The Ghost Pirate Ship is the exception.
"Hey! It's just a normal dungeon quake! Don't freak out over something this minor when you're my slave!!"
"But... a dungeon quake means the rank here went up, right? How can that happen in an already-cleared dungeon?"
The answer was all too clear.
Eroge plots are sloppy as hell...!!
That's when Seol Harin spotted something in the darkness and shouted.
"Watch out! Skeletons!!"
Clatter... clatter... clatter...
Clatterclatterclatterclatter!!!!!
Dozens of skeletons emerged from the corridor.
Undead pirates, armed with swords and axes.
"There are too many!"
"Hey! How many times do I have to tell you not to panic?!"
Moving bones!?!
So creepy!!!!!
The old me would've tripped backward and crawled until something touched my back.
But Kim Taeyang has a heart of steel.
Scary or not, no tension at all!
Plus, this skeleton ambush was straight from the original game.
This was the event to get the 'Broken Sword'.
Was it around here?
I stomped hard on the floor...
Krunch─────!!!
The floor caved in, and I plummeted down with the skeletons.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch...!
My body kept smashing through endless floors on the way down.
The charging skeletons tumbled with me.
"Nooooooo─────!!"
Seol Harin's scream faded into the distance.
Pretty heartfelt scream...
Anyone hearing it would think I was off to die.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Kim Taeyang.
He sacrificed himself.
To protect Seol Harin and Kang Ju-hyuk from the horde of skeletons, he threw himself in.
...At least that's how it looked to Seol Harin.
"Master..."
Her lips trembled.
Her tears vanished into the massive hole he'd broken through.
"Harin! Hurry, we gotta go! We need to get out of here!!"
Seol Harin slapped away Kang Ju-hyuk's hand violently.
"Why'd you grab me?"
"What?"
"Why'd you grab me!! If you hadn't held me back, I could've fallen with him!!"
Pomi and Bendy had fallen with Kim Taeyang.
Seol Harin was Kim Taeyang's possession too.
If he fell into the pit, she should've gone with him.
But just as she tried to jump, Kang Ju-hyuk stopped her.
"I-I was trying to save you..."
"Save me? Who are you to save me...?!"
Grip!
Seol Harin grabbed Kang Ju-hyuk by the collar.
She shoved him against the wall, pinning him.
"H-Harin...?"
"If Master dies, you'll take responsibility?"
"!"
Her words stabbed like a dagger into his heart.
There was more than one thing gutting him.
"Master...?"
"I'm talking about Taeyang!"
"Now you're calling him Master outright...? No, more than that... you're blaming me for his death?"
"If I'd fallen with him, maybe I could've protected him!"
"……."
More important than her own life saved,
was that Kim Taeyang was in danger?
At that point, even Kang Ju-hyuk couldn't hold back.
"What the hell did I do wrong? I saved you!! Harin, you're brainwashed by that bastard, you're not in your right mind!!! Think about the food or drinks he gave you! There must've been some weird drug—"
Slap──────!
A palm struck like lightning.
His head snapped back, spittle flying.
Followed by a cold warning.
"Don't talk about Master like that. You know nothing."
"……."
Kim Taeyang would never stoop to drugging anyone.
As far as Seol Harin knew,
he was the most upright, thoughtful man there was.
"Apologize."
"……."
"Apologize for insulting Master."
Kang Ju-hyuk trembled, unable to respond easily.
Tears dripped from his eyes.
My childhood friend Seol Harin.
Kang Ju-hyuk, who secretly liked her but never approached, even pushing her away.
He actually knew.
That Seol Harin had feelings for him.
She'd let her true feelings slip in mutterings now and then.
Yet he pushed her away because...
'He figured she was a sure catch...'
Fish tank management...!
Kang Ju-hyuk was surprisingly popular...!
Of course, he's the eroge protagonist...!!!
"...Fine. My bad."
"Watch your mouth from now on too."
Kang Ju-hyuk apologized reluctantly.
He didn't want to ruin their relationship further.
Once he apologized, Seol Harin calmed a bit.
Not because of the apology.
Just time cooling her head.
"We need to go find Master."
"How? You know dungeons turn into mazes..."
Finding your way in a dungeon wasn't easy.
The layout shifted constantly.
"Keep walking till we meet up."
"What if we end up in danger?"
"If you're that scared, go alone. I won't ask you to come."
"……."
Seol Harin strode off alone.
Without her constellation, she might even be weaker than Kang Ju-hyuk right now.
Then, the ghost knight Plancel, who'd heard everything, spoke up.
"That bitch is fucking rude."
"...She's not usually like that."
"She always was. Good thing. Let's cut ties completely while we're at it."
Kang Ju-hyuk's constellations had been quiet because they loved this.
They opposed his romance and sex fiercely,
so the more distant from women, the better for them.
"Still, I can't leave her alone."
"Hmph. Do what you want... If monsters show, I'll grant a stigmata. But if it gets really dangerous, no help—run then?"
"...Yeah."
Kang Ju-hyuk nodded and followed Seol Harin.
But his real thoughts differed.
'Time to show how much I've grown. I'll win back Harin's heart...!'
No fisherman obsesses over fish he never hooked.
But if a caught one slips away, it haunts your dreams.
Kang Ju-hyuk was determined to turn Seol Harin's heart.
Meanwhile, Seol Harin didn't give him a second thought.
'Master won't die... He's not the type to go down easy...'
She kept reassuring herself.
But her heart wouldn't settle.
'Gotta find him quick. He fell with the skeletons. He's probably fighting them surrounded right now...!'
How tough it must be for Master.
How lonely that solitary battle...!?
She could almost see him battling the skeletons.
That massive body wasn't invincible.
Stabbed by swords, chopped by axes—he'd fall like anyone.
Just imagining it made her nose tingle.
Seol Harin wiped her brimming tears determinedly.
'Hang on just a bit...! I'll come save you...!!'
Her steps quickened endlessly.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Whoa~☆ Discovered the super-slender bone beauty girl, strongest in the worldview!!! Hey! How wide are those pelvic bones?! If you were alive, you'd pop out quadruplets no problem!!"
In front of me was a skeleton wearing a captain's hat.
Undoubtedly the boss of the pirate skeletons.
Her frame was clearly female...!
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Beachside Full Set effect activated.] ⚔ STATUS BOOST ⚔ 💪 Hunting Power: +500% ✨ Charm to new women: +85 She's hunting prey for this body!!
"What a ridiculously cute set of bones?! Here with your boyfriend?"
Clatter?
"Huh? Boyfriend's just ribs left? Lucky~ Let's play then!! Grab his ribs for our date!!!"
Clatter...♡
Whoa! Captain Sans!
Hunting success!!
The captain gestured to her minions.
The skeletons charging to kill me backed off and bowed politely.
"Hey. Your leadership stat is off the charts? Impressive~"
Clatter~
"Best skeleton I've seen. If you weren't bones, I'd have railed you to near-death already, but you're dead so I can't! Ugh! Apologize for being dead!!"
Clatter♡ Clatter...♡
The captain clung to me, acting cute.
Seems she digs my ripped muscles.
Truth be told, I could've wrecked them all with Pomi and Bendy's stigmata.
But killing bones gains nothing.
Just wastes energy.
Plus, Kim Taeyang's a mana-premature character—gotta conserve.
So I tried hunting on a whim, and it worked!
Super lucky~
"Hey. Getting curious about the naughty bits? Show me once."
Clatter...?
"Just looking, why so stiff? Promise I won't touch."
Clatter...
"Kukuku. I like easy girls like you. Come on! Let's check the treasure chest!!"
These are the monsters hoarding the broken holy sword.
Pop the chest open, and we're speeding through.
The captain hesitated a moment.
She shook her head.
Guess showing loot to a guy she just met is tough.
But.
Too late.
While her guard was down from the hunt,
I slipped the 'Winner's Collar' around her neck...!
⚔ ITEM: WINNER'S COLLAR ⚔ - Collar given only to sled dog race winners. - Equipping increases obedience by 85. - Wearer gains +10 to all stats. "Hey!!! Aren't you too careless?!?! Getting snagged by trash like me, you're about to lose your bra too?!?! Ugh!!! Guide me to your treasure hoard!!!! I'll loot it to hell and back!!!!!"
Clatter...?
The pet-ified bone captain started leading me.
Don't worry, Captain Sans.
I'll just sneak off with one holy sword...!!