Chapter 26
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 26
A general store in a secluded alley in the East.
“Phew... Only flies are flying around... Should I close up soon?”
Han-ssi, who inherited the shop from her old mother with a bad back.
She looked at the pitch-black night sky and sighed deeply.
A rat-tail sized shop in a bad location.
A location where customers can't come even if they want to.
Sitting in front of the counter as usual, she stared blankly at the door.
Should I close? Or not? Wouldn't it be okay to close a little early?
Han-ssi lifted her butt to get up, but instead of closing the shop door, she shook her head.
“Tsk, if things don't sell I should at least work hard...”
Even though she was someone who didn't wipe the floor once saying that, customers need to be there to gain strength.
“I brought all the goods from the West too... Tsk! It's all going to rot and crumble...!”
Han-ssi's mouth, about to spit out irritation at the door, stopped tuk.
Because...
—Creaaak
“Hello...”
The body of the man who opened the door and entered the shop was...
“… Slurp!”
“Are you open?”
“Eh, yes! Of course we are open!”
Shoulders broad and body firm, the man gestured outside the shop.
“She says she's open.”
“R, Right...”
The woman who entered at the man's gesture also had a formidable body figure piercing through the cloak.
‘Wow... To carry a man like that around, does one need to be at that level?’
The man's chin faintly visible under the veil stimulated Han-ssi's imagination wildly.
If I just lay him down as is and eat him up ssuk...
“By any chance, do you have condoms here?”
“Ye, Yes? We... We have them!”
Han-ssi, who was having lewd imaginations seeing the Adam's apple he couldn't hide, got up quickly.
Han-ssi's imagination ran wild as she naturally rummaged through the box where condoms were kept.
‘Wow, hearing a man say condom makes me f*cking horny really...’
Han-ssi glanced at the man and held out a small paper box.
“Are you... talking about this?”
Lips under the veil curved and nodded.
“Yes, give me 5 of those please.”
“M, My my... That many?”
“I use them quickly anyway so I'll just buy a lot.”
Judging by the look, the man seems to have a very high sex drive.
‘Fcking slutty fellow... Fck I'm envious. If I could be with such a lewd man... Haa... Calling me baby while just...’
Han-ssi, swallowing curses about to come out of her mouth due to jealousy, took out 5 boxes and handed them to the man.
“It is 5 silver coins.”
The man paid 5 silver coins coolly from his bosom and greeted.
“Here you go. Then keep up the good work!”
The man who greeted brightly put his hand on the woman's shoulder chak, and the woman hugged the man's waist and went outside.
“… It's that today.”
Han-ssi closed the shop door quickly and let her imagination run wild all night.
♥♥♥
“Haa... Haa...”
“Phew...”
—Throb!
—Flinch... Gush...♥
♥♥♥
“Heek... Heek... Baby... This is... This is just helping each other... Okay?”
I hugged Master who kept talking nonsense and stroked her.
“Of course Master. I felt to the bone how scary Heart Demon is. It is all to soothe the Heart Demon.”
With Master, these past few days became almost... a de facto marriage relationship.
Even if she enjoys everything to enjoy and says null and void! nothing changes, but I hope Master feels a little more at ease.
As I stroked her head and back, Master's tail wagged vigorously bung bung and blew away all the blankets covering us.
In the slightly cold air, Master dug deeper into my embrace.
“Heuhee...♥ Right... This is because of Heart Demon! Heuheehee!♥”
—Wag wag wag wag
Ah... Heart Demon is about to visit again.
I opened a new condom box.
“Child... You said only 5 times a day... Hm?♥ Hauut!♥”
♥♥♥
Came out to the yard with Master wearing clothes after a long time.
Master, whose Internal Energy hasn't filled up yet, chose sparring instead of Thousand Pound Weight training method.
—Tak! Tak! Whirrr! Vwooom!
“Fufu, your skill has improved a lot in the meantime. As expected, there is nothing like real combat...”
Master blocked my full-power thrust too lightly.
It looks slow to the eye, but how does she do it?
Master tried to thrust the sword at my waist, so I dug in deep to create an opening but...
—Tap
The sword was touching my head before I knew it.
Looking at Master dumbfounded, Master laughed as if enjoying herself.
“Kukuku, you look like you saw a ghost.”
“… I don't even have a clue how you did it. Did you speed up momentarily?”
Master shook her head and took a stance.
“Sword forms seem to be settling into your body gradually... Right! I will teach you. Try blocking this attack.”
Master's sword came down slowly and heavily from top to bottom.
Moment I tried to hold the sword horizontally and block...
—Tap
The sword was touching my shoulder.
“…Wow.”
“What do you think of the sword just now?”
I couldn't say ‘I think it's like a goblin's club.’ so I just said my impression.
“It was slow but looked heavy. How can that be? For a sword to feel heavy, speed needs to be attached...”
“No no. That, it just looked heavy, it wasn't heavy. Actually the swords didn't even touch, right?”
Come to think of it, yes. Why did I think it was heavy seeing that slow movement?
Master smiled brightly as if knowing why.
“Opponent's attacks will gradually become familiar to your eyes, child. Now that you know how to look at the sword, try looking at the wrist.”
Same attack as before, since it's an attack that touches the body anyway, I stared at the wrist intently.
Perhaps intending to show me this time, a slower attack came than last time.
The wrist coming down slowly bent slightly right before touching the shoulder.
—Tap
“… The wrist bent slightly.”
Master smiled and wagged her tail.
“That's it! I knew with your comprehension you would notice the theory quickly.”
This time the elbow bent slightly and the wooden sword touched the shoulder, and next is...
“Next is the shoulder...?”
“Correct! I knew it.”
This time the shoulder tilted slightly and the attack touched, next knees, waist, chest...
“If you narrow the distance one by one momentarily like this...”
Master's sword touched my shoulder in an instant.
—Swish! Tap...
“It reduced the length by about one and a half spans of a hand. Feels faster than you thought, right?”
“Yes...”
“Intentions are contained in small muscles of the body. So you must watch the movement of the whole body well.”
Master closed her eyes and stepped back slightly.
“Now, try attacking.”
I attacked Master who was extending her sword with a thrust.
—Swish-sh-sh!
—Tak!
“Wow...”
Master blocked my attack with the tip of her sword while closing her eyes.
As I was losing my mind at the crazy feat, Master pulled up the corners of her mouth ssik and laughed.
“As the opponent gets stronger, it will be hard to just see with eyes. Feints will be mixed in, and movements will get faster. Reading that is Sense (Gam). Visual, olfactory, tactile, auditory, gustatory, predicted information read by all senses. If you raise this...”
Master took out a few copper coins from subspace and threw them into the sky.
Swung the sword a few times with closed eyes and...
—Chak chak chak chak!
Copper coins piled up chagok chagok on the wooden sword.
“Woooow...”
“Prediction becomes possible like this.”
F*cking cool...
Master raised her nose high and wagged her tail saying.
“You have to read this to contain profound principles too! Child used profound principles instinctively! Fufu... Ah! And you can also mix Ki into senses to read? If you get used to it, you can live even blocking senses. Even if the sword path shakes, aim exactly in a straight line only at the location to be cut... Why, why are you looking with such eyes...?”
“Master is so cool...”
“We did it twice in the morning... Hm?”
“Morning training is over anyway. Just once before eating...”
“D, Don't rub thaaat... Ah really...♥”
♥♥♥
“Haa... Haa... To learn Sense... Real combat is important... When will you enter the next labyrinth?”
Ah, right.
I remembered the fact I had completely forgotten because my brain was dyed with inner demons recently.
“Master actually recently this kind of thing happened...”
I told Master enjoying the afterglow while lying down about what happened meanwhile.
Master's ears perked up and she raised her upper body suddenly.
“Hmm? From the first day? Hm? Bellatus Princess? Wait... 25th?!?”
25th, up to the 10th floor of the labyrinth, a phenomenon where location and structure change occurs in a one-month cycle.
The time is the end of every month. 30th, 31st. In that regard, February which only has up to 28th needs to be especially careful.
One week before labyrinth initialization proceeds, monsters become stronger, and a large boss starts appearing on the 10th floor.
At midnight on the 31st, the labyrinth closes, and the labyrinth initializes on the 1st of every month.
Survival rate for any strong person is 0%... Master held her chin and fell into thought.
“25th... But Ducal House... Hmm...”
I asked Master.
“By any chance do you know what kind of family it is Master?”
“It is a Duke of Hysperia Empire. A position under one person and above ten thousand people, and the role is... Labyrinth Raid Member General Manager.”
Raid members are those who receive sponsorship from various high-ranking officials and advance to see the end of the labyrinth.
It's a gathering of personnel who possess the possibility to really go up to the 100th floor, not just living day by day.
As I was lost in thought, Master put her hand on my shoulder.
“Refuse it, I will solve it somehow...”
It seems the path to becoming a raid member opened, but Master didn't seem pleased.
“Even so it is too dangerous. I don't want to send you if there is even a 10% chance of you dying.”
Labyrinth Raid Team is definitely tied to the big main story of the original game.
Since the explanation came out like that in the game review in the first place...
If I knew it would be like this I should have looked into it more before starting, started too urgently.
But I can't be regretting it now. Action is the only answer.
I held Master's hand and smiled slightly.
“I will be back.”
“Child...”
“Don't worry. Because I can't die leaving Master behind.”
Hearing my words, Master's tail wagged.
“… You already made up your mind. Showing it so clearly on your face, how do you intend to live in this harsh world.”
“Should I practice acting facial expressions at least?”
“No. Just that appearance as is... is good.”
Because of Master stroking my cheek while smiling prettily...
—Throb
“… Ju, Just using one more... For the last time?”
Master come here.