Chapter 17 - Party (3)
Chapter 17 - Party (3)
"Huh? Really!?"
Noah's eyes widened, and she wagged her tail rapidly.
"Are you really going to party with us, Lant?"
"Yeah. Will you take me?"
"Of course! How reassuring would it be to have Lant join our party! I'm so happy! Don't you think so too, Elsie?"
"......."
Elsie bowed her head and remained silent at Noah's question.
Why is she like that?
Is Elsie perhaps unhappy about me joining the party?
"Huh? What's wrong, Elsie?"
Noah also seemed to feel puzzled by Elsie's silence.
"Lant, are you really, truly okay with this?"
"Huh? What do you mean, Elsie?"
I didn't quite understand what Elsie was saying.
What does she mean by "okay"?
There's no reason for me not to be okay with forming a party with Elsie and Noah.
Adventuring together will be fun, and above all, I'll be getting plenty of material for my perverted delusions, so there's nothing but happiness to be had.
Noah asked Elsie, her tail and ears drooping.
"Elsie, do you perhaps not want to be in a party with Lant?"
Elsie shook her head.
"No. I'm... I'm happy to be in a party with Lant, too. But... is Lant really going to be okay with it?"
Elsie lifted her head and looked at me as she spoke.
"Lant is very strong. You'll definitely become a great adventurer. If it's Lant, you could continue to advance through the dungeon on your own just like this. Then you'd surely be able to find companions who would be helpful to you. But... if you form a party with us, that pace will definitely slow down. I, who am weaker than Lant, and Noah... we'll end up holding Lant back. Especially... if it's me, who can only use weak healing spells yet...."
Elsie bowed her head and clutched her chest.
Elsie's hands were trembling.
"So... rather than forming a pa, party with us... Lant...."
Elsie's voice turned tearful.
Elsie is saying this out of consideration for me.
And she is sad enough to cry just by bringing it up.
I was happy that Elsie cared about me enough to be sad about refusing to form a party.
"Elsie, I want to form a party with you and Noah."
Elsie lifted her head and looked at me.
There were tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
I was happy that Elsie was shedding tears.
I was happy that she cared about me that much.
"Bu, but...."
"Elsie, you know. I came to this city vaguely wanting to be an adventurer. As you know, I'm strong, right? So I thought that even if I became an adventurer, I'd be safer than other people."
In fact, I wonder how many living creatures could actually inflict a wound on my body.
"Plus, I've never left my village before, so I wanted to experience a variety of things."
Like the red-light district.
Or meeting fantastic women.
Of course, that includes adventuring, too.
And last night, I had a miraculous experience.
I met a fox angel.
"And if you're a good adventurer, you can make a lot of money, right? I wanted to make a lot of money to live well, and I wanted to send money home so my mo... my parents could live in comfort, too."
The biggest reason I wanted to make money was to secure funds to visit the red-light district.
But now, it's not just that.
"Then it's even more reason for Lant to do it alone...."
"But you know. After meeting Elsie and Noah, my thinking changed a little. Money is good, but... I want to form a party with you two and go on adventures together."
"Why...."
I spoke to Elsie with all my sincerity.
Of course, the fact that the details of my perverted delusions would improve is part of it.
There's also the reason that I want to be with two beautiful girls like Elsie and Noah.
There's also the reason that it's easier to act since we're at the same inn.
But the biggest reason is.
"Because it's fun being with Elsie and Noah."
Let me tell you what I felt when I was with Elsie and Noah.
"It was fun being together while walking to the dungeon entrance yesterday. It was fun being together while getting a tour of the city today. Walking around the city together, getting explanations, and sitting on a park bench talking. I'm sorry to Elsie, but... it was also a little fun seeing you get angry at Noah because she was playing pranks on you. And it was fun sprinting while carrying Elsie and Noah today, too."
"Lant...."
"But what was most fun was...."
I recalled the time we first saw the scenery of the 2nd floor together.
Reminding myself of those feelings, I said to Elsie.
"It was when I saw the scenery of the 2nd floor with Elsie and Noah. When I first saw this view, my heart was really pounding. I felt the reality that I was truly adventuring. How did you feel then, Elsie?"
"I, I also... my heart was racing. It was completely different from what I'd only heard about. I thought... I was adventuring."
As Elsie spoke, Noah followed suit, stretching her arms out wide as she shared her impressions from that time.
"Me too! My heart was thumping! I thought, 'So this is what it means to be an adventurer!'"
"Right? I was really happy and excited. Thinking about what kind of adventures we could have, what we could see. But you know, at the same time, I also thought this. I... wanted to see more diverse places with Elsie and Noah."
"Lant...."
"I want to go on adventures. I want to have more diverse experiences and make a lot of money. But the most important thing is that I want to adventure with Elsie and Noah. I want to adventure together, see, feel, and enjoy various things. Because, I... even though my heart pounded at the scenery of the 2nd floor back then, the sight of Elsie and Noah enjoying it made my heart pound even more. It was more fun. I was really happy to feel that Elsie and Noah were moved and enjoying it just like I was."
Let's muster a little more courage.
I reached out both arms and took Elsie and Noah's hands.
"So Elsie, Noah... will you form a party with me? I... I want to go on adventures with the three of us."
Tears were welling up in Noah's eyes, too.
"I was welcoming from the start!"
"La, Lant...."
"Yeah, Elsie."
Elsie was shedding tears, but she was smiling.
"I, I'll hold you back, but... I also... I also want to form a party with Lant."
"Then you can just get stronger. Since we're comrades, I'll help Elsie get stronger."
"Me too! I'll get much stronger too so I won't hold Lant back!"
"Yeah. I'll help Noah get stronger, too. So, does this mean we're a party now?"
"Of course! Right, Elsie?"
Elsie nodded.
"Yes... Lant, I'm very lacking, but I look forward to working with you."
"I look forward to working with you, Lant!"
"Yeah, Elsie, Noah. I look forward to working with you, too."
I ended up forming a real party with Elsie and Noah.
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After harmoniously forming the party and finishing our meal, we walked toward a place with fewer other adventurers, just like we did on the 1st floor.
"I, I'm embarrassed...."
Elsie was walking with her hands covering her face.
"Why are you embarrassed, Elsie? Elsie's kind heart, thinking of Lant! I was moved! I lacked such a kind heart like Elsie's! I'll reflect on myself! Sorry, Lant!"
Pang-pang
"I'm fine, Noah."
Noah waved her hands dramatically, acting out sadness as she patted my back.
"No, Noah!"
"Hehehe."
My heart feels at ease with Elsie and Noah acting like their usual selves.
Touching moments that draw out tears are nice, but I prefer the peaceful, everyday moments.
Of course, the best moments are when my pink harem comes to fruition.
Feeling that I had become closer to Elsie and Noah, I felt a little guilt and sense of immorality when having perverted delusions about them.
That's why it was even more exciting.
Yahoo!
It's the instinct of a sad masturbatory dreamer.
"Elsie, you don't have to be embarrassed. I was really happy that Elsie cared about me that much. Thanks to that, I thought even more that I wanted to be in the same party as Elsie and Noah."
"Ooh! So it turns out the number one contributor to us forming a party is Elsie!"
"Ugh...."
"Hey, hey. Lant~ Is there nothing for me?"
"What?"
"You know? Like, something like 'I want to form a party with you more because of this,' just like you did for Elsie!"
"I always have fun when I'm talking with Noah, so I wanted to form a party together. It's fun right now, too."
It's also fun to watch her teasingly smile and mess with Elsie.
It's good to tell dirty jokes, and it's good to play slightly dirty pranks.
If we get closer someday, maybe Noah will play more active, dirty pranks on me.
I'm very much looking forward to it.
"Ooh! ...He, hearing it directly is a little embarrassing, hehe."
Noah scratched her cheek, smiling sheepishly.
Noah's ears were half-folded, and her tail was curled up.
Cute.
"Um, hey... Noah."
"Yeah? What is it, Elsie?"
"I, there was something that was bothering me... when we left the barrier, for some reason, the surrounding adventurers seemed to be looking at me with warm gazes. Th, that is... why is that?"
"Ah... that is...."
I could guess the reason.
Noah shrugged her shoulders and said.
"Maybe they heard our conversation? Even if there's distance, this is a meadow... and the barrier doesn't have a soundproofing function."
It seems our touching party formation scene was heard by all the other adventurers.
"Ah, ahhh...."
Elsie trembled all over.
Her face turned completely red like a tomato.
Elsie covered her face with both hands again and crouched down on the spot.
"Aaaaaah...!"
I could see Elsie's ears turning bright red.
Cute.
"Cute."
Oops, what I was thinking slipped out of my mouth.
"Right?"
Noah winked at me.
As expected, she was teasing Elsie on purpose because she was cute when embarrassed.
I think that playful, cat-like little devil Noah is cute, too.
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In the 2nd floor of the dungeon, we hunted slimes until I filled my backpack with slime corpses.
The slimes had the large water-droplet shape I had seen a lot in my previous life.
There were no tentacle forms.
A pity.
Noah showed me the trick to defeating slimes by stabbing the core along with the magic stone with a dagger.
I heard from Noah that slimes don't take physical attacks well.
Noah advised me that it would be better to stab them with a dagger rather than using my fists.
However, it was simple to defeat them by grabbing the slime to keep it from moving, thrusting my hand inside with force, popping the core with my fingers, and pulling out the magic stone.
Noah clapped and praised me, saying it was amazing.
Elsie quietly said, "That's amazing," and was impressed.
I felt good being praised by two beautiful girls.
If I could wish for anything, I'd want to hear that praise after they saw the volume and intensity of my ejaculation, or the size of my erection.
I'm absolutely confident I'd be praised!
We came outside and exchanged the magic stones at the exchange office, excluding 5 goblin magic stones each.
Then we went to the alchemist's shop and sold the slime corpses.
And we went to the Adventurer's Guild to complete the request and apply for a party.
Leni-ssi smiled and congratulated us on forming a party.
It's a pity it was still a business smile.
The time had become evening, and I intended to have dinner with the three of us at the Fox's Rest.
However, as we left the Adventurer's Guild, Noah said she had business to attend to and told me and Elsie to eat dinner first, then ran off somewhere else.
I had no choice but to eat dinner with just Elsie.
It was the night of our party formation, so it was a little disappointing that Noah wasn't there.
I also informed Tina, who was bringing the food, about the party formation.
Tina smiled and rejoiced as if it were her own business, congratulating us.
Tina, who was wagging her tail happily, was cute.
I decided that I would vent the sexual desire that had swelled up from the disappointment of not being able to eat dinner with Noah tonight and from my perverted delusions through Tina's massage.
After finishing our meal, Elsie and I went to our respective rooms on the 2nd floor.
I put down my backpack, took off my shoes, and lay down on the bed just like that.
In the room left alone, I stared at the ceiling and recalled the day: carrying Elsie and Noah and sprinting, seeing the scenery of the 2nd floor, and forming the party.
Without realizing it, my mouth curled up because I was happy.
And 5 minutes later.
I wanted to wank.
I was happy recalling the heartwarming events of the day, but it's not like I can repeat that over and over again.
Adventurers don't always go on adventures.
After they go on an adventure, their usual daily life is always waiting for them.
And my daily life is having perverted delusions.
A room left alone. What happens when you have perverted delusions?
That's right, you end up wanting to wank.
But it's a waste to do it now.
I can get a massage from Tina if I just wait about an hour.
I want Tina to squeeze out the semen that has been gathered and aged.
I can't fill the trash can with semen-covered tissues already.......
"Huh?"
The tissues that were in the trash can were gone.
They must have cleaned after we left.
Was it Tina?
If so, it means she saw the pile of tissues that had accumulated since we left.
That makes things a bit awkward.
Or was it Miranda-ssi?
If so, she would think I had been wanking furiously from the very first day I stayed at the inn.
I had masturbated more than 6 times, so it was a "furious masturbation" session if you call it that, but either way, it's awkward.
What should I do?
But there's no point in thinking about it too deeply.
Let's think positively.
If Tina saw it, let's think that she'll be motivated to give me a massage that feels good enough to not lose to my masturbation.
If Miranda-ssi saw it, let's think she'll just laugh it off, thinking of my youthful vigor.
As a bonus, let's hope she thinks she wants to verify my vigor for herself.
Rather than that, let's think about the type of massage I'll ask Tina for today.
Should I ask for a chest massage?
Should I ask for a leg massage?
Or should I ask for both?
My anticipation won't stop.
I want to wank, but time passed quickly as I had all sorts of perverted delusions with Tina's massage in mind.
Knock knock
I heard the sound of someone knocking on the door.
At this time, it must be Tina.
The time I was looking forward to had arrived.
I sat up and spoke toward Tina on the other side of the door.
"Come in."
Kkiek
The door opened.
"Hi, Lant."
Contrary to my expectations, the person who entered the room was not Tina, but Noah.
"Huh? Noah. What's up?"
Why did Noah come to my room at this time?
Noah said with a smirk.
"Hehe~ Did you think it was Tina?"
Startled!
Why would Noah say something like that?
No, Noah knows about the massages.
It wouldn't be strange for her to say something like this.
"Ye, yeah. Tina said she'd come to give me a massage at this time."
"I see~ But, Lant."
Kkiek
Noah extended her foot backward and closed the door.
"It's too bad for Lant, but Tina won't be coming today."
"Huh?"
What on earth does that mean?
"Because~."
Noah approached me with light steps.
Leaning her body slightly by the bed, Noah winked at me.
"Because tonight~ I'm going to monopolize Lant~, hehehe."
Noah had a mischievous, sly smile full of playfulness.
I had no idea how the situation was unfolding at all.