Extracting the Craftsman's Skill
I approached the captured culprit with aphrodisiac coating both hands. "Syucali, blindfold her and strip her."
"Yesss...!" Syucali immediately caught my intention and sprang into action.
"Wh-what do you think you're doing!" the repairwoman shouted.
"You don't need to know."
"Do you want this carriage to stay stuck here forever?!"
She panicked as we suddenly covered her eyes with cloth and began removing her clothes. It was clear she was trying to use the carriage as a hostage to stop me. After all, she was the only key capable of moving it. I couldn't handle her roughly. The moment I threatened her life, she'd never reveal the secret behind those vines.
-Squeeze…
"Don't touch me! Get your hands off my body!"
"Syucali, gag her too."
"Yes!"
"Mmmph! Mmmph!"
But I had a different key to unlock her secrets.
-Riiip!
Her clothes tore away, revealing soft, supple skin. How comfortable must her life have been to leave her body this delicate? In a world full of slaughter and monsters, such a figure was rare. It only proved how special this repairwoman's abilities truly were.
"Mmmph! Mmph!"
"Hehe… just wait and see."
Syucali, who was holding the repairwoman down, smiled with wicked delight. Having experienced it herself, she could already picture the woman's future.
-Squeeze…
I spread the aphrodisiac evenly across her tender flesh with both hands. The repairwoman thrashed wildly in resistance, but she couldn't break free. Her body wasn't trained for combat. Compared to her, Syucali had grown continuously. After sleeping with me and gaining an absurd boost to her stats, she must have at least doubled her original numbers. I didn't know her base stats, but I was certain they'd increased by no less than twice what they'd been.
-Press… squeeze…
Syucali held her firmly with minimal effort. I freely explored the repairwoman's body, making sure the drug spread everywhere.
"Mmmph…! Nnnngh!"
-Shhh… shiiii…!
Then the repairwoman began to wet herself, releasing a stream of clear urine.
"There isn't a single woman on the continent who can withstand Master's technique," Syucali declared.
She always praised my caresses as the best. Combined with her own potent aphrodisiac that forced arousal, any woman's body would inevitably reach climax quickly.
"I think he's ready to enter now."
As Syucali said, the repairwoman's body had reached the perfect state for insertion. Her resistance had melted away, and her legs had spread open on their own.
"I'll undress you, Master."
Syucali left the repairwoman momentarily and came to me. She unfastened my pants, pulled them down, and even removed my underwear.
-Squeeze…
Feeling her hands grasp me with such care, blood rushed downward. Her familiar yet intensely stimulating touch had me ready in moments.
-Thrust…!
"Huuuugh!!"
I pushed inside the repairwoman and began moving my hips. Her entire body trembled violently as she squirted repeatedly. The aphrodisiac's effect was that powerful.
"Once you get pierced by Kang Seo-ja, becoming a slave is inevitable," Syucali remarked, looking down at her with satisfaction.
She seemed to be under a slight misunderstanding. I had no intention of making the repairwoman my slave. I simply planned to take her rare ability and use it to get the carriages moving again. At this point, it was the only method that made sense. The repairwoman, now caught as the culprit and backed into a corner, would never cooperate. If I were in her position, I would have kept using the carriage as leverage to make demands too.
-Thrust… thrust…
-Smack! Smack!
-Squirt! Squirt!
Intelligence +4
Even as I continued our connection, I moved my hips with the mindset that this was simply work rather than pleasure.
"Haaah…!"
Yet the repairwoman convulsed in ecstasy, spraying her juices everywhere. Her strong reactions fueled my own motivation to keep going. I freely caressed her soft body, leaving the imprint of my palms on her breasts. I wanted to lower my head and suck on them, but I held back and continued taking her.
"Huu… huu…"
Syucali seemed to have been corrupted by the lewd atmosphere as well. I noticed her pleasuring herself beside me.
"Syucali, kiss me."
"Haa… yes…!"
She approached like a puppy eager for a treat and pressed her lips to mine, politely cradling my face with both hands. The kiss helped me unwind just a little.
Benma's Carriage Fabrication Technique
Several hours passed before I finally obtained the ability I'd been waiting for.
"That should do it."
"Thank you for your hard work, Master."
Syucali carefully wiped me clean with a cloth, then helped me back into my underwear and pants.
"I'll release her tonight, so hold on until then."
"I-I'll endure it!"
Syucali looked like she wanted to push me down right then and there, but that wasn't important right now.
"Hey, hey."
-Tap… tap…
Syucali tried to wake the repairwoman by nudging her with her foot.
"Huuuuh… eh…"
"She's completely gone to heaven."
"Doesn't matter. We don't need the repairwoman anymore. Let's go."
"Weren't you going to make her your slave?"
It seemed Syucali still didn't know I could steal other people's abilities. She'd only seen me use healing at most.
"No."
I left the repairwoman behind and stepped out of the carriage. As I did, I took out the miniature hammer she'd been carrying earlier. Staring at it, I could feel her knowledge flowing through my mind.
"Carriage wheels made by grinding cave mushrooms attract nearby monsters."
That information had definitely come from Steiny. But the repairwoman had looked even further ahead and modified the carriages. While working alone, she must have researched the cave mushrooms thoroughly. She hadn't carried that blooming hammer filled with green mana for no reason. She'd prepared meticulously to steal even more from Isabella.
She had studied and modified the carriages so that when the blooming hammer struck the moss-vine fruit, the vines would cling to the wheels and bind them. I wondered how she'd even known about such a thing and how to apply it. Perhaps that was why Isabella had kept her close. Isabella loved talented individuals with unique manufacturing techniques like this.
"We need sand seeds."
"Sand seeds? I've never heard of them."
"She definitely hid some inside Carriage No. 6."
"I'll go look for them."
Having acquired the carriage fabrication technique, the repairwoman's knowledge had fully integrated into my head. To get the carriages moving again, I needed to activate sand seeds that would drain all the moisture from the moss vines. The moss-vine fruit acted as the brake for the carriage wheels. The sand seeds were the device to release that brake. Truly a magical technique.
-Click… creeeak…
I arrived at Carriage No. 6 and stepped inside. The interior was packed with supplies for carriage repairs.
"Where did she hide them…"
"I'm pretty good at finding things like this."
"I trust you."
As a thief skilled in kidnapping and cracking safes, Syucali quickly went to work.
"Found them~ Hiding them in such an obvious place~"
She discovered seeds stuck in the corner under the desk.
"Impressive."
"Hehehe. Treasure hunting is one of my specialties."
"Which is how you found and kidnapped me."
"Aww… Master, you..."
The desert seeds, which looked like sunflower seeds, numbered only one in that spot.
"She probably hid a few more elsewhere as insurance in case of mistakes."
"I'll search for more."
Of course, even one was enough to release the brake. The blooming hammer I held would resonate from one carriage to all the others. It wasn't a tool flowing with green mana for nothing. Originally, this blooming hammer was a tool used by farmers and carpenters. The repairwoman had simply adapted it for carriages.
I thought Syucali was the only eccentric like this, but I was wrong.
This other world was vast, and it was full of peculiar women.
"Is this enough?"
She'd found about three sand seeds. Because she'd distributed them as a precaution, they were actually easier to locate. I took the seeds and headed to Carriage No. 1.
"Lady Isabella, I've found a way to move again."
"You found one?"
"Yes."
I showed her the sand seeds and the blooming hammer flowing with green mana.
"What is this?"
"These seeds were hidden in Carriage No. 6. They're called sand seeds, and they'll release the vines binding the carriages."
"There are only three seeds. That hardly seems enough for all the carriages."
"That's why we need this blooming hammer."
"Blooming hammer… I've heard of it. I understand it's used in noble territories… in their orchards."
"The repairwoman adapted the characteristics of plants to modify the carriages."
"If it's Benma, that makes sense..."
"It seems you've seen many even more amazing creations."
"Yes. The invisible mansion's escape route was also something Benma made."
"So even though she was suspicious, you left her alone."
"She did help us survive, after all."
Isabella had roughly guessed that the repairwoman was the traitor. But because she'd survived thanks to her help, she'd been watching to see how the woman would act.
"You really do like competent people."
"I can't help it. This is who I am."
Isabella had accepted herself completely. Even if others thought her a fool, she advanced forward in her own way.
"That's why I have no choice but to hire even more trustworthy people."
"Now I understand why you hired me."
"Hehe… as expected, this approach suits me best."
"It certainly seems that way."
I was someone who could go in any direction, but she knew exactly how to overcome that.
-Crack!!
By keeping better people close, her carriage began rolling forward once more.
"The wheels are moving again!"
"That's it!"
The voices of the hired hands could be heard outside the carriage.
"I'll take my leave now."
I turned around after glancing at the crushed sand seeds on the desk.
"Wait… I have something to say."
"What is it, Lady Isabella?"
Smiling, Isabella held out a handkerchief to me.
"That sandwich. It was delicious."
"I'm glad it suited your taste."
"Can you make it again?"
"Of course. I'll send some through Paula."
I accepted the handkerchief and stepped out of the carriage. Syucali was waiting outside.
"If you wait a bit, Carriage No. 16 should come into view."
"My luggage would be too heavy for Eos to carry."
"Don't worry. I already put it on top of the carriage."
"Good."
"Hehe..."
Syucali stared at me with a deeply flushed face. Anyone could tell she was revving her engine, waiting for her Master to dominate her tonight.