Affinity Farming (6)
Affinity Farming (6)
When a Rift appears, a wide area is cordoned off.
The contamination spreading from the Rift is fatal to living things and makes the desolate city even more barren.
So, starting from the point of the initial Rift occurrence, a wide area is designated as a restricted zone, and a wider area surrounding that is set as a traffic control zone.
Only after passing through that does it become an area where civilians can reside.
C-rank operations usually take place not too far from the traffic control zone.
The possibility of a Rift appearing in that vicinity is low, and even if one does, it's nothing more than a small group of insignificant monsters like Boblins popping out.
This operation was the same.
The team trudged back, crossing the desolate and quiet city center characteristic of a traffic control zone.
While getting out of the operation area, I broke into a sweat trying to clear up a misunderstanding while being held in Hwaran's arms (though I was in Navigator mode).
Perhaps there was a misunderstanding about the astronomical price of an S-rank ability user.
Such a misunderstanding isn't unreasonable.
Because the difference between an S-rank and a B-rank is like heaven and earth—no, like the earth and space.
Still, it was a bit unpleasant to be misunderstood as someone who sells their body, but for some reason, Hwaran seemed to be in an even worse mood, so I had no choice but to yield.
[Although a big variable occurred, I'm glad Hwaran-ssi's first operation ended successfully.]
"Ah. Now that you mention it, that's true. Such a big thing happened, so I was completely out of it...."
I thought it would end smoothly, but a large Rift appeared, and an incomprehensible monster popped out, so it's understandable that she was out of it.
As I tilted my head up while being held in her arms, Hwaran's shyly flushed cheeks came into view.
'I... did it...!' A face with that kind of feeling.
The atmosphere had become somewhat harmonious. Then, suddenly, a heavy impact struck from the outside.
[Ugh...!]
It wasn't an abnormality in the senses linked to the Navigator.
It was still just a bit cozy and warm.
If so... it meant an external stimulus had occurred on my actual body.
[You can make it back from here, right? Excuse me for a moment... Argh! Monia!]
Thud. The connection with the Navigator was forcibly terminated.
†
"Director-nim, Director-nim?"
Hwaran tapped the Navigator, which had lost its connection with the Director, and called out to him repeatedly.
But the monitor screen, blinking stupidly, just stared blankly at Hwaran without any further reaction.
The scream the Director let out before the connection was cut, and the name Monia.
"Moniaaa, you... you, you thieving cat...!!"
Grind. Hwaran's innocent molars were ground down by her small rage.
Actually, Hwaran had tossed and turned all night, more worried about last night's events than this operation.
Although the Director didn't say much, she had committed something equivalent to rape or oral sex, so how could a sinner sleep soundly?
Of course, the reason Hwaran couldn't fall asleep was because of the regret that she couldn't go further.
A tutorial that proceeded without the Director's consent.
She had pressed the dry notification window labeled "Favorability Tutorial" with a pounding heart and anticipation.
And that thing, which shouldn't exist on a woman, sprouted.
How was she supposed to build favorability while equipped with something the size of a forearm? That question didn't last long.
If the condition for leveling up was satisfying the Director, then favorability clearly meant using this to conquer him.
The moment it appeared, her mind went blank and she was flustered, but after understanding the system window's intent, the cock that sprouted between her legs was no longer a monstrosity, but rather a "love stick" with which she could possess the Director.
Of course, she just ended up violating the Director's throat while blindly pushing it in like a fool.
Surprisingly, the system window informed her that the Director's favorability toward Hwaran had increased.
It showed a miracle where the favorability, which had been stuck at around 10, rose to 50.
Hwaran was also puzzled as to why his favorability increased even though he was forced, but perhaps the Director's original sexual preference was being forced, or it could have been thanks to the mysterious power of the system window.
Anyway, Hwaran was in the middle of planning to slowly possess the Director completely with her own power (?), but the tanning-delinquent Monia suddenly intruded and snatched him away.
Monia was even an S-rank ability user, so her physical abilities were on a different level, and since they were already acquainted, her attitude and actions toward him were intimate enough to make Hwaran's insides boil.
"Huh? A thieving cat? Is there a cat? Where, where?"
"It's already gone. To the Director-nim."
"Eh? From here? How do you know that?"
Dulorence, who was scanning around with bright eyes, oblivious to whether she knew Hwaran's inner feelings or not, was the only one cluelessly by Hwaran's side.
"Seora-ssi, is the Director-nim in his office?"
[Hmm... He was just snatched away by Monia-ssi.]
"Ah.... I'll be back soon."
What could she do? Hwaran, who still lacked both level and rank, had no choice but to burn with a desire for revenge against Monia, fueled by a sense of defeat.
†
"Augh, honey. It's been so long. How many years has it been?"
As I took off the blindfold I was wearing to prevent confusion of the senses linked to the Navigator, some brown-skinned beauty was rubbing her face against my chest.
Heavy... suffocating....
"I don't know...."
"Didn't you miss me, honey? I missed you so, so much...."
There wasn't even a fingernail's worth of sadness buried in Monia's voice as she squeezed out a whimpering sound. Should I say she looked visibly happy instead?
Why does she like the protagonist so much?
I don't know.
People who have played the game don't know, and it's a fact only known by the guys who wrote the story settings and Monia herself.
I can't exactly ask her directly, either.
"Uh, yeah, I missed you. I missed you."
"Still, thanks to you calling me, I got to see your face, and it's really great, isn't it?"
"Yeah, yeah. So, could you move away a little?"
"Just a little...."
It would be a truly delightful thing for a beauty to cling to my chest, but for some reason, because my chest is perky, it doesn't feel like my own, and since our only acquaintance was built through a screen, it doesn't feel that intimate either....
When I saw her through the Navigator, there was some emotion, so I thought I was somewhat glad to see her, but.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Go? Where would we go? There's still some time before the team members arrive, and I have to finish up."
"Ayy, Seora-ssi is competent, isn't she? Let's leave it to the operator and go."
"......."
Ah, Seora's stinging gaze!
"Even so...."
"Then choose. Go out now and date me all day, or go out a little later, date me all day, and set aside another day."
"...?"
"If you don't like that either... it's a shame, and we can pay each other in a very, very stiff, business-like manner."
There's no balance destruction like this.
The last option isn't even selectable.
How could our office afford the money to call an S-rank ability user?
"Haa... I'm sorry. Seora-ssi. Please take care of the wrap-up today."
"It can't be helped. See you tomorrow."
Thanks to Seora understanding the situation, I prevented the unfortunate event of having to pay.
Whoosh.
"Whoa!"
Monia lifted me up with her superhuman strength, tucked me under her arm, and waved her hand at Seora.
"Sorry for dumping the work on you. If you find there's too much work, you can push it onto honey tomorrow."
"Wait, why are you—."
Click.
The office door closed just like that.
Seora... you aren't, right?
You'll postpone it.
I trust you'll take care of it all without leaving anything behind, right...?
"So, where shall we go now?"
"I don't know."
"Hey, it's a date we're finally on, is it right to be so grumpy?"
"Put me down first."
At those words, Monia belatedly and carefully set me down on the ground. Finally, my two feet touched the ground.
"By the way, it's been bothering me since earlier, but what is that above your head, honey?"
"Above your head? Ah...."
Following Monia's words, I looked up, but only saw the old ceiling light in the office hallway.
Hmm. It's still that strange status window that I can't see, but others can.
I don't even know the conditions for who can see it.
"I can't see it. But Seora-ssi and the team members said they could see it."
"Is that so? So that's how it is...."
Monia's eyes narrowed, and she intently watched the status window above my head.
Nothing more is going to come out of that... wait, am I going to get done in like I was by Hwaran again? That can't happen.
"Anyway, they said nothing but my personal information is visible, so I'm just going to think of it as wearing a business card on my forehead."
"Personal information... Pfft. I guess so."
What is it. It felt like she just sneered a bit. Or not? Is it just my imagination?
"If it's a date, shall we go to a department store or something?"
"Are you hungry, honey?"
Fortunately, my desperate attempt to change the subject worked, and Monia looked straight into my eyes.
"I think I might be a little hungry."
"I know a restaurant I've kept in mind for you. Let's go there."
"Yeah."
As she said that, Monia grabbed my hand.
The warmth of her body temperature was transmitted to my palm.
It's not a familiar thing to hold the hand of a woman who is a complete stranger, but the fact that I don't feel much emotion... is it because of the gender of this body?
No, then does that mean I'd get excited holding a man's hand? No way.
It's just that Monia is approaching me without any sense of distance, so there's no excitement.
"And I've decided where we're going for our date."
"Where is it?"
"It wouldn't be fun if you knew already. It's a secret."
Heh, the corners of her mouth smiling seductively made me feel uneasy for no reason, and I got goosebumps.
It wouldn't be, right?