I see a knife at our first meeting
I see a knife at our first meeting
Usually, after spending a steamy night with a beauty through the Summoning App, I'd head home. But at the half-elf Angelica's suggestion, I decided to stay in this world a little longer.
First off, my body was a complete wreck. Unidentifiable fluids and saliva had mixed together, and a truly lewd, fishy smell was practically vibrating off me. It wasn't that disgusting, but it would feel gross to go outside like this, so I summoned a spirit right away.
"Spirit summoning."
"You called me again!"
A snake-shaped water spirit, summoned using blood as the condition, appeared.
"Can you wash me?"
"Okay!"
It raised a spray of water and washed me. It even cleaned the clothes I'd been wearing when I first set out. The way it handled both cleaning and laundry at once was always amazing.
"Spirit..."
Angelica, who had been watching the whole scene, looked at me again as if dumbfounded.
"How can you summon a spirit?"
"Angelica-ssi, it seems you can see them?"
"I can... because elven blood flows in me. More importantly, how can you handle a spirit?"
"It just works for me."
"That can't be. Even among elves, I've heard you need affinity for a spirit to answer a summons. Ja-geun-ssi, are you really human?"
Her expression looked as if she'd witnessed some bizarre natural disaster. I'd thought it was no big deal, but it must have been quite a rare sight in this world.
"Your stamina, your spirit summoning... You're like a demon."
"I'm not, though."
Angelica now sent me a look that said she was even more interested.
Anyway, after Angelica also got a shower from the spirit, we left the room we'd been staying in and decided to grab our first meal.
"Philim! Over there, it's Angelica!"
"Angelica, you came?"
A man and a woman who were waving at Angelica were sitting at a table. The man called Philim had apparently been dozing off until the girl next to him woke him, and he stood up and looked our way.
"Sorry, Angelica, I didn't know you'd be waiting like this normally~"
I thought I'd heard that voice before, and now I realized it was the couple who had competed with us in the next room. Angelica had told me they were a couple who always broke their appointment times and slept in late.
Maybe she was thinking she'd paid them back nicely today, because I could see a smile forming on Angelica's lips.
"It's me who's sorry. I'm late today."
At Angelica's reply, both of their mouths dropped open, and they froze for a moment.
"Angelica... you're not sick, are you?"
"I'm the same as always, why?"
"Just... it's the first time we've ever heard you say sorry."
The two were even momentarily flustered, probably because Angelica seemed so uncharacteristically relaxed.
"Is there a problem?"
"No, haha. But who's that..."
The man called Philim glanced sideways at me. He seemed inwardly curious about the person who had brought about the change in Angelica.
"I'm Park Ja-geun."
"Park Ja-geun... I'm Philim."
That's a wary look. The sense of danger from one man to another. I knew what it was. I'd felt it from the silver-spoon Han Ji-hoon back in my college freshman days.
Probably, a man who could satisfy a half-elf at night. Hadn't Angelica said from the beginning that an ordinary human couldn't handle a half-elf's sexual desire?
But I'd pulled that off and appeared fresh and neat, so it was obvious the man Philim was definitely feeling something like jealousy toward me.
"Our party mainly explores the 2nd floor. Do you have a party, by any chance?"
So, since he'd lost out in bed, he wanted to test me in other abilities. Now he was stating his own strengths, like he wanted to compete with honor or skill as measured in this world.
"Philim, Ja-geun-ssi can use spirit arts. It's a different field from yours."
"Spirits? I heard that only high-level parties can find people who handle spirit arts..."
Hearing about spirit arts, Philim froze with a flustered look. The woman in the pointed hat next to him also stopped similarly, and with both reacting the same way, they were definitely a couple in love.
"Let's eat first and then go settle up."
"Yeah... let's do that, Angelica."
It was Angelica who broke the awkward ice. On her suggestion, we finished our meal and went outside the inn.
"So that's the giant labyrinth."
While eating, I'd heard that this place is a city called Heaven Garden, where the world's largest dungeon is located. They said the city had developed thanks to the items and materials that came from the dungeon. I hadn't believed it, but seeing it in person, a dungeon entrance so huge it made me nod my head automatically came into view.
"I was surprised too when I first saw it."
"Angelica-ssi, when did you come to Heaven Garden?"
"Hmm... about two years ago."
"That's longer than when I was in the military."
"Military?"
"It's nothing."
They say there are monsters in the dungeon that respawn infinitely. Adventurers living in this city hunt those monsters, gather money, upgrade their gear and abilities, and head to deeper floors. They say adventurers build wealth and honor through this repeated commute, then leave Heaven Garden when they get old.
I don't know about other things, but I finally understood why her thighs looked so suckable. Angelica's thigh skin wasn't the result of just ordinary exercise. It was a body raised like a wild horse in the dungeon. A structure that inevitably made her into an increasingly charming half-elf. Good thing I'd upped my stamina recently; if it had been me as a freshman who only went to college classes, my lower half definitely would have snapped from Angelica's flexibility.
That aside, just thinking about Angelica again sent blood rushing to my lower half.
-Squish.
"Haah?"
Someone grabbed my butt. I glanced sideways, and Angelica was sending me a lewd gaze, touching my thing.
"What are you doing?"
"Your waddling walk looked so cute, I couldn't help myself."
"What if other people see?"
"I don't care if they see. Besides, we're not the only ones doing it, so it's fine."
I casually looked around. Sure enough, there were men and women openly rubbing their bodies together here and there. Was I the weird one in this world?
Come to think of it, it really was absurd that a sturdy guy like me had been single my entire 20-year life. The old ancestors all said they married in middle school. In this less developed world, I was a sufficiently charming man. Of course, having lived in modern civilization, it did look somewhat promiscuous, but when I thought about it, I wasn't some hardline purist, and I was practically dirt-poor. I wasn't a noble or royalty like Angelica had mentioned, so there was no reason to view promiscuity as a bad thing.
So I naturally wrapped one arm around Angelica's waist, and we walked forward together.
"Philim? Hehe, what's with you today?"
"J-just because you look pretty."
"We have to go to the dungeon tomorrow, can you hold back?"
"Wha—... huh? That's not what I meant..."
Philim, having seen Angelica and me getting handsy, started acting more proactive toward his partner May. But May, the female mage, took it as him looking forward to tonight and clung tightly to Philim. Philim, flustered, gently pushed her away and just held her hand. Seeming to be struggling with something, he broke into a cold sweat and looked elsewhere, not at May.
"Smack. Mmm—"
In contrast to that couple, Angelica and I were already heating up in broad daylight. Just moments ago, I could barely lift a finger, but thanks to the blood magic Scarlet gyosu-nim had taught me, after eating lunch and walking a little, I gradually regained my vitality. Enough to feel sexual desire again.
"Angelica-ssi, shall we go back to the inn and do it again before we leave?"
"Really? Then... I'd love that."
They say pleasure learned late is frightening. Angelica, with the afterglows I'd awakened vividly remembered, kept incessantly tempting me—touching my butt, kissing my cheek. My body had recovered to some extent now. I boldly took the hand of desire Angelica offered.
Once the party arrived at a general store, they sold the monster weapons, gear, leather, and looted items they'd gotten from the dungeon yesterday one by one, exchanging them for a pouch of silver coins.
"Um, Philim-ssi, it's urgent, so may I borrow Angelica-ssi?"
"What's the matter?"
"There's a customer looking for a large quantity of slime cream from the 1st floor. We're only hiring thieves with fast search skills just for today."
"That's..."
Philim glanced at me at the merchant's words. It seemed he was giving me the authority to decide rather than speaking for himself. After all, Angelica did look like she'd go along if I said so. She was smiling at me like that, after all.
"Hmm... I'd like to, but I have something to do."
"It's an unreasonable request and an urgent matter, so I'll double the reward!"
"Deal."
Angelica had looked at me and refused, but I instinctively shouted at the shopkeeper's next words. A quest that pays double what others get? I can't resist that. When I said it firmly, Angelica also nodded along with me and accepted the shopkeeper's request.
"Ja-geun-ah, is it really okay to go to the dungeon together?"
"They're paying well, so we can't throw away the chance just because I'm going with you. Don't tell me—was being with me better than money?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Really?"
"That's right... I like being with you better, Ja-geun..."
I'd just tried fishing, and the straightforward half-elf actively made it clear she liked it.
"Since it's just the two of us going, then it's fine."
"Although I'm happy... in your world, Ja-geun, you don't need silver coins. I have nothing left to give you."
Unlike Angelica, who had been hired by the general store, I hadn't been. But that was just a one-dimensional way of thinking. The Summoning App's way was different.
"What do you mean nothing? Right here, your reward is waiting."
"Ahh... Ja-geun-ah."
Once we stepped into the dungeon entrance, no one was around. I boldly squeezed Angelica's chest.
The Summoning App's reward, above all, is sex.
With a hot, gorgeous beauty like Angelica right in front of me, there was no way I'd refuse the general store quest from my perspective either.
"Thank you."
Rather than disliking it, Angelica's cheeks were tinted red.
Thus, confirming each other's feelings, we went deep into the pitch-black dungeon.