Chapter 657: Summer Spirit Festival 15
It was past midnight when Anzeros and the others returned. Apparently, Gloria insisted that 「It would be a waste not to stay until the busiest time of the night, right?」. The two educators, Miss Cosmos and Miss Isabel, agreed that it was a good idea, so they sneaked off to watch the various prostitutes and lecherous old men at play with Gloria.
“I thought it would be awkward for them if they saw us watching……”
I was worried about this, because I thought there were no customers who played as flamboyantly as me, but it seems there is a 「Special wall for peeping」 (It is made with elven-style processing technology so that it responds easily to magic and is easy to see through from one side only. A more primitive kind of carving), and there were also rules for the prostitutes to create an audio barrier when they started playing, so it seems that they were hardly noticed.
“Basically, they don’t even close the curtains properly to create an atmosphere, you know. Because of that, people who are worried about being seen are more likely to pay attention to the gaps in the curtains and it seems that there are hardly any people who would deliberately suspect the wall”
“They’re ready for voyeurs too……I’m more and more scared of Cosmos’s thoroughness”
“Well, it seems that they usually show other people’s play during newcomer training……but even so, I’d hardly ever seen other people having sex before, so it was all very fresh”
“Ah, was that so?”
Anzeros was a rather quiet pervert and she seemed to watch a lot……well, she was originally a crossbowman. She didn’t have many girlfriends, so she didn’t really have the chance to see people having actual sex.
“Almost everyone is like that, except for Gloria-san. I often saw Andy and other girls doing it, but there was no reason to watch other guys having sex with women they didn’t know”
“So, how was it different?”
Anzeros looked away for a moment and gazed into the distance.
“……Well, to be honest, it’s kind of weird to see a slovenly old man with a sloppy face hanging all over a beautiful dark elf, wriggling around and having sex without any guts and then coming and going with a limp and looking satisfied”
“Can’t you express yourself a little more gently……?”
Even though it’s not my problem, it makes me feel very uncomfortable.
“I’m glad I’m Andy’s female slave……”
“……I’ll have to watch what I eat so I don’t put on weight”
“I could forgive Andy if he was a bit more solid. There were a lot of old men who looked like lumps of meat, with their penises sunk into their belly fat so you could only see the glans”
“Ugh”
Elves and dark elves don’t tend to gain weight, but humans and ogres tend to do so as they get older, especially if they drink a lot. That’s the basic body type in the blacksmithing industry. As for ogres, well, they eat a lot, so if they don’t exercise enough, they’ll put on weight.
“You have to be careful with how much you drink……”
“I don’t think Andy has time to put on weight if he’s busy with the female slaves”
“I hope that’s the case”
The image I have is that rich men and kings who have harems are fat, even though they’re spending all day making love to women. I really have to be careful. Walking and running are the basics for soldiers, so it’s fine for now, but after I stop, it’s not inconceivable that I’ll suddenly gain a lot of weight.
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The next day was a day of abstinence and the day after that was the day of the Spirit Festival. During this time, Irina and Fennel were also going to be taking lessons at Cosmos main store.
“They’re all mine, so please don’t let them touch anyone else’s cock, okay?”
When I asked Miss Cosmos this, she laughed bitterly.
“Of course! We’ll let you watch our prostitutes, but there won’t be any real play. We’ve been in the business for hundreds of years, you know? We have a proper training system that will make a girl who’s a virgin become a skilled prostitute”
“Then I’ll trust you. I’ve already told Emma to stop immediately if she thinks something’s wrong, so please take care of her”
“As I thought, you’re more possessive than you look……”
“Is that bad?”
“No, no. But since we’re here, don’t you want to be possessive too? If Hilda’s okay with it, then it’s fine, right?”
“No, I don’t really have a reason to be possessive of Cosmos……”
I only had her that one night with the other high-class prostitutes. If you’re called a celebrity who supports the sex industry of Celesta’s highest peak of Talc……huh?
“Mmm. Are prostitutes counted separately? I heard from the female slave girls that 『Once you have sex, you immediately want to monopolize them』”
“It depends on the person. Even now, I have more than 20 people and I live in a colony of cat beasts where there is only one female, so I go on a rampage once every few months……it’s not possible to satisfy everyone every night, time-wise. And if I keep the girls after I’ve had sex with them, I’d have to take away all the previous high-class prostitutes……”
“There are three dragons, so I think that if you took all the girls there as your own, no one would complain. Besides, didn’t they all give you their addresses, saying 『Let’s do something good together』?”
“There were some girls who did tell me that, but……well, what about the fact that there are dragons? Dragons are actually really strong, but if you don’t fight them, they’re just girls, right? I don’t plan on going to war with anyone else”
“The fact that you can say that so confidently shows that you’re no ordinary person……Smithson-san. As a Celestial senior, I’ll teach you something good”
Miss Cosmos clears her throat and pulls herself back from the joking mood.
“Right now, the number of coins a person has is their wealth. It’s supposed to be the total amount of what you can do and what you’re allowed to do, but that’s just a proxy. Coins are just an item that allows other people to carry the trust that someone else has”
“Haa”
“Coins are a way of making it possible to count things like I’m willing to work this much for this person or I’m willing to give this to this person if they ask me very nicely. If you have coins, you don’t have to explain the source of your credit every time. For example, if you go to the greengrocer’s and explain that you’ve worked so much on the carpentry over there, you can ask for so many vegetables from the owner of that house……that’s the good thing about coins. But that’s all coins are. If you trace it back to the beginning, you can move other people with just trust, even without something like that”
“……Well, that’s probably true in theory”
I hadn’t really been aware of that until she said it. It’s wrong to get things done with feelings without paying. It’s irregular. There’s a recognition that I can’t rely on that too much. But according to what she said, that’s the original form of a society that works on the basis of trust between people.
“The fact that you managed to tame a dragon, help the head of the Onyx family and his wife and even make Minister Ashton take notice of you……is a trust that is as great as tens of millions of coins for a great merchant. I don’t know the details though”
“Well……I guess so?”
“If that’s the case, you’re already worth enough to be able to keep ten or twenty prostitutes for a decade♪. I think the fact that you don’t have any money is making you feel inferior, but if you think that it’s not a loss to do something for you, then you can move people purely and splendidly, more than money♪”
“U, Umm……”
I wonder if that’s true. Well, if it’s coming from Celesta, who is a senior with a commercial focus, then maybe it is. But I got Laila with my lecherous nature, and I continued to borrow their power as things happened and I even conquered a country in order to finally make Neia my woman and be able to concentrate on eroticism without any regrets. Is it okay to be greedy for achievements that are a by-product of such lecherous nature?
“Of course, it’s not about the number of coins, or using violence, but just getting people to do something based on the amount of favor they feel towards you……it’s scary not to know your limits. But that’s how the world is. The value of a coin might double tomorrow. Or it might go the other way. There’s also that kind of absurdity in relying on coins for the economy. Just because you’ve made a deal using coins doesn’t mean it’s legitimate”
“……I see. I understand, but I don’t understand”
Or rather, is the value of coins really that changeable? I’ve lived in a world where one gold coin is worth a loaf of bread since I was born, so I can’t imagine it.
“So……if you’re feeling shy because we’re prostitutes and it seems expensive, you don’t need to worry♪ You just need to make them think that there are happier lives than saving up coins for one time with a pussy”
“That’s actually quite difficult. Or rather, it’s a bit late to be saying this, but I don’t think I really understand what the female slaves enjoy about being female slaves”
“Well, romance is hotter than business transactions……though it doesn’t last long for some people”
Don’t say scary things. ……But well, some of the female slaves, like Selenium and Anzeros, have romantic feelings that come first, while others, like Laila and Maia, have strong feelings as a member of their species and Fennel´s group chose to be female slaves because they would rather be by my side than in any other situation, a mixture of sexual desire and the harmful effects of a society based on species. Each of them has their own reasons for doing so, but by helping each other out with me as their leader, they are able to lead comfortable lives. My group of female slaves has somehow become something that has its own value and it is not just because of my charm. I will add the prostitutes who have had relationships with me to that space. That is an option. I can’t choose it right now, but I will keep it in mind. Well, look, Selenium is going to say something and I don’t know what Dianne will say either.
And then, in the midst of all this, 100-man Special Duty Commander Becker returned.
“Smithson, Miss Laila. I have something I really need to ask you. ……I need you to take me to the vicinity of Quica”
“Eh? Now?”
“Why don’t you just take a flying dragon”
“They won’t let me take Rose and me on the flying dragon service”
“Rose?”
“My wife. ……I went to her parents’ yesterday and she was there. My other wife is at my apartment in Quica right now”
Special Duty Commander Becker looked exhausted.
“It’s good that some of the girls I brought here have been able to find work with traders connected to Trident. My wife was a construction foreman for a while, even though she’s a woman. She came back here to work because she was busy at that time of year. And it’s good that she was happy to see me at the time of the Spirit Festival by chance”
“Well, in other words, it would be against the spirit of the agreement to outdo the other wife and keep you to yourself on the Spirit Festival. It’s best if the wives get along well with each other”
“That’s right. Well, I don’t think it’s right to rely on you like this, Laila-nee-san. There’s also a lot of danger of illusion-breaking around the area of Quica. But I’ll manage somehow”
“How close do I need to get? And do you need a pick-up?”
“Can you do it?”
“Ho, the owner is abstaining until the day after tomorrow. It’s boring just sitting here”
In the end, it seems that Laila is a little dissatisfied with the fact that I can rest my dick.
“Actually, there are some parts of Quica´s surveillance network that are a little thin. I couldn’t say it so openly in front of other nationals, so I hid it, but if it’s just you, Laila-nee-san……you won’t tell anyone, will you?”
“Ho. What use is there in such a trivial matter as a dragon?”
“Well, it’s pointless to try and monitor or defend against a dragon, that’s for sure”
100-man special duty commander Becker decided to fly off to Quica as he was. He didn’t seem to need a welcome party. When I think about it, I didn’t have any particular reason to go back to Polka either. Following Boyd, the number of men would decrease again, which would make things a little lonely, but there was nothing I could do about it.