Chapter 943: How to Spend the Year-End and New Year Holidays 12
“I’d definitely recommend this one, desert lizard milt soup. It’s a traditional aphrodisiac in Talc, and if it’s fresh, it tastes absolutely delicious……”
“Ho. There was also something called soaked swamp viper liquor. ……Not exactly a delicacy, though”
“You didn’t have to go for such exotic fare, there was the white soft-shelled turtle stew, wasn’t there? That’s delicious”
Cosmos-san, Laila and Dianne each brought back dishes that looked like they’d boost stamina. As expected of a party organized by Talc’s largest merchant guild, foods I’d never even heard of kept appearing one after another. I don’t have the best memories of overly potent aphrodisiacs, but well, it’s certain that tonight I’ll have to really go all out with the female slaves I brought along, so I probably can’t have too much stamina. Even if I go on a rampage from the intense power of these unfamiliar foods, Cosmos is coming back tonight, and Hilda is here too. There’s also Dianne, who has boundless stamina, along with Neia and Sharon and above all, four dragon girls whose endurance is truly beyond human limits. There’s no way a situation could arise where they couldn’t handle whatever happens to me. ……So, just as I was stuffing my face with everything in sight, I was suddenly accosted by an unfamiliar dark elf maid.
“Good morning, Human. What you’ve been eating for a while now is a bit too obvious, it’s actually putting me off a little, but how about some of this fresh vegetable salad♪”
“……?”
She looked strangely familiar, so I found myself looking around nervously. I wanted to ask Dianne or someone, 「who is this girl again?」 but she had just walked away. If she’s an Onyx maid, I shouldn’t have anything to worry about……but something about her feels off. Even though I’ve been having such a great time, I haven’t been able to distinguish any of the maids individually, except for the head maid, but strangely, I was certain she 「Wasn’t among them」. Still, she doesn’t have any particularly striking features. She’s cute, but there aren’t any noticeable details like moles or old scars. What is this sense of unease? ……Just as I was acting suspiciously, the maid pressed in closer.
“Listen up, Human. Don’t go thinking this is just some cheap vegetable. The vegetables served at this party have been thoroughly inspected by our household’s chefs, down to every single seasoning and we only serve those deemed to be of the highest quality. In other words, they’re far more expensive than your average meat dish. As for safety, they’ve naturally undergone magic inspections and detoxification, so there’s absolutely no need to worry. Come on”
“N, No……I can’t really take a whole basketful like that”
A mysterious maid is shoving a basket, bigger than a person’s head and heaped high with whole vegetables, not even cut-up salad, in my face. Just as I was wondering if I could even call this a salad, Nancy-san, who seemed to have suddenly spotted me, stomped over. Just as I thought she was about to smile at me, she forcefully grabbed the mysterious maid from behind.
“Gue—”
“What are you doing, Carlos?”
……Eh? Wait, is this person actually Carlos-san!? I had absolutely no idea! His hair color is different, and his face looks different too……ah, but if I look closely, there are some features that do seem like Carlos-san……wow, he’s pulling it off just with makeup. He isn’t particularly tall to begin with, but the maid outfit suits him incredibly well. Oh, is that a wig? It must have slipped while he was flailing around from being choked.
“Amazing……such a perfect cross-dressing transformation……”
“I’m sorry. He seems quite confident in it himself; every now and then, he tries to seduce people like this. As his wife, I find it unforgivable that a husband of his age is pulling stunts like this”
“Gugigi……I, I haven’t seduced anyone yet……it’s a false accusation……!”
“If you say not yet, doesn’t that mean if we’d left you alone, you were planning to do it?”
He was dragged away just like that. Dianne came back right after that. Apparently, she’d been held up by the maids on Carlos-san’s orders.
“Another weird prank……what was he planning to do if Andy had gotten carried away? He’s a man who’d even turn a holy beast into a female slave, after all”
“Well, I don’t think I’d actually do anything like that……?”
“If Andy had thought it was okay to rape our maids, he might have suddenly been doing it behind a corner. It’s only been a day since yesterday, after all”
“Do I really look that indiscriminate to you!?”
……Ah, no, please don’t look at me with such a puzzled expression. It’s true that when I’m getting carried away to the max in the cat beast colony, I do things like that. But if it were a man, I think I’d realize it before I actually did anything.
“Ho. These days, my master even takes them from the back. If they’re good-looking, he might just be satisfied with that”
“Wait, Laila. I mean, you noticed, didn’t you? Stop it?”
“Hoho. I have no intention of complaining if my Master takes a slight interest in male slaves”
“I don’t!”
By the way, a girl from the nearby maid group offered her opinion, 「If it’s one of our maids, you can pretty much assume it’ll work even if you make a sudden move~♪」, a very casual endorsement. Wait, did you guys really want to see Carlos getting raped by a guy that badly……? Also, calling him 「The man who turns even holy beasts into female slaves」, it’s a bit late to say this now, but I think it’s a bit disrespectful to Breakcore. She wasn’t exactly doing anything that difficult, was she? She properly turned into a beauty just the way I like her and waited for me, didn’t she? ……Even though I understood that her true form was a horse, or rather, a mysterious lump of flesh, I still made her a female slave just because she’s a beauty now. Yeah, even I think that’s a bit questionable.
After snacking on the food set out in the garden for a while, I ran into Princess Ran and Fiona. Their outfits, which you don’t usually see around here, stood out a bit, but to keep men from approaching them, Maia, Emma, and a few maids formed a circle and discreetly blocked anyone from getting too close. Even so, there was a guy who kept pushing his way through……ah, Jose-san smoothly whisked him away. Since it would be a real problem if this turned into an international incident, it seems the Onyx side has everything under control.
“Your Highness. Are you enjoying yourself?”
“……Ah, good morning”
No one blocked my approach. I felt a slight sense of superiority.
“That loud noise this morning startled me. I’d been warned about it beforehand, though”
“If your asthma hadn’t fully cleared up, it might have turned into a serious problem”
“Yes”
Even though there are oases scattered about here, there’s no denying the air is dusty. If her asthma hadn’t fully cleared up, even a minor trigger might have caused an attack.
“I’m grateful for my good health”
“Yeah”
Seeing her lovely smile, I think to myself that even though things got a bit complicated, I’m really glad I helped her after all.
“Where did you go yesterday?”
“Following Dianne-san’s recommendation, I visited historical sites like the ruins of the Dragon Worship Temple……”
“What’s that? I’ve never heard of it”
“You’d probably only be interested in the red-light district anyway, even if you came to this town”
“Kuu……”
I can’t argue with what Fiona said. N, No, I do know about a few other places too, like hot springs, the market, and that bathing oasis……but yeah, I’ll admit the places I was most interested in were the risqué ones. Still, this is a really old town, so I’m sure there are plenty of famous sites and historic spots if you look for them. I’ll ask her to show me next time. ……At times like this, I’d like to be the one giving the tour, too.