Chapter 852: The Prostitutes’ Visit 1
The comfort of the 「Flying Sexroom」, where one sleeps while flying, was highly praised by fellow passengers on the return trip. 100-man commander Becker, who had traveled by dragon before, naturally recognized the difference. But even the prostitutes, who hadn’t, knew that long journeys meant walking, riding horses, carriages, or camels. All of these imposed considerable discomfort. This flying transportation via the 「Flying Sexroom」 wasn’t just about speed; the revolutionary aspect was simply being able to sleep during the journey. The only other options were ships or palanquins reserved for great nobles and wealthy merchants. Thinking about it now, forcing travel by horse-drawn carriage all this time felt incredibly inefficient. While similar carriages could be obtained relatively anywhere and modified with minor tweaks, they offered no comfortable posture. Sure, they don’t roll over wildly on steep inclines, but enduring hours sitting stiffly on a chair with barely any cushioning is grueling. If you actually want to eat or sleep properly, you’d need to camp on the ground. ……But that’s pure luxury talk. Right now, most travelers just endure it on the ground. That’s precisely why I ended up thinking, 「This is still a pretty damn great way to travel」. If we had the resources, maybe we should build more 「Flying Sexrooms」……no, 「Mobile Cabins」. The one we’re riding in now ended up with this interior design because it catered excessively to my and the female slaves’ erotic desires, but I think 「Being able to lie down when necessary」 and 「Accommodating large groups or ogres」 can be achieved simultaneously.
The landing spot was the usual grassland at the edge of the forest.
“Welcome back. No major incidents? ……Something happened, didn’t it?”
This time, it was Dianne who greeted us first and spoke up. Then, seeing Isabel being led out of the hut by the hand, Dianne’s expression also stiffened. Though she’d been treated by Dr. Nicholas in Talc, it wasn’t as if everything except her arm was fine……. Her complexion was visibly poor, and though her demeanor had returned, she lacked energy. She probably still found our story about losing an arm and then having it restored only half-believable.
“What happened this time? What did you get caught up in? How did she end up like this?”
“Caught up in or rather, stuck my neck in……well, let’s calm down first. Okay, everyone, stop. I’m not hurt or anything, and in the end, Carlos-san handled everything”
Seeing the strange tension run through the members waiting behind Dianne—Laila, Maia, Selenium, Neia, Anzeros—I gave up on explaining right there. Honestly, I wasn’t injured at all. The only one with noticeable wounds was Isabel. It felt a bit off that everyone was bracing themselves, thinking is this our moment?
“If possible, I’d like everyone to gather somewhere……well, we’re all tired from traveling……at the secret hot springs”
“Before that, what should we do with this guy?”
Leda carried 100-man commander Becker down from the 「Flying Sexroom」. He was wrapped tightly in ropes.
“What are you doing, Becker……Becker, right?”
“Don’t mistake me just because my hair’s white! It’s Becker, of course! And since I’m already down, you could untie me now, couldn’t you!”
The reason 100-man commander Becker, was in this state……was because he’d somehow grasped the concept of the 「Flying Sexroom」. With a lecherous grin, he’d said, 「No, don’t worry about me. You guys can start already, right? I mean, you were doing it openly at the Renfangas Fortress, weren’t you?」. This left Aurora and Leda dumbfounded, so they tied him up. The prostitutes started getting excited, 「Eh? Well, since we’re here, should Becker and Smithson join in too?」. Honestly, even though they were professional prostitutes, the idea of standing side-by-side with 100-man commander Becker and doing it……well, it felt kinda off. Just as I was thinking that, Aurora and the others sensed it and stepped in. Well, sure, I did deliberately do it while being watched back then? But that doesn’t mean I want to sway my hips together with them, right? So in the end, 100-man commander Becker was sacrificed as a 「Tactless perverted middle-aged man」. While it was partly his own fault, I feel just a little sorry for him.
“Weren’t you supposed to be back with your new wife? Why are you here again……?”
“It’s this hair! I bleached it too much for my disguise!”
“If you don’t like it, just shave it off. It’ll grow back in half a year or so”
“No, that’s too cruel! Couldn’t you do something with the sacred spring water here or elf technology or something!?”
“Well, maybe ask Irina or Christie. ……But with a patient this bad, you’ll have to wait”
“I can wait that long! But if you don’t untangle me soon, I’m gonna need to go”
“……Leda. Untangle him as far away from here as possible”
At Dianne’s words, Leda glanced over, looking slightly concerned. ……Just like Emma, she’s worried about whether she should interpret this as 「My order」. With no other choice, I nodded. Leda transformed into her dragon form. Taking off just as Emma landed and shifted back to human form, she flew over the grasslands and city, still clutching the tightly coiled 100-man commander Becker, heading off somewhere far away.
“……I didn’t mean for you to literally toss him that far away”
Dianne muttered under her breath, but Laila shrugged and said, 「No way he’d hear you at that distance」. Dianne sighed and seemed to decide to just leave it for now.
“Alright, then……let’s go to the secret hot springs and ask. Just to be sure, is there anyone here who doesn’t want to show their skin to Andy?”
None of the prostitutes raised their hands. Or rather, no one seemed hesitant about Becker’s proposal for an orgy either, so it felt a bit late to bring it up now. Besides, they practically wore next to nothing at the shop anyway.
“Still, I never thought we’d go to a naughty place for fun and end up bringing back an injured person on the way back”
“Cosmos-san isn’t here either……”
“I recognize this kid. Wasn’t she at the Spirit Festival?”
The three half elves mingled fairly carefree with the prostitute brigade. Dianne kept staring intently at Isabel’s arm even while walking. The wound was covered in bandages, but could she still tell something? ……Well, they say elves and dark elves can see magic currents invisible to us, so she probably could.
“Master. I sense the presence of the Black Collars near the secret hot springs……but are these people safe?”
“Even when Leda turned into a dragon just now, she didn’t seem bothered, so it should be fine. ……More importantly, how am I supposed to explain this? ……Try not to say anything unnecessary, Emma”
“Unnecessary? On the contrary, having witnessed your heroic deeds firsthand”
“That’s exactly what I mean by unnecessary!”
Laila, Maia, and Selenium, with their sharp ears, are already looking at us strangely. Please, don’t let this turn into some awkward, tense conversation.
So, anyway. When we arrived at the secret hot springs, Shario, Leyla, and Corti in their black collars greeted us naked. Their bodies were so stunningly beautiful that the ladies of the night actually felt intimidated for a moment. In the end, though, we all ended up bathing together and reporting on this latest mission.
“……So, honestly, I could’ve just ignored it and gone to play……but when you hear someone you know is right nearby, risking their life in a deadly fight, you just can’t bring yourself to ignore it”
“……I see. Come to think of it, the Tower Master was at an age where he could kick the bucket any day now……I’d completely forgotten”
Dianne pressed her hand to her forehead, her face saying 「Damn……」. ……Is that really such a certain cause for the town to go wild?
“But when I asked Carlos-san for help, he immediately lent me Jose and 100-man commander Becker. Then, there was a bit of a mess before we found Isabel, but Emma and the others hardly had to intervene……”
“You look like you’re lying”
“Wha!?”
Selenium splashed water on her face and leaned in, her assertion making me tremble. How did she know?
“……Andy-san. That conversation you had with Emma earlier……there’s no way we long-eared ones couldn’t hear it. It sounds like you’re trying to cover something up”
Aurora looked exasperated. That……makes sense. Yeah.
“Andy-san. Please, just don’t lie to us”
Selenium said with a pout.
“I did send you off worried. It seems there was danger after all, even though it shouldn’t have been there, and I regret it a little. ……But don’t keep secrets from us. I absolutely cannot bear the thought of you being taken away from us by someone else, whether it’s your life or your heart”
“Uh……”
“If you can tell us openly that you want us to accept you……then we’ll prepare for and accept anything, a new female slave, a new battle, anything. Thanks to Andy-san’s hard work up until now, we have the strength here to withstand and bounce back from any major blow. So please, stop doing things like that”
“……S, Sorry”
Come to think of it, that was Selenium’s way of thinking. She couldn’t tolerate me secretly cheating, but openly adding more female slaves was acceptable. That standard probably stemmed from her intense fear that my heart would drift away from her unnoticed, and I’d abandon her before she even had a chance to fight back.
“……Isabel-san messed up and ran away, and the number of ogres chasing us was a bit too high……plus, killing them carelessly would’ve endangered Carlos-san and the others, so we fought using a strategy to avoid killing them. Aurora and the others weren’t enough. ……At that time, I bluffed a little against the ogres to buy some time. Yes. Nancy-san came to our aid fairly quickly, so I ended up unharmed, but one wrong move and I could’ve been seriously injured”
I confessed honestly. Surprisingly, Neia looked angrier than anyone else.
“Like with Rainer, and when I fought the Devil too, you did that, didn’t you, Smithson-san? ……That kind of thing really wears on my nerves, you know?”
“Yeah. Sorry. But hey, my eyes have King Yuris’s seal of approval, and unless it’s something really bad, I probably won’t get hit directly……probably……”
“I don’t think that’s the kind of eye power he was talking about”
Neia cut me off decisively. But, but I’m pretty confident. If I concentrate, I can react to even a master’s movements……well, react or at least see them.
“Then you really need to train your body properly, Andy. Just seeing it might let you dodge once, but you can’t handle a combo. You need to strengthen your legs and core much more. You can’t rely on that alone”
Anzeros was harsh too. Well, I don’t exactly live my life expecting constant brawls, so it’s only natural.
And while I was surrounded by the female slaves, reflecting on my actions, I overheard Corti and Shario whispering to each other.
“Was that guy bluffing the devil like he did with Rainer-sama……?”
“A devil……I’ve never seen one myself……but I hear they’re monsters completely beyond common sense. He went toe-to-toe with one using feints and bluffs……what kind of mental fortitude is that……?”
No, it wasn’t anything that scary. More like, I’m always just barely holding it together mentally. ……Maybe that’s why people overestimate me in situations like this.
Even the prostitutes kept their distance, terrified by the naked bodies of the female slaves gathering around me.
“The dragons are one thing, but even the non-dragons isn’t everyone’s skin and hair just insane……?”
“Anyone from over there would instantly monopolize popularity if they debuted at a brothel, right……?”
“I was wondering what kind of beauty squad this is where top-tier Leslie-san gets treated like she’s at the bottom of the pile……”
Yeah. That’s my pride and joy, my female slaves, so I’m genuinely happy about that. You can really tell when you compare them side by side. My female slaves have an insanely high level of looks. It’s not that the ladies of the brothel are disappointing, but there’s just a different kind of radiance. Also, if we’re just talking about the beauty of hair and skin, everyone here will look like this after spending just a week here, so look forward to it.