Chapter 50 - Chapter 50: One Match, Unlimited
Representatives of the top guilds gathered at a hotel run by the Princess's family.
A meeting was held there, and it was decided to expel the Labyrinth Cult and the adventurer guild Dancing Darkness from the dungeon.
Immediately after that, I rented a room in the hotel to edit the video and uploaded it to my site right away.
For the thumbnail, I put flashy headlines like [Super Huge Scoop] and [Labyrinth Cult and Guild Dancing Darkness!] in red and yellow.
In the video description, I wrote about the circumstances under which we were sent to the deep layers of the dungeon.
As proof of being sent to the deep layers, the video of the dragon battle was also posted.
Since the number of channel subscribers had increased quite a bit, there would be reactions from viewers immediately.
"Phew... Ah, that's right."
This is not the time to be calm.
I had skipped my work at the nuclear power plant.
I sent a message to Hareyama-san, the person in charge.
"I hope you're angry~"
――When I thought that, I got a reaction immediately.
[Niwa-san! Are you safe?!]
"I am safe. Thank you for your concern."
[Kirara-san from the guild told me that you went missing in the dungeon...]
"I got caught up in an accident in the dungeon. I managed to return."
[I see... It's a relief that you are safe]
"I apologize for skipping work."
"No, given the profession of an adventurer, I expected something like this might happen."
"Well, you can really die. Actually, this time it was quite dangerous. It's a miracle I'm alive..."
[Eh?! Was it that bad?!]
"Yes, well... After all, we were sent to the deep layers of a dungeon never before reached, chased by monsters no one has ever seen..."
[You worked hard]
I was really tired.
I talked with her for a while, and she understood my situation.
It seems my work at the nuclear power plant will be on leave for a while.
She said she would advise the Prime Minister as well.
I have quite a few things to do, so I can't be working right now.
It's impossible until things settle down a bit.
The video upload is finished, so I'll go back to the guild and explain it to Sana and the others.
I can't just leave it alone because they will pay me.
Adults have responsibilities, after all.
"Hmph."
I'll go to the Princess's room for now.
I should at least ask permission before going.
I stood in front of the black door in front of her room.
The Princess's room is not on the same floor as normal rooms.
It is in an area specially separated, accessible only to those with permission.
There is a chime on the door, so I tried pressing it.
Isn't it a knock?
"It's open."
I heard the Princess's voice from inside.
"Hi~"
I opened the door and went inside, surprised.
It was a huge one-room suite with a massive window covering the entire front.
Outside, it was already dark, and the city lights were shining.
Even within the Special District, electricity is being saved, so it's not like the former city of eternal night.
It's a bit lonely, but waking up in the morning and sleeping at night... I've just returned to the original form of a living being.
I want to think that.
Anyway, with such a large room, I wouldn't know if someone knocked.
There must be a chime.
Seeing my figure, the Princess, wrapped in a bath towel, hugged me.
Did she just take a shower?
"Starting right away?!"
"What?"
"You know what."
I understood what she meant, and I was interested in her flexible body, but I have things to do.
"Yes... Sorry, but let me go back to my guild to say hello first."
"Of course, you'll come back, right? Since you're going to live with me here."
"I'm the guild leader, so I can't just leave it alone, can I? I have to hand over to the next leader."
"...That too... I see..."
While talking to the Princess, Kaorulko came out, wearing a bath towel and tying her hair up.
Even through the towel, you could tell she had huge breasts.
"Kyaaaaa! If you're going to be here, just say so!"
"What are you saying, Kaorulko! Darling is going to be with us forever!"
It seems the Princess lives with Kaorulko.
Well, I had a feeling from the conversation...
"Uuuu..."
"It says there is etiquette even among close friends, so I will be careful too."
"Please..."
Since I got permission from the Princess, I left the hotel.
I started walking down the street.
It was dark outside, but there were still many people.
I saw a familiar scenery spreading out, and people passing by as usual.
The lively street echoed with people's voices, but today it felt different somewhere.
I had a faint feeling that the whole town was buzzing.
Walking on the sidewalk, I felt a strange sense of incongruity amidst the city noise.
The expressions of people passing by on the street seemed distant, and today it looked like it was tinged with tension somewhere.
People holding smartphones, anxious about something; shop clerks who usually greet brightly with smiles were silently engrossed in their work today.
The faint unease floating among the people spread like invisible ripples.
"Is it my imagination... or is it because of the speech the Princess gave?"
While walking, I checked the news on the net... It seems rumors are spreading quite fast already.
My video also has a huge amount of access.
Even though I just uploaded it a moment ago.
There are many comments, but I don't have time to read them.
From this, you can see how high the public's interest is in this incident.
I wove through the crowd and rushed to that inn.
"Phew..."
I returned to the inn run by the old lady.
I headed to the front desk.
"Yo, long time no see."
"On what face do you come here?!"
"What face? This face... You probably don't know, but I just barely returned after getting caught up in a dungeon accident."
"Was it with the top-ranked Cherry Princess?"
"What, you know?"
"I know! I heard everything!"
Well, there's nothing I can do about that then.
"Well, are the girls here?"
"...Phew... They left."
"Eh?! Where?!"
"I don't know."
Judging from her bewildered face, she really doesn't know.
"Was the girl and that flashy woman with you?"
"Yes, they were."
Is this... a sign that they don't want to be my responsibility anymore?
I intended to give Kirara the leadership of the Forty-Niner, but was that rejected too?
I sent a message to Kirara.
"Where are you?"
A reply came immediately.
[It has nothing to do with you, right? Get along with Cherry Princess.]
"What about the guild money? The aid?"
[Sana and I are starting a new guild, so we don't need that.]
"..."
Ah... It seems I was seriously disliked.
I also received a message from Sana.
[Thank you very much, Daisuke-san, for curing my sister's illness. I will pay back the cost of the Elixir by working.]
This is probably a message to stop interacting with me.
I sent a message telling her not to overdo it.
At the same time, I sent a message to Kirara.
"Sana said she's paying back the money, but what about you?"
[Huh? There's no way I'd return what I received?]
I was an idiot for even thinking that for a moment.
"It's fine, but take care of Sana. If anything happens to her, her little sister and her family will be left homeless."
[I don't want to be told by you!]
Well, Kirara is a veteran, and it seems she has been diving seriously lately... No problem, I guess.
Originally, the plan was to split the guild because dangerous people might come for my Item Box, and I would go solo.
The form has changed a bit, though...
Besides, if it ends like a falling-out, we can prevent them from being taken hostage or endangered.
But what about the Princess? That's another story... But if you have normal thinking, you wouldn't touch high-level adventurers.
I was a bit rash myself, but it was an extreme situation, after all...
Of course, I accept objections.
I went looking for companions, but I might have looked like I was making a girl and being affectionate.
Well, it was actually like that, so there's no point in making excuses.
To Kirara, I might have looked like the people of Dancing Darkness.
Speaking of which, the cost of the Elixir doesn't feel like an amount that can be paid back by working.
As for me, I don't intend to get it back anyway.
"By the way, what do I do when I leave the guild?"
I searched on the net.
It seems there's no problem if I go to the government office and file a report when leaving a guild.
It seems possible to join another guild without leaving.
Actually, there are quite a few people like that.
"So, does that mean my guild is just me now?"
I might end up joining the Princess's new guild.
Since there's no point staying in the city, I decided to return to the Princess's hotel.
Walking through the crowd with a bit of a downcast mood, I arrived at the hotel.
"Hello..."
Since the Princess spoke, the hotel staff also became face-pass friendly.
So this place has become my base now, huh?
I took the elevator through the staff corridor and headed to the Princess's room.
I rang the chime.
"It's open."
When I went inside... The Princess was lying on a huge sofa in loose white pants and a T-shirt.
Kaorulko was sitting on a chair looking at a tablet.
"Phew... I'm back."
"Welcome back."
"Really, is it okay for me to live here?"
"Of course, you are my Darling."
"Is Kaorulko okay with that?"
"As long as you respect our private space, there is no problem."
"I'll be careful."
I sat on the sofa too.
"How was it?"
She asked me about my guild.
"It seems I was seriously disliked."
"That's good!"
"But it's not good for me."
The Princess, hearing my words, showed a slightly dissatisfied expression.
"What... Do you have lingering feelings for a guild that gathered such beginners?"
"Beginners, well, I'm a beginner too."
"No matter what you say, no one will believe you."
"No, seriously... Seriously."
Since we are going to date and have declared we will have children, I should let her know about me too.
I told her the details of how I became high-level.
"So, you leveled up after crushing the dungeon that accidentally appeared behind your house?"
Kaorulko seemed interested too, as she was listening to my story.
"That's right. There's no effort or anything like that, and I have zero experience as an adventurer."
"I see... So that's how it was."
"What do you think? I'm seriously just an old man."
"No? The current Darling is stronger than me and has strength that can overwhelm other adventurers. My condition is 'a man stronger than me'. There is no choice but Darling."
"Well, if the Princess is okay, then it's fine."
"Of course it is! You are actually strong, and you treated Gorilla and Oga like children, right?"
When she jumped onto me, she started taking off her T-shirt.
Underneath, she was wearing nothing, so naturally, her skin was exposed.
Well, I'm an old man of a certain age, so seeing a girl's naked body isn't something to panic about.
It's a bit too straightforward, though, and I'm taken aback.
"Wait, wait... Is Kaorulko okay with this?"
"It's fine."
The Empress doesn't seem to mind at all either.
"I don't like being seen naked, but is it okay to look at others'?"
"Yes."
The Princess is strange, but she is quite something too.
Is this what the upper class is like?
Or is this family just like this?
While we were talking, the Princess started taking off my shirt.
"Wait, wait... For now, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything."
"Mm..."
It seems the Princess and the others ate, but I haven't.
Since this is a hotel, I can order room service.
I ordered it when I stayed here before, and the menu was quite rich.
According to Kaorulko, if you get tired of room service, you can order delivery from outside.
You can even buy food from street stalls and have them bring it...
Really, if you have money, you can do anything.
Today, I decided to order room service normally.
I'm really hungry, so I ordered curry and ramen.
"Wait... Since I have an Item Box, I can order multiple portions at once without any problem."
I had them bring about 10 portions of the available menu.
I confirmed that it was okay for now.
It's a childish way of ordering, but it's fine today.
I was disliked by Sana and the others, so I'm in that kind of mood.
I'll make the Princess wait until I finish eating.
Anyway, I can't do anything without replenishing energy.
I might pass out from running out of gas halfway through.
While waiting for the room service... What should I do?
Should I watch the net?
Seeing the Empress looking at her tablet, I got an idea.
"That's it... Using Kaorulko's ability, maybe I can film inside the dungeon just like me?"
"!? Tell me in detail!"
Kaorulko flew over to me.
"It's a technique that exploits the bug in the Item Box."
I'll show her for real.
"A-ah, the camera is floating in the air..."
"In this state, the camera is moving but unaffected by the dungeon's influence... meaning filming is possible."
"Can I do it with my Item Box too?"
"I don't know until I try..."
I taught her how to do it.
She seems to be filming with her smartphone, and she has the top-of-the-line model with good camera performance.
Of course, it's made by the Yaegashi Group.
"Like this?! Is it like this?!"
While Kaorulko was trying desperately, the Princess took off my shirt and hugged my body.
"Oh?!"
The Empress's smartphone was floating in the air... It seems successful.
"Is this a success?"
"Yes, probably... I don't know if it's recording until I check."
She filmed for about 10 seconds, then pulled the smartphone back.
When she took it out of the Item Box again, she checked the video data.
"Ah! It really is recording! Amazing! Lady Sakurako! It's amazing!"
"Mm~"
Whether the Princess was listening to Kaorulko's story or not... She buried her face in my chest.
"Ugh!"
It's an amazing thing, but the Princess's reaction is poor, so she is dissatisfied too.
The chime rang twice.
It seems the room service has arrived.
"Oh, I was waiting."
Since the Princess is naked, I opened the door slightly and peeked through the gap.
"Sorry for the wait."
When I showed my face, a wagon piled with food lined up.
"Sorry for asking too much, is this all?"
"No, we can't carry it all at once, so I'll come back immediately."
"Then please."
"Understood."
"I'll carry it myself, so you can just leave it there."
"Yes."
The one who brought it was a female employee, but since I was shirtless, she averted her eyes a bit.
If it weren't the Princess's room, I'd be a perverted old man.
After the employees left, I took only the ramen and curry and put the rest into the Item Box.
I started eating immediately.
"Delicious! Too delicious!"
"Juumangoku... Cough cough"
Kaorulko reacted to my joke.
It seems she knew the original source.
Anyway, I'm really hungry, so I devour the food.
Good. Adult eating that only adults can do.
Curry + sushi, ramen + sushi, anything goes.
Anyway, I finished everything, but I still feel about 80% full.
Since the remaining room service seems to have come out, I put it all into the Item Box.
"This should last for a while."
"Darling..."
The naked Princess approached me after I finished eating.
From then on, the unlimited one match with the Princess began.
Various scents and the Princess's stimulating scent blended together.
Since we are both high-level adventurers, stamina is endless.
If we get hungry, we just eat and recover.
Before I knew it, Kaorulko, who had jumped into our match, was lying naked on the floor.
I didn't do the same thing as the Princess because her healing magic would disappear if I did.
She might catch a cold, so I covered her with a blanket I took out of the Item Box.
Well, high-level adventurers shouldn't catch a cold, right?
Even if she did, it would be cured by healing magic or potions.
The one match with the Princess continued.
The match continued all night, and the large window of the suite room began to whiten with the morning sun.
"Hey, hey, Princess... Let's rest for a while! It's endless."
"We finally started to understand various things."
No, no, you don't have to understand various things.
Stamina and everything else are bottomless.
"My stomach is a bit hungry, let's eat."
"Mm... Speaking of which..."
A huge stomach growl came from the Princess's direction.
"Here."
"!"
The Princess turned her face bright red and started hitting me.
"Ouch, ouch, wait a minute! It really hurts!"
"Ugh!"
"What's wrong? We did all sorts of things, so there's no need to be embarrassed by a stomach growl, right?"
"That and this are different!"
Is that how it is?
Just in case, my Item Box is stocked with a large amount of room service.
――Though, if I eat at this pace, it will disappear in a flash.
I'll have to order again or stock up when I go out.
Everyone here is a high-level adventurer, after all.
After eating, we fight again.
Doing such things, it became the time for work.
"Princess, it's about time... You have various things to do, right?"
Lawyers, reporting to the authorities, etc.
Since I uploaded my video on the net, the Labyrinth Cult and Dancing Darkness might have already escaped.
"Uuuu..."
She seems unsatisfied somehow... A bottomless pit, huh?
Since I couldn't get anywhere, I forcibly pulled her away, and the chime rang.
I didn't order room service... A visitor?
In a place like this?
"Princess?"
"..."
She was sulking, so I had no choice but to go out.
Putting on only my pants, I opened the door slightly and showed my face.
"Hello?"
"Is Sakurako here?"
"Yes?"
Standing there was... The same face as the Princess.
"I asked if Sakurako is here?"
"Eh?! Eh?!"
I turned around to check.
On the sofa, the naked Princess was there.
"She is..."
"Good morning... Uwa! What is this smell!"
A woman in a pink suit with the same face as the Princess pushed past me and entered the room.
"What, it's Kako. What are you doing here..."
"What am I doing here? ... I heard you went missing in the dungeon and was running around in a panic, and when I heard you returned safely, I found you pulling in a man, so I came to see on behalf of Father, Mother, Grandpa, and Grandma, threatening to cut ties if they come!"
"That's a lot of trouble."
"Grandmother is worried too."
"It has nothing to do with me."
"Even so! Men... aren't old men!"
I was scolded terribly.
Well, I am actually an old man... I won't deny it.
I didn't think I could have a one-match with such a young and beautiful girl.
"If a man meets my eyes, age doesn't matter."
"Gugu..."
"Princess, who is she...?"
"Yes, she is Kako, a twin."
"Twins, huh?"
"Yes, I am the older sister."
She puffed out her chest.
"Hmph, just being born a few minutes earlier, and I'm being treated as the older sister, it's troublesome."
"Ten minutes, and the older sister is the older sister, right?"
While the two were arguing, Kaorulko seemed to wake up.
"Umm..."
She was rubbing her eyes, but there were carpet marks on her cheeks.
"Good morning, Kaorulko... Why are you here, and why is it like this?!"
"Gya! Lady Kako! Good morning!"
She hurriedly wrapped a blanket around her body and jumped into the shower room.
"Ugh! Ventilate! Ventilate!"
"Yes, yes... Is this opening the window?"
I went near the window.
"It opens a little bit."
"Is that so?"
Is it for fall prevention or something like that?
Well, if I open it a little bit at a time, it will ventilate.
Since it's on a high floor, quite a bit of wind is coming in.
"Phew... You can stand such a stinky place."
"Darling says you have a good smell."
"So, including that, Sakurako has no choice but this old man, right?"
"That's correct."
"...Even sarcasm doesn't work?"
"There is no sarcasm, it's already a fait accompli."
She spread her legs wide.
"Gya! I can't believe it!"
"Tell them when you return to your family home... Stop interfering with me."
"...Are you serious?"
"Yes, I'm paying for this place with my own earnings."
"Well, that's it... With my earnings, I can manage a life like this."
I, who opened the window, stepped between the twins.
I looked closely, and their faces were really identical.
As for their bodies... The Princess, who exercises, has an athlete's build, so they are completely different.
If they stood side by side, you could tell at a glance except for the face.
Probably the older sister doesn't have abs.
"You don't look like you earn that much..."
The older sister looked at me with suspicious eyes... But I'm just a normal old man.
I certainly don't look like I have enormous assets.
Actually, 100 billion yen comes from the country.
Even if half is taken as corporate tax, 50 billion... There would be no problem even if I lived luxuriously by staying at a hotel every day.
Besides, with an Item Box, there are countless ways to earn money.
"Truly Darling. As expected, you are suitable as my partner."
"I can't be an adventurer forever."
"That's right. If I have a child, I can't continue as an adventurer... If a child is born, there are duties as a wife and mother."
"I think that kind of thing isn't popular these days..."
Even though they are twins, their way of thinking and personalities are completely different.
"We've come this far, you should understand various things, right? Go back quickly."
"What, we came all the way to the Special District..."
"If so, you can go sightseeing and return."
"Now we are in a bit of a troublesome situation. We are busy."
"Darling is right."
I turned on my notebook PC and checked the site.
"Gah!"
I was surprised looking at the video I uploaded.
The number of views had become an incredible number.