Chapter 125 - Chapter 123: Otfrid Appears
While I built the inn, I lived a life of staying close to Sylvia.
"If you eat something delicious, you can forget the bad things!"
For Sylvia, who loved eating, meals were a time of bliss. That said, she didn't eat much, so I would give her small amounts of food while searching for what she liked.
"Are men scary?"
She nodded, but I didn't attack the completely naked Sylvia.
(Why doesn't this person attack me? Is it because I'm a woman who was raped and defiled? Or because I'm a woman with a small chest? Shivans looks like a refined noble and is handsome...)
Sylvia was afraid of being alone at night.When it got dark, she would tremble and tears would well up. Men were scary, but since there was only me, she would slip into my bed, and when I held her, she would calm down.
"Sylvia, you're still afraid of men, and you still love your boyfriend, right?"
She nodded repeatedly.
"I think Sylvia is attractive, but if even I were to attack you, I think you'd become unable to trust any man in the world. So, even like this, I'm holding back."
Knowing that I was holding back for her, she looked at me with wide eyes. Feeling both happy and sorry, she pressed her slender body against me, felt at ease, and fell sound asleep.
Gradually, her smiles increased, and she became able to help with cooking. Though her conversation was still just nodding and shaking her head.
When Sylvia slept, I used Instant Movement to go near the dungeon to build the inn, and finally completed it.
The Next Morning
Sylvia woke up on the third floor of the inn.
"This is Sylvia's room."
She was surprised to see the vast amount of clothing hanging on the garment rack. She also smiled seeing the stored underwear.
Sylvia changed into white underwear and a white dress, checked herself repeatedly in the full-length mirror, and put on a wide-brimmed straw hat. To match my tall height, she chose slightly high-heeled white shoes and headed to the Adventurer Guild.
When we arrived, Captain Warren and the branch chief were talking, so thinking it was good timing, I explained the circumstances so far. Adventurers gathered around and listened to our story with great interest.
"So, while it might not be on the scale of a stampede, my subordinates were kidnapped by those Killer Gay Apes? Or perhaps they were killed by those four ex-soldiers... But as expected of A-rank! Where are those four?"
When I told them I had set up a barrier on the antlion trap and turned it into a spectacle, Warren burst into laughter. The adventurers, while surprised that I was A-rank, were saying, "Let's go see the four of them!"
When I announced that I had built an inn and would let people stay on the first floor for 1,000 G per room with no meals included, the branch chief was surprised.
"So if four people stay, that's 250 G per person? Can you make a profit like that?"
"More than that, aren't you more worried about the people spreading out tents and sleeping in the dungeon? It's far too dangerous as a way to shelter from the rain and dew. The number of people is only increasing, right?"
When I emphasized it was for the refugees, he seemed to understand.If the low-rank adventurers couldn't make a living, I said they could live and work part-time, securing both lodging and meals, and the adventurers were delighted.
Hearing that, the men who had been attacked by the Killer Gay Apes and the women I had held immediately spoke up, saying they would take the live-in part-time jobs.
"I'm sick of living in a tent!"
"Booze... I wanted to drink! Let me work!"
I found injured people and treated them with 'Heal,' saying, "If you can't pay the medical fees, you can just work part-time at my place." The number of applicants for part-time work increased.
Captain Warren and the branch chief looked at Sylvia, who was crying while receiving the mementos, with concern, but she couldn't even communicate by writing and was troubled.
"Shivans... isn't there anything you can do?"
"Captain Warren. Even I can't cure an illness of the heart. It will take time, but I will definitely heal her."
At my words, both the branch chief and Sylvia looked relieved.For the men, I built a hut next to the inn.
It's what you'd call a 'cruising spot.'I also properly prepared a public bath for the men next to the hut.
"Ohh! This is exactly what I wanted!"
The men hugged each other in joy, but the women watched with cold eyes.Immediately, the women I had relations with and the men who had opened new doors thanks to the Killer Gay Apes moved in.
With hardly any luggage, the women went to the rooms on the second floor. The men headed to the cruising spot.
The women and I headed to the large bath, and as I cleaned them up, they said, "You want a reward, right?" and buried their faces in my crotch.
Seeing this, Sylvia was surprised, and another woman spoke to her.
"What's wrong, Sylvia? You're not a virgin, so it's nothing to be surprised about, right? Women have sexual desires too. And there's nothing strange about lusting after a good man, is there?"
Watching the woman straddling me and raising moans of pleasure, Sylvia gazed on with a somewhat envious look.
"I'm gonna get cleaned up too!"
Hair was glossy, skin was shaved and made smooth with hair removal cream. Sylvia was also shampooed and conditioned, and when the finishing touches were applied with hair removal cream, she reached that state and became embarrassed.
The women said, "But it's good, right! That you didn't get pregnant with a rapist's child!" and Sylvia nodded repeatedly, crying tears of joy.
(It really is good! A child from those bastards! I don't even remember their faces anymore. But I wonder if these people would be okay with having Shivans's child?)
She tried to ask with gestures, but no one could understand.
"It seems Sylvia wants to know if it would be okay to have my child."
One woman laughed and said with a nonchalant smile, "Well, we're using contraception, but if it happens, I'm sure it'll be a good kid! After all, he's an A-rank hottie!"
"Yeah, yeah! None of us are living our lives thinking about the future. We're adventurers, after all."
Seeing the women agreeing, Sylvia felt strangely convinced.
After ThatThe men were issued shirts and pants. The women were issued blouses and tight mini-skirt uniforms, and they studied cooking, customer service, and cleaning. Sylvia, together with them, communicated through gestures and studied writing.
"Shivans is amazing! You can even cook?"
He was respected by the men too.
"Being good at cooking makes you popular, you know?"
"Yeah... if I get good at cooking, will I become popular?"
While the men were making a fuss, the women ignored them and studied customer service manners and cooking recipes. Those who could use Clean focused on cleaning.
At dinner, while drinking, we assigned work based on each person's role and areas of expertise, then disbanded. The women slept in the rooms on the second floor, and the men returned to the cruising spot to sleep.
Sylvia and I returned to the room on the third floor, but Sylvia wore only panties with a sanitary pad and slipped into my bed to sleep. It seemed she was calmer sleeping naked with me.
When I told her to wear a bust-enhancing bra and a night bra, she thought about it a little and wore the bust-enhancing bra during the day, but for some reason, she didn't want to wear the night bra. I asked if it felt too tight, but she shook her head.
(Well, I'll let her do as she likes.)
I set the inn's opening for one week later, and we practiced making breakfast and dinner, and I taught Sylvia how to write. As I used magic to improve the inn wherever possible, everyone respected me.
Sylvia was clingy with me, but thanks to her making an effort in her own way to communicate with the women, she had become able to communicate by writing.
When one woman asked, "Do you like Shivans?" she wrote, 'I respect him, but the one I still love is my dead boyfriend.'
"Huh! But what will you do from now on?"
'I'm an adventurer too. I think things will work out as they will. If I can speak again someday, I'll think about it then.'
The women also laughed together, saying, "Well, that's true! No one knows what the future holds!"
"As for me, I was made to cry by my cheating boyfriend, but thanks to Shivans, I got over it completely!"
"Me too! Saying a monkey's ass is better than my pussy! I was so disillusioned!"
While enjoying tea, Sylvia's smiles increased.
And so, one week passed, and the opening day finally arrived.The women applied makeup, styled their hair, and made themselves beautiful. The men also shaved their stubble and tidied themselves up. Sylvia was finished with makeup that emphasized a neat look and her lovely eyes.
(The women are becoming sexier every day from being held by me, and the men are becoming gentler thanks to the monkeys, so this business is likely to prosper!)
Reputation called for reputation, and from the opening day, it was full.
As for me, I slipped out at night and explored the dungeon.I still hadn't progressed through even 1/10th of this vast labyrinth. I wanted to go through every corner and know what was where.
Especially because I suspected that the places where ghosts and zombies appeared were probably where past adventurers wandered.
(I feel like I'll understand if I go to a place where miasma is stagnant.)
In the worst case, if they are truly dead, there's nothing to be done.
For that purpose, I must advance ahead of the other adventurers. While checking the map, when I encountered monsters, I trapped them in a barrier, suffocated them, and put them directly into my Inventory. It was a particularly effective attack and collection method for Killer Bees and Killer Ants.
This method might be pointed at by other adventurers fighting seriously as "Heresy!" but it makes collection easy.
I discovered treasure chests in various rooms, but they were either traps or empty.
Well, it's not like I'd be blessed with treasure so soon. I predicted that zombies would probably appear in some large space somewhere... but I was wrong.
A long passageway suddenly appeared.It wasn't listed on the map.
(What is this!?)
The air was freezing cold.It took courage just to take one step forward.My instincts were screaming that it was dangerous.
(Let's make a courageous retreat. This place seems dangerous...)
Would I even be able to return from a place with no map? The moment I wondered this and turned around, there it was. An appearance reminiscent of a death god.
"The King of the Undead...!?"
I raised my voice in surprise, and as I nearly fell back in shock, it seemed to smile.
'If you had called me a Wraith, I intended to kill you. By the way, shall I ask what you intended to do coming here?'
I honestly told him I came to confirm if the zombies were corpses, and when I frankly said, "If they could be healed, I thought I'd like to try," he nodded.
And then, he seemed to read my thoughts.
'Shivans. To give you the conclusion, the medicine you possess cannot save them. They are already corpses. You are excellent for a 17-year-old, but that seems to be thanks to reincarnation. Also, it seems you possess Limit Break, but you've only exceeded level 100 or so. If you don't train a bit more, it's impossible for you to defeat me.'
I realized that lies and secrets were meaningless against this person. That too seemed to have been read.
'That's right. By the way, what year is it in the Imperial Calendar now?'
"Well... I believe it was the year 255?"
'Time flies. It's been 250 years since His Majesty passed away...'
(Then, was this person someone who served the first Emperor? In what position, and what did he do to become the King of the Undead? He must have been quite a renowned person, right?)
As I was thinking, 'Ahahaha. Well, that's right. I served the first Emperor as a court mage. I was also a friend to His Majesty since childhood... no, you could say we were best friends. Unfortunately, he passed away just five years after ascending to the throne. I supported the second generation with all my might. Of course, there were many things that couldn't be settled with just pretty words. And before I died, I performed the forbidden secret art of immortality. The result is this appearance,' he told me self-deprecatingly.
"Could it be that beyond this passage is the room where the first Emperor sleeps?"
'That's right. You're perceptive. It is unforgivable for boorish fellows to disturb His Majesty's sleep. I intended to dispose of you if you took even one step inside. However, you hesitated and tried to turn back. That's when I became interested in you. Even though I've become this form, my spirit of inquiry has no end! Are you not interested as well? Why, even though my flesh has decayed, can I maintain such immense magical power?'
Certainly, that's true.
(From the way he speaks, has he not reached a conclusion yet? But why is he helping me and telling me these things?)
'Perhaps a conclusion will never be reached. It might be a god's whim, or perhaps the will of the late Emperor. It's because I understood that you are supporting my descendant. Well then, Shivans! Let us meet again!'
"What do you mean, 'again'? At least your name?"
Then, I heard 'Otfrid' in my head, and I was back in the original dungeon. Who is the descendant? At least it's not His Majesty. Someone from the Klaus family? No way, Father Butler?
(I don't know... I'll have to go back and decipher ancient documents to investigate.)
If there's no way to save the zombies, then I should at least purify them with holy magic. Thinking that, I pulled myself together and advanced. Normally, the appearance of Wild Cattle or Wild Bears would make my heart leap with joy, but now I froze them without excitement.
(No, no! I have to change my mindset!)
Before I knew it, after collecting them, I had conquered 2/3 of the dungeon. The time must have been approaching dusk.
When I turned the next corner, what appeared was a group of zombies, former adventurers.
(At least let them rest in peace.)
'Purification'
The group of loitering zombies turned into particles of light and disappeared.It somehow sounded like they were saying 'thank you.' The ghosts and zombies vanished one after another, seemingly being purified. When I finally cast 'Clean,' items that could be called their mementos were left behind, so I collected them.
From there, Wraiths and Skeletons also appeared, but as I purified them, only Magic Stones clattered down. Unable to shake off the emptiness, I picked them up, and then a large number of frogs appeared.
(Wild Frogs! They were used for corsets long ago...)
I set up a barrier, trapping and suffocating them. They were about 2 meters long, but defeating them this way, it didn't matter if hundreds came. I was finally able to collect the corpses and move on.
"It's about time."
I muttered while looking at the map, and finally, the last door was before me.I flung the door open.
The floor boss is... a Dullahan?
'I hear Lord Otfrid has acknowledged you? I shall be your opponent!'
"I don't know if I was acknowledged or not?"
'No questions! Come at me!'
I tried attacking with magic. All the magic I released passed right through. It seemed magic was ineffective.
'Hmph. You rely on magic? I'm slightly disappointed...'
Mocking me, he swiftly thrust his spear from horseback. I cast Body Enhancement and attacked with speed surpassing his using the 'Lightning Speed' skill, and he seemed pleased.
'You can do it if you try! Come at me seriously from the start!'
"Yes! I'll go all out!"
We wounded each other, but couldn't deal a fatal blow.
'What's wrong? Are you at your limit?'
"Magic doesn't work, but you take damage from a sword... what kind of body do you have?"
Ignoring my question, he attacked even more fiercely. I somehow dodged and cut through his spear with 'One-Stroke Severance,' and he said, 'Splendid! Let us fight again!' and disappeared.
"You've got to be kidding... Let's go home quickly..."
When I cast Heal and treated myself, the real floor boss appeared. When I appraised it, it said 'Giant Wild Frog.' It was a frog over 3 meters long, not cute at all.
(I didn't hear about this... Having to fight something like this after a Dullahan, isn't this just bullying!?)
I couldn't set up my specialty barrier.It seemed I wouldn't be let out of this room unless I fought and defeated it. Its body was coated with some kind of mucus, and fire and ice had no effect. Its eyes darted around, able to spot enemies left, right, up, and down. It quickly captured enemies with its long tongue—it felt like it would eat a person whole...
With a large group, aiming for the head might work, but arrows probably wouldn't easily penetrate that mucus either. As I dodged the attacks of its extending tongue, it seemed irritated.
Its saliva was also troublesome. Containing a strong acid, it made the floor sizzle.
(You've got to be kidding! Being dissolved and digested in its mouth before even reaching its stomach isn't funny!)
Now... how to defeat it?I quickly circled behind it, and from its back, using Light Arrow of light magic like a laser gun, I shot through the back of its head. It was surprisingly easy. It collapsed anti-climactically.
But the fatigue was incredible...
"I'm tired... Pa... ...shu..."
I felt like I might die like this.
Then, with a clunk, the door at the back opened.It seemed I could descend to Basement Floor 1, but I wasn't in the mood, so I collected this long-named monster, returned to the inn for the time being, held Sylvia, and slept like a log.
The Next Morning
I headed to the Adventurer Guild branch.It was because I thought I'd hand over the mementos there. When I told the receptionist, "I found what seem to be adventurers' mementos in the dungeon, what should I do?" she said, "Please put them out here," so I took everything out.
Then the branch chief also appeared, shouted, "This is...!" and called out, "Dylan! Is Dylan here!"
"What is it, branch chief? I can hear you without you yelling so loud. Unlike those old men over there, my ears are still good, you know?"
Making the surroundings laugh, he was scolded by the people he called old men: "Who's an old man! We're not even 40 yet! We're 39!"
"So when you turn 40, is it officially okay?"
"Like hell it is! Don't call us that ever!"
The branch chief, who had been listening to this exchange with a bitter face, said, "Are you finally done? Look at this, Dylan!" and showed him a copper plate among the mementos.
The name carved there.It was Dylan's father's name.
"Shivans-kun here found it for you. Give him your thanks, Dylan!" the branch chief said, and Dylan grabbed me, saying, "It was you! The bastard who killed my old man!" and tried to punch me.
"That's enough, Dylan! Calm down! It was 20 years ago that your father went missing in the dungeon! Shivans-kun shouldn't have even been born yet! Think calmly!"
Told off by the branch chief, he bowed his head, saying, "S-sorry, Shivans," but I continued.
"Your father and the others became zombies, with cursed bodies, and it was impossible for me to save them. So, when I at least purified them with holy magic, they said 'thank you' and left behind these mementos here before passing on. You may not believe it, but this is the truth."
Then the branch chief stepped forward and said, "I believe it. Otherwise, these numerous mementos can't be explained. They are all mementos of people who died before I came here."
As I tried to leave the Adventurer Guild, Dylan chased after me.
"From now on, if anything comes up, tell me! I'll definitely repay..."
"It's fine. We're adventurers, right? Aren't we something like companions? Well, it's kind of like paying it forward."
He said he didn't understand the meaning of paying it forward, so when I explained, he said, "I see. If the circle of gratitude spreads, the world becomes a kinder place. Got it! I'll cooperate too! As expected of A-rank!" and we shook hands and parted.
Four Days After Opening
The inn had settled down.I don't know if it was thanks to casting 'Heal' on Sylvia every day, but she was starting to regain her voice.
'It's still a strange voice, so it's embarrassing.'
She informed me by writing.
"But that's good. I think your boyfriend is happy too. Could you make me some coffee?"
She smiled and made coffee for me.On the third floor, I was dismantling and researching Killer Bees and Killer Ants.
Sylvia was by my side in a super miniskirt.It was because I had said, "I like the erotic panties visible from a miniskirt," but she wrote back with an angry tone, 'Even though you see me completely naked every night!'
"Think of this as my fetish. Well, I'm a total pervert, right?"
She nodded repeatedly, laughed as if it was funny, and went along with my fetish. When our eyes met, she would spread her legs wide or lift the hem of her skirt and ask, 'Is it erotic?' so I'd say, "Very good! Those healthy thighs are arousing!" and she'd write back with a smile, 'I know that without you telling me!'
One Week After Opening.
Around the time Sylvia became able to speak, I made a huge discovery!By mixing something like the nectar of Killer Bees and Killer Ants, I found 'Vanilla Beans.' Even when appraised, there was no mistake.
While I was making vanilla ice cream, Sylvia said, "It smells incredibly good!" and watched with great curiosity.
"Want to try some?"
"Is it okay? I want to eat it!"
Sylvia turned her chair around and faced the table.Recently, it had become a habit for Sylvia to turn her chair around, kneel on it, and assume a pose that easily gave a panty flash. Usually, it was just enough to lift her skirt a little.
"This is incredibly delicious!"
She was eating enthusiastically but stopped.Because I was running my tongue along her inner thigh.
She had finished eating, but to be licked, she gradually opened her legs, leaned forward, thrust her Butt out, and let out a sigh, "Aah..."
"Was it delicious? I'm having something delicious right now too!"
Hearing that, she trembled.As my tongue gradually reached a sensitive spot, she let out a happy "Ahn" and moistened her panties.
"I'm a terrible woman. Even though he was cut down and killed, I was violated by those bastards, moaned, and shook my hips in pleasure! My body is lewd and shameless!"
"I don't dislike women like that. I'm lewd too, and I hold other women."
"B-but, men and women are different..."
"Isn't it fine! That's your fetish, right?"
"Yes! I'm super lewd too!"
Perhaps having gotten over it, she happily accepted my cunnilingus.And then, she got completely naked, performed fellatio, and was enraptured as she was showered with semen all over her body.
'I've always wanted to be covered in semen! This is my fetish! Do you like such a perverted woman?'
After licking up the semen she was covered in while naked, she asked me through writing with a bewitching but slightly embarrassed face.
"I like it!"
"Ufu! Then this time, over here!"
She spread her slick, wet crotch and invited me with a sweet voice.But since it would be frustrating to just obediently hold her, I decided to invite her into a slightly naughty world.
I sat her on the sofa and made her spread her legs. I put a vibe slime in her pussy and anus, illuminated her pussy with a Fluorescent Flower, and made her masturbate.
I put a finger in her anus and made her put her own finger in her pussy.
"Amazing, Shivans! My lewd place is squelching, and with your finger in my Butt, I'm incredibly excited! I'm cumming! I don't know this feeling! I'm cumming so much I'm going crazy! Being watched while masturbating feels so good! Hey! Let me suck your cock like that time!"
She shook her hips violently and writhed in agony.
"I'm cumming, cumming, cumming‼ You're the only one who satisfies both my lust and my fetishes! My previous boyfriend died without ever knowing!"
When I pulled out the vibe slime and thrust my cock into her pussy, she stretched out her tongue without being told, hugged me tightly, and said, "I won't let go anymore!"
Since awakening to being a total pervert, she had become a woman who did outrageous things with a pure-looking face.
One month later, the inn was completely on track, so when I handed it over to Sylvia, who had become pregnant, the other pregnant women also said, "We'll work here forever." I decided to return to my territory.
"Hey? When you come here, you absolutely have to stay here, okay?"
"Of course, Sylvia!"
"I'll be waiting!"
The other adventurers also seemed intent on becoming permanent employees rather than part-timers and working there forever.