episode_0147

Commissioned herb and mineral gathering is difficult for ordinary people.

It’s not for nothing that the herbal and mineral fields are separated, each with its own experts.

For herbs… you need to consider not only the amount of sunlight and soil fertility but also the temperature and humidity to find their natural habitats.

Even then, it’s not just the necessary herbs; lots of weeds are mixed in, so you have to carefully pick them out based on their leaf shape and scent.

I really felt it when I went to gather mandrakes.

In the end, I managed to gather them using a cheat, but I just thought it wasn’t something a human should do.

What about mining?

If one is easier or more expensive, it’s normal for everyone to flock to that side.

Yet, the fact that a balance is maintained in each field suggests that mining is just as difficult as herb gathering.

Even I, a complete layman, can see that.

Just thinking about the middle levels of the Artemis ruins we went to, it was a cave, but all I saw around was rock.

Picking out and mining the necessary ore from inside… makes herb gathering seem like a walk in the park.

At least herbs are on the ground, with wind and sunlight.

Having to dig for something you can’t even see in suffocating darkness… I really don’t want to imagine it.

That was before I went to the site.

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Rumble—

“Count them. 100kg of mana ore.”

“This… this is…”

Using the [Shadow Domination] magic, I poured mana ore from the [Extra-Dimensional Warehouse] like a waterfall.

It filled the table in the middle of the room and overflowed, with large and small stones rolling onto the floor.

“How did you…”

“Here, take this.”

Flutter-

I dropped the request form onto Lulu, her eyes wide and her mind blown. She picked up the request form, checked its contents, and realized it wasn’t some kind of mistake.

“No, I mean… how did you mine this much… I clearly posted the request the day before yesterday—”

“It was easy.”

All the mana ore Lulu specified in the request was the type with excellent mana absorption.

So, all I had to do was walk along the ravine and scatter mana once. Ordinary stones let the mana swirl around them, but mana ore absorbs it cleanly.

“So, I found the vein, smashed it open—and picked out the high-absorption ones from the debris.”

“Did that really work…?”

“Yep. Otherwise, would it have been this fast?”

Lulu picked up the mana ore I mined and carefully examined each one.

She was so focused on quality control that, without realizing it, her robe’s hood slipped down.

Her red hair, all messed up, was visible.

“The request reward is done, now look at this—”

“Ugh-”

I handed her a square booklet. A pamphlet with the words, printed in huge letters.

“This is—”

“Let’s go.”

“…Huh? No way, I have to manage the refining process for this mana ore from now on—”

“Let’s go…”

Since I suddenly showed up at the magic tower to invite her out, her schedule would naturally be packed. Moreover, she had just returned a few days ago from the Sacred Kingdom’s World Magic Society.

After fully understanding her tiring life.

“Let’s… go…”

I threw a tantrum.

“I told you, it won’t work… I’m short-staffed these days, if I’m gone, the Tower Master will—”

“—Did someone call for me?”

“Hyiik-!!!”

Leonardo ripped through our conversation and suddenly appeared, his face visible.

“How did you get here?!”

“It’s my tower… hic-”

“Aaack—”

While humming and neatly combing his beard, he snapped his fingers as if something had just occurred to him.

“Lulu, go ahead.”

“Huh? But…”

“Wasn’t your job to mine the mana ore? Nari-nim has already mined almost a month’s worth, so do as she says.”

Lulu is clearly overworked. But since it’s something she enjoys, she probably doesn’t feel too bothered.

Still, minor stress and fatigue tend to build up, and she probably needed some time off. Her hesitation is proof of that.

“Why, don’t you want to go?”

“It’s not that…”

“Then go quickly.”

It seemed that the Magic Tower schedule had been somewhat settled, so I smiled brightly.

“Futos-to!”

“What does that mean…? Puhut-”

Her eyes, with slight dark circles under them, smiled softly.

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“So, we decided to go on that day itself.”

“That’s a shame… it would have been nice if Lulu-ssam had chosen along too.”

A few days before departure, for the most important thing, we went to a clothing store.

That’s right, swimsuits.

Swimsuit, clothes worn when swimming.

To reduce water resistance, they cling tightly to the body, revealing the body shape clearly.

Moreover, because they are ‘clothes’, they boast a variety of fashions that reflect individual personalities. Among them are those which reduce the amount of fabric to stimulate sexuality…

No, aren’t almost all swimsuits like that? Beyond the singularity, it’s now an era where clothes with less fabric than underwear are considered clothes and people wear them around.

According to the contents of the booklet, that’s how it is.

The sight of young women revealing their bodies so openly and enjoying vacationing on the beach.

As someone from a Confucian country, I really can’t stand it!

So I decided to buy swimsuits for everyone going on this trip. Absolutely not to satisfy my personal sexual desires.

First, Yuri.

The curtain of the dressing room opened, and my Yuri, in charge of cuteness, revealed her soft and chewy physique.

A white camisole. The exposure is low, and the color is monochrome, giving off a plain image.

“There are many other pretty ones, is this okay? I’ll buy it for you.”

“Yes, this is fine. Is it… not very suitable for me?”

“Of course not. It’s so damn hot—”

I paused, about to utter my honest impression. She kept pulling her clothes down, conscious of her exposed navel.

Well, Yuri did have some scars.

“The only one who can see this… is my sister.”

Look at this girl, really. How can she be so cute and lovely?

I quickly hugged her and stroked her head.

Next, Aspi.

“Um… I’ll go with the one like last time…”

“Should I choose for you?”

“Yee… I’ve gone shopping many times with other instructors, but I guess I have no sense of style.”

It can’t be helped. This kind of sensibility isn’t something that can be learned.

I looked around the store and found just the right color. When she saw the swimsuit I picked, Aspi blushed a little.

But then she went into the dressing room without resistance.

After a while, the curtain opened.

She appeared, wearing a ribbon-tied bikini.

“Ugh… it’s so breezy…”

Her hair is green, and her eyes are green. Green always suits red.

The passionate red bikini suited her well-toned figure, and it was surprisingly perfect with Aspi’s innocent face.

“Yep, it’s pretty. I have a good eye, don’t I?”

“…Is it really pretty?”

“Yeah. The color is really damn hot—”

Pow-!

I ended my review after receiving a love tap from Yuri.

“Next, next—! Next is me—!! Khihih—”

Next is Nyx.

She had been in the dressing room next door, and removed the curtain to reveal her body…no, she stripped. She stripped completely.

“Hey, this is a bit…”

“Huh? Why?”

Is this cloth… or string…? A sling-shot bikini that seemed to converge the area of fabric to 0 appeared before our eyes.

The part covering her crotch only just covered the gap, making me wonder if it was even clothing. The fabric on her chest didn’t even cover her nipples, it was so ridiculous I couldn’t even laugh.

Looking at the protruding areola… I suddenly realized that Nyx’s body was more voluptuous than usual.

“Your body… you’ve gotten bigger?”

“Yeah! The swimsuit model I saw in the magazine was this curvy.”

“Hey, seriously… if you’re going to change your appearance to match, there’s no point in wearing something this flimsy—”

As I was about to deliver a long lecture, the voices around me suddenly quieted down. Everyone stopped talking and was looking somewhere.

It was my crotch.

Poof-

“Oh my—I think it’s a pass! Khihih—”

“No, this is—”

Pow-

I got hit again.

“If something with so little fabric is better… I think I’ll just go naked.”

“I’m sorry, I did wrong… I’ll only see your naked body.”

“Would I also get one made by magic from you, Nyx? It won’t take long!”

“Please make it thinner than yours, Nyx…”

“I’m sorry, really… please only show me that kind of sexy swimsuit—”

“Hehe… the princess… said I was pretty…”

In an instant, the clothing store became a chaotic mess. Though limited in use, everyone seemed to enjoy buying new clothes.

Yuri and I also played our usual pranks, but they all looked so good and pretty that it was hard to choose one.

“Um… over there…”

Then I realized that I had forgotten someone.

As we checked each other’s breast size, we turned our heads toward a voice from somewhere.

There, was the enemy of all women—no, something beyond that.

If it had been moderately large, it would have drawn everyone’s envy, but it exceeded that limit… I don’t know how to describe it.

“Why… why is everyone silent…?”

I’m sure I got the same size for Aspi, and it fits Aspi perfectly, but unlike Aspi.

For Tier, it became a micro-bikini that barely covered her nipples.

“Is this an optical illusion…”

“It’s the same area of bikini, but the saint’s looks so small…!!”

At this point, everyone was in awe. Ahh, this is the wonder of nature…

After receiving the qi, we returned to our usual clothing and atmosphere.

We gathered everyone’s swimsuits and put them on the counter.

“What about my sister’s and Lulu-ssam’s?”

“Lulu’s swimsuit’s already picked out… and mine is this.”

I showed them a plain white bikini, and Yuri looked at me with a worried expression.

“But with this…”

“Ah, because of that?”

“Yes… it kept peeking out of her panties, making her feel uncomfortable.”

Only Yuri would think of these such details.

I stroked her hair and smiled.

“It’s okay. I learned the [Extra-Dimensional Warehouse] magic this time, right? It’s really useful in many ways.”

“You wouldn’t…”

Grin-

That’s right.

No matter how big the penis, if you put it in the extra-dimensional space, you can create a beautiful-looking- no, panty line!

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And the day of the trip arrived.

Everyone’s reasons for visiting Libertyport might be different, but I felt like we needed to go to the beach first.

“Natsu-da~ Umi-da~”

A line I wanted to try someday.

The hot sun, as if it were at the top of the universe; the horizontal line, as if it were the end of the world.

The vast emerald sea extending to that horizon and the white sandy beach with soft white sand.

The girls playing in the background, wet from the water; Yuri, Nyx, Aspi, Tier.

It was truly a spectacular sight.

“Hup— Hupp—Wait—”

And then came Lulu, with her poor stamina. She collapsed onto the sandy ground.

“Hupp— My clothes, the clothes you sent… why are they…”

“Pretty, right? Do you like it?”

“T-this is, kids’ clothes—!!”

Ah, “kids’ clothes”. It seems that she lacks knowledge about swimsuits.

School swimsuits, Japanese pronunciation: Sukuru-mizugi. Shortened to Sukumizu.

The fact that this swimsuit, made solely for functionality, is even hotter than the other kinds…

Why doesn’t she realize it herself?

“I’m sorry… then shall I just take it off?”

“No—!!”

“If you don’t—”

“Kyaa-”

I put my hands under Lulu’s armpits and lifted her up, and she resisted, swinging her arms and legs.

Nonetheless, I lifted her up and—

Splash-!

I threw her into the sea.

“Hup— Kurhut— Puhaa—”

“Let’s go~~”

And I threw myself in next to her.

The sun is hot, and the seawater is cool. The sight I only had a glimpse of in my imagination far exceeded my expectations and become reality.

“Come on in, sis—”

I really felt that it was the right decision to come.

…Until just the first day