episode_0194

The next morning.

Jeong Yushin started preparing to enter the maze.

With two days left until meeting the Huntsman Clan members, he couldn’t waste time.

The most important issue was equipment.

He was in charge of the vanguard in the swamp area. Of course, Mick was the tank.

After careful consideration, wasn’t his role that of a melee dealer and sub-tank?

If so, it was right to wear thick armor.

Jeong Yushin packed his money and equipment and left the inn.

The thick fog did not disappear and was spread out on the street.

On the way, he stopped by a shop to buy a bottle of liquor and went into the blacksmith.

Boron and Einhofer were sitting blankly at the blacksmith counter.

Jeong Yushin shook the bottle of liquor.

“Why are you two so dazed?”

Boron lifted his face.

“Skanya? There are no customers because the fog is thick.”

“Ska, have you come?”

Einhofer waved his hand and asked how he was doing.

Jeong Yushin stood at the counter, receiving the dwarves’ greetings.

“I’ve been well. I’d like to commission some equipment first.”

“Really? What is it?”

When Boron asked, Jeong Yushin explained slowly.

He needed equipment to go to the 11th floor swamp area. He continued talking, focusing especially on armor.

He ended the story with the question of whether it would be appropriate to wear chainmail over a gambeson-like cloth armor and plate armor based on hard leather armor.

In fact, it was the same as the initial armor plan.

“If you’re a melee dealer and tank, that would be appropriate.”

Einhofer nodded and replied.

“I have the gambeson and chainmail. The hard leather armor can be replaced with monster leather, so all you have to do is attach the plates that will protect the vitals.”

Boron immediately frowned.

“Then I won’t make any money?”

“If you don’t want to, forget it.”

“Geez. Don’t you need anything else?”

At Boron’s question, Jeong Yushin stroked his chin.

Steel greaves protecting the shins.

Vambraces protecting the wrists.

Spaulders covering the shoulders.

He had all the plate parts.

“No. Not really. Just give me one good helmet.”

Boron slumped.

“Okay. Put down the armor you brought. Give me 30 silver coins.”

“It seems to be getting more expensive?”

“Let us make a living too. I’ll give you a good helmet.”

“Well, I understand. But do you sell bolts here too?”

“Bolts?”

“Bolts that fit this crossbow.”

Jeong Yushin said, holding out the crossbow fixed on the back of his waist.

“Heok?!”

“Hmm.”

Boron and Einhofer each exclaimed and leaned forward from the counter.

They had their eyes wide open, as if they were quite surprised.

“Why are you suddenly like this?”

At Jeong Yushin’s question, Boron looked around the crossbow and lifted his head.

“Isn’t this… this equipment made by the Zereus Workshop?”

“Is it a famous place?”

“Crazy…! It’s on a different level from our small blacksmith! The Zereus Workshop is one of the top 10 workshops in the western underground blacksmith district!”

Jeong Yushin also widened his eyes.

“No. Crazy, there was an underground area in the western district?”

“Are you just finding out about that now? Ska, what did you do in the maze for half a year?”

“I was busy going in and out of the maze. Where do I have time to go sightseeing?”

“Don’t you have a girlfriend? Don’t you go on dates?”

“Look at my hair. What girlfriend.”

“Oh, that’s right! I forgot. You were a virgin Barbaroi, right?”

Boron scratched his head and replied.

A blood vessel popped out on Jeong Yushin’s forehead.

“Do you have bolts or not? If you don’t, I’m leaving?”

Jeong Yushin tried to get up, but Boron hurriedly waved his hand.

“I have it! I have it!”

“How much is it?”

“How many do you need?”

“I need about 200, just to be safe.”

“Are you going to war or something? Why do you need 200 bolts?”

“How many do you have?”

“100.”

“Then give me that.”

“That’s 25 silver coins.”

Jeong Yushin took out 55 silver coins from his pocket and paid, and put the bottle of liquor and armor on the counter.

“When will it be ready?”

Boron looked into the armor and lifted his head.

“It’ll take about 3 days.”

“Yes. I’ll see you then. Goodbye.”

Jeong Yushin left the blacksmith and headed to the Explorer Headquarters.

The most necessary item when going over the 10th floor.

He needed a bracelet of bonding.

The Explorer Headquarters was less crowded compared to the evening.

Jeong Yushin was able to meet the receptionist without waiting long.

The receptionist was a man with a haggard look.

There were dark circles under his eyes, and he smelled of alcohol.

“Wh, what brings you here?”

The man stammered.

‘Is the work hard?’

“Are you okay?”

At Jeong Yushin’s question, the receptionist frowned irritably.

The man then noticed Jeong Yushin’s hair and barely smiled.

“Yes. It’s not easy because there’s a lot of work. Please tell me your business.”

“I would like to purchase a magic tool called the Binding Cord.”

“I see. Please hand over your explorer badge first.”

“Yes.”

Jeong Yushin took off the silver badge hanging around his neck and placed it on the reception desk.

The man held the silver badge and looked down at it for a long time.

“A, are you Mr. Ska?”

“Yes.”

“Ska. Ska. Yes. I understand. Yes.”

The male receptionist muttered to himself and got up from his seat.

“Mr. Ska, please wait a moment and I will bring the Binding Cord.”

“Yes. Take your time.”

The receptionist hurriedly ran into the office, as if he hadn’t heard Jeong Yushin’s words.

‘Tsk. Something is strange?’

He didn’t know if it was due to simple overwork or if it was just his personality, but a strange sense of unease, as if pressing down on the back of his neck, swept over him.

‘I heard that there are several factions in the Explorer Association, did I do something to displease them?’

He had no memory of doing anything that would be remembered.

“Ahem!!! Ahem!!!”

He heard a coughing sound from behind.

When he turned his head, a woman with white snow hair was standing there.

“Gwyn?”

At Jeong Yushin’s question, the woman nodded.

“Ska, is that you?”

“Yes.”

When Gwyn asked politely, Jeong Yushin also replied with courtesy.

Unlike last time, Gwyn was wearing a midi skirt that came down to her knees and a baggy sweater.

It was definitely the kind of outfit a woman would wear, but a sword belt and a longsword were hanging around her waist.

It could easily look like a strange outfit, but Gwyn’s beauty was so dazzling that she exuded an atmosphere as if she were wearing luxury goods.

Was it similar to Karin, Ingrid, or Mion?

Gwyn coughed again and looked at Jeong Yushin.

“Ahem! Ska, I’d like to talk to you for a moment, do you have time?”

“Now? I can’t.”

Jeong Yushin cut her off like a knife.

Gwyn froze in surprise.

“Do you have any other reason?”

“I’m buying a bracelet called the Binding Cord. The receptionist went to the office, but he hasn’t come back yet.”

“Ah. I see. Will you have time after that?”

“Yes. Not for long though.”

“Thank you. Then I’ll wait at the headquarters entrance.”

“Yes.”

Gwyn carefully turned her body and slowly walked out of the headquarters building.

Some explorers admired Gwyn’s elegant figure and clicked their tongues while muttering a word each.

“Every step is artistic.”

“It’s a swordsman’s walk. I have to follow her example.”

“But she’s wearing a skirt, that’s amazing. Is something up?”

Just in time, the receptionist hurriedly ran out of the office.

“Haa haa. Here it is. It’s 40 silver coins.”

“I heard it was 30 silver coins?”

“Ah! That’s right! It’s 30 silver coins. I forgot.”

Jeong Yushin received the silver bracelet and put it on his wrist.

“Then.”

“Goodbye. Mr. Ska.”

Jeong Yushin looked at the smiling receptionist, took his silver badge, left the reception desk, and came out of the headquarters.

Gwyn was standing quietly near the headquarters entrance.

“Shall we go then?”

“Yes.”

Jeong Yushin followed Gwyn’s lead to a tea house street in the central district.

The place Gwyn visited was a small, old tea house.

The old tea house owner recognized Gwyn at a glance.

“Hello? Miss Gwyn, shall I get you the usual?”

The old gentleman in butler attire bowed politely.

“Yes. What would you like to drink, Mr. Ska?”

“Anything warm is fine.”

“Then how about black tea?”

Jeong Yushin smiled at the old gentleman’s question.

“Good.”

Gwyn led Jeong Yushin to a corner seat by the window.

Gwyn carefully sat across from Jeong Yushin and straightened her back.

Jeong Yushin turned his head and looked out the window.

Moisture-laden fog flowed leisurely along the street.

Gwyn also followed Jeong Yushin and admired the scenery outside the window.

“…”

A quiet silence fell between the two men and women.

“Enjoy your meal.”

The old gentleman skillfully placed two cups of warm black tea and disappeared immediately.

Gwyn hesitated and opened her mouth.

“Mr. Ska.”

Jeong Yushin straightened his posture like Gwyn.

“Yes.”

Gwyn kept brushing her snow-white hair behind her ears.

There was a blush on her flawless cheeks, and her eyes, which sparkled like stars, were blurry as if they were covered in fog.

She looked like she was constantly worrying about something.

Jeong Yushin waited patiently and kept silent.

“I’m sorry to ask you suddenly, but I want to know about Mr. Ska’s negative imprint.”

“…”

Jeong Yushin’s heart sank.

‘Is this screwed up?’

“Please tell me. I won’t tell anyone. I swear on my honor.”

“Is something wrong?”

Jeong Yushin asked carefully.

No.

Didn’t he get an imprint called Winter Heart or something and block unwanted debuffs on his own?

“Ah…that. After the sparring, a part of my body felt ‘stiff’. I was wondering if it was affected by Mr. Ska’s imprint.”

It was just a muscle cramp.

‘You scared me.’

“Can’t you just loosen it up?”

“Th…that?!”

Gwyn’s face turned even redder.

“…”

Jeong Yushin shut his mouth like a green frog and kept silent.

Something is strange.

Is it just a muscle cramp?

Jeong Yushin, who had been thinking, finally opened his mouth.

“I have a half-incubus imprint. My body excretes negative energy.”

“…”

This time Gwyn was silent.

“Um, negative energy?”

Gwyn’s expression was a question mark itself.

‘Doesn’t she know anything?’

I don’t know how much of this I should explain.

Jeong Yushin scratched his head and cleared his throat.

“Ahem! Negative energy is a kind of energy that makes a woman feel fluffy? That kind of energy.”

“It makes you feel good? But…!”

Gwyn was about to say something, but Jeong Yushin cut her off.

“I don’t think you need to worry too much. I heard it naturally comes out if you leave it alone.”

Gwyn’s eyes rolled around.

Negative energy?

It makes you feel good?

But.

The ‘sprout’ that sprouted on her secret spot was still standing stiff. Ever since the sparring.

It wasn’t unpleasant, but it was uncomfortable.

She barely managed to put on her underwear, but she couldn’t put on her pants. Because the tight pants and underwear brushed against her ‘sprout’ as she moved.

Thanks to that, she ended up wearing a skirt she didn’t want to wear. Naturally, her behavior had to change carefully.

“Wh, what if it doesn’t come out?”

Jeong Yushin’s eyebrows twitched.

Suddenly.

He remembered what he learned in the incubus brat Eru’s class.

Sometimes, the negative energy that entered the body did not come out and remained.

He heard that it mainly gathers around the neck, armpits, and groin.

Was it said that it could be quickly released with a massage?

‘Good.’

Jeong Yushin spread his hands wide and showed them to Gwyn.

“Sometimes I heard that negative energy doesn’t come out and stays clumped together.”

“Yes.”

“Look here. This part. You can press the clumped area with the widest part of your palm as if you’re pushing it out.”

Gwyn’s mouth opened slightly.

“Yes?”

“You can also use your fingers to press it as if you’re massaging it.”

“Hiwoo. Hihut.”

Gwyn repeatedly took deep breaths in and out.

Jeong Yushin closed his mouth.

‘What’s wrong?’

“Is…is it really certain? You have to press the ‘stiff’ area with your palm to release the negative energy?”

“Yes. If you need help…”

“Ah, no. I’m okay. I’ll, I’ll try it alone.”

“Ah, yes.”

“…”

A moment of awkward silence passed.

“While rubbing, if you say ‘Bad energy, fly away’, you will recover faster.”

Jeong Yushin deliberately smiled and made a joke.

But Gwyn nodded seriously.

“I see. I’ll, I’ll keep that in mind.”

Jeong Yushin closed his mouth again.

‘I don’t know if she’s naive or serious.’

Gwyn thanked him and quickly left the tea house.

Jeong Yushin also sighed and finished his black tea.

It was quite a charming fog, but somehow his conversation with Gwyn felt as vague as the foggy street.

‘She’ll take care of it herself. She’s almost a high-ranking explorer.’

Jeong Yushin drank his tea and got up from his seat.

The time to meet the Huntsman Clan members was approaching, so there were many things to prepare.

* * *

“Sister!”

“Miss Gwyn!”

On the way back to the inn.

A group of women approached Gwyn.

“Sister? Has something been going on with you lately?”

A woman who looked strong asked Gwyn.

“No. I’ve been resting a little because I haven’t been feeling well lately.”

“Really? If you need medicine, I can…”

Gwyn shook her head and interrupted the woman’s words.

“It’s okay. My condition has improved a lot. I’ll be fine now.”

“Really? Our clan members are worried while waiting only for you, sister.”

“I made you worry too much. I’m sorry.”

“Ah, no! We’re more sorry. We didn’t know you were having a hard time. Sister, get some rest.”

“Okay.”

Gwyn turned her body and walked away from the group of women.

The Snow Flower clan members looked at Gwyn’s back as she walked away with worried expressions.

“Sister Gwyn must not be feeling well. She doesn’t come to the clan house, and she skips training. I’m worried.”

“She’ll be fine. Let’s trust her.”

“That’s right. If we don’t believe in her, who will?”

* * *

Gwyn quickly returned to the inn.

Her heart was pounding after talking to Ska.

Gwyn locked the door and slowly took off her clothes.

Swish.

The skirt flowed down to the floor.

Gwyn carefully took off her panties.

A sticky thread stretched out from the inside of the plain white panties.

A sprout was sticking out stiffly from her secret spot.

gulp.

Gwyn swallowed dry saliva and carefully lay down on the bed.

She raised her palm and spread it out.

A hand with calluses only from wielding a sword.

‘With this hand.’

She has to crush the stiff area to release the ‘negative energy’.

Ska’s face flashed through her mind for a moment.

The man admiring the scenery outside the window with a melancholic expression.

‘Come to think of it, he was very handsome.’

She was attracted to him. But there was one thing that bothered her.

Incubus imprint.

She shouldn’t have thought about feeling that man during the sparring.

It’s too late to regret it. The water has already been spilled. It’s her responsibility.

With trembling hands, Gwyn put her palm on her ‘sprout’.

She only learned basic sex education from her strict mother.

After that, she spent a long time in the Snow Flower Clan, which only women can join.

She was completely blank when it came to sex.

The innocent Gwyn, before she ruthlessly crushed her clitoris with her palm for the first time in her life.

She whispered quietly.

“Ba, bad energy? Fly far away♥”