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* Episode 109: [30th Floor Gate Test] The Lewd Stepdaughter from the Future

[The Seat of ‘Knight of Pure Love’ welcomes you!]

[The Seat of ‘Knight of TS’ welcomes you!]

…Huh?

One familiar name and one unfamiliar name greeted me as expected.

This time, my partner was not a lily.

Looking around to see who it might be, a knight in black and white approached in front of the uniquely shaped gate, one side black and the other white.

“Welcome.”

“Welcome.”

The voices overlapped.

One male and one female voice in succession.

Even their appearance was unique.

This knight had the left side black and the right side white, even their proud crest was precisely divided into black and white.

“Challenger. What do you think, doesn’t this guy look like a viscount?”

Following behind, the Knight of Pure Love chuckled and put his arm around his shoulder.

It seemed like they were quite close, as the Knight of TS approached with a smile.

“It’s fine. I hear that a lot.”

“I’ve heard a lot about you through Changgi.”

Confusing.

With two voices, it seemed like it would take time to get used to.

But unlike the lily knight who charged in boldly, this one was not like that, yet still had a clear identity.

“If you’re TS, that means gender transformation genre. A man becomes a girl and always turns into a beautiful girl.”

“Haha. It’s nice to become a beautiful girl without any effort.”

“I want to talk more about that, but it’s too sad that I’m constrained from speaking about it.”

The two… or whatever they were, the TS knight with two voices made a gesture of crying sadly.

While the Lily knight immediately talked about his wall, he couldn’t do that and felt sad.

“Is this person also a friend of yours?”

“Yes. Even a pacifist like me. I think the atmosphere in the Tower is quite good these days, so we’re doing related activities together.”

“So, are they also part of some kind of group over there?”

Nodding.

“I’m part of the TS party.”

“I’m part of the BL party.”

It was said that they support two parties at the same time.

Another funny Seat appeared.

But if they were on the side of Pure Love, they couldn’t be bad, so I was about to start talking about the wall as usual, but-

“Sorry, Challenger. Today, there’s no time for useless banter.”

“Why not? Isn’t this the perfect timing to talk and laugh about your wall as usual?”

I was actually looking forward to it, but he shook his head.

“It’s a usual pattern, but today, he’s constrained from responding to you about TS.”

While saying that, he pointed upwards.

It meant the Tower Master.

“Why did they put such a constraint…?”

“Well, why do you think? Our Tower Master is a bit foolish, but if you think about it a little, you might find out something important. Delving into this deeply might bring a big turning point in your life.”

“They wouldn’t know that.”

“Sometimes putting constraints can actually be beneficial.”

The two knights spoke uncomfortably but with an expectant tone.

I didn’t understand the meaning behind it, but it wasn’t the time to think about it now.

The Knight of Pure Love clapped me on the back and praised me.

“Looking back, you managed to rescue one person, congratulations, Challenger. You finally did something.”

It was thanks to the map provided by the Knight of Pure Love that I could rescue them.

“I apologize for being informal and rude back then. If it weren’t for your help, I wouldn’t have been able to rescue them or might have killed them.”

“Ah, don’t be awkward between us. Just leave it at that.”

I reached out my hand, but he awkwardly stepped back and gestured towards breaking the gate instead.

“Did you hear from the lower floor? This floor is not as difficult as the previous gate. The gates that will appear later will be similar. While others may not know, there are plenty of gates that you can break through if it’s you.”

“Is it okay for you to tell me that?”

“Normally, it wouldn’t be, but this time, the knight from TS who has been assigned as the monitor is my ally, so it’s fine.”

As they spoke, two voices overlapped softly as one of them poked the other’s side.

“We hope that Mr. Changgi will clear the gate.”

“And we hope to strengthen that skill and persuade the Tower Master.”

The two voices shared the same opinion as the Knight of Pure Love.

The opinions of the field workers and the heads were completely different.

“You said the same thing on the 25th floor. Why do you think that way?”

To this, the two Archbishops spoke openly.

“As you know, our Tower thrives on human desires and negative energies, right? To put it bluntly, if there is energy, everyone can live well-fed without the need for conflict. Some floors can even be helpful to humans if power is controlled properly.”

“So, opinions differ even among the Archbishops.”

“There are floors that have established nations, so why not engage in diplomacy?”

He understood why the Archbishops did not follow the Tower Master’s words.

So, it was even more puzzling.

“Then there must be Archbishops who follow the Tower Master, what are their opinions?”

“They are pleasure-seekers just like the Tower Master.”

“They are the kind who want to enjoy one-sided pleasure by treating humans as enemies.”

It’s just saying that they are enemies of humanity.

The reason why the atmosphere in the Tower is so unbalanced finally made sense.

I never thought that such things were happening internally…

“If it’s okay, we would appreciate it if you could convey our opinions to Ian, the leader of the 6 major guilds over there. I heard that the 15th floor is already in contact with Maan and doing something, so I hope this incident will help us align with our Archbishops.”

Indeed, our number one. Is he working so hard that he can hear such things from the Archbishops? As Nayami said, Ian must be preparing something. If the Archbishops are really cooperating with the 15th floor…

“Are they planning to send all the hunters who attacked the detention center and were arrested to the 15th floor?”

And entrust the recovering minds to the Mama Yummas to make them suffer, that would be a great solution. It doesn’t cost money, it doesn’t require manpower, and those Yummas benefit from it.

“Alright. If that’s the case, we can cooperate as much as you want.”

“As expected, a challenger. A man who can communicate well.”

They shook hands.

Meeting this Archbishop may be the luckiest moment of my life.

“All I can say right now is this.”

“Mr. Changgi, will you challenge the gate?”

If we can’t even chat because of the Tower Master, there’s no reason to stay here.

“Alright. Let’s start right away.”

“Understood.”

“Let me open the gate.”

As the TS knight placed his hand on the door, the gate opened wide and welcomed me.

30th floor gate test begins.

An event that everyone is confident you can break through.

“The theme of this gate is ‘Time and Love.’ Mr. Changgi, we will watch the future when you marry someone and become a couple-”

“-we will summon the future wife here and see if our love is true.”

I knew the content of the gate, but I asked again out of courtesy.

‘What happens after the summoning?’

“We will measure the affinity between the two of you.”

“Between you and the wife from the future. It’s about the affinity between the two of you.”

“When we summon your wife from several years to decades in the future, if you see her and change your mind, it’s fake love.”

“On the other hand, if the wife from the future sees you from the past and is disappointed, it’s a failure.”

In other words, it’s a gate that warns not to be disappointed when you see your aged wife.

I don’t care that all the women around me are hunters. They’re high-ranking hunters, so they’re women without old age.

The problem is when someone from the future looks at me and is disappointed…

“It could be years, even decades. If we were to live as a couple, there would be plenty of things to be disappointed about.”

There might even be cases where someone from the future summons me in the middle of a fight with my spouse to teach me a lesson and I refuse.

No matter how unlucky I am, I want to avoid that at all costs.

“If the affection level doesn’t reach the clear threshold, that’s okay.”

“It’s not an immediate disqualification, so comforting them through sex or other means to make them fall for you again is also possible.”

I was instructed to actively use my skill to seduce females if there was ever an opportunity.

Does that knight see me as some kind of hypnotist?

“When I give the signal, we will begin.”

“Are you ready?”

As I raised both hands and formed an ‘O’, a magic circle appeared in the center of the gate.

Then, a white light shimmered above the magic circle, forming pillars, revealing a silhouette of a person within.

“The Seat of ‘TS Knight’ summons someone with the power of the gate!”

“The target is ‘???’!”

Even though this is the system window, it didn’t reveal the name.

I watched without relaxing, wondering who would be summoned.

“Ceres? Or Lady Bridgette? Or maybe my lovely milk cow…?”

I was nervous, thinking that if a woman I didn’t know appeared, it would be a disaster.

With the increasing number of women around due to the marriage or skill incidents, I was anxious about the possibility of an unknown woman appearing…

“The summoning ritual is complete!”

“5, 4, 3, 2, 1-”

“-Summon successful!”

The system window counted down, and as it ended, the light dissipated, revealing someone standing above the magic circle.

“Who are you?”

“…? Huh?”

She seemed slightly confused by the sudden summoning.

She didn’t notice me and showed her back.

– A woman with impressive white skin, large hips, and thighs.

– Her chest was also large, overflowing even when viewed from behind.

– She was wearing… surprisingly, only an apron.

– Her well-maintained red hair was tied back with a hairband, giving a domestic style.

“Red hair? Could it be Lady?”

“Yes?”

I asked in a surprised voice, and she turned her head.

I thought she was Lady, but my prediction was shattered in an instant.

“Huh… that appearance…”

The other person scolded me.

Although she slightly resembled Bridgette Bailey with her red hair, she was clearly someone else.

Not to mention the impressive horns on her head and yellow vertical pupils.

“Huh… huh… Could it be, no way, right? That, no way!?”

I absentmindedly looked up at her head.

Affection level [■■■■■]■■ 140%

…Uh.

As soon as she saw me, the gauge pierced through the bar.

She ran towards me, shouting.

“Daddy-♡”

It was a terrifying word that nailed the nail in the coffin, saying, “Your future is completely screwed.”