Ch.354Overseas Travel is Busiest Before You Go (2)

“Violet. Come.”

I clapped my hands immediately.

“Really… you could just see me in the dream dungeon tonight… why do you have to call me out like this?”

Despite her grumbling, Violet appeared right away.

“Well… I wanted to see you now and then see you again tonight.”

I said with a smile.

“Oh my…”

Violet’s face turned bright red at those words.

However, she quickly shook her head.

“Th-those sweet words won’t work on me! You playboy!!”

Violet shouted.

“If you dislike playboys that much, I can’t help it. Then you’ll have to leave the harem.”

Aki, who had been quiet until now, immediately countered.

“I-I didn’t mean it like that!!”

Violet snapped back right away.

“Just transform the memory of the strong one for me.”

That’s what I said.

“I guess I have no choice.”

Violet naturally took my hand.

“Ah… the memory of the strong one I’m transforming this time… is too powerful. Just physical contact isn’t enough.”

Violet suddenly spoke in a theatrical tone.

“Then what do we need to do?”

I asked Violet.

“Well… the best way to connect souls most intimately is to mix bodies and share passion. I have no choice.”

Violet said with a seductive expression.

“Where are you getting this nonsense?!”

Taiga immediately got angry.

“It’s true.”

Violet replied with a calm expression.

“Ms. Taiga seems to have considerable expert knowledge about memory transformation. Since you seem to know so much… would you like to teach me a thing or two?”

Violet said with a smile.

“I didn’t realize Earth’s delinquents were scholars. Who would have thought you’d have opinions on memory transformation based on cognitive dynamics.”

Violet said with a sneering smile.

“Hey!! Shut up!!!”

Taiga exploded with anger.

“Taiga!! If you get angry, you lose!”

I immediately restrained Taiga.

“I don’t care if I lose!!”

Taiga tried to move her body somehow to land a hit on Violet.

“Violet. Don’t provoke her too much.”

I said to Violet.

“Understood.”

Violet replied primly.

“Anyway, come to bed with me right now. There’s no other way.”

Violet said nonchalantly.

“…Alright.”

Well, I knew she was lying… but it meant Violet wanted me that much, right? I couldn’t possibly feel bad about that.

Afterward, Violet and I had quite the happy time together.

“Mmm… this is why I can’t hate you even if you’re a playboy…”

Violet had a blissful expression as she snuggled in my arms. She looked completely satisfied, her expression melting with contentment.

“Yes, yes.”

I smiled as I stroked Violet, checking my status window.

Ding-!!

‘Memory of Yagyu Jurata: Jurata, who uses all sorts of methods in battle, is considered a heretic even within the Yagyu family. However, because of his skills, Jurata became the head of the Yagyu family.’

Right. That explains it. What stats does it give me? I quickly moved through the status window.

‘Battle Genius: You can apply attributes to weapons by coating them with specific elemental substances or spells.’

Something that looked good but had a puzzling description was written there. Hmm… what is this? I couldn’t quite grasp it.

Ding-!

The status window was helpful as always. An example video appeared immediately.

A swordsman was running toward an enemy. A mage behind him cast a lightning spell.

And… the swordsman immediately wrapped the lightning around his sword, temporarily giving it a lightning attribute.

Krrrrrack-!

After that, the swordsman tore through the enemies in front of him with the power of lightning.

‘I see… so I can apply various attributes.’

Until now, my only elemental attack skill was the fire-attribute Blazing Slash. This meant I could now inject lightning, wind, darkness, or light attributes into it.

‘That would be good for targeting weaknesses.’

I accepted that explanation.

I moved on to check the ‘Memory of Saito Tetsu’ in the status window.

‘Saito Tetsu is the strongest sword master in modern Japan, known as the Fighting God. From your experience with him, you’ve realized the extreme of defense. You’ve learned how to stand firm like a mountain.’

‘Mountain Sword Style: Greatly increases defense judgment. Makes it easier to defend or deflect attacks.’

That’s an incredibly game-like bonus. To use an action game analogy, it meant the frames recognized as defense or deflection would increase. But… I couldn’t really understand just from this explanation. I planned to test it later in the dream dungeon.

At that moment, I heard a voice from outside.

“Shota!! Are you done?”

Eri called out.

“Ah. I’ll be right out. Violet, you should also come out and…”

I looked at Violet.

“Hehehe…”

Violet was still immersed in the afterglow, her body trembling slightly. Right. Let’s just leave Violet be. I shrugged and went outside.

“Anyway, how about space travel? Before going abroad. While we’re at it, we can also cut down Pink Beard’s army.”

Kirtan brought the conversation back.

“Sounds good.”

Maybe it was because I learned new techniques, but my fighting instinct was boiling. I wanted to test my new skills as soon as possible.

‘Besides… space is crawling with enemies.’

The monster population in Emoshita had already dried up. What if we farmed in space? The thought occurred to me. We could potentially get everyone to level 99. This was really good.

‘And… it would be good to level up Pinocchio too.’

If the psycho-robot reaches level 99, Pinocchio’s stats would be fixed at the maximum value before overflow, all 99. Think of the Onion Knight from the Final Fantasy series. It would take ages, but things would be different if we kept defeating monsters in space.

“Right? Non-combatants can just stay on the ship.”

Kirtan said, looking at the half-human party members.

“Space travel…”

Eri’s triplet sisters’ eyes sparkled.

“Our… mom and dad were too busy, so we never had a chance to travel.”

The triplet sisters said something sad.

“I’ll be your dad!”

I immediately hugged the triplets.

“Mmm… just being a dad isn’t enough. Can’t you be our husband too?”

Konoha spoke with a cute tone from within my embrace.

“Sure!! I’ll be your husband too!”

I shouted right away. It’s a complete package!! I wondered when the triplets would come of age.

“Space, huh. Sounds good.”

Madoka was surprisingly favorable too.

Well, hardly anyone on Earth has been to space. Seizing this opportunity wasn’t a bad decision.

“Ufufu. That’s nice. I’ve been stuck at the temple… I couldn’t send Aki on many trips.”

Ms. Aiko said with a smile.

“Mom…”

Aki’s eyes seemed to redden at Ms. Aiko’s words.

“Yes. I’ll take you both to space, and to heaven in bed. Both of you.”

I hugged Ms. Aiko and Aki.

“My, making naughty comments at every opportunity…”

Ms. Aiko chuckled.

Anyway, it was decided that we would go on a space trip.

“Okay. Let’s go. But before that…”

I immediately made a phone call.

“Hey, Sasitsu.”

I called Sasitsu.

“What is it, Shota?”

Sasitsu spoke.

“Starting tomorrow, we’ll be going to space every evening.”

I reported. Sasitsu is still the leader, so I should report to him. Always thinking of the leader… that’s loyalty.

“The leader gets the information last…”

Kana objected.

“Hey!! I’m filtering the information beforehand so the leader doesn’t get confused!”

Kana is trying to frame me as a treacherous minister again.

“That’s… exactly what treacherous ministers say.”

As expected, Kana immediately objected.

“Space? Suddenly?”

Sasitsu shouted loudly.

“That’s all.”

I’ve reported. I immediately hung up.

“And you call that loyalty?”

Kana was determined to frame me until the end.

“Hey, it’s rude to talk too long, so I just quickly conveyed the message and hung up.”

Only Sasitsu would understand my loyalty.

“He doesn’t even realize he’s ‘evil’!! It’s the kind of ‘evil’ that makes me sick!!”

Mika shouted loudly. You… you watched JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in my room yesterday, didn’t you?

Anyway, I was grinning because I found a new farming spot.

———

That night. I opened my eyes in the dream dungeon.

Sasitsu showed his face in the dream dungeon after a long time. He hadn’t been attending at all recently.

‘This isn’t very protagonist-like…’

Well, this is basically a game world, so players’ tendencies vary depending on their gaming style. But there was still a basic pattern. The character of a justice-filled boy who constantly tries to get stronger to protect the world was somewhat common across choices.

But… Sasitsu wasn’t as ambitious as I expected. The Sasitsu I knew was just a cutie with clear emotions and somewhat cool tendencies. Even with places like the dream dungeon available, he didn’t desperately try to get stronger.

‘It’s partly because I’ve become too strong.’

Because of that, all the trials Sasitsu faced became easy mode. Plus, I took over and completed the community achievements he was supposed to do.

‘Well… I prefer it this way.’

After meeting Pril, Sasitsu became much happier. Sasitsu’s happiness was part of the happiness I wanted to protect.

“Shota!! What’s this about space travel?!”

It seemed Sasitsu had come to the dream dungeon to ask me about that.

“That… I’ll explain later. For now… could you draw your sword?”

I said to Sasitsu.

“Suddenly?”

Sasitsu looked at me with an expression that said he couldn’t believe it.

“Hit me with your sword once. Don’t worry. I’ll just block it.”

I smiled at Sasitsu as I spoke.

I wanted to test how much more lenient the defense or deflection judgment had become. Additionally, I could correct Sasitsu’s form. Two birds with one stone.

“I don’t really want to…”

If Sasitsu were alone, he would have refused, but Pril was behind him.

“Sasitsu… it’s been a while since you wielded a sword, huh?”

Pril’s eyes were shining behind him.

“I guess I have no choice…”

It’s the sad nature of men to always want to look cool in front of their women. Sasitsu immediately drew his sword.

And so, the test began.