Chapter 120: Where Did You Get Something Like This?

While being dragged along by Rien, a large bear entered my field of vision.

Yes, a large bear was walking down the street with a honey pot tucked under its arm.

“It’s a bear…!”

“That’s not a bear, it’s Horaru. The druid who went into the underground city with me during the last conquest.”

“Ah. The honey-loving druid..?”

“Yes. That person. No, that bear.”

Rien and Horaru don’t have much connection. Rien left after rescuing Rika and Erika, and later Horaru joined the team formed with Rohan and Hachi.

“Horaru! It’s been a while!”

“Hmm? Sion?”

As I waved and greeted, Horaru approached us.

His physique is really unbelievable. The pressure was no joke as this huge fire bear druid that looked like it could tear a person apart at any moment approached.

“It’s been a long time indeed.”

“Hmm. That’s right. It’s been a while. Want some honey?”

“No, thanks.”

Looking at Horaru, full of fluffy fur, made my heart warm naturally.

He’s really majestic. Look at that physique that seems to fear nothing in the world. If hit by his front paw attack, it seemed like all the bones in one’s body would break.

The problem is that he does magic with that physique. If Horaru had become a druid warrior, how strong would he have been? He wouldn’t have stayed at silver badge.

“Um.. Hello..”

“Hmm. Glasses beauty.”

“What…?”

“Hmm. Sion’s other half?”

“No! Rien is just a friend!”

“Hmm. I see. You look close.”

“We’re just friends…”

Rien seemed flustered and quickly pushed me away.

“Hmmm. Youth.”

“I said we’re not!”

“Hmm. Everyone says that. Then a few months later when I meet them again, they’ve gotten pregnant.”

“Hey, you!”

“…..”

Rien was at a loss for words at Horaru’s blunt talk, and I had to explain that it wasn’t true.

“Hmm. I need to find a mate too. But there’s no suitable partner.”

“Um, Horaru, you’re thinking of meeting a bear beastman, right?”

“Hmm. They say same species are most compatible.”

“….”

“Sorry, I was too blunt. It’s because I’m at marriageable age now.”

Among beastmen, “marriageable age” is a euphemism for being in heat. Since it’s a bit crude to say “in heat”, they roughly say “marriageable age” instead.

I see, that’s why he’s been carrying around and eating whole pots of sweet honey. It was for stress relief due to unsatisfied urges.

This is crazy. I don’t think I’ve seen any other bear beastmen in this city besides Horaru. If he catches someone like this, won’t they get hooked right away?

‘Come to think of it.. They said 40 percent of rape victims were male.’

We should be careful of Horaru. This female bear beastman is desperate for mating now. If she suddenly pounces, there’s no way to win physically.

Even though I ate the giant’s essence, the fact is that I’m slightly inferior compared to the pure strength of a silver badge beastman. Above all, they say rapist monsters exert 7 times their normal strength. Whether that’s true or superstition, if I’m caught wrong, it’s over.

“By the way, Horaru, where were you heading? Did we stop you when you were busy?”

Horaru answered while scooping up honey and stuffing it in his mouth.

“Hmm sweet. I’m not particularly busy. I was on my way to the Magic Tower.”

“We were on our way to the Magic Tower too…”

“Really? Let’s go together.”

And so we ended up heading to the Magic Tower with Horaru.

“What business do you have at the Magic Tower?”

“The Tower Master called me. Asked for help.”

“What?”

Wait, this wasn’t in the plan.

“Hmm? Why?”

“Ah, well, I’m on my way to see the Tower Master too..”

“Really? I don’t think I’ll take long. Let’s go in together.”

“Is that okay?”

“Hmm. I don’t mind. Rather, I’ve hardly been to the Magic Tower. It’s a bit scary alone.”

If Horaru is okay with it, I don’t mind. The Tower Master should be happy since two experimental subjects are visiting.

“Then I’ll go up.. See you next time.”

“Yes. See you next time.”

Rien waved and went up to the second floor.

She’ll be learning scroll writing from Rod now.

“Let’s go down then.”

“Hmm.”

Horaru, who had already finished eating all the honey, casually threw the honey pot in a corner of the Magic Tower and followed me down.

Wait, is it okay to just throw it away like that?

“It’s fine, it’s fine.”

Horaru smiled as if it was no big deal and patted my back.

Well, even if someone gets caught and scolded later, it won’t be me getting scolded, so it should be fine, right?

“Oh! Isn’t this Sion?”

“Ah, Male.”

Male, who seemed to have just come out of the Tower Master’s lab, greeted us.

His shadow still writhing creepily.

“Is the person next to you Horaru?”

“Hmm. Cute blonde glasses pretty boy.”

“Pardon?”

Why is he obsessed with glasses since earlier?

I don’t know. Horaru’s gaze is strange.

“Um, Sion. Can you tell me why this person is suddenly acting like this?”

“Ah, well. Horaru is at marriageable age now.”

“Ah! I see…! Ahaha.”

Male slowly backing away.

First time I’ve seen this guy scared.

“Huff. Huff.”

By the way, Horaru’s gaze is getting really strange.

Until we entered the Magic Tower, he had an impression like Winnie the Pooh.

Now he has the eyes of a real mad bear. His character design has changed.

I wonder if this is the look a murderous bear that ate a whole box of cocaine and went crazy would have.

‘What the… Why is he flaring his nostrils? His wild nature is stirring…!’

His breathing is strangely rough too. I’m feeling the fear you’d feel if you encountered a bear in nature right now.

And it seems Male felt the same. Horaru didn’t take his eyes off Male.

Male’s shadow visibly contracted at Horaru’s rough self-appeal, looking like a wilting penis.

You’re trembling.

“I have a lot of work piled up. Then, goodbye!”

He immediately fled to avoid Horaru. If he hadn’t escaped quickly, he would have been eaten by Horaru.

“Horaru. Horaru!”

“Huff..! Hmm. Sorry.”

“It’s okay. More importantly, you need to find a mate soon.”

“Hmm. That was close. I almost became a criminal.”

Oh shit. Now I’m scared too.

“Sh-Shall we go in quickly?”

“Hmm. Let’s do that.”

Before I get caught by Horaru and dragged to the bathroom, I need to quickly throw her to the Tower Master and get out of here.

I couldn’t bear it anymore because it was so scary.

Even though I’m living a depraved life, injecting semen into slimes and sleeping with widowed married women, I’m not into furries.

“Ah… You came.. Hm? Porter, you came too…”

“It’s been a while, Tower Master.”

“Hmm. Hello?”

As we entered the lab, Mabel was sitting at her desk with an expression like she was dying.

They said she lost two experimental subjects, and she looks like she’s lost everything in the world.

“Hmm. You called for help, so I came. What’s the request?”

“Ah. I’m a bit out of it right now. For now, both of you sit down and wait. I’ll make some tea.”

Looks like she’s going to serve that mysterious tea from last time again.

“Hmm. That person. Is she always so gloomy?”

“Well, she’s a bit gloomy, but she wasn’t like a depression patient like this. Seems like something bad happened recently.”

“Hmm. I see.”

As we were whispering to each other, the Tower Master served us tea.

“Here, drink.”

“Thank you.”

“Hmm. Mysterious taste.”

Only after taking a sip of tea did the Tower Master finally open her mouth.

“Horaru. I have a request for you. Would you participate in an experiment?”

“Hmm. You should tell me what kind of experiment first. And is it okay if Sion next to me listens too?”

“I don’t particularly mind if Sion listens. His help might be needed too.”

“No, what kind of experiment is it that you need my help?”

“First, I should tell you about the failed experiment.”

Mabel sighed deeply, rubbed her face several times, and then finally opened her mouth again.

“There was a dragon’s egg.”

“What????”

“Hmm? Dragon? Dragon?”

A dragon, she says.

Suddenly? No, why is a dragon, which is rare even in the ideal world, crawling out here?

“I happened to obtain a dragon’s egg.”

“Is that something you can obtain by chance?”

“The uninhabited area exploration team found an egg in a wooden box. They brought it here, and after examining it… it was a dragon’s egg. It seemed to be from thousands of years ago, when mystery was still prevalent in this land.”

“So? What did you do with it?”

“I succeeded in hatching it.”

“What?”

She hatched a dragon’s egg?

Hatching an egg of catastrophe inside the city. Are you out of your mind?

“Wait, shit, is that true?”

“Yes. I hatched 2 out of 3 eggs.”

“Ah, don’t tell me.”

I had heard from Raphanel that two experimental subjects died and the Tower Master fell into depression.

Don’t tell me those two experimental subjects were…

“I raised them for over 3 years. During the first molting process. One died. The other changed strangely even before going through molting.”

“…”

“Hmm. A dragon. Hooo.”

Horaru made a strange cry and couldn’t stay still.

“Horaru, are you okay?”

“Dragons are dangerous. Dragons are calamities. The forest people never touch dragon eggs.”

Horaru expressed anxiety.

Unlike earlier, he looks terrified now.

“Calm down, Horaru.”

“Hmm, it’s strange if I calm down about this. Tower Master. Why, why did you hatch them?”

“Because they had value for use. If we could tame them.. I thought we could accelerate the labyrinth conquest.”

“You tried to tame a calamity for labyrinth conquest?”

“Has there been any adventurer who properly explored the 7th floor in the last 10 years? No. The labyrinth city has stagnated. We can’t dream of the future in this state. We need to go to the ideal world. We need to explore that place and open a new era…”

“Tower Master.”

“…I’m sorry. I’m a bit mentally cornered. Haah. This is driving me crazy. After putting in so much effort, to think they’d die so futilely.”

“You said one of the two hatched ones died. There’s still one left, right?”

“That one.. I consider it as good as dead… Follow me.”

Horaru and I followed the Tower Master deeper into the lab.

“This is…”

“It showed an abnormal reaction during molting and ended up like this.”

“….”

It looked like an egg of some aquatic creature.

“We decided to call this a dragon larva.”

Inside a translucent membrane filled with liquid, a tiny lizard was curled up. It looked as if a born creature had returned to an egg.

A black dragon with tiny wings on its back. Was it the offspring of a black dragon?

“Horaru. The reason I called you is…”

“Hmm. You want me to empathize with the dragon larva?”

“That’s right. I heard you have the best empathy ability in the Druid Club. Can you do it?”

“Hmm. This is. Essentially a seed of calamity. We don’t know what result will come out.”

“Considering the time invested and the astronomical amount of money, I need to grasp at straws.”

Mabel’s face was tinged with frustration.

And Helena, who was watching all this from inside me, carefully opened her mouth.

-Sion. Don’t you have the spirit tree’s heart?

‘Yes, I had two.’

I bought them from the frogman. But why are you suddenly asking about that?

As I wondered, Helena opened her mouth again.

-If we play this right… we might be able to eat it.

‘What!??’

You’re saying I might be able to snatch away the dragon that the Tower Master poured her time, effort, and astronomical research funds into?

I had to desperately hold back the smile that was trying to form on my lips.