Chapter 34

Chapter 34

34: Black Street-H Two days later, Emily, Aira, and I stood in front of the Retella Adventurer’s Guild branch, looking at each other. Aira had joined the investigation team as a member this time, and Emily was participating as a guild employee. Mien had left for Ortania for a while, saying she had some business to take care of. So, I was suddenly left alone. Not yet, but I will be soon. “So, are you all leaving?” “Yeah, it’ll probably take three or four days.” I’m not particularly lonely, but I’m a little worried about Emily. Joining an investigation team full of men. Well, it’s not just men, but still. “Take care.” I opened my arms and hugged Emily. A pleasant fragrance wafted from her shimmering red hair. Should I lick her neck like this? With such thoughts in my head, I whispered to her. “If anything happens, be sure to use the Essence Drain Technique.” Emily’s face flushed red. Heh, she understands right away. “W-What are you talking about!?” Maybe nothing will happen at the guild. They’re not underworld thugs or rogue mercenaries. But if I had gone instead of Emily, I feel like something worrisome enough could have happened. Or is that just my imagination? I chuckled and waved to Emily. “It’s nothing. Let’s find your husband together when you get back.” “…Ugh, okay, I will!” Emily’s face was completely red, and she turned away abruptly. Then, the sword at her waist made a clatter sound. Just because she’s a guild employee doesn’t mean she can’t be armed. She was wearing the chainmail, longsword, and small shield that I had looted from the goblin’s cave. With that much equipment, she wouldn’t fall easily even if she encountered a monster. Aira smiled at us, as if she thought we were cute. Yeah, I understand. Emily is kind of cute. “Don’t worry too much. I’ll take good care of Emily.” “…Really?” Considering our first meeting, that’s not a very reliable statement. Surely Emily won’t be captured by goblins too, will she? “T-That was a mistake back then! Besides, this time it’s a large party… and Charka is there too.” The investigation team has a total of 17 members. Seven front-line fighters, three mages, four scouts and rear guards, two priests, and finally Emily. Of course, Emily isn’t the only guild employee, and Instructor Lacas is going along as well. I only saw Lacas once back then, but apparently he and Emily have talked a few times. He’s flirted with her a few times, so it must have been more than just a greeting. Still, personally, I’d recommend Charka as her first experience. Since he’s an orc, his stamina is amazing, and he seems to have a lot of essence because he’s quite skilled. If she doesn’t want to experience multiple men due to pride or emotional issues, Charka is perfect. Of course, you need to be prepared to face him. “Well, I’ll be back.” “Yeah, take care.” I said goodbye to Emily one last time. Watching them disappear through the guild door, I turned around as well. I had three days of free time ahead of me. // When I returned to the inn, the empty room caught my eye. What should I do now? I didn’t really have anything planned. Mien had given me homework before she left, but I had already finished it a long time ago. It was homework to memorize runes, but it wasn’t as difficult as I thought, so I finished it quickly. Runes, which are responsible for activating magic along with magic circles, have a kind of suggestive effect. Mien said that it’s not necessary to use runes, but you can’t not use them. It’s like a programming language, where everyone uses runes as a convention that all mages can understand. Magic and martial arts are things that you can’t learn alone in a remote mountain valley. It is the exchange between people and between knowledge that allows scholarship to develop. I lay down on the bed and rolled around, then suddenly remembered something and got up. I took off the adventurer’s plate necklace and other equipment, leaving only a dagger and a belt. Still, I kept the ring Milan gave me on. I didn’t think I would need a lot of silver coins, so I only took one 50-rad silver coin. – Click. I locked the room and left the key with the owner before heading outside. This inn has a good system. I don’t know if the owner has a good memory or if he keeps good records, but he always returns the key to the customer who matches the room. “Have a good day.” “Thank you.” I exchanged simple greetings and headed outside. I was thinking of taking a walk for a change. And maybe picking up a guy along the way. Unlike Lakers, I felt like it was hard to be proactive in Karaldin. I have the title of adventurer, and there’s Mien, Aira, and Emily too. They don’t necessarily force me to be celibate, but the atmosphere is a bit like that. As an adventurer of the Retella Guild, it would be a bit awkward to be rolling around naked with men in the middle of a tavern. Thinking that, I started walking through the streets of Karaldin. // “….” But the place I arrived at was none other than the entrance to the underground waterway. Have I come here too often? I was just walking blankly, but I ended up at the underground waterway. I hesitated for a moment, then decided to just take a walk in the underground waterway. To be honest, the underground waterway is a den of slimes and rats, so it’s not a good place to take a walk at all, but it’s familiar, so it should be okay. I don’t really have anywhere else to go anyway, so I might as well look at some slimes. – Swish… The underground waterway still had drains all over the street floor, so at least during the day, the visibility was maintained to some extent. It’s even harder to see when you go to the sewage treatment plant. The sound of water echoed in my ears, and a cool, humid air lingered. Nevertheless, the floor is clean because the slimes are diligently doing their job. Sometimes it’s a problem when they do too much. – Thud, thud. I walked with a dagger in hand. I’ve been secretly experimenting while catching slimes, and the slimes in Karaldin weren’t really any different. The slimes here also couldn’t penetrate my skin, which was reinforced with Iron Skin Armor. I even put it in my mouth as a test, and it was fine, so it doesn’t seem like the inside is penetrable either. As Iron Skin Armor hardens not only the outside of the body but also the inside, it’s only natural. – Rustle. Slimes sense vibrations through transparent nerve cells extending from their mucus. Every time I took a step, the small ones wandering nearby slipped away. – Plop. Some of them fell into the water and were swept away. They won’t die, but they’ll be swept straight to the sewage treatment plant. Due to all kinds of filth, food waste, and the corpses of monsters and animals, the city’s sewage treatment plant is almost like a dungeon. Those things are good nutrients for slimes. Still, cities where slimes thrive are clean, but in dirty places, rats as big as dogs or even undead appear, and soldiers have to be dispatched, so you can imagine the infamy. – Rustle. As I watched the slimes and moved towards the sewage treatment plant, slimes as big as boars, which I had become familiar with, gradually began to appear. As if size is everything in their world, they rushed at me as soon as they saw me. – Slosh. I avoided the cool mucus trying to wrap around my body and lightly stabbed the slime’s core with my dagger. – Squish. Thanks to that, my elbow was covered in mucus, but I knew this would happen, so I wore short-sleeved clothes, so I didn’t have to worry about ruining my clothes. – Gurgle. The slime with the torn core made a strange noise, trembled, and stopped moving. I kicked the motionless slime into the waterway. – Plop. Then the slime made of mucus moved to the sewage treatment plant along the water flow of the waterway. But that’s not all there is to slimes. After that, another slime appeared and approached me. – Rustle. This time it was a big one again. I was about to stab the core with my dagger again, but I changed my mind and used my other hand to put my arm into the mucus. – Swish. My left arm cut through the slime’s translucent mucus and grabbed the core. Even if it’s not the blade of the dagger, the handle and hilt are made of organic materials like wood and leather. If I use it without thinking, it could be decomposed by the slime. – Slide. When I grabbed the core, the slime hugged me as if it was trying to wrap around me. Hnnng, it’s cold. From the slime’s point of view, it’s trying its best to melt me… but to be honest, this feels kind of good. It feels like my whole body is being pressured and restrained, but it also feels like taking a cold bath. It’s a kind of coziness that makes me want to stay hugged like this. I wish it was a little warmer. I wonder if there are slimes like that. Mucus is soluble, so it won’t get dirty, so it’s not bad for hygiene. Of course, it decomposes materially, but at least I don’t decompose. I’ve heard that somewhere, they modify slimes and put them in bathtubs and bathe in mucus, and I feel like I can understand that feeling. Still, if I mess around too much, my clothes might get ruined, so I quickly grabbed the slime’s core and tore it out of the mucus. – Swish. The mucus was surprisingly viscous and strong, but with my strength, I could pull it out without any problems. It’s just that ordinary people’s skin would peel off as if it was burning before that. When I pulled out the core, the nerve cells connected to it were torn off, and the mucus stopped moving. – Plop. I pushed the slime into the waterway again and stared at the extracted core. The slime can still live for a few days in this state, but without mucus, it can’t absorb nutrients into the core. It’s practically in a state of suspended animation. If I were using it for magic experiments, I would put it in a nutrient solution, but it’s a hassle to take it. – Plop. Since I didn’t have a bag, I decided to just throw it away generously instead of taking it. I threw the core into the waterway and looked straight ahead again. Should I just take off all my clothes and play with the slimes? It doesn’t seem like there’s anyone around right now anyway. As I was seriously considering that, I noticed a strangely shaped slime. “…Huh?” There are many slimes around. Ones as big as boars are a bit rare, but there are a few small ones. But the reason why that slime in particular caught my eye was because it was pink. It’s really pink. It wasn’t a dull green, but a light pink slime. And it was also very small. At most, it was about the size of two of my palms put together. It was even smaller than the small slimes around it. – Slither. Even more, it was approaching me with a sliding movement. Considering that ordinary slimes avoid objects bigger than themselves, this was quite a strange thing. – Clink. I put away my dagger and reached out to the slime. I thought it might be dangerous, but my curiosity was stronger. It’s a light pink slime, no less. Whether it’s a mutant or a modified creature, it didn’t matter. This slime had a color that I really liked, and I had no intention of killing it. – Slide. The light pink slime fearlessly climbed onto my arm and stuck to my body. Then, it moved around, wandering all over my body as if it was smelling something. As it moved across my body and touched the bare skin of my arm, the slime’s color became a little darker. – Trickle. “Huh?” I watched to see what it was doing, but there was no pain. The slime, slightly reddened, wandered around my arm… removing the stains on my arm. What is this, I like it.

Unlike the others, it didn’t melt my clothes. I’d heard of it. That among slimes, there were intelligent species like octopuses, with individuals capable of controlling their solubility. These slimes were supposedly trained and modified to clean bodies. Could this be one of them? If so, I’d gained something incredible. I didn’t know what it was or why it was here. What mattered was that I liked it, and I was determined to take it with me.

-Squirm.

After cleaning my arm for a while, the slime returned to its pale color and began to move down past my chest towards my thigh. Was it going to wash my legs now? Filled with a strange sense of anticipation, I watched it descend, but suddenly, the slime crawled into my pants. “…Huh?” I tilted my head at the slime’s sudden action, but I soon realized what it was trying to do. I felt something soft and cold against my butt. “W-wait a minute!?” No way. Was it really going to clean there too…? “Aah!?” But the slime relentlessly pushed against my butt, squeezing through the narrow gap. The sensation of something cold forcing its way into my anus made me shudder and stumble. “Haaah…” As the slime’s entire body seeped into my rectum, I felt a sensation similar to the pleasure of defecation. It was a foreign sensation, like being filled with soft cotton. A different kind of pleasure than a man’s hot, hard penis. “Haaah!?” As the slime squirmed and moved inside my rectum, I leaned against the wall, trembling. Ugh, what is this? For a slime, why is it so good at this? Was it because it had been so long since I’d been held by a man? The pleasure came to me in an even stronger form. Without realizing it, I brought my hand to my vulva and caressed the crevice. “Ugh, hng!?” This is a sewer, I shouldn’t be doing this here. The thought crossed my mind, but I couldn’t stop my hand. Every time my fingers brushed against my clit, a jolt of sensation pierced through my lower body. The thought that I could reach climax if I just went a little further dominated my mind. And in a corner of my mind, I thought it would be okay since I had the Iron God Armor. The thought that I wouldn’t die easily gave me leeway and arrogance. “Ahhk, hng, haa, hng!” As I continued to masturbate, the slime squirming inside my rectum suddenly pulled out of my body.

-Squelch.

“Haaah!!?” The sensation of it gently stimulating my inner walls as it pulled out made me reach a light climax. “Haa, haa….” With the pleasure spreading throughout my body, a sense of exhaustion enveloped me. I panted and looked at the slime that had come out of my body. Still tinged with light pink, the slime crawled all over my body as if looking for its mother. “…Ahaha.” For some reason, its appearance was cute, and I burst out laughing. However,

-Slither.

The moment I saw another slime slowly approaching, I couldn’t help but stiffen. Had I said the previous slime was the size of a boar? But this slime was even bigger. “Ugh…” Looking at the slime, which was the size of a cow, I twitched my lips. This timing feels really bad.