Chapter 622: Mysterious Voice (4)

“It really works….”

I muttered unconsciously as I entered the dungeon using the warp gate that the ‘Creator’ had arbitrarily placed into my spatial pocket.

Normally, the entry condition requiring both men and women to enter together seemed to have been removed by the Dungeon Creator’s authority. Also, within the internal structure, troublesome monsters and the like were already completely gone, and doors like ‘ones that don’t open unless you do ~~’ were all open from the start.

Perhaps she, the ‘Creator’, had taken care of everything for me, visiting again.

Even the messy bedding where the President-nim and I had just been intimate had somehow been cleanly replaced with new bedding.

It was such impressive technology that I couldn’t help but think she would have made quite a name for herself as a Dungeon Manager if she had been born in this era, not 100 years ago.

「Right?! As expected from someone I chose as my Master, your taste is impeccable!」

‘…Stop reading my mind and answering.’

「…Hmph.」

Her energy level was still hard for me to keep up with, though. It was almost unbelievable that she was born about a century ago.

The voice directly echoing in my head being a different woman than Esila was a first, perhaps because of that, it felt strangely awkward to react.

At least Esila was much more perceptive and didn’t chatter pointlessly compared to the ‘Creator’.

It must be the difference between the system intelligence implanted in the awakened ability itself and the spirit of someone who was human in life.

「I know this is presumptuous, but please don’t compare me to some unknown virgin ghost, Master.」

「What are you talking about?! I don’t want to be compared to some mere artificial intelligence!」

「It’s not artificial intelligence, it’s system intelligence.」

‘Stop it. If you’re going to fight, can you at least do it in a way I can’t hear in my head? Though, it would be best if you didn’t fight at all, if possible. …From now on.’

「You say ‘from now on’…」

‘Yeah. The ‘Creator’s’ dungeon itself seems definitely useful, so I’ll accept her offer for now.’

「Yessss! I did it! See, you bitch! Your bossing me around is over!」

Less than five seconds after I told them not to fight, the ‘Creator’, getting worked up, provoked Esila.

Conversely, Esila, who hadn’t liked her from the start, gave an answer that followed my opinion for now.

「Understood. If it is Master’s wish, then I shall naturally follow that opinion.」

‘…Are you perhaps upset?’

「I am system intelligence, so I cannot express emotions like getting upset. I merely find Master’s actions, failing to understand my intention to eliminate a potentially dangerous factor capable of directly interfering with Master’s mind, slightly incomprehensible.」

‘That’s you getting upset…’

「It is not.」

I understood Esila’s concern for me, but still, it was too much of a waste to simply abandon this space for no particular reason.

Accepting the ‘Creator’s’ offer meant I could use this place anytime, anywhere, and honestly speaking, it was too valuable a space to just pass up.

And if she had tried to do anything to me using her Dungeon Creator abilities, she would have already made her move the moment President-nim and I first visited.

The fact that President-nim and I safely came out of the dungeon once was enough to trust her to some extent. …Even if not perfectly yet.

‘What you want is for me to bring other women into this space and watch us make love and have sex, that’s all, right?’

「Yes, yes! That’s what I wanted to do most when I was alive! Just seeing it satisfies me vicariously!」

‘Just in case I’m mentioning this, if you threaten me or anyone else who comes in with me, or suddenly possess the body of the person I’m having relations with….’

「I won’t do that~! And what do you mean by possessing bodies and such?! Even if it’s me, it’s obviously impossible to take over a body that already has a Master, right?!」

‘Really?’

「If that were possible in the first place, I would have lured other hunters into my dungeon and switched bodies long ago when I was alive! Instead of wasting my time trying to do something with abilities like Dungeon Creator!」

…Come to think of it, that makes more sense. If she had that kind of ability, it would have been much more plausible than creating this kind of ‘maniacal’ dungeon solely for ‘sex’.

For now, with this, it seemed I had grasped her abilities and the characteristics of this dungeon itself fairly well.

Before accepting the title of ‘Dungeon Master’ from the ‘Creator’, I added a few final important points to the contract.

‘Let me say this in advance: I won’t necessarily bring every future sexual encounter to this place. This is purely for use as a hotel substitute, and I obviously have no plans to mingle bodies elsewhere besides a hotel.’

「It’s a bit disappointing, but I guess that can’t be helped. From the thoughts I glimpsed earlier, it seemed some of the women appearing weren’t fond of sex in such a confined space.」

‘…And one more thing, as long as I use this dungeon, don’t use the reset service anymore. Not just for me, but for my partner too.’

「Huh? It doesn’t matter to me, but why?」

‘It’s just my philosophy. I approach all sex with sincerity, as much as possible.’

「Well, I can’t argue with Master’s philosophy. Still, just in case, I’ll keep the function itself enabled. But whether to use it or not will be Master’s decision.」

‘Okay.’

「And well, anything else? If possible, I’d like to settle everything at once.」

‘Anything else… hmm…’

Other restrictions needed to use this space with her help in the future.

I briefly recalled the conversation I had with the ‘Creator’ so far.

Finally, I added one last, most crucial point to her.

‘If you chatter in my head and ruin the mood while I’m having sex, I’ll ask Esila to block you immediately.’

「I won’t do that! I understand the mood too! And I’ve never done that before!」

‘Then that’s fine.’

With this, the contract with the ‘Creator’ was roughly concluded.

Now it was time to finally address the slightly uncomfortable matter between her and me.

Among other things, I had to change the awkward way I addressed her, which had been bothering me since earlier.

‘You said you don’t remember your name from when you were alive well, right?’

「Yeah. And I don’t really want to remember. I don’t have many good memories from when I was alive.」

‘Got it. Then from now on, I’ll call you ‘Belle’. Instead of your name from when you were alive.’

「Belle? …Are you perhaps saying you’re going to give me a new name?」

‘Because they call the person who manages rooms in a hotel a ‘bellwoman’. I took ‘Belle’ from that. It seems like a fitting name for you.’

Anyway, her role was also to manage this dungeon, which was used as a hotel substitute.

Personally, I thought it was a pretty plausible name. Though I wasn’t sure how she felt about it.

‘If you don’t like it, you can just call me Creator like before.’

「Huh?! N-no! I like Belle! Call me Belle, Master!」

‘Okay. I look forward to working with you, Belle.’

「Yes, Master, please bring lots and lots of other women in the future! If Master wishes, I’ll do my best to create the interior as much as I can!」

A Dungeon Manager who wanted me to bring other women into the dungeon for sex and could even change the interior for that purpose.

It was a moment where we formed a connection that was nonsensical in many ways.

Both in terms of Belle’s value and the potential of her existence.

‘I’m going to head back now. Open the gate to the outside, Belle.’

「Rather than that, I’ll just give Master the management authority for the entrance/exit gate. I think it’s okay for Master to receive this much.」

‘Huh?’

「Try picturing it in your mind for a moment. The gate that leads out from here.」

‘Picture it in my mind…?’

Belle, who suddenly offered to give me the summoning authority for the entrance/exit gate, told me to imagine it in my mind.

Although it was a slightly suspicious statement, I followed her words and imagined a gate appearing before me.

Seeing the gate immediately appear before my eyes, I felt a bit bewildered.

「Now that I’ve given Master the authority to enter and exit through the gate, you can summon the gate and leave whenever you want without needing my permission.」

‘…Okay, thank you.’

「Still, the outside of the dungeon isn’t my territory, so you have to enter through the gate I made. Anyway, Master keeps it in the spatial pocket, so that doesn’t really matter, right?」

‘Yeah. That’s not a big deal.’

If I didn’t have the spatial pocket, carrying it around would have been quite a task, but for me, who had the spatial pocket, it wasn’t a significant issue.

Rather, it was a moment of reassurance, as the escape authority for the dungeon, which had been slightly worrying, was now given to me.

Now that I had obtained the authority to enter and exit this space, I should hurry back quickly.

Checking the space one last time before contracting with Belle, I realized more time had passed than I expected.

Perhaps Eunbyul, who came in to clean my room, might be panicking after noticing my sudden disappearance. To avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, I needed to return quickly…

「Ah, that’s probably fine, Master.」

‘Huh?’

「A day in my dungeon is one hour outside. The time Master just spent inside the dungeon would only be about 2-3 minutes outside, at most~.」

‘……What?’

「Wouldn’t it be strange if the time inside the dungeon wasn’t set like this? More than half the people who entered my dungeon left after having their memories of what happened inside erased by the reset service. If they went in during the day and came out at night, or if the date changed after they entered and exited the dungeon, it would be weird, right? That’s why I considered this aspect from the very beginning of the design!」

‘…….’

Belle’s attitude of revealing the most crucial information only now, after hiding it so carefully, filled me with disbelief for a moment.

I hastily had to add one more line to the contract I had just made with her.

‘One last thing. Belle, from now on, you will report everything about the dungeon’s structure that I don’t know, without leaving anything out.’

「W-what?! Did I have to tell you this in advance?!」

…A slightly bizarre encounter that began with a mystery dungeon exploration with President Seo Ok-hee.

At that time, I couldn’t yet anticipate how this meeting with Belle, the Dungeon Manager, would later prove helpful to me.