Episode 112 – Zannen, This Equipment Is Cursed~

I woke up to the sensation of warm sunlight tickling my eyes, and when I cautiously opened them, a ceiling with an antique design greeted me.

I must have been feeling damn good to pass out like that…

Barely managing to sit up in my exhausted state, I used my recovery ability.

My body, slightly fatigued from last night’s childbirth, recovered instantly.

“Huu…..”

I jumped out of bed and stretched my body, feeling as fresh as a daisy.

Then, I touched the jewel of the cursed choker around my neck and sighed deeply.

I was conflicted.

As much as I enjoy sex, I didn’t want to indulge in it at the expense of my love for my husband.

This is really a headache… I thought, and just as I was about to go outside to ask Roban-ssi if he had obtained any information, someone opened the door and came in.

It was Ian.

My husband, who was holding a plate with soup and bread in both hands, smiled brightly when he saw that I was already up.

“Grace, are you okay?”

Ugh….

When my husband, who could be called a pretty boy, smiled, I once again felt to the bone that… yeah, men need to be handsome.

The face of the pretty boy, shining brightly in the morning sunlight… really made my uterus feel all kyun♥ kyun♥.

With a slight blush on my face, I nodded with an indifferent expression.

“I guess you’re okay. Come on, let’s eat.”

Sitting down with my husband, I dipped bread in the soup and opened my mouth.

“Hey, honey, did you hear anything from Roban-ssi?”

I savored the softness of the white wheat bread dipped in the slightly reddish tomato soup, and then asked my husband, who was also dipping bread in the soup.

“I didn’t hear anything in particular…”

“…… Haa, is that so?”

I felt suffocated by my husband’s words as he chewed on the bread, and I sighed deeply.

My husband, noticing my expression, said cautiously.

“Honey, there’s something I want to say.”

“……?”

When I looked at him with a questioning gaze, my husband blushed slightly as if he was embarrassed.

“Actually… at first, when you couldn’t dismantle that relic and I got angry… I was a little happy. I thought you valued your love for me more than sex…”

His words made me feel guilty, as if a stone had been placed in my chest.

“I, is that so?”

I stirred the soup with a sullen look and answered, and my husband continued.

“Th, thank you, honey, for thinking of me, who can’t even be a proper man… I just… wanted to say that…”

Seeing my husband’s face as red as a carrot, my lips started to twitch and curl upwards.

The warm feeling spreading from my chest made me unable to hold back my smile, and I grabbed my husband’s fidgeting hand.

Feeling the firm yet soft skin of my husband on my fingertips, and the warmth that warmed my palm, I slowly opened my mouth.

“You don’t need to thank me, and… uuuuhm…. Haa, I, I’m more sorry… I’ve been treating you too harshly since coming to this city, right?”

“Hahaha, it’s okay, it’s what I wanted.”

A handsome man with a gentle impression said with a kind smile, it’s like a picture…

I felt my face getting hot from my husband’s warm gaze, so I avoided his eyes and withdrew my hand.

“A, anyway, I’m not going to give up either, and… now that I think about it, I want to have sex with you… too…”

Perhaps my shy appearance as I stirred the soup again was cute, because my husband suddenly reached out his hand.

“Ugh!”

The man’s hand landed gently on my head, and I couldn’t help but close my eyes and moan at the gentle touch.

“Uhm…♥ Ugh♥ Haaah…♥”

Sseudam sseudam, my hair, softer than silk, was ruffled by my husband’s warm touch, and my heart started beating like crazy.

The cozy touch on my head gave me a feeling of soft stability, like a drug.

Feeling my lower body gradually becoming moist, I stopped my husband’s hand with a coy, regretful look.

“S, stop it…”

“Ah, uh, m, sorry, your hair is so soft that I couldn’t help it, hahaha.”

Feeling my heart flutter at my husband’s compliment, I pursed my lips and stirred the soup, trying my best not to be conscious of my aroused pussy, which had become aroused just from the touch.

And I glanced at my husband, who had a fresh, innocent blush, and unconsciously imagined.

When I imagined a scene of us overlapping our bodies and whispering love to each other in the same bed, my pussy throbbed with anticipation.

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“I do have a place that I can guess at….”

Roban-ssi said, looking slightly nervous and closing his legs, perhaps recalling the danger of being impotent that he felt yesterday.

“Really?!”

A place that makes your dick bigger. A place? This really is another world. There’s even a place that makes your dick bigger.

“Yes… there is, but… the place is…..”

Seeing Roban-ssi scratching his cheek as if he was troubled, I grabbed his hand.

“Please tell me! Where is it?”

I looked at him with desperation in my eyes.

Roban-ssi, startled by my expression, hesitated for a moment before blurting out a single word.

“It’s the Orcs’ Holy Land, Odessa.”

“Odessa? Wait a minute, the Orcs’ Holy Land?”

“It’s just a guess, though.”

The Orcs’ Holy Land… The Orcs I’ve met so far have been relatively gentlemanly, but their violence and aggression are higher than any other race.

Of course, even aside from those concerns, the problem was that the Holy Land was located in the very center of the Great Wilderness.

I let go of his hand and sat back down in my chair.

Then, I glared at Roban-ssi with a sharp, suspicious look.

“Are you sure this is accurate information?”

“Grace, calm down.”

“………. Uh, sorry.”

Realizing that I was being rude from the warm touch of my husband’s hand, I relaxed my eyes and apologized.

Fortunately, Roban-ssi nodded as if he was okay and replied.

“I understand, but… there are only three places in the world that bestow blessings related to sexual function. Two of them only bestow blessings on women.”

“Do you have any information?”

At my question, he nodded and handed me a piece of paper.

“Fortunately, I was able to obtain information quickly.”

I received the paper from him and slowly began to read the words written on it.

“As it says there, the only one who bestows blessings related to men is the Orcs’ God. And it’s a pretty difficult method.”

“………… A coming-of-age ceremony.”

“Yes, you’ll have to go through the Orcs’ coming-of-age ceremony to have a chance.”

“H, but……”

“Uhm…. Yes… the content of the coming-of-age ceremony is… a bit much, right?”

“……… Even if you can challenge it… you can’t succeed, can you?”

“………… Hmm hmm”

I looked at the contents written on the paper and closed my eyes in despair.

The paper said, ‘If you prove that you are an adult through intense sex with a female, you will receive the blessing of God.’

“Still, there is something that can make it possible to get an erection, at least.”

“Haa, is that so?”

“The place I’m talking about this time will be a good experience for Grace-yang as well.”

He handed me another piece of paper.

“Judging from the tattoo of the Goddess of Love, Grace-yang is a follower of the Goddess, right? Maybe you can find a solution there.”

“………… Is that so…..”

I answered his words weakly and sighed deeply.

“Anyway, thank you. For finding this information for me.”

“…….. It’s nothing. I just thought of it as a gift, but I didn’t know that my release would be impossible… uhm…. I’ve already found a caravan heading to the Holy Land of the Goddess of Love, so you can leave with them. Oh, and this is a small token of appreciation from me, or rather, from the city.”

He took out a silver-shining plaque on the table and handed it to me.

“There should be a Silver Mine Bank in most major cities. It’s an account there, so feel free to withdraw money whenever you need it.”

“You didn’t need to go this far.”

But since money isn’t bad, my hand was already gripping the silver plaque tightly.

Roban-ssi, who smiled in relief at my subtly smiling face, as if I had forgotten the troublesome things from earlier, said.

“Well then, shall we go see the baby?”

“Ah….”

Now that I think about it, the baby….

I flinched at Roban-ssi and my husband’s eyes, which had gone cold at my reaction.

“……….. Grace-yang, even if you’ve only held him for a day…”

“Honey…..”

“I, I was just distracted…”

“”Haa….””

Feeling ashamed at their sighs, I blushed and jumped up.

“W, well then!! Let’s go quickly! Ah, the baby must be cute like me~ Come on~ Come on~~ Let’s gooo~~”

To avoid embarrassment, I grabbed my husband’s shoulder and shook him, urging him on.

My husband clicked his tongue at my reaction and stood up.

“Sigh, okay, let’s go. Grace, you can be so unpredictable sometimes.”

“Tch, is this the first time I’ve been like this?”

Bickering, my husband and I walked towards the place where the baby was with Roban-ssi.

“Oh, Grace-yang, you’ve arrived?”

Rosario-ssi smiled at me, holding her own baby in her arms.

Seeing her gently soothe the baby that came from her and my son… it was something immoral, but at the same time, it was a kind and loving sight.

“Rosario-ssi seems to be doing well. Oh, where’s Sui?”

“Ah, Sui-ssi went to her husband’s workshop. She’s probably changing bodies by now.”

“Ah ha….”

When I looked at my husband with a questioning look, he said as if he had been waiting for it.

“It’s a bit much to have two people walking around who look exactly like you. I asked her to.”

“Hmph….. Not because you want to experience a different flavor?”

“N, no way!”

I smiled slyly at my husband’s face, which was flushed red, as if he was lewd, and then turned my gaze to the cradle.

Then, I looked at the two babies babbling inside and scratched my cheek.

“Which one is my baby…..”

“Hehe, please wait.”

Rosario-ssi carefully laid her baby down in the cradle and gently lifted the baby in the middle.

Perhaps startled by the sudden movement, the baby squirmed and started babbling.

Rosario-ssi gently patted the baby, and it soon calmed down. She smiled and handed the baby to me.

“Hold him.”

I stared intently at the cute face that hadn’t even opened its eyes yet, sticking out from between the swaddling clothes, and carefully received the baby.

The warm and soft sensation of the baby in my arms, the soft scent unique to babies tickling my nose, and the feeling of warmth naturally filling my chest made me unconsciously smile.

The baby squirmed slightly, and I repeated lifting it up and down to soothe it, and it soon calmed down.

Then, the baby opened its eyes and started looking at me.

The blue eyes sparkled as they caught the light.

I looked into the baby’s eyes and smiled softly.

“Hello, baby?”

At my voice, the baby smiled brightly and babbled as if recognizing its mother.

I gently rubbed the baby’s chubby cheeks with my fingers and continued to whisper.

“Hehe, how cute, who does he take after to be so cute? Aha, he looks like me, hehe hehe hehehehe”

The sight of the incredibly cute baby suddenly stabbed my heart with guilt.

I have to leave this place eventually. When I was in the goblin den, the children grew up quickly, so I could leave with peace of mind.

But this baby is still so small.

“………………”

As I was looking at the baby silently, Rosario-ssi, as if knowing all my anxieties, put her hand on my shoulder and smiled gently.

“Don’t worry. We’ll raise the baby with love.”

“………….. Thank you.”

I barely lifted the trembling corners of my lips to form a smile and gently stroked the baby’s cheeks, which were smiling brightly.

“Baby, I’m sorry…. Later, later, we’ll definitely…. meet again.”

Feeling the awl named guilt stuck in my chest, I realized.

This is what it’s like to have a baby.

I had only carried him in my womb for a day, but… this situation where I had no choice but to part with the baby was depressing.

I could only try my best to remember the soft warmth felt on the baby’s cheeks, who was just smiling and babbling.