Episode 59 – Niel’s Love

Grace SIDE

After leaving the completely passed-out merchant behind, I tidied myself up and went outside. Ian, who had been like a monkey in heat, stretching his philtrum in a vulgar display of self-pleasure right before my eyes, saw me, slightly sweaty and reeking of lewdness, and blushed, quickly averting his gaze, probably aroused again.

But strangely enough, Niel couldn’t hide his restlessness either when he saw me.

I gave Niel a questioning glance, then approached them, picked up the map placed on the table, and said with a bright smile.

“Negotiation successful. Hehehe, shall we go?”

They both just nodded at my words.

We left the house and headed straight for the dungeon.

The dungeon entrance was even more crowded than when we had come out, making me think this place was more lucrative than I had imagined. I took the lead and descended with energetic steps.

The enormous staircase was filled with mercenaries descending as if they were used to it, and mercenaries ascending with tired eyes, having spent days inside, but with energetic steps thanks to their bulging packs.

How far down did we go, mixed among the descending mercenaries, before our vision cleared and we reached the first floor?

A lush forest that seemed to purify our eyes welcomed us.

Even though it was clearly underground, the forest surrounding us was not dark at all.

When I looked up at the ceiling, bright light was scattering like an aurora.

We were curiously looking around at the wondrous scenery of the dungeon when mercenaries, moving as if they were already familiar with the dungeon, passed by, sneering at us.

We snapped out of it upon hearing their sneers.

I blushed slightly in embarrassment and said to Ian and Niel.

“Ahem, ahem… First, let’s just get a lay of the land today. Follow me.”

I cleared my throat as much as possible and took out the map.

The map showed the path from the first to the second floor and the surrounding geography.

The merchant didn’t seem to be lying. The map showed the territories of the surrounding demi-humans and monsters, safe paths, and camping areas marked in between.

I checked the location where the stairs from the surface were marked and looked around, discovering a monument that resembled a tombstone.

I approached it and examined the top of the monument, confirming that an arrow was pointing in one direction.

After reviewing the map again, I was able to pinpoint the direction to the goblin territory.

Nodding in satisfaction, I rolled up the map, put it in the portable backpack hanging from my waist, and said to Ian and Niel.

“Alright, this way. Let’s go.”

“Where are we going?”

Ian asked me.

“We’re going to the goblin territory. It’s safe there, and it’ll be good for warming up a bit, hehe.”

“Okay.”

“……… Goblins, you say?”

Following Ian’s agreement to my words, Niel, who had been looking around, turned his helmeted face to me and said.

“….? Why? Do you dislike goblins?”

“……… No…”

I looked at Niel with a puzzled expression, and she shook her head and said.

“Hmm… Just follow me for now. It’s safe if we stick to the outskirts of the goblin territory.”

I stared at Niel for a moment, then took the lead and started walking into the dense forest.

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Even though the dungeon was underground, the ecosystem seemed to be well-established, as the sound of some unknown bird chirping echoed in our ears as we walked through the forest.

While marveling at the chirping, we didn’t let our guard down.

Ian and Niel stood to my left and right, each guarding the outside, and Ttolttol-i followed from behind, constantly looking around.

We walked in a diamond formation, but after several hours, we started to look a bit deflated because the goblins hadn’t appeared.

When I looked up at the sky, I saw the bright light, like an aurora, showering the dungeon from the ground.

The aurora-like light gradually faded, darkening the dungeon.

I took out the map again and realized that there was a small safe zone between the goblin and orc territories.

“There’s a safe place nearby, so let’s rest there tonight.”

I whispered and looked at the two of them, and they nodded in agreement.

Having received their permission, I checked the surrounding terrain, determined the direction, and moved.

How long had we walked? The surroundings, which had been as bright as day, quickly began to darken.

And we arrived at the safe zone.

A dark cave was waiting for us with its mouth wide open.

“Here it is. Let’s sleep here tonight and move again tomorrow.”

I said to my companions with a bright smile.

Ian chuckled at my energetic appearance and nodded.

Niel simply nodded lightly, as if agreeing.

Me, Ian, Niel, and Ttolttol-i entered the cave.

The inside of the cave was surprisingly clean.

We could see groundwater flowing in one corner, a fairly suitable internal temperature, and holes in the ceiling of the cave.

As soon as we determined that it would be okay to light a fire, we unpacked our bags and started a fire in the center of the cave.

While Ian was starting the fire, I took the string and bell and went outside.

When I arrived at the cave entrance, I stretched the string low to the ground, about ankle height, and then hung the bell out of sight.

Having completed the basic protective measures, I re-entered the cave.

Tadak tadak

A bonfire blazes in the center of the cave.

Me, Ian, Niel, and Ttolttol-i, sitting on pre-spread blankets inside the cave, which was dyed with a subtle orange light, ate soup placed on the bonfire and talked, then decided on the watch schedule.

As a result of rock-paper-scissors, I was first, Niel was second, and Ian was third.

How long had I been sitting next to the bonfire, blankly staring at the orange flames, when someone walked over from the other side?

A beautiful woman with expressionless face and purple eyes, shining dreamily in the light of the bonfire, was standing there.

It was Niel.

Niel, who had been walking over, sat down next to me without saying a word.

I looked at Niel, slightly embarrassed.

Perhaps because of the bonfire’s crimson light, Niel’s face was tinged with a faint orange hue.

I, who had been watching Niel’s expression, spoke first.

“………. Can’t you sleep?”

My voice echoed inside the cave, where no sound could be heard except for the sound of the fire devouring the wood, and only then did Niel’s eyes turn to me.

It was a look that didn’t reveal any emotion, as if I couldn’t tell what she was thinking, but that expressionlessness rather accentuated Niel’s dreamlike beauty even more.

Niel and I were looking into each other’s eyes when she opened her mouth.

“Are you happy?”

“……?”

While I was failing to understand her words, she opened her mouth again, as if realizing that her explanation was insufficient.

“Today…….. I saw it. Both you and Ian.”

“……”

I was surprisingly calm at Niel’s words.

Niel seemed to understand that I was looking at her without saying anything as a sign to say more, and she cautiously opened her mouth again.

“Are… are you happy?”

I didn’t know what to say and hesitated for a moment, but I was slightly surprised to find Niel with a faint blush on her face, not disgust or contempt.

Her expressionless face like marble, the red blush that couldn’t be hidden even by the orange light of the bonfire, and the way she bit her lip slightly as if anxious and watched my expression, left me speechless for a moment, and then Niel opened her mouth again.

“Are you… very… happy…..?”

“……… What do you want?”

I, who had clearly recognized the burning desire inside Niel, said with a subtle smile.

When I asked, Niel began to hesitate like a virgin.

I smiled even more deeply at the sight and approached her.

And I placed my hand on her firm thigh, lewdly caressed it, and whispered close to her ear.

“Hehehe… you’re such a naughty girl…. You were watching everything that happened today, weren’t you? Secretly hiding and squirming your hot pussy….♥ Jjilkeok♥ Jjilkeok♥ while getting poked…♥”

I whispered lewdly in her ear and put my remaining hand into her lower body.

Niel, her face flushed red, did not reject the hand entering her pants.

No, she rather slightly parted her legs so that my hand could enter easily.

Hilkkeum hilkkeum

Niel, now with a completely excited expression, began to glance at me with heavy breathing and intense heat in her amethyst-colored eyes.

With a smile on my face at the sight, I brought my finger to her pussy.

And I was slightly surprised by Niel’s pussy, which was hotter than I had imagined, but soon I put on the face of a lewd slut and whispered again.

“Hehehe♥ I didn’t know you were such a hot woman…♥ I’ll answer you..♥ I felt so fucking good..♥ In front of the person I love, being fucked in the pussy and getting a vaginal ejaculation from a guy who I don’t even like, who’s ugly, and who’s worse than my husband in every way…♥ Puk♥ Puk♥ It feels so damn good….♥ You can know it too if you have someone you love…♥ Hehehe♥”

“Gulp….. S-Someone I love….?”

With those words, Niel glanced at Ian, who was fast asleep.

Her eyes were seething with burning lust.

I grinned at the sight and sweetly whispered in her ear again.

“That’s right… Someone who’s handsome and has a good personality, but…. his sex is worse than a neighborhood kid’s…♥ Hehehe♥ Or…. you can feel it yourself…♥ I don’t mind…♥”

Niel now began to breathe roughly and stare at Ian with bloodshot eyes.

And as my hand squelched and squished her pussy, she let out a faint but incredibly hot moan-like breath, and the darkness began to melt away stickily.