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5. Johnson’s General Store

Claude, who got up first to help with digestion, saying he felt like he had indigestion while eating dinner, left, leaving Sia alone eating the food left on the table.

“Over there…”

“Huh? Why are you like that, Sia?”

“Cain Counseling….”

“I’m really tired today, but should we talk about it tomorrow while we’re on a gathering mission?”

“That’s right.. Sorry Cain, you’re so usual, I thought you were okay…”

It was a bit sad to see him slightly exhausted, but I wanted to rest a bit after going through a lot today.

“Don’t be too sorry and just get some rest. Sia, you had a hard time in the labyrinth too.”

“Yeah… Thanks Cain!”

“And I’ll forget the card again.”

“Oh!! That’s right!!”

At my words, Sia quickly picked up the Explorer Card I had just uploaded and put it in her chest.

“Hey, why did you put it there?”

“Huh? Hehe…”

“Let’s eat quickly and go up.”

“Yeah!”

After finishing off the piece of steak that Claude had left behind and returning to my lodgings, I fell into a deep sleep.

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Clank clank!!

“Ah… What is it.”

“Uh… Ka… Cain, are you awake?”

I woke up to the sound of armor, but it was still dark outside the window, perhaps because it was still dawn.

“You fell asleep right away last night? I met Mr. Hawk at the bar and he set up a makeshift party right away.”

“Ugh…. So you’re going out at this hour?”

“Uh…..There were two level 1 people, but they stayed and applied for a makeshift party?”

“Is that so?”

“Whew.. Okay, I’m lucky from the first day. The full house distribution rate is also high, so let’s go!”

“Yeah… Be careful when there’s a woman.”

“Hey, what do you think I am?”

“A guy who wants to hit you first.”

“Ugh… I’ll be back.”

“Uh.”

Squeak! Boom!

Claude, who had prepared himself like that, went out.

“Hmm…”

Claude’s reaction was a little strange, but what’s the big deal?

In the morning, I’ll go to Sia for consultation and collecting, and then I’ll go there in the afternoon.

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“So… Claude went to the Pungryu Hall again…”

“Yeah.”

Rustle rustle

“Am I really hopeless… Ugh…”

“Why do you think so?”

“But…”

After eating breakfast with Sia and going to the Explorers’ Guild, we took on a light gathering quest and headed to the forest outside the city.

I was collecting herbs while listening to Sia’s whining.

“Sia, talk while collecting.”

“Ah! Yeah… So listen, Kaiin…”

Splash!

“Focus!”

“Sorry… Wow! But when did Cain collect all these?”

“You didn’t do it. So, keep talking.”

“Yeah.. So…”

I activated my protection when I saw Sia keep picking herbs that were used in the neutralizing agent needed to make potions.

‘Hitomi!’

“Ugh!”

“….Huh? Cain, what’s wrong?”

“Ah.. no, nothing.”

[Sia]

[Claude] – 75%

[Cain] – 25%

I almost collapsed from the pain and weakness that came to my eyes for a moment, but I barely held it together and checked the information that Sia had given me.

And around lunchtime, it was time to fill up on the herbs we needed and head back out again.

“Well… Let’s stop here for now.”

“Good job! Cain!”

“So I’m the only one who suffered… So I guess I don’t need to consult you anymore?”

“Yeah.. Thank you. After all, there’s no one else but Cain!!”

Looking at Sia smiling brightly, something makes me feel sad.

“First, Sia, report the request and then come back to the dorm. I’m going to stop by the general store.”

“Okay! Okay, leave it to me!!”

He receives a collection bag that looks like an eco-bag from me and carries it across his upper body, with the healing bag standing out. Hmm..

“Should we buy some snacks for ourselves without telling Claude?”

“Really?”

“I’ll stop by the grocery store and buy it on the way back.”

“Good!!”

Wow!!

Sia hugging was something she did often, but the feeling of her breasts after realizing her past life was quite something.

To be honest, I thought about running away from the party and living alone, but the feeling of my breasts was so destructive that the option of giving up these breasts and running away from the party didn’t even cross my mind.

“Then see you at the accommodation.”

“Yeah!! Take care on your way.”

When I got to the main street of the city, I sent Sia off and headed to the general store I often visited.

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Daughter-

“Welcome… Oh my, Mr. Cain!”

“Hello, Ms. Camella.”

For explorers exploring the labyrinth, various consumables are directly related to survival.

And then the explorers who explore the labyrinth take a cut of the profits and open a shop. Or, those who don’t have the courage to go deeper settle down and do business targeting the explorers.

Lodging, restaurants, taverns, general stores, blacksmith shops, brothels, etc.

Most people in this city have experience entering a labyrinth.

Ms. Kamala, the owner of Johnson’s General Store, where I often come, also says she was a searcher about ten years ago.

It is said that Mr. Johnson, who was matched with Ms. Camella through a mentoring program for new explorers arranged by the Explorers’ Guild, fell in love with Ms. Camella and, as Mr. Johnson was planning to retire and open a general store, he opened a general store and supported her in both material and spiritual ways. They got married and quit being explorers right away because they were so touched by her sincerity.

By the way, the person who matched with our party and became our mentor was Mr. Hawk.

“Weren’t you supposed to arrive in the city two days ago?”

“Ah… That one leveled up, but something went wrong, so he collapsed and vomited blood. He lay down in the shelter for about a day.”

“Oh my!”

Snap!

I gritted my teeth and pretended not to notice because of Sia, but Ms. Carmela flirts with me every time she sees me at the grocery store.

As soon as she heard that I had collapsed, she ran straight to me and hugged me tightly as if she was going to hug me, wrapping her arms around both of my hands. I could smell a slightly pungent smell of blood coming from her.

I guess my period has started and my sexual desire is overflowing.

Before I realized it, I was uncomfortable with that Mr. Camella, but since it was a good value for money general store, I gritted my teeth and ignored it and stopped by.

Well, now… I came to the general store because Ms. Camella, who is in her early 30s, and I were not that much older than her in my past life, and I liked her looks and body, and I wanted to test out a few things.

“…Huh?”

“Yes??”

Ms. Camella, who thought I would push her or pull away, grabbed both of my hands and secretly buried them in her wet grave, but she looked a little flustered when I smiled and talked to her without any negative reaction.

“Mo…How’s your body?”

“Thanks for worrying about me, I’m okay haha.”

“Oh.. I see, hehe…”

Kwuuk!

Then, Ms. Camella’s expression changed and she buried my hand deeper into her chest.

I thought I couldn’t feel the sensation of her breasts, so I tried to make sure that I felt the sensation of her touching me.

“Ms. Carmela. I’d like to buy an explosion potion…”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Just a moment…”

Since I am in full control of the schedule for exploring the labyrinth, I visit the general store once the day after returning to the labyrinth, and once for a final check the day before entering. We usually explore for about 5 days and rest for 2 days.

Since I visit the general store on a regular basis, she greets me wearing an off-shoulder blouse-like top that reveals her upper chest and a long skirt that reveals her hips on the days I visit.

Sometimes, when I visit a convenience store out of the ordinary because I have forgotten something, I can’t help but notice that they are dressed in more careful attire.

This time, she buried her hand in my sternum and rubbed it so openly that I felt repulsed, but as I continued talking calmly, or rather, with a slight smile on my face, a faint expression of excitement began to appear on her face as well.

“Explosion Potion!! Oh my, my husband is dizzy and out of his mind… Mr. Cain, can you help me for a moment?”

“Yes?”

“It’s over here….”

Upon hearing the words “explosion potion,” Ms. Carmela, who had been delighted, naturally let go of my hand and headed toward the storage room in the corner of the store.

“Ms. Camella?”

“Mr. Cain~ Can you come here for a moment?”

Now he even calls me to the warehouse with a snort.

It’s been a year since I started coming to this store, but I haven’t seen the owner, Mr. Johnson, in the store very often.

There were also rumors that he was so greedy for money that he left the general store to his wife and did other things.

Anyway, I had known for the past year that Mr. Johnson was busy, so I headed confidently to the warehouse without worrying that he might barge into the general store.

Wham!

Then, as I was heading to the warehouse, my hand suddenly went to a set of flints on the display case.

Normally I would have given them back, but I decided to steal them for sure to test some hypotheses, so I put the flint set in my bosom.

[Take the Flint Set from Johnson: Experience Point 1]

When I picked up the magic stone in the labyrinth, the text that appeared was in Korean and I couldn’t understand it, but now that most of my memories have returned, I think about it and it was this text.

[Take the magic stone from the labyrinth: Experience gained 1]

Magic stones are a means of livelihood for explorers. So it’s only natural that I collect magic stones to get my hands on them, but I guess the original owner of the magic stones is the Labyrinth?

The labyrinth, which constantly reproduces monsters using the corpses of explorers as food, tells people that they are not mere structures but living beings.

Taking a magic stone from such a labyrinth would be like taking away the magic stone that belonged to the labyrinth.

After I became aware of it, I got a quirk from the Explorers’ Guild and stole the feather from Mion’s hat. I thought she took it because of her quirk and gave it back to her.

I had no intention of having her feathers.

So even though I had it in my hand, the message didn’t pop up.

I think I know a little bit about NTL protection.

“Status Window”

Name: Cain (Kim Seong-hu)

Level: 3 (0.01%)

Status

Strength: 2.92

Agility: 5.22

Stamina: 5.99

Horsepower: 1.3

Special Status

Technique: 10.84

Guardian: NTL(EX), Hitomi, Awakening

Quirk

-kleptomania

“Hmm…”

After leveling up, all I did was gather herbs and steal a set of flint, and then eat, rest, and wander around.

I think the experience gained should be considered as additional experience, and the skill has really increased subtly.

Well, since we’ve already proven the first hypothesis –

“Cain? Where are you??”

“Yes, here we go, Camella!”

Would you like to have a little fun with a horny married woman?