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A knock was heard from outside. My body froze.

Like when a child is caught playing and scolded by their mother, the stiffened erection died in an instant.

Who could have come all the way here to call us?

– Mom! The village chief is here!

“Oh, Mom, I’ll go out!”

It was Lisa. Lisa, who should have been manning the counter, was upstairs knocking on the door.

“Hey….”

Dennis pushed me aside and wiped himself hurriedly. The valiant fallen erection slipped out limp.

Seeing his state made me feel somewhat regretful.

“Dyke, quickly put on your clothes.”

“Yes….”

Lisa had her reasons. Her own justification for resolving situations beyond her authority.

So, there was nothing more to say.

“…Lisa wouldn’t just hit a kid for no reason.”

She’s a mature kid. She knows enough to understand why Dennis and I need to vacate our positions.

But interfering implies the need for adult help.

Not just any adult, but an adult with authority related to inn operations.

I hastily put on my clothes. It was quick to tidy up since it was just wiping.

But not for Dennis.

“Today wasn’t a joke, Dyke.”

Semen kept flowing from Dennis’ penis. No matter how much we wiped, it seemed endless.

It didn’t seem feasible to leave immediately.

It seemed better for me to leave first. I also have a considerable stake in the prosperous inn.

I believe I have the qualifications to converse with the village chief.

“After all, I used to be a warrior.”

There was no room for hesitation in front of the village chief.

“Sister, I’ll handle this.”

“The village chief is here. What are you going to handle?”

“I’ll just escort him out appropriately. That’s my specialty.”

“No.”

In the NTR Tsukuru adult game world, the village chief in the village setting. An unusual combination without normal characters.

Both in reality and in the game.

In this game, the only normal person rules the kingdom as the king. The rest, excluding the king, tend to be seen as sexual objects.

It means that harassment and molestation are basic options.

Therefore, I couldn’t view the village chief favorably. We often clashed when we met.

There was a reason why Dennis was panicking and resisting.

After much deliberation, I made a decision.

“I’ll just buy some time.”

“Will that work?”

“To be honest, I don’t even want to see you and the village chief together. But he’s the village chief after all. I have to endure it.”

As if not believing my words, Dennis looked at me with anxious eyes. Then he sighed.

“Olivia and the others… They won’t cause trouble, right? Can I trust you?”

“I’ve never caused trouble. I’m not a troublemaker.”

If I cause trouble? What will happen then?

Will the village chief confront me?

“In this fierce village, the village chief’s power is almost equal to the king’s… But in the face of overwhelming strength, it’s meaningless.”

I said I would endure. But I didn’t really endure.

I endured. The one always enduring was the village chief.

A warrior who defeated the demon king. Just that fact alone elevated my authority.

Even though the village chief governed the village, he couldn’t touch me.

“I’ll go out first.”

Leaving Dennis in the room, I opened the door. Lisa stood awkwardly waiting.

Meeting her felt awkward for some reason.

“….”

But Lisa, too, must know.

I straightened my back and shoulders as confidently as possible. Two adults walking together in broad daylight isn’t a crime, right?

Still, the journey together felt like an eternity.

“I like older men.”

“Huh?”

“When my mom smiles. I like it too.”

“Suddenly?”

“I’m fine! As long as I don’t look as scary as Olivia!”

Lisa looked at me and raised her thumb. A ridiculous smile. It was embarrassing to watch.

“Why bring it up…”

“I don’t know!”

Lisa exclaimed and ran down the stairs as if fleeing.

1st floor hall. There were several village elders and leaders. Adults I often saw around.

They looked at me with stern faces.

“Diak!”

“Oh, Diak…! So you’re Diak. Yes, we had a Diak in our village.”

“The hero of the previous generation! The man who defeated even the demon king!”

They rushed towards me as if they had found a savior, grabbing my hand. Their rough rural hands were not very pleasant.

I felt disgusted and shook off their hands.

“Why suddenly? Did you gild your face?”

“Ah…”

Their gazes focused in one direction, silently urging someone to speak.

An old man stepped forward. Completely bald, both his forehead and crown.

It was the village chief’s trademark.

“Diak.”

“Yes.”

He used honorifics consistently. He had a personality that tried to adhere to basic etiquette, not overly strict but respectful, especially with Lisa and Olivia watching.

“…We need your strength.”

“Please explain in detail.”

If you just say you need strength, how would I know what to do? Set aside raw emotions for a moment and tell me why I should exert myself for you.

“…My, my granddaughter…”

The chief’s arm trembled as he struggled to speak.

To summarize what the chief said─

His granddaughter had gone missing.

“If she’s the chief’s granddaughter?”

The chief’s son and daughter-in-law were quite prolific. I heard they recently had their third child.

“They say bald men are virile…”

They effortlessly produced babies compared to people like me.

Truly living up to the title of a baby factory.

“They fill vacancies as soon as they appear.”

The chief’s daughter-in-law’s uterus contributed tirelessly to the village’s development, contrasting greatly with Denise’s idle womb after Lisa.

“The first? The second? The third can’t even walk yet… The first, right?”

The chief struggled to speak.

“Yes. My first, Jenny, has disappeared. I thought she was playing with her friends, but she didn’t return even after lunchtime. So I asked the kids… They haven’t seen Jenny at all.”

Jenny, the mischievous little girl.

I expected something like this to happen someday. None of the kids who talked about becoming adventurers actually spent their childhood adventurously.

Children who dream of being adventurers usually excel at driving their parents crazy. That’s not a good thing, really…

“I’m glad Lisa didn’t talk about becoming an adventurer.”

Working at an inn, I often meet adventurers or mercenaries. I hear their stories.

Maybe I got caught up in their travel tales and dreamed a bit.

But Lisa wasn’t like that. She had a subtly sharp side.

Anyway, the daughter of the chief’s son and daughter-in-law. The chief’s first granddaughter by his standards had gone missing.

It was definitely a situation where she had crawled out of the village.

The chief clung to me with a face that seemed like the world was crumbling.

“P-please help! You’re the only one I can trust. Aren’t you the strongest… warrior in the village!”

Five years. That’s how long I’ve settled in this village. It may be short or long.

During this time, it’s not like nothing happened.

Sometimes monsters would invade. Monsters that had successfully overbred looking for food would cross into human territory.

‘Just a bunch of goblins.’

With the intelligence and physique of an elementary school student, they may seem shabby at first glance, but that doesn’t mean they should be ignored. The desires of goblins are genuine.

Imagine a starving child wielding a knife with all their might.

From the perspective of the residents of Gyeogo Village, goblins were also a significant threat. Especially because situations like this occasionally arise.

“……”

I disliked the village chief. It was hard to see him in a good light due to his history of mocking and harassing Dennis. The men from other villages felt the same way.

These damn adults didn’t leave widows living alone in peace. It’s part of the NTR Tsukuru Yagem worldview. Since innkeepers also engage in prostitution to make money.

They would touch inappropriately at the slightest opportunity. Trying to grope buttocks was a common occurrence, even if one had a wife at home.

After I started staying at the inn, they stopped such behavior, but that didn’t erase the past. I couldn’t help but wonder how bad it was when I wasn’t around.

It kept coming back to my mind, making me uncomfortable. Even if I tried not to imagine it, my subconscious created scenes.

I began to dislike the village chief.

“I understand.”

However, I had no intention of using my resentment to bully others. In matters where a child’s life is at stake, can’t adults act with some dignity?

“What’s going on, Village Chief?”

Dennis, who had finished cleaning up, came downstairs. He asked the village chief, who was visibly distressed, about the situation.

I briefly summarized and informed him.

Jenny, who dreams of becoming an adventurer, has gone missing, and we need to find her before something dangerous happens.

Upon hearing this, Dennis smiled and patted my back.

“Even if you pretend otherwise, you’re still a hero, Dyke. You can’t stand seeing someone in distress.”

“It’s been a while since I returned the Holy Sword. What hero?”

“…Is the Holy Sword important? Helping people makes you a hero. That’s how strength should be used. Not to torment weaker individuals.”

Dennis glanced at the village chief and the men.

Although they were preoccupied with Jenny’s disappearance, they failed to notice the emotions in Dennis’s eyes. But I could read them clearly.

Dennis had always been a weak person. Being an innkeeper is a job that can never make you strong.

Since losing her husband and being left alone, she had suffered as a weak individual.

There were opportunities to bully, but she chose not to. She didn’t provoke anyone.

Instead, she encouraged me to do good deeds.

She was saying she didn’t want to become like those people. And I didn’t want to become the kind of person Dennis disliked.

“I’ll finish up quickly and come back.”

The village chief and the men. I set out with them from the inn.

It wouldn’t take long.