episode_0088

Lina’s friend….

A fairy hacker whose name must have been Tina.

At the request of Lina and I, Lund requested information on Tina to be investigated.

As a result, it seems that the detective who was heading to the southern part of the city, a man-eating detective or something, has finally completed his investigation and ended up near Silver Side.

I felt like it would be boring if it was just me, Lund, and Lina.

Then there is only one way.

“Sila! General! Get ready!”

“…Yes?!”

Silas came to me answering with a surprised face, and the general also appeared shaking with excitement when his name was called.

The general moved his wings quickly and landed near Sila.

“Ugh!”

Silas trembled at the general’s actions.

No matter how small he was, the general was also a huge water general.

“General, let’s do that.”

The general listened to me and tapped the floor with his front leg as if he understood.

Then, in an instant, its skeleton changed and took on the form of a child.

“Where are we going?”

“Hmm. Take a quick look outside?”

I go to check the results of the information investigation about Lina’s friend. I didn’t think the general could understand this properly.

So I decided to look around a bit.

“Now, hurry up and go.”

“….”

Scylla’s clothes, which the general finished painting next, were still the same as I wore them according to my taste.

“Chris, can I change clothes?”

“Um… Is that too cold? Why not!”

I thought Silas would be very cold, but more than anything, I wanted to see Silas alone in her virginity-killing clothes.

You can’t show others like that!

“Then I will go see Lina for a moment.”

“Okay.”

Even Lund changed to his true form. It was always amazing to see a wolf that used to walk on all fours suddenly become a chairman with a noble vibe.

“Now, let’s both get dressed.”

First, I decided to dress him up so he wouldn’t get cold.

widely! The general must have listened correctly as he ran toward me, but was stopped by my vicious right hand.

“Stop bleeding!”

I felt like I knew a little bit why the general was so thirsty for my blood.

According to Dr. Octopus, who became the new director of the research institute, the more a descendant drinks the blood bestowed by the blood lord, the more their physical abilities increase dramatically.

And in the case of animals in the stage before becoming a beast, an explosive increase in the time of becoming a beast can be achieved.

In other words, the more the general sucks my blood, the more time he can turn into a beastman… As a result, he can become a beastman faster.

The general seemed to understand this instinctively and often tried to suck my blood.

‘If I had known it would have that effect, I would have made Scylla the second in line.’

Although it was a little late, Silas was able to become my fourth descendant.

This time, unlike Ray, I first asked permission from the silver side’s cat mom. In addition, we successfully obtained consent from the person involved, Silas.

Sure enough, as we opened the door and walked out the front door, sunlight appeared to welcome us.

Cheeek!

As we left the house, it started to sound like three hamburger patties had been placed on a grill.

“Ah, is it because all three of us are vampires now?”

Naturally, I took out a parasol from my pocket.

“Still, the three of us haven’t grown up that much, so it’ll work out somehow, right?”

“Chris, should I shrink more?”

Sheila made a pretty good suggestion. Anyway, Scylla has now become a vampire and can change her appearance.

“Hmm… Then, would you like to reduce it to just a general?”

“Isn’t that too young?”

Even as she said that, Silas changed into an appearance similar to Janggun.

“Aw, so cute!”

I hugged the little Sila and Janggun without letting go of the parasol. These cute guys!

“Aaaah!”

As she grew up, Sheila’s hair became much shorter than before. It was clear that she would be in trouble in many ways if she wore clothes that killed her virginity. Phew, I’m glad I changed clothes.

“Okay, shall we go now?”

A powerful answer was heard from Sila and the general.

***

When I went down to the bar on the first floor, it looked like Lund and Lina had already prepared.

“Johnny, hello! Goodbye to the blunt ones!”

“Noisy, Chris.”

“Hahahaha!!!”

I didn’t forget to say hello to the two male bartenders who were hard at work at the captain’s bar.

There were other bartenders, but they seemed to be away for a moment.

“Lund, so where are you going now?”

“There is a small hotel nearby. They say he’s waiting for us there.”

“…Then let’s walk?”

“No, that would be dangerous too.”

A small chip on Lund’s temple lit up and went off repeatedly.

What we were going to ride wasn’t as good as the speedboat that Solas rode last time… but it was still a flying car that could fly in the air!

“Oh!”

The flying car landed in front of the bar, kicking up dust around it.

I immediately latched onto the flying car and tried to check inside the car.

“Wait! Wait.”

Lund saw me like that and rushed over.

Then he grabbed me by the waist with both arms as if he was hugging a fat cat.

“Why?”

As I asked leisurely, stretching out my words, the back door of the flying car opened loudly.

Ah, if I had stayed there, I would have gotten caught and made a fuss.

“….”

Lund’s eyes seemed to ask if he understood now, and I quietly nodded.

“Then I’ll come back!”

Since Sylvia wasn’t at the bar, it seemed like she was in the office.

So Lina got in the passenger seat, and in the back seat were me, Sila, the general, and Lund.

“It’s still quite spacious even though there are four of us?”

“I guess it’s because you guys are small.”

“Is that so?”

Immediately after, I looked at Silas and the general and they suddenly hugged me.

“Ugh! I’m suffocating!”

Meanwhile, I felt the general trying to sink his fangs into my body again.

“It’s noisy even in the car.”

Thanks to Lund’s intervention, the general ended up sitting on Lund’s lap instead of next to me.

“The general is a bit scared.”

“No, but they are all trying to become beastmen…”

It wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t understand. The only problem was that the digestive juices that the general in his true form injected to suck blood were melting my flesh.

“Now that I think about it, how many hours can Silas have now?”

“A water painting?”

“Yes, can you do it for about half a day now?”

“….”

Sheila carefully showed me four fingers on one hand.

“40 minutes?”

” Four hours!”

There’s no way Scylla’s ability to transform into a human being will suddenly deteriorate. But even though I knew that, I wanted to have fun.

Should I say that Sheila’s reaction is very funny?

So we never had a chance to be bored in the car.

We looked at the scenery outside, and the general, who was annoyed that only me and Silas were talking, ran towards us again.

“Ugh!!!”

When we arrived at the small hotel where Detective Ogre was waiting for us…

We were all very tired. Except for Lina, who was in the passenger seat.

“I will never ride in a car with you guys again.”

“No, I’m a victim too?”

I protested as if it was unfair to Lund, who was the first to get out through the back door that opened naturally.

Although I also had fun!

***

“Let’s go in first.”

“Yes!”

I’m back to my normal age again. About… twelve?

Along with that, Sila also returned to her original size, which was larger than mine. The general looked at that and tilted his head.

“Now, let’s go, General.”

“Yay!”

What, who told Yaho again?

Lund casually took the lead and led us.

At the counter in the lobby, as soon as he saw us, the man-eating detective told us which floor was waiting for us.

In fact, it is rare to see a composition that stands out like ours.

-Ding dong!

The sound of the elevator arriving rang cheerfully.

Fortunately, no one else took the elevator except us.

Meanwhile, the hotel’s android bellman hurriedly followed us into the elevator.

“Mr. Artes is on the 5th floor. We’ll take you straight to the 5th floor.”

Lund nodded and the bellman pressed the button to close the door.

After a short wait, we arrived at the 5th floor of the hotel. The hotel wasn’t that big, so it seemed like the 6th floor was all there was.

“Here I am.”

While moving along with the bellman, his steps stopped at room 511.

The bellman announced our arrival, and we heard the cheerful voice of an ogre telling us to come in.

Then, a blue force field stirred along with a regular mechanical sound, and the interior of room 511 was visible.

The bellman quickly retreated and we headed into the room.

The first thing that greeted us was the entrance and hallway with antique decorations, and we heard sounds from the living room.

“Huh…?!”

Unlike orcs and goblins, it has a skin color similar to that of a human… but it is an ogre that is much larger than an orc, let alone a human.

An ogre with a strong barbaric image was enjoying a dinner in front of us, dressed in sophisticated attire and a white bib.

However, the reason I was surprised wasn’t because I was amazed at the ogre’s sophisticated appearance.

Because the food he was busy dismantling with his utensils… was a human being.

“Keuhm.”

The ogre confirmed our arrival and quickly pressed the button on the table.

Then, a transparent force field appeared over the food he had been eating a moment ago.

But the general, Sila, and I had already stretched out our hands as hard as we could to cover each other’s eyes.

I am a general! Silas me! The general covered Sila’s eyes.

“….”

However, looking at Sila’s stiff body and the general’s clumsy hands, it appears that the general was not doing his job properly.

“Ortes. I’m sorry for interrupting your meal.”

Despite Lund’s words toward the Ogre Detective, her expression was not good.”

Then Ortes quickly stood up and spoke.

“I didn’t know that the Chairman’s companions would be such cute girls. If it was unacceptable by the standards of young ladies, I apologize.”

Oh, is that giant in front of me really an ogre?

“This won’t happen again next time. I’ll be careful from now on.”

“No, it’s okay.”

Lund answered after exchanging glances with Lina.

***

Lund and Lina sat down on the other chairs at the table first.

Me, Sheila, and the general decided to just stand. Anyway, the remaining seat was next to Ortes, and no matter how transparent the force field was blocking it… it was a bit like that near the human dishes.

“Oops, I guess I should stop putting this away.”

Ortes personally called the hotel staff and had them clear the table.

Afterwards, he brought his own terminal and started displaying various data screens in front of us.

When Lund gave Lina a signal with his eyes, she opened her mouth.

“…How is Tina doing?”

“What does Lady Medusa look like? Do you really think the girl on this screen is going through a difficult time?”

Ortes asked, pointing to the face of Fairy Hacker Tina on one of the data screens.

“No. But I want to hear it more clearly.”

“Ha, yes. I guess so.”

Ortez took a sip of the wine that the waiter had not cleaned up and cleared his throat.

“First of all, all the results of the investigation so far have been organized into this chip. And in conclusion, Lady Medusa’s friend is doing well.”

“….”

Lina didn’t openly sigh with relief, but looking at her eyes, she seemed relieved.

“Of course, there were dangerous people in the middle.”

“…Yes? What does that mean?”

“Your friend is a fairy. There are guys everywhere who always mess with fairies.”

“So?”

Artes’ continued explanation made me impatient. I wondered what the point he was trying to make was.

“I took care of those fearless Lizardmen.”

“…Is that okay?”

“Even if they are stupid, they won’t know my face. So what happens? You’d think the fairy girl would have the guts to hire me.”

Ortes also informed me that he had installed a surveillance drone around Tina in preparation for any unexpected situation.

“Okay, I think that’s enough.”

“It wasn’t a difficult task. Sometimes you have to do things like this.”

Lund paid Ortez straight away.

Meanwhile, Lina was a little surprised to hear that there were guys targeting Tina, but she seemed okay now.

“Of course, don’t be too relieved. Because the lidocaine detectives might have smelled it on me.”

“Ah, what is it? Do the detectives have separate lines for lidocaine and tetracaine?”

Ortes listened to me and gave me an expression that seemed obvious.

“Yes, our detectives, like solvers, are sensitive to power struggles and conflicts of interest. It’s no different from any other industry. No, it’s actually more intense than the problem solvers, isn’t it?”

“Then why did you stick with Lund?”

“….”

Ortes briefly glanced at Lund.

I don’t know if Lund nodded, but seeing as Ortez immediately opened his mouth, he seemed to have sent a positive signal.

“I am also one of the good citizens who got stabbed by these guys.”

“Ah….”

Although the exact circumstances were not provided, Lund seemed to know the situation.

In that case, I thought I could check with Lund later.

“Now, if there is nothing more to talk about, would you like some tea?”

“Oh, good!”

Tea made by an ogre detective? It didn’t seem like something you could easily drink anywhere.

“There is a guy who blended it himself to drink it after finishing his meal.”

“But if you were going to give a car, wouldn’t it be right to give it from the beginning of the conversation?”

“That’s true, but… our chairman suddenly came to visit and we were in a state of panic.”

There was nothing wrong with what Ortes said.

“….”

Ortez handed us tea cups and started pouring tea.

The scent of the tea was good, and I also liked the sight of Ortes waiting for the evaluation of the tea he had blended himself.

But why was the pattern on the teacup so grotesquely tested?

The sight of ogres eating people was clearly depicted.

“Oh, I can’t even put a transparent force field on the teacup.”

“No, it’s okay.”

Of course, Scylla didn’t seem to be okay, but thanks to the general, we saw human cooking earlier, so it doesn’t matter anyway, right?

We slowly drank the hot tea, one sip at a time.

Hmm… I don’t know much about tea, so I can’t describe it accurately, but it was a black tea that was moderately sweet and not bad.

“…The taste of this tea has not changed at all.”

“That’s right. Even if people change, the taste of tea does not change.”

As I listened to the conversation between Lund and Ortes, I suddenly felt like I was in a coffee shop.

The conversation continued after that. It wasn’t about Lina’s friend, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.

***

“Remember to maintain security regarding this matter.”

“Oh, of course! I’m not a beginner either.”

Ortes responded to Lund’s words and sent us off.

“What do you think, Lina? Are you satisfied now?”

“Yes. Thanks, Chris.”

Lina said that and hugged me.

“Wow, were you that worried about Tina?”

I patted Lina on the back.

Lina didn’t cry, but the white snakes that were like her hair looked very sad. Perhaps the expression on their owner Lina’s face was the same.

We left the hotel like that, but the flying car we took was nowhere to be seen.

“Huh? what? When we go, do we walk?”

“No, it’s not like that. I called you here again, so don’t worry.”

As soon as Lund finished answering, Silas, who had suddenly returned to her cat form, was rubbing her body against my shoes.

“Chris, I think it’s dangerous to be outside like this.”

“Lund, I heard that’s true?”

“I heard it too.”

Well, it was right next to me.

Lund followed Scylla’s words and took the group back into the hotel.

Meanwhile, among the many posters hanging in the lobby… there was also a suicide prevention poster.

Rather than simply telling people not to commit suicide, a list of services that could be provided was written, as if they were telling them to come to them if they felt that way.

‘Those who go there after seeing that poster will end up not committing suicide, but murder.’

This was a part I experienced tirelessly in the Dream City game.

There was even a quest to help a friend of a colleague who had been deceived by such a poster.

And now that I look at it, the text on the poster looks like ‘Add love.’ But if you look closely, it actually says ‘Add people.’

“Could it be that the ingredients of the food from earlier were really like that?”

“Yes?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

Sheila reacted when she heard me muttering to myself, but I responded that it was nothing.

Afterwards, we passed the time with simple jokes and were able to safely return to Silvia’s bar in a flying car.