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91. Lauren Buss

Twelve days after I blatantly ate Tanya next to Roy, August 1st, the day of the class reorganization, dawned.

As Tanya had said, for the next two days, after Tanya finished work at the store, I dragged her around the city and had thrilling outdoor sex in parks and deserted places, and I filled her up with cum. Tanya enjoyed it so much that I felt proud.

I also went to Zion’s shop, but they didn’t even open the door and just threw medicine at me, which was a bit disappointing. However, since I had heard how ferocious Suin becomes when she’s in heat, I didn’t think much of it and just took the medicine and came back.

Of course, I gave him a bit more money.

In the meantime, I tried various things to help Lauren train, but it seemed like she was still far from being able to use a sword.

Instead, Uncle Frank, I, and Claude started a three-on-one wheel fight with Lauren holding only a shield, and Lauren showed that she wasn’t even pushed back by the three of them, let alone getting hurt.

Uncle Frank, who had been active in the vanguard, gave Lauren various tips on how to use a shield in battle, and they trained hard in the morning and spent the afternoon on their own.

After lunch, I went to see Carmela to check on the progress of her anal dilation, had tea time, flirted with her, and went to the union once every two days to chat with Ms. Mi-on. My days were going smoothly when, the day before the class reorganization, Ms. Mi-on suggested that we go on a date.

“I…you asked me to decide where to go last time, right?”

“Yes, that’s right, Mr. Mi-on.”

“See you tomorrow evening!”

It was cute to see Ms. Mi-on flustered as she chewed her tongue and told me about the date.

It was so funny to see her have a great time going on a date course she had planned herself, and then when I kissed her on the forehead in front of her house, her legs gave out and she fell over.

And today is Lauren’s first exploration, and the day our party goes exploring the labyrinth again.

Crunch!

“Are you ready, Cl?”

“Of course, Ka.”

Hey, he’s always handsome, but the way he acts is so cute, but seeing that handsome guy wearing his armor properly makes me want to hit him for no reason.

Well… It’s not that my face is ugly, but it’s just a matter of taste, so I’m not jealous, but I’m still a little jealous of Claude because he looks like something you’d see in a King’s Road movie.

After finishing our playful conversation, Claude and I got ready and headed out to the front of the dorm.

“Cain!”

“Oh Cain, leader..”

In front of the accommodation, Lauren and Sia were already waiting for us, chatting.

As usual, Sia was standing with a cane and a large robe wrapped around her chest, while Lauren was wearing the armor she had ordered last time and was holding a shield, looking like quite the tank.

Of course, it did look a little odd for an elf with pointy ears to be dressed as a vanguard.

“Let’s go.”

I set off to the hierarchical elevator alone, dragging Lauren along, her breath coming out of her nose with a mixture of nervousness, excitement, and thrill.

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“Wow! This is a level transfer hole!!”

“You can see it nearby without searching, but is this your first time seeing it?”

“That’s right!”

I look around at everyone as Lauren speaks with her chest held high and confident.

Sia had also gained some stamina by now and was carrying a small backpack, but they increased the size of their backpacks so that each of them could carry more luggage.

This measure was taken based on the judgment that if Lauren’s tanking is stable, it will not be difficult to carry more load in battle.

“First, let’s go in and do a briefing, so let’s go in quickly.”

Claude also had an expression of anticipation on his face as he entered the labyrinth for the first time in a long time, and Sia had a nervous expression on her face as she gripped her staff tightly.

And then he held everyone’s hands and entered the portal.

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“Kweeek!!!!”

“Sister…”

“Shi…Shi!! Hurry up and receive the blessing of recovery!!!”

“Unning, this recovery protection doesn’t work…”

“Uh…why….wooo!!!”

As expected, even Lauren, no matter how strong she was, couldn’t endure the horrible feeling of entering the labyrinth through the portal.

Lauren, who was vomiting with a sound that was completely unimaginable for someone with such a pretty appearance, asked Sia to cast a healing spell on her, but Sia explained that using a healing spell would be useless, and Lauren’s face turned completely pale.

“Let’s rest for a while until Lauren’s body is clean. We have to brief her anyway.”

“Yeah.”

Kirik-!

I turned the hourglasses on my waist and began to look around the area we had entered.

The shape of a passageway with a straight, uniform size and width is faintly visible through the luminescent stones embedded in the wall.

“Hmm… This time it’s a maze.”

“Cain, if it’s a maze type, doesn’t it take more time to break through the levels?”

“No, if you look at it strictly, it’s in the middle.”

“Is that so?”

The shape of the hierarchy changes each time you enter.

There are two main types: the cave type that Tanya, Roy, and Robin entered through, and the maze type that we have now.

The types of monsters that appear also vary slightly depending on their form, and in cave-type layers, the location of the portal to the next layer is highly random.

It might be found in less than a week, or if you’re unlucky, it might not be found for a month.

The labyrinthine hierarchical shape is fixed as a square shape for the entire hierarchy.

So, if there is a skilled person in the party who can map and the party’s skills in dealing with monsters are good enough, you can find a portal to the next floor in 1 week, or at the latest 3 weeks.

While it’s easy to find your way around, the downside of the maze-like hierarchy is that there are a lot of artificial traps?

“Still, the terrain is pretty good. I’ll go with the skeleton side rather than the green skin side.”

“Can you dash?”

“You crazy bastard, are you going to do that shit again?”

“No, now Lauren is here too….”

“Wait a minute.”

Even though Lauren was still panting and sitting down, he pulled out his sword and tried to run away, but Claude stopped him and waited for a moment.

“Whew… That was terrible…”

“Lauren, are you okay now?”

“Ah? Ahh… Yeah, Cain.”

“Okay, everyone gather around. I’ll give a briefing.”

Since there was still enough light right in front of the portal, I started explaining the general strategy to the party members who had gathered around me.

“First of all, I brought three weeks’ worth of food and water. The purpose of this exploration is not to catch monsters and make money, but to take Lauren to the second floor, so I’ll focus on mapping and finding the way. And.”

“And?”

I pause for a moment, looking at Claude. Claude looks at me with a nervous expression.

“Since this is Lauren’s first real match, she’s doing it to get used to the real thing, so Claude shouldn’t be too flashy.”

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong with you? Even if you hadn’t installed it last time we explored, we wouldn’t have returned in such a hurry, don’t you remember?”

“Right…”

“Okay, then let’s do the rest while exploring and stand in order.”

Lauren, holding her shield, was in the front, then Claude, standing diagonally behind her, then Sia, standing behind Claude, and me, standing at the very back, we formed a formation, lit our lanterns, and slowly began to walk down the dark passage.

“Ugh….”

“Why is it like that, Lauren? It’s dark. ”

“No… I don’t feel the spirit here…”

“Not even one?”

“Yeah, not even one.”

After Lauren took her first step, she started groaning, so I thought it was because it was dark, but then I heard something unexpected.

Don’t you feel the spirits? I feel like I know why so many humans and other similar races gather in the Labyrinth City, but there are hardly any elves.

“Well, Lauren can’t use spirit magic, so it doesn’t really matter.”

“That’s right… But it feels so weird, I keep…”

“Yeah, it feels uncomfortable because there’s nothing that should be there. I guess I’ll have to get used to this too.”

“Okay.”

Lauren, who had regained her composure by turning her head from side to side, held her shield upright and slowly moved forward while looking ahead.

After walking for about 5 more minutes, a fork in the road appeared.

“Stop.”

“Hoo…”

Lauren was more nervous than I thought, so her steps were a little slower and it took some time to calculate her stride.

Square- square square-

“Okay, that’s it.”

“Right?”

“Okay.”

Before finding the memories of my past life, this body also learned from Hawk the right-hand rule, a method of navigating the maze.

It’s a useful way to get through a maze, but the labyrinth has no entrance or exit.

Instead, we use the right-hand rule to navigate and outline the overall maze to check where the portal to the next level might be located.

I took out my notebook, roughly calculated the number of steps I had taken from the portal to the fork in the road, and started exploring again through the fork in the road on the right.

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“Stop Lauren!”

“Ouch!”

Kuk-!

I noticed the stepping trap on the floor and shouted at Lauren, but Lauren was nervous and reacted too late.

Arrow? Memory? What is it?

Kiriririk-!

“Balista!! Lauren, the big one is coming. Even if you can’t stop it, just cover your body with a shield!!!”

“Yeah!!”

TOOQUAAAAHHH!!!!!

WHHH!!!!

From afar, a loud crash was heard, and then a murderous sound began to be heard.

“Yaaap!!!!!!”

Kaaang!!!!!

Kwaaang!!!!

“Gyaak!!”

I yelled at Lauren for a moment, but just in case, I held Sia in my arms and rolled around on the floor, when a huge noise came from Lauren’s shield.

“Bounce the ballista?”

I looked up at Claude’s absentminded words and saw an iron arrow nearly two meters long stuck in the wall.

Thud-!

“You’re crazy.”

“Huh! Uh…what do you think, Cain!”

Uh.. I thought we were just giving Lauren a quick bus ride to the second floor, but I guess I’ll have to change my mind.